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500 Gig Maxtor SATA300 now $130, no rebate, limit 2
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #7
- Dec 22, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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500 Gig Maxtor SATA300 now $130, no rebate, limit 2

500 > 250?? I can tell you went to MIT with that kind of math skills!
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #5
- Dec 22, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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500 Gig Maxtor SATA300 now $130, no rebate, limit 2

newegg has a 250 gig for 69.99 which is pretty much the same deal in terms of gig/$ ratio
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- Post #3
- Dec 22, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

Yeah one thing about extended mode is that I will lose track of the mouse cursor. And the problem is that my TV is not next to my monitor, in fact it's across the room. I use it primarily to watch video playbacks. I did play around with what you said it works without using ffdshow, but i will...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #13
- Dec 10, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

Auric, Your suggestion actually depends on the video player application. For example, Windows Media Player has to be shown in full screen or else you'll be stuck with the GUI of the application showing. BSPlayer would be a good candidate for this since the playback is not inside a GUI...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #11
- Dec 10, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ram: 1GB stick in single channel, or 2x512 in dual channel?

I'm not sure what type of computer use you are, but if you do some type of gaming, or something else that requires a reasonable amount of RAM I would keep the 1gig and put aside some money for another 1gig ram. You will need 2gigs of ram if you game. I usually play BF2 while having some other...
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- Post #9
- Dec 10, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

fortunately 90% of my videos are divx or xvid encoded so ffdshow can take care of it.
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #7
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

i can't use the TV as a main display (i dont think i can), but I managed to solve this by doing a work around. Apparently this is a bug with the new nvidia drivers (90.xx). THe work around is if you do playback using ffdshow, they can do the adjust the ratio correctly. Nvidia are a bunch of...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #6
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

Just video's. The desktop view on my TV is 1280 x 780 or whatever, and it won't fit on my TV but that's fine, I'm just using the TV as a display for video playback. The way I did it was go to configurations and selected Full Screen and I selected the TV as the display for full screen. But...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #4
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

BTW, this is also known as Theatre mode (at least that's what it is called on ATI)
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #2
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to configure TV to display same ratio as movie on comp?

So I just got the first issue done, getting colors to work. Now I'm testing out a movie which is I believe 16:9 (wide screen), but on my TV it displays it as 4:3. So there's a distortion, and it looks awkward. How can I configure it to display either 16:9 or 4:3? The control panel for...
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- Dec 9, 2006
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Ok I managed to find an old s-video adapter (probably for one of my super old nvidia cards), and it has svideo and composite outputs attached to it. I hooked it up and connected it to my current composite cable, restarted and voila! colors. Thanks for the info yoyo, saved me some money from...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #11
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Thanks yoyo, you're right, I'm taking a closer look at both the s-video on the ATI and the one that came with my video card. the pins are located differently, i'm surprised my ATI card fitted into the video card's s-video port. My ATI s-video has a total of 8 pins, two on the top and 3 and 3 on...
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- Post #10
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Well I wasn't sure what the adapter was to begin with, although my initial thought was that it was component since it had 3 cables attached to the adapter. Anyways, I need to get a new adapter (S-Video), apparently it's suppose to be included with the video card but I do not see it so I will...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #8
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Well the composite cable I have is a standard black one, I got that one mainly because it's long so it can reach my TV. Do you know where I can buy the three yellow video composite cables (for fairly cheap) and have it extended by current cable since it is long enough to wrap around my room to...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #6
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Hi all, seems like my suspicion as well as yours were right, due to it being component cables I tried it out on my HDTV with component cables and I'm seeing colors. I guess I need to get an S-Video to Composite adapter. Im also assuming I need to use one specific for Geforce? because my...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #5
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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how to watch movies from computer on tv??

well depending on the video-in for your TV you can buy an adapter that takes composite (which is the most basic form of video in/out). This of course also assumes that your video card have some type of video-out port. I'm doing that and it does fine for me, but right now i m having issues with...
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- Post #3
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Geforce 7950 GT KO use TV display, HOW?

Hi all, I have an evga Geforce 7950 GT KO, There was an adapter included (it has 3 outputs blue, green, and red) Im connecting my composite cable to it. The problem is that there's no color. Is it because I'm using the adapter that came with it? It seems to be an adapter for component...
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- Dec 9, 2006
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

hmm, i can't quite visualise the item you're describing.
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #25
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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For guys, you shave your armpit?

i pluck mine *...mmm... *
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- Post #10
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

so if somebody is book savvy, i'd appreciate a good book suggestion something relatively new or very old and somewhat classic (my guess is that would be the only books she haven't read as of yet). i'm really thinking the book thing is the way to go but i am no book worm (in fact i'd rather...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #23
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My first day of work...

