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  1. Adam8281

    Plex server on Wifi, Media Library wired to Router: Is This Stupid?

    My basic question is whether my setup results in my local media being bounced over wi-fi before it is streamed via Plex to an external client. Here's the setup: Plex media server on Nvidia Shield. The device is in my entertainment center, and connected to my network via wi-fi Library is on...
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    Vote: Is my PSU or Video Card causing rebooting?

    In October I built the rig in my signature. Most parts were new, but I recycled the Sapphire HD 6950 video card and the OCZ Power Supply from my previous machine. The Video Card is approximately 2 years old. The Power Supply is approximately 4-5 years old. My new system ran great until...
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    YA HDHP v. PPO Thread

    If you'd care to input on my choice between a HDHP w/ HSA and PPO (I've got until tomorrow to decide), I'd love to hear it. Here are the details, and note, my wife will be having a baby during the coverage year: Family Ages Me: 31 Wife: 31 Child #1: 3 Child #2: 1 *Child #3: Will be born...
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    My automatic won't shift unless I take foot off accelerator

    3 days ago my 1994 Volvo 940 Wagon abruptly started having odd shifting behavior which it's never done before in the 10 years I've owned it. The car will not shift gears while accelerating -- it will reach very very high RPM's -- until I remove my foot from the accelerator. The only exception...
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    Why I Bought a Galaxy S II Tonight

    Tonight I bought a used AT&T Galaxy S II off eBay for $335 + $12 s/h (-$14 eBay Bucks), despite the fact that I've been craving a Galaxy Nexus for the past 2 months. Thought there might be others here in my situation, so I thought I'd share my thought process: My wife and I are on an AT&T...
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    Can you generally use corporate discount on prepaid cellular plans?

    I'm considering breaking out of the "subsidized phone + 2 year contract" rut, and switching to buying my phone outright, and going contract free month-to-month. However, I'm wondering if corporate discounts are generally available on month-to-month prepaid plans (on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mo, &...
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    Fallout 3 GOTY $15 Digital Download (Works on Steam!)

    Gamespot has Fallout 3 Game of the Year for $14.99 as a digital download. The key you get after purchasing can be registered with Steam (Gamespot doesn't advertise this, but I just did it and it works). This is a great deal on a great game - one of the best I've ever played! Also, don't...
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    Ender's Game Question: How Did His Friends Get To The ah heck World So Quickly?

    Just finished Ender's Game, and one question is bothering me: How did his friends from battle school make it to the ah heck Home World by the time Ender was at Command School? Earlier in the novel it had said that human shifts departed towards the ah heck World over 50 years ago. My...
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    Black Ops PC $36 Digital Download

    Direct2Drive has Call of Duty: Black Ops on sale for $45. If you use the coupon code "marchmadness" you get an additional 20% off any order, for a total of $36 on the game.
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    PSA: Don't Buy Steam Keys That Seem Too Good To Be True

    So maybe I'm the only on this forum who would be lured by something like this, but in case I'm not, I thought I'd share my story: Two months ago I was in the market for Call of Duty: Black Ops. I was loathe to pay the full Steam price, though. I searched eBay for "Black Ops Steam," and some...
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    $10 for $20 Video Game Credit @ Direct2Drive

    $10 for $20 credit at Direct2Drive. In case you don't know, WeShop is a daily deals site, much like Groupon & all the other spinoffs. I've used the site successfully in the past with no problem.
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    New SSD: Do I need to turn off Windows 7 Indexing?

    I know I've heard people say you should disable native Windows indexing when you're running an SSD as an OS install disk. I don't know the rationale behind this, and I'm wondering if it's really important to turn off indexing? I've found this a very useful feature in the past - I have a lot of...
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    Sapphire HD 6950 2GB Video Card $245 AR @ Amazon (Some YMMV)

    There is slight risk associated with this deal, but not much since you can always cancel your order: Amazon is selling the Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Video Card for an advertised price of $279.99, before rebates. The listing shows an after-rebate price of $244.99. When you click the...
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    Mitsubishi 60" DLP HDTV $791.97 After Bing Cash Back (Tiger Direct. "Open Box")

    TigerDirect has the 60" Mitsubishi DLP TV on sale for $899.97 with free shipping. Clicking through the Bing Cash Back link gets you 12% cash back, or $108, bringing the total down to $791.97. Note that this item is "open box." Linky
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    Most hideous model for Rhapsody. Is she famous or something?

