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I watched half of this show (watch rest later). It has some interesting info on a GM Crate Engine with 450HP and good fuel economy too. There are more Episodes on the site...

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Horsepower: E-Rod Powered Supercar - Episode 207

Aired: June 30, 2010 | Views: 21,426 | Comment

Another amazing Horsepower first. Joe and Mike drop a new GM Performance Parts E-rod Engine into a Factory Five Racing supercar. Witness the future of hot rodding with a high Horsepower, environmentally friendly motor powering a sleek,... (32:00)

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Horsepower: '55 Chevy Turbo Big Block - Episode 216

After building a super chassis for their new Bel Air build up, Joe and Mike add the latest turbo technology to the classic shoebox car. How about twin turbos on a stout new big block. Plus, they wrap up the whole project with new A/C,... (18:00)

Aired: January 6, 2011

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Horsepower launches a Tri-five project with an original '55 Chevy. First, removing the body to replace the factory frame with a new, custom built foundation. Then, they'll build up the rolling chassis with new suspension and brake... (18:02)

Aired: January 6, 2011

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Horsepower: New Camaro Performance Upgrades - Episode 214

Mike and Joe install several performance upgrades on a 2010 Camaro, including a new Cold air kit, Headers and Exhaust. Then they'll reprogram the computer before testing on the shop's chassis dyno. Also, they'll build a Ford 302 on a... (17:52)

Aired: January 6, 2011

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Horsepower turns a carbureted 350 smallblock in a '72 Chevelle into a more efficient EFI-Controlled powerplant. The result: better idle, throttle response and fuel efficiency. Also, phase two of the Autocross Camaro project, as Mike... (28:14)

Aired: January 6, 2011

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Horsepower: Modern Muscle Supercharging - Episode 212

Horsepower discovers the secrets behind Edelbrock's new F-Force Supercharger for late model muscle cars. Plus, Joe and Mike begin transforming a '98 Camaro into a Champion autocross performer. (18:00)

Aired: August 17, 2010

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Horsepower: Low Buck Hemi - Episode 211

Horsepower recycles a new generation 5.7 liter Hemi engine and with only a handful of new parts builds up an "elephant" beast. Then they feed it with a new piece of EFI technology the helps their budget Mopar makes some impressive dyno... (18:03)

Aired: August 17, 2010

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Horsepower: Chevy Hybrid Smallblock Build - Episode 210

Something unique even for Horsepower: a GM smallblock built with the sturdy, old-style 350 block and the more modern LS top end. What kind of power will this hybrid make? The results might amaze. (17:43)

Aired: July 1, 2010

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Horsepower: GT to Roush Conversion - Episode 209

Joe and Mike transform a stock Mustang GT to a Roush car with a supercharger, suspension and brake upgrade. Then, they test results on the chassis dyno and on the pavement. (17:57)

Aired: July 1, 2010

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Horsepower: Mustang Track Car on Course - Episode 208

Horsepower takes its '68 Mustang Track Car to Nashville Super Speedway for a test of speed, cornering and braking. Next, the big sweepstakes giveaway. Plus, a visit to the shop NHRA Pro Stock racers, Greg Anderson and Jason Line. They're... (17:58)

Aired: July 1, 2010

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Horsepower: E-Rod Powered Supercar - Episode 207

Another amazing Horsepower first. Joe and Mike drop a new GM Performance Parts E-rod Engine into a Factory Five Racing supercar. Witness the future of hot rodding with a high Horsepower, environmentally friendly motor powering a sleek,... (32:00)

Aired: June 30, 2010

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Six recent Wyo Tech grads invade the Horsepower shop to rebuild a U.S. Army soldier's 1982 Camaro. They build a new motor, rebuild the trans and upgrade the suspension and brakes before surprising the owner when the work is done. (17:55)

Aired: June 30, 2010

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Horsepower: Twin Turbo Dodge Challenger - Episode 205

A Horsepower first! Mike and Joe bring in a new Dodge Challenger to turbocharge its 6.1 liter Hemi engine. It's all done without any cutting or modification of the factory car. The result is a "sleeper" that wakes the neighborhood when... (17:48)

