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Feedback on my Pentium D 820 System

My computer is almost 5 years old now, so I'm looking to replace my current one. This is what I have in mind: Pentium D 820 (2.8 GHz dual core) ASUS P5LD2-VM (Intel 945G) Antec Sonata (w/ 380W power supply) 2 x Corsair ValueSelect Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2x512MB) (total 2GB) 2 x Seagate...
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- Jun 18, 2005
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Hard Drive Spinning

I recently purchased an aluminum external Firewire/USB2.0 hard drive enclosure for 3.5" drives and a Seagate Barracuda V 120GB hard drive. I have plugged the enclosure into my computer via Firewire and I have plugged the power cable into a power outlet. Here's my problem: when I turn on the...
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- May 17, 2003
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LCD Advice. Namely the Samsung 171P and LG 782LE

I am actually looking at LCD monitors such as the ones that you have described here, but I can't find anywhere in Canada that sells them at reasonable prices. What stores were you considering?
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- Aug 22, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Joint venture between Microsoft and U. of Waterloo

Interesting. Microsoft does a lot (let me repeat: a lot) of recruiting in Waterloo, so, in all honesty, in makes sense for their graduates to know some C#. Not a great reason, but a reason nonetheless. I think people are making a huge deal about this simply because it is Microsoft. If the...
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- Aug 15, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I really dislike the new CNN Headline News

I was recently thinking the exact same thing. I used to watch CNN Headline News quite frequently, but I really dislike the new format. It just looks so cheap.
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- Jul 31, 2002
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canada has school choice?

My understanding of our school system, (for Alberta, I don't know how much provincial variation there is), which may very well be flawed, is that all schools (public, private, and charter-public) are funded by the government, specifically the provincial government. Public schools include both...
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- Jul 25, 2002
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canada has school choice?

Heh, Scouzer, don't worry, it happens to me all the time. I actually think that the public (meaning both public and Catholic) systems in Alberta are very good. I can only speak from my own experience (which is K-12 in a Catholic school), but, as people have mentioned, the Catholic schools here...
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- Jul 25, 2002
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Three americans claiming refugee status in Canada.

Uh, no, a refugee is someone who is seeking refuge in a different country, often because they face persecution in their homeland.
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- Jul 23, 2002
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Canada's missed chance at modern military dominance.

Every time I think of the Avro Arrow I get quite angry myself. That was some really cutting edge stuff they had... some of the capabilities of that plane have only been matched recently. It's a real shame. About Canada's military in general... Canada may not have much in the way of quantity...
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- Jun 16, 2002
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OMG! Warcraft 3 is $90 Canadian.....

To everyone who says that $90 CDN for a computer game is not expensive... it is in Canada. In general, Canadians make in Canadian dollars approximately what Americans make in American dollars for a similar job (obviously you'd have to adjust for cost-of-living of certain cities, etc). Though...
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- Jun 15, 2002
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what was your LSAT score?

As of the time of my response, over 50% of the people here who claim to have taken the LSAT have over 175 as their LSAT score. Note that 175+ is also in the 99+th percentile. I guess this is just like those SAT threads.
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- Jun 12, 2002
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Poll for Canadians: Which political party do you support?

Canadian Alliance... although what I'd really like is a left-wing social, right-wing economic government. In fact, many people I talk to think the exact same way. It is a shame that you can't get that nice mix.
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- Jun 1, 2002
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CNN report on Supreme Court justices' net worth... What is the point in this?

They are not all men. In fact, there are 2 women if I'm not mistaken. And I also do not see how their financial situation is relevant. It would be unusual for someone to be so capable and so accomplished so as to be appointed to the Supreme Court, yet not capable enough to accumulate...
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- Jun 1, 2002
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POLL: Fullscreen or Widescreen DVD's?

If you have a small TV, often fullscreen seems better simply because widescreen makes the picture just too small to enjoy. So sometimes fullscreen is good... particularly when your screen is large and has a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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- May 29, 2002
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First Names you don't particularly like

Gertrude and Hortense.
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- May 25, 2002
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Spider-Man Wins the BOX OFFICE Battle

<sarcasm>Yes, Spider-Man making $4.9 million less even though it has been around for 3 times as long is really impressive!</sarcasm> :)
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- May 21, 2002
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Do you see $499 as $500?

In addition, some stores have coupons/deals (I'm thinking electronics stores) where they say "Get $10 off any item over $200". And then everything you want costs $199.99. You notice, obviously, that they never use this ploy on coupons. "Save $99.99!" "49.99% off!"
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- May 20, 2002
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Do you see $499 as $500?

Obviously if you ask someone "do you see $499 as $500" they will say yes. The first reason is because it is, essentially, a non-facetious way of asking "do you think?". Most people, in any serious context, would respond yes. The second reason is that when the two numbers are juxtaposed in a...
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- May 20, 2002
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Spider-Man Wins the BOX OFFICE Battle

You notice how it is only the Spider-Man fanatics that have to start threads like this. Star Wars fanatics politely create their own threads talking about Star Wars while Spider-Man fanatics are always in this comparison game. "Oh look. I made more money in Week 1. I am the champion. Hey...
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- May 20, 2002
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Best Computer Graphic DEsign Colleges!

Sheridan College is in Canada, and is great for graphics / design, etc.
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- May 19, 2002
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** ATOT OFFICIAL STAR WARS EP. 2 Thread **

DefRef put it very well. Hear hear!
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- May 18, 2002
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If you haven't seen episode 2 and spiderman see Spiderman.

