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    My systems wireless transmitters are dying...

    So I moved into a new home and since that time the wireless transmitters in each of my consoles seem to be dying slow horrible deaths. I've had to send both my PS4/Xbox in for replacement, and my Wii U seems to be headed in that direction. It seems to be the exact same problem across systems -...
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    Original 60GB PS3 Value

    I am looking to sell my original (backwards compatible) 60GB PS3. Trying to get a sense of it's current value. It looks like I can get, bare minimum, $165 by trading into Amazon (and likely $175). Which is where my PS4 is preordered. It's in good working order, never had any issues, and in a...
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    Wii U Fall Line up might be impressive

    Might be wishful thinking on my part, but some of the rumors about titles coming out this fall and winter have me pretty excited. 1. New 3D Mario 2. Mario Kart 3. Smash Bros 4. Zelda HD 5. Rayman 6. Metroid game (might be next year, but expected to be announced) 7. Pikmin (technically...
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    Need for Speed Most Wanted Wii U

    Anyone picking it up? I'll be looking for people to race/wreck with :) P.S. It's purchasable from Origin right now for $29.99
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    YMMV: 2TB Seagate Backup Plus External Harddrive - $75

    I was able to score a 2TB Seagate External Harddrive at my local Bestbuy. You can search the clearance items for your store online at the link below. The item name was "Seagate - Backup Plus 2TB External FireWire 800/USB 2.0 Hard Drive" Choose this link to search your local bestbuy...
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    The Mother of All Flip-Flops may be en route....

    The phrase I've heard is that conservatives might soon find themselves as "the dog that caught the car." Apparently they are considering reversing course on several provisions that are in the healthcare reform bill. It'll be interesting to see if any of this plays out as reality, but it seems...
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    Veteran Suicides

    This is an article that discusses an issue that I care about deeply. I thought I'd share it because it might help someone. I know lots of folks here are politically involved on both ends of the spectrum and it might help to understand why services to Veterans are important. It does a good job of...
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    Newegg has 7970s in stock

    Got myself an XFX Black Edition :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...n=7970&x=0&y=0 Happy Graduation to me!
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    Samsung S27A750D 27" 3D Monitor $400

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...706&CatId=3774 Great for AMD 3d users.
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    X-Fi Titanium New for $55

    Link deleted... Ebay links are not allowed AT Moderator Bartman39 PCI-Express, being sold by Dell. Spotted at HardOCP, I grabbed one. Since there isn't a hot deal for this thread, I will close it. Also, just for those that say it's a legit vendor storefront. We are not going to check each...
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    Thinking about upgrading to 6950 crossfire, thoughts?

    I'm debating picking up two of the Sapphire Toxic 6950s for a crossfire setup. I currently run a 5870+5850 (stock clocks) in crossfire. Think this will be a worthy performance boost, or am I better off waiting around for the 7k series? Edit: Rest of my specs: i5 750 @ 3.5Ghz 8GB DDR3 @ 1400 MHz...
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    Eagle Defeats Technology with Cunning Use of Deer.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110617/us_nm/us_deer_power This is so hilariously awesome.
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    Help me pick a bluetooth headset?

    I just bought a new Inspire 4G and am looking to get a bluetooth headset for it. I'm primarily looking to use it in the car. I would ideally like some noise canceling, as I frequently drive with windows down. Any suggestions? I'm hoping not to need to spend over $50 but I may consider it.
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    Arizona Legislature Xenophobia Spreading to Professional Training Programs

    I'm making a fairly provocative title, but this is a fairly serious issue. Arizona recently passed a bill that would allow Professional Counseling (i.e., graduate) students the right to refuse to serve client's if it violates their (the counselor's) religious preferences...
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    CBO: Budget deal cuts $352 million from deficit

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclusive/20110414/pl_yblog_exclusive/why-38-5b-budget-deal-will-only-cut-spending-by-352m Yes million. I hope everyone is happy about the ~$1.25 less they owe towards the national debt. Kind of makes me laugh after all the hullabaloo last week.
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    Here's a dumb idea

    That I'm sure most will hate on, but for curiosities sake I'm throwing it out there. What are your thoughts about changing the normal work week to 32 hours? There is no law set in stone that makes 40 hours considered full time, but that is generally what employers go by. Obviously would most...
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    The unknown cost of a shutdown

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-price-of-a-government-cnnm-3294374261.html?x=0 I think it's a fairly interesting take. Seems to be the conventional belief would be that the shutdown saves money. This article makes a compelling argument that it doesn't, or at least not nearly as much as one...
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    Think I killed my X-25 G1

    :-( A friend sent me an X-25 G1 160GB as a gift. I installed windows on it, played some wow, put my PC to sleep to go finish shopping...and when I came back, the PC froze when resuming. Now the BIOS takes a long ass time to detect the drive, and when it does, it says S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD...
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    Breaking: FCC Adopts Net Neutrality

    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BJ5DF20101221 Won by a vote of 3-2. *Edit* Not sure what I think of this just yet. *Edit #2* Some details about the new regulations...
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    DADT Repeal Passes in Senate

    If you didn't watch the vote, the DADT repeal just passed the Senate Filibuster 63-33, with several Republicans voting in support and one Democrat obstaining. Final vote is tomorrow, but only requires 51 votes to become law. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46576.html One more...
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    Tax Passage Clears House

