> <<From this, I'm assuming you're using the Linux or FreeBSD client - I'm sure
> the people who work on those ports would be interested in your input.
> (ie actually tell them how you get it to segfault, maybe they can fix it :)>>
>
> Linux is weird. Use Win95 OSR2. :-P In fact, if you're running some weird OS
> like Linux or Unix, that probably explains all your problems.
Linux - an amazingly stable, powerful, robust OS, based on a year's old
standard. Parts of UNIX have been refined for nearly 30 years.
Windows - A 32 bit patch to a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit patch to a pirated
copy of CPM. Despite the fact that it has been around for nearly 20 years,
the need to be backwards compatable, combined with the genious of microbloat
causes it to be notoriously unstable, buggy, and obnoxious to use!
> Prime95 IS well behaved - sure seems like you running a different OS.
Ok, so if the Linux version is unstable, how come the list isn't inundated
with complaints about it?
If the prime95 version is so infalable, why do we see any questions about it?
The reason is that *certain* systems have problems (regardless of OS), it's
just that yours haven't.
> S. "Property of Bill Gates and Andy Grove" L.
Ahh, this explains things.
-Lucas
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