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    the good ole' days x850xt agp

    GF3Ti500. That was the card that introduced me to what it was like to have a GOOD video card and how much of a difference it actually made.
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    HP M8300F - Replace Mobo with OEM or go with new/different brand?

    One thing to remember is that you need to make sure the front panel connections are the same, HP tends to use proprietary front panel connections, and not all HP boards use the same one. So you might be stuck with a system with no functional power button or activity lights unless you want to...
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    Removing LGA 775 Backplate from Motherboard (?)

    you could just upload it, and then link to the picture, no?
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    Your very own first Video Card, post here!

    Trident TGUI 9400CXI, VLB. Great card, or at least it seemed that way to me, it could do 16 bit color at 800x600! My world was changed forever when I realized that I was not limited to 8 bit color in 640x480. Other than my GF3Ti500 none of the video cards I've had since then have made such an...
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    How do you feel about your personal financial and job situation?

    My job is okay because I work in an industry that experiences boom times when companies are going under. It's a terrible thing to say, but it's true. We raked in mountains of cash during the .com crash.
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    If Obama is involved with the Chicago mess....

    The buzz in the Chicago papers is that Blagojovich approached Rahm Emanuel (Obama's Chief of Staff)and shortly thereafter Emanuel was acting to get the federal prosecutor to finally move in and make the arrest since they apparently already have a LOT of info on him. If that is the truth then...
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    Help, Intel changed the pci id of my NIC!

    I've got an HP Elitebook 8730w, it's a great machine, was able to find all my drivers, except for one thing. The PCI device ID of my nic (and intel 82567lm) is 8086:10BE, according to this link from intel the device ID was changed, and none of the current drivers seem to accept that as a valid...
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    Morning Joe will now have a 7 second delay

    I never understood the complete irrational fear of 'wise and beautiful woman' above all other words.
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    Dems discussing siezure of 401K's, Individual Retirement Accounts; convert them into Social Security managed accounts

    By letting her have her say you prevent her from being able to scream censorship.
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    Dems discussing siezure of 401K's, Individual Retirement Accounts; convert them into Social Security managed accounts

    Time to get out my jump to conclusions mat, wonder which one I'll land on this time!
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    One global currency and one world central bank?

    I could not under any circumstances support this. As a practical matter people need to be able to flee what isn't working and go to something that is. A system like this is impracticable and would lead to a guaranteed global financial meltdown. Seems like liberals, conservatives, and...
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    Candidate down 10 to 20 points in the polls WINS!

    Nate at fivethirtyeight has his most recent entry up about this one Uncounted Votes May Push Begich Past Stevens
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    wat? Change.gov is a government website now?

    You altered what you were quoting to fit what you want to panic about. No one is required to go to college, and even those who do aren't required to do this.
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    Anyone here think McCain will actually win?

    McCain can certainly win, the Republicans have become very good at voter suppression and election manipulation. You will see a lot of 'innocent' errors causing people to not be able to vote, and damn near all of them will favor Republicans.
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    Obama Tells Abbas: I Support Dividing Jerusalem

    Biased and "completely made up" are not the same.
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    Sarah Palin Cleared of Ethics Charges

    This one's special for TechAZ This month's issue of Internet Tough Guy magazine
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    Hillary Clinton win's election for Obama

    The reason Ayers had no traction is that it is a connection that is almost entirely fabricated. Not to mention that it was for a board of an organization funded by someone who John McCain trumpets as a supporter. It's hard to make "It's okay for me but not for him" stories stick when there is...
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    Sarah Palin Cleared of Ethics Charges

    Cleared of ethics charges by a board appointed by her. Big shock there.
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    Probability of Obama Assassination

    The Secret Service is damn good. Haven't there been assassination attempts on every president since time began? Just because no one gets a shot off doesn't mean the secret service didn't stop an assassination attempt.
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    Should results be held until ALL polls close?

    Yes, I strongly believe they should. There are polls that are open as far as 6 hours after the early polls close. Calling an election or states for someone while other states are still voting can have very odd effects on voting in other states.
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    RCP changes electoral map. Puts Virginia into toss up column.

