The collected works of guardian452 - Page 6

Seems like sun was commonly used with heavy-duty EDA tools. anybody have an example of such software (i.e. screenshot) they could share? I've never needed anything more than Eagle...

you can even select text and then 'paste' it onto the desktop to create a text file. or paste paths into browser, etc. irix is full of fun.

you should get a three button mouse, better yet one with a scrollwheel.

I like aterm, because it has transparency it is in nekoware. Most times I just use the default winterm

Try retrofitting projectors into the headlamp housings. http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-priu ... s-max.html

while we are at it, if any euro person wants to ship me the rear foglight for a mazda 3...

I've had several US cars, only a few with DRL. that is a Canadian requirement. Optional in the US but you will save a bit on insurance if you have it. My 1991 mazda had them, because it was purchased in Canada. My parents recently bought a ford f150 in the US (no DRL) and moved it to Canada. It turns out, the conversion to enable the DRL is the exact opposite to disable it... install the relay in the panel. not much more to it than that and your dealer will be able to turn it on or off for free +parts.

I have considered adding DRL to my car as well, not sure why you would want to disable it. There are a lot of collisions where one person simply 'didn't see' the other person. In ohio they will let a 400 year old blind sea turtle drive a car, but oh well...

Every car is good for some things and not for others. Buying a car from a maker known for it's extraneous collision-safety features means that yes, you will get DRL headlights. I wouldn't buy a Ferrari F50 and complain that there was no stereo.

that is likely the OEM retail price, unless your ballast is handmade of fairy dust and diamond.

There are very very good efficient digital ballasts available for about $150 or so /pair, often including new bulbs, and are more reliable than your old OEM units and reach full brightness in about two seconds. And sorry to say no matter how nice the car if it is more than a few years old the ballasts are not so good anymore. That is the progress of technology...

The car I have now has basic halogen headlights but with projector housings and they are simply amazing. They are better than the prius xenon with reflector beam headlights, for sure. I haven't bothered upgrading the headlights to xenon (there is no trouble with beam pattern changing because of the projector housing) simply because the halogen light is great.

In the US the self-levelling and turn-in headlights are optional as well regardless of the light source (xenon or tungsten)

I say, you should get something a little bit happier

I have something similar actually and I can tell you that the bumper itself was not photoshopped into that shape. That is a japanese car called a Mazda 3 and it is somewhat famous for it's happy face. this type is rare here I see another one maybe every week or so.

I have the basic model, though (no sunroof, foglights, xenon, auto transmission, etc). and it's blue


I have a friend with a smart fortwo and the obvious solution is a big wind-up key that can be affixed to the back. next step is a motor so it turns as he drives along.

nice bike.

my weekend ride and sunny-day commuter (retro japanese 10 speed). recently fitted new tires and new rear wheel, next is new pedal bearings. very fast machine



and this one is often faster than the competition as well. admittedly most mountain bikers around here are a bunch of middle aged guys with expensive carbon bikes and too much fear to properly rip through the woods.


you can see my stomping grounds here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUgbVW2Jrzk but this video was intended to demonstrate the inadequacy of the camera more than anything else. (I tried to be careful but the camera mount broke after about half an hour anyways)

Ssshshhhhh, that's supposed to be a secret

I've done that... I've also done things far more embarrassing than that.. when you want something done you gotta do it!

The users of "social networking" are not the customers, they are the product. Same for most anything else on the internet nowadays.

I've run gentoo on an octane once upon a time

I use xmonad on my openbsd laptop (P1mmx 233mhz toshiba). It is a lovely experience. xmonad is written in haskell (and must be configured in haskell, which is the only exposure I've had before/since to the language...)

At the time tiling managers were becoming popular and DWM was all the rage in my circles. But I could never get over the incredibly arrogant attitude of the DWM community enough to use it. From their main page "keeps its userbase small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions." As a novice user I quickly ran away to xmonad

I have mine, top left desk drawer!

Messi is jealous of the thunderbolt port. Revenge of the net books! rawwwwrrrr!!

