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  1. Elias824

    What if SS trust diversified?

    They should have been buying high rated bonds from a variety of sources, other countries, and even high rated corporate bonds. Maybe then there would be some hope of getting back the 2+ Trillion that is owed to the SS trust and maybe we would have been able to make a decent return. Instead we...
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    If you were born again and could pick your gender would you change it?

    Personally I think women have it easier at the moment, well only if you are average+ looking.
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    I feel pathetic

    Im 23 years old now and because I went to a stupid community college and didnt pick my major for 2 years and because I slacked off in high school im not going to get my fucking degree till im 25. I have been living with my parents and I dont think its really possible for me to move out or do...
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    Im going to be in college forever

    I just found out that in order to get into my major they factor in my GPA from my previous school a community college. I took alot of worthless classes there, I have one I took when I was 16 about how to get a job that my parents kind of dragged me into that im now going to have to re-take at...
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    What degree do you have?

    and how long did it take you to get it? or how long do you expect to take?
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    Hiatal Hernia

    I just got diagnosed with this a few days ago, Ive had heart burn problems and sometimes coughing gagging after I eat for over a year. I was given nexum to take but that stuff makes me sick. Pretty lame im 22 and im in good shape and I really eat pretty well most of the time now im going to be...
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    I request your support

    I'm asking your support to cheat on an internet form and help vote up a friend http://www.freedomfestival.org/events/stadium-of-fire-talent-search/ Go here, click on the vote now button on the right, vote for Video #19 - Iron Chin you can watch a video on the main page and see his act, he...
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    Got a physical

    and apparently my total cholesterol is 196 my HDL is 71 my LDL is 103 Its not like terrible but I;m only 22, I weigh 135lbs and I'm in pretty good shape, I work at least a couple times a week. Dose this seem kind of high for my age to anyone else?
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    I hate college

    I always have, im getting close to being done but I feel like im just dragging myself though it. So sick of bull shit classes and teachers and memorizing tons of usless information because someone else told me I should. /rant
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    Primer

    How many of you have seen this movie? Comments? If you have not, I highly recommend it.
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    Domain server Help

    So im trying to add a new domain controller to our network so I can replace our aging one. The old domain server is 2003, the new one is server 2008 r2. After I installed the OS on the new server I ran dcpromo to add it as a domain controller and everything seemed to work fine. The problem im...
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    TSA strip searches 7 year old

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQTz1bccL4 Is there no end to the insanity? Can we at least use some common sense here a 7 year old is not a terror threat. How can we turn out safety over to people who are willing to do shit like this?
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    Dinner with any four people

    You can have dinner with any four other people living or dead, who would they be?
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    The Cheese threat

    Who loves cheese?
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    Recommend me some new music

    Usually I like alternative or punk rock. Bands like the offspring, bad religion, flogging molly, foo fighters, rise against, A.F.I(only their old stuff) are among some of my favorites.
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    Access linked tables and data types

    Ok so I'm linking access to an excel spreadsheet, in the excel spreadsheet is a client ID, the ID can be either something like U8553340, or just a plain number like 2344323. In excel I formatted the entire column to be text, but access keeps giving me #NUM errors for anything that is just a...
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    My boring job

    So Im the only IT guy for this company and I pretty much have gotten to the point where I come in and do nothing most days. When I first started working here there were quite a few problems and most of them have been resolved. These days I pretty much end up sitting here reading Atot most of the...
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    Whats the obcession with recycling paper

    I dont get it, its paper its made out of trees that are completely renewable. We waste tons of energy trying to recycle something that's made out of a renewable resource. Besides most of the deforestation is done to make room for farming anyways. I can understand trying to recycle things like...
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    Yay for supprise overnight hikes!

    So I went on a day hike with my dad on Sunday, we hiked up twins peak in the Wasatch mountain and we decided to take the "alternate route" up to the peak. Well the alternate route turned up to be really really bad, it requires you to walk across a bunch of really steep peaks and cliffs to...
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    Why does everyone insist on texting?

