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  1. palswim

    Who knew teachers received such salaries?

    Perhaps I based my perceptions on some mischaracterizations in popular culture, but I had always thought that teachers did not make a whole lot of money. But, recently I stumbled across an article that contained data on teacher salaries and the salary averages surprised me. I'm not saying...
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    Amazon's Work Environment

    I'm sure some of you have seen the NY Times's review of Amazon's work and management culture. There are many anecdotes in there following a similar pattern: I sacrificed everything for this job, and then when I realized I had other priorities, the company suggested that I wasn't a good fit...
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    Breaking Contract By Forcing Password Change

    I've just about had it with web sites that increase their password complexity requirements and force you to change your current password if it does not comply. I don't need an explanation as to why they do it; suffice it to say that I do not agree. Websites that I use with whom I do not have...
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    iPad 2 (or even iPad 3) Android Alternative/Counterpart

    My work is giving iPad 2 devices (or iPad 3, if I can wait a month or two). I would greatly prefer an Android device, and so I want to present an alternative. From my understanding the Asus Transformer Prime seems like the most reasonable alternative for both the iPad 2 or 3. What do you...
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    Save my Pinkie

    I've been thinking lately about unnatural/dangerous movements I take with my body, trying to reduce stress on my joints and such. I've been concentrating on my knees and ankles, but I recently realized that trying to perform the keystrokes Ctrl+Tab (or especially Ctrl+Shift+Tab) results in some...
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    Extending a Car Rental by a Few Hours

    Does anyone know of any good tricks to extend a car rental for a few hours without having to pay for an extra day? I secured a car on Priceline, but only for a day, when I actually need the car for about 27 hours. I doubt they will just give me the pro-rata rate for three hours, or even only...
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    Football/Soccer Management Game

    Anyone looking to try a football management sim/game (it's free)? Our league is looking for a few more members. http://www.xperteleven.com/xpertleague.aspx?Lid=234826 The sim has it flaws, but it doesn't take too much time per week and it's enjoyable to try to determine the right tactics for...
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    Ability to Ignore Threads/Topics

    I know I can ignore a user, but can I choose to ignore a thread/topic? I only see "Show Printable", E-mail, and Subscribe in the Thread Tools menu.
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    Does Chris Bosh look like an Avatar on ESPN's Front Page or what?

    Alternate ESPN image: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1223/nba_g_3panel_576.jpg
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    Temporary Phone Number Service (Free)

    I've been searching this on the Internet, but it seems like every link wants to point to inumbr for a free temporary phone service. I'm sure inumbr/Numbr works well for what it advertises, but they only give a phone number with an extension. I found a survey of a bunch of temporary phone...
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    Can't apply KB952730 hotfix (for IE)

    I have to use IE7 at my work and it annoys me to no end that it replaces the spaces in a file name with underscores when I download a file. So, finally, I had endured enough and set out to find a fix. Actually, Microsoft published a hotfix for this very issue. But, when I try to apply it...
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    Panasonic RPHTX7RS Ryan Sheckler Edition Headphones - $19

    Product Link $20, but apply code "AFL5" for 5% off. Red model only ("Ryan Sheckler Edition" - I don't even know who that is. All right, I looked him up and he's a skateboarder.)
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    Why some computers can't seem to use the proper NetBIOS data

    Why do I post a problem I have already solved? I want to provide a solution to anyone who may experience the same thing and I would like to have a record of what I did in case I ever encounter this problem again. My sister bought an HP/Compaq laptop (I forget which brand) with Vista (Home...
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    Best site for travel plans

    After the new year, I may look to travel a bit. Would you recommend any travel site/agency or recommend that I do this myself? Or, have I not considered all the options? The traveling would involve possibly three destinations, and I haven't decided regarding rental cars or anything yet, but...
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    Frys: 4GB PC5300 Corsair Laptop Memory $20 AR

    Fry's has 4 GB (2x2 GB) of PC5300 SO-DIMM Memory on sale today! I'd get it if I didn't just upgrade my laptop (but still may). Source
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    Routing to my UVerse gateway

    At my house, I have the Internet through an AT&T U-Verse Gateway (Router). To it, I've attached an ASUS WL-520 GU Router running DD-WRT v24-sp1, which I would like to use for the computers in my house. But, I still would like to manage some settings on the U-Verse gateway (at IP...
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    Active Directory/DNS friendly router

    I have a home network with my roommates and like AD for two reasons: user propagation (so that I can sit at my roommate's computer and log onto it without killing his session and without him having to create an account for me) and roaming profiles. I have a server and several client machines...
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    ZyXEL NSA220 2-Bay NAS from Newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822336002 Network-Attached Storage for two SATA disks with RAID 0,1, or JBOD So, I know that the first guy to report this had fishy credentials, but we never really had a chance to discuss the deal itself.
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    D-Link DGS-2205 (5 Port) Gigabit Switch

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833127083 A "Green Power" switch - supposedly consumes less power than normal. Enter code "EMCAKBKBJ" for the additional $10 off (but it subscribes you to the newsletter). Edit: The code doesn't work for the 8-port switch (DGS-2208), which...
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    HD3450 fails to provide sound via HDMI

    I bought this card for my HTPC for HDMI connectivity to simplify the cabling in our house, eagerly anticipating audio and video through one single cable. But, since it came, yeah, my video looks nice. But, without the audio, it doesn't really provide me much more than my old component cables...
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    Radeon HD 3450 card for $20 AR (+$7 shipping) at Newegg

