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    Intel hd 3000 graphics better than my 8800gts?

    I vid card is ancient and I am looking to upgrade. Will the intel on chip graphics be comparable to my vid card at all? The only game that I play is starcraft 2 which is cpu intensive from what I have read. I'll be upgrading to a 2500k from my current core 2 duo 6600 2.4ghz. If the onboard...
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    I will pay $35 for you to do my math assignment.

    It is on set theory. Consists of 6 problems. If you want to do this and you KNOW HOW to do it then I will email you the questions. If you are good at this stuff it will probably take you half an hour. Paid by paypal immediately after receipt of finished work. Heat under jimraynor. PM me.
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    The Book of Eli: A review: SPOILERS!!!!!!!!

    Do not read this if you don't want to know what happens in the movie!!! There are spoilers! < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < The Book of Eli: Mad Max Goes from Doggie to Missionary Desolate, Post apocalyptic setting? Check. Loner badass a la Mad Max? Check. Magic...
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    Movie buffs help me find the name of a movie

    Someone asked me what I thought the worst movie ever was and I thought it was called "cyborg." but it's not the one with van damme. My dad brought it home in vhs format about 10 years ago and it was probably the worst ever. I know: the cover was kind of blueish/purplish lighting, it was some...
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    My boss wants to foreclose on her house.

    She bought a condo 2 years ago. Her income has increased in that time and she has made all her payments on time. She has two mortgages. One is like 80% of the loan (fixed) and the rest is variable. She has $3,000 in equity and has made $36,000 in interest payments (what she told me)...
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    So paramedics came to help me at work last night...

    I work at an upscale japanese fine dining restaurant. I was starting to feel kind of tense in my chest and I just couldn't help but thinking about it. Thinking about it just made it worse and all of a sudden I was walking up to the bar and I felt this huge rush go to my head--kind of like a...
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    I just found the weirdest letter I've ever gotten.

    I used to work as a windows tech a few years ago, like my freshman year of college. One day they drag our "team" into a meeting and our manager Gordon starts talking to us and hands out this: o...........k............. Discuss.
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    I need a GOOD winter coat. Recommend me one.

    So this year I want to avoid freezing my butt off due to not having a good enough coat. I want a QUALITY coat that is going to keep me warm. Seems like I want a down coat since those are warmest. I've had a couple people suggest "the north face." I've never heard of these, would they...
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    Overclocking 2800+ and K8N Neo

    So I'm trying to overclock this thing but I have no experience on the a64 platform. I really don't know what the hyper transport is and I don't even see a setting for memory dividers in the core cell menu. I have pc2700 ram right now as I am waiting for my 3200 to get here on Thursday...
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    Bunch of refurb 9800 pros at Newegg

    As title says, worth a look if you are looking for one of these cards. I was so I jumped on one. Good luck.
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    Anyone good with phones? Help a brotha out.

    Once upon a time I washed a pair of my pants, with my cellphone in one of the pockets. The cell phone is a Sprint PCS Samsung VGA-1000. Amazingly, the phone after that still worked. However, nowadays, while making calls, the other party has trouble hearing me. I called myself on another...
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    Fermium, give me my 20 dollars.

    My brother died January 8th. I made a post about it and was immediately suspected of lying about it for some reason. Another member said something like "if you send me proof that he really died I will send you 20 dollars." I never asked for any "donations." I never asked people to give me...
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    Ram at newegg... price spike?

    Ram prices seem to have been going up, but I was a little surprised when I checked out newegg. I ordered this ram at newegg about 2 months ago maybe for 215 even. Now it's $299. Crazy.
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    pics.bbzzdd.com--how do you upload pics?

    i got an account, but i'm not sure how to upload. Thanks.
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    My friend with herpes.

    I have a friend who was recently told he has herpes simplex a (oral herpes) during a full std screening. At the time he said that he wouldn't ever be with a girl in any way that might communicate the disease without telling her first. However, he has in fact not went through with that. His...
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    Ti4600 Sold on fs forum lost in mail--sent back to me over 3 months later!

    Sold a vid card to sadboi on the fs/trade forums. Mailed it out 12-24. He said he never got it, so I ended up just eating the cost and sending him back his money. Thing shows up in the mail today "not deliverable as addressed unable to forward." Only took him just under 4 months!!!
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    *Updated* Gonna get my "boys" checked out tomorrow.

    1 week ago noticed a few drops of blood in my undies when I woke up. Have had some pain in left testie and groin/inner thigh. Upon self-examination, didn't find any lumps but one of my tubes is swollen. When compared to the other side difference is significant. No history of cancer in my...
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    Antec P160: How do I connect the temperature display?

