Crank Up Your Thermostat

For many years now, scammers have been telling us not to set our thermostats too high, because "Setting your thermostat higher doesn't make it get warmer any faster". Of course, we all (including the scammers) know this is a lie. Here's why: thermostats are often located in drafty hallways. When the heat turns on, these hallways get warm quickly (convection heating), and the thermostat turns off EVEN THOUGH THE REST OF THE HOUSE REMAINS COLD. Of course, the overheated hallway's heat eventually passes (via much slower conduction) to the rest of the house, at which point the heat finally turns on again. This process repeats, but the house is heated much slower than if you'd just cranked the thermostat to begin with. This winter, crank your thermostat to keep your house warm. And maybe crank it just a couple of extra degrees just to show the scammers that their stupid little lie never worked.

.ws does NOT mean website

The scammers who sell .ws domains tell us that ws stands for website. WRONG!!! It's the country code for Samoa, which used to be known as Western Samoa (thus the .ws). Even though ICANN has defined a few new top level names, such as .AERO, .WS was NOT one of them. I believe the WS scammers should be punished by being forced to refund all the money they've ever received because of this fraud, and should be banned for life from ever selling any other domains. Who's with me ?