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From: Buck Murdock on 25 Jun 2008 12:56
In article
<mcmurtri-7CA2D2.22162602062008(a)softbank060082049208.bbtec.net>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri(a)dslextreme.com> wrote:

> > You know you need to change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles,
> > . . .
>
> Oops, that's a myth too.

Yup. The people who make my car tell me to change it at 7500 miles,
while the people who SELL OIL CHANGES tell me to do it at 3000 miles.
uh-huh.
From: Jim Redelfs on 26 Jun 2008 00:59
In article <nobody-139037.12560625062008(a)news.newsguy.com>,
Buck Murdock <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

>> You know you need to change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles,

>> Oops, that's a myth too.

> Yup. The people who make my car tell me to change it at 7500 miles,
> while the people who SELL OIL CHANGES tell me to do it at 3000 miles.
> uh-huh.

Lather, rinse, repeat. The "repeat" part doesn't do a thing for your
hair but it sells more shampoo.
--
:)
JR
From: Steven Fisher on 26 Jun 2008 17:02
In article <michelle-E1925F.10563802062008(a)news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> Five Mac maintenance myths
> by Dan Frakes, Macworld.com
<snip>
> Myth #1: �You should repair permissions regularly.�
> OS X�s permissions determine the access each user has to each item on a
> hard drive. If certain files have the wrong permissions, you can
> experience problems. So you�ll commonly hear that you need to use Disk
> Utility�s Repair Disk Permissions feature on your startup drive as a
> routine maintenance procedure.

This one probably came about primarily from people booting back to Mac
OS 9. Mac OS 9 had a nasty habit of corrupting file permissions. I think
that was probably why Repair Permissions was added to Disk Utility. But
this hasn't been a problem for years now.
From: Wes Groleau on 26 Jun 2008 22:04
Jim Redelfs wrote:
> Lather, rinse, repeat. The "repeat" part doesn't do a thing for your
> hair but it sells more shampoo.

:-)

We bought a bottle of shampoo or soap that said
"Over 70 uses."

I kept trying to figure out exactly what 70 things
it could be used for. It was almost gone before
it dawned on me that it was another way of saying
"servings per container"

Must be something about showering that dulls the brain....

--
Wes Groleau

Free speech has its limits
http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=99
From: Steve W. Jackson on 27 Jun 2008 10:40
In article <zUX8k.78$WB.67(a)trnddc03>,
Wes Groleau <groleau+news(a)freeshell.org> wrote:

> Jim Redelfs wrote:
> > Lather, rinse, repeat. The "repeat" part doesn't do a thing for your
> > hair but it sells more shampoo.
>
> :-)
>
> We bought a bottle of shampoo or soap that said
> "Over 70 uses."
>
> I kept trying to figure out exactly what 70 things
> it could be used for. It was almost gone before
> it dawned on me that it was another way of saying
> "servings per container"
>
> Must be something about showering that dulls the brain....

I've seen some pretty silly labels because of poor translation to
English from some other language. I'll bet your shampoo isn't made in
the USA! :-)
--
Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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