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    Low-budget rig for some gaming

    So i have had this 2nd-gen i3 laptop for 4 years now. It does little gaming, has no problem playing 720p video (and 1080p when everything's shut down). It's old and i'm not in need of a mobile machine anymore. My main game nowadays is Kerbal Space Program. It has this thing: it's not a...
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    How's this boxing day special?

    This HP laptop is on special, it's an AMD Vision. the 3½-year-old laptop it will replace had a Mobile Turion ML-32 CPU. I don't care about the HDD size since it'll always be plugged in a 1.5 TB external HDD. Sells for 380$ cdn and we're around 98¢ cdn to the us dollar. Or am i just...
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    Can a bad alternator/battery cause this?

    I jsut came out of the garage, i had my '02 Mazda Protege in for its oil change and i had a weezing sound checked which turned out to be the alternator beginning to give up. So the mech did a test on the electric group, the battery was barely giving out enough juice to start (with a mild winter...
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    A question on muslim ablution (wudu)

    I have had a muslim flatmate for the last 4 months and he keeps leaving a great amount of water on the counter and floor of our shared bathroom. He has to clean himself in a certain way before his prayer, but... It's getting out of hand... As in a gallon of water on a 5'x3' counter with my...
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    I'd like to bring something back from

    The comix book con in my area being not too expensive and a few blocks from my dorm, i got a ticket for the weekend, went there today and thought i should really give a look to the whole merchant's area. Thing is, i've never owned a comic book (except maybe some anti-drug campaign spider-man vs...
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    Rustproofing a car that already has big spots

    I am in eastern Canada, i have a 2002 Mazda Protege and i have some rusting spots around the back wheels and the back driver-side door. No perforation that i can see. Most of it is just the paint gone, and this will not last another winter under the salt and calcium. I seems these are the...
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    Unable to wake up on my own, wtf...

    For the last few weeks, i have had difficulty waking up in the morning whenever there's no roommate to make noise in some way. I have missed a few classes and nearly jeopardized my semester. This happens although i: -Got to bed very early for two whole weeks -Have set 4 differents alarm...
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    I need it small, rather powerful, silent preffered

    I need something that will not take a lot of space in my room. I'd like to keep it on at night, so no overclocking, I'll use the pattern from the sticky... lots of memory is preferable (i don't get the multiples of 3 in memory configuration...) 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means...
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    720P TV, 6ft HDMI cable, can i go cheap ?

    So, do i get the 45.99, the 67.99 or the 159.99 HDMI cable ? a 720P, 37in TV, we're changing the decoder(that had DVI) for a PVR. There's also that 12.99 cable... should do the trick, right ? The place i've seen these is an electronics parts store. They don't sell computers. I have...
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    attempting to recover from virus ( hal.dll ?)

    Through a corrupt file, my neighbour caught a few viruses, trojans, the whole shebang. She wasn't running the anti-virus routine i had installed for her. She did, however, run all windows updates. So now her computer is XP SP3. This is how it all went down: -She was not able to start...
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    mp3: 320BCR to VBR: what do i use?

    I have an album or two that i consider take way too much space on my small mp3 player (antiquity that does play VBR, lucky for me). I want to convert them to VBR, keeping the original on my computer since i do not need 320kbps on the road and it's a bad use of memory space. So what would be a...
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    That job interview went too well

    Today, i had an interview at the specific office of a big company where my sister works as an industrial engineer. In fact, the interview was with two (female) engineers (civilian and mec.) as this would be a (paid) internship with me being under one of them's orders. Now here are two issues...
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    What do i look for right now in a laptop ?

    2nd half of july, the back to school sales will soon start, so i have 2 questions. Answer whichever you want these are pretty much separate. 1. Are the back to school sales a good time to be shopping for a laptop ? 2. What would be the specs of a mid-range laptop (looking at around...
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    Hard drive just disappears from windows

    A i am playing a game (eve online) that is installed on my secondary hard drive, the client just shuts off without warning. When i try to restart it using the desktop shortcut, i get an error stating that the destination cannot be found. Quick look in windows explorer. The drive went missing...
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    Smoke detector question

    We have a fire alarm that is linked to an monitoring center. The central unit of this system is encased in an oversized smoke detector. This unit was installed in 1992, and other conventionnal units were put in before that. So we noticed that they might be overdue to be changed. Which we...
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    External Hard drives: What should i look for ?

    I am looking for a simple backup solution for a few computers. I consider 500GB to be more than enough. I'd like a simple solution, like Seagate's freeagent or WD's mybook that come all assembled. So what should i be looking for in these devices ?
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    Base jumps: quick question

    It's in the news today, a base jumper that was stopped in 2006 from jumping off the observation deck of the Empire State building released a video where we see how the security guards held him to th railing. He's suing the buidling management for 30 million since he says he was traumatized...
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    College Adaptation gone awful

    In the last few years, i wanted to go to college and get my BSc in engineering. I had a tech degree that took me a few year more to do due mostly to sickness. Since then, i never held a job that specifically needed that degree. So i decided to give it a go and sign up for a BSc in automated...
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    One Ethernet plug, 2 computers no router allowed

    I have received the conditions for the dorm i'll be staying at this fall semester. The one rule that bothers me is the restriction on routers for the connexion. They even require the mac adress of the computer i'll be using on it. i have some wireless equipment on both laptop and desktop...
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    How early should i go to wait in line b4 Windows Vista's launch?

    based on How early should i go to wait in line b4 the PS3 launch? Seriously, who will bother waiting in line for hours in the january cold to get an overpriced retail copy ? I sincerily hope no one.
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    LX7 vs V200

    i have a MX810 on my desktop, which i love. Yet i don't really have the budget to buy its wireless equivalent for my new notebook. So i looked for other logitech mice. I like the LX7 and the V200, they feel rather comfortable and go into my price range. Any thoughts on these mice...
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    Adding memory to a notebook - void warranty?

