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    Anyone trying to stand upright?

    I would but my hip replacement doesnt let me put any weight on my right leg, so its kind of hard. Stuck in a goddamn wheelchair at 21.
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    I've consumed ~1000 calories in the last 4 days

    I'd really rather try to help the OP with his issues then go into details about my own. The drink advice I gave earlier REALLY helps. I'd try to stay away from coffee if you can as when your fluid intake is allready low a diuretic isnt very helpful.
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    I've consumed ~1000 calories in the last 4 days

    Who the hell would lie about something like that? short version: Osteosarcoma in right proximal femur, radical resection done, tumor removed from right hip but had spread to lungs. Completely unresponsive to chemotherapy, im on a trial phase 1 drug right now, and the growing lung nodules...
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    I've consumed ~1000 calories in the last 4 days

    Im a 21 year old cancer patient with less than 6 months to live, so ive been in the no-appetite/depression stage many many times. The drinkable-meal type things are a great help (Boost, Ensure, and similar products) to get enough calories for the day. The best thing to do is mix it with a...
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    Dell 22" LCD 2ms response time..

    I have yet to own an LCD, but I am currently out of desk space and need more room, so ive decided to replace my huge clunky 1999 crt. Between 5ms and 2ms I realize during gaming the difference is negligible, but the 2ms version is only $30 more and I want to really treat myself. Is dell...
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    Vista Installation Woes (Updated)

    d'oh, too many hardware changes swapping my other PCs hard drive in just caused a constant reboot cycle as it stuggled to load XP Pro. and I dont have a spare empty hard drive to try to swap out.. Its just so weird to me that it keeps dying and having the locale error, which makes no sense...
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    Vista Installation Woes (Updated)

    Memory doesnt feel to be the problem as it always dies at exactly the same point. I will run memtest over tonight though. Im about to try a Windows XP Pro hard drive from my old pc just to check if its the hard drive. Hopefully I can use the windows xp pro hdd as primary and use it to...
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    Vista Installation Woes (Updated)

    I actually got a new disk to try to install with, my HDD option in the bios was set to: IDE the other options being RAID or AHCI. I tried switching it to AHCI, now I get past expanding files but when it hits installing features, it checks it off, hangs for a minute and hits me with...
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    Vista Installation Woes (Updated)

    at 91% Expanding Files it hangs for 5-7 minutes and posts an error message saying "Windows cannot access the installation sources. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restaart the installation." I tried cutting down to 2g of ram (from 4, two sticks), tried installing a...
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    $5,000.00 to invest and forget

    How bad do you need the 5000? You can always lend it to me up front and ill go play Forex for a month or so.. :) Been running 2 demo accounts that are up an average of 20% a month each! Stupid job needs to give me 2 more paychecks till I can open a real. :(
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    What's the manliest liquor you can drink?

    For me personally I know it technically doesnt count but.. Jagermeister I drink spiced rum, nicaraguan rum, vodka, and jager.. Of those three Jager takes the cake. easily.
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    Do those 'referral-into-free-stuff" sites actually work?

    Hey, Specifically im looking at www. myzunefree .com as it seems straightforward, it doesnt try to hide the offers from you, and it does concede that most of the offers cost $1-$5 dollars. I was just curious if anyone ever had any positive results from them? Im sick of hearing...
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    not looking forward to working full-time

    I can vouch for this method. Im 20 at the moment, worked 16-17 at an office, 18-20 (post-highschool) at food service. It complely changed me. Im now doing a 14/hour full workweek on top of classic, foreign language learning, and GM'ing a wow guild in ssc/tk(:-P) I fucking LOVE being busy...
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    not looking forward to working full-time

    Im working 40 hour weeks while taking classes towards ibanking.. I figure 3 more years of this while im paying for college, then 5-6 years of ibanking/analyst work at 80+ hours/week then I can break into wall street somewhere. 5-10 more years of 60+ hour work before I transfer to a real...
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    Woman deletes $2.5m worth of files in mistaken revenge bid..

    Im in the process of training a newer hire (im only a month in) to take over my duties at the broker-dealer im at.. Its scary :( Though my supervisors love me so I think they are just going to shift me out of filing/indexing and not replace me. I wish Managers would just disclose their...
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    A New Semester...

    I buy books for my major or technical classes, as I figure i will keep them. The rest is wikipedia/google/bullshitting. If we need to write a paper on it ill hit a library or sit at barnes and noble and write it.
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    Why I hate my job

    Exactly. The key point is they let you do it unpaid rather than forcing you to come in, or you can use your PTO bank. At least its not shit retail/food service where you come in no matter what or you are canned.
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    how to build a fireball you can hold

    Has anyone tested this yet? Want to try it but dont want to burn my pretty hands. :-P
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    Question raised by "Sicko"

    Some other interesting facts: preface: YES there is no standardized system for wait lists in canada. YES it has been beaten to death due to its many inefficiencies. Healthcare spending per capita in Canada 9.4% healcare spending per capita in USA 8.0%...
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    Question raised by "Sicko"

    The Lancet article cited says 13% of cancer patients who need radiation in UHC Britain dont get it due to wait times/shortage of equipment. And the average time between diagnosis and the beginning of treatment is 18 weeks. I recently hurt my knee. Called about an apointment thursday. I...
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    If you won the lottery...

