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Tuesday Evening (0 Comments) (link)
Tuesday, 12-November-2002 17:30:23 (GMT +10) - by Agg

I want to do paintball again too! But.. perhaps in Winter next time. :)

A couple of nice PCDB entries: Glenndini has a custom perspex case set up with some blue lighting while Domin8r's is super-shiny, using automotive 2-pack colour-changing paint.

Electronic Frontiers Australia have published a very interesting analysis of the effectiveness of the Govt's internet censorship system in Australia. The estimated $2.7M annual cost of the scheme is difficult to justify given the limited outcomes achieved.

From Sniper: some people may be interested in finding out their Grandpa/ma's service details in the 2nd world war. I found my Grandpa's records which I never knew before.

With all the talk of terrorism lately, even cute furry animals are getting in on the act, thanks sw1tch.

Apparently Korea will be rolling out broadband to all households, thanks Sabretooth.

Volenti spotted this funny hardforum thread about breaking stuff.. some strong language.

There's a new search engine for hardware reviews.

SGI have a new compact supercomputer in the pipeline, thanks Alfredo.

Timewasters: CurveBall from Scott and last man standing (cricket) from Adam.

Most users ever online was 529 on 11th November 2002 at 10:25 PM. Woohoo!

Interesting Forum Threads:
Mobile Phone / CD Player - Haunted or Feature? in The Pub.
What about an overclockers dinner party? in Geek Food.
What was your first online game? in Games.
What's the best backup system? in Newbie Lounge.
Is it bad to push a CD tray in? in Newbie Lounge.

Reviews:
ExtremeDDR PC3500+ DDR SDRAM on MBReview.
VLS Lost-In-Space LCD display on KepTech.
Thermalright SK7 socket cooler on OCIA.
Trust 3000P 5.1 Speakers on JSI.
Xoxide X-Rack Neon CD Tower on SubZeroTech.
Lian-Li PC6087 aluminium case on IANAG.
ECS L7VTA KT400-based socketA DDR motherboard on HWZ.
AquaXtreme-XP SocketA watercooling kit on OCAddiction.
Fanbus Controller on Bjorn3D.
Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG case on VR-Zone.

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