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    Water cooling heat calculation

    Water cooling noob, looking into giving this a shot on my next build. 3930k + 2x770 or 1x780. Been reading a ton but are there good all in one reads that explain knowing how much wattage you can put into a given cooling loop, benefit of splitting, parallel, etc. My goal is maximum stable...
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    Custom Aquarium PC

    Meant to upload this a few months back. For now it is running an i3-2100 on a mini-itx board, with an orb cooler, SSD, etc. The biggest goal of this build was to see how small I could go with a fully contained aquarium computer. I had built a Puget monster at one point, and it was somewhat...
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    What equipment do you need to climb a 120' antenna tower?

    Just curious if anyone has experience with this. Ive freeclimbed them in the past for fun (young/dumb), but need to do it for a side-job and was looking for advice from climbers on what would be best. Id imagine some kind of self-contained climbing gear (ie, me->rope->tower) rather than a rope...
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    I have 6 20" monitors and a stand, what do I need video card wise

    The monitors have both VGA and DVI input. Can I just get 2 or 3 mid-low end cards and a motherboard that will fit them, and hook up the 6 monitors? I also have a 8800 GTS that is currently in my system, but doubt I could get that + the other needed cards in order to support the monitors? I...
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    Steorn

    I searched Steorn, free energy, 90 degree magnets, and did not find it in off topic. If someone can find the thread, let me know. http://www.steorn.net I'm not believing it, but I am really wondering why they keep pushing this so hard, without taking any money from people that we can...
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    Weird Al and Eminem interview

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=hfwex5gfnWo if it is a repost /thread
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    Get better gas mileage, the government is keeping you down!

    Reactor rod! Ze key is ze rod! http://www.befreetech.com/media/windnld.wmv The sacred calatytic converter is the enemy!
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    Stolen Joke

    An irascible old farmer named Hu discovered one morning that his best rooster had flown into a tall tree beside his farm pond and wouldn?t come down, so he went to his neighbor, Wil, and asked for help. The men had never gotten along, but Wil finally agreed, so the two men went to the pond...
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    Addiction question, caffeine and alcohol

    Drink 6 sodas (mountain dew in this case) on average per day, for 1.5 years. Would you be addicted with that amount? Drink 2-3 alcoholic drinks a day for a few months, can you just stop for a few months without feeling an urge?
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    3 lane highway question

    Speed limit is 55 If you are going 70-75mph in the left lane (15-20 mph over) in order to pass traffic in the middle lane that is going 5-10mph slower, and almost the entire middle lane is going 5-10 slower than you, do you slow down and pull into the middle lane to let people behind you...
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    Cheap cell phone with long battery life?

    Ive charged my cell once or twice in the last 6 months or so. The battery keeps dying and was never that good to begin with. Trying to find a phone with basic functions (doesnt have to do much beyond accepting a call, maybe a calculator, etc) with maximum battery life. Any suggestions...
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    Ceramic Tile advice?

    Im buying up some supplies to start tiling the kitchen/half bath floors, any advice before i make my purchases? I already found some tile we are happy with, but will probably end up missing some stuff I need. I would really like to put in the under tile heat stuff, but I cant find anything...
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    When will we have a 1 mile high skyscraper?

    Just curious when it will be possible, if not yet, and what kind of footprint would it require?
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    Another tower Defense flash game

    http://novelconcepts.co.uk/FlashElementTD/ Update 2007-01-09 (1) 5 bonus levels added to end! (2) Combo tower now does 2,000 dmg! (3) Added a leader board! (4) Tower damage + rate has been adjusted to make the upgrades worth the gold and the element towers better than the standard ones...
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    Someone parked their truck blocking our garage door

    Our garage is on an alley and their truck isnt just in the alley, it is pulled up tight against our garage door... it has been there for a little while and we have no clue whos it is, it isnt any of our immediate neighbors.. Normally I wouldnt care, but we need to put the garbage out and it...
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    Someone parked their truck blocking our garage door

    Our garage is on an alley and their truck isnt just in the alley, it is pulled up tight against our garage door... it has been there for a little while and we have no clue whos it is, it isnt any of our immediate neighbors.. Normally I wouldnt care, but we need to put the garbage out and it...
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    Repost: N game

    http://www.funny-base.com/games8/n-game.swf Has anyone else had way too much time and beaten it?
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    Need suggestions on table saw/cordless drill, etc

    Any input? Ive been considering getting a Delta Machinery table saw 1.5hp, but is the biesenmeyer fence worth the extra 200 over the delta t-2 fence? Jet models are also decent looking. Also trying to figure out which cordless drill to get, i currently just have a corded black and decker...
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    Neighbors dog bit me...

