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Description : When (and why) did UPS screw up their package tracking website?

Last Answer : If I had to guess, maybe it has to do with using USPS over Christmas. Just guessing though. When did it change? Is that an actual copy paste in March?

Description : Do you consider giving dictionary definitions to be lectures?

Last Answer : I don’t, and didn’t have the feeling anyone did.

Description : Would you participate in a "sexual harassment" Fluther poll?

Last Answer : Yes. I chose not to file charges as it was friend-drinking rape while I was basically passed out. I was 19 years old.

Description : So, what advice have you taken?

Last Answer : I had sent my lawn guy a tip for Christmas a couple years ago and he hadn't cashed the check by the first week of January. I asked if I should contact him about it, thinking he didn't receive it. Most people ... didn't contact him. i'm sure there are a lot more, but I can't think of them right now.

Description : According to me, "The Circle" has a bad ending. Do you agree?

Last Answer : Yes! It just ended flat.

Description : Are Paypal and credit cards the only way people can contribute to Wikipedia?

Last Answer : I mean, it’s a lot easier to defraud you by stealing a check from the mail.

Description : Thoughts on Political Incorrectness?

Last Answer : I could go on more in my description through examples but I think I’ll just end my main topic on that note for now.

Description : How reliable or accurate is Wikipedia?

Last Answer : The problem with Wikipedia’s accuracy is that, overall, it is reliable, but it has enough mistakes/falsehoods/deceptions/opinions that it loses credibility. I use it for two things: 1) information on non-controversial subjects, and 2) a first step to find credible sources.

Description : What are your rules for survival in the workplace?

Last Answer : Try not getting involved in any company politics. Work alone if at all possible. Never give or expect favours .

Description : Why would the time stamp on the bill from an eatery be 40minutes ahead, regularly?

Last Answer : They don’t know how to reset it.

Description : What happens if you ignore a Census questionnaire and/or worker's visits?

Last Answer : answer:You risk not being counted in the census (I wasn't counted in 2000 because neither my new husband nor my parents included me on their household questionnaire). There are no individual-level ... as well as team leaders, supervisors and managers. The survey is simple enough why ignore it?

Description : Ethics check: what should they do if exposing a murder will expose them?

Last Answer : answer:If he wanted to, he could give an anonymous tip. However, let’s be honest, most of us wouldn’t go out of our way to call in, “Hey, I saw an average looking brunette hanging around a dark-coloured late model Coupe. Think that’s the murderer, or literally anyone else?”

Description : What mechanisms or metabolisms do animals use to survive outdoors when the temperature is 10° below zero?

Last Answer : Some animals survive because of layers of fat, and/or thick fur, such as my avatar, the Bactrian camel. There is at least one type of frog which self freezes. They secrete a fluid at the first sign ... and said, At least you don't have to keep yourself watertight so your arse doesn't freeze over!

Description : What should I know about a tablet?

Last Answer : answer:Copy and paste is a bit of a mess on Android. But generally you just press and hold and some option will pop up. In firefox it gives you little sliders you use to refine your copy and ... . My only tip is to install firefox and then install adblock edge to block ads while you are browsing.

Description : Does providing family information by what you have on your vehicle have any downside?

Last Answer : You can look in the car and see the baby seat or the two kids actually sitting in the back seat. Bad people can stalk a school and watch all the parents pick up their children after school or hang out at the soccer fields or follow a bus full if kids home. Probably those stickers don’t matter.

Description : How much did you pay for gas, October 2014+?

Last Answer : Last night $3.49.9. Welcome to NYS.

Description : How do you see search engines developing in the future?

Last Answer : answer:I really like the direction Google has gone with their context-sensitive searches in Google Now on my Moto X. Without touching my phone, I can ask it - How tall is Barack Obama? - How ... great if sources could provide an API to Google that would allow users to use sql queries against it.

Description : When's the last time you visited the library?

Last Answer : answer:Our library has a computer section (I mean they have four computers to use). So I stop in there sometimes to Fluther, and I still check out books there, as well as rent DVDs for a ... can read several different newspapers there. Current papers that is. Oh yes, I was there just last week.

Description : Do you believe there is some kind conspiracy behind the missing Malaysian plane incident?

Last Answer : answer:I haven't been following this, so I apologize if I am missing something. The time to believe there is a conspiracy is when we have evidence of the conspiracy. It appears from my ... unable to solve this mystery or provide anything new that would help the people who are investigating it.

Description : Are we really human?

Last Answer : Hmmm, you’re a thinker aren’t you? lol Maybe we could be defined as human bacteria? If a shark has feeder fish on it, it’s still a shark.

Description : I want to change my name, any information on this?

Last Answer : First name, last name, what state do you live in and do you have one or both parent’s consent? (Google “name change ” and all your questions will be answered.)

Description : What good is knowledge if it is not applied?

Last Answer : The brain works in mysterious ways, and knowledge creates pathways that could come in handy in unforseen circumstances.

Description : Would you recommend the software Little Snitch?

Last Answer : I don’t know much about Mac software, but for Windows there are far better/more tunable/exact software that acts as an outgoing firewall, for far less money.

Description : Can I leave the year I graduated from HS off of an application I'm filling out?

Last Answer : How often do people look that closely anyway? I bet if you skipped it no one would even notice.

Description : Does everyone have a paper trail, of their life? Do you think that there is one? How much information do you think is stored about you?

Last Answer : I believe that my age and medical records are incorrect. The government, tax man, school, university and family have most of my paper records. For Fun I Google talljasperman and read all my old questions and interactions in the past four years.

Description : Fender Gemini III, information please?

