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    How long does bread last in a freezer?

    I know that bread will tend to be crappy after you thaw it out, but in terms of overall time that you can leave it in the freezer...how long? I had some in there for two months and want to know if its still [reasonably] healthy to eat.
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    Engineering Physics

    I know that it [Engineering Physics] isn't a very widely popular major nor is it offered by all engineering departments. Figured there is at least someone on ATOT who is majoring in it ? Or perhaps not. It is quite hardcore looking at some of the curriculum...I'd imagine you wouldn't have...
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    Thoughts on why "black suffering" in New Orleans was earlier reported as "tolerable"

    Well I have been thinking on and off about the validity of accusations that the black suffering in New Orleans has been largely ignored because "white america" doesn't care--that it is tolerable and acceptable to a degree more than any white suffering. A little bit about me: I grew up in a...
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    Rant: A simple "thank you" is all it takes

    note:I grew up pretty sheltered in an upper class area and rarely had to go on public transit much less deal with some (not all) of the people you find on it. That all changed four years ago when I moved to Toronto for school. I'm tired of seeing people treat bus drivers like sh!t. They...
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    Need advice: signed up for a course and now I'm getting jerked around (I think)

    Well August 27th 2004 I signed up for a correspondence course and paid the fee involved. I was told (and I have the booklet/student guide which states the same in writing): "From the date we process your course request, you have one year to complete the course work and final exam." One...
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    Flash MX 2004 - event listener and buttons howto?

    I have two layers: 'actions' and 'display' both 1 frame long On the 'display' layer I have a button component, buttonFooBar In the 'action' layer actionscript, I added: lo = new Object(); lo.click = function(evt){ trace("TESTING 1 2 3..."); } buttonFooBar.addEventListener("click"...
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    Who in their right mind appointed Angelina Jolie to be a goodwill ambassador for the UN?

    Who in their right mind appointed Angelina Jolie to be a goodwill ambassador for the UN? I know this happened a while ago, but I never gave much thought to it. I thought it was just some candy-azz title she was given in honour of work she has done in Cambodia (? I think). I never thought...
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    D is for DONE

    F is for FRYDAY How was your Friday evening sir/madam? :D
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    Either this guy's head is really huge or he has a really small body...

    one two Or it may be a little of both heh. And no, neither are chopped :P
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    B is for..... bald :(

    So lately I've noticed that my hair has thinned out a fair amount in the front. When I gel it up or use pomade I can see a little into my scalp. My mom is trying to get me to go see a hair transplant expert so they can pull it from my ass or something, and put it up top. I've just...
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    What are some volunteering ideas?

    I've been a volunteer at a hospital for a while now (just short of two years) and I've grown quite bored with it. I get yelled at constantly by fatass b!tchy nurses. Many nurses are nice (hell my mother is an RN), but the majority I've had to deal with were just negative people and had poor...
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    I'm such a lightweight :(

    Haven't gone out drinking with the guys in a long time (6 months+) Tonight we went out and I was finished after 8 pints. My friends thought I was faking it, but I was seriously messed up at that point. I used to handle 14 pints before succumbing... :( first baldness and now...
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    Ever find that some of the healthiest people you know still die from cancer?

    All the recent research (past 10 years) you see cited on Dateline, 60 mins, CNN etc. suggests that living healthy prevents the occurence of cancer by large margins. Masturbation reduces colon cancer by x amount. Daily consumption of Florida OJ is thought to reduce cancer by y amount. Exercise...
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    What is the likelihood of getting a 19" with dead pixels?

    In just a short time from now I will be heading out the door to pickup a Hyundai L90D+ 19" LCD. I've read a few more reviews on newegg and it seems that a few people have found dead pixels upon opening the box. Is this something that is the norm--should I expect it? How often does it...
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    Extra pulp OJ drinkers sign in!

    Which brand do you favour? I've been a regular Tropicana Grovestand buyer, but in recent months I have noticed that it has slowly become weaker and weaker. The pulp is barely there. Looking for a pure OJ (no concentrate) with chewable pulp ;)
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    LCD questions

    Hey Thinking of replacing a 17" ViewSonic CRT with an LCD. I would have gone with another Sony Trinitron like my workstation but those are, unfortunately, no longer produced. Hell I would have even considered other brands but the only brand available seems to be ViewSonic and I would rather...
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    regex question

    Hey Well I'm writing a Bencoding class in Java for my own BitTorrent client from scratch (just for fun.. I know there are a billion of them :P) I'm trying to decode strings and I lack the regex skills to do the check. Basically a string is encoded into the message with the length prefix...
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    God damn pieces of sh!t

    Some douchebag drug dealers were yelling out to my sister on their porch saying they'd like to hit it, do this that and the other thing to her and more. She just came in visibly upset by it (yeah girls are delicate). I guess she thought they were going to rape her or something (they followed...
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    Do you feel guilty and have lingering thoughts if you spend money "wastefully" ?

