Any way to increase the contrast and/or brightness to make it easier to see the spoke detail?

 

how's this?

 

Or this?

 

Thanks guys!

I think that is my favourite rim yet. Its curvy and lightweight, like the RX-8 itself. Sinuous. Fits into the design better. The other rims looked a bit heavy and were too "slab-ish".

 

Strikingly similar to the Mazda6's rims, don't you think?

 

Hey yeah, you're right! Mazda6 wheel up close:



On the 6, the tire size is P215/50R17. Wouldn't bother me a bit if we got those rims/tires. Cheaper to replace the rubber than the 225/45R18, and total height difference is only 0.51". You are only giving up 10 mm of contact patch, which won't be a huge difference in the real world.
I hold out hope that 17's will at least be an option. Even the Mata came with a choice of 14, 15 and 16" wheels (until recently, now the 16" wheels are standard for 2003.)

Edit - Should mention the wheel in the still pictures posted above looks like an 18" rim though, not 17".

 

Indeed... but since IT is a competitive sport, and I LOVE to sing the praises of Linux and open source software... especially since SO many people think Microsoft is the be all and end all of quality software... Here's my version,...

 

I'm only using windows because there are no good games on the Mac and Linux.

Hitman 2 takes up much of my recent time... If I really wanted another OS, I'd vote for BeOS to be a strong OS, followed by the Mac OSX, then finally Windows. Linux still doesn't do it for me

 

Blue, help!!!
I downloaded the video, saved it to my hard drive, but now I can't get it to play. What Player should I be using?

 

What platform/os are you using?

 

Small and Limp 98 SE

Damn windows

.asx file, maybe I should have it converted to avi?

 

The stupid Windows Media player won't recognize it as a format it can play if you simply double-click on it. Right click, go "open with" and select the MS Media player, and it will go. At least, that's what I had to do with Win XP.

 

Well, it's a Microsoft format... ASF... I will be playable by the latest "Media Player" and I assume that is available for 98. If not I don't know what to recommend! It's SO long since I've used Windows... infact the last version I used was the original 95.... Linux does me for EVERYTHING, and I use Solaris at work!

 

You gotta give them credit for trying!

http://www.gnome.org/start/2.0/scree.../crux-shot.png

I love quake3, so luckily it's available on Linux!

 

Yeah, its strange. When I clicked on your file to download it from your FTP, it opened up in Media player no problem. I watched the video and let it play through, then clicked "save" and put it on my hard drive.
Then I go to play the video today, and Windows said it didn't recognize the file format, and to pick a program to open the file. Chose Media player (duh) and away it went! Gotta love microsoft. :D

 

Uh, Blue, I used Linux for my grab, too. (mplayer-0.90pre8 and xv) too.

 

ROFLOL... great... I was wondering if it would be possible under Windows to do that... I'm just up for the sport! Cheers, that made me smile! You got a newer version than me too!

 

Heh, well I'm finishing my PhD in computer science, specifically in operating systems and networking, this semester. Think I'm a windows fan?

:>

 

LOL... I always assumed that Windows was bad, until I actually studied software engineering... Now I know it is... If it was a car it would be a constructed from the second hand parts bins of half the worlds car manufacturers, but originally based on a Model T ford... ... and over the years modified to carry heavy loads or go fast... but always with brute force, and no finesse! One day I really believe that patch on patch, it will become unmaintainable....

For that, I don't hate microsoft... they are there to make money and sell software and they do it very well... These days it's just their business practices that get me mad! Win32 is supposed to be a documented standard... like hell, you could impliment everything they've ever published and not get a working implimentation... as the Wine project is finding out!

Of course, those are my personal opinions, and I am entitled to them.

 

ya, i'm a Mac user and can't get over the tremendous amount of bluescreening my friends' comps get when i start to power surf/forum post etc... and BEFORE YOU ALL POINT AND LAUGH, OSX is a pure unix kernel... not as versitile as Linux, but i'm an econ major, not compsci... :p

 

Actually, OS X is a *very* nice OS, and it can be as versatile as Linux, though it hasn't had the hours behind it yet. My next computer is going to be a powerbook G4 laptop running OS X, for the record.