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    Win7 and Win8 media

    I've successfully done clean Win7 installs using DVDs burnt from X17-59183.iso having MD5 0bff99c8310ba12a9136e3d23606f3d4, and X17-59186.iso having MD5 ed15956fe33c13642a6d2cb2c7aa9749 Perhaps they've changed what's at those Digital River links ?
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    Something Random

    Your link gave me "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" When I tried Download / Main Installer it offered me a .MSI from http://tdf.mirror.uber.com.au Using http://tdf.mirror.uber.com.au directly allowed me to click to a directory from which I could download the...
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    Something Random

    @snowhiker Have you tried http://www.libreoffice.org/ instead of https://www.libreoffice.org/ (remove the S from HTTPS)
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    Something Random

    FWIW, I have no problem connecting to https://www.libreoffice.org/ with Firefox 27.0.1
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    Something Random

    Those mining rigs remind me of reading about gold rushes of the 19th century, that most fortunes were made by those provisioning the miners Now similar fortunes are being made by hardware vendors and power companies
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    Paid antivirus

    Is anyone else finding recent updates to free Avast have slowed computer down more than previous versions of free Avast, or is it just my imagination ? Especially at Startup, there seems to be a lot of disk thrashing going on in the time when Avast's service would be starting
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    LED flashlights

    Don't want to leave the wrong impression - was a 1405 disk storage unit, attached to a 1410 - I remembered it being called a 1405 RAMAC, but Googling RAMAC makes me think my memory is wrong on that count
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    LED flashlights

    Hi everyone - first post from another, Melbourne-based, Aussie I have a Sunwayman D40A too, but take it only occasionally for evening dog walking because it's an annoying heavy lump to carry in a pocket, or anywhere else My current favourite is a Jetbeam BC20, tempted by a seller offering a...
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