Ben Tiessen on Blurtit

Ben Tiessen answered Gueco Daniel Joseph's question 3/22/2015

Drivers - Software written to use hardware components with the operating system, for example you install webcam drivers from Logitech.com on Windows so Windows knows how to see your webcam.

Applications - Software for people to interact with directly, for example microsoft word is used on windows to type of out essays and documents.

Ben Tiessen answered 3/22/2015

Drawbacks of IPv4 and how IPv6 addresses those drawbacks?

IPV4 can hypothetically assign 4294967296 IP addresses. 588,514,304 of these IP addresses are reserved for special groups. This means there are only 3,706,452,992 IP addresses that can be assigned to the public. There are roughly 7.125 billion people on earth, and 40% of them have internet access. Every person who pays for internet has at … Read more

Ben Tiessen voted up Yo Kass' answer 6/27/2013

I forgot my clothes in the washing machine for 3 days with the lid open. How can I get rid of that horrid rotting egg / natural gas odor?

Ahh I can really relate to this - I keep forgetting my clothes in the washing machine too. I guess some habits from your student days die hard!

Anyway, I've read about people using baking powder and vinegar and other stuff like that, but my solution is pretty simple.

I just wash the clothes again … Read more

Ben Tiessen thanked Yo Kass' answer 6/27/2013

I forgot my clothes in the washing machine for 3 days with the lid open. How can I get rid of that horrid rotting egg / natural gas odor?

Ahh I can really relate to this - I keep forgetting my clothes in the washing machine too. I guess some habits from your student days die hard!

Anyway, I've read about people using baking powder and vinegar and other stuff like that, but my solution is pretty simple.

I just wash the clothes again … Read more

Ben Tiessen commented on Yo Kass' answer 6/27/2013

I forgot my clothes in the washing machine for 3 days with the lid open. How can I get rid of that horrid rotting egg / natural gas odor?

Thanks Kass. Its strange because they don't smell like the typical wet clothing musty smell, they smell really strong like natural gas or something.

Ben Tiessen asked 6/27/2013

I forgot my clothes in the washing machine for 3 days with the lid open. How can I get rid of that horrid rotting egg / natural gas odor?

Ben Tiessen voted up Trysten Cramer's answer 6/25/2013

What are the Advantages/disadvantages of bein sexually active as a highschool student?

I wouldn't know from experience because I'm in high school and still a virgin but a lot of my friends are having sex so I know how it is. Advantages I've been told: It feels good. It's a good way to experiment. You might love the boy (or girl depending on your taste). Disadvantages: You … Read more

Ben Tiessen thanked Trysten Cramer's answer 6/25/2013

What are the Advantages/disadvantages of bein sexually active as a highschool student?

I wouldn't know from experience because I'm in high school and still a virgin but a lot of my friends are having sex so I know how it is. Advantages I've been told: It feels good. It's a good way to experiment. You might love the boy (or girl depending on your taste). Disadvantages: You … Read more

Ben Tiessen commented 6/15/2013

What is the craziest thing you have done when you've been drunk?

Chocolate Milk is the best!

Ben Tiessen commented 6/15/2013

What is the craziest thing you have done when you've been drunk?

Aha that's awesome. Yeah. And then I started whipping hot dogs at everyone smiting them apparently -_- I think I should stick to chocolate milk from now on.

Ben Tiessen commented 6/15/2013

What is the craziest thing you have done when you've been drunk?

Thankfully it was absolut :P

Ben Tiessen answered Adila Adila's question 6/15/2013

What is the craziest thing you have done when you've been drunk?

I started walking around saying I was Jesus pouring vodka on peoples heads. Appariently it was Holy Water.

Ben Tiessen voted up Noah Green's answer 4/17/2013

Do you think that Blurtit should display an 'up-vote' and when you 'thank' a writer in your feed? Or is this not necessary?

It should remain up to the reader. They may have thanked you for your answer simply because of the effort you gave, it may not have helped at all. Therefore, they probably wouldn't 'up-vote' that. It needs to remain up to them, but that's just my two-cents.

Ben Tiessen commented on Noah Green's answer 4/17/2013

Do you think that Blurtit should display an 'up-vote' and when you 'thank' a writer in your feed? Or is this not necessary?

Yeah that's true too! I guess there could be a use for both buttons. I think we should explain to users who register what they are for though.

Ben Tiessen commented on Noah Green's answer 4/17/2013

Do you think that Blurtit should display an 'up-vote' and when you 'thank' a writer in your feed? Or is this not necessary?

That kind of makes sense if you want to thank someone for their effort but you do not want to clutter your feed up. But how about the opposite? when you up-vote you auto thank the writer?

Ben Tiessen voted up Yo Kass' answer 4/9/2013

Who do we report to if we find any bugs across Blurtit?

Bug reporting is a vital part of this beta stage, and we're lucky to have some really helpful and dedicated users on board - helping us perfect our site.

There are three main ways you can report an issue you think needs attending to by our superstar developer team:

Use the User-voice Feedback button located on the … Read more

Ben Tiessen answered Kathryn Wright's question 4/8/2013

Facebook is trialling charging for sending private messages to friends, and more to send them to celebrities or people you're not friends with. Will this be the death or revival of Facebook?

I have 3 people a week from india, with no profile picture and a bunch of spam in their profile description adding me every week. They have no connection to me what so ever, and have no connection to my friends.

A small charge could fix a the large issue of hackers and spammers using social … Read more

Ben Tiessen answered Yo Kass' question 4/8/2013

How many terabytes of data are actually on the internet?

Check out this article on Softpedia about the internet.

Ben Tiessen commented on Sam Wilson's answer 4/8/2013

How many terabytes of data are actually on the internet?

If we were to take a snapshot of the current state of the internet, how many Terabytes would it be?

Ben Tiessen voted up Sam Wilson's answer 4/8/2013

How many terabytes of data are actually on the internet?

Well Kass, this is really an unanswerable question. As the internet is not a thing in and of itself, and is really the sum of its many parts - it would be nearly impossible to give an accurate measure of how much data is available at any one time.

The internet is constantly expanding, … Read more