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    First new post link

    On most vBulletin sites I visit, the little down arrow in front of a thread title to take you to the first new post works really well. I don't think I've encountered major issues with it. On ATOT it almost never works. It always thinks that way more posts are new than it should. As such, the...
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    Amazon order rant.

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    Bank of America just trashed my GF's credit score

    My girlfriend, who on Monday checked all of her credit scores and found herself to have over 800 points, just got royally screwed by Bank of America. She noticed that her credit limit went from 50,000 to 25,000. She called to inquire about it. She had her limit for many, many years. She's...
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    Google's new video chat

    Google just added video chat to google talk. You can install it by going to the link off their blog site. My GF used the new google video chat feature last night to chat with her sister. The install was pretty painless. The chat was not exactly super quality video but it was decent and...
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    New IT desktop setting: Is this common?

    Obviously in the grand scheme of things this is a minor footnote at best. Here at my work they just instated a new change to our workstations... the background image on all of our desktops is set to the same generic picture. Ostensibly, you can't change it because the options to change it...
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    Reposted for nostalgia: Fact or Fiction: Re-using plastic coke bottles and nalgene bottles can be unsafe?

    I just passed a coworker who had a coke that was nearing the point of explosion. I joked that I feared for her life. She saw that I had re-filled a plastic soda bottle (the same kind she had in her hand that was fizzing up) and said that refilling them with water is actually dangerous. She...
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    DDR for the Wii ... any good? / how do the pads work?

    Apparently the new DDR came out last week. All the local stores will only tell me that they have a bundle and don't really know much else. I have 3 pads for the xbox and don't want to invest another $100 in pads if I don't need. Has anyone picked this up? Is it worth paying for if I...
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    torpid's stupid/ignorant science questions, vol 1

    I was washing one of my dishes today and thinking about anti-bacterial soap. Which got me to thinking about anti-biotics. Which made me confused... here's why (note I openly acknowledge the ignorance and stupidity prevalent in these questions). 1. Suppose a doctor prescribes an anti-biotic...
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    In search of quality jeans...

    Lately I've purchased a lot of new shirts. They vary from $20 band t-shirts to wacky designer shirts. All of my shirts look good with jeans as far as I can tell. But I still really only have a couple of pairs of jeans. And they are super cheap levis from target. While I don't mind paying...
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    Can't sleep because of a centipede

    Earlier this evening my cats were chasing a centipede around the apartment. I eventually grabbed a bottle of formula 409 and managed to spray the ugly beast 3 times. It dropped to the shelf in the closet below where I sprayed it. Later this evening, I saw it again. Or was that a different...
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    Personal health information... am I being paranoid?

    So allegedly, the group insurance rates that my employer is paying are going up. They want to shop around for better rates. My employer has asked me to fill out the following form: http://oci.wi.gov/ociforms/26-501.pdf After filling it out I'm supposed to fax it to their insurance agent...
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    YACT POLL: 2002 Lexus IS 300 vs 2002 Lexus GS 300 (for $7k more)

    Having driven and loved the GS300, I'm now looking at an IS 300 for $7,000 less. I haven't yet test driven it, but it seems to have the same engine and reliability. What would be the major advantage of the GS 300? I see possibly a few features such as memory seats. Does the IS 300 have...
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    Rear wheel drive in the winter

    As some of you may remember, I am considering a new car due to repeated problems with my A4. One of the cars I'm considering is a 2002 Lexus GS300. It's only a bit more than the Accord EX-6 and Acura TL-S. My only real concern is that it is rear wheel drive. We don't get fargo level snow...
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    YACT: When does it make financial sense to get a different car?

    I've got this 2002 Audi A4. I don't think the number of problems I've had could be counted on fingers and toes. Consumer Reports rated it in the "black" on reliability, as in worst possible rating. In the first week, the fuel gauge malfunctioned. I've had hoses collapse and crack a few...
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    Prius battery pack modification by edrive

    I was just reading a bit about the lithium battery pack modification by edrive. http://www.edrivesystems.com/ Anyone know much about it? Is it available yet to you los angelinos? I saw a brief mention of it in the locked gas thread, but that's about it.
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    Grammar Q - "Like x better" vs "Like x more"

    I don't really understand what it means when someone says, "I like vanilla better than chocolate" or similar. Apparently people now use it interchangeably with liking something more, but why? Doesn't this imply that the liking being done is in some way superior? It doesn't seem like that is...
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    Various thoughts on frozen dinner instructions

    Sometimes while microwaving a frozen dinner at work, I have nothing better to do bit stand there and read the box. I've wondered several things: 1. How many people actually follow the step that says "let stand in microwave 1-2 minutes". I do not do this, ever. I do let it cool without...
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    Anyone watch espn's coverage of the paintball tournament?

    ESPN showed a lot of paintball this weekend. Some sort of tournament. Anyone watch it and/or follow paintball tournaments? It was kind of interesting. The camera rarely showed any useful action, but ESPN had a lot of fancy graphics and figures. Most of the excitement is in watching the...
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    YAGT POLL: Which is preferable - to love or to be loved

    Over the years I've dated people that I liked who didn't like me as much, and people who liked me more than I liked them. I say like instead of "attracted to" because it is not necessarily always a physical thing (in the cases mentioned below it wasn't). I've always assumed it's better to...
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    Want to scan & ocr several hundred pages of old mauscripts.

