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Reasons women don't like Random Variable...

I don't know about where you are, but here that is a huge plus. They are expensive, "elite," and different. Just don't go super scary eco or frugal (gas savings) and the Prius should be ok.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #10
- Sep 15, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Question about my NEC 3520

I've bought writable DVDs before that are marked as 8x but actually are 16x media. It's the same concept as if AMD or Intel has too many of a high grade processor so they downclock it and sell it as a slower one.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #11
- Jul 28, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Analysts Criticize COSTCO for being too generous to employees and customers...

I too feel that Costco's business model is superior, assuming the original post is correct. Sure, they pay more for employees, benefits, and make less because of low prices. However, it sounds like they manage to make both employees and customers happy. I program credit card software for a Point...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #88
- Jul 20, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Northbridge fan

Yes, the heatsink might be the same size as the socket; however, the northbridge chip is usually very slightly taller than the surrounding substrate. Thus, the heatsink, if properly mounted and balanced, will rest on the chip but "hover" above the rest of the socket's area.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #13
- Jul 20, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Do you use Public Transportation?

I live in Atlanta which means that there is just way too much sprawl to make taking MARTA (our public transportation) a viable solution. The trains are decent if you're going from a location near a station to another location near a station, but that's an insanely small portion of the city. Here...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #14
- Jun 27, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Married couples poll?

Definitely not.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #10
- Jun 24, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Dell 2405 LCD $840 + tax (Ends wed 7/13)

I figure this is probably a stupid question, but the wipro addresses go to legitimate Dell sales people right? I figure it's probably a outsourced sales company or something but I just want to make sure before a big chunk of change is spent.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #14
- Jun 23, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Potential Hot Deal on AMD CPU/Mobo/XP x64 Combo

The original heatsink on the northbridge chip of the Asus A8N series boards was very loud and annoying. There are a few threads out there about it; one of them is here.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #510
- Jun 19, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Potential Hot Deal on AMD CPU/Mobo/XP x64 Combo

By the way, the A8N-E I got came with the old style heatsink fan. Asus support makes the process to get the replacement version very easy. Just call 510-739-3777, use option 3, and tell them you need a new heatsink fan. You may or may not need you motherboard's serial number. YMMV
- BlackFalcon
- Post #500
- Jun 17, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Potential Hot Deal on AMD CPU/Mobo/XP x64 Combo

I just got back from the show in Atlanta. Like others have mentioned, this Tech Tour is heavily targeted toward small to medium OEM System Builders. There's lots of talk about licensing and how "revolutionary" XP x64 is by Microsoft. Both companies do quite a bit of exaggeration as to the...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #484
- Jun 16, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Potential Hot Deal on AMD CPU/Mobo/XP x64 Combo

When one of you gets back from one of the shows, can you let us know what core the Athlon 64 3200+ is?
- BlackFalcon
- Post #110
- May 30, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Official gmail thread

Just like almost everybody else, I'd love an invite if somebody has one to send. I promise to spread the AT GMail love once I get a batch of invites. As you can tell from my profile, I've been around a long time. Even if I don't get an invite, it's nice to see people sharing here. :)
- BlackFalcon
- Post #691
- Jun 21, 2004
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Can you guys ping this IP and tell me what kind of results your getting?

Atlanta, GA Pinging 216.118.116.58 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 216.118.116.58: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=240 Reply from 216.118.116.58: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=240 Reply from 216.118.116.58: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=240 Reply from 216.118.116.58: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=240 Ping statistics...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #38
- Oct 20, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Where can I get a HazMat suit?

Unless you go around in the thing all day it won't do much good for you. Make the drive down to ATL and ask the CDC for a spare one. ;)
- BlackFalcon
- Post #6
- Oct 20, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cleaning a Water Cooling System

Hey, I'm setting up a water cooling system and its currently in its out-of-computer testing phase. After I finish testing for leaks I want to throughly clean out the tubing, waterblock, etc. before putting in distilled water + my additives. What would be best to add to the solution to clean out...
- BlackFalcon
- Thread
- Oct 20, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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java programming question #2

Sun's online Java API is a very good thing. If you are going to use Jave much learn to use it. It will save tons of time with questions like this. The answer. (It's in Integer not String).
- BlackFalcon
- Post #6
- Oct 19, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Whats with the quiet fast-talking gibberish at the end of some radio commercials?

<< why do they bother? >> Lawyers
- BlackFalcon
- Post #3
- Oct 18, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheap ass kickin'

LOL! To bad its not a real egay auction. Pretty good reproduction of thier pages though.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #4
- Oct 18, 2001
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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First Pics Of Poseiden

<< heres another "rendering", but looks totally different: >> It looks like this waterblock overs only the GPU core and has normal ramsinks. The other waterblock covers both the GPU core and the ram.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #13
- Oct 11, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is a good free ware C++ compilers/editor

I think Borland has a free C++ compiler around their website somewhere. If I recall correctly you have to register on their website to download it though.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #5
- Oct 10, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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dual p4 xeon 2Ghz....

