Phoxtane

... What did I just watch? Or rather, HEAR?

Playstation Vita. Seriously, I\'ve got a mid-range computer I built myself to play games on. It also handles Google Docs quite well.

Sorry for the lack of updates folks, I\'ve been a little busy. Currently, I\'m flying a C7 plane to my current location. With luck, I can use it to scout out my path.

While we\'re on the subject of LOGO, who\'s heard of the Lego version? Have a link. I had some of the motors, wires, and touch sensors for this [got them in a large box of Lego from one of my dad\'s principal friends].

A side note: I managed to salvage about 2 and 1/4 picks from a starting set of 24.

My comfy chair :\'( This does mean that I can sell it off and buy a better comfy chair though!

I just wanted to make sure there was no confusion with how to repair tools, or how the game decides the amount of uses left.

As some of you may know, the ability to repair your tools in Minecraft was added in the Beta 1.9 Pre-Release 3 update, allowing you to place two worn-down tools of the same material in your personal crafting grid and have them merge together. I\'ve noticed that many people who play Minecraft don\'t actually know how to use this, or even how it works. How does it work? To repair a tool, you simply take two tools of the same type and material, such as two stone picks. After placing them in the crafting grid, the result would be one Stone Pick with slightly more uses left in it. The algorithm for determining the amount of uses in the repaired tool goes as such: floor( Item A uses + Item B uses + (Max uses / 10) ) The game takes the amount of uses left in one tool, adds them to the amount of uses left in the other, and then adds 10% of the total amount of uses a tool of that type and material would get. Floor means it rounds that number down to the nearest integer. That\'s cool, but how do I benefit from this? To put it simply, you get a small amount of free uses for repairing tools! Let\'s try this out. When I use tools, I wear them down until the last bit of the red usage bar has disappeared. On stone tools, that means you have six uses left. I\'ve now got two picks with 6 uses left on each. floor( 6 + 6 + (Max uses /10) ) The amount of uses in a freshly crafted stone pick is 132. floor( 6 + 6 + (132 /10) ) After some simple algebra, we get 25 uses - just over double the amount of uses that would have been left normally. You can keep repairing a worn-out tool until it reaches the full amount of uses that a tool of that material will give. Personally, I like to leave off repairing it to full usage, because that may eliminate a few uses. You can just start on another tool when you hit that cap.

Might I ask why it uses turboprops instead of large jet engines?

I\'d say, 'You got yourself banned for admitting to piracy. Because you got banned, I\'m not gonna help. Go away.'

I must say, your drawing skills have improved greatly.

Since when did this become a challenge thread? S:|

My apologies for the double post, but the previous one is getting quite long. I\'ve reached Lake Crescent, that large lake visible from the map view along the side of that large 'bay' area! Fun with boulders! A near-tragedy struck when I managed to flip the cart using the handbrake. In the process of righting it, I lost the Mechjeb module. A view of the twilight sky next to Lake Crescent. Latitude: 21 deg. 53\' 58' North Longitude: 54 deg. 37\' 33' West My next goal will be to reach the Twin Lakes, a feature that you really can\'t see on this map. I will head south-west along the coast until I reach them.

I\'m at the halfway point between KSC and the Triangle Peninsula, as I\'ve taken to calling it. There\'s a cool lake here. Latitude: 7 deg. 14\' 19' North Longitude: 68 deg. 56\' 57' West Edit: My apologies for the late update, but I had issues with posting this morning. Trust me, F5 and F9 have quickly become my most-used keys I crashed at least four times before figuring out that the Mechjeb pod was raising my COG enough to cause rollover crashes in modest turns. Well, if you want to make me a new cart model, now would be the best time; I\'m still close enough to the KSC to drive out another cart in a reasonable amount of time. Heck, anyone who\'s interested, PM me! Quickload, my friend. I also realized just before turning in last night that I could just go to the map view to find my latitude and longitude... so it\'s just another .00001 mass now. That\'s the plan. In fact, if you go into map view, you\'ll see this is true! If I have enough time and/or feel like it, I\'ll detour up to the poles! Edit 2: I\'ve reached the Triangle Peninsula! Latitude: 10 deg. 55\' 37' North Longitude: 62 deg. 14\' 28 West

It\'s possible. I\'ll have to drive up in the northern latitudes somewhat, but I can drop down in a few places.

