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  1. NiKeFiDO

    What's your experience ordering video cards from amazon?

    I ordered a EVGA 1080 TI on the 10th (it's now the 17th). I went into it knowing I wouldn't get the card as quick as usual (~2 days with a Prime account). It said it not arrive until this week from the get-go. Specifically, Amazon said it would arrive by today. I've been suspicious about that...
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    Looking for recommendations on high-end system, starting with pcpartpicker's guide

    I've kept my eye on PCPart Picker's "Magnificent Intel" build for some time. Right now it's recommending a the i5-8600K. However, I have some cash to spare, and am looking to base off that build and add/improve to: i7-8700K (+ motherboard) *maybe* 32GB RAM 1tb SSD Based on those updates...
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    Need help finding a 55" TV

    I'm not sure where the best place to look for a TV is anymore, it's been too long! I'm looking for a 55", preferably 4k tv but it doesn't have to be. The TCL of course looks good based on price, but I'm wondering about quality of the television - what are the best quality 4k TV's right now...
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    Good wireless router

    What is a good wireless router to grab these days? I see Amazon still selling WRT54G(L) routers - are they still goo? I remember buying those something like 5 years ago! Since Linksys is now Cisco, I was wondering on their quality. Uses: Web development, general surfing. Little to...
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    vm of mac...on my mac! (macbook air)

    I have a shiny new 11" MCA, 8gb ram, i5 I have VMWare Fusion which I used to run Linux servers for web development. I'm considering also running a Macintosh VMWare so that I can keep work thing separate from personal (We don't have any fancy architecture for virtualizing work stations)...
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    MBA CPU 11" vs 13", i5 vs i7 differences in performance?

    A two-part question (or four part, since there are 4 possible configurations). I'm wondering what the speed increase might be between the i5 and the i7 on the Macbook Air's. Additionally between the 11" vs the 13" MBAs? I'm looking into getting the 11" Macbook Air since I'd like something...
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    Groupon / Living Social

    What do you guys think of these? They seem like good deals, but it's hard to find any that are something I want. (There anything sketchy going on for effectively getting free money?) Has anyone bought these? I've found weshop.com - For instance...
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    win a guitar :D

    I don't normally whore out marketing (because who likes to listen to that trash? :P ), but we just launched a contest for ovationguitars.com. If you submit a video of a short guitar tutorial, you can get a chance to win an ovation guitar (grand prize is a $5k custom guitar)...
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    MGS: The Essential Pack

    Before you "waste" your time reading the following, the point of me making this thread is to ask this question: Do you need backwards compatability to play MGS: The Essential Pack ? So there are really two options for PS3's that I'm looking at. 1) The (older) MGS bundle - $500 2) The...
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    web dev / light gaming computer build

    I need a machine for home (getting sick of the Mac laptop :P ) It will mainly be used for web dev - This means acting as a LAMP (php/mysql) dev box, Photoshop (not hard core, hopefully cs4, cs3 if not), Flash (hopefully cs4, cs4 if not). I will also be using it for some games (starcraft 2...
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    Need a good LAMP distro of linux

    Hi - I was wondering if anyone new where I can find a good "server mode" distro of linux that has an updated LAMP packaged into it...(much like a WAMP install, where its almost all there already and all you have to do is edit the php.ini file :P ) Does such one exist? Ubuntu server...
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    Need a server

    Hi all - I'm looking for servers for small business (about 15 ppl large, about 5-8 of which will be developing on the server). Not particularly picky about Windows or Linux (if that matters) Anyway, we will be developing in the languages mentioned above (flash, php, mysql) - So we will...
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    outlook 2007

    Hi all - I was wondering if there was a way to view email chains in the style that gmail does where it's tabbed and you can go back through your email chain (rather than having a really long and possiby disjointed email chain). Any other view options for emails that would make tracking...
  14. NiKeFiDO

    ActionScript vs PHP

    So anyway, I haven't posted here in a while. I usually post in the OTHER place now a days. it's double-plus fun over there (woot, 1984 reference!). However, I think you guys will appreciate it more since there are more techies over on this side of the fence. where the grass is not as green...
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    File Management project

    I have this project for work - it's a file management system (basically) - created with PHP/mySQL Anyway, for users uploading files and for deleting files (etc) - how would you all suggest managing files (i assume not using FTP but rather the php native file management function). Anyway...
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    Actionscript (3.0 !)

    i figured this stuff out back in the old days without coding experience, now with it i can't figure it out. woot. anyway, i have a movie, and all I want are two buttons, Play and Stop (stop effectively being a "pause" not a stop and rewind button). after some video watching, i came up...
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    Looking for a new vid card

    After testing other parts, getting Direct3d errors and restarts and artifacting (and reinstalling drivers) I've come to realize I need a new video card :D Current specs are: AMD Venice 3000+ 1gb Kingston value ram 6600gt MSI k8n neo4 plat Antec Sonata II Anyway, I'm looking to spend...
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    Adobe programs and Intel-based Macintoshes

    Well we got my father a 20" iMac for his b-day / xmas - new one with the Intel Core 2 Duo He does graphic design, and since I can get a student discount, I was thinking about the Adobe creative suite - However, it sounds like there will not be native support for the Intel-based Mac's...
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    Regular Expressions

    Hi all - I am trying to use Regular Expressions to validate that the user is entering an acceptable password upon creation. I am coding in Visual Basic in VS2005. I'd like to have at least one lower case, one upper case and one digit. I found a guide from VS2003 using this string...
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    Querying date column (VB with SQLServer 2005)

    Hi -On a windows application my partner and I are creating in Visual Basic (latest .net, vs2005 etc) we have a search which queries each column in a table using a wild card search. However, one of the columns is a date column (datetime format). In addition, this column has been populating...
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    Looking for articles on Outlook COM and vb.net...

