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  1. pete_mate

    where in USA?

    bahah, your planning a year in advance. i just booked my one month america trip this morning, decided where i was gonna go (dates etc.) yesterday and im leaving on saturday. get a delta america pass, 5 flights for $500 US aaanywhere in the us my return flight over there and all my...
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    Video Card and TV Tuner

    ig you've got a pentium 4 2.0ghz, id recommend those cards because your processor is so shit that itll be the bottleneck in games. if you've got a p4 3.0ghz or similar athlon and above, id recommend getting a nvidia 7300 or 6600gt or something aat leeast. 3 times as fast for 1.5 times...
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    360 or wii?

    you need an HD tv that is capable, not only of receiving an HD signal, but also, displaying a 1920x1080i resolution. You also need the appropriate cables, eg. hdmi cable
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    Wii's in Sydney

    at jb, because its a public company we can check which stores have them. games people wouldnt offer to, cos theyre not on comission and dont really care, but if you ask them nicely they'll check in the system. You can even transfer them in from far away places
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    Choice of commerce major

    i was speaking to a former pwc partner who now works in management consulting at IBM he says that they hire all sorts of graduates, no matter the degree or major. basically they hire the talented, sharp ones no matter the degree. Which makes sense, they need lots of new and creative, fresh...
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    out west

    getting pissed in a park and heckling strangers at train stations seems to be the common thing to do.
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    Notebook brands

    how old is it? batteries have finite amount of charge cycles in them. just like ipod batteries, or any batteries for that matter.
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    Notebook brands

    wtf? the macbook has a maximum battery life of 6 and a half hours you've heard well about ASUS. Collin, seriously wtf, have you ever used a dell for a long period of time or have you just looked at the specs.
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    Homosexuality in Australia

    Essentially your reason for "not accepting" gay people is because its writen in the bible, irrelevant of any social/biological analysis in relation to its effects. However, why is it that some sections of the bible are ignored, whilst others are embraced. Such as the section that forbids the...
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    Wii

    our store, jb hifi warringah, still has shiteloads if your looking for a wii
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    P-Plate Restrictions

    bahaha, thats what happens when you read/write to the telegraph. what a shit paper. you can read on wikipedia that its marketed to the lower educated/blue collar section of society. there's always some headline in massive bold capital letters. A font justified if world war 3 broke out. It...
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    Best place to buy an LCD TV?

    have you considered using a computer with a tv tuner card as your tv tuner (which would then become a dvd recorder) which is connected to a monitor? very decent ASUS 20" monitor for $799 or a chimei 22" for like $600 or a high quality 24" for about 1200. computer monitors ahve much...
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    guitaring question

    seeing as you'd still be hopeless, learnt the deep purple riff, or seven nation army riff. youll get a kick out of it, even tho they're bloody easy when you get marginally better, try the radiohead - airbag riff
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    Asus or Toshiba

    fucking intel love to pile on the bullshit, i tell customers its just marketing bs. thats a really shit asus notebook tho. find a better one. Asus are usually cheaper on comparable notebooks. if not, factor in the fact that they have a bag mouse and 2 year warranty included, and they are...
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    Quitting Wooles!!!

    i just told them that i found another job, like the night before my shift. i didnt bother with a resignation letter, but then like a month later i get this letter saying im still emplyoed by them, funny as. so i go in, and scribble on a torn up piece of paper, "i quit" or something
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    best interest rates for savings accounts

    idiot, so for 5 mins looking around for something you waste $50 mroe interest you could have had over a year. then your earning $600 an hour. 6.6%, now 6.8 or 6.9, at bank of western australia. takes like 2 days to get your cash, same as ING prettymuch, but who cares best there is...
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    Professional Attire?

    no waaay,youve got it all wrong. you have to dress to suit the culture of the workplace, whatever that may be. if its casual, go smart casual, dont wear a business suit. its like this guy that turned up in a suit for a job interview for cd's at jb hifi, no way did he get it.
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    Wii

    my friend wona wii on the radio, bastard.
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    The Woolworths Thread

    i hope you didnt break to her demanding you to work a week before HSC exams, you'd have to be fucking nuts. When i was at woolies, i have cancelled most of my shifts with a weeks notice before exams, and then during STUVAC i was running behind study so i just thought, fuckit, and cancelled...
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