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Dell 15% off...

If anyone still has a coupon they're not going to use, I'd appreciate a PM. Looks like it might be a good time to finally upgrade from this 1.2ghz machine. :) Much appreciated, tia. Edit: got one, thanks.
- jshrieve
- Post #4
- Feb 18, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Can my dad get what's rightfully his?

imo, don't waste your time fighting over this. As someone else said, your father lost years of his life fighting this fight. I wouldn't waste any of my life fighting it. If you do, it'll probably always be a sore point in your life. Forget about it, work on doing the best you can with just you...
- jshrieve
- Post #6
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Tell me if my logic is illogical.

Unemployment rate wouldn't change significantly. It'd go back down to 'normal' levels (rather than the somewhat high levels we have now). But the unemployment rate is actually manipulated through various federal means. The simple fact is that not only is too high unemployment bad, but too low...
- jshrieve
- Post #10
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Would you disown your relatives

She's coming to you for help. You have a chance here to really make a difference in someone's life. If she was sincere in trying to turn her life around, would you want to be the person who could have given her that chance, but refused to because "you worked hard, and she made mistakes" ...
- jshrieve
- Post #40
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The timeless question: Which side of the bed do you prefer to sleep on, and why?

Balt, same here. I sleep on the side with the fan. In my case, the right side.
- jshrieve
- Post #6
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I'm a guy and I like pizza.

<< I'm a guy and I like Maximas. ;) >> I'm a guy who likes pizza, chinese guy, and runs a Maxima enthusiast mailing list ;)
- jshrieve
- Post #17
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What do you do for a living?

Senior Unix Sysadmin / Network Administrator Get to do a lot of the same stuff Anghang does, but only a few times per employer, but I don't have to document it. ; ) Basically anything to do with unix servers and the network those servers use. I don't touch anything involving someone's Windows...
- jshrieve
- Post #98
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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5.6" TFT Color LCD screen + Portable CD/MP3/VCD player + free car kit..~$155 shipped

Oh yeah. A 5.6" TFT NTSC LCD is crappy for working with text. Unless it's like 48point at 800x600, it will be very difficult to read. If you want to read fine text (paragraphs, web pages, documents, etc.) you'll want a VGA display, not an NTSC one.
- jshrieve
- Post #42
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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5.6" TFT Color LCD screen + Portable CD/MP3/VCD player + free car kit..~$155 shipped

As someone who has an computer serving as an mp3 playing and gps navigation with a 5.6" TFT LCD in my car.. I can say you'll need a computer with NTSC composite video out, commonly labeled "tv-out". My computer has it integrated on the mobo, but you can get an addon PCI card which will do this...
- jshrieve
- Post #41
- Jan 4, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Why is it so difficult for humans to be nice to one another?

<yoda>Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering!</yoda>
- jshrieve
- Post #41
- Jan 2, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Poll: Is Gateway Cow Male or Female?

<< All cows are female. >> cow (kou) noun. 1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos. 2. The mature female of other large animals, such as whales, elephants, or moose. 3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age
- jshrieve
- Post #33
- Jan 2, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do you have a fridge in your room?

I have a mini-fridge in my room. Got tired of going up a flight of stairs to get a cold soda. Now I can keep ~24 in there cold. If it's only half full I can fit leftover chinese takeout. It's an Avanti, I got it on a hot deal for like $49.99 w/free shipping, had to buy a stupid pencil with it...
- jshrieve
- Post #14
- Jan 2, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Worst town/city?

sunny, what's wrong with Davis? I've been there a few times and it seems nice if you like the environmentalist, small town college feel.. Natural power buses, lots of shade trees and parks, cheap all you can eat chinese restaurants (yum!), some smart people.. I've had friends of the family who...
- jshrieve
- Post #23
- Jan 2, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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10% too much to ask?

