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    looking for a story read here a few years back

    Tried to search, but got nothing. I remember reading a story posted here a long time age where a person told lengthy horror stories about their roomate. Their roomate was filthy, a thief, and eventually the person just locked themselves in their room. At one point they only entered the apt...
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    Help me figure out how to use my chair

    This (sadly) is not a joke, and actually it's the extra chair in my boss' office. There are 3 levers, 2 are marked for recline lockout and lumbar adj. the 3rd is unmarked but appears to be the lockout for sliding the chair base forward and back. It does nothing to raise/lower the chair as far as...
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    funny/disturbing names for food

    My grandpa in TN used to make us an old fashioned southern breakfast each morning when we visited each summer. He always called the biscuits catheads. I never thought much of it and got used to it pretty quickly. On a side note he also spoke of eating squirrel brains but I don't think that...
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    Verizon "early phone upgrade"

    I keep getting paper and email advertisements stating I can upgrade my phone early right now. The end of my 2 year contract is approaching in Dec. If I upgrade now I would get any promo pricing w/ a new 2 yr contract but no "New every 2" $100 credit if I wait until December. I dislike this kind...
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    Bike hits car, who's to blame?

    I was driving home from work the other day through an area around the University. There is no bike lane on this 2 lane road. A car in the right lane turns right onto a residential road (slowly, not tearing ass through the turn). A guy riding a bike heading the same way as traffic, but on the...
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    Anyone know anyone who works at First Magnus

    I live in AZ and the local First Magnus branch aka Charter Funding closed its doors this morning. They are apparently no longer funding any home mortgage loans. Apparently employees caught wind that the branch might be closing via the internet/email last night and showed up for work today to...
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    (free) way to check if you have a warrant?

    Inspired by this thread. I was pulled over by a DPS officer in northern AZ because apparently the window tint on my truck was too dark. I was given a fix or repair order that was supposed to be taken care of within 72 hours. I was on my way to do some field work for school, so the ticket became...
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    Vacation ideas for western Colorado?

    I'm thinking of heading up to Colorado for about 10 days (getting out of the Tucson heat) and was curious if anyone had any recommended areas to visit. I am planning on visiting Colorado and Dinosaur National Monument, probably Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, and trying to find some places to stay...
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    Who the hell invented reparations?

    This is spawned from the recent Pen & Teller BS episode that touched on a subject I have always wondered about. In case you missed it they featured multiple black americans on both sides of the issue, some claimed they were owed $$ because they have been discriminated against while others...
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    Whats the most disturbing movie scene...

    for me, its the scene in True Romance when Alabama is getting the sh!t beat out of her and then goes crazy and kills James Gandolfini's character. The scene earlier in the movie where the pimp gets killed is pretty irrestible for me too. I am not a violent person by nature, but for some reason I...
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    Ordering contacts online

    I am doing my father in law a favor and re-ordering contacts for him online, but I have been unable to purchase new contacts as many sites require an active prescription. I ordered from vision direct and was denied after placing the order b/c they could not verify an active (less than 1 year...
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    Have a pen fetish?

    I have become extremely particular about what kind of pen I use. I have become partial to the ultra-fine point gel pens, many of which are only available from Japanese retailers. I recently put in an order to jetpens.com for $28 in pens! I was curious if anyone else has an office product fetish...
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    Anyone here drive a 4 Runner?

    If so, what year, model (4WD, V6, etc) and what kind of mileage do you get? I have visited some toyota forums but they are mainly dedicated to tricking out the vehicle, at this point I just want to know how drastic the mpg is from what i currently drive -- 2002 GMC Sierra V8 thanks in advance
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    Help me remember the sci-fi book series I read as a kid

    I want to re-read this series, I believe there were at least three books in the series. What I can remember involves large tripod-like robots, green(?) creatures that enslaved human kids in their domed cities, the cities had extra high gravity which made it difficult for humans to walk. The...
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    What are some synonyms for mullet?

    Some of my favorites are the "7" and the ten-ninety (10% up front, 90% in back). I'm sure there are many more, please share.
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    Good programs for use in ubuntu/ linux

    I just installed ubuntu and got my modem up and running. I was able to install codecs for playing music etc but have no idea what programs of the many available to install. I am a pretty general computer user, email, image processing, music, burning CDs and DVDs, cruising the web, etc. Are there...
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    Why is cussing condemned here?

    Not that I need the ability to type swear words in order to express myself, but why is is not allowed? Alternate spellings are apparently OK. Its like people who say sugar, gosh darn, or "shut the front door" in place of their "offensive" counterparts. Why all the fuss...
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    quick GRUB and ubuntu question

    I have recently installed ubuntu on a 2nd (slave) HD in my home PC, Windows XP is installed on the master HD. I opted to install the GRUB loader on the 2nd HD only, and not alter the Windows MBR. If I switch the BIOS settings to look to the slave HD 1st, I get the grub menu and ubuntu loads...
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    Is it dangerous to eat warm yogurt?

    I bring a yogurt with me to work each day and some days I don't end up eating it until the afternoon (currently eating my warm yogurt now). By this time its fairly room temp but still tastes good (mmmm lemon). I was wondering at what point this habit might get me sick. On a related note, what...
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    Freaking morons who throw their cigarette butt out the window

    One of my pet peeves while driving is when people throw their cigarette butt out the window. Not only is it inconsidrate, in my part of the country the season for wildfires is ramping up. The same idiots that do this in town are probably responsible for the burned out areas I see along the...
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    what is a log normal distribution?

