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    Ex-Goldman director charged with insider trading

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ExGoldman-director-charged-apf-3127704157.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode= Reading this story I just can't help but think this is more often then not just the way things are done on Wall St. I'm just not surprised to read that hedge funds and other...
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    ~1 second pause in games

    Ok I built a new computer and everything is running great except the random ~1 second pause. I have not overclocked anything but the video card I bought is an EVGA 460 superclocked edition. In games I get a random ~1 second pause and everything returns to normal. I can go 30-40 minutes without a...
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    Micro Center

    Not sure how this place can have such good deals on so much stuff, but it sucks they don't ship their good deals. I'm hundreds of miles away from a B&M store. Edit - This price is $20-$30 cheaper than anywhere else right now...
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    New video card

    What does everyone think of this card? Any better deal out there on cards with similar performance? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121391
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    Some storage questions

    What is the best bang for the buck SSD right now? Which HHD are people having the best luck with for storage?
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    "The Rich Get Richer, and They Have You to Thank"

    http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/the-rich-get-richer-and-they-have-you-to-thank-says-david-cay-johnston-535635.html?tickers=brk-b,gs,brk-a,xlf,wmt,tgt,cab This guy has done a lot of research into companies in this country and found some very interesting facts. Most people who have...
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    Usb 3.0

    Any good cases with USB 3.0 support?
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    VMs and desktop CPUs

    How do the different multi-core processors stack-up for running something like VMware ESXI with 3-6 VMs? Is the X6 better than say an I5-760? It seems like more cores would be better, but I'm not really sure how true that really is comparing Intel to AMD. This is for a home server so that is why...
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    And Now We're Headed For The GREATEST Depression

    Very good video on yahoo today. Not sure I agree with everything he is saying, but the general idea I do agree with. I have been saying this for a long time. Big corporations are what is ruining our country. These corporations are the ones driving off-shoring and other behavior that has...
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    Applications and Files best stored on an SSD

    As the title says how have most of you decided what resides on the SSD and what can stay on the HDD? I would assume you would want to put as much as you can on the SSD, but with the cost of those drives most of us have to make some sacrifices.
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    Banking execs say gov't needs to back mortgages

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Banking-execs-say-govt-needs-apf-1176865107.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode= So the banks want the government to back the entire market and in exchange they won't charge huge interest rates. So it looks like the government (aka tax payers) are going to...
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    U.S. Economy Is Increasingly Tied to the Rich

    http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110258/us-economy-is-increasingly-tied-to-the-rich Even more evidence that we are not heading for a very sustainable recovery. :(
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    How soon before we start seeing new stuff?

    As the title says, what is the consensus on when we will start seeing new stuff hit the shelves?
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    How The Rich Are Winning

    http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110113/how-the-rich-are-winning?mod=family-love_money&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode= Some on these boards and in this country think we should just let this inequality continue. It seems apparent to me that to continue on this path will...
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    Bank Account Suggestions

    Just wondering if people have any suggestions for a savings/checking account. I'm currently with Chase, but only because Washington Mutual went bankrupt. I don't really care for Chase, but I made the time to find something new. Would be nice to find something with a decent interest rate.
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    New Car

    So I have been looking to get a new car. (new or used) I'm not really sure what I want though. I like the idea of something like a Ford Explorer Sport-Trac, but at the same time would like something with better gas mileage. Currently I drive an older Ford Ranger. I would like some suggestions...
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    Employer of Last Resort

    Why can't the government be the "employer of last resort"? They are already a "lender of last resort" for the financial industry. They are also essentially giving wall st welfare to remain in business. They are lending them money at or near 0% interest and borrowing that money back at 3-4%...
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    Starting an IT Career

    I'm graduating from college with a degree in information technology management. I have also been working for the school as a network technician for almost 2 years now. I would like to be a network or system Administrator eventually but not 100% sure the best route to take. I have not done any...
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    ProveIT Assessments

    Anyone here been asked to complete these tests? http://www.proveit.com/default.htm Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Administration Active Directory Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administration Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administration Network Administration Technical Support -...
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    Limited Liability

    Ok I'm not an expert in any way on the subject, but I wanted to start a topic based on LLCs and other Corporations which allow the owners, managers, etc to limit their personal liability. I can see the benefits to such a system. It encourages people to try new things and take a chance. My...
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    Force windows to keep a Plug and Play driver

    My question is about display drivers. First some background. We have a windows computer attached to and LG monitor and the LG monitor is plug and play compatible. Using a standard VGA cable windows finds the display and everything works fine. The problem is for our particular installation we...
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    SQL statement help