    My mobo is an a7n8x deluxe. I've figured out the other connections but am lost on the temperature. Anyone know where to plug what in where?
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    To those of you that think Starcraft is dead

    Or to those of you that think that warcraft 3 is more popular or some crap... Take a look
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    NEC 2500A--region free?

    I tried a region 1 and a region 3 and they both worked fine. Did I get one that was region free or am I going to have to specify one somewhere down the road? Thanks in advance.
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    Question about lifting.

    So when you lift for a day you're supposed to give your muscles a day to recover--ok. But what if after that day your muscles are still way sore? Should you just go lift again? Or should you wait another day so that they can recover some more?
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    My big brother just died.. *update please help me pay for his casket*

    I went to go pick up a pizza and when I came back I heard shouting. My mom was saying that my brother was dead. My little brother was on the phone with 911. He was laying on the floor in the bathroom. I took him out into the kitchen and started doing mouth to mouth and cpr. He had a faint...
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    Chieftec case $46.00 free shipping@newegg

    Looks just like the popular antec, with side panel. $46 and free shipping I thought was pretty good. No power supply. Case@newegg
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    *PIC* New Antec p160

    I think it's 10x better than that new crap lanboy. Pricy though at $135 (shipping included). Antec P160 What do you guys think? I kinda like it.
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    Adobe premier/encore problem. please help!

    I have a video file all edited and ready to go in premier. I have placed chapter markers in the file so that when I export to encore it will already have the chapter markers built in. I can't get it to work, I don't know how to export it. Anyone know where I'm coming from? Any help appreciated.
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    dad wants a pda for stocks, what do i get?

    he wants to be able to have wireless internet access for his stocks wherever he goes. he wants to be able to have good range, so that when he goes out hunting in the desert or something he still has access (hunting or something *shrug*). I have no idea what to get, and how much does the...
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    New raptor, seems.... "eh"

    I upgraded from a 40gb barracuda IV, and I can tell there is a speed difference but it's not as big as I thought it would be. I ran HD Tach on my old drive and here were the results: Access time: 14.3ms Read burst speed: 69mb/s Read speed max: 44.3mb/s Read speed min: 24.0mb/s Average...
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    Newegg: Refurb a7n8x deluxe--$60/free shipping

    Just a heads up to everyone. A pretty good deal on one of the best mobos out right now. I have been eyeballing these boards on newegg for awhile and they have been $69 for awhile. I saw them at $60 so I decided to pick one up. Keep in mind you'll be getting no accesories.
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    Question about ATI All in wonder cards...

    I have an aiw 9000pro. It is not able to capture in mpg2 in real time without some dropped frames. If I had a higher clocked AIW card like a 9600 pro or 9700 or something like that would it be able to capture better??? Thanks in advance.
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    Distinguishing IDE Cables???

    I was doing a little bit of experimenting making my own IDE Cables and from what I have read the ATA66 cables are 80 pin where as the ATA100 cables are 40 pin, is this correct? I always thought it was the other way around, I dunno I guess I just figured ATA100>ATA66 so it would probably have...
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    Restoring windows xp with norton ghost 7

    Hi i'm interested in making an image of my hd and then putting that on a dvd. Ghost however seems to only work in dos mode... I guess I am just having trouble with the ghost program and windows xp. It seems pretty easy to use with other operating systems that use fat32 instead of ntfs...
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    How bad are your eyes?

    So the broad gives me the test and everything and my prescription went up again (no surprise). I am now -6.50 in each eye (contacts) I got astigmatism (news to me) and I failed the color blind test. Despite all that, I think I see fine. Still though, it would be nice if my eyes didn't blow...
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    DVD-r/DVD+r degradation

    My dad is currently transferring the college videos from vhs to dvd. So, the college buys like hundreds and hundreds of cheap blank dvds for like 88 cents a piece bulk. So... isn't there an issue where the cheaper ones will basically kinda rot and will have like errors and stuff after like 2...
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    Internet explorer bookmark icons in links--help?

    I was just curious. Everytime I put a new bookmark in my links bar in internet explorer it initially has its own custom icon. Like for example I put newegg in there and it has a newegg "egg" icon. After awhile, next reboot or whatever, it loses that icon and reverts to the generic IE icon...
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    Explorer 3.0 vs. old skool explorer

    Have had the old ms explorer for about almost two years now, and I've ordered the new 3.0 one. It's supposed to be lighter and generally better. I read that the dpi goes from 1500 to 6000, is this correct? Has anyone made this same switch and what are your personal experiences with the new...
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    Girlfriend needs a visa to come to the U.S. *Update* pics

    Girlfriend in Korea wants to come to the United States for a few months on a tourist visa before I go back there in the summer. I have no idea where to even start. She seems to have done all the paperwork but I guess she needs an invitation from me or something? She says it is hard to get a...