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  1. Hiriyu
    MM, I had a quick look online, and didn't see any one shop carrying all of what you need (punching the faster size directly into google does seem to help though). As Mr. Pi had mentioned earlier, it might not be a bad idea to see if you have any nearby model shops who deal with RC stuff. I expect that I might even be done with all of my assembly requiring screws either tonight or tomorrow night, and I still appear to have some various extras left. You're first on the list if I have anything left that you need. I'll let you know.
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    I won't be using my PE parts, shoot me a PM and see if we can work out a deal I'm just about finished with my kit, about 90% through. Still have the ARMDs to do, need to paint and assemble the bridge unit, and do some decals. I'm keeping mine to a toy-like aesthetic, just doing panel lines and minimal weathering, no mods (I haven't the talent in plastic, unlike most of you guys ) . Lack of certain screws hasn't been much of an issue; I was able to rob some from my RC stash, and worked around others by judicious screw-swapping and gluing of some parts. I will say that the notes from the blog on Yamato's site were helpful and mostly relevant to my own buildup (even broke the exact same screw in the exact same location for the hip slider bar cover despite being aware of the issue, har har). At some point I'll get some pictures and assembly notes posted.
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    Exactly my thoughts too. One of my other hobbies is RC helicopters, and I have a feeling that I can probably scrounge some of the screws from my RC spares. For anything I can't find easily locally, there's always McMaster-Carr supply co. It just would have been nice if the hardware had all been present out of the box - my post was more a cautionary note than a major gripe
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    I received my kit about a week ago, but opened it up for inventory today. Took the blog advice from Yamato's page and started in on hardware inventory first. Looks like I'm short a dozen and a half fasteners according to the manifest in the manual (missing 7pc M2x6 fillister, 4pc M1.8x6 fillister, 1pc M2x5 flathead, 2pc M2x4 flathead). I'm also overstocked on the M2x4 and M2x5 fillister screws by about half a dozen each. I'm an engineer by trade and had checked each fastener with a vernier caliper while sorting, so I'm relatively sure of my piece count being accurate. I checked and double-checked the parts bags for the missing screws to no avail. I'd urge you guys getting your kits ready to follow the blog advice and check your fasteners before going any further. Grrr.
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    Guld Bowman's memory suppression drugs have surfaced: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/drugs.html
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    You can relax or disable the User Account Controls settings via the control panel. See: http://www.petri.co.il/disable-uac-in-windows-7.htm For my money, Win7 is the best thing yet out of Redmond. It takes a bit more tweaking to get everything set up "just the way you want it", but that's only because there are so many more features available and enabled by default compared to previous versions. I've never been enamored of the MS defaults in any Windows version, but if you put the time in on 7 to customize, you'll come out happy with what you've got.
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    Thanks again J. Sorry for the derailment
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    Cool, Jenius, thanks. I thought I had read some years ago that HG had purchased Mospeada essentially lock stock & barrel (precluding any arrangements with Tatsunoko), but I may well be mistaken on that point.
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    Only problem there is that if iirc, HG currently holds the Mospeada license in full, and I don't know that Yamato directly would be allowed to play ball with them. Someone edumacate me if I'm out of date on this please.
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    For Kensei, the only "problem" that I run into with Eyefinity run through displayport adapters is that gamma/color maps can tend to bounce back and forth between my Windows settings and the ATI driver settings... On my configuration (5870 with 3 dvi monitors), I'm only running one monitor via DP adapter (active), and it is that monitor that shifts gamma depending upon which profile I have selected. With enough fiddling, I'm sure I could match my Windows and Catalyst color profiles to where there would be no difference on mode shift, but I'm too lazy to do that when the profiles are just two clicks away anyhow. Grats on the 6990. I've been wanting to use that card in my pending upgrade/rebuild, but have been slacking on pulling the trigger. I haven't really seen much data on how well it works with Eyefinity; hopefully you can be my test-mule on that *edit, don't think you'll see any overall quality loss on any monitors going from displayport on the card to HDMI or DVI, just color profile differences. Or, such is my experience.
