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    Wall mounting my tv

    I'm going to be wall mounting my LCD tv soon and I was wondering how you guys manage the cables. I don't really want to run them through the walls so I'm looking to run the wires down from the tv to my A/V equipment below. So I've been looking for cable covers along the lines of this but...
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    AAAH Got water all over my camera!!

    I went camping yesterday/today and had to cross this stream of water. The camera was in my hand (SD600) and I stupidly slipped on the slippery ground and thus fully submerged the camera in the water for maybe a second. I immediately took out the battery and sd card and left the little door...
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    Its SNOWING!

    Wow. This is like the 2nd time I've seen snow. I'm so excited
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    Calling all EEs!

    So I'm starting to think about what tech areas I should go into (this is my second year) as I start to look at companies for internships and stuff. I haven't really thought each one through to see which ones I like the best but I was interested in signal and image processing as well as embedded...
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    Interesting number trick...

    Select any number with at least 2 digits (12345 for example). Scramble the numbers. (34125) Take the difference. The difference will always be a multiple of 9. :Q HOW does this work??
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    Synhronizing music with pictures

    Is there any program out there that can do this easily? Basically I have a series of pictures that i want to change to the beat of the music. Right now I'm using Windows Movie Maker to do it and I'm hoping there's a simpler way.
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    Running in the morning?

    Is it a good idea to go for a run (2 or 3 miles) before eating breakfast in the morning? I've heard that you burn more fat this way...but only from one person. So is this better for you, or worse?
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    Interesting Google Maps location....

    Text Just zoom in all the way. I wonder how that got there... Edit: Text, zoomed in for you
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    What's wrong with my laptop's screen?

    I have a Dell 9300 with the WXGA display. There's a line about 4 inches long going down from the top of my monitor on the left side. The width of this line is 1 pixel. The line isn,t really solid, as in there are a few pixel gaps throughout. The pixels of this line continuously blink and...
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    When riding a bicycle, **WITH POLL**

    For those of you that ride bicycles, do you wear helmets? I don't see many people do it anymore---and I'm not talking about racing, just casual bike riding from place to place. Discuss.
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    Windows xp games missing

    My dell laptop with Windows XP didn't come with any games (solitaire, hearts, minesweeper, pinball etc.). Is there a way that i can get them back?
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    Video Cards

    Obviously a good video card will give you good performance in games. But what other functions on a computer are dependent on the video card rather than the cpu to perform well?
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    Poll: College dorms

    Do you prefer private bathrooms inside your room or public bathrooms in college? Why?
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    Funny vid

    http://homepage.mac.com/rbaruah/.cv/rba...rop%20It%20Like%20a%20FOB.mov-link.mov Found it kinda funny.
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    Different screen resolutions for different users?

    Is there some way to have a different resolutions for different users? My dad and I use different user names. I would rather have the resolution set to 1600x1200, but he thinks the text is to small. Any solutions? Thanks.