Date   : Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:44:56 +0200
From   : Annihilannic <annihilannic@...>
Subject: Re: Very OT - MS Sidewinder FF wheel (was:Basic & BBC

> But 'ludicrously cheap' tends to be a misleading thing given the resources 
> that go into making stuff or the cost in human labour to do so. It's
only the 
> end user that tends to see a saving, whereas someone or some thing always 
> seems to suffer behind the scenes. I'd much rather see more effort going
into 
> repairing and reusing what we have than into making ever-cheaper (for the 
> consumer) stuff. Not just computers, but all consumer products.

Talking of which, I have a dying MS Sidewinder force feedback steering 
wheel which is on its last...errr... wheels.  (Digressing slightly, I'm 
extremely irritated that MS haven't even bothered to update the software 
for their own product to use it with XP, another example of the chuckout 
mentality... it's only 7 years old! :-( )  Anyway, the centering jumps 
out of whack regularly which makes driving a real challenge; someone 
suggested I chuck some WD40 at the pots... is that sound advice?  Can 
anyone recommend a suitable forum for discussing this?  I can't even get 
the darn thing dismantled, and that's not a problem I usually have.  :-|


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Annihilannic