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Questions and Answers - Part 3

 
  

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ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
09:05 / 13.09.06
replacing line feeds gets pretty ugly pretty quickly, but if you've got word-processing or text-editing stuff with a multi-line search/replace function (like, for instance, CuteHTML, which is a pretty ace programming/html making text-editor, with useful stuff), you can just press enter in the 'search' box, and leave the replace box blank.

This will, however, really mess things up. You need to leave line feeds when they're doubled, and not when they're single.


actually, you could cheat, and search/replace double linefeed (enter enter in the search box) with <p />, then add <html><body> to the top of the document. view it in a webbrowser, and it should be fine. It'll ignore linebreaks in text, but not the para breaks. That'd probably work.
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
09:43 / 13.09.06
because I was bored: go here, copy and paste a gutenberg book into the textbox, and click submit query. After a while (depending on your connection speed, as you've got to upload and then re-download the book), you'll get a de-breaked, but not entirely de-breaked, version of the book.

There'll be some problems with things like contents pages, they'll be all mashed up, but everything else should be in nice paragraphs for your easier printing out and using.

But copy and paste it into word and select a better font, first.

Enjoy!

(later, when I have time to actually learn php, I'll write a version which lets you just use the url of the text file you want to remove lines from. Probably later this evening, because learning php sounds like more fun that doing essays)
 
 
Olulabelle
09:57 / 13.09.06
You're so nice!

Can you not write an essay on learning php?

New question: Does anyone know where I could get a secondhand enamelling/carbolite furnace? I only want a teeny one and it doesn't have to be tidy; very used is fine!
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
10:02 / 13.09.06
Thank you!

I was thinking about writing the essay on metaphor in programming languages, but I don't think it'd fly, unfortunately.

Also, I will never be able to take a url and return a made-nice version of the file, as my host does not allow it (this is pretty reasonable, come to think of it, because some unscrupulous sort could direct my server to a three-gigabyte file and smash it dead).

Also also I have no idea where one would procure such an item, sadly.
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
10:07 / 13.09.06
Presuming that you want this for your jewellery making, try contacting a local college with an adult education course and the tutor might be able to direct you to a local source.

Alternatively you might contact the manufacturer of such a furnace and ask for a list of acredited retailers/servicers who may then be able to offer you something used.
 
 
Ticker
18:20 / 13.09.06
weak brain hurting help please....

Ancient Greek/Roman philosopher commentor traveler known for his semi nasty ironic humorous style.
Name starts with an 'L'

I just read a great article last week and now I can't recall his name properly to find it again.

Wail. Gnash. Stare into space. Wail.
 
 
lekvar
22:21 / 13.09.06
Is there an online resource like IMDB for bands, albums, and musicians?
 
 
Cloned Christ on a HoverDonkey
22:25 / 13.09.06
Have you tried allmusic, lekvar?

It's by no means exhaustive but it covers a massive range of musical thingummybobs.
 
 
lekvar
22:36 / 13.09.06
Nope, I've never tried it, but I'm about to. Thanks for that.
 
 
Princess
22:37 / 13.09.06
It's not Lez is it?
 
 
ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
22:39 / 13.09.06
xk: Lucian?
 
 
Baz Auckland
22:51 / 13.09.06
Thank You Red Frog Rising!
 
 
Char Aina
23:20 / 13.09.06
i have been trying to remember the name of a poem i read as a wean.
said poem was an anti-monarchist shout cleverly disguised as a monarchist ode, it's true meaning deciphered by taking line one from each stanza, then two, then three, etc.

for some reason i keep seeing alexander pope's pale face in my mind's eye a i try to remember, but i dont think it was him.
but then...maybe it was.

anyone have any ideas?
 
 
doozy floop
18:11 / 14.09.06
Lekvar, my lazy answer is that there used to be something called the Ultimate Band List, but I have a feeling it may be defunct, and I have no idea what the URL was...

Question: if I'm going to the gym before work of a morning, when's the optimum time to have my breakfast and what would be the most bestest thing to have?
 
 
Ticker
18:33 / 14.09.06
Red Frog Rising: YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!

hahaahah! WEEEEEEE!!!!!

Thank You!
 