Aired: April 5, 2010

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Horsepower: Horsepower's Blue Oval 302 - Episode 204

Making power on a budget is the goal of Horsepower this time, as they take a Ford 302 block and build it up to a 306 cubic inch, 400+ horsepower street-fighter. (17:57)

Aired: March 22, 2010

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Horsepower: Battle of the Big Blocks - Episode 423

Which monumental motor will make the most horsepower - the Chevy 454 or the Ford 460? Joe and Mike build one of each in the Horsepower shop. Then, a showdown on the dyno will determine which is the baddest. (18:01)

Aired: March 8, 2010

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Horsepower: 2010 Blown Camaro - Episode 422

Horsepower becomes first TV show to supercharge Chevy's new factory muscle car, the 2010 Camaro. Mike and Joe will bolt on a new kit to pump an already powerful, stock V-8 smallblock. Then, they use their chassis dyno to measure the... (18:04)

Aired: February 8, 2010

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Horsepower: Deep Breathing Monte Carlo - Episode 421

Mike and Joe build their own a super high performance cold air intake system for their Monte Carlo project car. Plus, they test the newest craze in drag racing, using fifth-scale remote controlled, gas powered cars. (17:52)

Aired: February 22, 2010

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Here's another Printer Network Backdoor to watch out for...

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Vulnerability Note VU#281284

Samsung Printer firmware contains a hardcoded SNMP community string

Original Release date: 26 Nov 2012 | Last revised: 29 Nov 2012

Overview

Samsung printers contain a hardcoded SNMP community string that could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected device.

Description

Samsung printers (as well as some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung) contain a hardcoded SNMP full read-write community string that remains active even when SNMP is disabled in the printer management utility.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker could access an affected device with administrative read/write privileges. Secondary impacts include: the ability to make changes to the device configuration, access to sensitive information (e.g., device and network information, credentials, and information passed to the printer), and possibility the ability to leverage further attacks through arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Samsung and Dell have stated that models released after October 31, 2012 are not affected by this vulnerability. Samsung and Dell have also indicated that they will be releasing a patch tool later this year to address vulnerable devices.

Block Port 1118/udp

The reporter has stated that blocking the custom SNMP trap port of 1118/udp will help mitigate the risks.

Restrict Access

As a general good security practice, only allow connections from trusted hosts and networks. Restricting access would prevent an attacker from accessing an SNMP interface using the affected credentials from a blocked network location. (e.g. Using IP filtering and Mac address filtering)

Disable SNMP protocol

Samsung is advising end users to disable SNMPv1, 2 or use the secure SNMPv3 mode until the firmware updates are released.
*Note that the vulnerability reporter has stated that the community string that remains active even when SNMP is disabled in the printer management utility.

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Amarok is an Open Source Music Player. I have use it some, in the Past. But, now it is Locking up, when I try to open it up on my Fedora 14 System. I remember that Amarok has always used too much System Resources for my 1.8GHz Core 2 with 2.5GB of Ram. But, now it is eating up the CPU Resources and wont even start up, after waiting 30 to 60 Seconds. So, I went ahead and uninstalled it. So that I wont forget and try to use it again. And go through the aggravation of figuring out what is wrong again. I did a couple of searched on the Amarok Support Page. But, didn't see my problem. Let me know if you find an answer...

Here's a few Screen Shots of what I uninstalled and what I kept...

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Here's a way to make those Old Sci-Fi Movie Sound Effects. Yes, Kiddies, that is how they did it back in the Olden Days... Wonder where he got that Giant Slinky???

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analogue soundlab 3

by Jochem van Grieken

Posted on 24/11/2012 | 2 Comments

Another experiment with extremely long spring reverbs. For this one I suspended 100 meters of 3.5mm galvanized steel in a long hallway. This time I used a piezo element to amplify the sound.

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This is a nice looking Old Radio Updated to Tune in Web Casts...

