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  1. RelaxTheMind

    How to efficiently SMS to/from other countries?

    I have friends and family all over the globe some live in areas where either wifi isnt widely available or barely works, mobile data is shoddy, or mobile data is very expensive. I tried looking up services that offer two way sms and they mostly seem to all be geared toward businesses. I do...
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    washer/dryer all-in-one?

    We have a standard ~3.8cuf whirlpool washer and separate dryer and they have seen better days (but still work ok). the extra space in the laundry room would give us room for a large deep freezer we have been looking at. anyone ever have or have owned one of those all-in-one wash/dryer combos...
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    3 monitors to 2 PCs

    I currently have 3 24" monitors on my main. my work is paying for a new computer + 3 monitors. as geeky as i am i dont want nor have the space to have 6 monitors (server/laptops already put out enough heat) added to my home workspace. Looking at prices of KVMs that support triple monitors...
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    Google logo UFO game

    anyone play and/or beat it yet? Beat it then lost several hours today looking up UFO stuff. its located at www.google.com
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    texas college shooting

    http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/22/shooting-reported-at-texas-college/?hpt=hp_t1 was sitting here researching on what to get as my first gun and this came on. Locked because some people don't realize they're in Off Topic. AT Moderator ElFenix
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    How to redirect specific url?

    My goal is to point one specific website address to another. not a dns thing. when people are connected to my wifi i want it when www.website.com/pics/face.jpg is accessed it redirects and loads to www.photobucket.com/stuff/here/anotherface.jpg instead. everything im finding on searches...
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    3gb installed 2.5gb recognized.

    Problem been bothering me for over a week I have this board(with latest bios), 2 sticks of 1gb gskill and 2 sticks of 512mb gskill same timings. I have tried different setups with different sets of 512mb pairs i have but this board doesnt seem to want to recognize full 3gb of ram. at post...
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    Tell me whats funny about this ebay auction

    ebay The auction is over so i'm not spamming. Just ran across it and thought it was funny.
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    Do HP laptops have upgradable pci express?

    I know that Dell, alienware as well as other customizable laptop companies have upgradable video cards. I noticed that a laptop at Circuit City (got a $500 GC from work) had pci express x16 "interface" which could mean it is still integrated... Are these cards manufacture dependent like...
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    Is Circuit City becoming the Tiger Direct?

    I acquired a $500 gift certificate for circuit city through our rewards program at work. I went to circuit city and found myself in Rebate Heaven. I felt like I was in the physical version of Tiger Direct. Computers, Laptops, Peripherals...etc most everything I wanted had a rebate. Not like...
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    handheld mp3 players in your car...

    I just got a new 07 mazda 3 and it has that aux input next to a cig lighter inside the center console thing. I had a 20gb mp3 player the size of one of those cd walkmen but 20gb... bunch of useless space. Do any of you keep a somewhat stationary mp3 player in your car that you bring in...
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    Be late on mortgage or several Credit cards.

    My friend/coworker jeff is in a bind. He lost his job about a 2 months ago due to car problems. I got him a job where I work at where he makes more than enough to cover his bills. Heres the catch... in the past two months he couldnt afford his mortgage and bills. (even though he seemed to...
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    Check these Rants on Banks

    I went to the bank yesterday and it closed like 4 minutes ago (whn i tugged on the door). That got me quite irritated because it was peak traffic time and it means difference between a 10-minute drive or an hour long road trip back home. oh well heres the link. Check it out
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    MSI x1800xt 512mb $209!!!

    moved/stole this from the Video section Link Apparently from What I see on the specs here Link its specs are identical to a 512mb x1800xt non-LITE which are still in the $300 range. If in fact its because it doesnt come with bundled crap Im about to make a purchase. If anyone...
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    Hooking up a laptop to standalone car battery

    I plan on going on a long fishing trip on a pier in the middle of nowhere. Has anyone ever hooked up an AC/DC inverter to a standalone car battery and used it with a laptop? Im wondering how long it would last. I figure I can grab the deep cycle marine batteries from my parents trolling...
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    HIS x1800GTO

    I waited the first time this year for the 7900 launch to hopefully find great deals on 7800gt's According to reviews across the board the HIS x1800GTO has a x1800xl sticker on the back and easily unlocks to 16 pipes. Supposedly they also overclock close to 700/700 which would put it in and...
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    ICS with existing network LAN game

    ok. I have an existing 192.168.1.1 network and another area of my home with a laptop w/ ICS to another desktop(A). Short of getting another wireless card how would I get the Desktop (A) to see the rest of my other network. by default the ICS bridge makes the sharing card gateway of...
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    Best way to manage DVD ISOs

    Is there any easy program that can manage DVD ISOs... I just set up my sisters ACER HTPC with media center and they have like 300+ DVDS.. Is there any program that has a cool "media center" like interface that can manage ISOs with thumbnails. I couldnt find any. A plugin or so for media...
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    Tech apps on thumbdrives...

