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    My thoughts on Windows 8, and why I went back to Windows 7...

    I posted this on my blog, let me know what you guys think... http://joyojc.com/2013/01/my-thoughts-on-windows-8/
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    Ideas for transporting computer overseas

    Just want to get some thoughts on permanently moving a computer overseas. I will be taking it with me on a plane, most likely as checked baggage. I have a Thuban X6 which I really like (great for video encoding), a GeForce 8800GT, a BD-R drive, 4 hard drives, and an SSD. At first I thought I...
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    Please delete

    It's obvious that nobody likes PAV, and the email is cluttering up my inbox. Mods, please close thread. Thank you.
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    Variations in different bottles of same Scotch, or restaurant switcheroo?

    I have been drinking Scotch for a few years now and am continuing to learn and experience the subtleties of the drink. My palate is not very developed at all, but I can usually taste differences in different drinks if I have them side by side. Tonight I was at a "fancy" restaurant with my...
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    Adding a search box to IIS hosted intranet site

    I've created an intranet site on my Windows 7 workstation at work for my colleagues to use as a reference. Based on my understanding the indexing service on my box indexes the site. How do I create a search box on the intranet site so that users can just search for what they're looking for...
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    Changing rear brake pads on a Honda - bleed calipers?

    I will be attempting my first brake pad replacement job soon, and there is something that I am still unsure of after doing my due diligence and research. Should I remove some brake fluid from the master cylinder before starting, or bleed the calipers when I turn the piston back in? Every Honda...
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    Being anal and detail-oriented, doing things the right way

    Throughout my life I have been ridiculed for being very detail oriented, anal, whatever you want to call it. I'm in my 30s now and I now know that it's mostly because I've been around the wrong people. Despite this, there are still times when people roll their eyes at me because I want something...
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    Interesting car sights on the freeway

    Saw a couple of interesting sights on the freeway today: an Audi R8, driven by a middle-aged lady, driving at 40 MPH in the passing lane and being passed by everyone on the right, including myself. I gave a thumbs up as I passed by. Then, later on, there was a stalled Infiniti G35 being...
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    Very unpleasant experience with Cambridge Soundworks phone rep

    I have been having some problems with my speakers the past few months where volume level would fluctuate intermittently. I spent some time on the phone with a CSW tech about a month ago trying to troubleshoot the problem, but since it's intermittent it was difficult to pinpoint the issue. He...
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    Lost wheel lock key

    12-10-10 Edit: Thanks again for everybody's help. I was ready to try the hammer->socket method but decided to call McGard again because I felt that the first person was just trying to get me off the phone. The very helpful rep, Don, instructed me to take photos of my locks and email them to him...
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    Hip hop and insecurity

    I was washing my car today and these teenagers down the street were blasting their rap music so that the entire block could hear it. This got me thinking about hip hop culture as manifested in rap music videos, senseless violence, and garish displays of wealth. It seems like a lot of hip hop...
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    Douchebag gets drunk and kills taxi driver, then blames taxi driver

    Article here: http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20101029/news_20101029_56_708540.htm They then have the nerve to create a website with feel-good pics that makes it seem like he's some political prisoner in some foreign country. They conveniently leave out the part about his...
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    Turning wrench while underneath car

    Just trying to see how other people do it... when you're underneath your car, is it extremely difficult to un/tighten fasteners? What do you do to counter this? I did my second oil change ever today. I had learned my lesson from the first time when I pulled so hard that the wrench smashed and...
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    1 free UBI game up for grabs

    Another Intel SSD, another free game code: Your PROMO CODE: ag23iu8gt. It is only valid for a one-time use. http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/html/pbPage.intel_promo_enUS?nm_mc=TEMC-INTELPCODE&cm_mmc=TEMC-INTELPCODE-_-content-_-txt-_-DownloadFreeGame Enjoy!
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    Lian Li PC-K7B motherboard tray - threaded holes?

    I've been building PCs for years, and I know that before installing a motherboard in the case you install standoffs in the case. The standoffs usually screw in, depending on the case. Having gotten that out of the way, I received a Lian Li PC-K7B today and when I prepared to screw in the...
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    SBS2003, Windows 7, Account Lockout

    I sometimes bring my laptop to work and connect it to the SBS network so that I can surf the web. Ever since upgrading my laptop to Windows 7, I periodically receive Account Lockout alerts (event id 539) in my work inbox. When I check the event viewer on the server it shows that my user name...
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    Father of three gunned down for $17 in Oakland

    http://cbs5.com/local/fatal.shooting.oakland.2.1812237.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/19/BAJJ1EGJ04.DTL&tsp=1 First a Chinese man gets punched in the head and dies, and now another Asian, a father of three is shot to death over $17. I feel angry and helpless. I...
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    Free Assassin's Creed II

    Bought an Intel SSD and got a free promo code for Assassin's Creed II. Not really interested in the game (plus heard about DRM issues), so here's the free code for whomever gets it first: 1. Please go to: http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_US/pd/productID.180122400 2. Place Assassin's Creed...
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    Typical CHP Efficiency

    Bay Bridge out a week. Fine, need to make it safe. But is it really necessary to have 5 CHP vehicles "escorting" traffic over the bridge after it opens? Are they afraid someone is going to drive over the side and into the Bay? Are they afraid someone might get lost? Every time there's a...
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    Where to buy front panel connectors?

