Thread: [DEAD]Project Turtle: 1993 Toyota Tercel/56K=FAIL

Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

So much for being free... I still get to go to the expo, but I won't be participating. So, I win, to a degree, but I still lose, bacause I'm not with a team... Who needs them anyway? They can kiss my @$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd say you come out of this pretty well: you get to go and see all the cool stuff, and you don't have to participate in all the foolishness. It's like going to a trade show and not having to sit through the hype. Big win.

Yeah there's a bunch of neat crap to check out there. The whole Super Computing part of it is a little boring however. And they were using OLD OLD equipment when I went. We're talking like Wyse terminals and stuff during the classes and things. blah.

OK, I went to RadioShack, and got:

2x Red LEDs
2x Green LEDs
1x Male 9-pin Molex connector
1x Female 9-pin Molex connector

(Which of these should I use?)
1x 2-way momentary-on toggle(spring-loaded center off)-Power and Reset
4x push-button toggles(normal-off)-Power and Reset

Originally Posted by rdholtz

I'd say you come out of this pretty well: you get to go and see all the cool stuff, and you don't have to participate in all the foolishness. It's like going to a trade show and not having to sit through the hype. Big win.

And to add to that win, one of the people from my "team" can't go, so I get to take my friend Dakota with me!(he's not a member of the forums) So I guess that equals an EPIC WIN for me.

I also learned that the "fail"s in that e-mail are referring to failblog.org(which we frequented when we met up for programming, etc.)

Originally Posted by Tidder

Yeah there's a bunch of neat crap to check out there. The whole Super Computing part of it is a little boring however. And they were using OLD OLD equipment when I went. We're talking like Wyse terminals and stuff during the classes and things. blah.

Yeah, but that was back in 1999 or so.

Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

Yeah, but that was back in 1999 or so.

Man it was still ancient by '99s standards.

They have newer supercomputers now. They have quad-core, quad-bay(16 cores) rack-mount servers attached through Fiber optic links. It's pretty BA. We leave today around 2-ish. I also got a message from Jensen2000 with a tracking number for the Opus.

Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

They have newer supercomputers now. They have quad-core, quad-bay(16 cores) rack-mount servers attached through Fiber optic links. It's pretty BA. We leave today around 2-ish. I also got a message from Jensen2000 with a tracking number for the Opus.

You decided to go with OPUS?!!?!?!?!? *Gives freeflashstuff a big hug*, welcome to the OPUS family, lol.

I actually WON the Opus. I got a PM from Tidder saying Heather told him that I won it. I got the shipping number yesterday. I g2g. I'm sitting in the awards ceremony at Los Alamos. I'll post when I get back.

I totally forgot to post when I got back... I was so tired, now I have a lot of make up work.

I got the Opus in today. I tried to hook it up to my regular power supply (bench test indoors) and I only got the LED to blink, even with ACC power applied. Any suggestions?