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WTF, youtube censorship in Malaysia too?

almostthere — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:53:53 +0800

This is stupid since Tori herself gifted this and her MP3 as a Mother's Day gift

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type...california&aq=f

Click on it and see what happens next

HTC Magician Owners THREAD v3 REVIVED

almostthere — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:11:49 +0800

This is a (Hopefully) a revival of the O2 XDAII Mini Lovers CLUB V3 thread since there's no updtaes in the 1st page

Wiki details: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?p...me=HTC_Magician

1. Windows Mobile 6.1 now possible. Use this site to get the ROM's from Cotulla LATEST ROM: HTCMAG_ROM_WWE_O4

http://www.cotulla.pp.ru/Magician.html

Please follow developer's install instructions (Warning, next version maybe for 128Mb Magician's only)

Fixes for Cotulla's ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=493611

All other apps meant for WM6.1 are more then likely to work as long .NET CE required is no newer then v2.01

If you're facing trouble of your PDA shutting down or hanging, try using the batclear to reprogram the battery memory level or change your housing

By right it's recommended that you flash the ROM in XP but if you can't find an XP running com, here's the workaround

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

2. If you're itching to use Manila 2D (Warning, you're gonna be out of RAM for other apps very quickly): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread...326#post3465326

3. If you're a SPB Mobile Shell user, there's a mod for it here: http://www.imarche.net/omnia/index.php

3. Linux based OS is rumoured to be in the works but at the moment it's still in developement stage

4. Useful apps and tit-bits still available from V2 here: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/336400

5. Please do not ask if WM6.5 ROM's are out yet, it's still in beta stage and Atom users are having problems loading

6. For ALL ROM flashings, please use XP to perform it. Seems Vista's USB drivers in bootloader incompatible but try PM'ing me for the driver which may or may not work (Haven't tested it)

7. Hack to ensure Active Sync doesn't keep loading up for no reason

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread...ke+server+trick

Recommened apps

Google earth : http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB

Windows Mobile Live: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/mob...load-en-us.mspx (Use your PDA's browser to get it, if you can't, PM me)

Yahoo GO!: http://mobile.yahoo.com/yahoo/application (due to be available May 09')

xiaojin85's Wireless Manager (Enhanced): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536582

More to be added later

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[WTA] Where and how to customise like this?

almostthere — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:27:08 +0800

Some say this is Vienna alpha build but I don't think it is. However anyone knows where to obtain the skin and sidebar design?

Local car launches

almostthere — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:11:30 +0800

Never done this before let's start one and share what we've heard from the grapevine. Try to give as much as info as possible. I'll start

Car: Suzuki SX4
Date: 11/12/2007
Est. MSRP: RM89k/=

Yahoo Messenger for Vista

almostthere — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:04:01 +0800

Just got it in my mail today. Do give it a spin if you're a Vista user

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51992/*http://u...indowsvista.php

If anyone knows the direct download link please post it up

Darn good guide this un...

almostthere — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:48:32 +0800

For those who've always wanted to strike a good balance of raw clock speed and bandwidth, read on

QUOTE

Motherboard designers, memory manufacturers, and proprietors of performance hardware have been working hard to make modern system overclocking absolutely easy. Intel - central to all of this and largely responsible for what we here at The Tech Repository would call the "Golden Era of Overclocking" - is moving faster than ever in a effort to openly and publicly embrace the online enthusiast community. Even though this rush of progress is truely satisfying, the flash of recent success has left a somewhat rather large void of comprehension. Like with so many things in life, there must be a distinction between mere accomplishment and fundamental understanding. If your overclocking goals include nothing more than the desire for the absolute highest CPU clock speed possible then this article isn't for you. But if you want to know more about what really makes a great performance system, then we invite you to read on. The satisfaction of true accomplishment awaits.

When we last talked about memory we ended our investigation on a rather incomplete note. As you may recall, we lightly explored memory frequency and timings - focusing mainly on one of the more domineering specifications, CAS - and noted how several settings must co-exist in establishing what can prove to be a rather significant factor in overall system memory access latency. If you're not familiar with the concept of converting a relative memory timing rating to an actual time delay then you should review our earlier post (linked above) before continuing. Much of this article will build upon this seemingly innocuous abstraction.

