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    Seeking a new Radio Show

    So I've come to the realization that something has been missing from my commute. That is, a decent radio show to listen to on the way home. Its been almost 2 years now, in fact, since Gary Burbank retired from 700 WLW. Gary was a Cincinnati cultural icon. I had listened to him for nearly 20...
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    Weird video issue

    I recently reinstalled my entire system, clean sweep. Have the latest drivers installed and all that. I've got a really weird problem that may be something simple that I just don't know how to describe very well. When I am playing a game, after a minute or so the video goes all wonky, by...
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    Best protocol for high bandwidth high latency situation?

    Trying to transfer large files over a high bandwidth high latency situation. Think satellite. I control both ends and both server and client are unix. I've been trying various things to see what protocol is the best for this kind of operation? Latency is around 700-800ms.
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    Kids and Dogs

    Did you have a dog as a kid? If so, do you think it made you a better person? I think it did. Growing up there was nothing like coming home to my dog Pokey. I grew up in the country, no leash laws. Pokey would greet me at the bus and then we'd run off and go hiking in the hills behind the...
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    XBox 360 Wireless Controllers - $29.95

    Just picked up two Xbox 360 wireless controllers at this great price. They had them at $19.95 before but they sold out quickly. Still $29.95 is better than $49.95. May also be available online.
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    YACT - Aura or Accord

    Thinking about an accord or an aura. Any others I should look at? So far I'm leaning toward Aura cause its quieter and has a bigger engine at the same price point, but my wife prefers the Accord because it drives slightly better (it really does)
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    Anyone use Zoneedit

    I use zoneedit for some of my domain names, they all seem to be down right now and zoneedit isn't responding. Wondering if anyone here uses zoneedit and may be seeing the same issues.
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    Anyone with Infiniband Experience

    I'm getting about 150 new linux servers that are going to be using infiniband as a backend. Was wondering if anyone with infiniband experience could share any experiences they've had, any troubles or quirks I might find.
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    If I have two sata drives...

    One is a raptor, the other is a 3200wks (sata II) Motherboard has 4 sata connectors. Do I put raptor in sata 1, and 3200wks in sata 2 or 3? I'm not sure how sata works, so I don't know if there's two channels that I should separate or what.
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    How does SLI memory work?

    Begging forgiveness if this has been discussed before, I searched and couldn't find anything. If I put two 256 meg cards in SLI mode on a system, is that the same as having one card with 512 megs of memory, or do they have to load the same stuff twice, leaving you with essentially 256 megs of...
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    Will a new video card do anything?

    Current system: EPoX 8k7a (4x AGP only) XP 1700 overclocked to 1900 512 megs DDR overclocked to 300mhz system bus Geforce ti 4200 overclocked about 10% This is the same gaming rig I've had for a long while now. I don't have much money for an upgrade, maybe about $100. I'm wondering...
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    Grits Ain't Groceries, Eggs ain't poultry, and Mona Lisa was a Man.

    Cause I always thought mona lisa WAS a man.
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    Fun pranks to pull

    Pretty bored today so a bunch of guys and me started calling some random number asking for "Sarah Henderson" .. we keep waiting a bit and calling again, I think this guy is about to blow his top.
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    If you can't afford to give money

    Give Blood.
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    First time home buyer -- and scared

    I've done some research, but its still scary. I want to buy a house, probably in the low end range but still a house ... around $120k or so (which in my neck of the woods is midrange). I was just wondering if anyone had any stories to tell or know anything I should look out for. How much...
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    Winfast TV Tuner sounds horrible

    Whenever I listen to TV through the TV Tuner card, it sounds like crap. All the S's are sharp sounding, there is a constant tinny sound. I thought it was a problem with volumes somewhere but I can't find it. It really makes TV unwatchable and it only recently started happening. Anyone have any...
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    Low-profile TV Tuner Card

    I'm thinking about building my own PVR/Mame/EMU set top kinda do it all box. I want it to look nice though, more like an appliance than a PC. I would like to use this case but the PCI slots are low profile. I have found a good Chaintech low profile Geforce 4 MX 400 64 meg card I can use...
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    Just joined team UD

    Ever since I upgraded to DSL I've been leaving my PC on so I can use it remotely for things from work. So I finally decided to let my CPU work on a DC project. I chose team UD as my grandmother has breast cancer so its kinda personal to me that I help fight cancer in any possible way that I...
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    Is it common for fedex to time travel?

