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    Culture Portrait Photography Series

    This is a long shot but this previous summer I remember someone here posted a link to a series of photographs. The website was a grid of hundreds of portraits organized into 4x4 blocks. Each 4x4 block would document a certain sub-sect of pop culture (i.e. punks/hip hop whatever etc.). It was...
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    Is this dangerous? w/ pics

    So today I noticed my laptop was sitting unevenly; flipping it over I discovered the cause was the battery bulged out almost 1cm, cracking open the battery casing. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4339892616_cda14fbbc2_b.jpg...
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    ATOT Effect Requested - Contest for Walk on Role on Mad Men

    My friend Gillian entered a contest for a walk on roll on the TV Show Mad Men. She was in the Top 25 for awhile and was pretty excited. She has had it a bit rough recently with health issues faced by both herself and her mother and it seems like she really deserves something nice. It would be...
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    Dropped MacBook Pro

    My MacBook Pro got knocked off my desk. It was my fault, it was placed precariously, I know. Anyway, now the CDROM appears to be broken, it won't read the CDROM that was in it and won't eject it. Anyone have any experience/idea how much it fill cost to have it fixed? That asked, the drive makes...
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    Spring Break Travel Agency

    A friend is planning a trip for Spring Break and linked me to this site: http://www.paradiseparties.com/ They have four day trips for $299. He asked me if I thought the site seemed legit, and I wasn't sure. I guess the general rule of thumb is if it's too good to be true, it is. What are...
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    Time Machine and External HDD

    I received a WD 1 TB My Book external HDD as a gift from my brother. I would like to use it both to store music/movies and as a Time Machine Back Up. Since my MacBook Pro HDD is 250GB I figured I'd devote half the HDD to back ups and the other half to storage. What I am wondering is the what...
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    Mouth Tastes Like Cigarettes

    I quit smoking a month ago but still from time to time I get a gross cigarette taste in my mouth. It's not the taste you get when you've just smoked but rather like you wake up the morning after a night of chain smoking/drinking etc. Is this normal? Is it just because my lungs are full of tar...
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    Favorite YouTube Videos

    What are your favorite YouTube videos? Here's one of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHolXcBITs
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    Key on MBP Keyboard Wearing Out?

    When I try and use the letter 'Z' on my MBP keyboard I frequently have to press the key several times and apply greater force than ordinary. This is really annoying, has anyone else had similar issues with other keys? What is the best way to try and fix it? Should I just pry the key off and...
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    Buying jeans online? Levi's specifically.

    I am in the middle of fucking nowhere right now and will be for the next few months, the only stores around are Walmart and a few consignment stores/goodwill etc. I need some new jeans, but none of the stores have any in sizes that fit in styles that I like. I am not looking to spend much...
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    Midrange Headphones?

    I need a pair of headphones to replace my Sennheiser 151's which I recently broke. Could anyone recommend anything in about that same range?
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    MacBook Pro Case/Sleeve

    Can anyone recommend a case/sleeve for me to put my MacBook Pro (17") in when I throw it in my bag and ride to work/class/elsewhere? I'd like to not spend too much money, less than $30-40 if possible.
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    I just want to do hood rat stuff with my friends

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcoL1fSyFAo
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    Bookmark Icons in Safari

    Is there anyway to bookmark icons on the bookmarks toolbar like in firefox?
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    Can anyone identify the car/manufacturer of this car [PICS]

    Photo 1 Photo 2 I feel like I've seen the logo on the steering wheel before, but can't quite place it. Anyone know? Thanks in advance.
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    bobby conn

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9dzLxLvxc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...bclR34&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...WRZg4Q&feature=related i can't stop watch these videos. i feel like i'm being indoctrinated into a cult.
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    Accessing documents from old Windows XP Install

    The motherboard of my computer died. I replaced it, the CPU and the RAM. I also purchased a new HDD. I installed a fresh install of Windows XP on the new HDD and have the computer setup to boot from that HDD. When I navigate to the old XP install's Documents and Settings directory on the old...
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    E6750 cheaper than E6600?

    My motherboard died and so I've decided to upgrade from this: http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.aspx?rigid=30273 To: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3l Motherboard 2 GB G.Skill DDR2 800 I was planning on purchasing a C2D E6600, however, I noticed that I could purchase an E6750 for cheaper...
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    PC Won't POST / Boot

    I left my PC on over night. This morning I found that it had powered down by itself. When I attempt to power it on the power led and the hdd led both go on. The case fan, cpu fan and fan on my graphic's card all spin up, however nothing display's on the screen and there are no beeps from the...
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    Acceptable to send a "Thank You" by email

    I had an interview with an admissions counselor today. Ordinarily I would obviously send a "Thank You" card by post, however, at the end of the interview when the counselor gave me their card they mention that because they would be on the road it would be best to contact them by email. On the...
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    Anyone aware of a free survey database

