arby commented on Debunking The Myth of Multitasking

"Now the title of this article (currently "Debunking The Myth of Multitasking") seems to be directly challenging the author's book (and if I were him I'd be annoyed, after giving an exclusive interview)."

arby commented on Debunking The Myth of Multitasking

"Debunking the myths of multitasking?"

arby commented on Choose a Safe, Reusable Water Bottle

"@BarneyRubble: I suspect this may be for the same reason that shampoo manufacturers suggest you lather, rinse, and repeat: so you'll use (and buy) more of their product. @Claystil: The idea that toxins leach out of plastic bottles has always struck me as illogical -- if the water spends only a couple of hours in the bottle, is there really time for any leaching to occur?"

arby commented on How To De-Kernelize Microwave Popcorn

"This would have been a worthwhile post if you had told us how to avoid having unpopped kernels in the bag."

arby commented on Do You Shoot in RAW?

"@Mike Panic: "Digital (from a DSLR) has a much more narrow range than film ever did, you can only really recover 2/10ths of a stop over exposure and 3/10ths under exposure." Where do you get those numbers?"

arby commented on Do You Shoot in RAW?

"@tcabeen: No, I understand the usual reason why people shoot RAW+JPG, but @bdk184 asserted that there's some kind of "double layer" going on that gives a "crisper" look in black and white."

arby commented on Do You Shoot in RAW?

"@bdk184: "Double layer photo with a RAW base and a JPEG overlay"?"

arby commented on Man Tries To Buy From "The Camera Professionals," Fails

"@Buran: As spinachdip said, B&H can actually be overwhelming when you go visit it, especially since they expanded and put all the still cameras on their second floor (the first floor has MP3 players, video cameras, TVs, lighting equipment, darkroom materials, and binoculars, IIRC)."

arby commented on The Best Sales Line Ever

"First off, "fullproof"?"

arby commented on Should Microsoft Extend XP's Life?

"I got my Dell laptop with Vista just a couple of months ago (I don't think they offered XP on this model, and I figured I would go ahead and try it)."