    So you have to give mccain every tossup state, every mccain leaning state, and an obama leaning state (CO) and he still loses due to it going into the house of reps.
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    Lawrence Solomon: False hope for global unity

    Yep, I bet Obama already has a long list of countries he wants to invade and is getting ready to use the first disaster that happens to us as a way to invade them.
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    How come there aren't any candidates who are neutral on abortion?

    That's a horrible argument, segregation wasn't voluntary.
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    How come there aren't any candidates who are neutral on abortion?

    There are. They are called pro-choice candidates.
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    Has Bush lowered the bar so much the next President just has to do.....

    If people can remember pre-Dubya, then no, but they might have been so scarred by Dubya and can't remember back to Clinton (good pres), and Bush (good pres). Reagan wasn't a good pres because people love him like they love the parent who runs up all their credit cards buying you cool crap then...
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    Progressive tax

    That's a horrible analogy. You left out the part where the 10th man gets free blowjobs form the bar owner's daughter, a large cut of the $41 paid by the other 9 men, and gets to choose what beer the bar serves.
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    Sarah the "Whack-Job"

    I'm glad McCain most likely won't win, I early voted for Obama and supported him in the primary (as a dem in a red state I strongly approve of Dean's 50 State strategy that Obama adopted for the most part, made my first donation to Obama last December). I won't let myself get excited and really...
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    What if Ted Stevens wins re-election?

    While I can see why it would be good in this case to kick him out, I believe that making felons ineligible for elected office would lead to a rash of politically motivated convictions. If you think this isn't feasible just consider the recent US attorney scandal. I believe this isn't too big...
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    Sarah the "Whack-Job"

    If you 'moderates and fiscal conservatives' didn't let the wacko fundamentalists run your party you could be in a much better position. Crist, Romney, hell even Lieberman probably could have delivered this election for McCain. Pandering to the far right is what will probably cost McCain the...
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    I just realized if I lived in Ohio the Republicans wanted to keep me from voting.

    The fewer people vote the more power they have. Hell, they publicly espouse this viewpoint. - Paul Weyrich, founder of the Heritage Foundation
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    Obama a Marxist......what is going on in this interview?

    Makes it a lot easier to ship American jobs overseas when your advisors are lobbyists for the company you helped get the contract.
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    "No need to boo - just vote"

    He defended Obama with "He's not an Arab! He's a good person!"... wtf is that supposed to mean exactly.
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    Palin rally someone shouts "He's a ni**er!"

    She needs to exercise some control over the crowds. If she is afraid of her own crowds... what does that tell you?
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    Here come the newspaper endorsements.

    Kerry got a total of 8 more endorsements than Bush, 213 to 205. Currently the Obama/McCain ratio is in the 150 to 50 range. That doesn't mean anything on its own, but I believe it is indicative of general societal views. (even if that's just the general societal view of having Palin a...
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    Obama Campaign Cuts Off Interviews With Florida TV Station

    She should have asked if he thought the man who made this statement was a Marxist. - Adam Smith
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    Obama takes 767 to see Grandma in Hawaii.

    The suggestion that he should have taken a commercial flight is insane, the secret service would never allow it. Also his entire staff and media travel on that plane with him, its physical location isn't overly important to to work that can get done on it. It's so cute to see you guys grasp...
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    Clinton supporter sues to keep Obama from being nominated

    If they don't post then they can pretend they didn't know it was thrown out when they bring it up again next week.
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    surface mount device identification help requested

    I was afraid I'd have to desolder the good one, but that should be relatively easy since I've gotten quite used to my heat gun now.
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    surface mount device identification help requested

    Hey guys, i've got a Qlogic QLE2462 dual port 4Gb/s fc card that I'd like to repair but it's missing a couple components. One looks to be a surface mount inductor and has 1R0 on it. The other is a capacitor of some sort but I don't have a way of knowing what its exact specs are. I was...