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    Best places in Europe...

    I'm taking a month long trip to Europe, so I'm asking the ATOT hive mind for their favorite destinations in Europe. Especially interested in which Greek islands are the best...
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    Anandtech Giveaway: Lenovo Thinkpad X100e!

    From the main page! http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3756 Official Rules and Regulations for AnandTech Sweepstakes No Purchase Required to Enter or Win Upon entering any contest, sweepstakes, or promotion (a “Promotion”) offered by anandtech.com (the “Site”), a website...
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    Anandtech Giveaway: Lynnfield Core i7 System

    From the front page! http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3670
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    Window paint?

    I need some paint used to draw on car windows for celebrations and stuff. Stuff that comes off easily. I think it's called window paint or glass paint? You see it a lot for kids sport teams and birthdays on people's car. What is it called exactly and where can i find it locally? Thanks in...
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    Dislocated Finger

    Sorry i have to come to atot for medical advice, but i don;'t really want to go to emergency room if this is somethig that can be done by myself. I dislocated my finger playing baksetball and now need to know if i should attempt to correct it. Isn't this commonly done in sports?
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    File downloads always corrupt?

    It's weird every larger file I download seems to be corrupt. from archives to exes to larger jpegs they are corrupted. What could explain this? This is a new windows xp install with new hard drive...
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    IBM T42 Windows XP Reinstall

    Hi, I'm selling my laptop and I was wondering if I can get any copy of Windows XP Pro disc, use the key on the laptop COA, and sucessfully reinstall Windows. Please advise me on this situation.
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    Buying a used car...

    So I'm in the market for a used car, preferably something relatively gas efficient... so far i've been looking at a 98-00 honda accord, but i want to see what other good options ATOT has to share. the budget is 7000-10000
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    Killed my transmission?

    So....I think I killed my auto transmission in my 1992 Nissan Stanza. I am exiting a parking lot turn and after the turn accelerating forward to about 3000-4000 rpm. Suddenly drop in RPM and sound (from like what it sounds like at 3-4k rpm to idle sound) the car is no longer being powered, so...
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    Bumvertising...

    Seattle KOMO TV 4 Link Bumvertising.com Opinions? By the way read the gallery/profile on bumvertising.com...the last two are especially humorous...
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    Fuel leak under hood?

    Is raw gas smell normal coming from under the hood? I was checking fluids this morning and there was a pretty strong gas smell. Is this normal? Should there be any raw gas smell from under the hood?
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    Idiot from my highschool...

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/21/crime.bentley.reut/index.html SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A 17 year-old high school student faked the theft of his 2002 BMW M3 in order to collect insurance money to upgrade to a Bentley, police said on Thursday. The teen, a student of Skyline High...
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    Barebones IBM T41?

    The barebone laptop in questions is seen here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31554&item=3496751132&rd=1 I need to add battery, dvd drive, ram, hard drive, wifi mini-pci card for a total of around $1650. Is this a good idea? Will be adding the laptop parts...
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    Asus Laptops?

    I was planning on getting a Asus M5N. Anybody have experience with Asus laptops? My budget is around $1300.
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    Car Audio: Volume Fluctuation

    So I have a Pioneer DEH-P7500MP powering stock speakers. However, the volume fluctuates when I drive. I don't know if it fluctuates when the car is not moving. What can be some possible causes of this? Is the onboard amp of the head unit bad? I have no idea so please help out... EDIT: Could...
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    GSM Cell Phone Opinions: Moto V600 vs. Samsung E715

    I need to get a new GSM phone soon and it seems these two are popular. I've been over to howardofrums, but I was just wondering what ATOT denizens have to say about either of these phones. Please give me your opinions, rants, comments, and even suggestiongs for other GSM phones.
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    Where to find Nissan Stock Radio Bracket...

    So I have a 1992 Nissan Stanza and was going to repalce the stock radio with a new cd receiver, but the brackets on the stock radio will not come off and after many attempts the screws are all smoothed out and there is no way I'll be able to get them out. Where can I buy tihs part? Or better...
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    Chilton vs Haynes Auto Repair Manuals

    Which one is better? I need to pick a manual up for my Nissan Stanza that my uncle gave me...
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    [POLL] Refill Ink Cartridges?

