I built a WinXP machine that runs SnapStream's BeyondTV PVR application. I use a Zalman HSF (1600 RPM), 1 case fan, and the power supply fan as the only air management in the system. The video card is a GeForce 4 MX with a passive cooler. It also has a pair of 7200 RPM IDE HDs in it.
I was running into some lockups and stuff with a XP2400+ CPU in the system.
I took it out, and purchased a Athlon XP-M. I use Crystal CPU ID to dynamically change the CPU multiplier on the fly. It works great.
Most of the time the CPU is idle when it's not recording or doign playbacks. So it runs at 800 MHz. Conserves power and helps keep the temperature in the case down which is most important to me.
I have a 2004 Chevy Malibu. One of Chevy's first cars to offer electric power steering assist, instead of the more conventional hydraullic power steering. The idea AFAIK is to cut down on mileage (no more pump constantly running) and to cut down on maintenance (no PS fluid level to check/leak).
From what I've read, its control system works on 3 sensors. Vehicle speed sensors (you need more torque in a parking lot, than on the highway), torque sensor, position sensor.
Chevy issued a recall on the system because one of the sensors is failing. It really wasn't a big deal, the car would enter this condition, and slowly disengage the power assist. One of the theories I read was that some lubrication during the installation of the steering column is oozing onto some part of the sensor screwing it up.
I've taken it to the dealership twice for the service. They have replaced the column twice. Both times I've gotten the car back, they have failed to calibrate all the sensors correctly. The car steers easier right than it does left. It really pisses me off, cause the car is fine, and I really like it. But if the idiot mechanics can't fix it correctly, it could end up becoming a lemon.
Papyrus's last NASCAR game was 2003, before EA got the NASCAR exclusive license. We've been stuck with NASCAR Thunder series, and its nowhere even close.
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Athlon Mobile-XP 2200+
Zalman CPU Heatsink and Fan (1600RPM - QUIET)
NVidia GeForce4 MX
Hauppauge PVR-250
Streamzap Remote
Actisys IR Blaster
Windows XP
Beyond TV 3 - PVR Software
The GeForce4 MX GPU is passively cooled with just a heatsink. The only fans in the system are the power supply fans and the CPU fan. The CPU fan has been "underclocked" down to 1600 RPM.
The CPU I use is Barton core at 1.6 GHz (I think). Being a mobile part, it has a much lower stock voltage, and can't change clock multiplier on the fly. I use CrystalCPUID (Toms Hardware) to underclock the CPU to save power and keep it nice and cool.
The system runs great. It's very quiet, the HDDs make more noise than the fans do, and I have no thermal issues. Best of all, it was very inexpensive. I put it together for around $500. No monthly subscription fees for Beyond TV either, and their SW works great.
I'm running Mandrake in my office now, and I'm gonna try to create a similar setup with Myth TV too just to try it out.
This is getting into a kind of grey area. The XBox live service is probing your XBox, to find out if you have a mod chip. Is it ethical for SW and services to probe your system like this?
Furthermore, what is next in the scheme of things. They want to stop modding. Do they next find ways to permenately prevent users on modded xboxes from playing any games, even if they are not online?
I would normally say, that this would be a far stretch of things, but this is Microsoft, their business practices have never been very ethical.
But are those high density, double density, or that wierd extra high density? To confusing. That's why I stick with my cassettes (C64 tape drive of course)
Saturn: Daytona USA we played it for HOURS and HOURS and HOURS. Sega Rally - Game Over Yeah! Guardian Heroes Radiant Silvergun XMen vs. Streetfighter (import) Saturn Bomberman
Playstation: Gran Turismo Metal Gear Solid Castlevania: SOTN Square RPGs
I think it's clear to everyone this isn't reverse engineering. They are copying the instruction set, which in most peoples opinion, is no sin. It's of mutual benefit if the instruction sets are compatible, and there is a cross-licensing agreement in place between the two companies to ensure this.
What I think is that Intel is now saying, "Oh crap, we missed 2 instructions!" Now do they quickly add them in to maintain the compatibility, or create this wiered instruction set that is always going to be known as "Intel's Mostly Compatible AMD64 Instruction Set". I would like to see them add the 2 instructions in, just to make it easier for software developers.
Video games take 1+ year to develop, with teams that can consist of up to 100+ people, working more than 40 hrs/week nonstop busting their ass. They all probably needed a pretty decent eductation too. Finished product costs $50-$30, and will almost eventually go down to $20 or less.
Movies (even though the RIAA is pissing me off too) take close to a year to create, can have a cast of 1,000s, and even have to pay over priced actors. Yet the finished product only costs $5 at the theatre, or $17 for your personal copy, complete with bonus goodies.
But if Britney takes her time and makes two really good songs (which should take like, what a month, for not even a dozen people), then she fluffs her CD with 8-9 other crappy tracks, then a few remixes (we call it reuse in the software world, cause it's really cheap), I should pay $16. And to top it off, there isn't even anything to use with my eyes except for the little shitty CD booklet.
