Hi Daryl!
BM>Probably more User but here the same. The problem is 'random lockups'
BM>with the system (the computer, not specific software). Trying to get
BM>several projects wrapped up before building the replacement system as
BM>well as tying to figure out what is causing the lockups.
DS> I used to have lockups all the time before I went to Windows,
DS> because of the memory manager. HIMEM.SYS wasn't as good as
DS> Quarterdeck Software's QEMM.SYS memory manager (they also made
DS> DESQView, which was as close as I got to "Windows" while still
DS> running DOS 5.
DS> Sadly, Quarterdeck went out of business years ago...as did
DS> TeleGraphix, the company who pioneered RIP Graphics. I still have
DS> several of the Outworld Arts ANSI and RIP graphics packs online
DS> for download.
DS> When I ran GT Power, I made several screens for it, but there's
DS> no point in doing it for Synchronet, since some are made up. One
DS> Sysop, when told about RIP, replied "I thought that's what you
DS> did to a f@rt". <G>
Another 'bad' pun! I'm not sure what is causing the lockups; nothing
consistent: can run several open windows (meaning applications, some
with multiple instances as with running three or four OpenOffice
documents at a time) and no problem, then run only a couple and things
all of a sudden come to a screeching halt. Have watched the memory and
CPU usage via System Monitor and no clues there.
Found a thread with similar probalems as I'm having and it was suggested
the video driver was corrupted. ...Haven't fiddled with that as in the
same thread a couple of programme monitoring utilities were suggested
and using one currently. So far no lockups, which isn't unusual, but
could also mean the 'keep alive' fromt he constant readings is doing something.
...Gotta build that new system!
BM>Yes, you're better off taking the system down than getting it fried.
BM>Also explains why no posts from you yesterday (Sunday). -- Better safe
BM>than sorry!
DS> I've had too many close calls with lightning...being a 2 time
DS> indirect lightning strike survivor myself. And, as Murphy's Law
DS> would dictate...if I have the BBS up, storms roll in, and I
DS> nearly lose everything. But, I shut it down, and while storms are
DS> nearby, they aren't close enough to worry about.
Of course! It's the plug-in to the electrical system that's the
attraction!
DS> Yet, as professional storm chaser, photographer, and amateur
DS> radio operator, Warren Faidley, KB7TVO, rightly notes "If you're
DS> in the rain...you're already TOO CLOSE to the storm". Lightning
DS> can strike from 20 to as much as 200 miles from the parent
DS> thunderstorm. I'd rather be down several hours or days, rather
DS> than permanently.
Right: there have been clear-weather lightening strikes. Probably the
source is one of those 200 mile away clouds. ...Here I installed a whole
house surge suppressor plus some protected power devices for the
electrical. Phone line as a suppressor -- knocked my DSL speed slightly
but better slow than no! Television antennae are weakly protected.
BM>(Also heard Atlanta's airport was without power for 12 hours but didn't
BM>hear a cause.)
DS> There was an underground fire in 2 of the power station
DS> deals...the primary and the backup...so from 6 to 12 hours,
DS> nothing moved or operated...including Restaurants, Baggage Claim,
DS> Security Check, take off, landing, and the "gateway" from the
DS> terminal to the plane. While several airlines were waiving fees
DS> for stranded passengers, it was going to take a couple of days
DS> for sure, to get everything back to some semblance of normalcy.
So did they decide having the main and backup power stations in the same
area was not a good idea?!
BM>One thing rolls into another! As long as nothing important was missed
BM>(like an appointment) getting that extra four or five hours of sleep was
BM>probably good for you.
DS> I went to bed about 6:30pm last night, but woke up an hour
DS> later with insomnia. After the first wave of storms went through
DS> (there were potential tornadoes in northeast Texas, according to
DS> Doppler Radar), there was a bit of a lull here...so, I went ahead
DS> and worked on the BBS, and ran its nightly maintenance, before
DS> shutting it down again overnight. Another wave of rain and storms
DS> comes in Thursday night, and lasts into Saturday.
Initial thought on the going to bed at 6:30 p.m. was !!, but then if not feeling
good sleep frequently helps. And some people's sleep cycle is
off, or at least according to what society considers normal, In my
early 20's I used to get up at 11 a.m., get showered and go out with Dad
for lunch. Don't recall why but occasionally get asked why I looked a
little sleepy and/or get up so late by strangers -- usually accompanied
by a smug undertone of you young folk are so lazy. Got to set them back
a bit by replying I work from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. at <a large locally-based company
that built computer systems and counter-intelligence devices for
the U.S. government>. And I'd go back to what I was doing.
BM>It was almost 40° when I got up this morning and has done it's one or
BM>two degree drop before sunrise -- not sure how sunny it will be today as
BM>right now foggy. By the end of the week they're predicting highs in the
BM>low 20's.
DS> The fog has lifted after the rain, but if skies clear out
DS> tonight, with all the ground moisture, we'll get foggy again. The
DS> Little Rock National Airport is right next to the Arkansas
DS> River...so, that exacerbates the fog at times. The airlines have
DS> to have a MINIMUM of BOTH 100 feet of ceiling AND 1/2 mile of
DS> visibility to take off or land. If either or both are NOT met,
DS> the flights are grounded.
Probbaly the same or at least simiiar rules for here. The Quad City
International Airport (MLI) is several miles from the Mississippi River
but don't know how much the River effects fog and cloud cover. Fog will
form in the river valley -- local news will show a shot from their
skycam -- sometimes the studio camera is showing nothing but gray from
the fog, sometimes they're high enough (they're on a hill 8 blocks from
the Mississippi) to be able to look over the fog.
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