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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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    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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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    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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    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?

    Do you have one?
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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?

    Windows has made significant gains over the past 5 years. Not big gains, but gains none the less. If Windows becomes ultra-stable, as stable as Linux won't it stand to take a good chunk out of the market? What about OSX? That basically BSD, right? Why not use a user friendly OSX(Apple's...
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    Is there a such thing as a project file in GIMP?

    I was just wondering. Whenever I want to redo an image I have to open up an old image and redo a few steps.
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    Plugging and Unplugging SD Card

    I have an SD card and windows will find it if I plug it in. To unplug it, I have to click this thing in the sys tray and stop the device. This prevents windows from scolding me when I unplug it. The problem is that when I plug it back in, windows no longer sees it. I'm sure there is a way...
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    Internal Card Readers

    I have an internal card reader in my custom built desktop. The problem is that when I put my SD card in it, it sticks out leaving 50% of the card outside of the computer. This is not a huge problem, but it would be really easy for the card to get hit and break off. Also, my case(an Antec...
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    What is an "unresolved external symbol?"

    I'm trying to compile something, but I have a linking error that says "unresolved external symbol." The error in it's entirety is What causes this? How are such errors fixed?
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    Divide one arbitrary Voltage by another arbitrary Voltage

    I'm trying to figure out a way to do this with relatively low frequency AC voltage. What parts would I use to do this?
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    Blue Screen of Death

    My Windows XP install is crashing a lot. I think it is being shutdown by the BIOS. It does not happen while I am at the computer, only when I leave it and come back. My reasoning is that this is some sort of timed thing. Perhaps it is related to the screen saver. The only other weird thing...
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    Java Compiler for Win32/AMD64?

    Is there a Java compiler I can run on Windows XP Home 32 on an Athlon64? I went to Sun's web site, and the only CPU they supported for J2SE on Windows XP Home was IA32.
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    My view is that net neutrality is a good thing. The Internet is a utility just like water and electricity and should be regulated. If we do away with net neutrality than I fear that the future of the Internet will be in the hands of large corporations like NBC and Time Warner. I think the...
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    First Time Program is Opened is Slow, Second Time is Fast

    When I open a small program right after I boot up windows, it takes a little while to load. If I close it and then open it again it loads much faster. Why does this difference in load time exist?
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    Old Anti-Virus Software

    I have some old anti-virus software from around 1998. Should it be replaced? It updates the virus definitions, but I wasn't sure if virus software that old would have security holes in it.
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    How do spammers obtain email address lists?

    Do they usually harvest them? If so, from where do they harvest them? Do they just make up addresses randomly?
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    Laptop Mouse: Touch Pad or Nipple?

    When using a laptop computer, do prefer a touch pad mouse or a nipple mouse? I prefer nipple mice because I think touch pad mice are uncomfortable and hard to use. Why don't they sell laptops with nipple mice anymore? I can't even remember the last time I saw one in a store. Are they still...
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    What's a more Marketable Skill: Linux or BSD?

    Is there enough crossover between the two that it wouldn't matter? Should I just learn which ever one I think is better? or is one much more marketable than the other?
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    Best free Java Development Environment for XP?

    What's the best free environment to program Java with? It's been a real long while since I've done any Java and might brush up on it a little bit.
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    Anyone know of a list of malicious cookies?

    Do the cookies Adaware removes slow down my internet very much? I was going to try to block these cookies with my router, but I'm not sure which ones to block.
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    If one has a site, www.your_name.com

    What if you promote the crap out of your site?
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    What's Java Good For?

    I already know C++ pretty well. What's a good reason for learning Java? Does it excel at anything in particular?
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    Shutdown Java?

    My browser opens up java sometimes. Is there a way I can shut it down without closing out my browser?
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    Stats Question about Uncertainty

    Let's say that I have a long lived radio active isotope and I make 10 one second measurements of the disintegration. My measurements are as follows: 3, 0, 2, 1, 2, 4, 0, 1, 2, 5 How many one second measurements would I have to make to get an uncertainty of 1%? The answer is 5,000...
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    Make Money with a Web Site?

    How many page views do I need at a web site to make $1,000 through advertising?