Animated concept vector ship Flash loop

Since the inception of this spaceship art blog, I've not had much time for my own personal art. So, I thought I'd start the new year off and running.This is a vector ship I drew up in 2005 using CorelDRAW. I rasterized individual [...]

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Changing the User Password without Permissions

You can just download http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/.It reportedly works for Windows, Linux and OS [...]

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Using SMPlayer with hardware video acceleration such as VAAPI - Fixing various crashes etc. with VAAPI

If you've also tried to use VAAPI with SMplayer, you may also have experienced the crash every single time you try to watch anything. These things might also apply to VDPAU and xvmc.Here's the solution1. Disable screenshots:General -> General -> [...]

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Woman named as journalist Helen BainThe name of the woman who was swept away in a Wairarapa river while riding her horse is out now, and it is journalist Helen Bain. Bain worked at Parliament, was an award winning journo at the Dominion, and was the [...]

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Over 9 Hours of Video on Battery with the MSI Wind U110

After I've managed to set up the video acceleration, it was time to test if it's really as power efficient as claimed. I just tried that with some SD and HD video. HD video wouldn't play properly of course, so it's silly to compare battery times.But [...]

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Ubuntu One Privacy in the EU

I was just about to look into using Ubuntu One. But I chose not to, because I would have had to install tons of Gnome dependencies and use the Gnome client. It's not integrated to KDE yet. Then I read about their privacy policy, because recently we see [...]

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How to Boot Floppy Disks with Grub e.g. to upgrade your BIOS

If you have a modern notebook, it's likely you don't have a floppy drive. But still, many companies offer either floppy images or windows tools to upgrade your BIOS. Both not really great for Linux users. Of course, you can use the tools of OpenBIOS, [...]

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How to set up X and VAAPI Accelerated HD Video on the MSI Wind U110 (GMA500 - Poulsbo) and Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

The following guide is now slightly outdated as Ubuntu 10.04 is out and new drivers are necessary, also some of the repositories I originally used have disappeared. If you use Ubuntu 10.04, try following my much easier [...]

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Ahmed and Jane Hussein are thrilled to announce the arrival of their son Al QaedaWho on Earth - well in Masterton anyway - would be nutty enough to name their kid Al Qae [...]

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X Video finally works - Poulsbo and Linux on the MSI Wind U110 - Fix for BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000

If you tried to get poulsbo to run on your system and you get a message like this, you should try the fix posted below."kernel BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000" (2.6.28)"kernel BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer [...]

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Name suppression breacher off to courtA blogger is off to court for breach of name suppression on 5 January, the same day a certain comedian, who has his name suppressed, faces sexual assault charges. I wonder if they`ll exchange pleasantries - and [...]

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Concept Ships!

Dug up a header from last year... Merry Christmas to all of the CS readers and thanks to all of the ridiculous artists for the amazing support. I appreciate it!!!Look for a new header before the new year as well as a little [...]

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Police attacksJudith Collins has been thinking aloud. She wonders whether people who are convicted of attacks on police should be given harsher sentences as such attacks are attacks on the rule of law. On that reasoning, attacks by the rule of law - [...]

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Gesunde und fröhliche Weihnachten wünscht Rolf Faisst

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Lord Monckton interviews Greenpeace activist on global warmingThis is a classic. From the streets of Copenhagen. Here's a sample: MONCKTON: In the last 10 years, how much has the global temperature gone up?ACTIVIST: 0.7 degrees.MONCKTON: In the last [...]

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Jonathan Bach concept spaceship environments

Jonathan's blog.Keywords: concept spaceship art environment designs from jonathan bach attended art center college of design worked for lucasfilm spark unlimited hotwheels los angeles califor [...]

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Archdeacon falls for the fourth timeGee, its like Stations of the Cross on drugs. Auckland Anglican Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, who erected that notorious billboard in Auckland, with the assistance of Saatchi and Saatchi, has changed his story for the [...]

