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    Have you ever dealt with a recruiter?

    I just graduated with a bachelors degree in cs. I am currently looking for an entry level software engineering job in my area or with the option to reallocate. I put my resume pretty much everywhere and have recently been getting an enormous amount of calls and emails from recruiters. Yesterday...
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    SSD: Reallocated sector count

    I got one of the $99 Microcenter-branded 64GB SSDs as a Christmas present. When I installed the drive and booted up my Linux box, I was greeted to find that Gnome Disk Utility reported that the "disk has many bad sectors" and that the drive is failing. It appears that the reallocated sector...
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    Shipping textbooks

    I've started selling some old textbooks online (specifically half.com) and was wondering what is the best and cheapest way to ship textbooks? My problem is that some of the hardcover books are nearly 5 pounds and cost a fortune to ship. I plan to ship all of the books using media mail from USPS...
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    Anyone read comic books?

    I have never really been a big fan of comic books. Of course I have read Calvin and Hobbs and other comic strips but I have never picked up a comic series. Does anyone here read comic books? What are you reading now? Do you have any recommendations on a particular series that I can pick up and...
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    Which processor for gaming?

    I have been out of the loop with computer parts and my friend asked me to help him pick out some parts for a purely gaming pc. His budget is $1000 and he says he wants to allocate around $200 for the processor. I am currently looking at the following processors: 1. Intel E8400 2. Intel...
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    Watch this cannon ball float

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    Recommend me some Tea

    What are some good sites to order loose tea from? Any recommendations on teas?
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    E1505 battery will not charge

    The battery for my Dell E1505 unexpectedly stopped charging. When I plug it into the a/c with the battery attached, the battery indicator flashes amber once then turns green for about one second. Then it flashes amber four times before turning green again for a minute or so until it turns off...
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    Ablum Art Downloader

    I just got a new Ipod and want to put album art on my music files. When I ripped all of my music, I put the album art in the folder of the Album and called it "Folder.jpg". This worked well with Foobar2000 but I guess itunes wants all of the images encoded into the file. Does anyone know of any...
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    Aleve + Alcohol

    I took an Aleve at 10:00pm and it is now 1:00am. Am I alright to drink?
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    Vista Alternate Configuration

    I connect to two different wired networks frequently. I use a static ip for my home's network and an automatic ip for my school's network. I tried setting the ip settings in TCP/IPv4 to auto in the general tab and then use my static ip settings in the alternate configuration tab but it only...
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    Perfect Sandwich

    So its midnight and most restaurants are closed. But I am starving. So I want to make the perfect homemade sandwich. I have a few materials... lettuce, those small tomatoes you put on salads, sliced ham and turkey, as well as mayonnaise and mustard. My bread of choice is whole wheat bread. I...
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    So I got a speeding ticket today...

    I was driving home when I passed a school zone sign. I was driving around 30, the lights were not flashing on the school zone sign so I thought it didn't apply. I passed the school and started to speed up. A little further down the road behind some bushes sat about 5 cop cars and I saw a cop run...
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    Free picture upload sites.

    I'm talking about sites like this and this that say they will send pictures/music to your phone for free. I would like to send a few pictures to my phone but I can't connect it to my pc. Are they safe to use? Does anyone here use a service like this? The last thing I want is 29837213 text...
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    Bored at work

    I took a summer job at a company and for the last week and a half I have done maybe 8 hours worth of real work. I have NOTHING to do but sit at my computer. The time passes so slow and I am dying just waiting. I feel bad that I am basically getting paid to do nothing but I keep on telling myself...
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    Canceling Wow Subscription

    I want to take a break from wow. If I cancel the subscription, my character's will still be there right? Is there a limit until they expire? Reason why I want to cancel just in case you guys care: I hit 70 3 weeks ago and haven't touched the game since. It seems like a waste of money to pay for...
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    Office 2003 Corrupted

    I have been having this problem with Office 2003 for a while now. I cannot open Excel or Outlook. When ever I click on the icon, it will say something like Preparing to install... Then it will try to install then it will say Fatal error during installation. This also happens if I go to my...
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    Ahh laptop troubles

    I want to buy a laptop for college as my current laptop is a POS. My budget is $1500 but lower is definitely better. Battery life is important to me. Gaming isn't too important. Just something that can play WoW at its native resolution with low-medium eye candy would be fine. Here is what I have...
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    Boot hangs at desktop

    My parents computer is having this problem where it will hang at the desktop after any user logs in. After longing in, it will hang at the desktop for around 2-3 minutes before the start menu and icons appear. I've tried everything I can think of. Whats weird is if I go to msconfig and uncheck...
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    Copying and Pasting

    Have you ever wanted to copy and past code from a tutorial but it was formatted so there are numbers on every new line. You could copy the code and delete the numbers but that takes time. Or have you ever wanted to highlight specific words in a text document instead of highlighting the entire...
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    Backing up a drive

    I just downloaded the Ultimate boot CD(from Here) and was wondering how I might back up a drive onto another drive and make the backup only one file(like an .img or something) instead of copying all the folders/files onto the other drive. The hard drive I'm backing up is actually dead and I'm...
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    Dead Hard Drive?

