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    YAJobt

    I just landed a new job(automation, electrical engineering). I will be leaving my current one in middle of nowhere Kansas for sunny southern California. I am very excited about the location, and the new job. Not so excited about packing and moving. The job is more pay and less hours :), so...
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    Proof of God?

    Proof of God's existence? I read the article, but couldn't follow the proof very well. Here is a more complicated explanation http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/theistic-proofs/the-ontological-argument/the-modal-ontological-argument/ Just thought it was interesting hope this...
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    New Server Name

    We just purchased a new engineering server for engineering department. It is for our use only, so we get to name it. We really have no naming scheme per se within our department(20 engineers/3 PMs/3 sales), so I am looking to ATOT to help come up with a name. Currently we have an old server...
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    Beer Pr0n

    Don't know that we've had a good beer porn thread in a while, at least search was not helpful. Here are a couple shots of recent hauls, and my beer fridge: What have you all got, I'm thirsty??
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    Awesome new qr code

    I just saw this and thought I should share. Sorry if it is a repost.
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    Closeup shots of the human eye

    http://io9.com/5721865/extreme-close+ups-of-human-eyes-look-like-craters-on-mars/gallery/ Never realized that is what an eye looked like up close...pretty neat.
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    Top 50 Programming Quotes

    Link 50. "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook 49. "Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material." -...
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    Robot pours perfect pils

    Robot pours beer Interesting video. I've never tried pouring a beer like in the video. May have to get some pilsner glasses and trying.
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    USA Today Men's College Basketball Preseason Poll

    USA Today Preseason Men's B-Ball Rankings 1.Duke 2.Michigan State 3.Kansas State 4.Pittsburgh 5.Ohio State 6.Villanova 7.Kansas 8.Purdue 9.North Carolina 10.Kentucky 11.Florida 12.Gonzaga 13.Syracuse 14.Baylor 15.Missouri 16t.Illinois 16t.Washington 18.Butler 19.Memphis...
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    Question for the Nerds here

    Do you like the Nerdcore movement? MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Schaffer the Dark Lord, MC Router, Futuristic Sex Robotz, and to a lesser extent MC Chris(love him personally, but some Nerds have a problem). For the uninitiated: Nerdcore Wiki update to include Futuristic Sex Robotz, as they rock
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    My own personal Beer Heaven

    Just got back from the Flying Saucer. Beer Heaven for myself has been achieved. Being a backwoods boy from Kansas ;), and never having experienced beer nirvana...I am complete...Started the evening off with a Sierra Nevada Tumblr, moved on to the Arrogant Bastard, then some Ruination, then...
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    Mobile Website Down?

    It seems that the mobile site: http://atforums.mobi/ is down. Did someone forget to pay the bills?
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    I-Dosing?

    Is this for real? I-Dosing. Brown Note anyone?
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    New Board Game: Inevitable

    This Board Game looks awesome. Paranoia rocked, and they say it is similar, a little less on the role playing and a little more on the LIFE style, with lots of pop culture refs to boot. Uses smiley (watchman-like), and many cards look very fallout-esque.
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    School board rescinds Ipod Giveaway

    school to giveaway ipods Not trying to make this political... I read through this, and was just laughing. The whole 10 minute survey to get the free ipod. All it was missing was the black man. Oh wait, this was from the stimulus. Is Obama the BGA?
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    College Basketball 1/18 KSU vs Texas

    Game Just started, I know there are some longhorn fans here...so, GO CATS!!! I hope it is at least a good game, Texas is on quite the roll. btw it's on ESPN right now
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    Question about XKCD for 1/11/2010

    I read todays XKCD, and was trying to figure out if the formula actually worked. I am having difficulty proving it out. I was wondering if anyone else could prove it. xkcd here is what I found so far: planck energy 0.5433 MWh 1.956 × 109 J 1.22 × 1019 GeV Pressure at earths...
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    Serial Comm. OSI Layer 2 question

    I am working on a driver for a device at work, and I can't get the serial communication layer to work. The manual is very little help, and I am very rusty at this stuff. Here is what the manual says about the message: Here is the message representation as seen at the output of the data-link...
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    Mobile forums not working

    I used to frequent the mobile forums from my phone, now they seem to be gone after the switch. :(.
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    Health Insurance question

    My 14 month daughter recently had a tear duct irrigation (@ 11mo), and our insurance provider denied the claim for all the surgeries, claiming a pre-existing condition. I didn't think a baby could have a pre-existing condition on something like this. Coverage started in Feb as my quit her job...
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    What is ATOT Drinking tonight?

