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Entertainment District / Winning Intel ISEF 2005 Project!

« on: May 15, 2005, 03:20:32 pm »

It's pretty much the most bad ass project ever:

http://www.dark-wire.net/sidoh/uploads/haha!.jpg

Be sure to read every detail you can (sorry the picture isn't that great), there's some really funny shit on it!

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General Discussion / Intel ISEF

« on: May 10, 2005, 02:53:40 am »

Hey All,

I'm writing from the Wingate Inn in Phoenix, AZ at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

So far it's been a fantastic, amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience. For the opening ceremony earlier today, we had some AWESOME speakers. First, they had some mariachi band (which I didn't like much since I hate Spanish/Mexican-ish music) and a Native American trible/hoop dance (which I thought was really awesome) - mostly to represent the AZ culture, methinks. Anyway, after that, they had the chief meteorologist of AZ come up to stage (who from that point on was the sort of "announcer"). He then brought out the governer of AZ (who talked for a while) and she introduced/brought out Craig Berret (I think that was his name) - the President / CEO of Intel. He was a really awesome/laid back guy. He announced the "Intel Fellows" and "Intel Senior Fellows," which were basically Intel employees who had made some significant contribution to the study/progress in the Intel corporation.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Sally Ride (for those of you who don't know who she is, she was the first American Woman in space), who has her Ph.D in Astro Physics. She showed pictures from her flights in space.

We've also had a pin exchange (which was before the opening ceremony - last night), also very awesome. There were kids from 40 some different countries that were exchanging pins (and things of that nature). I'll have you all know that I got one from KOREA (w00t!!) ^_^.

I've also had somewhat of a chance to glance at the other computer science projects. Some of them are phenomenal. There's about 100 projects in my category, but I've only really memorized the titles of a few. There's another one on encryption (something to do with the number of sylables in a word + an encryption key, didn't read into it much), there's one on Decompling Java, some kid trying to get a cluster of Linux XBox's to network, one with a new multidementional mapping algorithm...ect. I can try to get a digital copy of the listings of project titles if any of you are interested. Also, if any of the above sound interesting to you, I can try to talk to the owner of the project and/or get a copy of their abstract for you (with the exception of those who's projects aren't in English...the kid a few projects down from me is from Istanbul, India. I think the one next to me is from Khazakastan :|).

Anyway, thought some of you might be interested. ^_^

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General Discussion / Computer Problems

« on: April 27, 2005, 06:10:09 pm »

Hey Everyone,

Lately, my computer's been acting very strangely. Yesterday, I left my computer for about 10 minutes and came back to a Blue Screen. I thought little of it (since it happens sometimes) and restarted my computer. The start process took a VERY long time (about 10-15 minutes). When it got past the Windows XP loading screen, my display went black for 9-14 minutes (or there-abouts). After this, it came up to the Blue Screen and I was forced to restart again. I tried the Windows XP Repair function, did the same thing.

I backed up everything and did a complete format/reinstall (I even burned a fresh copy of the CD). The boot sequence still takes forever, but when I'm able to get to the login screen. That "locks up" for another 5 minutes or so, and then my computer operates normally.

Any ideas on whats wrong/what to do? My first guess is a Hard Drive issue, but I'm hoping that's not the case since I just replaced the disk a few months ago.

Thanks in advance.