Anjow

I've done a bit of scambaiting in my time, I have only collected one trophy (a guy holding a sign for me saying I AM JOB). As for those emails, if there's even the slightest thought it could be dodgy - it is. If in doubt, when you go to enter your details just type the URL in the address bar - halifax.co.uk, so then you know it's not a dodgy link. Any email you get from a bank asking for details is a scam.

Heh, I like how the iPod interface has been photochopped onto the screen, using the wrong aspect ratio. It is a scam because the seller is advertising it as an iPod Nano, which it isn't.

Wouldn't you have to pull the lever twice as far to get both sets of pads to engage? While we're in the mood of throwing overkill braking solutions about, why not have several sets of maguras on one wheel. Or just weld the wheel so it can't spin.

Fun is sin.

I had to use it with OpenGL to make a duck pond for an assignment last year, my knowledge is very limited. What is it you're stuck on?

So insanely stuck on level 14 - at the bit where you have to hop from the large concrete tube to on top of the wooden sleepers. It's very annoying. I have tried what was said in the other thread on this game.

Can anyone tell me - is the fact that Zona is an anagram of Onza more than a coincidence? Is one a sub-brand of the other?

It capitalises all topic titles, which makes the majority of titles incorrect.

I'm sure I heard about one on the radio the other day. Don't know if it was referring to the motorbike show, but I'd have thought they'd have said 'motorbike show' if they were.

When I touched a space mouse it had digital movement, so you were either moving in a direction or not, and nothing in between. Is that the case with all of them?

Yeah, I think that is it - the rectangular bits of the tensioner that fit in the slot of the dropout are a really tight fit, so I think the effects of loosening or tightening them don't show until the wheel has taken some impacts.

The size is deceptive because EVERYTHING is very big. The monitors are 21" each, the case is massive, the chair is massive, and the keyboard is an IBM Model M from the 80's, which is also massive. Down on the floor you can see my second machine.

The point was I was having trouble getting it right. When it seems right, after a bit of riding it gets looser.

My booster arrived today and I fitted it with the help of my wench (god knows how you're meant to do something that fiddly on your own...) - it seems to have had the desired effect, they don't feel as spongy any more (though I haven't ridden it yet). The only thing now is I think my chain is a bit tight.

Mine is a report, so it's in many sections ranging from background research, to design, implementation & evaluations. As for difficulty, I imagine this is pants compared to what I'll be doing next year on the MSc. I'll be doing MSc Data Telecommunications & Networks, and fortunately the projects aren't all programming related then. So I'll probably do some study on network usage.

I don't know what exact pads they are since they just came with the bike on Saturday, but they look the same - all of them are red, I think (colourblind). I THINK I have got it sorted, at least for now. I did try using something between the pad and the rim, I had a go with both a very thin pedal spanner and some folded card. The pads aren't catching, the bite point isn't too close to the handlebar and it still feels moderately spongy, though I do expect that will diminish when I fit a booster tomorrow. And that means setting the brakes up all over again. Yay.

I tried it the way TomR suggested, it seemed fine at first - they were both an equal distance away and neither caught. Then after a few more squeezes of the lever the piston that the hose goes to first starts catching... It seems like I just CAN'T have a decent biting point on the lever without either of the pads catching because whenever I set it up it seems to change within a few minutes! I set it so that they are both equidistant from the rim, tighten up the mounts, spin the wheel to see if they catch (they don't), squeeze a few times - it's still fine, squeeze a few more times and the pad that the host comes to second has somehow moved in towards the rim and started catching. Is the first piston the hose goes to called the master and the other one the slave?

Need bleeding? The bike was made from scratch only last Wednesday

I am busy hating trying to get my HS33s set up right. I keep finding that one pad is rubbing on the rim. When I pull the lever, one pad engages before the other. Regardless of how many times I try and make it so it doesn't, it keeps happening. I have tried setting them both an equal distance away at least 5 times in the last hour, but it seems when I pull the lever on one STILL manages to engage before the other, as though pulling the lever on moves one of them within the mount, even though they're both done up tight. How do you adjust your brakes? Am I doing something wrong?

However, I've been fiddling a bit and it my brakes feel different to each other, the front one feels normal - a clear bite point and then lots of resistance, but the back one feels a bit spongy - I can feel the bite point but the lever can be moved in further without too much effort. I can see the frame flexing a bit, so I assume the brakes are working as intended and I should be receiving one of those Echo boosters tomorrow. Does my description say anything to you? Does it sound normal? Will the booster do anything to affect this? I have always been very particular about brakes, even with my plain MTB several years ago. I like a bite point that you hit very near the start of pulling the lever and I don't like spongy feelings. Edit: it seems it's because the pads are different distances from the rim, and it is proving absolute HELL to get right. I HATE adjusting brakes.

I just came across this thread when searching for 'students'. Compared to what my fiancée is doing, I thought I had it hard, final year project-wise. She's doing BA TV & Radio, she's got to make a 10 minute film for 40 credits, no report or anything. I find that strange since that's exactly the same task as she had last year, only for a 10 credit 2nd year module... Anyhow, I'm working on mine now - a 15,000-20,000 word report on the program that I've written (which was by far more work). I am developing (it's not finished) a program that monitors internet latency and identifies congestion hotspots with traceroutes, it's not that big a program to be honest; it's just that I'm a poor programmer - I'm using VB 2005. It's interesting to see a few other computer scientists here, I assumed we were a lazy antisocial sort who sat on our arses all day every day.

At my hall of residence they have a bike shed where you're meant to keep your bike. They say you can't keep them in flats. However, there are several reasons I wouldn't want to keep my bike in there: other people are careless, it might rust, and I know how easy it is to pick locks. So I went and saw the site manager and asked about keeping it in my room - she told me that as long as it's not in the hallway where the cleaners come, she won't know if it's in my room or not. If I meet someone in the lift then I'll just say I'm taking it inside to work on it. As for pets, my flatmate 2 years ago had a hamster which he kept in his room, he just took the cage in covered by a towel so again - if it's in your room, they won't know. YMMV. I have been in halls for all 3 years, because it's simpler, more sociable and more secure. I will probably be in halls when I do my MSc next year too.

Incorrect use of apostrophes.

I think I'm alright about riding on the pavement where I need to - the only time I will be doing it is riding to and from uni, where there is a massive road that is both busy and dangerous. I think it will be clear to any coppers that I'm riding on the pavement because it's safer for everyone. Besides, there are dozens of cyclists on that pavement every day.

What's happened: I felt the chain and it was a bit too loose as well. I did take the wheel out, it took a bit of thinking for me to figure out how everything fit together so I could remember to put it back right. I then found out my adjustable spanners were too thick, but both my pedal spanners were almost exactly right for adjusting the cones. So I tightened them up so that it didn't wobble, but didn't feel like there was gravel in the wheel either, then tightened their retaining nuts. That was pretty hard because when I was tightening the retaining nuts they kept rubbing on the cones and making them tighter. I got it in the end. I put the wheel back on, struggled a bit to fit the chain tensioners but managed in the end, phoned a friend about chain tension and got that sorted. Finally I stuck the brakes back on and adjusted them and... ... I'm now left with a bike where the wheel doesn't wobble and the chain isn't too lose. Thanks for the help, it isn't as scary as I thought it would be.