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    Which ice cream do you like more

    Just curious.. dont care about other ie carvel, etc..
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    Lenmar battery?

    My original 2 year old canon battery finally died and wont hold charge.. NB3L I know the cheap stuff out there can't be trusted.. canon ones are 40.. is lenmar brand safe to get ? or any recommendation ?
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    Study shows: male monkey pay for sex..

    From fox news... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319746,00.html http://rawstory.com/news/afp/C..._pay_for_01022008.html Mating may be a natural instinct, but monkey business doesn't come free for male macaques who have to "pay" females for their affections, the AFP reported Wednesday...
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    Avaya 4260SW IP Phones

    Anyone know of a way to load firmwares on these w/o the call manager ?
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    2.5 drive Bracket/adapter & cooling ?

    Got a free small desktop that takes a 3.5" drive.. existing drive is 20gb.. I got rid of a few notebooks and have a spare seagate 5400.3 2.5" drive.. I'm just going to plug the 2.5" into the 3.5" bay. Is there any 2.5" drive bracket that has some passive or active cooling ? I figure if...
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    Router recommendation...

    I have the SMC Barricade (3-4 yrs old) in box.. just moved yesterday.. With no router i was getting about 9000 kbps on speakeasy, adding the router and 1 client, it went down to about 5000 kbps.. I dont know if it's this particular router thats too old or slow.. I only used this one...
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    Stock purchase and transfer

    Anyone know what the proper way of buying and transfering stock.. ie.. i'm buying 100 shares of xyz and want to give half to my sister... is that easy to do with online broker or something ?
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    Painting & Primer

    Started to paint the house that I just bought.. previous owner had pink and light green.. my final color is like white/beige color. Was recommended to prime before painting.. any recommendation or should I throw that out the door ? Lowes has American Tradition Acrylic Latex Interior...
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    NTFS Security

    To show what directory has what permission for what user? Ie big company has thousands of directory and sub directories, each one may be given customized security... it would take hours or days going through each one... is there a quick way to find each one ? and print a report ? NM...
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    IT Rant

    I'm in no way a super tech.. nor do I go off and bs to people about how much i know.. I like how my co-worker buys a HP DL320 G5 SATA server and a bunch of SAS 15k drives and expects me to put them together. He already had another tech call hp and to come and replace the backplane...
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    Whats this connector called ?

    Just got this installed for an air conditioner unit.. connector sorry, I dont know the lingo for alarm ssytems..
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    Water alarm/senor ? for basement

    Found some cheap ones online, anyone have any recommendation ? just to detect water leaks ?
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    Cisco IP Phone Experts ? 7900 Series

    Using call manager 5.1 and 7900 series There is a join feature and it doesn't seem to work.. i'm wondering if there is some pre-requisite that I need for the feature to work, like call barge or privacy, etc... if anyone might know...
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    Runtal flat baseboard radiator

    http://www.runtalnorthamerica.com/residential_radiators/index.html Anyone have these for the home ? do you like it ? any problems ?
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    Sound insulations

    Anyone every put this in for their own sound insulation ? http://www.owenscorning.com/quietzone/products/products3.asp
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    USB thumb drive repair ?

    Co-worker got a thumb drive.. looks like it was kicked under the desk, so the unit is all bent and stuff... any place can actually extract the data out of this ?
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    Car rental ?

    Renting a car for a week for vacation.. any idea on those insurance and things to get or avoid ? thanks :)
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    Which config for VMWare...

    Which config for VMWare...
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    2x4 framing in basement

    So i'm looking to finish the basement.. talked to a few friends and they told me to use pressure treated 2x4.. just so if theres any water contact, it wont rot.. Is there something better to use or thats the best thing ? i dont want any hidden surprise 10 year down the road...
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    Hosted blackberry service

    Can someone recommened some blackberry/email hosting service.. I can google a lot but if you have one you can recommend, let me know.. thanks... not a rush..
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    Bosch washer / dryer

    I was shopping for new washer and dryer at lowes... they seem to be pushing bosch washer/dryer vs other brands.. anyone have any real experience with bosch brand ?
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    What are the chances... notebook survival...

    Yesterday on a 8 lane toll plaza, some lady w/o ezpass decided to drive across 4 lanes to go to the cash lane... basically i had to slam on the brakes and my notebook went flying from the rear to front seat.. At work, my notebook wasn't working properly.. there was no noise from the hdd...
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    Water heaters...