I'd love to help but I don't even have an analog monitor to run the little beastie with right now...

when was geometry engine invented? far more damning, when did the money for nothing music video come out?? http://www.mtvhive.com/artist/dire_stra ... or_nothing classic graphics! It was done by the same people who later made Reboot!

With regard to bright colours and stylistic themes... well just look at the fashion of the 80's and pastel suits. Neon on miami beach etc. bright mag wheels. white yachts.

Nowadays all the CG effects in games and movies try and show everything dirty and post-apocalyptic. Check out the high-fashion trends, black on black etc.. gunmetal wheels on cars, that new Lamborghini with the matte paint...

Apple eventually paid Cisco a fortune to license the names iphone and ios... after cisco sued the pants off apple.

ItsMyOnly had a very cool website with a similar idea but it's down for now

http://rambo.id.uw.edu.pl/

I was definitely going through withdrawals

I've registered for a twitter account, and played with it some the day I got it; I needed it for an experiment with curl. Since then, I haven't used it for anything. It doesn't seem to have the same appeal to me that facebook does. Maybe if I find all you guys it will give me something to use it for.

@mjwinterink

If I was going to take up... milling... as a hobby, I'd get an old manual machine. You know, some old workhors that's worked quietly and just fine for the last 40 years in a shop somewhere.

Hell when I was 16 for a few months I was running a manual mill just fine, had a jig set up and a radio. sand down the sharp edges, have a box of parts ready to be welded together by dinnertime. "put the part in, turn this wheel until it stops, back it off, flip it over, turn this knob, etc, etc, make sure you keep the coolant going and don't break anything. The old man would be welding or assembling bits or something on the other side of the shop. You can always get an old machine (forget the CNC bits) and hire a teenager to run it. he can get you the coffees and smokes and sweep up too. I've seen beefy-looking used machines like that, 3 axis, you know, table moves x-y and the mill goes up and down, for well under a thousand bucks. I'd much rather start with something like that and add servos and a controller, than build the machine from scratch.

"when your only tool is a hammer... everything looks like a nail"

I still love working with glass / carbon fibre. especially for complex shapes. but not the fumes, oy!

the junky old spare power supply that I got from a guy with a big box full of laptop power cords ($5 each yo!) fell apart recently.

first, I lent it to my sister, who has a macbook *pro* which requires a big meaty 65w brick to charge and run at the same time. so this little guy apparently takes a long time to charge her battery. anyways, long story short, it got kinked and is now held together with tape, that promptly melted. real ul-listed electrical tape, apparently

but the thing I really wanted to show was inside the magsafe connector itself. As if to say "oh god just let me die" today, when I pulled the cord out of my bag, the cover was missing. but it still works there's a little id chip in there (mainly so your 15-pound macbook pro supercomputer with three graphics cards and an octocore processor doesn't fry a cigar lighter adapter) and also a serial number. This is why you can't just replace the cord north of the brick, but have to replace the whole power supply when they break down. Otherwise, you could get your id chips mixed up and overload a tiny power supply. I might do some more prying and pulling later on to get more of that flex pcb exposed

comparing the old magsafe to the new (well, newer, a 2010 model) that came with my net book. I like having a couple spares about but I only have two in 45 watt variety. the most popular are the 65w IME, but I like the tiny ones!

hmmm... good deal, thanks. I don't know if they will replace it since I didn't buy my computer when I was living in the USA, and this particular cord I found at the airport (it is the exact same model number, so that shouldn't matter). It can't hurt to ask... the cover for the magsafe should still be in my bag, hopefully I can glue it on or it will clip on.

Where the cord is taped it occasionally open circuits and I have to twist or shake the cord to get it to connect, rather annoying..

Well, I went to the apple store today. The guy saw my laptop and the power cord a mile away and said flatly "yes the replacement program is still going on, but that cord did not come with that computer". But if you don't ask, you'll never know.

duck: yes, apple kit is quite photogenic even when broken

fixed. getting these suckers is open is a pain in the ass.