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    [LONG DEAD] Diablo III Pre-order $49.99 & FS @ Newegg

    I just used the code and ordered D3 about 30 minutes ago.
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    Western Digital 3TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive $129.99 Shipped

    Link? BTW, the product under discussion is the Essentials. Maybe you meant one of the other cryptic WD product lines (which appear to still be waiting for the 3TB models to be released). --edit-- Oh, wait. Maybe you meant the "Elements" drive. Again, cryptic names that are hard to keep...
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    $10 Dragon Naturally Speaking version 10 YMMV

    My experience with DNS 10 & 11 is mixed on Windows 7. Seems to work great on XP but on Windows 7, I had better luck using Windows' built-in accessibility features for speech recognition. One area DNS consistently had problems was with flash-based websites or places like facebook. I don't...
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    DEAD: $500 off any laptop $1399 and up at HP--

    Tried it with a 17" Envy but it wouldn't work. I guess it's not "any" laptop?
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    Wu-Brand Wii Remote and Nunchuk BOTH $22 SHIPPED

    From what I can tell, the motion plus just makes all your motions register more accurately. IOW, it benefits everything. The difference seems obvious to me even just navigating around the main menu. Honestly, I'd like a Wiimote with motion plus built-in so I don't need to adapter because none...
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    WD 1.5TB external HD $99

    Seagate 1.5TB drives were horrible when they came out. To my knowledge, everything has been fixed with firmware updates. I bought one on that basis and found that my drive was one of the newer (fixed) ones that didn't need an update at all. It's been heavily used in a Media PC for a few...
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    Microsoft\AMD tour

    Thanks for the info and links. I enjoyed the last AMD /MS tour. Regardless of the value of any bundles or kitsch, I always find I learn a thing or two.
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    Sennheiser Street MX55V & HD 205*refurb

    I love asymmetrical cords. Can't understand why people don't like them (unless they try to wear the cord under their chin instead of behind their neck). Asymmetrical cords: 1) soak up cord vibration by resting on your neck 2) lessen the pull on the plugs by resting the weight of the cord...
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    CREE Q5 5-MODE FLASHLITE $22 <free ship>

    FYI, it uses a lithium ion 18650 battery, so you'll need to buy that as well. Ultrafire's a decent. For this price, it looks like a good deal (if you want to use the exotic battery type). You can compare Ultrafires on dealextreme. Candlepowerforums is a great place to get info on specific...
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    Pioneer VSX-919AH-K

    I ordered 3 days too early. :-(
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    Buy any backpack get 100% on Staples rewards

    Yes, except this reward won't go out until October according to the "sneak peek" on their website.
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    Dell M109S Pocket LED Projector $299 + tax shipped

    Perception of brightness is logarithmic, so 10x more lumens would make an image appear about 2x as bright. You can check out a video here: M109S Review on Gearlog In real-world terms, you can expect to get about a 15" image in a brightly lit room with sunlight and about a 40" image in a...
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    Newegg: 10% off select video cards (no longer ALL video cards)

    Um, looking at that link, it looks like the reason you're seeing a drop in performance at 512MB is because the 512MB card is a 4830 vs. the 1GB 4870. I know it's a CF vs. single card, but still not apples-to-apples.
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    Comp-U-Plus Email Specials - believe it is true

    Joined today, created a spammer-like id, made one post with a referrer id. Hmmmm.... moderators?
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    Unbrick your PSPwith a Pandora Battery.

    A pandora battery (and a jigstick-configured memory stick pro duo) will boot a PSP into service mode, even if it's "bricked." Most bricked PSPs can thus be restored. However, a PSP unbricked in this fashion will be missing some custom IPL info or something so it won't play UMDs anymore and a...
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    Unbrick your PSPwith a Pandora Battery.

    Here's the link to the PSP-2000 version of the battery: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15153
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    7mm Beveled Tungsten Band

    TC is brittle, but only compared to other tool metals. Well, I guess it's technically a ceramic. Still, it should survive anything that won't shatter the bones in your hand. :) It's basically going to be the same as the TC in the end of your ballpoint pen. I've stabbed ballpoints into...
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    NikeStore (Online)

    Same here. Tried it with the 8G Nano and was greeted with the same error code. Too bad. I can get the 8G for $187 through a corporate discount, but this would have been much better at $160. Too bad Nike thought of that first. I'll bet the margins are thin enough that Nike would have lost a...
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    8GB SDHC A-Data - $62+tax - Free shipping

    $64.98 at the Egg (after shipping, no rebate) Just in case you like NewEgg or don't like rebates. BTW, I bought this card and despite it's "class 2" rating, HDTach rates it at decent 12.6 MB/s.
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    Hot? YMMV: Costco has Coke made with sugar cane

    As was pointed out in the 2nd reply, you can get the sugar-variety for the same price as the normal corn-syrup kind -- it's called "Kosher for Passover". Where I live (Boston), you can get this stuff almost all-year-round, not just for Passover. HFCS is non-Kosher, so Kosher Coke has to use...
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    Kingston 2GB MicroSD / TransFlash card with SD Adapter $20 shipped

    My Kingston 2GB mSD was from Taiwan. "Pickles!", I thought. After all, the 1GB cards from Taiwan were uber-slow compared to the Japanese ones (rebadged Toshiba, apparently). I then ran HDTach on my 2GB Taiwan Kingston and got consistent 18.2 MB/sec reads, making it the fastest of any SD-type...
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    NEW! Philips 1080P HDMI Upscaling DVD player-YES 1080P! ;)NOW $62.99 after add to cart

