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    Help me get my file server up and running

    This is a pc i built in 2005 1 x MSI RS480M2-IL 939 ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 1 x AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Single-Core Processor ADA3200BIBOX 2x1 x TwinMOS 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model M2GAJ08A-MK 1 x NEC 16X...
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    Personal web crawler search and index ?

    Im a member at another forum and the search function is atrocious. i would use google to search but it seems the site has not included it self to be crawled by google. What i want to know is, is there software that would crawl and index an individual site and make it keyword searchable ...
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    Help choosing ntfs vs all other filesystems

    I have an 1tb external hard drive and basicly i plugged it in today and used it but i forget to unount it and just pulled the usb cord out. Some how the partition got corrupted and i couldnt recover it, so now im back to square one. I lost alot of data but the most important stuff is backed...
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    Which laptops have synaptic trackpads ? (two-finger scrolling)

    My macbook is dieing and at this moment i cant afford to buy a new one, so i will be buying a pc laptop, but i will be missing the two finger scrolling from my macbook. Theres a few applications and drivers that help a pc laptop emulate apples two finger scroll as long as you have a synaptic...
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    Solved - help, Need Power supply for Tablet

    I got this yarvik model TAB411, does not look like they are sold in the US. The adapter is made to work in greece where the electricity is much higher. Input 100-240v - 50/60Hz max 0.6A Output: 5V 2.5A Do i just need to find an adapter that works in the US that outputs 5v 2.5a like...
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    Offline turn by turn navigation app for android ?

    Anyone know an app that i can use without data that has turn by turn directions. I been looking on the net for a long time now and i cant find anything. can be either paid or free.
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    So my first android phone crapped out on me on the second day of having it

    I bought a LG Optimus T, great phone, good reviews, love the phone but today i was exploring the menus and in the system menu there was an update feature, so i clicked it thinking maybe it was android 2.3 , downloaded the update and said it would take 10 min to install, that was fine with me, i...
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    White Macbook Buldging Battery

    So i've noticed lately that my macbook trackpad button doesn't have a nice crisp click to it so i thought i'd look under my macbook where the battery is and i notice that the battery is bulging which is causing the problem with the trackpad. I looked up the problem and there were people on...
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    Chrome high cpu usage

    Am i the only on in here that suffers from high cpu usage from chrome ? mainly with animated gifs and flash..... flash takes double the cpu the other browsers use and when it comes to animated .gifs it takes 100% cpu where as firefox would only take 10% anyone else encounter this ? i...
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    How do you feel about the fact that you will be dead one day ?

    title pretty much sais it all...... I turn 27 in two months and time seems to be really flying by.... i know im still young but it bothers me that im getting old and bothers me even more that i wont be around one day. i try not to think of it though, i dont want to ruin today worrying about...
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    Anyone use gamefly ?

    is it worth it ?
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    Netvibes Rocks ....

    Ive been using netvibes for a few years now and i have to say its the best rss reader out there, it blows away google reader and they just keep adding features. The single most important feature that google reader is lacking for me is the "mosaic" view of rss feeds, basicly it lets you see rss...
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    Is this pollution ?

    I was messing out on google earth and i was looking up delaware and im wondering is all that shit in the water oil ? the water looks filthy is this pollution or is this just the way it looks. http://i44.tinypic.com/2e1w3d2.jpg
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    MW2 - Tar-21 vs M16

    First of all the scar-h is my favorite gun, even though ive been seeing its limitations lately, as far as mag size, so im trying out new weapons Alot of forums are raving about the Tar-21 as the best gun and say its better for example than the scar-h cause of its bigger mag and higher...
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    My review of Chrome (mac version)

    Well ive been hearing about chrome and now finally the Dev. release includes extension support so i thought i'd try it out. I have a White Macbook 1.1 2ghz core duo 2GB Ram and im using version 4.0.302.2 of Chrome. First thing you notice about Chrome is its speed! its fast as hell and does...
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    having unpopular opinions.....

    I find myself having unpopular opinions, constantly. I usually dont let it get to me cause i have aleady accepted that im a very unique person but it gets really annoying when i come accross people who see my opinion as totally wrong. There is no right or wrong, its usually what you do or dont...
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    Whats the quietest non ssd hard drive?

    I have a seagate momentus 64gb that came with my white macbook, every since i installed leopard the head parking noise from the HD has been driving me crazy so i think its time for an upgrade. I wanted to buy an SSD but there so expensive and i hear they have performance issues. If i could find...
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    unlocked blackberry from n1wireless.com

    so im thinking of buying a unlocked blackberry from n1wireless.com , The majority of the reviews were good but i thought i'd ask if anyone else has experience with them ? This is the phone im looking at: http://www.n1wireless.com/Blac...nlocked_GSM_Phone.html I want to use it with...
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    Should i get a iphone for T-Mobile ?

    i can buy the black 3g 8gb model at n1wireless.com for about 450 and for 20 bucks i can get a warranty with it. i might be able to get the same phone barely used from a friend for 250 but not sure if that will pan out. I dont mind having edge instead of 3g and would even consider just...
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    Am I the only suffering from hard drive head parking with snow leopard ?

