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    Yet Another Goodwill Score Thread (also, what did I just buy?)

    I saw this fantastic device at Goodwill today for $20.00 No idea what I'm going to do with it, but it looks awesome and I know at least the optical sensor (Navi FX-300 series, if you can't see it in the pictures) is worth a little more than that $20 So it appears that it can move up and...
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    GPU (Radeon 6850) runs hot when using two monitors

    I have a XFX Radeon 6850 (specifically this one) that works great and I have no problems except when I use my second monitor (both resolution of 1080p, both by connected by DVI cables if that matters). When I turn on the second monitor the fan gets a good bit louder. Looking at GPU-Z it...
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    HP Laptop intermittent failure

    So I have a old spare HP laptop, an HP Pavillion dv6500 model, the dv6605us to be exact. It originally 'broke' and refused to either get past the bios (just would stay on the same screen forever), or refuse to get past a blinking cursor after the bios, or would simply refuse to turn on...
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    Look at what my wife made for my birthday breakfast

    Just though I'd share
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    How much is your health insurance through your employer

    So my wife works as a public employee for the last couple years, and I when I first looked over the contract and salary/benefits I was rather shocked to see how much they were paying for health insurance. Health insurance (with a $1000 deductible) for just her was $600/month which they fully...
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    Bought a Saitek X52 Flight Control System, what games/sims to get?

    So I found a very good condition Saitek X52 at Goodwill the other day for $6 (honestly surprised how cheap it was, their other cheapy joysticks were priced at $5, and this one had two parts and looks expensive). Here's the item http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-X52-Fli.../dp/B00030GSJY Anyway...
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    Anyone else find it a little strange how much people associate with a sports team?

    I'm sure this has been discussed a few times before, but it is still strange to me how much ownership people have with their teams. Mostly I just wanted to share this video which sums up my feelings pretty well Oh, and discuss ( :) )
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    I found a book (maybe) worth $1,000 at Goodwill today

    So I had a happy surprise today, I was browsing through my local goodwill when the following book caught my eye Jacob van Ruisdael : A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings published by Yale http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300089724 I checked the amazon.com price...
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    Epic Fail

    Check out this news story from the AP Dems seek to play down role of public option idea Here's the slight error... So I guess there are exactly 45 uninsured Americans without insurance. Oh, and this is my first Epic Fail thread, so please don't hurt me :) (oh, and this is not a P&N...
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    Did the DMV violate their agreement?

    So I read that topic about the guy who was required to meet a minimum amount to charge his card at a bar. That's the first I heard that both Visa and MasterCard do not allow a minimum charge or a percentage fee. So I was at the DMV today in Illinois, and what do I see, but a sign on the wall...
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    Where to find entry level computer jobs?

    I want to tap some of the wisdom from ATOT. This will be a little long, so feel free to skip to the cliffs if you want. I will be graduating in about 3 weeks with a BS in Physics and Mathematics. I have been accepted into my dream grad school (MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at...