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    Running during lunch hour... ideas to clean up / not smell without a shower?

    So I've been wanting to run during my lunch hour for a while now but always been deterred by the fact that I'd smell and be gross in the office for the rest of the day. Using the bathroom/sink is not really an option for me. What I have is a bit of privacy to change/clean up in my car in a...
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    SQL - How to select a table column using a wildcard?

    I am a beginner with SQL and using MS Access. I've tried googling but can't seem to find the answer to this. There's a table I want to select a group of columns from, and I want to use a partial wildcard to select the columns. I want to write something like SELECT *suffixA FROM...
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    Adobe Acrobat forms creation/design question, adaptable forms?

    I am trying to see if it is possible to create something similar to what I'm imagining for Adobe Acrobat files. I'll use a hypothetical example to illustrate the idea of what I would like to accomplish, but my implementation involves many more forms/fields. This is for a form that needs to be...
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    Excel - How to convert a list of company names to stock symbols?

    I am trying to write a spreadsheet that will take a list of company names (column A) as the input, and display the stock symbol as the output (column B). I have tried using the external data from web feature, but haven't been too successful in figuring out how this works. I am guessing I need...
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    Road Trip! Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo (California)

    Buddies and I are taking a road trip to camp north of Santa Barbara soon, and I wanted to get some input on some places we can checkout. Including Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, can you all recommend some notable places to stop by? Looking particularly for good places to eat, preferably...
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    How do you convert +/- viewing angle specs to ### degrees specs?

    I was curious how to compare how this monitor with a spec of 170 degrees Horizontal, 160 degrees vertical http://www.westinghousedigital.com/details.aspx?itemnum=60 to a dell 2001FP that is listed with a +/- 88 degree vertical and +/- 88 degree horizontal...
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    Any case out there support two full systems inside?

    when i saw this cube case: http://www.mountainmods.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_70&products_id=352 it made me wonder if anything out there shaped like a cube could support this idea? I'm thinking mount one system on one side of the case and another on the opposite side. It would...
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    Speeding Ticket: What is the legal definition of "pacing"?

    I am wondering if there is a legal definition of "pacing" when used as a method of assessing a car's speed for a traffic ticket outlined anywhere (online or in print)? Particulary asking for the state of California, but a US Federal guideline could be sufficient as well. Anything such as...
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    Fixing split leather (belt)_

    I have an inexpensive leather belt that has split near the belt notch that's commonly used. It's the type with two pieces of material that appear glued or pressed together. I know it's a cheap belt but I personally like it a lot and would like to fix/take care of it. What is the proper way to...
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    What car vacuum cleaner brand/type do you guys own/use?

    Didn't really see a thread that asks this directly. If you bought a vacuum specifically to use on cars, what brand/type (and specs if you know it) did you buy and any thoughts on how well it works?
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    Building a DVD Shelf out of solid wood

    I currently have 2 of these IKEA Benno shelves: http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...3&storeId=12&langId=-1&productId=11414 I would like to build a wider version of it out of wood. The IKEA one is made out of particle board and does not appear to hold up as well to...
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    Power Supply Standards (AMD AM2 + current power supplies?)

    I currently have a non-A64/X2 CPU, but plan to upgrade when AM2 becomes more common (I assume X2/dual cores will be common by then). I am in need of a new power supply but would not like to purchase a nice expensive one if it will be outdated by the next year or two with the pace technology...
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    How to create a word-limited entry box/form in MS Word?

    I want to create an application form that asks short answer questions limited to a certain word limit, such as 200 word max. I would like these forms to be filled out on a computer, and emailed to me, where I would print and review them. Ideally, I would like this form to simply have boxes...
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    5G Ipod Video Battery Question (30GB vs 60GB)

    I'm debating between the two 5G ipod sizes and I notice the 60GB is listed as 20hrs vs 14hrs on the 30GB model. I'm really curious as to whether the 60GB has a larger/more powerful battery than the 30GB model, or if there's some method that apple is boosting the specs just to make the appear...
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    what dpi to run on a dell 2001FP and 700m laptop screen?

    I would like to set the LCD's on both of these to the proper DPI, what matches the dots per inch of the LCD. does anyone know what the settings should be? I know windows defaults at 96dpi, but I'd like to set it matched to the LCD screen rather than what windows wants to set. Thanks!
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    Easiest way to network 2 computers w/o a hub/switch?

    just got a laptop and want a way to network/share files between the pc and laptop but dont have a hub/switch. is there any way to directly connect/network the two? possibly some USB device that connects to USB ports on both computers? or can I use network cat5 cable from one to the other? thanks!
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    Thunderbird problem - email disappearing from inbox

    I have an odd problem with thunderbird and my school's POP email. It's happened twice now where I've lost a ton of email that it has downloaded from the inbox folder. I have multiple email accounts so each one has its own set of folders/inboxes/etc. But it seems like my schools POP email account...
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    Need help w/ research paper. Survey data of older (65+) people needed

    hello, I am writing a research paper on older people (about physical activity/exercise) and need some help with participants and survey data. I only need participants that are 65 years of age or older. If you can reply to this thread (or via private message) the following, I would greatly...
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    2001FP, protecting the screen? looking for a carrying case

    just got a 2001FP and want to find some protection for the screen. I move it bath and forth between school and home for long breaks and would like to get some sort of carrying case or bag that will transport this without scratching the screen at all. Anyone know of a laptop/messanger type bag...
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    Can you dock, or lock the window size in firefox?

    I love tabbed browsing, but hate how new windows open slightly to the side of the original. And from time to time, my window gets resized. I would like to dock it to one side of hte screen and/or lock the window size and location (say leftmost on my screen, stretched from top/bottom). Is there...
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    Program/Utility to browse Local network shares?

    I was wondering if there's some program that allows for the scanning of file shares on a local network? Not every computer on my large network shows up in network neighbor in windows but will come up showing hte shares with manual entering of "\\IP.ADDRESS". Was wondering if theres something...
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    Does a 9800 pro power connector require passthru to HD?

    I'm looking at the instructions on my radeon 9800 pro and it says to connect a power connector to the radeon one, and use the pass through connector for your hard drive. Is it necessary for some reason to connect the hard drive to the passthrough connector? can i just use a spare power rail...
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    Media Player Classic and multi-channel audio?

    I seem to be having a problem getting MPC to run some video files (seems like avi divx/xvid encoded, one wmv worked) with multi-channel audio. I only get audio from the front two speakers, nothing from my rear or center. When i run the same video files in windows media player (version 9)...
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    Chaintech AV-710, can i have 5.1 speakers and headphones hooked up to this 7.1 card?

    Was reading around and saw this is a highly value for $20-30. at head-fi.org, some people are buying this card and using it for headphones only on the channel 7/8 high quality output line. I'm wondering if I can use the card with my z640s (5.1 speakers) and a pair of headphones hooked up at the...
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    Customizing the Windows Address Book

    I was wondering if there was anyway to customize the columns displayed in the windows address book? its a great simple organizer, but I would like it to display different information columns in the view window (and allow to sort by diff columns of info). Is there any way to do this? All i have...
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    BenQ DW822A and DW830A, what are the differences? which is better?

    Can someone explain the differences between these (and the DW800A if possible)? Why does the newer model DW830A only have 2MB of cache instead of the 8MB? And since the DW822A has 8MB of cache and says "dual layer upgradeable", does that make it better? And do either of these drives have...