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    Skyrim for $27 @ GMG

    Thought I would share, GreenManGaming has Skyrim on sale for $36, plus they have 25% off all PC downloads, so you can get Skyrim for $27. Dawnguard on sale too. www.greenmangaming.com
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    HELP!!! USB 3.0 20 Pin Adapter For Mobo

    Need some help on the best/cheapest way to get this issue resolved. I am helping my friend build a computer with parts he bought from newegg. the rosewell case he bought (here) has 2 usb 3.0 ports on the front that connect to the mobo with a 20 pin adapter but the intel motherboard...
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    Just Bought Radeon 6850 - n00b question

    I just bought a Gigabyte 6850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353) and it says the clock speeds are supposed to be 820 & 1050. However, when I open up Catalyst control center it shows the clock speeds at 500 and 750. I manually change in the control center, but it...
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    Buy Radeon HD6870 or wait? or Different card?

    I'm way out of the know on video cards, so I turn to you guys for help on this. Newegg has the HIS HD 6870 for $169 plus a $20 rebate card. Seems like a good price. However, Black Friday/Cyber Monday is coming up so I'm wondering if I should wait on this. I currently have a Radeon HD 4850...
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    What to do in Wausau, WI?

    I will be in Wausau, WI tomorrow through Thursday on a trip for work. Anyone have any idea of things to do in the area at night (after 4pm really)? Good restaurants, bars, etc.?
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    Wow...just spent 5+ hours playing Plants vs. Zombies

    The girlfriend and I just played almost nonstop without even realizing it on XBLA. Didn't think it was possible to have fun doing basically the same thing over and over again. What other good lan co-op games are there on XBLA?
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    Samsung Intercept Updated This Morning - Lost Contacts

    this morning my intercept downloading some android update and now any contacts i had in groups are gone and there is no more "groups" section of contacts. anyone know of a way i can recover my contacts?
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    No More Food Network on U-Verse :(

    or HGTV or DIY...how lame.
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    anyone else order the 24" monitor from dell?

    apparently it's in high demand. ordered mine 4/30 and my new estimated delivery date is 5/26...sigh...order has been delayed 3 times and customer support says "hopefully" it will be here by then. *edit* referring to the st2410 that they keep putting sale prices on.
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    anyone have the samsung bd-p1500 blu-ray player?

    i tried googling, but couldn't find much help. i got this player on cyber monday from amazon when it was sub-200$, and it worked fine. watched madagascar and wall-e with no problem. i turned it on tonight to watch band of brothers, and i just get "no signal" on my tv, as if nothing it plugged...
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    internet connection sharing with vista

    right now i have a usb modem connected directly to my pc. with internet connection sharing, i can plug my xbox straight into my pc via ethernet cable and share the internet connection, no problem. my question is, rather than plugging straight to the xbox, can i plug the lan connection into a...
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    wtf @ cbs?!?!??!

    so i'm in houston, and my cbs hd channel is showing giants v bengals for some reason, while my cbs sd channel is showing the texans v titans. why cbs, WHY?!?!?!
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    Where do you buy your dress pants from?

    last october, i had no problems picking up pair of black slacks in my size (32x34) at wal-mart. in fact, they had that size in multiple colors & styles. fast forward to today, i spent ~4 hours going store to store trying to find some dress pants to no avail. i made trips to 2 different...
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    COD4 & 2 People Behind 1 Router

    i've done a bit of searching on the subject, but thus far haven't found much... anyway, my roomate and i both have cod4. we can both play online together with no issues. the issues come with the server list mainly. if i'm in game and he refreshes the server list, my ping goes to hell and i...
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    Nip/Tuck is CRAZY

    finally got around to watching last night's episode and wow, just when you thought it was gonna cool down and get ready for the next episode something else ridiculous happened! i don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but DAMN!
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    is windows ICS possible with a 2wire modem...

    i'm wanting to use windows internet connection sharing (my pc is vista), because cords laying across the floor and down a hallway isn't possible atm (don't ask). anyway, i have one of those usb wireless adapters that let's me get online no problems, and i have the onboard ethernet plug open, and...
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    2007/08 College Football Coaching Carousel

    So there have already been a few threads about individual coaches leaving/getting fired but I couldn't find one that covered them all, just to lower the amount of threads made (since there is going to be a lot of changes this year). Feel free to add any that I may have missed. Coaches on the...
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    how to "un-do" a choice in firefox

    so i clicked on a link today and the box popped up asking if i wanted to launch the application that is associated w/ that file type. i knew what it was and i wanted it to, so i clicked the "always use selected action" blah blah whatever check box. then i stupidly decided to do something else...
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    New England Punishment Announced

    just saw it on the WVU game. will post link once it's up. from yahoo: on espn main page:
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    50" DLP vs 40" LCD