The truth is music is OVERPRICED, way OVERPRICED!!! Start selling it for a nickel per track and I'll start buying, cause that what it's worth!
Yeah, sorry, I mixed up my numbers. It's hard to keep track when the HP figure is constantly dropping (250 -> 247 -> 238) Link
And it doesn't even really make that much power, just excuses.
And I said it was less than 160 because I didn't recall the exact figure. 160 isn't very flattering for something that wants to consider itself a sportscar.
And that fact still is that the car is slow (relative to other sports cars), and everybody knows it. I still ask, why is that car on that list?
The renesis design might be slightly improved over the older rotaries, but this car's performance is terrible. It doesn't make 238 HP, Mazda even says so and has derated it, and based on what people who dyno test it, it's even lower than Mazda's new figures. And it has less than 160 lb-ft of torque!
Yeah, the NA rotary might have improved a little bit since it's last generation, but look around at everything else, they have improved MUCH more. From 4 cylinders like the Subaru and Honda on up to 8 cyclinders like LS1/LS6 V8s in Corvette/Camaro/Firebirds/GTOs, everything else has improved much more and left the rotary in the dust.
Take that thing off the list, it doesn't belong.
They can start charging P2P downloaders as soon as they start paying the P2P hosts for wasting their bandwidth. If you are going to charge someone for downloading a file, you better host your own damn file.
Also, like others have said, what do they plan to do about downloads that don't work, or they just were encoded with a crappy codec.
I also don't see how music artists think their stupid CDs are worth over $10 (US). Compare the production costs of a DVD movie to music CD. I would say a DVD probably costs roughly 200 times more to make, so a CD should cost roughly 200 times less. Yep about a dollar, maybe 2 dollars after manufacturing expenses. The music industry fails to see what the real problem is, their product isn't worth the cost, and that is why people aren't willing to pay.
If the music industry put out downloads for 25 cents per track (which is still way more than they should be, that is generous IMO) in a non-DRM format (haven't they ever heard of MP3), people would pay just so they don't have to hassle with the P2P network.
And seriously, get rid of this DRM shit already. Compare the number of MP3 players to WMV/iTunes format players there are.
I built a WinXP box for less than $300. SnapStream can be had with promotion/coupon for $50. It gives great results, even better if you buy a Hauppage PVR card with built in MPEG2 enocoder.
$900 seems a bit steep.
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I built a WinXP machine that runs SnapStream's BeyondTV PVR application. I use a Zalman HSF (1600 RPM), 1 case fan, and the power supply fan as the only air management in the system. The video card is a GeForce 4 MX with a passive cooler. It also has a pair of 7200 RPM IDE HDs in it.
I was running into some lockups and stuff with a XP2400+ CPU in the system.
I took it out, and purchased a Athlon XP-M. I use Crystal CPU ID to dynamically change the CPU multiplier on the fly. It works great.
Most of the time the CPU is idle when it's not recording or doign playbacks. So it runs at 800 MHz. Conserves power and helps keep the temperature in the case down which is most important to me.
I have a 2004 Chevy Malibu. One of Chevy's first cars to offer electric power steering assist, instead of the more conventional hydraullic power steering. The idea AFAIK is to cut down on mileage (no more pump constantly running) and to cut down on maintenance (no PS fluid level to check/leak).
From what I've read, its control system works on 3 sensors. Vehicle speed sensors (you need more torque in a parking lot, than on the highway), torque sensor, position sensor.
Chevy issued a recall on the system because one of the sensors is failing. It really wasn't a big deal, the car would enter this condition, and slowly disengage the power assist. One of the theories I read was that some lubrication during the installation of the steering column is oozing onto some part of the sensor screwing it up.
I've taken it to the dealership twice for the service. They have replaced the column twice. Both times I've gotten the car back, they have failed to calibrate all the sensors correctly. The car steers easier right than it does left. It really pisses me off, cause the car is fine, and I really like it. But if the idiot mechanics can't fix it correctly, it could end up becoming a lemon.
Papyrus's last NASCAR game was 2003, before EA got the NASCAR exclusive license. We've been stuck with NASCAR Thunder series, and its nowhere even close. By by NFL2K and Visual Concepts.
Any guesses as to how many of those images were really made with Photoshop?
Athlon Mobile-XP 2200+
Zalman CPU Heatsink and Fan (1600RPM - QUIET)
NVidia GeForce4 MX
Hauppauge PVR-250
Streamzap Remote
Actisys IR Blaster
Windows XP
Beyond TV 3 - PVR Software
The GeForce4 MX GPU is passively cooled with just a heatsink. The only fans in the system are the power supply fans and the CPU fan. The CPU fan has been "underclocked" down to 1600 RPM.
