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    College bills, who pays?

    :thumbsup:
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    How accurate is KBB

    Buyers use Edmunds because it seems to run low. Sellers use KBB or NADA which seem to be pretty close to each other in valuations. Not sure why Edmunds tends to run so much lower than KBB and NADA. They claim "True Market Value" but then provide no easy to find links to explain what they mean...
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    Need some help from fellow atheists

    Their statement is mostly true. But how does it lose your argument? What is your argument? This is of course too simplified, but there are two kinds of people in this world. Moral and immoral. Believing in God, heaven, and hell will keep a subset of the immoral from acting immorally. To...
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    Me and my girlfriend are going to college next year..

    That's not always true. If he happens to be as mature as he thinks he is, having a strong committed relationship, and willing to discuss issues on almost mature sites like ATOT instead of MySpace, using decent grammer and without reverting to el33t spe4k, he may not make any friends in college...
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    Just when I thought Dogs were the best pets...

    Generally speaking, you don't hear to often of people who hate dogs, wish them ill will, and talk of doing exceptionally mean things to them. However, you frequently hear about people who have this attitude towards cats. I think this is most common among men with ego issues who feel a need for...
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    Car starting to overheat in idle, fan looks like it's bad

    Are you sure there is something wrong with the fan? Overheating at idle can sometimes be a sign of low coolant level, so check your coolant level too ( preferably when the engine is cool :P )
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    How many minutes do you use on your cell phone?

    Last time I checked, Sprint wasn't offering anything less than $40 a month for I don't remember how many minutes. I only use about 50 minutes a month, and didn't like paying $40 a month for over ten times the minutes I was using, so I called to cancel service. During the call to cancel, they...
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    New Sprint Bills

    So I got my Sprint bill for the last month for my cell service. The bill is quite different from how it has been for years previously. It's over twice the size with more pages. What did they do with all that extra space? Nothing. Other than use a slightly larger font in a few places. In...
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    Would you support the next President if they championed massive spending cuts?

    Streamlining and balancing the budget are fine goals to be worked on. But this sounds more like a call for massive cuts across the board. I say we go for it. Only then, after a couple of years, will people realize what a stupid $*&#! idea it was.
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    How do the military men fighting in Iraq get laid?

    As I'm sure most people who like hanging out at computer hardware sites can attest to, you can easily go years without sex. However, a lot of people who go into the military are militant hormonal egomaniacs, which makes me worry. Hopefully the enlisted eggheads have enough training and mature...
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    My challenge: find a factually incorrect news piece from Fox!

    Any person or organization that openly proclaims they are "fair and balanced" without a shadow of a doubt is most definitely NOT fair and balanced. I don't think they are lying about that, however. I think they probably really believe that they are fair and balanced. And that is why I don't...
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    Do I need a router?

    Check to see if your modem is also a router. Some new modems double as a router, and have built in firewalls and other garbage. If it is, no need for a second router. If you didn't already know, you can tell by your IP address. If it is 192.168.xxx.xxx, then you have a router. You can also...
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    Engine check light, how do I turn it off and why does it go off?

    The easiest fix is putting a piece of black electrical tape over it, though I'd recommend removing the bulb. :-)
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    Radar Detectors

    I got a single speeding ticket back in the early 90's that cost me $450. That alone would have covered the price of a top dollar radar detector. I lost respect for that area of law enforcement that day, as I was just speeding for a brief period on a straight empty road to try out some...
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    Fresh out of school

    A person who agrees it is a bad idea to join the Marines in a time of war probably shouldn't join the Marines in a time of peace either.
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    ATOT people who are 24+, when did you realize you weren't really really young anymore?

    I've noticed recently it's not so easy anymore to get in my car with my butt on the back of the seat, legs in the air, sandwiched between the steering wheel and the seat, with my head upside-down and under the dash in order to work on dash linkages and wiring. Also, some old friends have...
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    I hate CSS

    I love CSS for styling. And I hate it for layout. Same boat here. I often try to use CSS for layout, but it's complicated and takes time to figure out. Definitely not intuitive (i.e. centering by setting left and right margin to auto, and then sometimes it doesn't work). And with deadlines...
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    Nero Pricing

    I'd like to get a new copy of Nero. But when I looked at their website, they only thing they were offering was Nero 7 Ultra Edition for $100. So I was thinking of just finding a DVD burner that comes with Nero, which will only cost me about $35, then throwing away the DVD drive. Anyone...
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    what email software are you using?

    Thunderbird. Most all e-mail providers have web-based front-ends on their e-mail services, so it's not usually a problem when you want to access your mail over the web.
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    IE 7.0 users who switched from FireFox or Opera?