    I'm replacing the motherboard in a microATX Acer box but the front panel connectors are non-standard, i.e. the power led, hdd led, and power switch are all part of a single 2x8 pin connector. My plan is to cut this block off and procure some standard 2 pin and 3 pin connectors to connect the...
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    Meetings are the bane of productivity

    My rant for the day... I'm plowing through my work listening to my music with my headphones on and basically being a really productive employee today. Then it's time for the meeting. A bunch of people exchange words back and forth for half an hour, bla bla bla, meeting over. Now I've lost...
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    Unprofessional email writers

    I'm corresponding with a real estate agent about a property I'm interested in. This is how he signs his emails: Thanx. I'm not sure if he's trying to be cute or trying to save an extra keystroke or what, but it makes him look like an idiot. I haven't met him yet and now I don't want to. I...
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    Macs are so cool

    Macs are so cool because there's only one friggin' way to resize a window, so that when your 24" 1900x1200 monitor breaks and you switch to a 22" 1680x1050 all your windows are too big and you can't resize them because the fuckin' resizer is at the bottom-right of the window, off the screen...
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    Reasons for tinting

    Please skip to the last line of this post if you don't want to read through it. I bought a new car last year and as a result have spent some time reading up on it in various online forums, and one of the things I've gathered is it seems most people like to tint the windows on their (new)...
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    Being made fun of for being proper

    This article on Yahoo! (it's about a minor spelling mistake on the front cover of Guitar Hero) made me think about something that's always puzzled me. When I was a kid, certain people would make fun of me for getting good grades, paying attention in class, etc. Even as an adult, when I get...
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    Rant: Stupid reviews on Newegg

    Seriously, I'm not that misanthropic, nor do I lack a sense of humor, but it's getting kind of old how people list ridiculous cons in their Newegg reviews. I just read one for a $19.99 DVD burner, the con was "doesn't come with something free, like a laptop or plasma tv :-)" My response...
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    The story of my home server

    It was October, 2004. Fry's was having another motherboard/CPU combo for $59.99, this time some kind of Sempron with an ECS K7VTA3. Took it home along with a stick of 256, put it together with my spare hard drives, installed XP on it, and then banished it to the server closet (actually a furnace...
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    Obsession with touch screens

    Lately it seems like the whole world is going gaga over touch screens (iphone, MS Surface, BlackBerry, etc.). I do not own any touch devices but I have used an iphone and touch screens at the movie theater for buying tickets and I do not find them very efficient to use. I'm an old school...
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    Crucial Evolution of Memory Ad

    I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post, but I just logged in and what looked like a butt crack appeared at the top of my screen. Turns out this is a Crucial ad for the evolution of memory. I don't see how that brown butt crack thing relates to evolution. Just wondering has anyone else...
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    Playing the same mp3 on multiple computers at once.

    I have computers in every room of the house, and I'd like to be able to use them like a giant stereo, i.e. play a song on one computer and have each computer play it back at the same time... is this possible? If so, how? They're connected with 100mbps connections. Thanks! Edit: Very funny...
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    Do PS2 controllers work with PSOne?

    Hi folks, It's the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter II and they've come out with some cool gamepads and joysticks commemorating the event. I don't have a PS2, but I'd like to use the PS2 version of the joystick with my PSOne to play Street Fighter Collection. Here are the controllers in...
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    Setting 848x480 on HTPC without using Powerstrip

    Hi all, This has stumped me for many years. I searched tons of different forums and still couldn't find any help. Hopefully, the experts here can lend me a hand. Basically, I have an HTPC connected to my analog TV using S-Video. It's a Sony WEGA with 16:9 enhanced mode, so if I'm watching...
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    Buying a U.S. version WoW for a player in Hong Kong...

    My cousin has expressed an interest in this game and I was thinking of buying it for him as a gift. Over in Hong Kong, the game costs about HKD$600 (over USD$70), and I don't know if that's the American version or the Asian version (if there is such a thing). I've looked on Blizzard's site and...
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    My K7S5A went up in smoke

    After four years of trusty operation, my K7S5A finally went up in smoke. Here I was watching a nice episode of Star Trek when all of a sudden the picture froze. I thought it was my wireless keyboard running out of juice and somehow hitting random keys and pausing the picture. Screwed around with...
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    UNIX: Removing another owner's files in your home directory

    Hi all, I'm currently taking a UNIX course, and right now we're studying permissions. In class the other day, I learned that if you have write permission to a directory, you can basically delete that directory because you can change that directory's "file table". So, I tried an experiment by...
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    The Sorry State of American Cellular

    Original Page (Author's Note: I wrote the following article after getting frustrated from being unable to check my voicemail all night and for having to drive several blocks before my cell phone will find a signal. I've used various phones and although my provider insists that my area isn't...
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    Why bother buying insurance?

    I was reading the insurance policy of a friend's homeowners' association and was appalled to see the amount of "exclusions" that are in these policies. It made me wonder why people even bother buying insurance (when it's not legally required, of course). These policies are carefully worded so...
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    HOT!!! Rosewill 450W PSU $30 *shipped* from Newegg!!!

    Link Wow, this is an amazing price for a 450W PSU. It's a "cheap" brand but one of the reviewers on Newegg claimed that it was on par with the more well-known brands. It's only been rated by three people, but they all gave it 5 stars. Hot! :D Edit: Just found out that the MSRP for this PSU...
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    How do you guys do it?!

    As you guys can see, I'm relatively new here. I've read some threads that are hundreds of posts long, and was wondering, how do you guys keep up?!?! I lose track of who's said what, get lost in all the embedded quotes, and basically become unsure of whom and/or what to reply to. Am I missing...
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    Hotmail and randomly deleted messages

    Hi everyone, My girlfriend logged into her hotmail account tonight and discovered to her horror that all messages from the past year are gone. She's obviously distraught, but I'm hoping that there's a slim chance that this is somehow a glitch and that her messages will be back later, even...