Last Answer : wesdfwiusdf Um… what??

Description : Where can I find a list of superhero/supervillan's birthday's on the same article?

Last Answer : answer:You will not find a definitive answer as comic book continuity and their passage of time within the story is fluid and ever-changing. You will never see a birth year for a comic book character (and it ... Cap? Simple - every decade or so, they just adjust roughly how long he was in the ice.

Description : If you are debating with someone, and you come to realize that they are far more intelligent than you and far better informed on the topic, does that impact your belief that you are right?

Last Answer : For me, intelligence isn't usually a factor, but I do find myself in conversations all the time with people who at, or at least seem, better informed on certain topics than I am. (I think there are ... to do more research and to examine my own position more closely. This is never a bad thing to do.

Description : (The Quest - Part 1): What do you know that I don't know?

Last Answer : answer:Interesting quest, and I hope it works for you! Did you know that speedreading is actually good for you and your brain? http://speedreadingzone.com/7-reasons-why-speed-reading-is-good-for-your-brain/

Description : How do you vet a corporation?

Last Answer : Get a copy of their Annual Report, if you have access to Dun & Bradstreet, use it.

Description : Is there a way in Facebook to annotate people privately?

Last Answer : answer:I don’t…think so. You don’t even want the other person to see it on their page? If you just want you and them to be the only ones, try this: http://geekdrop.com/content/how-to-post-privately-to-someone-elses-facebook-wall-screenshot-tutorial

Description : What are libraries for, these days?

Last Answer : Libraries will always exist. Have you ever tried to find a specific research book on the internet. It is almost always impossible. Go to a library and within ten minutes you will most likely have it in hand. Plus, nothing beats the feel of an actual book.

Description : What is one helpful tip or piece of advice you would like to share with the collective?

Last Answer : If you live with a cat who roams freely outside, look down at your hard wood floors and rugs all the time to avoid stepping and skidding on something slippery.

Description : How can you tell what another person values?

Last Answer : Conversation, observation of their behavior. Sometimes the setting will narrow things down a bit.

Description : Is self-awareness merely an information process?

Last Answer : answer:I've had a couple glasses of wine and I see @SavoirFaire down there composing a much better answer than I'll be able to, but let me ask you this: merely an information process as opposed to ... to me that you are asking it as merely that in exclusion to something else. Can you elaborate?

Description : What is the impact of disclosing information about yourself in your profile?

Last Answer : answer:A lot of people demand their privacy and I understand this. I have nothing to hide and therefore my avatar and information is what you see is what you get Some people write false names and ... profile is on Facebook, as again, I have nothing to hide. Keeping your privacy private is okay.

Description : Social networking sites question. Care to explain? (details inside).

Last Answer : They do not get a message, but if they used to be able to find you and now when they search they can't, then they will deduce you blocked them. They might ask a friend you have in common ... that person can, but the person you blocked can't, they will feel confirmed that you indeed blocked them.

Description : Are you ever worried about what you put out there on the internet (think potential jobs)

Last Answer : If you put it out there, it’s public. Scary or not that’s the case.

Description : Has anybody utilized genetic (DNA) databases in a genealogical search to find an ancestor successfully?

Last Answer : Yes soon after my Mother died in 2010 my sister asked my Eldest brother to do it. From ancestry.com we we received so much paper work dating back from like the stone age telling us our ancestors came ... masons . Than we received no more total cost $500 dollars for the kit. Yes we felt ripped off.

Description : What law, if any, did this man violate by knocking on an armored car window?

Last Answer : I don’t know what specific law, but it seems reasonable there should be rules about approaching armored cars carrying who-knows-how-much money. Don’t mess with them! It’s always deemed suspicious, at least, I would think.

Description : If you could absorb all the information on Wikipedia into your brain in an instant, would you?

Last Answer : Will the rest of my brain remain intact, in terms of information? Then, yes

Description : Where you live, do doctors inform their patients that they have (terminal) cancer?

Last Answer : answer:In the United States, it would be absolutely unthinkable for a doctor not to inform his/her patients that they had cancer. In fact, not informing a patient of any deadly disease would be pretty ... no good reason for you as to why there are doctors who don't inform their patients of cancer.

Description : If I get harassed by a blocked number can I legally find out what number the harassment came from?

Last Answer : Cell or land line received the call?

Description : What's your reaction to changes in the Google search results page?

Last Answer : Underwhelmed.

Description : Ever wondered why your mind keeps useless information and not retain important stuff?

Last Answer : I tend to find the stuff I remember most from my past is the stuff I really enjoyed, classes, people etc….. it’s all the same, the other stuff was just immaterial I guess……. :-/

Description : What are some useless facts that you know?

Last Answer : I was unaware that during childbirth, sometimes women will shit and piss while pushing…....No one says anything about that, but it totally makes sense. Geezus christ…......

Description : What are some fun ways to start using tons of data on my AT&T unlimited data plan?

Last Answer : Play tons of games.

Description : Will hospital records show the names of all the doctors and nurses who worked with a patient during an inpatient stay two years ago?

Last Answer : If you can get a copy of the medical records the nurses notes and doctors orders should be signed. (I could be wrong because I worked in a hospital before the computer age, but the electronic signatures should be more legible than the paper ones I worked with.)

Description : Something that your fellow jellies didn't know about you; what would it be?

Last Answer : I have a thing for Jews.

Description : Is the "Get Motivated Business Seminar" a scam? Has anyone here attended one?

Last Answer : answer:I’ve to a couple of the remote Seminars in the past, it was with people I worked with once, the other times were solo. The price is to pay for the “Big, high priced, reputable names. ” and the time is well spent.