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    Fantasy Baseball Keepers (YAFBT)

    This is for this upcoming year. Draft is tomorrow. I had originally sent my commish a letter stating Longoria, Wright, Fielder, Greinke, Ellsbury, Pedroia, Zobrist, but Im starting to think that I should amend that to swap Sizemore for Zobrist. I'm somewhat concerned about Reyes' health I...
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    Fantasy Baseball Keepers (YAFBT)

    OK guys, I'm yet another guy soliciting fantasy baseball advice. I'm in a Standard 5x5 10 team yahoo keeper league (7 keepers) I'm trying to decide who to keep of the following Evan Longoria David Wright Dustin Pedroia Jose Reyes Ben Zobrist Grady Sizemore Zack Greinke Prince...
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    how to spend 5 hours in boston

    Several years ago a friend of mine, his twin brother and I went to see "Enemy at the gates" in theaters. The sound was out for the first few minutes of the movie (During the Siege of Stalingrad) while everything under the sun is exploding or being shot. Naturally this caused us in the audience...
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    Wusthof or Henkels knives?

    Both are great brands, especially so if you are willing to properly maintain and sharpen the knives. If not try the Cutco. Despite the fact that working there for a summer was like being in a CULT and quitting was like escaping a cult they really are fantastic knives. Oh and I was always...
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    Hardest question in the world?

    How do you slam a revolving door?
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    Jim Abbott once hit a triple??

    I enjoy sports and I definitely care. One handed pitcher triples ... thats just damn cool.
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    Who is watching Dice-K Matsuzaka pitch now?

    As for a "stupid nicknames" Matsuzaka actually said to pronounce his name "Dice-K" when he was introduced to the media. There is little to no delay between the "Dice" and the "K." Oh yeah, and I'm watching. Go Sox.
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    Best Movie One-Liners

    "I'll have what she's having."
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    Mythbusters to take on "the plane and the treadmill" conundrum?

    I beg you please read this. Ok, I have been reading this internet-age-old argument for a while now and I can stay silent no longer. For the record, I would like to mention that I will be graduating in May with a BSME and part of my career will be modeling mechanical systems. While I have...
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    Good scotch for newbies

    Chivas Regal is my usual scotch of choice, on the rocks is especially pleasant if you're starting. I personally don't find the Glenlivet 12 years particularly enjoyable, its just a little smokier than I prefer ... but the 18 year is outstanding and much much different than the 12...
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    Tricky Itunes problem

    I have tried uninstalling itunes and deleting any remaining folders, I have not tried playing around in the registry.
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    Tricky Itunes problem

    So, I've got myself an itunes issue. When I try and start itunes, I ask it to run, itunes.exe shows up in my task manager, and then it takes on the order of 3 minutes before itunes actually starts ... MUCH too long IMHO. Ive tried reinstalling, ive tried going back to itunes6 ("upgraded" to...
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    Looking for the title of a game

    This is really weird I was thinking about this SAME GAME the other day ... but alas I too have no idea what the name is ... the marbels were dark and metallic / reflective, more marbels you could remove from the playing field at a time the more points you got etc etc ...
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    Temperature Questions

    So I performed some maintenence today and removed the NB and SB, applied some AS5 and removed the covers ... after some scares involved imprecise application of the AS5 I put humpty dumpty back together again and found out that ... My mobo temp is .... 51 C ... count me less than...
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    Temperature Questions

    I've assumed that the 119 is just a weird reading ... also that temp fuctuates between 50ish and the 119 ... 50 C is approximately 119 F (close enough for government work anyways) I am not using an inverted case. Lian Li PC-60. Core Temp reports my core temps in the high 40's Stock...
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    Temperature Questions

    Ok so, I've put my computer together and it has been stable, no crashes etc, and yet.. Certain speedfan readings are well ... HOT Temp1 51C??? Temp2 37C Temp3 119C!!!???!!! Temp 0C HD0 32 HD1 34C Now using Sandra, and ASUS's PCProbe I'm still getting the mobo temp around 50 and with...
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    Normal temperature for a motherboard?

    I have the same motherboard and it is running in the 48-50 C range. I've also been trying to figure out what's "normal" for my temperatures. 55 would seem to be within the range of experienced, as for ideal I do not know. Now what I would really like to know is why my Power/Aux temp reading...
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    Dell vs Viewsonic?

