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    Looking to jump ship from Apple to PC - Need replacement for '13 Macbook Pro

    I recently switched from my Iphone 5S to a Galaxy S6, and now that I'm Iphone-less my Macbook appeals to me much less than it used to. I've currently got the late '13 Macbook Pro Retina, the just-above entry level that just about everyone purchased with the 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. I'm...
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    Finally going with Powerline networking - Need some quick help

    Huh, okay, so really then, the two power line adapters will just act as one really long ethernet cable? I guess that makes sense now that I think about it. And then the DHCP will see 4 different MAC addresses plugged into one ethernet port and it will "know" to assign each of them an IP...
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    Finally going with Powerline networking - Need some quick help

    Hopefully these questions are pretty simple, I feel like I'm missing something pretty basic here but Googling isn't answering these questions for me: My house is currently set up so my internet connection (16 Mbps DSL) has one working phone jack which is in a room on the opposite side of the...
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    Hostess: I Shall Squeeze a Twinkie on the Ground For You

    So maybe someone who knows more about asset liquidation can answer this: If someone buys the NAMES for Hostess products (Twinkies, etc...) will the products taste the same? Would they use the same recipe and ingredients? I feel like when something similar happened with Hydrox (not bankruptcy...
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    Come support Arsenic Lullaby in Kickstarter!

    Or don't. Whatever floats your boat. But Doug Paszkiewicz's comic Arsenic Lullaby is effing amazing, and he's currently trying to raise money to self publish it. Check out out his Kickstarter project page here...
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    We have a pool, and a shed that's definitely not set up for water. I know those wires are wrapped around the gas line for some reason, but there's another one that's identical that's just in the middle of nothing. They're both basically a plastic tube in the ground with some heavy duty wires...
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    Excellent question, there's two or three of those poles around the back yard. I have no idea what they do. When the home inspector checked out the place last year (when we bought it) he didn't freak out about them so I assume they're fine, whatever they are.
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    Oh, our water lines are all exposed out here. The absolute coldest it ever gets is maybe 25 degrees at night here, there'll be the very very rare pipe freezing but it's always above freezing by 10 AM or so, so no one really had burst pipes around here. edit: Did I imagine your frozen pipes...
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    Oh nice, a fellow Tucsonan. If I do get it done I'll be sure to update the thread and let everyone know what the catch ended up being. There's gotta be one. (Hadn't thought of a "line service" fee they might tack on, good call) Also good advice bbhaag, I should have thought of that...
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    Sweet, thanks. Now I just have to figure out if it's some kind of scam, I don't understand why they're offering to do several thousand dollars worth of work for free. And yes, "ya'll" is something I picked up from my time living in Myrtle Beach. They also say "Buggy" instead of "cart" or...
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    Does this look like a gas line to ya'll?

    A little background: Our gas company Southwest Gas, for whatever reason, has been forced by the state commision to offer to replace customer owned gas lines. Currently my meter is close to 40 feet away from my house, in an alley. Alllll the underground piping is my responsibility. What...
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    EOS 20D - Decent Way to get into DSLR cheaply?

    Thanks all! Sorry, I should've mentioned, the 18-55 is the IS version, if I recall the 18-55 kit lenses before then were horrible so I wouldn't have even wanted it.. The price seemed pretty decent to me, if we're talking 200 for the body, 100 for the 50, and 100 for the kit lens. It's a...
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    EOS 20D - Decent Way to get into DSLR cheaply?

    I used to have a Canon T1i back in the day, but I ended up selling it because I never really used it. I learned the basics of DSLR photography, and the pictures came out fine, but it just didn't seem worth the 900 dollar investment I was making at the time considering my Canon point and shoot...
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    Gaming laptop recommendations...

