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10:20 / 01.03.07

Saveloy, I would advise the interviewee to call ACAS on 08457 474747.

10:52 / 01.03.07

Thank you, both. I'll pass the suggestion/info on.

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

11:57 / 01.03.07

What about if you were in your twenties and met someone in a bar, then went home and slept with them? Would you start using "vous" and switch at some point?

I don't have any experience with that, specifically. By the time you got to the "let's go to bed" stage, though, I think you'd already be familiar enough to reach "tu" unless you were playing up some Mr./Mrs. Robinson vibe. I've messed around with Internet dating, and the initial approach is "vous" in a first "hi, I found your profile really interesting, etc. etc. etc." note, but you quickly switch to "tu" if you start e-mailing back and forth. "Vous" rarely lasts beyond a couple of exchanges. If you get to the meet-for-coffee stage, there's a similar "vous" for about thirty seconds and then "tu" when you're actually sitting down talking about your dogs and cats.

If you were into BDSM, though, I imagine you'd always address your dominant as "vous" and the submissive as "tu."

15:23 / 01.03.07

Which is more environmentally friendly, regular gaoline or diesel?

15:24 / 01.03.07

Diesel.

15:57 / 01.03.07

Django, I do know that the phrase "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy" is also used in a very weird song called Existential Blues, by I believe it was Tom "T-Bone" Stankus, made somewhere around 1980, featured on of the Dr. Demento compilation albums.

16:02 / 01.03.07

Which is more environmentally friendly, regular gasoline or diesel?

Well, now, that depends on where you are in the world, and what you mean by "environmentally friendly."

European diesel is very cleanly formulated, and European diesel engines are finely tuned and efficient. Diesel fuel available in North America isn't as finely processed.

Diesel is better on CO2 emissions, but worse on particulates, particularly sulfur, which causes acid rain.

More here. It's a pretty long read, but worthwhile.

16:56 / 01.03.07

I remember a lecturer when i was doing french studies bemoaning the fact that kids are increasingly tutoying in situations where they should be vousvoying. He did moan that it was mostly the rakai (sp?) - the suburbian poor non-whites, so his complaint was largely the same as someone in the uk complaining that 'the scallies don't ever queue properly' or something.

I was taught to tutoyer with fellow-youngsters and close family members. This seemed to extend to the people in their mid-twenties. It seems as though 'tu' is used pretty casually by a lot of people. I recently had a call at work that was in french and the guy at the other end of the line used 'tu', though i was using 'vous'. I think it's a lot less of an issue for people under 30 nowadays.

I suppose people are also a lot more accomodating to somebody who is speaking french as a second language.

Do many other languages still have terms of respect/power built into their grammars? I read once that english is the only language to have dropped this form of speach (most speak of 'thee' is pretty archaic). Is this true?

17:18 / 01.03.07

Well, Spanish has "tu" y "usted."

I dunno about Mandarin -- the only "you" is "ni" as far as I've learned, and there's no verb tenses, so no different constructions.

miss wonderstarr

21:22 / 01.03.07

I'm really digging it when people on here say "stat", apparently meaning "right now", "pronto". Is it a term from those situations where doctors put electronic pulse things on your chest and warn "CLEAR"? It sounds really exciting.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

21:28 / 01.03.07

It is. From Wiktionary:

Etymology 1

From Latin statim, meaning "immediately".

Adverb

stat (comparative more stat, superlative most stat)

1. Immediately, now -- Usually used in medical situations, to connote extreme urgency.

miss wonderstarr

21:43 / 01.03.07

So could you use it by naming a lot of drugs you wanted for a patient, and then saying "stat". It's great. "CLEAR!" is probably better, but still.

21:51 / 01.03.07

Part question, part poking you with a stick and I'm not sure where it should go. Maybe the mystery SBR forum? Where should I have actually posted this thing?

Are you afraid of tampons or buying them for people?

Dear Friends: (In the US!)

