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    Streaming cover art metadata in internet audio

    Not really a programming question per se, but since it deals with data structures, parsing, etc. I figured this would be the closest forum. Any ideas on whether a streaming audio protocol which natively supports the delivery/presentation of cover art actually exists? A project of mine...
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    Just left the Boston Garden...

    Season tickets in Section 328: ~$1100/seat Playoff tickets strip for season holders: ~$700/seat Chicken parm sandwich and pepsi: $13 Losing Game 7 to Orlando: Immeasurably painful :( Beers at The Fours to drown the pain: $34 Getting one of Ray Allen's custom Air Jordan XX3 sneakers in an...
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    Windows Media Player codec issue

    Strange issue on my box... WinXP SP2, WMP 11. Certain MPEGs which should be considerably long only show up in WMP as just over a minute and the scroll of the bar from left to right reflects this incorrect timing (takes ~1min to go from left to right). When the bar hits the "end", the video...
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    Headed to Denmark in 24hrs

    Will be there for a week (Aarhus up front, Copenhagen mostly) with a decent amount of downtime in the middle of the week. Suggestions, AT? :beer:
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    "Special Halo 3 Xbox Super Bundle Signed by Bill Gates" on eBay

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...Item&item=220153729983 Seriously, I bet some random secretary at the corporate office signed that on his behalf. :laugh:
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    Opinions on a rent increase

    Consider the following cliffs: - 1BR condo in MetroWest Boston area, freshly updated (new paint/switches/outlets, dishwasher, in-sink disposal), with pool on the grounds - engaged (now married) couple as tenants for 1 year, now up for renewal - rent was $875 incl heat/hot water (slightly...
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    Anyone remember the link to the website with the most useless X-men style mutant powers?

    It worked on the premise that not every genetic mutation resulted in a superhero-worthy ability... it had a funny name and posed grey silhouette figure for each one... any link to it? I can't find it... Thx
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    Breaking News out of Boston--MIT student tries to enter Logan Airport with a fake bomb strapped to her chest

    Details to follow, local news just interrupted regular programming with that. Apparently it was a circuit board and play-doh. Will link when one is available. An MIT student... wtf? Wisdom and intelligence are often complete strangers. :confused: EDIT: Text Seriously, you can't make this...
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    So the plummeting US dollar is finally completely even with the Canadian dollar...

    http://www.boston.com/business...h_the_canadian_dollar/ No more Montreal trips for me anytime soon... Remember the days when paperback books in school had a completely different price printed on the cover for "CAN"? jeez. *sigh* Canadian Dollar at $0.9977US now. (repost) -DrPizza
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    "Graph-paper-map"-like Windows utility?

    Has anyone every come across any lightweight freeware utility that basically allows you to create a graph paper style map digitally? I'm playing an older dungeon-crawling RPG that uses a strict grid for its maps, and instead of using a pen and paper to map as I go, I'd rather have a utility...
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    Plumbing question

    I've been using a portable dishwasher in my antiquated kitchen with no countertops to speak of. However, yesterday I forgot to remove the unicouple overnight after the cycle finished, and the pressure burst the faucet. It's not leaking on its own, but when pressure is applied after the...
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    Reggie Miller contemplating coming out of retirement at 42...

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2966170 He's 42, but possibly has some talent left in those old bones. And may be especially motivated to rise to the occasion if he feels like he has a legit chance to finally get a ring. Things keep getting more and more interesting 'round...
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    So the Celtics have sold $2M in season tickets... on MONDAY alone

    On Monday, you could still get 10-game ticket packages for the Garden. On Tuesday, after the announcement, they quickly switched to half-seasons (20/21 games) and full seasons (41) only, with 10% down payment. :Q By today, only full season ticket packages were available, with 20% down...
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    Is anyone else watching "Don't forget the Lyrics" on FOX?

    The unintentional comedy with this contestant (and the show in general) is almost off the scale. :laugh:
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    LOCK IT UP

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    UNIX hourly consulting rates?

    So I haven't actually billed hourly for my computer services since the mid-90s when all my knowledge encompassed was PC-related stuff, but now I find myself with an opportunity to do some per-hour moonlighting consisting mainly of UNIX-related system build/admin tasks on behalf of a company in...
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    Kingston 512mb PC2-5300 DDR2 DIMM - $19.99 @ Best Buy, no rebates

    Text I generally hate BB, but IMO this is a pretty damn good price for a brand name module, especially with no rebate.
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    Guild Wars - can't stretch window across both screens

    Is there something special I need to do to get GW to run at 3200x1200 on my x800 non-pro? I thought I could just run in windowed mode, then stretch the window across both displays, but it won't physically stretch past 1600x1200... thx
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    Any Neo-Geo owners here?

    I'm pretty close to getting an MVS (4-slot) :cool: Curious to see if anyone else remembers the coolest, most fabled 16-bit system of all time. Any favorite games? I'm sure everyone here's played Samurai Showdown, at least... then again, some ATOTers weren't even born when this came out in...
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    Anyone else here collect game-used sports memorabilia?

