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  1. timosyy

    Financial advice for a young whippersnapper?

    So, last Friday I went to my local bank to request a new debit card (old one had expired, and I lost the replacement they had mailed me), and walked out an hour later with the new debit card, a new credit card (how did that even happen?), a new checking account (so now I have to figure out how...
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    Discreetly Paying the Bill

    When you're trying to discreetly pay the bill for your table (more of an Asian thing maybe), or order a birthday slice of cake/cupcake etc., how do you go about it? Do you tell the person up-front as you're checking in, or try to find the waiter/waitress after you've all been seated?
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    Strange problem with desktop I just built

    Just built new rig, turned it on ... and it just keeps turning on and off repeatedly. No POST, nothing on the screen, etc. Fans spin up for a few seconds, turns off. Turns back on, repeat. I removed one RAM stick and it does the same thing. Removed both and the system actually stays on...
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    Random Quick Question-

    Building my rig atm. Using this drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148837 Look at the picture of the connectors at the back... I get the SATA data & power, but what the heck is that other 4-pin connector?
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    [Build Advice] - Mini-ITX Gaming Rig

    Hi all, I've been computing solely on a laptop for the last 5-6 years (just got out of college), but with D3 around the corner I figured it was as good a time as any to build a new system. I debated a lot between desktop vs. laptop (cost/performace vs. portability), and finally decided to try...
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    Good video to show girls...

    ... Who are afraid of bulking up if they go to the gym: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNWdpZ63Vdg Regardless how you feel about Crossfit.
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    Silly haircut question...

    I cut my own hair for the last four years (college), so I'm not sure what haircut etiquette is. Do you normally wash your hair before going or leave the gel & stuff in? I ask because it'd be more convenient to go straight to the haircut place right after work instead of stopping home &...
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    Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html Author paints pretty broad strokes (if the article title wasn't enough indication), but I think there is potential for pretty interesting discussion here. My parents are Chinese, and I can identify with much of...
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    Buying a snowboard - Advice?

    Because I trust ATOT more than randomly Googled websites with no timestamps :D Since I actually make money now and it doesn't make financial sense anymore for me to keep renting boards... I'm looking to buy a new (well, new for me, board can be used) snowboard (boots, bindings etc.)...
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    Financial Help - Credit Card Advice?

    I was wondering if maybe anyone had gone through something similar or have children etc. who had. I'm 23, fresh out of college (graduated in May). Unfortunately, I apparently had no credit score when I graduated (the credit card I used during college was some kind of joint account, it had my...
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    Thesaurus (gave me a chuckle)

    http://thesaurus.com/browse/american :D
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    Ben Folds tribute to chat roulette's man with keyboard

    So, if you saw this earlier thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2059959&highlight=ben+folds Ben Folds did a tribute during an actual concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfamTmY5REw Shame none of the people he got were girls, they probably would've freaked out. Also I...
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    Electric shavers

    I'm lazy. I know some of you are too. What do you use/recommend?
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    Crashed car - help

    It was thunderstorming & late at night (10pm)-- I merged onto the far right lane (was about to exit), hydroplaned, spun out, spun across all 4 lanes of traffic, slammed passenger side against the center guardrail, and must've spun some more because i was facing the right way again when I...
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    This is how you do a correct squat.

    http://www.goldsgym.com/health...-squat-simplified.html ;)
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    campusfood.com

    Pretty lazy and thinking about using it to order, but there's practically no reviews about the service online, and the few there are tend to be rather negative. Anyone actually have any experience with this service? If so, how was it?
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    Tell me what to do (finals)

    So... I have a final in 1 hour for one of my classes. I need a 95 for an A in the course, a 91 for an A-, a 87 for a B+, or I can just not take it and wind up with a B. Previous exam scores: Exam 1 : 74% Exam 2: 83% I don't know the material, and would have (a little less than) an hour...
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    Virginia Tech (@students, alumns)

    I was accepted to BIT (Business Information Technology) as a transfer for fall at Virginia Tech. I'm also applying to UVA, however, I don't believe my chances are that great for McIntire, which would leave it to BIT at VT vs. Economics at UVA. Why should I go to Virginia Tech? Anyone have...
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    Dispatch - any fans?

    Wikipedia Just wondering cause I love this band, but whenever I'm comparing musical tastes with someone (friends, recent acquaintances, etc.), pretty much no one knows them. Their music has some folk, rock, funk influences and their concerts are just like big jam sessions with an audience...
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    Strange car problem

    Recently (sometime in the last week), my car started having this problem where occasionally, when stopped at a light/stop sign/middle of traffic (basically, when its in drive, & running, but at a full stop), the engine will sort of shudder & die, and all the warning lights pop up on the dash...
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    Laptop Backpacks

    Question is pretty much in the title/summary. Background is a friend of mine is about to go study in Japan for a year and she's looking for one, asked me about them and I had no idea. Told her I'd look around, but ATOT is better than any search engine for things like this ;)...
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    So i'm probably a little behind but...

