Please help me understand the concept of variable change as it relates to statistics. (Provoked by the movie 21.) [more inside]
posted by siclik on Oct 13, 2008 - 21 answers

How can I strip the seconds off when displaying a MYSQL datetime variable, using only PHP commands, not MYSQL commands like "DATE_FORMAT"? [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Nov 28, 2006 - 14 answers

My sister just graduated with a J.D.... accompanied by five student loans totaling over $100K. Recommendations for paying the least amount of interest possible? [more inside]
posted by paulino636 on Sep 3, 2006 - 10 answers

I currently have a monthly mortgage payment of $850/month. About $150 of that is mortgage insurance + property taxes.

If I get one of those fancy split 80/20 mortgages, in which the variable-rate 20% portion is used to satisfy the downpayment requirement and remove the mortgage insurance, am I going to get hosed at some point? Finding decent advice about this has been difficult.
posted by mecran01 on Dec 17, 2004 - 13 answers

Is this the easiest way to set the username variable with Win95/98?
posted by dogwelder on Mar 1, 2004 - 2 answers

My dance group is looking for a way to play CDs at variable speeds. There are a few variable speed CD players on the market, or, it's likely that a laptop could be used to play CDs and .mp3s at variable speed. (Variable speed is really useful for teaching dances.) We have raised $600 so far. Experiences? Recommendations?
posted by theora55 on Jan 19, 2004 - 8 answers