    I bit. I'm hopeful that both HDMI audio and video will work well! http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121259
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    RAID Migration from nForce4 to AMD 780G

    I currently run RAID 1 on an Asus M2NPV-VM (nForce4) motherboard, but I would like to upgrade to an AMD 780G board soon (perhaps the Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-SH2). So, does anyone know how easy I will have it in trying to migrate my current RAID setup to the new board? I imagine I can't just...
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    2007-2008 Champions League Semi-Final: Barcelona v Manchester United

    It's sad that I'll never see Ronaldinho in a Barça jersey again as his play first drew me to the club, but I still like their tradition and play style. Unfortunately, Manchester United look scary-good this year. But, I still hold out hope that Barça can surprise people (including me)...
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    Strenuous Day on Saturday

    Unless rain postpones our annual tournament yet again, I will play four or five (flag) football games this Saturday. Two years ago, I about collapsed in the finals as my legs almost gave up. (Last year, I didn't play as much.) I would like to prepare better for this Saturday since 1) I didn't...
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    Allow access to sidebar content elsewhere

    Call me a moron, but I completely forgot I had a sidebar. And I rarely receive private messages, so I never thought much about it. But over the past month, I've sent some PMs and expected some replies. I always figured I'd receive a notification while browsing or in the "my forums" area or...
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    Baseball players should be careful

    http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/palswim/kg-injury.png I think it's time we stop the calling a body-part-injury by just the body part.
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    Add new users to groups.

    I'm trying to administrate a Windows XP system and I want to automatically add any new (non-administrator) user I create to a usergroup. Is there a way to do this? My end goal is to have any user I create have the ability to connect through Remote Desktop into the machine. So with the...
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    Remote Desktop stuck in 256-color icons

    I'm using remote desktop on a server pc as the only way to access the computer. It has several accounts, most of which work perfectly well. On (only) one of the accounts, all of the icons appear in their 256-color states (ugly, basically). The system displays 16-bit color just fine in the...
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    Small/Short DVD Drives

    I bought a MicroATX case and my full-size DVD drive doesn't fit. So, I'm shopping around for a smaller (non-slimline) DVD (RW) drive, but I can't find any options indicating size at any of the places I look. Is there a keyword for these or how do I find them? I imagine this isn't the 1st...
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    Where do I get USB extension cables with a base?

    My wireless card's box (D-Link DWL-G132) contained a USB extension cable which had sort of a base on one end - I use it and love it because it goes nowhere. You can see the cable in the image of the box's contents. I'm trying to find this type of cable for sale singularly, but I can't find...
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    Fanless feasibility.

    I'm looking to build a server system and I'm wondering about the feasibility of a passive-cooling-only (heatsink, not water cooling) system. The goals of the server are small and silent - I'm not looking for any overclocking (in fact, I'll underclock to meet these goals) and I'm definitely...
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    Virtual Network Printers

    I've been constructing a server setup for my house in my head recently and this idea arose today: Does anyone know of any software for making a printer attached to a (Windows) computer behave like a IP printer? I did a bit of searching, but didn't find what I wanted. My first exposure to a...
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    Water Jugs

    Does anyone know how I could procure a 5-gallon water jug without any services assciated with it? I've been searching for a while and I saw Home Depot had some, but they were selling water with a jug security deposit. I asked around and they said they didn't sell the jugs by themselves...
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    Past Weekly Ads

    Does anyone know of any site that archives weekly newspaper ads? Specifically, I'm looking for Best Buy ads from 3 months ago. I bought a product with a rebate, but now the company giving the rebate is telling me that I applied for the wrong rebate. I want to take this up with Best Buy, but...
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    Past Weekly Ads

    Does anyone know of any site that archives weekly newspaper ads? Specifically, I'm looking for Best Buy ads from 3 months ago. I bought a product with a rebate, but now the company giving the rebate is telling me that I applied for the wrong rebate. I want to take this up with Best Buy, but...
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    Driving speed and saving money

    This thread and this site inspired (or prompted) this thread. People are always telling you ways to save money on gas and one way I hear often is to slow down. This, of course meaning on the freeway/highway. But, what most people don't think enough about is that by slowing down, you also...
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    Wireless Mouse transmission noise

    I'm probably revealing my age with this post, but here it goes nonetheless: When the room is relatively quiet, I hear a high-pitched beeping whenever I use my Microsoft Standard Wireless Optical Mouse. It seems I'm picking up on the radio communication waves between the mouse and the...
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe Boot Issues

    For about a year, I've battled with my A8N-SLI Deluxe boards. I've won mini-battles here and there, but I still feel that I'm losing the war. Originally, I had bad floppies, and thus couldn't install windows; this took me 8 months to figure out. After about a month of working well, my...
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    BSOD installing XP

    I finally got my rig to boot up after discovering my mobo was DOA and getting a new one (forum about that). Now, I encounter a whole new world (cue Aladdin music) of problems. In trying to install Windows XP (through the bootdisks), after the final bootdisk, I get a blue screen with the...
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    Computer receives power, but no POST

    I just finished building this system today: Processor: 3500+ Athlon 64 Socket 939 Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Video Card: GeForce 6600 GT PCIe Memory: 1 GB (2x512 MB) Mushkin PC3200 DDR Hard Drive: Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA Power Supply: Antec SL350 (came with case) & an old...