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Offline motion55

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« Reply #2020 on: August 29, 2021, 09:09:07 AM »
^^^What is awesome is Creative Technology company is still relevant these days.
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« Reply #2021 on: August 29, 2021, 10:52:28 AM »
^ Awesome! The first time I actually opened and installed something on a PC was a SB16 sound card.

Mine too, along with a CDROM-drive, but it wasn't an SB card though. It was a no-name brand soundcard but still used a Yamaha chip.

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« Reply #2022 on: September 12, 2021, 03:20:02 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEMszbMUj68

Intel's Optane drives on Ice Lake Xeons are so fast they're causing XFS on Linux to kernel panic.
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« Reply #2023 on: September 13, 2021, 02:26:39 PM »
Here is a directory of suppliers of covid medicines,  medical supplies and equipment,  rt-pcr services, list of hospitals, quarantine facilities, etc.   Just navigate through the different tabs of the excel sheet.    Credit goes to the creators of this directory whose names may be found on the first tab under Gen Info.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1388ZRJYVayKxLj7N6kBlD1TaQjaj5wgh/edit#gid=925443889

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« Reply #2024 on: September 14, 2021, 04:45:09 PM »
What an incredibly cool project!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-1_JwlHO-8

A Pilot Spent 17 Years And 40,000 Hours Building A 1:3 Scale B-17 Flying Fortress

Every part is bespoke, and everything works. It even flies! Although of course the cockpit is no longer accurate as the pilot barely fits himself into the space originally meant for an entire crew.
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« Reply #2025 on: September 14, 2021, 07:30:57 PM »
That thing resurfaced a latent memory for me. Watching Spielberg's amazing stories at channel 9. So a gunner situated in that clear bubble was trapped. I think a landing gear got stuck, the only way for the plane to land is to sacrifice the dude. Anyhoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnJbsljcE4

Falkor! https://www.facebook.com/pincho.medinamedina/videos/977524599485760
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« Reply #2026 on: September 21, 2021, 10:26:39 AM »
Someone bought off all of Caselabs IP and looking to build them from Sweden.

https://www.overclock.net/threads/official-case-labs-owners-club.940461/page-1265?#post-28866114

https://www.overclock.net/threads/official-case-labs-owners-club.940461/page-1267#post-28868756

I hope they succeed as I always wanted own a Mercury S8 but [/size]I can only imagine how much of an uphill battle this is going to be as Caselabs has always been a niche brand.

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« Reply #2027 on: September 28, 2021, 12:49:19 AM »
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs/10114

Super Metroid FAQ by nemes1s. The guide has justified paragraphs, but is typed in a monospace font and does without any extra spaces. It's made justified by the author's word choice, sentence structure, and punctuation alone.
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« Reply #2028 on: September 28, 2021, 06:59:49 AM »
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs/10114

Super Metroid FAQ by nemes1s. The guide has justified paragraphs, but is typed in a monospace font and does without any extra spaces. It's made justified by the author's word choice, sentence structure, and punctuation alone.

Nice that there are still people who make these and even more awesome that people read them. Usually most go to YT for these guides.

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« Reply #2029 on: October 03, 2021, 07:47:22 PM »
How cool is this? Atari ST that's been in daily use since 1985! They really don't build 'em like they used to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LxPEz9x2fs
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Re: The Awesome Thread
« Reply #2030 on: November 15, 2021, 05:28:32 PM »
Nakaya-san super driving! (because Gan-san tried to run him off the road haha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wBiNn0r3T4
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Re: The Awesome Thread
« Reply #2031 on: December 03, 2021, 10:07:40 PM »
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Offline altec

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« Reply #2032 on: December 05, 2021, 12:33:40 PM »
The creation of a song.

Paul Mccartney, "get back": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kOQ5sgzhRA

Mike Dizon, Laklak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fMsRDC6e10

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« Reply #2033 on: February 21, 2022, 05:26:25 AM »
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Frogs Can Regrow Lost Legs in the Lab. Now, Researchers Say Human Limb Regeneration Could Happen ‘in Our Lifetime’
A 24-hour treatment using a five-drug cocktail kickstarted a yearlong regrowth process in the amphibians

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frogs-regrow-lost-legs-in-breakthrough-experiment-180979483/

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« Reply #2034 on: March 05, 2022, 09:05:26 AM »
Throwback. It's been a lifetime ago. He's gone to do something else.

(I mean, look at what have become of gootecks- went off the deep end with the conspiracy and all.)

But thanks for all the memories Mikku Rossu san! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeU3-8ZkGLw
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« Reply #2035 on: March 06, 2022, 11:34:10 PM »
Duterte approves inclusion of nuclear power in PH energy mix | ANC

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« Reply #2036 on: March 10, 2022, 11:27:10 AM »
NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago | NPR

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Fifty years ago, astronauts on one of NASA's Apollo missions hammered a pair of tubes 14 inches long into the surface of the moon. Once the tubes were filled with rocks and soil, the astronauts — Eugene Cernan and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt — vacuum-sealed one of the tubes, while the other was put in a normal, unsealed container. Both were brought back to Earth.

Now, scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston are preparing to carefully open that first tube, which has remained tightly sealed all these years since that 1972 Apollo 17 mission — the last time humans set foot on the moon.

Why so long? To take advantage of the technology of the future — our present.

More at the link.
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« Reply #2037 on: March 20, 2022, 11:04:55 PM »
Man manually transfers PS4 Pro APU, applying solder to each individual BGA pad one by one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7bFhnQkJ04
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Re: The Awesome Thread
« Reply #2038 on: March 27, 2022, 08:55:06 PM »
golly! still sounds the same after 37 years


even more significant now
https://youtu.be/Pkgd3tER1yI

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Re: The Awesome Thread
« Reply #2039 on: April 06, 2022, 07:39:50 AM »
I would actually daily drive this