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NASA Game - NetworKing

Submitted by Hashy on Wed, 12/10/2011 - 18:17

m0rnin,

just stumbled up0n this game fr0m NASA. Br0wser based, Java stuff I think, might need t0 install s0me thing t0 get it g0ing but sh0uld run fine after that. l00ks interesting.

The aim appears t0 be t0 build a w0rking space c0mmunicati0ns netw0rk. I’m ab0ut t0 give this a g0 right n0w, will let y0u’s kn0w what it is like, any0ne is free t0 give it a sh0t t00, a bit 0f a change fr0m the aim and sh00t stuff =)

link t0 NetworKing – http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/scan.html

Thanks t0 wh0ever at NASA gets paid t0 pr0duce this kinda sh!t =D

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Garmin eTrex 30 GPS + GLONASS

Submitted by Hashy on Wed, 05/10/2011 - 16:21

can g0 here f0r specs – https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=87774

but I g0t it fr0m here – http://www.ja-gps.com.au/Garmin/etrex-30/

Had f0r ab0ut a full day n0w. Just f0und 0ut, as I suspected, that it receives signals n0t 0nly fr0m the US GPS netw0rk, but als0 the netw0rk that the Russians are building – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS
Presumably named because y0u can see y0ur Ass, gl0wing, that is t0 say, the d0nkey…uhh.never mind..

Here’s s0me quick picys I t00k.

Pretty basic, as the eTrex series is supp0sed t0 be, but this is the better m0del 0f the 3 new eTrex m0dels, the 10, 20, and 30. I w0uld pr0bably rec0mmend the eTrex 10 n0w as the basic unit needed f0r IPX Treks. h0wever really thats just because 0f the price, y0u wanna g0 with a 20 0r a 30.

New Bad Company 2 Patch

Submitted by Hashy on Thu, 22/09/2011 - 11:33

m0rnin,

pe0ple playing in the c0mpeitit0n ladder sh0uld be aware by n0w, but f0r th0se wh0 are n0t, there is a new patch f0r Bad Company 2.

It is 2.6GB in size

Manual d0wnl0ad f0r n0n steam users, like me, can be f0und here – http://games.on.net/file/45256/Battlefield_Bad_Company_2_-_Manual_Client...

m0re inf0 0n the patch can be f0und here – http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/09/...

stability and perf0rmance enhancements. h0pefully this fixes the pr0blems me and my vide0 card have with the game rand0mly fr0m time t0 time l0sing textures.

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R18+ Classification Looks Good to Go!

Submitted by Hashy on Wed, 10/08/2011 - 16:16

m0rnin,

http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/08/10/3290150.htm

l00ks like the R18+ Classificati0n f0r vide0 games is g00d t0 g0 after NSW Attorney General finally b0wing t0 the maj0rity..

c0nsider this a win f0r c0mm0n sense.

What are y0ur views ab0ut this matter? d0 y0u think this is really necessary? h0w is it g0ing t0 affect us?

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New Call for Folding @ Home

Submitted by Hashy on Thu, 04/08/2011 - 19:51

m0rnin,

This is mainly directed at 0ur newer members. y0u may n0t be aware that Team IPX participated in the Gnome Folding @ Home project. This pr0ject is managed by Stanford University, and it is a distributed computing program.

y0u d0wnl0ad w0rk units, pr0cess them, and then upl0ad the results t0 their netw0rks. No big deal huh? It uses the spare CPU processing time that your otherwise not using, and chugs away in the background.

I’ll state this now: Many team members have in the past had issues getting folding to run consistently. Best case, you might have to just manually start the program everytime your computer starts, but worst case you wont be able to get it to run at all.
I ask the new members, and remind the older members here, to please give folding for the team a go!

Team IPX stats page: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=136356

Juno To Jupiter!

Submitted by Hashy on Thu, 04/08/2011 - 16:29

m0rnin,

at 11:34am Friday 5th August US Eastern time, Juno will set sail f0r the planet Jupiter.
That is 1:34am Saturday 6th August f0r us here 0n Australian Eastern time.

Juno will be the sec0nd spacecraft sent t0 Jupiter specifically, since Galileo. Aside from that, I think a few of the earlier spacecraft visited Jupiter, but 0nly racked up s0me Fly By p0ints al0ng the way. Juno is planned to stay at Jupiter for a years worth of science observations. The last spacecraft to fly by Jupiter was New Horizons, using Jupiter f0r a gravity assist t0 help speed its way 0ff t0 Plut0.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_%28spacecraft%29

Juno should arrive at Jupiter in July of 2016

It will bring us back bigger and better pictures then ever 0f Jupiter, as well as make a study 0f the planets poles, amongst a whole bunch of other scientific mumbo jumbo.

WE DIDN'T D0 IT!!!

Submitted by Hashy on Sat, 23/07/2011 - 15:35

m0rnin,

Just t0 be clear, we had n0thing t0 d0 with it.

m0re then 80 are dead after a twin terr0rist attack in Norway.

Team IPX d0es n0t end0rse this attack, we had n0thing t0 d0 with it, and 0ur hearts g0 0ut t0 0ur Svalsbardian br0thers and sisters wh0 are unrightfully caught up in this mess.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-23/norway-hit-by-twin-attacks/2807138

Next thing y0u kn0w they will be blaming Svalsbardian Anti Whaling Terr0rists, d0nt let it happen!

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FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING : Atlantis

Submitted by Hashy on Thu, 21/07/2011 - 14:34

m0rnin,

The h0ur is alm0st up0n us. The final chapter, the last leg, the big g00dbye its all happening, in a little ab0ut 6 h0urs fr0m n0w ( i thiink, I suck at translating timez0nes…)

y0u can watch the landing live 0n NASA TV. but d0nt expect t0 see much, as it will be an early m0rning landing 0ver there, night visi0n cameras are 0ur friends..

NASA TV – http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

NASA Final Shuttle Mission Page – http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/135_splash/index.html

Landing is at 5:56am US Eastern time. It is 11:30pm US Eastern time right n0w.. d0 the math, I just w0ke up =p

Atlantis als0 yesterday released the space shuttle pr0gram’s 180th and final payl0ad, the Picosat, a 5” by 5” by 10” miniature satellite techn0l0gy dem0nstrati0n and evalauati0n.

Here’s t0 a safe landing f0r Atlantis and its crew. Thanks f0r the mem0ries and every ag0nizing launch. We will never have t0 fear giant chunks 0f f0am again!