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    RAM:FSB; 2:1 significant over 3:2?

    It seems that most of the discussion over ratios and timings is about 1:1 and slightly faster ram with slightly off ratios. My question is whether going a step further up to get RAM running at 2:1 will see a significant boost or not.
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    Q6600 and 8800GT* in a shuttle-size case?

    I'm trying to find items for a tiny gaming box, but I'm not having any luck finding parts to work for it. Has anyone had any success on a similar project?
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    Making a generic bluetooth keyboard

    In my quest for finding a sturdy keyboard, I have given up on the flimsy standard ones that Dell sells for cheap. Even at 30 some odd dollars, my fourth one just broke on me after two years. While I realize its not a terrible track by any means considering the mobile/compact natures of it...
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    Repairing Windows; resolved

    I have a similar problem to whats posted here, as I had to replace the motherboard/cpu/ram combo in an HP machine. WinXP Home will crash and reboot the machine before it reaches the loading screen. It hung on AGP440.sys when booting to safe mode, so I thought that it was the video drivers...
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    Help a guy out

    (removed) I'm sure she's making him do this just for the humiliation, but either way, it's quite funny what desperate men will do. Edit: Site itself is SFW, but the Blue Pill link inside the site is NOT. Edit: Given the emails they sent, this is NOT legit and is pure promotion for...
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    Inventor of Viagra dies.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050930/ap_on_he_me/obit_sternbach Leo Sternbach, the inventor of a revolutionary new class of stimulants that included Viagra, one of the first blockbuster "lifestyle" drugs, has died at his home in North Carolina. He was 97. 97? I guess he was pretty uppity.
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    Talk to our lonely chatbot

    The dorm guys and I set up a chatbot (megaHAL), and have fed it some stuff to make it slightly interesting, but we need more input! So if you're bored, send it a tell, even random copy/paste, and lets get some very interesting responses. It's less capable of producing intelligent chat as it...
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    I hate 4:30am fire alarms

    So, some clown on the 2nd floor apparently smokes something and sets off the fire alarm. 2nd and 1st floors are now floating (have several inches of standing water in them). I, being on the 5th floor, just got woken up, but here I am.... awake.... at 4:50 am EST.
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    Services and Control App is driving me crazy

    I have checked my system for spyware, unnecessary running processes, virii, and the like, but it still bugs me that when I have the Kerio window open, services and control app appears for just a couple seconds, opens a connection, and then vanishes. Bah!
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    Proxy server or better that runs on a PDA

    This is what I need: I have a PDA (Dell Axim X30) with built-in wireless access, and I would like to grant the desktop machine that it is plugged into with wireless network access. ActiveSync does some TCP/IP magic to make it work the other way around, so I know its possible. Google has...
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    Proxy server or otherwise that runs on PDA

    This is what I need: I have a PDA (Dell Axim X30) with built-in wireless access, and I would like to grant the desktop machine that it is plugged into with wireless network access. ActiveSync does some TCP/IP magic to make it work the other way around, so I know its possible. Google has...
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    YACT: A/C Compressor question

    Ok, so my father had a A/C compressor clutch/pully go bad, which destroyed the serpentine belt and damaged the end of the compressor such that we cannot just replace the pulley. We found out that the top end of the compressor is damaged by just replacing the clutch on it with a new one from...
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    Thinkpad 600 Backlight Inverter

    Google has failed me.
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    CRT monitors: G90fb or A91f+

    I'm not quite sure which of these two I want - one has a superbright mode, but the other has a higher refresh rate for a given resolution. LCD monitors of quality that I want are nowhere near my pricerange, so no, I don't want to get one. Suggestions? NEC? Samsung?
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    University is buying new supercomputer

    It's a Dell Blade server array with 256 3.2 Xeons with 6 managing Xeons. I have no idea on the RAM capacity. Google has failed me for an estimater. Anyone know of one?
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    Blizzard now owns my soul

    So now my weekend has been the creation of a level 11 Warlock at the expense of social influences. It is an awesome game, but I sure wish I had my soul back...
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    Red vs Blue

    Ever! I just finished watching it. Linky
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    UT2004 won't start

    Neither the game nor the autorun will start on my machine: it dies silently after about two seconds. I've already tried reinstalling. I suspect that it might be a result of my dualview setup.... but it should at least give an error message. Anyone seen this before? Win2K...
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    Magical Trevor

    Ooooh.... Linky And don't bash me for repost; I searched. Edit: Apparently, the site went down after I posted. Odd.
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    Toilet keeps flushing!

    Well, the toilet in our dorm room keeps flushing; rather simple. We got the RA to turn it off, and if it doesn't work right soon, we have to fill out a support request. Quite exciting. And of course, PIC. Another PIC shows what kind of toilet - nothing user servicable.
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    MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE!