I agree with Stallion. What is with all the people bashing Star Wars and praising Spiderman. Are you really fearful that someone might watch Star Wars and *gasp* like it? There seems to be this vendetta fueled by an insatiable hatred... I don't see person after person ripping Spiderman and...
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- May 17, 2002
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***ATOT Rates -- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

I spoiled the movie for myself by checking all the websites and reading the Ep2 novelization. Bad move. Since I knew exactly what was going to happen, it took away the edge and the excitement. I found myself thinking how predictable it was, when I realized that it is predictable because I...
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- May 16, 2002
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Starwars Tonight At Midnight! Who is going?

12:01... oh yeah!
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- May 15, 2002
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Photoshop Pros - Please help me create a company logo!!! [UPDATE #2]

I really hate to wade into this flamefest, but I'd like to add my two cents anyway. Phuz: You seem to be defending the virtues of raster imaging, not the virtues of designing logos as rasters. The other posters are not saying that rasters are useless--they are merely saying that for logo design...
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- May 14, 2002
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Decryption challenge: someone decrypt this

Now I'm not claiming to be an encryption expert, but this "challenge" does not demonstrate the strength of your encryption algorithm. Further, a challenge such as this does not help gauge the program's ability to stop even casual abuse. In fact, it is possible that the encryption algorithm will...
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- May 11, 2002
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In Episode 1, Qui-Gon Jinn seems to say that Anakin was concieved by the Force. Virgin conception of Anakin?

Everyone is making too big a deal out of the fact that Obi-Wan says that Yoda trained him. Many people are criticizing George Lucas, saying that he didn't know what he was doing and was just blundering along. That is an unfounded assumption. First, we know than Obi-Wan can stretch the truth...
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- May 11, 2002
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Anyone from Edmonton want to give me some info?

I don't live in Edmonton, but rather, live in its rival city Calgary, which is also in Alberta. I have been to Edmonton many times and have relatives there so I can answer a few of your questions. The cost of housing in Edmonton is quite low in comparison to other cities in Canada. Getting...
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- May 11, 2002
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Post a description of a personality type

Lurker: Likes to use the Internet as a means of one-way communication, rather than interaction. Enjoys coming to messageboards and reading but not responding to posts. Dislikes, perhaps even fears conflict. Likes to think of themselves as impartial... simply a casual observer. Avoids interaction...
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- May 10, 2002
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How do I increase the position of a website on google?

I believe that Google's method involves an algorithm that is based on the number and quality of links to your page. So, as others have mentioned, you can move up the rankings in Google if pages that have a lot of links to them, link to you. So what I'm saying is that a link from a popular site...
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- May 6, 2002
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saving quicktime trailers

Often you can pull it out of your cache directory for your web browser.
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- May 6, 2002
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You have to be the biggest moron on the face of the planet to fall for this one...

It's also somewhat amusing to think that someday in the future, similar specs at that price point would be reasonable. Ten years ago, someone talking about "512 MB RAM" would have been shown only raised eyebrows, and measuring clock speeds in anything other than MHz was science fiction.
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- Apr 27, 2002
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What does everybody here major in/major'ed in and are you happy w/it?

Software engineering, but I wish I was in computer science.
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- Apr 27, 2002
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He's baaaaaaaaack! (First pic from T3!)

<< woah, there something weird going on with that guys lightsaber. If you guys already saw the picture, check out the lightsaber. It's bent or something. Good eye, I didn't catch it. Probably just a bad editing job? >> It isn't a bad editing job, that is the way it is supposed to be...
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- Apr 26, 2002
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OMG!! I nearly soiled myself when I saw this video... check it out (7 megs) -- Commercials for Attack of the Clones

I can't wait for Episode II myself... just two more exams to go... << Let's try not to kill theforce.net with the anandtech effect, okay? ;) >> Actually, I'm pretty sure theforce.net can handle it. Judging from their forums, the frequency of their updates, and the fanatical nature of their...
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- Apr 25, 2002
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Microsoft loses court case with Lindows....

I can kind of see Microsoft's point about how the two names can be confused. Aha! I'm not talking about confused on paper, as in confusing "Lindows" with "Windows", but I am talking about getting it confused when spoken. When talking to friends and family members casually about this new...
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- Mar 19, 2002
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Lord of the Rings Rant ! (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

I too did not like the movie, but not for the reasons listed by Timmeh. I would like to preface my comments by saying that I had and have not read the LOTR books. I was, however, looking forward to the movies as I thought that they would be great... I used to really like fantasy books when I...
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- Jan 13, 2002
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Linux Problems with ATI Radeon 7500

I've been having problems installing Linux on my new computer because it can neither auto-detect, nor recognize the presence of my ATI Radeon 7500 when I select it manually from a list. As a result, I cannot start the X-Window system and I cannot load KDE/Gnome. I have tried both Mandrake 8.1...
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- Dec 31, 2001
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Any good online tutorial for perl programming?

I don't know a URL off-hand, but search for "Robert's Perl Tutorial"... I learned the basics from there. And why does everyone say regular expressions are tough? The basics, and even the mid-range stuff, is just a matter of memorizing and systematically applying syntax.
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- Dec 7, 2001
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DVD replaced VHS will anything replace DVD

<< Current DVD is easily the best quality consumer format to date, but (as a comparison)it's still about 1/4th the quality of miniDV. >> Umm... I have no idea where you heard that statistic. Unless I am mistaken, miniDV (that popular digital video camcorder format) has less resolution and is...
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- Post #14
- Dec 1, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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