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Will a mechanic easily find flood damage?

It depends on the car if rust is normal or not. My BMW wagon has corroded components here and there and its a 2004. Cast aluminum shouldn't rust. Thats what I'm guessing the engine block is made from. If the car was flooded there's a good chance your see a water line in the engine...
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- Post #4
- Jul 6, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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We really have no business driving SUVs

Hmm, I use an expedition to haul around my little girls 400lb power wheel chair. The day the government comes for it is the day we have some problems. I would rather drive a minivan or if I could get one that wasnt a death trap a full size van with a decent tongue weight rating. If I can ever...
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- Post #151
- Jul 5, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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What is a viewpoint you take that most AT members will disagree with?

That this country is a Republic, not a Democracy with a tyranny of the majority that seems to want to vote for me to live my life a certain way. If I'm gay I'll partner up and opt in for marriage some where that's ok. If I'm not, then theres no way that hijacking a historical and religiously...
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- Post #8
- Jul 5, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Dell to charge $50 bucks for Vista Downgrade to XP

Bingo. Corporations will not move to Vista any time soon. Server 2008 would have to be a solid presence before Vista even starts to roll out for most corporations. I noted the 50$ charge yesterday when we quoted out some laptops. Not too pleased.
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- Post #16
- Jun 18, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Best alternative to Ikea?

I like Value city Furniture. You have to look at the finish and do the fingernail scratch test but most of it is good quality. I would get hardwood stuff up front and save yourself some money. After one move usually the particle board stuff is doomed. We've got a Tempurpedic mattress paired up...
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- Post #24
- Jun 16, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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People in IT who work with Dell.

IBM has nice stuff but its always been budget busters for us, besides that they are a direct competitor in the services industry. I think a IBM blade server /Xen setup would be pretty slick. IBM has some nice hardware but we do a lot of modular builds that can never be justified as 'enterprise...
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- Post #43
- Jun 16, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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People in IT who work with Dell.

My Company will order 200K worth of server hardware at a time and 10mil+ per year in workstations/servers combined from Dell. Our Rep will do better than the premier page about 50% of the time. Still we have some bundles dialed in for the Premier page that are hard to beat. Our CTO tends to...
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- Post #40
- Jun 16, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Can I fit a queen sized mattress/couch/other furniture in an SUV?

http://www.pensketruckrental.com/personal_rental/ Looks like it would be about $80 plus taxes, gas and a fee or two for a 12 or 16 ft truck. Please don't risk anything with Uhaul unless you know the dealer is respectable. They may quote cheaper but you get dinged with deposits and fuel capoff...
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- Post #17
- Jun 15, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Can I fit a queen sized mattress/couch/other furniture in an SUV?

After moving 8 times in 6 years with the military and then back into civilian life I would say forget your options unless you can get a full sized van or a large minivan like a Sienna with the seats out. I would avoid U haul at all costs and go strait to Penske. I have yet to have a bad...
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- Post #16
- Jun 15, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Who here is still undecided?

McCain is not fiscally responsible in any way. I think hes committed us to 100 years in Iraq and he is very pro amnesty. I dont mind immigrants but any deal will be very divisive for everyone. It will create a lot of resentment and social strife with current economic conditions. Amnesty for 12...
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- Post #25
- Jan 18, 2008
- Forum: Politics and News
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Garmin Nuvi 200w - $199 shipped from Costco

The wife got me a 360 for Christmas. It is the small screen style which is kind of neat if you want to carry it around. Its a great unit. If I was more hard core about hiking I would get a dedicated unit for outdoor use (compas functions and way-points, not necessarily street routing) and the...
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- Post #10
- Jan 6, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Which bedroom set would you choose?

I'd go with B, mainly because of the gloss finish on the first one. I find dark woods with that kind of finish annoying to look at with any type of bright light. It looks to less of an issue with B.
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- Post #8
- Dec 9, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Wagon Shopping

I've got the minivan thing down. This will be a personal commuter car. Thanks for the input on the Mazda. I'd like a fair bit of sport with the wagon and a balance of gas economy. My commute consists of about three stoplights a handful of stop signs and 35 minutes of curvy roads running through...
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- Post #19
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: The Garage
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Wagon Shopping

I have a fondness for Volvos so I'm really looking hard at the V50. I cant find many right now new or used that are T5's. Heres a S40 with an open style grill. That and the other touches like the alum mirror covers look pretty good.
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- Post #15
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: The Garage
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Wagon Shopping

I will have to look into the Saab 9-3 and the Mazda 6 wagon, I would really prefer to buy a used low mileage car to avoid a car payment and still keep some money in the bank. It really kills me to buy new unless I am absolutely in love with the car.
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- Post #13
- Sep 28, 2007
- Forum: The Garage
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Wagon Shopping

I'm looking for a wagon but most seem plain or just an afterthought to a sedan version. I don't want a typical fullsized wagon and not a 5 door hatch like a matrix. The mazda 3 is nice and I love the style. It just needs about 12 inches on the rear, so it falls into that sub compact wagon class...
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- Sep 27, 2007
- Replies: 25
- Forum: The Garage
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Gaming without EAX 5.0 support?

