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| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 |
elishavah
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10:05a |
bit of an update
I seem to have found most of my music, although there was a disc from the music lady master Barkley that is...somewhere. If it doesn't reveal itself, however, I know how to make it happen again in a couple weeks. Important Question for the iTunes knowledgeable masses -- when syncing, is there a way to set it so that my iPod overwrites my iTunes? Or is there some third-party tool (that you trust) that will do this? Because that was really the reason I didn't have it syncing before, and why I'm now going to have to redo everything. I listen to music on the iPod, not in iTunes, so when I decide to re-rank or get rid of a song, it's happening on my iPod. And I do not want iTunes to write over that; I want it to happen the other way around. Anyway, in more pressing matters, SNOW. Not yet, but they're threatening tons. Which is a massive pain because of long-ago-planned plans tonight that require going out. Also, I'm trying to decide whether I should bother going to the store for milk, since I have none, but I am fully capable of making breakfast tomorrow without it. Hrm. I should definitely get the paper goods I bought last weekend out of my trunk, though. |
thesims2
[ similise ]
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12:55a |
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| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
little_details
[ gisho ]
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6:27p |
Obscure but readily fixable car problem (1970s)
Scenario: It's the late 1970s, a snowy midwinter day. Two guys are driving in a rural area, somewhere within a day's drive of New York, in an American car that's not more than a few years old (doesn't matter what model, as long as it's an American car). They either hear something go wrong with the car and pull over, or they pull over to get something out of the trunk or change drivers and the car refuses to restart. One of said guys knows a bit about cars, changes his own oil and the like and could easily diagnose commonplace problems; he pops the hood and takes a look, but can't figure out what's wrong with the car. Shortly afterward, a professional mechanic drives by (in his own car; he can be carrying his tools if neccessary). He notices the car with its hood up and pulls over to help; he is able to diagnose and fix the problem in a few minutes, or at least get the car to a point where they can safely drive it to a repair shop some miles away, and the guys drive off. What could go wrong with the car that would be annoying aand hard to diagnose, but easy to fix? It can't be a battery problem, since they could push-start the car; it can't be lack of gas, because they'd have started walking, and I want them still sitting there arguing when the mechanic shows up. It's too new to have fan belt problems. Is there something that could come loose that wouldn't be obvious looking under the hood? A similar question on the comm ages ago mentioned a PCV joint coming loose, but I got the impression that anyone who knew about cars would be able to spot it. |
thesims2
[ dorkasaur ]
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8:51p |
Invisible items!
as the title suggests, items in my game have suddenly started turning invisible. wait, let me explain better. I'll place an object, and it works fine, and then I'll resume playing the game somewhere out of the line of sight of the object and after a while it'll just disappear, but my sims can still use them, although only by themselves, I can't click on it. So far it's happened to two objects, the expensive Maxis microwave, and the expensive Maxis telescope. my hood is fairly new, and all my hacks are up to date, as is CEP. I have all expansions except Uni + holiday stuff, H&M, kitchen and bathroom, mansions and gardens, family fun stuff...I think that's it. Any suggestions? |
kazbaby
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7:55p |
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linguaphiles
[ bustrofedon ]
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6:25p |
If this were all there were to it...
Hello, I encountered a peculiar phrase: If this were all there were to it, ... which grammar I don't fully understand. I guess, its meaning is: "if this were all that is essential in it". The first "were" is subjunctive mood. But the second "were" looks a little obscure to me. What is the role of it? Why is present tense not used here? Is this expression called somehow in linguistics? |
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officialgaiman
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6:57p |
Xmas Roundup With Some Good Links and a photo of an author in it
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/12/xmas-roundup-with-some-good-links-and.html posted by Neil
How the hell did it get to be December the 18th? Ohhh. All the links I meant to post. Arghh. For a start, I want to repost this little true thing I wrote, from last year's Independent: it's about being an eight year old Jewish kid who really wanted a Christmas tree... http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/neil-gaiman-hanukkah-with-bells-on-1203307.htmlI wanted to tell you that you can still get the signed prints of "Before You Read This" I did with Todd Klein -- it's a poem I wrote that Todd lettered -- at Todd's website (along with Todd's other unique signed prints -- collaborations with Alex Ross, Alan Moore and J.H. Williams). http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=6525. (If you're hesitating, order: they're really cheap, and the second printing will be gone soon.) Also, for signed things and rare stuff, you can Do Good while last minute shopping by heading over to the CBLDF shop website. Here's the page with stuff related to me on it.) I just got my author's copies of "A Hundred Words To Talk of Death", the poem I wrote that Jim Lee illustrated and Todd Klein lettered. (Someone wrote to me on Twitter pointing out that it is two syllables short, and unable to figure out why. I will leave that as a problem for you to solve.) It's beautiful -- the same size and quality as the print of "The Day The Saucers Came". It's glorious. (Thinks: I can take a photo to show people.)
