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  1. alevasseur14

    Has anyone ever hear of a company called Arbitron?

    I just got a piece of mail from them that caught my eye for sure. I opened what I knew was junk mail and two dollar bills dropped into my lap. I looked at the letter and it seems to be a TV/radio ratings company. You do this survey and they send you 5 more dollars. I'm pretty sure they got...
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    Recommend a good driving shoe?

    I know it sounds ridiculous but it's really hard for me to find a shoe with a thin enough sole. I drive a standard and the feel is so much better with a thing soled shoe. Granted, I hate shopping so I generally look online, get frustrated and give up. I've had Puma Speedcats in the past but they...
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    Problems with stacks in 10.7

    Hey everyone. I burned Lion to a DVD yesterday and did a clean install. I've gotten everything transferred to my new install and everything looks good except for my stacks. I used to have those transparent bins but have since deleted them. My issue is that every time I restart my MBP, my...
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    Need a CPU for my complete HTPC rebuild

    Hey everyone! The time has come to redo my HTPC and make it more of a HTPC and less of a 'old gaming computer re-purposed as a HTPC'. I'm going for quieter, smaller, and more becoming of a HTPC setup. I had the new i3 2100T in mind. It's got on-die graphics, packs Sandy Bridge, and has a TDP...
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    Calling all Foo fans...

    Their new album is available for streaming. It doesn't come out until the 12th but you can find it in the usual places*. http://wastinglight.foofighters.com/ From what I've heard so far, it's quite excellent. *Disclaimer: I've had my preorder in for at least a month. Get off your horses.
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    Has anyone ever wanted to have an Airport Utility app for iOS devices?

    Think about it. I have an Airport Express that I take back and forth to work with me. When I'm at home, my iPhone uses the wireless N off my main router and I put the AE on 5 GHz only. When I'm at work, the AE is my router and I need to back it off so both my laptop and iPhone can have WiFi...
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    And here I thought we were done with this...

    This certainly was a rude awakening. I guess I should pay more attention to the weather... How's everyone else dealing with this latest round? The roads are pretty terrible at this point but they are working on them. It's pretty interesting seeing 6-8 of the huge MNDot plows clearing all...
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    Shortcuts for BootCamp

    I'm running 10.6 as well as Windows 7 on my 13" MBP. Instead of restarting and holding the option key, I've gotten into the habit of going into System Preferences, then Startup Disk and selecting Windows. That way I can go do something else while the computer is booting up without having to...
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    Adding another tuner to WMC7?

    Hey everyone! I'm sitting here at work trying to figure out what to spend money on and I came across the idea of adding another dual tuner to my WMC7 system. I currently have a Hauppauge HD-2250 and it's been great to me. However, every so ofter I run into the issue of recording two shows off...
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    A question after going from 15" wheels to 16" wheels

    Hello from a frigid Minnesota! As some of you may remember, I recently asked a few questions regarding new tires for my '96 VW Passat. In the end, I picked up a set of 16" steel wheels and matching Blizzaks from a dude on Craigslist. I absolutely love them. However, I do have a few questions...
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    Moss' first game back at Minnesota...

    Results in a 5 yard penalty for passing to an ineligible receiver. Perfect! Don't get me wrong, I like the Vikings. I like Moss. This just pretty much sums up a day in the life of a MN sports fan. LOL.
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    Question on odometers!

    I received the title to my car in the mail today and as I was looking it over, on the back it had a box for a dealer to say the odometer is wrong. It got me thinking about it and I wanted to ask you guys how a dealer (or anyone, really) would know an odometer has been tampered with? I know it...
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    Is Ping essentially useless for me?

    From what I've gathered, Ping allows your friends to see what music you've purchased from the iTunes store. Great. What about those of us that like to have a physical copy of the CD as well as a digital copy? Is that all it's really good for? Seems pretty pointless... Over all, iTunes 10...
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    Replacement Tires Question

    I need to put new tires on my 96 VW Passat GLX before the lovely Minnesota winter hits again. Problem is, I've been looking for tires at work (I work at a repair shop) and online at Discount Tires and Tirerack and there's only 1 tire that's made in 215 50R15. Normally, I'd go with that but...
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    I have a car again for the first time in 3.5 years!

    Now that I've graduated from college, I decided it was time to get a car again in order to expand my job possibilities outside of the city. I wasn't really looking but then a relative of my landlord offered to sell me his old car for pretty cheap. I picked up a '96 VW Passat GLX with the 2.8L...
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    Do most people get shots for their dogs/cats?

    I just read a few of the dog/cat threads on OT and really wondered if most people get the vet recommended shots and whatnot? Growing up, we had Miniature Shelties for as long as I can remember. We had them fixed but never got any shots or did the worm treatment stuff. Our first died of...
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    I need a couple recommendations for impending upgrades

    I posted a few weeks back about the new HDTV I had added to my media center. Since then, I've added a blu ray drive to the computer driving it as well as changing the setup in my room to just a monitor I dock with my MBP. Since I moved the surround sound speakers out of my room, I need a...
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    Check out my H/T upgrade!

    I was offered a good deal at work last week for this TV and took the plunge on a Samsung 52" LCD TV. Obviously, it's way too big for that stand. Fortunately, a wall mount for the TV and a wall mount A/V cabinet were thrown in. I just have to wait for the guy to take the bracket off his wall...
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    Password ageing in 10.6

    I seem to remember there was a feature being touted in the lead up to Snow Leopard that would allow a user to require account passwords to be changed every 72 days or so. I've tried searching Google and Apple and can't seem to find the preference panel to enable it. Am I making this up or has...
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    Help me upgrade this Mac Pro!

