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    Looking for a camera recommendation

    I'm just starting to get into photography, and wanted to see what anandtech pros would recommend for me. Looking in the $500 to $700 range. I do a lot of hiking, and kayaking. What other info would be helpful for a recommendation?
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    Windows XP firewall problem

    My friends system had some nasties that I helped him remove, but still haven't been able to get a internet connection. When I try to start win firewall it says the service cannot be started, system error 2001, the specified driver is invalid. Anyone seen this before, any ideas? I have tried...
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    Blackhawk down... on my favorite mountain :(

    http://www.komotv.com/news/4987776.html I was supposed to be up hiking that mountian at about 8PM last night, but had to cancel so I could finish some last mintue christmas shopping. I wish I could have been there. We know that mountain better then most.
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    How many people would it take for you to...

    ...sacrifice your own life to save them? Lets say you are put into a situation where you can save the lives of people you dont know by sacrificing your own. How many people would it take for you to give up your own? Say its random people anywhere from kids to seniors. I think my number would...
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    Need help from the network gurus

    Hello, I want to get a few opinions on what would be the easiest plan of attack. A friend of mine has a desktop on a 64' Ocean Alexander :camera:, and right now he has three different options to connect to the internet. 1) EVDO 2) Local hotspots 3) Sat phone What will be the best way...
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    Dell laptop keyboard problem

    I want to get a few opinions on this problem before I start ordering parts. If you press the #2 key, it registers both the #2, and #3 key as being pressed. It does this with these 4 combos of keys; 2+3, W+E, S+D, X+C. You can press either key out of those combos, and the other will be...
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    A dual 6800Ultra PCIe card

    http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=2209&s=1:Q Anyone whant to take a guess on the $ My guess is 2 legs and 1 arm. "ASUS is going to launch their new EN6800Ultra Dual card later this month at Computex that features two 6800Ultra GPUs on a single card. This card comes with a total of 512MB GDDR3...
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    Are laptop CD/DVD drives interchangeable?

    A person I work with has a Dell Inspiron 2650, and they want to put a combo drive in it. Dell wants to charge them $150 for the drive + labor + SH/T. Will any slim combo drive work? I was hoping they could use this one. They don't care about color or anything, just as long as it works. Any...
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    VIA K8T890 + VIA VT8237R = Asus A8V-E Deluxe

    This seems to be a good board I think I might get it.All though, I don't see to many people talking about it I wonder Y? Any ideas? Would it be fare to compare this to Nforce4 Ultra? -the biggest diff I see is the A8V-E only has 2 SATA ports. No big deal to me , that should be all I need...
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    To SLI or not to SLI *OMG not another one*

    Hello, I am looking at purchasing the final componets for my new build. So far I have in my hands; AMD 3400+ 64 939 (newcastle) Zalman CNPS7000A-ALCU Evga 6600GT WD 74GB Raptor Seagate Barracuda 200GB NEC DVD Epower Jaguar 450W PSU Beantech BT85 case I am not a hardcore gamer. I am...