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    Router + Modem + DSL = slow connection

    Okay. I put the modem in bridge mode. The speed is still slow. My router now does the login with my ISP and I'm no longer able to access the modem by typing in the address 192.168.1.1. On side note, I just downloaded a PDF. Firefox told me my download speed was 26 KB/second, which is much...
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    Router + Modem + DSL = slow connection

    I've got a Netgear router plugged into a Westel DSL modem and a 1 MB Verizon service subscription. The modem tells me that my connection speed is 384 kbps down and 448 kbps up. There are two computers connected to the router. Internet speed tests confirm the speed figures given to me by...
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    Scientific evidence now points to global cooling, contrary to U.N. alarmism

    I'd hesitate to say that cook did any statistical analysis. I tend to look at these things more as spectral analysis, and 1998 does appear to be consistent with high frequency noise. The data points in general, are randomly distributed around some kind of average.
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    Scientific evidence now points to global cooling, contrary to U.N. alarmism

    1998 was an anomalously warm year. The warming trend did not end in 1998. See http://www.skepticalscience.co...ng-stopped-in-1998.htm for a detailed explanation.
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    How much power is in a Netbook anyway?

    Could a netbook be compared to an older PC? Maybe a P4, P3, P2, P1, 486, 386, 286, etc? I don't know this newer multicore stuff. All I know is my Athlon 3500 at home, and my P4 at work. I seem to recall having a 366 MHz not all that long ago. Is an Atom based PC faster than a 366 MHz Pentium?
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    Online Banking

    A botnet could have 100,000s of zombie computers. Even if you only have $5 in your account, it could potentially add up if enough computers are compromised.
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    Online Banking

    This is my point exactly. Banking customers could be getting trojans through USB drive. They can contract a virus simply by viewing a web page. I've even heard of malware contained in .WMA files that are masqueraded as .MP3 files. I get the sense that malware is extremely pervasive, and that...
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    Online Banking

    How safe is online banking? There is the 128-bit encryption on the wireless network, and then there is the encryption used by the HTTPS protocol. This makes things safer, but not cracker-proofed. We live in a world where there are numerous trojans, key stroke loggers, botnets, worms...
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    Lock Cool 'n Quiet CPU Speed While in XP?

    I run AMD Cool 'n Quiet to save energy. Some of my programs, however, run better with the Cool 'n Quiet disabled in the BIOS. If I'm in Windows, is there a way I can keep the CPU speed fixed at a certain frequency(preferably a high one)?
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    Can't Burn CDs

    The burner is about 3 years old. I don't know if it is the latest firmware or not. I tried multiple CD-Rs. I am able to burn DVDs. It use to work with CD-Rs. I'm not sure why it stopped working.
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    Can't Burn CDs

    I've tried using both Nero and CDBurnerXP. Both reject the CD when I try to burn by telling me there is no disc. I can still play music CDs though.
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    About Car History Reports

    Inside and out, the car has fewer cosmetic defects than most single owner cars of simlar age. It's appearance certainly does not suggest any neglect. The car is 5 1/2 years old and has 57K miles on it, and does not have any real repair work recorded. Owner #1: 22K (28 months) Owner #2: 9K...
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    About Car History Reports

    Would a dealership be reputable enough? The car is listed as having five owners. The title and registration are together have four states associated with them. Owners #1-3 are listed as lease. The car is listed as being auctioned four times by the third owner. The first...
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    About Car History Reports

    I bought a car history report from Carfax. Are these reports immune to "title washing"? Should I be worried if the report does not have changes listed regularly?
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    Will a mechanic easily find flood damage?

    Maybe oxidation would be a better word. Oxidized bolt heads, oxidized metal plate thing, oxidized muffler, oxidized disk thing in the wheel. I would expect some level of oxidation, but I'm not sure what would be normal. My roommates car has some oxidation on it. The car drove well. I got it...
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    Will a mechanic easily find flood damage?

