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    SoA bit-part actor kills/eats girlfriend's pet rabbit...

    Wabbit stew anyone? He says he just bought some rabbit meat from the store and texted her pics of him cooking it, she says he sent her gruesome pics of him butchering the lil guy. We're entering new levels of crazy these days...harkens back to the boiling rabbit scene from Fatal Attraction...
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    Borderlands F2P MMO Announced...

    In China. China. Borderlands F2P Preliminary information available suggests you can choose between the soldier, hunter, siren, and what appears like the berserker. Hate that it's F2P because if not done right, it will be bad. If the pay stuff is cosmetic and not game-altering, then...
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    '03 Z06 or '05 C6 convertible...choices choices

    Business associate at work is heading overseas for extended assignment and I'm going to pick up one of his two Corvettes. Both are showroom condition with regards to paint, exterior, and engine/drivetrain. Options are: 2003 black on black Z06, modest and tasteful upgrades (rims, exhaust...
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    HID Headlamp Ballast Help

    Okay, apparently this one part is going to be my white whale. I've got a 2003 Infiniti Q45 that had a ballast go out on the driver's side HID headlamp assembly. I've changed the bulb and still no light. I've tested the ballast and it turned out dead. My google-fu and other search abilities...
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    New build, lower-than-expected SSD perf

    Just build i5-4670k (no current overclock...getting everything stable), GA-Z87X-D3H mobo, 16gb ram, GTx770 SLI, Hyperx 240gb SSD, Windows 8.1 Pro. Everything is set up and running however my SSD seems to be coming in lower on write performance vs. other, similarly-configured benchmarks in...
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    Building new gaming rig next week...what to look out for?

    Giving my kids my current gaming rig (Phenom X4 Deneb-based AM3 with 2x 8800GT) and building a new one with the following: - i5-4670k 3.4gHz CPU w/ CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO hs/fan - GAZ87-X-D3H motherboard - 16gb Crucial Ballistic DDR3 1866 RAM - EVGA superNOVA 750W gold power supply -...
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    Music at end of Hobbit 2

    Ed Sheeran just nailed it. I hadn't done any reading up on whether it was worth staying for the credits (teaser before/after the credits, etc) so I was completely unaware that this song was done for the movie. It absolutely blew us away as to how he just nailed what would think a modern-Tolkien...
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    what is the proper way to thank a vegetarian?

    With the holiday coming up, my mind is stuck on this again. How does one properly thank a vegetarian? I understand it makes some uncomfortable if I thank them for not eating meat, therefore leaving more for meatitarians like myself. I understand it makes some uncomfortable if I eat meat in...
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    My lil Buddy has a fractured jaw :(

    Long story short, my wife was holding our shih-tzu, quite the beefy (not fat...pretty substantial frame for his breed) guy mind you at 19lbs, and he squirmed and fell. Poor guy hit the left side of his little face and ended up getting a fractured jaw. He's got the most incredible attitude and...
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    Land Yacht on the Horizon

    So a co-worker hears that I'm looking to replace a car that was taken long before its time. He puts me in touch with someone selling an Infiniti Q45 2002 model with just over 100k on the clock. I'm somewhat 'meh' about it for a number of the default reasons...over a decade old, can be pricey to...
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    Talk me out of an '04 A6 S-Line w/ 100k on the clock

    Long story short, have some "fun money" to fool around with. My daily commute is around 30mi at most...7mi each way to work and around 15mi each day picking up kids/going to gym. Preferably I'm looking at sporty sedans...BMW's (330I, 525, etc), Lexus GS/IS, Infiniti G35, Acura RL/TL, etc...
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    Heavy Metal, the soundtrack

    I've always been a fan of Heavy Metal magazine and it heavily influenced a lot of my drawing and painting growing up. Yeah, it was a bit edgy and the stories were a bit "out there" for a young tween/teen. I was still a bit young when the move came out in '81 so I never really got a chance to see...
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    Good suggestions for Zone meals

    Been doing CrossFit now for aobut 6 weeks and have dropped 20lbs. From the looks of things (body) and how much more I can lift/workout today vs. when I started, some xformation (lean muscle gained/fat lost) has happened as well. I'm at the point where I am ready to take on the next challenge...
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    Beginning CrossFit Foundations Program 4/16

    Finally decided it was time to get back into shape. 10+ years of corporate work, traveling, bad eating habits, and no real workout regimen has resulted in me having quite a bit more weight on my frame than I care to have. It's also not the strongest weight either; i.e. not a lot of muscle tone...
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    Possible spoofed e-mail, virus, or something worse?