    My Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother wrote autobiographies, mostly as a family heirloom type of thing. My mother has just sent them to me. I'm enjoying reading them, but am concerned about the fact that there seem to be only two copies (my brother having the other), and the paper has...
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    YAGT - Torpid's first YAGT

    So this weekend I'm going on a second date. We went dutch on the first, and it came out to about $20 each. During our first date, she mentioned that she had never been to see the local pro sports team or the one from her hometown, though would like to. They are playing this weekend, so I...
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    My campbell's soup contains MSG

    I'm just getting ready to eat a bowl of campbell's soup. I noticed in the ingredients that Monosodium Glutamate was listed. I thought that stuff was considered taboo these days. Most chinese restaurants I go to advertise that they don't use MSG. Do all mainstream soup brands do this (e.g...
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    Thinking about doing an office sting.

    In my office, there are a lot of absurd things that happen. The most absurd is that there are signs posted everywhere that "scented perfumes, colognes, lotions, and deodorants" are not allowed. I have tried civil disobedience on that one, but my manager was complained to about it when I used...
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    Magnavox 50" DLP (50ML8305)

    A friend of mine can get this TV for around $1250 shipped. It's 1280x720p, 50" DLP with stand, progressive scan and HDMI. I can't find any additional details on it. I see some info on the 8105, but no reviews. Thoughts?
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    Line 1274. Error: Expected ';'

    Getting the above javascript error on all forum pages. Pretty sure the culprit is actually line 1275: If (document.referrer) Then
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    Hand sanitizer vs anti-bacterial soap

    Everyone hears on almost a daily basis that using anti-bacterial soap and over-prescribing antibiotics are causing resistent germs to be naturally selected. Let's assume this is true to one degree or another, regardless of whether it might ultimately lead to the demise of the human race or if...
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    A8N Premium - Memtest and Small FFT OK, Large/Blend Fails

    I've got an opteron 144 (0546 FPMW) running at about 2.5ghz seemingly stable. Small FFT + 3dmark01 for 24 hours with no problems. Played Half life 2 for hours. Temp never goes above 47c. Running on an A8N-SLI Premium. My memory is some mushkin "value" type ram (though it does have heat...
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    Question about outsourced customer support.

    For the first time I can recall, I was transferred to a customer service rep in India. I didn't have trouble understanding him, but I had trouble hearing him. There was immense line noise and the volume was quite low. Is this par for the course? How can people tolerate that, if so? I had to...
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    WoW: BWL - Broodlord Lashlayer

    Anyone have good, legit strategies for him? We have a strategy that works with broodlord but I'm a little worried it's an exploit because it makes him easier than any boss since BRD.
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    WOW: Priest fire resist gear?

    I need to buff up my fire resistences. Joined a new guild that is heavy into MC and BWL (previous guild was just starting on MC). I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get above 120 or so fire resist, and even 120 will be sacrificing about 1400 mana. Here's what I have so far. Any...
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    Charter services down in most of Wisconsin

    Today the entire upper peninsula of wisconsin, most of southern wisconsin, and large parts of the northwest part of wisconsin had their charter cable / cable modem services cut off. Since 5am or earlier. When this happens and charter owns the lines, are they required to reimburse their...
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    NYC / Manhattan Dining

    Going to new york for several days in early september. Me and a friend who lives there are trying to plan where to eat. Absolute musts are good chinese, italian, and hopefully dim sum. We are also considering indian because we both like it. Here are the ones we are considering. Any locals...
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    Belts / Belt buckles

    What's with men's belts being so flimsy? Specifically, the ones with the two little screws attatching the buckle to the belt. Those screws are always too short, and always get dislodged frequently. Is this some sort of intentional trick to get people to buy more belts, or am I really supposed...
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    The movie "Rick"

    I saw this over the weekend. I usually like Bill Pullman and a friend of mine, whom I usually agree with, recommended it. I thought it was total garbage, as in one of the worst movies I've seen in a long while (and I saw Trauma the week before). I was hoping someone could explain to me what...
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    Coldplay "bonus track" when buying from best buy.

    So best buy claims you get a free downloadable track with the new coldplay cd. What they don't tell you until you open the cd is you have to download and install napster. And what they don't tell you when you do that is that you will be billed $10/mo for the service after 7 days, even though...
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    Anyone been to the US Open tennis tourney?

    The tickets went on sale a week ago, but it took until today to confirm all the plans for me to go to new york. Here is the seating chart The best seats available on the days we wanted to go were side seats around row V (330V or 313V depending on the day). How good are these seats? I...
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    Looking for opinions on a few bands

    I'm going to pick up a couple of CDs today, and am thinking about getting the latest from at least one of the above. I know echobelly has been around for a little while, but I haven't heard any of their previous stuff. I like all the songs from the above bands that I hear on XM (mostly XMU)...
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    Anyone know of a virus that does this?

    Not sure if this should go in software or tech support or what. So it's going here where all the other geeks congregate. Over the past few days, in our web error log, we've seen about 350 errors. They are all from the same user, same ip address, visiting the same page on our site. The URL...
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    Does LCD ghosting cause any health problems?

    I purchased a new monitor which has noticeable ghosting only in certain 3d games (not all, or at least not in all situations in all games). It doesn't really bother me that much - overall I prefer the new monitor because it (oddly) has greatly reduced glare and better color / brightness. My...
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    Amazon has Sonicare Elite 7500 for $79.99 (Friday Sale)

    I saw on amazon.com's friday sale that the Sonicare Elite 7500 Toothbrush is on sale for $79.99. What's more, if you spend $100 total on sonicare products, you get a $10 promotional certificate in a couple of months. So the toothbrush plus 4 replacement heads for $109 and you get $10...