    Ordered a new heatsink from newegg. Just checked the FedEx Tracking system, it says this: Left FedEx Sort Facility LOS ANGELES CA 01/10/2003 09:54 Arrived at Sort Facility INDIANAPOLIS IN 01/10/2003 06:56 Arrived at Sort Facility LOS ANGELES CA 01/09/2003 20:20 Left FedEx...
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    Hardware Nostalgia

    I finally got a cable modem. Not for lack of wanting, but lack of availibility, living in rural areas has advantages and disadvantages, but oh well. So it comes down to it that I finally take my old US Robotics 28.8 modem offline. This modem was one of the first 28.8s ever availible, and even...
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    Free $20 if you bought a CD from 1995 to 2000.

    Info here. Found here.
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    Are Rounded IDE cables really better than ribbon IDE cables?

    It seems everywhere I go I'm reading about how rounded cables improve your system's airflow and tidy up your case, and is generally something you want to do to keep your temperatures down. However, I'm not sure that it'd really do much, at least in my case, the flat ribbon cables are tied down...
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    Funny Baseball Photo

    Inside this story. ... I read a lot of baseball news and often photos are snapped at funny angles, or get people with funny faces. But for some reason this one made me laugh trying to think of a caption for it. hehe
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    What is your ELVIS connection?

    Me, well, I'm too young to have ever met Elvis, but: I actually got married in the same wedding chapel that appears in "Viva Las Vegas". ;)
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    No matter how bad it gets...

    at least I'm not one of these people ... Forgive if its a repost, someone sent me this 10 minutes ago and I still haven't caught my breath from laughing so hard.
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    Can I interest you in a nice tall cool glass of Hornet Juice?

    What in the... I just can't imagine who the heck thought of drinking the juice of hornets... man that just sounds disgusting!! *shudders*
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    Movies that I had to watch twice...

    There are three movies that stand out in my mind as movies that I had to watch at least twice, if not more, because of some odd twist about them that just made you go... hmm... I'd like to post the three standing out in my mind and ask if there are any others you can think of, I'm sure there...
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    Must have upgrade in place by June 27th. Not much money to spend. Help!

    Ok, Currently I have a celery 466 with 256 megs of ram. No actually it has 384 megs of ram IN there, but the motherboard only recognizes half of one of the 256 meg sticks, oh well. But Anarchy Online is being released on june 27th. I really want to play this from release, as I'm in the beta...
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    Anyone remember this OLD dos game?

    I remember downloading this off a BBS circa 1992 or so.. it was called insane, or insanity, or something along those lines. You had a little ascii happy face, and you had to make it go around a maze and solve all this different little puzzles. Wanted to play it for a while now, I have no idea...
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    How to break into hardware ?

    Until recently, my wife was working as a Certified Nurses Aide, but now, she's developed trouble with her knee, and she really can't handle all the bending and lifting thats required for the job. She's always been really astute at working with our home PCs. I let her build her own, and she's...
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    Nice photo

    Something a friend sent me, earth from space, really nifty. Nifty.. but on the other hand kinda somber...
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    What movies make you cry?

    Only one movie I can think of brings me to tears every time I see it. Edward Scissorhands. Yes yes, I've seen the Seinfeld episode with the barbers but that kinda misses part of the point with me.
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    Poll: If you could have one of the X-men's powers, which one would it be?

    Personally, I think I'd want to be NightCrawler. ;) I'd like to be rogue but I can't give up sex. ;)
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    Last Episode of Third Rock from the Sun aires Tonight

    Ahh well, everything comes to a close I suppose. This was just one of my favorite shows, so I'm kinda sad about it coming to an end.
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    OC'd processor works fine, but a HDD problem?

    I have a 466 mhz celery that easily overclocks to 525. It runs perfectly fine at 525 for all things processor/video card/ram/ etc (that is setting the system to a 75mhz bus for 7x75 == 525) The problem happens when I overclock for some reason the secondary hard drive starts acting like a turd...
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    300mhz FSB by June?

    I'm planning an upgrade, and I'm closely watching technology move. I think I can stave off my craving for an upgrade a while longer, but I really need one. Currently I've a 466 mhz Celery with a Voo doo doo 3000 that runs decent, but not good if you know what I mean. My question is do you...
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    Fast Hard Drives

    I was wondering, what is the fastest hard drive configuration you can get for about $300 these days? Would it be faster to get a motherboard that supports IDE raid and get two of those Deskstars and mirror them for faster access? Or would it be better to get a SCSI system, keeping in mind that...