 
Olulabelle
18:46 / 14.09.06
Doozy Floop, I don't know but I asked a similar question about cycling to school a while ago.
 
 
grant
18:59 / 14.09.06
Ultimate Band List was UBL.com -- it was sort of a combo AllMusic and mp3.com (in much the same way MySpace is a combo Friendster and mp3.com).

Ha! It's still there, and I'm still on it!
Haven't thought about that place in over a year.

Another site (more popular) along the same lines is garageband.com. Havens for both the signed and unsigned, but moreso the latter.

As much as I hate to say it, I think MySpace might be more representative or comprehensive.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
21:16 / 14.09.06
I've inherited a classfull of 16 4-5 year olds. They're sweet, but their last teacher evidently let them run roughshod all over her (she quit after 2 days) so I've essentially got to get control of a class that's been accustomed to doing pretty much what it wants. What it cheifly wants, based on our limited aquaintance, is to make forts out of the desks, pull each other's hair, chuck toys, and soak each other at the sink at playtime. I'm just about managing to keep a lid on it but only just.

The school frowns somewhat on the use of handcuffs, duct tape, or pepper spray, but any other crowd control tips would be appreciated.
 
 
Baz Auckland
23:23 / 14.09.06
A whistle? Something loud to bang?

How about a point system? Kids who are quiet get points, redeemable for candy at the end of the year? (It works well with 12 year olds...)
 
 
All Acting Regiment
08:09 / 15.09.06
You know those nice new Penguin editions that came out fairly recently? Where can you find a list of all the titles, and can you get them on Amazon?
 
 
Shrug
10:59 / 15.09.06
Mordant, you could try and read them a story? That's usually attention grabbing enough to maintain quiet for, at least, a while. And if you really need some peace ask them to pretend to be asleep, those who sleep the longest gain a penny sweet or somesuch. (You can buy them in big tubs).
 
 
Ticker
13:00 / 15.09.06
er, just sayin' the candy thing with the kids may lead to more hyper sugar badness down the road. Candy is a very bad habit to get into.

I remember what worked very effectively was a privilage chart. When you were good you earned a gold star/sticker and the child with the most got to pick group activities. Favorite stories to read, movies to watch, basicly they got to be a wee monarch for a day. First everyone just wants the sticker then everyone wants to be the Big Cheese.
 
 
grant
13:36 / 15.09.06
Line leaders. Kindergarteners love being line leader. You effectively create a "trusty" system (that's the noun, not the adjective), with the kids policing each other.

I wonder if you could turn the fort-building into an activity somehow....

Oh, and there's this attitude I've seen the good teachers cultivate. "It's reading time. It's not running time. You know that, right?" The special times are often announced with song, although the only one I remember is the clean-up time song.
 
 
petunia
15:00 / 15.09.06
Doozy - I remember reading somewhere that breakfast is best eaten after morning excersise. I think the rational was that

a.) Your body will burn of the energy from last night's meal and is more likely to burn off excess fat, rather than having a big lump of recently-digested fuel available for use.

b.) You're not lugging round a meal with you while you excersise, meaning you're less likely to get stitches or a cramp. And you'll go faster.

c.) It sounds more hardcore - "yeah, I do twenty laps of the swimming pool before breakfast."

If your schedule means you have to eat before excersising, I think the usual suggested time to wait after your meal is 45 minutes to an hour.

Mordant - The above advice is probably much better than mine, but In my experience of working with kids/being a kid, it helps to build up a level of trust and friendship. A kid is a lot more likely to do what you ask if they feel it's fair and that you're treating them as equal.

If you can build this trust up, you can end up in a position where the child's interaction with you is 'I'd better do what Mordant asks because I want to make her happy/don't want to make her sad', which is obviously tonnes better than 'I'd better do what Mordant asks, otherwise she'll get angry and shout and I don't like that.'

Obviously, this will be pretty hard to do with a whole class, but it's worth a try.

