Recent content by streetwise

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    Popped in to say hi

    Hi everybody. Long time no see. Nice to see the board is still alive and kicking. congrats to the staff on the new skin. It's really nice.
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    Doctor does surgery with a DIY drill

    A BRITISH brain surgeon used an inexpensive cordless drill to remove a tumour from a fully conscious woman - and it was even caught on film. Leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh used a 9.6 volt Bosch drill – which cost him £30 ($65) – to perform the emergency operation on Marian Dolishny’s head...
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    How to make Firefox 150% faster

    I don't know if this works but I read it on a reliable forum Tips & Tricks that can help you to double the speed of Firefox. 1. Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter. 2. In the filter search bar type network.http.pipelining. Be sure the value field is set true,if not...
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    What do these words have in common?

    What do these words have in common? Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Are You Peeking or have you already given Up? Give It another try. You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer. Go back and look at them again; think hard. OK. Here You Go. Hope You Didn't...
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    Zonealarm with Vista

    Is anybody using Zonealarm with Vista? Can you tell me about your experience with it especially as far as memory used by Zonealarm 7.1 is concerned? How much minimum memory would you recommend for Vista?
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    Euro English

    European English : The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room...
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    Happy birthday Janie

    I hope you have a nice day gal.
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    How do I configure Zonealarm?

    How do I configure Zonealarm pro 7 to allow my son who shares the network with me to surf on the internet. I've placed his computer in the trusted zone and in internet but sometimes he has access to the internet and sometimes he doesn't.
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    A store That sells husbands

    A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE ! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the...
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    Any news about Janie?

    This is not the first time I'm asking this but I get concerned about her if I don't see anything from her for a while.
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    Don't let them hypnotise you

    http://rapidshare.com/files/3431443/hypnose.wmv.html
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    Bird that uses cars as a nut cracker

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKO-QMyLc4&
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    Computers Before Christ?

    http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=56422&u_id=215646
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    Teach yourself programming in 10 years

    That's right. That's not quite what all those books in the bookshops say. Read more about it here http://norvig.com/21-days.html
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    Call centre conversations

    Actual call centre conversations !!!!! Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?". Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?". Customer: "It was on the door to the Travel Centre". Operator: "Sir, they are our opening hours"...
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