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    Moral dilemma

    I'm trying to do a lot of laundry in a room shared among the floor of my apartment building. There was a load in the washer, someone else's, mostly towels with a few shirts. I moved it to the dryer. My load is now done in the washer and the owner still hasn't returned/started drying them. Do...
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    I want to print a list of all the folders in my MP3 folder.

    All of my MP3s are organized by folder by artist and album. like, \MP3\Artist\Album. I want to print a list of all the artist and album folders somehow, so that I have a list of all the albums that I have, for various purposes. What's the best way to do this? I can't really figure out a...
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    Deli Meats - There's a 'sell by' date, but no 'use by' date.

    So how long can I keep it in my refrigerator before it's not safe to eat?
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    CableOne

    I mean, holy ******. Stay away.
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    Top 10 Reasons a Chicken Hauler Should Be President T-Shirt

    I'm doing an assignment for a creative writing class, and it's just a 3-page autobiographical piece that should be a short event with as many sensory details as possible. That sort of thing. Well, I want to write about this time I was on a bus ride back home from Denver with a buddy of mine...
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    Best inexpensive printer for general purpose use?

    I had a Canon photo printer, can't remember the model number. iP-something. I want to say 3000 or 4000 or something, but who knows :) Unfortunately it's no longer in my possession. I need a new, cheap printer that'll get me through the last couple years of my college education. I'll be...
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    Rather simple question

    Is it possible to burn a VCD-like disc using a DVD-RW? i.e. a DVD with hundreds of smaller video files. I swear, it's not for porn. And I'm using Nero. Thanks.
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    GA-7NNXP / AthlonXP 3000+ -- Clock speed troubles

    I'm working on a friend's PC, with the following specs: GA-7NNXP Athlon XP 3000+ 512MB Crucial RAM (PC2700? Not totally sure. He bought it using their compatbility testing thing on the website, so it's either 2700 or 3200.) Radeon 9600 Pro, or somesuch. The issue is this: It won't boot...
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    DVD Playback -- Sound extremely low. Player with a fix?

    With Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, etc. all sound on DVDs I'm playing is extremely quiet. Master and Wave in windows are maxed, and the player's volume is maxed. I have to turn my speakers up so loud that I hear a lot of noise. Are there any players that allow you to increase...
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    I need to create a database page that can be updated by multiple users via the page itself.

    I'm not a programming junkie, so I don't really know how to do this. But I understand the basics of coding, so hopefully if I can just find a basic template of some kind I can figure things out from there. What I want is a very minimalistic webpage that is basically a spreadsheet of point...
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    PC versus Mac in Video Editing.

    I'm looking for comparisons and opinions about different aspects of PCs and Macs for video editing. Avid versus Final Cut, Hardware performance (which is faster, by how much), stability, etc. It's for my brother. His current PC caused the FireWire port on his camera to be damaged, this is...
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    What do I upgrade next?

    I've been playing World of Warcraft for about a month now, so I haven't been on the forums. But anyway, I'd like to make a few upgrades, spread out over a couple of months. I have a little bit of cash, but not a lot. P.S., and totally unrelated: if you're one of those people that complain about...
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    World of Warcraft players:

    I've some questions to ask. :D I'm considering playing WoW, despite my better judgment. - Is it possible to play the game for 1-3 hours a day at most, not be part of a guild, and still have fun throughout the entire game? - Is PvP any good, or is it like EQ (a quick thing thrown in at...
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    An idea for a list of links

    I think it'd be useful if we had a thread in which people could post their favorite websites/forums for many different subjects. This could be both related and unrelated to computers and technology. I personally find it more useful to get the opinions and preferences of other like-minded (read...
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    So my thread asking a completely valid question was deleted

    What's the problem? The question was regarding the language filter and what the purpose of having one is if any lookalike words are allowed. Anyone that didn't have to work all day want to fill me in on what transpired?
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    Brian Regan on Conan last night (or maybe the night before)

    I missed it and it apparently had new material. I can't find a damn video anywhere. Help.
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    Credit card -- No signature required?

    Is there some monetary limit below which a signature is no longer required for swiping someone's credit card? I just wonder because suddenly all these drive-thrus and Starbucks and so on are just swiping your card and giving it back to you and that's that. Are they just willing to take the...
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    Best software firewall

    I know, I know. They should worry about having a clue first. But if you had to recommend a software firewall solution to someone that pretty much knows nothing beyond the basics of operating a computer, which would it be? The system in question is running Win2k, fully patched. I use Kerio...
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    Anyone else glance at the platypus avatar

    I keep thinking it's a head with a gasmask on. I know it's a platypus, and if I actually look at it it's a platypus, but every time I read a post from a user with that avatar I see it out of the corner of my eye and think "Gasmask."
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    Sonic Youth

    Yeah, I know this is a computer hardware forum. But I really don't know of a good forum for music discussion that isn't focused on one band / label... if someone does, please do tell. I've somehow completely missed Sonic Youth for my entire life, though they've been around for all of my life...
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    "My Forums" -- duplicate threads

    Why is it that when there are a few new posts under one thread in your "My Forums" section, it lists the same thread multiple times? It seems very cluttersome. Maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't it just list it once regardless of how many updates it has?
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    Onboard sound versus SB Audigy...

