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Jabo

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  1. Yep - feck Shuttleworth, let's go to Cosford. I suggest though that we have a separate DDz outing to one of Shuttleworth's evening air displays some point during the summer (or what passes for it in Blighty). Apparently it's nice to sit there in the late afternoon/early evening and watch the really old stuff get an airing (due to the breeze dropping later in the day usually). As always though - what do other people think?

  2. I guess it's something to do with your router not providing an IP address, try Start-Run 'cmd' (no quotes) to get a dos window, then ipconfig /all to check if you have an ip address assigned by the router. If not try ipconfig /renew to see if the router can provide one. Let us know how you get on.

    ~S~ Jabo

  3. That approach would work for me Jim, but most UK computer shops don't have their display machines connected to t'interweb - not sure about over on the contintent. You're in the UK at present Jedi?

    ~S~ Jabo.

    An alternative option would be to take a copy of a web page in html format, take it to the store on a memory stick and load it up in IE - that might be useful

  4. Not sure if this affects anyone here, but there is a possible bug in the above driver when run under Vista. My 9800GTX has been plagued by some very strange anomalies whilst using this driver. I have changed now to the v182 driver, and the problems seem to have gone. Just a word to the wise is all.

    ~S~ Jabo

  5. This maybe closing the door after the horse has bolted Jim, but I'd steer clear of Lenovo, we've had a ton of trouble with them as they have no DOA policy, and the support is nightmareish. A customer recently bought 30 laptops, half of which were DOA, and three months later only half of those have been repaired...Not good.

    In fact we have an unofficial department policy of trying not to sell them now, the above situation is not a one-off.

    ~S~ Jabo

  6. According to local history, the destruction of Roche Abbey was due to the Dissolution. Despite the Abbey passing into the hands of the Crown in 1558, the local population decided that they had first claim on the Abbey and its artefacts. Wkipedia in usual fashion states that this was done on the orders of one Oliver Cromwell, despite the fact that the Dissolution started in 1538 and he was born in 1599. Ho hum

    ~S~ Jabo

    PS - You should have dropped in for tea Jedi, you were only about 10 miles from where I live!

  7. You are quite right m8, xh558 was the Vulcan used as at the time she was the official RAF display aircraft. If you ever get the chance to visit her at home (Bruntingthorpe near Leicester) you will also see the big model that was also used in the film. One of the reasons the pledge target was met was the mobilization of the 007 fans around the world as well as the aviation enthusiasts.

    ~S~ Jabo

  8. Re: DT's post about Hollywood - THIS is why I'm so worried about the re-make of the Dambusters film. The original is a classic, and if the film-makers are prepared to change the name of Gibson's dog despite it having a siginificant role in the story...well I shudder to think what else they'll be prepared to change. B-17's anyone? Jon Bon Jovi will probably be flying the lead aircraft...

    ~S~ Jabo

    P.S. On the subject of Pearl Harbour - I quite liked the historical bits, but for some bizarre reason, film-makers (in general) seem to think that a story without a romantic twist isn't a story - oh, yeah, and Ben thingy is definitely a twit. His ex is nice though.

  9. Hmm, OK, I'll look into it, but the issue I have at the moment is the noise generated by the PSU fans, I'm running twin 120mm case fans, plus the Zalman CPU cooler, and the GPU fan and together they're quieter than the PSU! Might have to look at changing that first.

  10. :) Thank you for the info Brando. I am looking into changing over to liquid cooling now. I received my cleaner and paste today, and after school tonight I replaced the CPU cooler with my Zalman cooler and the max temps I got with the black death with explorer running in the background,track IR and Saitek profile was 43c.

  11. I've never investigated water-cooling myself - knowing how ham-fisted I am, I dread the idea of flooding the insides of my rig with coolant. On the other hand, I don't much like the stock coolers either. At present (and for the last 5 years or so) I've been using Zalman CPU coolers which run seriously quiet, and do a damn good job at the same time. My Core 2 Duo runs at sub 40 deg under the maximum load I can generate. My next purchase for the innards will be a Zalman GPU cooler (too much of a wuss to try water cooling).

    ~S~ Jabo

    P.S. Oh good, the insomnnia's kicking in again.

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