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    Staples 40 packs TEON DVD+R 8X $5.50 out the door

    Hi. Staples in Framingham, MA had both +R and -R in the clearance bin.
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    Free Frostys at Wendys this Weekend 5/13-5/15

    >Did you see the story last week on the news about the guy who got a finger in his frosty? I'm not kidding! It think it was a frozen custard dessert in a drive-through. Here's the link: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/06/finger.fight.ap/index.html 1. It was at a Kohl's Frozen Custard...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    ** ALMOST MOAN ** Ordered a Kodak DX7630 digicam, 512MB SD card, and USB card-reader from Dell Home. Used coupons for discounts and free shipping (expiring today). Pre-confirm totals indicate my order is 309.99. After I enter my credit-card number and hit "submit", the total INCREASES...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    MOAN OMFG. I received an e-mail notification that one of my Staples Easy-Rebates was Invalid. For those not aware of Staples Easy Rebates, they're supposed to submit automatically, with nothing to mail-in. So I call their toll-free number and navigate through their voice-menu systems...
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    FREE BENECOL® Smart Chews sample & Coupons

    High cholesterol is not linked to age. You could be a teenager and have an LDL of over 200 (high risk group). The main factors are: 1. High-cholesterol diet 2. Little or no exercise 3. Chest pain or discomfort 4. High blood-pressure 5. Family history of high-cholesterol / heart...
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    ~Free~ Coupon For A Bag of Frito-Lay Light Chips

    Hey, if Red-bean chili can be on the Presidential Inauguration menu, why can't chips be considered black-tie cuisine? Thanks for post. Eagerly awaiting my social-elevating snacks.
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    *** Small Brag Received my OfficeMax Black-Friday (day after Thanksgiving) rebate yesterday. Item purchased was a Western Digital IDE HD.
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    New to consulting: What should my "all inclusive hourly rate" be?

    Hi. Is there a formula to calculate an acceptable consultantcy-rate from your current annual salary? I'm considering switching from full-time employment to contracting. Googling didn't get me anywhere on this. Thanks in advance.
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    Windows Loading Delay

    It could be related to your IP addressing. If your PC is setup for "DHCP" then your computer will experience a delay while it contacts a DHCP-server (in this case, your router) for an available IP address. The router finds an available IP address, then sends it to your PC. Once your PC is...
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    Anything to do to save a dying hard drive?

    There are third-party data-recovery outfits, but they charge tons of cash to retrieve your data.
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    Can't Remove Second Hard Drive

    Is your first drive a Western Digital? Western Digital Hard Drives have a special jumper setting for "Single". The reason why your system may be hanging at bootup is because it's searching the IDE channel for the slave drive - eventually (maybe 5 or 10 minutes) the search will timeout and...
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    $19.99 - Sears BM 4 piece 14.4v drill, sander, jig saw, flashlight with 2 batts and charger.

    Went to the Ashland, MA Sears Hardware store They had 3 in-stock. Not only did they price-match with dwirsz' receipt (thank you very much), the manager also added the "Price Match Guarantee" discount. So the total with tax was: $9.74
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    Blockbuster Video "Clean-Slate" promo

    Heard this on the radio. For a limited time, Blockbuster Video will waive any late-fees you currently have. Begin renting again, for the first time....
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    Hard drive format problem

    Try a different partitioning application (i.e. Partition Magic or Paragon Hard Drive Manager) Apps like these should be able to remove any prior partitioning software and partitions. Thanks.
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    computer will not boot

    1. Verify with the manufacturer that the motherboard pins are properly labelled. If the motherboard silkscreen labels are incorrect, then what you think are the power-switch-pins may be reset-switch-pins etc... 2. The problem could be your power-switch. Instead of using the case-connectors...
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    How many gigs for your windows partition?

    5 gigs just for OS (c: drive) All applications get installed onto D: drive Games get separate E: drive Personal data gets F: drive Optical drive is Z: Pr0n requires 200 GB mirrored partition.
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    FINALLY finshed building my gaming rig and....nothing happens

    You're gonna have to narrow it down: Take everything off of the motherboard. Have only Powersupply and speakers connected (you can use headphones if needed). When you power-up, do you get the vocal POST messages? It should inform you that NO CPU DETECTED. If not, there may be a problem...
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    Speaker cable question

    I use CAT-5 for speaker wire. My ears can't tell the difference.
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    System hangs during POST - was working fine.

    Call me crazy but this could be a sign of a bad keyboard or bad keyboard connection. 1. Are you using USB or wireless keyboard? If so, try replacing with a PS/2 keyboard connected directly to PC (no KVM switches, either). If the good keyboard still doesn't work, then it could be the PS/2...
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    dead computer... help?

    OK. Well you have PS, CPU, RAM, videocard, and two systems. You've already verified that the videocard is good. Can you verify the other components in the other system? Test each part separately. If everything checks out, then the culprit is the motherboard. If you can't test the parts...
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    Computer won't boot, Huge Problem

    You could try to reset the BIOS. Check the manual for BIOS-reset procedures. After you reset the BIOS, you should have the original power-supply, CPU, ram, drives installed (no aftermarket parts). This will set the motherboard to the original, intended timings for the stock hardware.
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    dead computer... help?

    Does the mobo have built-in video? Can you try a different video card (maybe PCI instead of AGP)? I know you verified the video-card in a different system, but maybe there's an incompatibility with this particular mobo? (AGP vs. AGP PRO maybe) Another thing to try is resetting your mobo's...
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    Computer won't boot, Huge Problem

    By LED you mean the power light on the case, right? OK. This means the power supply is still delivering power to your drives. Do you get the initial POST screen? * See if you can narrow down where the burning smell came from - if it's from the Power Supply, then you could have blown a...
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    Why are so many cereals "O" shaped?

    The hole in the middle of the toroid allows milk to adhere via capillary action. This provides the ideal cereal-to-milk ratio per "O" unit.
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    Multi-monitor on linux - anyone done it?

    Googling xinerama now. Thanks again for the post. It's greatly appreciated. I may wean myself off of Microsoft yet....
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    Multi-monitor on linux - anyone done it?

    Hi. Right now, I've got a Win2000 Server running dual monitor. Primary video is the built-in AGP on a Soyo motherboard. Secondary video is a PCI Voodoo-3 video card. Runs great. I wanted to investigate linux as an alternative OS, but had difficulty in finding any info on multi-monitor...
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    $19.99 - Sears BM 4 piece 14.4v drill, sander, jig saw, flashlight with 2 batts and charger.

    Gotta check out my local Sears for this deal. That saw may be just what I need to mod my case. BTW, what does "BM" mean in this context? Brag and Moan? Thanks. **update** None in stock at Framingham Sears. Arg.