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    question Larger TVs

    Maybe I can post a bit more on topic. I'm considering the 50" panasonic plasma TC-P50GT25. This is the 3D version of the G25 series. Not the newer TC25 series or the newly announced but not yet available VT30 series. It seems to get good reviews all around which is awesome. However I went...
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    Email issues, might be MX records or something more subtle

    I tried to see if you were on the spam blacklists and it says it can't get the IP for canril.com. http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=sbl&host=canril.com It works for 90george. Looks like that A records was necessary for something.
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    Email issues, might be MX records or something more subtle

    Here is my dns records for my google apps domain.
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    iPad: any experience?

    The HP (Palm) tablet looked nice. I'm not sure I would pick that over android though.
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    Paperless office stuff

    I always see that neat receipt software advertised. But I think you have to use their scanners.
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    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink & Scythe SFlex 12cm Fan

    no longer available - shipped out
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    Credit cards with good rewards

    Oh and Amex never bothers me with mail. But Bank of America and Chase send me mail like once or twice a month. Either an offer for a different card or checks they want me to use or balance transfer offers or sign up for the 5% cash back offer that is worse than the one I have now. But amex...
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    Credit cards with good rewards

    Amex Blue Cash - it had the highest % cash back for a while. It was an annual cash back but they've changed it to an accrual and you request thing. I've earned about $600 each year the two years I've had it. My other card is a Chase Freedom. But I may switch that to one that goes toward my...
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    Something Random

    What you don't spray your shovel with pam before shoveling? No idea if this works but I've always wondered.
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    HDD Acoustics

    Hammer?
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    WHY would anyone pay 400-600 for a 3g phone?

    You need to tell it to go to the full gmail site. Not sure how you do that. But all these websites want to offer me the mobile version of their website and I want the full blown website as it works fine on my evo.
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    WHY would anyone pay 400-600 for a 3g phone?

    Coverage is very dependent on the area. I used to have verizon which was great coverage except at my brother's house where only at&t gets a decent signal. Sprint doesn't work there either. We call it the dead zone. He lives semi-near some high voltage towers so I'm guessing that is the...
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    WHY would anyone pay 400-600 for a 3g phone?

    Unless you are in a market that is covered in the 4G area, it is a useless feature of the phone. The money for the phone is for the display, processor, etc. The evo is nice, the newer samsungs are supposedly better in the graphics department.
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    iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

    I just use the stock battery. I just made sure to buy extra usb to micro usb cables so I can charge it when I need to. But 99% of the time, I just charge it at night.
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    Marvel HyperDuo

    OS and apps sure. Frequently used files? More often than not for me that is a couple files. What I really care about are the most recent files. Most recent photos or videos to process. And I want them in my normal categorical structure. Not in some separate section I have to copy to the HD...
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    iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

    Still $45/month is CHEAP. I mean $70 + $10 premium data charge - 25% discount is still $60/month. Your SERO plan works out to a 45% discount.
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    iPhone4 vs HTC Evo

    Welcome to Evo and android. Still love my phone.
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    Marvel HyperDuo

    Have you guys heard about Marvell's hyperduo technology? Looks like seagate's hybrid tech but separated out to have two individual devices. Looks like you can specify the stuff to keep on the ssd as well...
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    Sil3132: Can Silicon Image do anything right?

    Are you sure that is silicon image? It looks like a Marvel M on it to me. From the product page online it is a Marvell - 9128 http://us.startech.com/product/PEXSAT31E1-1x-eSATA-1x-SATA-6-Gbps-PCI-Express-SATA-Controller-Adapter-Card
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    Sil3132: Can Silicon Image do anything right?

    This one has one external and one internal sata port. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158206&Tpk=N82E16815158206
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    Sil3132: Can Silicon Image do anything right?

    I'm confused then, you wanted an esata port but your using the header on the board rather than the ports that stick out the back of the PC?
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    Sil3132: Can Silicon Image do anything right?

    What about a newer 6Gb/s Esata card? Would that use a silicon image chipset? They should be backwards compatible.
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    Rain and flood

    Yeah I heard about it on the news. They used the word biblical. Good luck to you and all those affected.
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    dSLR thread

    I love my nikkor 70-300mm lens for its zoom. I almost want more but it worked great at the kid's soccer and baseball games which is what I bought it for. It works indoors with the flash too. I've also used it to take moon pictures.
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    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink & Scythe SFlex 12cm Fan

    Seems that only the Gigabyte K8 motherboards needed that backplate? Just my luck I had the K8N Ultra SLI. I guess if your retention module can take screws it might work.
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    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink & Scythe SFlex 12cm Fan

    Brackets were included, backplates (the part that goes on the back of the motherboard) were not. Which is really dumb. Here is the link to them. But trying to find them online is not as easy. The two places they link to don't have them.
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    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink & Scythe SFlex 12cm Fan

    Have a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink and a Scythe Sflex 12cm fan [SFF21F] for sale. This is the original version. Revision A of the Ultra 120 Extreme. Has brackets for the following chipsets: 1366, 775, 939*, AM2* & AM3*. * There is no backplate included for these. You'd have to...
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    Replacing heatsink on 939 based board.