    I've made a deposit on a car. The title is clean, but it has changed hands a number of times. I'm no motor head, but there is more rust under the hood than I would expect to see on a 5 year old car. The car interior is quite clean and does not look like it has been water damaged. Still, the...
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    Bumper all scuffed up from city parking

    Presumably the scuffs are from getting bumped. This particular bumper seems to have excessive scuffing, at least by suburban standards.
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    Mileage on a Toyota

    I don't see what's wrong with comparing Toyota/Solara with Hyndai/Elantra. Either car would serve as both a daily commuter car and for general transportation.
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    Bumper all scuffed up from city parking

    I realize that the scuffed up bump is serving it's purpose in getting scuffed up, but the car will be moved from the city to the non-city. Future scuffing will occur much less frequently.
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    Bumper all scuffed up from city parking

    Let's say I have a car and the bumper is very scuffed up from city parking. Is there a fairly cheap way to repair this? Will touch up paint make it look significantly better?
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    Mileage on a Toyota

    My observation is that a Toyota Solara costs more than an Hyndai Elantra. Is this because of overall build quality, or more because of things like heated seats and chrome-plated tail pipes.
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    Mileage on a Toyota

    I've heard that these things are reliable. Does that mean get a decent ride if I get a 1999-2004 Toyota if it has 110K-135K miles on it? Is Toyota really more reliable than other brands?
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    I think pet ownership is somewhat cruel

    I think in the situation, the cat does not have sufficient intelligence to consent to the ownership.
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    Car body rolls right when driving at high speeds

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    Car body rolls right when driving at high speeds

    My car oversteers when I'm traveling at high speeds and I turn the steering wheel right. It's basically a gentle roll to one side that makes the handling a little more difficult. Is it possible that this could be caused by having 37 psi in one tire and 39 psi in another? I suspect I have a...
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    Large dent in rear panel of Elantra

    I'm looking at a used car that is for sale. The seller is not asking to much, but the car has a large dent (eight inches across) in the panel just above the rear wheel. The car is a 2004 model. Does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to repair such a dent?
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    XP crashes 1 minute afer booting

    My computer crashed midway into the installation of SP3. Now it crashes within minutes of starting up. I can only run it in safe mode. I uninstalled the SP3 and that did not help. I tried to uninstall .NET framework updates, but was unable to do so. I tried doing a system restore, but...
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    Windows SP3 "endless reboot" problem and solutions

    My system is totally messed. I got the blue screen of death durring the update process. Now I continue to get the BSOD after running my system for a couple of minutes. I can only run in safe mode. I have a custom built AMD system with an A8V motherboard and an OEM version of XP. I'm not...
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    Gas Gauge Not Working

    First this thing would bob up and down a quarter tank when I would go around turns. Now it has stopped bobbing and sits mostly at the full tank mark. When my tank is half full, the gauge reads only goes down to about 7/8. At the moment I just watching my odometer and using my mileage to...
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    Is CAT5-6 better than Wireless if I have FIOS

    If I have a wireless network, am I wasting my money by spending it on FIOS? Do I need CAT5 or CAT6 to take advantage of the speed? I'm not sure where the bottle neck will be.
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    Favorite Onine Dealer for Used Auto Parts?

    Well, if I don't go online, I might have to drive 100 miles (round trip) to get to the recylcler.
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    Favorite Onine Dealer for Used Auto Parts?

    Do you have one?
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    Will SD Cards Replace DVDs?

    What's HD media?
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    Will SD Cards Replace DVDs?

    SD cards now have a capacity nearly equal to a dual layer DVD. They're smaller, lighter, and require no moving parts to operate. If the price comes down sufficiently, which I think it might, then it could mean the end of CDs and DVDs. In particular, this might have implications for notebooks...
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    Can Macros Be Used to Compile Code?

    I have a light weight text editor that I use to code up simple programs. At the moment I'm using Crimson Editor, and that has something called "tools." I configured the tools so that I can just press F3 to compile, and F11 to run. Many similar editors have something called "macros." Is there...
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    Firefox Sends .java files to Default Viewer

    Crimson Editor is set as my default viewer for .java and .cpp files. If I'm running Firefox and I click on a .cpp file it opens in Firefox. If I click on a .java file it opens in Crimson Editor. How do I set Firefox so that it open .java files in Firefox while still have Crimson Editor as the...
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    "Date Accessed" Is Not Date Of Last Access

    I noticed the column listing for "Date Accessed" in my file manager. The dates listed in this column are not the dates that I last accessed the files. Why is this? Is this some background process in Windows XP?
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    Will Windows/OSX ever Replace Linux?

    Well Linux dominates in a few key areas. The question I am posing is: Will, or to what extent, will Microsoft/Apple close this gap. Perhaps if I was running Fedora instead of Slackware, your statement would sound more reasonable.
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    Will Windows/OSX ever Replace Linux?

    True, however it could potentially cost the company more to hire someone to set up and maintain all those computers.
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    Will Windows/OSX ever Replace Linux?

    I was thinking of servers and super computers. Also drag said Although I think it may be a while before Windows can get into embedded systems.