I didn't used to think of Jim Lee as a glorious and subtle pencil artist, but he really is, and this is wonderful. (You can order them from here, and read about Kitty's adventures in shipping them out over at http://kittysneverwear.blogspot.com/, with bonus pictures right now of my Very Late Guy Fawkes Part of last month.)  Here is a photo of an author who needs a shave holding a print of "One Hundred Words" poem.
Kitty herself is heading off on tour with Lady Gaga early next year, and Maddy is going to see them in Chicago (where, about eight years ago, I first met Kitty, on the road with Tori) ( Who will be interviewed tonight on ABC -- Tori that is, not Kitty or Maddy).
Amanda and I have been having something that isn't quite an argument about Lady Gaga for a few weeks. We have really rubbish arguments, because they normally resolve into the discovery that we weren't arguing at all, just saying the same thing from two different points of view. Amanda posted a ukulele video-song-blog she'd written late last night from her Boston flat when she was probably meant to be practising her New Year's Eve Tchaikovsky, and I discovered that our latest argument wasn't an argument and we were talking about the same things again. It's art. You make it.
I don't think I will ever write songs and post them on YouTube instead of blogging. I'm in awe of someone who can. It's a good song, too, not just a funny and wise end-of-an-argument, even if she has to stop and scroll down at the last verse. Also, she said "aluminium".
And finally, in keeping with the not-exactly-Christmassy-but-sort-of theme of this blog...
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linguaphiles
[ alicit ]
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8:53p |
Hi, my sister collects teaspoons, and she recently bought some during a visit to London. She is intrigued about one of them. Can anybody read what it says? Here is a picture of the back of the spoon handle. ( Picture behind the cut ) |
thesims2
[ hannahbonellu ]
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2:40p |
Expansion Packs/Furniture troubles?
Hi guys. I posted here a few months ago about not being able to use custom furniture, but that's fixed thankfully! However, I recently got a few expansion packs and I installed them (If it matters, I have Pets, OFB, Uni, Seasons, and Nightlife) and I go into the game and I want to use the custom furniture I have but I go into the sort by room and sort by function folders and none of the furniture is there. It's not in its collections folder either. I DO have Custom Content turned on. The downloads folder says that all the furniture is still there. Any reason as to why it's not showing up? TIA! |
thesims2
[ ryo_girl ]
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10:17a |
Help finding a couple of outfits?
I figure this is a long shot but I've spent hours now searching for a couple of toddler outfits and I just can't seem to find them, so if anyone recognizes these outfits, can you please point me in the right direction? I'd love you forever! ( Read more... ) |
kernezelda
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11:01a |
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linguaphiles
[ smnwaters211 ]
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11:36a |
French future
Salut tout le monde! I have a quick question for all of you francophones! :) My French is pretty good, but I've never been able to grasp the difference between using the future tense and using aller+infinitive. Can they be used interchangeably, or are there subtle differences? To clarify: "Je vais essayer d'y aller." "J'essayerai d'y aller." Is there a difference? Or, "Je vais manger, et puis j'irai chez mon ami." Can you use both forms in the same sentence, or is it weird? Thanks in advance for your input! :) Cheers, Rissa |
cretkid
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11:03a |
back home from the left coast
I have been awake for more than 24 hours. Need a nap in the worst way. However, first, I need food. Debating going in to work. Don't wanna. |
| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 |
linguaphiles
[ ubykhlives ]
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12:50a |
A Turkish sentence
Evening all, Are there any fluent Turkish speakers hereabouts who can give me a translation of the sentence hemen hemen beni tutacaktı? More specifically, I'm looking to find out very precisely what hemen hemen means here (I know the remainder is something like "he would have caught me"). It's the Turkish gloss Tevfik Esenç gave for the Ubykh noun phrase wɜnɜqʲɜmɜɕɜ; I'm trying to work out what the specific nuance is so that I can properly gloss it in English, and unfortunately my Turkish isn't nearly good enough. Teşekkürler / wɜn ɕʷɨʃʷɜq’ɨnɜχ! |
| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
thesims2
[ pennysims ]
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4:12p |
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xfiles
[ em_dilem ]
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1:20p |
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| Thursday, December 17th, 2009 |
linguaphiles
[ genoroads ]
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10:24p |
Scandinavian Departments
Hello. I have an inquiry. I've been learning German for the past 5 years, and recently I've began my journey into the world of other Germanic languages. At the moment, I have begun my study of Swedish; I find it to be an extremely interesting language, and very pleasing to the ear. I was actually wondering if anyone had a list of universities/colleges, in the United States, that have Scandinavian departments (offering Swedish or Norwegian). Any input would be greatly appreciated. Also. I've tried Google, and it's not very helpful. |
thesims2
[ ohh_snapex3 ]
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9:48p |
Start-up Problem?
