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Time for a new cell phone!

Stopped by a few stores, they want to sell two year plans. No, ain't gonna bite. So, went to my current provider, AT&T. Yeah, I know, AT&T. But their cell service has always been good to me. Been with them forever it seems!

Got a nice phone, nice price: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/device ... epaid.html And, instead of my old $1 a day, $.10 a minute plan, I switched to ...
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NEW SUPER BLAST SPEEDS NEW SUPER BLAST SPEEDS

NEW SUPER BLAST SPEEDS!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

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HOLLY-COW I'd never seen this speed anywhere, doesn't matter where TEST it, always the SAME...

This is called Xfinity Blast. I'm supposed to get 50 Download Speed and 560 Upload, nut I do even better

Comcast gave me it FREE for 5 months, ...
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Ads on You Tube? Ads on You Tube?

Gimme a break. As if Google doesn't already have enough money. This just started for me this morning, and advertisement at the beginning of each You Tube I watch/ listen to. Gohstery doesn't seem to have any effect. Is Fire Fox the one that has Ad Block?
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My new toys

I built 2 servers for Folding @ Home
They are Supermicro motherboards 4 processors on each board.
One is a H8Qme-2 with 4 AMD 8425 6 core CPUs, 24 cores total 2.1ghz each. With 8 2gb sticks of samsung memory.

The other is a H8QGi+-F socket G34 with 4 AMD 6164HE 12 core CPUs 48 cores total at 1.7ghz each, 16 1gb sticks of Samsung memory.

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Well, guys, I don't know what's gonna happen. Well, guys, I don't know what's gonna happen.

Yesterday was a "Buyer's Inspection" of the building I live in. It's been for sale for quite a while. There was a broker, two agents, a contractor, and a termite guy. The buyers seem interested, but I don't know how well a battered children's recovery clinic will do above a porno store.

Building has termites everywhere. Stairs are wood and from 1979, have to be replaced. Roof needs to be torn off and replaced. Two ...
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i'm not able to upload my avatar, is there a requirement for a certain number posts before its allowed :?: i get some lame message refusing my attemps :evil: the thing is i'm connected (hi Chris :big_boss: ) and as such truly believe that blood is thicker than ...
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new

ok so after more or less a decade of having been out of the loop i'm coming up with a new system, way back when...when i had money i spent over $5K on the abit that might show up as a sig below (maybe not) so now all i can afford $1k and this is what i'm coming up with:

CAS Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid-Tower
PROC Intel® Core™ i5-3570K 3.40 GHz
COOLING Asetek 510LC ...
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Replaced the Starter yesterday.

So, started car yesterday for work. It hesitated and spun slow then picked up and started. I thought, maybe the battery cable needed cleaning or the battery was gonna die soon.

On the way to work, I stopped at the store for a Green Tea, (4)pieces of bacon, Fig bar...car would not start. Click Click Click.

Asked a guy for a jump and no change to the problem. Another guy suggested tapping the starter, did ...
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Discovered a new way to find bad capacitors...

Ok, so we all know for those without the want or equipment to test their electronics....

A bad cap will have:
Bulge tops
Crust on top
Crust on bottom
AWOL with 2 leads in its spot

But I found a new way today....

Plug in the electronic and turn it on. Remove shoes and socks, Now place your finger tip on the top of each one....the bad one will send electricity through your finger tip. ...
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Well I think i got it fixed Well I think i got it fixed

Rig #1 has been running for about 4 hours now. It was shutting down after three minutes, I just kept messing with connectors, the RAM, all that stuff, Finally back in business! Altho my AX78 board still runs great!
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