I told this guy I would pay him 25,000 Euros to mow my lawn and to my surprise he actually got on a mower and started "mowing" it.

Afterward he happily drove away on his yellow mower with 25k in his pocket.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdAG6YBazmY&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos&feature=related

All I can say is wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNJxodKrZY&annotation_id=annotation_467946&feature=iv

Heres a nifty little tutorial for all you computards who use Vegas.


First off Sony Vegas 8.0 only uses 1 core to render media, what this tutorial will do is show you how to give Vegas permission to utilize multiple CPU cores.

Here is what a 256kbps 48000k hz 16-bit audio file looks like when it renders using only 1 core and a Normal priority.




Now heres what that same file looks but this time Vegas is rendering with 2 cores and a High priority.





Not a very big difference but still its something. Keep in mind the more cores Vegas uses while rendering the more the render time will decrease.


So now here is how you improve the render time of any media file.


1. Open Task Manager then select the "Processes" tab.

2. find vegas80.exe (versions vary) in the processes list and right click it.

Now you should see a list with several things on it. The two things we want to work with are the Priority and the Affinity.

So click on the Priority option and you should see something like this.



Make sure the Priority is set to High. ( I highly suggest you do not use Realtime as it may cause problems with your PC)


Now click the Affinity option and you should get something like this.



This is where you can select the processor cores Sony Vegas will use. As you can see Vegas is only uses Core number 2 (CPU 1).
You may have more boxes available depending on how many cores your processor has.

Now simply check the remaining boxes so all cores will be utilized by Vegas.




Easy isn't it?


Well now that Vegas is using multiple cores and a High priority lets try rendering a 1 minute 640x480 MP4 video with Vegas default settings.



As you can see both CPU cores are being utilized and are both maxing out.



Now lets try that same video but using only 1 core and Normal priority.



Now only the second cores is maxing out while the first core is doing absolutely nothing.



The render time using only 1 core and a normal priority was nearly a minute longer than with 2 cores and High priority.


I was even able to watch a DVD quality movie while I rendered the original audio file and only added a very short time to the render but it still rendered faster than 1 core and Normal priority did.




REMEMBER you MUST repeat this process EVERY time you open Sony Vegas otherwise it will revert to using 1 core!!

Another article from Tom's Guide.

If you thought the American military would be the end of the world..... you were right.



Boeing announced yesterday that it successfully defeated a ground target using its Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, marking the ship's first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement. If the news sounds like something out of science-fiction, think again: Boeing has actually mounted a fully-loaded laser cannon on an airplane. This means that the military could potentially have access to a weapon that can annihilate the enemy without the collateral damage caused by rockets and bombs.

"During the test, the C-130H aircraft took off from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and fired its high-power chemical laser through its beam control system while flying over White Sands Missile Range, N.M," Boeing announced in this press release. "The beam control system acquired the ground target -- an unoccupied stationary vehicle -- and guided the laser beam to the target, as directed by ATL's battle management system. The laser beam's energy defeated the vehicle."

Boeing said that the ATL team plans to conduct additional tests to demonstrate the weapon's capabilities for the military, showing off its destructive vaporizing power for conduct missions on the battlefield and in urban operations.

Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Missile Defense Systems' Directed Energy Systems unit, said that the weapon performed extremely well during the test, and that its three main components--the high-energy chemical laser, beam control system and battle manager--worked correctly in unison to provide an effective laser beam.