    Im sure lots of you techies like me have diagnostic programs and such on a thumbdrive(s)... Have any of you gotten a decent free antivirus to install and run from a thumbdrive? I tried Avast and AVG and got pretty much path errors and funny errors if u try a scan. so basically... what...
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    3500+,1gb ram, 250 SATA, dvd-rw $596.88

    Acer ASE360-U-A3501 Athlon 64 3500+ 1GB nVIDIA GeForce 6100 - Retail AMD skt 939 3500+ 1gb (4gb max) Onboard Nvidia Geforce 6100 250gb SATA DVD-RW DVD drive Onboard 8 channel audio w/spdif & optical out. 9in1 card reader 8 USB ports and a rear firewire port Windows MCE 2005...
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    My 3dmark05 scores with an agp 6600 nongt

    I thought I might share my better scores with this setup. athlon xp 1700+ @ 1.66 (verey mild overclock it does 2.01 stable) 1gb pc2700 running at cpus fsb (150mhz) Chaintech 6600 256mb agp running on a 4x slot @450/600 forceware 81.95 drivers... I hit 2778... I think I got decent...
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    Suggestions on 6600 heatsink

    Ok i got a Chaintech 6600 256mb from newegg here for my girlfriends puter. It works much better than I expected as opposed to suggestions noted on here and other forums. I currently have it clocked at 501/600 totally stable (i had to force flash the bios to turn on the temp sensor) and it...
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    6600 256mb AGP good idea?

    Ok my girlfriends computer has that agp 4x slot that wont fit an 8x only card (it has that 2x slot in there) I did little research and ended up getting a chaintech 6600 256mb agp this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145112 Could I have done better? or is the...
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    Apache 2.0.54 WAN connections

    Heres my specs, frech Apache 2.0.53 install-configured to listen to (lan ip)192.168.15.5:80 windows xp pro with xp firewall off netgear router with port 80 forwarded to my lan ip DSL with static IP standard Domain Zoneedit-with domain and www.domain pointed to my wan IP anything else...
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    ATI Radeon 7500 or Geforce4 mx440 8x

    I am pressed at figuring out which one to stick in my friends computer that I am building from spare parts he picked up. Reviews seem to be mixed... ATI Radeon 7500 64 2x/4x Geforce4 mx440 8x (with 8x/4x slot design) Upon reviews and such that I have picked up the mx440 beats it by...
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    10pk DVDs $0.49 AR B&M @CompUSA

    10 pk DVD-R 4X with jewel cases only 49 cents. I believe its only in store pick-up so its only for those close to a Comp USA I think its $8.99 - $2.50 instant rebate - $6.00 MIR = $.49 DVD-R Brand: Hypermedia Manf: CMC MAG, AF1 Burnt 2 no errors/coastsers... relaxthemind
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    memtest stop on #7 with any RAM

    I got a computer in that had sudden restarts to BSODs on startup. the 0x00000050 and 0x000000D1 mess. It's a Chaintech KT600 board Ive changed everything except the cpu. updated BIOS reset cmos as well as different settings Tried different vid cards... 4 perfectly fine Sticks of RAM I...
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    is tattoo advertising effective?

    I ran accross this and im not sure if this is a re-post. linko cant that guy just grow his hair back? just an idea if some of you are desperate for cash
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    Object Dock ???s > Explorer.exe Shell?

    I didnt know if i should have posted this in my orginal post of looking for an animated OS. After spending a whole night messing with and tweaking my GFs Object Dock I noticed that her memory usage has gone up quite a bit as in Explorer.exe. It hovers around 30mb on boot which is not...
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    Thanks... got what i needed.

    My girlfriend was was with me inthe studio a couple weeks ago and fell in love with the mac osx desktop. I have heard some of you on certain post say there is a windowblinds mod to make it look like osx taskbar. Do you need special icons or what not? Give me some advice on this as her...
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    Skipping badram in windows

    I know quite a bit of people around here have had bad sticks of ram. I myself have had many. Especially in my earlier noob days of ocing and such. Why isnt there a program for windows based operating systems to efficiently skip bad ram addresses? I mean for sticks of ram that have ~40 or...
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    P4 Barebones kit w/ burner $29 AR

    A decent budget setup all you basically need is the cpu/fan and some ddr for a complete case Wintergreen Systems Tower Case ECS PM800-M2 Socket 478 Motherboard CD-RW Drive 350 Watt Power Supply 10/100 Ethernet LAN 56K Modem $160.99 - $140.00 = $29.99 Link I know we all...
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    Best way to image ~60gb

    Im setting up a new RAID card in my puter secondary game computer. Ive set up RAIDs before fresh ones... But I am not sure on how to image ~60gb besides ghosting it to like over 150cds or using another hard drive. I really dont feel like reinstalling over 40 full games and countless progs...
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    DVD over a network

    I have herad several people talk about accessing a dvd drive accross a network. I have tried to before but have failed. If there is anyone that can help me out on this I will surely appreciate it. I was under the impression that you dont really have the ability to decode a dvd stream over a...