    I have a notebook i bought 3 weeks ago. It runs nice but needs a little more memory (has 512 MB, i'd add 1GB). I've checked with the store where i bought it and their prices are way higher than what i would get online. So my question is: i know how to change the memory on this notebook...
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    EVE online - few questions

    I started playing a month ago on a trial, got hooked on. From the conversations i got with more experienced players, it seems i got in right after a lot of problems were solved. -The lag, with a bunch of new opteron servers -The new patch The gaming has been near flawless since i've...
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    So my car has been declared unfit for the road today

    I brought my car to my regular garage yesterday about a steering problem that was probably caused by some pothole I hit hard last week. This morning the mechanic puts it on a lift and notices that five of the six engine mounts are rusted through and that actually only one (of the big ones...
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    Is the Xbox 360 really that rare ?

    Has the false rarity of xbox360s over ? Today was the opening of the new walmart store in my town. At 2pm when i went looking (why was it packed that much i dunno). Big surprise (to me anyway): 10 basic systems available. Is it normal ?
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    Notebook won't take Logitech webcam

    Cam: Logitech Webcam Comunicate STX Notebook: Toshiba A20 2.6 GHz 256MB of ram The computer crashes whenever i try to have a 2-way video conversation. According to Logitech's website, there's no real explanation to this problem. It states there are some issues with Ali boards (like the...
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    On-board network dead

    Yesterday, I tried Ubuntu on my A64 3000+ DFI lanparty 250gb (yeah it should be in my sig i'll get to that later). I used a live CD, the latest version. After rebooting and going into Windows... No network. What I've tried: full reboot of router, another cable, reinstall drivers (which...
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    Creating a linux fileserver for the home network

    I have a PIII 1GHz with a recent install of Ubuntu 5.1. Biggest surprise right now is the fact you can't really stay in SuperUser mode. Anyway, i did a bunch of searches on creating a file server for my home network. Most of what i get: use Swat. Ok... how do i get that ? Or let's make it...
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    DFI NF3 Network stall when on high speed

    I have a DFI LAnparty NF3 250gb with a AMD 3000+ Often when i start heavy downloading (or even when i'm not). My network connexion loses signal and canot another IP from the router. Router is fine, as when it happens, all other computers on it all run fine. Reset the router, same thing...
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    Still trying to find the dumb one in this case...

    Came to work this afternoon, The other shift girl tells me a room was vandalised, that the cops came. Friday night a group of young americans come in, pay cash, and start a night on the town. As they come back around 3:30-4:00 AM, two of them start having a conversation with the night desk girl...
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    Suggestion: Location tags on FS/FT forum

    When someone posts a FS/FT, he should put some sort of tag in it to show the location of the item. this tag could contain the state (in the U.S.) or country abbreviation. Example [CDN] Maple Leafs mouse mat 5$ [ME] Patriots Jersey [MA] Fenway tickets [UK] [MX] You can then easily...
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    I'm about to attempt building a fileserver

    The old rig in my sig currently has Fedora Core 3 installed on it Can change to any OS, i juste need to make it into a fileserver that both Win XP home machines can access. Any links on this ?
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    huge vid card problem

    dvd writer, dvd reader, 2 PATA HD, pci wifi-g, pci modem, and most important a NV 6600GT OC would these run on an Antec 350W PSU? its specs +5V@35A, +12V@16A, +3.3V@28A detailed specs on CurrentRig page in sig
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    Happy Canada Day !

    Just wanted to wish all you canucks a happy Canada Day 138 years!
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    SpaceBalls 2

    Episode 3 is out, who says Star Wars parody, says SpaceBalls and a few months ago, i heard that the sequel (or prequel ?) was in or near production. most of what i get is the same interview Mel Brooks did with Playbill magazine from september last year that just says he's not sure if he'll...
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    Battlefield 2: Best pre-order price ?

    Battlefield 2 Where in Canada is the best preorder price ? As i'm writing, FutureShop 59,99 shipped, amazon.ca same, ncix 64,99 (no dvd version avail, shipping extra) ebgames is confusing (no canadian version altough they have plenty of stores around)
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    The "semester moving dilemma"

    EDIT: Simplified Old rig, PIII 1GHz, needs new purpose in my home. Can go in any room, but i prefer it stays in mine. thinking about the closet... fileserver applications... mostly music and picture files... Anyway, what are your experiences with old machines in need of a new purpose ?
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    No work available from server ?

    SETI@home - 2005-03-02 18:59:49 - Message from server: No work available WTF ?
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    If going for a 333 Fsb CPU, will memory go at pc2700 speeds ?

    If going for a 333 Fsb CPU (socket A), will memory go at pc2700 speeds or pc3200 speeds ? (Given that the mem bar is a pc3200)
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    Canadian Shoppers : Where do you buy your parts ?

    Title says it all Pitch in your canadian web store, good, bad I personally have shopped with tigerdirect.ca, but i did most of my last buys from ncix.com good prices, didn't need the service apart from shipping from them...