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    Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on the health care debate

    An interesting interview with Former Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on the current healthcare debate. I was not aware that Frist had worked as a doctor for a year in the British National Health Service. The most relevant portion, in my opinion injecting some sense into the debate, is here...
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    California state worker ratio second-lowest in the nation

    link Looking further at the pdf report linked off that page, when taking California's combined total of state and local employees in account, the difference isn't quite as dramatic, but even then California is still well below the national average. Same for K-12 education employees. In...
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    Misplaced Blame

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10...5wed2.html?ref=opinion Some pretty good rebuttal there IMO, especially the bolded. It's ludicrous to think a 30 year old law in the US could be the origin of a global financial crisis. And the facts of the case, such as the study referenced in the last...
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    When Madmen Reign

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09...ml?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Bolded are what I thought were the most important parts. Agreeing largely with the article I don't have much more to say, other than to make a few points to ward off those wanting to deflect blame from this failed ideology. No, I'm...
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    Experts eye alternatives to bailout approach

    link I saw this list of 4 solutions proposed as alternatives to the bailout plan by Paulson. While I'm by no means an expert on the financial system, as a taxpayer I have little interest in paying for a massive bailout of corporations who, combined with conservative administrations, have long...
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    Socialism, 21st Century Style

    link A ?harsh? but well deserved critique on some of the blatant hypocrisies of the Bush Administration, and more broadly the Republican party/ideology since the Reagan days (actually, probably going back even further to Goldwater) with the recent bailouts of Wall Street. It's just obscene to...
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    Some questions regarding overclocking a 8800GTS 512

    Hi, I recently jumped on the Zotac 8800GTS 512 deal at fxvideocards. I've been out of the loop for a while on overclocking the latest cards (my previous card, a 7900GS, is obviously significantly different than the unified architecture of the Geforce 8000 series and beyond). Anyway, I...
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    Bioshock install limits removed

    Link I didn't see any other posts on this in a quick search, so I don't think this is a repeat. Anyway, I think I speak for all of us when I say that took long enough. Strange they waited nearly a year to do so, in the process possibly keeping those who would have paid full price for a...
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    Deciding what fans to get for my p182-based system

    Hey all, I have an Antec P182 case, and am considering what additional fans to get (if any). I currently have it set up with the default three Tricool fans (intake in middle of bottom compartment, and blowing out of top and rear). I installed an Arctic 7 Freezer Pro fan on the cpu. My main...
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    Unreal pack on Steam now $44.99 (previously $59.99)

    I just saw that the Unreal pack (which contains Unreal 1, 2, and Unreal Tournament '99, 2004, and 3) on Steam now costs $44.99, $15 less than the previous price $59.99. I believe the prices of some of the components of the pack, or at least Unreal Tournament 3, fell as well, though I'm not sure...
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    What is the reason behind the IO bracket

    This is largely just a random, 7am at work question, but is there any real necessity/utility of the motherboard IO bracket beyond aesthetics, minor noise reduction, and reducing to some degree the risk of damaging individual ports (if, say, a cord is yanked out, the metal bracket should prevent...
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    Lock-ups and other issues with a new SATA drive

    Hi. I recently ordered and received Western Digital's new WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA drive. I installed this into my newish desktop, with a Abit IP35-e motherboard with a 200GB PATA drive and PATA DVD drive. However, I have not yet been able to successful use the new SATA drive: whether due to a...
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    Paranoia and a new IP35-E motherboard

    Hi. Recently after seeing several good concurrent deals ($60 after rebate for an Abit IP35-E, $50 after for an E2180, and $60 after rebate for 4GB DDR2-800 Corsair memory), I finally built an Intel desktop ? a sad event for the old AMD fan inside me. Anyway, I had a few, hopefully just...
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    Bin Laden's son wants to be peace activist

    AP Link Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father ? except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with...
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    Question about DDR1 high density compatability

    I have a MSI K8N Neo4 nForce4 motherboard currently with 1GB of DDR400 memory, and I'm looking at this deal for 2GB link. But from what I've read at the Slickdeals posting where I found this deal link, it seems that this is high-density DDR1 memory, which has compatibility issues with a good...
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    Gingrich says no to White House bid

    Link Well, I guess that's that. Not too much of a surprise, in my opinion, as the GOP field is already pretty crowded and I don't see how Gingrich could have taken the lead. I view him the same way as Al Gore: someone who's probably past their time as far as the presidency, and who...
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    Strange Cinebench results on Vostro 1400

    I previously ran Cinebench 9.5 on my friend's Lenovo, which has a Core 2 running at 1.67 GHz on a 667MHz bus, and got a single CPU score of 274, and a multi-core score of 504. On my Vostro 1400, with a Core 2 running at 1.6GHz on a 800MHz bus, I got a slightly higher single-cpu score of 282, but...