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    Recent purchases

    Lion King: Platinum Edition
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    This week in dvds

    Was there any need to resurrect this black hole? In two forms even? One is full screen and the other is widescreen. What Walmart wants... it gets. Star Trek V isn't that bad. It would have been a good episode but the story was streched to long to be a movie.
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    25 Worst TV Characters EVER

    Seven better be on that list. Little blonde Aryan bastard.
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    Sherlock Holmes

    But there are only two short stories written from Holmes' POV in the canon (not count The Gloria-Scott and The Musgrave Ritual which were related to Watson by Holmes) neither is very good. The rest are written by Dr. John H. Watson MD. One needs Watson, there is no magic without him. I liked them though. It's a matter of what style you enjoyed. I enjoyed that one a bit better than Watson's personally. You didn't. Oh well.
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    Sherlock Holmes

    My favorite is The Valley of Fear. Also I always enjoyed the stories written from Sherlock's perspective a little more than ones written from they eyes of Watson.
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    People Don't Like Me

    Lucky you. I've seen the type of porn you are into.
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    TNA News From The 10/18 Torch

    Nov 30th is 6ish weeks away which isn't TOO bad but they need to get some footage together and get some ad time to sell the show pretty quick.
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    This week in dvds

    Possibly Star Trek V and the WWE Steel Cage matches.
  9. I can see this working as Martin would be a good replacement for Peter Sellers and it makes sense.
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    Damn Dirty Apes

    Monkeys with brain implants were trained to move a robot arm with their thoughts, a key advance by researchers who hope one day to allow paralyzed people to perform similar tasks. A series of electrodes containing tiny wires were implanted about a millimeter deep into the brains of two monkeys. A computer then recorded signals produced by the monkeys' brains as they manipulated a joystick controlling the robotic arm in exchange for a reward — sips of juice. The joystick was later unplugged and the arm, which was in a separate room, was controlled directly by the brain signals coming from the implants. The monkeys eventually stopped using the joystick, as if they knew their brains were controlling the robot arm, Duke University researcher Miguel Nicolelis said. "Three of us were in the room watching the monkey late at night, and all of sudden the monkey just dropped the joystick and started playing the game ... the monkey just got it that she didn't need to move the joystick," Nicolelis said. "We couldn't believe it, it was almost like the monkey was telling us, `Believe me, I can do it.' ... She was very happy; she was very enthused about the fact she could do it." The second monkey also stopped using the joystick. The work was reported Monday in the first edition of the journal PLoS Biology, a free, peer-reviewed scientific journal published online by the Public Library of Science. The Duke researchers had previously wired the brains of monkeys to allow a robotic arm to mimic motions made by the monkeys when using a joystick or reaching for food. Humans have already been implanted with a similar device that allows them to control the movement of a cursor on a computer screen through their thoughts. The implant used in the monkey work, however, is smaller and the task accomplished was more complex. The Duke researchers have now moved onto researching similar implants in humans, and Nicolelis said he is more optimistic about the prospects for use in humans. "It could do a lot of things, wheelchairs, computers, prosthetic arms, perhaps their own arms," Nicolelis said. Appliances, remote objects in other locations in the house and robots all could be controlled, he said. "It really opens the possibilities, and it reduces the amount of time. Previously, I had thought it might be five to 10 years before we could apply this to humans. I'm getting more optimistic now, I think in a couple of years we may be doing the real clinical trials." The implants remained in the Duke monkeys for 2 1/2 years showing they can be used for extended period. Over time, the monkeys' brains adapted to treat the robotic arm as if it was their own limb, Nicolelis said.
  11. You can do a drive image with Ghost to CD-R
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    One & Only MLB playoff discussion thread

    So as to not inconvenience those of us on the East. When exactly would you have this? 11 PM? 5PM PST/8PM EST or even 4:30PST and 7:30EST
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    One & Only MLB playoff discussion thread

    Why do they choose to have the games on at 2pm PST? It's freakin' stupid when most people are at work/school.
  14. Just for a ridiculous name. The first name could be one of two reasons. He was on "Happy Days" as a coach at Jefferson High School or because the series creators were writing on the "Jeffersons".
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    Sapp blasts NFL 'slave system'

    It was all over Foxsports.com . ESPN is just... biased.
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    The One and Only "Rate My Posting" Thread

    I choose indifference.
  17. Wasn't Matt LeBlanc in that? Yeah. He was Al's friend Charlie's son. Remember the episode where Al is seeking out that "Hmm Hmm Hiiiiiim" song? I'm pretty sure that was the actual spinoff ep. Actually it was a different episode where Al comes back and steals Charlies TV. I believe that episode was Top of The Heap.
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    Moving to SoCal

    I was going to make a comment.... but nothing I could say could hurt you about where you live as much as what you just posted.
  19. God that show was horrid. So was the spinoff with the college kids and the radio with what's her name from Felicity.
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    Newspaper Article on NWA:TNA

    I believe it was a Dallas newspaper.
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    Should I just quit college?!

    I'm sure there is some high school junior or senior that will do your homework for you for a case of beer.... assuming you are old enough to buy beer.
  22. Nothing I didn't know already. But fun facts either way.
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    Horror Channel

    Horror Channel Petition If you haven't yet and would like the channel to be a reality. Get to it bitches. Myself and El Satanico have already. More info:
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    Some drama.....

    Me? Insufferable? Depends on the day.
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    One & Only MLB playoff discussion thread

    Part of me wants the Sox to win just to see what Steinbrenner does.
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