    IE has had such a long history of problems, I don't think I could ever go back. With Firefox and others, you get a wide range of add-ons, less virus vulnerability, better standards support, and other things. To bring it to a single point -- Firefox is managed by people who primarily care...
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    gas mileage and power

    I'm confused. You want to turn your 390 HP Cobra into an 800 HP Cobra, but you drive it like Grandma for the mileage? Something is not right here. Either enjoy your Cobra and be one of "those" people, or buy a Prius and be one of "those" people. Either way, some people will love you, and...
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    Light Bulbs

    The best thing about CFL's is that they are not burning out all the darn time. Oddly, however, I have an old incandescent lightbulb in a mobile garage fixture for providing light when working on cars. Despite the abuse it has seen, the incandescent bulb in it has lasted for decades.
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    How do you cut your fingernails so they don't look like crap?

    If you use a nail file, you lose your man card. Just fyi.
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    Does the USA need an official language?

    Agreed. I don't want to have to learn a new language for every country I visit or do business with. It is a big and unnecessary waste of time and brain power. Keep your regional goofiness if you want, but make a common standard I can learn and use.
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    The Incipience of a New Dark Age ;)

    True, but a Senior Analyst is a Senior Analyst because she can see problems coming and avoid them before they happen. As opposed to the entry level Programmer who will just invent a new program after the old one crashes and loses the company hundreds of millions of dollars.
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    France sounds like an awesome country

    The USA dropped out of the ITER project some years ago and later rejoined as only a minor contributor. Meanwhile, as far as I know, France has always been a strong supporter and contributor. That's what I get annoyed about with the USA -- can't be trusted to see things through.
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    Light Pollution in the US

    Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ. Mauna Kea summit on the Big Island in Hawaii. New moon, of course.
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    Handbrakes on automatic transmissions cars

    I don't think he meant an adjustment issue. More like a lack of use issue. Anything that doesn't get used for long periods of time is more likely to seize or fail in some way.
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    Handbrakes on automatic transmissions cars

    Using the parking brake is just good practice I think...unless you live in Alaska I guess. For practical purposes, like others have said, using it on a hill is a good idea or the vehicle might get stuck in park. If the parking brake is properly applied and working well, it is very hard NOT...
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    France sounds like an awesome country

    I prefer the USA, but I would love to have more time off like they supposedly do in France. I also admire that most of their power is nuclear, they have high speed trains, and that they have the balls to take on and finish awesome projects like supersonic civil transport (Concorde) and the...
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    I got glasses

    Problems with contacts: * When something gets in your eye, the contact generally complicates getting it back out. Often have to remove and rinse the contact. Can cause eye to be irritated for awhile. With glasses, you just blink it out like normal. * Contacts can be easily lost or...
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    Wondering if this is a scam or not

    Free money is always a scam, unless it comes from your Mom or you happen to be the one doing the scamming.
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    Going to Hawaii next march - need suggestions

    I've been to Big Island and Kaua'i recently. Big Island: It's big for an island, I guess. Definitely bigger than the other islands. The Volcanos National Park is pretty awesome and worth a visit if you are willing to hike. The have numerous trails where you can see rainforest...
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    suggestions for a quiet Air conditioner.

    Good luck with that. You might look into "Split Air Conditioners", which I've seen a wee bit of info on before. They might be prohibitively expensive, though. Best bet is probably finding a huge hardware store that has models on display so you can use your own ears.
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    Being assertive when new co-worker says "All hunters are murderers"

    That might work, might not. Some people will think that disease and starvation is better uder the guise that at least then it's their own doing. What's interesting is that, when I read your comment, it made me think of the current Human condition. Despite our logic and understanding, for...
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    Why are teachers always complaining about being low paid?

    Are most of you in California? I have various family members in different areas of Education, but they are all in normal states where only a University Professor will start out at 60K+. Don't know what new grade school teachers start out at presently, but I know they make around 50K only after...
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    Human is the end of evolution

    Some thoughts: One argument is that modern technology and medicine has pretty much stopped evolution. While this can be a convincing argument, it could also be argued that modern technology and medicine is simply a part of our evolution. In time, medicine and technology could potentially...
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    What breed of cat do you find the cutest?

    Pretty much all of the purebreeds are ugly. Mix cats (muts) from the pound or Humane Society are usually the cutest. If I had to pick a purebreed, it would probably be Egyptian Mau, Ocicat, or Turkish Van. It's much easier to pick the ugliest breeds. I'd say Sphynx gets the gold medal...
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    Need a lawnmower

    In regards to self propelled -- Push it and get some exercise you lazy buggers.
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    China's 270MPH Maglev Train.

    I'm guessing it's designed such that a power loss would result in the train safely coming to a stop. I'd be far more concerned about possible obstructions on the tracks, like large animals. I didn't look at the video, but I saw a video of the French high speed train not long ago, and there...