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    System build: A few Adobe-friendly pieces

    It's time to build a new PC. 99% of my intensive PC time is spent in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. It's been three years since my last build, so I'm pretty out of the loop. The remaining parts I need to order are hdd, processor, motherboard, case, power supply, and ram. A little...
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    Buying a few PCs for a company

    My brother-in-law's small business will be buying some PCs with the intent of mostly using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. No games, obviously. They will not be building their own (no time for the added research, and definitely can't waste a few days of billable hours building them)...
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    Javascript help needed

    We have a list of users in a spreadsheet. Each user will receive, in direct mail, a coupon code that is associated, in this spreadsheet only, with their online username. We want a user to be able to log in to our site and enter their coupon code. A script would then check this spreadsheet...
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    Where to buy Photoshop?

    Our company needs a license/CD set of Photoshop (and only Photoshop, no suites) for a designer. Should we just purchase Photoshop CS3 from Adobe.com? Also, can you even get CS2 legit at a place we won't have to worry about stiffing us over?
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    Javascript conversion + a small catch

    I haven't used js much since the 90s, so please excuse the simple question. That said, I'll even further simplify the example for this topic: Let's assume that I have a three-column table. In the left column will be an input for degrees F. If a user enters a number and clicks a submit...
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    CSS question

    I was working on a menu at http://bts.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=07RFHDC_raceforhope_greeting The menu (#nav, if you decide to look at the code) works fine in IE7, but the tabs stack on top of each other in FF. The kicker is that they realign properly if I refresh the browser...
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    Anyone live in Austin?

    I currently live in The Woodlands, TX. My wife may be getting a job in north Austin... a job good enough to warrant us packing up before I even find a new one. I'm finding plenty of good jobs for me in downtown Austin, but I know that traffic there can be a huge pain. Does anyone have any...
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    YAJobT: Jobless rant

    My first "real" job in my field quickly gave me responsibilities that were straying a little too far from where I was wanting to go with my career. In short, my heart is in digital graphic design and technical communication, yet my employer had me creating dozens of forms in Word all day long...
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    POLL: Public diaper changes?

    Obviously brought on as a result of this topic: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1913570&enterthread=y Not that I claim them to be in the same category, because I'd hope that no one does. Still, I see this all the time, whether it's on a bench at the mall or on a...
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    Swimming with contacts

    Does anyone here have much experience with this topic? I'm way too blind without my contacts to simply not wear them (wouldn't be able to identify someone three feet away), so that ain't an option. My fiancee and I are heading to Florida this summer, so I better get me some goggles or...
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    Web Design: How much to charge for ONE page?

    I've passed along a small web job to a local college student I know. It's for a small, but relatively well-off nearby business (wedding services). They want a redesign of ONLY their first page, and a image slideshow script (where every 5 seconds, the old pic fades out and a new one fades...
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    CSS and PHP include weirdness

    I have an external style sheet that holds all of my styles, sitewide. The menu that appears on every page is inserted via php include, and makes heavy use of the style sheet. When I originally had the menu inside of the HTML doc (before I decided to use the include), I had the expected...
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    Script help: sortable info gathered from user input?

    I gather the likely solution would be in PHP/MySQL, but I just wanted some suggestions before I get started (I've never really used PHP before aside from a small news script). I can't seem to find anything pre-written that wouldn't have to be completely torn down. What I need is for a user...
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    Request: Good "starter" anime series?

    I'm completely clueless, as I've never seen anything anywhere near this genre aside from a few Miyazaki films. Film suggestions are fine, of course, but I'd like to buy her a box set of a series so she can give it a try. I don't mean to play off any stereotypes, but she's looking for...
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    Xbox 360 to get HD-DVD

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3146681 I suppose this only kinda sorta qualifies as proper forum. Games... hardware... peripherals... video. It's all good.
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    Favorite web sites?

    All the recent posts about web design got me thinkin' about some of the great sites I've seen. And since this is a software/programming (and games!) category, I figured this would be the best location to get opinions from actual designers and programmers. So to keep it proper for this...
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    Batch update of 50+ HTML docs?

