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    just a few thoughts...

    i always considered this place to have some of the smartest and most well behaved people in any forums i visit from time to time. but i cant help but notice that the amount of hateful, violent, ignorant, arrogant, racist and cheap comments on AT forums lately is just way too high compared to AT...
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    a few classics ;)

    i got the habit of saving any images i come across online that i like, be it pictures of places, people, icons, whatever... i was going through my stuff, and came across those beautiful classics that i am sure you guys would like too :) so with no more delays, here we go: a picture of...
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    i had a beautiful experience today!

    i went to the Municipal court today to talk to the court clerk about a traffic ticket i got before the hearing date came up, for some reason i was expecting the court clerk person to be either a big ole mean guy or an old cranky lady, considering the stuff they see and deal with daily in their...
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    KPT 7 was Released...

    head over to corel.com or procreate.com for more details, cant wait to get my hands on it. :) :) :)
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    anyone tried RealWar?

    a demo was released just a couple of days ago, about 70mb, its a RTS game thats supposed to be based on a real combat sim game that US forces use, also all the weapons and units are based on currunt ones in use in today's military forces. i am downloading it curruntly, but since ima on dial up...
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    anyone using ClearType in win xp?

    took me awhile to get used to it, but i think it really does a great job of making fonts look better, anyone else tried it?
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    swap file size on winxp?

    hi, i installed win xp pro on my laptop with 512mb RAM, the default swap file is 768mb on root c: is this ok? or too big? should i miss around with it? so far everything is running fine and quite fast, and even with awhole bunch of programs loaded including photoshop, task manager still tells...
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    Kaspersky Labs AVP doesnt work in win xp?

    i just downloaded the latest AVP from kaspersky.com and installed it on my win xp. as soon as the installer was done, i got a blue screen then windows restarted, upon restarting as soon as i logged in it gave me a blue screen again and restart... etc.... so i ended up using ( last known good...
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    Do you have an 81x-to85x chipset? then get Intel's Applacation Accelelator 1.1 NOW

    i was expecting this to be more of a hype, but it actually does work and makes a big difference, on my win xp which already boots much faster than win9x or w2k, after install IAA now it almost boots instantly, like 20 seconds or less from when i press the power botton until the dektop is done...
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    about 3dmark2001

    is it free? also i was gona download it to benchmark my Geforce2Go 32DDR but the thing is huge, 40mb+ i am on dial-up, any other way to get it? like on some magazine CD or something?
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    Does UPS deliver after 5 pm?

    the UPS tracking page for my Dell laptop says its scheduled to be delivered today, it originally said 09/27 then it said re-scheduled for 09/26 anyway, nothing came to my door so far, its already 5:20 pm here. UPS delivers after 5 pm?
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    USB/Firewire tv/fm tuners?

    hi :) i would like to be able to watch TV or listen to FM on my notebook, i know there are some external tuner boxes out there, i know of the ATI TV Wonder USB and the Hauppauge WinTV USB, the Hauppauge has a version that got got FM as well, but it has less features as a tv tuner than ATI, any...
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    stupid question about cd burning

    i am new to the world of cd burning, i have an 8X CD-R/4XCD-RW drive, now can you use regular CD-R media to make CD-RW CDs or you need special CD-RW media? also once you make a CD-RW, and asya use it instead of a floppy, would it work on other computers in regular cd drives? thanks.
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    laptop memory

    i will be buying RAM for my notebook, was planning to buy from crucial, its PC133 144 PIN SODIMM, but then a friend mentioned that i should get Infeneon or Samsung beacuse they use less voltage or something and would consume less energy/be more suitable for a laptop, any truth to this, or does...
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    cant decide!

    i ordered a Dell Inspiron 8100 on August 14th, my dream notebook, with all the latest and stuff, after two delays my currunt shipping date is October 1st, and regardless of promises by the sales rep that i will recieve it much earlier than that, its still "in production" on the order status...
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    recommendation for a tablet?

    i am looking to buy a tablet mainly for drawing on the PC, i am no pro in graphics though, just want to be able to draw witha pen digitally, so far i like the Wacom Graphire which sells for about $80, comes with a cordless eraser pen and mouse, and its pressure sensetive. any other tablets to...
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    msn messanger not working for anyone else?

    thanks. :)
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    about buying from Dell

    i bought an Inspiron 8100 from Dell today, but its not supposed to ship until the first week of september, am i gona be charged based on prices now or the day of shipping? i will be calling tomorrow to clarify all the details but just thought i would ask here as well. the sales guy was all in a...
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    anyone tried googlegear.com here?

    i will be buying a $400 item from them, a notebook HD actually, and since this is no small amount of money i was just wondering if anyone had tried them here before? thanks. :)
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    hp athlon 4 notebook?

