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Scooterdog, do you store all your movies/music locally on your Vista Computer, or do you pull them over a network? That was the biggest shortfall I found with Vista, and what eventually caused me to convert all three of my Vista computers back to XP. One of my computers inexplicably would not connect to my printer, even though all of my others would, and even when I had a good connection mapped out between computers, it would periodically just lose them. I also hated the fact that the windows defender would decide for me which programs were ok to run on the computer. There was no option to choose whether or not I wanted a program to run at startup, I had to wait until Vista decided whether or not it was ok. This was a big inconvenience with my HTPC, which runs PowerStrip at startup. Also, if you are one who makes frequent (or even not-so-frequent) upgrades to your computer, you have to contend with calling Microsoft to re-register your OS because you added a larger hard drive. Other than that I liked it.

One of the greatest shows on TV. I watched one episode on CBS (which are just reruns of the episodes that have already been shown on Showtime), but it was kinda silly how they changed all the swear words for stuff like "mother-lover." Anyway, I don't know that watching a "portion" of one episode is the best way to judge something, but hey, if it's not for you, it's not for you. I think the reason people are drawn to the show is the character development, and the slowly developing mysteries that unfold over the course of the seaon. You learn more and more about why Dexter is the way he is, and how it effects the people around him. Even though Dexter is a serial killer, you can't help but like him. And the supporting cast is very interesting, and sometimes hilarious. There is a lot of dark comedy in the series. I for one am eagerly awaiting seaon 3.

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Sorry, but I'm with Indy on this one. You got a free upgrade for 2 years, they aren't charging you for the 2 years, just from now going forward. Doesn't seem like something to even waste energy worrying about. I'd just drive to the service center and swap the box out. Or better yet, pay the upgrade and keep the box. You seriously don't watch HDTV? It's 2008 for crying out loud. Has Comcast been the cable provider all along?

My grandma used to believe in that stuff. She had a rocking chair that she'd sit on under the pyramid that she built. She also would put her scissors under it. I've heard of people dipping razors in liquid nitrogen to make them last longer as well, but don't know if the person that told me about it was putting me on or not.

I use the 3 blade Mach 3 turbo. I also have tried the Fusion, and didn't think it was an improvement. I've tried the Shick Quattro, and it was ok, but I've stuck to the Gillette. I've used Gillette for almost 20 years, first the Good News disposable razors, then the Sensor, then the Sensor Excel, then the Mach 3, and finally the Mach 3 Turbo. I used to tell my wife she was like The Gillette Sensor-- The best a man can get (it's the closest I come to love poems). She didn't think it was that great to be compared to a razor.

You're weak.

A horse walks into a bar. Bartender says "why the long face?" A Sandwich walks into a bar. Bartender says "sorry, we don't serve food." A jumper cable walks into a bar. Bartender says "Alright you can drink here, but you better not start anything." A guy walks into a bar with a chunk of asphalt under his arm. He says "One for me, one for the road." Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assulted. Two peices of string walk into a bar, bartender says "sorry, we don't serve strings." Determined, the strings try another bar. Same story. Finally one of the strings gets an idea. He unravels himself a bit on top, and ties himself in a not. He goes back to the first bar and orders a drink. Bartender says "aren't you that string I turned away earlier?" The string says "Nope, I'm a frayed knot."

Here's my take on what OBO means to me: I want $250 for an item. If someone has $250 in hand and wants to buy, I sell it immediately. If someone offers me $200, I either take it, or I say "Give me a few days to think about it." If nobody else comes forward and offers more than $200, and I'm comfortable selling for $200, I sell it. If somebody comes forward after the $200 offer has been made, with an offer $225, he's now the front runner. I either take it on the spot, or tell him that I need a day or two to think about it. If someone offers me $175, I'd tell him, I've already had an offer for $200, and he can either make a counter-offer or give up. So it's not an auction per se, but if you wanted to think of it as an ebay auction the $250 would be the buy-it-now price and the OBO would be the bids. Generally you wouldn't get higher than your Buy-It-Now, if someone agrees to pay $250, you should sell it to him. It would be poor form to tell someone that you were waiting to see if you got a better offer when he is offering your full asking price. Now, if you put something up for $250, and don't say anything about OBO, people will probably offer you OBO's anyway, whether you ask for them or not. Assuming there is a high enough demand for the item you are selling, and there aren't a lot of sellers selling it for a lot less. In that analogy, the reserve price would be the "secret" low price you would take. You wouldn't want to advertise the lowest price you'd take, because then that's all you'd get. But in an "OBO" situation, maybe $175 is the lowest you'd consider. That doesn't mean that you take the first offer of $175, it just means that you know in your mind that you'll sell to that person, if you don't get any other offers. If someone offers $150, you can just turn them down flat, because it's less than your "reserve" price.

Told ya. (If you watched it on my recommendation. If not f you...just kidding)

Into the Wild was great. Comes out on DVD tomorrow.

Sony has always led the way? In what? Beta? Mini Disc? The ATRAC fomat? Digital 8? Micro DV? Memory Stick? I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting. All they ever do is try to market a proprietary format for everything. Heck, when HDTVs first came out, they wouldn't even call their's HDTV, they called it "Hi-Scan." If you buy one of their computers and need a part for it, good luck. And let's not forget about the Rootkit Scandal. I'm not trying to bash Sony, I just wouldn't say they lead the way. They are no better than any other electronics company. What they really lead the way in is name recognition. Try this: ask a few people who aren't into audio to name a couple of speaker manufacturers who make quality speakers. You might get a few JBL's or Infinity's but most people will name Bose and Sony. Which is funny, because how many people do you know that own Sony speakers?

There Will Be Blood is the better movie IMO, but I think No Country will take the big prize.

I saw this on another site and put it on my watch list. Looks like the winning bidder is no longer a registered user. Still, the other bidders were willing to pay at least $3 Million, but couldn't pony up that last $2,150? Weird.

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I'm with you on that one (not the LD part, but the pennies on the dollar part).

I'm with you on that one (not the LD part, but the pennies on the dollar part).

I'd be too afraid of it falling down on top of me.

Best buy says no more HD-DVD? I hadn't heard that one. As far as the cost of Blu-Ray players going back up, when did they ever go down? Last I looked they were $500. I'm just waiting to buy all the HD-DVD titles that nobody wants for $3-5 apiece.

Just about all of my answers say Great Lakes, but the final score says Dixie??

Guess what, Klipsch speakers are also sold at 100% markup. If you look at the cheap RCA brand cables, they are almost 200% markup.

A couple favorites for me are: Master and Commander, the opening battle. With everything set up properly, you feel like you are below deck on the ship and can hear cannons rolling around above your head. Also, lots of sounds coming from every direction. Open Range. The big showdown, gunfight. Don't want to spoil it for folks who haven't seen the movie, but it is awesome. I can get you the chapter numbers later.

Really. They could have just put the power strip on the table.

17 out of 20. Missed 4, 8, and 12

Anything over $500.00 is $4.80 for the insertion fee, but eBay had a $1.00 listing fee special on Jan 12-13 for eBay Motors.