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Unknown book title

A long time ago I read a book about a woman who starts an affair with a man she sees whilst crossing the road. They have a passionate relationship resulting in her leaving her husband and living with...
18:57 Sat 18th Oct 20034 answers, last by Caladon 23:20 Tue 28th Oct 2003
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Red Lines...

Red lines mean no stopping. Fair enough. But why do they put stupid little stopping boxes so people can park for 20 minutes, every couple of hundred yards?! Anyone with the slightest bit of...
22:49 Sun 07th Sep 20033 answers, last by Sixtusthe5th 20:13 Sat 13th Sep 2003
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Verification of my sums...

My nephew has a die-cast model of a 747, and we were discussing how realistic the weight was in scale to reality, and if not realistic, how much should the model weigh... Taking some ballpark figures...
18:02 Wed 03rd Sep 20037 answers, last by lisaj 18:20 Fri 05th Sep 2003
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Does anybody own....

... a Nokia 8910i or a Siemens SL55? Any good? Any other suggestions for top-or-the-range mobiles? I don't care for photo messaging (I take professional grade digital photos), not do I care for...
00:06 Wed 13th Aug 20031 answer, last by huggles 20:30 Sat 25th Oct 2003
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Remember the question about setting the size of new IE windows back to maximum after a site messes it up?

Well, found the answer: maximise the window and then close it whilst holding Ctrl-Alt-Shift.
14:16 Fri 27th Jun 20032 answers, last by Squirrel 20:16 Fri 27th Jun 2003
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Photographic Rights

I'm an amateur photographer and I've been wondering : What's the deal with photographing strangers? Taking portraits of random people offers some great photo opportunities but what's the legal...
12:53 Mon 02nd Jun 20035 answers, last by errol 20:19 Tue 03rd Jun 2003
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Aircraft toilets

Following a great drunken discussion, how do aircraft toilets work? We've thought of lots of possibilities, particularly given the suction when flushed, but can't agree on the answer - ie. what about...
10:23 Sun 01st Jun 20034 answers, last by auroberos 21:53 Fri 25th Jul 2003
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Infrared Filters

Has anybody any experience with IR photographic filters? I'm wondering what purpose they play compared to that of IR sensitive film, and wonder what the effects might be on a digital SLR backplane?
09:27 Wed 21st May 20031 answer, last by mikewall01 11:51 Tue 27th May 2003
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Pure as the driven snow

Where does this come from. What is 'driven' snow precisely?
19:49 Sun 20th Apr 20032 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:57 Mon 21st Apr 2003
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Alien Babies

What causes those funny muscular twitches that can occur pretty much anywhere on your body and feel like blood pumping weirdly...? (I call them Alien Babies)
13:17 Thu 06th Mar 20033 answers, last by Stav 10:59 Sat 08th Mar 2003
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A difficult one here re: Linux...

This might be tricky given the technical complexity of the problem, but it's worth a shot: I have a Linux server that's recently taken to writing data very slowly indeed. Whether the data is...
16:07 Sun 02nd Mar 20033 answers, last by manfredini 14:10 Thu 06th Mar 2003
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Copyright Infringement

Having read today that One Hour Photo is in fact a breach of copyright, with an existing short film depicting the obsessions of a photo-lab worker having identical plot and detail, I can only wonder...
13:46 Sun 13th Oct 200210 answers, last by Waterwolf 21:25 Mon 21st Oct 2002
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Fizzy Neck

Occasionally I get this weird sensation that my neck is 'fizzing'. It's not that I can necessarily hear it, or feel it, but rather it seems to be a combination of the two. Does anybody know what this...
10:35 Sun 13th Oct 20022 answers, last by lisaj 13:33 Sun 13th Oct 2002
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Scrubs

In the second episode of Scrubs, 'My Mentor', JD wheels the smoking guy out of the hospital and a sweet guitar riff comes in. Is this created by the studio, or is it part of a tune, and if so, who's...
20:24 Tue 20th Aug 20021 answer, last by mikewith 10:48 Wed 04th Sep 2002
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A&R, eh?

In the recording industry, just what does A&R stand for? Nobody seems to know...
10:53 Fri 16th Aug 20022 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 18:02 Sun 18th Aug 2002
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BBC Radio 1 Summer Advert

In the second BBC Radio 1 advert (the ones with all the DJs and in aprticular Tim Westwood), the second tune played is a very fast (150bpm+) tuneful drum and bass track. Does anybody know what it's...
01:48 Sun 28th Jul 20021 answer, last by Stonerose 10:07 Wed 14th Aug 2002
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Stealth & Radar

If stealth avionics involves the minimisation of radar signatures, that is, to reduce the reflection such that the plane appears to be a much smaller object (a bird for example), then why do the enemy...
22:20 Sun 21st Jul 20021 answer, last by rekstout 09:54 Mon 22nd Jul 2002
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Seven years for breaking a mirror - why?

What is the origin of the superstition that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck?
20:58 Fri 12th Jul 20024 answers, last by IslandBird 11:57 Mon 29th Jul 2002

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