The program itself is alright, though I much prefer Steam. The real issue I have is endorsing EA's usual actions of treating their customers like shit. EA is probably the evilest scum of a company ever seen in the corporate world of gaming. They treat their employees like shit, they treat their customers like shit,…
No correlation has been found between cold temperatures and immune system dysfunction, aside from extreme cold (resulting in hypothermia). Simply being "chilled" is not likely to cause any noticeable fluctuation in immune system function.
Man this article was poorly researched and written. You should never suddenly believe something to be unequivocally true just because one person/study/etc indicates it is. Just because one doctor thinks high-blood cholesterol levels do not increase chances of heart diseases does not make it true. In fact, it is firmly…
For most devices, an extended warranty probably isn't worth it. Things such as projectors generally last most of their lifespan without problem, with the exception of bulbs burning out, something easily replaced.
I love how just about every lifehacker article about how to follow through with goals either has #4 or the opposite of it. Here you say telling others provides you with support, in others you claim that talking about a goal provides a superficial sense of accomplishment that discourages actual completion of the goal,…
Or use Windows 7, which is Vista's reincarnation without all of the birth defects. Sure Ubuntu is still faster, but the difference is much smaller. The only big advantage I'd say Ubuntu has over Windows 7 in terms of performance in practical scenarios is being much more lightweight (without sacrificing eye-candy), but…
When dealing with computer security, an often overlooked security risk is so-called "deleted files". When files are deleted, nothing is actually done to them aside from marking them as "free-space". The OS may get around to overwriting them sometime when it needs the space, but a deleted file could sit on a drive…
#1 is by far the most important. So many "arcane" computer problems are actually easily solvable with a little fiddling, whereas tech shops might charge $50+ for something that will take them 5 minutes.
I know, I go to the bathroom because I feel the urgent need to. I don't think "Hmm, now's about time for a good poop.", sit down, and wait for the magic to happen, I just sit down, take a dump, clean up, leave.
I've never understood why people give flack to parents with crying children on a plane. I can understand being annoyed at the parents if their child of 8 years of age+ is making a fuss, but a baby/toddler is simply unable to understand the reason why they are confined in such a small space with lots of noisy people,…
Unless you're running firefox on an ancient laptop, the average 150MB of RAM consumption should not pose any problem with todays computers that typically have around 4GB of RAM.
Even if the RDA is underestimated, an orange contains 50 mg of vitamin c per 100 grams. Since a glass of Orange juice is made from the juice extracted from more than just a single orange, one can easily get double, if not triple the RDA from a single glass.
I think anyone reading Lifehacker can probably figure out how to turn Parental Controls on in an iPhone/iPad/the various consoles, etc. Most people probably don't need a tutorial for something that takes a few button presses to activate :P
Basically, taking vitamin supplements for deficienies will create an improvement in health (though whether or not you will actually feel the improvement is another argument entirely, since most minor deficienies don't produce noticable negative effects). However, taking vitamins when no deficiency is present will not…
I've rarely heard anything but the best about Newegg. Products usually ship out the same day as the purchase (assuming it's a business day at the warehouse's location), their support is great and they handle customs with UPS/Purolator, so no surprise $1000000 charge when you get the gift delivered.
Why is Flash on the list if there is no alternative flash player :P
"Relieve Nausea Using the Placebo Effect"
I'm more concerned with the idea devs are focusing on adding features that I can already get, with better dedicated software.
Transmission is probably the best choice. It's really minimal, but it has all of the important features uTorrent does (UPnP support, NAT mapping+Traversal, DHT, Peer Exchange, Encryption, UDP trackers, LPD, etc). It works on Linux, and unofficially (though still maintained) supports Windows using the Transmission-QT…