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    Basketball Glasses/Goggles

    thinking about getting something like this http://www.sporteyes.biz/Eyewear-by-Sport/Basketball-Goggles/Liberty-Sport-F8-Morpheus-II-p262.html or this http://www.sporteyes.biz/Eyewear-by-Sport/Basketball-Goggles/Hilco-Metrix-p994.html anyone have experience with these or others?
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    suit for interview

    Got a job interview. Need ATOT suggestions for a suit (brand, where to shop). halp! edit: budget is maybe $200? idk what's reasonable.
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    kettlebells anyone?

    I'm trying to cipher through the marketing and hype of them. I looked at a few of the exercises and they look EXACTLY like similar dumbbell exercises. I'm trying to add something to my normal cardio routine (an hr on the elliptical machine). are they worth it?
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    help, super low write speeds on Kingston SNVP325-S2

    finally got an SSD and put it through ATTO. The first run I got good read speeds, about 190-200 which is reasonable for 230 on Kingston website. But the write speeds were HORRENDOUS, like 20 mb/s. SO I used that SSD tweaker utility floating around, and doesn't change my write speeds and makes...
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    User input on IP35-Pro please (or other p35/p45)

    I have a EVGA 750i SLI FTW that I want to change with another motherboard. I had some problems with wireless PCI cards and high latency; other odds and ends about this board make me not fond of it. Anyway I am looking into a IP35 Pro and could use some advice/tips from current users. I would...
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    quick question about pc133 memory compatibility....

    I have an old Compaq Pentium 3 computer, and looking to upgrade RAM. The RAM included is pc100, but I can only find a good deal on pc133. I'm not sure if the motherboard will support pc133, so will the motherboard just declock it to pc100? or will it not work at all? thanks for the help, i know...
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    did diskeeper destroy one of my hard drives? please help

    so I downloaded Diskeeper to defrag my hard drives. One is a WD raptor 36gb (this has XP and ubuntu/main apps etc) and other a maxtor 120gb one (data). I was wary of setting it to "automatically defrag" in the background. So i first did a regular defrag, then turned that option on. So then I'm...
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    help w/ wireless connection: DD-WRT v24/WRT54G

    OK, so lately my wireless connection is ticking me off, so much that I really feel like throwing the POS around some, but anyway... I have a WMP54G wireless card in my computer. It has been slowly dropping the connection to the router everytime i surf or download images/vids etc. I thought...
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    help! paper topic...

    So for some reason i'm having trouble coming up with a good International Relations topic for my paper(5-8 pgs). Can anyone throw some suggestions/topics out there that I can find information relatively easily? All help is much appreciated
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    Please delete...Double Post!!!

    Here's a snapshot I closed all programs before taking the snap...It keeps spiking up from 0-2% then 4%, then sometimes reaching as high 10-15%. If I switch programs/right click/basically do anything, there's a good 5-7 second pause before it does the command, so it does get frustrating after...
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    erratic cpu usage...any help appreciated

    Here's a snapshot I closed all programs before taking the snap...It keeps spiking up from 0-2% then 4%, then sometimes reaching as high 10-15%. If I switch programs/right click/basically do anything, there's a good 5-7 second pause before it does the command, so it does get frustrating after...
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    traveling...suggestions needed

    As soon as school is over, I will be heading to Malaysia (Kuala Lampur), Indonesia (jakarata/bali), Thailand (Bangkok I think), and Vietnam (Hanoi). Then, I will be going to India. Where would the best place be to buy technology stuff, like laptops, cell phones etc. Also, do you guys have any...
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    Potential investor...some advice?

    Hey I would like to learn more about investing in the stock market and/or real estate. Can anyone recommend a good book covering these topics for beginner's? Also if you have any personal advice you would like to share, that would be much appreciated as well. Thanks!
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    Any suggestions for a poor student?? =(

    I have a POS laptop that is just about to blow up in my face (literally) one of these nights. A lot of the pixels are dead and there are a whole bunch of "spots" on the LCD. And anytime i do something mildly intensive the cpu shuts off and boom i lose all my work. I've tried cleaning it, buying...
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    newbie question about harddrive...

    sup everybody, i have a really old computer, like P3 600 mhz old. Anyway, i am in dire need of a hard drive. So my question is, i checked the statistics of my computer with Everest Home edition, and the hard drive already in the computer has an IDE ATA/66 interface. So if i buy a hard drive...