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    Building a shelf

    My current hope is to build a shelf that will sit below my tv to hold my l/r/center speakers. Might someday go in-wall, but already own the three speakers... Requirements: shelf must be 14" deep (l/r speakers are 13" deep) shelf must be 67" wide (possibly a bit more - TV is at least 48"...
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    Furnace Question

    The furnace in the house I'm buying is on the fritz. I've gotten an estimate ($700ish) to replace the Inducer Motor. Furnace is about 15 years old. So, is there any sense in fixing it? With all the tax credits going around for people to buy new, is there anywhere to buy a gently used...
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    Any good DIY/Home Renovation Forum Recommendations?

    Buying a "fixer upper" house in a few weeks. I've got a laundry list of things to do. I'm looking to get some advice on how to prioritize and scope out my immediate, short term, medium term, and long term efforts. Any recommendations on some reno / diy discussion sites?
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    Big TV box

    I've kept the box for a little over a month now (since I knew I'd need it if I had to return the behemoth.) Now, it's taking a large amount of space and I don't have a very easy way to store it, so my question: is it even worth bothering to store it? I was thinking, maybe if I move, it'd...
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    Remove word from spellcheck dictionary

    Is there any way to take a word out of the spellcheck dictionary? (Not a custom word that I accidentally added, but an honest to god word.) For example, I want to take the word "damn" out so that people don't put it instead of "dam" etc.
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    RG6 / Cable box VCR type cable

    I thought that the best cables for this were pressure-capped? Are these still good? I'm considering the 1.5' length, but they don't have pictures. I need them to attach my HDHomeRun and Modem to a splitter (all of them work fine - I'm running 6' cables now and wanted shorter ones.)
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    More work: Hackintosh or MythTV Backend

    One of the "to do list" items that keeps coming up is the need to build some sort of file server to house my growing itunes library. (itunes library is growing, in no small part, because I keep recording TV shows and compressing them into iTunes.) If I'm going to build a machine, I figure I...
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    UNOFFICIAL: Tonight's Lost Episode [03-04-2009]

    The island survivors share a time-traveling secret TONIGHT 9/8c Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past. Just over seven hours... ABC site --- Locked as per OP's request. Zim Hosein Off Topic...
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    Programmable Thermostat - Energy Saving Question

    I'd noticed the "AUX" light on my thermostat coming on rather often lately, so I finally did a little research. Any time the actual temp - desired temp = first stage differential, the aux kicks in. (Same thing applies with EMER with stage two differential.) First, can anyone confirm what...
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    USA vs. Mexico - CONCACAF WCQ tonight in Columbus

    7pm Eastern, ESPN2. Hopefully it will be done before Duke-UNC. Anyone care to predict a result?
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    Door seals

    A friend of mine drives a 2003 Nissan Pathfinder and the rubber things that go around the door frame (in the rear passenger compartment) keep coming loose. Is there an adhesive I could use to resecure the ones in place now? It's gotten to be a pretty chronic problem (pretty much any time...
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    External Drive

    Are there pros/cons to connecting USB vs. Firewire? I vaguely recollect hearing something about OS X being able to spin up/down firewire (better or more reliably or something) but can't put my finger on the specifics. So, I'm asking, is there a reason to connect it FW (other than a minor...
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    Cadence Subs

    Anyone got an opinion - yay or nay? I think it's probably a bit underpowered for my setup (Onkyo TX-SR605, front: KEF iq3s, middle: KEF iq6c rear: tbd - probably iq3s) I know we're not allowed to do "price checks" but I'm kind of new to the HT/audio scene - at what price point does it...
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    I <3 Monoprice

    I absolutely love being able to order quality cables on the cheap. So much so, that when I'm not sure if the 3' is long enough, i can order both the 3' and the 6' and still spend less than $5 shipped. Of course, this isn't helping the giant rat's nest of cables (mostly computer but some HT...
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    This is why they want you to send money...

    Don't think this is re-post. Story of the year material... Nigeria bikers' vegetable helmets
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    Baggage Fee Question

    I always wind up on Regional Jets where you can "gate check" something that might have otherwise been carry-on (since there's no room on the tee-nincy little planes). Can you still do that (now that the airlines are charging for first checked bag?)
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    It's BACON!...

