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    AP scores

    Been a while since I took AP exams (13 years to be exact), but mine are easy to remember because I got straight 5's (I was a big loser/dork in high school.... Ok, might still be now, but hey). 5's in Junior Year: Chemistry physics B English English Literature Calculus AB Senior...
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    Waving your rights to sue,

    <----------- soon to be lawyer arbitration agreements are generally ok that said, contracts for waiver of liability can be unenforceable as unconscionable
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    My plans to avoid serving as a juror just took a turn :P

    Dude, wish I could switch with you. I love jury duty. I've been a juror 3 times in the last 10 years. Great fun when you are a law student, especially if you get an interesting case.
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    Job recommendations

    Hey all, from my prior posts some of you may already know that I am a bit disenchanted with my job as a patent professional. Sure it pays the bills better then just about any job out there, but the hours suck and I feel like I am not doing anything that matters with my life. I would gladly...
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    Rainbow Six Vegas

    Odd, I run it at 1680x1050 with 4xAA and 8x AF and it is fine in single player. Granted, I have 4gb of ram, a highly overclocked 6600 and a 8800gtx
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    Which game would be better for my system? What good games are out?

    Resident Evil 4 came out recently for PC. I hadn't played it before and it was great. Need a gamepad though.
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    I think I was just exposed to mercury

    Dude, back in the day Dentists used to roll mercury around in their hands when making the gold/mercury amalgam used in dental fillings. Sure, some of it gets absorbed through the skin, but not much. Example, when I was in college I worked for an environmental chemistry professor doing...
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    Looking to get toned

    Workout using moderate to light weight and high reps, do cardio (30-40 minutes of a high intensity) at least every other day and eat correctly. If you are 6' and 175lbs, you are probably pretty thin IMO. I'm 6' 2' and 220 (a little chubby, but not huge) now. When I played college baseball I...
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    Anyone else disappointed with the invisible Shield?

    Hmm, it works very well on my ipod video, as it has stood up to just about everything for the past two years without a scratch. All in all I am very happy. As for fingerprints, sure they show up, but they will show up on anything. Better to have the protective film then nothing IMO.
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    Which Garmin GPS?

    I just picked up the 660 and it is great. The only two things the 680 has that the 660 doesn't is MSN connect (to me, a useless feature) and a $400+ price premium. Essential features for me were (660 has them all): text to speech (i.e., the unit can read street names) automatic...
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    Ever realized how much debt you are in?

    I disagree. I find it tremendously satisfying to save and invest. And if all is going well with my investments, it is downright fun, especially now that I have enough invested so that I make a couple hundred bucks (ok, on paper) every time one of my mutual funds goes up by a quarter. Best...
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    Ever realized how much debt you are in?

    Just FYI, you should be careful who you say that stuff to. My wife works as a Criminal Investigator for the Dept of Education's Office of Inspector General. She routinely investigates and prosecute people who misuse educational loan funds, e.g., by spending the funds on non-education relatd...
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    Ever realized how much debt you are in?

    It is a liability that must be paid off, which is the very definition of "debt." The fact that the value of the asset exceeds the amount remaining to be paid on it is irrelevant until the home is sold.
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    Ever realized how much debt you are in?

    HAH! 7k in debt is nothing when you think about it. Wait until you buy a house. I literally just did my budget and if you include my house, I am $499,000 in debt. Now, if you take my house away (hey the house is brand new, so go easy), I am "only" $29,000 in debt, with most of that being...
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    What should I invest in?

    I subscribe to the efficient market hypothesis, which means that at any given moment, the best indicator of the value of a stock is its current price. That is, the market is efficient at collecting and responding to positive and negative information, so much so that it is fairly difficult to...
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    Poll: Auto Insurance

    You had a totaled car within the last year, that is a big red flag for insurance companies. You could try increasing your deductible to get a better rate. That going to 500/1000 (comprehensive/collision) should shave a few bucks off that monthly payment.
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    Poll: Auto Insurance

    Age: 30 Driving Since: age 16 Insurance Agency: Geico Payment: $612 per year Number of 'Insurance Incidents' in the last 5 years: 1 accident (2002); 1 speeding ticket (34 in a 25, 2007) Type of Car: Scion TC + Toyota Corolla Deductible: 250 comprehensive, 500 collision Liability Limits...
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    Fireworks mishap

    Link Cliffs: Bunch of people get hurt near elementary school when a firework shell exploded in the crowd during the grand finale.
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    Why are teachers always complaining about being low paid?

