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    Strange Firefox problem

    A few days ago the power flickered and my computer shutdown. Windows and everything was fine but firefox now will not restore my tabs when I open it. I usually have about 24 tabs open and just leave the browser open all the time. The problem I am having is the pages in the tabs come up empty and...
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    Petition Urges Sesame Street's Bert And Ernie To Wed

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/10/bert-ernie-gay-marriage_n_923147.html
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    Is it worth getting a GED if I have no plans on going to college?

    Not that it would help me very much finding a job since the ratio is about 600 job seekers to 1 position around here. I am trying to get my life back on track and have not had a job since early 2005. Will it even matter if I have a GED or not when there are people with degree's that can't find...
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    CM Punk new WWE Champ!

    That was one sweet PPV. I can't wait to see what he does with it now that he has left the WWE.
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    ASUS VE258Q is this a good monitor?

    I am using my 26 inch Samsung HDTV currently and it is starting to die on me. I mostly play games and watch movies on my pc. I thought this Asus monitor might be decent because it has the inputs I need and it is 16:9 which I prefer. Anyone use one of these before?
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    Anyone using these speakers?

    I am looking at the Yamaha HS50M speakers for my TV/Computer. I mostly play games and watch movies on this system. The speakers on my monitor kind of suck and was wondering how good the Yamaha's are. The reason I am looking at these specific speakers is I read that they are extremely accurate...
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    I need a new monitor.

    My old display which is a samsung 26 inch lcd tv is starting to fail. I need at least another 26 inch monitor with HDMI and a tv tuner. The monitor should have decent speakers built in also. Any suggestions?
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    Looking for slow paced FPS games

    Something that is good for beginners to FPS games.
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    How do I make Oblivion look the best it can?

    I decided to dust off my copy of Oblivion since I never finished it. I was just wondering what the best mods are for this game.
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    Annoying monitor problem.

    My monitor/tv is a Samsung LN26B460. Lately it has this problem where it blacks out for a second and returns to normal as if I am switching inputs. I am using the HDMI connection and every so often it acts like I just switched to HDMI. It shows HDMI it the upper left corner along with the...
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    Looking for non FPS co-op games.

    Just picked up a few wireless x360 controllers. I am using a mac mini 2010 hooked up to a 32 inch lcd tv. The mini has windows 7 x64 on it. I am looking for more co-op games along the lines of the death spank series style of game play.
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    BitCoins?

    I have heard a few people on the forums mention these. Is this like a paid distributed computing thing? Maybe someone can explain it in layman terms. I have checked the wiki for it and it still seems a bit confusing.
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    How to get a Asus Windows 7 Home Premium x64 disc?

    The netbook I have originally came with win7 home premium. I wiped the drive and had ubuntu on the netbook for quite a long time. A friend wants to buy my netbook but wants windows 7 on it. No OS dvd came with the netbook so how do I go about getting the asus OEM windows 7 dvd?
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    New CPU cooler?

    Is it worth trying to get a stock phenom x6 cooler to use on my x3 450? I notice that it has heat pipes and was wondering how much better it would be than the x3's stock cooler. I might be able to get one for free from someone that upgraded the stock cooling.
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    Not sure where to ask this at but..

    I am fairly certain this will be easy to answer by many but I must still ask. Why is there no software that gives you the ability to take unused cores and create a profile for games that will treat 2 cores as 1. For instance some games are only optimized for dual core. In theory would it...
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    Wii remote for FPS games?

    Is anyone using this setup if so what software do you need for it to work. I currently have this setup working only for use with Dolphin but would like to use it instead of KB/Mouse for FPS games.
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    Superfetch keep enabled or disable it?

    I do mostly gaming on my system I have 6 gigs of ram and the swap file disabled. I am not sure what to do with superfetch though. I have only SSD drives in my system do I really need superfetch?
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    Games that support gamepads?

    I pretty much use my DS3 controller exclusively in games. It is just more comfortable to use on my system since it is hooked to a tv. I like to sit on the couch and play with the gamepad. Current games I am playing are the following. Just Cause 2 GTA 4 Mafia 2 Assassins Creed2 I am looking...
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    What gains do I get by raising the bus speed?

    I am just wondering what kind of performance increases I will get from raising the bus speed and lowering the multiplier to keep the cpu running at the same speed Ghz wise.
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    Open source dvd creator?

    I need to put some tv shows that are currently xvid format onto a dvd. I have never done anything like this before. Is there any open source software that will allow me to do this? If not is there a shareware solution that will let me do this?
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    HD 5570 with a 150 watt psu?

    Would it be possible? I know it states it should have a 400 watt psu. I was wondering if I could underclock it and it would work or would it not boot with a 150 watt psu at all?
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    Distros that fit on a 2 gig hdd?

    I have a 1201n without a hdd that I would like to install linux on. Just wondering if there are any distros that will install to a 2 gig sd card or a 2 gig pen drive.
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    Looking for games that will run well on my system.

    I am looking for games that will run at 60 fps at 1024x768 on my system. The types of games I enjoy are mostly RPG and FPS. I do not plan on upgrading my video card for about 6 months. My system specs are the following. AMD X3 450 3.2 Ghz 6 gigs of 1066Mhz Ram 880G HD4250 128GB Kingston SNV...