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    Damn you math!!

    0 0 infinity ... I think
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    why the hell are there so many updates for Adobe Acrobat READER?!?

    Check out foxit as a pdf alternative.
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    Which Cartoons do you miss

    Courage, the Cowardly Dog
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    what's the Neocore score for your phone?

    25.6 at 480x800 on HTC Incredible.
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    how old is your last name?

    At least 10th century BC old.
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    catalyst 10.2 driver officialy out

    For some reason, 10.2 broke idling of the secondary gfx card for me. With 9.12, I was at 157/300 on both cards at idle. With 10.2, the primary gfx card idles normally 157/300 but the secondary gfx card is at 850/1200. Could be because the secondary is a HIS reference 5770 while the...
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    What each temp sensor is measuring?

    I think temp1/2/3 is for case, northbridge, and cpu. I'm not sure what the "core" is measuring.
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    More realistic games if customed made for specific PC hardware?

    Depends on what types of games really I think. Certain games would scale very well with hardware on realism, like racing games. I've seen ray-traced renders of car models, and I really have trouble distinguishing that render vs an actual picture. However, other games like RPGs, where there's...
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    How great is the Phenom X3 720?

    As others have mentioned, the i5 is pretty sweet. If you can spare the money, and don't need to put the money elsewhere, the i5 is what I'd suggest. However, that being said, I bought a Phenom II x3 720 BE and was able to unlock the fourth core and OC it to about 3 ghz on stock air. I bought...
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    Skinny Fat

    I certainly agree with the fact that diet has an important part in fitness (though not as high as 90%) and I'm not advocating that pure exercise will ever compensate for a constant very large intake (unless the exercise expends that many calories that is). I was just nit-nicking a little at...
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    Why do men want multiple women?

    To give more detail, the biological goal of any organism is the perpetuation of one's genes. Males that mated with a lot of females had a higher chance of passing on their genes since more offspring equaled higher probability that a number of offspring carrying that males' genes will grow to...
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    Skinny Fat

    While I'm no health expert, I feel things would be better if the above quote was changed to "Exercise a lot, cardio, weight training. Dieting helps." I'd place more emphasis on exercise and less on dieting.
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    people still thinking that you're a student?

    I'm just turned 24 and yes, people do often mistake me for a college student. Though to be honest, two years out of college doesn't allow that much aging.
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    "Who would you save" comes true

    From a purely dissemination of genes point of view, males are more likely to have more offspring carrying their genes. Males are capable of multiple offspring at a time while females are limited to one offspring at a time. In the wild, males do tend to spread their genes to more offspring than...
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    Favourite standup comedian?

    George Carlin Eddie Izzard Russell Peters Lewis Black Pablo Francisco
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    just because

    I'll hazard a guess of 13.3333333 degrees.
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    recommend a good sci-fi/thriller book

    I liked "Earth" by David Brin. Microblack holes, gravity lasers, and an emergent consciousness in net just for good measure.
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    What package are you currently waiting to get in the mail?

    I'm waiting on a unlocked phone, the Sony Ericsson S500i. I just need a basic phone that looks good. It's in my city right now and hopefully will be at my doorstep when I get home.
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    What have been your most successful cost-cutting/money-saving techniques so far?

    As far as keeping track of expenses, you could try using something like Mint.com if you feel it's safe enough. Mint.com automatically keeps track of bank account acivity, credit card activty, etc. The potential downside is security risk as the site does ask you for certain information. The...
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    Need car advice (automotive noob)

    Thanks for your advice all. I'll take a look at the Prizm. Sorry Vogel515, but I'm in California. Regarding buying used cars, is the basic modus operandi just looking through classifieds, speaking with the owners, getting the car checked, running an auto-report, and all that? Am I...
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    Need car advice (automotive noob)

    The situation is as such: One of our two cars, a 1998 Nissan Sentra, was in an accident and it's financially unsound to fix. So the insurance company would be giving us about 3.3k for the car. The Sentra was to be my car after my father leaves the country for business. So, my parents lay...
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    I thought of a new shortest-path algorithm, want ot check it's big-O

    I think it's O(n) since the largest exponent of the sum is 1.
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    Whats your favorite video game soundtrack?

    Chronotrigger and Halo series.
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    Chinese restaurant food unhealthy, study says

    I wonder if the stats listed is for a dish which is probably more than one serving. If the stats is the total of the whole dish then of course it's going to be a lot. The nutritional information shown on other foods always list per serving stats.
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    Stinky Tofu vs. Durian

    Stinky tofu with spicy sauce is what got me into spicy foods. Never tried durian.
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    Are you libertarian?

    Your PERSONAL issues Score is 90%. Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 70%.
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    Earthquake in the Bay Area?

    Felt it in Berkeley.
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    Too late to join Eve online?

    Neutralizer means that now you warp to 0 km from the destination for all gates, stations, acceleration gates, and celestial objects instead of the previous 15 km from the gate. Makes a big difference in travel time.
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    2007 *Registered* Lurker Thread

    Dropping in for a cup of tea...
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    World of Starcraft!

    While there does not exist a game like such based on the StarCraft universe, there is at least one game that is a MMORTS. The graphics are dated, around StarCraft graphics, maybe even below. However, the gameplay is basically what you seem to be describing. The game is called Shattered...
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    Plant carbs harnessed to power cars..

    Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought a catalyst by definition isn't used up in a reaction. A catalyst lowers the activiation energy of reactions, allowing some reactions to proceed faster. However, the catalyst isn't used up by the reaction itself, ideally. In reality, I guess that some...
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    The Matrix Online

    Just signed up for the beta. Had a hard time signing up at FilePlanet was able to do it on my roommate's computer. Waiting to d/l the client. Too bad it's at FilePlanet. 3 hours of wait time... *sigh*
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    So I just got the Evangelion: Neon Genesis Collection in the mail

    Yes, the ending was..... interesting. Not your typical ending at all.
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    Traveling faster then the speed of light?

    Not sure about matter, but quantum states have been transmitted faster than light. Actually it's "teleported", as in traveling distance in zero time. I would assume that's faster than the speed of light. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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    Aliens Cause Global Warming

    I've always wondered about Drake's equation. This was very eye opening.
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    Anarchy Online: free of charge.

    Actually if you read the fine print at the end, it's only free until 1/1 of 2006. So you basically get a year free.
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    Slavery still affects black people in america

    While I agree with Bill Cosby, one cannot completely disregard that there are certain constraints on how far minorities can go in American society. People that are born into poverty tend to stay in poverty. So, for blacks, starting with few resources, tend to stay on the lower level of...
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    Difference between distilled water and drinking wateR?

    Distilled water boils. Why wouldn't it boil?