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    Got my first job offer out of college, looking for some advice negotiating

    Background: Graduating in 2 weeks with a Bachelor's in Math, mediocre GPA, minimal relevant experience. I've been applying around my approximate area (large city) for various sorts of positions involving data analysis. For a while, I was thinking of becoming an actuary (passed one exam), but...
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    Lands' End Clearance Sale

    Pretty decent sale going on at Lands End - in store and online. http://www.landsend.com/ix/overstock-liquidations/index.html?tab=8&seq=1&page=1&pageSize=12&store=ov&af_id=linkshare&cm_mmc=Affiliate-_-Overstocks-_-TXT-_-0421 Picked up some decent polos for next summer -- $10 a piece. I ordered...
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    A slightly different take on Lil Jon

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLeZ-NcjfkQ (original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYH7_GzP4Tg)
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    Help me rejuvenate my LANs

    For the past 6 years or so, my group of about 6 friends has been having LANs on a regular basis. We started early in high school, and now most of us are Juniors/Seniors in college. Initially we started out with CS:S, then later moved onto CoD2, followed by Modern Warfare, and in the past 6...
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    Do the 6900s still require an active DP adapter to run a third DVI display?

    With the 5000 series, I know that you need an active rather than passive DisplayPort adapter in order to run a third DVI monitor. Is this still the case with the 6900s? I've tried searching around but not much has come up. Thanks.
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    Issue with new 6950

    A while back, my GTX 280 stopped working properly. Sometimes it would fail to boot, and other times when playing a game the screen would turn a solid color and stay that way until the computer was restarted. Since then, I've been using a 4770 that I had lying around. It's a decent card, but I...
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    My BFG GTX280 is breaking down... am I screwed?

    I bought a BFG GTX280 a couple years ago, choosing BFG primarily because of the lifetime warranty. This weekend I started having some problems with the card -- my screen would turn black, or in some cases other colors, and the only way to get out of it was to restart the computer. I tried...
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    Repairing a 20WMGX2

    A few years ago, I broke the screen of my beloved 20WMGX2 by foolishly transporting it face down on an uneven surface. Shortly afterwards, I purchased another one, which I have used for the past 3 years. Unfortunately, the monitor died last week, and I am now left with 2 broken 20WMGX2s --...
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    I don't even know how to title this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vl20FNYi0
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    Seagate AND Western Digital 2TB -- 139.99 @ Newegg

    Edit: Looks like WD's 2TB is down to 139 as well. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136344&cm_re=western_digital_2tb-_-22-136-344-_-Product This is the lowest I've seen this particular drive. It looks to be a very good deal...
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    does this sound rude?

    no
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    Does anyone have one of these...

    It's right on the site...$180 or $200 for the deluxe model. Edit: Did you mean the cost of the actual beer?
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    Christian Bale hates children

    This is about 100x better than the O'Reily mix...
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    Ah, the wonders of Wikipedia vandals...

    I'm guessing that this won't last much longer than a few minutes, so I'll post it here rather than link to it. I stumbled upon this when looking through Wikipedia today. Note that this is the Tom Hanks article.
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    Does the GTX 280 absolutely NEED to be connected to 2 PCIE power connectors?

    I ordered a GTX 280 for my system, and to my dismay, the box did not include a molex => PCIE 8 Pin adapter. If I were to only connect it with one 6 Pin, would I have some issues? Is there a potential danger in damaging the card if it doesn't get enough power? I really don't understand why the...
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    Australia now wants to ban Internet porn

    Note that I found this on the Inquirer... Link can be found here. Hopefully this is not a repost, I did do a search. Really though, I hope these guys are considered radicals in Australia - I don't live there, but if this has any chance of passing I would have to say that it's pretty...
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    Looks like Diesel makes more than just 200 dollar jeans...

    I saw this on break and started cracking up. It's probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while. It's possibly NSFW. Repost. minendo Forum Administrator
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    Need a good coffee canister

    I'm looking for a coffee canister that will keep ground coffee fresh. I found this on amazon, but it says that it usually ships in 2-4 weeks. Anyone have any suggestions?
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    Is anyone selling Arctic Cooling's Twin Turbo VGA Cooler?

    I noticed the Twin Turbo on Arctic Cooling's website recently and was rather impressed. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a single retailer that has it for sale. Does anyone know a reputable place to purchase one?
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    Need a quality external soundcard / amplifier for headphones

    I'm looking for a good quality external soundcard for use with headphones. Since these will be used on several computers, and it's obviously not a viable option to carry around a PCI card everywhere. (Not to mention one of the computers is a laptop) I came across this HeadRoom Total BitHead...
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    Looking for a decent, cheap sound card

    My current onboard sound seems to be broken, so I'm looking for a decent sound card as a replacement. I'm just looking for something that won't make annoying noises come out of my speakers, or horribly butcher the sound. The Chaintech AV-710 looked to be about perfect, but it appears that it's...
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    Dell SP2008WFP

    One of my friends recently bought a Dell SP2008WFP, and I have to say that it really looks great - and I'm a 20WMGX2 owner. From what I've read it's supposed to be a TN panel, but I'm really having difficulty believing this. For one, the viewing angles are very good - the color seems to degrade...
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    Anyone know of any Halo/Halo 2 co-op mods?