    I'm doing some research and would like to find some survey data but I'm not having any luck. Something like http://brain.gallup.com/ would be perfect, however, Gallup charges a $100 dollar subscription which I really can't afford. Thanks for any tips!
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    Calculator for College

    I'll be a senior in Highschool this fall and it is time to upgrade from my TI-83. I'll be taking Calc II this fall but calculators aren't allowed on most exams for that anyway so I am more interested in a calculator that last me through college. I will probably be heading into Science/Math or...
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    Windows Mouse Sensitivity Resets on Reboot

    After I have rebooted my system, the settings for Double-Click Speed and Pointer Speed revert to their default settings. I've tried uninstalling the drivers but that didn't change anything.
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    Must be my lucky day

    I came home today and got a message on my answering machine. I won a 24" widescreen LCD. Totally forgot I signed up for this a few weeks/months ago. http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:_w...en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a The news item is a little ways down. Yay for free stuff.
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    CS:S - Play Now!

    66.165.122.174:27015 - Running I have Admin and am in the server now. EDIT: And the server just went down... I'll reboot it in a sec. EDIT2: Back up. I really need a new host... EDIT3: OK, figured out what the problem was, server is now running.
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    CS:S - Update - Ready to play

    If anyone's interested, I have a server. I'll post IP if anyone is interested. I should be able to play in 30 minutes or so. EDIT: OK - Ready to play. 66.165.122.174:27015
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    CS:S

    66.165.122.174:27015 I have admin. Who's coming? 66.165.122.174:27015
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    Having a brainfart

    TIA! It's late and I would like to run a virus scan using my administrator account, but the scanner can't access my other documents on my user account.
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    Dead Video Card? - Graphics Errors..

    My computer: http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.aspx?rigid=30273 Today I was playing Counter Strike Source and was seeing some graphic errors, like artifacting etc. The game locked up and I restarted. When the computer POSTs green lines of uneven dots run vertically across the screen and...
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    New Digital Camera

    I got a new camera a couple weeks ago, my first other than those cheapo disposable ones. I bought a Panasonic DMC-FZ7 Here are some of the pictures I've taken: http://picasaweb.google.com/spaceghost21/Garden Tell me what you think, what I can do better etc. Thanks for any tips!
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    Computer won't turn on

    When I press then power button, the monitor remains blank and the box emits a long beep over and over. I have a VNF4 Ultra motherboard, with a Socket 939 AMD 64 3000 +
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    Could anyone recommend some good C++ Books

    I want to learn Microsoft Visual C++ this summer, and am mostly interested in game programming and modding. I started programming casually a year and half ago with Python, and moved on to Visual Basic 6.0. I have written some basic 2D games with DirectX and Visual Basic. I recently purchased...
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    Requesting your thoughts and prayers

    My next door neighbors were in a car accident today... I'm kind of still in shock. Nobody died.. however, 2 are in the hospital, one with a broken neck, not sure on the condition of the other. These are the most loving, caring, kindest people in the world. They have been there for me all my...
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    I hate irony

    I've been playing a lot of golf this week, and had just bought some new spikes. Well, they weren't quite broken in yet, and as a result, I have blisters all over my feet. Not fun. My mom always told me the best way to treat a blister was to pop it with a sterile needle. So, I take a needle...
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    I'm watching Syriana

    There are long scene where only Farsi is spoken, and I am totally confused. :confused:
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    Strange slowdowns and Broken Computer Clock

    #1: My computer runs extremely slow after anyone logs off/switches user. For example, User A logs in, goes on the internet and logs off. User B logs in, and it takes an extremely long time for it to go just from the blue log-in screen to the desktop. It's faster to reboot the computer than to...
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    Need some math help

    We're working on Trigonometric Identities and Equations, and I pretty much have it down, but one problem has me stumped. Directions: Prove the equation is an identity. csc^6 x - cot^6 = 1 + 3 csc^2x * cot^2 x At first I thought it might have something to do with x^3 - a^3 = (x - a) (x^2...
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    Genius/GZA

    I bought a few of their alblums today at a local used music store. I'm loving it so far, anyone else heard of them?
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    World of Warcraft - Lowest Price anywhere?

    I haven't jumped on the WoW bandwagon yet, but a free 14-day trial was included in this months PCGamer DVD. According to the information on the disc, you need only pay the subscription fee to continue paying after the trail has ended. You can buy PCGamer at most stores that carry Magazines...
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    Mic quit working

    I purchased a new Sennheiser PC-150 Headset last week. After installing it worked fine. Today I noticed no one was answering me on CS:S and when I tested my mic no noise came out. I have a VNF4 Ultra w/ AC97 on board audio. Anyone know what may be causing this problem or have anything I...