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http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/stunning_disast.php Look at the little worker guy at the bottom left at the robot's foot. If this thing were to ever be made, holy shit it would be gundam sized!

I completely forgot to reply to this after watching it about a month or so ago. The special effects were good and the plot resumed slightly after where the series left off which was also good. But overall the movie seemed like it was missing something. It didn't feel like a movie, instead it was like a long episode. The Ori plot line was wrapped up, but they should have put more into the battles with the Ori and not brought back and old enemy. BTW, Teal'c was awesome in the movie. Teal'c FTW!

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/ Looks like Ark of Truth sold good enough for the second movie to get made. Sounds like this might be good.

Vampire Energy - How much energy you waste a year by leaving appliances plugged in. http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/008/trans008vampireenergy.html I stumbled upon this graph the other day and thought it was decent. Once I add up how many phones, computers, tvs, game systems, etc. I have plugged in, I figure we waste about $200 a year in electricity.

http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/dean_kamen_unve.php Wow. You can piss in the thing, throw shit in it to power it, never change a filter and drink right from its tap. These things could help a crapload of people around the world.

I've seen the commercials for Hancock and it looks like it'll be good. As it is now tho, I don't think any other movies coming out soon will topple Iron Man's ticket sales.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4262690.html Nice. Now we can have our own refineries in our backyards.

I still don't see how any of this story connects to most of the dialogue Itachi had with Sasuke in the beginning of the manga. Or even most of Itachi's actions. I mean, wtf, if Itachi was the inside guy of Konoha and took out all the Uchiha, then why did he team up with Akatsuki and help them with their evil doings? Also, Itachi completely disabled Sasuke and Kakashi at one point with his mangeyko technique. If not for Tsunade showing up at one point, the two of them could have been in comas for life? Would Itachi have joined Akatsuki to take them out from the inside for the benefit of Konoha? and for someone who wanted to keep peace for Konoha, why did he kill so many damn people? Not just in his clan, but while he was a part of akatsuki? And knowing he was going to die, why did he put Sasuke through so much shit about killing him and taking his eyeballs? I don't see how any of this story follows any of Itachi's previous behavior in the manga, even if he was a double agent, etc. etc.

Oh no! Caime was kidnapped!

He looked like he has a devil getup on. X'D

$20-$30 for a diagnostic sounds about right, if its just a loose wire it should be pretty easy to fix it. I think dealerships will charge the same price, so you might be better off to take it to them first to have them fix it, because if the mechanic is saying it might be something the dealership might have to fix you could get stuck paying the diagnostic fee twice. Once for the mechanic and then again at the dealership. Btw, a dealership should be able to tell you if all the recalls have been fixed too: http://www.car.com/content/own/service/index.cfm/action/RecallsView/seriesid/7703

We have a 150GB WD neonish external harddrive that has lasted 5 years now and still has no problem. We also had a 250GB WD Mybook that shitted out on us a little after 1 year. And now we have a 500GB Maxtor which is working great so far. It is kinda noisy and the light that blinks is bright as hell in a dark room, but the price we got for it on the day after thanksgiving sale was helluva good. I'd like to have another WD mybook because the damn thing ran pretty silent, but I'm hesitant because I've had one fail on me. After looking at reviews for the main external harddrive manufacturers, both WD and Seagate (which is the same company as maxtor), both have their fair share of complaints. I think its just a matter of whether or not you luck out with a good drive or a bum one. I remember my dad had quite a few f*cked up WD internal drives at one point. Eh, if I get another external at a store I'd probably buy an extended warranty, but usually I buy my stuff online at newegg.com or another store because its usually so much cheaper. btw, newegg.com is usually a great resource for user reviews on any particular product.

welcome back! and congrats on the permit!

Nice. Staples.com has sales on SD chips all the time and if you order $50 or more you get free shipping with them.. but then again, you could probably get the same deal with amazon.com and get free shipping at $25 too.

That sounds like a solid plan. Hopefully its just the battery. *crosses fingers* btw, you might be able to find a step by step diagram online about how to remove your original car stereo. That way you can check the plugs in the back of it to make sure they didn't get loose and then put it back in. I used to buy car stereos and speaker equipment from crutchfield.com because they always sent an installation packet/plug/booklet/diagram whenever you bought a new car stereo. I dunno if they still do that or not or if it costs extra, but their diagrams explained with pictures exactly how to remove the car stereo for your make and model of car. It was pretty helpful, if you can find one of those diagrams online you might be able to check all your stereo connections yourself if it ends up being an issue related to your battery problem.

Finally done. Thank god. x_x

Both are nice, but obviously the more expensive one has the much better specs. The cheaper one only has 4x optical zoom tho.. Its a shame it doesn't have at least 6x. I don't care for digital zoom because it can lead to pixelation. The only other thing I've noticed is that both cameras use rechargeable lithium battery packs. They have much better batter life than rechargeable AA batteries, but if that battery runs out of juice, you better have a back up charged one because if you're on vacation or something its not like you can go to a store real quick and by some batteries for it. Nice cameras tho. That powershot G9 is beastly nice tho, the addon accessories include different lenses which is hella nice if you ever wanted to upgrade your camera again you could just by addons for it instead of getting a whole new camera. The price range of the two cameras you choose really looks like you have to ask yourself: how much is too much? Do you really need a crapload of features and higher end gear or do you just want to take good quality pictures and video?

Damn. That is horrible.

Sweet! X'D I hope the movie is good.. btw, Buck Rogers would make a much better re-make series than Flash Gordon.

IGN has it. http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/379767/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe/videos/xfilestrailer_050908.html After watching this trailer, I still have no idea what this movie is about.

That looks fucking awesome.

Omg. They literally stopped the episodes and said "We'll be doing another story for a while" WTF. I have never seen filler actually stop a show altogether like this. I guess we can't really complain about the anime producers considering they finished the grimjaw/ichigo fight in 2 episodes whereas it lasted 13ish chapters and 3 months or so in the manga. But damn, you'd think they'd do only soul society filler, like what was happening there while ichigo and everyone is in HM.. but no, everyone is back in highschool with some little girl.

That does fit better now. X'D

If you had a fully charged battery in last night and the next morning your battery is dead, either you left your car lights on all night (which wouldn't completely drain the battery, it might not start but it'd still have some juice left). Or you had your radio running all night or something. Try removing the fuse for the radio, recharge the battery and try it again. But I think you're over thinking it. If you have a battery fully charged, then just overnight it looses all its charge, then you have a bum battery cell that doesn't hold a charge. If you have a bad cell, the battery will probably still pass every test once it is fully charged, the way you tell if it has a bad cell is whether or not it actually retains juice, which yours does not. But if you do have a bad cell, then the longer you run a bum battery then you're just killing your alternator at the same time because the alternator will work overtime to try and charge the busted thing. If your alternator is still producing the correct volts AND amps, then I'd replace that battery before your alternator starts underperforming. Besides, if there still is another issue aside from the battery, if the battery is almost 5 years old or older it should still be replaced just for performance issues. Just since I've owned my blazer.. about 1 1/2 years. I've been ripped off by mechanics so much with my past 3 vehicles, I've become obsessed with learning to fix all my car problems myself if I can.