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Tuesday Afternoon
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Tuesday, 29-September-2009 13:58:33 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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A few people sent word that the Pirate Party is opening an Australian branch and will contest the next federal election. The Pirate Party, which evolved from cultural and legal skirmishes with authorities in Sweden and Germany, last week updated the Australian website it registered last year and advertised for a president, treasurer, secretary and supporting positions.
They're rolling out the National Broadband Network in Tasmania and Sniper spotted this cool trench-digging machine being used. No picks and shovels here - this is the $1.2 million machine imported to dig the trenches for the Tasmania's National Broadband Network (NBN).
Google have added nearly 2000 back-issues of LIFE magazine to their online Google Books service. It's the perfect complement to Google Images' astonishing LIFE photo archive, and as useful a reference work on several eventful decades of American history as we’re going to get in one place.
Speaking of history, VooDoo spotted this video of two cars crashing into each other, with an age difference of 50 years, to demonstrate advances in vehicle safety. 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. This test was for IIHS's 50th year anniversary in the safety research business!
Intel have a new heatsink for Core i9. The company’s 32nm six-core Gulftown monster that several refer to as "Core i9" has undergone a heatsink redesign, moving from the top-mounted placement of the fan on the fins to a vertical design which carries hot airflow out the back of the chassis.
Dave spotted this guide to NVIDIA SLI on all motherboards. Despite the small current list, this modification allow to run SLI on ANY chipset, and not just Intel or NVIDIA. Technically SLI can be enabled even on a Motherboard with an AMD Chipset. Of course, board must have two or more PCI-Express slots for graphic cards.
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