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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
I've never caused an accident and I probably never will. There are 2 golden rules: keep your distance and anticipate. If you got those cov…
It's funny that Athens, Kilbey, and Kevin aren't all harping on all the speeders in here and treating them like satan. OH WAIT! I forgot. They only harass me.
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Originally Posted by mdc
I drive above the speed limit in the left lane and get annoyed when people go 5 miles above the speed limit and feel it's their rite to be in the…
OR, you follow hte rules you were taught in driving school, and get in the ****ing right lane AT ALL TIMES unless you are in the process of passing somebody. The left lane is for …
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Originally Posted by sek929
... I also always turn left in front of the other side of traffic once the light turns green (only if I am first in line) but I believe that …
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Originally Posted by jersey
When I lived in the midwest I was a calm courteous driver... but new jersey has made me an angry driver. Everyone with their suv's and I own…
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Originally Posted by Tardbus
Suggestions:
1. Get some reggae music in your car. It's hard to be pissed off with it playing.
2. Watch Harold and Kumar, learn that the …
Well.. I don't advocate smoking while driving or anything, but the reggae music definitely helps me chill out, slow down, and let the universe tend to unfold as it should, even if …
my biggest driving pet peeve is when people at an intersection decide it's their turn to go, when CLEARLY it isn't.
Example...
I'm at a 4-way stop the other day, 3 cars... Me, On…
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Originally Posted by iLikebeer
Ouch, that's the speed limits on our Interstates out west. We typically do 85+, I got passed by a cop doing 90 one time. Of course, my main…
I have had a seperate phone line for internet usage since dial-up, when I moved to my current home. As is, it is where I placed my DSL connection.
I never used the microfilters b…
DSL is a very high frequency signal placed on the same pair as normal telephone service. The microfilters are there for two purposes: they prevent interference with the DSL signal…
A bad phone line to a DSL modem will let some of the high frequency stuff radiate out, and since the issue is with cordless phones, that's what flashed on in my mind. I should als…
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Originally Posted by ghporter
3andahalfeyed, tell me about your cordless phone. What frequency is it using? And what else do you ahve hooked up to your DSL modem? A …
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Originally Posted by 3andahalfeyed
Question 2: Should the jack that holds the phone line connected to the modem have a filter installed too? Even though it is the only on…
Answer 1: not a health hazard any more than an old refrigerator motor is a health hazard; it's all much too low a frequency to cause problems, just stray RF.
Answer2: NOOOOOO! Th…
3andahalfeyed,
Your cordless phone static may be due to other electronic interference in the vicinity of your DSL modem. For example, many cordless phones produce static when near…
So, the screen on the iBook (G3 500mhz) went dark. The computer otherwise works fine, boots up, and if you shine a flashlight on the screen you can see it working fine. An external…
It's probably the reed switch/backlight cable. The same cable went bad on my iBook 500mhz and I experienced the same problems. Try replacing that cable first or getting your repair…
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It's probably the reed switch/backlight cable. The same cable went bad on my iBook 500mhz and I experienced the same problems. Try replacing that cable first or g…
http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html
This tells you how to get inside and unhook the display. I'm sure that with a little digging on that site you can propbably find somethin…