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  • Eureka commentary - "Gack"?

    I was listening to podcast commentary for the SYFY show Eureka, and the producers were talking about how much "gack" they use and how important it is that it not look like "gack." From the context, it sounds like they were using that word to refer to cheap plastic props and the need for them to look believable and not like cheap plastic. Is that some kind of industry term?

    1 AnswerOther - Television1 decade ago

  • If you can overwhelm and underwhelm, why can't you just plain whelm?

    2 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 decade ago

  • My mouse won't charge because the copper contact is corroded - any ideas?

    I have a Logitech MX Revolution cordless computer mouse, and its charging contacts have corroded to the point where it is very difficult to make the mouse charge. I need to remove that corrosion. I'm familiar with the lemon wedge and salt trick for copper pots, but that's not really an option here: we're talking about 4 copper plates each only about a half-centimeter across, connected to electrical parts that wouldn't agree very well with a bath in lemon juice. Are there any household cleaners or polishes that I could use in this predicament?

    1 AnswerOther - Hardware1 decade ago

  • What's your favorite first line?

    Just an idle curiosity. Have you ever been struck by the first line or first few lines of a book? I'd like to hear what books (if any) grabbed you by the neck and drew you in in the first line.

    I'll start with my favorite:

    "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it" C.S. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    9 AnswersBooks & Authors1 decade ago

  • Trying to remember an economic term I have forgotten?

    There's lots of layoffs going around right now. I seem to remember, two or three years ago, learning about a phenomenon where people who got laid off actually tended to wind up in better jobs later, because they were overqualified for the jobs they had but they didn't want to take a risk to find a better job. The layoffs forced them to take that risk and they were better off.

    The teacher had a name for that phenomenon, and I just can't remember it. Can you help?

    2 AnswersEconomics1 decade ago

  • What is this poetic meter?

    I entered a writing contest for ten-word stories, and I noticed that my entry conformed to the following meter (using / for long and ~ for short)

    /~~/~/~~/~/~~/~/~~/

    It seems strangely familiar to me but I cannot identify if this is common. If I had to separate it into 2 lines it would be:

    /~~/~ /~~/~

    /~~/~ /~~/

    2 AnswersPoetry1 decade ago