    So my favorite website in the world - Lala.com - is being shutdown by Apple (who bought it several months ago). I'm checking out other options, and today I went to the Rhapsody website and was greeted by this photo: http://www.rhapsody.com/welcome.html If you click "Try it free" you're taken...
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    Does Conan's Head Not Look GIGANTIC In This Picture?

    I think he looks like a bobblehead here. What's going ON?!?! http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/30/conan.obrien.never.ppl/index.html?hpt=T2
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    Is it possible to clone a HDD that has 2 partitions?

    I have a failing 500GB Western Digital drive that is getting replaced. The drive is working intermittently, so I'm thinking about cloning it over to the replacement drive once it arrives, assuming the dying drive is functional enough to do that. The drive is divided into two partitions. My...
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    Could This Chart Indicate Anything Other Than Failing Drive?

    I have a HDD that I'm pretty sure is failing. Its write speeds have gotten incredibly flaky - sometimes it will do sustained writes (of 100+ MB files) of close to 70+ MB/s. Then, all of a sudden, it will plummet and have a sustained write speed of less than 1 MB/s, and this will last for...
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    18" 90-Degree SATA Data Cable $0.39 and FREE SHIPPING

    *Found on Slickdeals* I just jumped on this. Meritline.com has 18" SATA data cables with 90-degree connectors on sale for $0.39 with free shipping. To get this price, apply coupon code MLCK192178031970NL1 during checkout.
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    Add This To The Discussion Of Gay Men Donating Blood

    http://volokh.com/2010/03/16/relative-risks-of-hiv-infection-among-gay-and-bisexual-males/ I just saw this article and thought it provides an interesting contribution to the discussion we've sometimes had on ATOT about gay men donating blood. ********************************************...
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    Crossfire Question: Can I Connect DVI To Either Card?

    I just picked up a second 4850 (1GB) to pair with my current 4850 (512MB). I got the 1GB 4850 for very cheap, which is why I'm pairing it with my 512MB card, even though this limits the total memory to 512MB. I would like to run some benchmarks, testing performance between the 512MB card...
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    Anyone Else Getting This Error In BFBC2?

    In Bad Company 2 I'm getting a visual error on menu screens where it appears that the program is trying to display two text entries in the same space. I've attached a screenshot. You can see the problem right below the heading "Map"
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    Haha, Superbiiz Has "The Genuine CPU Sale"

    I got an e-mail from Superbiiz today advertising their " 'Genuine CPU Sale*' ...*All Processors Guaranteed to be Authentic!" A low blow? I don't think so - I think it's a pretty humorous jab at a competitor, and I enjoy seeing businesses display a little humor. Sorry if this is the wrong...
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    Want Moderate FPS Boost: Add Additional HD4850, or Get a 5xxx Card?

    *Now updated with results* Basic Facts: I game at 1920x1200. Up until now I've run almost all games just fine on high settings on my rig, which includes: E8400 HD4850 8GB RAM Windows 7 x64 I just got Bad Company 2, however, and the framerate is unacceptably choppy on high settings (I'd...
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    Case Logic 336 Disc CD/DVD Case $25 at Amazon

    This 336 Disc CD/DVD case is on sale for $25.22 at Amazon. This is over half-off of Amazon's "list" price of $54.99. I already have one of these cases, and I just sprang for another. They are good quality (fake leather) and are nice if you are a compulsive archivist like me.
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    Need To Extend Wi-Fi Range: Upgrade to 802.11n vs. Range Extender

    My Wi-Fi signal is non-existent on the far side of the house. Assuming I cannot move my router to a central location, would I be better off purchasing a range extender for my current Linksys 802.11g router, or upgrading to an 802.11n router? In other words, does 802.11n significantly improve...
  27. Adam8281

    Play Age of Conan for Free Forever - Worth Doing?

