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Saturday April 26, 2003

[H]ardNews 3rd Edition

Truth Revealed:

Everyone had wondered how Pecos could pull off those 18 hour BF1942 CTF marathons without going AFK once.

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Moths + Flame

The first lesson of Internet is...Don't believe everything you read. The second lesson of Internet is...Don't believe everything you read. But it is fun to see who will actually buy it.

My buddy who works for ___ was in town, and paid me a visit, and I got to play a little bit with a new Radeon card!!!

1700 OCing:

WinHQ is simply showing off what is a beautiful thing. Get you some of these lucky 1700+s before they are all gone.

Here we are going to take a look at one of the hottest new processors out, the DLT3C model JIUHB stepping Athlon XP 1700+. I specify DLT3C because it is different from the more common DUT3C model. What the change in letter from U to L means is that the default vcore is now 1.5v (the L) instead of the more common 1.6v (the U). Here is a useful resource for identifying what other letters mean.

File Sharing Tech:

I am sure the RIAA loved this one... Thanks Joe McGuire.

In a stunning move, the courts have ruled that Grokster and Streamcast Networks were not liable for illegal copying. This is a major blow to the music industry if it stands up in court.

Judge Stephen Wilson sided with the two companies in his 34 page ruling, citing the 1984 case where the courts sided with Sony after the movie industry filed suit against the company for producing VCRs, which could be used to illegally copy movies.

Lap It Up:

This is an especially good idea if you are working with a HSF unit that sucks, and may not be a bad idea for some that don't. If you really want to get into mating surfaces (insert your own bad joke here) go for the gold and lap that CPU too.

Lapping a heatsink is basically sanding it until it is perfectly flat. This requires several grades of sandpaper, from about 600 grit to 2000 grit and 10,000 grit polish. The higher the grit, the finer the sandpaper, and the smoother the sanding job.

Head'um Up:

More Longhorn screenshots and changes are revealed over at FlexBeta.

To my surprise, the Longhorn that Winbeta.org generously leaked to the internet was actually an upgrade rather than the full version. Luckily, I still had my Longhorn 4008 installed on my D drive.

Posted by Kyle 10:21 PM (DST)