Comments for No more pink walls http://noisymime.org/blog Still kickin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on The rallyduino lives by Rallyduino? « No more pink walls http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-24363 Rallyduino? « No more pink walls Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:53 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=90#comment-24363 [...] [Update: This system is now complete and working. See details at http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/] [...] [...] [Update: This system is now complete and working. See details at http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/ [...]

]]> Comment on Rallyduino? by trevor http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/08/rallyduino/comment-page-1/#comment-24362 trevor Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:52:55 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=58#comment-24362 I would like to try the code out. I would like to try the code out.

]]> Comment on Gamer conspiracy theory by shoffing http://noisymime.org/blog/2007/02/gamer-conspiracy-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-24260 shoffing Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:49:24 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=37#comment-24260 In response to what James said, you don't *have* to pay another 1000$ when the next best game comes out. The average graphics card is around $150, and if you don't even want to spend that just lower your graphics settings and deal with it. Also, as for preference of controller, corded Xbox 360 controllers work on PC perfectly. In fact, they're MADE to work on PC's, the device manager picks them up instantly. The rings even light up on the controllers. Playing with this on a PC would be no different from playing on a 360. And what about when the next big system comes out? People have been playing modern-day games on 6 year old computers (upgraded every so often, of course). You can't say something like that about consoles. Also, community created custom content can extend the playtime of the game indefinately (in games such as tf2 and l4d). Also, making your own maps is easy, free to do, and fun. You can ONLY do this with a pc. And my final point: All of Valve's games release updates for *free* on pc, and *not free* on xbox. L4D, TF2, etc, all content for free. In response to what James said, you don’t *have* to pay another 1000$ when the next best game comes out. The average graphics card is around $150, and if you don’t even want to spend that just lower your graphics settings and deal with it. Also, as for preference of controller, corded Xbox 360 controllers work on PC perfectly. In fact, they’re MADE to work on PC’s, the device manager picks them up instantly. The rings even light up on the controllers. Playing with this on a PC would be no different from playing on a 360. And what about when the next big system comes out? People have been playing modern-day games on 6 year old computers (upgraded every so often, of course). You can’t say something like that about consoles. Also, community created custom content can extend the playtime of the game indefinately (in games such as tf2 and l4d). Also, making your own maps is easy, free to do, and fun. You can ONLY do this with a pc. And my final point: All of Valve’s games release updates for *free* on pc, and *not free* on xbox. L4D, TF2, etc, all content for free.

]]> Comment on Laptop painting by chacklie http://noisymime.org/blog/2006/04/laptop-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-24228 chacklie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:16:27 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=27#comment-24228 What's that bottle in the first picture? The tube stickin out of it looks a little too familiar. Hahahaha What’s that bottle in the first picture? The tube stickin out of it looks a little too familiar. Hahahaha

]]> Comment on Laptop painting by Tux Laptop Sleeve | Carlitos' Contraptions http://noisymime.org/blog/2006/04/laptop-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-23658 Tux Laptop Sleeve | Carlitos' Contraptions Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:51:05 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=27#comment-23658 [...] draw Tux on the back. To achieve that he used a stencil made from the image below that I got from the internet. Tux [...] [...] draw Tux on the back. To achieve that he used a stencil made from the image below that I got from the internet. Tux [...]

]]> Comment on The rallyduino lives by noisymime http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-23446 noisymime Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:50:17 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=90#comment-23446 Hey Sam, I'm not really familiar with the speedo drive senders I'm afraid as I've always used the wheel probes instead. There are a few different types of terratrip senders though and not all are compatible. To answer your 2nd question however, yes, there is a guy around who modifies the software (and hardware in some cases) of the VDO to give it a few extra abilities. He's done the 2 units that we have. I don't have his details on me at the moment, but I'll dig them up over the next day or so and let you know. -Josh Hey Sam,