    I have a SB Audigy in my old PC that is never used for music or gaming, and was thinking about sticking it in my current PC which is just using onboard sound. (Karajan 8-channel, on my DFI Ultra-D) Any noticeable difference? I plan on getting an Audigy 2 ZS or something soon anyway.
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    Demon Days - Gorillaz; Which NES game does it share a melody with?

    that sounds REALLY familiar. It's a pretty basic line, so it's not surprising that I've heard something like it before, but I can't put my finger on it. I want to say it's something from one of the first two Zelda games, but I'm not sure. Could be something totally different. Someone...
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    Does this exist?

    I've never found anything like this, but I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and see if anyone else has. I really doubt it exists... but: Is there any way to be playing something in a window, such as an NES game emulated, using a gamepad -- and be doing other things in another window --...
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    Edit: Ergodex DX1

    I saw something on it in a magazine while I was at a bookstore earlier today, but I've forgotten the name of it. I know it was _ _ 1. Two letters, and the number 1. :) But I can't find it on Logitech's website. I'm 99% sure it was a Logitech product, but I could be wrong. It was a mat...
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    Will adding another fan to the front of my case...

    I'm using an Evercase -- I forget the model number. But it's a very basic steel-constructed case. Two ventilation windows on the side panel, 120mm fan in the back, 120mm fan in my PSU. My temperatures while not gaming are something like this: CPU: 38 C System: 42 C GPU: 44 C Currently...
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    Found a 52X CDRW drive in the dumpster

    Wondering why someone would throw this away. And yeah, dumpster diving is something a few of my friends and I do for entertainment occasionally. No gross dumpsters, just ones at computer/office stores mostly.
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    Best CDR media...

    I've got a bunch of generic CDRs that work fine for software and stuff, but when I play either CD audio or MP3 CDs in my car audio player there are problems. Some tracks freeze at certain points, some have slight skips/gaps, etc. I know it's not my player itself, as it plays all studio discs...
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    So Newegg duplicated my order...

    I placed an order and my browser timed out after confirming the order (my cable has been a little weird today) -- the confirmation page never displayed, and I did not receive a confirmation email. I waited about an hour and then placed the order again, this time receiving both a confirmation...
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    Why doesn't Firefox play .GIF animations

    I haven't disabled anything related to this that I can recall, but when I click on a link to a .gif that is animated it just shows the first frame and doesn't progress further. :/ EDIT: Fixed, but I'd really love to know what the problem originated from.
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    Sushi?

    I have no clue about asian cuisine. But I liked the sushi I tried at some restaurant once. Unfortunately, it's only a buffet place, so I can't buy the stuff by itself, and spending $10 just to eat the sushi is not the best option. Anyone here make it themselves? I've seen tutorials online...
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    <Thread asking question that has 100% chance to invoke flamewars>

    I WONDER WHY EVERYONE ON THIS ANONYMOUS FORUM IS FLAMING ME
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    Why do .bin files exist?

    Okay, so they both serve the same purpose. ISO requires one file, the ISO. BIN requires two, the BIN and a CUE file for it. Why do people insist on using BIN instead of ISO? ISO seems superior to me, and anytime I come across something I need in BIN format, I immediately convert it to ISO...
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    I have a question that is very likely to be really stupid

    Is there a problem with some sort of cooling system / case configuration for PCs that would work similarly to a refrigerator or air conditioner? Would moisture be a problem? It just seems like someone would have developed a tiny AC-like device that could blow cool air into your system when...
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    Where do you go for good hardware & gaming reviews?

    Okay, I get a good deal of information from this site and its forums, but I would like some other sources. I've never really liked Tom's Hardware much. Where do you go? Also, where can I go to find out about new(ish) games of all varieties? I used to frequent Blue's News and Shugashack (now...
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    Wireless headphones... are any of them good?

    I'm looking at these: Headphones I haven't looked around much, and was just planning on getting a pair of ~$50 Sennheiser headphones, but wireless would be nice. Do they work well? Do they drain batteries like hell? How's the sound quality compared to a wired pair of the same brand in...
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    Know a lot about EMI? Read me. :)

    So there's this computer that works fine, except for one thing: Randomly the monitor (CRT) will go black on the left/right sides for just a split second. It almost looks like a 'wipe' in a film, but it's much more quick. It's quite annoying. My first guess was that the monitor was just going...
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    Grammar question. I have to know.

    If you're talking about a band, and trying to say that the members of said band do something, or are releasing something, or whatever, do you say: 1) My Morning Jacket is popular on my current playlist or 2) My Morning Jacket are popular on my current playlist I'm inclined to say 1...
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    Normalization methods for MP3 files?

    I've heard of the normalizer programs that go through your entire MP3 collection and normalize the volume levels, but I'm a little weary of using them. If I understand correctly, you need to basically do everything at once in order to get the files all synced properly. What if this screws my...
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    Really naive questions regarding Macs.

    I know very little about Apple/Macintosh systems. I've briefly used them, mostly during high school, and from what I can gather the reasons they are used are 1) Graphics/Video editing 2) the OS is really stable. Now, my question... what's the difference between PC and Apple hardware? Why...