Recent content by ryudo

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    Best quick and dirty wireless router?

    For the first time in my life, I need to set up a wireless home network. What's the best most user friendly idiot-proof router to buy?
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    cell phone not getting text messages?

    I have AT&T / iphone 3G. There's a big snowstorm that hit Boston Fri and continues today (Sunday). Yesterday, I was able to make it out of my apt to get some food. When I came back to my apt, heard 3 single-rings and found 3 new text messages on my phone, all from earlier in the day that...
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    Did everyone remember to celebrate May Day today?

    Keep the victims in your thoughts today: http://www.distributedrepublic...2008-a-day-remembrance
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    Burning CDs with iTunes

    On my iTunes, if I am simply listening to a playlist, one song quickly fades into another. There's no silence in between. How do I burn CDs so that the same thing happens when I listen to them? iTunes always burns them with a silence in between.
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    How do I make "flash cards" on the computer?

    Doing it by hand is certainly a possibility, but I will have perhaps thousands of question/answer pairs, and I type a lot faster than I write. PPT is also an option, but like I said, I wouldn't be able to 'shuffle' the questions.
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    How do I make "flash cards" on the computer?

    I'm studying for an exam. I want to be able to make "flash cards" or their computer equivalent - basically a series of a question and an answer. I thought about doing it on Powerpoint - one slide a question, the one that follows the answer. While this is good, I want to be able to "shuffle"...
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    SATA cable for DVD-R drive

    On further exploration, I fiddled with my BIOS and got it to work. Again, thanks everyone for their help!
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    SATA cable for DVD-R drive

    Thanks for the help guys. I got the SATA cables (data and power) and hooked up the drive. But my computer does not recognize it. I also had a CD drive that had been hooked up as a 'master' (with the old DVD-R drive as 'slave'). I thought that might be the problem so I disconnected it...
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    Question about SATA cables and DVD-R drive

    Like I said, I had no idea. I saw it on the hot deal forum and ordered it. Stupid, I know, but like I said, I just assumed I installed it like every other DVD drive I've ever had.
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    Question about SATA cables and DVD-R drive

    Stupid question from someone who doesn't know much about computers: I just got a Lite-On SH-16A7S-05 drive. It came with no instructions and no cables (from Newegg). My previous drive was a Sony which died on me. It used IDE cables. I'm assuming I need to get "SATA cables"? Are these...
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    SATA cable for DVD-R drive

    Stupid question from someone who doesn't know much about computers: I just got a Lite-On SH-16A7S-05 drive. It came with no instructions and no cables (from Newegg). My previous drive was a Sony which died on me. It used IDE cables. I'm assuming I need to get "SATA cables"? Are these...
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    Better toothbrush: Sonicare or Oral-B?

    Sonicare Elite 7500 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/custom...60901&s=hpc&customer-reviews.start=111 vs Oral-B Triumph Professional http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7...66?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=3760901 Any thoughts?
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    It's May Day!

    It's the day we remember the 10s of millions lost to communist tyranny: http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/20.../01/may-day-2006-a-day-of-remembrance/ (follow all the links)
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    Canon i560 only prints blank pages

    Also, I have done multiple head cleanings with no success. The "nozzle check" prints blank pages also. None of the colors (4) print even though I only replaced the black one.
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    Canon i560 only prints blank pages

    I have a Canon i560 printer. I just installed a new black 3e cartridge after the old one had run out. When I print, only blank sheets comes out even though the printer makes all the right noises in the process. I took out the cartridge and squeezed the tank to make sure that the ink...