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    Guests visiting a home with new dog?

    My girlfriend and I have plans to go adopt a dog next Friday. My parents called some time after the plans were made, they will be in the area and asked if they could crash at my place that same weekend; I said yes. My girlfriend does not live with me. We do already have a dog; 5 months...
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    Itemized contracts from vendors?

    I am part of the mainframe support team for an insurance company in Massachussetts. Is anyone aware of a law (state or federal) with regards to requiring vendors to identify exactly what you are paying for an how much? Since I'm not involved in contracts, I've asked a number of individuals...
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    Subwoofer seems too soft...

    Hi all, Long story short, I reassembled my home theater setup after being idle for 8 months. I found that my receiver, an Onkyo SR605, was no longer in working order. The warranty has long since expired and I wasn't able to figure out what was wrong with it, so I purchased an Onkyo SR608 to...
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    WWII Battleship gun info

    I don't remember how we got on this topic, but at work today we got on the subject of WWII battleships. I made the comment of how the battleships needed to alternate firing guns on the same side of the ship because the ship couldn't handle too many (all?) firing at the same time. I don't...
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    Is there an organization that...

    ... I can give money to to invest and I can come back at the end of the year and hopefully have a positive return on investment? I am in the process of buying my first house and I'm deciding what to do with the $8k tax credit. One option is to invest, but after a weekend of reading about the...
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    Nokia 5800 Nav Edition confusion

    I've been looking for a new phone and the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition caught my eye. After looking into it, I found some conflicting specs regarding the 3G bands. From Amazon: WCDMA 900/1900, Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 From Newegg: UMTS 850/1900, Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900...
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    Distorted display at boot time

    Hi folks, I recently built a new machine and during post, the screen is distorted. The distortion consists of lines going across the screen (similar to old CRT TVs that had rabbit ears) and the words/logos on the screen are 'echoed' horizontally. The effects persist through the Windows...
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    Clearing a wooded lot

    I am currently on the market for a house. However I am still undecided if I want to buy an existing house or build on an empty lot. I have found some reasonably priced lots in my area, but they are wooded lots. I do plan on calling some local services, but I have no idea what to expect or...
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    Ninja Gaiden Sigma

    I recently bought a PS3 and I picked this game up with it. I was wondering if there is a way to reload from a save point while in the game without having to dying. Example: Several waves of ninja attack, I don't fight as well as I'd like and end up using too many elixers. At this...
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    Rear speaker placement issue

    I have been fortunate enough to be able to pick up my speaker project again. :) However I have come across another issue. (Yes, I have an older thread out there, but this isn't about what make to get) I live in a duplex and the rear wall of my living room is also the wall the two 'houses'...
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    Need advice on speakers

    When it comes to real speakers I don't know much at all. I have heard from several people at work that I should stay away from Sony speakers. The only 'evidence' they have to back that up is that they "heard other people say they are not so good". Any truth to that? I am not looking at...
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    Losing browsing capability over night...

    edit: Cliff notes below...:) I have one wired desktop and one wireless desktop connect to the internet (isp = Charter) thru a Linksys WRT54GL v1.1. Both desktops run on XP SP2. Removing the router and rebooting the pc and the cable modem restores browsing on the pc (the wired one, of...
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    Nero 6 failing to run in Vista 64

    Nero (v6.6.0.19) installed without any problems on Vista Home Premium 64. Yet, Vista will not let it run. Nero will start for a split second, then it will close and Vista will say that Nero Burning ROM is not compatible with this version of Windows. I searched online and found several forum...
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    SQLExpress alternative...?

    Is there one? Either free or fairly inexpensive.
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    Video replay issue

    I am having problems with replaying vidoes. I haven't been keeping track of file types, so I may go back and do that. I am primarily playing avi files. I have not changed/upgraded players or codecs in awhile, but the videos I am playing used to play fine. Now I am getting large green...
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    External hard drive dropping connection...

    I leave my computer on for days at a time, and my external hard drive randomly drops its connection. I never paid too much attention to it because I would just unplug it and then plug it back in. But recently I have been burning DVD's and the source of the data is on the external drive. In...
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    XP Pro SP2 recognizes incorrect drive...

    Four days ago, I re-formatted my primary hard drive and re-installed Windows XP Pro SP2. I didn't realize the problem until yesterday. I went to burn a CD and Nero kept coming up with a SCSI error. I reinstalled Nero, still had the SCSI error. I downloaded Nero 6.6, but I still got the same...
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    Starcraft map editing tools

    About a month ago, a friend got me into Starcraft. I beat single player, went to Brood Wars, and beat that. Now I am into the multiplayer aspect of the game. I can do normal multiplayer games, but I just started to play the fastest possible maps and I really like them. They are hard, but...
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    all my documents.....just gone

    i am so f**k'n pissed right now. I have no idea what happened. here is how my hard drive is set up. partition: 1 - windows 2 - programs 3 - games 4 - music 5 - data 6 - images all my data (.doc, .xls, .ppt, etc) is on data. i re-installed windows and all my programs on...
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    Something changed IE homepage

    I only use IE for a few websites, ones that don't display properly with Mozilla. So this isn't too big of a deal, but it is getting on my nerves. Earlier this week, I notcied that my IE homepage is not the default (I never changed it). It comes up with some stupid advertisement about my...
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    C programming question

    I need my program to search thru directories to find a given command. (working on Solaris 9) How do I change directories?
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    So I went to the AT&T store today....