    So i installed snow leopard and i like it alot , everything is faster and i like some of the minor new features it added but i have one problem, my hard drive is making a click noise which im 100% sure is the head parking every 6 seconds. Everyone has a different opinion on weather it affects...
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    Why are trackpads put on the left of laptops nowdays ?

    just curious why they are doing this to new laptops, cause i really hate it, specially when im a right it, for me to type on it and use the trackpad at the same time i have to cross my hands which is weird.
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    Can i reduce lag by installing a game on a flash drive?

    im playing cod4 with only 1gb ram and my computer isnt worth upgrading, specially since it uses ddr 400 and prices are high. I enjoy the occasional cod4 on my pc , it runs surprisingly well on amd athlon 64 3200 with a radeon x800 and 1 gb ram on XP, but i do get the occasional lag from hard...
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    No need for Applecare, visa and amex double your warranty

    i was reading online about applecare comparing prices and stuff (amazon is the cheapest place you can buy it from, unless you have a studen discount) and anyways i came accross this post on digg.com http://digg.com/hardware/Ameri..._Buys_You_A_New_Laptop For this who dont feel like...
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    Why no cut and paste in OSX

    this is one of the features i miss from windows, i feel like im back in 1998 when i didnt know how to cute and paste, apple does alot of great things but sometimes there so stubborn to add certain features, like right click button on the mouse or trackpad an anyone sais its not necessary just...
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    can someone help me find a tech support resume example

    I want to start looking for a new job and i was thinking tech support for an cable or dsl company.....was wondering if anyone knows where i can get a good template. help please
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    Can i ruin my speakers with VLC

    as you all probably already know the macbook volume is very low and people have complained to death about it. Well VLC allows u to increase the volume up to 400% and i found that around 300% i can actually enjoy watching movies on it and it dosent sound like its too loud or im really...
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    perform a clean Leopard install using the upgrade DVD

    i want to do a clean install cause tiger and leopard together take up 20gb of space.... can someone confirm this works ? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=380408
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    I hate fedex

    i ordered a macbook from apple and as far as i know i only saw a fedex option on there, i think it was 3-5 business days shipping and it seems like fedex likes to take their sweet ass time with packages. i ordered the macbook last thursday and up until it showed no sign of being shipped from...
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    Do you auto-hide your dock ?

    title sais it all im still new to osx but i want to leave the dock on without autohide but i hate it taking so much space.
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    What kind of memory should i get ? (Updated)

    topic summary sais it all, im planning on buying a refurbished macbook and upgrading its memory from 2x256. im thinking of just buying 1 gb stick and adding a second later when i have more money but i heard dual channel mode give a huge gain in performance. also im thinking that the brand...
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    Questions about Macbooks

    I have an inspiron 1501, which has served me great for a year but ive had my eye on OS X for a while, im not too crazy about apples hardware but i love the operating system. I use my computer mostly for pictures, watching dvd's. surfing the net, email, light word processing and the occasional...
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    window position problem

    tittle sais it all basicly, the nautilus window remembers where it was closed but firefox and the terminal and a whole bunch of other appz dont, isntead they open on the top left corner of the screen. this is extremely irritating to the point where i dont even want to use ubuntu. i know...
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    anyone know where i can get a cheap macmini ?

    maybe for 200-350 $ ? I want one to mess around with osx
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    Ubuntu is killing your Laptops Hard drive

    I posted an article on digg http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubu...our_Laptops_Hard_Drive please check it out and help raise some awareness
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    hitachi vs western digital

    looking to back up my data. looking at two hardrives from zipzoomfly http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...jsp?ProductCode=100834 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=10006357 western digital is only 400gb but its external and i trust WD hitachi ive never tried but its 500 gb...
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    Is PCLinuxOS taking over ?

    im an ubuntu user but it seems alot of people are switching. If you check the distrowatch its ranking keeps getting higher despite the fact that ubuntu is more commercial, every pc magazine mentions ubuntu. i heard you can install .deb and rpm packages on it which sounds awesome.
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    laptop cpu usage question

    noticed on my laptop that when plugged in vlc uses 16% of my cpu to watch a movie but when i unplugg my laptop vlc uses 32% of my cpu to watch the same movie. why does vlc need more cpu to do the same thing when plugged in ? makes no sense to me
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    ubuntu question

    my question is if i download automatix and install all the codecs for dvd playback and mp3, is this legal ? if i run windows software under wine is that legal too ? Im not worried about getting in trouble or anything but im just wondering are you truly free with linux ?
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    bittorrent client for ubuntu ?

    Im using azureus but compared to utorrent is horrible. ktorrent sucks. utorrent does such a great job, it even connects and starts downloading faster than any client i have ever seen. I just need to work out this last detail (bittorrent client) and im going to keep ubuntu as my main...