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I now officially belong to those people who will confirm that a hard drive that doesn't spin up may be revived temporarily by putting it in the fridge for 1-2 hours. It worked twice for me, with two different drives.

For anyone who might need to try it: remember to wrap the drive tightly in a plastic bag before putting it in the fridge/freezer (I also keep it wrapped in a towel when reconnecting it to the system) to prevent condensation.

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I found a new toy: TVU. Hundreds of TV channels from around the world for free, most of them either chinese, news or sports. :P :P But there's also:
- japanese Sony music channel showing J-rock and J-pop music videos,
- 10 or so Chinese cartoon channels (with english subtitles ^^),
- one chinese Hollywood movie channel (with chinese subtitles :P),
- a Battlestar Galactica channel from Sweden (in English),
- DragonBall TV from Britain,
- SciFi channel (Doctor Who, Stargate Sg-1, Stargate Atlantis, StarTrek: Enterprise)
- CBS (CSI NY, CSI Las Vegas)
- Comedy Central
- NASA TV, lol, showing pictures from the ISS ^^ <3

They log your IP and decide based on your location what you're allowed to watch and what not. A proxy connection could fix this problem. I don't see a recording button anywhere, so you'll have to watch live.

There are also channels from Brazil, Spain, Italy, Taiwan, Australia, France,...

If they offered it, I'd subscribe to SkyStage. :P They already have one subscription channel, so who knows, maybe some day that will be possible. ^_^