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    A great Canadian Way to spend the weekend

    I thought you guys might find this entertaining for a few minutes, Every year we do a race; buy cheap cars, do up paint themes, and go race them in a field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W8EhfMLAMM Last years video was hilarious as well.
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    Rim help/questions

    Howdy guys! Looking for some advice from you savy users. I have a set of Axis Penta Rims that look just like the ones in the below picture. http://www.yourhotcar.com/productImages/29924cfc_5513.jpeg This past winter I was stupid and neglected them and didn't take them off until...
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    Check engine light question

    So, Besides taking it to a local VW guy or the stealership, I first thought I'd get some advice from the Garage crowd. My car is a 2004 GTI 1.8T. All major service jobs have been done at my local VW shop. The car has 66,XXX km on it and I keep her in great shape. Last night on my way...
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    Clutch Question

    So, I have a question is it possible for a clutch that is engaged to lose grip? For example, if I am in second gear and press the gass, the revs go up right away but it takes time before it accelerates. Or in a higher gear, the revs jump up, and then come back down. 2004 GTi 1.8T 45,525...
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    Question about Clutches

    So I will first say that I don' t know alot about the mechanical aspects of cars, but I am a quick study. Just never had the time to put into learning :(. Anyway, I am curious if it is possible for a clutch to lose grip when engaged. For example, if you are driving down the road in 2nd...
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    Posting and you!

    Warning has a bit of NSFW langauge in one small part. Text I thought this would have been posted, but I couldn't find it in the search. The ultimate irony would be if this was a RRRepost. Warning has a bit of NSFW langauge in one small part.
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    Perplexing question

    Is there a specific reason that you don't use car audio for in wall speakers? Someone was telling me it is because they are designed to have a shorter throw. Is this true?
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    Question about PDF's and Visual Studio

    I'm curious if anyone has thoughts on how to get data out of a pdf that is recieved via email. Basically I want to set something up that will take the incomming email, grab the pdf, and then grab a # out of the document. Any Ideas?
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    Astronaut accused in love triangle freed on bail

    Link Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop to urinate, authorities said.....................................................
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    Quick Question

    Just a quick question, So currently, all subdomains for the corperate intranet are setup in IE manually. For example. abc.hp.net def.hp.net etc. Is there any security risk by moving to a rule that says http://*.hp.net and https://*.hp.net? The hp.net is not accessible externally...
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    Digital SLR Camera Questions

    So I have a Canon Powershot Pro 1 that has a l series lense in it and I love it. But its time I think to pick up something a little better and I was looking at the world of the DSLR. Basically, I want something better to replace my Pro 1. So I was in my local Camera shop checking out...
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    Favorite Food to Cook

    So what is your favorite food to cook?
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    Boot Issue

    So, I have the ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe Bios 1009 Running a AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (939) Not overclocked Dram Clocking: 400Mhz During boot it goes as follows: Press Del to run setup Press f8 for BBS POPUP 1 AMD NorthBridge, Rev E4 Dual CHannel Initializing USB controllers ...
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    Vlan Questions

    I've done some research, but I just wanted to check with some of the guys/gals here that know way more then me. When doing port based VLans can you set the port to be in more then one VLan? Apparently, VLan 7 is a generic one which everyone can talk to/see, but I don't see this as a...
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    Question

    Howdy, Quick question as I'm lost because I live in Canada. How would one purchase tickets for the U2 concert in Switzerland? 18th July Zurich ? Letzigrund Stadium Support Act: Feeder/Ash
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    Does anyone remember

    The one where the guy gets in the car drive infront of a food place I think, and then attempts to blow himself up? Anyone got a link for me :D?
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    Question

    This is an interesting situation. I have a win 2000 box that was running on a old compaq PII233. I need to leave to OS in place as no-one knows where the software discs are. I am upgrading the box to a P4 unit from Hp/Compaq. I know that It will not work obiviously as the drivers are so...
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    USB3

    I just heard some co-workers talking about USB 3. I didn't realize that anything had come out about it. Is there a standard? What are the differences? etc Thanks :D
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    Cat 5 vs Cat5e vs Cat6

    While this has probally been asked and answered before I could not find it in the search. Cat5 is rated to 100Mbps at 350mhz? Cat 5e is rated to 1000Mbps at 350mhz? Cat 6 (proposed) is rated to 1000Mbps at up to 600Mhz? My question is how much does the frequency affect transfer...
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    Windows Media Center support

    How can I get to the menu to change what type of TV it thinks it is, It allows me to change the resolution but it will not alot me to set the output to 720p. I do have the MCE nvidia drivers. Thanks for the help, I can't figure out what it is and hopeing I'm just missing something
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    Snapshots

    A program that will take a game and make it into a self extracting executable so I don't have to use ISO's at a lan. Thanks!
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    I got bit!