    Hey people, I have a large dataset of wind velocities that supposedly follow a lognormal distribution. If I want to display this distribution does it involve anything other than plotting the x value (wind velocity) vs the # of occurrences (y value)? The plot I have now resembles a bell curve...
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    How often does your computer get the bird?

    I am running MatLab scripts on my laptop and I have developed an instinctive "flip the bird" reaction when my script crashes/ produces some inane error. This habit has overflowed into whenever a window makes it past my popup blocker, I get SPAM etc. Its almost as if I think the person/ program...
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    Henrythewound - MB Killah

    I bought a ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard from NE last April. It lasted about 3 months before it completely died, no signal being sent to monitor, cant open cd tray etc. My buddy and I swapped out every other component in my case into one of his computers to determine...
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    Want to use WRTG54 to wirelessly FTP xbox

    Hey experts, I basically want to know if there is a tried and true setup for wirelessly FTPing my xbox from my PC. I have successfully used a crossover cable with my laptop to transfer files but am now interested in using a Linksys WRTG54 to wirelessly FTP from my desktop PC. I've read some...
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    is geekfitness still operative?

    If not, is there another fitness site you recommend? Im looking to get back into shape, start eating better etc. and have some ?s. Thx
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    Can firefox block a website

    I need to block a website from being accessed through firefox. I cant find an option and googling has not been helpful (1st time for everything). Any tricks you might know?
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    Which option w/ Verizon contract up soon

    I am coming up on my 2 year Verizon cell phone anniversary and thus will be out of contract. My calling plan has 400 minutes which my wife and I share. Verizon now has the same plan except with 500 minutes for the same price I'm payng now ($60/ month). We also need new phones. Verizon has a...
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    No signal to monitor

    My monitor is not receiving a signal. When I turn on the comp everything gets power. The fans on the motherboard, video card etc all turn on. The keyboard lights flash when I hit the power switch, but the cputer never gets to the point where anything shows up on the screen. When I hit the caps...
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    Is there a way to save .asx files?

    My wife is taking an online class that requires her to watch a 60 minute video, something which our 56k at home cannot fathom. I thought I could download and save the movie with a faster connection at the university, but I think the .asx file is a redirect. Any of you have any experience...
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    Blocky shutdown buttons- fixable?

    Hey there, I have an Acer laptop w/ Windows XP. The buttons I see when I go to log off/ shut down are blocky http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Jaundice/badbutons.JPG]badbutons.JPG[/url] They are like this in the start menu as well as in the box that pops up when you select one of the options...
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    What's your superhero power?

    Do you have a "superpower"? I have never had an ice cream headache (aka brainfreeze) despite my attempts. I guess it's kind of like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable, he is unable to be seriously injured, I am immune from the unpleasant effects of eating frozen drinks too quickly. This occurred to me...
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    What is an IE proxy?

    I have tried searching the forums for the NASA Worldwind program, but I cant get a sufficient answer there. The line in question is pasted below. > Are you using a proxy? Check your IE proxy settings. WW can use proxys, but has trouble with authenticating proxys. How do I check this? If...
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    Am I allowed to ask this here?

    I am interested in placing an order from crutchfield and want a referral code. Is it legal to ask this on these forums (via PM etc)? Im sure some of you have ordered from them before
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    Got larger tires, now speedometer is off

    I used to have 255/70/16 tires, now I have 285/75/16 tires. I assume my speedometer measures speed based on # rev/second based on my old tire circumference etc. I calculated the difference last night which turns out to be a linear increase in speed (percent wise). How would you have done this...
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    mp3 player brands/models to stay away from?

    1st of all, if there is a better place to ask this ?, let me know. I am finally thinking of buying an mp3 player and have no idea which brands are crap and which have good reps. I tried searching on epinions but the volume of available models etc is overwhelming. Im looking for a moderately...
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    Best way to clean a laptop screen?

    Hey everybody, how would you go about safely (and aconomically) cleaning a laptop screen? I know not to spray cleaner directlt on the screen, but do I actually need to purchase a kit to clean the screen? I do have some extra Oakley bags laying around I could use as a cloth. Thx in advance
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    PITA neighbor hates my dog

    I live in one of those "cookie-cutter" style neighborhoods with the stucco houses that all look the same and are located pretty close to one another. My wife teaches and I am in grad school pretty much all day M-F while my old neighbor is retired and has nothing better to do than complain about...
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    Strange sound problem (I am not making this up)

    OK, heres one for the gurus out there. I have some sort of basic soundblaster card (not sure which model) installed in a computer a buddy and I built approx 3 years ago. I recently reformatted the hard drive and needed to reinstall windows etc. My sound card stopped working. I downloaded all the...
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    Any brands of notebook comp to look out for?

    Hey all, I am starting grad school and am interested in purchasing a notebook computer that will be able to handle some decent graphics (Photoshop/ Corel Draw) programs and possibly some GIS/modeling programs. I know this is probably a looooong shot, but I would love to see something << $1500...
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    Any Canadians near a staples?

    Hey there, an odd request. I live in AZ and want to buy some pens (Pilot G-TEC-C4) that are not offered in the USA. They have them online at staples Canada but I cannot order them from there to be delivered to me in the US. Anyone willing to pick some up for me the next time they're out @ their...