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    How long does it take for a light to traverse distance of one light year?

    Hi to all Henri Poncaires of the world! Now, this is a bit strange question for some as one might reply with the obvious "one year, stupid". But since in real life speed of light does not reach its hypothetical limits, what is the typical time dilation factor for a light in vacuum of real space...
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    Why doesn't somebody create a 36"+ fan side-pannel mod?

    So my question is why do PC case manufacturers not equip their mid/big tower cases with one huge fan installed on a side-pannel instead of lots of smaller fans or mounting holes for them? If larger is (generally) quieter and provides more cfm per rpm, why not go all the way? I know that...
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    How many Easter eggs have you found in WinXP?

    Just wondering... it's a nice day to find one or two isn't it? :) Edit: Don't know if this actually qualifies as an Easter egg but it sure looks good... If you use any OpenGL screensaver that comes with XP installation and first set as a texture any bitmap and then delete it (or better...
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    Suggest a must have foreign movies/documentaries list

    ...or just write down your favourite foreign directors/actors. Please, write them down in one go and don't post each one that you remember separately. Take your time, if you can't think of say more than ten titles than you should switch to "read-only" mode. THX! My list (Title, Year...
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    BIOS Checksum failure when installing two additional sticks of RAM

    This is indeed a weird problem that I've never came across... My rig has ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe and is normally running two DIMMs (Corsair CMX 3200C2, double-sided, dual channel mode). Now, for the sake of testing a second pair of 1GB (2x Corsair VS512MB400) that I'll eventually give away as a...