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    'maybe the country needs trump to show some authoritarian power'

    Fresh from the idiocy that is Maine's Governor Paul LePage: So, to recap, Obama is too much of an autocrat, who does it on his own and ignores congress, which means we need an authoritarian........ full article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/politics/paul-lepage-authoritarian-power/index.html...
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    Can I negotiate down this healthcare bill?

    Mods, please move if there might be somewhere better for this.... Story: I went to physical therapy for leg problems. They looked into my insurance deductible, coverage, details etc and told me that one full regimen of appointments would cost be exactly $500 out of pocket, and insurance would...
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    calling ATOT doctors on a pulled? muscle

    The quick story: Was running one way and trying to pivot and turn another way to catch a disc and managed to do _something_ to my upper left hip/groin. This was a few weeks ago and usually if I do something stupid it takes care of itself over time but this one has gotten worse. It got to a...
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    Break up "too big to fail" banks: good idea or not?

    http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/03/27-1 Sounds to me like something that needs to be done, although I'm sure there would be extreme opposition from certain monied interests.....
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    Texas looking to reinstate funding for planned parenthood

    From reddit and http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/us/texas-may-restore-some-family-planning-budget-cuts.html As Rick Parry (with an A for america) would say: Not really sure what else to say here other than point out the incredible predictability of this....... More proof that abstinence...
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    syrian fighter jet crashed/shot down/etc

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/28/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Anyone else seeing images of afghanistan here?
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    Who is lord of the trolls?

    Who is the Lord of the Trolls in the P/N currently? While I realize this may be my last post here for a while, I was feeling rather sick today and thought this would be a fun post to make (and more fun for most sane people in P/N). So with that aside… Anarchist420 Affiliation: Articles...
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    Obama's UN Speech

    Please lock if this is a repost. transcript is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/25/obama-un-general-assembly-transcript Pretty good IMHO. Clearly laid out how free speech works and why we don't ban offensive things.
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    Anybody want a free pentium 2 400 mhz slot processor?

    Hey all, While waiting outside a laboratory for a glovebox antechamber to pump down, I stumbled across a most interesting artifact from the stone age: A motherboard with a pentium 2 slot processor, code 80523py400512pe. Secondary code sl2u6. I was told everything was up for grabs so I grabbed...
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    Buying a computer: suggestions on this build

    Hello all, As the title suggests, I'm looking to buy a computer and have it assembled. Yes, I could do the assembly myself, but I have neither the patience nor the confidence in my ability to not mess stuff up to really want to do that ;) So I am looking to buy from cyberpowerpc. I am...
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    A Question involving triple buffering, Ati Tray Tools, and CPU speeds

    Hello all, I recently decided to try to force enable triple buffering in DX9 using Ati Tray Tools. My computer is a laptop with an i7 720qm (1.6ghz - 2.8ghz) and a "5730" GPU (basically a top clocked 5650). Upon enabling triple buffering using a game profile for TF2 (because I'm old like...
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    A friendly request for the ATOT effect!

    A friend of mine has submitted an Enemy Territory: Quake Wars wallpaper into a contest, and is looking for some help in the vote count.... http://www.totalgamingleague.com/etqwcontest This is his submission, listed under Jonah M. on the voting page ...
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    Tech site giving away XBOX360 to the person who posts the right word =O

    Dont know if this has been posted here before.. I found a post on digg.com with about a tech site giving away an xbox360 to whoever types the right word in one of their posts. They added the word in their forum filter and if you post it, you'll know if you win as soon as you post. I found it...
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    Science olympiad

    I would be surprised if there are no other ATOTers who are competing in, or have competed in, science olympiad in a few events. I'm working on the scrambler and chem lab right now; anybody else involved?
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    I realize that P/N is full of slime, but even so....

    http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
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    help with SPSS?

    I'm asking this for a friend, so I have no idea what this means, my apologies. How does one copy variables in SPSS? (the computer program)
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    2^(2x) - 2 ^ x - 6 = 0

    I can get the answer to this from the back of the book ( log (base 2) 3 ) but I would prefer to know how they actually got this answer. 2^(2x) - 2 ^ x = 6 I've distributed a log throughout (not sure if you can do that but i did it anyway...) so that 2x log 2 - x log 2 = log 6 log...
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    wtf is wrong with my computer.....

    I recently went from athlon 1800+ some socket A ECS mobo (k7somethingsomethingsomething...65a perhaps) generic 512 mb of pc2100 ram geforce 5500 128 meg, drivers 77.77 WD 80 gig to athlon 64 3000+ socket 754 ECS mobo 512 mb pc 3200 ram same graphics card, with which I have tried...
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    before i disassemble my computer (again)

    I recently (last night) got an athlon 64 3000+ (754) and a crappy ECS mobo for a total of $125, as well as a western digital 120 gig HDD for $20 (yay rebates!). I was more concerned with getting a working computer running because the last one seemed to be on the fritz. Anyway, I installed a...