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    refi appraisal question

    So I am refinancing my condo. i bought it as a foreclosure back in 2008 and have since put about 20k into renovations since due to the previous owner trashing it on the way out. when they asked me what i thought it was worth, i just kind of added up what i had bought it for + what i had put...
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    military station question

    one of my friends found our her boyfriend will be stationed in italy for airborne school and is planning on moving there with him. i am not entirely convinced thats possible from what i could find. if getting married solved their problem they'd do that but even still its sounding like unless...
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    cable lines owned by time warner in condo? fiber coming to my city!

    So, Kansas City, MO has been selected for the google fiber project and i have a couple questions on how this may be rolled out for anyone familiar with how and IPS may go about something like this. first off, would fiber need to be run to each individual unit or would fiber be run to the...
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    cd $idontexist/

    is there a way to get something like: cd $idontexist/ to not go to / ? for the sake of simplicity, have users who keep doing: cd $goheree/ instead of cd $gohere/ and end up in the root directory instead of where $gohere is defined. sometimes you can't fix stupid but you can at least make...
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    historic property tax questions

    ok, so i am looking at this fantastic old property in missouri that is on the national historic property registry and supposedly there is a 20% federal and 25% state tax credit for restoring historic properties. I guess i am just confused as to how the credit works. I know i'd have to use it...
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    new HT setup ordered! woohoo! thoughts?

    well, its been about 4 years since i last bought components for my home theater...young and inexperienced, so i thought it was time to treat myself to some fun new components. After reading through yoyo's exhaustive guide and poking around the internet for a few days, here is what i am coming...
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    anyone have experiences in Dubai/Abu Dhabi?

    So work sent out an email to some of us System Engineers/Architects to see if anyone wanted to move to Abu Dhabi for a year as we have some new clients there. Has anyone here lived there for an extended period at all? I saw mixmastertang had been there for a couple weeks. This is something...
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    new loft!

    So this is somewhat of a brag thread but I bought a place in downtown kansas city, mo last month and it needed a lot of work as the previous owner had some substance abuse issues and trashed the place before he was foreclosed on. see all the picture here! (oldest on the bottom). The...
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    basic wiring questions

    so i have a 4 prong 220v outlet of my dryer but the last person in the unit had an all in one washer and dryer so there isnt a 110v outlet for my washer. are the 2 hot wires each 110v? can i pull ground and one of the hot lines off the 220v outlet to get a 110v outlet? thanks ahead of...
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    can i plug in a newer mac hard drive into a linux box...

    my friends mac died, can i plug in the hard drive into my linux box and natively see all the files? thanks, dan
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    mlb.tv slow for anyone else?

    trying to watch my brewers play, is anyone else here a subscriber and getting really choppy video? i have the basic 400k subscription
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    Candlelight vigil held for 4 teens

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    anyone deal with ciscokits.com?

    so ive decided i would like to start off by going for my ccna and later on my ccnp and am considering one of the kits from ciscokits.com. has anyone done this while working full time? i dont have much network experience except for whatever i have in my house. any idea on how long it would...
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    is declawing a cat cruel?

    so i was looking on google trying to figure out how much it might cost to declaw my cat and came across tons of sites about how cruel it is. i never knew that there were people so passionate about this kind of thing...thought it was widely accepted for domestic cats. your thoughts?
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    just a reminder...planet earth is on

    tonight is jungles and fresh water that is all
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    UPDATE: Calling out all Kansas City, MO ATOT'ers!!!

    So I just accepted a job in Kansas City, MO and am interested in learning more about the fun places and things to do in the area. Right now I am looking to live downtown (near the river market). I have been to the Plaza area and that was a lot of fun. Any recommendations? EDIT 5/2/2007...
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    YAJ(ob)T:Cray vs. SGI

    So I've had great first round interviews with SGI and Cray and the hardware engineering positions they have open sound pretty sweet (logic design and testing) so does anyone have an opinion on where each of these companies are going? Both positions are located in Chippewa Falls, WI. The...
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    heard of a probationary salary...?