Thanks for all the post on this. I just picked up a X-fi Gamer from ZipZoom on a deal. I did very little research but I have known that EAX was dying off and vista killed direct sound for the on board sound solution I had with the NF7-s Thus the reason I jumped on the X-fi no questions asked...
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- Post #6
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card $55AR @ ZZF

I got mine in the mail today, no unexpected surprises. I have been hanging onto on board sound with a NF7-s but now that I use Vista I get no benefit from the sound storm. I am curious as reading around it seems EAX is more or less dying on the vine and most focus from devs and what now stick...
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- Post #12
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hot? YMMV: Costco has Coke made with sugar cane

It was a general statement. Here is a Washington Post article that talks about quirks associated with pumping up normal glucose with fructose. Like I said, If your insulin resistant and/or looking to loose some weight , this article has some expert opinions that you might be better off...
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- Post #53
- Aug 24, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hot? YMMV: Costco has Coke made with sugar cane

High Fructose Corn syrup is some kind of unholy sugar as far as your body is concerned. In myh mind if your on a diet your better of using sugar than eating anything with HFCS in it. Just my two cents.
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- Post #50
- Aug 24, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Somebody/something scratched my truck recently..

Pretty deep scratches. It could have been from someone working around or loading something that kept hitting your truck. For someone not to notice as it was happening is pretty careless though. If it wasn't keyed I would say something had to fall against the side panel or someone used it to...
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- Post #12
- Aug 24, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Setting up wireless security cameras

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- Post #9
- Aug 14, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows Home Server Box

I setup a box for windows home server and I must say I am pretty impressed. Has anyone else tested the RC out? The machine I am using is Pentium 4 with 2 GBs of RAM, way overkill for the usage it however the kicker is I needed a tower with space for lots of hard drives, the motherboard was...
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- Thread
- Aug 14, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building New Computer

I agree on the Seagate Drives. I have to wonder about the need for the quad cores. I think the Core2 Duo 6750 would be a better bet. It uses the 1333 FSB which is guaranteed to get you more FPS than the 1066. Also the Quad cores will be sitting idle for the foreseeable future. If you...
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- Post #16
- Aug 13, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Old comp won't boot!

might be a combination of things. I bet the battery does need to be replaced. I don't think that is why. It could be that you have some caps that have gone bad somewhere on the board or perhaps even the video card. Make sure the ROM chip is seated or the ROM chip socket hasn't become cracked.
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- Post #3
- Aug 13, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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The last Nforce2

My system an Athlon 3200xp with 1.5GB Ram a set of Raid 0 400GB HDs on the Silicon Image 3112 Raid controller all running on an Abit NF7-s v2 I was preforming a Vista update immediately preceding the problem. What the update was I think is a non issue. It did seem to take an unusual amount...
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- Thread
- Aug 13, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Thoughts on the welfare state and justice system

I agree with Moonbeam on the general trend of the statements in his post. I think we have seen with Katrina what human nature is when the lid is lifted off of normalcy and everyday life is turned upside down for a group of people. We have laws to cover the individual cases of people tossing...
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- Post #3
- Jul 23, 2007
- Forum: Politics and News
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FTC has decided to abandon net neutrality

People tend to make the statement 'This is the best country in the world.' I don't think many take time to hink about this. In my opnion the U.S. system is the best in the world because it allows the people the most leverage in keeping the Government from poking its unwanted nose into our...
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- Post #38
- Jul 8, 2007
- Forum: Politics and News
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Gang forces 12-year old boy to rape his mom

Its parental apathy. Neighborhoods like that look to the Government to provide solutions for problems in life and and for government schools to educate their kids. This kind of thinking leads into a sense of entitlement. It's not blatant but when its crunch time people tend to slip the normal...
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- Post #6
- Jul 7, 2007
- Forum: Politics and News
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FTC has decided to abandon net neutrality

I drafted a letter I am ready to send to my representatives. I have a feeling it is too much. I would be open to any opinions before I fire it off. Thanks. ---------------- I am writing to urge action to ensure true 'Net Neutrality.' Recently the FTC has issued a report* that is sure to...
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- Post #19
- Jul 7, 2007
- Forum: Politics and News
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does it suck getting your wisdom teeth pulled out?

I would say the biggest contributers beside your personal level of pain tolerance would be staying hydrated and getting some nourishment as soon as possible. Dry sockets suck, thats much less likely if you make sure you've had plenty of water before and after the surgery. Also, make sure...
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- Post #29
- Jun 16, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Huge, deep hole found on Mars...

its on the side of a dormant volcano. Its probably a massive magma chamber that has collapsed. I would be really interested to see how big it really is.
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- Post #14
- Jun 6, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Have you ever been tested?

I recall I went in for a swollen testicle when I was 17. I got raped with a q-tip in the pee hole for my trouble. They were looking for scabies or something.
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- Post #19
- Jun 6, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Co-worker Problem

Look for jobs with the core university IT group. Become his boss.
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- Post #4
- Jun 5, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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what $205 million looks like

Thats some nice fuel for the fire of corruption in the Mexican Government. U.S. dollars no less.
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- Post #6
- Jun 5, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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You know when the welfare system is messed up when...

People usually find themselves 'poor' by making a series of 'poor' decisions over the course of their life. Yes there are some hard luck exceptions and some circumstances that contribute to people making those poor decisions. The government can't easily enable these people to make better...
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- Post #83
- Jun 5, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Favorite Actor of all time?

Hmm, Bruce Willis gets my pick for his love of doing popcorn type flicks. I usually enjoy most of Tim Robbins movies as well.
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- Post #87
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The award for biggest idiot goes to: Paul Begala. CNN Political Analyst

This thread needs 60% more context.
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- Post #2
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: Politics and News
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Photo Essay: What the world eats

To me it looked like the Chinese family was trying hard to show off. Lots more meat than I would have expected in that diet.
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- Post #23
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Photo Essay: What the world eats

Look at the percentage of processed food for the US family compared to the others. thats crazy
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- Post #18
- Jun 4, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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