    When I try and use the built in menu to scale the option is browned out and cannot be selected, and lucky for me it seems dell doesnt want to make calling tech support easy as I bought "ONLY" a monitor. Its clear what I want to select (wide mode, change from fill to 1:1) but I'm not being...
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    Dell 2407wfp question

    I tried using "Centered Timings" but the scaling options, in addition to zoom and sharpness are still browned out.
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    Anyone remember Freelancer?

    Has anyone successfully made freelancer widescreen ... and playable? I went over to widescreengamingforums and they have an outline for how to do it but there is a required modded file, cameras.ini that while linked to is no longer hosted. Anyone have the modded file? Thanks. Edit: got it...
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    Dell 2407wfp question

    If this has already been answered elsewhere I appologize but I've looked and not found it. When I try and scale the monitor from fill to either 1:1 or 4:3 I am unable to. After entering the monitor's menus I go to the "display settings" menu and find that "Wide Mode" "Sharpness" and "Zoom"...
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    Dell 2007/2407 still have banding issues.

    Just to give my 2 cents. I just bought a 2407 and it either doesnt have any banding issues or I have no idea what a banding issue is, do not know what to look for and simply feel the monitor looks great. Added bonus, not a single dead pixel either. The uniformity even looks great, basically I...
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    YAB(beer)T: Pick my beer!

    Magic Hat #9
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    Dell vs Viewsonic?

    I've been considering getting either the Dell 2007WFP or the Viewsonic VX2025WM (actually tried picking up the 2025 the other day only to return it (defective)) question is how well does the 1:1 scaling work on the Dell. I ask specifically as I would like to get a widescreen monitor that I can...
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    So now there are 12 planets....

    From what I've heard the reason that the Moon is still a moon but Charon is a planet has to do with the location of the center of mass of the planet-moon system (relative size.) While the Moon is indeed much larger than Pluto the center of mass of the Earth and Moon combined still lies below...
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    Raptor HOT! 150GB WD Raptor at Newegg for $249.99 - $50 MIR = $199.99 shipped / limit 2!

    I'm hoping that someone can give me a conclusive answer to a question thats been irking me for some time. If one were to get a single 150 gig raptor (non raided) is the non X raptor acceptable? I've heard that the non X uses TLER meaning that it should be used in raid setups and that if using...
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    What's your home page?

    www.espn.com
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    Conroes on the cheap

    When I called up buy.com they told me that the coupon was the reason for my inability to place an order. Unfortunately for some reason when I had the cyclic links the coupon was not removed from my cart nor was there any message that indicated that the coupon was not allowed. I ended up...
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    Dell 2407 back again for $703

    Any idea how much longer this deal will be available?
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    What airports have great views when taking off/landing?

    Landing at Logan is a trip if approaching from over the ocean. While its not nearly as good at night, during the day as you descend its... Ocean ... More Ocean... Getting really close to landing on water... then in a matter of seconds -Land -Airport Fence -Runway plane on ground I...
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    E6600 Core 2 BUY.COM $339.00 shipped Pre-order

    I just called up CS and I was told that the cycling was due to the fact that the 15 dollar coupon I had in the cart was not valid for items that "usually ship in 1 or 2 weeks" only for in stock and pre order items. CS told me that I would be able to place the order without the coupon...
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    Conroes on the cheap

    I've been trying to order a 6600 from buy.com but so far no luck. Ive got the discount coupon in the cart but when I try and actually order it I'm thrown into a series of cyclic checkout and order links that doesnt end. No confirmation page or email as of yet and I dont think I'm going to get...
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    E6600 Core 2 BUY.COM $339.00 shipped Pre-order

    At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot ... I've been trying to place an order for the 6600 on buy.com and when I try and checkout I'm getting cyclic "click here to check out" links. I can't for the life of me figure out if I've ordered and if so if I've ordred 1 or 2 or 3 (I only want...
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    Advice/Review of First Build

    Hey guys, like half the world it seems, I'm planning my first homebuilt rig and am hoping that you kind folk could give me your seal of approval. I've been reading these and other forums for a while now and have a couple of compatibilty questions and the like. Such as PSU/MOBO issues that I...