I wonder whether there is a good listing somewhere of "Save the Cat" moments from movies?
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posted by steinsaltz
on Dec 15, 2012 -
7 answers
What did I do to my iPhone 4 that caused it to not be able to "save images" from Twitter and Facebook anymore? All the gory details inside...
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posted by Hanuman1960
on Sep 20, 2012 -
3 answers
I filled out a PDF form last night in Google Chrome and saved the PDF. Then I emailed it to someone important. This morning they told me they had received a blank form (!). I opened the attachment and yes, it's blank. *@#$&@!
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posted by fiercecupcake
on Sep 13, 2012 -
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I'm on a mac. A colleague sent me an Excel file (.xls) which I looked at in Excel 2011. It looks fine. I would like to save the file in some sort of text format, so that I can open Terminal and look at it in less. I realize that the columns won't align nicely, that's fine. What I don't want are all the weird characters that show up (from differently formatted line endings, etc). I've tried saving as "Tab delimited text," but that has the problem with the line endings. Which format should I use?
posted by bluefly
on Aug 16, 2012 -
9 answers
I'm sure not knowing this makes me an idiot, but I need quick help saving a few images from NASA's site to my hard drive without the ability to right-click. Right-clicking on my optical Microsoft mouse has apparently just died; I'm getting no menu when I right-click on an image (everything else is working fine; changing batteries doesn't help). For now I'm alt-left-clicking to highlight the image and then copying it, but is there another way to pull up the menu that usually appears when you right-click a web image in Windows?
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posted by mediareport
on Aug 6, 2012 -
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Post-college, pre-graduate school: I recently finished my undergrad program, and have found myself at a stand still. Any good organizations to help move my future along?
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posted by Stan Grossman
on Jul 18, 2012 -
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I'm looking for some kind of script, app, tool, or hack to speed up the process of saving pictures from Pinterest to my computer as a batch.
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posted by PardonMyFrench
on Jun 3, 2012 -
3 answers
I am getting the following error when trying to save in .doc format in Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac (v. 14.2.0): "the save failed due to out of memory or disk space". I can open .docs, but can only save as .docx. This happens with brand new documents and old ones.
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posted by DiscourseMarker
on May 9, 2012 -
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When I save MS Word docs, a lot of my spacings between words are being eliminated. In just about every sentence, it happens at least once! To be clear, instead of something like "and the", it will say "andthe". Could it be a faulty flash drive?
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posted by Eiwalker
on Feb 22, 2012 -
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s-o-s! External HD got a power surge and friend the inside. this is an old HD but I have had it forever and it has alot of old photoshop and design files of art I used to do and photo of my home prior to gutting. I ned the info!
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posted by femmme
on Jan 24, 2012 -
14 answers
How do I make MS Word (2008, for Mac)
actually remove the author information when I save a document as a pdf? I am submitting a paper for blind review but can't expunge the author info.
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posted by Beardman
on Aug 15, 2011 -
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Listening to NPR I heard them saying, a little too casually, that "Generation Y is preparing for a future without any Social Security benefits". REALLY?? I did _NOT_ get that memo.
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posted by shipbreaker
on May 23, 2011 -
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Some websites I use log me in automatically (Facebook) with full access to the site. Some automatically log me on, but require PW confirmation if I want to do something that may potentially compromise my security (LinkedIn, Amazon). Some websites demand a login each time I access the page (banking/trading sites; some of which save my login ID, none of which save my PW).I know precious little about this stuff. Cookies, is it?
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posted by holterbarbour
on Mar 30, 2011 -
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Is there a way to save one's okcupid messages? A grease monkey script perhaps? How about a way to save your questions/answers? I've invested a lot of energy into the site and I'd like to have a backup in case the match.com people ruin everything.
posted by Popcorn
on Feb 9, 2011 -
5 answers
I need to record
one of these broadcast feeds tomorrow morning (PDF link). What's the best way to go about this? I'm on a Mac, and I won't be home when it begins. How much hard drive space should I have available?
posted by avocet
on Jan 17, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm looking for a Greasemonkey script/Wordpress plugin that will allow me to use ctrl+s to save a post and ctrl+p to publish a post. This is for Wordpress 3.0.1, self hosted.
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posted by Solomon
on Nov 13, 2010 -
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Can anyone recommend me a trustworthy UK-based data recovery company of whom you have first-hand positive experience?