    Bah! Failed. Not in removing the heatsink, but in installing the new one. I ran prime 95 on the machine for like 15 minutes prior to heat up the thermal pad and make it easier to remove. A couple twists and it was released. No problem. I bought an Thermalright Ultra 120 with the bracket for...
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    Replacing heatsink on 939 based board.

    I figure the best way to remove will be twisting rather than pulling up.
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    Replacing heatsink on 939 based board.

    So I'll be replacing the stock heatsink fan that has been installed for years with a new one. Anything to be leery of when removing the old one? How should I get off any residue? I have to remove the motherboard for this correct? As I'll have to install a new bracket on the back of the...
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    PCI USB3.0?

    Looks like a pci express card. All the other ones I found online seem like pci express too.
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    PCI USB3.0?

    It was the WD one. Linky
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    PCI USB3.0?

    I think if you bought one of those external usb 3.0 drives they came bundled with a card. Maybe research who's card it is?
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    question Junking traditional TV for streaming only

    The words 'digital hoarder' come to mind.
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    Something Random

    Silly it was supposed to be a gift. Gifts need no reason.
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    question Junking traditional TV for streaming only

    Is hulu only nbc content or more than that? How do you get ABC/CBS/NBC/WB/SciFi? Most of those I could go online but when for instance I went online to look for streaming smallville episodes there wasn't much.
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    I need a bed

    The ikea bed frame we got is no longer sold. Here is a link with a small picture. And here is the ikea manual.
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    I need a bed

    And as for a boxspring, you can just use thick plywood on top of the planks. It provides a good flat surface which is all a boxspring is designed to do (aside from adding height). But I wouldn't put a mattress on top of the planks directly.
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    I need a bed

    We bought a MALM bed for my son. Bad move. The sides were fiberboard and you screwed the seemingly flimsy metal rails to the side. Then set the wood planks on them, then the bed on top. Kids like to jump on beds. The screws would come out. The flimsy metal rails would then slip and the...
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    I need a bed

    Different places. Most of the information came from a thread on fatwallet.com. Base was from jcpenney.com Item RN725-5813A (no longer available). Memory foam was 4" not 5" Sensus from sleepwarehouse.com. The latex (2" Talalay Latex 24 ILD) was ordered from foamsource.com.
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    I need a bed

    We bought an ikea bed frame. And the mattress is sort of home made. Is is 5" base foam, 5" premium memory foam and 2" of latex on top. Ordered online and then assembled and a mattress cover to contain it. Very comfy. This was some years ago, probably 5 years ago. For the box spring part I...
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Well I'm coming from the prospective of not owning a SSD yet.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Everybody see the new Indilinx controller preview at anandtech? An updated barefoot controller with new martini firmware. Seems to be pretty impressive, especially in the real world tests. I know there are new controller from sandforce to look forward too but they will be pricey. And...
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    Affordable graphics cards

    It was fun to decode the hex that was printed as the background on my checks. Turned out to be some famous quotes and even quotes from the bible.
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    I do want to buy a used car

    So on saturday I attempted to drive from PA to DC to attend the rally to restore sanity. But my car had other plans. As I was exiting the toll on 895 S in Baltimore MD, the clutch went. I could not shift into any gear. 1pm on a saturday 95 miles from home. Towed back home at a cost of $325...
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    WTB: Windows XP x64

    I have a used copy that I am no longer using (I moved to windows 7). Does it being used cause issues with activation?
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    I do want to buy a used car

    I'm not so sure it was just cash for clunkers. But it probably was a combination of people tightening their expenses and thus buying/considering used cars. Also the new car inventory reduction, which I think is still at very low levels in terms of months of inventory for certain makes. Just...
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    Something Random

    I like to buy pants for work at the men's warehouse. That way they can be tailored to the right length and they last. Congrats on the weight loss.
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    CD TO MP3?

    Because it is a lossless format would be my guess. That is no data is lost in the conversion and the original uncompressed data can be obtained from the encoded file. I rip my CDs using Exact Audio Copy to uncompressed wav files. Then I convert them to .ogg format that plays on my android...
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