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    Car question (YACT)

    About to buy a used car (2000 - 2002 or so). I'm looking for a simple 'point A to B' vehicle. No frills this time, I don't care what car it is as far as it's fuel-efficient and not prone to frequent wrecks. Honda Civic is the first thing that comes to mind. But those cars with giant exhaust...
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    Be my business partner

    Just received this email. I'm looking for a job, what do you guys think? Should I give it a shot?
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    I want to be honest

    Got any tips? Are you 100% honest? If so, do you have a secret of some sort?
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    Please recommend a printer

    I'm about to buy a printer. An inkjet, I think. I might print a few photos, so it should be able to. What I'm interested in is low cost per page. I plan on printing black and white pages frequently and sometimes photos. Good if the printer will have a built-in scanner as well, and a good one...
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    Moving to Canada

    Hello! Haven't posted here in a while. However, these forums have influenced my life greatly since it was the place where I learned of the opportunity to come to Canada. I remember a couple of years ago I posted here how I didn't like it where I lived (I'm in Russia) and someone pointed me to...
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    Is a 2.8 Ghz 800 FSB Northwood much faster than a 2.4 Ghz/533 FSB?

    Currently I have a 2.4/533 FSB P4. The motherboard is based on Intel 865G chipset, so it supports 800 Mhz FSB. It can take Socket 478 Prescotts too, but the case is a small form factor with only a 240 Watt PSU and is rated as 2.8 Ghz max in terms of cooling (In-win L545). I don't game at all...
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    Are you sure what you do is right?

    Before you say I'm on drugs, I'm happy to inform you I am not. The older I get, the more I'm convinced I know nothing, f, nothing of life. I was so sure I knew it all, what to do when I was like 15 or even 20. But now, only a few years after, I'm completely clueless. I'm all lost and life...
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    How do you deal with BS?

    Hello there! If you take a look at my join date, you'll probably see I've been a member of these forums since 2002. That's a long time and I can tell you only one thing - posting is useless. I haven't been here for a long time and I'm out of the loop completely. Last thing I remember is...
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    An old-time IE question

    Sometimes when I have multiple IE windows open I accidentally close one of them and it takes a long time to navigate back to it. Is there a way to get back to it instantly, like some 'undo' feature? Running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and latest IE.
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    How to reassign drive letters

    Currently my drive letters are as follows: A - 3.5 Floppy C - Local disk D - DVD-RW Drive E - DVD Drive F - Local Disk (logical chunk of the C: drive) G - Local Disk (USB) All this appeared right after I partitioned the main C: drive into two using Acronis Disk director 10 software...
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    Do you accept only logic?

    When you see something that doesn't make sense to you, do you think that person/post is stupid? If you do, do you evaluate all your actions from this standpoint? How about you're wasting your time here? Who gets hooked on whos hook? Who gets it all and who provides? Never thought of it? How...
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    OMG, it can't be it

    Good time of the day to you, and happy New Year!!! Can't you see that this is it? I mean, the ultimate end? Where has everything gone? I mean, hello. What can you say in your defense?
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    How to make Winamp play mp3pro streams?

    I have a Winamp 5.112 Lite version installed and I can't listen to net radios broadcasting in Mp3pro format with good quality. It seems to me the player doesn't support it. At least on Jetaudio it sounds better. But I can't stand Jetaudio's UI so I had to go back to Winamp. Any suggestions?
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    Icon association problem

    So I've reinstalled the OS (XP Pro SP2) and after installing all the programs including Office 2003 I noticed that icons for my many saved web content pages have turned from their original IE blue to some generic. I tried to change icon associations according to file types but couldn't find...
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    Computer is ungodly slow.

    I have a P4 2.4 Ghz Northwood with 533 FSB, no HT on an Intel 845PE motherboard with 512 Megs of DDR333 memory and a 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 harddrive with 8 Megs cache. For video I have a separate video card (Radeon 9000 64 megs). Running WinXP Pro SP2, I often get horrendous slowdowns...
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    Is it possible to view SMART parameters of a 3.5" IDE drive in an USB 2.0 enclosure?

    So I have a 3.5" Seagate IDE drive in a generic external USB 2.0 enclosure I got for $15. The thing has it's own built-in PSU with standard plug and I can carry it anywhere to transfer large amounts of data. Unfortunately, yesterday I put in on a shelf and somehow it slipped and hit the floor. I...
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    So is this the end? How do you people handle age...

    I'm just not quite sure about this, but as I get older life seems so much more evil and dark. I don't even think I can handle age well. Crap, I'm 26. I feel that in just a few years I'm going to hit 30. And there is no way back, man. No, you can't rewind this movie. I'm right on the road to...
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    I'm too shallow now.

    Shens on me.
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    Do you have morals?

    Let's look inside ourselves. What will we see? Do you consider yourself a man of high morals? What do you think morality is? I have noticed that I lack it. What about you? Would you use illegal copies of software, or movies? Do you have any principles?
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    Do you think I should study French?

    So what do you think? I want to learn a foreign language. Which one to pick? I like how French sounds and many things French. Now where do I start? Or maybe study other language? I also want to profit from it, it's not just for fun. Do you think it could be a good idea?
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    Roxio or Nero for DVD burning?

    My Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum finally is outdated enough for me to upgrade. Time to buy a new program. Which one should I choose: Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 or Nero 6.6.0.14? I have a NEC ND-3500AG DVD burner. Please comment which software is better and easier to use since I only need...
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    Who here doesn't need women?

