Recent content by Armethius

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    The Economist Magazine 1 Year Gift Sub for $69

    I'm a current subscriber, and I would be happy to split the difference with someone for a gift subscription. Since the initial renewal is $98, and the gift subscription is $69, I'll give someone a gift subscription with my renewal for $85 paypal. Let me know.
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    Lenovo Dual Core Laptop $699.99 AR from OD 7/9-7/15

    dual core processors come in about 20% faster than their single core counterparts, and 80% faster on multithreaded apps
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    I'm looking for a good php image upload package in php

    I am having the hardest time finding a solution that is: 1. PHP 2. Cross Browser (At least IE, Firefox, Safari) 3. Offers image resizing I've taken a stab at writing my own function, but I can't get it to work with files uploaded from macs (i'm suspecting it is the "meta" stuff that...
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    Social Security Reform

    The lockbox would be a personal account that is invested in some type of non-government investment (not treasury bonds). So it could be invested in one or many of corporate bonds, CDs, mutual funds, stocks, etc. Basically a government mandated 401K. This is the only configuration that would...
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    Social Security Reform

    You make very good points, however, I think there are some very important differences in your examples. While it is true that the balance in a normal savings account is "re-loaned" at a higher interest rate, it doesn't necessarily follow that this makes it similar to the Social Security...
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    Social Security Reform

    Personal Accounts. When was the last time the govt raided your savings account?
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    Social Security Reform

    Hi all, I am currently working for Students for Saving Social Security (S4, www.secureourfuture.org), which is an organization created and run by students (and recent grads) to push for reform of the system. Now, I am well aware that many here are going to be openly hostile to the idea of...
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    WinXP License Re-usability...

    http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/oemeula.htm
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    Microsoft Office 2003 Standard edition for Students and Teachers $89.99 AR w/ free shipping

    I do not intend this to be a thread crap, but I just wanted to let everyone know about OpenOffice. I have been a MS Office user for about five years now and i'm trying to ween myself off them so I tried OpenOffice over the summer while I wrote a paper for my internship. I found that OpenOffice...
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    Help us fight a SDMCA bill in the Tennessee Legislature

    You can find our "cliff's notes" here: http://www.utbookswap.com/docs/sb3101probs.pdf
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    Help us fight a SDMCA bill in the Tennessee Legislature

    I know there are at least *some* tennessee residents out there.
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    Help us fight a SDMCA bill in the Tennessee Legislature

    Bumps are always welcome :)
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    Help us fight a SDMCA bill in the Tennessee Legislature

    In May of last year, a number of people mobilized in response to a slashdot article against a bill that was in the Tennessee state legislature (and has since spread to almost fifteen other states). The bill, pushed as a cable theft bill, is truly a comprehensive telecommunications and copyright...
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    the Truman Show with Jim carrey on vhs 1.00

    What is this V - H - S you speak of?