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    [so] there's some guy in my house

    Yeah, I just got back from a party I walk into my room (regular house, not college), and there's some random guy sleeping there. he's not a friend of my roommates'. I talked to him.. as far as I can tell, he's come from a nearby party and thinks "tommy" lives here and/or knows me. Interesting...
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    Real Life Necronomicon

    BBC NEWS | England | South Yorkshire | 'Spooky' skin book on the block Okay, so not the Necronomicon. But eerie nonetheless.
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    Tobacco for US Citizens only

    The guy at CVS just refused to sell me cigarettes because my drivers license isn't issued by the US government. great country you've got here guys, I can feel the 'freedom' coursing through my veins. edit: I think my inappropriate level of frustration is an indicator I should quit smoking, though.
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    So Is My Package On Time Or Not?

    How are they going to send me a postcard if they don't have my address? Is this package going to come today, or do I need to call them? UPS experts, I beg you...
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    [So] [Awesome] I just became an uncle

    :clap: My sister just gave birth to a little girl. I wish I wasn't 3000 miles away :( Have a great day, guys.
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    What's the most dangerous gun I can purchase for the least amount of money?

    By dangerous I mean, maybe, one that's constantly close to being outlawed. Or something like that. Now that I live in America I can sample the sweet delights of owning a gun that would be banned in the UK.
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    So I'm a Brit. What's with Ron Paul?

    could someone explain to me say, 5 reasons why republicans (or, indeed, anyone) thinks Ron Paul is 'the man' (whether or not you think he can actually win). I am curious to know what he has going for him in terms of public opinion, rather than direct policy, by which I mean I can easily look up...
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    Welcome to the USA: Internet Service Providers

    Hello chaps Sorry to be a bother, but I just moved to Rosslyn, VA from the UK (for a year.) I don't know anything about US ISPs or even what sort of broadband there is readily available over here. for comparison, last year in london I had a 16mbps service from Sky for $25 (ish) a month...
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    UK voltage am large, UK voltage contain multitudes

    hello geeks Like many of you I'm sure, I enjoy a decent power strip/plug bank/surge protector type device. I'm moving to D.C. (from London) in a couple of weeks and want to take a few electronic items with me. I would like to buy a plug bank with a built-in step-up transformer, by which I...
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    Spice Girls reunion tour

    Music - News - Spice Girls announce reunion tour - Digital Spy I'm going to New York! Who's with me!? Anyone.....?
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    So how about those Sony Walkman mp3 players...

    ..is the software really as gash as everyone tells me? I heard it's all buggy and whatnot. Hardware seems to get great reviews, but not the software. God I hate technology.
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    [Christmas Cheer] My best friend has no money...

    ...due to a series of redundancies and misfortunes in his finances. I hardly see him as we now live in different cities. But today, he drove over and gave me a card and a gift, despite having little for himself. That might be dumb, and I'm sure people will say it is.. But it made me smile...
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    [Windows 2000] domain change, can't log in

    I have a work computer here which logs into my employer's domain (BEDDING) However, recently the computer has gone haywire, and so I decided to back up my work files by transferring them onto one of my own pc's. To do this, I tried switching my work computer to the HOME workgroup, which the...
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    How many songs can a winamp playlist comfortably handle?

    I just basically asked my laptop to play my entire music folder from my main computer, streamed over the network. Every so often, it gets laggy as fuck and there are huge gaps in the song. is this b/c there are 4000+ songs in the playlist, or simply because of network speeds? if it's the former...
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    What's a good value printer?

    A friend is moving to uni and I've looked out a nice little laptop for him, but I know nothing about affordable but reasonable quality little printers. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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    Laptop graphics cards

    I'm looking to get a laptop for work purposes, but I also want to be able to play a few games at a fairly decent framerate in my free time. However, I don't know the first thing about laptop video acceleration, all the card names are greek to me. Anyone know of some good websites that will...
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    [Not-Political] The outcome of the 2004 Presidential election

    I have an american politics exam tomorrow, which I feel fairly well prepared for. However, I'm sure they'll ask a question about the election last year (how could they not?) and I was just wondering if, for you guys - the majority of you being from the USA - any particular political issue or...
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    Pink Floyd Reform for Live 8 Concert

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4085966.stm Is this OFN? holy fucking shit
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    Human Pacman

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4607449.stm More...
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