Caught this on The Tech Repository's forums and it's one of the most useful guides and tool ever seen. Too bad it's for only Intel users. I'm saving a copy of the tool and the guide itself.

http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=195

Kudos to Kris @ freecableguy for busting his gut doing this guide

TOP SECRET

almostthere — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:06:25 +0800

Once again, Nagata-"smokey"-san has done again. This time his Tokyo Auto Salon ace was his v12 twin turbo Supra with totally wicked body-kit. From the publications I've read, the job was totally customized, particularly the engine bay to fit the twin turbo's, the mating of the Supra's 6 speed Getrag tranny to the Century's engine, new throttle body which dispensed the the electronic TB of the Century for 2 Pulsar N15 TB's, custom radiator's which are fitted at the back (Similiar to the Group B Audi Quattro). Any more info about the car and his other creations do share here

Video link of the Option Video review cortesy of Paul Tan's site

http://paultan.org/archives/2007/06/14/toy...gine/#more-4797

Rocket Dock

almostthere — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:20:23 +0800

Was surfing this site for themes and idea

http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/

and of all the apps there, the most interesting was Rocket Dock which is by far the most stable I've known. And it's Freeware

Get it here: http://www.punksoftware.com/download?project=RocketDock

Mitsubishi Protoype X

almostthere — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:29:23 +0800

Check it out and read it at Paultan.org. And please don't talk thru your backsides. Constructive discussion welcomed

http://paultan.org/archives/2007/01/15/mit...er-evolution-x/

Yahoo Messenger for Vista

almostthere — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:05:31 +0800

Check this out from Yahoo. Wish someone could come out with a skin like that or that Yahoo would relase a build for XP

http://messenger.yahoo.com/windowsvista.ph...alFUysAVOhwMMIF

BitTyrant

almostthere — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:14:27 +0800

Saw this today and currently downloading it. Will test it later once my torrents complete

http://bittyrant.cs.washington.edu/

QUOTE

Overview

BitTyrant is a new, protocol compatible BitTorrent client that is optimized for fast download performance. BitTyrant is...

* Fast - During evaluation testing on more than 100 real BitTorrent swarms, BitTyrant provided an average 70% download performance increase when compared to the existing Azureus 2.5 implementation, with some downloads finishing more than three times as quickly.
* Fair - BitTorrent was designed with incentives in mind: if a user is downloading at 30 KBps, they should upload at 30 KBps. However, due to the unique workload properties of many real-world swarms, this is not always enforced. BitTyrant is designed to make efficient use of your scarce upload bandwidth, rewarding those users whose upload allocations are fair and only allocating excess capacity to other users.
* Familiar - BitTyrant is based on modifications to Azureus 2.5, currently the most popular BitTorrent client. All of our changes are under the hood. You'll find the GUI identical to Azureus, with optional additions to display statistics relevant to BitTyrant's operation.

QUOTE

FAQ
Q: How is BitTyrant different from existing BitTorrent clients?

BitTorrent differs from existing clients in its selection of which peers to unchoke and send rates to unchoked peers. Suppose your upload capacity is 50 KBps. If you've unchoked 5 peers, existing clients will send each peer 10 KBps, independent of the rate each is sending to you. In contrast, BitTyrant will rank all peers by their receive / sent ratios, preferentially unchoking those peers with high ratios. For example, a peer sending data to you at 20 KBps and receiving data from you at 10 KBps will have a ratio of 2, and would be unchoked before unchoking someone uploading at 10 KBps (ratio 1). Further, BitTyrant dynamically adjusts its send rate, giving more data to peers that can and do upload quickly and reducing send rates to others.
Q: Will BitTyrant work for cable / DSL users?

Yes. Although the evaluation in our paper focuses on users with slightly higher upload capacity than is typically available from US cable / DSL providers today, BitTyrant's intelligent unchoking and rate selection still improves performance for users with less capacity. All users, regardless of capacity, benefit from using BitTyrant.
Q: Won't BitTyrant hurt overall BitTorrent performance if everyone uses it?

