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So I pull into the gas station to fill up the tank and in the stall next to me there is a beat up old Ford Thunderbird with smoke billowing out of the tailpipe and a woman standing over a 5 gallon Jerry Can (sp?) with a cigarette dangling out of her mouth. I asked her why her car was running...

Hey all, I finally got my sound system fully calibrated and balanced the sound levels and thought the best way to showcase my efforts was to watch SW2:AotC at the (slightly lower) reference level of 75 dB. I was happy with most aspects of the audio track, but I did notice some hiss noise coming...

Hi all, I am thinking of trying to get a pen n paper group of people to play Dungeons and Dragons. Do any of you know if there is an online forum to solicit interest in this? I am interested in getting people local to Charlottesville, VA but I am not sure how to go about it. Thanks, Jason

Hey all, I have a Philips CDRW2412, 24x R, 12x RW capacity. Here is the configuration. I have the CD-R set up as a secondary IDE slave. I also have a CD-ROM as the master on the same IDE cord. OS = Win2000, Gateway computer. The problem is that the CD-RW will read pre-recorded...

Anybody got the game? Comments? I am thinking of getting it, but I want to know if it is worth the money. Thanks in advance, Jason Take home message: convince me to buy this game!

I am so stressed out right now. I have never had to give notice before, but I just got an offer from a company that I really can't refuse. I feel bad because the current job has so many great people and I fell like I am betraying them by leaving. I gotta tell you, though, that the 75 mile...

Hey everybody, TO those of you with Hotmail accounts, are you having trouble logging in today? I am getting error messages when I try to log in and I wonder if this is a system-wide problem or if it is just my account. Thanks Jason H.

Hi all, I have a situation here - the wife wants a new house. Yep, we'd better act quickly or else somebody's gettin' hurt :) Here is the skinny...we have not picked out a floor plan yet, or a builder so I am soliciting tips from people who may have info to help this process go as...

Hi all, I was not sure where to post this, but here goes. I am interested in learning more about the differences between NTSC and PAL video formats. I thought that the two formats had nothing to do with DVD movies, but it is the DVD player that converts the information on the disc to a...

Yeah, the Dreamcast is dead...yada yada yada. I know there are not very many (if any) games coming out stateside for the Dreamcast, but I recently launched myself (rather violently, I might add) into the Import market this weekend. To make a long story short, I successfully installed the NCSX...

Hello, My wife and I just invested in second home which we plan to rent out for a couple years. This is our first foray into the wide world of real estate and I am a bit nervous. Basically, I am looking for recommendations on software packages designed to help people manage small numbers...

OK, here is the deal. My wife and I can't seem to agree on the type of furniture to buy for our living room. I am in favor of leather because it is more durable and looks a bit classier. My wife argues that leather looks too pompous, is not as comfortable, and will not work well with our...

File under: Death by lip-synch Man killed over karaoke performance Thank god they never heard me sing "Revolution" after a few white russians!

The subject says it all. I do not know how hard these games are to come by, but I have a new copy of both Shenmue and Grandia 2. I am willing to give 'em up for $10 each plus USPS priority shipping (no "handling fee" :)). You can buy together or separately. E-mail me if interested. Jason Handy

I just got a Radeon 7200, but am having trouble identifying the driver version. Apparently, only certain drivers are capable of handling interlaced support for HTPC applications. Any help here would be great! Thank in advance Jason

Hi all, I am thinking of making the HTPC plunge but have the restriction of using my main home PC. What I envision for the setup is running VGA, keyboard, and mouse cables into my home theater. Does anybody know if 25+ ft runs of VGA, keyboard, or mouse cables present any problems in...

I was just thinking about my Internet habits and noticed that I go to the same sites every day. I was wondering what everybody else looks at during the day. And no porn links folks (;)), this is a wholesome thread! Personally, I visit: www.hometheaterforum.com Link Removed www.gamespot.com...

Maybe this has been covered before, but I was astonished to see 41 new junk mail messages appear in my internet mail account over the weekend. My question is this: does anybody here even look at them? With sender addresses like [email protected] it is clearly not someone I plan to take on as a...

Well it is not all that new, maybe a month or so. Compared to the old format, where you could sign into your hotmail account right on the msn.com page, this one is terrible. The font is too small, and looks like they tried to cram too much stuff onto one page. I have trouble selecting the...

Whew, I just dropped $150 on 3 DC imports plus the mod chip found on www.ncsx.com. I got Rez, Headhunter, and Shenmue II. I just couldn't resist - these games look to be the cream of the crop for the dying gasps of Sega's console. Let me pose this question though...what are everybody's...

Hi all, This weekend I got a Naki VGA box and plugged it in (via a VGA converter box) through the component inputs in my Toshiba 50H81. However I noticed no benefit! If anything I noticed a decreased framerate in some of my racing games. We know that the Toshiba H81 series line...

Hey all, I went today to check up on the availability of Shenmue II at ebgames.com mostly because I wanted to see if I could play the european version of Headhunter with the same adapter that comes with Shenmue II. Well, it was no longer on the website. Does anybody know whether they will...

Whoah. This might be the best looking game on the PS2 yet. PS2 V-Rally 3 Screenshots

Hi there, Last night I got my pre-owned copy of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 from ebgames.com but it came without the manual. Can I ask a HUGE favor of somebody to scan in the instructions and e-mail them to me? I can verify the authenticity of my purchase if anybody is concerned that I got a...

Does anybody have a suggestion for where to get good quality Dreamcast cables? The cables that come with the system (and the official Dreamcast S-video cable I bought last night) look like they both ignored the concept of shielding. Also, please post personal experiences with the various...

Hi all, I was thinking last night about the extremely lopsided gender demographic of console gaming. Not so much was I worried about games catering more and more to men (just look at DOA3's commercial - "she kicks high"), I am more wondering how all you guys out there managed to convince...

See thus URL if you want a good laugh http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll ViewItem&item=1296850578 Maybe we should tell this guy he IS being ripped off!

Hi all, I am seriously considering a little gaming on my new Toshiba 50H81 but I am worried that I might do something tragically wrong and so I would like to ask a question. Lets say that I have my VGA-Component converter box, powerstrip software configured for a nice widescreen...

Can I ask a stupid question? Well, too late for that, but I have been in thoughtful repose about the fancy specification attached to all gaming systems - the number of bits. Someone, please tell me how a 32-bit processor like the one found in X-Box can outperform a console from 2 years ago...

Hi everybody, As far as calibrating color, tint, sharpness, brightness and contrast, how does the THX optimizer compare the AVIA home theater essentials disc? Thanks Jason H.