    I got bit by a dog and now get to go wait for a Tentonis(sp) shot!! Hurray! Wasn't even my fault, I Think :( Meh, Merry Christmas!! Hope everyone is enjoying themselves.
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    Something I thought I should share with you all

    http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx SFW - it is ms site after all Jon
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    Suse Open Exchange Server VS Suse Open Enterprise server

    What are the differences between the two. I'd like to run a home domain server that I can use ftp on, run a mail server, web server, etc off of. I have a friend that uses suse open exchange server so thats why I've kinda messed around with so I should stick with suse? Anyway any help or...
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    Gotta love the mods.

    I was browsing general hardware and saw a post about cracks etc. ANYWAY I look back later to see Hi. I am a STANK TROLL WAREZ ASSHOLE THIEF!!! by the same name as the previous dude posting about his crack site. Gotta love their sense of humour! GO mods! :D...
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    Program that tracks your processors stepping?

    A buddy has a Dell centrino laptop. I think that it's getting hot and going OMG!!!!!111one I'm hot and then stepping down. Anyone know the name of the program that checks for this
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    Quick Question:

    I have a friend who just bought a pentax DSLR, and the salesman at the camera store told her that her older lenses wouldn't work on the new one and there is no adapter. Now I spent a little time on google and some guys said that the old lenses do work with the new DSLR. So I'm confuzed and I...
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    Anyone here hear about this?

    I can't find it now but some guy in GH was talking about how these cards have some shimmering with AA (I believe turned on). I was wondering #1 - Is this true? #2 - What does it look like? #3 - Impact? #4 - Fixed by laterest drivers? Thanks guys
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    What oil do you use with your engine?

    I'll add the oils I see to the poll as I go. The other question I had was, do you pick a different oil depending on the engine? I know the new BMW's require Synthetic but I was wondering what oil should I put in my 5.2 V8 (91kilometer) engine. Thanks!
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    Gigabyte Boards

    Is the Gigabyte board a decent board? The only reason I ask is because I head the DFI board had some issues with fitting video cards like the 7800gtx. So have fun with my poll :D:D It will be mounted to a 3500+ for now and an X2 in the future.
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    Front page down?

    www.anandtech.com giving errors?
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    Comments

    Not sure if this is the right place to post this but. This morning when I logged on I could not see the comments on the front page. I have been able to read them and comment on them before but now I just get a javascript error Line: 1 Char: 1 Error Object expected Code:0 URL...
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    Why do people have a need to do this

    iwantanewcomputer - "hit it...making new life is the only way to overcome death :wink; " Completely inappropriate, it was a thread that was respected untill he decided to post his Crap As you can see people in the thread weren't too happy about it either, and it doesn't really matter if...
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    I hate excel sometimes

    Ok so I got in today and started working on a project that involved a shared workbook. After 7 hours of work and about 8 or 9 saves, excel crashes on me and tells me it's gonna generate an error report. I'm like fine whatever. open it back up and all 7 hours of work is gone. Error report, is...
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    NYC Question

    I'm 19 years old and a resident of Canada. Their is the problem, here legal age for drinking is 18.... not 21.... While I'm in NYC I would really like to see a really good Jazz Club, but seeing as I'm 19 are their some that take in underage people? I will have people who are over 21 with...
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    Your Best Jokes

    Have at it!
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    Questions About Knees

    I was playing volleyball with my GF and some friends and when I went for scoop up, I felt my knee move a little. After the fall to the floor and some time out I felt better. Now a couple days later their is almost no pain but my knee feels like it is stiffening up as I sit at my desk. Pretty...
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    Wireless Tool

    I'm wondering if anyone can link me to a good scanning tool that give you the type of encryption, type of network etc. As well, a great side bonus would be a wep cracking program/ a program that does both. Thanks guys.
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    Any Ideas on Memory Speeds?

    I was wondering if anyone knew if they laptop can support RAM that is faster then pc2700. For instance pc3200 etc? I believe it is based on the 915PM Chipset if that is of help. Toshiba guy was like, "I have no idea". So we can't guarentee it will work... Thanks.... BTW this is a canadian...