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    British May Face Internet Ban For Illegal Downloads

    Originally posted by: Skoorb But some of these go-nowhere ideas do go places, such as the ability to be held without charge for 28 days. Still a better option than Guantanamo Bay :)
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    Any one in uk right now ?

    The price depends on the weight. See this list of Royal Mail Prices, USA is World Zone 1 http://www.royalmail.com/porta...00036&mediaId=53800712
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    Mixing up Memory

    It depends on the make/model of your motherboard. Not all motherboards support 1GB modules. If you are not sure what the motherboard is visit www.crucial.com and run the system scanner. This should tell you what RAM modules your system can take.
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    Would Like to Move Old Boot HDD to New System

    It should be OK. I have done the same thing at least a dozen times with different systems and it's always worked for me. Most times I didn't even need to do a repair install from the CD, XP booted from the HD and correctly detected and installed the drivers, although it would be best to...
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    For those that refuse to believe in UFO's

    According to this the aliens might have visited Italy already!:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...7/10/26/waliens126.xml "Aliens were responsible for a series of unexplained fires in fridges, TV?s and mobile phones in an Italian village, according to an Italian government report." "Now...
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    77 Arrests in International E - Mail Scams

    //I can't believe people fall for that. But how could someone cash a Nigerian check in the US ???// Just be aware that all of these scams aren?t all about get rich schemes, some appear to be ordinary business propositions. I?m from the UK and my daughter was very nearly caught by one of...
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    Unrealistic portrayals of the IT world that make you laugh

    25 interesting things that you learn about computers in the movies... 1. Word processors never display a cursor. 2. You never have to use the spacebar when typing long sentences. 3. All monitors display 2 inch high letters. 4. High-tech computers, such as those used...
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    Europe knife Questions

    Now THIS is what you call a multi-purpose knife. http://www.swiss-army-knife-we...nife_giant_wenger.html
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    Our lives, this universe is just a simulation running on a computer....

    Originally posted by Analog /?But now it seems quite possible. In fact, if you accept a pretty reasonable assumption of Dr. Bostrom?s, it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else?s computer simulation.?/ So, it?s reasonable to assume that the ?someone else? is...
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    2 Abrams tanks vs. 10,000 Chinese cavalrymen: Who would win?

    Are they are specifically Chinese cavalry? If so the only current combat Chinese cavalry are the 601, 602 and 603 Air Cavalry Brigades, these have attack helicopters in their armory and no horses! If they are cavalry from some other nation then the British Royal Dragoon Guards, for example...
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    Dual core only shows 1 cpu in Task Manager

    This might help:- http://www.handaware.com/multiprocessor_XP.html It was posted here a little while ago and it worked for me. Dave