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I propose that the underlying reason is money.

Mine wasn't specifically a complaint, simply amazement. If it does indeed perform as advertised I'd pay five times that much to have it on my car right now. Concern one is that it might not; I've never heard of it before, and have heard no independent testimonials. Concern two is that anything...

Interesting. But $60/oz? Holy cow.

Just because I like being the third wheel, I recently ditched all my nVidia cards for ATI due to BSOD issues. Problem solved. Of course, I did switch from ATI to nVidia a couple years ago for F@H. Honestly, the only reason I care most of the time is because their driver packages are so darned...

Not in quite a while. Even when I got it dialed in the system would crash about twice as often. I don't consider it worth the hassle.

That is why I only post here.

I'm getting close to perfecting my OCC technique in Civ5. 1200+ hours of gameplay will do that...

Mine would have been nearly $64k...no way I could swing that.

I'll take that as a compliment, I love most of Merc's posts.

Anything as awesome as breasts deserve as many names as possible. In fact, I think all letter combinations not already allocated should be used for this purpose.

Think of the tatas...

Found the issue. The power supply I'm using isn't. It is just a transformer outputting 12v AC. That won't work. More coming, hopefully tonight.

Got it built, but having an issue. All the LEDs all turn on for just an instant when I plug it in or unplug it, but the rest of the time are off. Need to start testing stuff. Any suggestions?

But surely you could build a 10-second car that looked like a mustang for less than $200k? For that kind of money you could get a welded tubular spaceframe, a nice composite body, a motor with some technology in it (direct injection, variable valve timing, forced induction) forged out of some...

What does the status of yours say now? I ordered mine about a week after you, and mine is currently: 2012-04-24 10624132436356 5789 Machined Sonic MS F14 72B Gloss Gunmetal 18x8.5 18x8.5 Audi A3 ETA 4 Week(s)

Turns out you are right. Thanks. The one I have has the bolt integrated on one side So the bike can fit vertically in the back of my car. With the front wheel and seat removed, the rest fits perfectly. Talked to the local bike shop, and they pointed out something I hadn't thought of...

Not a user, but you are describing hashtags.

I need to swap the seat binder on my Roubaix to a quick release. According to the Tech Specs page, the seat binder is 32.6mm. I can't find a quick release in this exact size. The nearest standard size seems to be 32mm, but I suspect that I need to go to the next larger. None of them seem to...

Some more detail, my buddy helped me do the hardware swap 30 mins before the ride was to start, and we left a full 10 minutes late. We managed to positively spank it into the wind and catch them just after the Pebble Beach Lodge stop. I've never been able to maintain 18+mph into the wind for 20...

After busting up my bike a couple weeks ago I hadn't gone out until today. I tried to do the big Saturday ride I usually do, and it hurt a lot. Interestingly, the vendor shipped the wrong part; so now I have a 34/52 in front and a 12-32 in back. Still some fine tuning to be done, but if I can...

Indeed. Spend $6k more and get a Golf R.

Now that you have an image, you can play with the in-place upgrades. Exposing shares to the network will alert the scanners, and is probably the thing corporate wants to stop before XP becomes unsupported (a not unreasonable request).

That looks easy enough, wire is cheap. I just need to think through the physical topology. I'll be mounting 6 triples and a single LuxDrive BuckBlock on the flat side of a heatsink that is 24" long, 4.23" wide, and about an inch tall. What do you think of this? Everything is to scale but the...

I suspect that is why he wanted to make sure they were from the same bin and operated at the same temp. Even with those under control, do you think there would be too much variance in Vf? What configuration would you recommend?

Sweet. Kitted out the way I like for under $30k. All it needs is adaptive cruise control and a dual-clutch.

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Since I'm doing 12v, I'll just focus on those bits: 4 triples like this? So 6 strings of one triple each?

Ended up with 12 of the Triples. I've attached a picture. It looks like I can just run a pair of solder bridges to run them in series? I also have a pair of the LuxDrive BuckBlock 2100mA drivers (PDF). So if I put in 12v, I can run 4 series of 6 and be running them at 350mA? I don't think I'm...

I was never into the comics as a kid; I didn't have any geek friends to introduce me, and I didn't encounter them on my own. If I had, I would have been hooked. Even now, being exposed to them for the first time in the theaters (and secondarilly via heroclix), I can understand the desire to...

Just poking around, I noticed they've released an updated version of the first game I ever buried myself in (at least 2 years of summers in elementary school). Harpoon

Interesting, that is different data than I had seen elsewhere. I'm sure lunar has the equipment to measure such things in the field, and will take his word for it. And I'll cede to all your pedantry ;)

The VBox does look better, but not $100+ better. For that kind of money I would expect it to connect to the ODB port and capture some additional data.

Thanks for that; saved me from the work. Except to note that even at sunrise and sunset, the sun is hardly ever below 4500k. Anything below that is yellow, and you are letting your eyes play tricks on you. ;)

Indeed. I believe that is the intent of the testing. The PSU I have on it now is almost certainly the correct unit, but how much loss might you risk by getting the absolute wrong one?

In living spaces I have 5000k, in work spaces I prefer 6500k. Both CRI 95+

The only spare PSU I have is a 1200W Corsair...I'll try it tonight.

Let me clarify. Some of their models have a P4 connector, some don't. Make sure you order the right one. Edit: I believe this is the one on this machine.

It has a 4-pin P4 power connector hanging off of it. Crappy transformers are an issue, particularly if you don't keep them cool. I've gotten heatsinks from these guys before and epoxied them to the outside of the bricks. Never had one of those die.

http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-80 I unplugged the SATA/Molex cable completely. Very clean build. And yes, stock HSF only. If it were going to be used more intensely I would put on a mondo HSF to be sure the chipset and RAM got some airflow.

40W full load, 13W idle

The place I ordered from (Sonic Motorsports) seems to do things differently. Since they are a full-service shop who will be doing the install, I suspect that they are considered the customer and that they have that information. I might ask when I get back.

I haven't done any follow up on mine. They said 8 weeks, so if I haven't heard from them after 8 weeks I'll call them. I still have 4/32nds on the existing tires.

I just heard that not only is the moon full tonight, but that it is at the closest point in orbit.

I don't like chocolate. I was told fish, but I don't like that either. I do have lots of iced tea (unsweetened) every day, as my only source of caffeine. The ratio thing was told to me by the guy doing the health exam. I haven't done any independent research, as I'm honestly not that interested.

Those are cholesterol levels, and there are three things that matter. 1. HDL is bad cholesterol, anything under 200 is good, mine is 133 (very good). 2. LDL is good cholesterol, anything over 40 is good, mine is 23 (very bad). 3. The ratio of good to bad should be under 4.5. Because my "good"...

Good news/Bad news HDL: 133 LDL: 23 I hate fish.

What are people's (specifically JTR's) thoughts on this 60W dimmable LED power supply?

No, even after the rootkits were removed updates would still fail or cause the system to fail. I don't remember if a repair install fixed the issue or not.

The boss invited me up for dinner tonight (his son and I the only guests). Jalapeno poppers and artichokes as appetizers, then salad, baked potatoes, and steaks. Beverages were cocktails before, his wine during, then cognac and scotch after. Life is good.

I completely agree. It would be great if they posted a time for a mid-level driver on each car. Vehicles that are a huge handful (like the ZR-1, 911 or Viper) would take a beating, and cars that make it easy to go fast (GT-R, R8, Exige) would be rewarded.

At least you are allowed to go to Tampa and get it, or even call someone in Tampa. I had to trust the Chinese service agents working for Dragon Air...