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    No problem Peter. Sound has been working in MAME since version .57 or so iirc (several years in other words, I think we're up to version .112 about now). On review, the MAWS data is a little bit out of wack in the history and description, but we know better around here One of the local arcades I frequented here in the LA area back in the late 80s and early '90s actually had this game on location and I played the real thing quite a bit (the arcade in question was the famous Pak-Mann, down the street from Pasadena City College on Colorado Blvd - I'll bet that Gubaba among other locals can remember it fondly). If you need any help with it (erm, *cough*), send me a PM and I'll help get you hooked up
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    http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/set/macross
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    I've only just now seen the movie. Long time fan of the original. Good, not great, but still enjoyable. The high points for me were the original TRON arcade game rebadged as an Encom release in the old Flynn's arcade, accompanied by Journey (very, very cool), and the rest of the audio/soundtrack as a whole... I quite liked the re-use of so many of the original's sound effects (and those from the Tron 2.0 pc game), and of course the great compositions and cameo from Daft Punk. I'm still struck by how much Jeff looks like Lloyd these days
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    Further to Ter Ter's comments in terms of safety, consider the physics of two sub-ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n' as compared to two 2+ ton vehicles colliding at speed 'n'. Which is safer? The only problem with lightweight and (by definition) more efficient smaller vehicles is that they have to share the road with vehicles which are... not.
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    Pro-tip - use Firefox and download and install the 'NoScript' and 'Adblock Plus' addons. Presto, no more unwanted ads, for real.
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    I like the OG un-modded look, but it's all pretty subjective. Your modded intake pieces look great regardless
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    I have an atom N450-based windows tablet and love the thing. It's got a 10" multitouch screen, accelerometer with 360 degree rotation, 2GB RAM and a 320GB HDD; it's plenty snappy running Windows 7 Ultimate, in fact surprisingly so. It has excellent connectivity (3x USB 2.0, HDMI, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, SD media, etc.), and the ability to run any x86 32-bit software. I find the overall utility really surprisingly good. No, you're not going to run anything really computationally heavy on the thing, but it handles basic office, productivity, web and media tasks (and even some games) remarkably well. The extreme portability, combined with 100% desktop compatibility and a very inexpensive price was definitely a draw for me... I got mine for much, much, much less than the price mentioned in the link above. As Mike mentions, low-power netbooks and tablets are a poor substitute for a full PC, but they can make a great adjunct to an existing system IMHO.
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    Have to admit, I was curious as to what your thoughts would be about these. I'm still pretty sure that the specs A7 posted can't be right though... let us know what you come up with.
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    Those specifications on the various Lotus can't be right... I'm not impressed. Me-too wannabe Gallardo styling. Porky curb weights. Lotus has never been about muscle car appeal; it's completely anathema. Colin Chapman must be doing 7500 RPM in his grave.
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    My nephew is a Geek (in the proprietary sense), and I agree with Chewie in that the service you receive is proportional to the tech and managerial talent existent at whatever location you sample. That said, and not wanting to stomp all over my nephew's profession, the Zentrans among us are really much better off in general finding their very own non-professional geek (in the non-proprietary sense) to help out with their PC maintenance and repair. Most real-life computer geeks will do basic operations at no little or no cost - maybe feed them a $20 or a 12er of beer to keep them happy. The real trick is to find a local geek willing to help. There otta be a central databse of willing computer nerds... Lord knows, I've done more than my share.
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    No fancy wallpaper here, but 5760x1080 goodness:
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    My monitors are all DVI, and I'm using a Dell active displayport adapter for my main (center) monitor. The main problem with active adapters right now is availability - though there are several models that work, Dell is the only company that has any inventory right now. Running on Catalyst 10.4, I don't experience any of the glitches associated with Eyefinity except for a minor one which involves windows explorer needing to restart when switching back to extended desktop mode. I understand that this was not a problem in 10.3, so this will likely be fixed with 10.5.
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    YLM, you can expect up to about half a dozen runs total, depending on how many people show up. Steve K. has run there a couple of times, don't know if you still ever see him around. I'll probably be seeing him in about a week, I'll tell him Hi for you.
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    Hey Vince, You don't need any special versions of games for it to work, it just works, albeit with varying degrees of success from title to title. It's not really hardware-related, but has to do with how various games cope with ultra-high resolution and FOV settings. Mine is 5760x1080 (3x 1920x1080). I've got a largish pile of games that I still need to install, I haven't tried any FPS games with it yet. I've also got a ton of flight sims that are waiting in the wings for installation. So freakin time consuming Some games that I've played with and work well so far: X3: Reunion Sins of a Solar Empire Pirates rFactor GTR GTR2 GTL NFS Shift Test Drive Unlimited Defcon I haven't taken any actual pictures of the setup (it's just three monitors on a desk, heh), but here's a quick screenie: ss1.bmp
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    Yup, that is what it is. The unique thing about this one is that it's one of the longest-standing events of its type in the Western US. It's a classic.
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