First Post!
by Maarten Goldstein, Apr 26, 2006 5:59am PDTHave a checkup appointment today for my contact lenses, which I first started using a couple of weeks ago. It was quite a struggle at first (like the second day), but I've pretty much mastered putting them in and taking them out now. Very glad I opted to get them. Also on FileShack
- Wild Earth demo - trial version of this wildlife sim game.
- The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff patch - now with fewer bugs and more fun.
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
Carmageddon ploughing into GOG
Last week I posted a few things with regards to aggressive driving and how it uses up more fuel etc. Well within that thread spawned this thread
on WOT (wide open throttle) short shifting being more fuel efficient.
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12016809
Most argued that it doesn't work.. Blackdawgg mentioned Road & Track had an article recently written by a Dennis Simanaitis. I decided to look into the nitty gritty behind the theory and emailed him. He was kind enough to respond and had this to say:
The theory behind heavy-throttle/short shifting is two-fold: The second part first: Revs cost fuel (there's more friction, more fuel per unit time, etc). The first part is rather more complex: Throttling an engine lowers its efficiency (the throttle makes it suck harder as it draws in air and fuel). That is, a gasoline engine is most efficient at WOT.
By the way, and only peripherally involved, this is one reason why diesels are so fuel-efficient at light load: They're not throttled. Their power output depends on the amount of fuel injected; the same amount of air goes in, regardless. (I talked about this in a major diesel article a couple, three years ago.)
Hence, with gobs of other assumptions (traffic allowing it; having no enrichment at WOT; etc, etc), WOT/short shifting to cruise is optimal.
As I noted in the article, BMW built a whole series of cars (the e or eta series) back in the Eighties on these principles. You might try googling BMW 325e or (I believe) 528e. I've also talked about this concept in my column a couple of times, originally when BMW brought the e's out, later more recently.
In actual practice, think of WOT/short-shifting as the opposite of driving with an egg under your accelerator foot while revving high in each gear. That is, it's more efficient to have a heavy throttle foot and shift early.
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Anyone know what happened to him?
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http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy...tml?sid=6148522
pretty f'in cool
and.....time to pass out.
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Any Shackers have an opinion on this piece of equipment?
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Recording/Computer/Software?sku=700519
I really like the price and simplicity of the setup. Seems to get good reviews as well for something 'quick and dirty'
http://gear.ign.com/articles/588/588776p1.html
http://emusician.com/mag/emusic_line_6_guitarport_rifftracker/
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I think I'm ready to take on jedi_27
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oh man, i love BestBuy!!! saved me $50 by matching amazon's price on a 2gb ms duo. best part? i was slick and went in with a gameplan, knowing full well amazon doesn't ship memory stick products to canada. and whole BB price match thing only works when u include the shipping price + the item must be deliverable to canada. which it was not.
so i had a us account setup before hand and when they asked me to show them the final price inc. shipping, i logged into my us account and chose super saver (free shipping) within us. the manager, who was pretty cool, wasn't too scrupulous and gave it to me. although he was smart enough to do the currency conversion from USD to CAN...had he not, it would've saved me another $10. saved an assload of cash since memory stick duos are still fairly expensive in canada, especially in a small town like mine.
i still had to pay 15% tax though :(
but saving $50 + instant gratification = win!
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750 gigs? God thats a LOT of pr0n.
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http://www.clubskill.com/Game_News/3171/Master%20Chief%20will%20be%20at%20E3%20next%20month
Can anyone confirm that this is actually true?
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Can I turn the Windows Search index on or off?
[This version of Windows is still in development, so some Help information might be inaccurate or missing.]
The Windows Search index improves the efficiency of your searches by keeping track of file names and important file properties for most of the files stored on your computer (and elsewhere, such as locations you frequently search on the network). The index is what makes it possible for searches to take just a few seconds instead of several minutes. The index is always on because it is essential for fast searches. It can't be turned off or paused.
When the index is running, it most likely won't affect your computer's performance at all. When you make changes to files, however, the index quickly updates those changes, momentarily putting a small additional load on your computer's resources. However, you will probably never notice the effect of the index on your computer's performance.
bah.. fuck that, i wanna turn it off!! grrrrr.. my HDD has been cranking for the last hour..
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^Looks pretty awesome looking flick. About time we got a viking vs indian movie!
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How many albums do you think will be released on 6/6/06 ?
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Fucking tease. :(
Holy shit...
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solve plz
//{int gamma[3] = {5, 10, 15};
int i;
for (i=0; i < 3; i++)
{
cout << gamma[i] << ' ';
}}//
A. 5 10 15
B. 5 10
C. 0 1 2
D. 0 1
E. It cannot be answered from the information given.
i swear i do weird things for some poontang
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Harro
They managed to capture the feel of PnP D&D very well, to the point that I hope NWN2 can live up to this.
So yea, guys, give it a shot if you like D&D at all.
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GameSpot's Quake Wars vehicle profiles
They added a page for 3 Strogg vehicles, and 5 more new images:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/enemyterritoryquakewars/story.html?sid=6148362
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Can someone tell me why my guys are retards and keep moving around? I tell them to move to a position where my crosshairs are pointing, they move there, and then proceed to continue moving directly into enemy fire + they never go prone or aything..the AI seems retarded!!!
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http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/880/hotwheels8rn.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/8797/tinted2cy.jpg
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do your pubes fall off during kemo?
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My new bed frame was delievered just now. Three huge boxes on the floor. Some assembly required. UGH. This is gonna take some time to put together.
I shall post pics later, by the time I am done ER should be up :)
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So that NFL running back who got caught in the airport with a product called "The Original Whizzinator" (which consists of a fake dick + dried urine all to the point of beating drug tests) apparently got busted by the league again less than a month later. These NFL rb's just love that herb...
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FYI, at the same time, I submitted this paper to an pay "e-tutor" service called smarthinking.com...they proofread, and suggest changes. These 'professionals' pointed out some of the errors listed above but said the paper was basically very well written.
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My wife has discovered Animal Crossing, which I bought for my daughter a few years ago. She just said "This game is really fun!", and I said "Yeah, the guys on the shack rave about it.". Then she said "haha they play this? I can't imagine a guy playing this game, it's kinda girlie."
lol you guys are total fags! And this is coming from the wife of a miata driver, so you know she knows gay!
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What do I play?!? I don't remember half these SNES titles
I'm avoiding the obvious Mario/Zelda titles. What else is a classic SNES game?
So far 3 Ninjas Kickback and Barbie Super Model have turned out to be sub-par choices.
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Server was started up Friday 23.45 CET. It is now 02.10 ish CET Thursday morning, the week after.
My character is level 43 and has a mount and almost all skills that can be purchased.
Yeah I like that little guide - I have during these days slept well, eaten well, taken care of errands and been outdoors every single day and managed this.
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