QOTW suggestion
"Things I do to keep myself amused whilst waiting for the qotw to change"

No?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:19, 25 replies)

dunno what you mean...
F5
F5
F5
F5
F5
F4 *WHOOPS*
F5
F5
F5
F5
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:24, closed)

f5
doesn't work like that on my Mac.

Apple-R
Apple-R
Apple-R
Apple-R
Apple-R
etc
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:28, closed)

I like to think
about all those b3tans out there fwapping on their keyboards of a wednesday afternoon.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:28, closed)

@CHCB
Yes, F5 turns up the volume on my Powerbook. Unless I press the Function key, in which case it brings up the spellchecker.

And I didn't know this until I tried it! How useful.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:31, closed)

sigh
I've actually resorted to working in between checking for a new QotW...somebody please save me!

Now where's that file...
(whimper)
(chase, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:32, closed)

Fuck this for a game of strip chess!
I'm going to go and eat toast.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:34, closed)

do you think
if we all go away and do something else instead it will make the qotw change?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:35, closed)

Strip chess?
Never played that.

Does it still end with "mate"?

*Tries desperately to come up with 'bashing bishop' pun, but fails*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:36, closed)

Ahh stuff it
I'm off for my third fag of the day.

Gosh I feel healthier already*








*guess what?
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:36, closed)

^Chess
Hmmm (and with apologies to RD)

....her queen was trapped between two bishops as the knight moved (in a mysterious way) to 'mate'.


No, it's crap.

Delayed the fag for a minnit, though.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:40, closed)

OK, here's one
I got so fed up waiting for the QOTW to change that I had to go and look for pictures of kittens.

Have a fluffeh example:


( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:45, closed)

This week
I am eating my birthday cake to pass the time.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:50, closed)

Try this, then:
Development of the mathematical equations for the involute curve uses simple
trigonometry. We will develop the equations for 90º of one full involute. In other words,
we are un-wrapping the string 90º around the cylinder in a counterclockwise direction.
The circumference of a circle is defined by: c = 2 * p * r
One quarter (90º) of the circumference of a circle is then: c = p * r / 2

Using trigonometry, we find that:
xc = r * cos (ang) x = xc + ( s * sin (ang))
yc = r * sin (ang) y = yc – ( s * cos (ang))

This is what I'm currently doing at work. Wanna trade?
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:50, closed)

I think
I'll stick with the kittens. Can't get my brain into gear today.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 13:57, closed)

@ Loon
Did it at Uni: no going back, can't do it any more. Mainly because I don't bloody need to.

No Trade =)

No trade at all. ;o)
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:08, closed)

Yay, a coworker told me where the file is!
@TRL...I don't get it - are you just converting between rectangular and polar coordinates? Or when you say "Unwrapping" do you mean you now have a "P" shape (the top half being the cylinder and the bottom half being the string that used to wrap around the other 90 degrees) and are trying to find the distance in x and y from the center of the circle to the end of the string (i.e. bottom of the "P")?
(chase, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:11, closed)

^^ What?
I'm a civil servant, of course I don't understand this.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:13, closed)

Here... pass some time with this.
hitta.se/ViewDetailsPlace.aspx?vad=&var=%f6straf%f6rstadsgatan+20&StreetNumberId=100793988

I live here.

enjoy!!

Edit: Hitting "Satelit" will give you an aerial photo... not a map.
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:16, closed)

Here are my sources:
www.cadquest.com/books/pdf/gears.pdf
www.profilesmagazine.com/p33/marsalek.html

I don't have ProE, I have SolidWorks and AutoCAD to play with. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get one of those two to generate a curve from a pair of functions, PLEASE tell me!
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:19, closed)

@Humpty
For some bizarre reason, that link appeared purple on my machine, as if I'd already clicked it!

Does this mean I have an alter ego who is stalking you?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:20, closed)

hmm
Nope.. sorry, I can only do that in ProE... Not familiar with solidwrx.

Incidentally... ProE Wildfire is well named: Wildfires are unpredictable and financially ruinous.

K2K6
Strange. very Strange.
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:23, closed)

@KDK6
thank you for the kittens
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:24, closed)

@HLT
Don't mention it. Any time.

Had a job finding them though. Can't think what I did wrong. I used "young pussy" as a search term...
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:26, closed)

@k2k6
Hmm...
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:30, closed)

I had a similar problem
when I tried to find a picture of an oversize obese male chicken.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Mar 2008, 14:39, closed)