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    Own a Lenovo Thinkpad? For you own sake, read the warnings pamphlet that came with it

    So I just got a new Lenovo Thinkpad assigned to me from my employer and I happened to be glancing over the little warnings/readme pamphlet that came with it that tells you where to download the full manual and such and I happened to notice the following warning: "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) cable...
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    Ok to use SATA 1.0 Optical drive on a SATA 2.0 controller?

    I have an old SATA 1.5 G/s dvd drive I want to keep for use in my new system which only has SATA 2.0 (3 G/s) and SATA 3 (6.0 G/s) controller ports on it. Will I have any problem with this? Will it be gimped or anything? It is a TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L on an Asus p8p67 Pro motherboard.
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    Anybody using a 120Hz LCD for non-3d gaming?

    So...I'm in the middle of doing a whole system refresh including monitor for the first time in about 6 years or so. I currently use a non-widescreen Samsung Syncmaster with a native resolution of 1280x1024. My new system is going to have a GTX 470 so I'll finally have enough guts in my system to...
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    Why do you 'boot' a computer?

    Or more precisely...why is the term for turning on / starting up a computer called "boot?" Where did this term originate? How did it become the commonly used word to mean what it does in the context of computing? I know a lot about computers. I'm highly computer literate but this one escapes...
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    Rant/PSA - Email

    Email is a fantastic tool for ensuring that your message is promptly delivered to a large audience of recipients simultaneously. It is not so great at ensuring prompt receipt of said message. Therefore it is fallacious to rely on email as an urgent means of communication by which to elicit...
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    Did anybody else mistakenly think yesterday was Father's Day?

    Ok, at first I thought it was just me. I was the only one in my house yesterday who thought yesterday was father's day. In my defense, I'm pretty sure my wife had previously told me that it was but then later she found out she had it wrong but never bothered updating me on that discovery...
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    Can this dvd drive be fixed? (trouble ejecting discs)

    I have a DVD ROM drive in my PC that is in working order except for the fact that for whatever reason recently it has trouble ejecting discs. It's just your basic tray loading internal DVD drive with a button you push on the front to open/close the tray. The tray opens and closes fine when the...
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    CO2 is green.

    Has anybody seen these commercials where they actually try to convince us that it is better the more CO2 we spew into the atmosphere because it helps plants to grow and it's not a greenhouse gas? It's like they are completely oblivious to the concept of moderation and balance. Do they really...
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    Repent! The end is nigh!

    Terrorists. . .the war in Iraq. . .economy collapsing. . .the U.S. dollar becoming worthless. . .banks imploding. . .housing and real estate markets all upside down with record numbers of home foreclosures. . .record high gas and oil prices. . .rampant illegal immigration and insecure national...
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    How far in advance does your employer ask for your vacation plans?

    :| Yesterday just got an "URGENT" email from my "team lead" saying that our "manager" has asked for dates of our vacation plans if we are planning on taking more than 2 days off at a time between now and. . . AUGUST 15. That's only about a month shy of asking for a half year advance notice of...
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    anybody ever had to have their roof reshingled?

    I have a 3 story town house that is about 20 years old now and I noticed the other day that a few of the shingles are missing and some of the other ones are looking loose. I'm guessing this is it's original roof and it's probably about time to have it reshingled. So far there don't appear to...
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    Is my video card dying?

    Please see original thread here.
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    Is my 7900GT dying or is this a driver problem?

    During gaming on various different games, my screen (Samsung Syncmaster 930B) just suddenly becomes completely garbled/scrambled. See a picture of the problem here: Picture of screen The problem I am having has been happening with slowly increasing frequency for probably the last 6 months or...
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    Finding freelance programming/web dev work

    I'm in a regular day job that pays good and is close to home but is not really interesting or challenging. It pays the rent and puts food on the table if you know what I mean, but I feel like I'm just sort of stagnating and bored. I've heard there are some websites you can go to and register...
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    Darkfall - Will it suck or rawk!?

    Game home page. Wiki page I caught a trailer for this game a while back and man did it look AWESOME. But apparently its been in the work for like 6 years now. It is a MMORPG style game that moves away from the typical "stats and dice" combat model and more into the FPS type style...
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    Isn't it ironic?

    People like to rant and rave and rail on Microsoft Internet Explorer and extol the virtues of Firefox. Microsoft sucks! Mozilla forever! etc etc etc. . . But check out this link: Firefox themes by popularity descending That's right, the most popular look and feel theme for Firefox is...
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    Can I reuse my heatsink / fan on new CPU?

    I want to move from a single core Athlon 64 to a Athlon 64 X2 dual core on my old socket 939 system. When I originally built the machine I used a retail box CPU that came with the heatsink and fan. Now I am ordering the new dual core CPU but it is OEM. I am going to assume it's ok just to...
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    So are all DVD burners about the same these days?

    I'm finally going to get a DVD burner for my computer for the purposes of trying to make some DVD's from my collection of family DV tapes to distribute to family members for play on set-top DVD players. I went to google up some reviews of current hardware but everything I seem to be finding is...
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    What software offers good DV editing AND DVD authoring in one package?

    So I got myself a Panasonic MiniDV video camera (the PV-GS400 if it matters) a while back and I have accumulated several hours worth of footage of our baby daughter and various other family events on several DV tapes now. I want to try my hand at some DV editing and produce some DVD's for...
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    Thanks, mods.

    Thanks you :) Sorry for the second account I made, just got a bit antsy.
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    Any truth to this "chain email" letter?

