Hey guys, as most of you i've been laughing during the read of this thread. (ps. Dont let the low post count fool you as me being new, i've been reading this boards usually once a week, on and off, for the last few years). Anyways, as I was laughing because the forum's biomedical engineer posted a Laplace transform to illustrate being smarter (??), I also noticed a few posts that replied with something like this:

Quote from ajp71 :

Biomedical engineering has absolutely no relevance to car braking systems.

I want to rectify this. I study mechanical engineering in Delft, Holland, and I've designed and produced a disc brake for a bike in my first year. Although that's not the same as a car brake, it is not too far off, and this is basic engineering 101. Biomedical Engineering (BE) however, is a 2 year Master, which requires the Mechanical engineering bachelor diploma to enter.

So it is safe to assume that a biomedical engineer knows its way around mechanical systems. Also the Systems&Control (SC) part, is all about modelling reallife situations into formulas, and someone experienced in (SC) is generally quite good in understanding how a process works.

Concluding: I'm saying (BE) is a serious occupation that creates tools for better operations or small mechanical systems to replace bodyfunctions, which in my opinion is a lot more difficult (but in the same area) as engineering a brake.

Continue.

Last edited by Swif7, Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:11.

Not entirely sure if this is the correct place to post this, but here goes.

I've been playing lfs demo for quite a while, considering purchasing it. However, with S2 my framerates dropped to around 15fps with an empty grid, so I decided to wait until I got a better pc.

My specs are:
Celeron 1.7Ghz
512mb ddr
SiS 645 mobo (400mhz)
Geforce 4200Ti 256mb
WD 250gb 7200rpm

Now with patch V, i suddenly get 35fps, even with a reasonable grid the fps stays above 20. How is this possible? All the settings are the same, including the Z-buffer thing (which is on 24, the fastest setting).

In the patch V improvement list I didn't see anything that would affect performance in physics, graphics or better hardware support. So if anyone has an idea, please bring it up.

All gamers have a keyboard, only a few (statistically seen) have a wheel. Therefore, if both control systems are equal, there should be more kb's than wheeldrivers in the rankings.

Anyways, I use a mouse because it's more towards realism than a keyboard.. until I have a wheel