No in LFS.

But hell yes in TrackMania - music is awesome.

Quote from sgt.flippy :

I said I like science when it has a purpose. But making a car go 1000 miles an hour in a dessert is hardly useful.

Neither is making a BUNCH of cars go 200 mph on a track...

...but then you get things like electronic fuel injection and traction control and you realize the value of it.

This does have a reason, they just haven't discovered it yet. That's what they're hoping to figure out by doing it.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Because the wheels will explode before the 'car' reaches vMax perhaps? I think that makes them worthy of reinvention

Lol - well, we re-DESIGNED them (this car uses solid aluminum wheels) but I wouldn't call that re-INVENTED.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Good old America, I love the straight forward approach America seems to have to everything. So how do we make this jet car? Well why not cut the front off a jet, and glue a rocket and some wheels onto it, job done.

Well, it works doesn't it? Why reinvent the wheel?

Or the Australians... supposedly this one will break 1,000... which is just ridiculous.

http://www.aussieinvader.com/AI5R.html

They need a driver. I say we let Tristan have a go!

http://driving.timesonline.co. ... atures/article3724780.ece

Last edited by Stang70Fastback, Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:02.

I've seen some good ones in my days of YouTube, but this one, by far, takes the cake.

Wait, so what you did was tape the sandpaper down and then rubbed the CPU on it? I'm seriously considering doing this with my FX-62 now, but I'm still a bit tentative.

I was thinking of doing that, but I'm really, really scared of messing it up. Is it really even possible to do this wrong? I'm assuming the heat-spreader is thick enough that you can't sand THROUGH it, lol.

I'm more concerned about it being uneven when it's done.

Yeah - I never saw that version before. That one tells me a much more reasonable 456W.

So I was bored, and I found a power supply calculator on the Asus website that I didn't know they had, so I decided to try it out. I filled out what I think was close to my specifications and it told me the minimum was 600W. It seems as if this thing grossly exaggerates your requirements, so I was wondering what other ppl got in relation to what they actually have. For example, my computer runs fine - and has for a while, and I use a 520W power supply, lol.

http://support.asus.com/PowerS ... ator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Alright, I see what Mazar is saying here. I think Mazar and Tristan are saying the same thing, but Tristan is getting caught up in the definition of what it what. Tristan is technically right - the higher pressure air pushes down on the lower pressure air. I think Mazar understands this, and is not debating that fact. What he's saying is that it is NOT a result of air deflection on top (e.g. Newton's Third Law) that the wing generates downforce, and in order to eliminate confusion, he's using the word pull not push to emphasize this. Is this correct? That way we're all on the same page.

This might help clarify some things, btw.

Quote from Mazar :

Incorrect. If you hold you hand out of the window of a car, angled upwards front to back like the rear wing of a formula single seater, it is not the air pushing your hand down.

The air underneath your hand travels faster than the air above your hand, pulling your hand down. When you increase the steepness of your rear wing the distance the air has to travel underneath increases and this gains more downforce, or negative lift.

No. That is wrong. In that case, the force that pushes your hand down IS the air. If you were to look at your hand in a wind tunnel angled like you state, you would clearly see this. That is because your hand is not curved like a wing, it is flat, and round at both ends. So the air travels just as far under your hand as it does on top, meaning there is equal pressure in that regard. In this case, the force pushing your hand down comes solely from the fact that your hand is deflecting the air above, upwards, which in turn pushes your hand down. If anything, the air under your hand is most likely extremely turbulent as your hand does not have the proper aerodynamics to channel the air neatly underneath.

Mines Stang70Fastback btw...

Yeah, you're right. I did the research after this discussion but forgot to post the results

Quote from Shotglass :

what in gods name are those red free wheeling pads for?

IDK, but they're fun. Unless you happen to hit something before/after and so have to take the entire trip at 2.7 mph...

While the bar is annoying when it's right in the middle. You get used to if after a while and eventually you don't notice it anymore. Until someone walks in and says, "Isn't that bar annoying?" at which point it becomes blazingly obvious for the next 5 minutes until you forget about it again.

God... I'm soooo addicted.

How can you fly a helicopter but have trouble flying an airplane?! Lol. I've always had trouble with the helis no matter how much practice I get.

Is this a serious question?

I mean seriously... are you serious?

Like really.

Quote from himself :

Just change the background / grid of the speedometer with the custom one ?

That's actually great idea. Good alternative thinking

Quote from Noccy :

I would argue that a 320mb GTS is a waste of money with games these days being made around 512 or more Vram..but who am I

It's just that at this moment, an 8800GTS gives you a lot more for your money. Once the 9800 prices come down, they will, of course, become the new standard.

EDIT: Wow, I had no idea the 9800GTX was almost the same price as an 8800GTX. These nVidia guys are ridiculous...

Quote from ChaseMe :

So I've moved my LFS install to my HTPC, to use it on a bigger screen. Right now it's an integrated vid card (ATI x1250). As you can imagine LFS doesn't run to hot at 1920x1080 on that card. I do however like the HDCP and HDMI for the HTPC uses.

Can someone recommend a cheap'ish solution for me? Requirements are 1920x1080 LFS 60+fps, and HDCP. HDMI built in so I don't need an adapter is a big plus. Guess I have a budget around $150

Oh and I don't care about performance in other games. Have a decent desktop and PS3 for that.

I'm fairly certain that even a 6800GT should be able to run that resolution with 8x AA and 16x AS without issue. I think.

Good, cause if you'd actually gotten a 9800, I would have laughed and told you that was a complete waste of money.