There's also the problem that some people just cannot learn how to program, no matter how good the teacher is, their brain just isn't wired the right way to understand it

Man, that's nice

Funny thing, the rod plays a bit of a trick on the eyes, when you look left to right it looks like it's spinning

Exactly what I was gonna suggest, darken the lense

So, tried turning it on again before disassembling power supply and it worked fine, I'm going to assume that the graphics card needed reseating, or something... >.> <.< *boggle*

Oh well, no use worrying about it (well, until it happens again DUN DUN DUUUN)

Yea, I was thinking that it might be a cap (that's the one component I hear most about in computers going bad)


Good tip about the harddrive, luckily the only thing I really need to backup on that machine are game saves, 80% of the harddrive is games, probably 2% saves, and the rest is TV shows

So, my computer has been running fine for ages, but the other morning it cut off, I thought maybe a power outage, turned it back on, and it starts booting, then cuts off while Windows is loading, I try a couple more times then go to work, come home, try a few more times, then unplug the video card, it boots up fine

So, my thinking is that the power supply is unable to provide enough current to power the video card anymore, wondering what component failures could possibly cause that? Anyone have any experience with PC power supplies (or just enough knowledge of general electronics to know what kind of circuit is in play)

Why doesn't the software have a "delete entire posting history" button?

When you need 3 separate circuits for one room of the house :p

(not that I do, we unfortunately don't even have grounds on all of our outlets)

Looks like a fake to me

But that could just be the low quality

I hope they went back and soldered that wire, otherwise it'll give them headaches in the future for a permanent project

I have a good one you will all love..


...when it's late at night and you have the TV/VCR/DVD remote and are "rubbing" it around on the desk wondering where the cursor is.

And Yes, I do it all the time!

I've tried to change the channel with a phone before, it wasn't even cordless

When you get upset that your corded phone won't change the channel and FIX that problem!

That sucks man, unfortunately it's due to the laws :/

No, but from bitcoin discussions, I know that there are automated wipers and systems that flip the panel after it accumulates so much weight, of course that could be DIY'd for cheap

Ok so I mistook your project for a portable fat converter, which at some point will need fat to be reloaded. So it is more or less an exercise machine that convert fat grown on humans into electricity. A healthy human can probably output at least 75W of power if not hundreds in bursts. Good thing you are thinking for the overweight population. You could be the first benefector. On the longer time scale, hour or longer, the human outputs only at a small power rating though. Maybe rig a health club to see how much energy bill they can save doing that. Will be a nice case study and may convence others to join the effort.

I've seriously thought about that in the past, never got as far as NIHao has though

I signed up, but got a job and have my actual school to worry about so I dropped out

I know this isn't what you asked for, but Mouser, Digikey, and Sparkfun all sell enclosures of all sorts