    Say, for example, that I have 50 HTML docs... each with one or more links to a page titled "page1.htm." I want to go through each of those and change any reference to "page1.htm" and switch it to "page2.htm." Is there a fast way to do this? Thanks in advance!
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    Update: Final Fantasy VII PS3

    Just in case you STILL haven't played FF7 (or don't know the plot points), consider this your spoiler warning (even though the original article had no such warning...). No, I'm not some silly fanboy that just saw the E3 tech demo and didn't bother to read the "this will not be a PS3 game"...
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    Haven't built in YEARS... help w/decisions

    I haven't put together a PC in ages... it's been closer to a decade than I'd like to admit. Therefore, I need some AT opinions. Heck, maybe I completely got something wrong. I wouldn't be shocked. Anyway, here goes. ---------- Thermaltake Dream Tower Thermaltake W0022 Purepower...
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    LCD flat panel backlight issue

    I tried posting this in Video, but perhaps this is a better place for it. I recently bought a Samsung 710T and love the darn thing. I have one "slow" pixel that gets stuck on white, then fixes itself, but it's in the far, far upper-left corner of the panel and isn't a big deal. However...
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    LCD backlight leakage

    I just received a 710T from Dell and, for the most part, love it. No dead pixels, very minimal ghosting even in UT, bright as the sun... but the backlight is a little wonky. On a black background, there is leakage on the top of the screen. When the color is mid-range, such as a middle-ish...
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    Best return policies?

    I'm in the market for an LCD flat screen, so I've recently been attempting to search for the best return/exchange policies for both B&M and online stores. Got any good or bad stories to share for this thread? Thanks in advance!
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    Best B&M to buy an LCD monitor?

    My Viewsonic PF790 is slowly biting the dust. :( So I ask.... any suggestions on a store that usually carries a favorite model? I've been thinking about the LG L1720P from Best Buy, but haven't found enough reviews on it. The NEC 1765 is tempting at Best Buy and Circuit City, but the glare...
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    Any thoughts on the LG L1720P or NEC 1765?

    Unfortunately, my Viewsonic PF790 is showing its age and may soon cease to work at all... and since I have oodles of store credit at Best Buy coming up, I was wondering if anyone had some thoughts on these monitors: the LG L1720P and NEC 1765. The L1720P has DVI, so that's a plus for the...
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    Hastings - Trade in 3 CDs, DVDs, or Video Games...

    Example: I went to Circuit City and picked up Eternal Ring, Tony Hawk 3, and Aggressive Inline for $15 total. I then took these to my local Hastings (a mix of Blockbuster and a smaller Barnes & Noble) and received Tales of Symphonia. All for $15 and some gas. Sports games from previous...
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    A few cheap-ish console games at Kohl's; Prices/games vary by store

    Not sure if this has been posted yet... Anyway, there are lots of copies of Pirates of the Caribbean (meh), and a few copies of Morrowind GOTY edition (sweet, hard to find) at the Baybrook/Houston store. A few other games are included, such as Tony Hawk 4, along with others that don't deserve...
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    LCD 17" for 2D?

    Ok... I've read a dozen topics over it, but so many different answers surfaced. Soooo... I figured I'd get a few up-to-date thoughts on the topic in a new post. It may seem redundant, but hey... people like to voice their opinions every chance they get. :) I'll be doing a lot of work like...
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    Best card and monitor for 2d?

    I do 90% of my work in programs such as Flash and Photoshop, along with a lot of audio stuff. Aside from that, I stay online all day. I don't really play many games on my PC (if any on PC at all, since we have a GC, Xbox and PS2), so it's not a huge factor. Any suggestions for a video card...
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    Completely out of the loop; need build suggestions

    Bored at work? If so, lend some help. I'm an audio guy with extra background in web and print design, and to be honest, that's all I've kept up with in the past few years. Now I'm looking to build a new PC, but it's been ages since I've been in-the-know concerning hardware. At the risk of...