    My neighbor brought a computer over that is fairly old. It's running win me. He told me that the other day he tried to turn it on but the operating system would not come up. So I booted it up and it says "invalid boot diskette in a:." I stuck in a ME boot disk and went into dos and tried fdisk...
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    Budget LCD

    I want to buy my parents a nice LCD monitor for something less than $200. My mom's eye sight isn't that great and right now she is using a 17 inch LCD running at 1024x768(native res is 1280x1024) because she thinks everything is too small and hard to read(I tried turning on clear type and raise...
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    S12-380W problem

    I bought a Seasonic S12-380W from svc and when I hook everything up in my comp, it won't power up. When I hit the power button it sounds like something is being shorted. So I tried only connecting the 20 pin and 4 pin atx connectors to my motherboard and it still did not power up. Next, I...
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    Batch file help

    I have a few hundred files in a folder and I want to take the file name and delete the first 4 characters. Like substr in php but I dont know how to do this with a batch file. Any help?
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    Why wont why left pinky toe stop twitching?

    I have this twitch in my left pinky toe and it will not go away. Iv had it for almost 3 weeks now and it's really freaking me out. I started running a good bit about a month ago. Do you think it could from that? It seems to start when I relax my leg and its very annoying when Im trying to sleep...
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    Silent Comp.

    I want to build a comp for about $800. The only catch is is that it must be as silent as possible. I was thinking of getting an Opteron because I hear they run pretty cool. Would a Core duo suit me better? I don't like flashy or big cases. I have a centerion 5 case on my main rig and I love it...
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    NOOOOOES

    I can't find my Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon shirt anywhere! I haven't worn it in like a year and i thought it was time to dust it off but its no where to be found. I think my dresser ate it.
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    Calculus Help

    This is a tough one for you guys: The line x=c where c>0 intersects the cubic y=2x^3+3x^2-9 at point P and the parabloa y=4x^2+4x+5 at point Q. First Question: If a line tangent to the cubic at Point P is parrallel to the line tangent to the parabola at Point Q, find the value of c where c>0...
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    Silent Comp for Parents

    My parents finally feel it is time to step up from their old P3 Dell and told me to pick out a computer for them. Their budget is around $800 and I would like to make the computer as silent as possible with no flashy LEDs or huge cases. They do not do anything more than web surfing so I doubt...
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    Linksys WPC54G Ver. 3

    Im trying to set up a laptop for my neighbor and Im having this wierd problem with a linsys wireless adaptor where the entire computer will completely freeze up randomly and the only way to get it back unfroozen is to take the card out. At first I thought this was a conflict with the integrated...
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    Dell Xp reinstall disks

    So my next door neighbor asked me to fix her Dell laptop. Apparently she took it in to Best Buy and told them she wanted them to get rid of spyware and viruses but instead they installed windows 2000 over her XP factory default install:confused: So she wants me to install XP back on her...
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    Wisdom teeth...

    So I went to the dentist for the first time in like 4 years and they "recommended" me to have my wisdom teeth removed. Well, my wisdom teeth have been up for a couple years and I haven't had any problems with them. Although, I had braces when I was younger and had to have 4 permanent molers...
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    Wanna test your server?

    So I found this code while reading PHP Cookbook. It's called a Look and See function. Basically, it will take the previous line and "say" the numbers. For example, here is the first 6 sequences of the loop: 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 I was just wondering if anyone has a server that can...
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    Installed xp-90

    Well this was my first time installing a heatsink but I will say that things went swingly. I put a small amount of artic silver 5 in the middle of my processor and then stuck the heatsink on. But, after powering up I discover that I am getting almost the exact same tempatures as my stock cooler...
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    Help Im being attacked!!!

    This started yesterday night. I got two of these error messages from Kaspersky av saying a Network attack Intrusion.Win.Messenger.exploit from adress 65.XX.XXX.XXX has been succeddfully repelled. I thought nothing of it and turned off my computers. Well today Im getting the same message again...
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    BFG 6800Gt fan is making noise

    One of the fans on my BFG 6800GT OC (the one with the 2 blue led fans) is making this really annoying crackeling noise that sounds like there is a piece of paper stuck in there and the fan is hitting it. Iv had the card for over a year and it started doing this a couple weeks ago. Iv thought...
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    Updating to Win2000 sp4

    I have a labtop running win2000 sp1 and I wanted to update to sp4. After getting a ways through the installation there is an error that says "Setup cannot copy the file wbemtest.exe" and it wants me to locate the file. Does anyone know what this file is and how I can fix this?
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    Need replacement adapter

    Well my compaq presario model 1930 adapter fried over the summer and Im trying to look for a new one. I already ordered an adapter from webatts.com but after a week and a half of waiting I called them and they told me its on back order until 12/28/05! I need the laptop up and running by the...
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    Need help converting dvd to mpg

    My family wants me to edit a dvd of a vacation they went on but the video is really tricky. Im not sure what type of camera it is but it writes the video to a small dvd-r disc. Everytime it records something, it makes a new chapter. When I stick the disk into the computer it plays like a normal...