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    Some pictures I took at the Joint Services Open House last week

    Parachuter with giant flag F-18 turning hard with afterburner Super Hornet and Corsair in formation Thunderbirds flying overhead F-22 climbing F-22 making a high speed pass with vapor forming over the wings 3 shots in succession of the F-22 making a level high speed pass...
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    Comcast mail screwup

    A little while ago I noticed that my email client is downloading thousands of emails from my Comcast mail account. At first I didn't know if it was a virus so I checked it on another computer configured with that mail account (I have the POP3 set up to leave a copy on the server). Sure enough...
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    Horrible music on SNL

    For the last 3 weeks I've tuned into SNL and seen some talentless white girl get up on stage and sing like a black woman. First of all, if she had any talent she wouldn't be singing in a voice that doesn't fit her person. Second of all, if that's the type of music that SNL wants to play...
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    Women boat captains

    Discuss. ;)
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    Google's homepage

    www.google.com Hopefully it's not a repost.
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    Is it me or is the math all wrong in this CNN article?

    Article Here's an excerpt: Wayne seemed to approve of this and was glad I did not arrive alone. He reminded me miles per gallon per person, or MPGPP, is really the crucial number. That led us to a conversation about the relative benefits of driving versus flying commercially. Wayne is...
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    Picture for aircraft fans

    Here is a picture I took last week at the Jones Beach airshow. It's a picture of a P-51 Mustang and F-22 Raptor flying in formation. pic
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    Future problem in the country

    I was thinking how the country seems to be getting dumber each year. It seems that states are looking for more and more ways to extract money from people because the states are spending more than they're bringing in. I was wondering why we seem to be getting more inefficient and I thought about...
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    Another way to kill a cat: artillery

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/...lery.cat.ap/index.html
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    I had to interview the dumbest guy today.

    So I had to interview a guy for the help desk, we needed a guy to sell himself for a low paying IT job. I look outside and I see him giving a BJ to a homeless man in the parking lot whose cardboard box is occupying the last parking spot. The next nearest lot is 400 yards away. He comes in...
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    Aren't we due for a major earthquake?

    It seems like there's a big earthquake every few years, and lately we've been silent in that regard. I think we're about due.
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    Sirius Sportster 5

    My Sirius Sportster (original one) broke so I had to go out to look for another one. I see that they have a newly released Sportster 5, which is replacing the Sportster 4. The Sportster 5 looks nearly identical to the Sportster 4 with the exception that it has a color screen instead of the...
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    Fluorescent light brightness comparison

    I always hear how much more efficient those compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are than incandescent lights, but when they show the side by side comparison, the fluorescent light isn't nearly as bright. I went to Lowe's the other day and they have a display comparing a row of CFLs to a row of...
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    Black dot in my monitor

    I just got an LCD monitor and it has a black dot on it. At first I thought it was a dead pixel, but when I look closely I can see that the black dot is a couple of millimeters behind the other pixels. In other words, if I put my mouse pointer next to it and move my head, I can see that the mouse...
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    CNN has no clue

    Look at the headline on the right
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    Just captured another feral cat that was killing birds in my yard.

    Just a little while ago I caught another cat in my yard killing baby birds that jumped out of their nest. I like watching the birds grow up and I take pictures of them. Yet I CONSTANTLY find cats in my yard wreaking havoc on them. I do not own a cat. I don't like cats, and I won't tolerate...
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    Texas wants widespread speed cameras installed

    http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1800.asp "In its request for proposals, TxDOT cited success of speed cameras in the UK, which generated £120 million (US $240 million) in revenue in 2003, and in Washington, DC, which has generated $217 million in revenue with its red light and speed...
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    One of the baby birds in my front yard found dead

    I come home from work today and check on the little birds that were being raised in my lamppost. I see that they're gone, then I see a dead one on the ground near the lamppost. It was mangled with a broken neck. Something killed it after it fell out of the post and couldn't fly. :(
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    My amazing animal picture of the day

    Eagle killing a fox and a video of a similar event in case you think the photo is fake
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    What kind of bird is this?