    Looking to buy one, do i get the biggest one that fits the door ? Any brand recommendation ?
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    Raised Floor for basement... afraid of flooding..

    I'm moving in about a month... I have a 12U Xrack that's going to be in the basement - previously 2nd floor. I'm afriad of flooding, so I was looking to jack the unit up like 1-2 ft off the floor.. like using a ramp or some type of raised floor.. Should I bother with it or just get more...
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    Fving i hate recommending notebooks or computer product

    CFO ask me for a notebook, it has to be reliable and las 3 year... FVING i hate this crap.. everything is mass produced and wont last forever.. someone link me some ratings so i can print it out and order any pc from that place.. theres no such thing as reliable.. its all cover by...
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    Corsair Voyager USB Flash

    I'm looking to get the 16gb since im leaving my job soon and need to copy my stuff off... they lend me some 2gb sandisk ones.. they were slow as heck... I read reviews for older corsair models and they were good.. just making sure im not making a mistake.. They got 8 for around 102 and...
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    Need some input on mortgage

    I'm looking to buy a house in the next few days... doing my worse case calculations with interest at 9%, and different amount of down payments... what would you guys do.. I'm looking to put a down payment of 400,000 or up to 500,000 which will lower my monthly payment from 3620.80 to...
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    Bluetooth mouse

    Where are all the bluetooth mouse ? Im having problem with this microsoft one.. tried 2-3 and after 4 ft, they become flaky... some bluetooth have 60 ft range which is more than what I need but hard to find or not ergonomic design... anyone have any good recommendation ?
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    Yummy

    1. Who would eat squirrel 2. Who would eat near toxic dump ?!?! http://www.wnbc.com/news/10842726/detail.html TRENTON, N.J. -- Squirrel is off the menu. New Jersey officials are warning residents near a toxic waste dump in the northern part of the state to restrict how much squirrel they...
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    AMD x2 939 vs non x2 939

    I'm in the process of selling a x2 3800 939 on ebay.. some guy ask me this question... not sure how to answer it.. should I just say I have no idea and you probably need a firmware to get this done ? or say it would not work ? -- Hi I have the AMD 3800, and I want to upgrade it to some...
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    Coax Leaking voltage ? Cable modem slow

    So I been trying to figure out why my cable modem is slow... everyone gets like 10000kbps+ on speakeasy (neighbors) while I get 1500kbps. They gave me a new modem today and while unplugging my modem, I got a nasty shock... thought it was one time but apparently there are some voltage leaking...
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    Car P0420 Check Engine

    Got a 99 car, not sure if I should waste money on it or dump it. Basically this means that the oxygen sensor downstream (after) the catalytic converter on bank 1 is detecting that the converter is not working as efficiently as it should be (according to specs). It is part of the vehicle...
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    USB Memory Stick

    If you have a plain windows system, any way to track when it was used and what went on it w/o special software ?
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    Mini PCI 108Mbps Wifi

    My old 54mbps router died, I just bought the next cheapest thing.. super 108 one for 30 bucks.. Is there a mini pci thats rated for the turbo mode or its all pcmcia ? I see some on ebay but not sure how good it'll be..
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    Video Signal Splitter & Amp

    I need to split a signal out of 1 vga output.. I got a nice 20 ft cable and the signal degrades a bit.. anyone have any recommendation for amp splittler combo ? shouldn't cost more than 100 bucks right ? currently using http://www.dsgibusiness.com/catalogue/item/BELMK021 with a 20ft...
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    So my co-worker brings her sons notebook to work..

    100gb hd, 1gb free.. she can't install office on it.. took a quick snap shot... tons of porn for a 16 year old... :) mostly toon and anime porn.. lol.. how many of these do you guys fix a day ?
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    Seagate to Acquire EVault

    Evault offers online data backups.. -- EVault has signed an agreement to be acquired by a subsidiary of Seagate Technology (?Seagate?). We anticipate that the acquisition will be completed in February 2007. Seagate is a global company with sales approaching $10 billion. The company is...
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    Good headset for voip ?

    Friend wants me to recommend a good usb headset for voip usage.. any recommendations ? up to 200 bucks... thanks
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    Kill

    found it, never mind
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    I need some Jokes

    Basically my friend catholic, she moved in with her bf and they're not married.. so we make fun of her, living in sins.. so my joke of the day was: What do you want for xmas, all I can think of is a Bible to confess your sins.. Any other jokes I can make about living in sin ?