So much hate for the Acer tablets... Personally, if someone were to gift me an iPad, it would be sold immediately ("uh... it broke, so I returned it, and umm... they were out, so I just got a refund and bought a different tablet... yeah, that's what happened!") and the money used to buy a different tablet (Samsung…

I see lots of people stretching their neck forward like the article suggests... honestly it doesn't help most people. A VERY common problem is that people usually carry their head too far forward. The pain won't go away by stretching farther forward, but by training your muscles to hold your head upright. (personal…

It sure is fun to use the verb form of "effect" though, and watch grammar nazis freak out even though you're grammatically correct... =)

Take this with a grain of salt. Would you drug up your kids for a long car trip to sedate them? Usually when it comes to dog behavior problems, the answer is in the owner. I didn't believe I could possibly be the problem with my dogs' issues until I did some research. Basically, almost all dog problems can be solved…

Sometimes they are crazy. I've found that many females will refuse to deal with a problem that is dead simple to fix (e.g. "the faucet is loose" "I'll go tighten it" "Why are you always trying to fix my problems! I just want you to listen!") simply so they have something to draw sympathy with. Here's how you find out…

This ^

The click count isn't significantly altered, since there are multiple "categories" within the ribbon. Basically, the only difference between menus and the ribbon is that the ribbon is a force-expanded menu with forced icons. Personally, I want the screen real estate that a compact menu offers. Microsoft seems to…

Article summary: French presses are horrible because the author doesn't understand coffee past the drip-crap coffee his workplace provides.

I haven't updated the app once ever since it asked for full-access permissions to SMS/MMS, and I don't plan on updating it unless they remove that permission. In fact, I've been considering rooting+Cyanogen, for the express purpose of being able to remove the Facebook app.

Something important that's omitted here is to look into your city's laws for noise limits. Generally, they will have a schedule of a maximum decibel level (or a certain # of decibels above ambient) that is allowed to cross property lines at various times of day. If you can prove they are violating that, then go to the…

Another issue to consider is quality of vitamins. The VAST majority of vitamin companies either give you synthetic or dead (yes, vitamins can be "killed", or rendered ineffective - e.g. boiling orange juice to remove water to extract Vitamin C is too hot and will kill the vitamin) vitamins, which are better than…

Because the body can't store many of the minerals and vitamins for longer than a few hours. As an example, vitamin C only works for a couple of hours because the human body simply has no mechanism with which to store it for later use.

Am I the only one whose head hurts when looking at these? (specifically, the first 3, the + signs, and the red one)

Kudos to you for that. After all, taking drugs for common illnesses don't actually cure the illness... they just suppress symptoms. Symptoms are what your body does to try to cure the actual illness, so by suppressing them you are actually helping the illness gain an advantage. Antibiotics are just as bad. Sometimes…

For law, I'd say dark suit is mandatory, and a white shirt is suggested. This article tries to make color sound way more important than it is. In summary, don't worry too much about the psychological effects of certain colors. Worry about getting well-fitting clothing first. Nothing should be baggy on you anywhere (do…

Color most certainly is NOT the most important aspect of clothing. Getting clothes that FIT well (90% of Americans don't!) is far more important. I don't care how good you are with color, if it's baggy then dark grey fitted pants and a white fitted dress shirt will ALWAYS look better.

They won't. I'm 100% creationist, and there's nothing wrong with speciation. It's the same kind of animal - just a genetic variation (microevolution). Genetic variations happen (e.g. all the dog species in the world probably "evolved" from a generic dog-type of animal). I do have a problem when people claim that…

Heck, I have a cousin that somehow managed to screw up a Linux system using a limited account. They had to switch to Linux simply because of very, very poor browsing security (of the pebkac type) and they still managed to screw it up somehow.

Another lesson to be drawn: Don't attempt a citizen's arrest unless you have the right gear AND know how to use it. I wouldn't attempt a citizen's arrest unless carrying some sort of firearm (legally, of course), because the criminal may be doing the same. But don't pull it out unless you need it (i.e. the life of you…

There's a reason a good paint job costs so much. The paint itself is costly, but it's designed to prevent rust and to withstand the beating a car's paint job takes without chipping, fading, etc. High-end paint jobs also cost a lot because they disassemble the body when painting, which allows much better coverage, and…