    I went to get a new phone and plan today and after I did the paper work, the guy asks me for a 400 dollar deposit!! I was like WTF. I asked the guy why he wanted a 400 dollar deposit and he said "I don't know". "I DON"T KNOW"!?!?!? 1.) Why would they need a 400 dollar deposit? (lack of a...
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    New PowerColor 9800 SE and blue lightning??

    I just built a new computer and I bought the PowerColor 9800 SE. I thought I could softmod it to a 9800 PRO. There were checker marks after I tried, so I just put the normal ATI drivers back on (4.7). Besides, the softmod only increased my bench mark by 2000 in the 3DMark tests. Anyways, I...
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    Star Wars question...

    I watched Star Wars episodes 4,5, and 6 back-to-back this weekend (the originals) and I got curious. How much time is there between episodes 5 and 6?? I have seen these three movies tons of times, but never back-to-back. So i guess thats what really brought it to my attention. There has to...
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    Machine won't boot on first try...

    A couple weeks ago I turn on my computer and walk away to do something else. When I returned, I noticed that my machine had not booted into Windows. It was just sitting there. My monitor wasn't even receiving a signal. I didn't think much of it and just hit the reset button, and the machine...
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    Thinking or switching to Mandrake...

    I currently have a dual boot machine with Windows XP and RH 9. I have been teaching myself RH for a couple years, but really haven't had enough time to go indepth with it. All I really know is the basics. I was thinking of getting rid of RH and installing Mandrake. I read that Mandrake is...
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    How often.....

    How often do you think one should upgrade their home PC. Not just pieces, I mean the whole thing. If it works and does what they NEED it to do, should they still upgrade? I know its pointless to try to keep up with technology, but how "up-to-date" should one try to be?
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    Which party to register under???

    I have finally decided to register to vote. However I am unsure of which party to register under. Is there anywhere where there is a comparison of the different partys' views/agendas/etc ???? My parents are republic, so thats pretty much all I know and hear about. Even then, I don't know all...
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    Virus problem or Windows problem??

    I get this message after I let my pc sit idle for atleast 30 mins. AVG antivirus detects a virus "Trojan Horse StartPage.DU" and it says it is in the System Volume Information\restore folder on the C: drive. It then says to run AVG to remove it. I run AVG but it doesnt find anything. I go to...
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    Alright, this is getting really annoying......

    I can't play my games anymore. I have tried to run UT2003, JK Outcast, and Deus EX and about 2 or 3 seconds into the game (not the menus, the actual game) my computer reboots. I had this problem a long time ago, but I don't remember what I did to fix it. The only new software I have...
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    Can't make up my mind.......

    I built my computer 3 years ago. I have another year (maybe 2) of college left and I don't want to have to go spend a bunch of money on a new one. Although, even if I had the money, now really isn't the time to build one. Anyways, I want to upgrade my video card. I have been debating this...
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    Chipset fan sounds really bad......

    When I first turn my PC on, the chipset fan makes this terrible sound. Its almost like an airplane noise (a small one) and it is pretty loud too. It goes away after 5 to 10 minutes of run time. No its not because I get used to the sound and "tune" it out. It really does go away. I removed...
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    Dual Monitor Support in Linux...

    I am positive that I have seen it before. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do it. I checked all display and video card settings. How do I configure Linux (RH9) to use both monitors. Linux sees both cards, but defaults to the PCI card/monitor. I have a dual boot machine and XP...
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    DOA3 booster disc???

    Does anyone know anywhere I can get my hands on the DOA3 Booster Disc? I have seen it on EBay, but I really don't want to have to go there. At least not unless I really have to. Can I download the booster disc contents? Anyone have the disc? Thanks
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    Connecting XBox to PC monitor

    I bought a VGA-to-RCA/S-video adapter from CyberGuys. It was only 2 bucks. I figured it was worth a shot, especially since that 'box' from CircuitCity or BestBuy to connect an XBox to PC monitor is almost 50 dollars. Anyways, I connected everything up, but it didn't work. I know the XBox is...
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    XBox question...........

    I found an XBox on ZipZoomFly.com for $199. It comes with 2 games, 2 S-controllers, and the console. I thought this was a pretty good deal. I asked a friend about it, and he said it was the "old" deal and that there is a newer 'version' of the XBox out. Is there a newer version out? If there...
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    Binary Search Trees in STL??

    Is there anything in the STL for Binary Search Trees? Our professor taught us what BSTs are and what we can us them for, but he didn't really tell us how to impliment them. Our text book doesn't help that much either. Are there commands/functions already built into the STL for Binary Search...
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    whats wrong with this function???

    I have another project due this thursday for a CS class and I am having trouble with it. This program worked last night and I didn't even change computers. I know it isnt finished yet, but it should still work so far. Here is a function where Visual gives me errors for all breaks and almost...
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    Thinking of getting an XBox......

    I was at my brother's over the weekend and we were playing some XBox and it was actually pretty cool. Well, it got me thinking. I need to build a new PC if I want to play the new games coming out. Its going to cost me around 800 bucks. Then after I build it I willl have to do lots of...
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    Having problems compiling....again....

    In a nut shell: Here is the code: #ifndef "NAND_H" #define "NAND_H" class NAND { public: NAND(); void setBOTH(int, int); void setONE(int); void setTWO(int); void outputZ(); int outTHREE; private: int inONE, inTWO; }; #endif And the error I get from Visual C++ is "fatal error...