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  1. rstove02

    Home Insurance Policy/Deductable Questions

    Why is it that companies that write home insurance policies get to dictate the "replacement amount" of the house and its contents with no recourse from the policy holder? Why would a market value house of 74k with 20k (generous) of belongings inside require a $188k policy with $94k belongings...
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    Brew Masters - Discovery Channel

    Anyone else catch the new show Brew Masters on Discovery? Have not researched the show, but I am hoping that the whole series is going star Sam from Dogfish Head Brewery. That guy is extremely likable plus is willing to experiment and try different brews. Have tried a few of their brews...
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    Are there any decent credit card companies left?

    Not like there were many to being with though. Am looking for any recommendations (or horror stories) on credit cards companies. Here is my recent story that resulted in me canceling my card and seeking a new one: Newegg purchase of $250 using a credit card that I have bought from Newegg...
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    PS3 Slim 40nm RSX availability *confirmed*

    Was wondering if anyone has seen the new PS3 Slim with the 40nm RSX GPU in the wild in any US stores yet? If not, was there any ETA when these would start to appear? Edit: The new PS3 Slims are now out in the wild that contain the 40nm RSX GPU. Seems the best bets right now are Target...
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    Jibjab's Review of 2009

    Searched and only found links to the JibJab Obama superhero links. Here is JibJab's review of 2009, enjoy: JibJab 2009
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    Well it was fun while it lasted

    2010 Nissan Versa 1.8SL hatchback Driving the speed limit (45 mph) and got T-boned by someone in a 93 Dodge pickup that was oblivious to their stop sign or did not see me. Lost control after the impact and spun out and hit/jumped a 6" concrete curb at a 45 degree angle. Both front and back...
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    C2D laptop with GTS250M - MIA?

    Has anyone else noticed the sheer non-existence of any laptops equipped with the relatively new GTS250M and any processor other that the i7? I for one was waiting for this video card to come out because of its good price/performance and power/performance ratio and am a little bummed that that...
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    Any new info on the Nvidia 200m series?

    Did not know if this would of been more applicable in the video card or laptop forums, so if I picked the wrong one, mods please move it to the other forum. Thank you. Over a month ago I started getting the itch to upgrade my modest gaming laptop and came across Nvidia's press release of...
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    What the heck, I got a ticket

    I ran over a guy that was riding a bicycle while changing lanes without signaling as I was going 37 mph over the limit while talking on a cell phone and having a half empty open container of beer in my hand. Those damn power tripping cops gave me a ticket for $2392 that was uncalled for....I...
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    Recommend a 22" widescreen monitor

    My 19" widescreen monitor just gave up the ghost and was looking for a quick ping for suggestions a good bang-for-the-buck widescreen monitor in the 22" range. Edited to add some extra info. Requires DVI input, am running a Evga 8800GTS 320 video card. Used mostly for surfing and gaming...
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    Have upgraded to wireless router

    Bought a WRT54GL wireless router. So far I have done the following: 1) Updated to latest firmware. 2) Changed the login password to the router. 3) Disabled SSID broadcast. 4) Changed SSID. 5) Changed router name. 6) Enabled WPA2 encryption. 7) Reduced the number of connections from 100...
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    Calling all Star Trek fiction geeks

    Long story short, at my work place the work tapers off this time of year and was looking to buy a few Trek books to read to kill the time and wanted to know are there any books that involve the following: 1) The return of Data or B4 (earlier prototype of Data) in the Next Generation. 2)...
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    Recommend an online joke T-shirt store

    Title says it all. Am looking for an good online joke T-shirt store, preferably some place that has a wide selection and good quality (i.e. they do not fall apart). Before anyone says this....I am NOT looking for bulk ordering. Thanks in advance.
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    Mini "Smart" Car

    Smart Car I remember a similar car being hyped during the Superbowl about 3 years ago or so. That one turned into a miserable failure. Think this time it's another company making the cars, but I really do not think that this one will do much better. Wonder how a vehicle like this one...
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    Question about microwaves

    It the 'cooking ability' of a microwave dependent on the wattage per cubic foot or just plain wattage? The reason I ask this is that I had a 1100W 2.0 CuFt microwave that went bad on me and I replaced it with a 1100W 1.0 CuFt model. The new model seems to warm up the same quantities of food...
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    Need Oblivion help

    Is there a way to bind power attacks to a key on the keyboard so I do not have to do the back/left/right/forward movement key and click on attack at the same time? Tried searching round using Google and came up with nada. Thanks
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    How does multiple 12V rails work

    Currently using a S12 seasonic 500 watt power supply that has two 12V rails a 16A one and a 17A one. How do I know which power connectors come from which rail....there are like 8 cables coming out of it....SATA power cables, 4pin power cables, 6pin power cable (for video card)...etc..etc...
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    New EVGA 8800GTS 320MB

    After installing the new EVGA 8800GTS 320MB superclocked video card I have seen the following items: 1) CDROM drive intermittently being detected by motherboard even though I can open/close the drive 2) Quick blue screen during boot up of XP followed by immediate reboot 3) Stuttering/hang in...
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    Will Seasonic S-12 500w power a 8800GTS?