    What does everyon think of refilled ink cartridges? Are they better, same, or worse than manufacturer authentc ink cartridges? The point is refilled cartridges can be had for much cheaper on eBay and other online places. So considering that the amoutn of ink is the same is there any difference...
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    Cell Phone Coverage: Cingular vs. T-Mobile (WA State - Seattle/Suburbs)

    Yes I've been to HowardForums (lots of information, but spotty server and slow as bawls...). It seems like that T-mobile has excellent comments for coverage in the Seattle and suburbs (Issaquah, Redmond, Bellevue) areas. I was wondering if anyone had input on Cingular and more input on T-mobile...
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    Best ISO Ripper

    What is the best program for making image files? Especially ISO/BIN/CUE types...
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    Are Bartons unlocked by Nforce2 board?

    I know my XP 1700+ Thoroughbred has multiplier unlocked by the Nfroce 2, but I was wondering if the Bartons are also automatically unlocked in such a fashion? Thanks
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    AP Calculus AB Test

    For all those that have taken in I was wondering how hard it was and if anyone has book recommendations to study from. I am currently enrolled in the IB system which teaches to the IB test rather than the AP, but I want to take the AB Calculus exam as well as it is more widely accepted for credit.
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    College Admission Thread

    Seeing how there are undoubtedly going to be college admission threads coming up soon I've decided to start a consolidation thread. :D So... Accepted to University of Washington, Pre-Engineering. Waiting on University of Washington Honors and Washington University St. Louis.
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    Late SAT Reporting?

    Supposedly the scorew were released online on Friday but mine weren't. According to the site it oculd be due to late sending of answer sheets by the test center or identification incositencies. Anyone have this happen to them?
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    HD Detected but not showing up?

    Okay, I jsut put in a new hard drive so that I now have a 60 GB and 80 GB on one IDE channel with both jumpers set to cable select. Now Windows XP detects the new drive and it even shows up in the device manager as working properly, but it does not show up as a drive in My Computer. Any ideas...
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    Chinese fonts?

    Anybody got any chinese fonts that are better looking than the default bitmap types?
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    1700+ @ 1.74 GHZ What's holding me back?

    I have a 1700+ TBRED A, I don't remember and lazy to take the PAL8045 off. However I got it to 1.74 ghz @ 12 *145 and 1.65 vcore on my Epox 8rda+. However, I can't seem to go any higher that 145 mhz for some reason. What are the possibilities? The other stuff in my computer is a 512 MB stick of...
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    ICS Network - Ban a website?

    So I'm running ICS at home with 3 computers and my computer is running the ICS. I want to know if it is possible to ban the other two computers from accessing a certain website. Any ideas how I would go aobut doing this? Thanks in advance.
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    Trig Help...

    cos 2x = 2 cos x I'm supposed to find all the exact solutions(2 of them), algebraically, in radians. This has to do with double angle identities, but I can't get it to a point where I can factor. Any help is appreciated... btw... cos 2x = 1-2sin^2(x) or 2cos^2(x)-1 or cos^2(x)-sin^2(x)
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    Radio Clip: Gerbil + two Guys

    Umm yeah my friend just sent this to me and I found it hilarious. It's from some radio talk show. Armageddon!! Hope it's not a repost...I searched...
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    High School Computer Organization/Club?

    Well our school doesn't have any clubs that are related to computers or technology and I am interested in starting one. I was just interested if your highschool or the highschool you attended has a computer club or something related or similar. Also, what did you guys do? Play games? hold...
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    Need Textbook Recommendations: Physics, Calculus I

    I need some recommendation on what textbooks people use. I'm especially interested in those that you personally think do a good job in teaching the subject matter. I need to get a few to study over the summer... The books i'm interested in are Calculus I books and Calculus based Physics books...
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    Best place to register domain names?

    I was just wondering where everyone registers their domain names. I'm looking for registrars that are decently priced, but offer good service. I don't need any e-mail or space like that, just the name. Please post your expereinces and suggestions. :)
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    Serial Connection To RT314

    For people who have the RT314 and have connected to the manager inteface via serial connection... I messed up the configs of my router and cannot access my manaager interface from FTP. HTTP or Telnet. So now i went out and got a serial cable and proceeded to access the manager interface...
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    SErial Connection To RT314

    For people who have the RT314 and have connected to the manager inteface via serial connection... I messed up the configs of my router and cannot access my manaager interface from FTP. HTTP or Telnet. So now i went out and got a serial cable and proceeded to access the manager interface...
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    Serial Connection To Netgear RT314

    For people who have the RT314 and have connected to the manager inteface via serial connection... I messed up the configs of my router and cannot access my manaager interface from FTP. HTTP or Telnet. So now i went out and got a serial cable and proceeded to access the manager interface...