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    ººººº--§§§§§§§--The Freebies thread--§§§§§§§--ººººº Part 0b110 (six).

    I've got a ton of computer equipment I'm looking to get rid of, at this point I do not even care about the money. I had much more but these are the items that are left. I am not parting any of this out, you take all or nothing. If nobody takes this in the next two weeks, it is going in the...
  2. J

    Apartment complex troubles... any advice?

    Basically, yeah... I know a lot of people who have lived there but haven't talked to any of them about move-out charges yet. My question isn't so much "Is my apartment complex trying to screw me" (to which the answer is yes) but "How can I effectively dispute it, especially so they don't put...
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    Apartment complex troubles... any advice?

    They never collected a security deposit on this place. When I turned my keys in I asked to do an in-person inspection with them and they said "We don't do those". Later today I am going to ask them myself if they have the invoice, but I'm not all that sure they do according to my roommate.
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    Apartment complex troubles... any advice?

    So I recently moved out of my college apartment, and I get a bill in the mail a few weeks later for a $338 carpet replacement in the common area (my roommates received the same bill). The carpet was fine when we moved out, certainly nothing to warrant a replacement. I talked on the phone with...
  5. J

    YAMP3PT: Yet another MP3 Player thread...

    Not too much around when it comes to FLAC. Here is a list of all the players reviewed on CNET (i.e. everything) that play FLAC, not much choice. http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-6490_7-0.h...er=501502_8128092_&sort=edRating7+desc Honestly, the quality of 320kbps MP3 is going to be way more than...
  6. J

    Nickleback > Hendrix

    I have a better equation: Nickelback song = Nickelback song = Nickelback song, ad infinitum...
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    College

    You don't have to know exactly what you want to do; most people really don't, and most people end up holding a variety of jobs throughout their career. What you need to ask yourself is, what are your skills, what are you interested in, and what field of education would best help you in teaching...
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    College

    Smarter? No. Being smart is a natural quality that some people have more than others. You can't learn how to be smart. You can, however, learn things to demonstrate and apply your mental aptitude in such a way that will get you a high-paying job with many specialized skills, so that you don't...
  9. J

    Vending machines

    Heh, the ones on campus take these special cards which you load up with money. I spend so fscking much on vending machines.
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    College

    I'm with BigJ. Here's a bright idea: Figure out what you want to do, then spend money and time on a degree. Get a degree that you can get a job with, too. Programming and chemistry are both good, but some of these music and arts majors ramble on all day about how they want to "do what they love"...
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    Do you believe its OK to spank your kids??

    My parents never spanked me and I think I turned out all right. Definitely wasn't spoiled (but not deprived either). I had a bit of a rebellious stage, but what kid hasn't, I never did anything really bad. I don't think spanking should be illegal or anything like that, I just don't think it's...
  12. J

    A man's home is his castle... with pic

    I guess the Chinese have learned a thing or two about capitalism!!! More power to him, I say. Bottom line is that eventually one of them is going to give in and it will probably be the company.
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    Pay off credit cards, or downpayment on a home?

    PAY YOUR CREDIT CARDS. Even if it means putting off your house purchase. You're not going to get much of a good interest rate if you have $15K in credit card debt hanging over your head, and you'll still be stuck paying interest on those CCs (even if it's less). Not to mention that you could pay...
  14. J

    Career Advice: Don't spend half your work day on facebook

    Oxford Alumni, huh? I like how he's putting such an honorable education to good use.
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    is the USA becoming less tolerant of sexual diversity?

    Considering that the most popular movie right now consists of 300 built dudes running around in Speedos poking other guys with big long rods, I'm inclined to say no.
  16. J

    Who Else Loves Fox News?

    Yes, Fox News is biased. So is CNN. Just because they are biased to different sides doesn't mean that one side is news and the other side is trash. Both are news channels, they just report it from a different perspective. People generally align with news outlets that tell them what they want...
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    So "300" is only at 60% on RottenTomatoes.com

    As the guy right below you said, the men wearing loincloths is historically accurate. Even if it wasn't, this is Hollywood we're talking about, and flaunting mens' sexuality sells every bit as well as womens'; just look at Brokeback Mountain. I guess you wouldn't want to see anything you could...
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    So "300" is only at 60% on RottenTomatoes.com

    I like how everyone is bickering about whether the loincloths are "historically accurate" or not in a movie with 200-foot tall elephants, Gollum, and Xerxes being played by a white 10-foot-tall version of Dennis Rodman. Historically accurate? Give me a fvcking break.
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    Fox News thread:3-8-07 Edwards passes on debate in Vegas because Fox News was to be mediator

    QFT Anyone who says CNN isn't just as biased to the left as Fox News is to the right is delusional.
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    are we conservative? with poll

    To all the socially liberal/fiscally "conservative" (which really means liberal) people in this thread, myself included: We sound a lot like libertarians. Too bad they've never run a viable candidate. I adhere to that viewpoint, but I flex on a few of the social "rights" (abortion mostly) and...
  21. J

    Why is ATOT so conservative?

