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So I just recently found out that I have a 19 year old half-brother from a biodad I knew nothing about till 10 years ago (amongst other things, I have a 22 year old brother and 10 year old sister as well, but that's unrelated to the issue at hand). .. Ok so I spoke to my little brother and he told me that family legend has it, and it's been proven by his/our aunt/grandmother or someone like that, that we are directly related to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. I know his whole family was killed so as far as being directly descended from, that may not be possible, but could it be blood relation to a brother/sister or other family member of his? Could he have father illegitimate children to whom I'm descended from? I mean, long story short, I was wondering how, if possiblle, can I find out if there is any truth behind the legend?

I've been searching for 2 months and it seems all the forklift operator job opportunities i come accross are for operators with at least 2-5 years experience. I have about a year and some change total experience, with mostly 5k electric sit down lift trucks and maybe 3 months 5k LP sit down lift truck experience. I'm certified but don't have much experience and if everyone requires 2+ years experience, how am I supposed to find a entry level job so I can get some experience? Any ideas anyone? thanks!

A verse I wrote some years ago .. just want some opinions ;]

Droppin this knowledge I hold from scholars n scrolls -//- Coppin the silver, never coppin the gold -//- Logic be told, not be cold but it's vicious -//- Lickin shots from my lips rippin mic's is a givin -//- It's sicknin, half the shyt I say maybe more -//- A shady whore I'm in no way shape or form -//- So take your scorn, all your cracks and your critisism -//- Shove 'em up your *** so far that you'll never miss 'em -//- You better listen, everything I'm speakin is truth -//- Leavin you leakin for what you seek as a youth -//- A heathen in boots, who never had a reason to lose -//- Leavin the booth, heated like indeed a demon is loose -//- I need to regroup, take all my thoughts and start over -//- It's impossible to have heart and be part soldier -//- Crossin my arms over, I'm smokin that bomb douja -//- I'm drunk n bout to make a bed out of a long sofa

lemme know .. I got plenty more verses I want opinions on but this'll suffice for now ..

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-SiN

OK so I want to start my own record label (and my own PC repair shop lol) but I'm curious, is there a gov't grant I can apply for to get the funds to build a music studio? if so, which one? Thanks!!

Ok so here's the deal .. I'm selling my Tecra M4 Tablet and i wanted to wipe the drive and restore before I sold it .. so I found a nifty little freeware secure wipe program .. and put the Restore Disc 1 in and it didn't boot from CD .. ok, maybe it's somehow tied to an active OS I thought .. so I install an enterprise copy of XP Pro I have .. again, tryed to boot from RD1 .. nothing .. drive spins, boots to XP Pro .. then it tells me it's a blank disc? which is impossible since I've restored from these CDs 3 or 4 times already .. So now i'm confused .. there's a 3.8GB portion of the hdd labeled "HDDRECOVERY" but I can't access it .. when I pull the drive and put it in an enclosure it tells me that it's an active primary partition .. when i boot to a windowsi nstall disc, it see's it .. but I can't access it via cmd prompt or windows GUI .. what did I do wrong here? and how can i fix it? I'm stumped as to why it's not working .. the restore disc's should work regardless since it's an image file that it's installing onto the drive .. but it won't boot to them .. any ideas? thanks in advance!

I know the obvious answer is no, but here's the question .. I've done about 20 Quick Format's and another 4 Full Formats (so far) .. I'm just curious, if I format enough times, do I get the same general end result? I know what Wipe Drive and similar prog's do and I know what formatting doesn't do, so I don't need an explanation of either, just need to know if 20 Quick and 10 or so Full formats will get me the same basic end result (garbbled, unreadable, unusable data). Thanks in advance!!

Anybody know any good reference sites? I was taught it 3 times .. twice the same way, didn't use it for 2 years then was taught using "anding" which confused me to high [heaven] .. and every book section on subnetting I've looked over (about 10) all explain it using "anding" .. very frustrating!! Thanks in advance!!

For the past month or so, my computers been overheating .. I chalked it up to the processor (Intel Core 2 Duo) .. when I ran Core Temp a week ago my CPU temp was 85-87c at boot .. after about 20m running various light load activities (about half a 4m youtube video and myspace) the temp rose to 95c very quickly, at which point it performed a "safety shut off" .. it's supposed to shut down at 100c but 95c appears to be the safety shut off temp .. anywho .. i did the 1st natural thing I could do and dismantled and replaced all the thermal compound .. it was a toss up between IC Diamond 7 and AS5 .. I chose IC D7 after reading several reviews and it worked well actually .. now my boot temp is around 75-77c .. 30m in my temp is 84c and after an hour it's shot up to between 87-90c (fluxuating) .. I applied IC D7 to everything .. my NorthBridge, SouthBridge, both GPUs and my CPU .. I didn't take pre-IC D7 GPU temps but after applying the IC D7 they are running at (boot) 74/64c, (30m) 89/77c, (1hr) 92/79c .. all respectively .. my GPUs alarm at 127c so they are not coming close to alarm temps .. so I'm back at the processor .. so now I'm thinking heatsinks? There were minor abrasions on parts of my heat sinks .. looked as though they were rubbed w/ steel wool, very slightly though .. also, i'm running the laptop with a 30$ Targus heat pad which seems to bring about a -3-4c decrease in overall temp .. could I have not applied enough thermal compound? I'm half tempted to take the laptop apart and check, but then i'll have to reapply the compound again! any advice or suggestions are GREATLY appreciated .. Thanks!

CPU - Core 2 Duo T7200

GPU - nVidia GeForce GO 795o GLX (x2 SLI enabled)

RAM - 1024 x 2 Kingston PC25300

Motherboard - Alienware Area 51 m9750

Heatsinks - Alienware Proprietary