Its the first computer you've built and you're considering using dual Xeon's, SCSI, and misc other expensive parts? Of course, that's ok, but I'd reccommend a bit of practise with parts that aren't quite so expensive. Plus, I haven't had much experience with SCSI but I hear that it's a big pain...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #8
- Oct 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will Newer Logitech Optical Cordless Mice work with older Logitech wireless destops?

I just bought a Logitech Wireless desktop. It came with a normal wireless keyboard, a wireless ball mouse, and a reciever that can "hear" a keyboard and a mouse. The reciever has 2 usb outputs; 1 for keyboard (with usb to ps2 adapter) and a usb mouse output. Since I already had the wireless...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #5
- Oct 2, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Neon Wire

Anybody know if you can get blacklight versions of the neon wire?
- BlackFalcon
- Post #10
- Sep 18, 2001
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Good Moby song other than southside? Maybe some techno too!

<< Moby said this: Moby's fury MOBY blames the FBI, the CIA and the military for failing to thwart Tuesday's terror attacks. In postings on his official website, the enraged pop star writes: "The hundreds of thousands of people who will go to sleep alone because their loved ones have been...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #13
- Sep 17, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good Moby song other than southside? Maybe some techno too!

I kinda like: "Flower" (its the song that plays during Gone in Sixty Seconds' opening credits). Personally I think "Porcelain" is his best song, but I haven't heard all that much by Moby. "Southside" is good too.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #8
- Sep 17, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Where in the name of God, do you put all that damn wire from the Enermax PSU's??

Just wondering about those hydraulic cases... It says that the cover slides down at the push of a button. Does it have a button to go up as well, or do you just slide it up by hand?
- BlackFalcon
- Post #6
- Sep 17, 2001
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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CPU Cooling

Switch to water cooling. Muhahahahaha :D
- BlackFalcon
- Post #3
- Jul 27, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Anyone else BORED at WORK......my crappy job for today....

But if you look at the manufacturer's links page there are quite a few.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #4
- Jul 7, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Updated! What university are you from, and what's your degree in? (grads or students)

Georgia Tech - BS in Computer Science
- BlackFalcon
- Post #121
- Jul 4, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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AIW Radeon or AIW 128 as secondary pci card for video capturing and dual monitor?

I forgot to say that DVDs look great on the radeon. :)
- BlackFalcon
- Post #6
- Jul 2, 2001
- Forum: Displays
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AIW Radeon or AIW 128 as secondary pci card for video capturing and dual monitor?

I don't know what kind of power your comp has or what kind of quality of encoding you want, but heres some things you might want to know about the AIW Radeon: (I have an AGP AIW Radeon and use it to capture stuff some) 1. I'm pretty sure you have to use the supplied ati tv tuner software to...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #5
- Jul 2, 2001
- Forum: Displays
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Dual Monitor probs!

Bumparoo, I'm really interested in finding out more about this particular problem. Through a strange coincidence I recently picked up a free 14" monitor and a crudy old PCI video card. I think it might even be that same S3 (I already have a AIW Radeon w/ a 19" monitor). I was thinking...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #4
- Jul 2, 2001
- Forum: Displays
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Lets start a SECRET SOCIETY!

I propose that we strive to abide by the doctines set out in the Evil Overload List so that it will never fall to our enemies!
- BlackFalcon
- Post #60
- Jun 1, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Very nice reading

Very interesting. Thanks for the heads up!
- BlackFalcon
- Post #7
- Jun 1, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Are all NICs created equally?

<< This one is all ya need :) >> I would definitly not recommend the DFE-530 TX+, I've had some nasty experiences with this card. Random reboots, fried a DSL modem, and I suspect it of some other issues. This was on multiple computers and multiple NICs too. I'm quite happy with my Intel NIC...
- BlackFalcon
- Post #33
- Jun 1, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What good is a DVD player and an ATI AIW Radeon if you can't PLAY THE DVD!!!!!

Is your system overclocked? I've found that my AIW Radeon sometimes refuses to properly play DVDs when the bus speed is pretty far above normal. It does give an error though, something about copy protection failed. <- (in a dialog box) Does the dvd work in a stand alone DVD player?
- BlackFalcon
- Post #15
- May 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Boot Menu in Asus Motherboards

It usually depends on the board. On my CUSL2 you push DEL. You should be able to see it on the boot screen, unless you have a graphic covering that or a super-fast booting computer.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #3
- May 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Radeon, Half-Life, Windows 2000 : Direct3D or OpenGL?

I don't know about anybody else, but in hlaf-life under directx the water isn't transparent. It just shows up like a big greenish screen. Under openGL it works fine. I haven't noticed any other programs with problems though. Important info: Win98, AIW Radeon, DX 8
- BlackFalcon
- Post #2
- May 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Just installed a DVD-ROM drive 12x/40x. Does DVD have to be set as Master?

The master/slave thing shouldn't be a problem. You should note that DAE extraction isn't quite the same as regular data transfer (the 40x part). Its been a while since I've looked at specs for DVD or Cd drives but I think a 8x DAE isn't all that bad.
- BlackFalcon
- Post #2
- Apr 23, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What to do...What to do...

Start up DNetc and crack RC5 for Team Anandtech! Hey, a p2 350 may not be much, but it still helps. :)
- BlackFalcon
- Post #9
- Apr 23, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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