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    Car savvy? Debating between Nissan Altima and Honda Accord, any advice?

    My budget is ~7500 total. My primary criteria is reliability. I need this car to last me 3 full years with minimum service required. I'm in med school and can barely afford this car let alone to pay for costly repairs. Choices: 2005 Altima 117k miles $7500 2003 Accord 134k miles $7500...
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    Placing old hard drive from dell computer into new build tomorrow

    I have a hard drive with windows vista and all of my programs already in my old Dell that I am typing on right now. I am picking up the power supply for my new build tomorrow, and I'd like to just put this hard drive in the new build. Will this work? Or will I have to format the hard drive...
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    Best value car GPS for ~$150 budget?

    My budget is $150, which I know limits my selection right away... I just want to know the best value at that price point, cheaper is good too (I'm a broke college student who drives too much). I'm ok with new, used, or refurbed GPS. THanks!
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    Home Repair: How to fix a large hole in my wall?

    Good morning everyone, My friend lost a game of beer pong, punched hole in wall. I stuck a thick piece of cardboard sort-of behind the wall, to provide a surface for me to "re-make" the wall on... Pic 1 Pic 2 The hole is about 8 inches wide... What supplies do I need now to...
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    I have a dell 530s (same as 531s), and i need a video card, but the low profile one I bought..

    Here's a link to my video card (Newegg)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145148 I bought this for my Dell 531s. Here's a pic with dimensions of the case: Pic of Dell 531s case The video card I bought doesn't fit. The metal part that has the connectors for DVI...
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    Guild Wars: Does anyone have 2 free trial keys laying around?

    Hiya All, I downloaded the free trial from the guild wars webpage, started the game, and didn't realize that the "free trial" wasn't actually a free trial - I have to have an access key to try the game for 14 days. Does anyone have a trial access key (or 2, my roommate and I are trying to...
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    Anyone know of a reputable iPod repair service?

    The sound in the right ear stopped working. I tried listening with another set of headphones, and the right ear still doesn't work, so I'm pretty sure the headphone jack is broken. Does anyone know of a reliable iPod repair service other than Apple Support (which would charge $149 to fix it...
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    Vista updated itself overnight... now my resolution is stuck at 1360x768

    I woke up to my computer looking a bit strange... so I checked the resolution, and sure enough, it's at 1360x768. So I opened Display Settings, moved the slider back and forth, but 1440x900 was not an option! I use Nvidia nforce 430 drivers (motherboard video). I downloaded new drivers this...
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    How to network printer over wireless router?

    So I have a wireless router (linksys wrt-54gl) and 2 desktops and 2 laptops in the house. The 2 desktops are wired to the router and can share the printer fine (the printer is hooked up to the main computer which is running Vista, the other 3 computers run XP). However, I cannot get the...
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    1gb usb stick "Mini-migo" by Kingston FREE after google checkout

    I bought mine this morning, said it'd ship in 1-2 business days. However, it now states 2-4 weeks on the site... they probably sold real quickly. Text
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    Anyone use remanufactured laser toner? Wondering about quality

    I just grabbed a laser printer for pretty cheap from buy.com ($40). The OEM toner costs nearly $100, but I found remanufactured toner for $38. Does anyone have experience with remanufactured toner, and could you share? Thanks.
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    Samsung ML-2510 Laser Printer Refurb: $39.99 after GCO

    deal. Warning: A report that this does not ship with power cord or toner...
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    How about them Brownies?? OT win over the Seahawks

    Wow, what a sweet game to watch, Browns win in OT after stopping Seattle on 4th and inches.
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    Buying a suit for interviews: OK to buy from banana republic?

    I was close to buying a suit from Banana Republic this weekend... All black, 100% wool. However, a couple of friends I was with insisted that department stores will have higher quality suits that will wear better... I don't know anything about buying suits... but I'm assuming a few of the...
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    Only 2 out of 4 sata ports working on Dell motherboard?

    So I bought a nice dell Inspiron 531s from the dell outlet for dirt cheap. It came with the main hard drive on SATA0 and the DVD/RW on SATA1. I installed my (old) backup HDD on SATA2, booted the system, but it wasn't recognized by Vista or by the BIOS. So I changed the old HDD to SATA1 port...
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    Will a regular-sized video card fit in an Inspiron 530s?

    I might buy a 530s off ebay but I already have a nice graphics card that isn't slim profile. Will this thing fit inside the slim tower of the 530s?
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    hanging shelf on concrete block wall.....

    Wall made of concrete blocks grouted together. hanging shelf for big textbooks.... will screwing shelf into grout be stable?
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    my bank offers a 3 month CD at 5.0% and a 6 mo CD at 5.1%. the 1yr CD gives 5.0%. so if i invest 100,000USD in the 3mo CD, I would receive 5000USD interest... or 5100USD interest from the 1yr CD... right? or am i missing something? thanks!
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    confused about CDs (investments, not music)

    my bank offers a 3 month CD at 5.0% and a 6 mo CD at 5.1%. the 1yr CD gives 5.0%. so if i invest 100,000USD in the 3mo CD, I would receive 5000USD interest... or 5100USD interest from the 1yr CD... right? or am i missing something? thanks!
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    Fantasy football: What position to draft for pick #2

    Obviously my first pick is going to be RB. But I'm wondering what you guys think about pick #2 - WR or RB? Passing Yards (25 yards per point) Passing Touchdowns (4) Interceptions (-1) Rushing Yards (10 yards per point) Rushing Touchdowns (6) Reception Yards (10 yards per point)...
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    Anyone ever go to sears auto?

