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    Windows XP Home OEM question.

    My motherboard died (old Socket A) so I threw some new components into my rig. I've seen conflicting information about whether I can install my old copy of Windows XP Home OEM since the motherboard has been changed. I know if it is an "upgrade" transferring is not allowed, but since the...
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    Moving advice needed.

    My wife and I will be moving to Lexington in August (I will be attending UK for graduate school in medical physics). I'm trying to decide how to do the move. As a bit of background, we are both recent/soon to be college graduates (my degree is Physics, her degree is in Behavioral Science and...
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    Troubleshooting help.

    I have an older computer (Athlon XP 2500+, 1Gig Ram, etc.). Recently, it has been having some trouble booting up. It would boot for a few seconds, reset, stay on a few seconds, reset, and so on. Once it got into Windows it was stable. I had seen this problem before and it was the Power...
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    Just found out a high school classmate died in Iraq.

    I just got a phone call from my mom saying I guy I knew in high school died in Iraq. I ran into his family about a year ago and they mentioned he was going to do EOD. We weren't close friends or anything, but played on some youth sports teams together. To make it even worse, he had another...
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    Ebay help...

    I'm in the process of attempting to purchase a guitar for my father. Seller has close to 300 feedback, 99% positive. I won the item, and made the payment. However, the seller responded the next day saying that his PayPal address has changed, and that I need to cancel the other payment and...
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    The joys of Jury Duty.

    So, I received a prospective juror notification today. I could probably postpone it since I'm in my last semester of college, but my classes are at night and I think it will be interesting. In Salt Lake they give you $49/day if you get chosen for a jury. How much do you get in your area?
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    Anyone ever donate a car to charity?

    We have a '95 Ford Contour with 212k miles that we're going to be getting rid of. I doubt we'd be able to sell it for much, so we are just thinking about donating it to a charity. From what I'm seeing it looks pretty simple, and they will even come pick it up. Has anyone done this? If so...
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    Upgrade adivice...

    So, keeping up on the latest reviews for computer hardware used to be my hobby, but I haven't kept up in the last couple years. It's time to put some money into my computer, as it is starting to have slowdowns quite often. At the very least, I need some more RAM. I'm not a big gamer, although...
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    The worst music video ever...

    Before you click on the links, realize you will never get that time back. Remake by some college students: Text Original video: Text
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    Quite possibly the strangest man I've ever seen...

    Here in Salt Lake, there is (I guess was) a computer company owned by quite possibly the craziest man I have ever seen. Anyway, they announced they are going out of business today.Text For a little background on the guy: Text There are videos, but they require real player. Cliffs: 1...
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    All right AT, YACT

    Looks like our 95 Ford Countor blew it's transmission yesterday. The car has 208,000 miles and is worth much less than the likely repairs...so I think it's time to get a new vehicle. I'm looking at spending about 5-6k, and just looking for a basic point A to point B car (preferably some...
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    Toured a nuclear reactor today...

    For my nuclear physics class, we toured a nuclear reactor today at my university. As it is pretty small (100 kilowatt), we were able to go into the reactor room and actually look at it (it was under about 25-30 feet of water to block the radiation). Anyway, what was almost more interesting...
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    Let me gloat a little...

    Well, I don't post a lot (and when I do it's usually in OT), but I thought I'd give a shout out for getting to 10k in SETI today! Go TA!
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    "Super Dell"

    Alright, so here in Salt Lake City, we have a local computer store called "Totally Awesome Computers." Their advertisements are insane (their owner "Super Dell" Schanze just rants and raves in them), but the store is spreading like wildfire. Anyway, their owner is being charged with reckless...
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    Wife's college registration/money issues

    Alright, here is the deal. Currently my wife is attending school (as am I). She will most likely get a new job in the next week or two that won't allow her to go full time anymore. Not knowing what to do she is only registered part-time right now, but can add classes until Monday. It is too...
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    Power Supply Question

    Lately I've been having problems with my computer rebooting occasionally. When this happens, it is often very difficult to boot back into windows. I noticed that the 5.0V rail on my Antec TruePower 380Watt has been running at about 4.3 volts. Does this sound like the problem? Currently, I...
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    Question

    A couple of months ago, I moved into a new apartment without cable internet access. I have a cell phone, so I've been too cheap to get a phone line, which means no Internet because no DSL company will likely take me. Anyway, I knew this problem would be happening, so before I moved I...
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    quick Seti help anyone?

    Hey, I'm at my home right now, about to head back to college. My sister just got a new computer (P4 2.4) and of course I installed Seti on it. She has dial up, so I was wondering if there is any way to have the completed WU's automatically sent in whenever she gets on the internet. Using Seti...