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    Need $100 advice.

    I have the following system.... Athlon XP 2600+ Abit NF7-S v2.0 FX5900 128MB 1GB Kingston PC3200 Antec 350W PS What would be the best thing I could do to my system for a lousy $100? (Trust me, I wish I had more to spend for myself this time of the year.) Thanks guys!
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    Need HSF for an Athlon 1.4 (Thunderbird)

    Need a low-profile, very quiet HSF for a Socket A T-bird 1.4Ghz processor. I'd like to keep the height of the HSF to 2.5 inches or less if possible. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thx guys!
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    CMOS Problem?

    ... but will with a warm reboot. If you shutdown completely, all the CMOS settings go back to default. MB: Shuttle AN35 CPU: Barton 2500+ The system has been running for almost a year now and this is the first this has happened. I'm thinking I need to replace the CMOS battery...
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    Need HSF for an Athlon 1.4 (Thunderbird)

    My old HSF (on my old computer) runs at 7400 RPM and sounds like a jet engine. I want quiet now in my old age. ;) Plus, the wife has limited my fundage to $30 for this project. Any thoughts? Oh, my MB is an Abit KT7A. Thanks guys.
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    Help me decide...

    Need help choosing one of the three that would be best suited for MMORPG's. I only can spend a hair over $100 unfortunately. Thanks for the help. Other system specs... Athlon 2600+ Barton 1gb pc3200 kingston Abit NF7-S v2.0 Nforce 2 Ultra 400
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    Publically financed elections and instant runoff voting.

    Time to boot all the lobbyists from Washington and all the State Houses. The only way to do it, is not through "lobbying reform", but to make lobbyist money irrelevant. Also, a lot of people clammor for more than a 2-party system. Well, you're right, in my opinion, there's room enough for...
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    Rep. Tom Noe (OH-Republican, of course) Indicted

    We'll probably see this guy on the Appropriations Committee very soon next to Tom Delay as it is the M.O. of today's radical right-wing Republican party. His partner was also indicted, but I'm sure this is just the begininng when it comes to this one scandal (CoinGate). Noe was guess what... A...
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    With what video card does an AthlonXP 2600+ start being the bottleneck?

    Right now, I'm using an Geforce FX5900 (AGP of course) and thinking of upgrading it a bit. I've always wanted to know at what point does the CPU become the bottleneck in the system. Is there a hard-and-fast rule? System specs AthlonXP 2600+ (Barton) Abit NF7-S (v2.0) Nforce 2 Ultra...
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    Best PSU under $35

    I have a bunch of parts lying around and I figure I need to put it to some use... Setup AMD T-Bird 1.4ghz Abit KT7A 768MB PC133 RAM 40gig HD Radeon 9600pro 256mb I have a case that will work, so that's not an issue. I have a couple of PSU's in mind, but I want to see what...
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    Major Education Gap in the United States

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04057/277625.stm Like Senator Kerry spoke about (although he forgot to say the word "minority") on the Today Show, about 50% of minority high schoolers never graduate from high school. It's a shame and needs to be rectified. What are the causes? What...
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    Dell 2005FPW Question

    Can you connect two seperate computers to both the dsub and dvi connectors and toggle between the two? Or is there a restriction that you can only hook up to one or the other connection?
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    Need a $400 upgrade...

    Hey all, I need a bit of advice on how to go about a $400 upgrade. Here's what I have now... XP 2600+ Barton (333 FSB) Abit NF7-S v2.0 1GB (2x512MB) Kingston ValueRam Antec 350W Smartpower Nvidia FX5900 128MB AGP Edit: Just to add: 160gb Maxtor ATA/133 HD (yeah, yeah, I know...
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    These forums will most likely be shut down.

    It appears that Congress passed (and the President signed) a provision in a recent Justice Department funding bill that says that if you "annoy" someone on the internet without disclosing your full identity, you could go to jail for up to two years. What the hell does "annoy" mean? Who...
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    Iraq's New Constitution

    I mean, how lame is this? Two-thirds of REGISTERED voters have to reject this constitution in order for it not to pass. I am convinced that we're TRYING to make a civil war start in Iraq. This whole constitution bit is a sham and a setup. It's not bad enough that we tampered with the...
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    And if things couldn't get any worse...

    This is a "developing" story. Apparently, it's been reported that the Army is holding military recruiting "fair" inside the Astrodome. This is a direct, shameless exploitation of the victims of this disaster in their most vulnerable time of their lives. Poor, poor taste.
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    Charmaine Neville

    I don't know how anybody with any sense of humanity can watched this video and not be horrified at what these poor people had to go through. Also, it explains what the random gunshots were in the city... very disturbing and very informative. I hope this isn't a repost... Charmaine...
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    John Roberts To Be Supreme Court Chief Justice

    In an odd, but predicatable fashion, Bush has nominated a man that has ZERO qualifications to lead the highest court in this country. But that won't make a difference to the rubber-stamp lapdog, gutless weasel Senate. You think everyone would say "Whoa, Georgie-boy. We've seen what...
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    Hurricane Katrina Thoughts and Prayers Thread

    This thread is for the purpose of giving our best thoughts and prayers to those who won't be capable of evacuating the New Orleans area and to hope for their safety. --- Update: Thanks to HDTVMan for this post, transferred from another thread: Please spread the word and forward...
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    Bush Approval Rating Drops to a "STAGGERING" 36%