    I'm going on a big road trip (>1000 miles) and I want a thorough inspection of my car - especially the brakes which have been acting strangely lately. Walmart seems like a big no-no. And I don't like taking my car to small shops - bad experiences with those things. So I need one that is...
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    How can I completely erase a hard drive for free

    Is there a nice free program to do this formating? I want to delete all partitions and data on a hard drive (I have 5 partitions on this thing). Freeware would be nice! Thanks.
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    does nayone game on a 36" or larger LCD/plasma in 1080p or the like?

    Hi I'm really curious what gaming looks like on a big-screen LCD or plasma TV running 1080p. If you have comments or pics, that would be awesome. I'm considering spending the extra bucks to get one of these (my TV died) and just wondering what it looks like.
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    How could I backup entire conent of primary HDD to my slave HDD, format primary HDD, and then restore primary hdd?

    I'm going to install linux as a dual boot, so i'd like to: 1. backup entire contents of windows on my slave drive 2. entirely format my primary HDD 3. install linux on my primary HDD (i know how to do this already...) 4. restore to a new partition on my primary HDD the backup that I...
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    14.1" screen and WXGA+ resolution - how does it look?

    i'm shopping for a new laptop, and I've been to best buy and circuit city, and none of the 14.1" laptops on display have wxga+ resolution. Anyone have experience with this resolution on this screen size? Is it too high a resolution for that screen? Thanks!
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    WARM: Acer 24" lcd widescreen $418

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    At least warm: Acer 15.4" widescreen laptop $698

    I have been out of the laptop game for a long time so I've been searching for a good buy and came across this, which seems pretty warm to me. Buy it at walmart
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    Will this work? Copy/paste entire C: to backup HDD; format C..

    Hi guys, I need to dual boot with Linux so I can run a bunch of programs that I must use for my thesis research. However, my 80GB hard drive is filled with XP stuff and quite unorganized. Defragging the drive doesn't do much to organize the contents of the HDD (I've defragged 6 times...
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    do walmart auto centers install brakes?

    my chevy dealer wants almost $500 total for all new brakes. I'm wondering if anyone has experience getting their brakes done at Walmart and how the experience was. Thanks!!
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    Best value place to purchase cell phone accessories?

    Hey all, I'm getting a new phone tomorrow and need to buy some accessories. Sprint.com and inphonic.com are so expensive... what places sell quality cell phone accessories for less? Thanks!
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    Best way to learn python? Haven't done coding in a long time

    Hey guys, I'm doing some mathy-biology-y research over the summer, and most of the researchers I'm working with use python... Now the extent of my programming experience is AP Computer programming back in high school (we used C++). Does anyone know where the best place is to start...
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    anyone buy spare batteries for Canon digital cameras? Need cheap backup batteries for a trip..

    I have a Canon SD300 camera - the battery is the NB4L. I'm going to Ecuador and want backup batteries for the trip. I found a bunch of batteries all over the net but none that were reviewed very well. Does anyone have suggestions for backup batteries for a Canon? edit: Just to...
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    need help: best car for 20 year old, under $7000

    the ones that come to mind for me are toyota camry, honda civic/accord, even a prizm. any other suggestions? i'm cosigning a loan for my cousin, and want her to have something reliable. She considered a VW Passat but i gave a firm no to that one.
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    Review of free MMORPG: Shadowbane

    Hey guys, Just wanted to encourage people to check out shadowbane. I've never reviewed a game before, so here's an amateur attempt. Cost: Download is free from shadowbane official website. Its about 1gb. You get shadowbane and all the expansions. There is no monthly fee, and no items...
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    Anyone go to Univ Illinois UC?

    Im going to a RHCP concert in Champaign in March. It's so close to the university, I thought it'd be nice to hang out there for a night - how is the nightlife? Lots of house parties or is there a place where everyone goes on the weekends or what? Thanks.
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    good place to have a 20x30 print made within a week's time?

    i have a digital photo i need blown up to 20x30. anyone know what online places would be fastest? or any other suggestions?
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    converting .mkv to a .avi that actually works - is this possible?

    I have a movie in .mkv format that I want to burn to DVD to play in a stand alone DVD player. I use avi2dvd to do that conversions. But this file is .mkv, so I need to convert it to an .avi first. Any suggestions?
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    Is this a photoshop? a "legit" company's supposed headquarters

    here it is the company is phoenix supplements, they make... well... supplements. this article at bb.com sparked the whole concern... i've always had great experiences with BB so this is weird