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    Why are commenters in online newspapers total nutjobs yet the people here are sane?

    I like to read the news. Sometimes I scroll too far down and read what people have to say about the news. They say some pretty tin-foil hat stuff. Why have you guys not desensitized me to this bs.?
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    How much to set up a hotdog stand ? And how much profit ?

    THere's a few stands in the upper living place, like malls, and I see them selling things, hotdogs to be exact, that I find really cheap at the Safe-Way. The question is, to be exact, how much is an average rent for a place like that (upper living place), approximately. There's a place (upper...
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    This forum is full of morons

    Bye! Bye. Red Dawn Anandtech Senior Moderator
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    How much leniency to give to defaulting room mate

    So my utility bills came in about 2 weeks ago for me and my 2 roommates. We agreed to split. The electric and water bills come in my name. The cable comes in roommate one's name. Roommate 2 was supposed to have water bill in his name but the apartment staff screwed that up. Payment is due...
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    Why do P&N Threads Read Like Fox News?

    If people here were only half as refined as they portray themselves in these little circus threads, I think the discussions would be a lot more interesting, and would have a desirable lack of Fox News-esque sensationalism. Discuss.
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    Power supply troubles

    Ok, first here's the setup: Windows vista 64 bit 4 gigs mem super talent ddr 2 667 athlon 64 x2 3600+ Biostar TA690g motherboard xfx 8800gts 320 mb factory overclocked edition 2x sata hard drives, dvd drive. Antec NeoHE 550 Watt psu* *(keep reading) So this PC was built, booted up...
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    Aria Acoustic Guitar Pack 49.99$

    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid Regular price is 129.99$, looks like a decent guitar for a beginning guitarist, certainly better than any cheap crap you could buy at sears. Comes with lots of goodies, including tuner, case, instructional dvd, etc.
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    Aria Acoustic Guitar Pack 49.99$ + Ship

    I have no experience with Aria guitars, but the reviews for the brand in general over on harmony central seem positive. For 50$, this would be a great package for a beginning guitar player. Certainly better than any cheap crap you would buy at sears. Regular price is 70$. Warning for those...
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    Patriot 4GB 2x2gb kit **COLDER 150$ AR**

    http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5247577 Now an OK deal on 4 gigs of memory.
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    PNY 2GB (2x1) DDR2 667 Ram *OOS*

    Rebate Item This rebate has been out for a while, but newegg has been OOS. Newegg isn't advertising this rebate but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Feel free to jump in and correct me if I'm wrong. Good price if you dont mind the hefty rebate. --- Newegg's page says this item is...
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    2x1 GB PNY DDRII-667 *OOS*

    Text Additional 40$ off coupon available on the interwebs if you do a little looking. And it immediately goes out of stock.
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    Ipod FM Transmitter

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/rebate...?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=electronics Ordered one for the g/f, she's been lookin for one.
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    Warm: Kingston 2x 1GB Value Ram DDR2

    I went to newegg, saw this stuff for 178$ shipped after MIR. However, if you go through AT's realtime pricing engine, it's not a MIR, it's just $ off instantly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820134384...
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    OCZ Platinum DDR2 PC2-6400 *Alive*

    http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=203271640&****** Back again.
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    Anyone know if paypal charges overdraft fees?

    Hey, I've got like 5$ in my paypal account left over from an ebay transaction. I want to buy a case off newegg that's got a rebate that expires on monday. I also want to take advantage of free shipping through paypal. Anyone know if I can over draw my paypal account while my funds transfer is...
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    Ultra V Series?

    I'm looking into buying a PSU, and this one is free after rebate. I know the X connects had some trouble exploding. It's not going to be powering anything massive, just a single dx 10 graphics card, 2 hard drives, 2 optical drives, couple case fans, etc. Was wondering if these are considered...
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    What should I do with my life?

