Whats he got to complain about, it's not like it cost him anything and judging by the figures here he's getting a market leading product too. I do very little with apache, but if your right it wouldn't be the only crappy market leader.
RAID degraded = borked drive, without RAID you would be looking for the liveCD, then trying to remember all the tweaks you had made to the system, then months of 'damn, its not installed' for all those rarely needed but essential apps etc.
With RAID there is a bit of slowdown as everything is rebuilt on the backup drive, noticeable but wont stop you doing laps. Then pull out the dead drive and put in a fresh backup drive, no need to reboot. Performance is good (cant compare to SSD's though) and data loss is a thing of the past (still need backups to be sure of that though, which reminds me....)
Ok, so a user selects wireshark, clicks install and..... some mystic voodoo happens, harmonic vibrations with the earths magnetic field cause the 1's and 0's on the hard drive to assemble themselves in the pattern of wireshark and its dependencies... cool, wonder how many dead chickens it can wave simultaneously on a quad core?
Those kind of dependencies can be a pain, their usually easy enough to fix though. You can force installation too, usually thats just a quick way to find out the package manager knows best though and its been a long long time since the package manager was unable to fix the results of my own stupidity.
Most of my dislike of windows comes from the exact opposite of this.
So its worth paying extra for good quality hardware and bullet proof drivers? Isn't that what apple are offering?
Your picking up the wrong signals, I didn't realise you where coming onto me.
I'm guessing that was a poor attempt at sarcasm, kind of hard to tell though as anyone who has a clue what they where talking about knows a kernel update is the only time you need to reboot on linux. Secure AND stable.
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It can but some updates need a reboot.
I kind of like 7, its a big step up from XP but you cant install it to software RAID.
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I dont get BSOD's or crashes of any kind because I use a stable system.
$ uptime
20:28:23 up 59 days, 4:40, 2 users, load average: 0.50, 0.58, 0.62
It's so short because the power was off here for line maintenance a couple of months ago. Maybe if I did a clean windows install, ripped out everything that needs a driver and installed no software I could hope for the same kind of figure but I like using and abusing my PC and I like software raid with volume management so I'll stick with what I have.
Will be going to see plenty of this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Va ... ntVideo#p/u/0/SL0E3NPLAkU
http://www.youtube.com/user/Va ... ntVideo#p/u/0/SL0E3NPLAkU
Windows installer doesnt compare to a real package management system like APT or RPM and something like it should have been introduced as soon as the first buggy piece of software was installed on a windows system. Same goes for certified drivers, MS sold a kernel and gui, the part of the system that does the operating had to be written by the parts vendors in the form of drivers. Both of these issues led to the famous BSOD we all know and love. MS was happy to take your money and do nothing about them while they ruled the market, when OSX started to get popular and folks saw the BSOD wasn't an essential part of computing they had to do something to show windows could be stable too.
Was going to nominate the updated mini, the one with the same name as the paris underground system, then saw allegro's had been mentioned. 2 pieces of such undiluted $hite mentioned in the 1 thread could damage the very fabric of reality so will have to settle for the maestro instead. The one with innovative features such as a self righteous cow ordering you to put your seatbelt on, a true icon of Thatcher's Britain.
Guessing the fixed line connection will cure your problems. Mobile operators often screw around with the connection, blocking voice over ip apps like skype if a favorite (and then charging you for a voip 'upgrade' to let this data through). If pingtest.net had a hard time getting through its likely some of LFS's data is getting screwed around with, this would probably look a little like a hach of some kind to the servers.
A certain mobile operator beginning with V is on my blacklist for exactly this, an mmorpg I play would not run through their connection due to packet filtering.
A certain mobile operator beginning with V is on my blacklist for exactly this, an mmorpg I play would not run through their connection due to packet filtering.
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Yes, it's right example. Your getting into methods way above those of the average PC user, if you have the knowledge to go through building from source you also have the knowledge to script what you had to do and submit it to a repository. After that anyone can use the package manager to install it.
Yes, gentoo for example. It does the ./configure && make && make install part for you too.
Maybe something more recent, android uptake being a recent thing and all:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/ ... hed-2011-with-resurgence/
iPhone still ahead for now but no denying where that line is going now the christmas rush is over and not even a trace of microsoft there. If there is ever a mobile version of LFS we might get a thread like this asking for a windows moblie port, a 'mac for windows' poll and lots of 'everyone uses iOS/android, why would they waste time porting to something only fools use?' posts.
Does windows update get the latest version of firefox these days? Does it even take care of 3rd party drivers for you?
Lol, does microsoft? Slackware has its own way of doing things and its own group of users who like it the way it is, it would be as irrelevant to point out linux from scratch has no central repository.
Android has pretty much taken over the single user operating system market. Desktop OS's (including default linux distros) are huge great bloated things capable of serving up everything but the kitchen sink to hundreds of users simultaneously. Most are quite efficient and manage resources well but its hard or impossible to strip them down to the bare minimum for console like performance.
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I doubt it is power as the wheel shouldnt need much, just suggesting it as something that may be causing your problem. Trying it in a different PC would give some indication if it was the wheel or your gaming PC too.
Nice one, thanks. The rumble strip is giving the initial kick but it shows the tyres natural frequency and lack of internal damping perfectly.