    Just got this "chain letter" type email from a co-worker. . .it has the ring of being one of those urban legend kind of things but I had never seen this particular one before. Think there could be any truth to it? Text is as follows: My husband has a friend whose mother recently got...
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    Has world oil production peaked?

    I was watching this documentary the other day entitled "The End of Suburbia" where the whole premise was that the worlds oil production capacity has peaked or is at least very close to reaching that peak. It then theorizes what the effects on suburban America will be as oil prices continue to...
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    YACT: Car w/ manual transmission moves while in neutral

    Ok gear heads, what could cause this problem? Here's the deal: 2000 Nissan Xterra with manual stick shift transmission. Parked on a flat level surface. To start my car, it requires you push the clutch pedal all the way to the floor. So I do this and then start the ignition. After the...
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    Citizenship Reform Act - coming this Feb. (link updated)

    Link to Story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246798,00.html Let's vote on it now! Discuss. As I see it, this would remove one incentive for people to sneak in here illegally effectively denying them that "foot in the door." Because nobody wants to have to deal with the issue once...
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    Do you have a yearly "Utilization Target" at work?

    Anybody else in this boat? I work in a job where we have an annual "utilization target." For those not familiar this is a target percentage of the total available work hours in a year that you are expected to bill or else contribute to proposal work. For those of you that are in this same...
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    BC has been live 12 hours now!

    So is anybody level 61 yet? How close are you? Trying to get a feel for the level grind duration. (Of course if you are level 61 already you are probably busily playing WoW and not trolling these forums I guess. . .)
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    Why aren't there any durable PC gaming headset/mics?

    I like to play WoW and CounterStrike. I like to have a headphone/mic set on while doing so for raids and team coordination and such. But every one I have had in the past breaks! Why!? It doesn't seem like that difficult of a thing to make and make well. I don't abuse my hardware. I take...
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    Grammar Nazis, please help!

    I got in a debate with a coworker on which spelling is the proper one for this word: supercede or supersede The obvious answer is one uses an 's' and the other a 'c.' But why? I find matches for both spellings in dictionary.com. What is the difference, if any, between the two spellings...
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    Are we still legally liable for this debt after 3 years?

    Ok I will preface my story by saying I live in Maryland. That might make a difference or not, I don't know. Here's the situation: My wife taught at a certain public elementary school in a certain county during the 2003 school year. At the end of the year, she quit because we moved too far...
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    Would the boat sink?

    So you have a boat that can carry 100 pounds of cargo. If you load it with any more than 100 pounds it will sink. You have a cargo container that weights lets say. . .10 pounds, and inside it is 91 pounds of live hummingbirds. There are a couple of tiny airholes in the top but other than that...
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    Want a 7900 GT but I'm afraid of the horror stories

    I was looking at upgrading my systems video card from a dual 6600 GT SLI setup to just a plain old single 7900 GT. I am tired of the flaky driver support and the instability I've experienced with SLI over the past couple years. And the single 7900 GT would give way better performance than 2...
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    Funny drunk joke

    I stuck this joke into a new post because it was too long to fit the spirit of the 'a guy walks into a bar' thread. But that thread reminded me of this funny joke I heard long ago. A young newlywed business man decides he's going to go out to the bar with his business partners after work...
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    Need a good computer desk for 2 machines

    I run 2 systems in my home office. One for "work" and the other for games and entertainment. I have them set up both on the same desk but it is not ideal really. It's cluttered and awkward. Does anybody know of any desks made specifically as computer workstation desks that are specifically...
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    Comcast customers beware

    Just to warn everybody who might use comcast out there, I received a very official looking (but not quite official enough to fool me) email, even having a comcast.net return address on it, regarding some security info. It directs you to this site...
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    How much improvement will I see?

    First things first, system specs: Asus A8N SLI Deluxe motherboard Athlon 64 3200 (Winchester) 1 Gig Corsair PC3200 DDR (dual channel) 2 x BFG 6600GT (SLI) So would you guys think it'd be worth it to go from a 6600 GT SLI setup to a single 7900 GS? I am thinking there would be an...
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    Need camcorder advice

    So my wife and I had our first child, a daughter, about 3 months ago back in April and we've been using our Canon SD450 digital camera to capture little bits and pieces of video footage. But soon she's going to be doing those momentous "first" things and the digital camera isn't going to cut it...
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    Is it ok to put Ethanol in a regular car

    So I pull in to me neighborhood gas station and I notice all the pumps have a sign on them now that reads "Contains 10% Ethanol." Being a little bit uneasy but totally on "E" I filled up with $15 worth. Is this going to affect the performance of my car or hurt it in any way? It is nothing...
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    Is there a way to find out who a license plate is registered to?

    I was leaving my work parking lot yesterday and was sitting at the traffic light waiting to exit the parking lot and get onto the road and I look over next to me and the guy in the next car is trying discretely (but failing) to sneak some sips of a Bud Light while he was driving. First I gotta...
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    I'm going to Mexico

    David M. Bresnahan April 1, 2006 NewsWithViews.com MR. PRESIDENT, I'M HEADED TO MEXICO Dear President Bush: I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I...
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    YAWoWT: Anybody tried Onyxia since WoW patch 1.10?

    So our raid group finally gets rolling last night for our regular Wednesday night Onyxia raid (Horde, Burning Legion server) about 1/2 hour late due to the normal log in and server performance issues, disconnects, etc. . .to which we have all become so accustomed now. Now we have Onyxia on farm...