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    check engine light

    I have a toyota carolla 2001, which has been running fine. The check engine light turned on last night... I have not noticed anything wrong car. Do I have to take the car to a mechanic right away in order to get it checked out? Do I even have to get it checked out? moving to garage vi...
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    dvd copying

    Guys, I have just purchased a dvd burner. I am eager to copy some commercial dvd's that i own to both test my dvd burner and exercise my fair rights laws. What is the best software to do this? kasparov
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    car repair question

    Hi, I have a 2000 toyota corrolla which has a hard stop... i think the brakes are bad. I went to the pep boys shop, and they told me that my front pads, rotors, and calipers needed to be changed, and are charging me $450 to do it. Is this a reasonable price for such work? Also, is it usual...
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    AMD TO BUY ATI!

    Can you guys believe it .. amd is going to be buying ATI. Full article will be out shortly on the wall street journal. I will post a copy. Anyone care to comment on the news? LINK: www.wsj.com ARTICLE BELOW...
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    PC games

    ~~~ PSA ~~~ Off Topic is NOT the Software - Apps, Programming and Games forum. AnandTech Moderator --- what PC video game are you guys playing right now?
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    Sony gets pawned for malware

    Sony -- that b**** of a company is trying to hijack our computers as shown on this thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1726712&enterthread=y Well, now the state of california is sueing their asses...
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    picture scanning

    I have a website which has my family photos on it. I also have hundreds, maybe thousands, of physical photos which have been taken since childhood. I want to digitize these pictures so that I can put them up on my website. what's the best way to do that? should I do it myself or is there a...
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    cable boxes

    Guys, I live in bay ridge area in brooklyn, NY and have a time warner basic analogue cable setup. I wanna set up a descrambler so that I can get all the channels. Does anyone know where I can get more info about getting the appropriate box? kasparov
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    P4SDX

    Quick question guys, I have the asus p4sdx board -- can I use a p4 2.8 ghz w/ 1mb l2 cache 533 fsb with the board? Thanks in advance. kasparov
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    P4SDX

    Quick question guys, I have the asus p4sdx board -- can I use a p4 2.8 ghz w/ 1mb l2 cache 533 fsb with the board? Thanks in advance. kasparov
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    biometric gadgets

    Do any of you tech geeks use biometric gadgets? Like a fingerprint scanner to protect your files or what not? I'm thinking of buying one.. let me know which device you guys thinks works best.
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    Best Anti-Spam Program

    Hi, I wanted to get your opinion of the best anti-spam program that is useful for web-mail as well as POP mail. I had a very good experience with an anti-spam program that ran using P2P technology from cloudmark before; but, they wanted to charge on a monthly basis, and I didn't want to pay...
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    YACT: Tuning

    Hi all, I have a 50K mile GM Prism which has never been tuned? How important is it to get the vechile tuned? The performance of the car right now doesn't seem very good. I don't know whether tuning would help that... Also, I don't want to pay 400 dollars for something that may not be of...
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    call of duty question

    any of you guys having trouble loading call of duty on nforce2 boards? It gives me the error "Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application". I've loaded the newest nforce 2 drivers. anyone have any suggestions?
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    Quiet pc for under a 1000 bucks

    Guys, I am thinking of building a QUIET pc for under a 1000 bucks. It will be used for gaming and office work and ripping movies. Let me know what specs you would put in... Kanti
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    best place to buy a new computer

    Hi, I wanna buy a new computer -- pre-buit because I don't want the hassle of building it myself. I don't want to buy a DELL (those things are damn ugly). Can someone tell me where I can buy myself a good cheap and QUIET computer either online or in a computer shop in NYC? Thanks in...
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    pre-paid calling plans

    Guys, I am looking into purchasing a cell-phone. Since I do not plan to be a heavy user; I was thinking of going to a pre-paid cell phone plan. Have any of you had any experience with these type of plans? It seems to me that the per minute charges for a pre-paid plan are much more than a...
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    Car Mechanics -- did I get ripped off?