BTW quite a coincidence that you and I both started right after a holiday. I started on a wednseday (just about 2 months ago) right after july 4th.
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #21
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My first day of work...

I'm a Software Engineer so it's much like your job title. With that said there's not much you need to bring in. You might want to do it the first few days to kind of give your manager an impression that you're responsible etc. But I stopped doing in a week or two in. But yeah you could try...
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- Post #19
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

So if somebody gave you a $25 GC to borders would you see it as personal as the person buying you an actual book? Which one would you prefer? I would've thought the latter, but I dont know what books she has or hasnt read, and if I ask she might think that's what I'll buy her....in fact she...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #22
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

Ok that might be a good idea after all....i failed to see that you said to Borders...i read Gift card and skipped the rest. That'll be my last option but I want to try and stay away from GC's in general.
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #18
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

haha...hmm...is there one that has a funny side to it i dont want to make her think that i think she might be bad...that is not to say that i've slept with her before
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #17
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

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- Post #15
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

she's not a smoker and no i'm not going to get her a $500 GC or any GC for that matter. I want it to look like I put some thoughts into it even though I'm getting the ideas from you guys :)
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #12
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

I plan to find out what kind of books she's into but my guess is anything. She loves to read, period. But i'm sure she loves a specific genre and a specific author. Problem is that if she loves some author, chances are she's already read the book. As for music, I could buy her a CD, but the...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #11
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

right....i was thinking if i should buy her sex toys as a joke....but i think that's somewhat out of line..her parents might find it....or she might have to throw it away just so her parents would never find it.....and that'd be quite a waste of money if she doesnt keep it :)
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #7
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

mm i'm very busy and can't make her anything, plus i suck at making things. gift card is somewhat less personal i rather get her something that's amusing but a bit original. i could treat her for a dinner and a movie i suppose. her bday is 2 days before we go to six flags, but as for...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #6
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Looking for a program that can print out class schedules

nvm i guess i'm thinking of something different..
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- Post #21
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Looking for a program that can print out class schedules

write a program that does it .. i might even consider writing a simple program for you if it's not too many requirements
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #20
- Sep 4, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Good birth day present for a friend (girl)

So in two weeks my friend (a girl) that I've known for...oh say 4 years almost , has her bday coming up. I've not hung out with her that much, but I'm going with her and some of her friends to six flags in two weeks and I feel compelled to buying her a gift as I'm sure her other friends will...
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- Sep 4, 2006
- Replies: 25
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The Descent (UK Horror movie, released in 2005)

are you bored? need somebody to talk with? i'm sure there's a handful of topics about sharing their thoughts and opinions on the movie on The Descent forum at IMDB
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #2
- Jul 10, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Java for tards

Weenus, if you're going to take the class next quarter you might as well just wait, or just get the book that they'll be using for that class. Learning programming from scratch is pretty tough. There's a lot to cover, especially in object oriented languages such as Java. What you should keep...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #7
- Jul 2, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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programming

actually i believe he should try textpad first before he jumps into getting a true IDE, right now he needs as much independent coding as possible
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #23
- Jul 2, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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programming

You probably want to begin with Java or C#. I wouldn't recommend VB, the syntax is a bit different in the sense that you don't use brackets to enclose scopes etc. But I also encourage you to learn C/C++ because you will gain a better understanding of memory management as Java and C# has a...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #22
- Jul 2, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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cursor going out of bounds on my desktop view..

THANK YOU so much Xionide, it was on "extend to my secondary display" on default for some reason, so i unchecked it and it wont go over there anymore lol....i dont even have a secondary display. i thought that only worked if you actually had a secondary display monitor plugged in. and it...
- leggomyeggroll
- Post #4
- Mar 27, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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cursor going out of bounds on my desktop view..

i just noticed that my mouse cursor is not bound to the desktop view. there's this part of the right edge where the mouse can move out of the desktop view. i just reinstalled a fresh (but old version) of windows XP today, i never noticed this before prior to the installation but im pretty sure...
- leggomyeggroll
- Thread
- Mar 27, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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