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Genghis

If you want to eliminate Vista from the equation, boot your machine from a Knoppix DVD (this is a live Linux DVD; you can download an iso for free and burn it). Then plug in your drive and see if Linux can find it. Note that you may have to do some searching under /dev/sd* if it doesn't automount.

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Now I'm wishing I'd bought the Orange Box for my PC rather than my Xbox. Portal changed my life! Now I'm starving for more Portal.

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Well, since we're necro in here, I saw one relevant news item:

The Golden Compass earned way below expectations so they've made the decision to NOT make the remaining two movies. Not shocking, but maybe unfortunate since we're still going to be exposed to six more godawful Narnia movies.

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A little background: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=lt6sxY6LaW4&feature=user Brings it into focus. I think that guy in the last video did it an injustice by describing it as "We're going to change the constitution to be in line with the Bible". Wow, scary stuff! He quite clearly wants ...

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She's also a great conversationalist:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37ph1 ... -sketc_fun

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Two things not mentioned so far in this discussion as far as I can tell:

(1) The book's author has complained that the director neutered the movie by removing a lot of the anti-religious stuff, giving it more mainstream appeal.

(2) Reviews for the movie aren't all the glowing anyway.

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My brother-in-law's satellite HDTV signal is crap. My cable signal is great...depending on the channel. It all depends on where you live, who your provider is, and how good the broadcaster's signal is. I don't pay any extra for my HDTV channels. The main 4 networks look good, Discovery HD looks awes...

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Holy expletive! Great to see you here, Fatal! Depending on how long it takes you to get a 3DPro USB adapter, I might be able to lend you my spare.

This news almost makes me want to try playing again. I'll get in touch with you and Fritter soon. If only to catch up!

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Happy birthday to both of you knobs.

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ccb056 wrote:No, I have a bootdisk where you just pop it in, boot, and you can replace the password.

You don't have to have any credentials at all to change the admin password on an xp machine.

Nor on any OS. Physical access to any machine == total compromise.

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I used to love Styx during their middle years: The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight were amazing albums. But they became victims of two things: (1) the '80s and (2) frontman Dennis DeYoung. Shortly after the Paradise Theater album, the final concept album DeYoung managed to force down the other me...

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Testiculese wrote:What you get paid from work is not income. You are using the wrong dictionary.

I guess we should use whatever dictionary the folks who wrote the 16th amendment used? Not that I know what it was.

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Of course, they're happy to report on successful prosecution of tax evasion: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/04/tax.standoff/index.html Funny, though...if I read only these boards I would think nobody ever got convicted of tax evasion. Heck, I might be tempted to stop paying income taxes based on what...

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On the off chance that Bettina reads this... Here's a story that might put your views into conflict: http://www.jonholato.com/2007/09/22/government-official-uses-homeland-security-data-to-stalk-ex-girlfriend/ I say this because you appear to be pro-surveillance, but also pro-womens' safety and -wome...

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Wide Screen not working should be the last of peoples worries... If you Do Decide to buy it for PC... You can only install the game twice due to piracy protection. Downloading the game is possible... Installing it after download not so much. It killed my computer and I had to do a clean install thi...

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Ad hominem! This is Latin. Hominem=man. Ad=Advertisement. So it translates to "advertisements for men". Usually used to refer to the ads in Playboy. But what has it got to do with this discussion? I think you only brought this up because you are the kind of shallow person who reads playbo...

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I think we're seeing something fundamental in this thread: that younger generations have less expectation of privacy than older ones. That's probably always been the case, since when you're a kid you're used to your parents \"going though your stuff.\" As you get older and more independent...

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The wide screen issue is a moot point and I'm amazed people are as "outraged" about it as they are. In this time of 4:3 and 16:9 televisions, many games have to do it to remain compatible. I don't understand what the problem is. I wouldn't say I'm outraged, but a little miffed that I can'...

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I'm psyched about Bioshock for my (free) Xbox 360. However, I'm a bit put out by the widescreen debacle. I'm hoping they'll announce a widescreen patch for Xbox...

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Heh, caveat emptor! Dude spent $150 on non-evacuated aerogel. Or maybe he should have bought some evacugel?

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roid wrote:well thar you go!

evacuated silica nanofoam, 20% lighter than air itself

Then why doesn't it float up like an He2 balloon? At least, not in the video posted above.