    When upconverting, the player can run various filters like anti-aliasing and all kinds of other words I don't pretend to understand. If you upscale an image in your favorite graphics program like gimp or photoshop, you'll see that different methods of upscaling can produce different results. A...
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    VMware server 1.0.0 GA today for linux and Windows -- ALL FREE --

    I wonder if they're doing this because MS is giving away VirtualPC 2004 SP1, or vice versa.
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    Free Brain Age with Nintendo DS Lite at Best Buy and Circuit City B&M

    CC and BB both have been getting regular stock refreshes around here. Finally managed to get in on the deal at BB in Framingham, MA today. The local CC said BrainAge was "in transit", but couldn't give me any more than that. Oh well, no Mario bundle.
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    WalMart electronic clearance....so I guess YMMV

    Not thread crapping -- just genuinely curious... But why would anyone get a drive like this when USB memory keys or SD cards + mini-readers are so cheap? Is there some function of having a drive like this that I'm missing? Something you can do that you can't do on a USB memory key?
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    Ok, sorry, one more thing. The Wikipedia entry for stun guns (electro-batons) is quite good for anyone wanting more info on this option for self-defense. Both the pros and cons are covered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroshock_gun
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    But a cap in a microwave is powered by a 120v outlet with 15-30 amps. Stun guns are typically powered by a standard 9v transistor battery. I imagine that the best models use a NiCad battery, but we're still talking about a handheld battery. (NiCads are tops when it comes to rapid drain, like...
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    Voltage in stun guns is like MHz in CPUs -- it doesn't tell the whole story. In fact, it can be downright misleading. You can crank up voltage all you want, but every time you do, you decrease the amps. I'm sure there a technical limitations due to how many coils of wire you can squeeze into...
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    That's a great video to illustrate the danger of trusting a stun gun. The taser in this video is quite effective at taking down a bull. Pretty impressive. But a taser pierces the skin and doesn't have to deal with the electrical resistance of skin or clothing that a stun gun has to go...
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    I didn't see this demo, so I can't directly comment. BTW, one of the biggest downsides to stun guns is clothing. Good luck shocking someone through a winter coat. One of the reasons tasers are more effective than stun guns is that they encounter fewer ohms. Piercing the skin with barbs...
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    DEAD: Dungeon Siege II $15 - Rainbow Six Lockdown $38

    For an RPG, 81% has been quite good lately. Especially if you compare it to that genre on the PSP and DS.
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    Free eBook 'Coconut Oil Diet Secrets'

    You got me there. LEO the lion goes GER, loss of electrons = oxidation, gain = reduction. I should have said that iron oxidizes easily. Yes, there are more reactive elements in the body, but not many that are needed in such quantities. Elemental iron is treated like a hazardous substance by...
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    Free eBook 'Coconut Oil Diet Secrets'

    NYCFella420, coconut oil turns solid at around 75 degrees F. Actually, I think it's 76, but my memory is fading with age. Oil forms a non-crystalline solid, so the melting point is kind of fuzzy and the transition isn't so well-defined. Basically, anywhere in the 70s, it's going to be kind of...
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    100,000v stun gun, $16 no rebates

    Go ahead and get one for some fun, but do not, I repeat - "Do NOT", use these for self-defense. I think these companies should be held criminally liable for marketing these for self-defense. I used to be a cop. We tested these -- on ourselves -- and I'm talking the ones that were used in...
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    Free eBook 'Coconut Oil Diet Secrets'

    Ooh, another tidbit about cholesterol -- low cholesterol is just as bad as high cholesterol, at least as far as mortality rates are concerned. Just as going above 200, or maybe even 180, increases risk of death from various heart-related diseases, mortality also increases as cholesterol drops...
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    Free eBook 'Coconut Oil Diet Secrets'

    Cheesehead, the ***** removed from your grandpa's arteries was not just cholesterol, it was plague formed from modified cholesterol. Two things can happen to cholesterol that will lead it to form arterial plaque. There's a longer explanation that involves white blood cells, but basically it...
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    Free eBook 'Coconut Oil Diet Secrets'

    Coconut oil is rich in MCTs - medium chain triglcerides. 12-, 10-, and even some 8-carbon fats. Most edible fats are more in the 16-18+ region. Who cares? MCTs do not require much, if any, extra oxygen to break down. In other words, they burn more easily. I doubt they burn quite as...
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    PRICE DROP: LaCrosse BC900 Battery Charger for $35.99 shipped

    SirPsycho, I use rechargeables for my kid's swing, too. Or I recently used to (they grow up quick). Since all the C & D rechargeables in the stores were around the same cap as good AAs (~2300 mAH), I just used AAs with adapters. Judging by the weight, that's all the store-brand C & D...
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    HOT!!! Logitech V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse

    I have this mouse. I bought the MS 6000 laser notebook mouse instead. Still have this Logitech one. I love it in every way except one -- the stupid touch-sensitive mouse wheel replacement. It's impossible to use this mouse for any length of time without accidentally touching it, causing...
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    Bank of America deal $250 free ...

    Wow! And you could automatically pad your expense account at the same time. Double the payback!!! :evil: