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Submission + - XP on 8MHz Intel Pentium and 20MB RAM

Submitted by

swehack

on Saturday February 24, 2007 @09:31AM

swehack writes: "The germans over at Winhistory.de managed to get their Windows XP Professional to run on an Intel Pentium clocked down to 8MHz and 20MB RAM. Here is the english version of their article, with plenty of pictures. On a related note they also won the golden hourglass for 'extreme waste of time'. What obscure hardware configurations have you managed to get Windows running on?"

Submission + - Duct Tape to control Mad Astronaut?

Submitted by netwolf on Friday February 23, 2007 @05:13PM

netwolf writes: The plan to tranquilize a mad astronaut is outlined in this CNN article: " NASA's plan for unstable astronauts: Duct tape, tranquilizers" http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/23/astronaut .plan.ap/index.html. Interesting part: "A gun would be out of the question... NASA has determined that there is no need for weapons at the space station" What happens when aliens attack?

Submission + - Frequency Filtered Statistical Beat Detection

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Friday February 23, 2007 @03:46PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Ever wonder how beat detection software works? Frequency Filtered Statistical Sound Energy Beat Detection: An Inside Look is a 5 minute lecture about a simple beat detector. Includes full voice annotation and graphs of the internal state of the detector."

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