The CPU I use is Barton core at 1.6 GHz (I think). Being a mobile part, it has a much lower stock voltage, and can't change clock multiplier on the fly. I use CrystalCPUID (Toms Hardware) to underclock the CPU to save power and keep it nice and cool. The system runs great. It's very quiet, the HDDs make more noise than the fans do, and I have no thermal issues. Best of all, it was very inexpensive. I put it together for around $500. No monthly subscription fees for Beyond TV either, and their SW works great.
I'm running Mandrake in my office now, and I'm gonna try to create a similar setup with Myth TV too just to try it out.
This is getting into a kind of grey area. The XBox live service is probing your XBox, to find out if you have a mod chip. Is it ethical for SW and services to probe your system like this?
Furthermore, what is next in the scheme of things. They want to stop modding. Do they next find ways to permenately prevent users on modded xboxes from playing any games, even if they are not online?
I would normally say, that this would be a far stretch of things, but this is Microsoft, their business practices have never been very ethical.
But are those high density, double density, or that wierd extra high density? To confusing. That's why I stick with my cassettes (C64 tape drive of course)
Saturn:
Daytona USA we played it for HOURS and HOURS and HOURS.
Sega Rally - Game Over Yeah!
Guardian Heroes
Radiant Silvergun
XMen vs. Streetfighter (import)
Saturn Bomberman
Playstation:
Gran Turismo
Metal Gear Solid
Castlevania: SOTN
Square RPGs
N64:
Mario
Zelda
GoldenEye
Perfect Dark
I think it's clear to everyone this isn't reverse engineering. They are copying the instruction set, which in most peoples opinion, is no sin. It's of mutual benefit if the instruction sets are compatible, and there is a cross-licensing agreement in place between the two companies to ensure this.
What I think is that Intel is now saying, "Oh crap, we missed 2 instructions!" Now do they quickly add them in to maintain the compatibility, or create this wiered instruction set that is always going to be known as "Intel's Mostly Compatible AMD64 Instruction Set". I would like to see them add the 2 instructions in, just to make it easier for software developers.
Video games take 1+ year to develop, with teams that can consist of up to 100+ people, working more than 40 hrs/week nonstop busting their ass. They all probably needed a pretty decent eductation too. Finished product costs $50-$30, and will almost eventually go down to $20 or less. Movies (even though the RIAA is pissing me off too) take close to a year to create, can have a cast of 1,000s, and even have to pay over priced actors. Yet the finished product only costs $5 at the theatre, or $17 for your personal copy, complete with bonus goodies. But if Britney takes her time and makes two really good songs (which should take like, what a month, for not even a dozen people), then she fluffs her CD with 8-9 other crappy tracks, then a few remixes (we call it reuse in the software world, cause it's really cheap), I should pay $16. And to top it off, there isn't even anything to use with my eyes except for the little shitty CD booklet. The truth is music is OVERPRICED, way OVERPRICED!!! Start selling it for a nickel per track and I'll start buying, cause that what it's worth!
Yeah, sorry, I mixed up my numbers. It's hard to keep track when the HP figure is constantly dropping (250 -> 247 -> 238) Link And it doesn't even really make that much power, just excuses.
And I said it was less than 160 because I didn't recall the exact figure. 160 isn't very flattering for something that wants to consider itself a sportscar.
And that fact still is that the car is slow (relative to other sports cars), and everybody knows it. I still ask, why is that car on that list?
The renesis design might be slightly improved over the older rotaries, but this car's performance is terrible. It doesn't make 238 HP, Mazda even says so and has derated it, and based on what people who dyno test it, it's even lower than Mazda's new figures. And it has less than 160 lb-ft of torque! Yeah, the NA rotary might have improved a little bit since it's last generation, but look around at everything else, they have improved MUCH more. From 4 cylinders like the Subaru and Honda on up to 8 cyclinders like LS1/LS6 V8s in Corvette/Camaro/Firebirds/GTOs, everything else has improved much more and left the rotary in the dust. Take that thing off the list, it doesn't belong.
They can start charging P2P downloaders as soon as they start paying the P2P hosts for wasting their bandwidth. If you are going to charge someone for downloading a file, you better host your own damn file. Also, like others have said, what do they plan to do about downloads that don't work, or they just were encoded with a crappy codec. I also don't see how music artists think their stupid CDs are worth over $10 (US). Compare the production costs of a DVD movie to music CD. I would say a DVD probably costs roughly 200 times more to make, so a CD should cost roughly 200 times less. Yep about a dollar, maybe 2 dollars after manufacturing expenses. The music industry fails to see what the real problem is, their product isn't worth the cost, and that is why people aren't willing to pay. If the music industry put out downloads for 25 cents per track (which is still way more than they should be, that is generous IMO) in a non-DRM format (haven't they ever heard of MP3), people would pay just so they don't have to hassle with the P2P network. And seriously, get rid of this DRM shit already. Compare the number of MP3 players to WMV/iTunes format players there are.
I built a WinXP box for less than $300. SnapStream can be had with promotion/coupon for $50. It gives great results, even better if you buy a Hauppage PVR card with built in MPEG2 enocoder. $900 seems a bit steep.