RE: e-bay hack

Ta Phoenix,


People should use keepass + Dropbox/google drive

For those that don't know keepass is a piece of encryption software that designed to manage logins & passwords. It stores and encrypts your passwords so when you need them it can copy and paste them into a login screeen. Save the keepass file on dropbox then whenever you need to change a password update the keepass database and dropbox will sync the file across all devices. All you have to remember are two different passwords; one for dropbox and one for keepass. Make all passwords strong (as long as possible, containing lower and upper case letters, symbols and numbers).

IMHO this is the securest way to manage the passwords for facebook, google, amazon, ebay, microsoft, linkedin, twitter, paypal, skype, online banking etc....

hope some people find this info useful

RE: Robots

Heard of a Roomba?

It's your own little robot that hoovers the floor for you.

RE: IQ

Not really that simple.

You're forgetting to factor in the effect of gravity on the morris minor and how escaping earth's would reduce the acceleration for the first part of the journey, also resistance due to the earth's atmosphere and then there's the question of what happens once the morris minor enters a vacuum. Do we pretend that the internal combustion engine magically keeps working despite the lack of oxygen? And if so once it is accelerating in a vacuum you'll probably need to account for relativity in order to get a accurate answer.

I apologize for my Dr Sheldon Cooper moment.

RE: Party Scenario (women only)

Yeah I know it's supposed to be female only but other dudes have already commented so...

Really....

Tucking their shirt in...

That's it... Jeez, since when did tucking your shirt in and leaving become anything more that totally un-note worthy

Now a guy tucking their shirt in and you physically (not emotionally) feeling as though you had just slept with someone is entirely different matter. If that were the case, try and figure out who the guy was before you leave, contact your GP, get the morning after pill, and get tested for STD's. No need to tell anyone if the tests come back negative.

RE: Corruption, Bribery, Nepotism and Patronage in Government

We demand a public enquiry...

RE: Second Date

Normally first dates for me would be short ones, coffee or lunch or a quiet drink somewhere but then it does depends on how well you know each other beforehand. If you sent each a lot of messages and spoken at length on the phone then you probably have a pretty good idea of what each other are like. Usually second would be the big date, dinner, drinks, music, dancing.

Having said all that sometimes the best dates are the ones that are a little bit untraditional. Like go-cart racing, or a trip to IKEA (I know how strange that sounds but you can go round IKEA and have such a laugh role -playing in each different area, it allows you both to imagine what it would be like living together). Clay pigeon shooting is another good one as well.

When single parents hook up

Of course that goes without saying, but I'm more interested in people stories both good and bad, on what happens when two families become one. like the Brady bunch. What sort of difficulties are encountered or were the children generally accepting of their new parent and siblings?

When single parents hook up

So has anyone of the single parents here ever been in a relationship with another single parent and how did it work? More specifically, did your respective children get on or did you just keep your relationship separate from your kids?

RE: online dating..... lonely losers or new social media based dating?

I don't think there's too much of a stigma attached to it anymore, and that's regardless of age. Plus there are things like tinder now which hook into you Facebook account.

Any way should you not want to admit to meeting online there is simple if slightly sneaky way to avoid it. Arrange too meet some where and then both of ye bring a small group of friends. Tell your friends nothing about each other. You then make it look like you just met completely by chance and you have a whole bunch of witnesses to confirm your story. The truth will be between you, her and the NSA.

RE: Smokers : which is the better choice?

One reason is withdrawal is not nice.

I quit 6 months ago, but before that time I had made several unsuccessful attempts. I would sometimes using the patches for the first few days, sometimes go cold turkey and I carried a E-cig with me for a while when I went out. Even listened to hypnosis tapes. I found that the nicotine products took the edge off the withdrawal and satisfied my cravings when I was drinking. I still found that every now and again I would slip.

In the end I felt quitting for good was just due of getting enough leverage on myself to effect permanent change, rather than any of the quit aids (with the perhaps the exception of the tapes).

Although this i sort of hard to prove as that period of a year where I was an on/off smoker and using patches could have made it easier for me to quit.

RE: how to gain weight ??

Face is right.

