The cloud concept could lead to isolated cases of "revisionist history" or the technological equivalent of burning books. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I'm never going to trust the government.

Touché wizard. You've won this time. I guess I thought the quality setting would be dynamic based on the type and quality of connection. It's much better than it was, thank you.

I just signed up for a trial on Spotify and it has terrible sound quality on every platform. It sounds like listening to music with you speakers packed with dirt and turned away from you. Most of the time I listen to my music through a stock car stereo (3.5 mm jack) or KEF 103s through a relatively higher-end Yamaha…

Recently I met a girl who was offended by me using the term "black." She preferred for people to say "African-American." I explained to her that I didn't like doing that because I felt that hyphenating American was akin to adding a qualifier to it, adding an unnecessary level of description. She took it as me being a…

While I can see that the term "colored" people might be offensive due to the historical context associated with it, what term is appropriate? Black is out of the question for a lot of folks and African -American is a faux paus because it is misrepresentative of a huge number of people. Also, to say African, or person…

I hope I'm not jinxing myself but I'm with you. My system is set to sleep when the lid closes and it is only turned to an off state for normal updates. Carry that damn thing all over the place and haven't had a problem yet. Never even thought that I should be concerned. When I replace this machine I'll be upgrading to…

Use the money you would have spent on a deductible, assuming the repair on your phone exceeds it's value, and "punish" yourself with a low-end el cheapo phone. There are plenty of options to be had on the Android OS, a few with Windows but only used older models with Apple. In my situation I have an el cheapo that I…

Star Trek: The Next Generation. Your move Mr. Gray.

My wife got some tips from his FAQs on his website, may have been Facebook, but none of them really helped the problem. Also, that picture is terrifying in its own special way.

You're correct, it's mutual disdain.

My wife has two cats that piss on the floor directly in the front of their litter boxes. We've tried changing litters, box types, number of boxes, veterinarian consults, special sprays and even a woman who claimed to be a "cat whisperer". This problem has plagued my existence for the past eight years and it is a…

Possibly the secondary parts market for that model isn't robust enough yet due to lack of demand. I repair iPhones for friends and family and usually buy the cheapest price screen/back/etc., most of those are just spec'd to work and not official replacement parts. It is rumored that a lot of these parts are…

I've found that I seem to bookmark the locations of where the information for something is in my head so that I can go back to it later. Rather than remembering 14 tedious steps I just remember where the instructions are. Rather than remember how to make cookies I just remember where I put the recipe card. However,…

With the money I depend on child care I could afford a Mercedes! No one forced my wife and I to have a child but I certainly found myself with sticker shock when I found out that daycare would be $65/day. Food, diapers, clothes, toys, food, college fund, higher healthcare premiums, regular doctor visit co-pays and the…

You don't have to be very handy either. My first foray into standing desks started with an unused desk I had on hand (top removed from base), a cheap bannister from a home supply shop ($5), two shelf brackets ($6) and a pull out keyboard tray from a thrift shop ($5). I took some averages for height from a few online…

Stainless steel is the epitome of "heat friendly" when you're talking about the kind of sub-1000 degree Fahrenheit temperatures that a grill like this would see. What other metal would you recommand for a grill?

The world would be better off if more people were like you Nick. The student loan debt problem must be due to alcohol and not the way post-secondary education costs have exploded in the past 30 years. You should take your "I can do anything and you should be just like me" additude to Congress and whip this country…