    This is for a class I'm taking but I'm stumped at how to do this specific question. The question is: In which years did the total donated exceed the goal for the year. The tables are: YEAR year(pk), yeargoal GIFT amount, year(pk), donorno(pk) DONOR donorno(pk), dlname...
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    Web filter software

    I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a web filtering program. We have 20-30 public use computers we would like to filter out stuff like porn and such. We currently have filterpak because it was here when my boss started so we just used it. We are looking for something with more...
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    The Real Problem with the Economy Is...

    http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-...re?tickers=dia,spy,xlf Very intriguing article to me. I have seen other posts on this forum talking about this very thing. Seems we see this happening all over with the "jobless recovery." Where are the jobs going to come from? Technology is ever...
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    "Congratulations, Bankers -- You're Rich Again"

    http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/181560 Very interesting to see his opinion. So the bankers on Wall ST. cause the problem. They get bailed out of their problem because its a systemic risk, and the taxpayer is left holding the bag. Now many of them are back to "business as...
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    James Galbraith - Economist - Bailing out Banks

    Can someone please explain to me why the FDIC should not do as this economist is saying? Video I'm not a huge financial person, but this makes so much more sense than bailing out the idiots/thieves who got us into this mess.
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    Excel 2007 on XP problem

    Ok the problem is when I click on an excel file excel opens, but not the workbook. Then clicking the office button, right clicking the mouse, and many other things the workbook mysteriously opens. It's really not a huge problem, but more of an annoyance. Was wondering if any of you...
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    Windows Vista 64 bit problem

    As posted in the topic I can not turn on or off any features in windows. I get the same error over and over. The only thing I have found to fix this is reinstalling the OS using the upgrade option. I can't do this however because my disks don't have SP1. I tried uninstalling SP1 and then doing...
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    Bill Moyers Journal

    http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10242008/watch.html Link has a video and transcript on the page. There was more than this on the 1 hour show. This was just the opening. He then interviewed economist, James K. Galbraith about some very big changes he feels we need to make to our entire...
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    Bankers getting bonuses

    http://video.aol.com/video-det...bonus-binge/1005104055 I just don't get how most of these banks can justify paying out bonuses when the government had to step in and keep them from going bankrupt. These bankers and people on wall street seem to be living in an entirely different reality...
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    Does Wall Street Need to Be Able to Fail?

    http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-...F,^IXIP,^DJIA,^GSPC,GM There is a video on the same page talking about the problem and how finance is now so intertwined in our economy that if we let it fail our entire system fails. The person in the video says something needs to be done so finance can fail...
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    Nouriel Roubini

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/comm...etturmoil.creditcrunch I have been looking at what this guy has been talking about recently and he makes a lot of sense. He was even talking in a video I saw today that another large bank (possibly Citi) could fail. He was also talking about automakers...
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    Fuld in the hot seat

    http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/u...&src=finance&ch=289023 kind of funny to watch him squirm.
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    Total Corruption

    It's pretty sad how corrupt things have got in Washington. Both sides are doing and it has become a way of life for everyone involved. "If we don't do anything about the way the conventions are financed, we have a danger that our democracy is going to be severely damaged by unequal access and...
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    Even rappers are feeling the pain

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yh1NHRP3NA Funny stuff if you ask me.
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    Start bailing out Freddie Mac with Richard Syron's $38 million

    http://www.bloggingstocks.com/...ard-syrons-38-million/ This article seems to elude to congress (un-named lawmaker) putting pressure on Syron to bad loans. I also like this quote. :D "The idea of private profit and socialized losses has got to end."
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    China stealing more money, jobs than you think

    http://www.bristolpress.com/si...1&dept_id=665528&rfi=6 "So, this past week when the Economic Policy Institute released a study showing that between 2001 and 2007, 2.3 million American jobs were lost some economists shrugged their shoulders." "Nearly a third (31 percent) of the jobs lost...
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    Microsoft Access 2007

    I'm starting an IT degree and need to pass a test so I can bypass the 1 credit 100 level class teaching the basics of access. I have the program and have used it a little, but I'm not very familiar with the program. I took the word and excel tests already and they are not very hard, but you...
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    Worth buying 8800gt now?

    As topic says. Is it worth upgrading now or should I wait till after the new stuff comes out and prices drop? Currently have x1950pro. How much do prices typically drop once new stuff comes out?
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    Thin Station losing connection to server

    I'm trying to help a friend, who manages a pediatric clinic, with some problems they are having. They run Thin Station on 2 computers and both are setup identical, but 1 of the computers loses its connection to the server repeatedly. I'm not an administrator or anything like that, but was hoping...