I keep trying to start my Sims 2 game, but it won't load past the screen that says something about "Genetic Modifiers" (or something to that effect.) It should be the last thing or so to load, but it takes FOREVER to load, and I've waited 30 minutes before shutting it off and it still never loaded past that screen. Does anyone know why this could be happening? I do have a lot of cc downloaded... but would that do anything to it? I do have a pretty slow computer, but it's never done this to me before, just the past few nights I've tried. |
linguaphiles
[ sca_sethe ]
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7:47p |
Esperanto, anyone?
I fell in love with the concept of Esperanto and was wondering what everyone else thought about it. Does it seem like a good idea? Have you even heard of it? :3 Current Mood:  :D |
artist_cards
[ saranamazing ]
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8:39p |
New :]
Hey, my sister got me a pack of cards and I just thought it sounded so cool. She drew on one for me too. I'm still thinking about what to do for my first one. I into charcoal right now so I might do something with that. Like I said I'm new so yeah. Nice to meet you all :D |
| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
linguaphiles
[ crazyamoeba ]
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12:25a |
A Russian term
Hello! I have just discovered this wonderful community, and am positively squirming with delight at the chance to talk to others interested in language. However, my first question (probably the first of many) is about a Russian word. Don't worry, I know that this isn't a community for translators, but I read the community rules, and it said that questions related to a single language were okay, so I hope this isn't breaking a rule. It is a bit of an obscure question, and I have also paid a visit to a Russian-learners community, but am waiting to find out if they will actually let me join first! ( I'll put the question under this cut, as I fear I have rambled. ) |
| Thursday, December 17th, 2009 |
auntiemeesh
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6:42p |
My bright red nose (just call me Rudolph) clashes with my red hair. It is not a pretty look. Hopefully this cold will go the way most of them seem to do - here today, gone tomorrow. |
linguaphiles
[ graeco_celt ]
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11:53p |
Came across this interesting video
I don't recall seeing it posted here before, so I thought I'd put it up and see what everyone thinks. Personally, I think it's quite accurate, though only for a certain value of "Americans" because it reduces all possible accents down to one. Still, it's interesting. See what you think. |
veritykindle
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10:01a |
Well, it's that time of the year again.
My hair literally froze solid this morning. I touched it, and I felt curls that were encased in ice, completely solid, no give at all. I didn't actually hear crunching, the way I would if I stepped on ice in a puddle, but the feeling was kind of similar. Except that this is MY HAIR we are talking about here. It's a strange feeling. O_O And the sad part is that this isn't even the first time this happened to me. It happens pretty much every year - I go outside after washing my hair, on a crisp winter morning, and I realize that my head is really cold, but I don't really do anything about it, and then after a few minutes of this, I reach up to touch my hair, and it's FROZEN SOLID, OMG. And yet, despite all that, I *still* keep going out with wet hair and without a hat. I just never learn, do I. *g* On the plus side, this is finally the perfect time to use my winter icon. I do love winter, frozen hair and all. :D Also, I've got to say, LJ's new statistics feature kind of freaks me out a bit. I see what people meant a while ago about the "my guests" feature being disturbing. I can live with overall statistics, but it's still a bit disconcerting to know exactly *who* is visiting my LJ, usernames, default icons and all. It's not disconcerting enough that I will turn that feature off, though, so be warned. Of course, if you set yourself to invisible, I won't be able to see who you are, just that "An Invisible Guest" was there, which might be better for everybody, in any case. This post was crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are  comments. You can comment here or there, if you wish. Current Mood:  cheerful |
thesims2
[ hobbittas ]
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4:36p |
Do the Sims 2 games work with every operating system?
I'm getting a new computer for Christmas, and my mom doesn't know what the operating system is. I want to order some new games (namely the base game so I can actually play on the new computer), but I'm not sure if they'll work. See, with the recent release of Windows 7, I'm not sure if the games will work on it, in the off-chance I get that operating system. I know that the XP games can work on Vista, but can the XP and Vista games work on Windows 7? Can each game work on all operating systems, providing that the PC ones are on a PC, and the Mac are on Mac? EDIT: *Thanks to everyone for answering; All these answers are very reassuring and I'm confident that whatever I get, I'll be fine. And I hope other people with the same question are put at ease by this as well :D |
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