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    Dying drive! Help!

    I have a 3TB Seagate hard drive that is about to die. Problem is there is ALOT of data on this thing I need to get off. I had it all backed up on a NAS but the backups on that thing got messed up. So I was going to just redo it. Reestablish the backup with a correct file structure. It was in the...
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    Keyboard with macro function that does not require client software

    I need to find a keyboard that has the ability to record macros and replay them. This keyboard is going to be used in a configuration room and plugged into a KVM. It must not require any sort of software to be installed on the computer for the macro functionality to work. Otherwise its no good...
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    Upgrade this computer!

    I'm thinking about upgrading my current computer but I'm not sure what to upgrade. My budget is about $300. My first thought is video card. But would it be worth it to upgrade from what I have? My current card can run Skyrim at maximum settings in 1920x1080 with no problem. And I could probably...
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    Configuring iptables script for DD-WRT

    I run an email server from my home. I have noticed several attempts to brute force my server from IP addresses in China and other countries. When this happens I look up the IP addresses on apnic.net or ripe.net and then add a rule to my router to ban their whole subnet. I want to ban them at my...
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    Which card for a new system build?

    I am building a new gaming system. My current video card is a ATI HD4870. I have not kept up with hardware changes so now I have no idea who now has the good cards. From what I've learned so far ATI and nVidia a pretty much even in price/performance. The cards I'm looking at: EVGA GeForce GTX...
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    Fun little game.

    Here's something fun to play if you're bored. 1. Go to http://pics.bbzzdd.com 2. Click the Random link on the left side. 3. Did a pic of a hot and/or half naked woman show up? 4. If so click Random again. How many times will you have to click random before none of the appearing pics are...
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    Blocking inbound traffic in DD-WRT

    I recently bought a new Netgear 3500L router and successfully installed dd-wrt on it. Something however I would like to set up is to have my router block inbound internet traffic from certain IP addresses. I run an FTP server and have a huge log file of chinese, thai, korean, and even some...
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    New computer bloat

    So we got in a load of new Toshiba tablets. I'm starting on creating an image for these machines so we can deploy them. One of the first things I do when starting an image is go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and see what could be cleaned out from there. So I do that...
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    Revenge, Karma, & Poetic Justice

    I'm sure everyone has their stories. Post them here!! I'll go first. Back during '93 a major blizzard came through though south east and Montgomery, AL. I hear there was even snow on Miami beach during that blizzard. Anywho... almost everyone on my street was out playing in the snow in some...
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    Adding a fan to a case

    I have a Silverstone TJ04 case that I have had to leave open with a fan blowing into it for the past few months to keep my video card from overheating. Well I'm ready to replace this video card and add a new power supply. But I'm also adding this fan to the case to give it extra air flow. My...
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    SQL help needed

    Ok... I'm attempting to find out the test_id numbers of tests that were passed but have more than 10 questions unanswered. There are 2 tables. Test_questions contains all the tests and individual answers to each question therein. Any unanswered question will have answer_id_given as a NULL. The...
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    Adopted pets

    Ok... I got the idea from this thread. But I'm curious so I though I'd post this one. How many of us have pets that were strays before they were ours? I do. At the university I used to work at a stray cat had gotten into the ceiling of one of the buildings and had a litter of kittens. It was a...
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    The morons in accounting

    So I get this call from a guy in accounting who approves our POs. Him: I'm looking at this PO you submitted for 8 touch screens. Is this correct? Me: Yes it is. Is there something wrong? Him: Well yeah there's something wrong! You ordered 8 touch screens 2 months ago and now you're...
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    I love acapella choirs

    Check this one out (youtube)
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    Picking the needle out of the haystack

    I have a folder containing +20k media files that adds up to a bit over 620MB of data. On the central server the folder contains 20785 files. But on one of the remote sites the folder contains 20782 files. I really don't want to copy all 620MB just to get these three < 1mb files. But trying to...
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    If you're going to send someone a death threat

    I have a friend that works in the social security office reviewing disability claims. He routinely gets threats of bodily harm & the like when he tells some lazy piece of trash they are not disabled and can still work a job. Well yesterday he was rather upset so I asked him what was up. He...
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    Need SQL Help

    I have a table that I need to find duplicate entries for based on 3 values. If 2 or more rows contain the same values for col_A, col_B, and col_C then they are duplicates. I was able to do this when the duplicates were determined by a single column using: SELECT col_A, COUNT(col_A) AS Expr1...
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    Windows XP power settings

    Got a very frustrating problem I'm trying to solve. The default power settings for our users' tablet PCs is causing them to lock up. Once we change the power settings to "Always on" and then set everything to never turn off the lock ups go away. The problem is whenever a new user logs in their...
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    The break room table

    I work in an office complex where several small offices lease their space from a management company. There is a common break room shared by everyone. Some lawyer who has his offices up here left a tray of sandwiches sitting on the common break room table. They were supposed to be for a client he...
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    Gateway going bankrupt

    Just got the notice in the mail today. Gateway Companies Inc., along with several other subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11. We have been having a ton of trouble getting replacement parts for several of our machines from MPC, a Gateway subsidiary, for several months. Back in October we were...
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    When you were a kid (< 12 y/o)...