    Text Goto the link for pics
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    YACWT

    So, I left work a little bit early today, trying to beat a rainstorm. About a mile down a major road, the power was out, and the stoplight was blinking yellow in my direction (red to cross traffic.) The traffic in front of me was stopped (even though they shouldn't have been) so I came to a...
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    Next Step

    Right now I've got a pair of iq3s connected to my Onkyo TX-SR605. I think I'm going to get my center channel next (live in an apartment, have a roommate = not in a rush to buy a nice subwoofer.) I'm drawn to the KEF iq6c - are there others that would work/match? Next step after that...
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    Kef?

    how does the AT AV crowd feel about Kef speakers? I'm eyeing up a pair of iq3s to be (for now) fronts connected to my tx-sr605. I say for now, because I could move them to rear in a few months (budget permitting) or buy a different set for rear.
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    How about these speakers?

    How about 'em? Are they a deal at $160 a pair? I'll be hooking them up to my onkyo tx-sr605 (replacing really sh*tty speakers i've been using).
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    What to cook?

    Watching Godfather Part II tonight and need a suitable accompanying meal. Any suggestions?
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    YAIGST (I got scammed)

    CLIFFS: 1. Woman sold me cable box. 2. Cable company confirms box is not hers (they've never sold, only rented them) it's actually theirs. 3. Woman now ducks my phone calls. (Left her VM saying I want my money back by COB Monday). *note, i'm perfectly willing to give her the box back, though...
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    YA PM issue

    When I go to my sent PMs and click view - it appears as a PM sent from the recipient. Just FYI.
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    XP on (slightly) older hardware, tips?

    I picked up a laptop in the past couple of weeks (my first PC in several months, I've gone Mac for most of my needs) and it's a bit sluggish. It's a Dell C400, Pentium 3m 1.33ghz, 1GB of RAM, 40GB HDD. Those specs should be able to handle XP without much issue? I'm running XP SP2, all...
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    Which Dremel to buy?

    I'm interested in buying a dremel for some minor case mods I need to do. I want to cut the grills off the fan slots in my case I want to enlarge two, possibly all three fan holes to fit 80mm (or maybe 92, i'll have to measure) I need to modify a backplate to fit my mobo (i bought one on...
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    Hard Drive swapping

    How can I copy all of the data off one hard drive and onto another (including OS and programs- such that they will still work.) current drive is an old WD 10GB new drive is a p-ata seagate 400gb tia
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    Power Supply <-> System

    Okay, so I've got three computers (or will within a few weeks) and need to probably buy at least one new psu to finish them all off. Rig 1: My Main Rig A8V, A64 3000+, 1GB PC3500 HyperX, 9600XT, DVD-ROM, DVD-+r/w, 200gb pata, 36gb raptor Rig 2: Secondary Rig A7N8X, Barton 2500+, 512MB...
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    Undressed (the old show on MTV, not, well, you know...)

    I don't know what made me think about this show today but I did. I've been looking around for a place to buy DVDs of this show but can't seem to find any. If you know of any, post them or PM them. Did anyone else used to watch this show??? It was amazing. It was very teenage-mellodrama...
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    External TV tuner reccomendation

    I'm all but certain the reason my TV Wonder USB won't work is becuase it is limited by the graphics (Intel 855) on my Gateway 200XL. So the question now is, what external tv tuner will work?? Can anyone reccomend one that they are certain--at least relatively so--will work with the 855...
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    Maybe I'm just paranoid

    I'm not a big fan of using the "Mother's maiden name" as a secret question. The only places I have ever had ask me for that are credit card companies, banks, etc. Are there other options that could be put in place, or could "Mother's Maiden name" at least not be the default. (I used the only...
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    Inspiron 5000 mem ?

    A friend of mine has a Dell Inspiron 5000 series that he wants to add RAM to. Does anyone know if it will take PC133 Sodimms (as opposed to just PC100?) tia<a href="http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=51&threadid=1250688"> cross posting</A>
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    Inspiron 5000 series Mem upgrade question

    Can it take PC133 Sodimms, or just PC100s? tia
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    Shuttle Accessories

    I finally ordered my sn45g. Now I need to figure out which accessories are worth it? What can't I live without with this new baby? Shuttle or third party, I don't care, I just want to make it humm. (figuratively speaking) WiFi dongle? Carrying Case? Remote Control? Power Supply upgrade?*...
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    Athlon SFF Barebones

    I'm looking to get one over Christmas. So far, I've found the Shuttle SN45 and the AOpen XC EZ18. What are some other good ones? Who's the price/performance leader in this segment? TIA