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    We have been upgraded by comcast to Blast 150mbps I think...

    What's considered abuse when you have a 10Gb link?
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    I want to buy a new car

    I believe they're all ultimately the same Theta platform. Wikipedia says it was developed by both Opel and Daewoo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Theta_platform
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    Intel Skylake reviews (i7-6700K)

    Well, there's a reason why they're so cheap. It'd probably be cheaper to bulldoze them and start over vs. trying to rehab one. Either way at the end of the day you're still left with a house that's likely to be much nicer than all the ones around it in a bad neighborhood. Also, there's often...
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    I want to buy a new car

    I realize you wanted to know that the new airbags were good and didn't have the flying shrapnel issue, but this probably wasn't the right way to determine that. :p Seriously though, glad you're okay. Did you escape without a ticket?
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    Intel Skylake reviews (i7-6700K)

    You can buy a "house" (I use that term a little loosely) for the price of high end consumer Intel CPU in Detroit.
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    Windows 10

    Who still uses Daemon Tools? I thought everyone has switched to Virtual Clonedrive by now.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Get another Element (used) from the last model year they sold them (2011?).
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    I want to buy a new car

    The Chevy Captiva Sport was a fleet only vehicle in the US/Canada. It's the refreshed Saturn Vue with Chevy badging on it. It was made in Mexico.
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    Something Random

    DC power is okay as long as you don't have to move it long distances. So if you're generating electricity locally at your house with solar panels DC's not really a problem. The sort of power grid the US has wouldn't work with DC power. Sure we can do things with high efficiency DC/DC...
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    Intel Skylake reviews (i7-6700K)

    We've heard this sort of thing before. It sounds like the hype preceding Bulldozer. We all know how that turned out.
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    Something Random

    Now they're even spying on the aliens!!!
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    I want to buy a new car

    Blue laser on a yellow phosphor produces uncollimated light. It's very similar to a white LED, just marginally more efficient.
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    dSLR thread

    Just don't kill any lions with all your shooting.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Color is worse IMHO. Presumably they're as bright.
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    Windows 10

    I'll let you all beta test the RTM version. I'm not going near it with a barge pole based on what I've read so far. It doesn't sound like it's quite ready.
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    Dunkin Donuts' CEO's Comment Regarding New York State Minimum Wage Proposal

    If the US were to fix the immigration system so there wasn't an unlimited amount of unskilled labor in the US salaries would naturally rise. Of course in general the same people in favor of raising the minimum wage, favor an open borders, and decry the growing gap between the rich and poor...
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    I want to buy a new car

    Of course they're all doomed. No car will last forever.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Siriius and XM merged. Both are satellite radio. They're technically the same company now. HD radio generally has better sound quality and is free. Personally, you couldn't pay me to listen to Sirius/XM. To me the fidelity is terrible.
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    Long-distance GPU shopping

    You must have very good record keeping. ;)
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    Long-distance GPU shopping

    I was just about to post this. It seems like this isnt something random.
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    Windows 10

    What if I unplug that too? ;)
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    I want to buy a new car

    I'll grant you that a timing chain is better than a timing belt. My Maxima had a timing chain.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Unreliable, I'm not sure. I know I had a surprising amount of rust issues on my 2002 Maxima. The GM cars I've had of similar age have generally been better in that regard. Chrysler's quality or lack thereof long predates being taken over by the Italians.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Of the Buick over the Chevy or of getting a GM product at all? IMHO, in the US the jury is still out on the Koreans. The cars are much nicer than they used to be. They're quite nice when new. Long term (10 year+) reliability is still up in the air. The Germans and Europeans don't sell...
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    I want to buy a new car

    A better fit for your age group? :rofl:
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    Something Random

    I would hope not, but I don't really know.
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    Something Random

    So a coworker asked me for help getting a few things working on her less than one month old Surface 3 (non Pro). The amount of near malware / spyware on it blew my mind. It had some sort of software that acted as a local proxy inserting ads into pages. Geniusbox 2.0
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    The Controller has to do more processing and the NAND probably has more circuitry on the dies so it can distinguish between the additional voltage levels.
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    Something Random

    I was wondering who Joe was, and then it suddenly became clear. Congrats!
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    Transparant aluminum

    Just a bunch of dancers, AFAIK
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    He can't do that. The shipment would reveal his name and address.
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    I want to buy a new car

    They still share platforms, but it's much less obvious and flagrant than the 90's when they were super similar. No one is going to sit in a Regal and say to themselves this is the same car as the Malibu but with Buick badges. FWIW, the new Impala is on the Epsilon II platform along with...
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    Transparant aluminum

    Soldiers, armored cars, rich people with powerful enemies...
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    I want to buy a new car

    The LaCrosse is on the same platform. Which Buick are you looking at?
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    I want to buy a new car

    Have you looked at the new Chevy Impala? It's pretty nice. Consumer Reports loved it.
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    Transparant aluminum

    The link works for me.
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    Android phones: Tips, tricks?

    Only?!?!? Or did you mean MB?
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    Web Weirdness

    As I said, not here (with Firefox 38.0.5 with ABP and NoScript). I tried messing with the scripting settings for duroflexworld using noscript, but that didn't make any difference. Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I click on the Google search results for duroflexworld and end up at...
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    Web Weirdness

    It doesn't affect me either.
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    Slow site performance?

    Ruh, roh... You've upset the North Koreans!
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    4K TVs

    By a lot you mean Samsung's right?
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    Any of you guys still building your own?

    So they only build low end to midrange systems for customers who aren't very concerned about power efficiency?
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    Goodbye Firefox

    Print page and select them as the printer.
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    problem Samsung Monitor Over screnn with hdmi to hdmi with my lptop.

    What zoom mode are you using? There should be one called Just Scan or Screen Fit.
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    HOT

    Great question. I believe Merc is an apartment dweller so he'd have to get the landlord to do that.
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    Web-aware TV sets

    I'd go with C unless they have a compelling need to put it online.
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    Longer-haul wireless

    Are they using aluminum foil as wall paper?
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    YouTube Recomendations

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs
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    How old are you?

    If you think that 42 was a serious answer an not a Monty Python inspired answer...
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    Something Random

    Rest assured that if we ever get a la carte cable your bill isn't going to be any cheaper than it is now. You'll pay the same and have less channels. 1 channel -$100 each 5 channels - $20 each 10 channels - $10 each 100 channels - $1 each
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