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    *DEAD* Newegg 48hr Deal (1/31-2/1) - Antec Truepower New 550W $39.99AR FS

    In for 1. The reviews at Newegg have a troubling % of people that reported DOA or failure within the first few months. Hope that is not an issue. However, the 5 year warranty is a good sign.
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    Google free in-home wireless broadband service

    oops. sorry for board clutter. I see people are already discussing this hot deal in the gmail paper thread. all apologies.
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    Google free in-home wireless broadband service

    http://www.google.com/tisp/press.html http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html Looks like it's not available if you have a septic tank.
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    jokersmoker is retiring!

    Thanks for all the deals over the years. Best of luck!
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    TONIGHT'S WOOT- WOOT OFF!!!!!

    Any way to see the quantity they have in stock on these items. I'd love to see a ticker like the home shoppoing network style cable shows. then again, maybe less server load is a good idea.
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    geeks.com sizzing sunday sale is on

    I can't tell from the picture if it's the 9600 w/ the 64 bit memory bus either. please post if anyone finds out or can tell from the pics or specs.
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    Firefox downloads complete box never goes away

    Registered at the Firefox Mozilla support forums, but still no confirmation e-mail after an hour. Fresh winxp pro install on an averatec laptop. no other sofware conflicts that i know of. Firefox was the first thing i downloaded, then I went on to grab Irfanview and other proggies I use...
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    HOT! Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player - $62.94 w/FREE Shipping

    mine was delivered from elsewhere earler this week. the first thing I fed it was a cd-r with some xvid and divx movies. No problem. burned stuff as a data cd using nero, and as long as the disc is finalized....plays everything so far. It plays more than windows media player does...LOL...
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    Maxtor 160GB 8MB Hard Drive $70 + tax (no rebate) at Office Depot

    Worked like a charm. $74.20 Thank you. Now I'll have a big HD for more video storage.
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    Rebate on Guinness $4 for 6er $7 for 12 pack

    Thanks for the rebate link. Harp sold here in Florida is also brewed in Canada. It's OK. The Guinness sold in bottles is terrible. Just awful. Tastes nothing like real Guinness. The 16oz cans w/ the widgit in them are good tho.
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    Mozilla FireFox 0.8 Out!

    I understand the joy of escaping from MS products. From my first 98lite installation w/out Internet Explorer I've been hooked on alt. browsers. However, after a few hours of FireFox browsing, I can honestly say that the the newest MyIE2 browser is much better (for me, anyway). Without having...
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    Sparkle also known as Forton, and FSP Group 300W power supply $21.99 Shipped

    Ordered two. No shipping, no tax (I'm in Florida) for a total of $43.98 If / when they arrive I will check back and answer any questions about noise, build quality, condition, specs, etc.
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    Qwest Choice Long Distance Plan

    one small note about the quest plan, "Available only to Qwest local service customers for residential use. Not available in MT. Certain use restrictions apply except in CO. " The deal is only available if you have Qwest local service too? That seems to cool off the deal quite a bit.
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    Qwest Choice Long Distance Plan

    redly, thanks for the clarification. That is a pretty good deal if everything over $20 is free. If you make over 7 hours of long distance per month.... thanks, Zorro, but stripping the referral id just forces the web page to generate another referral id. Am i missing something? I don't see a...
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    Qwest Choice Long Distance Plan

    I'd say the going rate for long distance is about 3.5 to 3.9 cents per minute. I wonder why Quest would cap it at $20 ?? Long distance comparison Note: Link contains referral ID, but there's nothing I can do about that. I in no way intend to abuse this forum.
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    Drunken Orgy Hot: 1.75L Absolut Vodka for $19.99 + tax at Albertson's (ends today 5/5)

    The hottest deal at Albertson's liq. stores is always the Albertson's brand vodka. It runs about $9.99 per 1.75 L I doubt many can taste the difference between cheap vodka and the super-premium brands. U.S. Advertising laws prohibit companies from saying their vodka "tastes" any better than...
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    ZakPC, check your add/remove programs for hotfix 329170. If you've been good about updating windows, then you should have it. Uninstall it, and your shutdown time will go from about a minute down to about 15 seconds. Google 329170 and shutdown for more info.
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    KeyserSoze, Sorry if my post misled you. Don't go into the "drivers" folder. Surf into the tv_tuner folder. Current driver folder # is up to 030411 and the pvr software is from 2003/02/06 and it's in the same folder ftp://203.66.138.20/tv_tuner/ under winfastPVR Good luck. You can...
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    All the drivers and apps are here: ftp://203.66.138.20/ Other apps should work w/out the leadtek apps installed. If you have the drivers installed, then you should be all set to use something else (in theory). Only one I've used by itself is dscaler, and it works fine on its own.
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    Muse, thanks for the update. I think the problem has something to do w/ SP3. All of us w/ the shutdown problem....do we all have win2k and SP3? I'm losing all my hair trying to figure this out. Looked around at tv-cards.com and didn't find much, except some links to alternate drivers. I...
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    canons new 3.2mega pixel camera $249 ?? at office depot

