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Dirty computers: Revenge of the dust bunnies

June 3, 2009 8:15am PDT

Break out the canned air, anti-static wipes, and mini-vacuum--these computers are dust-covered nightmares. It's hard to tell whether some of the machines in this photo gallery are computers or...

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Off Topic -- Your AGE calculated by Chocolate !!...

May 16, 2009 6:28am PDT

How's it done - easy, simple maths take x double it + 5 multiply by 50 add 1758 if last birthday was 2008 and 1759 if last birthday is 2009 minus dob year Now convert all this to an algebraic...

21 Started by OldER Mycroft | Latest comment by KSoniat

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Off Topic: I've just been lectured to by "[i]preachjohn[/i]" ...

May 9, 2009 11:48am PDT

You gotta think that preachjohn gets troubled by a lot of things. ;-) Off Topic: I've just been lectured to by "[i]preachjohn[/i]" ... One of your fellow TechRepublic members has sent you a...

37 Started by OldER Mycroft | Latest comment by boxfiddler

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First Kepler Spacecraft images

April 16, 2009 12:22pm PDT

The Kepler Mission is designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy and discover Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone.

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Off-topic: I'm excited and can't sit still!

April 2, 2009 8:35pm PDT

Off-topic: I'm excited and can't sit still! I couldn't think of anyone better to share this news with then you all here :D My daughter called to tell me her long term BF of 5 yrs has asked her to...

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Cracking Open the Sankyo CP-1508 QIC tape drive

March 30, 2009 12:30pm PDT

QIC ( Quarter Inch Cartridge ) drives have been around since Moses was an intern, and justifiably so. They were relatively inexpensive, rock-solid devices ever since they were standardized in...

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Off-topic - 'Blue' jeans other than blue?

March 17, 2009 6:31am PDT

Off-topic - 'Blue' jeans other than blue? A few years ago I purchased several pairs of jeans in a variety of colors - light tan, brown, dark green, gray, black, etc. Specifically they were Levi's...

25 Started by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto

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If you like cats, take a look here... Off topic.... :)

March 8, 2009 4:31am PDT

If you like cats, take a look here... Off topic.... :) http://tinyurl.com/brt762

1 Started by Peconet Tietokoneet | Latest comment by Peconet Tietokoneet

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What 911 is not for...

March 3, 2009 8:17pm PST

What 911 is not for... You really do have to wonder about people sometimes... Just watched this on my local news station - A woman calls 911 three times as McDonald's was out of chicken nuggets....

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Why does the Off Topic only go to 2/24 ????

February 26, 2009 6:46am PST

Why does the Off Topic only go to 2/24 ???? It used to go much further back so we can see older posts. All I can say is I pretty much stopped searching for stuff here. The tools provided never...

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Want to see if this Off-topic is working

February 13, 2009 5:04am PST

Want to see if this Off-topic is working TEST, please post if site working. Nope, it's not. :-) Poor guy Asking questions ... to respond ...if it's working :) Is that possible if it's not ......

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Tornado research

February 12, 2009 9:28am PST

This gallery contains historic tornado images and research information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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What has happened to Off-Topic

February 10, 2009 4:51am PST

What has happened to Off-Topic There are no new posts since 1/24/08. I submitted a friday yuk! that never was posted. I asked about this in the TR problems. Can someone explain? DP none of the...

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NASA's current missions

January 26, 2009 1:03pm PST

These images are a selection from a few of NASA's many ongoing missions.

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U.S. Presidential history in images

January 16, 2009 11:21am PST

This gallery includes public domain images of American presidents.

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Cracking Open the Apple iPod Touch 2nd generation

January 12, 2009 12:38pm PST

Over the past year or so we have cracked open several versions of the Apple iPod and the iPhone. These are always delicate operations that often result in broken devices. Unfortunately, the...

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Images from the U.S. Geological Survey

January 7, 2009 12:19pm PST

The USGS focuses research and study on the areas of geology, biology, geography, water, and geospatial data.

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Death Knights are embraced by Technologia

January 7, 2009 11:36am PST

Of all the new content additions to the World of Warcraft introduced by the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, the new Death Knight hero-class is arguably the most prolific. Just about every World...

2 Latest comment by Mark W. Kaelin

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Repair the cracked glass face of an Apple iPhone 3G

December 18, 2008 8:40am PST

When TechRepublic Cracked Open the Apple iPhone 3G we accidently put a small crack in the glass face. After awhile, the small crack became a big one bisecting the entire screen. The staff looked...

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