    As the title says, I'm looking for any mods for Halo or Halo 2 on PC that would allow for co-op play (ideally lan, but I'm looking for anything really). I've been searching everywhere and haven't managed to find anything, but I'm not ready to give up yet.
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    Unsure of what to upgrade

    I'm looking to upgrade my computer, but I've been out of this for a bit over a year now and I'm unsure of what exactly I should upgrade. Right now I'm running: Opteron 165 @ 2.6 2 GB RAM X1900XTX DFI Lanparty SLI-D The monitor I use is a 1680x1050, and I prefer not to play my games...
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    I cracked my 20WMGX2 :(

    I was transporting my 20WMGX2 stupidly face down (d'oh!) , and when connected it back in I found a gigantic crack across the screen. Apparently the crack is on the inside of the screen, because the surface is intact. I called NEC tech support to see what could be done, and they referred me to...
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    Anyway to scale on a 20WMGX2 w/ ATI?

    I've heard some people saying that it is not possible to scale lower resolutions on this monitor with an ATI card so that the image won't take up the entire screen. Are there really no programs that can scale for you or anything? Sorry if this is a repost, search didn't bring much up.
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    LG L2000C or ViewSonic VP2030b

    I'm looking for a a 20" 1600x1200 LCD, and reading through the threads and browsing newegg, these two monitors seem to be very good. Is the LG better, and is it worth the extra 70 dollars? The monitor would be used for gaming. Also, if anyone has any other suggestions, I'd like to hear them...
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    Strange boot problem - please help!

    I recently had a strange problem start occuring. When I turn on my computer, all the fans run at full speed, and stay at full speed. No video appears, although it does boot into windows. If I leave the computer like this for a while, turn it off, and turn it back on, it will boot up fine, with...
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    Sceptre 19" Widescreen LCD

    Link I did a search on here and google and couldn't find much on it. Looks pretty good - dvi, 8bit, 8ms. Does anyone have any reviews or anything on it?
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    Anyone know what the difference between the IBM P260 and P275 is?

    I went to microcenter today, after finding out on the phone that they had two refurbished 21" crts, the IBM P260 and the P275. I did some reasearching and couldn't find anything much on the P260, but alot on the P275, so I bought the P275. They accidentally gave me the P260 instead. Does anyone...
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    Why do processors have IHS's on them?

    Why do proccessors have an IHS on them if it increases temps? Is it to prevent you from cracking the core or somthing?
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    Weird artifacting after windows loading screen w/ x1900xtx

    I just replaced my 7800gt's in sli with a x1900xtx. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers, rebooted, ran driver cleaner. I then put the x1900xtx in, and the artifacting occured. I installed catalyst 6.4 drivers and it still occurs. I get no artifacting or problems in 3dmark06 or ati tool artifact...
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    Does anyone else find the crucial banner at the top of CPUs and OCing extremely annoying?

    The lady in the picture really scares me. Picture
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    Do heatpipes make noise?

    At first I thought it was coming from a fan scraping up against a wire or somthing, but I've tried stopping all the fans (just for a second) to see if the noise was coming from one of them, but I still hear it. It appears to be coming from the area around the cpu. I'm using the stock opteron...
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    In everest, what does the tempurature of the motherboard mean?

    Specifically, where is the sensor? I have a DFI SLI-D. Anyone know the max safe temp? I'm getting 62. My processor and northbridge are getting about 50 and 55 under load.
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    Explorer doesn't load properly when windows starts

    After I restarted my computer today, it hung after the small window "windows is shutting down" and stayed at a blue backround. Only way to restart was manually pressing restart. When it booted up again, and after I logged in, explorer would not load properly. Task manager showed it as up, but...
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    anyone seen Oblivion benchmarks?

    Did a quick google search and didn't see anything, and nothing on the forums either. Has anyone seen any benchmarks for it (other than the ones from a while ago)?
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    Strange temp problem after remounting HSF

    I had my 3000 venice at 1.65 volts, which allowed me to get 2400mhz stable (270x9). My temps were 46 degrees maximum. I switched to water cooling and got (with very poor radiator ventilation) 42 degees max. I decided I didn't want water cooling any more and switched back to my heatsink from...
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    OCZ 2GB Kit incredibly unstable

    I purchased the OCZ 2GB Gold Kit (the one with 2-3-2-5 timings) as an upgrade from my 1 GB, and recieved the ram today. I put it in, put the timings to 2-3-2-5, booted up my pc, and ran Prime95 for about an hour, and it was stable. Later tonight I was playing a game and it crashed. I tried...