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    72hoursremain Video Game Marathon for Child's Play

    Hey guys, you should check out www.72hoursremain.com and donate for Child's Play. If they get enough donations, they'll keep playing. Plus it's for Child's Play. If you don't know, Child's Play is a charity that donates video games to childrens hospitals across the US.
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    Limiting power usage

    Not sure if this is the right board, but I guess I'll find out... I have an old slotted P3 Gateway computer running as a router. The only things in it are the hard drive, stock AGP video card, and three PCI NICs. The power supply has one fan, all other cooling is passive. Is there anything I...
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    Third-party firmware for soho routers

    Hello. I have two routers here (D-Link WBR-2310 and Netgear WGR-614 v7), and I'd like to configure at least one of them as a wireless repeater. You'll notice both of these aren't compatible with DD-WRT. Does anyone know of any third party router firmware which allows me to accomplish this...
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    Any gotcha's using Apple keyboards with Windows or Linux?

    I used one of the aluminum Apple keyboards in a computer lab today and really liked it, and really want one, I just want to know if there are any issues that would arise when not using them with OSX. A couple big questions: 1. Does the "delete" key (the one where a standard backspace key is)...
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    Keeping things cool in an insulated, airtight cabinet

    Hello, I've got a P3 desktop running as a router, a 24-port cisco switch and a couple of home theater components which are all fairly new set up in my den. Most of the stuff I got in the winter, and they have an unanticipated side effect: the ambient temperature in the room is nearly...
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    Apache mod_rewrite help

    I finally got mod_rewrite to actually rewrite the url, now all my relative links in the re-written pages are broken. I tried adding a RewriteBase directive but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Any help would be appreciated. Below is my current htaccess file.
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    Trying to set up SSL with Apache

    I've tried following this and this (by changing the virtual host info to switch between them) and after trying both, I keep getting "Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long" My VirtualHosts line for the SSL site is <VirtualHost _defualt_:443> (as per the results of a google search) I'm...
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    PHP's ereg_replace

    Hello. I'm making an interface for creating and editing data stored in a file. I don't allow the user to use any kind of HTML, so I've created a VB code type of thing, which I have working just as expected. However, I want to have links where any http:// string is made into an HTML link. I've...
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    Odd behavior with PHP postgres functions

    I have a large project that I'm converting from a fully working mysql setup to use pgSQL. I've installed PostgreSQL version 8.3.3 and rebuilt PHP using the following config: ./configure --with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql After everything appeared to successfully install, I went to test my...
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    PHP/MySQL error I can't figure out

    Error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING Everything I can find tells me I'm missing a semicolon or quote or something, but I've sat and stared at this tidbit for 20 minutes and can't find anything missing.
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    International city-data.com?

    Anyone know the site city-data.com? I'm looking for a similar thing for cities not in the US.
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    Very Small LCD Screen

    Anyone know where I could find a 4-inch or smaller LCD screen? I'd prefer it to be similar in size to the iPod video screen, also preferably without a casing of any kind. Obviously as cheap as possible, too.
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    which would require more battery power

    watching a DVD or watching a movie on my hard drive?
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    comodo firewall

    Quick question: Does it work with vista x64? Their page doesnt say anything in regards to vista, so I was unsure
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    I think minesweeper just messed up

    People who know how to play minesweeper, tell me whats wrong with this picture (besides the part where I made stupid mistakes)... http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/shadowblade/minesweeper_fail.JPG
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    What to do with extra CRT monitors

    I picked up 2 working CRT monitors, 2 for $1 - look like 15 or 17" screens They wont fit on my desk for a 2 or 3 monitor setup Anyone have any ideas what to use them for?
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    Problem with XP after installing updates

    Today, I installed XP updates... KB925920 KB930178 KB931261 KB931784 KB932168 KB935448 KB935848 After I restarted my computer after the last update, I got an error message to the effect of "a dll was in the space reserved for something else, and it has been removed" Unfortunately, I...
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    College laptop

    I need a laptop for college, no more than $800 I need the following features in this order (i.e. remove features from the bottom of the list to meet the price as best as possible :)) Word processing 120GB+ HD Integrated wireless networking Playback xvid/divx Capability to play older...
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    Best thing(s) to upgrade to improve Oblivion performance

    I've been playing Oblivion on the 360 for a while and decided to get it for PC - naturally, it doesn't run well. The frame rate decreases drastically when there are other moving things around me (people, fire, oblivion gates, etc.), and is still relatively low otherwise. This is running with...
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    Recording mic

