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    Going to Colombia in a few weeks. What should/shouldn't I do?

    So my friend and I speak a little Spanish between the two of us, and he cashed in some Continental dollars for 2 tickets to Colombia. We're gonna be there for 7-8 days, which we'll probably divide evenly between Bogota and Medellin. We're looking to do everything on the cheap, but with the...
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    $100 Budget, help me pick a phone

    I'm an AT&T/Cingular user and my current phone just bit the dust. I'm ineligible to upgrade via AT&T, so I'm taking the eBay route. I have a $100 budget, and would like the following features: USB/Bluetooth compatibility with my computer (running XP) an intuitive/decent sized keyboard (I'll...
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    Win $3! Help me prove my roommate wrong!

    So, my roommate's been on my case about charging my laptop (a standard Apple Macbook) and keep the computer on when I'm not at the apartment. His beef is that my laptop consumes as much (if not more) energy than his PC Desktop (with a 350w psu), and that because of my computer, our electricity...
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    Traveling to Europe this summer

    Hi everyone. Excuse my Anandtech inactivity.. College devours my time. I'm looking for some input for my trip to Europe this summer. Here's some background information. My friend and I (both of us are 19) are going to Europe this summer for 4 weeks, from June 18th to July 17th. Both of us...
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    Is Sushi Good for you?

    So part of my new diet/meal plan thing involves me alternating my lunch from salad to a roll of sushi 5 days a week. Besides from the dangers of ingesting raw foods, is sushi particularly bad for you? good? EDIT: More specifically, california, tuna, and unagi (eel) rolls.
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    Video Driver, Game crashing issues

    Hiya! For some reason, my video card (Radeon 9600) refuses to allow me to play Fifa 07. The game attempts to load, shows a black screen, and crashes to desktop. I know this isn't an issue with the game itself, because the same thing happens with another game (Plane of Goofiness) I've tried...
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    Building a photo darkroom

    I want to put together a small dark room in my house. Small being the key word. What kind of costs am I looking at to develop my own film?
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    Trouble installing Windows XP

    Basically I piled a computer together from last generation stuff (it's a sempron system). When I go to install windows, it makes it to the first blue screen, and loads up all the files on the bottom status bar thing. It then displays the "Windows is restarting" (or something very similiar...
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    Going to live in New York City

    Alright. Some background: A year from now, I'll be nineteen, and I plan on moving to New York City to intern at a recording studio. Because of connections I have, we can make the following assumption: -- I will be able to get an internship, and work ~ 60 hours a week @ $6/hr for 50...
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    If you could only have one type of water

    Take into account the following: Hot is equivalent to hot-shower hot, AND boiling tepid is always about room temperature. Cold is equivalent to ice water, AND ICE You can only use one of the 3 for the rest of your life, for everything. What do you choose?
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    Invites to give away: Lala CD trading program

    So I was recently awarded 8 invites to give off for the Lala CD trading community thingy before it becomes completely public. It's been really cool, as I've sent out 5 CDs (in the provided Netflix-esque envelopes and cases) and received 6. It's a very safe network, because you can't get ripped...
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    How do download streaming video

    So basically, I have this streaming video from NBC http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=3e47d43e-09f8-41d1-92d3-12d3772cc667&f=rss05 And I need to be able to download said video (as a WMV, AVI, or Mpeg) somehow to play it on a powerpoint. Any suggestions?
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    How to stay in Chicago for 3 days underage

    Alright, being that I'll be a tad short of 18 years old when I want to visit chicago in July (2 monthes, 3 days short!) My age seems to be a limiting factor of where I can stay. - Hostels require 18+ to check in - I don't want to find a stranger on Craigslist - Hotels = 18+ ? - I don't...
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    Don't buy things from Bestbuy

    So I get a friend a Mogwai CD from Bestbuy 2 days ago (the 22nd). Brand new. He opens it on his birthday, the 23rd, and the CD is covered in ******. The bottom of the disc is sticky, and looks as if it had been skated around on. Scratches all over, with a filmy layer of stuff covering it...
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    Should I buy a Geo Prizm?

