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  1. Scott Diedrick

    Gas, and fuel-efficient cars, is this true?

    Actually, the method you suggest for powering cars is impossible. You can’t power a fuel cell car by just pumping water into it. Fuel cells generate electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen through a catalyst to create water. Extra electrons are produced to be used by the electric motor...
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    Insomnia! Can't sleep...

    Have you tried becoming a "tourist" at support groups and twelve step programs?
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    Alias - 11/02/03 - The Nemesis

    If you want good recaps and plot summaries of the old shows, or ones you missed goto Television Without Pity . They are the best.
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    Project Greenlight 2

    Randy Tennison I think that when they made that statement K/E were by themselves. It was also said in a joking manner. They were just joking around with each other as they waited for the tape to output. Give them some slack.
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    Wife giving birth soon; should I get her a gift?

    I think you have done enough to her already.
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    Steve Martin made fun of HDTV on the oscars.

    My local ABC station had the non-HD signal on their HD channel for the first few minutes. They didn't switch over until Martin told that joke. It was like the tech watching the feed was like "Yeah, who has HDTVs? Hahaha. Wait, HDTV, did I switch the feeds?"
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    Car Problem 88 RX-7 GTU not starting

    I owned a 1991 RX-7 and had my engine die on me. Just tried to start it one morning and it wouldn't start. It was blown apex seals. Have you had hard starts or felt less hp recently? You need to have your compression checked. If you are low it could be blown apex seals. If so the only thing you...
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    F1 Australian Grand Prix

    I think when you are talking about BAR you need to give the credit to David Richards. He came in last year and cleaned house. He got good engineers and designers in. One year later and BAR looks like a real F1 team. I am not saying they will win this year, or blow anyone away, but for the first...
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    HD cable looks blue

    What channel are you viewing? The ABC affiliate uses blueish sidebars on non-HD material. Non-HD CBS and HBO look fine to me and have all black sidebars.
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    abc renews nine series...

    The Practice is one of their best shows. Why did they move it? I guess to fill the MNF slot after the NFL season.
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    Austin TX Time Warner HD?

    I have it and it works great. I have had some problems with HBOHD cutting out, but not the local channels. I hear from some that the OTA is better because of TW's compression, but since I don't have an HDTV decoder I don't know myself. If you have TW Austin Digital service the HD channels are...
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    Enterprise 10/30/02

    Am I the only one who got a huge “A-Team” vibe from this episode? You know: Small town/group of innocent victims. A bunch of criminal bully’s trying to take their property, I mean Klingons. Then the good guys show up (in shuttle instead of black van), convince the group to fight back and make a...
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    The 54th Annual Emmy Awards

    My roomate and I flipped to the show on and off between the Sopranos and Sunday Night Football. We talked at little about how "Six Feet Under" was going to get nothing because the wussy Emmy, read Network, voters don't want to admit HBO is killing them on show quality. Funny moment: When...
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    Essential Items For Off-Campus House Living: ADVICE PLEASE!

    Here are some items that some have not mentioned and could go un said here as people recommend obvious items. I mean of course you know you need a bed and a couch, towels and plates. Why don’t we also recommend that you have water, air, and porn. -1 Phish poster -At least 3 strands of...
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    Help me pick out a book to read.

    As for non-fiction I have just finished these three books and enjoyed them: Black Hawk Down : If you like the movie you should read this book to get a deeper understanding of what took place and the backgroud of the Somali peoples anger toward the Rangers. Killing Pablo : The book that go me...
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    How good are Krispy Kreme Doughnuts?

    KK doughnuts are good, but not God's gift to mankind that people say they are. If you are in Central Texas, the place to go for doughnuts is Lone Star Bakery in Round Rock. Long lines on Sunday's, but when I was a kid we it was a joyous day when my Dad would get up early before church and get...
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    ISF tech in Austin, Tx????

    I am bumping this up because I just bought a Toshiba 53H71 set and am looking into who/how much an ISF tech would be. Are there any in the Central Texas area? Scott
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    Help me stop waffling: Toshiba 43HX71 vs 42H81

    I have a Toshiba 53H71 and love it. And it will do true squeeze on a non 1080i signal. It will do squeeze on any signal in its component ports that is 1080i, 480i, or 480p that is 16x9. Also, from my research the only real diff in the HX vs H series is a better remote, better sound system...
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    Looking to relocate...Where's the BEST place to live in the US??

    I can't believe no one has mentioned Austin, TX. I know in the last 10 years it has grown pretty quickly and has some traffic problems, but I still love it. It has a great mix of people, college students, techies, aging hippies, etc. Awesome music and bar scene, lakes, and more restaurants...
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    This Algebra II is killing me

    When are you ever going to use Algebra II. I can tell you when I used it. After I got past Algebra II and Geometry I used them for Trigonometry class. Trig was very useful in my Calculus class. Calculus got my through high school. Then I wanted to be a computer programmer. Well, guess...
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    Book recommendations: The Classics

    I was looking for books along similar lines a year or two ago. I guess I was feeling cheapened out of a classical University education by my Computer Science degree. I found a book by a journalist who went back and took freshmen English classes at his alma mater. I found the book and his...
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    Finally ordered SVS

    Congrats on the order. I just bought a slightly used 20-39CS and Samsun S700 amp from a guy here in Austin last night. First time I had heard a SVS sub. I was blown away. Put in that night the depth charge scene from U571 and selected parts of Star Wars Ep 1. But what really got me was when...
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