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Help of Your Day

HungryJoeHungryJoe
edited August 2011 in Everything Else
This might be stupid, but I think it'd be nice to have a thread where someone can ask, "I have a calculus homework question. Can anyone help?", or "I don't know how to change the oil in my car. Can anyone help?"

Requests might be for advice on traffic tickets, how to grow geraniums, where to find a V.I.N.C.E.N.T. figure, or what is a good apartment location in Chicago.

It also might be cross referenced with Fail of Your Day, but the "I've had a shitty day" poster could reasonably expect someone to give her a pat on the back and tell her things will be alright.

If everyone thinks this is stupid, I'll understand. It was just a random thought.

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  • AprecheApreche
    edited August 2011
    This is why stackexchange exists.
    Post edited by Apreche on
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    This is why stackexchange exists.
    That's for strangers. This would be just for us.
  • ricardocameronricardocameron
    http://lifehacker.com/
    Lot's of interesting info from a geek perspective.
  • AprecheApreche
    This is why stackexchange exists.
    That's for strangers. This would be just for us.
    I trust strangers more. If you keep getting answers from just your limited group of people to whom you have strong social connections, you will get very biased answers. It's much better to seek help from a collected mass of expertise that is specifically dedicated to answering such questions.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    This is why stackexchange exists.
    That's for strangers. This would be just for us.
    I trust strangers more. If you keep getting answers from just your limited group of people to whom you have strong social connections, you will get very biased answers. It's much better to seek help from a collected mass of expertise that is specifically dedicated to answering such questions.
    While I agree with you for the most part, there is something to be said about seeking advice from those who have at least a little vested interest in you.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    If everyone thinks this is stupid, I'll understand. It was just a random thought.
    Well the thread has been made, we'll see if people do it. I like the idea and if you have any car questions I'll try to help.
  • VigaViga
    I need some help. I've been avoiding asking since it's embarrassing.

    I added domain mapping to make the redirect from my blogger not needed and then deleted the original blogspot page since I was going all wordpress. but I get a 404 error and it's been over 48 hours.

    I already switched the nameservers.
    I edited the DNS (probably wrong)
  • NeitoNeito
    What are your DNS settings? Is *.theotagal.com pointing to your hosting, or to ghs.google.com?
  • RymRym
    I need some help. I've been avoiding asking since it's embarrassing.

    I added domain mapping to make the redirect from my blogger not needed and then deleted the original blogspot page since I was going all wordpress. but I get a 404 error and it's been over 48 hours.

    I already switched the nameservers.
    I edited the DNS (probably wrong)
    Is the 404 coming from the old IP or the new IP?
  • VigaViga
    edited August 2011
    What are your DNS settings? Is *.theotagal.com pointing to your hosting, or to ghs.google.com?
    Google in the CNAME, but I don't know what to change it to.

    I edited the DNS (probably wrong)
    Is the 404 coming from the old IP or the new IP?
    Old.
    Post edited by Viga on
  • VigaViga
    So I took a wild guess and changed the www part in CNAME in my settings to my blahblah.wordpress.com. Right? Wrong?
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    If everyone thinks this is stupid, I'll understand. It was just a random thought.
    It's a good thought. There are a lot of experts on these forums, and we know that many are willing to answer questions - we're a chatty bunch.

    This could wind up being a generally helpful go-to - a repository for specialized information that people might not otherwise be able to find.
  • NeitoNeito
    So I took a wild guess and changed the www part in CNAME in my settings to my blahblah.wordpress.com. Right? Wrong?
    Post a screenshot of your DNS settings (or just send it to me, I don't know if there's anything particularly sensitive in yours) so I can see what's going on.
  • ByronByron
    When troubleshooting DNS settings, a program like dig is critical to see if your NS records are not being updated properly to the external world or (if they are updated and returning the records properly) realizing you fudged something up.
  • VigaViga
    FIX'd! Thanks!
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    I've asked this question before on this forum and some others and have never obtained any usable information.

    Back in the old days, Bravo was actually a serious arts channel. There were no commercials, and It was a lot like PBS, except they never showed any science or history. It was all art, all the time.

    There were two excellent short films I saw on Bravo around 1994. One was a version of The Tell-Tale Heart. It opened with the narrator being escorted into an interrogation room. Once inside, the viewer could see that he was in a straitjacket. The guards cuffed him to the floor by a long chain that wrapped around his waist. He began addressing a board of inquiry and recited the story, word for word. The narrator looked a little like Anthony Hopkins, and employed a few Hannibal Lecter mannerisms, and tic, but I don't think it was actually Hopkins.

    I started viewing the second film about a third of the way through. This old English lord was narrating a sort of tour of his home and estate. He'd go from room to room casually relating how some such historical thing happened here, some personal thing happened to him there when he was a boy, and then - without any real change in demeanor, say, "Oh, this is the room in which I killed Ian. I fractured his skull using this great paperweight thingee here. Now if you'll just follow me outside.", and then they went around the grounds doing the same thing. Every now and then, the old guy would stop and tell how he had committed some gruesome murder just as matter-of-factly as he was doing the rest of the tour. It was a great little film.

    When I first asked for help finding these films about five years ago, Scot simply said, "IMDB" and nothing else. Well, IMBD doesn't help at all, of course, because i don't know any of the actors or directors involved, and i don't know the name of the second film. Of course, I looked on IMBD for The Tell-Tale Heart, but I've never been able to find the version I saw.

    Any suggestions?
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    I want to say Wild Strawberries but I know its not that. Hmm...
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    edited October 2011
    Ok, so there's this book that our teacher read use in like 6th grade that I can't remember the name of. It had an oppressive government that forced families to only have one child, and killed any new ones. All junk food was illegal and I'm pretty sure I remember there being a scene of a bunch of riot police gunning down lots of child protesters and hosing the blood off the streets. It wasn't a classic or anything, just some book our teacher read us because she felt like it.

    Derp, found it.
    Post edited by ninjarabbi on
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    I'm fascinated with the wallpapers they show on the Comcast Music Choice channels, especially the Halloween and Light Classical channels. I've searched and searched, but can't find them on the internet. Does anyone know where I can find them?

    In that vein, does anyone know where I can find wallpapers of books or libraries?

    Does anyone know where I can get a decent LCARS screensaver - aside from System 47 - I'm tired of that one. Speaking of which, does anyone know where/how to get old screen savers like AfterDark 4.0 to run on Windows 7?

    Finally, I'd really like to find some art that was in a magazine called something like Best of Omni Science Fiction 2. I have similarly searched all over the internet for artists that contributed to Omni, but can't find many.
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    Just try searching 4walled for a lot of that stuff.
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    Just try searching 4walled for a lot of that stuff.
    Thanks. I've actually never seen that before.
  • AprecheApreche
    Just try searching 4walled for a lot of that stuff.
    Thanks. I've actually never seen that before.
    I prefer wallbase.net
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited November 2011
    My good friend's dad is a very accomplished journalist who has been out of work for a little while now. He was, up until October 2010, editor-in-chief of Editor & Publisher, one of the largest press trade mags out there, until being laid off. He's a fairly cool guy as well; he is no longer allowed in the nation of Venezuela due to writing some negative articles about Chavez and his treatment of the press during his time there and subsequently being labeled a "dissident element." Anyway, he's up for another job on a website called Romensko+, and my friend is rallying for people to get him click-thrus, as whatever unique traffic he draws to his articles will be taken under consideration when the site reviews candidates for the position. If you could all just regularly check the following page and click through to any articles that you haven't yet read, even if you don't want to read them, I'd greatly appreciate it. If you're adept with PCs, maybe you can do something neat with proxies to help even more. Whatever the case, this guy is one of my best friends, and I know his dad needs this. Thanks.

    http://www.poynter.org/author/mfitzgerald/
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • HungryJoeHungryJoe
    There was a song I used to hear on Big Monkey Comics Radio (long since defunct) that was about Rorschach. I've looked and looked, but I can't find it. Does anyone know this song?
  • RochelleRochelle
    edited May 2012
    Today I helped a veteran that traveled here under the false pretenses impression that he needed to come here to pay his debt. After spending sometime on the phone with various departments, I was able to get him on an affordable payment plan and he never needed to come here again to make payments.

    He was so relieved that he offered to give me a $20 tip. I politely refused and said it was all part of the job, which it is.

    His gratitude makes up for me being behind on work and the stress I'm dealing with right now.

    /pats self on back
    Post edited by Rochelle on
  • NuriNuri
    Um... did you mean under the false impression? Because when you say pretenses, it sounds like he came to the office saying he needed to pay his debt, but he really had some other motivation.

    Glad you were able to make the world a better place today. :)
  • RochelleRochelle
    Yeah, I really meant that. Thanks. I'm so drained right now. The amount of research put into my work is pretty insane and on top of that I'm training my coworkers and boss because of my previous experience and awesomeness of knowing everything. :P
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    Anybody know how to replace the shitty Lenovo wireless and power managers with the standard windows ones? I was able to remove the Lenovo ones from the taskbar but I can't figure out how to add the standard windows managers back onto it.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    If you want to add the Windows taskbar icon for power, just click the little white arrow and then hit Customize, then "Turn system icons on or off". There should be an option for Power.

    Personally, I think the Lenovo power manager is actually pretty decent, though.
  • ninjarabbininjarabbi
    Ah, thanks. I don't mind it that much but I'd rather just use the basic windows ones. Plus, I want to use the small icons on the taskbar, but when I had the Lenovo managers on it, the taskbar wouldn't get any smaller.
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