    Ah, but most cops are dumbasses. I'm not trying to be argumentative, just speaking the truth. Heck, I'd wager most cops do not have much more then a highschool degree.
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    Why are teachers always complaining about being low paid?

    Have you seen the average price of a single family home in MA, at least anywhere near a population center. Try paying that mortgage on 42k a year. I'm shuddering and my wife and I combined make quite a bit more.
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    Why are teachers always complaining about being low paid?

    Because it is a hell of job 9 months out o the year, they have the responsibility of educating our youth (arguably one of the most important jobs in our society), and they get yelled at if they even look at a kid the wrong way. Good qualified teachers should be paid quite a bit more then they...
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    Job Interview this weekend

    <------------ Mother is a tax accountant. Yes, as a business expense. My friends do this all the time when they fly someplace for business and extend their trip for personal reasons. You can deduct the rental car too for the number of days you were there for business.
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    Out of print material and Pirating

    Other then it flagrant copyright infringement, no. In all honesty I will there was some way to legitimately obtain "out of print" software, as I would love to buy some old games I remember from childhood.
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    Any weapons by your bed?

    My wife is a federal agent so we have a glock 40 in our bedroom closet. Locked up of course.
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    IPOD shipped from china?

    They all do. THat is where apple's manufacturing site is. You'll get it in 3 days, just watch. Last time I ordered an Ipod I called five minutes after placing my order because I wanted to change the inscription on it. To my dismay and amazement, it had already been made! I couldn't believe...
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    1000th post!

    But it is my 1000th, so suck it! :)
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    Top Ten Most Influential RPGs

    Hmm, surprising to me that there are no truly old school RPG series on there. Bane of the Cosmic Forge IMO is still one of the best rpg's out there. Wish someone would remake it.
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    Halo 2 sounds really bad!

    Iyt not only sounds bad, it looks bad. What a waste of $50 IMO
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    I need to find a doctor...

    Suck it up and go get a physical. 15% of men in the U.S. have your physique. If you need encouragement, try this. What will happen if you go to the doctor? You get relief in knopwing that you are healthy, OR, you find out something is wrong withn you while there still might be something to...
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    Lunch Suggestions?

    could always just pack a small personal stove in the back of your car. I have one that I take with me hiking and it folds flat down to 1 foot by 1 foot. You could use it to heat stuff up.
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    Lunch Suggestions?

    I'm in the same plight and currently taking cooking lessons to add some variety. You could pack some high protein bean dips (e.g., hummus) and eat that with crackers for a tasty lunch. Lots of different sandwiches you could mnake besides ham (try deboning a turkey, grilling it, and slicing the...
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    Underrated movies

    Seconded... That movie made me so tense when I watched it in the theater that I left with a migraine. If any movie gets me that worked up its good.
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    How many people have you saved from death?

    I did the beach lifeguard thing for a year on the east coast. Not as bad out there as what you described, but still a lot of idiots. Not to mention the sharks (no attacks thank goodness, but still scary to see them swimming so close to shore)
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    How many people have you saved from death?

    <--------- former shock trauma tech...... lots There is no option in the poll for me, as I've saved at least a hundred people from either bleeding to death or having their ticker crap out before they got to the hospital.
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    So you can choose whether or not to be gay?

    My brother is gay, and I asked him this same question. He said it wasn;t a choice for him, he just likes what he likes.
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    So what's your specialty...

    How do you like working for the government? I'm debating making the change.
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    So what's your specialty...

    <---------------------Soon to be patent lawyer Hope I pass the bar in a little less then 4 weeks so I can say "patent lawyer" instead of "soon to be patent lawyer" or "patent professional."
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    My neighbor passed away yesterday

    Yikes. Dead at 40 with a wife and small kid.... makes me want to start eating better and be less stressed.
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    quick finance question - paying down loan early

    I hate being in debt, so I always try to pay down all my loans as fast as possible. Obviously a house takes a while, but I still tack on a couple hundred extra to my mortgage payment every month. 1 extra payment a year on a 30 year fixed takes 9-12 years off the loan.
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    Cans vs. Bottles

    I'm a bottle fan myself, in particular the big tall corked bottles of belgian ale.