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    Advice needed: gf smashed garage door

    My gf smashed my garage door in a stupid car accident a few days ago. The brick wall on the left side of the door was damaged as a result. I talked to the property manager of my condo association. She didn't want to pay for it. I pay $185/mo association fee and I was told that condo association...
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    Safin feeling Federer up?

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    video card or mobo problem?

    today I turned on my dell 8300. The monitor couldn't turn on. Basically there was no signal from video card (9800pro) to the monitor. I opened the case. The video card fan was spinning. I tried reseating everything, but no success. Is this a video card or motherboard problem?
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    dell mobo problem

    today I turned on my dell 8300. The monitor couldn't turn on. Basically there was no signal from video card to the monitor. I opened the case. The video card fan was spinning. I tried reseating everything, but no success. Is this a video card or motherboard problem?
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    landline phone service required in order to have DSL?

    I just cancelled Optimum Online - got fed up with the $49.95/mo fee and the fact that they capped me twice. The stupid girl told me I have to return the modem or be charged $50 even though the modem is mine (bought it from newegg). Finally some "specialist" took over the phone and said it is...
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    POLL: A trick energy usage question

    I heard a heating and cooling expert advising not to set your house temp too low when you're at work, because it takes a long time to heat it back up when you're home and ends up costing you more. He advises to leave it only a few degrees lower than your usual desired temp. But I'm puzzled. If...
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    help! garage door malfunction

    Today is the coldest today in a long long time with low at 7 degree tonight. To make it worse, I came home from work only to find out my power garade door couldn't close. The door goes down a foot then moves back up. AAARGH! Anyone had similar experience? Any advices greatly appreciated.
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    Hawt: 6 keychain LED lights for $10 shipped

    spotted this at CPF and ordered 6 myself. great to give away as gift. Text UPDATE: I received mine 3 days ago. Incredibly bright. Exceeded my expectation. I'm happy. Plan to keep 2 and give away 4 to friends.
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    POLL: year-end pay increase

    Mine is 3.4. Not that great, but I guess I can't complain much, at least better than last year.
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    Billboard music award on Fox right now!

    motley crue and tara reid on right now... edit: damn I thought it's grammy.
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    Is Deborah Norville the hottest news host or what

    I find myself watching MSNBC just to watch her. PICS
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    A strange thing I just discovered

    When I copy files from my 120GB Maxtor to a new Seagate 120GB, it took at least 2 hrs to copy 15GB. Today I copied the files from the 120GB seagate to a new 200GB seagate, it only took 20 min. All 3 drives are IDE drives. and both old and new are on the same IDE channel. Why the difference...
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    All the emoticons are screwed up

    What's going on? http://forums.anandtech.com/i/...ngicons/thumbsdown.gif</a>" border="0">
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    Dan Rather to step down

    R.I.P.
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    HL2 is a hard game, I am giving up

    First it gave me motion sickness, then early in the game I got stuck in some place Route Kanal, I am still there and couldn't find a way out. It's a place with 2 helicopters.
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    Is there a DVD player that plays MP3 DVDr disc?

    My 2 DVD players (Harman/Kardon and Apex) can all play MP3 CDR disc, but not DVDr disc.
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    Cablevision caps upload speed?!!

    Been a happy optimum online customer for 2+ yrs. Started using bittorent 3 weeks ago. In the last couple days, my upload has been around 17KB/s (dropped from 100Kb/s). Spead test showed my connection is now 5700kbps/136kbps (used to be 10Mbps/1Mbps). They charge a big monthly fee and give you...
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    Listening to Garden State album (soundtrack) right now

    Got back from a 9-4 all-day job interview. Gawd, were the nonstop talking and the 1hr presentation exhausting. Now nothing makes me feel more relaxed than these soft indie tunes!
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    Glad I switched to olive oil a year ago

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    I fvcked up on halloween

    I didn't buy any candy coz I just moved to my townhouse a few months ago (used to live in apt) and totally didn't expect kids would knock on my door. well, they did.
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    Who has cheapest ground shipping rates?

    UPS, Fedex, or DHL? for small packages (<10lbs).
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    Installing new hard drive - extremely slow file copying

    Is the new drive defective? or it's normal. I'd think it should be a breeze to copy 40-50GB from the old drive to the new one.
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    Good restaurants in Bethesda, MD area?

    Leaving for bethesda for a 2-day conference in 2 hrs. Anyone from that area? Please recommened me some authentic Asian restaurants (Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietmanese, etc).
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    Holy crap, my connection is fast

    I knew my Optimum Online is fast, but I always thought it's 2-4Mbps. I just ran some test. Guess what? it's 10Mb/1Mb! screen shot1 screen shot2
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    I'm going to buy $5000 stocks

    Inspired by the stock threads, I have decided to buy $5K stocks instead of leaving them in ING in the following 2 weeks. Here is the strategy I'm thinking: buy 3-5 stocks in at least 3 industries (1-2 stocks in each industry). One of the industries is definitely pharmaceutical (which I'm in)...
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    Guess what I just saw in Quiznos

    A young girl, no older than 10, eating there alone. She has a sandwich and a cup of soup. I've never seen such a thing. I wanted to ask her where her parent are and how she got there. But didn't bother. I left after I got my dinner.
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    Competition gaming receives mainstream media coverage

    covered by a major press and placed on Yahoo news homepage. wow. Text
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    POLL: an AT personals section?

    Just wondering why AT cant have personals section like the one at craigslist.
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    POLL: do you use heater now?

    I turned on my heater last night. Last night low was 37F and it's still early Oct! A long, cold winter ahead...
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    Car raffle: is this real or a scam?

    On my way to lunch today, I saw an old couple sitting on the sidewalk behind a table. There was a sign saying something like "Car raffle, 2004 Corvettw, $5 per ticket, drawing Oct 22, 2004". And there was a shining blue corvette right next to them. Is this real? A 2004 corvette is worth what...
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    How come one Quizno place tastes better than another

    So I am eating a Quzino classic club with bacon right now. I find it tastes different from the ones I get from the quzino near my home. I like those better. I don't think they are using the same ingredients. This place is run by several indians. They didn't ask what kind of bread and cheese I...
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    What's for your lunch?

    My company cafeteria sucks. I mean I cook better stuff than the chefs there. To make it worse, there are few good places for lunch nearby. So every workday I spend several minutes trying to figure out what's for lunch. Anyway today I think I'll get a Quizno. just to spend this coupon.
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    What's for dinner?

    Why can't I be happy with junk food? Anyway, I decided to cook today. Thinking of fish ball and radish root stew with mushroom....
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    How to fix water pipe leaking at joint

    So I last night I removed an old water filter under kitchen sink that was installed by previous owner. I hooked the pipe back to the faucet directly. But there is a very small leaking at the joint. Should I use some material in the joint, like some kind of tape or glue? Thanks.
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    what's the difference between half and half and milk?

    and why is it called "half and half"?
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    poll: is nose picking bad?

    well?
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    POLL: listening to music at workplace

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    YAAIT: what does "other than collision" cover?

    On my policy page, there are 3 sections: liability, collision, and other than collision. I know about the first two. What about the 3rd item? does it cover theft, broken into, etc? Also, is it possible to get "other than collision" coverage without collision?
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    Citibank credit cards have this "virtual account number" feature

    You can generate a virtual accoutn number at citicards.com for online purchases. The virtual number will be totally different from your real account numebr and expire by the end of the following month. And you can only use it at one merchant. I should have used it at allofmp3.