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    so i happily downloads pictures...

    A GB or Gigabyte is a unit of informational data on a computer. (2.45 billion bytes in this case) Typically, a consumer level image should never be this large, it will be compressed as a .jpg or other format and it will have been taken at a lower resolution, but uncompressed ultra high...
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    so i happily downloads pictures...

    Any information about the picture in question? It could be too large or in some "weird" format. For instance, uploading a 2.45 GB EXR is not supported on this forum. However, most of the time it would just tell you this at upload. (Also, some variants of different formats can cause problem...
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    Currently playing

    Fallout 3 This is my first time through so I am trying to be an overall "good" guy.
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    Windows 7... what have you heard?

    The underling structure that OSX is built upon is much stronger than that of windows. Combine this with a smaller market share and you have the reason why macs are much "safer" on average than windows computers. Market share is defiantly not the only reason for OSX's "superior" security...
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    Windows 7... what have you heard?

    Your entire argument about simple user errors is completely flawed. Mass market consumer products should be designed for all levels of technical knowledge. You cannot justify some of vista's errors by blaming the user. Even when the user is to blame, the OS should: prevent the problem from...
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    Most Annoying/Embarrassing Death

    In halo:CE at least, the lower two difficulties are just absurdly easy. You can literally beat the game without ever firing a shot on easy and normal. Legendary is defiantly a challenge, but multiplayer makes use of completely different strategies. So, if you want to be better at multiplayer you...
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    Buyer Beware of Microsoft Windows Vista

    Just out of personal interest, what program is she using and what video card is required? If she is serious about 3d utilities, I would guess it is a quadro fx 4600/4700x2/5600/[5700] (~$2000-3000) or one of the ATI workstation cards.
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    Most Annoying/Embarrassing Death

    I probably died at least 75 times at one spot during the halo campaign. I believe it was on the second part of Truth and Reconciliation when you first enter the alien ship through the gravity lift. I was playing on legendary using a first generation iBook G4 (800MHz PowerPC G4 and M Radeon...
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    10 lies you need to stop believing about Windows Vista

    In other vista news, here is my most recent problem (2 hours ago). While reinstalling some custom x-plane scenery, basically just dragging and dropping a few folders, a strange file error kept occurring. I downloaded a few zip files from the internet (first using firefox and then using IE), but...
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    Halo 3: Keep it Clean

    Not much is currently known about Bungie's latest project "Halo 3: keep it clean". It is assumed that it is an expansion to the halo 3 campaign with most of the action taking place during the first and second battles of earth. Others have speculated that the story will follow ODSTs since the...
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    Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive

    Even if it does not work, which i am pretty sure will happen, the Chinese should be able to throw together a nice fake video of it in action.
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    Biden: Wealthy Americans Must Pay More Taxes to Show Patriotism

    Most people want a smaller government until they need the government.
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    FOUR teenagers were horrifically slain by Satanists

    Oddly, none of this would have been tolerated in old communist russia.
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    Spore

    Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM Very ironic, but pirating games only creates more of a problem. Most claim they download the game only because of the DRM, but if spore had no protection it would probably be downloaded even more.
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    Super-smasher targets massive mystery

    It all depends on the presence of the currently theoretical hawking radiation. If it exists, hawking radiation should cause any micro black hole to quickly decay. According to most scientists however, there is a very small chance of a micro black hole ever coming into existence.
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    Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics

    I will never vote for any religious extremist ever. (I have no problem with religious people, just the extremists) In general, I will also not vote for the republican party in national elections considering its current hijacked/corrupted condition. Also, no more evangelicals EVER! There, I...
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    Currently playing

    I somehow got "addicted" to bf2142 after failing to receive a bfheroes beta key and my copy of bf2 corrupted itself, required a reformat of my 2nd hard drive. I know some people hated it, but apart from titian mode it is really not bad at all. It may sound corny, but I feel like bf2142 has a...
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    Transhumanism

    While the concept of this technology is certainly fascinating to me, I highly doubt it holds any of the answers humanity hopes to find in it. (I also doubt it will improve the general "happiness" of people) Humanity has always searched for answers in technology and while they have received...
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    Super-smasher targets massive mystery

    By gaining an understanding of the most "elemental" currently known particles that, according to modern scientific theory, form the foundation of our universe, a huge number of scientific and engineering advancements can be achieved. (The actual science is usually years ahead of the...
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    "Kids' protest highlights rich-poor schools gap in Illinois"

    Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0904/p02s01-usgn.html