BZFlag is teh rox0r!!! hehe sorry.. But BZFlag *was* one of the main reasons I had for booting into FC1 until my hardware all started to act like crap. Now any 3D app, regardless of platform, will bring the system to a very unfriendly crash within moments. It's driving me nuts, too. Even Winamp's Milkdrop plugin will cause a BSOD in windows after a few seconds. Just for argument's sake, does anyone think that could be a CPU problem? My processor is getting some age on it, and has had its heatsink removed a few times (not while operating of course, but for switching mobos), undoubtedly making for less efficient heat transfer.. the thermistor I have taped to the top of the processor tends to report around 47-50 degrees Celsius (it averages a few degrees higher lately because our air conditioner is broken), if that's relevant. The motherboard's CPU thermometer currently reads 68 degrees C, I guess because it's closer to the actual die. I'm not really sure what is considered nominal for an Athlon XP 1400.. Anyhow, I apologize for the digression, but I thought I'd toss it out there and see what the really smart people on the list thought. :-)
Cheers, ~Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff Tickle Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:49 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Thursday Night Meeting On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 21:39, Phillip Rhodes wrote: > Greg Kuhn wrote: > And there's typically a wireless access point there, so you can get > on the net for: back-channeling over IRC / Gaim / Jabber / MSN Messenger > / whatever, looking up stuff related to the presentation, downloading > drivers, emailing yourself notes, blah, whatever, blah... Or just > keeping yourself amused if you find the presentation boring. I've found that the less interesting presentations cause a surge in the popularity of BZFlag. Might be a good idea to install it on any laptop(s) before going... of course there is the wireless, but sometimes you just have an emergency. -Jeff -- Jeff Tickle http://www.jtsoft.net Security and Digital Video Solutions Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant Probably some other stuff, too! GPG Fingerprint: FC10 2221 B8EC 072E 752D 2079 2F9B A528 98AD 60BA -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
