Tag: survey

Picking a good password is important. “Tigger” is not a good password.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 24, 2010

A recent study has been released that took a look at over 32 million passwords that were published onto the Internet after a hacker broke into the ROCKYOU.COM website.

This is the first time that a password study of this magnitude was able to be performed, but it did confirm a few things about users and the passwords they choose: PEOPLE ARE NOT PICKING SECURE PASSWORDS FOR THEIR ONLINE ACCOUNTS.

The most common password found online is typically 12345, although the ROCKYOU data had the most common password being 123456, with nearly 1 percent of the ROCKYOU users being that uncreative. Go figure – that extra digit made it that much harder to hack into the critical ROCKYOU website.

Tags 10 Things, Disney, facebook, How To, Internet, News, survey, Tigger

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Boosting your metabolism helps you lose weight. Sadly, Twinkies are not the answer

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 17, 2010

One thing Web Watch knows how to do is tell others what they are supposed to do to lose weight.
It’s quite simple – “eat less and exercise more.”

See how easy it is to say that? The hard part, as we all know, is actually following through with the advice that we freely give to others. Web Watch may not practice what we preach, but we’re really not the kind of people we would preach to anyway.

So let’s pretend that you’re already trying to eat a sensible breakfast, healthy lunch, and small portions at dinner. You’re exercising a little bit every day as best you can, but you haven’t really noticed any real differences yet.

Maybe all you need to do, since you’re doing everything else right, is to kickstart your metabolism a little. Here are a few suggestions that you can try:

Tags 10 Things, diet, How To, medical, science, survey

News

Q: How many different chemicals do women put on their face every day? A: 515

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 11, 2010

HOW MANY DIFFERENT CHEMICALS DO WOMEN PUT ON THEIR FACES EVERY DAY?

A UK company, Bionsen, determined that the average woman puts 515 different chemicals on her face every day, using a combination of makeup, perfumes, mascara, and other products.

The average woman uses 13 different products daily, and each product contains at least 20 different ingredients — lipsticks and other makeup average 30 ingredients, and some perfumes can have as many as 400 different ingredients.

It gets scarier from there. You pay attention to the labels on food you eat, but have you paid attention to the ingredient list on your personal grooming products… if those products even contain ingredient lists in the first place?

Tags Beauty, cosmetics, healthcare, medical, parenting, science, shopping, survey

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Read This Book: William Poundstone’s PRICELESS – THE MYTH OF FAIR VALUE

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 1, 2010

William Poundstone is one of Web Watch’s favorite writers, having written many books around the same theme of exposing various ways that professionals (magicians, street crooks, carnies, casinos, etc) lie, cheat, and steal their way into your wallet.

Some of Mr Poundstone’s books that you may already be aware of include:

All are great reads and lots of fun.

And now Mr Poundstone adds to his roster with PRICELESS – THE MYTH OF FAIR VALUE AND HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

Tags Book, business, Gambling, How To, marketing, shopping, survey

News

News flash: Science proves that women are worse at parking cars than men are

Post author By web gangsta
Post date December 30, 2009

Apparently, science has proven what many have believed to be true: that WOMEN ARE WORSE AT PARKING CARS THAN MEN ARE.

And we all know that if scientists are able to prove it, it must be true.

Tags Cars, News, science, survey

How To News

How to tell if the woman across the room is single or not

Post author By web gangsta
Post date December 29, 2009

You’re at a crowded bar or party where you don’t know anybody. You’re interested in using this as an opportunity to find someone new to date, but don’t want to blow your confidence by asking every lady in the room if they’re single or not.

So HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THE WOMAN ACROSS THE ROOM IS SINGLE OR NOT? Here are some signs to look for:

Tags How To, News, Relationships, survey

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If we learn just one thing today, it’s this: St Louis residents have NO style whatsoever

Post author By web gangsta
Post date December 13, 2009

If you travel a lot, then you probably have as many opinions about the places you visit as you have visited places.

But for those who don’t get to see the world for free, we have to rely on others to tell us what to believe. TRAVEL + LEISURE magazine recently conducted a survey to determine AMERICA’S FAVORITE CITY. So of course, Web Watch is braving the way to tell you exactly which of the 30 cities surveyed come out on top, and which ones (like St Louis) are floundering at the bottom.

Tags magazine, survey, Travel, website

News

Coed dorms lead to sex and drinking? Thank you, Captain Obvious!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 18, 2009

According to a recent study conducted by Captain Obvious (really, BYU lead researcher Brian Willoughby) and printed in the Journal of American College Health, COED DORMS LEAD TO OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF SEX AND AN OVERABUNDANCE OF DRINKING.

The survey of 500 students took place at two midwestern public universities and a west coast university, and the east coast was represented by a liberal arts college and a religious university.

The study found that students in coed housing were…

Tags News, survey