Drag racings not a good example but its the easiest place to see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HldiiDmvTxI
It causes tyre squeal as the internal stresses build up to the friction limit and are relieved when traction breaks and sometimes has harmonics that remind me of fat joggers
Cant find a race video that shows it well, can kind of see it in the front tyre close to the end of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1o-TvZQdek
Lack of feedback from the structure of the tyre deforming in games bugs me too, good to know its being focused on Every bit of what you input to the steering and feel back from it should go through that structure so its more or less a fundamental component missing from racing sim's. Always felt the Pacejka formula most sims use is kind of lashed into place and not really suited to the job but after scratching the surface of tyre physics and seeing the amount of factors involved even at a basic level I cant say I blame them for using it.
EDIT whats on the screen is only an interpretation of what the physics engine is doing, there could be any amount of physics complexity with the end result drawn ASAP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HldiiDmvTxI
It causes tyre squeal as the internal stresses build up to the friction limit and are relieved when traction breaks and sometimes has harmonics that remind me of fat joggers
Cant find a race video that shows it well, can kind of see it in the front tyre close to the end of this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1o-TvZQdek
Lack of feedback from the structure of the tyre deforming in games bugs me too, good to know its being focused on
Every bit of what you input to the steering and feel back from it should go through that structure so its more or less a fundamental component missing from racing sim's. Always felt the Pacejka formula most sims use is kind of lashed into place and not really suited to the job but after scratching the surface of tyre physics and seeing the amount of factors involved even at a basic level I cant say I blame them for using it.EDIT whats on the screen is only an interpretation of what the physics engine is doing, there could be any amount of physics complexity with the end result drawn ASAP.
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Imho the whole idea of a system of laws is flawed, laws cannot cover every possible situation so more and more laws have to be made in an effort to keep up. This is the same situation, the internet already is heavily censored at the ISP and DNS level, this move makes censorship far easier. The current way around this is tunneling to a remote host in a country with lighter restrictions (very popular in Iran) which costs money if you want a decent connection. I'm always inclined to ask where the money is with laws, regulations etc, I'm guessing here its content. You want news from abroad, buy a license. Over 18's content? buy a license etc etc.
Either ways, this is bad juju. No one has a right to police the internet, hopefully municipal wireless networks can grow enough to take control away from ISP's and their governing bodies.
Either ways, this is bad juju. No one has a right to police the internet, hopefully municipal wireless networks can grow enough to take control away from ISP's and their governing bodies.
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Linux here, I have to dig into USB protocols and hardware details sometimes.
Each device is monitored individually, it should be a trivial matter to get power monitoring right, it should also be a trivial matter to keep the system clock at the correct time but it often wanders even on high end systems. If your wheel is using close to full power (500ma) and the monitoring circuit is reading a little high it will trip, there should be some sort of error log for this but I have no idea where you would find it. 500ma is way more power than a wheels circuitry should need, I doubt this is your problem but if you have a powered hub it would be a quick way to verify it.
Each device is monitored individually, it should be a trivial matter to get power monitoring right, it should also be a trivial matter to keep the system clock at the correct time but it often wanders even on high end systems. If your wheel is using close to full power (500ma) and the monitoring circuit is reading a little high it will trip, there should be some sort of error log for this but I have no idea where you would find it. 500ma is way more power than a wheels circuitry should need, I doubt this is your problem but if you have a powered hub it would be a quick way to verify it.
Love the detail on that video, kind of dubious about the tyre model though. Its behaving like a rubber ring not like a re-enforced carcase, deflections are passed a long way around the wheel instead of being resisted by the carcase and there is no sign of harmonics (the stuff that causes axle tramp).
MINIMUM:
CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 or 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon x2
Memory: 2 GB
Video Card: nVidia 8600 GT or ATI/AMD 3850
Video Memory: 256MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
DirectX: 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB
Your graphics card is the problem, there are a lot of recent graphics features 7 series cards simply dont support.
Thought it was worn potentiometers forcing recalibration but thats unlikely if its happening with a new wheel. Could be its using close to the limit of USB power, would doubt it with logitech products though. If you have a powered hub it might be worth trying it with the wheel just in case. Sounds like a fairly common problem, would expect logitech to have a driver or firmware update for it if so.
Unlikely you can change them, it would need to be the right diameter even if you have to file the flat part yourself.
Thats a 6mm shaft model, the 7mm threads shouldn't be much trouble though.
If it feels stiff to turn its a panel mount type (meant to be turned by hand and hold its position, think PCB mount means the same thing), servo types turn freely. The stiff ones might work loose when your using the wheel and could eventually damage the mountings but will be ok for short term. Servo type are harder to find and usually cost a bit more but it would be worth getting one once you've got everything working.
EDIT Just had a look through the radiospares book and didnt see any pots with 5mm shafts, farnell or sparkfun might have something and there is a good chance someone on xsim has found replacements.
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Ebay is probably easiest, you need the markings off the side to get the correct resistance.
Hundreds of pages on ebay for potentiometers, a cheap alps would work ok but it should really be a servo pot (low friction and high life). Whatever, it needs to be linear type, probably 5k or 10k ohm (should be written on the side) and it looks a 1/4 inch shaft with 10mm threads.
Hundreds of pages on ebay for potentiometers, a cheap alps would work ok but it should really be a servo pot (low friction and high life). Whatever, it needs to be linear type, probably 5k or 10k ohm (should be written on the side) and it looks a 1/4 inch shaft with 10mm threads.
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Depends more on the coding than the platform optimisation. Osx's bsd origins support nearly everything that can be called a computer, mac have done a lot to it but it wont all be tuned.
Not much to shout about when it took them 10 years to get 64bit stable enough for business use.
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