blackcurtain

blackcurtain

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[quote who="Mooster" reply="3" id="2129513"]I would recommend you get either wireless N or G[/quote] 99% of home user have no need for N and will NEVER utilize the bandwidth available. G is fine for home use. I have had no problems with Linksys WRT54GL (wireless G). running one at my house and installed one for my sister.

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[quote quoting="post"] Florida is the only state with harsher marijuana punishments than federal [/quote] Please check into facts before posting stuff like this as it is in fact debatable. Florida is pretty tough, though in certain areas Nevada and other states are tougher. it depends upon the offenders age and weight. Florida is tougher on smaller amounts, Nevada is tougher on those under 21 yr of age and on sale and cultivation. <a title="fl

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just take a black magic marker and draw a line across the bottom of your screen then you wont see the white line... [e digicons];)[/e] seriously though, I know nothing about LS but I do know a little bit about SKS and bmp's. is there any transparent parts in your image? are you sure the "magic pink" is true magic pink (255 - 0 - 255), if using a layer based software like photoshop did you flatten the image? if so don't, that wil

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I'm confused, if you can type the @ symbol here on the forum why can't you enter the same symbol for an online account???? maybe it's because your keyboard is broken (replace it) and you posted this from another computer???

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then there the option of always having a back up of the original. so, if its a skin you downed and are editing it...go redown the skin, save a back up copy and re-import all the images you've edited to a 2nd copy.

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[quote quoting="post"] 6. Would anyone buy a computer from Stardock? [/quote] if they build customers will come. I would not be one of them though. Nothing against Stardock as I love SD software. I just refuse to buy prebuilt systems.

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[quote who="Unit_1004" reply="4" id="2116397"]Thanls for the input, after some consideration I'm going to get the 260. Also I got a 680W PSU to replace my old 500W one.[/quote] good idea

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what Soul Sole is correct, the line Black Edition or not is all but topped out from the factory. I have A 6400+ 3.2 Black Edition . it becomes unstable at 3.4. You could probably get it up to 3.3Ghz, and I have seen a few with proper cooling and a very balance overall system clocking reach 3.5/3.6Ghz. By balanced I mean everything finely tuned together, FSB, CPU, RAM, etc....it is not just the CPU clock that causes instability. Howe

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[quote quoting="post"] law student [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] I do not work for Stardock...but is that supposed to scare someone [e digicons]8O[/e] hope the Mods forgive me but I just couldn't resist. maybe you just go a bad install. try uninstalling and re-installing.

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[quote who="rankothefiremage" reply="2" id="2115693"]I have a GTX 260 in my Phenom II tower, it works well, and both run just fine with my Antec 500W psu. -Gabe[/quote] they may run fine on a 500W....for now With that video card running as much as 182W and your CPU being either a 95w or 125w, if you put them under max load now you got about 300W for just those 2 alone. the problem that you don't realize is your running that PSU at close to peak powe

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[quote who="gmc2" reply="14" id="2115201"]okay, here is what I thinking of: Power Supply ( 750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TX Power Supply Quad SLI Ready ) Processor Intel Core i7 Processor 940 (4x 2.93GHz/8MB L3 Cache) ) Motherboard ( Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB ) Memory ( 6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 Triple

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that's going to be a matter of personal preference and how concerned you are about having the latest and greatest. they will both do the job just fine. here is a comparison bench of the 260 vs the 280. looks like Toms hasn't benched the 285 & 295 yet. but I'm sure if you browse around the site or others you c

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[quote who="ollibert" reply="7" id="2114898"]@Jm2010: shouldn´t you be in school, or perhaps kindergarden, learning some elementary things?? and not using dads PC to do some juvenile crap. so, of to preschool, young man, and don´t disturb the grown-ups!!!!!! olli [/quote] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e

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[quote who="Annatar11" reply="23" id="2113859"] and just because you build it yourself does not mean it is not covered. ALL of your components will be covered under manufacturer warranty. However, these warranties just cover normal wear and tear. Any user/assembly screw up, and you're on your own. [/quote] and yes, a valid concern for a new builder. just be careful and wear a static strap and all would be fine. if one is going to build they gotta start som

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if your looking for a gaming machine and don't want to spend the cash for an ASUS the new MSI are looking hot and getting good reviews from those who have bought them. haven't seen any professional reviews yet.I am planning to buy my first laptop soon too, it will probably be the MSI GT627-216US if just looking for a run of the mill office use I

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it could be any of a number of things causing it. check your event log the next time it happens. it should give you an error code you can track down on MS to narrow it down as to the cause.

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[quote who="Coelocanth" reply="14" id="2113554"]With your budget you could build a killer rig. I know you said you want to get something off the shelf, but I highly recommend building your own. It's not as tough as it may seem and you will save money over buying the same thing pre-built. You can easily build yourself a great rig and have money left over - and I'm betting your wife would love that.[/quote] Ditto and just because you build it yourself does not mean it is not cov

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gmc2, according to the system specs your best bet is to just buy a new system rather than trying to upgrade to play the games you want. The tech has quadrupled since your system. everything your running is 2 technology jumps behind. even though there are a few cards with newer GPUs like the 9400 that Sole S

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just buy them both. with skin studio you will either enjoy using your talents at graphics software like Photoshop etc. to create your own skins.. or if you know nothing about graphics software it will give you a reason to learn...

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never been in the military myself, but my grandfather always told me growing up that if I was thinking about joining to go Navy. Or even Coast Guard not really the "traditional" sence of military but still serving your country.

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[quote who="Annatar11" reply="12" id="2104662"]Here's a really easy but yummy one: Get some fish filets (I like using orange roughy for this). Grab a baking pan and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Melt some butter in a bowl. Dip the fish in butter to cover both sides and season both sides with whatever you like (I use lemon herb and garlic pepper). Stick the filets in the baking pan, and put some shredded parmesan on top. Stick in the oven at 400 for 15 minutes. Don'

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Dutch Baby....German pancake. there are really good and easy to make.they are baked in the oven in a skillet and the edges rise, they may rise a lot in the center but will fall again after pulled from the oven. they are quite filling and can be served alone or do eggs, bacon etc...with them. this recipe calls for lemon wedges to squeeze over when done, but I prefer to use fresh sliced fruit like banana's and/or berries. it also calls for Vanilla Sugar, which is

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as I said above others may be able to help you better, but some Ideas are... first click the radio button for enable ________________________________________________________________________________ Device Priority Section in the Device Priority section you could specify your computer by entering its MAC address. to find your MAC address go to... start menu > run > type "cmd" without quotes to get the command prompt window. in cmd prompt ty

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[quote who="Resist_The_Dawn" reply="5" id="2097202"] How exactly would I edit the QoS Policy?[/quote] from your routers configuration page. for a linksys router the page is 192.168.1.1 (think that is pretty standard though regardless of the router) typing this IP into your web browser address bar will bring up the router configuration options. though you will have to have the user/password to access it. the QoS is located in the applications & gaming menu. I a

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