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    OMG IT'S OVER I HAVE A DEGREE etc.

    Congrats to the recent graduates. :thumb: In about 2 days I will also be semi-officially graduated. (it's complicated) :( Master of Arts in...
    Post by: geek1017, 25 Jun 2007 in forum: General
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    Why Your Degree Is A Waste Of Time...

    I wonder if I'm too late to put my 2 cents in. The cynical side of me completely agrees that in essence non-professional degrees, or at least...
    Post by: geek1017, 23 Jun 2007 in forum: Serious
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    How big is your primary monitor?

    For years and years I've been using 14 or 15" CRTs at home. I think this laptop is also 15" No widescreen or other malarkey for me. At least...
    Post by: geek1017, 22 Jun 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Learning French

    Aren't French textbooks available at used bookstores? There are always some cheap French, German, and Spanish texts and even audio tape in...
    Post by: geek1017, 20 Jun 2007 in forum: General
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    TV Shows Doctor Who Season 3

    I liked the last episode a lot, but I have some reservations. [spoiler] Bah, I should just enjoy it. It's just a TV show after all. I did...
    Post by: geek1017, 14 Jun 2007 in forum: General
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    Paris trying to wriggle her way out of jail

    UPDATE: I just saw on BBC that Paris is being released from jail after only 3 days. She'll be under house arrest and have to wear electronic...
    Post by: geek1017, 8 Jun 2007 in forum: Serious
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    Diseases mapped

    I hope I'm not side tracking the purpose of this thread, but I don't see any problem with the idea of genetic engineering as long as it is only...
    Post by: geek1017, 8 Jun 2007 in forum: Serious
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    Cooling How long can thermal tape last?

    So you used thermal paste, not thermal adhesive, to put RAM sinks on your vid card? Have they fallen off yet? If not then I'd say you're...
    Post by: geek1017, 8 Jun 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Wait or not

    As others have said, playing the waiting game never pays off. Of course there isn't really much incentive to being an early adopter either....
    Post by: geek1017, 8 Jun 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    TV Shows Doctor Who Season 3

    Tim, the boy with the pocketwatch, intrigued me as well. [spoiler] I can only hope that future episodes live up to this one in terms of acting...
    Post by: geek1017, 6 Jun 2007 in forum: General
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    TV Shows Doctor Who Season 3

    ^QFT At least the best of the new seasons. The next ep looks like it'll be good, but I'm just waiting for Utopia and the season finale. Cap'n...
    Post by: geek1017, 6 Jun 2007 in forum: General
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    MMO Resulting in underage sex.

    I'd also think that this isn't so much the game's fault as the gamers. I mean really...Isn't Korea the country where people have played games...
    Post by: geek1017, 6 Jun 2007 in forum: Serious
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    Guide Modular PSU made at home

    Hmm...DB25 and XLR connectors right? It might have been safer to go with female panel mount jack rather than the male plug. Certainly is...
    Post by: geek1017, 6 Jun 2007 in forum: Modding
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    Linux Can't install Ubuntu :(

    check your media? run a check on the MD5 Has anything changed with your setup since the last time you tried Ubuntu? Download the 7.04 image...
    Post by: geek1017, 6 Jun 2007 in forum: Software
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    HTPC Show us your HTPC setup!

    Thanks for the Pics. Keep them coming. Looking at those specs, maybe my thoughts on what is necessary were way off. Though I've been more...
    Post by: geek1017, 4 Jun 2007 in forum: Hardware