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  1. Bob Friend

    Cold weather and engine detonation?

    Can anyone tell me if cold weather is more or less likely to affect engine knock? I use 87 octane (as prescribed by the owners manual) in my '05 Honda CBR600RR (motorcycle) and noticed a lot of knocking on the way to work this morning. I've been using the 87 octane for months and have never...
  2. Bob Friend

    I need a hangover remedy

    I'm at work and it's ugly. I was out too late last night. Any suggestions?
  3. Bob Friend

    Day trip to Manhattan?

    I'm considering taking the family on a day trip to New York this weekend. It's about a three hour drive from where I live (am I crazy?). Not sure what we're going to do, but I was thinking about the usual touristy things like Rockefeller center, Central Park, and things like that. We've never...
  4. Bob Friend

    Paradigm Studio 40s in an Entertainment Center?

    Paradigm Studio 40s in an Entertainment Center? My wife and I are looking into having an entertainment center built. Do you folks think I'll notice a signifigant decrease in quality if I place these speakers in the cabinet behind fabric? The speakers are v3 so they are front ported. Thanks!
  5. Bob Friend

    Best cable / video card combination for Plasma display

    We're putting a Plasma display in our lobby and I plan on feeding it with a PC. Can sombody reccomend a good video card / cable combination. The cable will need to run about 20ft. Right now I'm leaning towards a Radeon 9800 and a DVI-D cable from Ram Electronics. Will this get the job done?
  6. Bob Friend

    Two directv receivers in one room?

    Hi, I have Directv w/ a triple lnb dish with one cable run entering my house directly to my Zenith hd-520 receiver. I would like to use a separate RCA receiver in the same room as the Zenith receiver to feed my Tivo standard definition programing. What do you recommend using to split the...
  7. Bob Friend

    Anyone use an AVR-520 with GR A/V-1+?

    I'm considering building a pair of A/V-1+ from GR Research. Has anyone used these with the HK AVR-520? I'm worried that the receiver can't handle the 4 Ohm load.
  8. Bob Friend

    Calling all OS X experts

    I'm trying to get gimp to run on my iMac and I need some help. I've installed the beta of X11 from Apple, and the GTK2 and Gimp packages from opendarwin.org. Both of the packages from Open Darwin seem to have installed without problem. The problem is this. 1. I can't seem to find any trace...
  9. Bob Friend

    JVC DVD Player and MP3s

    I've got a JVC XV-F85 that I'm having trouble with. The users manual says that this player will recognize up to 100 tracks per group (folder). With this in mind I created a test disc with 3 groups (folders) with 100 tracks per group. However, when I play the disc the player will only recognize...
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