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    My NYC employer wants to dock my pay for lateness / going over sick days

    I've worked five years for a small interior design / architecture firm in Soho, doing really everything that's not design or architecture; in theory I pay our vendors once the clients have paid us, but I spend most of my time being interrupted by my megalomaniac, narcissistic president with...
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    Which C&C am I buying?

    Hey dudes, The C&C series is on sale at Steam, and I've never played a game in the series. I just bought Tiberium Wars - which other ones are worth playing? Bear in mind I'm only interested in SP play. I recall that fans of the series had some serious hate towards the last one, right?
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    NYC to Pennsylvania cigarette run

    Hi dudes, Can anyone confirm the average price of cigarettes in Pennsylvania? I've pondering the idea of taking a $20 Chinatown bus after work to pick up a few cartons. I feel like a revolutionary.
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    Why does Jesus get thanks, but...

    never the Holy Ghost or the Father? Why do they never get any recognition? The Catholics I know never seem to know much about either.
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    Little girls pushing strollers

    Desire to imitate Mommy, or manifestation of latent instinct to nurture? Go.
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    PCI-E 2.1 cards backwards compatible?

    Might be a silly question, but I haven't upgraded cards in a while: Will a PCI-E 2.1 card work in a 2.0 slot? Is 2.1 just a throughput improvement?
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    My five-month GTX 275 RMA

    Hi folks, Wow. I told myself I'd post an update once this situation was all resolved. That was five months ago... Since I'm in no mood to document the entire process, here's a summary. :) - Buy ECS GTX 275 from Newegg on December 30th. No other GTX 275s available at the time, while the...
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    Newegg branching out?

    Since when did Newegg sell rifle scopes? Hmmm, should I get a new i7 930, a Fermi nVidia card, or a Bushnell 4x32mm scope? Decisions decisions! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-063-_-Product
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    Thermaltake 700w PSU enough for a GTX 275?

    Hi folks, I'm currently in the process of RMAing my second ECS GTX 275 card due to artifacts / lockups (beginning at the BIOS startup screen!), and am wondering whether the fault could lie elsewhere with my system. My old 8800 GT card still works perfectly with this sytem, so I'm hoping it's...
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    Where can I get a Royal Navy uniform, c. 1795?

    It's surprisingly difficult to find a Napoleonic War era RN uniform, even at the sites that specialize in historical clothing, and even though that era has been somewhat glamorized by movies & literature... Does anyone know of any websites / places in NYC I might try? Ideally, the uniform should...
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    Thoughts on this ECS GTX 275?

    Hiya folks, Around Christmas, my boss very kindly offered to buy me a new graphics card (well, using the BIG boss' credit card, hehehe) as a holiday present. The price point for the GTX 275 looked about right, and as most of the more well-known brands were sold out I went with Elite Group...
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    Can't access L&R

    Hola, After the forum switch it seems I can't access L&R. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks kindly!
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    Who's got that "Who's Awesome?" Buddha photo

    A month or two ago one of the users here posted a great "Who's Awesome? YOU'RE awesome" budda motivational poster-type photo they'd made. Don't suppose anyone has a copy? :) Just can't find it with the search...
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    I am playing Nethack again

    Arrrrrgh, a goddamned half-elf werejackal bit me and now I'm a goddamned orc barbarian werejackal. All my armor fell off, but that's ok because earlier I tried to dip my axe in a fountain, which exploded, and my general issue badass orc helmet (with Thundercat logo stencil) rusted up really bad...
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    Building a system for the head of the company

    Picture a rich French interior designer / architect whose idea of troubleshooting is either calling you and telling you "it's not working!", or banging his Blackberry against a wall because it's not downloading emails fast enough. That's my boss. For the past few months he's been using an HP...
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    L4D Demo up for pre-loading on Steam

    Just a heads up, folks. Glad I thought to check during my morning coffee and smoke. Now I can get home and go straight to killing zombies. ;)
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    Dead Space the good kind of horror?

    Howdy folks, I had no idea Dead Space came out 5 days ago, and I'll be picking it up later today. For those who have it, what do you guys think so far? I loved the suspense-type horror from the original Fear, but couldn't stand the silly Doom3 "Pick up that shotgun and 9 monsters spawn...
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    Ballistix sticks, you served me well...

    Hi all, Basic specs: Q6600 X48 DQ6 Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 2.2v 4-4-4-12 (flaky, dying) eVGA nVidia 8800 GT A week ago, after flashing the BIOS of my 1-yr-old MSI P6N Platinum motherboard, my system refused to post. I tried the standard troubleshooting methods, but nothing worked so...