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    dothan in banias

    could i put a dothan 1.7 into a 1.4 banias system?
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    any lightweight laptops to consider besides Inspirion 700M and Latitude X1?

    samsung x series, ive got an x20, love the little fella
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    Top 10 Almost Great Cars

    how dare they slag off the new land rover disco, (or lr3 as it is in america) ps. landrover fan btw
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    how many mp3z do you have?

    6.2 gig, running out of space, damned 20 gig laptop :(
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    Tony the Tiger is Dead!!

    has to be said that he has left an awesome legacy
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    Do you always need to wear a suit for a job interview?

    my thougts exactly, also if you turn up in a suit and everybody else is in shirt and tie or just a shirt it is easier to slightly tone down you dress than suddenly magic a jacket and tie from the ether
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    surprise sex reversal

    why's he complaining, i cant see anything wrong to wake up with a bj, unless she was rotten of course!!
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    Parents Suing Nissan After Dad Accidentally Runs Over Their Daughter

    so what would this guy have done 5 years ago before rear cameras were invented, sued the research people for not inventing them soon enough before he screwed up?
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    "Car Talk" - Horn/Headlights to English

    you poor americans, fast lane is for 80 if you dont know the motorway or 90 if you know where the speed traps are
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    Warcrow's WEDDING PICTURES thread!!

    very nice sir.. hope its all good edit to say i hope you have some fun......
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    If I build a computer now, is it going to be out of date really soon?

    i may not be top dog soon, but it will still be plenty powerful enough imo
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    No support for Intel 820 on nVidia chipsets.

    please dont kill me for this as i dont believe it myslef just plauing devils advocate but it could be because the intel chip is a smidgen cheaper?
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    FX-55 San Diego @ Newegg

    there is one guy who was linked tot this forum who had an x2 at 3ghz, admittedly with a big smeg off hs and an open cases and some fans but it did hit it, very nice too imo
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    Nano Screens - Anybody got info on this ??

    i dont think they are related to lcd's from what it says they are a bit like minature crts, the electrons are acclerated along the carbon nano tube and then they run into a phosphor screen (like crt) which then emits light, unlike lcds where the light gors through crystals whih switch position...
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    possible to upgrade 1.3 banias (1ml2) to dothan?

    yeah, my 1.4 banais seems brilliant for its speed, and i've been contemplating upgrading to a dothan with my next student loan, could you report back if you do it and if it work? cheers!!
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    I'll have $1500 to spend. I need the best "reflective" screen I can get...

    i hate to ask this but what does the brightview/truview actually mean when you look at the screen, sorry i couldnt help
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    talk of sli on laptops!!!

    linky nothing like half an hour of battery life!!
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    So what next-gen console are you going to buy???

    i think ibm will out sell both, considering they make both processors, win win for them, and as to which one i'll buy, neither, just play on my mates, much cheaper!! tho a bit scabby
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    Do you use a CRT or an LCD on your main rig?

    lcd and yes, kinda have to as my only 'rig' is my laptop, so its forced!! unless of course i guess if i brought a crt and set it up as a second screen., but i'm going to play the skint student card!!
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    What do you use your laptop for?

    i'm an mech eng student in newcastle uk. we have something called balck board where most of the lecturers put up there notes, so i download them during the lecture which can be useful, however my n64 emulator comes in useful for goldeneye for the boring lectures, may explain why i'm well on my...
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    Purdy laptops w/ turion

    thats what i thought
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    Can I use regular thermal paste for my A64 stock HSF?

    to get the surfaces down to a low enough Ra to be able to do what you suggest would increase the cost incredably(spelling!!) as just to quote my revision notes, to increase the surface finish from what it is now to a lapped one where the hs and cpu would 'stick' together would take somewhere in...
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    San Diego and 2GB of RAM... RUNS 2-2-2-5 OUT OF THE BOX!!!

    havent they got an updated memory contoller irc
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    How to make SURE that the data on a HDD is not recoverable!!!

    the micro wave? well considering the fact that the outside case of the drive is a metal alloy....... would be quite entertaining, something like putting a spoon in, except with some flamable bits (pcb) i think it would be fun, give it a go!!!
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    Budget College Laptop

    ebay for it, if he's willing to take the risk, could be worth it tho
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    underclocking

    just a quickie, about every half hour or so now that its underclocked the screen goes black for a second or 2 (well its done it twice)do you think that could be ram related, as its running super slow?
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    Better Walmart Laptop?

    the mobile celery's arent bad at all, nearly identical to the dothan, but with only a smidgen less cache (it varies from 256k to 1 meg i think) and dont have all of the power saving gadgets, nice cheap chips tho
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    underclocking

    well the graphics are now running at 60mhz (core) and 100 mem, and it gets me another 15-20 mins, i wont grumble, i dont realy use it for gaming except when its plugged in to the wall so i dont need the power at all, cheers
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    underclocking

    if so how much, just wondering, trying to squeeze as much as possible out!!
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    Better Walmart Laptop?

    according to a website i just looked at its 4.1 pounds, and in a simple test between this and my flat mates dell (dont know what type but its much bigger than mine) a acer and sony (same again for those 2) its much lighter, i carry it around uni with me most days and it causes me no harm. cant...
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    Better Walmart Laptop?

    ah well my first ever double post!! nellie
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    Better Walmart Laptop?

    if you do want to go for either of those then get the amd windows effort, this is because the via c3, is very good at encrption, but fails miserably at ( i'm not sure at this point,) floating point. however if you are looking for a laptop for just surfing and office home stuff then get the one...
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    Pentium M Speed Detection Error?

    don't the newer centrino processors, i.e dothan sonoma, have a gadget with initials something along the lines of odcs (on demand clock switching) (think thats wrong but near what i mean, which causes the proccessor to divide its clock speed, so its running at the 600 mhz on the clock but then...
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    Engineers (or people in general): would you work for a defense company

    i would be inclined to disagree, there wouldnt be as much drive to improve the product (appart from intel/amd i hear you hollar but they still have some appilcations) so the move wouldnt be as quick, look at the innovation before ww1 then during then after, i'm sure it would be quickest during
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    Engineers (or people in general): would you work for a defense company

    i do no quams, i like the quote above tho, we do commercial stuff as well (a380) its good fun thats what i look for
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    Reasons Why you shouldn't post your picture on the internet!

    thats a lot of wasted time well spent imo
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    SHOW OFF YOUR DESKTOP THREAD!

    objectdock
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    SHOW OFF YOUR DESKTOP THREAD!

    i was wondering about that
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    Night Crew Report in....

    is it night time still in the states, can i join? in in uk btw