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    Cars run on water: Miracle or scam?

    Videos of this "miracle fuel" have been circulating on the web lately. What do you think? My automatic response is to call BS on this. Several sources have claimed that it will never work due to something related to hydrogen valence. Can anyone explain this further?
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    Quake 4 trivia question

    From wikipedia on Jorg (he's the Makron's battle-suited form in Quake 2): Anyone recall this? I just finished Q4 a few days ago and have no idea which level had this. Or is this just another WikiBull?
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    Graphics corruption in BOINC Manager

    This happens to me now and then in BOINC Manager: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/ming2020/BOINC_corrupt.jpg Any idea what's the cause? It doesn't seem to affect anything important though.
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    Question about this Rosetta WU

    Been having this WU for some time now: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/BespinReactorShaft/Dud.jpg Need you guys' opinion on this. Should I hang on to it, or scrap it? Thx BRS
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    How to tell what speed your USB device is running at

    Update: FWIW, here's a tool that clearly identifies USB ports on your system, what USB devices are currently attached to it and whether each is running at USB1.1 or USB2.0 speeds. http://lpt.usbfireinfo.com/Download/ Note: Trialware. 1. If a USB device comes with no info as to...
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    MINERVA: Metastasis 2 released

    For those not in the know, this is chapter 2 of the Half Life 2 single player mod: http://www.hylobatidae.org/minerva/phosphenes.shtml Edit: Nvm, figured it out...
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    Matto's new video

    For anyone still in touch with Matto's Far Cry mods... http://rapidshare.de/files/10181842/NearlyFinal_Trailer.avi.html Sorry if this is a R...
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    What is this device?

    Some cables e.g. laptop power, data have this thing attached near one end: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/ming2020/ring_thing.jpg This is on a usb cable. But I've seen more usb cables without it. I'd really like to know what it's called, what it's for and how it works. As in the case...
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    BOINC: A proxy conundrum

    Hi all... I've been wondering about this for quite some time. One of my rigs is behind a proxy, and in the past I've tried Find-a-Drug, Folding@Home, World Community Grid with no issues. Those clients have something in common -- options like "Automatic proxy configuration URL" or "use Internet...
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    FaD: Is it just me, or did it just uninstall itself?

    Noticed just now that the FaD icon has disappeared from my system tray. Checked the Startup folder, think.lgo was missing. :confused: Then I went to the FaD installation folder, and there's nothing left but loader.exe, a few other files and an empty cache folder! :Q Anyone else experienced...
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    BOINC: How do I stock up on WU's?

    Is there any way to "force" BOINC to download more WU's? It seems to only get two at a time (given just one project, Rosetta). Can't seem to find any manual override or queue settings on my client. I'd like to move some work over to a (mostly) offline machine which I intend to offload on a...
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    A quick Thank You to TaBoo

    Just dropping a quick but BIG THANK YOU to all TeAm mates who've made my SETI Classic 10k milestone a reality after over six years of snail-paced crunching. From 5323 results to this in just over 10 crazy days... it still hasn't quite completely sunk in yet for me. :Q To everybody involved (I...
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    4x512MB on Abit IS7-E mobo

    I currently have 2x512MB on my IS7-E mobo and am considering an upgrade to 2GB. I'm slightly :confused: about the whole 1T vs 2T timing issue, so I've some n00b questions: -- from what I've read the 1T->2T downgrade only occurs on AMD chipsets, is this correct? -- if so, my P4-based mobo...
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    World Community Grid: BOINC or UD?

    I've checked out the BOINC site and it says one of the possible projects include the World Community Grid. I'm trying out the UD client right now and IIRC it's handling basically the same project. Is this really the case of a single project having two client choices? Or am I missing something...
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    BF2: Skip Intro not effective?

    Anyone else find that this doesn't really work? I mean, when I start the screen is all blank because the videos are now gone, but I still have to wait the same amount of time (pressing keys made no difference) before the menu appears. Btw I've updated to 1.03, so I'm wondering if EA has...
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    ATI Catalyst Control Panel (CCP) question

    I've tried CCC but for some reason Overdrive was missing (I do not have AIW by the way) so I uninstalled it and replaced it with the CCP (i.e. the one that doesn't use .NET) to enable access to Overdrive. Although Catalyst A.I. is missing in CCP, is there any alternate way to enable it? Or...
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    Question about no. of replies vs no. of views

    Something I've always wondered about. How can a thread end up having no. of replies > no. of views, sometimes with no. of views equal to zero? :confused: Thx.
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    Leaving an AC charger plugged in

    If, say, we leave a mobile phone charger plugged into the wall socket without the phone being attached, do we still consume electricity? If so, how do we work out the power consumption? Will it be negligible for all practical purposes (i.e. saving up on power bills)?
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    How to show only comments in XP shortcut mouseover tooltips?

