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Comment Re:asking for trouble (Score 2) 248

Thanks!

I think you mean at the top.

A company that's come close to abolishing Reply All is the global information and measurement firm Nielsen. On its screens, the button is visible but inactive, covered with a fuzzy gray. It can be reactivated with an override function on the keyboard. Chief Information Officer Andrew Cawood explained in a memo to 35,000 employees the reason behind Nielsen's decision: eliminating "bureaucracy and inefficiency."'

I hope somebody replied to all, quoting this entire memo and putting "OK" at the bottom.

Good point.

Comment Re:The War On Common Sense (Score 1) 167

It depends on the climate, I think. In some places, the snow is very dry. In other places, there is a thick solid layer of ice underneath.

I'm so surprised that so many people seem opposed to this.

In the parts of Canada that I've been to, we get thick layers of ice on the road, and it can be covered up by snow. Even in a story that I read, it was common for the characters to skate to school. When I was in college in Alberta, I would go about in a skating motion from building to building, when it was slippery enough. They could put salt on the walkways, but the bottom line is that life happens.

Comment Re:Unrealistic budget (Score 1) 372

I never thought about what the other person said about boxing the paint, but it makes sense.

What I had in mind was pure white paint, or paint that is of the same brand and colour. At the paint exchange that I went to, the colours were dabbed on the lids, to give you an idea of what you were working with.

The lesson that I learned the hard way is that you need to look at the dab of paint in different lighting to see what it is. And for goodness sake, read the label for the colour. I thought that I did, but apparently not.

Comment Re:Kitchen advice. (Score 1) 372

Yes, I agree with you. I think that more things need to be done by foot pedal. You could open doors as well.

Another cool thing would be a faucet that allows you to adjust the temperature separately from the amount of the water. 1 knob would adjust the hot water. 1 would adjust the cold. The third would adjust the mixed water. It would be better to have a pedal instead of the third.

If anybody has information of how to create and sell these, then I'd love to know.

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