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Clutch issues on 94 Formula Firebird, LT1, T56 6-speed

I have had this car for a good number of years. It got a full motor swap just before I received it, and had a new clutch put in at the same time. That was around 120k miles. They did the works, Crane cam, gold roller rockers, better clutch. I wish I knew exactly the specs of the clutch, but...
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- Mar 29, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Garage
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Florida State looking for volunteers to study habitual use of technology/web

Anyone.
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- Post #3
- Dec 12, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Florida State looking for volunteers to study habitual use of technology/web

Florida State is studying habitual use of tech. Twitter/Reddit/Facebook/etc. any thing -- even ATOT forums would qualify. Looks to be a drawing for Starbucks gift cards -- survey looks to take about 10 minutes...
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- Dec 12, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Best dog food brand?

Flint River Ranch food is made here in the USA. http://www.frrco.com/ I buy mine from a distributor online http://www.flintriver.com -- they send me a reminder when it's time to order a new bag. A 25 pound bag lasts us 16 weeks for our little Shih Tzu. There's no chemical preservatives, so...
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- Post #77
- Oct 26, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Anybody get a Google+ invite?

What is a waffles invite?
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- Post #369
- Jul 8, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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At what point will there be more Win7 desktops than XP + Vista out there?

Steam does statistics on what their users have installed on their computers. It's obviously slanted towards types who use games (have Steam loaded). But the trend is fairly clear: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
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- Post #4
- May 25, 2011
- Forum: Operating Systems
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PSN down. Update8: Welcome Back Package is Live

Yet again? http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/20/sony-hacked-playstation-so-net-isp/?test=faces I can't believe this.
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- Post #676
- May 20, 2011
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Best joke ever.

That was GREAT. Thank you.
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- Post #1,096
- May 18, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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OK let's finish this: Killing when is it OK in self defence?, read OP before Poll.

Just one more point. Nobody can kill anybody else. People are not given free license to kill someone. They are given free license to STOP someone from killing them. Once that threat has been stopped, it is no longer justified. Case in point: An employee shot a man who was attacking him...
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- Post #134
- May 13, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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OK let's finish this: Killing when is it OK in self defence?, read OP before Poll.

A person is justified in killing another only when: They reasonably believe their life or the life of another is threatened. A. The threat must be real. B. The threat must be imminent. This is based upon reasonableness of a person in that same situation, not upon objective reality. This is...
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- Post #130
- May 13, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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50+ year-old woman kills attacker in self-defense

Here in the US, it is moral and lawful to protect one's life. This is based upon reasonableness. Is the threat real? (yes) Is the threat imminent? (yes) A reasonable person would likely do what she did. In many US states, the law assumes a person that has entered OR IS EVEN ATTEMPTING to...
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- Post #522
- May 13, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Hey Mormons, stop pestering me.

Sorry about that. I will put you on my list. ;)
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- Post #9
- May 9, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Talk to me about the Remington 870

Can't go wrong with any of the "Big 3" pump shotguns, in my mind. Remington 870, Mossberg 500, and the Winchester 1300. All are great.
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- Post #28
- May 9, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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knife sharpening? Stone or gadget?

Spyderco Sharpmaker. I'm a fan. Even bigger fan of a Chef's Choice electric sharpener. Model 110 is bulletproof.
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- Post #11
- Mar 29, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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My dog is an escape artist

He's dug out under fencing, he's squeezed himself through chicken wire openings. He had been getting otu again, recently, and I could find no evidence of his escape -- so I set up a camera to figure it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-PIEsbsLA Guess I underestimated his ability to...
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- Jul 20, 2010
- Replies: 22
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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LDRS 29: Launching My Brother's Ashes NOW WITH ONBOARD VIDEO!!!

Amused, I did not know that you were one of the in-famous Gates brothers. 10 years ago I was watching Gates Brothers rocket videos straight from your website. Yours were the first really good on-board videos I'd ever seen. I've always been a rocket geek, from the age of 10, and now, at 33...
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- Post #67
- Jun 25, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Gun sales up, murder rate down in 2009

Source = ? for "most" urban centers with double-digit increases?
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- Post #27
- Jun 8, 2010
- Forum: Politics and News
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Cordless trackball

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/189 Logitech Cordless Optical TrackMan Finger-manipulated.
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- Post #3
- May 24, 2010
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Can wifi conflict with my keyboard/mouse's wireless signal?

