My caveat with toothbrushing is that I hate toothpaste. I could either have horrible tooth hygiene and die because of that, or have strange chemicals be absorbed in the same way a dental infection would. Before you say that toothpaste can't be harmful, look on the tube for something that says "DO NOT SWALLOW". That's…

Classroom to learn the basics, followed by an apprenticeship under a skilled mentor. I once had a class that tried to mimic real-world software development by doing a semester-long project. What the professor failed to realize is that even the step from classroom to supervised project is too much. Most need a "mentor"…

If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall.

My take: caffeine is a diuretic. This causes you to absorb less nutrition whenever you have a meal with caffeine, forcing you to eat more for the same nutrition. However, this is a pointless observation to make, considering that 99% of people care more about how they look than about getting adequate nutrition.

Prediction: RIAA attempts to sue users of MyStream for illegal sharing, at $80,000 per song streamed.

There's one thing that the iPhone will never have that is Android's most distinguishing feature, which will forever prevent me from buying iPhones... that feature is: freedom from Apple. I tend to buy products made by companies who treat me (their customer) well. I avoid stuff made by companies who treat me (as their…

There are many more factors than time spent outside. This revolves around allowing your eyes to focus on everything in their full range, rather than something 2 feet away all the time (tv/monitor). More important than this are glasses. More specifically, NOT wearing them. They allow the eyes to get lazier, which…

I use this one often... mostly because I can never remember how to get to it any other way than this command. =P

I hold the opposite viewpoint: sunscreen does more to give you skin cancer than the sun does!

Something that the article should state upfront is that it has nothing to do with heat stroke or heat exhaustion. It measured performance, not endurance. I doubt that putting a thermostat in the room that says 95 when it's actually 110 won't be keeping anybody from heat exhaustion/stroke whatsoever.

One I've used is TVersity. If you're willing to pay, you're supposed to be able to get Hulu and such to stream over it as well (I haven't, so I can't testify as to how well that part of it works). It also has built-in on-the-fly transcoding, if your processor can handle it (i.e. don't complain when your Atom utterly…

Apply even if it's overcast? I've never been sunburned when it's overcast. Takes about 10 min for me to burn when it isn't, though. It's a typical tip from someone who wants you to buy more sunscreen. Personally, I don't trust the chemicals they put in there. I'd rather have a sunburn than chemical burn (I have…

Paranoia-level security is easily summarized

Because chances are, the "fun" thing you're doing is something you've already experienced, and are doing again because you already know you enjoy it.

A tip to tack on the string of other excellent tipe here:

Like my soccer coach used to say, way back in High School: "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."

Flashbangs are generally much less effective in real-life than in video games, but that's made up for by special training that the average gamer doesn't have. Flashbangs only give you 0.5-1 second head-start over your opponent at the beginning of a confrontation (e.g. entrance into a room), but a well-trained SWAT or…

Here's a breakdown my boss uses, and it's quite effective, and doesn't require reading the short novel above:

I envy your fill-up frequency. I go for about 10 days between fill-ups, getting 11+ gallons, recently at around $4.20/gal. The sad part is, there's no reason for the high prices! People always say it's because of conflict in the middle east... well that might hold water if more than 15% of our oil came from the middle…

Why anyone would use this for secure information is beyond me. This is far less secure than email. If I wanted more security, I'd stick the info in a file and ecrypt that and attach it. Putting it on the web where anyone can see it with the right URL is just plain stupid.