This is a subtle question and is treated most thoroughly in the paper. The short answer is: maybe. A big difference between BitTyrant and existing BitTorrent clients is that BitTyrant can detect when additional upload contribution is unlikely to improve performance. If a client were truly selfish, it might opt to withhold excess capacity, reducing performance for other users that would have received it. However, our current BitTyrant implementation always contributes excess capacity, even when it might not improve performance. Our goal is to improve performance, not minimize upload contribution.

download here

Alternate DL server here

Feedback is welcome

IE7 skinning compatibillity issues

almostthere — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:42:06 +0800

After I loaded JetBlack skin for WB5, I suddenly lost my tabs for IE7. Maybe it's because of some settings I messed about with. However after checking many sites for feedback, it seems it even occurs for StyleXP users too. Seems the current temporary fix is to add an exclusion in WB5 for IE7 which does return usabillity but seriously it's a real eyesore.

Any permanent aesthetically pleasing fix anyone?

What phones that will work with this?

almostthere — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 09:43:55 +0800

I was wondering what phones are compatible with these besides Windows Mobile based smartphones such as HP iPaq hw6515. Qool Pocket PC, MiTAC Mio A700, E-Ten G500

http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/sp...sdw822-en.shtml

Interesting article for Intel

almostthere — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:11:35 +0800

Courtesy of Tony OCZ which helps a lot in terms of understanding how the chipsets work at OC'ed speeds and how to best work on it

The discussion: http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106834

The article: http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22297

Note the article is to be updated as Tony makes further progress sifting thru the white papers

LYN's DDR2 Discussion

almostthere — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:38:57 +0800

Now with AM2 out and Conroe due in July, I think it's about time we started having a discussion and benches in terms of bandwidth for DDR2 modules. I've been searching around on the net and there hasn't been a properly collected DB of DDR2 overclocking.

Do share with us your results and screenies. Even if you're running it on P4

In order for a recognised database, please include links to CPU-Z's verification page for your rig and post screenshots of SiSoftware Sandra bandwidth test (Unbuffered)

Ranking will be done in terms of DRAM speeds obtained. Not processor clockspeeds or percentage of gain. However in the event of equal frequencies, I'd like a screenshot of bandwidth utilising preferably SiSoft's Sandra (Unbuffered)

1. pcmoddingmy: AMD 3000+ Orleans F2|DFI Infinity NF UltraII-M2|2 x OCZ 1GB PC2-8000 Titanium Alpha VX2@ 2.44v| DRAM: 540.8Mhz
2. Benny Lodewijk: E6600|Asus P5W DH Deluxe|2 x ADATA DDR2-800 512 (Elpida GE-E chips @ 2.4 volt) DRAM: 500Mhz
3. Soulfly: AMD 3000+ Orleans F2|BIOSTAR Tforce 550|1 x Corsair VS DDR2-667 (Elpida chip) @ 2.2v|DRAM: 450.4Mhz
4. irenic: Intel E6300 444x7 1.375vcore|Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 |1024x2 Mushkin DDR2 800 with green heatspreader (dunno what chipset)
@ddr2 4-5-5-15 2.1v|DRAM: 444Mhz
5. Tone: P4 631 3Ghz|Abit IL8|2 x Micron 512mb DDR2 667Mhz| DRAM: 394Mhz

Some known DDR2 chip list....

Crucial
Ballistix DDR2 Pc2-5300 (2.2V) 667 @ 3-3-3-12 [Micron BT-3, B6-3]
Ballistix DDR2 Pc2-6400 (2.2V) 800 @ 4-4-4-12 [Micron BT-37E, B6-37E, B6-25F]
Ballistix DDR2 PC2-8000 (2.2V) 1000 @ 5-5-5-15 [Micron BT-3, B6-3]

Corsair
Corsair XMS2 Twin2x 4300C3/PRO 533 @ 3-3-3-8 [Elpida]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2x 5400C4 667 @ 4-4-4-12 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 5400C4 Rev5.2 667 @ 4-4-4-12 [Micron D9DQW]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 5400C4 667 @ 4-4-4-12 [Nanya]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 5400UL 667 @ 3-3-2-8 [Micron D9DQT]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 6400C3 800 @ 3-4-3-9 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 6400C5 800 @ 5-5-5-12 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 8000UL 1000 @ 5-4-4-9 [Micron D9DQT]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 8500 1100 @ 5-5-5-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 8500C5 1100 @ 5-5-5-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
Corsair XMS2 Twin2X 8500UL 1100 @ 5-5-5-15 [Micron D9GMH]

G.Skill
G.SKILL DDR2 F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ (2.0V - 2.1V) 800 @ 4-4-4-12 [Micron D9GMH]
G.SKILL DDR2 F2-8000PHU1/2GBHX (2.2V - 2.3V) 1000 @ 4-4-4-5 [Micron D9GKX]

