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    Wifi Adapter Disables While Connecting

    When I uninstalled the card completely. After rebooting, Windows detected it and reinstalled the Realtek driver. I believe that the wired card listed is also Realtek, and that is working. (Note: I don't have the laptop at the moment, I returned it to the user with the USB wi-fi adapter so...
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    Wifi Adapter Disables While Connecting

    -It is a HP 15-R018DX -Both IP and DNS are set to automatic -I see no evidence of a Proxy being setup For what it's worth, the cheap wireless adapter I bought does work... at least it is at the moment. Note: remember you get what you pay for. LOL
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    Wifi Adapter Disables While Connecting

    I'm working on an older (3-4 years) HP laptop with a Realtek RTL8188EE wifi adapter. It's running Windows 10 with all available updates. (At least all that I can get it to recognize and install) Apparently this issue has been going on for awhile but was just recently brought to my attention...
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    Do you pay to park where you work?

    Maybe it's been asked before and my search skills just didn't pull it up... Do you have to pay to park where you work? If so does your employer own the parking lot/structure? I've worked in a "downtown" area for many years now and have had free parking (company had parking lots), and have had...
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    Equifax Hacked - 143M US Consumers could be affected

    Does anyone else think this is a marketing ploy for the 4 credit monitoring services? Did the credit "services" collude to generate this panic? Equifax being chosen to take any hit there might be. I mean, most likely, punishment will be minimal if any, but between freeze fees and new...
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    Food thieves at work need to DIAF

    I did some work in a building where the community fridge was chained and padlocked. When I asked about it, they said they had setup a hidden camera and discovered the overnight cleaning crew eating items out of it. However, there was so much turnover of the cleaning personnel (contracted...
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    Theory as to why many veteran posters use just the default avatar

    LOL... Now all I see is a toilet. I'll have to find a new one now, thanks. Edit: Selected new Avatar. :)
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    Web Form Length Question / Opinions

    The longest of the forms we are working with at this point is 2-3 printed pages. My initial mock-up has it broken into 6 pages with data grouped logically. Each page shows a progress bar and shows Step X of 6. Since it's just a mock-up, perhaps I'll also combine it all into a single form and...
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    Web Form Length Question / Opinions

    We're in the process of converting some of our paper forms to a web application and a couple of us were going back and forth about how to display the longer ones. So I'm looking for opinions on how best to display longer forms on the web. Is one long page good, no matter how much scrolling is...
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    What was the event that led to the most physical pain you've ever felt?

    I had most of them when I was younger... I think only 2 in the past 8-10 years. The doctors told me to lay off the colas and the calcium. So I cut way back on the pop and milk I was drinking and cut way back on the amount of cheese I use. Through trial and error (yes I did it once on...
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    What was the event that led to the most physical pain you've ever felt?

    Kidney stones for me too. I've had 12 so far. I don't know if it's the strongest pain sensation known, but I do hope that there isn't any pain worse than it.
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    commuter/3rd car: used Scion xB or Kia Soul?

    I have a 2016 Soul and like it so far. Like Kaido, I like the seating position and the slightly higher ride. However, if you live in a hilly area, make sure you test drive one on the hills. Mine has the base engine, and it's fine for everyday commuting in my area, but when we took it to the...
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    My rocks are dirty

    Reminds me of my old neighbor. He was retired and one of those crotchety old "stay off my lawn" guys. His driveway had white rocks between the house and the driveway and the fence and the driveway. We observed him one summer taking buckets of the rocks into the house, then coming back out...
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    Honda Fit or Mazda 2

    I have driven the Soul Base and Soul +, I didn't notice that much of a difference, either on freeway or in the city. Both seemed under-powered. I bought the Base. However, I'm a fairly conservative driver and most of my driving is on the freeway during rush hour, typically between 30-50...
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    I've had my daily driver for 16 years

    I would love to find a car I can keep that long. My truck came close, at 9 years, but for the most part I've had no luck with cars, most last me 2-3 years before the repairs start to kill me. I should have taken auto shop instead of computers in high school. I'd probably be better off. lol