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His mom IS Matilda's seiyuu.

That climax was very disturbing. Actually, using the word climax makes it infinitely worse.

There's a limit to suspension of disbelief. Densha Otoko got with Aoyama-san, and Guitar Otoko got with Yuuko. That other nerd with Densha's hot sister is just too much of a stretch. Even I can't root for that.

Really liked that girl that the Lan Evo guy tried to hit on in the train, though.

Neville's past will be revealed in the fifth movie. Actually, I wonder if anyone caught the little blurb about Crouch Jr. using the Cruciatus Curse on the Longbottoms, i.e. Neville's parents.

Well, Harry's strength in the books is that he's good on the broom. At fourteen, he's not really supposed to know all that much. Even the Patronus Charm he learned was out of school.

In later books, he's supposed to learn more. Wonder if you've noticed that the only thing Harry had to use against Voldemort was Expeliarmus.

Can't think of any Gundam reference with the eye.

Anyone watched "Another Ending"? I'm twenty minutes in and my sides are about to split.

I liked pre 'believed the hype' Rowling better when she was just some inept mother on welfare who just wanted to tell a good story.

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Funny you should say that, because the first time I read Sorceror's Stone, I got a distinct Roald Dahl feel, which was nice. The later books.. not so much.

Someone I talked to said some interesting things about the movie. The standard "they cut too much out of the movie" was expected, but she was looking for more character development. I gotta go back and read the book again. Maybe that will change my thoughts on the film.

TAMIYA/ TESTORS GLUE + IMMEDIATE SANDING = MELTED PLASTIC!

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You don't need immediate sanding to melt plastic. Styrene glue plus styrene equals automatically melted plastic. That's how the pieces bond together.

here's a funny tidbit (from the Mopar Performance Catalog, after checking with my local Dodge Dealer): the Dodge Nextel Cup and Craftsman Truck Series teams spend almost $7,000 on just ONE engine block! Also they spend almost $2,000 on ONE Cylinder head (unassembled even!)

too much money there....

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And how long does that money last?

Milliput is a two-part putty. Mix equal parts of A and B (both included in one pack) thoroughly and it dries and hardens. It can then be carved, machined, sanded, filed, drilled, etc... It's just sticky, and it doesn't melt anything.

Solscud: Sometimes plastic parts have microfractures at stress points, and if paint solvents get into those cracks, the plastic crumbles. I've had it happen to me before when I stripped the paint from a Gundam kit by soaking it in paint thinner.

Who's the seller?

First step, contact your bank and try to get your money back.

White glue is not great for stresses. Don't use white glue to glue heavy model parts. The white glue Penguin used was probably for thin wires.

So lesson learned. Don't use Squadron or any gap filling putty to pack a crevice. Get some epoxy putty. I like Milliput myself.

Anyone who builds models (particularly Honda and NSX fans. Bashers need not apply) will be thrilled that Tamiya is releasing 2005 JGTC NSX's.

http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM24286

Remolds? New molds? I don't care. It's 2005 JGTC NSX.

Saw it twice already. Freakin' AWESOME movie. Best of the four, definitely, even though Chamber of Secrets was already so awesome.

Funny how Cho had only three lines in the entire movie.

Ralph Fiennes is a PERFECT Voldemort. Deliciously evil, that guy seemed.

Luxeon LED's light up a blade all the way from one end to the other?? Amazing!

Maybe it's worth it to look into these after all.

The Testarossa is THE Ferrari I fell in love with all those years ago.

AOne, which Skyline are you talking about? The new GT-R? The new GT-R looks nothing like the G35.

Testarossa 512TR or Ferrari 512BB?

If you guys had cars which could perform far beyond what the traffic laws would allow, would you take the car to the track?

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Naturally. I can't wait until I hold those keys to the NSX...

PS: The director for Fast and Furious 3 directed Better Luck Tomorrow. Alright. This'll be interesting.

Bills suck, don't they?

When you have a chance, you should definitely pick those manga up. I'm still waiting for a Yotsuba& anime.

You mean you haven't picked it up already??

http://tyatyamaru.chu.jp/soramimiyotubatoremixhi.swf

Right click, save as?

Not even the Aquaman who was on Smallville. Hah.

Some people overdose on awesomeness and died from head explosion.

Racing is racing, but swerving at him to cut him off is just rude.

Plain Cobalt. The SS should be much better, but I didn't have time. I wanted to get the passenger course over with so I can get to the performance course with the Corvettes.

I didn't like the build quality of those cars at all. The H2 and H3's door handles felt like they would rip right off. Same with the shifter. Lots of things on the other GM cars felt very flimsy.

The Hummer course has lots of things set up, including a pretty steep climb and descent. It should be interesting driving that course tomorrow. They also have competitor cars there, like BMW 325 and others.

Did anyone go to the Autoshow in Motion at Great America this weekend? I went for about an hour earlier today with a few of my friends and got banned from driving because I took the corners without braking. Damn GM cars and squealing tires. Didn't have time to take the Hummers on their obstacle course or drive the Corvettes, but I'm coming back tomorrow morning to drive some more.

Drove a Chevy Cobalt. Slow, handles like a shopping cart. Drove a Z71 truck. Not sure what it was... Fast acceleration, great brakes, handles like a shopping cart. Drove a Pontiac Grand Prix. Has HUD, very cool! The course didn't let me test the sequential shift, since I never got out of first gear... But handles like a shopping cart and got me banned. I'll be sure to slow down and brake tomorrow so I can make it to the Hummers' course. Also sat in the H2 and H3. I understand why people want to buy the H2. It's so spacious and luxurious! H3 sucked though.

As a side note... it's been suggested that taking over the power plants would be a good idea. Power isn't likely to be decentralized, at least not for the heavy stuff like factories and network nodes. Injecting some sags and spikes into the AC would tear some transistors up FAST.

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If they still use transistors. I wouldn't be surprised that whatever technology the machines come up with to replace transistors will be highly resistant to power surges, and generally much better than current digital technology.

Besides, modern technology already has safeguards so that power surges don't even get to transistors in the first place.

Dude. Don't bring god into this.