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    I'm getting sick of super fast computers.

    You could use a CF-to-SATA adaptor: Addonics adapter Throw this in: Ritek Pro Buy 4 of those times 4 2GB flash drives = $350-380 for 8GB with a supposed 88MB read speed. Now is this actually worth it compared to a Raid 5 array? Would it actually be much faster then a HD raid? Who...
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    Blue ray is A-OK ! >( '.' )< HD-DVD Not so ok

    Well this is the second time I've posted something like this today.. But this OP seriously sounds like some sort of Astroturf campaign. What do we care if its BD or HD? The most capacity for the lowest price is what matters.. Whichever that will be.
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    Reliability of Dell pre-built vs home-built

    Is it just me or does the OP sound like a Dell plant??
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    Overclocked Sempron setup!!!

    I'm in the same boat as you regarding planning on buying a nforce 250 based MB and a sempron 2800. I figure I should be able to get the clock to 250 on the Asus K8N. If I get more fine, but 2.0-2.2Ghz I'll be happy for the price. I was seriously looking at the Celeron D's but they do not...
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    On crime and punishment - Misdemeanor cat abuse

    My two year old can MORE than understand the consequenses of his actions.. Just the fact that he hides when he is doing something wrong should be more than enough proof that he at least understands that something he doesn't want will happen as a result. aidanjm have you ever even MET a 5 year...
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    Wow, apparentally, arranged marriages DO work!

    No.. Mormon.. :P
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    Intel's dual-core CPUs to set new record high in power consumption

    Actually I just read that the dual-core's will not have HT enabled... *Edit* Yup here it is: Anandtech CES coverage "Task Manager shows the two cores in action, note that there is no Hyper Threading on Dual Core CPUs so there are only two physical CPUs listed"
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    My old Apple IIe second Generation

    Man, I do remember the REAL platform wars.. Now those were the days! I almost bought an Amiga 1200 at one point. They certainly were some cool systems. If I had known some more Amiga users locally I may have gotten into it more, but I was rather young, money didn't come easy(Birthdays and...
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    My old Apple IIe second Generation

    I still have a II+, a IIe and a IIGS back to my parents house in storage somewhere.. I loved that IIGS.. My Grandfather was a High school Teacher and he had a II+ back when I was five. That was my first computer. He passed those down to me when he upgraded, culminating with me getting the...
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    Is anyone else disapointed by the Sempron or is it just me?

    Its not that I really like the Celeron's, I know I came off as a bit of a troll. But I'm just miffed that AMD lowered the actual clock speeds on the Sempron compared with the original Athlon XP's and didn't really lower the prices to compare. For example, the Sempron 2600+ is 1.8Ghz and the...
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    Is anyone else disapointed by the Sempron or is it just me?

    I've been helping a bud put together a lower end server computer for playing around with W2K3 server and it really seems like there are no good priced processors for the Socket A platform anymore. I was looking myself at making a basic HTPC system and I was originally looking at Socket A, but...
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    Radeon 9600 vs Ti4200

    I'm working on building a mid-range gaming system and the two cards I am looking at are either a Rosewill 9600 128mb card. Or a used ti4200/4400. Which would be a faster card for current games with current drivers? All the reviews of the 9600 that I can find are will ancient drivers. Any...
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    Has anybody used a Cantenna?

    How much is it? Probably a waste of money compared with how little a professionally designed antenna is. Are you looking to do Point-to-Point range extending or just something to throw on a AP to increase coverage area? Because you know a cantenna is unidirectional right?
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    The **OFFICIAL** GMAIL Thread

    Shameful.. Whoring yourself out for a simple Gmail invite. Horrible! ------------ Wiredsim@hotmail.com ;)
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    Won't happen, if you call that number you'll get her directly, she's running the phone. Plus I work there also, believe me it won't be an issue. Not that it matters anyway since no one has called cept lil'ol me. Just think of the wasted possibilities.. :/ :P
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    Looks like a big goose egg from the thread.. Still scared to call her.. lol Yeah.. no one has call her.. :(
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    Dang, looks like the thread is going to die.. Not enough ensuing hilarity for the OT crowd..
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    My sarcasm meter is not working well tonight. I knew many people would think it a bad idea, but I wonder if anyone actually thinks its not stupid. Don't I know it. You don't know the effect living with a woman will have on you until your looking back. Lets just say accountability is a very...
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    We'll I'm stupid, but thankfully not that stupid. Thats a public extension, you can find it in the phone book.
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    Heh, probably true.. :0
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    She says I tend to lack common sense though.. I'm probably already a dead man walking.
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    Technically its the service counter.. Main phone center. She's all over the place today though. Wow, that was fast though, I think this is the most successful thread I've ever made.. :/
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    Dude! Its my wife's birthday..