Kingston
Kingston Value RAM DDR2 PC2-6400 (1.8V) 800 @ 5-5-5-16 [Micron D9GKX]

Mushkin
Mushkin DDR2 EM2-6400 (1.8V - 2.1V) 800 @ 5-5-5-12 [Aeneon]
Mushkin DDR2 XP2-5300 (2.1V - 2.3V) 667 @ 3-3-3-10 [Elpida]
Mushkin DDR2 XP2-6400 (1.9V - 2.1V) 800 @ 4-3-3-10 [Micron D9GMH]
Mushkin DDR2 XP2-8000 REDLINE (2.2V - 2.3V) 1000 @ 4-5-4-11 [Micron D9GMH]

OCZ Technology
OCZ EB DDR2 PC2-4200 Platinum Rev.2 Limited Edition (2.0V) 533 @ 3-2-2-8 [Micron BT-37E]
OCZ EB DDR2 PC2-5400 Titanium (2.1V) 667 @ 4-2-2-8 [Micron BT-3]
OCZ EB DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum (2.1V) 800 @ 4-3-3-8 [Micron BT-3]
OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-6400 Platinum XTC (2.1V) 800 @ 4-5-4-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum XTC (2.1V) 1000 @ 5-5-5-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-8000 Platinum XTC Extreme Edition (2.1V) 1000 @ 4-5-4-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]

Patriot
PATRIOT DDR2 5300LL (1.8V) 667 @ 4-4-4-12 [Elpida, Micron D9GMH]
PATRIOT DDR2 6400LL (2.1V) 800 @ 4-4-4-12 [Micron D9DQT]
PATRIOT DDR2 7200LL (2.3V) 900 @ 5-5-5-15 [? ? ? ? ? ? ?]
PATRIOT DDR2 8000LL (2.3V) 1000 @ 5-5-5-15 [Micron D9DQT]

Super Talent
SUPER TALENT DDR2 6400 800 @ 4-3-4-8 [Micron D9DQT, D9GKX]
SUPER TALENT DDR2 8000 1000 @ 5-5-5-15 [Micron D9DQT, D9GKX]

TeamGroup
Team Xtreem DDR2 PC2-5300 (2.0V - 2.2V) 667 @ 3-3-3-8 [Micron D9GMH]
Team Xtreem DDR2 PC2-6400 (2.0V - 2.2V) 800 @ 4-4-4-12 [Micron D9GMH]
Team Xtreem DDR2 PC2-8000 (2.1V - 2.3V) 1000 @ 5-5-5-15 [Micron D9GMH]

===============================================

Memory ICs manufactured by Micron:

D9GKX B6-25E
D9GMH B6-3
D9GCT B6-37E
D9DQT BT-3
D9DQW BT-37E
D9GMG BN-3
D9DCN CB-37E
D9DCL CB-3
D9CHM BP-37E
D9DCD CC-37E

1.BT - legendary fat body. Discontinued product. Can take very low latencies with high voltage.
2.B6 - first 80nm chips. usual OC 950MHz 4-4-4
3.BN - ~ equals to B6 but are used in 256MB sticks
4.СB and others - nothing special. Max OC ~800 4-4-4

Suffixes (binning levels):
-5 200 MHz 4-4-4
-5E 200 MHz 3-3-3
-37E 267 MHz 4-4-4
-3 333 MHz 5-5-5
-3E 333 MHz 4-4-4
-25 400 MHz 6-6-6
-25E 400 MHz 5-5-5

Source (http://forums.overclockers.ru/viewtopic.php?p=2893524#2893524)

NANA

almostthere — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:53:12 +0800

QUOTE

On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist for her punk band "Blast", Nana aims for a major debut for "Blast" in Tokyo where her boyfriend, Ren, is the guitarist for a popular band "Trapnest". Sharing the same name "Nana", both girls quickly form a bond of friendship. Their paths cross again when they encounter each other while searching for accomodation in Tokyo. Eventually they decide to live together in the same unit and this further strengthens their bondage as the two "Nana(s)" go through their love lives and career in Tokyo.

Anybody else watched it yet? I've just finished watching episode 1. A bit girlish but the arts fantastic and the story line hold's some interests for those who just want a reality based anime

Tips and tricks for watercooling users

almostthere — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:37:50 +0800