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    Anyone want to join a fantasy baseball league?

    This is very late notice, but we need at least one more team. The draft is scheduled for tonight (Wednesday), 7pm eastern. Currently we're stuck at seven teams, so we need at least one. If we get three, I'll be glad to go with 10. Last year we had 12, but there were quite a few dropouts this...
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    Critique my budget build

    Hi all, I'm currently looking to build a new PC without breaking the bank. My main concern is gaming. I game at 1920x1200, so I do need some decent hardware to manage that, but by no means am I an extreme graphics freak. I was still running an x1900xt until I upgraded my monitor and video...
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    My car got stolen

    Well, my '01 Integra got stolen. I don't want to buy a nice car until I move out of the area I'm currently living in. What would you folks recommend as a temporary beater? I'd like to spend under, say $3000. My main focus will be on reliability -- performance can wait until I move and buy a...
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    Mario Kart Wii Friend Codes

    In the spirit of the SSBB friend code thread, I thought I would start a list of Mario Kart Wii friend codes. Please post your information and I will update the list frequently. Please include your location, if you don't mind giving that information: Crafty35a: 5241-2304-8146 - West...
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    How should I package a Wii for shipping?

    Well I was at Toys 'R Us at opening time Sunday to pick up Guitar Hero III (wii) on sale. I also ended up picking up a Wii for my brother who hasn't been able to get his hands no one yet. So I need to ship it out, but I've never shipped a system before. Will it be safe just wrapping up the Wii...
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    Need to find/replace text in multiple files

    I have hundreds of text files (wel, not actually text files, but they just contain plain text) in which I need to replace a particular string of text with another string. I just need a utility to allow me to do this, hopefully just letting me set it loose on a folder containing many files...
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    Word experts

    Here is my situation: I have two columns containing some text. Above those columns, I have a heading (which is not a part of the columns, since it spans the entire page width.) I am trying to force the heading to always be on the same page as the columns below. Normally I would use the...
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    Dumb IE7 question

    Does anyone know how to make the Favorites Center tab in IE7 bigger (wider, mainly)? By default it is not wide enough to accomodate some of my Favroties with long names, but there doesn't seem to be a way to resize it. If I "pin" it to the left with the arrow button, then I can resize it, but I...
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    What does this question mean? (on an employment application)

    Yesterday, I interviewed for a job. They asked me to fill out a formal application and get it back to them as soon as possible. One of the questions is "Have you ever been bonded in prior employment? If yes, list names of employers." I have no idea what this question means - I've never heard the...
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    Critique my resume

    Well, I've just spent a bit of time writing up a resume for the first time. Any tips on improving it would be greatly appreciated, as I'm obviously new at this. The position I am looking into is a CAD Technician/CAD Management position, if that helps. Thanks...
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    Anyone have an OiNK invitation?

    PM me if so, thanks!
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    Recommend my next car

    With certain caveats: - Price can't range much higher than 5k, so obviously I will be buying a used car. - I drive a LOT. I have about a 110 mile commute round trip just for work every day. So it needs to be decent on gas, and reliable. - I tend to lean towards foreign cars, primarily...
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    Looking sound card with dual outputs

    I'm in need of a sound card with two standard outputs. I want this because I have my PC hooked up to my TV to watch movies, but it's a bit of an annoyance to have to swap out the audio connection every time so my TV is plugged in (rather than my PC speakers). I've always used onboard audio so...
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    How to hook my TV up to stand-alone speakers?

    I would like to hook my TV directly up to some standalone tower speakers that I have, without the need to go through a large AV receiver. The TV has component output, and the speakers of course just accept speaker wire. Is there some sort of relatively inexpensive converter that I can buy to...
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    Problems with new Windows XP install

    Here is my situation. I have three hard drives, two IDE, and one SATA. Windows is installed on the primary IDE master drive, the IDE slave is a storage drive, then I have a SATA drive which has been used as storage. Recently, my primary IDE drive seems to be slowly failing (randomly making...
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    TV-out - continuous rising horizontal bars

    I am using component out to my 1080i HDTV from my X1900XT. On the TV, I see continuous horizontal bars that slowly move up the screen. The bars are just a slightly darker color than the rest of the image, but it is very distracting. Since I also had this problem with my X850XT, I'm guessing...
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    Paypal question

    Is it possible to add funds to my account using a credit card (not a paypal CC)? Anyone know? I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. Thanks!
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    New X1900XT - New Hardware Found repeatedly

    Yesterday I got my new X1900XT in. I installed the drivers as usual (6.7, driver only, no CCC), then installed ATi Tray Tools. But now, every time I reboot I am getting the New Hardware Found pop-up. Anyone know what is going on here? Did I forget another driver?
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    New X1900XT, no video signal

    Hi all, I just got my new Connect3d X1900XT in and set it up, along with a new power supply which I've had laying around for a while. However, I get no signal to the monitor at all. I also tried it with my old power supply, still no signal. And the new power supply works fine with my old...
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    Error when updating profile

    Whenever I try to change the email address in my profile, I get an IE popup window with that error, and "Error Code: 578" It seems to only happen when I try update my email address -- other things work fine. Anyone know what is going on here? I can't find anything by searching. Thanks!
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    Problems with new Sapphire X850XT

    Hello all, Today I upgraded my computer from AGP to PCI-E. The new components are a Biostar NF4ST-A9 motherboard, a Sapphire X850XT video card, and a ThermalTake 430W power supply. I set everything up, re-installed windows, installed drivers, etc., then tried a test run with 3dmark05 to...
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    Problem with DDR speed on Biostar NF4ST-A9

    Hello all, I just upgraded my system from an AGP motherboard to the Biostar NF4ST-A9 PCI-E board. My old board was a Gigabyte K8NSC-939. I have 4 512 MB DIMM's, two are PNY, two are generic. With the old motherboard, they worked fine as PC3200 (400mhz). With the new board if I install one...
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    Upgrading - Will these components work together?

    My current specs are listed on the left. Here is what I am thinking of ordering today: Sapphire X850 XT Biostar NF4ST-A9 Socket 939 Motherboard Thermaltake 420W PSU I just want to make sure that I will not have any problems with these components working together, and that I am not...
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    Need some upgrade advice

    Hello all, I think it it finally time to upgrade my old video card, which should be the last component really bogging down my system right now (particularly when it comes to gaming). Here are my current specs: Athlon 64 3200+ (939 pin) 2GB PC3200 ram (4x512) All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro 420W...
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    TV Tuner "default" volume with All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro

    Hello, My problem is that the TV volume is too low. Even if I have the Line-in volume set to max, with my computer at normal volume, my TV volume is not loud enough to watch comfortably. So I end up having to turn my normal PC volume up higher than usual, which causes some problems (getting...