You probably never thought of this, but women's
shelters in the U.S. go
through thousands of tampons and pads monthly.
Assistance agencies generally
help with expenses of "everyday" necessities such
as toilet paper, diapers,
and clothing, but one of the most BASIC needs is
overlooked - feminine
hygene products.

Seventh Generation, a green paper products and
cleaning products company,
has a do-good attitude and will donate a box of
sanitary products to a
women's shelter in your chosen state - just for
clicking the link. Talk
about easy (and, yes, it is Legitimate)!

http://www.tampontification.com/donate.php
www.tampontification.com

Thanks for helping out.
Please pass this on.

23:02 / 01.03.07

Would anyone, by any chance, know the Japanese symbol for Coca-Cola?

Ta.

Gendudehashadenough

02:58 / 02.03.07

Does anyone know if anyone can hear P-waves? You know those infernal sounds that let you know that your about to be rumbled. Very low-end sound, as I gather. Please enlighten my deficient sound knowledge.

jentacular dreams

09:53 / 02.03.07

This suggests that people can somethimes hear them.

10:11 / 02.03.07

xk, I've clicked your link but maybe some people won't see it here. Perhaps you could make a thread for charity links or some such thing and then everyone who goes to conversation will see it.

10:29 / 02.03.07

Plissed, when posting images you'll need the pointy brackets

11:41 / 05.03.07

I'm teaching some stuff about the music industry (protecting the kids from The Man and his Manufactured Pop) and I'm looking for an interview with an A & R man, explaining exactly what they do. Can anyone with superior Google Fu help?

11:48 / 05.03.07

does anyone know if i can burn some voodoo candles for some extra money? like what color candles and stuff

11:58 / 05.03.07

Eggs, check it out. One of those contacts will help you out if you're not trying to send them your demo.

Jack, you want green candles dude; www.luckymojo.com/candlemagic.html

12:48 / 05.03.07

Cheers mate, but I'm looking for an interview with one of those guys talking about what they do. Something I can give to a student with a set of questions to enhance their understanding of the role.

Jack: Green is the traditional colour, but if it was as easy as that, everybody next to a hardware store would be a millionaire. But give it a go. Have a look here for some ideas.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

17:17 / 05.03.07

Has anyone had experience of using Googlegroups for running an email list, of well over a thousand email addresses. Specifically, have you transferred over a large email list to one successfully, without Google throwing a fit and thinking you're trying to set up a spam list.

19:31 / 05.03.07

Our compost heap in the backyard is just teeming with maggots. I've never seen that in compost before, and I'm wondering if it means something has gone wrong, or if they're just the same as worms and I should ignore them.

19:55 / 05.03.07

It means that you have put something in it or have something in it which maggots feed in, like flesh or bone. They usually don't propser without those things. If you run the bokashi system (which may contain meat)and put your bokashi in your compost then your bokashi has not fermented enough or is not buried enough. Maggots should not happen in your compost but it's not the end of the world that they are there. It could be a rat or a bird or a mouse has died in there, in which case it would be wise to fish out the dead thing, but in the long run, once the maggots have eaten up what they are surviving on, they will go away and your compost will be fine. If they don't go then when you spread it out they will dry up and die. It's okay to use maggotty compost, just don't bring it indoors.

And don't let it ick you too much. Maggots are nature's cleaners. And one day you too will be compost dude.

21:03 / 05.03.07

My (PC) computer has suddenly started running very slowly - so slowly, in fact, that I can type a sentence or so in Word before it actually appears on the screen. The internet is also slow, and Firefox and other programmes disappear from the toolbar, even though the windows are still open on the desktop. Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be happening? I recently deleted all the cookies that AdAware found; we have Norton and ZoneAlarm. The slowness is totally infuriating, especially as I'm working to a deadline this week, and any advice would be much appreciated.*

*any practical advice that is; 'get a Mac' is not practical on my current income...

Mon Oncle Ignatius

08:18 / 06.03.07

Have you checked toi see if your hard drive needs defragmenting? Does the HD light flash a lot while the computer is doing not very much or running very slowly? If it is running constantly, that might indicate the disc needs defragging.

