Its a shame Darwin didn't have M&M's at his disposal.. Imagine how much more he could have accomplished!
I can certainly vouch for that advice! I found a tutor like you described early on and it helped me immensely. In fact I now belong to the team that helped in the first place. Its amazing how people are willing to help if you ask for it.
And you're right, the LFS community is really something special, especially compared to that of xbox live and most PC FPS, such as counter-strike.(*shudders*)...
I think whats left of the latch is sitting on his desk after he had to pry it off....
There is some great advice in this thread. I'm new to LFS myself and have found getting sets from the fast guys and practicing offline first has helped a lot.
DO NOT focus all out on improving your laptimes in a race regardless of everything else. There are times when in a pack that you will have to yeild and take a less aggressive line. You may need to back off from the car in front slightly to get a good view of a fast chicane up ahead. Not doing this in order to maintain a 'fast' lap leads to accidents and people won't appreciate it.
Learn to race clean first, then learn to drive fast, although those two things are closely related anyway. Finishing a race intact will usually get you a midfield position or even better in most cases..
DO NOT focus all out on improving your laptimes in a race regardless of everything else. There are times when in a pack that you will have to yeild and take a less aggressive line. You may need to back off from the car in front slightly to get a good view of a fast chicane up ahead. Not doing this in order to maintain a 'fast' lap leads to accidents and people won't appreciate it.
Learn to race clean first, then learn to drive fast, although those two things are closely related anyway. Finishing a race intact will usually get you a midfield position or even better in most cases..
Surely you could detect a faint whiff of sarcasm in the original post?
Post your post!
Continuing the trend of ''Post your X...'' threads, simply post your post! When the postie arrives simply take a snap and upload it here without delay! It will be a valuable insight into the lives of LFS members, and may even shave a few tenths off your lap times!
I would upload a pic of my post, but I live in the UK, and therefore haven't had a delivery in over 5 years...
Get 'posting'!
I would upload a pic of my post, but I live in the UK, and therefore haven't had a delivery in over 5 years...
Get 'posting'!
Don't go ruining a perfectly good anecdote..!
Er, Harjun. Thats the clamp that holds the processor down...
Look out! Its the biggest PC in the world! :doh:
''Rampaging porn inferno''
Er, thats not right... Own up, whos been using my PC?
Er, thats not right... Own up, whos been using my PC?
Thats what 'The Fast and the Furious' should have been! Classic.
This should be a sticky. Really good 'article'..
Just right click on the partition in My Computer and select 'format' from the menu.
You may have knackered your laptop by all the overclocking shinanigans, causing the unstable framerates. (highly likely!) Perhaps try getting a 3D Mark Score for your system and compare it to people running a similar spec. It does tests for CPU and graphics so it should show you where your system is underperforming..
You may have knackered your laptop by all the overclocking shinanigans, causing the unstable framerates. (highly likely!) Perhaps try getting a 3D Mark Score for your system and compare it to people running a similar spec. It does tests for CPU and graphics so it should show you where your system is underperforming..
If you have put vista on a separate partition (you should have), then you can simply format that partition. Make sure that you back up anything you want to keep from the Vista partition before formatting it, or save it to your XP partition.
I think you could have deleted the Vista partition during the install process for XP. Why didn't you just do that?
I think you could have deleted the Vista partition during the install process for XP. Why didn't you just do that?
Or perhaps he did it to get the public at large to question what was going on, and to present a different theory as to what happened. What better way to do this than a film?
Depends on how cynical you are I guess...
Bernie to Flavio:- ''You lose the bet, you do the forfeit. Now turn around!''
The general spec is good, but unfortunately the graphics card is seriously letting it down. No real point in overclocking it anyhow, you can't turn a pea shooter into a machine gun... And for goodness sake, DON'T get overclocking advice from Harjun!
Even though laptop graphics aren't upgradeable per se, I think there are some external graphics solutions available, but they are costly. At the end of the day, a desktop will always be better for gaming.
Toki, the graphics card itself is probably only 64mb.
The 'up to' means that it will use some of the system memory to make up the difference when it needs to, ie ALL THE TIME when playing a game.
Even though laptop graphics aren't upgradeable per se, I think there are some external graphics solutions available, but they are costly. At the end of the day, a desktop will always be better for gaming.
Toki, the graphics card itself is probably only 64mb.
The 'up to' means that it will use some of the system memory to make up the difference when it needs to, ie ALL THE TIME when playing a game.I like the race to be long enough to be able to factor in tyre wear, pit strategy etc, to me it just adds a lot more to the racing. Therefore I went for 45 mins...
''Number 33 loved 'Ghostriding the whip' during a tedious race...''
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Just make sure the damn heatsink is attached firmly to the die. If it uses clips, clip it. If it uses screws, use them.
Would you like a video tutorial on how to use a screwdriver?!
Jeez...
Would you like a video tutorial on how to use a screwdriver?!
Jeez...
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