    I have seen a few articles myself (including many MSDN) but I was wondering if any of you out there know of any good HOW TO's or similar articles that deal with exporting things such as Tasks, Appointments, etc from Outlook using VB.net (and of course COM events). PLEASE!!! (we bit off more...
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    sql express vs sql server

    Im majoring in MIS (management of info systems) and for the "capstone" class we need to design and implement a system into a real company.. anyway, ours will involve gathering information from Microsoft Outlook and dumping it into a database. I was wondering if it would be easier to just...
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    VB.net help!

    I want to use a variable across to forms in Visual Basic (With in the same project, a variable from form 1 I need to use in form 2) I think I can use the "friend" keyword, but does anyone know for sure? If I can declare a variable as "friend" and use it in other forms within the same...
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    WoW is rediculous

    anyone else on any of the rediculously laggy servers? it's getting really rediculous and stopping pretty much all progess, which sucks hardcore since we are one of the few progressing Horde guilds on our server (only the 3rd to kill Nef, alliance has tons) guild is considering moving...
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    WoW patch it today

    Some wicked cool stuff to be found in this patch! can we really reset instances that easily? Does anyone on anandtechplay the game and give a sh1t?!? lets find out....
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    Looking to get some more RAM

    so last summer I spent loads of time researching this stuff and built a computer. This summer I would like to pack in an addition GB of ram (I currently own 1gb (2*512) of that Kingston value ram that was all the rage back then with those price wars - thers a really long thread about it in...
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    asp.net - using VB

    This is the error i get: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/nikefido/error.JPG here is my code also note that at the end of the INSERT statement i have a '" <-- thats a ' followed by a " i erased that made it just a " as it should be
  28. NiKeFiDO

    First rag kill

    http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rag3nw.jpg woot. Guild: Theatre of Pain (Alliance has a lot more guilds in BWL than Horde does on this server :( )
  29. NiKeFiDO

    Microsoft IIS

    Whenever i turn my computer on, IIS starts automatically. Anyone know how to make it so you have to manually turn it on when you want it? I've done it before but totally forget where to go to do it....
  30. NiKeFiDO

    ASP and checkboxes

    so here is my code (see attached) whenever i try to run this, i get the error: I googled this code and got some generic answers, obviously it's not really a specific error... anyway, line 23 is my If statement..after messing around, i realize that it doesn't like the "Checkbox1.Checked"...
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    Jeep problems

    I have a '98 Jeep Cherokee, engine light just went on... There supposedly is a way to check the diagnostic code by turning the battery power on and off 3 times (the code shows up where the mileage is) Anyone know the proper way to do this or a reference place to tell me how?
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    my c++ problem

    alright: the problem is my Switch statement does not seem to be working properly -> specifically the correctAnswer variable is not obtaining the value which I am looking for. The premise of this is to correct the answers of a test from input file test.exe. This is the input...
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    vbscript

    why wont this work? if window.sizeselect.value=1 then window.open (window.urlinput.value, "", height=100 width=100, "") end if this works if i take out the parameters but not if i add them for instance, work with if window.sizeselect.value=1 then window.open...
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    vbscript problems

    Well in my web design class the teacher is using vbscript. its fairly simple, but I am having a huge problem. I basically have a bunch of text boxes I am using and I need to do conversions across them (miles to kilometeres etc) Im having trouble the the "if else" statements What I need to...
  35. NiKeFiDO

    cpu/heatsink seat

    OK, let me explainwhat that means... my friend left his computer off for a week or two while on vacation, he came back to find that it shut off automatically when he started it, sometimes posting, sometimes not, sometimes even making it to Windows loading. well, his cpu was overheating...
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    a-data

    http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=82502-9 looking @ this for a new mem card for my digi camera - anyone know anything about quality of a-data? also, whats the 60x ? write speed?
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    love actually

    anyone understand what she says in Love Actually? Inquiring minds would like to know. Cursory google search came up dry keira is AMAZING
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    new t3h kitten!

    pictar! i :heart: my new kitten
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    Windows Repair

    So the power went out, and when I rebooted windows started up and usual. However, once I try to open any app (trillian, IE, ..anything) nothing happens, but it syas its running in the task manager. So should I run repair function on my windows CD? If I do, what command should I use (and how)...
  40. NiKeFiDO

    Dear Sofaking

    Werd And the 'werd' is: Bye!