    So I'm a freshman in college at UNC Chapel Hill and like chemistry + economics. And honestly I have no idea what I want to do as a career. I know all of you are going to be like "It depends on what you like,"; I think that's a load of bull. I like chemistry, that doesn't mean I'll like getting...
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    what's it like to work for a company that produces spyware?

    just recently got some on my computer and i looked it up online and actually found the company's website. it was a "marketing" company. i sent some hate their way, which got me wondering: what kind of people work at these places? it's like working for someone that kills baby animals it has to...
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    problems with creating a virtual drive

    basically i install alcohol 120 or daemon tools, and a little windows popup box comes up asking me if i want to install the drivers automatically or from a specific location for a scsi device. i hit automatic, and as soon as it finds the correct file i get a bsod. i believe it's page fault in...
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    problems with alcohol 120

    i install alcohol 120, and afterwards the "scsi device detected" popup comes up and asks me if i wish to automatically install the drivers for it. this is the virtual drive that comes with alcohol 120. as soon as that driver begins to be installed, the computer bsod's. anyone have any...
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    chipset and "dps" fans on k8nsnxp-939

    i've been trying to reduce the noise in my case recently, as the high pitched whine of some fan and chugging sound coming from it was making me sad. anyways, these two tiny fans are making the noises. they are the same fan. i'm wondering if they are necessary, because when they are unplugged...
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    d3dx9_25.dll bf2 problem

    so i've got the battlefield 2 demo. it won't run because it can't find a certain direct x dll. i look online and it turns out they did a revision to directx back in april 2005, which includes this dll. so i try windows update to get it. doesn't work. so i download it manually. now i try to...
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    sofffty being an ass in general hardware

    http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1597122&enterthread=y this just screams stupidity. not that i think he should be banned, just told to mellow out a little
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    linux installation problems

    i'm trying to install beep media player. i unpackage it, cd to the directory, and try and configure it. it goes along for a while, then comes up and tells me it can't locate the x11 headers. i searched online, and people said i needed to install a certain package. tried that, and it said i was...
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    Ubuntu doesn't recognise windows/fat32 partitions

    howdy i just recently uninstalled mandrake and installed ubuntu over it. i used the existing partitions from mandrake. i have 2 disks, 1 raptor with all windows on it, and one 80 gb hd with 40 gigs of fat32 (used for moving things between windows + linux) and 40 gigs of ext3 linux partition...
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    CPU temps went all funky

    recently updated the BIOS on my k8nsnxp-939. the temps went from 20 C to 37 C load, which didn't surprise me. however, after installing a new hard drive, the cpu temp went up to 50 C load. the airflow in the case is still basically the same, however, i look in nvidia's system utility about 30...
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    Linksys Wireless USB drivers for mandrake 10.1

    anyone know if these exist? couldn't find them on the linksys website. thanks for any help. the name of the adapter is WUSB54G
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    Windows Network Problems

    i've got a dell insipiron 5100 running windows xp professional. my wireless card recently stopped working, so i plugged the computer directly into the router with a networking cable. That worked for about 2 weeks. Now windows pops up a window every 5 seconds telling me that the network cable is...
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    Lag spike issues while playing game(s)

    i'm playing ut 2k4, and every 30 seconds to 1 minute i will get a spike of lag, then the game will go back to normal. it only happens when i play online; it happens on every server. it does not happen on my other computer, which uses the same router to get online. I have broadband internet. my...
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    RAM Upgrade for a Dell

    a friend of mine is interested in getting a small upgrade for his dell. it only has 128 megabytes of ram in it, and it has been running rather badly out of the box. so he's interested in a RAM upgrade. according to cpuid, the current ram he has is kingston pc2700. but it's at 133 mhz instead...
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    CD-RW won't detect blank discs

    hello, my sony CD-RW, CRX230ED, doesn't detect cd-r discs. it detects normal discs (software, movies, music, etc.) but it will not detect blank ones. Whenever i try and make a data cd, music cd, anything, it tells me there is no blank disc in the drive. help me out!
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    Linux?

    good idea\bad idea: dual booting windows xp professional and linux. in search of your input. thanks.
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    Blue Screen of Death v2.0

    posted earlier about a blue screen of death, and i thought i had fixed the problem. Ran the computer for a week without a crash. However, i installed service pack 2, and i had 2 crashes in 2 hours. I ran prime95, and it said, 2 times, that i have a hardware failure. Is it a hardware failure, or...
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    Blue Screen Of Death! Driver Problem (Fixt)

    hi, im having trouble with my computer. I get blue screen crashes, usually when playing a game, that were unreadable. i just recieved a crash outside of a game five minutes ago that i could read. here's the text: Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Stop 0x000000D1 (0x78539330, 0x00000002...