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    Best data recovery options for a possibly damaged laptop

    Decided to go with DriveSavers. The data is irreplaceable.
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    Best data recovery options for a possibly damaged laptop

    We have access to the drive obviously, but we don't want to power it on if the heads are in contact with the platters or the bearings are unbalanced. I don't know if there's a way to run SMART or find the status of the drive before the spindle motor turns on.
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    Best data recovery options for a possibly damaged laptop

    A laptop belonging to a member of our group was involved in a car accident in which he passed away last week. It was very sobering news, but moving forward, the adviser wants to retrieve the research data off the hard drive, for which we have the family's permission. So details: - It was a...
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    Best $500 14" or 15" Laptop

    Any links? The closest I found was from a deal earlier this month on the E6400, but nothing with those specs for $530.
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    Best $500 14" or 15" Laptop

    I'm looking for a laptop that's around $500 with a 14/15" screen. I was considering the SL500 Thinkpads. Any other suggestions? I'd like a Core 2 Duo processor. Integrated video should be ok. Decent battery life would be nice. Nothing needed special in any other category.
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    Where do they get these pics?

    That's probably right, but what bothers me is that look like they're trying to take a monster crap bothers me. They use those expressions for every pointless news article.
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    Where do they get these pics?

    I never go to MSN.com directly, but sometimes I check e-mail and when I log out, it goes there. I am almost always treated to one of these idiotic pictures...where and why do they get them? Pic
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    Seagate External Backup HD Keeps Getting Disconnected on Sleep

    Things are working well with the eSATA enclosure/card combo - and it's a lot faster than the USB setup I was using. The enclosure is plastic, but seems built fairly well and includes everything needed including USB and eSATA cables.
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    Seagate External Backup HD Keeps Getting Disconnected on Sleep

    Here's the enclosure I bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817347018 and the card (PCI-E 1x): http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16816132011 Both said hot plug and play compatible, so I hope it works. It's my work computer so data safety is more important to me...
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    Seagate External Backup HD Keeps Getting Disconnected on Sleep

    Thanks the for replies guys. I took the drive out of the Seagate enclosure and decided to order an eSATA/SATA card from Newegg and cable and connect the drive with an external eSATA enclosure. If this doesn't work (as a poster above mentioned), then I'll just use the enclosure to hold the drive...
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    Seagate External Backup HD Keeps Getting Disconnected on Sleep

    I'm running Vista and use a Seagate FreeAgent external HD for backups at night. Unfortunatly, the drive (sometimes and seemingly randomly) disconnects itself when the computer goes to sleep. Sometimes I get a backup at night, sometimes I see an error message in the morning that the backup didn't...
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    The TSA is a POS

    They don't treat the carry on with much more respect. I've had them handle my DSLR with a heavy lens by grabbing one corner of it with a thumb and finger. Ditto for my laptop. They treat it like they're cleaning the bathroom and are picking up a turd they found. Just a few days ago when I was...
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    Choices for a random weekend vacation city w/ das poll

    Good point, I'm realizing many things I left out of the OP. It will be just me, it's just a fun break from grad school before spring break (Boston/Stl) and after New Years (Dallas)
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    Choices for a random weekend vacation city w/ das poll

    No particular reason, I have a chance to travel around a bit, so why not take the opportunity?
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    Choices for a random weekend vacation city w/ das poll

    I'm planning on taking a random weekend or 3 day vacation to some city within 2-3 months. Where should I go? I'll be flying so some time will be saved. I'm already planning one to Boston and Dallas. I'd like to keep it in the eastern or central time zones. Florida cities will be done later, so...
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    Gas 90% Cheaper... would you do it?

    I don't get how gas stations can get away with always putting 9/10th of a penny in small letters.
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    Patriots @ Ravens

    It doesn't matter, the timeout was called well before the snap from the side angle and who knows how many players stopped before the play. Also I'm not basing that on Brady's cocky remark after the game.
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    *BCS Top 5 Standings Shakeup*

    It'll be harder than keeping Secretariat and the rest of the field in frame at the Belmont. Pic
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    *BCS Top 5 Standings Shakeup*

    Yeah you're probably right. At least in the bball, there are 65 teams with a shot. Too bad my university didn't even receive a single point in any poll :P.
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    *BCS Top 5 Standings Shakeup*

    It did hurt them, they were ranked 2 spots lower than Missouri in the standings.
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    *BCS Top 5 Standings Shakeup*

    Missouri played 3 teams that made a BCS bowl 4 times and ended up beating 2 of those teams. Kansas played 3 teams that ended with a winning record.
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    *BCS Top 5 Standings Shakeup*

    That is probably the best thing to ever happen to the state of Kansas.
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    David Beckham meets Reggie Bush

    Me too, but they are decked out in Adidas gear, so I'm not sure if it's subliminal advertising.
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    Ratatouille Scoring 95% on RT

    With the exception of Cars, not one has scored less than 90%. Pixar never lets down. 86% is actually good for an action movie, but that almost always goes down going up to release.
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    David Beckham meets Reggie Bush

    Just a bit of nonsense, but they're both pretty good at the other guy's sport. http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/f...ors_picks&fg&gt1=10056
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    The Sopranos Season Finale!!!

    Hopefully Curb Your Enthusiasm will redeem HBO this year.
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    The Sopranos Season Finale!!!

    Was that lame or did I not get something? Who was the guy in the restaurant that went into the bathroom?
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    Anyone still watching the Sopranos?

    Finally a lot going on, but for all that happened this episode, I felt the vast majority of the current season was wasted getting to this point. They wasted many episodes, then in one Johnny Sacks gets and dies of cancer and in another there is a full blown NY vs. NJ war? Well at least I won't...
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    Does eBay do anything to stop the spammers?

    The point is they should have a system like I suggested in place to prevent the spam from being sent out. If you had a limit on how many contacts per new account in place and 1000 new accounts were made in one small IP block, then they can ban that IP block etc. That's just one of many things...
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    Mountain Bike Tires. Where to buy them? Know very little here...

    You can't use tubeless tires unless you have a tubeless rim. Considering it's an old bike, get tube tires. I have Panaracer Dart and Arrows on mine. I don't think spending a lot is going to help. Goto www.mtbr.com , find well reviewed cheap tires and get them. The Trek 7000 isn't a mtn bike...
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    Does eBay do anything to stop the spammers?

    I listed two very different items on eBay ending over this weekend. One was a GPS and another was a laptop. In both cases, I probably averaged one e-mail from a spammer for each item every two-three hours the auctions were up. That's a lot of messages and they were all from different usernames...
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    What songs do you think epitomize the 80s?

    VH1's rankings for what it's worth. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm
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    New Green Day Single, "Working Class Hero" is an awesome cover.

    The Perfect Circle cover of Imagine was pretty good imo. It was certainly better than Ono reciting it during the opening to the Turino Olympics. This Green Day cover isn't bad either, again imo.
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    Cycling For A Cause - Alaska to Panama by Bike

    I've done 100-150km a day over a weekend on charity rides, but that over 4 months is insane. Good luck and let's see if we can't help exceed your goal of $12k!
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    **** Official Super Bowl XLI: Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts ****

    The kick didn't look that great either.
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    **** Official Super Bowl XLI: Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts ****

    The ads themselves have been pretty lame too. You'd think at 2 mil plus for ad time, someone would make a memorable ad. Don't need to be Ridley Scott and Apple, just something halfway decent.
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    **** Official Super Bowl XLI: Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts ****

    I think the '02 U2 show was still the best. The game was also one of the best despite my hometown Rams losing.