    i thought HP announced an Athlon4 based notebook, but i cant locate on thier website. was it just an annoucment of a product and they still dont have it, or did i just miss it on thier site? thanks. :)
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    Swedish Bikini Shooting team :)

    certainly makes sports shooting look better :) Bikini-clad Blondes Blast Away and here is thier Home Page :)
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    Code Red Worm to Flood the WhiteHouse.gov with 400mb of data every four hours from every infected server at 5pm PDT

    and as a side effect "An apparent side effect of the worm seems to crash several varieties of DSL routers and higher-end network routers that direct data around the Internet, according to posts on the Bugtraq mailing list maintained by SecurityFocus. " Full Article Please post this...
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    Desktop Palomino to come in new thinner Organic Packaging

    According to our sources, AMD informed the mainboard manufacturers that its new desktop processor based on the Palomino core expected to come out in September will be designed in a new package. The changes imply that to simplify the manufacturing process AMD will use organic package for the new...
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    is black the color of no color?

    i was wondering, when its dark or i close my eyes, everything looks black, if there is no light going into my eyes, shouldnt i see no colors at all? but i see black, does this mean black is the color of no clolor when we cant see colors beacuse there is no light?
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    RedHat.com bumper sticker

    on my way to get some fast food, i see a car with a "www.redhat.com" bumper sticker! i mean, i like linux, i like GNU software, heck i even use cygwin and mingw and have ported some GNU software to the win32 platform myself. but a redhat bumper sticker? bahahahahahahaha thats too...
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    a moment of silence for the 5-words story post

    its not the same without it. :( sadly i wasnt here when it hit the 1000th post milestone. it shoulda been archived as part of ATOT history. oh well. :)
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    who wants HIV ?

    http://www.energy.pulse.de/dosen/hiv.html its an energy drink in germany :)
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    i just squished a big spider in the bathroom.....

    and i always wondered, what is it exactly about bathrooms that attract spiders? i mean its not like there is food or anything eatable in there, why do spiders like bathrooms? i wanna know! :)
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    all you nefs out there

    contain your untamed desires, and control yourselves. Thank You. :)
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    Frozen Light, from the Scientific American...

    Full Article most of the article went right over my head, i wish i was smarter to actually understand it to the level the author intended. but its truely amazing and changes our ideas of whats possible and whats not. the article is about slowing light pulses to a halt. which can mean new...
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    NVIDIA to Break Its 6-Month Cycle

    NVIDIA, which used to introduce a faster graphics chip every half a year, seems to be ready to give up this tradition. The thing is that NVIDIA is now working on too mane projects simultaneously, including performance and value graphics chip, console solutions (such as NV2A for X-Box), as well...
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    one more nForce MSI ATX MB

    xbit article MSI: One More nForce Based Mainboard Posted 7/06/01 at 11:49 am by Rat Our friends over at Clubic seem to have a horn of plenty of MSI news :-) Of course, we also can?t help mentioning the new product from MSI, especially since it is based on one of the most interesting chipsets...
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    a couple of news articles on msn messenger outages

    here and here MS says its due to a hardware problem, and that users shouldnt worry about losing thier buddy lists, as they will be all restored as soon as the problems are sorted. :)
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    places to see in Australia?

    i am thinking about taking a trip to aussie if i save enough money, what places to see there? i know some people in sydney so thats where i would go first, but where else is a must see? what are prices like down there? any idea on how much it would cost for say a one week or less visit? :)
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    i am tired and sleepy.....

    and its freaken 2 am, but i cant sleep!!! i went and laid down ont he couch for like an 40 mins with my eyes closed listening to the radio and still didnt fall asleep!! :( edit: my sh!tty spelling!!!!!!!!!
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    when did pc magazine become so slim?

    i havnt bought it in quite a long time, was looking at in the store tonight and the thing looks like it shrunk down to 1/10 of what it was before, what happened?
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    anyone knows what the name Shylani(sp?) means?

    its supposed to be a Hawaiian name i think, was wondering if it has any meaning ? :) thanks...
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    DrPepper doesnt taste that bad....

    i never had any DrPepper is years probably, then just had some today..... it doesnt taste that bad actually, but there is a funny smell to it... :)
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    an article on building a quiet PC :)

    i am a notebook guy mainly, but i am sure some here might be intrested in this Article on building a quiet PC :)
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    Corel Announces Kai Power Tools 7 Beta Program

    if you have ever used KPT before, you know what its about, if not KPT is one of the most amazing set of PhotoShop filters ever made. you can sign up for the beta program of KPT 7 here: Corel KPT 7 Beta Program