    I'm focusing on game-used Red Sox bats. As a lifelong fan, and not just an '04 bandwagoneer, this means that I'll plan to have a lot of random guys most of you will have never heard of unless you're from the area. :) This makes collecting rather safe too, because 3/4 of the guys who will...
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    I'll be in Phoenix for the weekend to watch my Sox

    My two brothers, my cousin, and I fly in Friday at noonish and will be at Chase Field for the Fri and Sat D-Backs games. We'll be flying back Sunday AM. Yes, we're insane lifelong Sox fans looking for an excuse to see other parts of the country. :beer: Our original plan was to go to San Diego...
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    PCIe power adapter question

    I scored an X850XT PE off eBay for $60 shipped :) However, it's going into a slot-modded Dell PowerEdge SC420, so I will need a power adapter to drive it. Most of the adapters I've seen are this type: http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/87/e7/e8f9_1.JPG However, there's a seller offering...
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    Post your favorite dual-screen wallpaper and/or 3D screensaver

    Just got my dual 21" Trinitrons hooked up again, time to make things pretty... :)
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    I was just accused of stealing a 99 cent bottle of juice

    (I'll just start by saying no race card is being played regarding this incident--we're both black, he's just a dick.) I've been working from home everyday during my grandfather's illness. As someone who lives with him and plays a major part in his health care, this requires me to go fill...
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    Game Theater XP issues

    My Hercules Game Theatre XP is all of a sudden recognized only as a "Multimedia Video Adapter" and won't take a driver, and when you manually force the GTXP driver on it, it has the yellow exclamation point in Device Manager with "Device Cannot Start (Code 10)". Fresh install of Windows did...
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    quick AC adapter question

    I suck at basic electronic / circuit theory :thumbsup: If I have a device that requires 12VDC 1000mA, will it work with a 12VDC 1200mA replacement? Tip is positive on both and the barrel connector fits. seems to function but i'm worried about long-term damage, etc. thx
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    Vasectomy: $400. Speechless look on her face: priceless.

    http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sea/274495936.html :beer:
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    Was DeNiro vs. Pacino ever really debatable?

    Everyone loves to try to make the DeNiro / Pacino comparison... I wouldn't go as far as to call Pacino a hack, but the only performances of his that I really enjoy are from his Scarface-and-earlier days--Godfather, Godfather II, Dog Day Afternoon, and Scarface. The only exception to this that I...
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    I'm pretty sure my cousin is gonna be on Judge Joe Brown

    From what I hear, it's Case #2, and she wins pretty big--like $2500. I figured I'd be able to claim this at some point, given some branches of my family tree :P UPDATE: looks like I was wrong about it being Judge Joe Brown... it was actually judge Mathis and involved a dispute between her...
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    Student Documentary Made of acemcmac's death

    According to this page... Anyone have any additional information on "Repercussions"?
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    Great moments in taser history

    Nothing new, but just like a folding chair over the head in wrestling, these never get old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEABEFR-dgg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWaCD6jIH5Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FgXe1xf16E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULNrvIFz3Q...
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    Air Conditioning / BTU question

    The third floor of my home is a finished attic. There are three rooms in a row with no hallways (stairs come up to the middle room, and the other two rooms are off the left and right walls). The ceilings are also rather low and vaulted so that decreases the "cubic footage". My question is...
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    question for ATOT's sysadmins

    I know that in smaller shops the lines are often blurred and title inflation abounds, but given a medium-sized enterprise / institution (dedicated datacenter / NOC with dozens to hundreds of servers), what would be the defining differences in job duties between a "System Administrator" and a...
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    Anyone know how to reprogram a Whistler remote starter fob?

    While rummaging through a box of absolute crap (mostly broken phone cables and curtain hardware), I scored what could be an extra fob for my remote starter at the MIT Flea yesterday. :thumbsup: Internally and externally, it looks just like my original, except instead of Whister molded in the...
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    German soldiers instructed to imagine blacks in the Bronx while shooting

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/14/germany.race.ap/index.html :confused:
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    Google Labs...

    http://labs.google.com/ And perhaps more importantly, http://labs.google.com/papers.html Is Google Labs inevitably going to be responsible for some watershed internet technology development that ultimately defines our era (assuming google.com itself hasn't already), similar to how all...
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    Please help me choose a goodbye gift

    A coworker of mine with whom I have worked side-by-side for the past 5 years (we are Sun hardware/software support engineers) is moving permanently back home to India after being here since '95. We became pretty close because we both work 2nd shift usually as the last to leave the building (I...
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    So the Aqua Teen movie is supposedly airing on Sunday night at 10pm...

    They've been airing TV ads stating this ("Why? Because we're fvcking crazy" :D), and even have their posted schedule showing it as well (Text). However, Sunday is 4/1, April Fool's Day. My TiVo guide programming shows episodes of Futurama starting at that time Sunday. However, Adult Swim is...