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"As long as you have purchased a DVD legally," he said, "then you are allowed to decode it with any equipment and can't be forced to buy any specific equipment."

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/01/07/dvd_case/index.html

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More TokyoPop manga. Let's hope the second version of Cowboy Bebop doesn't suck so much.
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/2868.shtml

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I have seen my first muffler man*, in the wild. I've seen them in art magazines and shows like Egg, as examples of American folk art, but never one earning its living shilling in front of a garage. (It's at approximately 25th and Randolph, by the paintball outfitters, if you feel the need to look for it.)

*Actually it's got long yellow 'hair,' so it could be a muffler woman, or a muffler redneck.