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by SuperSheep
Tue May 16, 2006 8:23 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: omfg wifi rockin your world, kick 4$$ pwnd
Replies: 20
Views: 1444

May not be entirely illegal but you gotta read the fine print...

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004024.html
by SuperSheep
Mon May 15, 2006 10:48 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Darth Vader calls the Emperor ...
Replies: 9
Views: 909

Hilarious! I especially like the part about the not being able to protect a 2 meter wide exhaust port. LOL! :D
by SuperSheep
Fri May 12, 2006 10:10 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The Evolution of Dance
Replies: 5
Views: 773

Funny stuff!!! :lol:
by SuperSheep
Wed May 10, 2006 7:36 am
Forum: Servers and Server OP's
Topic: Bold Deceiver Banned?
Replies: 23
Views: 8250

Re:

DHR uses no SSAC, you were banned because you did not have the required speed hack!! Or you killed one of the Ops buddies once too often!! Too true! :D How many times I and others have seen the OP flying through walls? More times than I can count. You guys want a real server, go to VonRC's excellen...
by SuperSheep
Fri May 05, 2006 9:37 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Wanted: Beta testers for my new game
Replies: 19
Views: 1625

Re:

I've thought about running Dork on cell phones, handhelds, etc. Cell phones really don't have enough resolution for the level designs I've made, so it would require redesigning everything-- and probably reprogramming too, because I somehow don't think cell phones support OpenGL. Handheld game conso...
by SuperSheep
Thu May 04, 2006 7:39 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Anyone affected by the protests?
Replies: 16
Views: 1251

Re:

So you hire illegals? Or, you'd fire someone for standing up for what they believe in? Make them take a vacation day or something... oops, just saw the "If" on the beginning of your sentence...nevermind my spiel I'd fire an employee in a heart beat for not showing up for work. In fact, I'...
by SuperSheep
Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:48 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Jezzball
Replies: 11
Views: 886

by SuperSheep
Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:08 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: It's such a cool idea. Why don't we have this??
Replies: 23
Views: 1168

Re:

What part of "Explodes with a squeaky POP" do you not understand???? Just one word scuppers your idea: Hindenburg. :P I think the word your looking for is Helium :) They don't make blimps from Hydrogen anymore. Moving on... Another possibility would be if (big if) they could find a lightw...
by SuperSheep
Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:12 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Copyright © Infringement
Replies: 22
Views: 1596

Your moving man example is not the same thing. The moving man/woman has to spend X hours for each time he/she is paid. Someone copying 1 copy, 10 copies, 100 copies does not mean I have to spend 1 hour, 10 hours, or 100 hours to not get paid. Repoman- Did you ever consider that I might have actually...
by SuperSheep
Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Copyright © Infringement
Replies: 22
Views: 1596

RepoMan - I think it's a shame that a program that you and so many developers put so much time into wound up not making money, but the point I was trying to make is that people stealing your \"material things\" is taking away from you something tangible that you have, and now do not have. ...
by SuperSheep
Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:32 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Copyright © Infringement
Replies: 22
Views: 1596

Copyright © Infringement

I couldn't help but wonder what exactly are the legalities with copying and how the original creator has been harmed sinced reading Mobius's comments in Isaac's thread. First, my background.... I created a program many years ago called the Holographic Screen Saver. Originally, I wrote it for myself ...
by SuperSheep
Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:15 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: =permission list=
Replies: 47
Views: 3220

Feel free to copy my copy :D
by SuperSheep
Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:35 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Does weather effect dial-up modem frequencies?
Replies: 10
Views: 699

Couple of good articles on getting the most out of your connection and problems that affect dialup...

Smart Computing

Forum talk(past halfway weather related)
by SuperSheep
Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:16 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: circuit question
Replies: 18
Views: 1521

Here's a very simple current regulator using a easily attainable voltage regulator device...
http://www.techlib.com/electronics/regulators.html

Thanks for fixing the Massive Radio Shack Link Krom. What was wrong with it? Seemed to work fine for me. :?:
by SuperSheep
Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: circuit question
Replies: 18
Views: 1521

Forgot to mention...

The circuit I showed you is just to get the output voltage to where you need it, you'll still need to limit the current. I'll dig something up or you can search for battery charging circuits or current limiting on google.

:)
by SuperSheep
Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:16 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: circuit question
Replies: 18
Views: 1521

Found a circuit that just might work for your application. http://www.maxim-ic.com/images/appnotes/1029/A27Fig1C.gif (*Note...there is an error in the schematic that rates the inductors as 330uF and 22uF, this should be 330uH and 22uH) This circuit generates 5V, however, the MAX1771 is capable of pr...
by SuperSheep
Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:15 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: circuit question
Replies: 18
Views: 1521

Good point Floyd, forgot to put that in my post :) If you have 1 cell providing 100mA and you quadruple the voltage, you would cut the current to 25mA (given 100% efficiency). More typical would be about 20mA or less. Basically... Power = Voltage X Current. So your solar cells are rated 3V at 100mA ...
by SuperSheep
Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:31 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Weird network problems
Replies: 24
Views: 1476

We did experience some weird latency issues with Comcast which wound up being their DNS servers.

