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    Looks like a fried motherboard, anything else likely?

    My Windows doesn't boot, so I can't install anything. :(
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    Looks like a fried motherboard, anything else likely?

    Hi all - I'm dealing with a nasty problem here. I built my computer some five years ago, with an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherbboard. A couple of years after that, the chipset fan started making horrible noises and died, so I replaced it with a third-party one (the Asus folks never got back to my...
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    US/Brasil

    http://www.p2p4u.net/live/pl18.php
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    US/Brasil

    Brazil scores :(
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    US/Brasil

    For those without TV access: http://www.justin.tv/tba_live2
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    A guy commits murder. He's caught on camera. He has an identical twin, who is innocent

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/02...ath_penalty_153978.htm
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    Gap year

    Responding to previous points: -Cornell vastly underestimated our "family need". I think it's supposed to be the stingiest Ivy. -Health insurance is a problem from the time I turn 18, but by then, I should be able to find work that provides it. I'm currently gearing up for summer...
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    Gap year

    Thanks for the input, everyone. I'm in the north suburbs. Well, there are three factors that are probably going to help with admissions a second time around: 1) My profile has improved since decisions season by quite a bit: I went from being god-knows-what in math competitions to placing...
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    Gap year

    I'm a graduating high school senior, and I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma. I got rejected from all but one of the colleges I wanted to go to, and couldn't afford that one (Cornell). Now, I'm faced with the choice of either going to another college that, while more than decent in general, is my...
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    Programmable microprocessor project

    Oh wow, I've been taking a look at various things having to do with the Butterfly, and I'm quite possibly more confused than I was when I started. I think I have the serial cable idea more or less down - am I going to have to solder one together with wires and a connector, or can I find one...
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    Programmable microprocessor project

    Wow, has it really been two weeks since I last posted? Time's really flown. Anyways, if I get the Butterfly from here http://www.mouser.com/Search/P...CyNbWb%2fpW7IERZjls%3d and a sensor, am I also going to need a serial cable (and possibly USB adapter) and leads? It looks like the parts don't...
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    Programmable microprocessor project

    Well, if it works as well and is a lot cheaper and/or simpler, it could be worth a shot. Do you have any links to tutorials or overviews of that kind of stuff?
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    Programmable microprocessor project

    After seeing this video, once I stopped laughing, I got the uncontrollable urge to make some sound-effect shoes. Essentially, upon stepping on the shoe, it emits a sound. I have yet to figure out the technical specifics, but either preprogrammed or switchable sound effects are both options...
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    Are things better because a Mom invented them?

    Have you read The Fountainhead? This made me think of a part of it.
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    epic ridiculous metal video

    I cracked up at 2:07.
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    probability problem

    Essentially, if anyone that has a boy shows the boy, the chances of the other kid being a boy are 1/3. If the kid anyone shows is chosen at random, and you are looking at someone who randomly chose to show a boy, the chances of the other kid being a boy are 1/2. The OP's problem was in the...
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    probability problem

    That's only true though if people with any sons at all always go out to walk with their sons and not their daughters. Here, we can make the following reasonable assumptions: -Of the people who came to the park that have two kids, half of these people have a boy and a girl, one quarter have...
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    what amount of money would it take for you to never work again?

    I don't think I'd ever permanently retire, unless I just ran out of gas and never got my energy/motivation back.
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    Finding a Costume?

    I'm competing in a man-pageant in about two weeks, and for my talent I'm performing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo The catch is, I need a costume to imitate the singer (or rather, one of his incarnations) - bright-colored matching robe/gown/cape thing and turban, fake...
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    So someone sent a resume into the company I work for today

    If it was a tech-oriented job, the applicant was probably a super-hacker who typed it in a green-text-on-black terminal. He sent it in knowing that if the company was sane enough to focus on content over bells and whistles, he would definitely be hired and would want to work there; if the...
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    100,000 push-ups for AT

    One set of 25 8800
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    Awesome captcha!

    Haha that's great.
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    Ok I am married with kids, what's you excuse for being not going out?

    College applications; I think I win a prize for procrastination. (deadline's in four hours)
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    What do you think of these names for children

    How about Cornelius or Magdalene?
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    When stage props attack

    This is like a level of Hitman: Blood Money. I must say, theater is getting very edgy these days.
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    Woman swept to sea during marriage proposal

    I guess she was wishy-washy about the whole idea. She must have started to wave-r. I don't blame her; it sounds like an em-ocean-al experience. I wonder if he even mist her... Or, assuming she was going to say yes, you could say she got lost at "si".
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    Say that you could add one skill instantaneously...

    Hahahahahah, thanks for the laugh. If you suddenly got the analytical power that would let you really understand the world around you, would life be as fun anymore, when it's just a bunch of interconnected cogs and dice? Sure, you can function more effectively, but it's quite the Faustian...
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    How in the WORLD did I miss out on Pandora.com?

    www.musicovery.com is nice too.
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    Fat chicks get laid more

    "When a man propositions a woman, she can respond in one of two ways; she can say ?yes? or she can say ?no.? When a woman propositions a man, he can also respond in one of two ways; he can say ?yes? or he can say ?yes, please.? He has no realistic choice to say no. Men may not be saying ?yes...
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    Mathematical Optimization Problem

    This problem's actually deceptively easy, unless I'm mistaken.
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    Mathematical Optimization Problem

    The x in your first equation is the number of people you check; the x in your second equation(s) is the number (or rather, proportion of the total number) of the people you succeed in determining the gender of. So, the system isn't valid; this isn't that kind of problem. To identify the sex...
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    First time Skiing/Snowboarding Advice

    The one thing I have to ask if you snowboard is, for the love of God, don't scrape the snow off the trails. Sure you can scrape your way down facing down the trail, but it's a dick move and you're not learning anyways. Have fun, though, I ski and snowboard and both are great.
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    Do you think you look good for your age?

    I'm actually in the exactly opposite boat. I took a college class (all upperclassmen if I remember correctly) when I was 16. Nobody had any idea I was 16, apparently, and if if my age got out in conversation, it was met by surprise. Now let's hope I stop looking old as I actually get old...
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    Backpacks...

    LL Bean bags are practically indestructible, and there are pretty cheap options. http://www.llbean.com/webapp/w...&catalogId=1&langId=-1
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    What is the farthest north you have been?

    North: St. Petersburg South: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles I haven't gone above the Arctic Circle or below the Equator.
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    Do you think there's an upper limit on temperature?

    Doesn't traveling at the speed of light mean infinite energy? (addition: but only massless particles do so, I believe)
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    Is racewalking a joke? I mean really, do people say they like it just to laugh inside?

    http://www.boreme.com/boreme/f...-he-walk-or-run-p1.php
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    please HELP saving flash video from web - important

    http://www.keepvid.com/
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    LOL, the differences between men and women (great example)

    Methuselah linked me to this a while back, but I still laughed this time. :)
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    Friend needs help finding someone to code a site

    You know, web startups built with a manager at the helm and hired help coders tend to do rather badly, since there are usually many competitors, several of which are run (and crucially, owned) by the technical people, who work that much harder. Internet businesses have such low overhead that the...