    What kind of bird is this? It looks like a sparrow but it has different markings on its head. They built a nest in my lamppost, and the babies cry until the parents come back with the food. They constantly gather food and return to the nest. Both parents do this. One sits in the tree and looks...
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    Some pics from the Millville, NJ airshow

    I went to the airshow in Millville, NJ today to take pictures as usual. The Blue Angels were there. For those who don't know about Blue Angels routines, their cargo plane is a C-130 affectionately called Fat Albert, and carries their supplies. It's also a performer on their team, opening the act...
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    My pictures from the 2007 Andrews AFB Open House

    Here are my pictures from the Andrews AFB airshow: F-15 F-15 climbing F-15 turning (kind of blurry but I liked the vapor) Another pic of the F-15 climbing F-15 going straight up F-15 banking and pulling away with full afterburners F-15 on the ground F-15 in level flight...
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    91TTZ loves L glass

    I don't have time right now to post all of my pics from the Andrews AFB airshow, but I did want to give my 2 cents about camera lenses. After last weekend's air show at McGuire AFB, I realized that the kit lens doesn't cut it for taking pictures of aircraft at airshows. Last week I sprung for...
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    Some pics from last week's airshow at McGuire AFB

    Some pics for you to enjoy: F-117 Formation of A-10, P-51, and F-4 Formation from the side breaking away from the formation breaking away from the formation (another one) P-51 Mustang (that flew in the formation) F-22 F-22, looking head on F-22 cockpit Loading truck...
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    Some pics I took from the Sears tower

    I was in Chicago last week and I figured that since I was there, I'd go on top of the John Hancock building and the Sears tower. While I was on top of the John Hancock building it was mostly clear, with a few clouds. I immediately went to the Sears tower and by the time I got to the top of...
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    How do YOU pronounce "Mexico"

    Most Americans pronounce it like "Mecks-i-co", but everyone from Mexico pronounces it "May-he-co". Which way is correct?
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    I love my CRT HDTV

    What's the big deal about LCD HDTVs? Over the past few months I've visited friends, checked out stores, and stayed at hotels that had LCD HDTVs. They seem to be very popular, and admittedly are taking over. But from what I've seen, their picture quality falls far short of my Sony CRT HDTV. A...
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    I love the TGV (French Trains)

    I've always liked riding trains, and a few years back when I saw a show on the Discovery Channel about train speed records, I took a liking to the TGV. When I went to Europe with my girlfriend a years ago, I made it a point to ride on one of the fastest TGV lines, around 187 mph. Anyway...
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    Will CPU-Z show both cores on an Athlon64 X2?

    Does this look right to you? Text Any help would be appreciated.
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    Has anyone benchmarked their CPU in Sandra Lite XI?

    I just put together an Athlon64 5200 system with 1 GB of Crucial DDR2-800 memory. When I run the benchmarks in Sisoft Sandra Lite XI, I get a Dhrystone score of 9078. When I select the dropdowns to see what other systems score, I see that the Athlon64 4800 scores a 17,000. Is this right, or is...
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    What LCD monitor would be best for me?

    I'm still a CRT user at home, and I have a 19" widescreen LCD at work. As soon as I installed the widescreen at work, right off the bat I noticed that its colors were off. It looks as if the video card is set to 16 bit color instead of 24 or 32 bit color, the banding is pretty bad. My video is...
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    Recommend some good movies to me

    I'm sick of all of the "public friendly", "made for everybody" mainstream movies. They bore me. I'm looking for movies that are a bit dark and surprising. I'll give you an example- I thought Fight Club was excellent. I remember that they didn't even market what the movie was really about, it...
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    Has anyone looked at The Pirate Bay website lately?

    Link Disclaimer: This thread isn't about pirating software or anything illegal, it's about the name change to the website.
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    The good old times of Anandtech forums (BBS)

    I was searching the WayBack Machine, and I clicked on the earliest cached date of Anandtech. I clicked on the BBS and I saw one of my posts on there. linky Most of you see my join date as being 1/2005, but that's just this username. I've actually been on the board since 1997, when it was...
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    Underexposed pictures on my new Rebel XTi

    I got a Rebel Xti for Christmas and I've only been taking pictures from around the house. At first I thought it looked a bit dark, but I figured that was just because I was inside the house using a flash. I still thought it was off, since my Canon A80 never had that problem. Today was a...
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    91TTZ's random pic of the day

    Random pic closeup Can anyone guess what this is? It shouldn't be that hard.
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    Who else got a Canon Rebel XTi today?

    I just got my first Digital SLR, a Canon Rebel XTi. Did anyone else get one today? Lately on the forum I've seen a bunch of other people state that they plan on getting one for Christmas.
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    Does anybody have the Logitech G3 mouse?

    I just bought the Logitech G3 mouse. I think it looks awesome and the build quality is very good. It's good for lefties like me, since all these other mice are contoured for right handed people. The one problem I have with it is the texture on the sides of the mouse. It seems to have some...
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    YAGT: How can I hide the fact that I'm a baller?

    Hi Guys, I live in a low-education, low income country where the people on average only completed 1st grade and make $2 a day. I moved into this village after finishing 4th grade and landed a kick-ass job at McDowell's. I'm making in excess of $5 a day. I don't want the local wenches to...