    If you had the choice between a 50" DLP tv or a 40" LCD tv, which would you choose? Both are the same brand, same price, display 1080p, HDMI connections, etc. What would you buy and why? Background: Roomate and I are looking to get an HDTV for our apartment. We've basically narrowed it...
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    Traveler

    has anyone else been watching this show on ABC? it was obvious from the start that it wasn't one of those shows that could really last a long time, but i've enjoyed every episode knowing that it wouldn't last past maybe a 1 season run. come to find out, tonight was the last episode. not to...
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    going from onboard nvidia graphics to ati card

    i've currently got a dell with onboard nvidia 6150le graphics. my friend who recently upgraded has been kind enough to give me his old radeon x800 card until i can get one of my own down the road. basically i'd like to do this without having to format & reinstall windows, so i'd like to know...
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    very n00b dvd burner question

    i feel like such an idiot for asking this, but i'm years behind on the whole DVD burning thing. i recently purchased a dell (since i couldn't fix my other computer and didn't want to hassle with it anymore) and upgraded the drive to a DVD burner. it's listed as: 16X DVD+/-RW Drive so yeah...
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    NBA Draft Lottery Shakeup

    wow, neither memphis nor boston has a top 3 pick. hoorah for the NBA lottery keeping things interesting. 01. Portland 02. Seattle 03. Atlanta 04. Memphis 05. Boston 06. Milwaukee 07. Minnesota 08. Charlotte 09. Chicago (via New York) 10 Sacramento 11. Atlanta (via Indiana) 12...
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    my computer troubles continue (updated)

    if you don't remember this thread, let me refresh you: my computer has been giving me trouble for a while. i was getting cmos checksum errors (which forced me to reset the CMOS before every boot up) and my computer would often freeze during the loading process (on the blue windows screen...
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    sweet, new mobo (biostar amd board) now computer won't post

    i just purchased a BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 motherboard, and like always when i get new parts and try to start from scratch, i'm having issues. other computer parts involved: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 onboard video, audio, lan liteon dvd drive 2x seagate...
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    It's Official: Houston Texans = NFL Superbowl Champions

    In a stroke of pure genius, the Texans have become the biggest winners of this years off season by securing future Hall of Fame quarterback Matt Schaub from the Atlanta Falcons. With a beefed up linebacking core and a solidified defensive line, Schaub to Johnson will soon be as common with fans...
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    The Black Donnellys premieres tonight

    tv.com info looks like it could be good. sucks that it took studio 60's spot, but olivia wilde is on the show and that's *always* a good thing.
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    Floyd Landis (cycling) case may be dropped

    from espn : he said the samples were mis-handed months ago & he may have actually been telling the truth about something...
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    freecreditreport/cic credit monitoring 'scam' question

    did a search, so if this has been posted before, please point me in that direction... anyway, i checked my online cc statement today and noticed 3 charges. 1 on 1/24 for $12.95 by "cic triple advantage" and 2 on 2/14 -- $9.95 by "cic credit monitoring" and $12.95 by "cic triple advantage."...
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    Tonight's Smallville Episode [02-01-2007]...

    so Zim decided to take the day off so I'm going to blatantly ripoff his format & such so we can have a discussion :) this + the trailers for the episode have me quite interested :)
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    CPU temp reading 93C?????

    I have an AMD64 3200+ 939core gigabyte mobo 2gig ddr ram geforce6800 vanilla vid card just starting today my computer started turning off while i was playing day of defeat. there was no error, no beep code, nothing. it just completely shut off. when i booted my computer back up i went...
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    POLL: skip class or go?

    so my teacher is in europe for some seminar so the TA will be teaching class today. i'm sitting here thinking this could be quite a painful experience. should i go??!?! btw, this is my international finance class.
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    bah why cod2 why?!?!

    i just formatted my computer and started installing cod2. everything is fine until i get to cd 6 and my drive won't read the stupid disc:( i've only used the thing once and it is completely scratch free. WHYYYYYYYYYYY
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    new BCS system = wtf???

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2280592 they are adding 1 more game, but it's not a true "plus 1" -- so in effect they are just putting more money into the bowls and making the playoff argument even harder. *sigh*
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    installed new mobo/cpu *updated 1/6*

    i just got upgraded to an amd64 3200+ and gigabyte kb series mobo. since i upgraded, my computer crashes during the boot process (shortly after my desktop comes up and programs begin loading). i have 3 sticks of ram (2 x 256, 1 x 512). 1 of the 256 sticks works no matter what slot i put it in...
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    outlook express wont run anymore??

    any time i try to run outlook express it gives the following error: "The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction" followed by some random numbers/letters. it just started doing this today. i haven't downloaded any programs since the last time i ran oe so i dunno what the problem...
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    seriously what am i missing here?

    ok brother got ipod for christmas blah blah blah. installed everything. put the cd in and it shows up in itunes. i used this guide from the itunes site. pushed the import button and it flies through every song and then they show up in the itunes library with each of them having a length of 700+...
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    the entire chinese army could not stop USC

    i'm seriously crying here. <3 espn
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    parent's computer giving boot error

    i haven't been home long but today is the first time i've noticed problems on their machine. earlier the computer started randomly freezing. i checked "my computer" and noticed that the processor was only running at 700mhz (it's an amd 1600+) so i went into the bios and fixed it. i proceeded to...