    My backyard is fenced in, and when walking from the backalley to the house I either have to have the garage door open to enter my yard, hop the fence, or go through the small gate that is close to the neighbors fence. I had parked behind the garage and didn't have my garage door opener, so I...
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    How does English sound to someone who doesnt speak it?

    Most people can identify/group languages by how it sounds to them... ie I could identify spanish and french and german and chinese, etc... but maybe not differentiate them from close sounding languages. What does english sound like to someone who doesnt speak it... does it sound like other...
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    Ijoy massage chair

    I decided to get my wife an Ijoy massage chair, she has wanted one for a few years. Does anyone have one of these or have experience with them? I was going to order one from backstore.com, but was trying to decide on extended warranty. I did several searches online but I cant find out if...
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    Tax help?

    I will probably try to track down some professional tax assistance, but the forums have been so helpful in the past I figure Id post here for now. I started a hobby earlier in the year, and I am planning on turning it into a business in the next year or so, but for the entire year of 2006 I...
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    Debating on being the little piggy who went Wii Wii Wii all the way home

    So for the Wii, assuming I find one, should I get one? Will the price be dropping more than $50 anytime within the next 6 months? Are there enough decent games out for it yet? Is there any multiplayer functionality in any games currently so I can play with a friend? Will extra wiimotes/chuks...
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    Black Friday: Portable Dishwasher sale?

    Im trying to find a portable dishwasher, and the only way Im going out today is if anyone knows of a sale?
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    Replacing tires

    Well my wife ran over something in her car (this is from the other thread) and it jammed in horizontally, isntead of straight in like a nail/screw. Took it to tire place and they said they couldn't fix it, and they don't have my size tire in stock. 2004 Mazda 3, Original Tires are...
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    Got my tire repaired at Goodyear

    So 1 year after getting a flat fixed and having Goodyear remove it and put it back on, I get another flat. As I am taking the flat tire off I find that one of the lugs was crossthreaded.. I got it most of the way off, and of course, at the end it snaps because I dont have an impact wrench or any...
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    Canon Powershot S30

    This camera works great for normal long distance pictures, but without a tripod and a still subject, macro and close up detailed photos are a pain in the rear to get to turn out I might get 1/10 in focus and perfect, if I am lucky. I'm going to be taking a lot more up close pictures in the...
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    Would you change your name?

    Dr. Manlove? I went to a walk-in clinic today and the receptionist told me to sit and wait and I would be called to go back and see Dr. Manlove.... the second time she was going to say his name she said Dr. and you could hear her hesitate and she left off the last name. Glad my wife came...
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    Anyone else ever had an outer ear infection?

    Not like out on the lobe, but just not in the middle ear? I've been to the doctor twice, and am on meds, but dear lord this hurts like a mofo. I've been through many painful things in my life, migraines, broken bones, wisdom teeth when novicaine wore off, etc, but this is the most intense and...
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    Vicodin, 5mg 500mg APAP

    Is this a normal dosage? Ive taken two of these as directed and it didnt even take an edge off my pain. This ia a bad place to ask for such critical advice. Please consult your doctor. AnandTech Moderator
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    A sign... that I may... have taken too many painkillers

    http://www.madmarsh.com/pics/madMarsh.jpg
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    Post your score - geography test

    84% 30 miles
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    Anyone else a worthless yo yo?

    I guess it varies by person, but I have a busy life, out of town 3-4 days a week working 40 hours a week, and then work 20-30 hours a week when I get home on a side business, plus trying to code/work on websites in any other spare time + help my wife keep the house in order since she is almost...
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    I wish my dishes had OCD

    So they would wash themselves. but seriously... i do :-/
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    Im blue

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oeNVN_LqrI&NR Im blue Im in need of a guy, Im in need of a guy, Im in need of a guy
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    Are there 6 meals that you can eat every day

    Snack Breakfast Snack Lunch Snack Dinner Each "meal" being about 1/6th of your caloric intake. Just wondering if there is a set diet that can provide enough of your needs to have the same thing day after day. If so, any suggestions?
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    Great commercial

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOFnFsmwsdk&eurl=
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    Need: Big Cheap Whiteboard

    Ok it really doesnt need to be that big, just like 3x4 or 4x6, but I cant find any decent sized ones locally, and for the use it would work just as well if it was just the material and I could nail a roll of it up to the wall. Anyone?
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    Do I have any Legal Recourse?

    Party poker has cancelled its Monster tournament structure. The structure is 100k Weekly Tournament, 25% make it into the Monthly 8000 people $1 million Monthly Tournament, 12.5% make it into the Final 8000 people Final tournament, current prize pool $14 million 8000 people Cut...
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    Voice imitation program?

    Is there a program that will take your voice, reading various words/sentences, and then replicate it in a way that you can have written words on your computer read back to you in your own voice?