    I noticed a lot of alcohol related threads this evening, and just wanted to see what ATOT was drinking the fine evening. For me, some Boulevard Bob's 47, Sam Adams Oktoberfest, and Bud Light Golden wheat.
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    College Football Rankings Out!!

    ESPN rankings AP Top 25 1. Florida (58) 0-0 1,498 2. Texas (2) 0-0 1,424 3. Oklahoma 0-0 1,370 4. USC 0-0 1,313 5. Alabama 0-0 1,156 6. Ohio State 0-0 1,113 7. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,054 8. Mississippi 0-0 1,047 9. Oklahoma State 0-0 989 9. Penn State 0-0 989 11. LSU 0-0 914...
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    Goofram Search

    Goofram Saw this on lifehacker, was meaning to post it. Not sure where it belongs, so I'll just drop it here. It combines Google and Wolfram Alpha into one convenient search tool. So far I've been using the heck out of it.
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    U.S. attorney's office tells employees not to log on to Drudge Report

    AT being, primarily a tech website, I was wondering if most here had problems with virii when accessing the drudge report. I, myself have been actively going to it for many years with no such issues. thank you article edit: poll edited for clarity
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    Obama opposes legalizing marijuana

    article I really thought that Obama could have changed this one, and finally made it a taxable cash crop.
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    DC CTO Office Raided by FBI

    FBI Raid Appointee Office The post is vague, as are the responses from the CTO office, but it does state that this is some kind of ongoing investigation. Does anyone have any other information about this? Update "Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and contractor have...
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    Friday Night Drinking Thread

    it's 11pm here, who's gettin drunk. I'm about 10 deep, what is everyone having this evening. Got sick of the Tsing Tao's about 2 hrs ago, and switched to Budweiser.
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    Obama Treasury nominee

    My Way News Report "President-elect Barack Obama's choice to run the Treasury Department and lead the economic rescue effort disclosed to senators Tuesday that he failed to pay $34,000 in taxes from 2001 to 2004, a last-minute complication in an otherwise smooth path to confirmation..."...
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    College Bowl Pick 'em

    ATOT Bowl Pick 'em ATOT ?Let's go bowling!" Group ID# 22812 Password: atot Let the fun begin fixed password.
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    Top 10 most irritating phrases

    Top 10 irritating phrases What phrases annoy you? I would have to add: "it is what it is..."
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    Sad guys on Wall Street

    Sad Guys on Wall Street I lol'd. I especially like the guy who deflected the market with his head.
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    Obama v. Biden

    So do these two guys just not like each other or what? Biden calls out Obama's ad Obama Calls out Biden on the AIG Bailout Aren't they supposed to at least pretend to get along. Are they going to just hand the election to the repugs?
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    Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way

    Congress plans to get out of the way Now I'm not saying that they should be making all the decisions, but shouldn't they be trying to help out?
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    Wednesday Night Football!!!

    So far it has been a pretty slow game...they've showed the booth guys more than the field. At least state is up 7-nil Update: Louisville scores. :(. 7-7. Slow day, eh?
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    What...me worry?

    Worried Doesn't look good. Why start getting worried...there is still time. More importantly why broadcast your worries?
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    Looks like some Sites got it right

    Found this to be very informative. giz commenter rules hmmm...I specifically like the section: maybe anandtech could take a similar stance, different letters.
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    Pics of Tornado Damage

    pics Here is the aftermath of the tornados that hit Wednesday night. My poor alma mater, that is some serious damage to the university. My brother is living there this summer, working for a tree trimming service, they are crazy busy now. Edit: also, a tornado hit Chapman KS that same...
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    YAU(Union)T

    Protest to keep plant open The CAW is protesting to keep a plant that makes full sized trucks open, just they can get over paid. The CAW is worse than the UAW IMHO. For reference, I've worked with the CAW at that same Oshawa plant, as well as at the Oakville Assembly plant, and these...
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    New vehicle recommendations

    So, I'm finally selling my big rig, and getting something a little more fuel efficient, plus it's getting a little long in the tooth, and I wouldn't mind an upgrade. Here is what I've been looking at. Advice, info on the following cars would be great. I've been reading reviews in C&D and...
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    The definitive Racist test...

    Test form the U of Chicago on Racism...doesn't take long TEST Your Score: 310 Average reaction time: Black Armed:598.12ms Black Unarmed:718.44ms White Armed:654.68ms White Unarmed:649.16ms Guess I jumped the gun once or twice...