    So im selling my xbox and some accessories on KSL classifieds and everyone who is interested texts me. Not that I mind texting that much but when they start to try and barter and make deals and ask what other stuff I have and ask my address and ask what condition stuff is in, It took me 30 texts...
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    Im going to have to stop drinking coffee :(

    So yeah I get really bad heart burn most nights, I got some prilosec OTC and it helped for a few weeks, but your only supposed to take it 14 days every 3 months or something weird like that. So yeah caffeine is supposed to cause heartburn so now my morning cup of coffee has to go, I dont know...
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    I got my body fat tested

    Just with one of the little hand held machines at the gym, it just came up as Error, I tried it twice but got the same thing. I My friend used the same machine and got 10%. Ive heard some of the machines wont pick up if your under 2%. So how unhealthy is super low bodyfat? Im currently 5'11 22...
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    Digg this awsome video

    If you dont have a digg account then just enjoy, a guy at my work made this its pretty impressive. I think id break my neck trying it. http://digg.com/comedy/Iron_Chin_mov
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    Rebate Cards

    I got a rebate card from Verizon for buying a phone and its like a pre-paid credit card thing. I really hate these stupid things because I always forget how much is on them and I never spend the full amount. Anyone know of an easy way to just be able to deposit the rebate into like a checking...
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    Record Posts?

    Who has the most posts on AT? and who has the highest posts per year or month or whatever? Ive seen a few in the 50k+ range.
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    Somone explain lost to me

    Ive watched about 2 episodes, I remember some crazy beast that was killing people, and they were in some bunker and they kept typing codes into a computer for some reason. Everyone seems to be talking about it but ive never really watched it, nor do i plan do its way to long to start now. So...
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    Last Flight of Atlantis

    Amazing pictures http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/first_of_the_last_space_shuttl.html The last flight of the shuttle Atlantis May 14, 2010, feels like were saying goodbye to an old friend. I can only hope that we wont have to beg for rides from the Russians for to long.
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    IM program for my work

    Im looking for an IM program for my work, need to be easy to setup and configure for new people, need some way of adding new users to everyone or some form of central management. Any ideas? EDIT: it needs to work with about 40 people
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    pectus carinatum

    here is the wiki link, basically your sternium is screwed up and has too much cartilage and as a result your chest kind of sticks out, pectus excavatum is similar but your chest is more sunk in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectus_carinatum I was lucky enough to have such an interesting...
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    MS Access Comparing Dates

    So I have two Dates the [Interview Date] and Intake Date. I need a way of comparing two dates so our little clinic can see the progress of people after 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, and 12+ months. So I need something like this, for a function in access if ([Interview Date]- 4 Months) =< ([Intake...
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    Geithner defends Fed actions on AIG bailout

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner drew sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Wednesday for his role in the $180-billion-plus taxpayer bailout of insurance giant American International Group, with some challenging his claim that he played no role in withholding...
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    Pcie registering at x8 instead of x16

    In cpuz and gpuz my Pcie slot shows up as being only x8. There is only one Pcie slot in my mobo (p35-ds3r), im using a nice new at 5870. Anyone have any advice? I cant seem to manually set the speed in my bios for some reason, unless im missing the option for it. Im not sure if this is a board...
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    Help with my Sociology Class

    So I have to do a simple survey for my intro Sociology class, so I have some questions for you guys, anyone that fills this out will have my eternal gratitude. Im going to post this on some other sites as well so hopefully you Techies don't skew my numbers too much. On and average week how...
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    list of Top Donors to Congress from 1989-2008

    http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A This includes 3 years of Bush Sr. 8 years of Clinton and 8 years of Bush Jr. I got it from digg but thought it was interesting. Debunks the theory that corporate America runs the republican party, more like the unions run the democrat party...
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    Access help

    First I have to complain at my boss for being so freaking picky about how all this stupid stuff looks. Well this is for a report, I work for a drug clinic and we have everyone do a report when the come in and with the leave. The report asks in the last 30 days, how many days did you do x...
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    Yay for a fried firewall

    So at work our $2000 firewall that acts as our gateway as well decided to stop working, and our backup didnt work to replace it either. So 4hrs later our network is running off of a $50 lynksis router. For some reason I just find that so comical. Our network really isnt that big, about 50...
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    Network monitering tool?

    Hey I was wondering if anyone knew of some kind of monitoring tool to use on my server here at work to check where all of my bandwidth goes too. Maybe one that will tell me what ip is using how much bandwidth over some period of time.
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    Two cards faster then one?

    Hey so one of my buddies was telling me he connected his server he uses to stream blue ray to his network with 2 intel cards, that act as one. Is that really any faster then just having one card for a the network? I would think that it wouldn't make a difference since your still limited by the...
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    Imaging software for OS8?

    So Ive got a super old imac here, its running os 8.5 96mb of ram and somthing like a 300mhz cpu. Well I would like to image the hard drive because its running a rather important database, ive got an extra mac of the same make lying around so it would be nice to be able to restore one image to...
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    Need help with access

    Im an access noob and im trying to figure out how to add a damn exception for something, or maybe avoid it if I Can. I got this new job and they do a bunch of reports through access. All of the DB's were setup by the guys before me who are now gone, and I need to try to figure out how to make an...