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Florian Amrhein : Radio

This is a nice internet radio I built. It can tune into internet radio stations from all over the world. It's built into the case of an old valve radio and the controls work pretty much the same way they did in radios back then.

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Hardware

Vintage valve radio

I bought an old radio off eBay. It's from the 30ies and was manufactured in the UK by "His Master's Voice".

I removed the old electronics and speaker, and left only the wooden case.

Laptop

The core of the radio is an old 10" laptop. I removed the LCD panel from the casing and fitted it with the laptop in a wooden frame. The 10" panel is a bit too large for the 8" window, but it still fits in the radio case.

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Controls

The radio is controlled by two potentiometers (tuning and volume) and a rotary encoder (band). A second rotary encoder isn't currently used.

The controls are connected to a micro controller (ATmega328) on an Arduino Uno prototyping board

Sound

About OpenVDB

The OpenVDB library comprises a hierarchical data structure and a suite of tools for the efficient manipulation of sparse, possibly time-varying, volumetric data discretized on a three-dimensional grid. It is based on VDB, which was developed by Ken Museth at DreamWorks Animation, and it offers an effectively infinite 3D index space, compact storage (both in memory and on disk), fast data access (both random and sequential), and a collection of algorithms specifically optimized for the data structure for common tasks such as filtering, CSG, compositing, numerical simulation, sampling, and voxelization from other geometric representations. The technical details of VDB will be described in a forthcoming paper in ACM Transactions on Graphics.

OpenVDB is maintained by DreamWorks Animation and was developed primarily by

Ken Museth
Peter Cucka
Mihai Alden
David Hill

Features

Fast random and sequential voxel access
Mesh and particle conversion tools
Volumetric compositing tools
Sparse resampling
Interactive CSG
Topological dilation
Finite differencing schemes
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Level set toolkit
Fast adaptive meshing without postprocessing
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Here's an Intricate Designed Home Built Subwoofer, for a Home Entertainment System. It's supposed to sound very good. I used to be a Cabinet Maker. And I've built a few Speaker Boxes for my Cars and Trucks. Nothing this intricate though. But, I have a good idea of how much time and work that this one would take to build. And it looks like it would take more than a Weekend to Build this one. But, it just might be worth the effort...

Don

Home Theater Subwoofer Build - Tuba HT (imgur.com)

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I use to use my Stereo Speakers as Microphones, back in the 1960's and 70's. I don't remember exactly when I discovered that speakers would work as a Mic. But, I vaguely remember hooking up a Speaker to the Mic Input Jack on my Realistic Cassette Recorder. Just to see what would happen. Back when I was a kid, in the 60's. Later on, in the 70's - 80's. After I was grown and married and had kids of my own. I Hooked up all of my Home Stereo Speakers to my Teac Stereo Recording Cassette Deck. And used them to Stealthily Record all of the sound and everything everyone said in the whole house. It sounded like everyone was down in a Barrel. But, it was easily understandable and allot of fun to play with. I had my Speakers (all 4 of them) spread throughout the house. So, that I could listen to my Zeppelin, ZZTop, Yes and Who, everywhere. I even rigged some toggle Switches, so that I wouldn't have to keep Plugging and unplugging my Speakers (when I wanted to Record). Before I added the Switches. I would have to unplug the speakers from the output on the Stereo and plug them into the Mic Inputs on the Tape Deck. What a Drag, Man... I used some Adapters, that went from RCA to 1/4 inch male, to accomplish the this. Of course I bought all my parts at Radio Shack. The go to place for Electronics, back then. Yes, Kiddies... Once apon a time... Radio Shack was Cool. To us AV and Electronics Geeks, that is!;) Anyway, I still have those Toggle Switches. Which I didn't buy. But salvaged from some 120 volt Parts that I found or took out of something that was in the garage, when I was growing up. I still have a bunch of my old parts. I'm sure I will use them for something cool. Any Day now!;) But, back to the Point of all this... I have always thought. There must be a way to get rid of that Down in a Barrel Sound and make my Speaker Mic's work like a real Metabolic Microphone. That's what they were, in effect. I have also tried out 4ohm Car Speakers and they work well and are very sensitive. The 4 or 5 inch Car Speaker that I used, the last time I tried this. Along with a little old Radio Shack Mixer (this was just about 12 years ago in 1999 or so). Actually made a better sounding recording, than the Home Stereo 8 to 10 inch Speakers. I set it on the Roof and Recorded the Bugs, the Breeze, the Cars on the Highway near by and If anyone was talking I could Record that too. So, I find this How To, with added Electronics and a nice looking Case. Very interesting. Check it out...