    Apparently for the next month AoC is letting you sign up for a free account which will last forever, but with several limitations, including a level 20 cap. I've never played AoC, and I'm wondering whether this deal is worth taking advantage of. For those of you who have played, how much...
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    Windows XP or Windows 7 on My Mom's Eee PC 1005HA? (With Pollage)

    For Christmas I'm getting my mom an ASUS Eee PC 1005HA. I had it shipped to my house and I'm in the process of configuring it so that it's ready to go when I give it to her on the 25th. The netbook came with XP pre-installed, and I'm trying to decide whether to install Windows 7 instead. I...
  29. Adam8281

    Where's the html?

    When I post messages or create threads I don't see any icons to insert html tags, such as ones for links, bold, etc. Am I missing something here? Do I have to enable an option to get this to work?
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    Norah Jones' New Album $3.99 MP3 Download, No DRM

    Lala.com has the new Norah Jones album The Fall (released today) for $3.99. This is an un-DRM'd MP3 download. Link: http://www.lala.com/#album/576742229515633209
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    How do I find threads I have posted on in the past?

    On the old forums there was a link towards the top that said "my forums" or "my recent posts" or something to that effect. I found that very useful because I could just scan the list and see which threads had been updated since I had last posted. I'm not seeing a similar feature on the new...
  32. Adam8281

    Data drive takes a while to "spin up" when I access it "cold"

    In my machine I have a 1TB hard drive which I just use for storing data, like music and movies. It's a recent-model Toshiba. I've noticed that even if my computer has been turned on for a while and I've been actively using it, if I try to access the Data Drive (through Windows Explorer, e.g.)...
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    New Phish Album ("Joy") $3.99 on Amazon

    Phish's new album "Joy" (released today-9/8/2009) is available for MP3 download on Amazon for $3.99. Wouldn't think this price will last long.
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    Question about Windows KMS (Key Management System)

    Through my university I can get a free copy of Windows 7 Enterprise. I am thinking of installing it on my laptop. I see that Enterprise's method of activation is through a KMS: a Key Management System. My understanding of what this means is that my installation of Windows will authorize...
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    What's the best configuration for my drives?

    Hoping you guys can give me some advice on how to configure my HDDs. Right now I have the OS and installed programs on a 74GB Raptor, and data on a 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue. I just purchased a 1TB Hitachi because space on the 500GB WD is getting a bit tight (and because the...
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    eBay cashback with Bing now at 14%

    Thanks Fatwallet: Bing.com cashback for eBay is now at 14%. To get this percentage you must search for the word "camera" on Bing and click the eBay link that appears on the right side of the screen. There may well be other search terms that will also bring up the 14% link, but "camera" is...
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    On my Windows 7 x64 machine, I want to run Cisco VPN client in Virtual XP

    Hope this is the right forum. Wasn't sure if I should put this in "Software for Windows" or "Networking." Here's the situation: -I am running Windows 7 x64 Enterprise (full version, got it from my university) on my home desktop -I want to connect to my University's VPN -To connect to my...
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    SICK DEAL!! Hitachi 1TB HDD for $74.99 or $47.49 (Newegg.com)

    11:20pm EDIT: Newegg cashback only seems to be 6% now, not 10%. By my hasty calculation, that will make the final price $3 more. So I've been holding off on getting a 1TB drive until my magical price point of $50 was hit. Here it is: Hitachi 0A38016 1TB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s...
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    I can get Windows 7 Enterprise for free through school.

    A month or two ago I pre-ordered Windows 7 Home Premium when it was on sale for $49. Then, last week, I got an e-mail from my university saying that a deal with Microsoft had just been inked, and certain MS software is now available for free for the students to download. I just checked out the...
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    Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870 1GB $105.99 AR & Bing (ZipZoomFly.com)

    ZipZoomFly currently has the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870 1GB video card for sale at $169.99. There is a $30 mail-in-rebate, a PDF of which is available at ZZF. If you click through Bing.com, you will get 20% cashback at ZZF. The breakdown: Original Price: $169.99 Minus Bing Cashback: -$34...