What are people actually doing on the internet? [more inside]
posted on May 29, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm looking for a bandwidth monitoring tool for OSX. I need it to do some specific things. [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2007 - 5 answers

When filling in for a superior that has resigned, before a permanent replacement for the position is identified, is there any difference between a job title of "acting $POSITION" and one of "interim $POSITION"? Specifically, does one indicate that the temporary replacement is or is not in consideration to be the permanent replacement? (This is a position in a university office, if that matters.)
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 7 answers

"Most all" - it is wrong. Right? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 45 answers

In the Stan Rogers song "The Mary Ellen Carter", what does "crumble into scale" mean? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2007 - 5 answers

Wary vs. Leery- what is the distinction? [more inside]
posted on Nov 27, 2006 - 16 answers

When does a "list" become a "laundry list"? [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 17 answers

Correct use: "consists of" vs "consists in" [more inside]
posted on Oct 6, 2006 - 9 answers

Bruce Sutter's Hall of Fame plaque notes that he ..."lead the league in saves five times." Is this a typo? Or this one of those things that can go either way? ("led" or "lead" for the past tense of "lead")
posted on Jul 30, 2006 - 14 answers

So there has been an invasion of portuguese man of war jellyfish locally..... [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2006 - 16 answers

Can anyone speak to acquiring a license (if it's even necessary) to use AP Photos on your web site? I've searched and I've searched and I've searched.
posted on May 20, 2006 - 3 answers

Did "based on" beget "based off of"? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2006 - 28 answers

Usage and Grammar: What is considered the usage and style manual? [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2006 - 26 answers

I recently purchased a new Palm T|X with WiFi & Bluetooth. It's been a long time since I had a Palm, and it was the old Palm Vx running Palm OS 3.x. Obviously, they've come a good ways. I'd appreciate any recommendations as to cool Palm apps. I really don't need to be uber-heavy on the games (although I do like nostalgia games, i.e., stuff from the '80s and Doom), and would appreciate more how-did-I-ever-live-without-this kind of convenience/useful apps. I'm aware of Pocket Quicken, SiEd, and MealTip. And, for what it's worth, I'm on a Mac. [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2005 - 12 answers

BrakeFilter: My dad and I need to settle a bet about driving habits affecting brake pad life. [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2005 - 13 answers

St. Paddy's Day? Or St. Patty's Day? The latter makes me grind my teeth. But I'm seeing it more often. (Google calls it even, more or less.)
posted on Mar 9, 2005 - 13 answers

Language bigots: adapter or adaptor?
posted on Jan 7, 2005 - 29 answers

Ukraine vs. The Ukraine. Is the latter outdated now that Ukraine is an independent nation? Do Ukranians feel strongly about the difference? I hear people refer to it both ways.
posted on Nov 26, 2004 - 6 answers

When should I use "presume" and when should I use "assume?" Or are they interchangable?
posted on Nov 5, 2004 - 10 answers

UK versus American English usage question: In a recent post, the one on Chinese singing, I noticed that English speakers from England seem to use 'to' where most Americans would use 'from' or 'than.'
Example: "So 'bang' with a rising tone is different to 'bang' with a falling tone is different to 'bang' with a rising then falling tone."
Why is this, and how did this difference in usage originate?
posted on Sep 5, 2004 - 19 answers

Ethical considerations aside, are there any issues I should be concerned with if I were to use my neighbor's wireless internet without his explicit permission? Say, my computer getting hacked, my passwords being intercepted, my email being read, my browsing history being revealed, etc etc.
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 10 answers

Can genius be used as adjective, as in this example from the BBC: "Send Dave your genius idea."? If so, why? [More Inside.]
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 30 answers

Are there any reports, stats, or studies which might give me a more accurate picture of the percentage of people who use Windows or the Mac OS at home? What I'm curious about is how the numbers break down after you remove the vast number of PCs / Windows machines purchased by offices, and the rather inaccurate way that market share is determined.
posted on Jul 11, 2004 - 19 answers

Academical? While listening to NPR this afternoon, a UVa student giving a tour used the word "academical" in describing a portion of UVa's campus . The use of "academical" struck me as sounding very odd although it is arguably correct. Is it all academic?
posted on Jul 3, 2004 - 10 answers

You know the stereotypical pirate and/or salty sailor accent? What is that? Where does it come from? It sounds like it must be some kind of bastardised English accent, but it's fairly distinctive. Or is it something created and perpetuated by film and television?
posted on Jun 29, 2004 - 9 answers

Is there a difference (other than spelling) between "normalcy" and "normality"?
posted on Jun 26, 2004 - 10 answers

I'd like to know which applications on my computer are using how much of my internet connection's bandwidth. Something like Task Manager for bandwidth. Any recommendations for something free for Win2K that's easy to install, use, and uninstall? Or is there a built-in utility I'm missing?
posted on Jun 10, 2004 - 9 answers

Line trimmers. I'd like to go with an electric line trimmer, but they don't seem to have the same amount of torque as the gas variety. Does anyone have experience with a very robust, torquey electric line trimmer? It has to be able to cut through blackberry bushes, for example of growth it needs to whack down.
posted on May 25, 2004 - 3 answers

What are the practical uses of a DVD-RW drive? [MI]
posted on Jan 16, 2004 - 20 answers