roadrunner

I'll definitely fit Mike in somewhere Let me know for certain Mike if your coming?

I was planning on walking to JDW and didn't fancy standing around in the cold before the first victim turns up Suppose I'll drive there now

Address for Wetherspoons is
201 Midsummer Boulevard
MK91E

I've checked streetmap and it isn't showing the exact location. So use this link for reference http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap...&arrow=y?48,45

It very easy to find, apart from a silver subrua that will be sitting outside JDW is located in just 1/2 mile up from the Central Milton Keynes Train Station. Nearer the date I'll email very one my mobile number just in case you get lost.

Apart from maybe Deano, who doesn't know Milton Keynes. If need be I'll give directions from the M1 Jct14 Motorway.

rr

Nimbus

From M1 J14

Time Mile Instruction For Towards
Summary: 4.1 miles (18 minutes)
09:00 0.0 Depart M1, Broughton, Newport Pagnell MK16 0 on Local road(s) (East) 32 yds
09:00 0.1 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 120 yds
09:01 0.1 Exit roundabout onto A509 0.3 mi
09:02 0.3 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit 131 yds
09:02 0.4 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.4 mi
09:03 0.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 43 yds
09:04 0.8 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.7 mi
09:05 1.5 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 43 yds
09:06 1.5 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.5 mi
09:07 2.0 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 54 yds
09:08 2.0 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.3 mi
09:09 2.3 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 43 yds
09:09 2.3 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.3 mi
09:10 2.6 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit 65 yds
09:11 2.6 Exit roundabout onto A509 [Portway] 0.3 mi
09:12 2.9 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 10 yds
09:13 2.9 Exit roundabout onto Secklow Gate 0.3 mi
09:15 3.2 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Midsummer Boulevard 0.8 mi
09:18 4.1 Arrive Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes MK9 1

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 4.1 miles
Total travel time: 18 minutes
Driving time: 18 minutes
Cost: £0.61

Courtesy of AutoRoute Express..

Note cost! Not set up for the scooby yet. It's got to be something like £3 at least with all those roundabouts..

Steve Perriam

take longer than 18 mins to m8

given that peeps will probably drive around for a while having fun on all those roundabouts !

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

LOL only £3.00?

This might be my most fuel efficient trip in my scooby ever because of carrying the PC in the back

Matt

Nimbus

Oops forgot about that . I'll have to fill the boot with that bubble wrap stuff and those little polostyrine crisp things..



[Edited by Nimbus - 12/20/2001 2:10:10 PM]

HHxx

LOL Nimbus. Just picturing it in my head of you opening the boot and getting swamped by those little polysteryne (spelling??) things

dsmith

Love the Milton Keynes Directions

The street map url should be enough. Whilst not a local I've done a couple of jobs in Milton Keynes,. I also left the best part of £300 worth of pirelli tyres streaked all over the roundabouts after a visit in my old civic vti when I was trying to keep up with a mate in a Jap Import MX5 - it was lowered with complete suspension change - felt like it had been nicked straight from a kart - not 1 degree of body roll no matter how hard you went at the roundabaouts. Scariest MX5 I've ever driven or followed.

Deano

roadrunner

Cheers Nimbus for doing the directions

M1 J14 to the city centre takes me only 3mins - the tips is learning the racing lines on the roundabouts

HHxx

Can't forget this one either

HHxx

Whoops

HHxx

Fell into this

HHxx

Have to bttt this one, we may forget other wise...

I will be briniging all the maps I've downloaded off the jolt server, I think it totals about 3-4gig. Have plenty of hd space

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

4 gig of maps? blimey o crikey!

Oh yeah bttt

Matt

Nimbus

Has any one played the Team Fortress games? I had a quick look last night and they look like fun. Basically two teams who have diferent player types (snipper, demolotion etc) and some diferent game types (capture the flag etc). Looks like it could be fun. I'm not sure if you have this with the Half-Life mod of CS or if it's just on the retail. I'll bring it along anyway...

Dizzy

woho! back online! glad to see this is still on

nice n easy 2 find I hope rr

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

TFC comes included in the half-life patches so everyone will already have it

I used to play TFC when CS was still at beta 5 stage. Haven't played it for ages though as I now prefer CS.

