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    fat people should pay more for health insurance

    Fat people do actually use less health care over the span of their (shorter) lives http://www.slate.com/id/2184475/
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    Lenovo B+M Store?

    Do they exist? I'm debating between a T61 and an X61 Tablet, and wanted to check them out in person (mostly the tablet, I know people with a T61)
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    How much baking soda+vinegar??

    CH3COOH (60 g/mol) + NaHCO3 (84 g/mol) -> CH3COONa + H2CO3 You want the molar ratio to be 1:1 so you don't have anything left over, so 84 grams of baking soda to 60 grams of vinegar (provided it's 100% acetic acid) I'm too lazy, but you'd just find the densities of each and convert that...
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    Anybody here familiar with classical music?

    As a music major, never thought I'd be able to help another ATer with homework! First movement; Introduction: 0:00 Exposition 2:09- Development 5:31- Recap 8:47- Coda 10:18- From the tempo marking "Andante - Allegro con fuoco" you should be able to guess that the introduction is...
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    ***OFFICIAL*** NHL thread *confirmed*

    Wow great game for SJ last night. Does anyone have a cap of the 5-3 penalty-kill at the end? I heard it was amazing
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    Help please: problem with folder sorting in winXP

    first, sorry if this doesnt really belong in this forum, but it's just so much easier to get a helpful answer from the boatloads of people in this forum =P so..... I think i've had this problem for a year or so on my computer. I can make folders remember whatever arrangement settings i want...
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    Strange problem with folder sorting in WinXP

    but it wasn't like this before. do you have any suggestions on how to fix it? it happens with winamp, word, anything
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    Strange problem with folder sorting in WinXP

    I think i've had this problem for a year or so on my computer. I can make folders remember whatever arrangement settings i want for normal browsing. But when i want to open or save stuff through ANY program, the folders are always arranged by Last Modified. This is really annoying esp for...
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    Anyone buy cell phones from best buy?

    So yea, anyone bought a phone and plan from them? are they decent? the prices online for their phones look pretty good. edit: o wait, but their online prices aren't the same as their in-store.. hm....
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    Off to the MCAT, be back at 6PM PST

    I just took it as well. Felt like the last day of school after i got out :) Too bad i have to fly back to Amherst on Wednesday
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    Windows XP resale question

    oh and it's not really about entitlement . . . i couldn't really care less what peopel expect. i'm just hoping it'll up the bid price a tad
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    Windows XP resale question

    thanks for the replies guys. I think i'm confident enough i won't get sued. I know dell disks are different, but finding the ISO shouldn't be a problem =P thanks for the offer though
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    Windows XP resale question

    I'd just be including it for "convenience," and I'd be sure to let them know. Just worried about legality
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    Windows XP resale question

    I'm selling my dell laptop on ebay. It came with an operating system, and the WinXP key is stickered onto the bottom of the chassis. My question is, would it be legal to include a burned windows XP CD with this legit key?
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    Viola jokes...

    What company make the best viola mutes? Smith and Wesson
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    PHOTOSHOP HELP NEEDED! How do I remove blush from the face?

    you can highlight the area of the face thats red and then go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation then on the drop-down menu click on Reds (or maybe Magentas) and just play around with the hue and saturation sliders. i've never actually done this but i think it'll work
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    EXCEL Question

    I'm doing some data analysis on mouse sleep data. Basically, i have a 24-hour recording in 10-second increments, with each labeled as "NR," "R," or "W" (non-REM sleep, REM sleep, or wake). Using COUNTIF, it's relatively easy to go down the column and count the total number of each stage, but I...
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    Woman 'miraculously' grows a penis

    This is probably legit . . i don't remember the exact details but we had a lecture on hormones and development last semester. The thing I really got out of it were that there is a hormonal disorder that causes hermaphrodites who appear to be female to grow a penis at puberty
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    The CLASSICAL "Guess the Song" Thread!

    btw it says 2 - intermezzo in the ogg tag
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    The CLASSICAL "Guess the Song" Thread!

    12: Rach 3 (piano concerto)
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    The CLASSICAL "Guess the Song" Thread!

    1. Chopin Etude in c# minor 2. Rachmaninoff for sure . . . guessing g minor prelude? 3. some mozart string quartet in eb 4. Sibelius violin concerto, 3rd movement i think 5. Sounds like mahler...5th symphony? i know it's not 1 or 2 9. Dvorak cello concerto, 1st movement 10. String...
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    The CLASSICAL "Guess the Song" Thread!

    server not working
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    What do you think of restaurants who demand a tip?

    My God Nik, you are dense. Let's make an economic argument here. First, your argument that restaurants make crazy profit margins and thus should be able to fairly compensate waiters/waitresses without relying on tipping is ludicrous. If this were true everyone would be opening restaurants, we...
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    Nero Express - What is the 'pause' in the audio track properties?

    Hi i posted in the software forum already, but i wanted a quicker answer, so i headed over here. I'm just wondering if anyone knows whether when you set the pause time for a track, if the specified time comes before or after the track. thanks.
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    Nero Express - What is the 'pause' in the audio track properties?

    Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone knows whether when you set the pause time for a track, if the specified time comes before or after the track. thanks
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    fantasy baseball...

    Do it. Peavy is money for ERA/WHIP and will put up good K numbers
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    looking for some good pc pranks

    Probably won't work in a school setting, but I have to tell you about a prank I pulled on my neighbot a few weeks ago. College dorm, and this girl is 1) prone to freaking out and 2) knows nothing about computers 3) leaves her door unlocked. A few months ago, I came across...
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    Anyone have experience with generic Canon batteries?

    where did you buy your batteries pyonir?
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    Anyone have experience with generic Canon batteries?

    hmmm i see. it just feels really fishy paying $7 + shipping for a $130 battery. i guess at that low of a price its a risk worth taking....
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    Anyone have experience with generic Canon batteries?

    I have a canon ZR65 camcorder and was looking to buy another battery for it. There is a 9.5 hour recording time battery for $130 on the canon website, but i found many generic versions on ebay for as low as $12 shipped. I also saw that most had different mAh ratings than the official canon...
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    Anyone have experience with generic Canon batteries?

    I have a canon ZR65 camcorder and was looking to buy another battery for it. There is a 9.5 hour recording time battery for $130 on the canon website, but i found many generic versions on ebay for as low as $12 shipped. I also saw that most had different mAh ratings than the official canon...
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    What's the last things you bought on ebay?

    JUST picked up a Treo600 for $207 shipped :cool:
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    ASUS K8V SE Boot-up problem

    nuts... well, thanks for the info
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    ASUS K8V SE Boot-up problem

    Hi, i have a SATA hard drive hooked up to my K8V SE as the main hard drive and i added an ATA later for extra storage. However, from time to time the computer tries too boot off the unbootable ATA (and fails) and i have to go through the BIOS menu to change the boot disk. It's annoying to deal...
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    Speaking Taiwanese

    UC Berkeley Taiwanese De-Cal Some audio files from their student-run tutorial on it that'll give you some vocab at least Props for trying to learn this language. Not too many people speak it anymore and it's a very hard language . . . for example Taiwanese has eight tones to Mandarin's...