We are laughing about anime wallpapers right now.

Choosing WHICH hospital to go to has probably Way More Impact on your health than choosing the time to go to the hospital.

Cynicism aside,

Why would the IRS care? Loyalty points are not income.

the problem probably has to do with turf-wars between bureaucratic entities. Coins are made by the Mint, while bills (technically, Federal Reserve Notes) are made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Both are part of the Dept. of Treasury, but the Mint can't just tell the BEP to stop printing $1 bills.

Why not? Every July 4th there's news about people celebrating an event that happened well over 200 years ago.

Yup. I once made a Windows password recovery disk, then realized that ANYBODY with my new disk would be able to log in. Hmmmm. I promptly deleted the password recovery file and changed my password.

Heheh, I'm not one of those audiophiles. But I do cringe at the fact that many CDs these days are produced with the primary goal of sounding "louder" than the other guy's CDs. Which eventually means that we are quickly losing all dynamics in produced, recorded music. The only salvation is to listen to live…

Not in the shrunk version, but definitely in the enlarged version. (Thanks, Whitson. The analogy of PNG/JPEG is a great way to illustrate lossless vs. lossy compression.)

I was going to say the same thing. Most modern production values are crap because producers produce music to the average listener's ear, which basically says "louder and brighter is always better." That's why real audiophiles (I'm not one of them, but my dad was) prefer the old vinyl or, in a squeeze, the old CD's to…

Again, "it depends". Take a song that YOU know really well (down to the soft sounds that are hard to hear when on your earbuds when you're jogging outside but are perfectly clear when you blast your music on your big stereo speakers). Encode the song in various bitrates. Listen on your big speakers.

I heard that when you rinse, position your hands palm facing up, and bend your fingers up. The idea is that the water flows from your fingertips down your hand, so any dirt is rinsed AWAY from your fingertips.

Please write a cookbook.

Tomato is a fruit.

Yeah, if you go to Fry's you'll walk out with less money and more gear... despite your lack of "needs". ;)

So awhile ago I turned my hoodie into a laptop bag. Then I turned my hoodie-turned-laptop-bag into a backpack. Will Someone Please Tell Me How To Get My Hoodie Back?

at some point the silica gel will stop absorbing moisture; you'll need to dry out the silica gel or replace it.

For Windows 7 users, pin Explorer to your taskbar. In Explorer, open the folder you want quick access to. Right-click the Explorer icon in the taskbar. "Pin" the folder to the right-click menu. Now your commonly used folders can be accessed by right-clicking the Explorer icon.

Sitting!

Well, seeing that I just read the entire post, every single sentence of it, I think I am the loser!