    There's a couple of laptops hovering around the 700 dollar mark that have the Nvidia GT 540M GPU, which is pretty darn capable. The one I'm currently using is the MSI FX620DX which I believe is currently hovering at 690 bucks on Newegg.
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    HP Laptop running seriously hot

    Are you sure HW Monitor is reading right? I mean, I don't see why it wouldn't be I guess, but Core IX CPU's TJunction is 100 degrees C I thought. I don't think I've ever seen a mobile CPU hit 105 degrees. It shouldn't even be able to hit 105 degrees without shutting down.
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    Is my Laptop broken, or just in need of a laptop cooler?

    Ripping apart the notebook wasn't really that appealing to me, especially since I've never done more than pop the keyboard off a Dell Latitude before. So I decided to be lazy and simply buy a Cooler Max Notepal U2 and my peak temps dropped from 95 degrees C to 82 degrees. Seriously. Maybe...
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    Is my Laptop broken, or just in need of a laptop cooler?

    I have an MSI FX620DX, a 15.6 inch notebook. It's got a fairly run of the mill Core I5 2410M, and a decently fast Geforce GT540M GPU. The cooling fan spin up right quick when playing Crysis 2 (at native 1366x768 res and Advanced), and I decided to see how how the CPU was getting. Turns...
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    Core i3 2310m or A6-3400m for <$600 laptop

    Having recently done a ton of research into this exact question (well, for an A4, but still) I can tell you categorically stay away from the Aseries unless you're wanting to game. The 2310m stomps the A8 and that's a beefier processor than you're talking about in the A6. (This is from...
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    Which is going to generally be faster? Core I3 2310m or Core I5 480m w/ Nvidia 310m

    Thanks, appreciate the input. The only problem is that I'm REALLY trying to cap this purchase at 500 bucks, as I am an extremely casual gamer. I did check out the HD 3000 stuff at notebookcheck, the only thing is that's a core i5 or i7 they're testing, the HD 3000 on a core i3 runs a lot...
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    Which is going to generally be faster? Core I3 2310m or Core I5 480m w/ Nvidia 310m

    Still sifting through laptop choices. Obviously the Core I5 blows even the newer-gen Core I3 when it comes to CPU heavy tasks, but for light gaming, which is going to be the better option? The NVIDIA gpu is getting old, but there's not much info on how badly the I3's lower clock speed is going...
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    Need help choosing between a few different laptops.

    My laptop recently got gifted to someone else, and I'm currently rocking a fairly pedestrian Inspiron M5030 with a AMD P360 and a Radeon HD4250 integrated card. I'd like to spend maybe 350-400 dollars upgrading to a slighty better laptop. I don't do much taxing, I'd like something that could...
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    Has anyone identified the Jetblue passenger lady yet?

    I want to start taking bets on whether or not she's black. The odds are whatever they would be when the odds maker is 99 percent sure he knows the answer beforehand. Thread closed for being overly racist. -Admin DrPizza
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    Seattle officer punches girl in face during jaywalking stop

    The cop haters haven't shown up because the cop did nothing wrong. He didn't taze some old man in a wheelchair, power trip on a dumb skateboarder, or anything like that. This is a non-story, the only reason it's even a blip on anyone's radar is because it's a dude punching out a chick. If...
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    *** Official 2010 WWDC Thread *** Monday, June 7th

    For the Ipad launch someone found an actual streaming video site that showed the conference and then an after show where they discussed the launch. Anyone recall what the site was, or if there'll be any video coverage of this?
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    "Lost" Series Finale "The End" Sunday 9-11:30pm NO SPOILERS UNTIL AIRED

    Desmond's son wasn't there because he got old, lived his own life, and had his own wife present when HE died. You want to grow old and die with your wife/love of your life, not your kid. So that's who would be there at the end with you.
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    "Lost" Series Finale "The End" Sunday 9-11:30pm NO SPOILERS UNTIL AIRED

