Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Pending Revelation

I just answered a few questions as Corky, Account 005. We'll see if any of them get the account suspended. While a bit on the rude side there isn't anything in the posts that I see as likely to get the account pulled. If the account is suspended, it's going to be because someone connected the posts to this Blog.

If Account 004 is still intact the next time I update, I'll probably go through and publish all the "Account 004" posts I've been saving as drafts. The fact that Corky remains uncensored is a good indication that being noted on this Blog isn't enough to get an account yanked. If anyone at Yahoo was watching this Blog they've either stopped or are no longer suspending accounts over it. If there were any Yahoo Answers users reporting the posts they've probably grown bored with the task.

So watch this space to learn all about the much hinted at Account 004!

Celebrity Death Pool, Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse?

Question
Who will succumb to their drug addiction first - dying a lonely death? Britney or Amy Winehouse?
You are:
Corky P
Your Answer:
Amy Winehouse has checked herself into rehab and appears to be trying to get her life back in order.

Britney on the other hand has shown no signs of trying to get help. There's rumors of a personality disorder. There are further rumors that she's turning to Scientology, something that won't help her deteriorating mental state, as Scientology demonizes psychiatry, painting psychiatrists as being worse than the NAZI SS.

Britney is coming apart at the seams in a whole slew of ways, and has psychological issues well beyond the drug addition plaguing Amy Winehouse. Amy MAY have a relapse and OD, trying to take a drug dose she could handle in the past, but my money is on Spears.

Corky appears to be a grumpy old man to boot

Question:
Its 160 hard drive in a computer too little?

Answer:
When I was in College, an 80 MB hard drive was considered HUGE, and you could expect to pay a dollar a megabyte for the privilege of such a roomy drive, and that's if you were getting a hard drive for a desktop. Laptop hard drives were, like now, far more expensive.

What are you DOING that you'd need 160 GB? Is your media library really that massive? Do you know how many MP3s you can store in that space at a decent (96 or so) bit rate???

Corky and the Hippy Dippy BS

This doesn't even answer the question. We'll see what happens.

Question
I'm not stupid but I AM ignorant?

I'm a late bloomer when it comes to computers so I don't understand all the details when it comes to maintence.
When defraging a computer, what happens to the fragmented file, what is a continuous file, and what is accomplished by doing this. I said I was ignorant--I'm still have trouble wrapping my head around how the majic box works.
You are:
Corky P
Your Answer:
We are all ignorant on some topic.

Ignorance is not a bad thing unless you're ignorant on a topic about which you should be knowledgeable. A US President ignorant about foreign affairs is a disaster about to happen. For most people knowledge of foreign affairs is optional.

For example, I am hopelessly and pathetically ignorant on the topic of heart surgery. As I am not a doctor, this is not a problem.

Corky can be a real jerk

Question
We both cheated, be he keeps denying?

I went out with and kissed another guy because I thought my bf was cheating on me. I had a right to worry because he is too friendly with other women, he stays out all night sometimes, and he acts like he doesn't want to spend time with me. But it turned out I was wrong-he never cheated. He was just flirting to make these girls like him, in order to feed his ego. About 1 week ago, I found out he did kiss another girl. He is denying it, of course. I called the girl to ask what was going on, and she told me they go out and kiss sometimes. The next day, she forwarded me a message that my bf left on her voice mail, saying that he was outside waiting for her to answer the door, and it was about 10pm. But he is denying that he was ever there, even though I have the proof. I keep thinking I deserve this because I kissed another guy too. I purposely drove him away because I'm hurt. Can I be upset since I did the same thing? Should I let this go or be upset since he won't tell me the truth?
You are:
Corky P
Your Answer:
You have two options:

1. Accept that this is a toxic relationship and break up.

2. Look into Polyamory as a way to deal with the fact that neither of you seems capable of monogamy.

Corky gets a best answer!

How about that? Posting a useful answer got me a "best answer".

Your engine is toast dude

Question
If you fill your deisel with £62 worth of leaded petrol wot(sic) repair cost?

Head in clouds having recently fallen in love so is it my fault or hers?
You are:
Alex K
Your Answer:
Congratulations, you've blown out your engine. If you're lucky you just need a new engine, but you'd be an idiot to not get the fuel tank and hoses replaced as well.

Basically, if you can convince insurance to cover the cost or it's an expensive car, it's worth the repair. For most vehicles however, the cost of replacing the engine makes replacing the car cheaper.

If you're REALLY lucky, there's a technical school nearby that will take it on as a "training" vehicle, or there's a charity where you can donate it for a tax deduction.