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[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Linus

I call FUD* on this article! FUD, I say! It's like saying "I got all the addresses and zip code of every house in Los Angeles".


*FUD, for those who may not know, means Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. It's a form of "control" by scaring an audience/reader into buying into something or buying something to protect them (e.g., think of the TV commercials that convince you the importance of home security).

My brain isnt working too good today. Does this mean this is made up or embellished?

Does this mean the supposed data breaches at yahoo, linkedin and twitter are the same? I dont remember hearing anything about these before.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Kobi

My brain isnt working too good today. Does this mean this is made up or embellished?

Does this mean the supposed data breaches at yahoo, linkedin and twitter are the same? I dont remember hearing anything about these before.

It's embellished. HUGELY.

They cannot get any passwords, yahoo, Google, etc. info from this. It's a hardware identifier and that's it.

It's the difference between knowing a street address for a house (which you can get in any real estate guide available at any public library) and actually breaking into a house, stealing your address book, bank statements and so on.

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Linus

It's embellished. HUGELY.

They cannot get any passwords, yahoo, Google, etc. info from this. It's a hardware identifier and that's it.

It's the difference between knowing a street address for a house (which you can get in any real estate guide available at any public library) and actually breaking into a house, stealing your address book, bank statements and so on.

My brain thanks you. Love your new avatar.

[CA_BabyCakes]

Purple is the most amorous color, according to a new study which found that people who decorate their bedrooms in the color have the most active sex lives.

The survey of 2,000 British adults by retailer Littlewoods found that those with purple bedding or furniture had 3.49 "intimate encounters" per week. The least active color scheme in the survey was gray, averaging 1.8.

'For years I have been telling British homeowners, a beige bedroom makes for a beige sex life," Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, homes style expert for Littlewoods told the Daily Mail. "That's one thing I wouldn't want to wish on anyone."

The survey also found that those with silk sheets were the most sexually active, averaging 4.25 intimate encounters per week.

A 2011 survey of 26 countries found the U.S. and U.K. to be near the bottom in terms of both frequency of sexual activity and reported satisfaction with sexual activity. Greece, Brazil and Russia topped the survey, with Japan far behind the pack in both categories.



And while purple was on top of the Littlewoods survey, it was by no means the only color to rise above Britain's national average for sexual activity. Bedrooms decorated in red (3.18) sky blue (3.14) pink (3.02) and black (2.99) were also above average.

Joining gray near the bottom of the list were green (1.89) and beige (1.97).

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by CA_BabyCakes

Purple is the most amorous color, according to a new study which found that people who decorate their bedrooms in the color have the most active sex lives.

The survey of 2,000 British adults by retailer Littlewoods found that those with purple bedding or furniture had 3.49 "intimate encounters" per week. The least active color scheme in the survey was gray, averaging 1.8.

'For years I have been telling British homeowners, a beige bedroom makes for a beige sex life," Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, homes style expert for Littlewoods told the Daily Mail. "That's one thing I wouldn't want to wish on anyone."

The survey also found that those with silk sheets were the most sexually active, averaging 4.25 intimate encounters per week.

A 2011 survey of 26 countries found the U.S. and U.K. to be near the bottom in terms of both frequency of sexual activity and reported satisfaction with sexual activity. Greece, Brazil and Russia topped the survey, with Japan far behind the pack in both categories.



And while purple was on top of the Littlewoods survey, it was by no means the only color to rise above Britain's national average for sexual activity. Bedrooms decorated in red (3.18) sky blue (3.14) pink (3.02) and black (2.99) were also above average.

Joining gray near the bottom of the list were green (1.89) and beige (1.97).

Hm now there's an incentive to replace the green carpeting in the bedroom.

I still dont get the appeal of silk sheets tho. Slippery little buggers.