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    What's better? Faster?

    So right now I have a 7200.10 Seagate 320gb drive as my main drive, and an aging ide drive for additional storage. I'm reaching the point where I need another hard drive. Should I get another 320gb and go for raid 0? I do a lot of video encoding, video editing, and things like that. (I dont...
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    Browser Wars Profitable?

    How does Opera make money? Why does MS, Google, and Apple care what browser we use? It's free software...what's the business model? Where is the revenue?
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    Surround Sound Systems that plays divx from USB

    I currently have a samsung surround sound, and it has USB so I can hook up an HD or a thumb drive to play mp3's or view photos. It can also play divx files, but only from a burned dvd, not from the USB port. Does anyone know of a receiver/system that can play divx files from the USB port...
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    does an mp3 like this exist?

    Looking for a mp3 that has at least 40gb, pref more than 60gb. I would love it if it could play videos and show pictures as well. But one thing that is important is battery life. I've had a gigabeat S less than a year now and the battery barely last 6 hours now, half of the original 12...
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    whats some good music to download

    I need to expand my music collection. What are some good bands from the 70s era that I might not know about. Obviously I knew led zeppelin, beatles, pink floyd... but Im sure there are some awesome bands that didnt last the test of time... well, what are they?
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    Is this true about comcast?

    So I just got digital cable. I also have a tv tuner in my pc. According to comcast, I can only get network channels analog (abc, nbc, etc) - no tbs, usa, espn, etc... That has to be a load of crap! So now on my media center pc - I get like 8 channels. They said I need the digital box...
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    do you think this could run vista well?

    Its a dell core duo laptop, 1.7ghz or so.1gb ram, 7200 rpm hard drive, and it has the intel 945g integrated graphics. According to Microsoft, it can run windows vista with the aero interface. My only concern is that it will be very slow. Has anyone used vista's aero with intel's integrated...
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    what song is this, in amadeus?

    About 25 minutes in... The script goes as.... Just a pulse - bassoons and basset horns - like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly - high above it - an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was...
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    Gmail SPAM

    Is anyone else getting pounded with spam in their gmail account? I use to get no spam at all, then last week I started to get one or two a day, and this week I get at least 10 daily.... Anyone else experiencing similar things? Or am I the only one?
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    whats the name of that toy

    It was just a box, with a lightbulb in it. And you put a piece of black construction paper over it, and then punched the little colored bulbs in and made a drawing. Anyone remember?
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    To the Deomcrats....

    Got this in an email this morning... thought you all might laugh as well. For My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of...
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    Why can't people spell ridiculous correctly?

    Everyday I see at least 5 people spell that word incorrectly.... why is it so hard to spell it with an 'i'? I just moved to the east coast and almost all my friends here spell it wrong and I've noticed a lot of people do it on here too. What is even worse is after I spell it correctly in an AIM...
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    venezuelas oil

    If venezuela can offer oil at 40% off... isnt their, and all oil producing countries price guaging by quite a bit? I highly doubt Chavez is truley being that nice to take a loss on this... ? How is he doing this?
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    what do I need for web conferencing?

    I'm looking to get 2 reasonably price web cams... Whats a good brand\model? What software can I use? Skype? Microsoft net meeting? or will they come with software? Should I get one with a built in mic? Thanks
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    cheapest place to buy beer online???

    well, the liquor store right by my place stopped selling weihenstephaner (http://www.internationalbeershop.com.au/products.asp?product_id=321), the best beer in the world from the oldest brewery on the planet.... well, i need my fix one way or another and Ive only seen this beer sold in a few...
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    wtf is up with the simpsons...

    Why has the simpsons gotten so politcal lately? I watch it to get away from politics not be reminded on how messed up everything is... I guess its because they ran out of good ideas and thats the only way they can get anyone to laugh... did anyone catch that movie preview? terrible.
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    good idea?

    For like 110 one could get the oem windows mce, which as a coup to upgrade to windows home vista premium for free. (Home cant upgrade to premium for free...) Is vista home premium oem gonna be out for less than 110? I dont think it will be.
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    happy guy fawkes day

    now lets go drink some ale and burn some stuff....
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    Poverty overstated in US?

    http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7853537 "The poverty rate is over a percentage point lower than it was when Mr Clinton signed the infamous bill. Child poverty has fallen even more dramatically." "Among those who worked for some or all of 2005 only 6% were...
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    best business\news magazine

    I'm looking to subscribe to businessweek, the economists, Newsweek (but I'd prefer something a lot more business orriented), Harvard Business Review (but something more news oriented than that), or something like that, and just wondered if anyone had any strong reccomendations... Price is a factor.
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    SATA Question

    Ok, So I already installed windows, but in the bios I just noticed that my SATA controller was set to IDE and not AHCI. I'm assuming AHCI is better than IDE. Now, the question is, can I make the switch in the bios without messing up my windows install? Will my data on it be safe? I don't...
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    Time for new running shoes?

    So I started running a few months ago and got myself up to 4+ miles. About a month ago I started lifting, including my lower body, and I haven't been able to run more than 2 miles before my calf muscles cramp up. So I attributed this problem to the lifting. So I took a week off from...
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    whats a good cheap soundcard?

    So I'm looking to get a sound card. I just ordered a new desktop with the asus p5b and I heard the onboard sound is kind of crappy. I mostly listen to music and watch movies with my pc. The quality of my music is the biggest concern. My pc will hook up to my samsung stereo via a toslink spdif...
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    Mobo DOA?

    Gigabyte DS3 965P G.Skill 2 x 1gb Ram (The TS model) Pentium D 920 Gigabyte Gefore 6200TC Fans Spin, No Post, No Beeps, No Video output. I heard G,Skill ram might be having trouble with the gigabyte board, so that could be it. But I wouldn't I at least hear a beep or two? Set it up...
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    Yet another build....

    Let me know what you guys think. This is really a budget system. I was torn between going with this and a Geforce 6150 AM2 build. I wanted to keep under 600 but just couldnt do it (unless I went with AMD single core) Currently I have a Core Duo 1.66ghz laptop. I'm tired of external drives and...
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    How do All in Wonder Cards work with Digital Cable

    Ok, so I want to get an AIW card, but how do they work with cable boxes? Or does my PC work as the cable box? Thanks