Old movie question involving US military, China, torture, and other things. What movie was this?
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posted by crazylegs
on May 17, 2008 -
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Is there a way that I can access some very old PDF files that are encrypted with a password I cannot remember any longer? I have a system running Mac OS X (Leopard), and I do need to do the decryption myself.
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posted by WCityMike
on May 16, 2008 -
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2 used laptops: what to do with them? One will be new to me (from my wonderful girlfriend), one will be new to my grandma (from me)
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posted by whiskey point
on Apr 8, 2008 -
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Resources for recreating the look and feel of 17th century books (their title pages specifically?)
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posted by fire&wings
on Feb 19, 2008 -
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I'd like to get some Hi-8 videos into to my PC via a Sony Handycam using a video S cable through a Pinnacle DC10 plus card.
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posted by watercarrier
on Jan 16, 2008 -
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When I was a child I was exposed to some very early anime. I remember fragments of it, but not what it was called, the plot or any reall relevant details. The general theme seemed to be that an evil...thing was trying to control the world. His primary henchman was a man whose power was to turn people into...mannequins seems to be the best fit.
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posted by Pontifex
on Dec 30, 2007 -
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My boyfriend has a coat he found at Salvation Army he just loves. However, it's dying from overuse. Help me find a new one for Christmas.
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posted by stoneegg21
on Dec 12, 2007 -
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Our nearly 14 year old female lab mix has a huge lipoma on the side of her chest. It does not seem to bother her or interfere with her movement - although she does not like it to be touched - but this grapefruit sized tumor continues to grow, and is definitely a bit bigger now than it was at this time a year ago. Our vets want her opertated on immediately. They fear the lipoma will rupture.
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posted by mizrachi
on Aug 13, 2007 -
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My husband and I are expecting our first child - we are older, fairly introverted, no extended family nearby, and most of our friends either have older, not-very-dependent children, or are childfree. We don't belong to a church or synagogue (and won't be joining one) and our neighborhood is secluded and full of older folks who we don't really interact with much. I have a very real fear that I will be isolated once I have this child and stay at home with it - a friend of mine said "don't expect to find a fun time at Gymboree - those mothers are bitches!" So there goes that. Has anyone else overcome their introvert tendencies once they reproduce? If at all possible, I want my baby to get out in the world more than I usually do. I'm intimidated by the hot young moms I see with their babies in slings around town - I don't think I would have much in common with them.
posted by anonymous
on Aug 2, 2007 -
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Can anyone identity the source of this saying? "The young die young that they may avoid corruption. The old live long that they may repent."
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posted by Pater Aletheias
on Jul 30, 2007 -
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I want to read a book set in blackletter. Not just for titles 8212; I want blackletter for the text. Unfortunately I don't read German, nor a Northern European language, and I want to really
read it, not just look at it, so it has to be a book written in English or French.
I'd prefer a book from the past two centuries.
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posted by Utilitaritron
on Jul 17, 2007 -
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A friend of mine went to china and got me some cool nintendo DS hardware.
In exchange, I told him I'd find some cool games for his daughter to play with.
She's 10 year old.
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posted by PowerCat
on Jul 17, 2007 -
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Recommend a birthday gift for 2-year-old twins, ships internationally and costs under $50... uh, please?
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posted by Chorus
on Jul 1, 2007 -
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Weird thing I found. Any idea what it is? Possibly a coin or button or.... Has some bird on one side... the other side has a ???
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posted by LadyBonita
on May 15, 2007 -
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Sources for antique wood from old construction, like old crossbeams, etc? Or used/abused antique tables?
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posted by Phyltre
on Mar 21, 2007 -
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Oh no! My Volvo 240 is going down the tubes due to a transmission that just decided to start clanking. I've decided its not worth the $1000-1700 to fix it, so I need to buy a different car relatively soon. I've never bought one before. How do I?
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posted by yellowbkpk
on Mar 14, 2007 -
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How do I expose my 2 1/2 year old son to people who have handicaps, or chronic illnesses like CP or MS?
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posted by MrMulan
on Mar 2, 2007 -
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I need some old-time footage of San Francisco in the 40s or 50s, and of Shanghai in the 20s. Anyone have any ideas of DVDs I could rent and rip some shots off of?
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posted by wavejumper
on Feb 20, 2007 -
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I've noticed on some old turntables there's a kind of arm-like thing that can be put above the disk, and it's not the reading head, it's smaller and seems to have a spring...
What is that for??
posted by PowerCat
on Feb 19, 2007 -
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Teaching an older blogger new tricks (or how to train a writer over 60 to make their posts sparkle)
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posted by BigBrownBear
on Jan 16, 2007 -
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Older house thread: Most older houses have one tiny little bathroom and no real closets to speak of. Help me figure out how to rectify that!
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posted by stormygrey
on Jan 14, 2007 -
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I have accepted that if I wish to preserve my reproductive organs, I will need to acquire a long coat rather quickly. but what to look out for?
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posted by krautland
on Dec 3, 2006 -
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It was always my understanding that Numbers 5:11 in the Hebrew Bible refers to an abortive procedure. However...
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posted by Baby_Balrog
on Nov 9, 2006 -
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reggaefilter: Can someone identify the old reggae song excerpt at the beginning of the video of Rancid's Ruby Soho?
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posted by jlowen
on Sep 25, 2006 -
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My eyesight just isn't what it used to be. How do I force specific websites to show up with a larger font in Firefox?
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posted by crunchland
on Sep 21, 2006 -
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My place of employment sees a LOT of laptops come and go. Recently a PIII Dell Latitude L400 ultralight came through and was marked for surplus, but I want to use it for Ubuntu. One snag, though.
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posted by smallerdemon
on Aug 21, 2006 -
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I have an external firewire CD burner that I want to repurpose as an external firewire hard drive.
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posted by mzurer
on Jul 19, 2006 -
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I'm having trouble getting files off an ancient hard drive using an enclosure. Help!
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posted by alan
on Jul 19, 2006 -
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So I've been watching a bunch of older movies on VHS like Wait Until Dark (1963) and Sword in the Stone (1967). At the end when everything's black, right before it turns to the black and white noise, there's a sound of a phone dialing very quickly, or something similar. Anybody else ever noticed it? Out of curiosity, any ideas on what that is, how it happens, why it's there, or anything at all about it?
posted by freddymungo
on Jul 10, 2006 -
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