    This seems to affect shortcuts that are in the Quick Launch toolbar. I notice that when we mouseover an application shortcut that contains a comment, the tooltip can show only the comment. E.g. for Opera the tooltip only says "Simply the best Internet Experience." This icon was created during...
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    FaD: "hits" and "points"

    Something that's been bugging me since I started FaD crunching. What do the terms "hits" and "points" mean and how are they calculated? Which one determines our global FaD ranking? Thnx.
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    star wars...pants?

    Lines from Star Wars that can be improved if you substitute the word "Pants" for key words: We've got to be able to get some reading on those pants, up or down. The pants may not look like much, kid, but they've got it where it counts. I find your lack of pants disturbing. Many...
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    Black highlight bars in FaD queue

    Hi all Can anyone tell me what do those black highlight bars containing asterisks mean? (see example below) http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/ming2020/FaD_question.jpg I'm able to change them manually, but it seems to also be done automatically. Thanks.
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    Norton AV crash

    One day NAV simply crashed while scanning my HDD (bombed out saying it was some Critical Error). I finally pinpointed the culprit to a single file: one of my Jedi Academy saved games (*.sav). First time this has happened with NAV. Does NAV have problems with assuming certain normal files as...
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    FaD: One of my crunchers keeps receiving CJD jobs!

    I noticed that my desktop cruncher (P4 with HT) keeps getting CJD jobs, while my notebook cruncher (Pentium M) has been getting a healthy mix of projects. Does FaD somehow analyse your rig and assign it job types that are somehow "most suited" for it? I don't mean to complain, it's just that...
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    FaD: Goodbye CJD jobs, hello HIV jobs

    Finally, my 3rd cruncher has moved on to bite-sized HIV joblets and getting quite good mileage. :) My other two crunchers, however, are still wallowing for the past 4-5 days on their respective CJD megajobs, with loads more of the same in the queue. :( Such is life!
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    Nero CD/DVD-speed Disc Quality Test

    Anyone ever performed a disc quality test on a DVD-R, only to have the application freeze around 90+% ? It's not like the app itself is unresponsive, just that the progress simply halts e.g. at 93%. I get this error message: "Error! NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION (000000)" I can cancel...
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    Firefox 1.0.2 bug?

    Using FF 1.0.2? Try saving something (jpg file etc.) to a folder via a shortcut link. It pops up with a dialog asking you whether to replace the shortcut itself. I wonder if it's got something to do with one of the bugfixes? Either way, pretty inconvenient if you ask me. I think it's pretty...
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    Absolut...

    http://www.psina.net/pictures/showpic.php?id=12&start=20&radit=datum warning: surrounding banners may be NSFW The rest of this crazy a$$ Czech (?) site may be worth checking out also, but it's pretty NSFW overall.
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    Rice 'chops

    ----> :P <----
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    Apple to stop CeBIT presentation of iPod shuffle clone

    You'd think they'd be satisfied with it tucked in some Far East market? :P http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/57460 (original thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...tid=38&threadid=1541349&enterthread=y)
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    PSA: How to run System Shock 2 on WinXP

    Finally, after having given up SS2 for dead on my XP rig, I stumbled upon the following FAQ... http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60930 Hopefully this will help out those who wish to replay or finish this classic title. Here's an excerpt with pertinent info to get the game running...
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    F@H graphical client messes up system tray tooltips

    It seems that the graphical client tray icon messes up the alignment of other icon tooltips (and also introduces black spaces). http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/ming2020/FAH_bug.jpg Any idea how to solve this?
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    YAE3TT: Episode III trailer xvid ac3

    FWIW http://www.btefnet.net/gettorrent/star.....ws.pdtv.ac3.xvid-fqm.%5BBT%5D.torrent Not HD but I just didn't feel like playing a choppy TS rip. Any idea if a 720i or 1080i version MOV is already available from apple? (edit) Yes, it's BitTorrent. And it's got a dumba$$ tack on...
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    FaD: Joining the TeAm... successful!

    (edit) I'm in! :beer::D
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    Hotmail quota tip

    25 now, 250 in a month's time? http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=892159 :evil:
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    YASJT: Chinese Torture

    A man is out in the Chinese wilderness and he's hopelessly lost. It's been nearly three weeks since he's eaten anything besides what he could forage and he's been reduced to sleeping in caves and under trees. One afternoon he comes upon an old mansion in the woods. It has vines covering most of...
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    Firewire power question

    If I install a PCMCIA Firewire card into my Dell notebook without connecting it to an AC power adapter, will it supply enough power through the port to charge external devices e.g. iPod? Is it true that this isn't an issue with Apple notebooks?
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    Far Cry ending

    Just completed the game. The final levels were pretty gauntlet-oriented but it was one heckuva fun journey. 8/10. IIRC there were some comments from those who didn't understand the ending. What about it? Seems pretty clear to me.
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    Signature ipods

    http://www.liebography.com/ipod.htm ( edit: :evil: )