    My toyota corrolla 1999 had about 30,000 on it. I did not do any maintanence work on the car except for regular oil changes. So, I decided for the first time to go to a mechanic and get a 30K maintance check done. When I went for the check, the mechanic (Pep Boys) told me that I needed my...
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    Best Bank

    Which bank do you guys think has the best customer service?
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    microsoft money 2003 vs. quicken 2003

    Anyone know which piece of software is better for personal finance? I am a student.. so.. my bills aren't that complicated. I have a checking acount and 3 credit card accounts. Let me know which software I should choose.
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    CB Radio

    Anyone own one of these? I am thinking of getting one for my car just to see how fun a CB radio can be. I wonder what I will be able to do with one of these things. I am thinking of purchasing an old cheap CB radio from ebay. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should buy? Also, can...
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    best buy

    how much do you earn as a computer technician at Best buy? I am applying for a position in chicago.
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    RIAA dirty tricks.

    I can't beleive that the RIAA has bought our government and is turning it against us. Pretty soon, all fair usage rights will be killed. We will have to pay royalities on everything. The RIAA want to strangle us all -- if they could they would charge us $1000 per song. Those bastards. Link...
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    why are cuda's so expensive?

    I have never seen a seagate on sale -- I see WD and Maxtor on sale all the time. I wanna buy a 'cuda V -- but the prices I am looking at are like $1+ per gig while the prices with maxtor and WD are like 0.50-0.70 per gig. Can someone tell me if this price difference is normal?
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    night vision googles

    has anyone here purchased night vision googles? I am thinking of purchasing them just for fun. You can read an article about them here: Link. I was wondering if it was worth purchasing a pair (for the fun of it) and also what type/brand to buy?
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    any good histories on the city of NY?

    Any good short histories on the city of NYC? Please let me know.. since I am moving to brooklyn in 2 mons.
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    PC software ROBBERY in progress?

    Is it legal for a person to re-import software meant for other english speaking countries and sell it at below US price? For instance, Splinter Cell (the PC title) goes for less than 1/2 of US price in other countries; could someone reimport that title to the US, sell it, and make a profit off...
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    praetorians

    anyone get this game? is it any good? how does it compare to AOE ?
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    subdivisions in the army

    Can someone please explain all the subdivisions in the army i.e. platoon/company/battalion/division etc. and how many troops they are made of and what each one consists of? also, if someone could explain the ranks in an organized manner: leutiant, major, general, etc.. I hear all these terms...
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    linux distro

    I know that this topic has been covered already, but since the number of linux distributions keep expanding -- what is the easiest linux distribution for a n00b to install? i have windows xp pro on my system -- will it be hard to create a dual boot system? will the linux distro automatically do...
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    Linux distributions

    I know that this topic has been covered already, but since the number of linux distributions keep expanding -- what is the easiest linux distribution for a n00b to install? i have windows xp pro on my system -- will it be hard to create a dual boot system? will the linux distro automatically do...
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    Are PC games dying?

    Guys, I wanna know if PC games are dying? Hard figures please not just opinions. I hate consoles -- and I hate how console games are killing PC games. Low res and low graphics -- substandard in my opinion to what i can get on my P4/Athy system w/ a GF4/5.
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    forums

    is there supposed to be any new features of this forum since we upgraded software? I can't seem to find any difference from the old forums.
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    Wiper Blades

    what are the best wiper blades to get for a toyota corrola? Also, anyone know of the best place to get them? (Online would be preferable)
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    Palm question

    Is there any really good web site for palm software/hardware reviews? Also, why doesn't anand have a subsection for palm hardware/software ? After all, These handheld computers are becoming more and more mainstream.
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    Web Cam

    I want a web cam to video conference. I would like really great resolution and really good refresh rates. Anyone have a recommendation or a link to a review on web cams? It would be nice if the web cam were cheap too; Is there a Lite-on of web cams (i.e. great performance for a great price)...
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    Our sharing rights being Violated!

    Two recent court proceedings are going to have a profound impact on all ATOT'ers. Both rulings were based on the DMCA: 1) ISPs are going to have to identify the person downloading data -- Link another link Judge rules Verison must disclose fileswapper 2) Companies in other courtries such as...
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    My athylon doesn't overclock ugh!

    To the athlon overclocking gods, where the hell did I go wrong? I bought my self: MSI Ultra 2 mobo Athlon 2000+ xp processor Retail heatsink + fan solution 2 crucial 256 MB RAM and this system is not even stable at 2100+. @ 1.850 V. UGH! Where oh where did I go wrong? Sincerely, Athlon...
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    can of air

    anyone know where i can buy a can of air for cheap? I just can't see spending 7+ bucks for a can of air that lasts a week.
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    what's a safe voltage for athlon?

    I know that Northwoods can die easily from upping their voltage. Do Athly's suffer the same fate? If so, what's a safe voltage for them?