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    Open Office

    OpenOffice 2.0 beta is much more impressive than I had though. I haven't had the need to try any better than version 1.2 because Writer is great. However, the OO team is doing a great job in increasing the loading speed of OO and added Base to compete with Access. The only reason I uses MSOffice...
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    Open Source land slide.

    A great day for open source :)
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    Knoppix 4.0 Live DVD

    Torrent links -- LinuxISOtorrent.com ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/packages-4.0dvd.txt">Complete list of software packages present on the KNOPPIX 4.0 DVD</a> Currently available in German therefore use knoppix lang=us to boot into English.
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    Iraq a lost cause.

    The bright, shining lie Maybe this reporter is biased, but from what I read it looks like Iraq is worst than Vietnam. Most South Vietnamese soldiers went to war because they were drafted and the thing they care for most is the monthly paycheck to send home. The situation in Iraq look worst...
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    London Sustainability Week 2005 and National Bike Week 2005.

    BBC News More than 100 cyclists have ridden around London naked in a mass protest against dependency on the oil industry.... What would the Brits think of next? PS. I think is more appropriates here in OT because it does seem to belong to politic.
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    Odd finding while searching for a recipe.

    Farting fish not just hot air I'm not sure if this can be call science or if it is a joker that talks out of his arse.
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    Housewife breast feed tigers.

    Maybe PETA will pay for the body bag when she becomes tigers excrement.
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    Phone repair with benefit.

    Replaced my Panasonic phone p-p511 ni-cad (which is about 800-850 mAh), with 3 Energizer Nimh 1.2v cells at 2300 mAh, and it only took about 10 min to solder them together. The phone is almost 2 year old and with constant use from the gf now yield less than 10 min of use even with full...
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    Transition from IT to physical labor.

    This is so cool that I'm getting my first job with a Chinese immigrant home (Chinese immigrant tend to contract the work to Chinese people that they know?this is a great opportunity to have that bit of the pie, and I?m not Chinese). And, the pay is 4X the pay that I get working in IT. I got...
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    Israeli nuclear whistleblower back in court

    When the US going to stop supporting the tyrant state & bring democracy to the Israelis? Vanunu put back on trial
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    Do as I say but not as I do.

    Colombia 'will not try US troops' It is going to be hard to make other countries respect what the US has been preaching, because the US don?t even respect it own rules.
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    Linux gone mad!

    Big Linux Scroll down to Fotos in link for pictures and video. The faster the processor gets the more programmers find way to slow it down. :roll:
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    What is the gas price at your local pump?

    87 octane is at 99.9 cents per litre here in Victoria, Canada. I can see an addtitional 5 cents per litre by mid summer, and I'm glad that I live close enought to bicycle to work. [Edit] Conversion for the US audience: $3.18 USD gallon.
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    Pho

    It is a success, and IMHO tastes better than pho that I gets at restaurants. And, next time I?ll try to add some diakon as my gf ?miss Chinese package noodle? suggested. I boiled the bones & let simmered last night for 2 hours then leave to cool, and skimed the fat off surface this morning...
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    Best score ever!

    I just received 135 DVDs from the coolest sister in the world that taught at universities in Bejing & Nagasaki. Over 40 Discoveries Channel & BBC DVDs, and an asorted list of Japanese Anime, just recent released movies including The Incredibles (I was meaning to get it this weekend), and...
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    Sin's wages: a dollar or a soda

    Sin's wages: a dollar or a soda This has to be the saddest story I have read in a long time. It is a crime for being poor, and it is getting worst in our society.
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    The Sex Quiz For Dummies

    The Sex Quiz For Dummies 1. Eighty percent of all idiots are men. 2. According to Desmond Morris in his seminal work the "The Naked Ape" men are thirty percent larger than women because: men need the extra size to maintain a harem of two females. 3. In the American Judicial System the...
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    Ricer!

    It is time for me to get a new rice cooker, because the nonstick lining of my rice cooker started to get scratch from 3-4 days of uses per week. I only have been using National/Panasonic cookers and it has serve me well, however I have heard that Zojirushi are quite good as well.
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    The US name all strategic points on the globe as tyranny countries.

    The oil factor in Bush's 'war on tyranny' I'm not sure how much of this is believable, and it would be scary if the speculation is true. At any rate, this article shed some lights on how Asian view America policies.
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    If KDE wasn't a choice.

    Which window manager is the right one for you. I'm torn between, XFCE, Gnome & Fluxbox. [edit]Sorry for got Fluxbox.
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    Congee

    I just had chicken congee and it is damn good. 1 Chicken simmered for 3 hours, deboned after boiling time, and it produced about 3L of broth/meat. 1 onion diced. 2 cups of garlic/ginger/lemon grass water (steeped). 1 cup of rice. Add content into a pot and simmered for 2 hours. Sever...
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    The Quest for More Processing Power, Part One: "Is the single core CPU doomed?"

    This is about the best article that I had read here since the birth of AT, and it came from one of the best Aceshardware writer that I have enjoy reading for the last few years (I frequent Aces for about 7 years). Thanks Johan, and keep it comming.
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    Strange OCing result.

