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    Mortgage & refinance - Does this make sense?

    Original loan 405k @ 15 yr @ 5.75 Monthly payment is 3800, already paid down 2 years. - 91k 13 Years left @ 3800 = 592,800 - New loan 390k (pay off amount) @ 15 Year @ 4.75 Monthly payment is 3400 (400 lower) but back to 15 years 15 year @ 3400 = 612,000 Does this make sense ...
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    ATOT Effect - for a good cause..

    I'm marching for March of Dimes, March for Babies.. if you have any spare change, quarter, dollar, etc.. that you can donate, please follow the march of dimes link.. Not everyone knows me but I donated about 1-2k each year for the atot childs play. I know times are tough so i'm only...
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    Pentium 133Mhz Notebook

    Found and revive a old p133 16mb ram, with 2gb drive.. What os was good for that ? win 3x or 95 ? Compaq Armada 1530
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    Boiler help

    So my Burnham v7 series oil boiler is leaking.. 1 month after the 10yr warranty is up. Basically bad cast iron block 10 years ago, bunch of people had the same issue. I read a lot of reviews and everyone had good and bad things to say about them, but mostly from the "experts" in the field...
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    Christmas lights question

    classic old xmas lights can you just replace these with led ones ? yank out the old and drop in new ?
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    Question on child development

    Nephew is in 2nd grade. Typical bilingual family. Parents does not speak english Went to his PTA meeting last night. Teacher says he has hard time focusing, ie easily distracted ? Not able to memorize stuff.. in one ear and out the other.. So they have like an annual pass/fail exam...
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    Any place to rent a cheap monkey for a few hours ?

    We dont use IM because of sec regulations.. too much work to give out IM. So I came up with the idea, like the trunk monkey videos you see on you tube.. so the office manager is calling my bluff... anyone got a monkey i can borrow or rent to pass a few notes from 1 office to another ...
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    portable induction hot plate

    Anyone use something like this ? recommend a good brand out there ? http://www.luxuryhousingtrends...02/portable_induct.php
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    Thermal sponge or pad or something..

    Blue sponge While trying to figure out why friends notebook keep locking up.. i found that he's missing the blue square thermal pad above his graphic processor.. basically the heat pipe is NOT making any contacts... Checking dell's site, it looks like the thermal pad or sponge square is...
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    Looking for the video..

    Where they got a bunch of guys in a room with laser mounted. They had a hot chick walk in and all the laser was pointed at her boobs and when she leaves, it was on her butt.. i couldn't find it, my google skills sucks
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    Clear 2.5 enclosure

    Anyone own one or used one ? Are these the only clear enclosures out there ? basically i got some spare 2.5 sata and ill put them in good use.. http://eshop.macsales.com/item...0Computing/MOTGU2SATA/
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    Printhead ?

    I never owned an ink jet so I have no idea whats going on.. but have read about it.. Basically its missing lines in the print out... like when you print a word, every other line seem to be missing.. is the head clogged ? I thought that the cartridge has the print head built in to it...
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    fubar mail at work

    someone bumped the disk array, cause 8 disk ! out of 30 to go out of whack... lost 1.5tb data so far... and no backup... i might not be around tomorrow, im sure they'll just get rid of the group.. :)
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    RAIDs

    35 yr old SA that claims he's been running systems for over 15 years... and how he had a linksys router in his house for 10 years w/o rebooting 4 drive raid 5 partition 1 file is COPIED into all 4 drives so if 1 failed, you have 3 copies and he was here telling the whole dept, i almost...
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    Cutting hallow steel rod ?

    I got these lido steel closet rod, its h0ll0w but i need to cut them to size for the closet. Whats the best way ? the guy at home depot said hack saw.. but i figure it might take too long.. i have a table saw also... but never cut steel before, and not sure if its a good idea to use...
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    Off to UK again..

    So taking my yearly trip for work.. and this year because of the high cost.. i'm going to try to take the tube (train) from heathrow to central london.. taxi to central london was around 50 pounds.. which is like 100+ in dollars.. I never taken it before.. anything i should watch out for ...
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    Trying to find this place in London...

    not sure if anyone would know it.. but I went at night and didn't even copy down the address.... its got very copper settings, ie copper color wall and ceiling.. i might be wrong... long benchs and tables.. and they serve steamers in like 30 different style.. its in a basement of the...
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    Passport waiting time

    Got a trip in april 17th, if i do standard, would I even get it on time or should I just waste the money and do the express ? Anyone got any good trusted express passport service to use ?
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    Need to find cheap hotel..

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=...019956&z=16&iwloc=addr I go often and stay at places that avg 150pounds ~ 300 bucks a night.. anything cheaper ?
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    Any one in uk right now ?

    To send mail from uk to us, is it 2 first class stamps as well ? ie i dont know the value of a first class stamp right now, assuming its 34p and 2 would make it out of the country ? thanks if anyone knows..
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    Instant Hot or tankless water heater

    I'm looking to replace my pricy oil boiler and switch to gas.. any recommendation on what brand and what to look for ? I did some research but its all mostly advertisement.. no real user experiences... thanks for opinions..
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    Largest ICBM from Russia or USSR

    Anyone know what the largest icbm these guys had during the peak ? or have a good website with all these data ?
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    Samsung HM320JI - 2.5 notebook drive

    Anyone used samsung drives before or if you own this one? any huge reliable or noise issue you did not like?
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    Waterproofing diy type ?

    Have a really small leak on heavy down pour days... I can dig up the outside and apply some sort of waterproofing membrane.. any one have any diy type of product or suggestions ?
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    Nuclear Wars

    Is there any similar modern games like this ? This was funny as hell.. just needs some super updating.. http://www.mobygames.com/game/nuclear-war
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    ATAPI - SATA DVD

    I know the old PATA interface needs to be ATAPI compliant to run a cd/dvd drive. Is this the same with SATA? I saw sata card claiming to be ATAPI compliant.. I only got 4 sata ports on my mobo, 0 pata. so i can use any of my old drives.. So my choices are to get pci atapi controller and...
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    USB Header issue... any one have idea ?

    I have a motherboard that uses usb s-gnd pin for the front usb header. In my new case, the built in front usb header does not have a usb s-gnd.. so the front usb does not turn on. Is there anyway to mod the usb pins to supply the usb s-gnd ? USB S-gnd : http://www.frontx.com/cpx108_2.html...
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    Offline File solutions ? for remote laptop users

    Besides offline file systems.. because it never works 100% well, or users often get confused. Is there another file sync system for windows ? basically looking for something that'll leave the file on the laptop/remote user and when it gets connected to the office network, it gets backed up...
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    TB+ SATA drives...

    Any TB+ drive coming out soon ? I managed to fill up my 750gb server.. copied all the junk from all the notebook, vacation photos, videos, etc and got 11 gb left... Getting a TB drive will only add 250gb.. Its a 1u server, so I can only do 2 drive Raid 1
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    POS Vantec Stealth...

    Theres 3 internal fan.. one is making a hissing sand grinding sound.. The PSU was purchase in 2003, and have not been used since 2004.. reviews says ball bearing fan.. looks easy to replace a fan... should I do it.. any thing I should watch out for ...
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    Storm doors

    Need to get a new storm door, anyone know good comparison.. i only know anderson from hd and pella from lowes.. Anderson will be the 4000 series... not sure about the pella one yet... any huge difference between the two ?
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    SFF AGP Video - Half height

    Been looking for hours... need to find any newer half height / low profile agp based video card.. dvi preferred.... found some 9250s / 6200s.. anything newer ?