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    Help with OS X server and DNS

    Backgroud: I took a new job where they have two MAC OS X servers running their web page and mail service. This is in Cedar Rapids, IA - which (if you are in the US) you may have heard flooded this spring. So now our servers are at a new location and the person I took the job from is long gone...
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    PS3 Hot Shots Golf new downloadable course

    How big should they be? It is a lot of green texture over a map maybe some sand texture. The wind data, geography stuff is already part of the program. Basically everything is there for new course except the arrangement of stuff.
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    (With Poll) If you could have ONE power...

    I think shape shifting would get me screwed the most so I will go with that. Find a hot chick, bump into her boyfriend at the bar then go home and give her a quick lay. Hell it might even improve their relationship since "he" would be paying more attention to her.
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    Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

    I am playing this right now and it isn't the toughness of the battles but the problems with camera angles and unintuitive interface which just about ruin it for me. It is often hard or impossible on levels with doorways, or overhangs to see where things are, and the menu is just a pain the butt...
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    Iowa City and Ceder Rapids 500 year flood - The white man's Katrina

    It is kind of amazing. Right now Interstate 80 is closed outside Iowa City which means one of the main trucking arteries for the US has a several hour detour. In CR we are supposed to use water for drinking only since the pumping capacity is only at 25% normal. So today I stink and my mouth...
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    Apple iPhone 2.0, $199 8GB, $299 16GB

    So the *cheapest* plan would be the $40 for the phone but no data? Will they let you do that? I really don't care that much if I have data since I have wi-fi at most places and I don't need to browse when I don't. $40 isn't too bad for a 2 year plan (not great though) but $70 is too high -...
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    disappointed with AT and T

    That sucks but it is a cool toy so you have to put up with odd restrictions. Heck I have no desire for a data plan (opposite of your problem) but they don't seem to care about me either. Hold out hope for Android. If several good phones come out using it perhaps something will come along...
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    Making a good living, but still feeling strapped

    What country are you planning on moving too which is going to tax you less (and provide better services?)
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    From everyone's FAVORITE news source.....

    Wow. That is nitpicking to the highest degree. He taught kids at a college, but the college didn't officially list him as a "professor of law".... I saw all my teachers in college as "professors" regardless of what their official job title was. After reading through all three lists I...
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    is the beef supply safe in the US?

    Then why did the FDA recently recall 143 million pounds? Oh because someone did an undercover video of the practices. So the question is are you just ignorant or are you willfully lying.
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    How late can you be for work?

    Good point. Of course the understanding then is I drop the phone at 5PM even if I am in the middle of helping someone - after all I am not PAID and I am losing money. Or am I somehow supposed to be screwed out of time but the company can't be? And why exactly does the company have more rights...
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    Death toll in Burma may reach 500,000

    Just looked at another story on CNN. Realistically until the world gets the will to remove the ruling junta the people of Myanmar will suffer and die. Unfortunately they don't have oil, and the military didn't tick off our current president's daddy so I don't see any great will on the part...
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    Why no software hack for Zune?

    There are just tons of shortcomings with the Zune software and I would really like someone to put out alternatives as has happened with the iPod but I have never seen any. Why not? Is the market just so tiny that no one has bothered?
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    Chances of XBOX360/PS3 Price Cut in Near Future?

    Yup. Why lower the price now? The holiday season is when it will actually sell systems so they will save it until then.
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    This is fun - babies thrown off tower for good luck

    Sorry, perhaps "genital reduction with scalpel " would sound better? Which still misses the point. The point is that in the US it is considered perfectly acceptable to slice of portions of a newborn's body, but people are acting like drop a child into a sheet - which in no way...
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    This is fun - babies thrown off tower for good luck

    genital mutilation is a time honored tradition in Jewish and Christian culture as well - anyone circumcised? Oh wait, when American's mutilate a new born's body it is probably ok....talk about hyper-relativistic.
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    What the hell to do with my free time/life????

    +1 As far as I can tell they are a bottomless pit willing to suck in every free minute you have. :)
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    So how exactly do Europeans cope with high prices?

    It is not fair, but we don't get to decide what our tax dollars go towards here in the US either. I would love to have all the taxes I paid for the Iraq war back. How is it "fair" that I have to foot the bill for that war? Unfortunately as a society we seem to have made the choice that...
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    whats your gaming budget like ?

