IF they want to make it more pedestrian friendly maybe they should put in a or several pedestrian bridges to go over the road. But then again I guess that makes too much sense
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I think verizon is the lesser evil of all of them. Not saying Verizon is wonderful. They still overcharge like all of them do. But I do get great reception and rarely have dropped calls. And I never have billing problems with them. Well except for when I first got the phone and the salesman lied to me saying he was putting me on the unlimited nights and weekends plan like I asked only to fin
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Wasn't working for me at work either
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Well if you had a PC to begin with a capture card is pretty cheap. Either way, using the "proper" method to record your movies off of the DVR it'll take exactly how ever much time that show is. If your DVR is hackable then you might want to do that. But I haven't done any research on the cox DVR. Do a google search on cox DVR's and see if they're hackable. Search on make and model#, you're b
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I've never used Cox's DVR service but I wouldn't be surprised if it's similar to DTV's. The record to VCR option doesn't limit you to just a VCR of course. If your computer has a video capture card, you can use it to record your programs. If Cox's DVR service is truely similar to DTV's, you will be unable to simply copy recorded programs from your DVR to your computer as 1) the feature will be
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Fortunatly I don't get my kicks by trolling boards looking for ways to flame other posters. Either way, my point of the post was that people in the community complain about people speeding while cutting through the neighborhood, which is the reason why the police have decided to grace us with their presence in our neighborhood. The problem though is that they aren't doing anything for what the
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I live in ManorGate as well. My wife actually is also a Jessica. We drove by these bastards the other day. I'm guessing it was the two shitheads hiding on Singletons right by the Singletons/Wood Rock intersection. We figured thats why they were hiding there, although I'm sure they were getting people for county stickers as well. They LOVE that stretch. They usually sit there or stick a moto
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Stay away from the beltway anywhere near 7 and 123 going either direction. Cement truck overturned and several passenger vehicles involved. All lanes closed on both sides of the beltway and only getting by on the shoulder. It'll be a while before they open it back up as they have to finish cleaning up the cement and the rest of the vehicles.
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Had my first 3 way calling with SunRocket. Echoing was much worse. I could hear myself and the other two parties echoing. The other two parties though could only hear themselves echoing. Not a huge surprise though as it uses that much more bandwidth when you're doing a three way call. Maybe I'll do an instant messaging session with them tomorrow asking if there's something they can do about
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Can we get a cliffs notes on that? I'm too lazy to read the whole thing.
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Seems decent for a small digicam. Here's a good place to get reviews on digicams. The link goes directly to the review for the SD550 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd550/
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He's Jewish...it's Yom Kippur...so he had the day off.
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Apparently they can fix the echo if you give them a call or do the instant messaging session with them. Most likely they'll change a few things (probably something with the codec) on your gizmo and have you restart it. Like I said, I've been too lazy to bother getting it fixed because it doesn't really bother me that much. I have had about 2 outages the past week but nothing bad.
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I'm actually really disappointed with Sweetwater Tavern. I always thought both their beer and their food were way overpriced for what you get. I've been there about 3 times so far (the last two times unwillingly) and every time I was disappointed. Maybe it's just been the times I went, I don't know. But every time I pass by that place I always wonder why in the hell the parking lot is so pack
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There's a Japanese Steakhouse in Chantilly. I forget the name of the place but it's near 50 and Centreville Rd (near Rt 28), right next to the Milwaukee Frozen Custard place. Also there is a Japanese Steakhouse in the Fair Lakes Shopping Center right where the Jared jewlery store and Applebees is at.
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Yeah I have no use for incoming faxes. I attempted to get my fax machine to answer on distinctive ring only but I can't seem to get it set up correctly to do it and doesn't answer at all. I was going to have it only answer on the signature line that you can get setup with Sunrocket. Ah well. Not a big deal. Either way, no matter which VoIP provider you choose, be sure to always have some oth
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I've got SunRocket on Cox cable. It's not bad. It's not as good as a landline but then again, I've never heard of VoIP being as good as landlines. They've had a few outages due to their network getting swamped but they're VERY quick at responding to the outages and getting the network back up and running. Their Customer Service is also top notch. I've never been put on hold that I can rememb
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Pre-emptive sorry for being off topic. Does anyone know why Old Glory in centreville closed. It's been closed for years and NOTHING has changed until recently. They placed plywood over the windows and it looks like they painted. But other then that, nothing. Even the Old Glory sign is still up.
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Yeah, they'll be there for a few more days then go away for about a month, then come back. They do that to catch people when they're off guard. Thats how they enforce a lot of things around here. The same thing happens with 66 HOV enforcement. Sometimes they'll park themselves around a corner in the left shoulder. Sometimes they'll sit on the HOV 495 off ramp. They'll stay in the one spot f
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I guess I'll repeat my post from the General FFX Co section here. 28 goes north and south, Not east and west. And are you talking about New Braddock (by the theaters) or Braddock (south of 66 and across from Walney Rd). If you're talking about heading South on 28 towards New Braddock and you see cops with people pulled over after New Braddock, it's because the right lane turns into a right turn
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28 goes north and south, Not east and west. And are you talking about New Braddock (by the theaters) or Braddock (North of 66 and across from Walney Rd). If you're talking about heading South on 28 towards New Braddock and you see cops with people pulled over after New Braddock, it's because the right lane turns into a right turn only lane and many people take advantage of that lane being empty
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The Exorcist stairs. Yeah thats an old one. It's also VERY easy to find info on. Simply google it. I googled Georgetown Exorcist Stairs and the first things to pop up was this site: http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/stairs.htm
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Another thing I would imagine "excessive force" would come up with is if you unloaded an entire clip into someone. That would most likely be considered excessive force. But who knows. A jury can swing either way depending on how good a lawyer is. From everything I've read and heard, your best bet for home protection is a shotgun. Especially if you have a spouse that has never (or not experie
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Well I would imagine that it would depend on how you approach the officer. If you walk up to them and explained that you were interested in purchasing a pistol for home protection and asked what the standard issue sidearm is for the FCPD and what his/her feelings were of said sidearm, they just might be willing to tell you. But if you walk up to him/her with the mentality of an uneducated monke
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I'm guessing amish girls are kinda amazonian...well maybe not while they're on Rumspringa. Amazonian meaning pretty damn hairy.
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I use SunRocket VOIP. When I get a call I don't want, I immediatly go to their web page, copy the phone # from the incoming or missed calls list and plug it into the blocked calls list. Next time they call, they get a busy signal.
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Something tells me jonathan won't be getting back to you as 1) he's from California, and 2) his ISP has been banned from the forums. But I will admit, Nikon makes damn good digicams. Their optics are top notch.
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Some criminals are also caught for traffic violations and released. Example, Malvo and Muhammed. They were stopped for something and released. The MAIN reason the police are getting new and different unmarked cruisers is simply to be able to catch more people off gaurd. Most people know to be aware of crown vics etc.
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now now. I knew better. But the wife thought the Dodge Neon was "cute".
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Can't remember if there's an NVCC out that way, but most of the times their courts are open kinda late. At least the one at Annandale was.
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