    So this small company outside Chicago called me a couple weeks ago about interviewing with them and went ahead with a phone interview the next day followed by an onsite a couple days later. About a week later they sent me an offer with a ?probationary salary? that is well below market value for...
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    help me out! need resume advice

    here is my current resume. i am in the process of looking for jobs and would appreciate any input. thanks ahead of time! -big dan edit: changed to pdf version edit2: updated with new version of resume
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    if you wonder why the power goes out sometimes....

    a high computing company complained about the power going out, this is what they found. (caution, not for those with very very weak stomachs. not too bad though) pic1 pic2 pic3 pic4 pic5 pic6 pic7
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    quick laptop question

    i have an asus m6n and it wont power on anymore. should it power on if i have it plugged into the wall and the battey is just dead? or would a dead battery/non existant battery not allow it to power on also?
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    vb.net windows app question

    alright, so i am having a lot of trouble getting this function to work...program always dies on me. i want to auto size the column headers, but cant get my datatable set up correctly, so here it goes. the first method is where i declare and fill the datatable, set it was the source for the...
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    drummers: best place to find value of set?

    back in high school i played in our jazz band with at sonar force kit that i loved and took really good care of. the guy i bought it from said it was a sonar force custom, but i cant find a single picture online that it looks like. should the model be on any of the drums? its packed up back...
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    awesome news! found extra money!

    so two summers ago i had an internship and 2 different departments thought they were paying me, so two pay periods went by before they got everything straightened out. i returned the two extra checks to my manager, but she never took care of it. jump ahead two years later and i get a letter...
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    my friend made cnn!

    My friend is a firefighter in Yuma, Arizona and there was a car that flipped over carrying 22 illegals across the border. here is the CNN link to the story (he is the one on the left in the first picture) and here is a link to the local story with video coverage. he is in a couple of the...
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    really stuck on what to do after graduation

    well i will be graduating from UW-Madison in December and am really torn on what i should do after graduation. I will have degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science so work will not be hard to find. this summer i am working for a medium sized company in madison doing ms reporting...
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    what is the difference between regular rice and minute rice?

    is there a difference in the way they are processed or grown? edit: yea yea yea, and besides the fact they take different amounts of time to cook
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    whoah...my friends have waaayyyy too much time on their hands

    dont yell at me for wasting your time, you are the one that clicked it quicktime video
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    favorite cartoon character?

    i would pick GIR from "Invader Zim" show was only on for two seasons and i never saw it when it was on, but my room mate downloaded the episodes and find it pretty damn funny. GIR is always good for a laugh. your picks?
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    oahhh, and i wanted to play whiffle ball

    Well by the looks of this it doesnt look like the interns vs. managers whiffle ball tourament will be taking place today. drat <3 Dan
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    AWESOME weekend!!!!!

    So i just had an awesome weekend! Friday: After work i took a quick nap and then headed to the bar to work again. Around 11, some of my friends showed up and my buddy who is in afghanistan was with them! turns out he is on 2 weeks leave. i am pumped he is there but not excited now that...
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    yapt: see fun europe pictures!

    facebook me and see my awesome pictars from overseas! yes i know, i am a facebook friend whore <3 dan
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    dilbert continues to amaze me... :)

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    who else wishes they were still in bed?

    ugh, i would give my left hand to be back in bed right now instead of at work. last night i went to the bar to drink and ended up working instead. the entire uw wisconsin football coaching staff came in to drink and it was packed with only two bar tenderes so i offered to work and ended up...
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    anyone ever done consulting work for a large firm?

    i have done independent IT consulting for a couple start up companies and really liked it and would like to do it as a career. has anyone worked for a large consulting company and did you like it?
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    Lunch soon!

    i think i may rock some BK and read he paper, take a nice long break. then its back to work to do some paperwork and look for new jobs
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    dreads on girls

    i saw my ex a couple days ago and she had dreads....bad ones at that. i really cant stand them at all. there is nothing sexier than a girl that can let her hair down and have it flow over her shoulders, not look like a set of those crappy vertical venetian blinds. discuss
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    fathers day rocked

    so i went home for a couple days to spend some time with dad. he knows im strapped for cash being a poor intern and was thrilled that i came home and only got him a card. we went to lowes looking at new bathroom and kitchen ideas for the house and in the end, he ends up buying ME an air...
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    pictar of my old hardware....

    hardware took this picture when i was home last weekend of the titanium plate and screws i used to have right above my right knee which they nicely let me keep. i quickly took them with my dads nikon d70 which i have no idea how to use so thats why it is kind of blury, but ill get some...
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    SUMMER INTERNS CHECK IN!!!!

    So what kind of internships did people land for the summer? I have one semester left for degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science and landed an internship doing MS Reporting Services, SQL Server 2000, and VB.net for a compay taht services credit unions and I have to say I am not...