ONLY NICE THINGS

08:21 / 06.03.07

It might actually be Norton, which is a resource hog. One might recommend unhooking the computer from the Internet and shutting down Norton when not actively researching, anmd see how that speeds up the response...

Tabitha Tickletooth

11:33 / 07.03.07

Okay, for the first time ever, my credit card was used fraudulently a couple of weeks ago to purchase something online. I'm contesting the charge and I'm fairly confident that it won't be a problem, and the card has been cancelled. Now, someone has apparently opened a bank account using a completely different name but using my address. Basically, a letter came addressed to my house but to another name and given the recent problems, I opened it. It turned out to be notification to a Mr X Wang that his new HSBC card was ready for collection. I have alerted the bank who are investigating.

My question is, should I contact the police? Obviously my bank are dealing with the credit card fraud and I imagine will pursue it pretty seriously because I'm not paying the bill, and I have no accounts with HSBC who are no doubt taking the matter equally seriously. I am moving out of this property in a few weeks to go travelling for a year but we have been living here for more than four years and I am aware that problems with a previous address can be an issue affecting future applications for credit etc.

What impact, if any, would contacting the police have? Should I just leave it up to the banks to deal with it? It seems like too much of a coincidence that two acts of fraud, one successful, the other so far less-so, have used my address a couple of weeks apart and I'd like to nip it in the bud if at all possible. Any other lithers had similar experiences or care to offer advice?

Mon Oncle Ignatius

11:38 / 07.03.07

It might actually be Norton, which is a resource hog.

And ditching Norton for the free AVG 7.5 edition might be a good idea too.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

11:42 / 07.03.07

What impact, if any, would contacting the police have? Should I just leave it up to the banks to deal with it? It seems like too much of a coincidence that two acts of fraud, one successful, the other so far less-so, have used my address a couple of weeks apart and I'd like to nip it in the bud if at all possible. Any other lithers had similar experiences or care to offer advice?

I've had a fair few identity thefts using various bank accounts, and in every case the bank concerned have said that their fraud department pass the details to the police. They have also generally indicated that there is very little that is likely to happen as a result of any one specific incident, but that it's the overall picture which counts, given the immense nature of the problem - which means that your case possibly won't ever get investigated individually.

It might be worth talking to your bank and HSBC about your credit concerns if you haven't already.

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

11:59 / 07.03.07

I think a call to the police would result in some free advice at least, Tabitha... in my experience if the police don't feel they need to get involved in something, they're pretty quick to tell you.

Tabitha Tickletooth

12:29 / 07.03.07

Thanks D-I D and MattShepherd. I suspect you are both right - I doubt the police will do anything, but I'm not sure I'm really expecting them to. It's more a sense of: do it just in case there continue to be problems and it maybe helps cover my butt in having reported it.

It's one of those situations where I doubt very much that they have the time, resources or interest to investigate such low-level fraud, but then the banks in question are clearly only interested in protecting themselves. It would make sense to me that if you've been targetted, as I think I have, you would be able to register that somewhere and that could prove a useful resource to stop other people/businesses/banks getting sucked in by the same fraudsters - which could be a good thing for everyone. But that's probably just the booze talking...

Maybe I'll contact the police for some of that advice, as suggested - having had little recent recourse to welfare or the NHS, I haven't really been making my tax pennies work for me (about which I am, it goes without saying, inordinately pleased - not wanting to have recourse to either).

All Acting Regiment

13:47 / 07.03.07

I need an illustration for my upcoming poetry collection, and I know exactly which image I need but not who it is by or what it is called. It's a late nineteenth century (or so) engraving of two Allosaurus jumping and attacking eachother. It is very vicious and savage, quite out of character with the contemporary image of the dinosaur. One is on his back, the other leaping through the air.

It may be French, but don't quote me on that. It's famous, so I thought some of you might know.

Likewise any internet resources on old (preferabbly pre-1950) illustrations of dinosaurs would be useful.

15:32 / 07.03.07

Check this thread.

Good starting points, at least.

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