    $15 a month. That is my gamefly membership.
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    How high can gas go?

    Sounds like a lot, but how much more is that then you paid 6 months ago?
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    McCain starts with the serious vote buying

    How much does this actually help Americans? At $0.184/gallon people save $1.8 for every 10 gallons. I would guess an average range of $1.80 to $5.40. Are Americans so close to the breaking point that saving *less* than a MacDonalds dinner is going to save them? So people can afford a $40,000...
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    nm

    The same thing which gave the impression people wanted you to be an ass.
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    Guy smacking his kids in a restaurant...

    That is just stupid. If he knows he is going to get the belt he eventually learns the belt isn't that bad...so dad has to ratched it up a bit to longer and longer times. Eventually when the kid is 15-16 the belt won't work so dad needs to move to punches in the face, broken bones, etc. It...
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    Oil & Gas thread:12-17-08 OPEC & non-members agree to largest reduction in history 7 percent

    Wouldn't it be "everyone"? Since lower gas prices mean lower prices for all products shipped by means which use gas....so basically everything. So, as consumers, we all benefit when gas prices don't rise too much.
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    Little Big Adventure 1 & 2

    Great games, and great soundtrack. I believe it was the first game I played where you could play the soundtrack separately.
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    PS3 firmware 2.20 adds resume for DVD/blu discs! huzzah!

    Thanks. One thing Google lacks though is personal experience. Has anyone done this and has software they would recommend? It would be appreciated.
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    PS3 firmware 2.20 adds resume for DVD/blu discs! huzzah!

    And what is the best way to do that?
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    UK Teachers union: Homework makes kids "unhappy and anxious"

    So far only Martin has even tried to present some evidence to support a position. Could those in favor of homework please show some evidence it works? Just something to back it up besides - "I did it", and the like.
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    FYI - Preorder the Dual-Shock 3 at Amazon for $49.99 w/free shipping

    Now that is a comment with a joke...but I am not stepping in that direction either.
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    Iron Lore goes down... (Titan Quest)

    So if sales are taking off then what is the problem?
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    60 Minutes episode-health relief in the USA

    by saying "crazy lefties" and the clever "Hitlery" all you do is make yourself look stupid. If you want to have a serious discussion great - if you want to troll...well I guess it is a public place but don't expect that anyone will actually bother paying attention to you.
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    60 Minutes episode-health relief in the USA

    All I can think is you haven't really been sick or known anyone sick. You don't get in to see the specialist the same day 90% of the time. My wife went to the doctor on Monday last week and needed an ultrasound....the first time they could see her was Thursday. My dad has cancer and has...
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sells 1.65 million.

    SPOILER (obviously) It is a shotgun which is actually underground. You need to find a ramp to the underground - like an underground parking garage type ramp, go down there and it is tucked away. You have to do some jumping on a car or two to get around an anomaly. The problem is...
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    Hidden cam shows my wife running a red light

    That is so stupid. If I rob an ATM it is just the camera accusing me as well! Why don't I just get a warning? Also by the stupid logic of Florida if I kill someone I should never be able to be found guilty of murder (assuming no one sees) because I can't face my accuser in court! After...
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    Aargh! Wife ran side view mirror into garage door frame!

    It is great that in your house you have that but that is just your choice. In the eyes of the law you are joined. If you run up thousands in debts and skip town they will be legally able to come after your wife.
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    60% of girls aged 18-21 cannot do basic addition/subtraction w/o calculator

    One would assume since she is in the #2 rated Pharmacy school that she is not stupid, so perhaps being able to do simple math isn't the great litmus test of intelligence that people here seem to be indicating. And why should she need to know? Does you know how to skin a deer? I bet you...
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    Favorite Characters?

    Tex Murphy! Guybrush Threepwood Manny Cabrera The Nameless One All characters I would love to play again.
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    What are you gonna spend your $600 on?

    I am probably going to get a PS3 and maybe a nice LCD for the PC. The last rebate I put into student loans, each raise I just put straight into the 401k - this time I am going to blow my money!
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    Terminators - Accuracy?

    And apparently cows. :)
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    Mass Effect

    Has Bioware ever put out a game which was exclusive for a console? As for their quotes...they had similar ones about Jade Empire. I am sure there is some technical legal reason they can't announce it until a certain point but their past record is more indicative than their PR statements.