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    Your favorite video game hero of all time

    WHAT!?! No one has chosen The Bard? Well, let me humbly choose The Bard. He could do miracles with a lute and kept my party from dying many a time. For all you young whippersnappers, do a little research on The Bard's Tale (not the new one, which I am excited for, of course, but the old one's...
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    What's your favorite Cancelled TV shows that you miss?

    Definately the Pretender. And MacGuyver. And I actually enjoyed that show called Veritas that had all of 4 episodes...
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    help needed to identify a song

    "son can you play me a memory? But i'm not really sure how it goes, It's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete When i wore a younger man's clothes." Billy Joel :-)
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    Need recommendations for hard drive recovery service

    Ouch, the click of death. You are probably right, but at the worst you are out 10 minutes of unscrewing the case and turning it over and swapping cables. I haven't used a data recovery service, myself, so I;m afraid I can't offer a suggestion for one. Though I have heard all the good ones are...
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    Need recommendations for hard drive recovery service

    Yep, though he took the drive off the rails and just turned it over. I don't know why, but he was able to recover some data. Maybe the platters had collapsed and flipping the drive over caused the spindle to reset. Or some other explanationm filled with jargon... Also, what symptoms do you...
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    Need recommendations for hard drive recovery service

    Have you tried turning it over? I have had a friend or two that was able to (slowly) get data off a dead drive just by turning it over. Probably won't work, but you would only be out a little time...
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    My Home Theatre - 12 Pictures

    Velvet curtains to the sides and across the top of the screen, IMHO
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    Any good deals on Satellite Radio (XM or Sirius) gear?

    The Roady 2 comes out in a month or so. Check out www.xm411.com...
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    game room - dart board

    Make sure it is a THICK corkboard if you are mouting it on the wall directly. My brother put his up right after painting his 'Georgia' room. We made the mistake of lettubng my Mom take a shot, which wasn't even close. When we pulled the dart out of the corkboard, you could see the red paint and...
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    Mylar Swapmeet (err, Swapthread)

    Mine were at 1/8 inch on top and bottom, but 1/4 inch SHOULD be okay as well...
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    Mylar Swapmeet (err, Swapthread)

    Mine are slid into a grove cut into the top and bottom...
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    Mylar Swapmeet (err, Swapthread)

    On my boxes, the mylars are open on the front, and on the back there is a piece of plexiglass for stiffness...
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    Possible theater seats available

    Sorry, all gone. If I find any more I will post here...
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    analog video capture

    I have and love the ADVC-100 from Canopus. I have done upwards of 200 hours of home video (some of it 50 years old), and countless hours of sports-related highlight videos for work...
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    Possible theater seats available

    I have a few, but they are spoken for. I will put your name on the list and should any back out, I will notify you. Thanks for your interest!
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