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From Firefox 4.0 Minefield http://www.speedtest.net/result/868243002.png From Chrome http://www.speedtest.net/result/868245338.png The difference is significant and noticeable. This happens only on my laptop through the wifi. The hardwired desktops are not impacted.

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The latest build of firefox seems to have increased my ping time by an order of magnitude (15ms to 150ms). Chrome, using the same speedtest.net site to the same server, results in the usual 15-19ms ping time. Have any others seen this issue? I need to use some add-ons that are unavailable in Chrome.

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Partition magic does merge partitions easily. Several other partition manager applications do as well.

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Take a look at sme. It is CentOS based. Easy to set up and does all that is on the list.

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I listen to trance, funk, and German techno while typing papers. I can type about 10% faster with fewer errors.

Between journal submissions, conference proposals, and grant applications, I have to crank out 3-5 papers a month.

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Tried Malwarebytes and found nothing. My ISP went through an upgrade cycle in the last few days and screwed up my static ip address allocation. They fixed this issue yesterday. Since I had been having trouble with my dsl modem, I replaced it at the same time. I will try sending .xls files again tomo...

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It very well may be. I use F-secure as an anti-bad stuff application, but it might have missed something.

I will explore this further.

Thanks

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Thanks. I can't save as .xlsx, but can zip it up first. I'll try that. I understand about workarounds, but I have to send out several files a day and really don't want to add a step in the sending and in the receiving.

I know, crazy stuff is happening here.............

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I know it sounds crazy, but when I attache an excel file to an e-mail, the perfectly good spreadsheet, made with the current stable version of Open Office and saved as a MS Excel .xls format, that leaves my win XP Pro laptop gets corrupted in the process and is rendered un-recoverable. I have: sent ...

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Would I be correct in assuming CDW was contacted and these drives were returned? That was not clear in the posts so far.

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And still cuts the battery life of my Lenovo X200 from 7-8 hours to 4-5 hours. Looks like no Linux joy for me

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As someone with experience as both a mathematician and a math educator, I feel affinity with the positions expressed in the "Mathematician's Lament", as well as the experiences of the TR posters. I spent the last 2 years as part of a team of public school teachers (I am the lone college le...

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Great job and well done !!! I graduated almost 3 years ago, I never bothered to pick it up. Funny how no one asks for credentials. While this may be true, it is still very satisfying to look at that piece of paper and realize all it took to get it. Your accomplishment is to be commended. With the st...

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Better that a screw and nut, use some self-tapping metal screws. Ask about them while you are at the home improvement store.

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When we lived in outside fo Tucson, we used to get these in the house http://www.maricopaaudubon.org/features/giant_centipede.html along with these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_bark_scorpion. I got stung by the scorpion more than once. Hurt like a son of a gun.

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Falstaff. Drank it as a kid, back in the drinking for effect days.
Even has their own fanboy site
http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/

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Without hijacking the homework thread too much, it's fun watching you all help with the problems. Part of my research is in how people experience online math classes. In particular, I am studying how people communicate complex concepts over a sparse media like text. By the way, if you can't sleep to...

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Graduate student in 2 different programs. Finishing up a masters in Math Ed. Begining a masters in Math. Begining a Ph.D. in Math Ed. in the fall (maybe winter) Economy is in the tank here in Oregon, so school is the safest place to be right now. From old post. Got the MS in Math in June 08, nearly...

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My averatec 1150-EH1 gets the same 2.5-3 hours but runs cooler and faster. My Lenovo x200 gets 9 hours with xp pro, 6 with Vista 64-bit and 5 hours with ubuntu 32 or 64-bit.

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Take a look at the Lenovo x200. 9 hours of usable life with a 9-cell battery and XP pro. Nearly a full size keyboard and a 12 in screen at 1280 x 800.

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Just got into the whole bike thing after a long lay off. The wife decided that she wanted to race cyclo-cross with our daughter, and I got dragged into it as a training partner. It is cold and wet here so the riding time is limited. We have been doing the trainer thing while waiting for better weath...

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Had the Novocaine wear off half way through my vasectomy. The shots were more painful than having the second side done without painkillers. Does that count?

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I have been a ham radio operator for about 15 years (KB7RTA) and hold an advanced class license. Although radio is a hobby to most, there is a real opportunity to participate in public service activities, providing communications for all sorts of events and emergency situations. Most natural disaste...

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Currently, I teach mathematics at a local community college, own a small computer business (Small Bytes Computers), and am a Ph.D. student (NSF grant supported, thanks all you tax payers, defending in 18 months). In the past, I have worked commercial construction, been a farrier, taught middle and h...

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What is happening (if I understand from your description and photos) is that as the snow melts, the water backs up under the ice and probably runs under a loose shingle. By freeing the gutter of ice and snow, along with all the ice in the valley (the vee you mention), you will give the water a path ...

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Why in the world would I care. I'll be dead. In fact, I could care less what happens to my body. Burn it, boil it, bury it, put it on a cross town bus with a pocket full of transfers, I have neither interest nor control in the matter. My wife and I were chatting about this very issue a few days ago....

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We have been together for almost 30 years, the wife and I. We used to have the usual arguments you all have been describing. I really don't like to have the same argument more than once, so some years ago, I proposed to my wife the following. We each take care of what bugs us. For example, if I have...

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At this point in my life, I am the buyer of stuff, rather than the buyie (sp?). The wife and I are in recession resistant fields and have been very fortunate to be able to disperse some of our resources to our children. They made out well and we had the pleasure of knowing they appreciated their gif...

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We replaced a Ricoh CL3000 color laser with a Xerox Phaser 6180DN color laser (network accessible with duplexer) several months ago and have been very happy. The Xerox is fast to output the first page (a consideration with laser printers) and produces reasonable color prints. We print about 15,000 p...

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I tried 8.10 (both 32 and 64 bit versions) on a Lenovo x200 and had to go get video, NIC and wireless drivers. The sound I could never get working. Since this laptop is basically my PDA, cell phone and mp3 player, the sound issue is a deal breaker. The other issue is battery power management. With t...

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