    I'm looking for a decent recording mic for around $30 or less. It has to be something that I could find in a retail store (Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal Mart, Target in my area). It also must be plug and play, and if it is USB, it must be able to work with Audacity with minimal set up. This...
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    Question about using ethernet for other puposes

    I want to make a multi-room sound system using a normal networking switch by making rca to ethernet adapters and I've got a couple of questions... 1. I don't have any spare RCA audio cables to cut apart right now. Do they have a +/- within each channel to wire to the transmit or receive +/-...
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    Can someone identify the...anomaly...in this picture

    DSCN1765.jpg The white thing on the right
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    Anyone know a good, basic C++ tutorial book?

    I kinda want to learn basic C++ and I've got an idea in mind for a simple program. Anyone know a tutorial book (or better yet, a free, online tutorial) that just covers basic math operations from values input into a form? Also "graying out" certain form items, etc. Also, a good freeware...
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    What exactly would happen...

    If I were to try and watch a 1080p video on my monitor (1680x1050)?
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    Bet fullfillment...

    One of my friends made a bet with another friend involving the female friend giving the male friend a lap dance. She lost. He is making the argument that said lap dance would have to last for the entire song (he gets to pick the song), while she is saying that it doesn't. What is your opinion on...
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    Can someone help me with VirtualDub?

    One of my AVI files has severely desynchronized audio and video. By my calculations, an audio event occurs about 4.964 seconds before the corresponding video event. I think I know how to go about making the changes, but I can't figure out how to see my changes without saving the entire file over...
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    Can someone look at my HijackThis log?

    I was randomly browsing around the forums and I saw someone with a large CPU usage on one of the svchost.exe files in the task manager. One of the responses was to check and see what all was running using the command line's "tasklist /svc". So I figured why not, my highest was around 20MB, I'll...
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    Problem after removing Vista RC1 partition

    I recently removed my Vista RC1 partition (with Acronis) and resized my main partition to cover the space, but the Vista boot loader still comes up when I startup my system. Any way to fix this without formatting?
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    Problem with new monitor

    I was gone for about three hours today and left my monitor on the whole time. It was just displaying a static image. When I got back, I noticed horizontal lines moving slowly from the bottom of the screen to the top. I can only see them when the screen is showing darker stuff. Did I mess up...
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    new monitor...DVDs looks horrible in full screen

    So I got a new monitor (Sceptre 20.1" LCD 1680x1050) and DVDs look absolutely horrible in full screen. They're extremely dark and they look kind of like I'm looking at the monitor from a bad angle, no matter what angle I look at it from. Everything else looks amazing. Tried watching movies with...
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    Looking for an unusual device

    I'm looking for some kind of device with multiple sound outputs that could be switched between. Ideally it would be software controlled but that is not required. It would be similar to an A/V switch but an internal device.
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    Need someone to check this configuration

    I just need to know whether or not these components will work together, and that I am not missing anything. Motherboard | ECS 945P-A (V3.0) Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Memory | G.SKILL F2-6400PHU1-512NR Video Card | [used] eVGA 6200TC Hard Drive | Western Digital WD800JD DVD...
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    Vista beta 2 partition

    Whats the minimum size I can make it?
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    SATA 3Gb/s and other interfaces

    I beleive my motherboard only has SATA 150 or SATA II ports, will a 3Gb/s sata drive still work with these?
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    Good disc repair system

    Is there a good, working system for repairing scratches on a disc? Specifically an Xbox 360 game? This scratch might be pretty deep and I think 360 games are dual-layer discs if that matters. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Having problems connecting 360 to PC...

    I can't get my Xbox 360 to connect to my computer...everything I try still results in the Xbox telling me there is no connected computer - I did install the Media Connect software, etc; I think it might be a firewall/router problem. (Firewall is Sygate, router is D-Link DI-624) Any help would be...
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    If I get a new motherboard....

    Will a repair install of XP let my computer work again, or does it require an entire fresh install?
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    msword is being dumb

    If i go to insert page numbers and say alignment top right, it goes on the top left no matter what. WTF!!! I need to fix this asap - paper due tomorrow
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    mla citation question

    Does anyone know how to cite a data table in MLA format?
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    so there was a massive bus fire near my house

    I was going to the store and I looked up ahead and there's thick black smoke billowing across the road. There were already firetrucks and cops there, etc. the fire was pretty much out. From what I could see it looked like the engine had just exploded and then the fire spread through the bus...