3 weeks!?!? The suspense will kill me by then. :p I hope everything works out for Richard, but I'd sure like to see pictures sooner than that. If that is not possible, I guess I'll live. Don't let the computer keep your from progress Richard. Hope everything is going well.

 

Or you could've come along on the Malibu run this past Sunday and seen one in real life. I had one on hand and showed it around to a few of the drivers there.

On another topic, we had a great time in the canyons and I have a new view of the Rx8 shortcomings. Gonna have to do some work on the rear end of this thing.
The shocks suck for sure and I'm looking for an adjustable front swaybar. I don't know if strut braces help but it's an easy thing to try.

I admit most driving will not need these things but if you make even one of these runs you will want them. Of course that goes double for tracking the car.

I'm taking a break from thrashing the computer so as I don't kill it.
Maybe I can take the camera to the office and do it there. Just have to find the software disc.

 

richard most modern computers with XP will recognise a camera if u plug it in anyway.

If it doesnt just DL some drivers from the net.

 

I dont guess anyone else took offence...but the comment regarding Richard's computer skills directly reflecting on his ability to build a SC was just absurd to me.....

 

He sucks at computers because he's always designing and building superchargers! Sounds good to me. He knows anything I say about him is just picking on him.

 

weird....the post i was referring to in my last post is gone now.......hmmm

 

Well, frankly I'm worried about Richard's state of mind by now. I mean, he's been wandering through the wastelands of Microsoft's helpline for a week now. That'd screw anyone! :D

 

I'm still trying some things but I believe it is something simple that I must have done.
It's like this: Honey, I can't get the childproof cap off my pills, go get one of the kids would ya.


So I'm going to take some pictures with my 35mm, run them over to get them printed to disc. Then take the disc to work and mail them to Ajax who will shrink them and post them.
The things I go through for you guys. It's not easy having grown up before computers. What am I suppossed to do with all the thousands of $$ worth of Nikon 35mm stuff?

I've decided that a new computer is in the near future. I'm at this moment looking at the Dell catalog.

 

Richard.. Get a Nikon digital body (if you can afford it).. all your lenses should still work (unless they are esoteric ones). I got a D70 when it first came out... very happy with it.

 

get an alienware.

they are top top notch.

www.alienware.com

 

yea,
if you are gaming, and dell will do everthing richard is likley to with a computer.

btw richard if you need something to work with while testing drop me a pm and i will send you my shuttle box that i use in my car. it will have something on it that i think would be very usefull to you.

beers

 

DONT get an alienware, there service is TERRIBLE now that they have grown so much so fast, plus they are always a step behind the other computers they compare to. If you would think about getting an alienware, you may as well get a Sager, exact same design (as they are all made by Clevo anyway) but more modern and far superior tech support. Just my $.02 after getting the run around by alienware. And as far as just for gaming, you will be able to get that model from Sager (and others I am sure) with an AMD dualcore processor and a QuadroFX video card so it will be an excellent workstation for CAD and Rendering.

 

FFS, get a Mac! :p

 

I would second the Sager reccomendation.

 

Richard the shifter came today. Too bad I don't know if the shop or anything else will still exist the next time I have a chance to get it installed. Rita has her eyes set on us.

 

I own a small business and we have 2 Dells running Windows 1Gateway runnin Windows and 2 Mac's. 98% of the problems come on the Windows machines. If your not IT savy, get a mac!

 

Yes, I'm watching the traffic jam of cars leaving your area now. That's onea biga storm. 212 MPH winds now. Damn thing looks about half the size of Texas, and we know how big that is. Gonna be some good surfing if your nuts enough.
Got under 900 milabars last night.
Oops, it just made a little turn east. That might help you out. Maybe it wants to go to The Big Easy like it's sister.

All you guys with computer advice thank you but we're cluttering up the thread with it and I still get complaints that it is too long. At this point I don't know what I'm going to do about it but I'll let you know. Thanks again for your help. The sun looks about right just now to get those pictures with film. Going to do it.

 

It looks like we are going to be on the much nicer west side of the eye wall. We only expect to get winds of about 80-85 mph sustained up here. I'm about 70 miles inland. Last night when we thought we were going to be on the east side of the storm, we were expecting to get 110+ mph sustained winds. It's been good news but it's still scary. I went from expecting my roof to blow off and alot of property to be ruined down to just cleaning up a big mess of landscaping debris.

 

Richard,
Here's what you do with all your nikon 35mm stuff... You get one of these:

 

Hehehe - he already had one of them in his shop. I used it to steal all the cranky-old-bugger's trade secrets when was looking for Torque. :p

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

LOL. Digital SLR's = teh win.
This one isn't mine, but after the first 10 minutes I used it, I was like.. "I have got to get one of these!"

 

Just picking up my F3 and shooting a few pics felt good to hold a real camera again. Is there any reason to keep shooting film?
There must be something better about it.

Anyway the pictures are in Ajax mail file so it's up to him.
I think we have to wait for him to get home from work.

 

Sweet deal. This kind of reminded me of the movie Road Trip. "Could you at least describe the video to us?" :p

 

I hope you didnt send them to that old email address..
It's gone you know..
PMing you now.

 

Here's Richard's Pics!