If it fails, just tell them you'll get their parents arrested if they don't shut up.
 
 
electric monk
15:06 / 15.09.06
My wife bought me a Samsung mp3 player and a few accessories for my birthday. One of the accessories was charger cord that doesn't fit the charger slot. The player came with a USB cord that will, apparently, charge the player when hooked into the computer. The sales rep, tho, informed Wifey that it was better to get a separate charger cord as charging time is half that of the USB and will not wear down the battery capacity as fast as the USB will. Now, I'm not too concerned how quick the player charges, but I don't want to wear the battery down faster than is necessary. I'm going to take back the charger cord and exchange it for something, so my question is: Do I need to get a dedicated charger cord to preserve the battery life of my mp3 player or can I get by with the USB?
 
 
unheimlich manoeuvre
16:34 / 15.09.06
Legba Rex - You know those nice new Penguin editions that came out fairly recently? Where can you find a list of all the titles, and can you get them on Amazon?

Do you mean the 60th anniversary classics?
If so http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/
On Amazon? I know nothing.
 
 
doozy floop
18:27 / 15.09.06
.trampetunia: that's exactly what I wanted to hear. I can now be hardcore *and* not have to force down an unwelcome breakfast at silly-o'clock of the morning
 
 
ibis the being
19:22 / 15.09.06
Mordant - The above advice is probably much better than mine, but In my experience of working with kids/being a kid, it helps to build up a level of trust and friendship. A kid is a lot more likely to do what you ask if they feel it's fair and that you're treating them as equal.

If you can build this trust up, you can end up in a position where the child's interaction with you is 'I'd better do what Mordant asks because I want to make her happy/don't want to make her sad', which is obviously tonnes better than 'I'd better do what Mordant asks, otherwise she'll get angry and shout and I don't like that.'


I wholeheartedly agree. I worked in an afterschool program (with two other staffers)... our kids were pre-K to 8 but I mostly worked with the 4-6 year olds since I had the greatest knack with that group. It was at a school where the teachers ran things primarily by shouting and that's what the kids were used to. But I found the best strategy for getting kids to cooperate was approaching them invidually (most disruptive ones first to keep a lid on it) and forging a bond with each one. The "worst" kid who never wanted to listen to anyone quickly became my devoted friend bc I was the only adult who made the effort to listen to him. This route is more of a long-term effort... in the short term the most potent organizing principle was SNACKS.
 
 
Ticker
19:30 / 15.09.06
Do we have a thread to list charities and such on here?
I just watched a BBC vid on the Bonobos and so hunted down the charity to make a donation. While I was doing so I realized I have a good handful of sites that just by visiting you the interweb-naut donate to many valued causes.
 
 
Axolotl
22:47 / 15.09.06
Does anyone have a really good chilli chicken ramen recipe. They are in suprisingly short supply on the internets (or my google-fu is weak) and I have a craving for spicy soup goodness.
 
 
Shrug
21:40 / 17.09.06
When piercing the film on microwaved food, does one use a knife or a fork and how many times should one pierce the film?

I've not seen an instruction that details things exactly and as mundane as this thought is I was wondering what the exact reason for perforations were.
 
 
Triplets
22:10 / 17.09.06
When piercing the film on microwaved food, does one use a knife or a fork and how many times should one pierce the film?

Away from home for the first time? Bless. Pierce using whatever stabbing implement you have to hand. At least thrice

In fact, you don't even need to do that, you can just lift a corner of the film off to let the pressurised air out, so you don't turn your microwave into a lasagne bomb. It's meant to explode in your mouth. Not your face.
 
 
Phex: Dorset Doom
22:13 / 17.09.06
You perforate because as the air inside heats it expands, and could asplode your dinner all over the inside of the microwave.
As for perforations, there are two schools of thought on the subject: the Luxembourg School, which advocates a steady and evenly distributed pattern of small perforations (one per square inch of material) in the plastic wrapping delivered by a standard four-pronged dining fork (The key text of this approach being the 1968 classic 'Beyond the Microwave Oven') and the Grealish-Boone technique of a random pattern of cuts made by a sharp knife in 'an attempt to transcend/displace eater/eaten spaciality' (Grealish, 1986). A Yale University study commissioned by the FDA in 2003 found the Grealish-Boone technique 'allow(ed) heated air to escape from the packaging, causing a noticable reduction in food irradiation'. The current consensus in the field is that the Luxembourg technique remains the standard.
 
 
Jub
12:33 / 18.09.06
Were any Allied Soldiers done for war crimes after WWII?
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
12:38 / 18.09.06
They have their own wikipedia entry, such as it is.
 
  

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