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Prominent entertainer, comedian, and name suppression A comedian has been charged with child abuse. He denies the allegation but will "fight to clear his name".What name, you ask? Exactly. That name is suppressed. We may not be allowed to know if his [...]

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Gerhard Mozsi concept ship

Gerhard's website and blog.Keywords: concept art ship helicopter plane osprey vehicle over turbulent ocean waves by gerhard mozsi out of sydney australia technical digital painting concept art world earth planet matte concept [...]

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The billboard - changing the storyOver the past few days it has been apparent why St Matthews in the City, an Anglican Church, erected a billboard in Auckland depicting a sad Joseph and his wife Mary in bed. It was not to [...]

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So, what would happen?Referring to this story, what would happen if Rodney Hide was to resign from Parliament, and Winston Peters was to win the subsequent by-election as NZ First lead [...]

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Must Have Cookbook This Christmas

Must have addition to a cookbook shelf : Formally the domain of eccentric celebrities, now polititions, business men such as Richard Branson, and mainstream health professionals are recognising the benefits of eating less [...]

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Heilkraft von exotischem Obst

Heilkraft von exotischem Obstvon S. SchneiderWenn das Angebot an frischem, einheimischem Obst knapper wird, können bunte Exoten diese Lücke auffüllen. Sie erhalten heute meist eine Reihe von frischen exotischen Früchten auf dem Wochenmarkt, in Obst- [...]

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Should a non binding referendum that asks if legislation on non binding referenda should be changed to binding referenda, be treated as binding in a non binding referendum?Larry Baldock has had his petition question amended and approved. The question [...]

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Alternative Heilmethode

Angela Winkler ,Systemaufstellerin und René Schölgens, Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizien, unterstützen Sie durch alternative Heilmethoden wie Homöopathie, Blütenessenzen, Farblichttherapie und Familienaufstellungen um gemeinsam einen neuen Weg der „Heilung“ [...]

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Identity politics v class politicsOne of New Zealand's best political blogs, Liberation, is running a series examining the controversy of Goff’s ‘Nationhood’ speech, attempting to show how the speech and resulting controversy can best be understood [...]

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Concept ships by Jordan Lamarre-Wan

Jordan's blog.Keywords: spaceship concepart from jordan lamarre-wan artist visual development department disney interactive studios junction point studios austin texas [...]

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Maori disagree over Maori flagupdatedPita Sharples and John Key have announced that the tino rangitiratanga flag will fly over the Auckland Harbour bridge on Waitangi Day next year, at Parliament and at Premier House. But the chairman of the Waitangi [...]

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Government's new PR campaign targeting jobless couplesMake your own h [...]

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Goff appears happy with electoral suicideWell, Goff got his bounce in the polls he was looking for when he did his Nationhood speech. The problem though, is he doesn't know if it was because of the Nationhood speech or because of a National dip consequent [...]

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Concept ships from the video game SPACE ACE

Don Bluth is one of my favorite artists and SPACE ACE was one video game I finished in the arcade (on the most difficult "ace" setting) just so I could see the whole animation... My buddy used to work at Showbiz pizza and [...]

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Another blogger breaches name suppressionA New Zealand Olympian accused of sex and violence offences that include raping his wife will have his name suppressed at least until the New Year. Trouble is that one blogger has revealed his name by posting [...]

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Traditional media concept ship illustrations by Jean-Pierre Normand

Tons of amazing magazine cover illustrations done in acrylics by Jean-Pierre Normand.Keywords: concept sci-fi traditional illustrations by jean-pierre normand professional illustrator specializing in science fiction and [...]

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Fotos

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Stützkow bei Angermünde, Fotos

.Nationalpark Stützkow bei Angermünde..Nationalpark Stützkow bei Angermün [...]

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Concept ships by Kai Lim

ukitakumuki on deviantart and Imaginary Friends Studios.Keywords: digital concept spaceship art by ukitakumuki kai lim from imaginary friends studio singapore art from star wars galaxies trading card game destroyer robotech [...]

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