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    Verizon's upcoming tiered data plans are forcing my hand. The leap into a smartphone.

    I'm a long-time verizon wireless customer who's put off upgrading his phone for ~6 years now. I've never had a smart phone. Verizon just recently announced that if you want to get grandfathered in to the unlimited data and avoid tier pricing you have to get in before July 7th. So it seems I...
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    TV/Home Theater upgrading 1994 gear to present day.

    Hey all, I was looking for some suggestions and guidance. It's time for me to upgrade from my tv and stereo from 1994 to something a bit more relevant. What I currently have: What I'm aiming to get, hopefully assisted by some seasonal deals. - I'm currently trying to familiarize myself...
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    Paranormal Activity (limited release horror flick)

    http://www.paranormalactivity-movie.com/ Some hear-say reviews I've seen on another forum. Has anyone see Paranormal Activity ? Is it this good? I vaguely recall seeing a trailer for it (before the terminator 4 movie?) recently. Limited release so far but seems to be slowly expanding.
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    WoW+vista and WoW+EQ2 network issues

    I've been looking around but I can't even find instances of either of these two things happening to other people, so I'm going to see if anyone here has had this happen. There are two unrelated issues. 1. Whenever I log into wow from a vista machine, after not logging into it for a while...
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    PETA's Seakitten website

    PETA website http://www.seakittens.com/seakittens.html Notice the ad at the top.
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    UM/MSU Hockey game

    http://mgoblog.com/content/animals cliffs: U-M/MSU Hockey game. U-M Player has recently returned from a serious off-ice neck injury. U-M player cleanly checks an MSU player. Another MSU player suckerpunches him from behind and knocks him to the ice near the boards. The MSU...
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    Curious about waking up shivering violently

    Hey, I had the weirdest thing happen to me last night. I was curious if anyone else has had this happen or know any significance. I normally sleep in just shorts with sheets. I'm always the person who's too warm while everyone else is complaining it's too cold. I may wear shorts outside...
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    Lawnmower: 1 My Cable/Internet: 0

    http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/tle/cable.jpg I'm actually suprised it lasted this long, it was installed 5 weeks ago. A couple of weeks ago the grass was very long after a week of rain. I live at an apartment complex whose grass is cut by riding lawnmowers. Guess they finally got the...
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    Vista ultimate Dreamscene won't play mpg's

    I just installed Vista Ultimate on my computer, and went to try Dreamscene, the animated desktop background. It comes with 5 preloaded (1 preview and 4 in an update), and none of those work. They are mpegs, which i can play in windows media player fine. I can add new wmv files to my...
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    Quick question putting an ide/ata HD into a dell 8400

    I just recently took advantage of the dell business deal and got myself a 9200. My old Dell 8400 is now my 2nd machine. I want to move the IDE storage drive from my previous '2nd machine' into the 8400. Can I: - remove the 2nd optical drive and replace it with a mounting kit...
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    Woot GBS tickets!

    Whee, got our Great Big Sea tickets this morning! Saw them last spring, it was an incredible show, going to see them in Indy this spring! Anyone else seeing them on this tour? (guessing no, it's not a very wellknown band) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILLFUBCymGM...
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    Hooray for MeLCat

    Woot! For some reason I cannot explain, this concert came into my head. I originally saw it on tv when it first aired. I did a quick search on Amazon and it showed as used only for over 50 bucks, ouch! It's a children's benefit concert airing of the Wizard of Oz, starring among others, Jewel...
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    Trying to remember a sci-fi mini series (aired on tv) (found!)

    edit It's earth star voyager I'm trying to remember the name of a science fiction tv mini series (I think it was aired on nbc but I'm not 100% certain) that may have been replayed later on the sci-fi channel. The basis behind the show was that earth dying or something and the human race...
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    Eureka Ep. 2, tonight, who's watching?

    Enjoyed the pilot, curious on how the show will pan out after several more episodes. Looks like it may be a little darker than originally hinted at in previews.
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    Gaming laptop advice

    Hey, my brother called me wanting me to help him pick out a laptop for gaming, to play recent games. He wants me to go to bestbuy with him.... I told him I'm sure we could find something better then bestbuy. I haven't done much laptop research myself, im a desktop person but he needs a...
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    How does the X800SE 128 pci-e from dell stack up --3.0 1gig 7800 3dmark03

    Hey, I just got my new 8400 from dell (from outlet but the machine came brand spanking new, not a blemish or sign of use so i got a great price) It's a p4 3.0 with a gig of 400mhz ddr2 and an X800SE 128mb pci-e express card. The first thing i did was run 3dmark03 on it. I got 6800...