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    Laptop hard drive upgrade question

    I want to upgrade my mom's laptop (dell 600m) from the stock 30gb 4200 rpm drive to a new 5400 rpm 120gb drive from newegg. Does anyone have any experience with this; know if going from 4,200 rpm to 5,400 rpm could not work due to not getting enough power? The stock drive is also ATA-5, and...
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    Switcher for vista (Expose clone)

    I hate flip3d. Useless eye candy. This is actually useful, as well as cool looking. Anyone who uses OSX knows expose http://insentient.net/
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    Man cuts off penis in restaurant

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6586879.stm wtf.
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    Prove that tracey is wrong

    http://www.angelfire.com/retro/fancycat/shesawoman.jpg :laugh:
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    How to circumvent patch black/unsigned drivers restriction?

    Aside from removing the security updates that restrict it and using disable integrity checks, is there a newer way? I like the performance and compatibility packs >_>
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    Bittorrent DNA? Bandwidth-stealing malware?

    I got a bit suspicious after reading Bittorrent's own page on DNA- http://www.bittorrent.com/about/dna So after a bit of googling I found this- http://www.glazman.org/weblog/...7/09/19/Sue-bittorrent Apparently it's included with newer versions of the Bittorrent client (not sure which...
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    Anyone with a DFI SLI-DR have/had audio issues?

    When using the onboard of my SLI-DR I get a constant high-pitched buzz, when when I do things such as move my mouse I get even more buzzing. Weird thing is, when I right click something the buzzing goes away. WTF? This happens even in cmos when I move the mouse so its not a driver issue...
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    An IM Infatuation Turned to Romance...

    http://www.wired.com/politics/...rnetlies?currentPage=1 I wont ruin anything. Sad and twisted story...
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    Off topic flamewar/trolling in my thread

    http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear See the part where Aimster says "Iraq was civilized until the United States went in there. Yeah what now? " If that's not trolling, I dont know what is. I would just like it if that junk could be deleted so the conversation on...
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    Undercover police try to incite riot at Montebello conference

    Video Picture Proof CBC story Yet more evidence of our police state. The cops will admit nothing and in the end no action will be taken. Update 1: Higher resolution pic- http://www.cupe.ca/gallery/mon...llo_20_ao_t_050?full=1 You can clearly see that the boot treads are exactly...
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    nvm

    nvm
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    Confederate/Rebel flag

    I think its Southern pride. (I was born and raised in Seattle)
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    omfg Lost finale!

    Im ready just like this- :beer::D:beer: All set out and ready to go. T-Minus 8 hours....
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    Apartment across the street on fire!

    I hope theyre alright =( http://dfclan.org/wazzledoozle/fire%20001.jpg http://dfclan.org/wazzledoozle/fire%20002.jpg http://dfclan.org/wazzledoozle/fire%20003.jpg http://dfclan.org/wazzledoozle/fire%20004.jpg http://dfclan.org/wazzledoozle/fire%20005.jpg...
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    small world

    I had posted a few free dead motherboards on (seattle) craigslist for the taking, and I got a few replies. I went to meet a guy up the street from my house at a mini-mart, and we turned to leave and we both went down the same street. Turns out this guy is literally my neighbor, only lives 2...
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    Sony threw an awesome party -pic inside

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a...article_id=451414&in_page_id=1770&ct=5 (Probably NSFW)
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    single black pixel moving around my screen

    I just noticed in the upper left of my screen, there is a single black dot (one pixel) that moves around randomly. I dont mean jittering, it moves around the screen. I used dead pixel buddy to show an all-white screen, and it is definitely there. I'm on a LCD with dvi connection, what could...
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    Just made a peanutbutter-banana milkshake...

    ...and damn its good! :D :thumbsup:
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    Border patrol antics- hilarious

    http://www.flicklife.com/7c862bf67251a4...arious_Border_Patrol_Traffic_Stop.html Will take a min to load (its on digg front page). Rofl. Gotta feel sorry for the cop.
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    My friend just admitted to drinking his own urine

    him: omfg everytime i have a rockstar i piss a toxic green colour me: same him: and i hate the taste of it me: LOL me: wtf! These disgusting topics really piss me off! AnandTech Moderator
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    Bible quote

    If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. :thumbsup: http://img.techpowerup.org/070422/lol.jpg
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    Justice

    http://www.wmur.com/news/11469250/detail.html Interesting. Wife cries rape, husband shoots the guy driving away. Wife could get 2-20 :D
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    Seems Iran tried (and failed) to kidnap US soldiers

    Time article... I'm curious to see what others here have to say, before I comment.
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    Garrysmod - In Da Club

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6jy_Qfw9I :D
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    For all Lost fans/haters

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRp8N5jS3R4 Bwhahahahaha. Genius.
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    German news story of the day

    Friday 3/10/07
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    Craigslist computer of the year

    http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/sys/288290722.html :D
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    -=|[/ OFFICIAL \]|=-* Supreme Commander thread

    Wow. This game is amazing, it is everything I have wanted in an RTS. Discuss. *Pending approval?
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    Cheez-Its or Goldfish Crackers?

    Cheez-It's for the win, no?
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    Poll: Would you hit this?

    Yes or No? :D
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    Any other places like Google Books?

    Any ideas?
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    Grandparents decided to upgrade the TV

    Now im not too concerned about the Bravia, although expensive they are supposed to be among the best LCD's on the market right now, but the Bose system really concerns me. I went to bestbuy.com and saw that the damn thing cost $1000, plus whatever warranty they were talked into. Question is...
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    Snowing in Seattle

    In the last 3 hours weve easily got more in Burien than that last snow storm in november. Here's to no school tomorrow :beer: Pictures- 6 inches so far w00t This morning
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    Foobar 2000 plugins?

    Link me up, Scotty :)
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    French pork soup kitchen racist and xenophobic

    Those damn soup nazi's are at it again :| PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ruled Tuesday that an organization with far-right links can continue offering pork soup to the homeless, rejecting police complaints that the food distribution was racist. ...Full story
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    *nix distro for use on PC to sell?

    I dont have any experience with linux really, ive booted up a few live cd's and it just didnt interest me. Anyways I need to sell a PC, and I want to load up a basic linux distro with basic capabilities, mozilla, openoffice, gimp etc. needs to come with the distro. I was thinking Ubuntu, any...
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    Just bought an iPod video....

    I have a absolute $50 limit (got a prepaid $50 visa for xmas) I would prefer earbuds, something small I can hide easily. Two things I had in mind were the Koss spark plug, and Sony Fontopias. My only concerns being that the Sony's cord breaks down after a few months of use (ive seen this...
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    Children of Men

    Just saw the trailer on tv, HD trailer here.
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    Anyone bought a refurb iPod?

    If so, how was it? Edit- Well the general response sounds good, im considering getting myself one for xmas :) Second, I would have to convert a lot of WMA lossless over to AAC, is the Itunes wma>aac converter that good (audiophile here, cant have quality loss). Or would I be better...
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    Stolen wazzledoozle joke

    I was happy. My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me, and my girlfriend? She was a dream! There was only one thing bothering me, very much indeed, and that one thing was her younger...