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    CPU Limited in ARMA2

    I was messing around w/ the benchmarking tool in ARMA2 and I discovered I am horribly CPU limited. Specs: 4850 amd 64x2 5000 OC'd to 3.02ghz from 2.6ghz stock 2gig ram windows xp pro (32bit) I can use high textures/etc. and when I move it down to the "low" setting, I barely get any...
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    Question about upgrading from 32bit windows to 64bit

    I've had for the longest time this setup AMD 64 x2 5000+ ATI 4850 (upgraded from 7900GS) 2 G Ram (Woops, meant 2 x 1 GB sticks =O ) Windows XP Pro (32bit vs.) I'm going to participate in the windows 7 release candidate, mainly because my PC has been 64bit capable FOREVER and I feel...
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    palin vs. letterman

    I am REALLY enjoying this. It's almost like letterman baited her knowing she will set him up for a million jokes. http://politicalticker.blogs.c...ettermans-weak-excuse/ It's so freaking obvious letterman was referencing her 18 year old daughter. To even think that he was referencing...
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    thank god for Sim Cards on cell phones

    wife broke her phone, was crying that I wouldn't let her buy a new one, so I gave her mine and then I put the sim card in a perfectly fine performing older model. Contract still has a ways to go unfortunately =( November.....
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    Do I look normal?

    http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7853/chranchala.jpg
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    I have a question for ATOT black people

    How many of you use the "music" phone standby thing? I am assuming this is an ethnic thing because so far this year, about 90 % of the black people I call during the day have this and I never even knew it existed. --- Please do not be presumptuous. ;) Zim Hosein Off Topic Moderator.
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    Yep yep yep.....All in a good days work

    I just saved a retards dog today. What the fuck did you do today with your life? I guess you don't know livin' till you see one of them bastards crack a pure angelic smile in your direction. He probably thinks I'm Jesus.
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    strange PCV issue

    2002 silverado 1500 5.3l about 80k miles Replaced the PCV, when I took it out I looked at it and was astonished. It was the same size as my replacement, but the inside was totally different. Replacement: shiny silver metal, makes a distinct clicking noise because of the pin inside Old...
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    turn on to discovery channel for their sex program

    It's very interesting, very.....tantalizing.....
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    wtf is wrong with my hand?

    http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3313/dsc00042xvq.jpg
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    Epic Fail

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...5OA4HU&feature=related
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    just got back from shooting new guns

    finally got to shoot my S&W K-22 masterpiece and sigma .40 ve after I "obtained" them in November. k-22 is really a nice gun, very very accurate. shooting the sigma was like spinning the arm on a jack in the box, you never know when it's going to POP! Well, after a while though, you got...
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    I miss yahoo's old style/format of full coverage

    any good places to get quick access to opinion-editorials/analysis on specific topics? I hate the new yahoo format
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    something wrong with my car, RPM issues

    I think my car has way too high of a idle RPM, I've been trying to figure out why my MPG have been so awful lately (I have a 96 saturn that rough starts every morning), and I think it may be a more serious issue then a dirty fuel injector. When I start the car in the morning, I have to rev...
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    How bad should I over-react when my phone rep gets back w/ me?

    Me: Why is this so difficult? Rep: I'm sorry? Me: You know, I order your services 2 months in advance, I'm told by ATT to not cancel my services w/ my prior servicer until the transfer is complete. Lo and behold, the transfer was 3 weeks ago yet somehow my phone number isn't ported over...
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    how many of you have school loans?

    wife and I made it to our late 20's without school loans, but now she is getting her masters and is about to finish w/ 4 classes left w/out school loans. now she is going for a 2nd masters and i doubt we can make it w/out school loans (1/2 way probably) then I may need to go back to...
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    while we are on the topic of mormonism

    Check out this informative video Lawl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dscqcNOGM *edit, Ooops
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    Could anything be more obscure?

    What could possibly possess someone to upload this or even have on hand a copy of the soundtrack?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Csh8-c&feature=related
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    What should I do with my life?

    I am at a crossroads. Do I continue to play computer games or venture off to play the Wii?
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    wtf is going on with my favorite forum??

    http://www.madminutegames.com/MadMinuteBB/index.php
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    how are we controlling gas prices when we get out of this recession?

