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    Just how much horsepower do I need? HTPC/ NAS/ download box/ emulator/ etc etc

    Hi boys and girls- Answers to the standard questions: Budget: Under $750 Country: USA Brand Preference: None Current Parts: Windows 7 license, 4 x 3TB Hitachi HDDs, 120GB Corsair SSD Overclocking: Not planning on it Resolution: 1080P on a 46 inch Panasonic plasma Build time frame...
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    Which NAS? Needs to handle 3TB drives, 4 or more

    Hey boys and girls- Wasn't sure whether this should go in Memory and Storage or Networking, but I figured I'd start here. I'm migrating from my full sized desktop to a mATX rig, so I need to find a new home for 4 of my 6 3TB Hitachis. So should I look at Thecus? QNAP? Netgear? What's...
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    Can a 560ti handle 2 x 30in LCDs?

    Right now I'm running a GTX 580 with a Samsung Syncmaster 305t+ and a Dell 24in LCD, but for a pile of reasons, I'm thinking about going back to my old 560ti. I'm also RMAing my second 305t+, so once that's back, I'll be running the two 305t+'s. My question is, will the 560ti drive both the...
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    Building an apartment in a 12' x 28' space

    Hey folks- My grandfather is looking down the barrel at some very terminal cancer. He's got about 6 months to live, but that's neither here nor there. My grandmother has mentioned that she would like to not live in the house she shares with my grandfather once he is gone, and I cant really...
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    2000 Audi A4 vs 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

    Hey folks- My best friend owes me a whole pile of money, and has offered to give me one of his small fleet of random vehicles in exchange for me forgiving a decent chunk of his debt. I forgive about 4K with either car. Being as I currently DD a 1981 Isuzu diesel pickup, I am taking him up...
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    Anyone watch Westminster?

    The fur ball in question: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 He's afraid of cameras...and garbage cans...and my dad, and especially my dad holding a garbage can while I'm trying to take a picture of him, so its hard to take a good picture of him. I think he inherited his dads looks, and...
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    Thoughts about golf with endscape

    Let me preface this by saying that I work at a golf course, and, through some really, really bad management, I ended up running the place today. A few notes that I have on golfers, and some general pieces of advice for you ATOTers who enjoy hitting the links. 1. There is no excuse for...
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    Illinois Nazis...I hate Illinois Nazis

    :laugh: In other news, I'm watching the Blues Brothers.
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    So people are hotlinking to my video of a certain well "rounded" young women...

    ...what should I do to them? I've been debating whether to do anything at all, since I didn't really say it wasn't okay for people to spread the link around, but its eating into my bandwidth, so something must be done. I'm currently trying to decide between a classic (i.e. lemonparty...
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    Single largest file you've ever downloaded?

    I was just wondering what the single largest file you've ever downloaded is and what your connection speed happens to be. Well, more I'm wondering the size of the file, since I probably dont want to know what you guys (and gals) are downloading :Q For me, it was 25.4 gigs (well, I guess it...
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    So now I'm getting spam...

    ...in French :confused: A Translation ala FreeTranslation.com So...do they speak French in Nigeria these days? E
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    Online mod supply stores that take paypal...

    So I've got a new PSU coming in the mail and it needs to get sleeved, have the molex's changed to something pretty, and who knows what else. At the moment I have a good deal of money in paypal, so I was wondering if you guys know of any places with reasonably priced sleeving and molex...
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    CS assingment, need some insight...

    Hey all- I'm trying to figure out how to ask this so I wont be flamed off the planet (but hey, this is ATOT, so it may happen no matter what :o ). So here goes: I was assinged an essay in my CS class (its a digital ethics class if you need to know) and I need a couple people that are...
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    Opinions on Dell Latitude D500

    So I've been presented with the oppurtunity to trade my desktop for the following laptop, and, since I need to stop pouring money into my desktop and need something portable for school, I'm seriously considering it. The specs as reported to me: 1.3ghz P-M 512 DDR ram 30 gb hd dvd/cdrw...
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    YAGT: What type of golf balls do you play?

    ...and by YAGT, I mean yet another golf thread :P. Anywho, ever since I started playing well and being able to tell a differance between different balls, I've been playing ProV1 and ProV1X's. However, I got a case of five dozen Nike One Blacks for free, and DAMN, they are the sweetest...
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    The $15,000 Challenge...

    My former high school is a Gates foundation funded institution, and as such, students have around $50,000+ a year to do community projects. Apperantly a group of students are drafting a proposal to build computers and give them away to non-profit organizations, they've asked me to help. So...
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    A Paypal Question

    So I sold something on eBay and the buyer paid me with an echeck. Normally, I wouldn't have a problem, but he decided that he would rather pay another way. So my question is, is how do I/ we cancel an echeck payment that hasn't cleared his bank yet? :beer: e
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    Need ATOT's help...

    Since my computer hates me, it wont let me go to USPS.com to check on some delivery confirmation numbers. So I was wondering if a nice ATOTer would check them for me? The numbers are: 03041560000804897520 03041560000804897506 03041560000804897483 03041560000804897490 There could be...
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    Problem playing .avi files

    Hi all- I wanted to watch some video's I had stored in .avi format today, so I loaded up WinAMP (5 something I believe) and I was greated by a slew of colors that turned out to be WinAMP's visualizations. I then installed a Codec Pack and tried again. This time, I got treated to a wonderful...
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    For today's WTF moment...

    So I'm sitting here, just minding my own business, and I was thinking about starting up Bit torrent. I help several local bands by distributing their songs on P2P networks, all legally of course. That said, I checked Peer Guardian before I started Torrent Storm, just for the hell of it mostly...