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    YART: welfare recipiant has a Scion TC???

    All you people who tell stories about rich people using food stamps are forgetting one thing: really poor addicts will sell food stamps in order to get money for their next fix. Granted, these people are taking advantage of the system, but don't assume that _they_ are on welfare.
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    Creative 30gig Zen Xtra mp3 player

    I went to BB, and there were none left and only a display model. So I asked for the display, and the guy was happy to give it to me. He rung it up and made sure everything was okay, and then looked at the price. He was surprised, then told me that there was no way he could sell it for that...
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    Casio Exilim EX-S100 - $240 at Amazon.com - warm?

    I've got this camera - it's a real beauty. And $220 is a _very_ good price (almost half what I paid!)
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    Potential Hot Deal on AMD CPU/Mobo/XP x64 Combo

    Why, oh why did I just upgrade my gaming box? And I have the money for the dual package, but I have to resist... must save money... for next... semester's books... /Still driving to Dallas for the free stuff and fun
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    Working at Radio Shack

    Thanks randal for the serious answer.
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    Working at Radio Shack

    I've been offered a job at Radio Shack, but I'm not sure if I should take it (as opposed to other places who might also possibly hire me). I'm a student who will be working during the summer and winter breaks, and possibly during the school year. Have/do any ATers work at Radio Shack? I know...
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    Girl can't graduate because she doesn't want to drop her A.P. Biology class in favor of P.E...?!

    Actually, she is owning the school. She is giving the school the finger by doing this. She doesn't _need_ the diploma to go to college; her college has already said that a GED is all she needs. The school will just get less funding (based on number of kids graduated) and have a higher dropout...
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    The Ultimate Anandtech Poll

    Uhh... now what? *Likes the approx. standard distributions for height and age*
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    Student Suspended for Call to Mom in Iraq

    Before I bitch and moan, I'd like to see what actually happened. People are going to think it went down anywhere from this: Teacher: "Get off your cell phone, son" Student: "But, please, sir, it's my mother, who is in Iraq." Teacher: "Arrgh! Iraq is a horrible war and I hate Bush!"...
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    If you just met a girl

    Student loans are granted on the premise that, after college, you will be making enough money to pay back the loans. If they don't think you can pay back their loan, why should they lend it? If various non-profit organizations dedicated to getting people to college, the National Banks of...
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    Opening locks was never this easy!

    Yeah, but I was getting 2-3 times the speed from the torrent than I was with the site. Doesn't take away the awesomeness of torrents in general either. :)
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    Opening locks was never this easy!

    Torrents are awesome.
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    Saving the US Billions of Dollars in School Costs

    This may be a decent idea, but how is it going to be executed? Are the feds going to withold funding to all schools who don't switch to this system? You're going to piss of a bunch of people who don't do the science (or who do, and find that it costs more to do it). The point is that schools...
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    NATO's obsolete... but like all entrenched bureaucracies, it grows and grows

    Russian Integration into NATO is key to prevent a Russia-China war, which goes nuclear. 1) Currently, some Russian nationalists (which are growing in power) oppose the West, US hegemony, and non-cartel free market economics. However, NATO integration stops the spread of nationalism, and...
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    What is the hardest decision that you've ever had to make?

    Choice of which college to go to
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    Who will save rock and roll?

    I once (recently, actually) heard Green Day referred to as the "Saviors of American Rock and Roll." Tsk, tsk, tsk. I think that the trend is really growing towards independant bands of all kinds. "Rock and roll" is a type of music that appeals to a very large range of people. However, the...
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    Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer - $19.99 shipped @ CompUSA.com

    Y'all should all know about the Wireless Intellimouse Explorer. If you don't, it's a pretty good wireless optical mouse made by Microsoft. Of course, it's no MX1000, but for $20, it's a pretty nice deal. The best thing about this mouse (IMO) is the tilt wheel, which lets you scroll left and...
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    National Society of High School Scholars

    There are many organizations that collect money from gullible high schoolers and parents who want to get into college. Don't fall for it. If all they do is put you in a book, then it won't get you crap. No matter what the letter you got may say, college admission boards don't have a copy of...
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    939 SFF with two CD-ROM bays

    I'm looking for a SFF with socket 939, and support for two CD-ROM drives. Has anyone seen these around? Thanks.
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    9800xt vs. 6600gt

    I've got the choice of buying (both used) a 9800xt for $225 and a 6600gt (the BFG super OCed one) for $210. I've got a 23" monitor and will be on 1600x1200 most of the time. I normally game with HL2/CS:S, and UT2k4. Which one would y'all suggest?
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    Political Compass

    Your political compass Economic Left/Right: 7.13 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90 Coo'.
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    Changing default partition to boot to in WinXP?

    Thank you Navid, that is what worked.
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    Changing default partition to boot to in WinXP?

    The SATA partition is bootable and active, or so says disk manager. I've been reading and writing to it, so I know it is a good drive. My mobo is a MSI K8N Neo2 platnium. I can go into a boot menu and choose which device to boot from. When I do this with the PATA drive, I can select which...
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    Changing default partition to boot to in WinXP?

    I had a Parallel ATA hard drive that I had WinXP installed on. I got a Serial ATA drive, popped it in, and installed WinXP on that drive. After transferring all my files, I disconnected the PATA drive. Now, I cannot boot into Windows; I get the message "NTDLR is missing" when I boot. I am...
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    Is this possible and does this exist?

    Step one: Buy a four port ethernet router from anybody Step two: Buy four USB to Ethernet NIC's Step three: Pretend that the router is a four port usb router The end.
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    Downloading at high speeds disconnects wireless connection!

    This happened to me. It was the cable modem itself. A quick call and a replacement solved the problem.
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    K62 500mhz too slow for even basic computing?

    We have 120 employees running 333mhz P2's with 64mb of ram. They're fine using Windows 98, office xp, and MSIE. Of course, they have to be defragged, scandisked, and anti-spywared at least once a week. If you run damnsmall linux, you can use even lesser hardware for simple internet/office...
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    Scott Peterson to die for his crimes

    As reported here, and many other places, Scott Peterson has been given the death penalty for killing his wife and unborn child. Obviously, the jury saw the crime as a double murder, and thus a capital crime. I'm just curious as to what exactly the status of the fetus is in this case...