Motherboard voltage reports are notoriously inaccurate. You should use a real multimeter, because that's the only way to really know. My motherboard monitoring software says 1V for the -12V line, but my -12V really runs at -11.87V, which is fine. Some of the voltages, like 5V are right on...
- jshrieve
- Post #9
- Dec 25, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Plz post your Geforce 3 ti200 specific OC speeds

Three cards I've used: VisionTek 245/521 eVGA w/3.3ns memory 220/465 (yes, 465.. so much for 3.3ns..) Gainward Golden Sample 240/545 (might need to play with this one a bit more, but that seems rock solid -- each goes higher by themselves, but together I need to backoff each a little).
- jshrieve
- Post #16
- Dec 20, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Possible to put 3.3ns ram on VisionTek?

I suck at it, but some people are real good at surface mount soldering.. if you're confident you can do it, and can afford to lose both, give it a try. =P
- jshrieve
- Post #6
- Dec 16, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Does ANYONE experience the random-keyboard-dying insanity?

Haha, I have a similar but different problem. Some mornings when I start using the computer, only certain keys on the keyboard work. Like 60% of the keys just do nothing when I hit them, but the other 40% work fine. Usually I just keep hammering all the keys for about 30 sec and eventually the...
- jshrieve
- Post #7
- Dec 16, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Post your Ti200 speeds

$99 VisionTek, goes to 245/525mhz rock stable no artifacts, except for occasionally in Ghost Recon. Bringing mem down to 521mhz makes Ghost Recon perfect. Unfortunately, there's some sort of incompatibility between my monitor and VisionTek cards, causes wavy lines. Card works perfect in all my...
- jshrieve
- Post #23
- Dec 15, 2001
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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eVGA 3.3 ns geforce 3 ti 200 - appears to be BS

you're lucky, mine has bad artifacts at 480, the best it runs clean is 470mhz. back to the store you go.
- jshrieve
- Post #3
- Dec 14, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Are all Gainward GF3 Ti450's golden samples?

Are all Gainward GF3 Ti450's all 'golden sample's, and overclock really well? Let me rephrase that: Are there non-golden sample Gainward GF3 ti450s? Do some Golden Sample's not overclock well? I'm thinking of ordering a Gainward ti450 from a place, but they don't specifically say 'golden...
- jshrieve
- Thread
- Dec 14, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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The girlfriends Christmas list...

While some of the list items may make good stocking stuffers, don't get her something on that as her gift. Get her something (not necessarily expensive) that shows some thought and caring, hopefully something that you, being closer to her than most people, know she'd like. And something that...
- jshrieve
- Post #76
- Dec 9, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Can somebody recommend a decent radar detector?

<< HAH, show me a person taht has never had a moving violation (not necessarily been ticketed for it) and i show you a liar!! >> =P I've never had a moving violation or a parking ticket. I use pretty much all the methods mentioned. I have a Escort Passport 8500 radar detector, one of the...
- jshrieve
- Post #26
- Dec 9, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Got my replacement IBM drive today....

<< You must really love IBM to be sticking with them after 7 RMAs! >> Oh yeah, sure, we love em! We haven't really "stuck with" IBM as much as we haven't been willing to just throw out and drives and say "IBM, you won." We'll keep making them replace drives until they give us good ones...
- jshrieve
- Post #33
- Dec 9, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Got my replacement IBM drive today....

The plastic baffle suspension is good. It works well. Additionally, even though their website says foam only, they've accepted 7 of my RMAs sent in the same packaging I receive the replacements in (the plastic baffles). I always get my replacement. Last replacement was a 60GXP (new), first...
- jshrieve
- Post #31
- Dec 7, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Amex Blue - worth getting?

<< jshrieve wrote: At 20 with nearly $200k of household income per year >> << Skoorb wrote: Well if that income was YOURS and not your parents maybe it would be different Hey don't complain too bad. I couldn't even get approved for a SECURED capital one card a few months ago even though I...
- jshrieve
- Post #25
- Dec 5, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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IBM Drive - Excessive Shock Error now - grrrr!!

