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Well, my 6 year old desktop computer has given up the ghost. It's a motherboard problem, so at least I can salvage the data from the HD (it will morph into an external HD). Relegated to a laptop for the moment.

Something that I was really pleased with? The laptop run Orbiter 1016 flawlessly. The '10 (and the '06) version has some graphics issues that I never was able to solve. But '16 works great.

The Mrs. Cruiser approved a purchase of a new desktop. So, I'll be shopping around, may build one.
 
:facepalm:

Just saw that. OK. The laptop runs Orbiter 2016 flawlessly. :)

This frakin keyboard though...
 
My work today:
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My workday: Pretty smooth, half past three I go for a smoke break, I come back, throw a habitual glance at the dashboard and start screaming and running around in panick.

The main database server was unresponsive.

It runs again, but now I need another smoke break!
 
jedidia said:
My workday: Pretty smooth, half past three I go for a smoke break, I come back, throw a habitual glance at the dashboard and start screaming and running around in panick.

The main database server was unresponsive.

It runs again, but now I need another smoke break!
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I still wait here for the promised server logs after fixing the issue... as soon as it runs fine again, the admins seem to forget that there was a problem that needed work.

I am 99% sure, we have no possible resource leak there that could have contributed to the problem. But 1% is reason enough for me to scan over three server logs and make sure that 10 - 10 = 0 and not 10000000 -10000000 = 1
 
A word to anyone interested in The Dark Tower. Keep in mind it is an adaptation and not a sequel. Ka is a wheel, and this is just another journey around the rim.

As a long time 'constant reader' I enjoyed the movie. There's Easter Eggs to find (some are easy to spot) and Idris Elba did a fine job as Roland. A MM as Walter? I thought he did "alright, alright, alright"
 
Didn't know it was out, good to see another of SK stuff is doing well. Took me a long time to realise it was a journey...and went on.

N.
 
MaverickSawyer said:
Sounds like the struts may not have been the extent of the issue(s), then.
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Yes. My first guess from the description of the sound would be some rubber part is missing there. Like the strut bearing is broken. Do you hear metallic sounds when turning the steering wheel while parked? like some bangs or creaking?
 
Long exposure shot of the ISS's pass above northern Italy yesterday evening:
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Specifically it's the tail end of the pass, with the station gradually disappearing in Earth's shadow.
 
Mark Harmon's teeth have not aged well...
 
PhantomCruiser said:
A word to anyone interested in The Dark Tower. Keep in mind it is an adaptation and not a sequel. Ka is a wheel, and this is just another journey around the rim.

As a long time 'constant reader' I enjoyed the movie. There's Easter Eggs to find (some are easy to spot) and Idris Elba did a fine job as Roland. A MM as Walter? I thought he did "alright, alright, alright"
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When it comes to King, I dislike most of his books (not all) and the quality of a King-based movie is inversely proportional to its faithfulness to the book.

This is why I loved Kubrick's The Shining and hated the Sci Fi channel's remake. Kubrick literally ignored King while making the movie and quit answering his phone calls and correspondence. The result was a masterpiece. The Sci Fi channel version was the opposite in every way.

So I might pass on the Dark Tower. Besides, I can't stand MM and his drawn out S's. (Is there a name for that speech impediment?)

His presence in Interstellar made an already shaky movie unwatchable.

n122vu said:
Mark Harmon's teeth have not aged well...
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A truly random comment, worthy of this thread!
 
Episode 3 of my webcomic.
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Urwumpe said:
Yes. My first guess from the description of the sound would be some rubber part is missing there. Like the strut bearing is broken. Do you hear metallic sounds when turning the steering wheel while parked? like some bangs or creaking?
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The entire strut assembly including the mount was replaced, and the isolator looks fine. I seem to bottom out at very low speeds over very small bumps, and it doesn't happen all of the time. Ride is great at highway speeds. It's not the ball joints or tie rod ends...just replaced those before doing the struts and they were fine.

I think the strut assembly nut was way overtorqued. I backed it off and retorqued it to OEM spec. I'll see if that helps.

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Ha, walked out to my car and found the rear right tire flat. Sure, why not?
 
OK, four new tires. :dry:

Front end clunks were still there. I pulled the front tires off, backed off all the nuts on the strut mounts and the control arm, jacked up the control arm to ride height, and retorqued. No joy. Pulled tires off again, looked at ball joints. They supposedly came pre-packed with grease, but I removed the zerk and there was hardly any grease in there. Reassembled and gave each ball joint a couple pumps with the grease gun until they swelled out, reassembled and drove. Much better. I think that was the demon I was chasing.
 
In the UK we have an annual "MOT", compulsory vehicle roadworthiness check:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOT_test

The MOT test (Ministry of Transport, or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in Great Britain for most vehicles over three years old used on any way defined as a road in the Road Traffic Act 1988; it does not apply only to highways (or in Scotland a relevant road) but includes other places available for public use, which are not highways.[1] In Northern Ireland the equivalent requirement applies after four years.[2] The requirement does not apply to vehicles used only on various small islands with no convenient connection "to a road in any part of Great Britain";[3] no similar exemption is listed at the beginning of 2014 for Northern Ireland, which has a single inhabited island, Rathlin.[4]
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Just curious, what system is used in the US?

N.
 
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