    Hurley's ability to see dead people existed for one reason: They needed to kill characters but still have said characters be involved a bit. Just accepting that as it leads to Hurley talking with dead people. It doesn't lead to further questions. Walt's powers existed to...what exactly...
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    "Lost" Series Finale "The End" Sunday 9-11:30pm NO SPOILERS UNTIL AIRED

    So that's why Penny was there, eh genius? It wasn't just for Island people, it was the Island people and whoever was important to them. That was, granted, mostly other Island people, but not exclusively. If Kate et al. had found someone to spend their lives with after leaving the lsland...
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    "Lost" Series Finale "The End" Sunday 9-11:30pm NO SPOILERS UNTIL AIRED

    Dude the people screaming "If you wanted to know what the Island was you are watching the wrong show!!!!11" are COMPLETELY missing the point. I'm only going to speak for myself here, but I have zero problem with the explanation to some stuff being "it's magic". The purgatory stuff for...
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    "Lost" Series Finale "The End" Sunday 9-11:30pm NO SPOILERS UNTIL AIRED

    "Emotionally satisfying, intellectually very frustrating" COMPLETELY ignoring the unanswered questions, and going solely on how I felt after the show ended, it was pretty epic. I grew to care about these characters, I was invested in them to the point that I was very sad to see them not only...
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    iPhone OS4 reveal on April 8th

    Is this gonna be an "event" that'll be livecast anywhere? Not like Engadget liveblogs, that was painful to try to follow along with, the Ipad reveal there were actually a few sites doing a webcast from in the audience. Anything like that going on this time?
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    Would the F14 Tomcats be so popular w/o the movie Top Gun?

    Of course it'd be popular, sweep wing = instant awesome.
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    New 5.1 home theater setup has no bass when tuned by 2EQ

    Interesting! I don't have an spl meter but a hard reset certainly couldn't hurt. Thanks!
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    New 5.1 home theater setup has no bass when tuned by 2EQ

    So I've got a new very very cheap and basic home theater setup, consisting of a Sony KDS-60A2000, Onkyo TX-SR604 receiver, Polk RM6750 5.1 speaker system, and a PS3. Now, I'm not expecting earth-shattering bass levels from this setup, but something just seems off about it. That Onkyo model...
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    "Best" TV under $1000?

    Are you sure it's 4-5 feet? That sounds awfully close. The viewing distance is really important because, let's say you're actually like 8 feet away. Unless you're doing like 55+ inches, you'll be fine with 720p, and there are some REALLY nice 50 or so inch 720p plasmas for only like 700 bucks...
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    Sony KDS-60A2000 (SXRD RPTV) for 700 bucks: Yea or Nay?

    There's a 60 inch Sony KDS-60A2000 being sold on Craigslist currently for 900 bucks. I told the guy he is insane and offered 700 bucks, and he hemmed and hawwed enough to be believable and then agreed. However, I wanted to run it by you folks first. After doing exhaustive research (read...
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    FREE Amazon prime 3 month membership (Even if you've already had the trial)

    Well, sorry. It did, for at least a month. There's several people who noted they'd previously had a trial, and so had I.
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    Harriet Tubman: The Sexiest Abolitionist

    I'm sure you're somehow a racist for this
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    The Secret World of Alex Mack

    Larysa Oleynik (SP?) got naked in the first one. That's the extent of my knowledge of the show, it was on when I was 12. But what a pilot!
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    Video: Epic Fail at Olympics

    Some people just don't belong in the Olympics, man. It's not just about physical form, it's about not choking during the Big Moment.. Remember Alicia Sacramone? Single Handedly destroyed the female all-around team's chances in the woman's gymnastics competition in Beijing. She was physically...
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    What % of ATOT are ignorant, busybody, pussies?

    Olds you've probably broken your leg at least 4 times rushing into PFI threads to go on your "LEAVE THE MODS ALONE!!!1!1" rants, and they have nothing to do with you. You're far from the worst of the lot here, but you're hardly an exemplification of the ideal poster here in ATOT, especially...