    Do you suffer some sort of buyer's remorse on small to mid-sized purchases? (the term is associated with buying a home but I think its used more and more often to describe a general feeling) I usually think things through but sometimes I'll blow a few hundred $$$ on something completely...
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    University admissions question for engineering and science people

    If you never took any high school physics courses but wanted to apply to a highly technical program, say like engineering or even physics... would a high calculus mark sway them? Reason I ask is that I'd like to go into one or the other, but don't have any science credits :( I did score a 97...
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    To all you ATOT high schoolers who are nerdy and hate high school

    Lately I've been up visiting my parents every few weeks. They still live in the same city where I grew up and went to high school. During my recent time here I've ran into a slew of the people with whom I grew up and went to school. Back in high school my friends and I were "nerdy". Sure...
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    17 or 19" LCD with 1280x960 res

    I've been out of the loop for awhile. The last time I tried out some LCDs they were only available at 1280x1024 for the 17" and 19" models. Has any company released a 17 or 19" model with 1280x960 native and good specs (8 or 12ms refresh) ? I'd like to grab a third display but this is...
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    Whats that about no good deed goes unpunished?

    Today some guy came up to me at the bus stop and asked me if I had change for $2. I didn't. Figured what the hell, give him what he needs. I asked and he said that he needed 60 cents. No biggie...60 cents right? Whoops! I forgot I had exactly enough for the fare home. Had to go to one...
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    MySQL--never knew why people hated it

    until now no sub-queries until 4.1? :( no sequences? (yeah I used an ugly auto increment kludge :P) gah! I've been spoiled by Oracle. I was attempting a very generic query that had sub-queries a couple deep. Couldn't figure out what was wrong until I googled on MySQL sub-queries...
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    Could you get into a good ("real") school with a 4.0 from community college?

    I'm just curious how much influence (if any at all) community college has towards admission into a real school. I dropped out of high school, went on to do a 3 year diploma (programming) and finished up with a 4.0 & high honors (its not bragging considering how easy community college is heh)...
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    Burgers on a Foreman grill... yay or nay?

    I want to start cooking burgers on this thing but not if they taste like ass. I need to up my protein intake with red meat only (chicken, fish are out of the question). I'd like to hear if they taste okay off it and how you cook them (what else you put on them). I was thinking about tossing...
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    I've heard of 20, maybe 30 posts per day...

    Username: ribbon13 Average Posts Per Day: 81.95 :Q This thread will only encourage him to post more
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    Is it weird that a guy never stands up to take a leak?

    I've been living with this roommate for seven months now. My room is beside the bathroom (paper-thin wall so all the sound echoes) and I've noticed that he has never -once- stood up to take a leak. I just find this is really weird. Is it common? Does anyone else do this? Also, I find that...
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    Do ribs usually have a lot of fat content?

    Got some pork ribs. The first time I ever tried them. They smelt great and the little bit of meat I could get off it was good too. BUT there was an overwhelming amount of fat around it and laced in with it so I had to throw them out after a few quick bites. I tried to cut off the fat but...
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    Does an external DTD file require an XML prolog on the first line?

    Title says it all
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    eBay question about "untested" software auctions/merchandise

    When auctions state that something is "untested" is this just a way to pawn off old crap you know is broken? I am looking at a game which is around 10 years old and comes on six 3.5" disks. With the high failure rate they have, I'm somewhat apprehensive about buying it :( Buying one disk is...
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    What do you do to unwind?

    When I get home from college I feel really exhausted for one reason or another. Even if I slept 8 or 9 hours the night before I feel like total crap and can't concentrate. I'll take a 2 hour nap, watch tv, nef and eat some food. By about 8PM I feel like I can finally study. I can't just...
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    We should never laugh at the death of others...

    but I can't stop laughing :D
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    Bought something online

    Bought something online in Europe. Paid with my Visa. Its a reputable company in that at least the orders come (talked to others who have used them). However, I'm not sure if they also scam info at the same time perhaps? They claim my card company has asked for further security info to...
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    Monkey Island 2

    Last night I got to thinking of my favourite past games I've ever played (console and PC). I thought high and low and finally realized the best story, gameplay and graphics (at the time) for a game was Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (I think thats how it is spelt). Has anyone else played...
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    Gah almost clipped a guy today

    I went to my parents for the weekend. This morning I had a dentist appointment and took their Ford Excursion. The roads are icy as hell here in Ontario Canada. The thing I hate about SUVs is that you can't really tell how fast you are going. When you are that high up, going 50 feels like...
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    How often are you sick?

    Tonight I was felt like I was going to vomit after eating some doritos and drinking some dr pepper. I thought about it and realized that I haven't thrown up for about nine years now :Q (February 1996--I had gone to McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac meal... projectile vomit ensued a few hours...
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    Canadian sentenced to six years for gay murder

    I knew that Canada was pretty lenient with sentencing (Karla Homolka rings a bell) but damn this is nuts: link I don't believe in hate crimes legislation, but I definitely think there needs to be mandatory sentencing guidelines of at least 10 or 15 years for manslaughter :|
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    Do flight prices increase when closing in on the date?

    It seems every so often when I check on expedia.ca the prices have jumped with each week getting closer to the flight. I didn't buy the ticket before because I wasn't sure if I was going or not. Now I am. I had always heard that its easier to get cheap tickets because they want to fill up...