    I ran the tests under FreshDiagnose and the result is very odd. What should I expect as a realistic result? Where can I get a good program to test my CPU & Ram? ASRock (ASUS) K7S41GX motherboard. Semperon 2400+ (1.67ghz) Samsung 400ddr CPU Bench Result Semperon 10x166FSB WhetStone FPU...
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    AnandTech Guide to Better Photos: Portraits

    AnandTech Guide to Better Photos: Portraits All lenses can be use for portrait, however the depth of field distortion (compression/expansion) look more natural between 35~100mm (for 35mm cameras). Closedown aperture will produce (DOF) Bokeh result on all lenses. However the distance from...
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    _______________Is this a Joke!________________

    Microsoft's Ballmer beat off Asian genital challenge LOL!
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    Uzbeks vote in 'one-man poll'

    Another dictator that was supported by America, and now has thrown to the waste side, because we have no use for his service. IMHO, this is another Saddam Hussein in the making. Full Story
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    Telephone job interview

    Wish me luck and what should I ask them if they ask if I have any question?
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    Knoppix 3.7

    # Lots and lots of package updates # Kernel 2.4.27 + 2.6.9 (w/ ACPI) # KDE update: 3.3.1 from Debian/unstable # FreeNX 0.2.5 (Fabian Franz) # Java security update (1.4.2_06) # more supported graphics cards # isdntool-knoppix for easier text+GUI based ISDN configuration Knoppix.com...
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    What should I give my neighbors for Christmas?

    I just got 2 tickets for parking 2 cars overnight on a street that posted for residential parking, and I am a resident. I parked on the street to clear the driveway because I have people coming early in the morning to install my kitchen counter. There has been a parking dispute between 4 of...
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    Handyman & electrician please check in.

    My baseboard heaters are not heating up in one or our room and none have a voltage regulator in it. The thermostat is an old mechanical one with bi-metal contact and no voltage regulator. However, I found something in the basement that puzzle me with 1 black &amp; the other is white wire...
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    Against the norm in America.

    Got myself a new set of washer dryer frontloader and the windows feature is so kool. I just loaded my first load 10 min ago (not a full load but it look full @ 17 lbs instead of 22 lbs), and spend a good 5 minutes staring at the washer window. It takes 43% less water than conventional washer...
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    U.S. troops face murder charges for Iraq killing

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two U.S. Army soldiers are facing murder charges in a military trial in Baghdad for shooting and killing a badly wounded Iraqi teenager mistaken for an insurgent by U.S. troops, the Los Angeles Times reports on its Web site. Link
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    Bad ass production truck!

    What hauls six tons, can seat a football team's offensive line, and, for kids over 20 who miss playing with trucks in the sandbox, is the ultimate toy for extreme work and play? Born out of a 20-ton hauler and other International severe service trucks used by the construction, government, and...
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    Election 2004 Sideshow.

    How many of you feel that 2004 election is a repeat of 2000?
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    Longest Ear Hair

    Gross! It is disgusting enough to have 5 inch pits hair, but ears....shudder. Longest Ear Hair -- guinness world records. Longest Ear Hair Radhakant Bajpai of Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India, has hair sprouting from the centre of his outer ears (middle of the pinna) that measures an...
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    Under cabinet lighting.

    What do you use for your under cabinet? What is your like &amp; dislike about them? What would you like to change or improve? I?m tempted to build my own under kitchen cabinet lights using fluorescent T2 tubes (1/4 inch thick) or bricks of LED, because I?m unhappy with the limited...
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    Identify this camera.

    1. Who make it? 2. How good the image/sound quality like? 3. Is the memory change able (can the build in memory be change to a larger size?)? CENTRIO 3.0 MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA WITH MP3 PLAYER
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    Help me picking out a digital P&S.

    Panasonic DMC-LC50 Leica 35-105mm @ F2.8-F4.9 210 g Canon PowerShot A75 Canon 35-105mm @ F2.8-F4.8 315 g Canon PowerShot S410 Canon 36-108mm @ F2.8-F4.9 215 g The GF want the S410 because it is cute (and no one else she know have it), or the DMC-LC50 because it is cheaper with...
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    Remodeling Kitchen.

    I?m looking at replacing the Kitchen cabinets &amp; counter from Home Depot for a small kitchen, and I?m looking at $7000-8000 CAD ($5000-6000 USD). I replaced my 2 bedrooms &amp; kitchen with hardwood/tiles for less than 2/3 that price. Why cabinets are so expensive?
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    What to get?

    What do you thing of my shoping list? ATHLON XP-M 2500+ Barton SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 DDR400 (2 Sticks) SOLTEK 75FRN2-L NFORCE2, or DFI INFINITY NFORCE2 ULTRA400 SATA 1394 THERMALRIGHT ALX-800 80CFM 52.5DBA (loud but I can live with it) RAIDMAX SCORPIO 868 ATX 420W (haven't made up my mind on the...