2.4GHz is public band, as you already know. The keyboard and mouse 'bind' themselves to the receiver, but if you are having lots of 2.4GHz in the air, the 'loudest' signal is the one that gets heard. It's a basic way that radar jamming works for the military. They just send out a signal at...
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- Post #2
- May 12, 2010
- Forum: Mice
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Nuclear Multi-Core CPU benchmark

Northwood 2.4b - 2351!
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- Post #238
- May 4, 2010
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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FYI: Mcafee Enterprise Update Dat 5958

I saw the OFFICIAL McAfee response to the issue, find-able from their main website. Reading the comments was my favorite... The one where a company migrated from Symantec to McAfee literally a week or so ago -- their management said, "PUT US BACK!" The guys driving all over their respective...
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- Post #22
- Apr 22, 2010
- Forum: Security
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FYI: Mcafee Enterprise Update Dat 5958

http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm Here is a better list of steps to fix!
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- Post #14
- Apr 21, 2010
- Forum: Security
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FYI: Mcafee Enterprise Update Dat 5958

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/04/broken-mcafee-dat-update-cripples-windows-workstations.ars Here is a few steps pulled from the official McAfee forum before it went tits-up. I don't have a copy of extra.dat -- I assume this is a 'patch' for the bugged DAT file? Anyhow, good...
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- Post #13
- Apr 21, 2010
- Forum: Security
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FYI: Mcafee Enterprise Update Dat 5958

THANK YOU! Your noticed may haved our little company -- we have 500 PCs here that have McAfee running. http://community.mcafee.com/community/business/system/vse As they recommend, we shut off the update tasks for now until we hear otherwise.
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- Post #4
- Apr 21, 2010
- Forum: Security
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Unstable Wireless Network

First thing you need to do is take a look at the radio world around you. Fire up netstumbler or something like it and see what things look like. The only 3 channels with no overlap are 1, 6, and 11. Are you getting co-channel interference from someone else sitting on the same channel? Do...
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- Post #3
- Mar 24, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Probably the greatest scene in film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdF-IP7rE0 My vote is for this scene from Sometimes a Great Notion - 1970. Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.
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- Post #14
- Mar 19, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Setting up home internet filtering/Domain possibly

Windows Family Safety -- free tool -- login-based. Can even go full whitelist mode, and only allow them to sites you preview/allow. If they try go to a site not allowed, they get a page that they can click on to 'request' access to the site. It sends you an e-mail where you can click in to...
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- Post #2
- Mar 16, 2010
- Forum: Operating Systems
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LOL Meth Addicts Before and After

We all know dopamine is a 'feel-good' chemical produced/released in our body. It is natural, and gives us a feeling of well-being. Now I'm stealing this info, I forget which meth site I read it on... If we were able to measure the dopamine dump and put it on a scale somehow, it could look...
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- Post #87
- Mar 15, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Refinancing house mortgage... options?

Don't go with this guy. And I'd REPORT him. This kind of garbage is what got us into this mess in the first place. Financing something without appraisal, or with INFLATED appraisal is BAD. Part of why the market is so inflated in the first place. We've had bad greedy brokers, greedy people...
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- Post #5
- Mar 12, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's a good way to stress test a video card overclock?

I vote for the "wrap PC in pillows, sleeping bags, and duct tape" method for stress-testing. If it can make it through that, it'll survive anything! ;)
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- Post #13
- Mar 11, 2010
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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wii controllers - where to buy?

Nyko just released a controller that is getting thumbs-up from reviewers. It integrates a Wii Motion-plus as well. 40 bucks.
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- Post #2
- Jan 14, 2010
- Forum: Console Gaming
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How to heat 20x20 basement room that is 'underheated'?

I've never used one, but how well do those infrared heaters work? I'm seeing them all over for 2-300 dollars, but realize they also can draw 1500 watts. However, infrared heat is radiant heat, which the room occupants feel very quickly. A 20x20 room might be a bit big for one, however...
- handyrandyrc
- Post #16
- Jan 6, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How much are you spending on Christmas Presents?

We spent $350. $100 for each of 3 kids. My wife and I got a shirt for each other ($25 each).
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- Post #19
- Dec 22, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Dragon Age: Origins -- CPU or Video upgrade first?

Yes, even on the highest settings, I still am maxed out on CPU... Thank you for the advice, everyone!
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- Post #8
- Nov 19, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dragon Age: Origins -- CPU or Video upgrade first?

CPU is 100% in Task Manager, no matter what resolution I am at. Thanks for the feedback. I was looking at 4670 cards today, seems to be the sweet spot, no? Low current draw, fairly cool, etc. And yes, on the PCI-E slot. If I go that route, I'll update with more info to show what kind of...
- handyrandyrc
- Post #5
- Nov 19, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dragon Age: Origins -- CPU or Video upgrade first?

Well I was hoping I could get either a CPU or a video card in the 100 dollar range and see if it helped. However, if what you say is true, I will likely need to go whole hog to get it to perform half-decently and look the way it should. *sigh* - I may just then push my plans out a ways and...
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- Post #3
- Nov 19, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dragon Age: Origins -- CPU or Video upgrade first?

I am trying to determine whether I am CPU bound or Video card bound with this game. My LCD panel is 1280x1024, so that is the resolution I would like to play at. I am using FRAPS to get an idea of where I'm at. I turned VSYNC off just for the testing 800x600, Low, NoAA, Low - 36 FPS...
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- Nov 18, 2009
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What for lunch today?

Taco Bell, Taco Bueno, Del Taco, Taco Time -- they're all the same type place.
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- Post #6
- Nov 13, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What for lunch today?

You decide the fate of the two lazy IT workers.
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- Thread
- Nov 13, 2009
- Replies: 9
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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