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Bye all for a while (hopefully)

I've decided that I need to take a break from my standard life and try something new. Job market does not seem too good right now, so I am still unemployed. Can't get into grad school so that is not an option either right now. I think I need to be disconected from my routine so that I can...
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- Aug 20, 2001
- Replies: 12
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone able to hear hard drive whine?

<< I have 2 WD400BB's and I can't hear them at all, even during heavy reads and writes, I'm talking NON-EXISTANT. Maybe yours is dying? >> The drives whining is a constant sound from the disk spinning. Reading and writing sounds are acceptable to me. I don't really know how to describe it...
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- Post #17
- Aug 16, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone able to hear hard drive whine?

<< I have two Western Digitals. A 40GB 7200rpm and a 20GB 5400rpm. They are very quiet. Even with no fans on, they are near silent. Get some fans in your case and then worry about the fan sound. >> We must have the same WD 40GB 7200. I have the WD400BB. It is quite in terms of seeking...
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- Post #16
- Aug 16, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone able to hear hard drive whine?

<< IMHO,WD drives are too loud.. lol, ditch it and get an 60GXP Deskstar.I don't ever hear my drive,not even while defragging >> Yeah, I'm almost about to ditch the drive because it is really annoying. It is a WD400BB. The whine is always present, so it is from the spinning platters. The...
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- Post #14
- Aug 16, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anyone able to hear hard drive whine?

I'm in my 20's now, so I thought that I would not be susceptible to this, but my WD 7200 RPM drive is driving me crazy. It has this high pitch whine that I assume is caused by the platter rotation. I tried putting the computer on the ground and it is still driving me nuts. I have an older...
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- Aug 16, 2001
- Replies: 17
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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- Aug 16, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Man drowns in cats water bowl!

Before I read your post, I thought the title was "man drowns cat in water bowl" and thought to myself what type of sicko would do that. Now I feel sorry for the guy instead of the cat.
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- Post #6
- Aug 16, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of grades do they look at in grad school?

Most schools will consider your whole GPA, but with emphasis on the last 2 years where you will mostly be taking upper division courses in your major (and likely area of grad study). One thing you should be sure to do if you plan on going to grad school is to get to know profs through things...
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- Post #12
- Aug 15, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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12hrs till exam, I haven't studied, guess what I'm doing?

<< last time my friend and I bought one large mutated grapefruit (it has a wierd name, but it's BIG, 4lb) and my friend and I decided to each eat 1/2. both of us were farting for the next 10hrs. and we were in the car most of the time so our car smelled like grapefruit fart.! :) >> Did is...
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- Post #12
- Aug 13, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do cable companies allow this?........

<< << if your sister's cool have her in on it, free broadband for her. >> Ummmm.... maybe you didn't read the first post, but this whole crap started because she won't pay her part of the bill. So I took away the Cat5 wire so she can't use the internet and she got pissed and started...
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- Post #19
- Aug 13, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do cable companies allow this?........

Ok, I don't know about Cox@Home, but I assume it is the same as with ATT@Home. With ATT@Home, cable modem service and cable TV service are kept separate and billed separately. They used to have separate cable guys also, but might have combined resources now. My ATT@Home is billed on my credit...
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- Post #17
- Aug 13, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Whats the difference between a Worm Virus and a Regular Virus?

Computer viruses work in a similar way to real ones - they find hosts (generally, executable files) and infect them by injecting generally malicious code into the executable, so that when the infected executable is run, bad stuff can happen and more files could be infected. Worms, on the other...
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- Post #2
- Aug 10, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What were your favorite or most useful classes in college (or any other)?

<< i really like psychology.. had a lot of fun in that class. >> yeah, intro psych was fun. Class was just sitting back and watching slides and video clips with 1000+ other classmates. Learned a lot without having to think too heavily.
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- Post #24
- Aug 9, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What were your favorite or most useful classes in college (or any other)?

<< << recreational pharmaceuticals 230 >> :D :D >> At my school we actually had a class called Molds and Magical Mushrooms or something like that. I don't think people actually go to sample the magical ones, but probably did get to eat some exotic stuff.
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- Post #23
- Aug 9, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What were your favorite or most useful classes in college (or any other)?

<< compilers, 6 months of living hell but when i was done i was a far better programmer for it. >> Yep, compilers is hell, but in the end it is very satisfying to have built a fully functional compiler from scratch. You definitely become a better programmer from understanding how code is...
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- Post #22
- Aug 9, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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