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    Some of my LP's

    I have raided my Dad and Mom's old LP collection. My Dad's mentally handicapped cousin gave me a bunch of his old ones. I have some cool ones, Beatles, Led Zep, Neil Young and other classic rock. But I also have some funny LPs, well I think they are. Seals and Crofts(Retarded Cousin)...
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    Why Arent Punters & Kickers in the MNF Starting Lineups?

    These guys are on the team, last time I checked. A kicker can win the game for you. Punter can make it easier for you to win the game. That's always bothered me that they dont get any recognition.
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    Climbing an empty water tower tomorrow

    they drain the water towers once a year to inspect for rust. as a tech in the city's engineering division, the city engineer thought i needed to go with, for some reason that i havent exactly figured out. i didnt argue. im pretty excited and hopefully will have some cool pics of the...
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    Bacon: Flimsy vs Crispy

    I like flimsy.
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    Best Breakup Song?

    Break up song *$&% you song, etc. Ween - Falling Out I recall a time when we were lovers Before you, I hadn't any others When the bad times came along I turned and you had gone From the start, I loved you, I was wrong Falling out, it's the end May as well have never been The cards are up...
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    Mini-farm about to be sown

    I have taken a new job at an office with an actual IT staff besides me. So my mini-farm will soon be harvested. It already has to a point, we have some new employees and went ahead and removed my DC clients from their boxes and am only running on my work box (3.0 ghz prescott) and home computer...
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    High Res Vs. AA/AF

    do you lower your resolution to use AA/AF and still get decent fps or do you prefer a high resolution without AA/AF? just wanting to hear some opinions on this.
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    Ive often questioned my faith...

    I foolishly built a computer for a woman about a year and a half ago. so of course afterwards i realized i was doomed to a lifetime of tech support. I wish i wouldve paid more attention to the threads on that very issue, but i didnt. well, today a thunderstorm rolled through. i get a call no...
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    Best Value on the Market now?

    Computer wont POST with the 9700pro in the AGP slot. which really ticks me off since, ive only had that card about 4 months. When I got back from vacation, i turned on the computer and the text was all scrambled. Cycled power and got XP to load up and it was clear again, paid it no mind. Went...
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    Some Pics I Took in Oregon

    Had a job interview in Oregon a week ago Friday. Didnt get the job, but took home some nice pics. Absolutely gorgeous state, I cannot wait to move there in the future. It was my first trip to the Pacific NW and have fallen in love. Waldport, OR Seal Rock, OR Sign on Pacific Coast Highway Depoe...
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    Every Monday....RANT

    rant on. every monday for the past 23 months the old man in the office next to mine has to clip his fvcking fingernails. without fail. I never realized fingernails can grow so damn fast. I guess his weekends are so jammed pack with activities he doesnt have time to that at home. it is so...
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    Poll: Your Favorite Apple Variety?

    taken from here. my vote goes to Fuji.
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    BFV: the patch is out!

    1.01 patch available, finally Enjoy
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    POLL: Your Default View

    i use details. what about you?
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    The funniest thing ive seen in a while

    lmao. im nearly crying watching this. regardless if you like outkast or not. this is great. its Outkast-Hey Ya dubbed to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Text im sure its a repost. if it is i searched. sorry. i guess it is a repost. sorry. crap.
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    Poll: Do you urinate in the shower?

    Keep in mind this is for your own personal shower. Not a common shower ie a locker room or dorm. That is just wrong. EDIT: I do, it all goes the same place and I hate waiting for the toilet to stop running and killing water pressure before showering.
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    Snow in April

    its snowing pretty hard out there. obligatory pics. aprilsnow14M.jpg aprilsnow15M.jpg EDIT: More pics aprilsnow017M.jpg aprilsnow016M.jpg aprilsnow018M.jpg
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    How do you make "Chassis" plural?

    Chassii? Chassises? Chassiss? Chassis'? a coworker came and asked me that question. i had no clue.
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    Poll: Organ Donor?

