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Comment: Re:The budget electronic seats are perfectly fine. (Score 1) 111

by Grokko (#35859846) Attached to: A "Throne" Fit For a Tech King

I ended up ordering one that had the basics, as well as a remote control

If you need remote control in a toilet you are doing something wrong.

The remote is more convenient than the standard controls, which are located on the side of the seat, for a couple of reasons:

1. In order to use the side controls, you need to twist your body to look at it. The side controls show LEDs, which are actually kinda hard to see in bright bathroom light.
2. We men think we are just so accurate when we pee, up until the point you clean the toilet on a regular basis. Then you think things like "How did that get up there?". So if you like sticking your hand in yours or someone else's pee, by all means, get the one with the controls on the side.

The remote is LCD based, and can tell you things like water temperature, nozzle strength, and so on, before you adjust it.

Comment: The budget electronic seats are perfectly fine. (Score 3, Interesting) 111

by Grokko (#35855328) Attached to: A "Throne" Fit For a Tech King

I used to laugh about the toilets that wash and dry you. I don't any longer. I went to do some work for a few weeks in Seoul, South Korea. Both the hotel and the place I worked had them. I tried them out, and found out what I had been missing all these years. The basic ones have these functions:

- Warm toilet seats - this really helps to get things moving in the morning
- Washing, front and back - say goodbye to skid marks.
- Drying

Anyway, I told my wife over Skype how wonderful they were, and she laughed at me. Then she came to visit me in Korea, tried them, and suddenly, it was a must have appliance for when I get back. Since the power in Korea is different from North America (220V with different type of plug), and the instructions were in Korea, I ended up ordering one that had the basics, as well as a remote control. It took me about 1.5 hours to install, but about an hour of that was poring over the entire manual to make sure I understood how to do it. The actual install took about 30 minutes.

We both enjoy using it, and we hardly ever use toilet paper anymore. Some people might be put off by drying time vs. wiping, but as I like to tell people: "What's your hurry? Bring a book."

Here is the really funny thing. My wife has gone viral with this info. She told her pottery group, the girls at the dentist, and countless others abut this. I have female relatives and friends visiting more now, some almost embarrassingly come over to "try out the toilet". Almost all of them are in the process of buying or attempting to convince their significant others to purchase one. I'm now the accidental "Toilet Tech", as I answer questions about purchasing and installation for them.

After they use it, I've received all kinds of comments like: "If I met a guy with one of these, I'd never leave", and many more in the same vein, I got to thinking that the average guy would do well to have one of these when they finally bring home the woman of their dreams. All things being equal, for some gals, the bathroom will be a deal breaker on whether they will spend the night. It just might be worth investing $400-$1000 on a Vorpal Toilet Seat.

Comment: Only need to worry about any Fees (Score 1) 284

by Grokko (#33229138) Attached to: Can Twitter and Facebook Deal With Their Dead?

The only reason that anyone needs to delete or suspend an account is if it is automatically charging them every month for access. Since currently, Facebook and Twitter do not, there really isn't any reason to 'deal' with the account. There are many good reasons just to leave it as it is, as many posters before me have stated.

The things that irk me are the ways that cell phone providers and such try to keep contracts active, and charged for, way beyond the grave. Those are the ones that specific policies should be posted, and enforced by consumer laws.

Comment: Ban Sci-Fi (Score 1) 197

by Grokko (#32446010) Attached to: OH Senate Passes Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids

I always find these utterly useless laws funny at the state level. What prevents a gene-splicer from creating, transporting, or receiving a human-animal hybrid in neighboring Michigan?

While they're at it, and worried about Sci-Fi possibilities:

- Ban aliens from invading.
- Ban research into Warp Drive or Teleportation
- Ban Stargates from being used
- Ban Zombies

This list could go on forever, unless they ban Infiinity in Ohio.

Comment: Publishers also can offer cheaper (Score 1) 590

by Grokko (#28720487) Attached to: Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games

EA themselves used to release "Classic" versions of their games for around $20. What happened?

If they had any brains at all, they could cut off the used market rather quickly. Just sell the games for cheaper and cheaper amounts, online or otherwise. In other words, let the market function properly.

If their new games were priced lower than used games at GameStop, how many people would buy used?

It reminds me of the Canadian Government complaining about a black market in cigarettes forming because they jacked the taxes up. There was more incentive to buy black market cigarettes than retail, because it was just so much cheaper. They created the black market by ignoring the demand.

Publishers, stop ignoring the demands of the market, and you will make more profit. Is it that hard to understand?

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