    Dunno how I missed this when it was posted back in '06... but nothing came up in search (no surprise?) so. Canon Rock #2 (new). Its almost completely different from the original, with some shoutouts to it at a few points.
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    Friday Desktop Thread (4/20/07)

    Clicky. It's kind of ironic because of the WoW icon in the ObjectDock. Oh well. Edit: Was previously this nice scenic picture... will probably go back because I'm sick of being productive.
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    Rate some math courses

    I'm looking at transferring to Virginia Tech from the local community college (for fully story, go here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...hreadid=1857832&enterthread=y&arctab=y , financial situation at home finally forced my hand). So anyways, pretty much landed on my feet, over the...
  25. timosyy

    hcontrol.exe

    I use a ASUS laptop, wanted to set/give functions to the buttons on the top... googling tells me hcontrol.exe sets this (I installed the acpi drivers), but no amount of googling tells me HOW to set anything, just that hcontrol.exe DOES set them. So... how do I actually set the buttons...
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    If anyone's bored & wants to do me a favor...

    One of my RL friends from high school is going to be on MTV's "Final Fu" (bunch of nationally/internationally ranked martial artists compete against each other) at 11:10 EST, but I don't have MTV and none of my friends who do can work a VCR/record it. Don't have paypal but if anyone is just...
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    Urgent computer (building) help

    So I was building a computer for a friend ... put everything together, plug it all in, start it up real quick w/no moniter or anything connected & comp wide open (just to check) and ... nothing. No fans running- its like it wasnt even plugged in. PSU fan didn't even budge. Nothing heating...
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    YAC(ollege)T

    Question was basically in the topic description but I guess I'll entertain you all with a little backstory. Basically, I dunno, things just arn't working out here. I came in (out of state, top 5 university for the major) thinking I was hot ******, and came out a much, much more humbled person...
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    Calculus websites

    Just wondering if anyone had any calculus help websites they recommended. My professor is hard as heck to understand- a combination of accent, lack of mic, and using an overhead machine which forces him to break equations into 4-5 lines, and the calculus book itself can be almost ridiculously...
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    Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable...

    Starting just 30 or so minutes ago, whenver I try to open certain applications (some games, WinRAR, etc.), or access the Desktop folder under the windows explorer tree, I get the error "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on the hard...
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    Failing a class in college

    Alright. Yeah. So I had it coming. Chemistry was never my strong point (required for my major though). I took it a little less seriously than I should, coming off the high school mentality that it would all work out in the end, or there was always more time to fix it. My mistake. Chem...
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    New AIM worm talks back

    CNet article Slashdot Discuss? Somehow I'm envisioning a winter break spent cleaning this crap off all my friend's computers...
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    Weird situation

    Mmm... kinda pissed. My glasses... one of the nosepiece things snapped off and fell down the drain. You know the part that keeps it on the nose- like it goes on the side of the nose. nosepad/nosepiece whatever. ...Nose looks really weird when you write it that many times. Anyways...
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    Recommend some good instrumental music

    Its 3am, and I'm working on a paper about Voltaire and Kant's view on the Enlightenment. All the instrumental music I have is on my desktop at home (700+ miles away), so I need some recommendations. Also a good opportunity to hear new music, which I'm always up for. So go. Recommend some...
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    Starcraft in windowed mode

    Question is in the title. I googled but the only thing that came up was some program that didnt spell "Starcraft" right in the description. Roomie installed C&C Generals so I felt the need to assert my asian roots. Only i'm on a widescreen laptop and SC streched like that is just .. weird.
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    Buying a laptop

    So.. its that time again (not really but it sounds wrong without the "again"). All the college kiddies getting ready to head back to school. I'm particularly young being an incoming freshman I guess. Anyhow, been busy with work and WoW and sleep.. decided to draw upon the collective powers of...
  37. timosyy

    Google's take on Paris Hilton

    click This is no shen.
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    Chinese dragon awakens

    Washington Times article :Q Cliffs: 2nd Cold War?
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    Motherboard not posting

    Title pretty much says it all. Turn on the computer... lights, fans, psu etc. turn on, motherboard code displays "FF" (perfectly normal), but monitor stays off and no beeps from motherboard. I've reseated the RAM & video card, replaced RAM with old sticks even, doesn't seem to be those. In...
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    Funky moniter issues

    Just happened.. no clue what to do. Computer froze so I turned it off via power button. Press power again to turn it back on .. case lights up, fans start spinning, motherboard code reads FF (normal) ... but wait ... no display! Moniter still reads "power saving mode- activate using...