This is a stupid question, but can someone please explain to me the difference between an I.S. school and a J.H.S. school in the New York public school system? It seems both schools cater to grades 6, 7 and 8 so I'm curious about the difference in naming and the history of this system of abbreviation. Also, what does I.S. stand for? [more inside]
posted by nonmerci on May 15, 2009 - 8 answers

Almost time to buy a current-gen console, but I'm morally split between XBox 360 and PS3. [more inside]
posted by spamguy on Jan 8, 2009 - 48 answers

How do I take a graph that looks like this and display it in a web friendly format? Oh, and there's 300,000 of them. [more inside]
posted by christonabike on Apr 17, 2008 - 6 answers

Will a US-bought Playstation 3 work in the UK? [more inside]
posted by badlydubbedboy on Feb 22, 2007 - 9 answers

I am about to have a nervous breakdown. Please, can you help me with my mysterious, probably power-related, computer nightmares? [more inside]
posted by TonyRobots on Nov 27, 2006 - 18 answers

Help me make my other Mac, in the other room, beep me when an app has finished what it's doing. [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on May 11, 2006 - 20 answers

Why do digital SLRs have no shutter lag and digital P&Ss (even expensive ones) have a bad case of it? What's the technical reason I mean (I am not an engineer)? In fact, most people who still don't like digital mention shutter lag as a major problem of digital photography. Thanks.
posted by PenguinBukkake on Oct 21, 2005 - 9 answers

PostScript basics. I have two .ps files meant to be joined together in such a way that, if printed double-sided, fileA page1 would be on one side of a page whiel FileB page1 would be on the other. I have at my disposal both Acrobat and GhostScript though I've never used either to directly manipulate ps files like this. I'd like the output to be a single pdf document suitable for printing on a laser printer.
posted by Grod on Oct 5, 2005 - 4 answers

Can anyone point me to a font called Chestnut Plain? I've looked all over and I cannot find the thing. I need it in Windows, either TrueType or PS. If not, where's a good place to find fonts?
posted by vraxoin on Apr 29, 2004 - 2 answers