It's a serial number. Theoretically it can be used to identify stolen property. In practical terms it's useless - the only people who would really care about this information is your carrier (to flag it lost/stolen and prevent reactivation), and they've already got it.

Apples and oranges (and a smidge of you buying the anon PR). If you have an ongoing presence online, it can become very difficult to keep that online persona independant of your offline identity. The more you post, the more clues you leave behind. That has nothing at all to do with the challenges of identifying the…

What worked for me (or rather, my mother) when her car was hit by a snowplow while parked at the service center — They were denying responsibility and telling her she would have to pursue the plow operator. After a week of stalling I left one bad - but accurate and articulate - review on their Facebook page and…

There's also nothing wrong with putting the kids to bed and getting a bit buzzed in a celebration at your own home. Mind your implications there.

That implies the CEOs are realistically portrayed. The show is a bloody advertisement for the companies, and this guy got the ad he wants - lots of drama and attention for his "breastaurants."

One perk of your special signal idea, though.. It allows for your coworkers to pass noncritical things your way while you're out of the office. If you've got an agreed signal you know you can ignore everything else that's coming in as stuff you need to know when you return, not before.

You imply I'm taking it personally - No, I'm just sharing my opinion that people who blame imagined or real flaws in their community on someone's playstyle are equally or more toxic to the community. Obviously it's just my opinion, just like your assessment that people are choosing a "tedious, boring way to play the…

"(person X) is the worst about (game Y community)" and the people who take up that battle cry are the cancer of any gaming community. Play the game, have fun. Walk away from matches when you don't have fun, and play the game the way you want to play it. Stop crying about people who play the game differently. If…

Define horrible results. EVOO is my default oil as well, though I'll use light or blend my EVOO with canola for high temperature uses or some baking recipes.

One thing I never see listed, but noticed myself when I last did an applesauce - oil substitution.. The shelf life on the baked good will be significantly shorter, plus sticking increases. I'm definitely more of an oil fan, but the flavor is still good with the applesauce substitution.

I was just setting up my son's Christmas Kid's Edition. It was surprisingly sluggish at times for a quad core; definitely not as fast as my N5. For an entry level tablet (plus with the kid's edition replacement coverage) it's worthwhile, though.

I was just setting up my son's Christmas Kid's Edition. It was surprisingly sluggish at times for a quad core;…

I misunderstood what you were saying, sorry.

If the water isn't clear at the tap, that heater has problems. The fixtures take hot water from the top and should be above the sediment.

I thought this was just the standard way to do it. Good writeup, not something I ever thought through well enough to write out directions and all.

I'll smell my previous meal when warming a skillet - the spices from my steak, or an egg flavor from scrambled eggs.. But I've never tasted a previous meal, even making pancakes in a hot skillet that is currently stinking of spicy montreal seasoning from last night's steak. It just hasn't ever been a problem, so I'll…

Yeah, my bad for not checking dates. They've pushed it up to the frontpage on Lifehacker today so I initially thought it was about the factory image release.

Which is why, if you've any desire to try different android builds, you absolutely MUST install MultiROM. It's incredible. You guys should do a writeup.

I've been running a custom build for a few days and it's also the smoothest ROM I've run in a long time. An improvement over the stock 4.4.4 I was running previously.

Haven't heard that (not Sprint, got tired of waiting for GV to get useful years ago, before all the great software integrations of late..), but that's useful to know.

No, you just failed to answer his question. You can do "traditional SMSing" in Hangouts just fine. It's just an app choice, and @DJJS seems to be asking if there's a perk to using the new Google Messenger over Hangouts for SMS. To answer that — It's subjective, but I don't feel there area any perks. The new Messenger…