    And she has to work 'till 10pm.. She's rather depressed by it all.. You know how as an adult you know birthdays aren't important anymore? Something like a freezer dinner, you think it might still be great before you zap it based on the packaging, but once you start to eat it its just the same...
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    'Outside the box' ways to generate electricity....

    Concerning lighting storage, it seems to me that lightning itself is not an isolated phenomonen. Rather research should go into the forces behind lightning, migration of electrons, static electricity. Learn to tap the natural electrical forces in nature. BTW, the ironic issue with windmills is...
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    Favorite Cologne.... I wanna hear some ladies opinions in this as well..

    Dryer Sheets - Downy It is a niche scent for the man looking for a specific type of woman to attract.
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    will we go back to centralized computing?

    <antagonistic mode on> This is nuts, you people are crazy! Your ignoring where and what technology is becoming and making possible. Network speed is a nominal cost? Are you insane? How many DSL companies have gone out of business? How fast is DSL/Cable again? Oh yeah, 32Kilobytes to...
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    Anime freaks look in here..10$ paypal reward offered for information

    Do you want the whole series? Or just certain episodes?
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    AMD prepares SOI shift in PC processors with initial 0.13-micron process; .13 micron Athlon 4's THIS YEAR!!!

    Before ANYONE else Wingznut? Are you sure about that? Your not ignoring TSMC are you?
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    nForce supports AGP8X

    nVidia webpage Why not?
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    nForce bench... the dream comes true

    << the gamecube comes out half a week earlier and has similar graphics power. the author is simply wrong on this count. >> The Gamecube date is when it is shipping to stores, the Xbox date is when it will be available IN stores. They will both be out at about the exact same time. Who cares...
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    Arent you sick of people that say they "know all about computers" that try to undermine you?

    A, Ram upgrade, make sure the 256MB dimm isn't high-density(4x32), this most likely will not work on that MB. B, Get a PCI Video card for it, it shows 58MB ram because it has onboard video and is using the system ram as a frame-buffer. C, The HD isn't as big of a deal as the Ram, but not a...
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    You got cable questions? I will try to answer them the best I can!

    http://www.milestek.com/amplifiers.htm You want part # 90-10134.
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    You got cable questions? I will try to answer them the best I can!

    Nice idea for this thread, nice timing also, gives me an excuse to b!tch. :) <long whiny story> I'm currently hooked up with Charter digital cable, I started service late last year, the whole reason being they were offering cable internet now. They told me then I could get cable modem service...
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    XBox GPU detailed specs unleashed at GameSpot

    &quot;xbox has: a slightly modified pc graphics accelerator&quot; The NV2A has twice the geometry performance of the NV20, increased frequency(200 vs 250MHz), it is specifically tuned to the timing of the bus and CPU because it will be locked on the Xbox(I'm not joking nVidia has said they have...
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    Things you shouldn't hear in a Cisco class...

    Interesting, I'm wearing my Cisco Business DSL T-shirt here..
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    XBOX: 733MHz P3 or 733MHz Celeron :)

    Its either using 100MHz FSB or 133MHz. I can say for certain its not using a 66MHz FSB. Remember the ram is 200MHz DDR(400Mhz) so it won't be truely synchronous either way. The slower processor isn't that big of an issue when comparing it against PC's because for one thing its a fixed platform...
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    * GeForce 3 / NV20 : Recommended price - $699 US *

    :Q:confused::disgust: Dear God, you people are gullible.
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    ATI losing ground: NVidia takes Apple

    I think some of you are jumping to the wrong conclusions. While ATI may have had good PC OEM driver support their Mac driver support has been abismal with months &amp; months between a PC product launch and the Mac one. Not to mention overpriced legacy products ATI is still trying to push onto...
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    The monster is out !!! (who can stand against the mighty NV20?)

    &quot;The only way for a traditional architecture to match a deferred renderer in performance is to store the entire frame-buffer in embedded memory. So consider when they could possibly do this, let us assume 1600x1200 with 4x AA and 64-bit color. You are going to need a 64 MB frame-buffer. So...
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    The monster is out !!! (who can stand against the mighty NV20?)

    ARRG. You obviously don't understand what I am saying and if you choose not to read my posts through thats your problem. Ask Dave if what I am saying is correct or not. In summary, if you had a tiler with similiar technical specifications it would be more complex then a traditional of the like...