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How to get past automated phone support... PDF Print E-mail
Stuff - Consumer Information
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:56
In perhaps one of the greatest web sites ever created, the Gethuman site contains a large list of company phone numbers and how to get past their automated phone response systems in order to speak with a real person.
 
Why is yawning contagious? PDF Print E-mail
Stuff - Health and Fitness
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Friday, 16 May 2008 23:25

Have you ever noticed that it's not uncommon for someone else around you to yawn when you yawn? Yawning is a involuntary action that everyone does. But why is yawning contagious?

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Getting a Wii to work with a D-Link Router PDF Print E-mail
Play - Wii
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:25

WiiAfter months of searching for a Nintendo Wii, I finally found one at Wal*Mart. So I bought it - along with some extra controllers and a memory card. I got it home and unpacked it. Everything that I needed to get started was included in the box - although I would have preferred to have component video cables instead of a composite one. The hookup was simple enough. I plugged in the power cable, the composite A/V cable, and the sensor bar cable. I put the batteries in the wireless remote, turned the Wii on, and it powered right up. Everything was going great until it was time to get the Wii online.

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How much caffeine can kill you? PDF Print E-mail
Stuff - Health and Fitness
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:06

Have you had your Diet Pepsi Max today? Or maybe a twenty dollar cup of Loca-Moca-Frappe-Caramelo-Choco-Latte made with low-fat soy milk? If you're like many people you feel a need to have a daily intake of caffeine in order to function normally. But how much caffeine is safe for a person to consume?

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Part Four - What's inside the box? - Hard Drives PDF Print E-mail
Work - Computer Primer
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:59

The hard drive, or hard disk drive (HDD), is the device inside your computer that allows you to permanently store data. The hard drive is a mechanical device that has rotating platters inside of a sealed case. Digitally encoded data is stored on and retrieved from the magnetic surfaces of these platters via a moving actuator arm with read-and-write heads on it. Since the data is stored magnetically, you should never allow magnets near a hard drive. Or else your data may become corrupt. Since a hard drive is a mechanical device, something will eventually go wrong with it and it will die. Because of this, you should always keep backups of important data in a safe place

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