Don

Intro

SPKR MiK: How to make a microphone from a speaker.

How to make an inexpensive microphone capable of picking up low frequencies that doubles as a speaker and direct box.

The large diaphragm of this microphone will pick up more of the low frequencies when recording a kick drum or bass guitar.

Sound recording engineers have been using this trick for years, and Yamaha has also made a commercial speaker microphone called the SubKick, that usually retails for around USD$300.

I was able to build this mic for under $20 by "scrounging" various parts out of old junk. Even if you need to buy all the components, you should be able to build this mic for a fraction of the price of the retail version.

This design goes slightly beyond the SubKick, as far as electronics are concerned, with a dual coil design, and internal direct injection (DI) box.

You should be comfortable using a power drill and a soldering iron, and be able to read a schematic diagram. There is a little sewing, but it isn't too difficult.

Step 1

Materials and Tools

Materials

6.5" dual coil woofer speaker (4ohm). I pulled this one from an Altec Lansing multimedia system that had a blown amplifier.
10" drum. Cheap is okay, but you'll want something with lugs that screw into the shell, not springs or T-rods that screw into couplers. I found this one for $2 at a second hand store.
Two miniature bungee or elastic cords. I got a 4 pack for $2.50
Crimp on terminal rings. I paid $2.50 for a dozen
Adjustable hose clamp (the same diameter as the magnet of your speaker). This was about $1.50 at the hardware store.
Female mounting flange for 3/8" microphone stand and small bolts to mount it. I got this at Parts Express
2 sq. ft. of speaker grill cloth. Also at Parts Express
Thread
Male XLR 3pin panel mount connector and mounting screws
Two 1/4" TS (mono) female phone jacks (at least one needs a tab for a normalling connection)
A six-pole four-throw rotary switch (I scrounged my switch from a 4-way printer "data" switch box), or you can use Mouser part no. 105-SR2921F-34S
100 ohm potentiometer, also called a variable resistor
two knobs (for pot and rotary switch)
Two DPDT toggle switches (on-on)
A SPST toggle switch
Resistors: 100k ohm, two 10k ohm, 10 ohm
100nF capacitor
1:1 ratio audio isolation transformer (pulled from a second hand 270-054 I got for $1)
metal container to hold and shield transformer, and mounting hardware
heat shrink tubing or electrical tape
connecting wire. 22ga or 24ga is fine.
short microphone stand (another second hand store find)

Tools

Small adjustable wrench
Drill
Soldering iron and solder
Wire stripper/crimper
Scissors
Sewing needle
Screwdrivers
Small hack saw
Ruler, or other measuring device
Sharp hobby knife
Marking pen

Optional

Rotary tool
Drum key
Pliers, tweezers, or other soldering aids
Adjustable calipers
Cutting mat
label maker

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Vulnerability Note VU#281284

Samsung Printer firmware contains a hardcoded SNMP community string

Overview

Description

Impact

Solution

Vendor Information (Learn More)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

analogue soundlab 3

Florian Amrhein : Radio

Hardware

Vintage valve radio

Laptop

Controls

Sound

Monday, November 26, 2012

About OpenVDB

Features

Home Theater Subwoofer Build - Tuba HT (imgur.com)

THT Build - Imgur

Home Theater Subwoofer Build - Tuba HT

Subwoofers

Thursday, November 22, 2012

SPKR MiK: How to make a microphone from a speaker. by Aud1073cH

SPKR MiK: How to make a microphone from a speaker.

Materials and Tools

Speaker as a microphone (How To)

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