    Just from a common man perspective, people feel like things are tight when maybe they really aren't that tight once high gas prices rear their ugly heads again. I think a fair $ per gallon that is STEADY will keep the mindset of the average joe from thinking this is a wild ride once we gain...
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    thinking about pulling the trigger

    I have posted before about selling my truck but didn't want to because it is so useful and it's paid off, etc. Current dilemma. My silverado 1500 is in great shape, but its too big for me to drive/uses too much gas (thing will barely fit in the parking garage at work) I don't want to get...
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    Meh. Simple receptacle switch is turning into a nightmare

    Just wanted to replace some disgustingly loose-mounted receptacles in my covered patio (semi enclosed). They were functioning but looked awful, wouldn't stay held in the concrete, and needed to be replaced. Only option is GFCI so that started the snowball 1. Needed to purchase an...
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    how fast should download/upload be to host games?

    i'm switching to UVERSE and my dl speed will be 6mbit vs. 5mbit with cable, cable has upload of 491-480kbit and im not sure what uverse is, but it should be more, maybe twice i can't find any info on internet about what speeds are good for hosting games like medieval total war 2
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    To sell my 2nd vehicle or to keep? That is the question

    I own a 2002 silverado which is in great shape absent the coolant issue I posted a few weeks ago. This is a paid in full vehicle, and only runs on the weekends to go to the local hardware store or drop stuff off at Goodwill, no towing or anything =) Because I don't really need it, and it...
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    Does my "protruding brow ridge" make me stronger?

    Yes, I have a very large brow line. Does this make my forehead stronger then one who's forehead lacking in the brow dept.? Am I genetically superior? *EDIT< almost forgot If you aren't sure which category you fall under, look at your profile (think alfred hitchcock) if you dont'...
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    Can't fix a simple exterior home job because of power line

    I'm so pissed. A piece of a soffit came loose and is exposing the corner. Needs to get repaired before the birds start nesting. The problem just happens to be right next to where my service line connects to my house. I just want to go up there and slap the thing back in but I'm too much...
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    do you like to watch thunderstorms?

    Just starting to storm in St. Louis, so I'm sitting out in our covered porch watching the rain hit our above ground pool. Ahhh....relaxing
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    oh my god, I just gassed myself

    I've never had one that bad before, had to step away from my desk to get some fresh air, it's still kind of lingering. Maybe you need to go to the bathroom, rather than immerse AnandTech in it. AnandTech Senior Moderator Compuwiz1
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    Why does granola only come in such a small box?

    Cliffs only. 1. I buy new box of Granola 2. Put granola in cereal bowl 3. Empty granola box 4. WTF reaction All other cereals come in small, regular, family size editions, why can't granola follow suit =(
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    so i am cheating on my wife while she sleeps upstairs

    with a mistress named white cheddar cheese popcorn OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!
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    att uverse being installed today, I heard rumors...

    that it takes 6 hours for install.. Not sure what to expect, my house is so small Ican't imagine it would take that long. I really hope they draw a new line into or house, it's 1950's and phone line has never changed so I wouldn't be surprised if it's impossible to install without running...
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    Poll: How many pets do you own?

    How many pets do you have? Poll Locked due to crappiest poll ever witnessed on AT. When you have something that requires more thought than your 1 hung over brain cell from last night, get back to us. AnandTech Senior Moderator Compuwiz1
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    would you do this for a $20 gift card?

    Had a guy come to my house to show me stuff about water softener/cleanser, can't even remember the freaking name. Was here for like an hour, showed me how my water is ass and how his water is beast *EDIT it was Rain Soft water purification systems, and the gift card is to FAIL(Home...
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    Got offered to be a hobbit in the new "Hobbit" movie

    I was just taken a nap in the shire this evening after lunch-upper and this guy named Peter came by and blocked out my rays. I was like dude wtf, but he had this big goofy grin on his face so I thought I would entertain the bastard. Turns out he is a director of the Lord of the Ring movies...
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    This has to be my favorite accent

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzKt8OlS-0 I don't know why, but it just is
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    Glasses or No Glasses? POH!

    after starting my new job, I had to wait to get new contacts until my vision insurance kicked in. I've been wearing glasses for last 2 months, and I don't like them. It kills my depth perception, but I suppose it makes me look a bit older/smarter.
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    should i have sympathy for this person?

    what should my sympathy meter be for someone whose household pulls in $240,000 a year, then had to take out $40,000 in retirement which caused them to get raped by the AMT? It's currently reading "Meh" Mainly because I got the whole "JUST WAIT UNTIL THE REST OF THE MIDDLE CLASS SEES WHATS...
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    which of these movies should I watch?

    got 4 movies from my mom for valentines day alien/s 1-3 terminator I'm moving more towards the first alien movie, but i've never seen Terminator on DVD (always on my VHS copy)
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    Poll: Beating children, yes or no?

    For purposes of this thread, Beating is : any form of physical force used to discipline a child "corporal punishment" Does not include: restraining a child from hurting themselves/others, things like that. --------------------------------- At lunchtime at work, whenever it...