    Bill just passed... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46531.html *Edit* Guess I should add some commentary. I think this is the most pragmatic bill that could pass before the cuts expire. I think Schumer's compromise would have been more ideal, but it didn't have the votes. Honestly, if...
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    Intel X-25 G1

    So a friend of mine offered to give me his old X-25 G1. I know this drive doesn't support TRIM, so I was wondering what I should do to get ready to use it. I want to make it my boot drive.
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    Elizabeth Edwards Dies

    I wasn't expecting to see this so soon. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46093.html Not sure what comments to make about this, I didn't follow the Edwards political drama very much.
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    DoJ to propose internet wiretaps bill

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_internet_wiretaps My initial thought is that I am not a fan, but I guess I'd need to see the actual bill first. Sounds too much like...
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    So here is my quandary

    I do try my best to look at all candidates and parties before voting, yet here is something I've noticed. I tend to value substantive policy positions over a candidates moral positions (unless they are trying to legislate morals). In the national elections, I have absolutely no idea what...
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    50% of Republican Voters live in an alternate reality

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100831/el_yblog_upshot/poll-majority-of-gop-believe-obama-is-sympathetic-to-islamic-fundamentalists Or at least believe that it is probably true that Obama is dedicated to spreading fundamentalist Islamic Law around the world. The good news is that...
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    XFX 850w Black Edition @ Newegg - $112 after rebate

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817207001 AFAIK this is a Seasonic Rebranded Unit, Jonnyguru's review was very favorable. Enter promotion code Aug10 for 10% off (expires today). Should come out to be around $132 shipped before rebate. They also have the HAF 932 on sale for...
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    Firearms Source out!

    For those of you who remember the original mod for Half-Life, the team just released the source version. You can grab it at firearmsmod.com You can play it so long as you have any Source based game, so if you've never tried, come check it out. It's an arcade shooter with real guns :-) I've...
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    Testing out TF2 server

    Hey all, I've setup a TF2 server for testing: 64.138.212.157:27015. Planning to switch over to the Firearms Source mod (firearmsmod.com) when it comes out later this week, but I'd like to see how server performs right now as its never run a source engine game before. Let me know!
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    Tigerdirect - XFX 5870 w/ AvP for $323 after Bing/Rebate

    389.99 + free copy of AvP PC - 12% bing Cashback ($46.80) - $20 from using eBillMe for first time = $323.19 + shipping. Not too shabby. Get the XFX Double Lifetime Warranty this way too. The $20 rebate from eBillme ends on June 1st, and only applies to first time users. It's sort of nice...
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    CPU-Z Reporting incorrect memory timings?

    I have a Core i5 currently overclock to 3.8GHz (180x20). When I first boot up, CPU-Z correctly reports my memory timings as 7-8-7-24. However, seemingly at random, it will eventually report 6-8-7-24. This seems sort of odd to me, any idea whats going on? The memory is running @ 1440 Mhz (rated...
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    Getting my i5 750 to 3.6...

    I'd like to get my i5 750 stable at 3.6ghz. Right now I can boot into Windows all the way up to 4.0, but the heat at that speed is way higher than I'm comfortable with. I'd prefer to do a stock voltage overclock if possible, but I'm not sure how I can go about limiting the voltage to 1.25...
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    15% Cashback @ TigerDirect

    I was able to get 15% cash back by searching for "TigerDirect" at Bing.com's shopping section. Brings the price of 5870s down to around ~$355 after cashback, might be some other hot deals too.
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    What performance should I expect from this raid array?

    I've setup a raid array using two 1 TB Samsung F3 Spinpoint drives. One is the SJ model, the other HJ. I'm running Windows 7, using the on-board RAID controller from my Asus p7p55 lx motherboard. The array was created using the 128k cache size. I'm getting around 195 mb/s max, 155mb/s...
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    Dell 24in 1080p Monitor - $189

    Seems hot to me. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-1070 Specs:
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    Help diagnose my car problem.

    So the other day my wife and I wanted to drive to visit my parents. Apparently my car didn't like that idea much. Once we were on the highway and going about 60mph for a few minutes my car started to sound god awful loud. It didn't start right away, I'd say the noise started about 10 minutes...
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    Reconciliation bill going back to the house

    Republicans scored a moral victory last night. The Senate parliamentarian found a few provisions in the education area of the reconciliation bill that, while not altering anything substantively, violate the Byrd rule. So the House will need to vote on the Reconciliation bill again, probably...
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    A Simple Plea: Be Civil.

    Note: A public warning has been issued regarding thread derailing. Pls keep it OT or bans will be issued and thread locked. T.I.A. Fern Super Moderator I understand that in this forum tempers typically run hot. I'm guilty of it myself. I also understand that given last nights vote, a lot of...
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    Dems dropping "Deem and Pass"

    Instead will do 3 votes. Source: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/countdown-to-reform-wire/index.php#325490 I hope this report is accurate. This should eliminate at least one potential Constitutional issue. In addition, an executive order is being considered to solve the current abortion...
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    Pelosi to Stupak/Others - GTFO.

    "Pelosi says no separate votes: "Not on abortion, not on public option, not on single payer, not on anything."" Source Tomorrow is going to be interesting. I'd say passage is about 50/50 chance. The press is playing it off as inevitable, but in order for it to pass something like 8 of 12...