I\'ve decided to take it upon myself to drive around Kerbin via a cart! I shall start at the KSC, marked on this map. I am aware that it is an old map; however, it is the best I can do at short notice, and will be replaced as soon as I can get my hands on a more recent one. The vehicle of choice shall be the original cart, with the addition of a Mechjeb module* for the marking of coordinate waypoints during my journey. I plan to take an easterly route, and will be marking my progress with lines as I go. Allow me to present to you the Intrepid: My first goal is to head north-east towards the triangular peninsula. I shall be updating this thread whenever I encounter an interesting feature or reach a goal. *I will be using a Mechjeb modified to have an extremely low mass. Testing has shown that the added weight of a standard Mechjeb causes issues with turning at any sort of reasonable speed. Wish me luck! I\'m going to need it!

I\'ve got Malwarebytes and Avast! running on my machine, and I\'ve been good so far. If you can, get CCleaner from Piriform. After installing it, disconnect from the \'Net so the virus is cut off. Run the scans, and delete anything that\'s found. Now for the best bit: CCleaner has a 'Disk Free Space' wiper that\'ll overwrite all 'empty' space as completely 1s or completely 0s. You can even choose from how many times you want it to overwrite the free space, up to 32 [?] times. I\'d go for the 'FBI' option, which is seven. Repeat about three times to be ABSOLUTELY sure. [i should mention that I\'ve never had to do this. This is something that sounded like a good last-ditch attempt.]

TigerDirect is pretty good as well. I\'d shop around between the two to get the best deals. From personal experience, I can say that customer support for any Diablotek product is absolutely terrible [Never returned our multiple calls or e-mails for a dead PSU]. I can say that Coolermaster makes much higher quality PSUs. In fact, I think that when I need to replace my computer, I\'ll just go for as much Coolermaster stuff as I can. One more piece of advice: Go for slightly outdated tech, you can save a lot of money that way.

About two weeks ago, my dad won a 1990 Honda Accord, in light blue, from a raffle [school fundraiser]. It\'s technically 'my' car, but I can\'t drive a stickshift

Could be better in theory, but that\'s probably because we\'re renting in the downtown area, not living out in the suburbs.

There\'s one designed by the same guy that can built with one NXT 2.0 base kit. Here\'s the link to the instructions and program: http://mindcuber.com/ It can also solve a Void Cube!

The only difficult part of this project would be work out the image recognition software. The person who built the robot in the video is using a parts database he set up for this specific project. From what I can tell, it\'s able to tell what kind of brick is in the sorting tray by its size and shape. He\'s also got a scale set up underneath the sorting area to weigh the brick, and LEDs to 'flatten' the background for better images. I think we can bypass the issue of a webcam by setting up a point-and-shoot digital camera to take the pictures with. We can then run a wired connection from that camera to the computer, where the actual image processing is done.

First, a bit of history. About two months ago, I started sorting all my Lego into bags to allow me to find certain parts better. Needless to say, that project never got finished. I\'ve just now started getting back into, and quite frankly, it\'s boring. Thus, I have decided to create this 'competition' to see who can help me produce the best brick sorter. I\'d like to base it off the one shown in this video: Unfortunately, I do not have access to a cheap webcam. My parents do have iPhones, which I might be able to use for the image recognition. Thus, I call upon you! Astound me with your ability to create! Requirements for the sorter: -Must be able to sort bricks by general type, not just color. This is the tricky one; image recognition will be hard to accomplish with just an iPhone that I probably won\'t be able to modify at all. -Must be based off one Mindstorms NXT kit; I do not have access to hobby servos or multiple NXTs. -As little parts required to build as possible, preferably Technic pieces. -All components must be Lego, except for a camera mount. Unfortunately, I can\'t offer you anything for winning this competition, except bragging rights and a YouTube video with the brick sorter in it. Good luck, and may the best builder win!

Know what this game has done to me? It made me rethink my career as a robotics researcher, and led me to decide to expand into engineering. That way I can work on rocketry and robotics at the same time! Thanks to Kerbal Space Program and its wonderful developers!

Uhm, someone who is allergic to chocolate and thus must eat that replacement chocolate stuff that I can\'t remember the name of!