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  1. tim55

    I've got Saturday free in Chicago...advice?

    Bring a warm coat!!! It's going to be in the single digits this weekend.
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    The Roulette Wheel (probability) question

    If you are looking for someone that actually did this you found him. First time I did this I was at the Flamingo. I thought I was a genius when I came uo with my plan of waiting for a roulette wheel to show 4 of the same color in a row. Then I would put $20 on the other color and double my...
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    Machined Table Saw Pulleys

    http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/index.asp Best place for supplies. Get the link belt and pulleys, you cant go wrong.
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    Las Vegas 4/19/04

    This show has tanked into silly story lines. What happened?
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    IE locks up!

    No new software .....maybe an update.
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    IE locks up!

    Help!!! Whenever I try to start IE it locks up and I can't ctrl/alt/del out of it, I have to shut down and reboot. The same thing happpens when I go into control panel or any other explorer window. Any ideas or suggestions on a fix? I'm running XP Home on a Compaq P3 512mb laptop
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    Compaq Laptop is running very sloooow!

    Thanks for the info. I'm running XP home ed. if this helps.
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    Compaq Laptop is running very sloooow!

    Can anyone recommend a good ad-ware or spybot software?
  9. tim55

    Compaq Laptop is running very sloooow!

    I have a compaq presario p4 512 ram laptop that has slowed down to the point that I cannot have more than 2 applications running at a time. Anyone have an idea of what I can do to revive it? Thanks
  10. tim55

    where to buy printer paper for cheap?

    Felix, There is a costco at the corner of diversy and clyborn. Also many in the suburbs.
  11. tim55

    Your movie pet peeve?

    In movies, characters always find parking right in front of where they are going.
  12. tim55

    8,000 posts! Time for a roast!

    8000 post but I've been here longer. Pat Sun from the great city of Duluth, where men are men and sheep are scared!
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    Harley-Davidson does the impossible (for them): design a modern motorcycle.

    I'm curious, whats a "real biker"? And who is going to get a vrod for anything less than 20K? This spring I was going to reward myself with a deuce but after doing some research I wizened up. The first thing you get when you walk into a Harley dealer is attitude. Attitude from the employees...
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    People will steal anything!

    Does anyone remember hearing about the retired couple that had a cement frog stolen from their front lawn? Every now and then they would recieve a picture of it in places all over the world. One day they get a postcard saying when the frog is comming home and on that day the cement frog...
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    DIY Subwoofer concept

    Mike, Listen to these guys, they have a ton of experience. I've used car subs in my home theater before and had good results. The bass was loud and could be felt. On my next sub I concentrated on the low 20's for a frequency response. This sub introduced a new dimension in sound for me...
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    Do the network guys at work know what I'm typing?

    A guy from the IS dept took me into the server room at work once to show me the web server. It had a display that showed every web site someone was on, no specific information was shown. The thing that got me was how many porn sites were accessed! ------------------
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    Word 97 Help!

    PIII 333Mhz. This has been going on for awhile and I haven't intalled anything recently. Would it make a difference if I had a large number of .doc files? ------------------
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    Word 97 Help!

    Can someone tell me why my Word 97 takes so long to close? Can you tell me how to fix this? Thanks in advance T ------------------
  19. tim55

    FS: NEC LT150 Projector

    You've got mail. ------------------
  20. tim55

    Pics of my sub (not a sono)

    The driver is the Titanic 10” in a ~2 ft2 enclosure with a 3x12.75 in port. I built this sub with the intention of powering it with an external amp but after hearing good things about the Adire AV250 I decided to demo it. I found that the AV250 provided more power and performance than I would...
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