    A60 goes for about $210 +shipping online. http://www.aaacamera.com/canon_digital_cameras.html I always check my baseline price at aaacamera, and judge hot deals from there.
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    muse, glad to see you've got dscaler working. I'll check into the stereo. Still haven't solved the shutdown mystery. Thought I could live with the problem by setting the power button on the pc to force hibernation. 'Puter won't even hibernate. Sheesh. Googled all over the place looking for...
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    changing drive letters around

    Hope this helps: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=1599 Trying to change hard disk letters or other drives? Switching around the letters can cause you problems, as programs don't adjust their "thinking". When the program was installed and something was on the C: drive, and it's no...
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    win2k sp3 - shutdown prob. w/ amd 760 chipset and leadtek winfast tv card

    The computer used to be slow at shutdown, but deleting one of the pre- sp4 fixes solved that problem. Now I've installed a tv card (leadtek winfast 2000xp) and despite using different sets of drivers....no luck. Still hangs. In the hot deals forum, another AT'er is having the same problem...
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    update2: Canon Powershot A70 ~$265 shipped - Dell Home - 4/17

    I've been pricing digicams for a few years now. My bosses have me buy them for the grandkids, I price them for my parents, co-workers, etc. As a baseline for all prices, I use aaacamera.com Here's the current canon page: http://www.aaacamera.com/canon_digital_cameras.html As you can see, the...
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    link to a screenshot using the included pvr software. http://www.geocities.com/rhino_888/tv.bmp 56K WARNING this is a giant bitmap >900K Also, geocities has issues. You may need to cut and paste the URL into a different browser window, rather than click the link. Sorry. Nuttin' I can do...
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    "upgrade to winxp"? come on now....I wouldn't consider that an upgrade. ;) dscaler produces the best image. No doubt. However, it's not meant for timeshifting or for use as a pvr. In order to get it to work with this card, you select your input source ( cable tv in my case) and select your...
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    LEADTEK WINFAST "DELUXE" TV2000XP TV/FM MULTIMEDIA CARD - RETAIL BOX (UPDATE: NOW $42.00 shipped!) @ Newegg!

    I've had this card for 6-8 months, and while the software and drivers have improved over time, I still give them only a C+ for software. The image quality is better using dscaler than the provided app. I'll post a screenie comparison when I get home from work if no one's done that yet. The...
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    Free Beastieboys new Single to Download

    Purchase price of a new CD: $10-$20 Cost to manufacture that disk and packaging: $1 Who's stealing from whom? Who's getting ripped off? Fair is not getting what you want, it's getting what you need. The terms of surrender from the last gulf war were pretty simple: 1) Lay out your weapons...
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    Make *ALMOST* Guaranteed money in ONLINE (!) Casinos....read for info (not a spam/noob post!)

    One more thing I thought everyone should know... Ever see banners for various online casinos? The sites hosting those ads make a percentage of everyone's losses. Isn't that great? The webmasters do their best to get people to go to these casinos and click on their ads. Then, once they get...
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    Make *ALMOST* Guaranteed money in ONLINE (!) Casinos....read for info (not a spam/noob post!)

    Random number generators? Uh, OK. Online casino games are not accurate representations of the real table games. They are computer games, programmed just like slot machines and video poker....there is a set payout percentage. The casino operators can set the software to pay out whatever...
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    Office XP pro WWF ?

    MICROSOFT WWF OFFICE XP PRO DISK KIT CD KEYLESS $28.26 What is this? Looks just like the retail version I already own, just no CD key is included? What is WWF?
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    MORE great deals from SVC... lowered prices on some stuff

    First two purchases from SVC were great. Super-fast shipping, low prices. Third time was the $20 Antec case, and the AT affect was too much for them. Tracking numbers messed up, never did get the case, and never did get satisfation, a replacement, a gift certificate, or anything other than my...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    MOAN: Ordered the Antec SLK1600 w/ 300W power supply for $19.99 from SVC compucycle (recent hot deal) Also ordered a video card with that. SVC issued the same UPS tracking number for both items. I checked in every day to see where the shipment was. Finally, the package arrives. No case...
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    AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept Bad Science - Aberdeen Group white paper

    What is my problem? I'll tell ya, lookin4dlz. This thread was created with the sole purpose of slinging mud. Then you deny that's what you're doing. Your usual m.o. is "Let's talk about Intel products!!!" Now you've switched to AMD bashing, and you deny that too. Why would anyone want to...
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    AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept Bad Science - Aberdeen Group white paper

    lookin4dlz, to say that you have no agenda is absurd. Insulting. It's right up there with, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" Here are some of your recent thread titles: "AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept Bad Science - Aberdeen Group white paper" "Intel...
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    AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept Bad Science - Aberdeen Group white paper

    Nobody's being duped but you, bub. Why bring this up again? A thinly veiled agenda have you? Since Intel funded the Aberdeen Group research article you mention, none of their conclusions can be considered valid. Perhaps you should conduct some of your own real world tests, or find some...
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    Freebie Browser With Some Unique Twists

    Time to edit my remarks. Didn't realize what low standards I was dealing with in this forum. Perhaps I should post every piece of freeware/shareware I find at Tucows and CNET. It'll be a hot deal for someone. Didja know that you can dig down into the earth and find free water? Now that's a...