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Yet Another MPEG4 Codec: 3ivx
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Continue reading →: Yet Another MPEG4 Codec: 3ivx3ivx D4 4.5 – MPEG-4 Audio and Video Compression. Recently got a Mac encoded file in 3ivx format. It’s another MPEG4 encoder. You need to download a plug-in to have it work with Windows. Or use Quicktime. Amazing how many codecs I now have loaded on my machine. 3ivx, Divx,…
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More on Overclocking…
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Continue reading →: More on Overclocking…Seems like everyone is got something on this. Here are some links: CPU overclocking: * “Dev Hardware FAQ”:http://www.devhardware.com/c/Hardware/HowTo/Overclocking_Your_P4_800FSB/. A guide for Pentium 4 800MHz FSB machines. A great guide. Basically says, you can overclock a 2.4 or 2.6GHz to about the same as 3.2GHz one. Also that cooling is the…
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Mars Explorer Rover
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Continue reading →: Mars Explorer RoverBoth Alex and Calvin are fascinated by the Mars missions. Here are some amazing web sites: * “Mars Exploration Rover Mission”:http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/. The official site. Some cool videos and images. Lots to explore. * Maestro Headquarters. Wow, you can look at the imaging applications they are using at the JPL to…
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Aquamark Benchmarks
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Continue reading →: Aquamark BenchmarksAquaMark ARC – Overview. Kind of a cool site. These use a Aquamark, a benchmark based on a real game. You submit your ratings up there and see how to tune. For instance, Alex’s new Athlon went from a score of 36693 (this is really 36.693 frames per second in…
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nVHardpage
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Continue reading →: nVHardpagenVHardpage. On to tweaking the new video card. Wow, these new ones are incredibly powerful. This seems like the best utility for nVidia. Basically, it turns on some pretty complex menus you find in the advanced display menu. Also has a mode where you can test your video memory to…
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Connie's Overclocked Machine Stats
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Continue reading →: Connie's Overclocked Machine StatsWell, I finally got Alex’s new machine up and running. Thought I’d give overclocking a serious try to see how things are. Boy there are certainly some risks in it, but it is interesting to see how flexible folks have made these things. Here’s the machine today. The main gotcha…
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Ultimate Boot CD
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Continue reading →: Ultimate Boot CDUltimate Boot CD. Wow, what a great idea, here is a CD image of a bootable CD with everything on it. I tried to use Bart’s Boot CD stuff, but the script fails mysteriously. This is a better idea since it has everything on it already. A 56MB image.
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Continue reading →: Blowing up a Floppy Drive
Been putting together Connie’s new computer. First time I’ve ever had a machine not power up and also the first time I’ve smelled burning. Not good. Fortunately, didn’t burn out the whole motherboard. Whenever you build a new computer, make sure your hand is next to the power off switch.…
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Mac Flac and Bit Torrent
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Continue reading →: Mac Flac and Bit TorrentHere are some more tools that I’ve been using: * “Mac Flac”:http://www.danrules.com/macflac/. Flac is a lossless compression format for compressing CDs. * “Bit Torrent”:http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/. This is a pretty cool file download system. The client is a little strange as it is the usual obscure user interface. * “Experimental”:http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/. When you…
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Continue reading →: Connie's Work Machine
OK, Connie has $2,200 to buy a machine and printer for work. That’s the standard budget over at Harberview. They are standardized on Dell Optiplex desktops and Latitude notebooks. Interesting to see Windows 2000, not XP is part of the standard too. I’m not used to paying so much for…
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