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Recent clip, also posted on dot-com. I believe this is an example of an even more obvious result:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/s ... nds_may_be

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Hey, I take exception to the anti-plasma sentiments here! I just bought one a few months ago...after nearly buying an LCD. I'll agree that for a computer monitor you definitely want an LCD over plasma. But for TV watching plasma is awesome. The only reason I could justify an LCD at this point is if ...

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Star fury, of course! Talk about a no-brainer. Although I always wondered why only human ships in the B5 universe obeyed Newtonian physics and all the others flew as if in atmospheres.

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I love this feature, and it may finally convert me to Google maps, giving up my beloved Mapquest. Other than that I've always liked Mapquest's maps much better. But both sites often give you such bad routes or simply routes you want to modify for other reasons, and this feature addresses that. I fig...

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It's kind of hard to take claims about religion seriously when they come from people who obviously do not want to entertain for a second the idea that there might be some truth about it. As far as I can tell, the claims about the parallels between Christ and earlier figures are grossly exaggerated....

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Seems like you could just replace the incy wincy fan. Ought to save you a bunch of money.

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I never heard this one before, either. Amazing how much crank science there is out there. I watched about 50% of the video, skipping a minute here and a minute there. This guy's whole argument seems predicated on there being no subduction, only seafloor spreading. But it didn't appear he had a good ...

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Anyway, the real issue of fairness in media is meant to be addressed by laws preventing overconsolidation of media such that just one or two companies control all the media outlets (TV, radio, newspapers) in a market. Unfortunately, those protections have been under constant threat as corporate capi...

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Interesting. I'm not surprised this is an organized industry, but I hadn't thought about it before. Of course, this is just one example of using loopholes to do an end-around the intent of the legal system. These guys are like corporate accountants. Or like lawyers. I agree with the video that this ...

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Once, in Hawaii, I had sex with a hundred-and-two-year-old male turtle. It would be hard to argue that it was consensual. I would like to apologize to the turtle, his family, the Kahala Hilton Hotel, and the hundred or so diners at the Hilton's outdoor cafe. I would also like to apologize to my loya...

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Well the video maker guy has 2 follow-up videos that address pretty much all these considerations. Seems like 1,000 other people had the same observations as Lothar, and the OP decided to answer them. Not that his answers are always satisfying, since of course there are no correct and proper answers...

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Yes, but this would be a great site for corporations to monitor, scoop up ideas, and bring products to market before the \"little guys\" at your site have the chance to get anywhere. So what are the tools your site offers? So far I see asynchronous mechanisms such as file uploading and dis...

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In addition to Diedel's comment, if you're going to cut something out of your diet I don't think that zero- or low-calorie sodas are the thing to worry about. We don't want to discourage you, but it does appear that you're either unmotivated or unknowledgeable about health and fitness. That's OK, yo...

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More info, and some of it I don't like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5:_The_Lost_Tales This will be released straight to DVD at the end of July. Although it's shot in HD, it will not be released in an HD format except on Xbox Live Marketplace. And my understanding is that Xbox Live Marketpla...

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You need to get the overall fat percentage of your body down. This can only be done by burning a lot more calories than you take in. That can only be done by extreme diet, extreme exercise, or a combination of moderate diet and moderate exercise. Lifting alone probably won't burn the calories you ne...

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I was 34 before I started to drive so this is pure fracking bullcockle. I did groceries with a cab, or took the bus, I went to college by bus and I work by bus. What you are saying is for lazy people. Well, TFB for them. What, were you raised in or near a city or something? What about everyone else?

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TIGERassault wrote:The thing I want to know is:
How is the title relevant?

There's a plotline in which the dad teaches the kids lessons by making them think they've mutilated someone.

Great show! It's not on TV anymore...one of those "too good to stay on the air" shows. Get all 3 seasons on DVD!

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Isn't that special! I'm messing with my new P5B-Plus board today. The board way overclocks (PC-4200) and overtimes (5-5-5-15) my memory by default, so I set it to PC-5300 and 3-3-3-10 where it belongs. Turns out my \"improvements\" actually hurt latency performance, according to Sandra and...

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Lothar wrote:cdex.

Second that. Next you'll want to ask what bitrate to rip at. I suggest 192 as a compromise between quality and space.

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