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OK, Silouette, thanks for retaking the measurements. Interesting info, there. Also shoes how important it is not to restrict airflow on these newer machines. Jvd, regarding your two machines having different temperatures.....Do the fans seem to be running at the same speeds? I'm wondering...

OK, couldn't find my digital thermometer, but retook measurements with the standard one. I think last time I played PGR-3 for a while and then took a temp measurement at the back port of the Xbox, but I didn't have the game playing while I took the measurement, and the thermometer is slow...

Well, I did use a crappy standard room mercury thermometer, and I held it as close as I could without completely blocking the air flow (maybe 0.25" away) and waited about a minute for the thermometer to stabilize in value. I have a better digital thermometer with a probe that I should...

I measured 96 degrees F on mine at the back exhaust after I had been playing PGR-3 for an hour. 129 deg does sound pretty darned hot. I agree it is pretty noisy when you start up a game, though I never notice because I have the game cranked up anyways in 5.1 channel. Havent tried...

1) The world is flat (and resting on a turtles back). 2) The planets and the sun are affixed to large crystal spheres that are centered about the earth (Aristotelian model) 3) Eyeglasses will help make your vision better (instead of dependant on glasses) 4) The U.S. had a manned...

Is there a recommended recreational drug to aid in appreciating the humor of those cartoons?

The classic book "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott which was written in 1952 actually tells a story of 2-dimensional creatures and what happens to them when a 3D creature enters their world. It also tries to extend the analogy to 4 spacial dimensions. A good read. By the way another word for...

Amber series is awesome! :D Yes, people had to walk "the Pattern" to gain powers, but only if you had the blood of amber. Was that the Well World Saga by Chalker? (i.e. Midnight at the Well of Souls?) Anyways, this talk of sentient machines that despise humankind reminds me of...

Dave, were the 5800 and 5900 tested at stock clocks, i.e. 500 and 450 MHz respectively?

If you like Kings Quest, there is a company called Tierra that is remaking all the Kings Quest games with better updated graphics. They have the first two games done: http://www.tierraentertainment.com/ sample image:

Well, it seems this thread has come full circle. :) Here's the original pics from E3, without censorship, if people want to compare airbags. http://pub30.ezboard.com/fopaage87310frm2.showMessage?topicID=676.topic

Actually, when Hubble first noted the "red shift" he didn't think it was necessarily due to a universe that was expanding uniformly in all directions (and causing a "doppler shift"). He at first thought it was due to a uniform attenuation which caused photons to lose energy as they propagated...

He did seem to keep cranking out those Mission Earth novels well after he passed from this mortal coil. Man, was that some real crud! Hard to take L. Ron Hubbard too seriously, he was a really second rate science-fiction writer for a lot of years. He was also supposedly quoted way...

Mostly standard stuff, older U.S. coins and rocks/minerals. I have a bunch of old 70's frisbees too. Brand new Super-Pros are my favorites. The glow in the dark Moonlighter disks are very cool too.

Exactly!