Thinkpads Forum

Has anyone seen the ThinkPad Mover program? It's silly but it looked like a good 5 minutes of excitement...does anyone have the program or know where to find it? Google is starting to frustrate me.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MRbYihLS7N4

dsigma6 wrote:Has anyone seen the ThinkPad Mover program? It's silly but it looked like a good 5 minutes of excitement...does anyone have the program or know where to find it? Google is starting to frustrate me.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MRbYihLS7N4

That's pretty cool...

http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2006/0 ... ogle_.html

for Linux: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/l ... ckage.html

http://blog.micampe.it/articles/2006/06 ... e-smackpad

I suggest you contact directly the authors of the blogs...I think you'll get what you're looking for

http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2006/0 ... think.html

In the above page are links to the code and program for something similar.

Could someone enlighten me, is this just for visual fun or does this do something important? I was under the impression I was never to tilt or suddenly move my Thinkpad while it was running, the shift could damage the HD. I'm not dissing this program, I'm just trying to learn. Thanks in advance.

Purcy wrote:Could someone enlighten me, is this just for visual fun or does this do something important? I was under the impression I was never to tilt or suddenly move my Thinkpad while it was running, the shift could damage the HD. I'm not dissing this program, I'm just trying to learn. Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, you and I, we didn't make the cut. The sudden motion sensor is for the newer ThinkPads that got manufactured from 2003 onwards.

You are right in suddent tilk and move. Putting it to standby, before I pick up my TP, I wait for that "beep" so the hard drive head is parked and the crescent light comes on. Though it is very unlikely we can damage a reading/writing hard drive with the amount of shock we can give, just to feel safe I wait for all activity to cease.

Oh, Purcy, and for some of us "visual fun" is something very, very important

How should i configure my thinkpad to allow me to control the tux racer motion?

Very interesting.

Musti wrote:Oh, Purcy, and for some of us "visual fun" is something very, very important

Musti I'm with you on that; part of my geekness training is the thrill I get when I sit in the dark with my ThinkLight on!!

Purcy wrote:

Musti wrote:Oh, Purcy, and for some of us "visual fun" is something very, very important

Musti I'm with you on that; part of my geekness training is the thrill I get when I sit in the dark with my ThinkLight on!!

"geekness training" made me crack up, Purcy I think it is safe to say you're way past being an apprentice...look at what you've done to your computer setup...no longer a "grasshopper" I love this forum as we all are senseis and then grasshoppers from one thread to the next

That made my day!