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    Home Heating Help: Steam Boiler Replacement

    I am in the process of selecting a contractor to replace the ancient oil-fired steam boiler in my house. I have received two estimates with only $125 separating the two (inconsequential since the job will run 6-7.5 k). The problem is the two contractors came up with different sized boilers...
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    Excel: Negation Before Exponentiation

    I recently noticed something potentially unpleasant about the way MS Excel handles mathematical order-of-operations. It seems that Excel places "negation" higher than exponentiation in its order-of-operations scheme. Typically, when constructing a spreadsheet, "negation" is simply an implicit...
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    Can I Use Firefox at Work?

    I just installed Firefox on my work machine and I can only access the company intranet. I noticed that for my connection settings (LAN settings) in IE, "Use Automatic Configuration Script" is checked and it points to a .ins file on the corporate website. I downloaded the file and was wondering...
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    LCD Letterboxing

    Suppose I want to run a 1280x960 resolution (4:3) on a 1280x1024(5:4) LCD screen. Instead of vertically stretching the image, I would like to leave the topmost/bottommost 32 pixels unused, creating horizontal black bands above and below. My questions: 1) If I do this, it seems I would avoid...
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    Help! Need 19" CRT Advice

    Hi all, I know this has been sort of beat to death lately, but after much research and one mistaken purchase, I am still confused about which 19" CRT to get. I have been looking to replace my 17" HP MX75 with a 19" CRT for gaming and productivity apps (Matlab, Excel, Word, etc.). Under...
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    OC'ing my 6800GT with Powerstrip

    For overclocking my 6800GT, are there any disadvantages inherent in using Powerstrip versus, say, Coolbits or Riva Tuner? I already own Powerstrip so cost is not a concern. I am more concerned with the "quality" of the overclock, features and resource usage: Is overclock stability and...