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[n122vu]

Not sure what brand your laptop is, but Lenovo machines are notorious for this, even with all the settings disabled that would turn the device off to save power. USB mice, wired or wireless, can also stop working until a reboot. I've seen this happen both on battery and while plugged in, and even when using a dock have seen them turn off the USB ports built into the dock itself.

The error message intrigues me though. Good luck, and hope to hear if you found a resolution and what it was.

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And here I always assumed it would be my love of and addiction to video games that would bankrupt me:

http://dw-figurines.com/usa/#.UzA43vmIBcY

 

[Linguofreak]

Is there a reason why Windows 7 would randomly unmount an external USB drive? I'm running my Landsat tile generation script, which is supposed to run for a few days, but in regular intervals of an hour or two, the disk unmounts and immediately remounts, killing the script. :compbash2:

The data files are now too big to copy onto the internal HDD. The same thing happens on two different USB ports. It doesn't seem connected with the PC going to sleep, or the disk powering down (it is constantly being accessed.)

It's also not a hardware problem. The same drive, on the same computer and USB port, never spontaneously dismounts with Linux.

Any ideas?

Have you tried mounting the drive in a Linux VM, and copying the files to a folder shared between host and VM?

 

[martins]

Just to let you know that I have managed to come up with a solution now, which I really should have thought of earlier:

I compiled my matlab script into an executable on the laptop, using the mcc matlab compiler. This I copied over to the desktop, and installed the matlab runtimes there as well. Now I can run the tile generator from the desktop, using the original USB drive, and no more crashes since yesterday.

 

[Ghostrider]

Whatever you do, Martin...

DO NOT COMPILE THE TRON LEGACY CODE!!!

 

[Fabri91]

Speaking of Microsoft: MS makes source code for MS-DOS and early Word for Windows version available to public.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Not the sort of thing I usually share, but I thought it lived up to the headline of "gripping".

 

[N_Molson]

Now that bird looks weird, even more than Airbus Beluga :

 

[jedidia]

I decided a short round of DF adventure mode could be FUN, and it was. After managing a pack of five wolfes with only minor bruises, I decided to take on a small Goblin camp. Only one of them came out to meet me. The fight couldn't have started better, with me severing his left lower leg with the first strike. Then the guy wipped my ass. Lying down. vomiting from the pain. MINUS.ONE.LEG!!

I didn't get a single strike in anymore. For at least 10 turns we did battle, the cripple versus the evident absolute moron. He parried all my blows, and finally bashed my head in. However he managed that while lying down :facepalm:

 

[Pipcard]

Now that bird looks weird, even more than Airbus Beluga :

Even weirder:

(VM-T, modified for the transportation of Energia/Buran parts)

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Now that bird looks weird, even more than Airbus Beluga :

It's been reengined since it first flew with R-4360 radials...
That aircraft carried every hot-fired S-IVB stage from the manufacturing plant to Mather AFB, where they were then trucked to the hot-fire stand a few miles away, right next to Aerojet's Rancho Cordova facility. The concrete stand remains, and I have long desired to go visit it in person.

The stand is found at 38.571426*N, 121.237682*W.

 

[Quick_Nick]

First episode on April 1. Hank better not play with my emotions.

 

[mojoey]

Even weirder:

(VM-T, modified for the transportation of Energia/Buran parts)

What, is that a KSP model, or something?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

What, is that a KSP model, or something?

Nope, it's a real plane. Taken from the M-4 "Bison". Replaced by the AN-225 "Mryia"

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

The madness begins wned:

      PROGRAM HELLOFORTRAN
*     My First Fortran program. Written on 240314
*     Doesnt this look like fun Dakota?
        PRINT *, 'Real Programmers dont use Pascal'
        PRINT *, 'Crazy ones use FORTRAN!!!'
        STOP
      END

(Just to clarify, I have nothing against Pascal programmers, its a reference to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Programmers_Don%27t_Use_Pascal)

Definitely faster than C++ by a modest margin. The Fortran double holds about 3 times the decimal places of the C++ one, and takes a little under twice as long as the C++ version to approximate square roots using Newtons Method. On the other hand, I did have to run 9 million loops to pick out the difference, so it may not matter that much

Too bad Orbiter wasnt written in Fortran. Of course, the graphics would have been a nightmare, but at least FPS wouldnt be an issue :lol:

 

[mojoey]

Alright folks, here's a joystick question.

I've got a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro X30 joystick and I like it, but the stick seems to be a bit loose. I'm running into issues in FS where the plane will slowly start to roll to the left, and yaw a bit in the same direction over time. Now I can't exactly trim this out on every plane, and it's starting to become a bit of an issue. Can I pop the joystick open and tighten something up inside, or is it a slightly more complicated issue?

 

[Athena]

Now officially a high school graduate, college...here I come. :woohoo:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

 

[n122vu]

Now officially a high school graduate, college...here I come. :woohoo:

Congrats!

 

[Urwumpe]

Alright folks, here's a joystick question.

I've got a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro X30 joystick and I like it, but the stick seems to be a bit loose. I'm running into issues in FS where the plane will slowly start to roll to the left, and yaw a bit in the same direction over time. Now I can't exactly trim this out on every plane, and it's starting to become a bit of an issue. Can I pop the joystick open and tighten something up inside, or is it a slightly more complicated issue?

Could also be, that a sensor is misaligned or one of the necessary analog circuits aged. Or simply tear and wear.

 

[TMac3000]

Alright folks, here's a joystick question.

I've got a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro X30 joystick and I like it, but the stick seems to be a bit loose. I'm running into issues in FS where the plane will slowly start to roll to the left, and yaw a bit in the same direction over time. Now I can't exactly trim this out on every plane, and it's starting to become a bit of an issue. Can I pop the joystick open and tighten something up inside, or is it a slightly more complicated issue?

Is this happening with jet aircraft too, or only with props?