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    Ebay Second Chance Offers

    How does an Ebay second chance offer work? I just received notification of this in my email that i have an opportunity for this, but have never been through the process. Is there a policy for what the price must be set at?
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    RAM suggestions for A64 3000+ / ECS nForce3-A Combo

    Looking for both size and brand recommendations for this combo. Not really planning to play games on it, just to be used as a day-to-day machine for light Photoshop, browsing, and light encoding work. I would also like to try overclocking as I've been reading a lot of people are able to get...
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    Preparing to make an offer on a new home

    I'm about to make an offer on a 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 1300sqft home in southern Indiana that is listed at an asking price of $123.9k. Been on the market for about 2 months now, and my realtor has mentioned that no other offers are in the works at the moment. This was finished earlier in...
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    Looking for houses can be SO frustrating

    So basically, out of all the houses that I've looked at in the past few weeks, my #1 choice is currently pending for sale (found it out the same night I looked at it for the first time). However, I've heard through one of my relatives that happens to know the seller, that the buying party did...
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    Seriously, FOX sucks.

    Why must they always air the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode in November every single year? Kinda pointless by then. Why not just go ahead and delay Christmas specials until January while they are at it?
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    College football has hardly any defense?

    So is it me, or is college football almost all offense? Discuss.
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    Looking for new auto insurance... suggestions?

    Well, I am 24 (turning 25 in February) and have been on my mom's policy up until now (living at home while saving money for home downpayment for early next year). At this point, I'm being forced to look for a new plan on my own as her insurance agents no longer deal with the same company we've...
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    Older machine booting problems.... Low Vdd

    With an older Athlon XP system of mine, I have been having general booting/crashing problems. The motherboard is an Epox 8RDA+ and I have to clear the CMOS to get it to boot if it has not been off for at least a few minutes. The LED diagnostic status display C1 (from a little research, that...
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    GF looking for used car... help with suggestions?

    So my girlfriend is looking for a used car in the range of $8k-10k. Hoping to find something that fits the following qualifications: Between a 98 and 01 Reliable... something to keep for about 5 years Stylish... keep in mind it will be driven by a female Decent gas milage as she lives about...
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    Worth it to upgrade now?

    How worthwhile would it be to upgrade now from my current rig (Athlon XP 1700, 768MB PC2100, Nforce2) to maybe a Athlon64 3200 (waiting for the Venice or San Diego)? In the past year or so, I haven't been gaming much at all, but I do want to do more video/audio encoding in the near future. I...
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    Dang... got jury duty

    Received a summons the other day to report to the county circuit court for jury duty next week. I guess its always possible that it could be settled prior to that day, but it still sucks not knowing if I will actually have to serve and for how long. I really wouldn't mind doing it, if I would...
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    Why must most girls I know have no clue about technology?

    Girlfriend just told me she wants to get a digital camera.... she's been looking at a Sony Mavica that Walmart sells... :disgust: .... price is $300 for 2MP and uses floppies. I MUST talk her out of this mistake.
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    Anyone here ever been employed via a staffing agency?

    Recently got my first post-college job offer and it is working under a contract in manufacturing, but I am actually employed through a technical contracting firm (Aerotek). I was wondering if anyone here has had a similar experience, and if so, did you have to pay 100% of your Social Security...
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    Finally received my first post-college job offer, but....

    but, it is quite lower than what I expected. For some background information, I graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering this past May from an accreditted university, and I interned for about a 1-1/2 years while in college. I had mainly been looking in the Evansville, IN area (lower...
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    So I'm going in tomorrow for "employment testing" in QA...

    I'm going in tomorrow afternoon to take an "employment test" for a Quality Assurance Lab Technician position. My question is, what can I be expected to know for this? The job posting said that it prefers a BS degree, but also offers on the job training. I'm a EE grad from this year and...
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    Does my butt feel much different to Brad Pitt's butt?

    By the way, no pics
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    College Grads: How long did it take to get your job?

    Going on my 5th month of looking (graduated in May, EE). And to make things even more discouraging, my career services director recently told me that it takes an average of 6 months for a graduate to find their job in a "good" economy, and 9-12 months in a "lesser" economy. So how long did it...
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    Most underappreciated album ever...

    I'm curious to know what you all think is the most underappreciated album ever. This should be quite interesting. My personal choice: Faith No More's Angel Dust. If I remember right, it was a commercial failure, but it remains one of the unique in hard rock/metal. If you have never...
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    Anyone have experience with career placement services?

    Graduated in May with a degree in EE (3.97 GPA w/1.5 years co-op experience), but have yet to find a job. So anyways, I've sent resumes to literally every place in my area that I know hires engineers (I live in southern Indiana) and have also started to look at cities within 3 hours of my area...
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    Engineering Salary: How much should I try to negotiate for?

    Recently graduated with an B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accreditted university in southern Indiana. I co-oped while I was in college and gained 1-1/2 years of experience. Anyways, I seem to have finally found my first big lead in the job search after over 3 months of looking...
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    This years college grads: Find a job yet?

    To those who have, congrats. Myself, I haven't had much luck at all; I graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (economy is way too dry in the mid-west) including 1-1/2 years worth of interning experience. And at the way things look, a part-time job is inevitable for me. Anyways...