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July 7th, 2009

RafBM said :

Regarding your answer:
True, the fixed white space between footnotes is a downside that surprised me a lot when I first used footnotes in Pages.

March 20th, 2009

kutelilkat said :

Regarding your answer:
thanks :) I gave me some great info ! really helped

December 25th, 2008

Santa said :

Merry Christmas!

December 8th, 2008

Hobbes said :

Settlers of Catan? Excellent, excellent game.

November 21st, 2007

nerfmissile said :

Bob, you rock.

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• May 17th, 2009

  How can I recover deleted files on my Mac?

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• April 26th, 2009

  Is a video or audio recording of David Foster Wallace's Kenyon Commencement Address available online?

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• March 22nd, 2009

  How can I open a .wps file?

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• January 7th, 2009

  How do I contact Geni by phone?

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• December 31st, 2008

  Can I download Adobe Acrobat Reader without the installer?

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• 6 days ago

  The tragic suicide of Germany's best goalgetter - How can we change the public image of mental disorders?

  It’s worth mentioning that shame and alienation are part of the disease. The stigma is real, and should be dismantled, but the shame is also a part of the illness. That’s what makes it so destructive.
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• 6 days ago

  Where should I submit a short story if I actually want to see it published?

  I’ve been submitting work more seriously this year, and if you want to get something published, I recommend submitting it to multiple magazines—say, ten at the same time. For a first publication, you’re probably more likely to get published in a literary journal than in the New Yorker. If that’s OK with you (or your friend), then send the story to nine literary journals and The Sun. It’s helpful to find a mix of places that are exclusive and less-exclusive. It’s also helpful if you’ve read stories in the journals you’re submitting to—that way you can find a place that publishes stuff similar to what you’re writing. A good, simple cover letter (I can send you mine as an example) will help you get past the slush pile. Keep it short, mention that this is a “simultaneous submission,” and you’re set.
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• July 7th, 2009

  For what features (which Apple Pages lacks) do you need or prefer Microsoft Word for Mac?

  I loathe Word with an unholy passion, but Pages doesn’t do well with footnotes. Documents with lots of footnotes and/or long footnotes will have random white space introduced to various pages. Word does a better job of letting you manage that white space manually. There’s a few other areas where Pages won’t let you fine-tune a document quite enough, though none immediately to come to mind. 95% of the time Pages can do everything I need, and do it very, very well, but 5% of the time Word can do stuff that Pages just can’t.
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• July 1st, 2009

  When typing something what is appropriate after a period - one space or two?

  One space after a period is the norm. Two spaces is mostly OK, but if you need to publish a document in any professional setting, then one space is preferable. For one thing, it’s much easier to make sure all sentences have one space than two. Cf. MLA, Chicago, and APA style guides—all of which prefer one space (though they acknowledge that two is acceptable in some contexts).
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• June 7th, 2009

  In basketball, what is "no man's land"?

  If the announcers were using “no man’s land” to refer to a specific area of the court, they may have been referencing the restricted area underneath the basket. The arc four feet in front of the basket doesn’t have a clear name, it’s just called “restricted area.” Defenders can’t draw a charge in that zone. http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_c.html?nav=ArticleList
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