I’m not really familiar with the speedo drive senders I’m afraid as I’ve always used the wheel probes instead. There are a few different types of terratrip senders though and not all are compatible.
To answer your 2nd question however, yes, there is a guy around who modifies the software (and hardware in some cases) of the VDO to give it a few extra abilities. He’s done the 2 units that we have. I don’t have his details on me at the moment, but I’ll dig them up over the next day or so and let you know.
-Josh

]]> Comment on The rallyduino lives by Sam Poynter http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-23445 Sam Poynter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:34:41 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=90#comment-23445 Just came across your blog while googling 'minicockpit' (you are hit #5!) cos I'm having some problems getting mine to work. I bought mine second hand with no sender, and bought a terratrip sender (the speedo cable pulse generator type) to use. Unfortunately, the calibration number (211) is below the minimum allowed (300)! Where did you get your sender from? As an aside, I've heard on an internet forum (therefore it's gospel...) that there is a guru somewhere that can modify minicockpits. Do you know anything about this? Cheers (and congratulations!) Sam Just came across your blog while googling ‘minicockpit’ (you are hit #5!) cos I’m having some problems getting mine to work. I bought mine second hand with no sender, and bought a terratrip sender (the speedo cable pulse generator type) to use. Unfortunately, the calibration number (211) is below the minimum allowed (300)! Where did you get your sender from?
As an aside, I’ve heard on an internet forum (therefore it’s gospel…) that there is a guru somewhere that can modify minicockpits. Do you know anything about this?
Cheers (and congratulations!)
Sam

]]> Comment on My time in the land of SIMD (Altivec vs SSE) by Brian Willoughby http://noisymime.org/blog/2005/10/my-time-in-the-land-of-simd/comment-page-1/#comment-23431 Brian Willoughby Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:38:51 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=16#comment-23431 Did you meet all of the requirements of AltiVec, such as memory alignment, etc? You should probably share your source code if you're going to share the results, just so people can point out any mistakes that make the AltiVec look bad. SIMD is incredibly complicated. There are many easy ways to make a single mistake and lose every advantage. That just in your source code. There are also operating system concerns that you must be aware of, or your performance will drop considerably. I'm not convinced that your results mean anything, which is fine, since you say as much yourself, but I worry that this page will become a source of misinformation. One final comment: SIMD is best used for processing streams of data like audio or video. Your example of calculating pi from scratch is interesting, but it's hardly what those execution units were designed for. In other words, saying that the P4 blew away the AltiVec at something neither is primarily designed to do is not terribly accurate. Did you meet all of the requirements of AltiVec, such as memory alignment, etc? You should probably share your source code if you’re going to share the results, just so people can point out any mistakes that make the AltiVec look bad.

SIMD is incredibly complicated. There are many easy ways to make a single mistake and lose every advantage. That just in your source code. There are also operating system concerns that you must be aware of, or your performance will drop considerably. I’m not convinced that your results mean anything, which is fine, since you say as much yourself, but I worry that this page will become a source of misinformation.

One final comment: SIMD is best used for processing streams of data like audio or video. Your example of calculating pi from scratch is interesting, but it’s hardly what those execution units were designed for. In other words, saying that the P4 blew away the AltiVec at something neither is primarily designed to do is not terribly accurate.

]]> Comment on 1 + 1 = 3 by Gerard http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/06/1-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-23429 Gerard Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:07:49 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=98#comment-23429 Hi, I came to your blog while googling for information to make a rally computer with an Arduino board. Congratulations to you and the mum, and best wishes for all. Hi, I came to your blog while googling for information to make a rally computer with an Arduino board. Congratulations to you and the mum, and best wishes for all.

]]> Comment on Rallyduino? by Kris Dahl http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/08/rallyduino/comment-page-1/#comment-23426 Kris Dahl Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:56:38 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=58#comment-23426 I was also thinking it would be cool to do a rally computer with Arduino... I'm going to see if I have any LCDs I can hook up and may try snagging your code, see if I can get it to work. I was also thinking it would be cool to do a rally computer with Arduino… I’m going to see if I have any LCDs I can hook up and may try snagging your code, see if I can get it to work.

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