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Just Jack

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  1. I have taken the Wonderlic, it's not as easy as it seems. Only having 12 minutes for 50 questions, you have to answer on average, 4 questions a minute. Here's a sampling of questions from ESPN. Since they are only giving you 15 questions, give yourself only 5 minutes and see how many you can answer.

  2. The only issue I have with them is that they seem to have a design "flaw" (quirk might be a more apt description) where the wiring for the touch pad seems to cross under the exact spot where I rest my left palm when typing...on my old laptop (a high-end Latitude), I think over time the pressure of my hand crimped the wiring in such a way as to render the touch pad useless.  Other than that...nary a problem.  I actually dropped it and cracked the case once...and the thing has still booted perfectly every time since.

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    Dell had an issue years ago with one of the Latitude models, where during assembly they ran the wires to the built in speakers under the palmrest on top of a sharp metal edge of the frame. What would happen is just like you saw where the pressure from your hand would eventually cut the wire. In this case the problem would be noise from the speakers because of the wire touching the frame.

    As for durability, I've seen three laptops from the Sheriffs department get hit by airbags. I could hook an external monitor and keyboard to them and they would still boot up an work. Because the Sheriff department ordered the Complete Care Extended warranty, Dell replaced the laptops, no questions asked.

  3. It's not my house so I'm not going to invest in a snowblower. The driveway here is not as long as my parents, which I did by hand for years, so it doesn't bother me to do it. What's funny about it all today, I was shoveling out so I could go work out. I decided 2 hours of shoveling was enough cardio for the day.

  4. When it becomes a chat room rather than a message board, most people become annoyed. Self control and discretion should be exercised when posting.

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    Agreed. I don't like it when I'm looking at the new posts during the game on Sunday and see several posts in a row basically talking about the previous play. SDS put up a chat room to cut down on that, yet some people ignore it.

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