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ID this SciFi Novel

Trying to recall the title of a sci-fi book I read [mi] In this book the main character lived inside a computer with his wife - and was effectively immortal. He would 'doppel' himself off - make copies...

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Binaural sound generation.

I'm looking for some algorithms for generating binaural sounds. I'm attempting to create binaural sounds for people who use headphones, read: sounds that allow stereo headphones users to exactly...

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Buying a high end CRT monitor with DVI

I'm trying to find a decent 21" CRT with a DVI input, and am having little success. The green gun on my IBM P260 is giving up the ghost, and it's time for a new monitor. My first thought was to make...

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Have you seen this logo?

Logofilter: Yesterday I was making a website/business card logo for a friend - but I kept getting this nagging feeling that part of the logo was familiar somehow, and it's driving me crazy . . . A...

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Have you seen my gerbil?

Soliciting suggestions for recapturing a pet gerbil. We've a three-year-old gerbil with a variety of health problems (one leg that broke and permanently set wrong, no front teeth so he must eat...

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How to get a gasoline smell out of my sneakers?

How do I get the smell of gasoline out of my shoes? Basically, some twit left a giant puddle of gas in front of a pump at a gas station two nights ago. It was night, didn't see it, stepped right out of...

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Help me leverage my ability to pick failing companies.

Help me leverage my ability to pick failing companies. I've been playing fantasy stock market games lately, and have been doing pretty well at it (325% returns in two and a half months). Out of fifty...

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The Future of War?

Help me find a series of illustrated children's hardcover books from the 70s/80s about the upcoming technologies of "The Future" When I was 7 or 8 ('87-'88) I remember my grade school library had a...

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Help me find that Star Wars techno song!

Help me find that Star Wars techno song! I'm looking for a track that fell off my psytrance/electro house Pandora station recently... I could've sworn the title was Wahoo! or Ya-hoo! or something of...

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Dealing with damage to a leased vehicle

How to deal with minor cosmetic damage to a leased vehicle? A year ago I leased a new 2010 Honda Civic. Yesterday my girlfriend - who is on my insurance policy as an additional driver - got into a...

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