Got my replacement drive. Received it four working days after it arrived at their place. Pretty good turn around for me. They sent me a new 60GXP as a replacement. Hopefully it's a good one.
- jshrieve
- Post #14
- Dec 5, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Antec PP404X vs. Antec PP412X vs. Enermax EG465P-VE? Need Advice

I'd stick with your current PS until you find definitely that it's a problem. 4.9v is just fine and is well within the ATX spec. You may find that as you add your extra components, the 5v line stays quite steady. Or it could drop a lot. But it's certainly not a sure thing. Give it a chance...
- jshrieve
- Post #3
- Dec 5, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Amex Blue - worth getting?

I seriously doubt you have a chance at a regular blue card at 16. At 20 with nearly $200k of household income per year, they still refuse me (got my refusal yesterday). Again, not enough credit history (despite me having had some other cards for a while). If you've gotten a car loan or college...
- jshrieve
- Post #21
- Dec 4, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I dont have anyone to bring with me to the company Xmas party :(

No one (at your company) really cares whether you have a date or not. People are allowed to be single. It's not taboo.
- jshrieve
- Post #20
- Dec 4, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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chicks or Money?

A girl definitely. Money can't get you a girl worth having. But if you have her, you don't really need money. ( i have money and no girl =( )
- jshrieve
- Post #23
- Dec 4, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Who here is dreading class/work tomorrow?

<< Wow, that seems kinda strange. I used to love going to middle school/high school. It was like a big party everyday with all your friends. The courses were always easy(except for AP Calc), and you could have a lot of fun getting in trouble. Now that I'm in college classes are tough, and...
- jshrieve
- Post #21
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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IBM Drive - Excessive Shock Error now - grrrr!!

The most recent 75GXP I sent back gave that error. Which is probably bull, it's never been shocked when in my hands. I've seen failure messages wildly vary on 75GXPs. Everything from no error to excessive shock to drive mechanism failure to anything you want. You don't even need an error code...
- jshrieve
- Post #12
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Got my replacement IBM drive today....

Mitzi, I've always sent my RMAs back in the plastic accordian like holders they sent the replacement to me in. I'm not going to go buy foam 10x. Over 7 drives they've never complained and always sent the replacement. Kind of hard for them to complain when you send it in the same thing they send...
- jshrieve
- Post #14
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Which is nerdier Dungeons and Dragons or Star Trek?

I like both, but I think Star Trek is nerdier. Especially Star Trek books. D&D.. Dragonlance, etc are all about creativity. Fantasy books certainly don't have to be nerdy. On the other hand, just because they've added some women with big breasts to Star Trek series doesn't change that most of...
- jshrieve
- Post #15
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What's up with Newegg.com?

I've ordered from newegg.com without anything odd showing up. If someone was going to steal and use your CC number, they'd probably wait at least a few weeks after obtaining it, so as to be discreet and be more likely to get more use out of it.
- jshrieve
- Post #23
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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POLL:Computer shopping habits?

The best mom and pop shops can usually only match the best online prices, not beat them. But then you have to pay tax. So I usually order online. Better prices, saves me a trip, and no tax. Tax is the killer. That's why I rarely ever shop at newegg.com. They're in CA. Tax. If I was willing to...
- jshrieve
- Post #14
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Could someone please help me with my french?

hehe.. 70% of the French I learned, I learned not in my years of French classes, but for a short time while a friend of the family's French niece was visiting from Paris. =) Of course, I still don't know very much and have forgotten almost anything useful.
- jshrieve
- Post #11
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Need a Laugh? Think your son is a hackor? a must read

It is most definitely a joke. Anything on adequacy.org is either a joke or a troll. I'm embarassed to say that a friend runs that site.
- jshrieve
- Post #8
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I have lost all interest in college....what should I do?

For some fields, a college degree is absolutely essential. For others, it's very helpful but not essential. For some, there's really no point. I don't know what you want to do eventually, so I can't give you the answer to whether you need to go to college or not. That said, you can make an...
- jshrieve
- Post #20
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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I need advice from server gurus

The most important thing, besides all these RAID setups and redundant power supplies.. is backups! Backup backup backup. RAID will protect you from a failed drive, but it won't save your data from a corrupted filesystem, a hacker, or a stupid mistake. Backups can.
- jshrieve
- Post #11
- Dec 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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