    Hey everyone! I'm helping my landlord update his 2006-2007 Mac Pro and seem to be having trouble getting it to recognize one of the 8 GB sets as 2X4 GB. If you have all 4 4GB modules in the top riser, one pair reads 2X4 and DIMM 3+4 read 2X2. I've switched pairs around and it still reads the...
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    I can't believe Facebook is as buggy as it is!

    I just joined Facebook a couple weeks ago and can't get over how often it DOESN'T WORK! Sometimes it'll load a blank page, chat is just useless, I get notifications days after I've seen the comment, etc, etc... Has it always been like this? If not, what is the reason? You'd think an...
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    sadface...

    it's finally gone... ignore the jameson glass!
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    Can't get my HP Laserjet p2055dn to print in auto-duplex!!!

    With the semester winding down, I thought I'd finally sit down and try and figure out what's going on with my printer. I print 75-100 pages per week for my classes and the auto duplex is important! The auto duplex feature worked great when I was running Vista Ultimate. Now that I've been...
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    Can't post pictures for the life of me

    Ever since the switch to VB, I haven't be able to use pictures. I have pictures hosted on my MobileMe account and every time I put in the public URL, a little box with a torn picture shows up. This is under OS X 10.6 and Firefox 3.5. I've also tried with Safari and the box shows a question...
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    Performance Update 1.0

    On a whim I ran software update last night and this update came up. From what I gathered, it applies to the Unibody MBPs, whether you have the first or second revision. I upgraded the HD in my 13" MBP to a Western Digital 320 GB Black drive and noticed the hard drive clicking pretty...
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    Major bug in 10.6?

    It looks like there's a bug floating around that's pretty easy to reproduce. From what I understand, all one needs to do is log into the guest account on a machine, log out, and then log into a regular user account. At this point it's like a completely new account. All settings are reset and...
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    Trying to figure out keyboard shortcuts

    I'm trying to use the keyboard shortcut in mail to mark messages as read or unread. I've been using OS X for about 3 years now and have never been able to figure out what the up and down arrow keys are. For example, in Mail you use "Up arrow" Command and U to mark a message as unread. Like I...
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    Scallops?

    I was looking through the local supermarket's flyer today at work and I noticed they have frozen scallops really, really cheap. I realize they probably won't be very good as cheap as they are but do you guys think they will be a decent way to start off? I've never had scallops but I see them...
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    Activity Monitor

    In Activity Monitor, what is the difference between %User and %System? How are processes divided into one category or another? Thanks!
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    Stacks icons in 10.6

    I had this set of Stacks icons I've been using since day one with 10.5. They no longer work with 10.6 apparently. Does anyone here know of a place I can download new ones? I think it's silly that apple doesn't use some kind of icon other than the default folder look. Thanks!
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    Facial hair questions?

    This is a weird question, but something I've been thinking about for a while now. I've had a beard for about a year now and I have to say I'm wondering why it does what it does. First, the hairs on my chin are red. I have deep black hair everywhere else on my body. How can one patch of...
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    Method to disable Genre and Music Store links in iTunes for Windows

    I hope this link will make someone as happy as it made me. I finally found a relatively simple way to make the Genre category and iTunes Music Store links go away in iTunes 8, bringing the software back to the way it was in 7 and below. Hope this helps! Link Enjoy!
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    A day in the life of... me!

    I needed to give a customer a ride to his job yesterday and the only vehicle we had available at the time was a tow truck. I hop in and take the guy where he needs to go. On the way back, I was looking at the control panel for all the pretty lights and PTO and all that cool stuff. It was then...
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    Speakers on the new MBPs

    Hey everyone! I'm going to be purchasing a new MBP this week and have narrowed down my selection to either the new 13" MBP or the 15" MBP. Specs wise, I'd be fine with the 13" as I game exclusively on my homebuilt desktop. I have a 13" MacBook right now and although it's a little dated, the...
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    Security Update 2009-04 Released

    Security Update 2009-04 has been released and is in Software Update. I'll add the link as soon as Apple publishes it. Link: http://support.apple.com/downl...ate_2009_004__Leopard_
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    Safari 4.0.3 also released today

    Fire up Software Update! Safari for Mac 4.0.3
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    Microsoft Office 12.2.1 was released today

    You can either download it from AutoUpdate or by following this link for the installer package: Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.1
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    Storing and watching DVDs on my computer

    So how does everyone do this? Right now I use dvdshrink to create an ISO file that I then have to use VLC player to watch. Ideally, I'd like to setup a watch folder through Windows Media Center and use that to play and control my movies. What progams do I need to rip my DVDs and then convert...
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    Bike thread!

    Well, I'm not supposed to be riding my bike for another 4 weeks after my surgery and it's driving me nuts! I know there are a few bikers on the forum here and I thought it'd be fun to post pictures of your bikes and when you ride them. Here are my two: This is a Surley Steamroller fixed...
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    Getting tired of my X-Fi

    I've been through multiple OS installs (32 and 64 bit) and even completely different motherboards/chipsets and I'm getting really fed up with this problem. What happens is I'll be listening to music with iTunes or watching TV in Windows Media Center and all of a sudden the sound will start...