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Graphics card seems to be OK. Under the stresses of OFF, FSX, BIA.. etc.. no issues at all. Seems when I use Grabit to pull down stuff, or even when I download through either FireFox, or IE it will randomly lock. Drives are Western Digital ATA;s. I can open the PC and reseat all the cables, but I do keep it clean. She gets a 'blow job' every 6 months just to keep things honest. I'd like to run those HD scans, just to verify good or bad. Rolling back the OS is not an option... I never saved any snapshots, so I have no idea what the date of the last save was. Again... I am running (in fact I am on it right now), it just seems to lock for whatever reason. Thanks for all the help... you guys rock. OvS

That's my next phase of TSing it, to run some scans. It's a real annoying problem. What I do notice, is that the drive sounds as if it's still running after the PC locks. It looks to me like some kind of memory over-run that locks the set. How are things going with Win7? Do you like it? I'm really leaning towards buying it and upgrading as I'm sure it would really unlock the potential of my PC with what I have in it... besides... XP is what... 10 years old now... WOW! OvS

That's what it sounds like Lou. I can hear the drive running seems like endlessly now... but everything is smooth. No issues, then bam... she locks up without warning. Sometimes 5 minuets after loading up, sometimes hours. There is no pattern. But like I said, the chances are much higher when I am surfing, or ever downloading with "Grabit". I am considering (heavily) a reload of the OS, which is why I meantioned Win7. I was wondering if folks are seeing better performance, and better over-all compatibilty than Vista did. I'd like to seriuosly consider using it. Win7 does not have the 'ding of death' with FSX, which is caused by XP's inability to flush it's memory like Win7 can, and also being it's 32bit slows it down anyway. BUT... as with any OS upgrade... what will I loose and what is to gain. Thanks for the help and good info... yes, Olham... maybe the PM to Parky will be required. He's the one that designed my set, and I have been nothing shy of loving it ever since it came in the boxes. :good: All the best, OvS

Thanks for this... but it's really no help.

{best 50's Dowop voice} Blue... blue... blue... Bluuuee Mooooonnn.....

Christ, that's no way to treat a vintage airplane!!! Almost 100 years later and they still look the same when they crash. Hope the pilot was OK. OvS

I was giving my near 1 year old daughter a bath, when the phone rang.. it was my wife... she tells me "Can you turn on the TV, something happened in NYC, something just hit the Twin Towers. Now, keep in mind, I live in Long Island, and am always the skeptic... so right away I am thinking... WTF... how could someone be so stupid... but now and then private pilots screw-up... so I turn on the TV, and there is is, smoking like hell. I began to think to myself (remember, those of you that know me, I am a aircraft mechanic and work for an airline)... WTF.... that aint no Cessna that caused that damage... no sooner am I saying this, the second plane hits the North tower... now all hell breaks loose. My wife is calling like crazy.. every freakin' fire siren 100 miles from my house is wailing... the news is going nuts... my one friend is calling in tears because his fiancee is in Tower 1 and he can't reach her... It goes on... I go outside to the sound of police sirens and rescue rigs all over the Southern State parkway as I live very close to it... I was glued to the TV from then on. I found out later that day that several people I know were dead, and or lost friends or loved ones. Those that I know were first responders in the NYFD and PANY/NJ. Basically... it sucked. OvS

Wow..... Red card the whole team, and bring them in for 'performance enhancing' testing... Damn...

So how do you get all this for AA? Is it a free game like it used to be? Wasn't it a 'trainer' for the US Army at one point? Looks like a good game though. OvS

Absolutely! I hope they make another, but it looks as if the WWII FPS market is dying if not dead already.

Pol is right Widow, he is talking about Hill30, and to some extent EIB. There are scenes that are calm, until you step into an area, then you see guys running to attack you or it triggers a movement of the enemy, whatever it may be. Also, the fence thing is correct. They funnel you into the combat zone, or 'kill area' whereas you have no other option but to take that route. Hell's Highway is not like that, or it's not as obvious. But the surrounding scenery is so active and beautiful that you really don't notice it. No matter what., there is only so much the devs can do with FPS games. If it's a mission type, they have to push you in a direction to keep the flow moving, otherwise it would all be arena kill games. The worst though is the COD games. It's just mass chaos/killing without much attention to tactics. Hide behind this, shoot, run behind this, shoot... etc... etc.. I think it's annoying as hell. OvS

I played the SP version of HL2, and it rocked. One of the best SP FPS I ever played. It was wide open, whereas, you could walk around and not be jumped every 2 seconds by something, which meant you could really enjoy the atmosphere of the game. OvS

I like the part about cooking meat for the smell of soft targets... so I guess I should have some ketchup and onions ready as I play COD4.

Very well said Hellshade.

I think it's due out tomorrow... err... wait.. maybe The Day After Tomorrow... hey, wasn't that a movie about the end of the .... jeeze, I hope we get it done before that happens!! What is it 2012... 2112? One of those... Seriously though... there is no ETA, no dates.... nothing, but I can say we are working on it. It is happening... The Happening... that's another movie, isn't it? I should stop now. OvS

DFW T28 Floh (Flea) ?

Sopwith Salamander? http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/w1/gb/bodilysald.jpg&imgrefurl=http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/w1/gb/bodilysal.htm&h=346&w=700&sz=60&tbnid=a_KXjTI6ugh1TM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsopwith%2Bsalamander&usg=__un7_D_Fm8TgbqZ2ckqL1qa7xgvo=&sa=X&ei=oJJNTMuBA8L6lweO0Y3yDQ&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAg

Wow, that's a great shot! Man, how did you get those three birds to remain so still, and upside down hanging from the..... uh.. wait... oh, now I get it... sniped... shotgun... yes, it's all coming together now.

LOL!!! You're killing me!! OvS

Superb vid, great editing and music choice. But RoF's shortfalls show through. Where is the 'M' on Menkorff's Alb? What about some color on those Albs? Small stuff... but true.

It's a great place Lou. I've been there as well. I liken it to a mini Grand Canyon. It's hot as hell in certain spots though. It funny the story of it's name... Bad Lands, meaning just that, it's Bad to farm on. Pretty creative on the part of the Indian tribe that named it. Enjoy! Also in the area, is a museum where they are unearthing a ton of Mammoth fossils and all sorts of other stuff. They belive it was some sort of mud pit, or shallow lake full of silt. Google it with fossil museum in North Dakota. If you're anywhere near it, check it out. I wish I could remember the name of the place and wherre it was. I just remember it was really cool. OvS

Really? Wow. Hey... I was thinking of asking the guys over at Panzer Elite Dev Group (PEDG) if they'd like to team-up with us at CombatAce. I wonder if they would. That's another awesome throw-back.. even though the graphics are really dated... the game rocks. OvS

For Vectrex and ZX-128 (and all other Spectrums) I use MESS as well. It allows you to easily add-in all the cool overlays for the Vectrex that you need to play some of the games. OvS

I have 2 Dietz's hanging in my desk area. They are the last Voss he had (Voss being chased by 56 RFC) and Jasta 11 Alb D.Va's at dawn take-off (MvR in center flanked by 2 other Jasta 11 aces). They are priceless to me and worth every penny I paid for them. Not only is Jim a fantastic artist but he's a great guy as well. All the best, OvS

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