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    Video Compression

    Get yourself a copy of TMPGEnc. It'll let you convert your video to a VCD-quality MPEG-1 file, which should be reasonably sized. It's free, too. Another option, if you are on Windows XP, is to download Microsoft Movie Maker 2. It's free, and it'll let you encode your videos in various sizes...
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    Would you sit through a complete Star Wars marathon?

    Same here. That's just too much movie for me. I probably could have done it when I was a kid with no responsibilities, but now I have other things to do.
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    [SPOILERS] THE Return of the King Thread

    I dunno. I just wasn't feeling it. My suspension of disbelief was ruined when I saw the car driving through the background, not to mention Sam's Reeboks. Overall I give it 6.5/10.
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    Movies that I just don't get

    I take it that you don't work in the corporate environment then. Everyone I know who does can see themselves/their coworkers/their boss in that movie. That whole movie reminds me of my life. As for movies that I just don't see the appeal of, I'd have to say most Stanley Kubrick films. I like...
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    Worst movies ever....

    I know this one has a cult following (for reasons that I can't fathom), but another one I hated was Bad Taste. Peter Jackson, how could you?
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    Worst movies ever....

    I can't disagree with any of that.
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    New PDF creating software.

    PDF995
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    Firefly DVD review

    Why does this set retail for $50? It's what, one season long? Family Guy and Futurama, among other shows, are like $30. Must be the small audience or something. I guess if they expect to sell fewer copies, they have to jack the price up.
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    Which Console should I buy?

    Having played all three, I'd have to lean toward the PS2. It has a huge catalog of games and in my opinion the least bad controller. I will not say that it's a good controller, but I like it better than the tiny GameCube controller and the awkward X-Box controller. Try each at Target or...
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    Anyone remember Hero Quest?

    I still play once in a while, though I ebayed my somewhat rare Barbarian Quest expansion pack a year ago. I got $120 or so for it, so it was worth it to me. I kept the main game, Kellar's Keep expansion, and Return of the Witchlord expansion. As for the game that got changed to Quest for...
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    Computer advice--Pentium or Celeron?

    Celerons are fine for regular tasks - web browsing, word processing, listening to MP3s, etc. Processor intensive tasks, such as games and video editing are much better on a Pentium due to the increased cache size. EDIT: As for Athlons, they are fairly comparable to the Pentium, but they run...
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    Say you find something nifty on the boards...

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that there's a lot of situations where you could theoretically use info from the boards without permission or license. For example, simply put, you cannot copyright an idea. So if I say, "Wouldn't it be cool if all wizards had three arms?", you can...
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    Two Towers DVD Technical glitch?

    What type of DVD player do you have? Do you have access to another one that you can try it on? It could be some incompatibility with your particular brand/model. Lucky! Personally, I think it might be a sign from Tolkien. Maybe he's planning to be reborn in your town on 12/12/2012. Now...
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    Recommendations for Web/Email Hosting

    www.jaguarpc.net
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    Wanted: Advice on Non-outlook based email client.

    Try Calypso. It's free and has the ability to route messages to various folders automagically, handle multiple email accounts, and other advanced features. While it can't read a PST file directly, if you export your messages to .EML format, it can import them.
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    Confirmed: D&D Online in Eberron!

    The part I don't like is having to pay $50 for the game, and then the monthly fee to play it. I would gladly pay one or the other, but not both. I did the beta test of Asheron's Call back in the day, and enjoyed it, but not enough to pay $80 to play it for the 3 or 4 months that games...
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    Got me tickets to the LotR Marathon

    I'd be selling them, no doubt about it. Even if you 'only' got $200 per ticket, that's a lot of popcorn for your own marathon viewing in the comfort of your own home when the DVD comes out. Some people say that nothing beats the big screen, but I think that nothing beats being able to have...
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    What Were They Thinking? Worst Comic Ideas.

    No, it's not that at all. It's kind of like that last GI Joe figure (or whatever your favorite toy line was) that you bought right before you realized that you were too old to be playing with GI Joes anymore. I'm not suggesting that anyone here is too old to read comics, but Savage Dragon #2...
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    What Were They Thinking? Worst Comic Ideas.

    Savage Dragon makes me wretch. It singlehandedly put an end to comic book collecting for myself and at least three of my friends. After reading the first issue or two, we were all done with comics forever.
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