    For me... Legos! Hands down. I could take apart my toys and rebuild them all I wanted without pissing my parents off :D
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    Adding fans

    I think one of the reasons problems I've been having problems with my video card temperatures could be poor air flow. My case is the Silverstone TJ04. Right now I have a single 120mm fan in the front of the case and a 120mm in the rear. I'm thinking about adding two more 120mm fans to the case...
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    401k returns

    I saw this today and wow talk about depressing. -40.8% return for 2008 so far. I've changed all of my future contributions to go into more stable value funds. Right now I'm trying to guess whether I've already eaten the worst of it. Or if I should start dumping these falling funds and try to...
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    Since I will need a new PSU...

    I need a new video card since the one I have has overheated to the point its basically toast. I want to get a HD4870. Problem is I'm finding out my Antec SP-500 PSU is incapable of supporting that card. Since I will need a new PSU as well I want to get one that is 'future proof' and I can use in...
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    Will my PSU run this video card??

    I need a new video card and am looking to get this VisionTek HD4870. Aside from being the best rated HD4870 on the egg it also has an HDMI out. The question obviously is "Will my Antec 500W PSU be able to run it?" The PSU has four 6 pin ports for plugging in SATA, Molex, or PCI-e power cables...
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    Upgrading from X1900 XTX

    Here's what I'm looking for. 1. A card that is a worthwhile upgrade from an X1900 XTX 2. A card that can run off of a single 6 pin PCIE power connection. 3. A card that is <$350. I had thought about getting a HD4870 But those don't meet the power limitations. EDIT: OOPS!! My bad...
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    Need to find EASY FPS

    Last night my g/f saw me playing UT3. She thought it looked kinda fun and wanted to try it herself. She has absolutely no gaming skills at all. She had a hard time even figuring out where she was. I tried switching to CoD4. A little slower paced. No good. She couldn't even finish the training...
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    Fox29 news racist??

    LINK So basically they got caught screwing around. And now they are accusing the journalist of racism? I guess when you get caught and have no excuse go back to the old stand-by.
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    Nanny State strikes again!

    LINK The internet has a dark side?? No F***ing way?!?! Who would have imagined? Good grief.. pull your heads out of your asses people. How about people take personal responsability for their actions rather than rely on Big Brother to make everything green grass & sunshine??
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    Animals now supporting the Democrats

    LINK :laugh:
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    *sigh* No good deed goes unpunished

    LINK How many times have our friends gotten smashed, passed out, and we drive them home to sleep it off? I think the only reason shes even being prosecuted is because she drove him to her house. Why she did I'm not sure. Maybe to look after him herself when he wakes up or maybe other...
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    I love this site

    One of my favorite online retailers. They have some of the coolest stuff. The fun I could have with these things!
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    Need some help with SQL2005

    I'm trying to clean up the replication jobs on the server located under SQL Server Agent -> Jobs. However when I rename these jobs the replication monitor can't find them anymore. When I select Merge Agent Job Properties from the Subscription Properties it throws the following error. I'm...
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    So who here has made their own lol cat?

    Thats right. How many ATOTers have made an lol cat or something similar out of pictures of their own pets?? Post links plz! Here's mine :) Oh... and if you think you've got a better caption let me know. Edit: Now in lolcat language.
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    They sooo need to bring this show back

    BWAHAHA!!
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    The hottest female athletes

    LINK Some of these ladies are so hot. Some of them look like the ugly stick's tree fell on them. However, in general I think women athletes are hot. Athlete almost always equals a smoking body. My favorite is still Gabrielle Reece :D Sorry, this is a babe thread. There's only one...
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    Would you consider 4.4% a decent raise?

    Simple question. Yes or no. I'm saying no :(
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    Another crazy 'what if' discussion by me & my friends

    Could North Korea buy up all of the US treasury notes and debt from other asian countries and then try to destroy the US economy by cashing them all in? I say no because the other asian countries would never sell these instruments to North Korea. However if they somehow managed to get ahold...