    Significantly. Assuming a 7% rate of return over 26 years purely from investing you would be sitting at just shy of 150 million. more realistically you will invest 20 million of it, buy some property / have fun with the rest. that 20 million will be at 110m by itself at the end of...
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    Stuck at work and very very hungry

    spent my lunch break taking the girlfriend to work.. 6th lunch break in a row :(
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    Run on the Banks

    the FDIC CANT un-insure banks.. in a worst case scenario the Fed can print more money on the short term before selling back to the market to reel it back in. The US Banking system is very complex, and very safe. There is no real reason to worry.
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    Run on the Banks

    Well you havent really given a reason for WHY you want to withdraw what does it accomplish?
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    Need MP3 Player for Work ~$100 range?

    that Samsa 8b e280 looks perfect, and looks about 90-100.. Out of curiosity where did you find Zune's for 100? Even browns seem to start at around 140, other colors at 170?
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    Need MP3 Player for Work ~$100 range?

    Hey, I recently got a new job for a broker-dealer firm nearby. :) (14/hour for no degree work concurrent with school is not too bad imo) The policy on internet/music players and such is "as long as it doesnt interfere with your work", so ive been doing limited ATOT lurking and such...
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    good museums or other places to see in NYC?

    burger shack in a park (blanking on which park) best burgers ive ever had, by far. get the shack sauce. :) and its in walking distance of EVERYTHING. edit -- http://shakeshack.com/ in terms of sightseeing places, my friends and I just had much more fun wandering around...
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    1/4" to 3.5mm headphone converter?

    Psh it was $4.59 in store. I should complain. and yeah i didnt even think about the new senns being on warranty heh, i will call them and ask about the repair though. Thanks
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    1/4" to 3.5mm headphone converter?

    By the way, thanks PurdueRy. See, my brain would have glazed over that, as the title is "1/8" jack to 1/4" plug" To me, plug is the knobby end and jack is the input. 1/4" knobby end = wrong ! :( Their picture at least makes sense though.
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    1/4" to 3.5mm headphone converter?

    in terms of repairs, for some reason buying a new cable has fixed it for the longest time I had called Sennheiser about a repair about a year back but they said it would cost a fair bit. My dad took pity on me about a year and a half ago and bought me a new pair of hd580s, and the problem...
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    1/4" to 3.5mm headphone converter?

    Hey, Ive had a running issue with my Sennheiser HD580's where every 6-9 months i have to buy a new headphone cable as it begins crackling in the right ear, fixable by jiggling the cable a bit. After paying $22 dollars for new cables 4-5 times, I went to check for cheaper cables this time...
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    Crysis owners: how long did the SP campaign take you?

    First try was normal, was very easy, your armor regens quickly if you duck behind a rock, i could Rambo most of it with just melee/throwing people into other people. Saying that, I did explore a lot of out of the way locations, so it took me about 12-15. Im trying again now in Delta and...
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    The AT World of Warcraft Thread (Where do you play) and general BS

    Sold my old 70 mage Got a new 70 Rogue/druid (Patho/Pathoomkin) on Dragonmaw We are in our 2nd week of raiding (some friends i rerolled with) and we have prince and nalorakk down.. if anyone needs a guild let me know :-P
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    Grocery shopping at 10:30 pm on a Saturday...

    I sleep till 10 or so, class till 5, girlfriend works from 2-11 most days.. We usually go shopping around 11:30 at night, its not so weird. We should shoot for later i guess. We're usually up till about 4 anyway. on a side note, i lol'd and woke my girlfriend up at the post...
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    What do you consider a manly suicide ?

    I read up to page 3, and noone mentioned Whore-house heart attack? you all should be ashamed.
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    Is a 1.0 TB Hard drive false advertising?

    Its been beaten to death. Somewhere on the box it says "1 tb in 1,000,000mb theoretical gb, not actual real-world mb."
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    Oooh, mystery illness

    what shotguns would you gun afficionado's recommend for civilian zombie defense? Practicality vs Price :) Also, what bullets would one recommend vs a target with no organs to penetrate?
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    How much money would it take...

    Your wife would get over you in a few years. Such is life.
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    How much money would it take...

    10,000 for a stranger, i need money pretty badly right now... Would enable me to get student loans and get out of community college. as it is my rent money runs dry in 3 months and i dont have the tuition for next semester of classes. For a friend, im guess im not as loyal as i thought...