Using weights won't make you give you huge muscle gain unless you

a) use steroids.

or

b) Stick rigidly to an intense training regime and extremely strict diet. For years...

However, if you are not entirely comfortable with the idea of lifting weights in a gym, maybe you might want to try a kettle bell class (as long as you don't have any back problems) you'll still be doing resistance training but you will probably find that there's more women in the class and less men.

In terms of diet if you want to put weight in a healthy manner 1) eat more protein; eggs, fish, meats.
2) eat more complex carbs; legumes, brown rice, sweet potatoes.

RE: Help needed

Malwarebytes is free and very good at removing nasties.
Spybot search and destroy is free and also very good at getting rid of spyware.
Microsoft Security Essentials works pretty seamlessly with windows(obviously) and doesn't cause as many issues as other security software sometimes does.

Amongst the paid ones I'd recommend kaspersky.

Although really the best internet security is good practice.

Don't let your browser remember your password.
Keep your OS and any other software you use updated with the latest patches.
Don't install software unless you know it is safe.
Have different passwords for different accounts.
Use a combination of numbers, letters and special characters in passwords.
Log in as guest and avoid using an administrator account as much as possible.
Change security questions for email and social media accounts to things that no one would ever know or use an answer that don't make sense. e.g.
Q What was the name of your first pet?
A David Beckham

RE: Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Can't speak on the issue Einstein being a fraud but I did study special relativity in college.

The concept of ether was disproved in the late 19th century by the Michelson and Morely. It was one of the first thing they covered in that set of lectures because for some reason there are people who won't let go of the concept of ether.

The most supportive, real-world and relatable piece evidence that I can think of regarding relativity is that timing on GPS satellites has to be adjusted using relativity in order for them to stay accurate.
There are many more but to list them all would take up to much time and space.

Relativity contradicts Newton's Laws of Motion but they are still valid in most situations and I wouldn't send my child to a school that didn't teach them.

Relativity has recently been contested by scientists that measured the speed of some sub-atomic particles to be greater than the speed of light.

My point is that if you are thinking of science as body of facts then you really don't understand what science is in first place.

Observation, hypothesis, testing, measurement, interpretation, Conclusion. And...repeat

Every scientific theory is just waiting to be disproved.

New Hobbit Movies - Has Peter Jackson taken too many liberties with th original Material?

Went to see the new Hobbit movie over the weekend. I enjoyed it but, like the last one, there was whole bunch of stuff in it that I couldn't remember from the book. Who thinks this extra stuff is ok and who thinks not. I'd like to hear from both people who have read the book and those who haven't.

I'm still wondering if they will release a special edition where everything that wasn't in the book gets taken out leaving one single 2 hour film??

RE: Amazing movies

The Shawshank Redemption-

RE: Why so many men refuse to go out with divorced women?

I don't think the issue is men rejecting divorced women I think the issue is with on-line dating in general. When presented with the vast amount of choice a site like CS gives people can get very choosy. If they were to meet them in the real world you might not find that they were divorced until after you developed an attraction to them. Finding out this way the person is not going to suddenly turn around and say "Oh! You're divorced, bye!". Same with salary, children, relationship goals, religion, height, eye colour, hair, etc...

RE: Anti-Feminism; The Radical Notion That Feminists are Insane

Perhaps alimony would be better received as food and children's clothes stamps or saving bonds that can only be redeemed by the child upon turning 18, or only put towards education.

A mad idea I know, probably wouldn't work .... but then I do agree with Glatlol in that a father should share the financial responsibility but I also understand modermen's point in that when a father becomes just monthly cheque it is truly sad. There are far more valuable things than money that a father can offer their child like; guidance of all sorts, piggy-back rides, games of football, ice cream in the park, sunny days at the beach, flying kites, blowing bubbles, teaching them to cycle, swim, pitch a tent, change a tyre, wire a plug, build a fire. To name but a few...

RE: What TV series to watch?

Ranked in order of prefrence

Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
Sons of Anarchy
Justified
Mad Men

RE: Anti-Feminism; The Radical Notion That Feminists are Insane

I really don't understand some women at all.

1) All that money wasted on legal fees that could have been spent on something like ... I don't know, college from the child.

2) It is hard work raising a child by yourself, don't they want a break from it now and again?

