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  1. Jamie Doucette

    Unnable to access websites do to my location

    Is there a way to hide/block my IP address? I live in Canada and there are several websites that I would like to access but am not allowed because I don't live state-side and I get the "unable to to view due to your location", or something to that effect. Mainly videos from NBC and Sci-fi...
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    Halflife 2 and steam Uninstall

    Hi, I'm a complete PC gaming n00b. Most of my forte is in the consoles, so I hope this question doesnt seem to dumb. I bought a retail box of half life 2 and installed it on a computer with an intergreated Intel AGP 900 128mb video card. Needless to say, it does not run very well, and...
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    Questions on Interlaced, Progressive, and Frames Per Second

    I was always under the impression that video that was displayed interlaced (480i,1080i) was shown in two fields: All the odd lines, then all the even lines, giving 60 frames per second actual, but giving the illusion of 30 frames per second. With progressive video (480p, 720p, 1080p), the...
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    DIY Cables w/ generic RG6/U Cable

    I've did quite a bit of research on this board to find out how to make my own "high end" video/audio cables, but I couldn't seem to find the one answer I was looking for. Everyone seems to recomend either Belden or Canare cable for their projects, but before I go and buy new cable I have...
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    Computer printing question

    I have a basic HP Deskjet 842C printer. Most of the printing i do is on the standard 8.5"x11" plain paper. I have a picture that when in scale is roughly 115cm (45in)tall by 90cm (35in)wide. Now, I would like to print this picture to scale by getting sections printed on separate sheets and...
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    Averatec Notebooks, thoughts?

    I'm planning on purchasing a Laptop for when i return to school and I'm keeping my options open. Anyways, my local futureshop just started carrying this Averatec line which I am not familiar with. Does anyone have experiance with this brand? Good? Bad? Ugly? Cheers
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    Help: Name this recent foreign film

    I recently saw the first 20 minutes or so of this French film on one of the movie channels and would like to see the rest of it. From what i can tell it is a comedy from France, and was about a middle aged divorced man who is about to lose his job to downsizing. In order to keep his job he...
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    Questions: Metal Gear Solid 2

    I just bought a PS2 with Metal Gear 2. When it comes to video games I'm not very knowledgeable. My questions are: 1) In the main menu, there is a "Special" and then a "Photo Album" section. How do i save my photos from the game into this section? I thought it would save all the pictures...
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    What is the "chroma bug"?

    hello, I was wondering if someone could explain to me what this "chroma bug" found in certain DVD players is? Jamie Doucette
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