    Geo prizm, 120k miles, 1990, LSi. Listing can be found here http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?c...ngine=&lang=en&fuel=&doors=&cardist=19 I can get the car for $1400. Any advice? warnings? insight? I could afford a marginally more expensive car, but for the price, and from what i've...
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    Last concert you saw, and where?

    3/20/06 Stereolab w/ Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt @ the TLA in Philly. good show. anyone else feel like sharing?
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    Help me plan a 3 day trip to chicago!

    Hey all. I'm planning on taking a trip to chicago towards the end of july for a 3 day music festival at Union park. I'll be going with 3 other people, so keep in mind I'll need 2 rooms, transportation for four, etc. I'll be departing from Philadelphia. Some things I've been thinking over...
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    YMMV: 1 cent Gaming Guides at Gamestop/EBGames

    So evidently, some older gaming guides at Gamestop and EBgames cycle out of their stock system, and get priced down to a penny. I just bought a Gamecube with Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion, and got two full color guides, stickered at $7.99 each for a total of $.02 The guides are full color...
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    Recommend good indie/documentary movies?

    I'm about to pull the trigger on a Netflix subscription, and am trying to compile a list of interesting movies. I've basically been renting anything with a Sundance or Montreal film festival tag stuck on front, and I've enjoyed most of them. To give you an idea of my tastes: matchstick men...
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    Service: Vinyl to CD conversions

    *For mods: If this is in someway an illegal post, or it is in the wrong section, please move/delete it, but explain why to me via PM. Thanks! For those interested, I am offering a record-conversion service. I'll take your dated, semi-worthless record collection, and transform it into a...
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    Best Lanning case

    Looking for a case to throw a few extra parts in to take to lans, and keep around the house. cooling's not a huge issue, as I have a passive 9600se. Don't really need more than one 5" slot, although Im sure itll come with a few. one hard drive, half slot card, micro ATX board. Good: Front...
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    Collect info on a webpage? code ideas?

    Ok, so I know some pretty basic HTML, PYTHON, and VB (what my school offers) and I want to create a little input box for my website. The idea is There will be an input box with a command button next to it, The user will input a number or 2, maybe their name, and the input box would create an...
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    is my lcd broken?

    ok, i bought a viewsonic VE170B online some time ago, and it didnt come with a power supply. so i just went out and bought a generic 12v power brick (stop me if i cant do that) and accidentally plugged the polarity cap thing in backwords. i plugged it in, pressed power, heard 1 or 2...
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    Next step to run CS:S and HL2 better

    the rig athlon xp 2500 @ stock 1.8ghz gigabyte k7 triton series mobo 1024mb pc 3200 ram, offbrand nvidia 5900XT clocked to 450/780 60gb hitachi hdd etc etc the problem - where hl2 isnt a big concern, i got serious fps drops in counter-strike source, averaging about 25-60 when there...
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    mx700 wireless good for fps?

    i know the mx700 is a pretty top-o-the-line wireless mouse, but i had a shittier wireless mouse (some walmart offbrand) and it skipped like woah! so is the mx700 good? im mainly talking about playing counter strike with a 640x480 resolution. thanks in advance for the input!
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    Encryption on airport express?

    ok, so i have my prostar laptop, with my SMC 54mbs wireless G card, hooked up, and squared to go. drivers installed, etc. now when im in the included setup software, and i have to select an SSID, it shows the airport express, with a lock next to it, and that is is encrypted? and that i need the...
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    trackpoint good? ALSO best EXTERNAL dvd-rom (1.1)

    ok, ive been shoppin around for a laptop for back to school, and it seems to me like the ibm x20's on ebay are my best bet. they look nice enough, seem feature full (as many features as a $450 laptop has anyways) and fits my budget perfectly. the only catch is that they only have those little...
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    New pc cant recieve ip from lynksys router?

    ok, heres the deal, i have my pc hooked up to comcast digital cable, through a lynksys router. the connection has been working for my mac, and older pc, but when i plugged in the new pc, i get a 0.0.0.0 ip. now the back of the ethernet on the mobo gives me a light (consant green and flicking...