I first started getting online around 1994. The first community I interacted with was a BBS called Black Market.

Well, the OWA app (I don't think it's the same as the Outlook app) sandboxes your email off from the rest of your system. If it's a work phone, it doesn't matter so much but on my personal phone, I like to be able to check my work email but don't want my IT department being able to wipe my personal phone remotely.

Careful... your assumptions are showing.

I have taken to simply deleting/archiving messages that I haven't responded to in a timely manner. No announcement. It bugs me a little to do that, but it's simply amazing how many of those just go away, never to be heard from again. Clearly, they weren't so incredibly important or were solvable by someone else.

Uh, I've carted two digital SLRs with an assortment of batteries, along with a couple accessory electronics like a Bluetooth GPS tracker, along with a cell phone, through multiple trips hitting 15,000-20,000 feet.

They should tabulate the number of items that contain a Snopes link in the responses.

Given the enormous improvements to air coolers and fans in the last several years, is there much reason to look at water cooling anymore?

Sure.

Didn't you just agree with me?

Well, from a practical standpoint that's basically a net-zero. You have a $100,000 asset and a $100,000 debt.

I'm not saying that you have to loudly announce the person is a useless leech. But if a so-called friend can't accept that you don't have the energy or resources to designate to them at that moment, I would question whether that person is actually a friend or is even worth having in your life.

I think it's funny that the last one on the list, clearly labeled as "if all else fails" is to actually be honest about your feelings.

It will really depend on the cost, for me.

I actually use this as a productivity tip quite often, not just a creative one.

Wow, that guy is an incredibly annoying writer. Am I the only one who is completely put off by people who seem to be unable to emphasize what they say WITHOUT PUTTING IT INTO ALL CAPS?!

If you have old debt that has gone to collections or made a serious mark on your credit, you can always try to negotiate with the creditor to get it wiped off your credit report.

That was my first thought as well - I've been seeing this for several weeks now, probably since the beginning of December.

Ah. I guess I was wrong. His comment could have been more smarmy and self-righteous.

"Infact" is not a word.

Good info, thanks. I suspect there's a middle ground - obviously there are temperatures ranges where you probably don't want your house to get extremely cold or extremely hot (and thus possibly taking hours to get back to livable temperature), but do you know how much inefficiency there is in the system kicking on and…