    Man, what a day. First I destroy my work computer, then I talk to some beech that I thought was my girlfriend, and then I get to watch 15 mins of sex in the city. This has gotten to me! I don't know if drugs would help. Don't think they would. Oh God how I hate women. All these fat ugly old...
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    How I worked on Saturday

    So I work in a magazine. Write all kinds of stuff there. I have a deadline on Tuesday so I went to the office today just to complete some of the stuff (I don't have access to all the databases I need to use at home). The creepy thing is, my PC there runs Windows 98. Lame, isn't it? I know that...
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    Motherboard change. How to cajole my existing WinXP Pro installation?

    Hello everybody, the motherboard in my system has been acting up lately. It's a complete POS - the ECS P4S5A/DX+ (SIS 645DX chipset). Had all kinds of troubles with it during the last 2.5 years of use. Not long ago I found a similar, but supposedly much better board on sale for $30 - an Epox...
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    Any reason to buy DVD+R/RW media?

    Can anyone explain this shady stuff to me? I know that DVD-R/RW is more compatible than the + variety. Also I heard the + was cheaper, but seems like that's just not the case - prices are the same. Given that, is there any compelling reason why I should settle for the + format instead of the...
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    USB 2.0 no worky in Win98SE!

    Hello, my other PC is a Celeron 2.0 on ABIT BD7II motherboard (Intel 845E chipset, ICH 4 82801DB southbridge). Under device manager in Windows 98SE there is a yellow exclamation mark for the PCI USB controller. I tried the drivers both from ABIT site (USB 2.0 for Win9X) and Intel site...
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    _NEC ND-3500AG DVD rip speeds

    To start with, I have the firmware version 2.18 for this drive patched by the Dangerous brothers here: linky The latest is 2.19, but their site is currently down. This is the patched version which adresses the rip lock issue of the drive when reading video DVDs - they can be ripped only at...
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    Please explain how to back up DVDs

    Hello, think I've run into an issue here. I tried to back up a DVD, it did copy all-right, but the movie didn't have the menu in place! To start with, I have this: _NEC ND-3500AG DVD-RW drive Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum with Windows XP update and the latest 5.3.5.10v drive update...
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    Windows XP Pro SP2 and VPN (virtual private network question)

    Hello. Recently I changed ISPs. Now I have a DSL modem. It works semi OK, but there is one thing that keeps bugging me. There are two connections through the modem - one via LAN which connects to ISP's internal network, and another (VPN) I have to dial each time to connect to the Internet...
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    Getting rid of self-filling usernames and passwords in Win98SE and XP Pro

    Hello. My computer at work runs Windows 98SE, it's pretty old. During the last year, I visited hundreds of internet sites there which were not directly related to my job. Now I'm thinking of a job change. All my passwords, user names and e-mail account names are somehow stored there on my...
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    Any audiophiles here?

    So here's the situation. Let's not question the moralities, but sometimes I did watch p-n videos. The trouble I have is not associated with the movies themselves, but their soundtracks. I'm very sensitive to music. If I hear a tune I like it will be playing in my head for weeks and maybe even...
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    Some people are such freaks!

    Well, it appears I did. Learned it just today. There is a girl at work, her desk is right next to mine. I always thought I knew her name and called her by it. At least that's what she said her name was when we first got acquainted. Then today, there came a question from another department. And...
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    I am not good at math. Does it mean I'm stupid?

    This question might seem queer. But it has been bugging me for quite some time. I mean, when you think clever, you think of whom? Einstein, etc. Those people had mastered 'the science of all sciences' - mathematics. I had been a good friend of the major science up until about the fifth grade...
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    Feeling all down

    It all started many months ago. I run ICQ all day at work, and had it on that day. Suddenly a girl asked to add her to my contact list. Don't know why, we started chatting every day for like half an hour and learned a great deal of each other. I lied on many subjects though. Then one day it...
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    Please help choose a hard drive

    Some time ago I had a Seagate Barracuda 4 40 GB hard drive, and was very happy with it. Then I upgraded my system and got myself my first HD issue ever - the WD 800JB. Sure the thing was fast compared to the Seagate, but it's spinning sound drove me crazy. I had to return the sucker to the shop...
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    Laser pointers should not exist!

    Yesterday I visited a seminar, and the lecturer had a laser pointer. Little thing he used to aim at the board. Then suddenly he waved it carelessly and the freaking beam almost got into my eye! It was so unexpected! Even though I knew the damn thing was no good from the very beginning. Do you...
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    Is my HD failing on me?

    Hello, I may be having an issue here. My hard drive is less than 3 months old (a 80 gig Seagate Barracuda 7200.7), and I haven't had any problems so far. However, I got a program that monitors SMART data, and lately I noticed increases in 'Reallocated sector count' from 0 to 1 and then to 2. It...
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    Things that made you happy

    Can you name some distinctive objects or situations which, maybe for a short time, made you truly happy? I don't mean a couple of beers and things like that.
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    Holy crap. Strange e-mail

    I just received this strange e-mail. Maybe it's spam, but who knows. What do you think of this: 'Dear Friend, I wish to plead with you to join me in not only serving humanity, but to also benefit in the process. This message could be strange but reality will definitely dawn on you. If...
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    I hate my new job.

    Damn, tomorrow is Monday and I have to go to work again. Just thinking of it makes me wanna kill myself. If only I could die painlessly and quickly I'd be all for it, but I suspect this isn't going to work. Someone has to put me out of my misery. But who can I count on? I can't trust even...