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Comment Re:Riiiiiiight (Score 1) 405

Here's the chair I sit in every day: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/KI-Round-Stool-2W159?Pid=search Unfortunately, the wood top broke off a few years ago, and I have to weld the legs back on to the support ring every six months or so (I keep meaning to spray paint it to prevent rust, but then just get too busy). Sorry, no school board is going to get sympathy from me about uncomfortable chairs for students!

Comment Re:Blah blah blah (Score 2, Interesting) 206

This is absolutely wrong. The obvious flaw in your argument: 220V loads. A clothes dryer, for instance, creates a complete circuit between the two phases to provide the 220V necessary to run the load. Therefore, 220V appliances are ALWAYS balanced loads, requiring no neutral/ground to handle the difference. Are you trying to tell me that the power company does not charge you for electricity you use in 220 circuits?

Comment Re:That's funny (Score 2, Insightful) 749

Being somewhat devils advocatish - what about all those people who find that their CDs stop working after a few years due to small scratches? Should they be allowed to demand free replacement in perpetuity?

That argument doesn't work. If I buy a chair from you, and I do not properly take care of it, and eventually it becomes unusable, that is MY fault. If I buy a chair from you, use it properly and care for it, and one day the chair just suddenly falls apart, that is YOUR fault. See the difference?

Comment Re:Peanuts (Score 1) 457

My coworker told me that MSG stimulates your taste buds and makes them more receptive to flavor, allowing companies to put less flavoring in and still have the same amount of taste. If this is the case, it means that the ones you're buying without MSG are adding much more salt/honey/etc to make up for it.

The reason he knows this is that both he and his father have very strong reactions to it. He mentioned dry mouth, upset stomach, or headaches for even mild doses. As a result he tends to monitor ingredient lists on everything he eats.

Comment Re:MMOs seem to have the most (Score 1) 282

Dark Age of Camelot had quite a few places where the floor didn't properly meet a wall, leaving a tiny crack. Pushing yourself against the crack while rotating your character would allow you to push through the crack and fall below the world. Once you reached a certain depth, the game automatically teleported you back to your last bind stone.

It was a VERY handy trick to know, saving hours of running and horse travel. It didn't take people long to find these cracks in pretty much every dungeon in the game.

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