That said I am optimistic in that I think the tide is actually starting to turn on this point of children needing access to their fathers. I think it's pretty much accepted by every right minded person that children, especially boys, need male role models in their life. This week I'm sure there was quite a lot of noise in the media about how some areas of the UK were 'man desserts' and as a result juvenile crime rates had soared in those areas.

I live in hope that the scenario you described will happen less and less in the future.

RE: Anti-Feminism; The Radical Notion That Feminists are Insane

Hey Phoenix,

The OP proposed that certain brands of feminism have gone a bit too far, and basically are no longer standing for equality, but inequality ,where men are are now considered, in some respects, to be second class citizens compared to women.



I at least I think that was the OP original intended anyway. They'll correct me if i'm wrong.

RE: Anti-Feminism; The Radical Notion That Feminists are Insane

This is one area where Irish family law at least gets the language right. It isn't considered the parents right to have access to the child it's the child's right to have access to both parents.

I'm lucky in that my Ex recognizes this and is quite happy that I have my 2 days a week minimum. As a result I'm not sure how that above statement works out in the real world and what happens when the mother attempts to prevent the child from accessing their father. I would imagine that the courts may well side with the mother if the father doesn't do everything in his power to fight it.

RE: Anti-Feminism; The Radical Notion That Feminists are Insane

You are forgetting duosynchronenvenom* homicide.
That is also bad for children, mammys and daddys- and ending the marriage is far more preferable.

*definition: The act of simultaneously poisoning and being poisoned by your partner.

Yes, I made that word up.

RE: do u prefer arranged marriages or love marriages?

I tried marriage once, never again.

A story in exactly six words.

Ernest Hemmingway, eat your heart out.

Best nightclub in Ireland?

Anybody else got any suggestions as to good nightclubs in Ireland?

Best nightclub in Ireland?

I've been living in Ireland for over ten years and generally I've found a lot of Irish nightclubs to be, well .... mediocre.

You know... average Irish Nightclub will play only chart music and too loudly to have a decent conversation, not that it matters because most people there would not or could not hold one.

Don't get me wrong not every Irish club that I've been has been like this and I'm sure this is a problem with a lot of clubs in the British Ilse's too.

So my idea of a good club would be (In order of importance)

1) Friendly and Interesting Crowd
2) Different and varied music - not the stuff you would hear on the breakfast radio or MTV.
3) At least one area where it was warm and quiet enough to talk.
4) Polite Staff.
5) Clean Toilets or That something that makes the place stand out. Though clean toilets in a club would probably do this anyway.

I've always quite liked the twisted pepper in pepper in Dublin, even though their toilets are not the cleanest.

RE: When your partner gains weight.

If someone has gotten so overweight it is a turn off then there is probably some serious health issues that goes with carrying that weight around. A loving and caring partner should care more about their partner's health and well-being than how attractive they are to them.

So they should tell them, but for their own sake.

RE: There is going to be a big bang...

One pieces of evidence of that the big bang left behind is the background radiation the explosion left behind - and yes that radiation is indeed classified as "static" but picked up on a radio not ears.

No sound in the vaccum of space though.

RE: Its time...

I've often wondered about domestic violence, certainly the few times I have witnessed it there's been a given and a bit taken by both parties. I think I read somewhere that the most likely place you will be assaulted is in your home and the most likely person to assault you is your partner. I also have overheard this advice given by women to other women "If a man raises his hand to you should leave him" more than a few times.

I don't think I have ever heard a man say to another man "if a woman raises her hand to you then you should leave her". But I think that advice is not without merit.

I also think that if someone brings physical violence into a relationship and isn't truly sorry for doing so afterwards then they have basically declared that they think its ok to behave this way. Despite embedded moral of never hitting a woman or the embedded behaviour that fighting is not ladylike you can only push a person so far before they push back.

RE: Dress/skirt or pants?

Depends upon what you plan to do?

Dinner, romance, dancing- skirt or dress is better.

Outdoorsy stuff like hiking, canoe, cycling - pants is better, well atleast with kind of weather we have in this country.

RE: looking for a female interested in doing a spitroast

Nothing like the smell of a pig turning slowly over a roaring fire

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