It can get a little manic and does suit larger teams more than our expected 4 vs 4 but for a change of pace and a break from CS it may prove entertaining

RR, I can't be bothered to drive, can you fly me over in your plane?

Matt

dsmith

Server is built complete with Stats Also have some bots installed (for testing). Depending on whether the server can hack it we may be able to do [STi] vs Bots (Ping starts to go up at the moment with Me + 15 Bots). They're surprisingly good (especially with max skill). Instant headshots . They even chat to each other - See how the person at the top of the scoresheets is istantly branded a Cheat by the other Bots

Server is Dual 200Pro at the Mo. Still hoping to get a Dual 700 P3 just beforehand. It shouldnt take too long just to copy some of the config and files over.

At home until Monday so I'm going to install and check UT Server is OK. Just been out and bought RTCW so will investigate running that as a server aswell.

I've tried TFC but dont really egt on with the soldier types. See if I change my mind after RTCW.

Deano

Dizzy

lmao.. are we overspeced or what

Just got my new NTL cable connection last night although having trouble with USB drivers atm so "borrowed" a 100BaseT card from work...

bring of those 20ms pings

17 days to Launch

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

20ms pings... NTL cable.... not in my house Diz More like....

100 - 250ms pings... NTL cable [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Do they care? NO
Do they respond to emails that I send them? NO

Matt

Dizzy

urg.. not what I want to hear
u connecting via the usb or network card?

Tim

HHxx

Dizzy,
I have 512 NTL cable. I connect via network card and have anything from 20 - 100ms depending on server. Average about 40-50. I hit 20ms around 2am connecting to any uk based servers.

H

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

Diz, it's connected via the USB at the moment. Although I am trying to connect via a network card shortly (once I convince my ******* computer that the cable is connected to the nic card) grrr

Matt

dsmith

Matt - Enusure Both ends are nailed to the reqd speed e.g. 10 Half Duplex - dont trust auto-negotiation.

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

Deano, how do I tell the Cable modem to go at the right speed?
I've told the nic card to run at 10 half duplex easily enough but I'm unsure
how to tell the CM to do the same? or is it the default setting?

Matt

Dizzy

ahhh good o
had MAJOR F**Kin problems gettin Win2k to work via the usb.. I detected the usb part put the network card part appears the the ! saying not workin properly and when I reinstall the drivers it says there is a part missing from the inf file for this device tried deleting it loads and reinstalling as well as trying to tell it its a modem normally appears as a newtork card icon saying (NDIS5)

ahh well.. trying it with the network card tonight.. should be a better ping with that anyway.

roadrunner

matt - if you can provide your own crash helmet and sign a disclaimer then I might consider it

dizzy - if you can handle 1000's of roundabout then you won't get lost m8

Also matt this is a silly question, but u are using a cross-over cable between your modem and nic? if you are, are you getting a link light on the nic card/modem. Is it just a pinging problem? If all else fails ask HHxx for a refund

Dizzy

PAH! I'm a high wycombe veteran (2nd only to milton k) I can cope with a few roundabouts

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

RR, maybe I'll give the flight a miss for a few months

As for the cable modem, I'm connecting it to the nic using the cat5 cable that came with the modem so I presume it's the correct one? I've also tried a spare one of my mates. The "PC" light comes on on the front of the CM when I switch the PC on and remains so till I switch the PC off.

I'm beginning to think it's either my computer or the nic card. Maybe I damaged it on the way home from the meet?

Matt

roadrunner

matt - sounds like you have the correct cable.
u running win2k right? is your local area connection showing a connection either in your system tray or in the properties of network places? have you assigned your PCs IP address to your CM address scheme. The CM uses 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 as it default address. Are you also running OS drivers or have you downloaded the manufactures drviers for the nic?

rr

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

RR, You are correct, I'm using w2k. I'm just using the OS drivers for the card cause thats what H told me would be ok.

I get the Local Area Connection in the network window but it just says Network cable unplugged?

As for IP address & subnet, I've just told the PC to obtain them automatically as the CM manual doesn't say anything about doing otherwise.

Matt