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posted by skylar
on Jan 6, 2010 -
1 answer
Have you ever used one of those companies that bargain down your medical bills, then take part of what they saved you as payment?
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posted by El Curioso
on Sep 22, 2009 -
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Shopping Filter: When do I need the best of the best? What is the best of the best? And how do I know the difference?
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posted by saradarlin
on May 27, 2009 -
47 answers
Which CFL bulbs are the longest lasting and cheapest to buy? I'm concerned about saving money on my electric bill but not worried about mercury content (if lights are broken). Are there any CFL bulb giveaways
that are online?
posted by boby
on Dec 20, 2008 -
12 answers
I know there are dozens of data recovery question on here, but nothing that appears to address my specific question. I have an Apple Powerbook G4 laptop running 10.4.1. In preparing to sell the machine I transferred a bunch of files across to an external drive, then deleted them, emptied the trash and deleted the entire user account (while telling it
not to store a disc image of that account.) Since then nothing has been written to or deleted from the disk. Now I find that
not all of my files were successfully copied to the external drive so I've lost a lot of data. In particular I would like to save just one folder full of Excel spreadsheets - my past few months of accounting. What is the likelihood of being able to achieve this, either myself or using a data recovery company?
posted by skylar
on Sep 28, 2008 -
6 answers
I'd like to ask a relatively simple question – what would happen if we switched of traffic lights when we didn't really need them? I'd like to know from an environmental aspect what effect turning off the nations traffic lights would have towards saving electricity and reducing emissions. From a social point of view could the nation's road users manage with such a change? And from a technical innovation view point – could it and should it happen and if so how?
posted by SarahM
on Sep 10, 2008 -
22 answers
Financial skills building classes or workshops for a low-income person with crappy money management skills?
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posted by serazin
on May 26, 2008 -
9 answers
Looking for resources to help me understand material from an intermediate microeconomics course. Notes, practice problems, simplified explanations, anything would help.
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posted by cgomez
on May 11, 2008 -
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Given that I have no bills to pay, what percentage of my wages should I save and how much should I take as spending money?
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posted by DMan
on Apr 6, 2008 -
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I would like to be able to watch videos from video.aol.com when I'm offline but am unable to save the ones that come from in2tv.
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posted by royalchinook
on Dec 9, 2007 -
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I want to save flash movies I find on the internet and collect them onto a DVD to watch on a DVD player.
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posted by paulinsanjuan
on Nov 5, 2007 -
5 answers
Can you find me obscure things to do in London to help me win my girlfriend back?
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posted by minifig
on Sep 25, 2007 -
16 answers
how much money can I save by turning off air-conditioning when I drive?
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posted by esolo
on Sep 18, 2007 -
21 answers
Canceling my MySpace account. Is there a way to save/export/preserve the content of my MySpace blog?
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posted by doift
on Jul 22, 2007 -
5 answers
What can I do, from the big changes on down to the minutae, to make a difference? I want a more environmentally conscious lifestyle!
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posted by iamkimiam
on Jun 13, 2007 -
33 answers
Is there anyway to recover a file that's never been saved (except maybe by autosave) in Microsoft word after you accidentally hit "don't save changes" upon closing it?
posted by Packy_1962
on Dec 7, 2006 -
10 answers
Is there a way to save/download slideshow content from the New York Times?
I use OS X Tiger, and I believe the content is Flash.
I would appreciate any help you can extend to me.
posted by muse
on May 5, 2006 -
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PDF-Filter: I have to take one (4-page) .pdf file, and save it as two (2-page) .pdf files. One file will be pages 1 and 2, the second file will be pages 3 and 4.
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posted by kevin_2864212
on Apr 17, 2006 -
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With the rise of flash drive technology, it makes me wonder why flash drives can't be used as primary hard drives in computers/mp3 players/ handheld gaming devices, etc. Could an OS conceivably be put on a flash drive? One that boots up almost immediately? For all our advancements with computers, it seems like boot times are getting
longer, if anything. Flash drives keep getting bigger and bigger, up to 10 or more gigs nowadays, so when can I expect the computer manufacturers to roll out Flash drive computers? 5 years? 10? What are the technical limitations/challenges of Flash drives?
posted by zardoz
on Apr 13, 2006 -
27 answers
Where does iTunes for Windows copy the cover art that you drag in? Is there a better way to organize those images?
posted by linklog
on Mar 31, 2006 -
6 answers