    It appears that Iraq is having a major effect on Bush's approval numbers, despite the fact that he actually has slight gains in some economic ratings (mostly increases from his base), but not the main "Do you approve of Bush's handling of the Economy?" poll of which he records a mind-numbing...
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    Condolence Thread For London Bombing Victims

    Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims.
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    Bill Frist Under Review by TN Department of Health

    Bill Frist did an absolutely irresponsible medical act by making such a contradictary diagnosis of Terri Schiavo's condition for purely political hackery and gain. The Department of Health in TN is not reviewing Frist's action on the Senate Floor. Letter from TN Department of Health If...
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    Vendors that sell Barebooks?

    Can you name me a few vendors that sell barebooks? I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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    New Gallup Poll Out

    New Gallup Poll Info Gallup: 50% of Americans Now Say Bush Deliberately Misled Them on WMDs By E&P Staff Published: April 26, 2005 11:45 AM ET NEW YORK Half of all Americans, exactly 50%, now say the Bush administration deliberately misled Americans about whether Iraq had weapons...
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    Help Me Decide Please! :)

    Hey, this is my first LCD purchase and I don't want to spend tooooo much on one, but I think I've narrowed it down to these two choices.... ViewSonic VA712B-1 Black 17" 8ms LCD (It sells for $239.00 + $10 shipping at Newegg.) And this.... SAMSUNG 710N Black 17" 12ms LCD Monitor...
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    U.S. Ignores Iraq's Pleas for Peace Before War

    So let's see... Iraq had WMD's. Actually, no they didn't and the White House knew it. Saddam was willing to let thousands of troops and FBI agents into Iraq to search for the WMD's. The Bush administration ignored the offer. Saddam was willing to have internationally-monitored...
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    A Day in the Life of Joe Republican

    "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN" Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily...
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    General Clark smacks down the liar, Richard Perle, at a House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Iraq.

    Perle is such an idiot. He told General Clark that "he didn't have an understanding of the battlefield" back a few years ago. Every scenario Clark envisioned in Iraq became 100% true and even the Republicans on that committee knew it. Some Republicans wanted an apology for misleading...
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    Al Gore forms Current TV

    Looks like Al and Joel Hyatt has put together an interesting concept for a new TV network. I like the fact that users can have some input as to the content of the station. Good luck Al! :thumbsup: CurrentTV and Google. Al Gore's Current TV Teams With Google by Shankar Gupta, Tuesday...
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    Need a small (dimension) PSU.

    I'd like to find a power supply unit that has at least 300W and is small in stature. My goal is to make a laptop-like computer with ATX parts. I know, it sounds strange. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Five year old hand and ankle-cuffed after temper tantrum...

    I'm all for disciplining a child, but that's up to the parent to do so, not the teachers (at least not physical disciplining) and CERTAINLY not cops to do it. This makes me so sick to read about these sort of things. WTF could a 40-pound five-year old do? Are today cops really that...
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    Is there any way to use a laptop battery with an ATX motherboard?

    Just wondering if that's even possible.
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    Ahnuld, the New Propoganda King!

    Just like his mentors in Washington, Schwarzenegger is turning into a propoganda whore using California tax-dollars. If the Republican "agenda" is supposed to be so good and could "stand on its own two feet", why all the misleading propoganda? Arnold and Propoganda
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    Democrats: Tired of Losing Elections? Feeling Frustrated?

    Oh man, this is hilarious. This is good for some levity around here. BECOME A REPUBLICAN!
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    Former Canadian Foreign Minister Scolds Bush, Condi and Co.

    Would use Winnipeg newspaper as link, but it is a subscription-based link. Axworthy fires back at U.S. -- and Canadian -- critics of our BMD decision in An Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 By LLOYD AXWORTHY Dear Condi, I'm glad you've...
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    Poll: News Media Biases....

    I'm just curious about how the people of this forum feel about various major news agencies. I'm including television and newspapers in these polls only. Radio programs are pretty pointless, for they're openly biased either way. Edit: If there are any more outlets you would like to have on...
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    Seeds of Civil War Planted in Iraq

    Well, this ties into the Scott Ritter thread posted by Conjur, but I think it deserves its own topic. Remember how Ritter claimed that the election was fixed? Well, this would serve as a huge reason why. Allawi is trying to form a coalition of other political parties to prevent any sort of...
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    New Poll Shows Americans Are Still Ignorant About Iraq

    Iraq, 9/11, Al Qaeda and Weapons of Mass Destruction: What the Public Believes Now, According to Latest Harris Poll ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest Harris Poll conducted following the recent elections in Iraq finds that on many aspects U.S. adults have not changed their...
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    US Censored WMD Report

    This definitely brings forth the argument toward the administration lying to the American people about WMD's. Scientist says US censored Iraq WMD report
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    Bush Administration and Wal-Mart Circumvent Labor Law

    Apparently, Wal-Mart not only breaks laws, but now they get to invent new ones. Employees now cannot externally complain about labor issues including wage discrepencies. Also, Wal-Mart would act as its own "independent third party" before workers could go outside this new "system"...
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    Repost... lock please.