    Holy crap, are you serious? This forum is one of the most liberal I've seen. I like your blanket statements about right-wingers too. Racists? Stop listening to Kanye West's ranting on TV fundraisers and look at which side supports affirmative action quotas. "Haters"? What is that supposed...
  22. J

    Most fun car to drive at around $15-18k?

    Yeah, because what's a $12-15K difference between friends, right? Irrelevant responses FTW. C5 Vette or 98-02 LS1 F-body recommendations seconded... hard to have a car more fun than one of those for that price... especially when you remember that fun also means taking the roof or t-tops off...
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    Will science ever wipe out organized religion?

    That's fine, I don't need your support to know that I'm right. Science cannot be purely logic-based since there are no absolute truths in science.
  24. J

    Will science ever wipe out organized religion?

    You're pretty much supporting my point. Science acknowledges that its own beliefs may be found later to be false, and science has many things that are controversial or that have not reached a consensus within the scientific community. Despite this, scientists base their own truths on their...
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    Will science ever wipe out organized religion?

    Science absolutely involves faith. One must have faith in the things that science explains or even the fact that the findings of scientists are indeed true (as we are not scientists and cannot personally investigate their claims). 100 years ago, science existed and we thought many things in...
  26. J

    Will science ever wipe out organized religion?

    All I've got to say to the people in this thread is that it's pretty obvious that a lot of people in this thread don't know the first thing about Christianity or any sort of organized religion in general. I acknowledge that some Christians are ignorant of science, but I also acknowledge that the...
  27. J

    Conservapedia

    Well, if a white college fund is a "cheap political stunt", why is a black college fund any different? Discrimination is discrimination. Are you saying blacks can have black-only funds but whites cannot have whites-only funds? Personally I disagree with both, and nobody should be discriminated...
  28. J

    Pick me a good 1GB DDR stick...

    I guess all the DDR sticks must be bad since nobody's recommended any good ones...
  29. J

    I will never order a well-done steak again

    I usually order medium-rare, sometimes rare but not usually. Nothing like a big juicy medium-rare New York Strip with sauteed portobello mushrooms and onions. Well, except maybe a filet mignon. :) Oh, and steak tartare is delicious, my last girlfriend got me hooked on it. Yeah, the fscking...
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    UPDATED March 3: BBC World, BBC News 24 & CNN Reported WTC7 Fell before it did (Video)

    I have just one thing to say to all the 9/11 conspiracy theorists: It takes thousands of people to cover up a conspiracy, but just ONE to expose it. With Bush approval ratings as low as you guys say they are, why hasn't anyone exposed all the intricate details of this supposed conspiracy...
  31. J

    Crysler buying out hourly employees with $100K lump sums

    Truer words have not been spoken (yes, I'm aware you said them sarcastically, but they are true). Middle managers can can get laid off and you guys wouldn't flinch, why can't assembly line workers, especially grossly overpaid ones? Lay offs are certainly not something I like to see but they are...
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    Conservapedia

    The antithesis of what the Right stands for is not necessarily "the truth". Maybe it's the truth in your eyes that everything the Right stands for is bad and everything the Left stands for is good, but that does not make it the absolute truth. By challenging what extreme-right-wingers believe is...
  33. J

    How much do you think US citizens should earn

    Might want to talk to your buddy Ted Kennedy about that. ;) You know why teachers are so bad? Because anyone who's qualified enough to make the big bucks is off making money in the PRIVATE SECTOR. Unless someone is smart and has a deep passion for teaching (i.e. not many), the smart and...
  34. J

    How much do you think US citizens should earn

    Makes enough sense. I think he was responding in the context of this thread, not in the real world. The whole concept of this thread is absurdly stupid and I believe the OP made it sort of tongue-in-cheek, because it is not the place of government nor individuals to set salaries, but rather the...
  35. J

    Conservapedia

    Meh, as a right-wing conservative, I've never seen too much bias in Wikipedia, and if I do I just edit it out as I see it. No real encyclopedia will claim to be left-wing or right-wing biased. I think this idea is more out of generating a few bucks than out of principle.
  36. J

    Gas Thread:8-22-07 Gas stations owners file lawsuit alleging price fixing by Saudi owned Refiners in U.S.

    Yesss! I love high gas prices since I'm invested in energy stocks, which gives me the ability to profit off the Bush regime's evil capitalist fascist conspiracy tactics. I guess that makes me an evil capitalist pig in bed with the GOP and Halliburton for opening up a TD Ameritrade account and...
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    How much do you think US citizens should earn

    Because college is a significant investment of one's own time and money, and mainly for the purpose of getting a return on that investment. For the time I am spending going to college right now I could be working 40-hour weeks and making a lot more money in the short-term, and spending a lot...