I've also had terrible experiences with switches and wound up always having to resort to a router.
by SuperSheep
Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:25 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: circuit question
Replies: 18
Views: 1521

To charge the battery, you need to supply current. This can be a low amount or a high amount but there needs to be current flowing into the battery. This requires the charger (solar panels + additional circuitry) to apply more voltage to the battery than the batteries voltage. See, the battery has a...
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: Coders Corner
Topic: Need help on OpenGL projection stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 3280

Almost forgot, great site that you probably already know about, for tutorials on OpenGL...

http://nehe.gamedev.net/

and...

http://www.flipcode.com/documents/matrfaq.html
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:18 pm
Forum: Coders Corner
Topic: Need help on OpenGL projection stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 3280

Here's what I did to setup the view of a model in OOF Editor... Call glMatrixMode(mmModelView) Call glLoadIdentity Call glTranslatef(0!, 0!, -1!) ' Move to starting position, rotation to draw model Call glTranslatef(rXaxisPan, rYaxisPan, rZoom) Call glRotatef(rYaxis, 1!, 0!, 0!) Call glRotatef(rXaxi...
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Come See Mars and hop like a kangaroo with a giant head!!
Replies: 18
Views: 1270

I think the scientists might have got inspired from this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_(film)

Perhaps there is already alien technology there ready for us to flip the switch :D
by SuperSheep
Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:20 pm
Forum: The DBB Testing Zone
Topic: magic words!!! ooooooo
Replies: 3
Views: 2320

Easy, it's a graphic...

Click me for this ... Image
by SuperSheep
Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:39 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Will the Plane FLY?
Replies: 112
Views: 6504

Why is everyone concentrating on wheels, conveyor belts, engines, none of that means anything. As has been stated by an engineer and several others already... It's airspeed, not ground speed that matters Planes wings develop the lift, the engines provide thrust. In some cases (fighter jets as an exa...
by SuperSheep
Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:22 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: OOF documentation where?
Replies: 13
Views: 2524

Thought I already posted this...DBB must have swallowed it up...lol :D This is from OOF Editor and is in VB. Lemme know if you can follow it. This is from D3, might be differences to D2. ***** OOF File Format ***** The beginning of every OOF file has a File Header which contains the file ID and vers...
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:32 am
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: I need an up-to-date OOF description
Replies: 2
Views: 1764

This is from D3, don't know if everything is the same... This is copied and pasted from OOF Editor which was written in VB. If you need translation (which you shouldn't :P), I'd be happy to. ***** OOF File Format ***** The beginning of every OOF file has a File Header which contains the file ID and ...
by SuperSheep
Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:34 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: IE error
Replies: 0
Views: 869

IE error

Doesn't look like a biggie but I get the following error on a lot of pages... Line: 15 Char: 1 Error: 'document.form.elements' is null or not an object Code: 0 This happened today on the index, search and some topic pages. I think perhaps the javascript is running before the actual page loads. You m...
by SuperSheep
Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:54 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: M$ Sidewinder 3D Pro on USB
Replies: 389
Views: 233400

Yep, that would be an anti-static bag. Probably contained some of the parts Grendel ordered. :P
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:56 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

I estimate around 0.01% of the time, but hey, it'll look cool eh? :P

Actually, the LED's help illuminate in low light situations and my eyes need all the help they can get :)
by SuperSheep
Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:44 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Well, I finally got the top template done. Wanted to use a transparency, kinko's said the only machines that they had that could do transparencies was their copiers and that wasn't good enough image quality so I wound up using a paper print sandwiched between two sheets of plastic. Still have to buf...
by SuperSheep
Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:34 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rant against Sears
Replies: 17
Views: 1584

Next time, buy a Maytag. Best Washer's and Dryer's you're going to find. I know because I worked for Maytag as a repair tech and usually the first repair wasn't for 15 years and even then it would be something minor like a new gas valve or lighting element on a dryer or a fill valve on a washer. We ...
by SuperSheep
Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:51 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Got the LED's mounted and working :)

Image

Doesn't look quite as cool as the animation, but that would require many more LED's and a custom driver. Bleh to that!!!

Comments?
by SuperSheep
Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:41 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: M$ Sidewinder 3D Pro on USB
Replies: 389
Views: 233400

I must say, this is looking really cool.

Kudos to you guys for making one helluva cool looking adapter.
by SuperSheep
Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Sprayed the base today...Semi-gloss black. I'll get pictures up soon.

Next...the template for the top cover. :)
by SuperSheep
Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Here's an idea of what the LED's would look like...

Image

Whatcha guys think?
by SuperSheep
Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:24 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Thanks Jake and Zangareth. I don't think I'll be wanting to build another one anytime soon. Building it wasn't a whole lot of fun. I started with a steel base which I had to cut and drill to size, then the aluminum sides which are also machined, then epoxied. The coils are hand wound and each consis...
by SuperSheep
Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:14 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

lol...no, but that sounds interesting :)
by SuperSheep
Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:39 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Thanks for all the great comments guys! Vulcan...I can't say currently what it's for but, it's not terrorism, heh, quite the opposite. If what I'm getting into works, it will eliminate the dependence on animals in a particular industry. Something that I strongly believe is the right thing to do. I'l...
by SuperSheep
Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:28 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Thanks Grendel! I don't need USB just yet, but I spose if I do, I can always convert the joystick code :P Thanks Mobius! Actually, I wanted to make an LED array (8 total) that were composed of red/green LED's that would rotate with the field and illuminate a translucent ring of plastic. Supa cool!! ...
by SuperSheep
Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:53 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Almost finished with my Solid State Stirrer
Replies: 34
Views: 3359

Thanks Ferno!!

A buddy of mine is making a tornado tube using a PC type fan and magnets. I'll try to get some pictures of that up too.