    I'm going to be helping a friend do some troubleshooting from the standpoint of looking for a virus/trojan. I'm not exactly sure that's the root cause of his problem but that's where I'm going as a first pass; at least to run fresh scans, eliminate any possibility of virus, etc. The issue...
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    Looking at 2002 Bonneville SSEi - UPDATED

    UPDATE: Picked up the car on Tuesday night and got to drive it a bit that night and all day Wednesday. Short story: didn't end up buying it. - Previous owner was a smoker...big negative. Even through two detailings and cleanings, that disgusting, staleness was still there - Had paint...
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    Moving WHS setup from one box to another...

    Current WHS system is as follows: Opteron185 CPU 4GB ram A8N-SLI Premium OS on WD Black 640GB - on the SATA1 port on the NForce4 SATA controller 5 Samsung 2tb drives - 3 on SATA2, SATA3, SATA4 ports on the NForce4 SATA controller (non-raid) - 2 on SATA1 and SATA2 ports on the...
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    White-Label 2tb Hard Drives

    I've bought 'grey market' (i.e. white-label) PC parts before and was able to cross-reference them to their OEM or retail counterparts. I was scanning pricewatch today looking for some 2tb deals (building a media server for the house) and came across a "white label" 2tb hard drive from...
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    Which HD's to use...

    I've currently got roughly 1tb of ripped music, 1tb of recorded TV, 6tb of ripped movies, and roughly 500gb of other media (divx cartoons, series, pictures, home movies, etc). All this data resides on "frankensteined" hard drives...running up to 10 at the moment. I'm wanting to grab 3 - 4...
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    CrossfireX and Multi-Monitor Setups

    Hello's around to everyone. Here's my setup and question: Just installed 2 5870's in Xfire and it's up and running smoothly with most recent ATI drivers (at work right now and cannot remember the version off the top of my head). I've got the following monitors hooked up: 1 Dell 30", 1 Dell...
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    Windows 7 Graphics Stuttering and Lag in Games

    My current setup is in my sig. I was running the release candidate since it first came out and it ran beautifully. The problem I'm having is after installing full Win7 Ultimate. I did a fresh install...no upgrade. Prior to my installation of Win7 Ultimate, I had no issues with the system...
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    Coheed and Cambria

    I've been running Alt Times shuffled now for days and they just popped up. Is it just me or does anyone else hear a heavy Rush influence to their music?? Also, if you like them, name some others you like as well with a similar sound?
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    Need help finding old C64 or early PC game

    Hey all! I have been reminscing about a game I used to play either on the C64 (or maybe even 128) or early PC. It was a top-down fantasy, barbarian-themed game. There was the ability to go indoors and there would be a load-out of the interior of the house, castle, dungeon, etc. I'm thinking I...
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    USB Ethernet Viable Alternative to PCI/On-Board NIC??

    Hi guys...I've had my rig up and running solidly now for weeks with no problems whatsoever. Lo and behold this past weekend I'm getting disconnects, signal drop-outs and horrible packet loss. I check everything...cables, router, cable modem, switch. I finally trace it down to a KNOWN problem...
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    Breast Cancer 3-day, 60-mile Walk!!

    Hi guys. A good family friend of ours is taking the amazing, dedicated step in participating in a 3-day Walk-a-thon for breast cancer research. Here's the 3-day in Dallas link. Summary of the walk: This walk is the greatest distance a few individuals as teams can go in the fight against...
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    Montgomery, AL / Southeast Area LAN Party - July 16 - 17

    Here's PICS from our last LAN party. We have upwards of 50 participants having a blast playing everything from PC games to consoles we have set up in a separate room complete with sound system. Details: July 16 - 17 LAN Party - FREEDOM FRAG 04 When: July 16 - 17, 2004 Time: Starting around...