    Way back when, I had this game and loved it. Played it almost to the end.... but the CD was too scratched to finish the last two missions. Now that I have the means to, I got the discs, and watched the last few video clips. ... It feels so good. I think I'm just going to bask in it...
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    Anyone in range of Universal, Orlando

    I think I'm heading out there tomorrow afternoon to do the whole 'new years' thing there. Anyone else going? Though in retrospect, planning such a trip at 1:30 AM the day of doesn't help matters much. Actually, anyone in my timezone whose sane should be in bed.... where I really, really...
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    Spellforce rant

    Great game, but I want to swap the rotate buttons. Alas, there is no way to change this, nor any controls, and I can't find any help on their forums. ):
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    Just been denied my visa to Russia

    because 1200$+ is a lot of money to waste, especially as a college freshmen. My visa was denied because my tourist invitation required that I stay at a specific hotel, rather that at a friend's house, and it was way too late to get a private invitation. It's a reminder about how open...
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    Bluray drives

    My DVD reader drive is dying on me, and I believe it's out of warranty (check that later). I'm wondering whether I should wait for Bluray drives (I'm already sold on them vs HD) or buy a Plextor 712a from my stock for 60$. Thoughts?
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    Cheesepoof girl?

    There is a particular image that was recently(?) done with a girl in a whole vat of cheesypoofs. It is the most absolutely odd thought for them to come up with. Cheesypoofs? C'mon now. The single image can be found on jwz's livejournal; a link to the originating site would get me a...
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    Sent off Visa application

    Well, finally got my russian visa application sent off to the embassy. Last minute, too - it'll get here the day before I leave with overnight shipping. I really hope this goes through, but if it doesn't, I'll be out 1400$+ and have to be stuck at home until the end of christmas break...
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    Where do I get a VISA?

    I've googled, and come up with various sites that say they'll do it for prices ranging from 20$ to 300$. Obviously I think that it's simply a scam. Anyhow, new years is fastly approaching, and I need to get a Russian Visa ASAP.
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    Good colleges for Chemical Engineering?

    I'm currently a freshman at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Daytona, in the software engineering program; on my way to a 5-year masters. Software is my specialty, but I would also like to do something else with my life. Software is fun, but it's such a speciallty that in formal company...
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    Babylon 5 movie?

    Enough of the Star Trek movies that have long gone sour. Now they're going to start filming of a movie based off the Babylon 5 story, but depending on how the plot turns, the movie may rock or bite. link
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    I've lived long enough to see my bands split and disappear

    Last night, in the midst of that stupid essay, I realised that after the demise of mp3.com, many artists have split and gone their own way. In fact, all of my following but Groove Coverage have slit up. Looking at it rationally, I guess it's about time. It's not like such things last...
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    So I was going to make this post about recursion

    But I found that it was already made: link
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    So tired... missed 3 classes so far

    Couldn't sleep last night at all. Waking time came, and no can do. I'm still in bed, still very tired but can't sleep. No, no late night partying or drugs. No women, either. Just weirdnness. Maybe I'm sick...? The PDA told me that I missed a minnor test in english... Fvck me.
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    Dictionary file for Tolkien's works

    Does anyone have or know where to get a dictionary file for Tolkien's characters, places, and objects? My google-fu hasn't turned anything up. It would make my report much easier.
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    Finally got my passport today!

    Joy. I just got my passport (I just turned 18 not too long ago) in the mail. It's kinda funny, but cool at the same time. Now the government will have yet another handle on me, but its not like I can really run, anyhow. I got it so that I could visit a friend in St. Petersburg for a week...
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    Can't sleep

    Joy. One of the few nights here at the college dorm that I go to bed early for... And I can't sleep. For the longest time I couldn't get to Anandtech.com on the PDA. Dell Axim X30, WM 03se. Pocket IE downright crashes, and NetFront 3.1 gives TCP Read errors. Google landed me...
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    Decent computer headphones+mic

    I have a pair of Koss TD-61's that have recently died on me. it's rather decent hardware, but they've died. I want to replace them with something as good or better, particularly on the speakers in them. I'd like it to be a headset if possible, but headsets that I can quickly find are for...
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    PocketPC (ARM PDA) cannot connect to Anandtech

    I have a PocketPC with Wince 2003se, and I cannot get to this site on it. I get a 'TCP read' error from NetFront, and IE just gives up. Ideas?
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    Scary halloween costumes

    http://www.thestranger.com/current/special.html
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    University is going to set up an invasive program

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daytona Beach We just found out that the IT dept is setting up a monitoring system on the network. Ok, ok, not a big deal - I don't doubt that they already have that in place. The difference here is that you must have a certain program running on your...