Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?

'Safe'


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Spidra Webster - Apr 30, 2006 4:45:13 pm PDT #7985 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I rediscovered 43things.com and have found out they have adjunct sites. Right now, I'm finding the interface easy to browse and hell to adjust one's account. I can't figure out how I'm supposed to add information about myself...


Katie M - May 01, 2006 8:37:59 am PDT #7986 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Hey, does anyone have any recommendations for good noise-canceling earphones to be used with an iPod while traveling? I'm trying to cut down on having to turn it up to hear while in a plane or whatever.


tommyrot - May 01, 2006 8:42:15 am PDT #7987 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This company has noise-cancelling earphones. [link] I've never used them myself, but I've used these [link] from the same company and liked them a lot. They go into your ear, blocking most external noise. I like them becaues I can actually hear my music while on the 'L' without having to crank the volume.

The Apple Store sells them....


Katie M - May 01, 2006 11:18:29 am PDT #7988 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Thanks!


§ ita § - May 01, 2006 11:29:28 am PDT #7989 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why does Google not tell me up front when its results don't contain the term I'm searching for? I click on the link, text search the page, and nothing. Then I go back, click on "cached" to be told that it exists "only in links pointing to this page."

Well, seems my search terms only exist in links, and not in actual pages. There are only 8 to go through.


Dana - May 01, 2006 11:32:59 am PDT #7990 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

And while we're talking about Google, does anyone know a way to force Google (or any search engine) to search for an official home page? Is that the kind of thing that's just going to depend on the individual site's keywords?


DXMachina - May 01, 2006 11:37:06 am PDT #7991 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

AFAIK, Google doesn't rely much on keywords. It's more about how many other pages link to the site. You could try putting in the name of the company into the search box and adding ".com" after it. That often works.


Katie M - May 01, 2006 11:39:52 am PDT #7992 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Or you could tack on the word "official." That works sometimes. Er, assuming you didn't try that already.


Dana - May 01, 2006 11:41:55 am PDT #7993 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You could try putting in the name of the company into the search box and adding ".com" after it. That often works.

Adding .com as a separate search term? Huh. Will give that a try. (This is largely my husband's bugaboo.)


DXMachina - May 01, 2006 11:43:39 am PDT #7994 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Adding .com as a separate search term?

No, I meant just appending it to the company name. It won't work all the time, but often.