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06
Jul

Watch out for those Red Light Cameras!!

Lately I’ve been noticing quite a bit more traffic cameras in the San Fernando Valley. I started to wonder why they were suddenly appearing and also how much they must cost. As I watched how much work and time went in to installing, not to mention paying for these cameras I got suspicious. As it turns out according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, these cameras can cost almost $100,000 per intersection to install. Wow! I can only imagine how they plan to recoup these costs…

Well as it turns out, these Red Light Cameras make MILLIONS of dollars. And not all of it goes to the city. In fact, quite a large percentage of it goes to the companies that own the cameras. Sounds like a sweet deal to me. In fact, some people have found that these Red Light Cameras designed to make intersections safer, are being placed not at the most dangerous intersections (where most fatalities occur) but at the one where there are the most red light violations = more $$$

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29
Jun

External HDD not recognized

External HDD not recognized - my old external HDD is not recognized by my computer, whenever I plug it in, the computer hangs. The same thing happens with different computers as well. It is a Iomega 160 GB external HDD, inside is a WD 5400 drive. Is there any way to try and retrieve the data on the disk?

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27
Jun

I want to completely format my main C: drive…

I want to completely format my main C: drive and re-install windows XP, somehow I mess up whenever I have tried doing that, is there a way I could do that?
-rv

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22
Jun

I recently transfered about 200 digital images into a photo-cd. But evertime I try to view it on my PC?

I recently transfered about 200 digital images into a photo-cd. But evertime I try to view it on my PC it keeps on shutting down… why is that?

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21
Jun

Pioneer Elite 1140 Wi-fi; any way to get a network other than through a LAN cord?

I have a pioneer elite 1140 and I need to know what USB wifi device can I get for it so I can get on my network wirelessly other than through a LAN cord. Is the wifi built in?

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21
Jun

I keep having problems installing My DVD Drive.?

I Got this DvD Drive from a Friend. We just tested it. It worked Fine. Well I brought it to my house and Was Installing it. I turned the Computer on But I had no picture. I take out the power and IDE Cable and the Computer turns on and Runs. Well My First IDE Cable is full. Its got the Hard drive and The CD-drive in it. So I took another IDE Cable and Plugged it in the IDE 2 Plug and plugged it in to both The master IDE and the Slave plug. but it aint workin still.
yet the Same thing happends where if i take the IDE Cable out of the Drive the Computer screen will show what it supposed to.

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