    See Poll
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    Things you like about your job?

    i like my boss 98% of the time. he told me to go home and watch the oklahoma state basketball game. so i did. yay for an early weekend. but things could be going better during this game.
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    Its Game Time

    i took a picture of an object in my office. if you can tell me what it is, you win. whatisit.jpg EDIT: feel free to add your own strange object pics. boring day @ work. EDIT2: its a beacon on a belt for the GPS receiver. it corrects GPS data on the fly.
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    DF: cruncher down

    what timing. went home for lunch, wanted to see my cpu ripping up some gens on this protein. blank screen. nothing. reboot, powers up fans all spin. nothing on screen. closer inspection revealed two leaky capacitors by the mosfets. im almost certain that is the problem. grrrr, im gonna...
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    What does a blown capacitor look like?

    went home for lunch. blank screen on monitor. nothing. rebooted, fans spin, Hdd powers up. nothing on screen. after closer inspection in better light, i see two capacitors, by my MOSFETS that have a crusty brown substance coming out of the top. are they blown? how hard is it to replace a...
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    Name this Family Guy Ep for me

    it was on Adult Swim maybe thursday night. the only subplot i remember is Chris becomes a newspaper delivery boy and the creepy pervert neighbor guy talks to him in a high pitched voice, "where is my big strong newspaper boy at?" or something to that effect. it was cracking me up. what is the...
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    DF: 1 Billion; Congrats Team!

    wooohooo, 1 billion points. quite a milestone if you ask me. on to the next billion!
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    Earth to Redskins Front Office, signed Brunell

    Seriously? 7 year / 43 million dollar deal to brunell? the dude is 33 and has maybe 3 years left, tops.
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    The chant "overrated" at sports events

    say your unranked team upsets the number one or highly ranked team in the nation at your home. near the end of the game the home crowd chants 'overrated, overrated' in my mind does that not somehow lessen the value the upset victory? what that essentially says is that Stanford wasnt the #1 team...
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    DF Getting Started Guide

    Signing up: Sign Up fill in the necessary forms. you will be given a handle. Login Here there is a chooser box for Team, change to TeamAnandtech Download Text Client unzip to a folder. then run the foldit.bat file you will be given several prompts. the first one is for the handle you...
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    DF: Update

    well it looks like Team Sneakers charge against TA has ended for the time being. it seems that their #1 guy switched teams on them and took some substantial points with him. they were nippin at our heels and now they are around 126 million points behind. i wish i could say it was something we...
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    So I Go Down Into My Basement...

    and what do I find? my pipes have been backing up and my basement is filled with raw sewage. thats just a lovely evening, let me tell you. i called the landlord and a plumber is coming over tomorrow. do plumbers usually clean up that sort of mess or do they just fix the problem and let someone...
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    DF: Welcome LoneArchon

    I have noticed we have a new teammate on DF. LoneArchon, welcome to the team. glad to see you crunching for TA DF. :cool:
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    OT: SCO? Santa Cruz Operation

    is the SCO that has been in the news with the Linux lawsuits the same SCO that supports(ed) SaH? i know when youre given the option to login with existing email or signup i see SCO (Santa Cruz Operation). im just curious, mainly. if it is the same company, what do you guys think of that?
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    the movie Torque

    so if i wanted to see the movie Torque would that make me a dorque?
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    Is this discrimination?

    the guy i work with is a single father and has a child, a 6 year old. we both have the exact same job title and i am without child. coming up i have to be out on the road 7 nights at the end of january and beginning of february without overtime pay. he has to be out one night, because of the...
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    Phone survey

    that thread about the paid surveys made me remember this. if and when you lived in the dorms did you ever get a phone call where a guy says you will get x amt ( think he said 50) of dollars for particpating in a survey. it was a survey about sex. it woke me up one saturday morning and i agreed...
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    High pitched noise from monitor

    i have a samsung 950b 19" CRT monitor sometimes during the POST screen and almost always during the black XP loading screen my monitor makes noises like a banshee. just really high pitched hissing sort of noise. its done this from the day i got it, about 15 months ago but lately it has been...
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    Question about peanuts

    i know this is a strange question i was eating a bag of peanuts and they were okay, except for one that was about the nastiest thing ive ever eaten. it almost tasted like it was rotten or something, the taste is just...unexplainable. it was sort of darker than usual, i seriously almost puked...
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    Favorite Store Bought Spaghetti Sauce?

    i just now made some spaghetti using Classico store bought sauce. im not too impressed. its the 4 cheese flavor. i figured i would try something new i dont have a crock pot to let it simmer all day like my mom does. so any other suggestions? Prego is better than this stuff.
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    Is this reasonable?

    right now im running a 2100+ TB-B (stock voltage) 1.6v @ 1995 (190*10.5) i have a Thermaltake volcano 7+ HSF cpu temps are around 50C full load one 120mm exhaust fan in an Antec 3700SLK case crucial pc2700 2x256 @ 6-3-3-2.5 2.63v on a 8RDA board. i cant seem to get XP to load when the cpu is...