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    James Cameron's Avatar

    Five big fat gigantic stars -- and that was at Cine Capri, big screen but not 3-D. What a wonderful movie -- classic film and fiction mythologies all converged and in nice balance: great action flick, charming romance with an ominous shadow of tragedy, every variation on David and Goliath...
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    The Prisoner (remake) (AMC)

    Review on NPR yesterday said that if you were a fan of the original, don't waste your time on this one. They diluted everything that made it so interesting and so Orwellian.
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    rebuffering hassles

    When I'm playing music video or heavy audio stuff on youtube, it pauses to rebuffer every 10-20 seconds -- it doesn't do it on my other computer, but always does on this one (which is newer and supposedly faster). Where should I even begin to look for troubleshooting? Thanks
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    Holy Crap -- tornado vortex 'signature' on Nexrad right overhead, and possible big hail. Cool. how bout some frickin RAIN?
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    District 9

    What an unusual movie. Just saw it, and I liked it a lot -- 7.5 or 8/10. And yes, went out for shrimp tempura afterwards.
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    drop........splat........That's all folks.
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    Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds

    I thought it was great -- the first part showed that QT is a versatile, fine director; it was as real and tragic as anyone could have made it -- and then he kicks into overdrive. It was visually splendid, well-written, hysterically funny, with a harshly political message, and the acting was...
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    Julie & Julia

    Saw this last night, and it is a truly charming movie; well-written, exceptionally acted, and smoothly directed, and a foodie's joy. It is based on two true stories. A thirty-ish woman realizes, when she and her husband move into a clunky apartment in Queens to be near his work, that her life...
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    Poster-making software?

    eh, it needs to be done on super high-res vector whatchamijiggy I've been advised. The poster is six feet by 2.25 feet -- weird size.
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    Battery damage question

    I have a label-maker and when it wouldn't turn on, I opened it up to change the batteries -- and one of the batteries had exuded that chalky white stuff all over at one end. I can scrape the deposit off pretty well, but my Q is whether it will then be OK to reinstall batteries and use it, or is...
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    Poster-making software?

    I need to design and print an important poster for a scientific conference, and it's big, odd-sized (the size of a narrow door, basically), and I need a lot of flexibility. But has to be easy - I don't want to have to spend a day learning how to use the software. That's why I am not up for...
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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Meh.
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    Good solid rainstorm here in N Scottsdale, around 3/4 inch of rain and some tremendous winds, just around midnight last night. Finally.
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    Camcorders, Digital Cameras and Computers - Oh my!

    I'll be interested to hear down the road, because man, they are pretty machines! I was after the lightest-weight small traveler I could get, and it was a Sony or the Toshiba Portege (which I love).
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    Camcorders, Digital Cameras and Computers - Oh my!

    I've heard from several people that Sony's durability is a problem, because that's what I was looking at prior to getting my tiny Toshiba. One repair guy said 'They're gorgeous, and a lot of my customers buy one Sony. Never had anyone buy a second one.'
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    Camcorders, Digital Cameras and Computers - Oh my!

    Nikon D-90. I've got the D-80, my daughter got the D-90, and it is much user-friendlier. Spectacular cameras. I get my desktops locally, put together by a very responsible firm my computer guy swears by and has used for years -- but I'll have to dig up the name. Paired with a Samsung monitor...
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    Umps meet the First Fan

    I thought this was pretty cool.
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    Got wind... yup. Got wind. You're what, 2-3 miles from me? Jeez.
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    Wine

    OK, time to resurrect this thread. A couple of really nice, reasonable Chardonnays: Columbia Crest Grand Estates (2007 if you can find it) -- under $7 at CostCo. I like the Gr.Est. better than the more expensive CC Horse Heaven Hills or whatever the name is. My new absolute favorite...
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    The Hurt Locker

    Most of it was so perfectly written, and flawlessly directed and acted, that I think that's why the one or two suddenly cardboard-Hollywood scenes stood out like sore thumbs. I also wanted to say -- there is blood and gore galore, and there are things and people blowing up and being shot at...
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    Israel reaches first Davis Cup semifinal (AP)

    Well, congrats to the Israelis. I know the road to this point has been tough for them at times.
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    The Hurt Locker

    Saw it with 4 friends this evening. I'd give it 4.75 stars -- there are one or two very brief scenes that (to me) clunked, in an otherwise extremely well-done, very intense, high-stakes-all-the-time flick. One review said 'In twenty years, people may turn to this movie to better understand...
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    Vote for Mark Reynolds for the final spot.

    I just tossed in a couple dozen. He's not out of the running, so keep it up. We have until Thursday.
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    Public Enemies

    I agree with you azsportsfan01 -- good but by no means great. Needed much tighter editing. Johnny Depp was outstanding, Billy Cruddup makes a really slimy early Hoover and we also wondered why there hasn't been a movie about him.
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    Public Enemies

    Heard a review somewhat like Chap's -- that it's too stylized, basically, but Depp is great. I'm going to see it this afternoon with a couple friends.

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