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    Package stolen off my front porch! What are my options?

    My home had an attempted breaking during the day on Monday. The would be criminals tried to kick in my back door, but were unsuccessful. I noticed the black shoe marks on the wood frame last night (Monday) and called the police. The pin in my door lock was broken and the deadbolt is bent...
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    Fibre Channel and SANs

    I have an associate that has quoted a new server with a FC array for a lot more money than it seems worth. I have a meeting in a few days to talk about this server and need some general info on FC and in what situations it is more useful that standard SCSI. I'll keep digging on my own but just...
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    Viewsonic VX2025WM vs. NEC 20WMGX2

    I have just enought money on the side for the NEC, but the Viewsonic seems to be just as good at half the price. I want to make a good investment in this monitor. I would only be using this monitor for games/web/programming/etc. and would probably never want to hook anything else up to it...
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    I need a widescreen!

    Currently I'm running a L90D+ (1280x1024) with a 7800GT. I'm looking to upgrade to widescreen, but I don't know where the sweet spot is for a monitor/video card setup. I would really like to get a 24" monitor, but don't want to spend a chunk on my video cards in order to be able to play the...
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    Intel Noob needs some info

    Until Dell get their head out of..... Since my company always buys Dells, we are stuck with Intel at the desktop. I'm looking to buy a bunch of mid-high level computers for a bunch of programmers/engineers. There isn't a big price difference between the 8xx and the 9xx chips, but if I'm...
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    Calling all Excel experts!

    This is a good one. I'm using Excel 2003. Two ladies in my office have a bunch of older excel files. The problem is when you copy a date from one workbook to another the date gets 3 years and 1 day subtracted from it. Example: 11/21/2005 becomes 11/20/2001 Excel stores date in a...
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    Yet another "What To Buy" Thread! Opteron vs. San Diego

    Venice in my sig has gone belly up. RMA my mobo thinking that was the issue, but my comp still won't boot with the new mobo. POST's with a "CPU running in safe mode. Please reset CPU frequency in BIOS." error message. I got it OEM about 6 months ago so no dice on the RMA. CPU warranties...
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    Warm: Apple Education Store: Ipod Video 30GB-$269 60GB-$369

    This does not apply to K-12 Students and appears only to be valid in the US. Apple Store for Education is offering $30 off the Ipod with video with free shipping. Unfortunately, you might still have to pay sales tax if there is an Apple Retail Store in your state. (I had to pay sales tax...
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    How to sweep a girl off her feet

    http://wiki.ehow.com/Sweep-a-Girl-off-Her-Feet lmao - digital self-help
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    XBox360 Architecture

    I'm working on a paper for my computer architecture class and was given the topic of "Modern Console Architecture" by my prof. I was pretty happy with the assignment until I started looking for good solid information about the XBox360. I know it's a tri-core IBM PowerPC proc, but can't find...
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    IC Packaging

    I need some info on IC packaging specifically advantages and disadvantages in terms of cost, manufacturability, mounting requirements, PC board area, ease of handling, robustness of the packaging, etc. I have a few application notes and papers, but everything just seems to describe the...
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    Portable Water Cooling

    I've enjoyed the overclocking days of my Barton, but as its lifetime come to an end, I'm considering building a watercooling setup. I'm planning on getting a 90nm A64 and pushing it up as far at it wants to go and then some. My currents setup clearly show my love for Panaflo fans and my...