    Other components in system AMD 3700+ processor (not overclocked) standard 939GT motherboard 1 hard drive 1 dvd drive 1 Creative Labs X-Fi sound card TIA
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    Events that caused depression/sadness

    Found out last night that they permanently closed the Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios in Orlando. Even though it have been over five years since my last trip to Universal...was bummed to find out that it was closed back in October.
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    Need help finding a website

    Tried to google for it and could not find it. It was a web site the listed a ton of different forum personas/stereotypes. It gave a caricature and description of each and their arch enemies. Things like "Grammar Nazi" and "Flamer" or such. Wanted to show the site to a coworker, but not...
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    Recommend me some dry cider

    Getting the holiday shakes for dry cider. Sadly the Albertsons (grocery chain) went through a rash of store closings and was the only place in the area to carry Woodchuck brand of dry ciders (Dark & Dry one was my favorite). Can anyone name some other brand names of dry cider that are good...
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    Anyone find it humorous?

    Why does the eye doctor wait till the end of a checkup before taking you over to the frames section to get new glasses? All I can say is that it is pretty damn hard to pick out frames when your eyes are messed up cause of the dilation drops they give you. At that point it is hard to tell the...
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    Anyone else here waiting for 650i Ultra?

    Looking to upgrade my system, but the current trend of $299-$399 680i motherboards combined with $199-$399 memory prices seems a little steep. Grown kind of used to the processor being the most expensive item with the memory and motherboard prices being less. Now do not get me wrong, the...
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    Sid Meier's Pirates

    Googled around for it and found squat (damn keyword pirates is too popular). Is there a way to get the game into 1440x900 (widescreen mode)?
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    How often do fast food places goof up you order?

    Which chains, in your opinion, are the worst at getting your order right? I know that you can not expect super high success rates with people being paid at or near minimum wage... but some places surprise me. I consider Burger King the absolute worst chain of them all. Over 50% of the...
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    Best image format to use

    Have a friend that works at a company that has single page signed certificates on parts they ordered and need to keep a copy of them for over 7 years. They are thinking of converting them to soft copy by scanning them and later viewing and printing them out on an as needed basis. The...
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    Problem with Linksys router

    Within the last week my Linksys router seems to not like to accept changes very well. I would log into the router through the web browser just fine using the router's login and password. Then I would make changes to the router confiuration (mostly disabling and enabling P2P ports when...
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    Question about web browsers....

    Are images, java scripts and such still downloaded by the browser even if displaying/loading them is disabled via the browser control panel?
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    Beware of Zipzoomfly

    Here is my little story: Ordered a in-stock marked laptop before noon PST on Monday and selected 2 day shipping in an attempt to get it on Thursday the latest, given their 1-2 business days before item ships policy. Get an email from them 9:07am PST on Tuesday saying they having problem...
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    ATI Laptop video cards

    Was shopping around for a new laptop and saw the following three different ATI video cards in laptop. Anyone out there know their order in terms of power? ATI Radeon Express M200 ATI X300 ATI X700 TIA
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    I just do not get women sometimes

    Think one of the many reasons is because I am an engineer. if only they came with a fixed list of requirements that do not change. Anywho here is my story.... Four months ago I go on a blind date with a gal. Was one of those friend of a friend of a friend of a coworker kinda deals. I...
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    Looking for a laptop

    1) Going to be used for work/play, but not heavy gaming. Do not play FPS'ers, mostly RPGs and turn based stradegy. 2) $1k limit 3) Purchasable from B&M stores (Circuit City, CompUSA, Sams Club, Best Buy, Office Depot, Office Max are some local stores). No Fry's in Florida so not them. 4)...
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    Looking for a Privateer like game

    The title says it all. I am looking for a modern game that is as close as possible to the original Privateer. Here are my requirements: 1) Not Freelancer - beat it but game was too ridgid 2) Made in year 2001 or higher 3) Open ended where you can go off and do your own thing and completly...
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    YAWoWT: What would you change to your class?

    Decided to write up a suggestion of changes for the main class I play...namely priests: Item #1 - End spec line talent for Discipline Move ward fear to the end spec discipline talent. What to replace the dwarf?s priest ability I will cover later. A priest mastering in the art of discipline...
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    General memory scanner cheat program

    I remember having a nifty little program 4+ years ago that was called Cheese-O-Matic or something close to that. You basically start it up, select from a list of running programs, and enter the current value and click on the scan button. Then you would go back to the game and change the...
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    Looking for a new mattress...

    My old mattress is starting to show it's age (had it since start of college and have graduated 7 years ago) and started looking around to buying a new one. Only problem is there seems to be 5,000+ different types and little info on the net about them. One type I had my eye on was Simmons...
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    Fallout 2 Character Builds

    Hard to find much info on character builds for this game now (guess since it was released back in '98 and considered "ancient" now). Was looking for some sort of character creation and development guide to create an ultimate 'sniper' character with small guns only to use unarmed if out of...
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    What is the 4-pin power connector used for?

    The 4-pin disk drive power connector on the NF4 motherboards....what is it used to power? The motherboard I bought did not say it was used for anything....but there has to be a reason it is there....
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    Connecting a SATA drives makes system slow

    Just purchased a Jetway 939GT4-SLI (nForce4)motherboard and have everything setup to start loading windows XP onto it. Here some upfront info: (1) IDE drive on IDE2 channel (master) - DVDROM drive (1) SATA hard drive Seagate 160GB Boot order is floppy, CDROM, hard drive in that order...