Hivemind: Son of Squamous

[hafrogman]

I calculated the distance between me and you.

1,394 miles / 2,243 km

I guess I won't be coming over to game at your place any time soon.

Indeed not, I should expect. Since I don't host the game I play in. You'd be coming an awful long way just to find I'm not home.

But game is tonight, if you wanna stop by. I should hit 7th level by the end of the evening.

 

[hafrogman]

I once invaded Canada while playing Shadow President.

It was one of the few inappropriate military actions that France chose NOT to nuke me for.

Funny, you'd expect them to side with Quebec.

 

[Duskblade]

Damn, my computer mysteriosly reboots on me and I miss all this stuff.

Perhaps its time to replace this POS computer.

 

[The_Warlock]

Funny, you'd expect them to side with Quebec.

That's what I thought, but since invading Canada and establishing it as a client state, I mean, Territory, wasn't likely to ignite World War 3, I guess the computerized French figured they didn't need to get a shot in before the drubbing began.

That was the best round of that game I ever played actually. I think I was able to assasinate several world leaders that were inimical to my interests, establish new puppet government paradigms that followed my ideology, and basically wiped out the entire middle east by inciting it's tensions into a conflagration that immolated every country there.

THEN the French nuked me.

 

[Knightfall]

Cause I don't even know the names of your Provinces. We don't NEED to know the names of your Provinces. You don't even need Provinces. I mean, do you consider yourself more Canadian or Albertian? Hrmmm? Pfft, Provinces.

I consider myself a Canadian first, a Albertan second. Unless it's about hockey. Then I'm an Edmontonian first.

 

[The_Warlock]

Damn, my computer mysteriosly reboots on me and I miss all this stuff.

Perhaps its time to replace this POS computer.

3 in 5 that the internal power supply is going; 1 in 5 that either the power strip or UPS is reacting to spikes and browns in the current from your outlet.

 

[Knightfall]

That's what I thought, but since invading Canada and establishing it as a client state, I mean, Territory, wasn't likely to ignite World War 3, I guess the computerized French figured they didn't need to get a shot in before the drubbing began.

That was the best round of that game I ever played actually. I think I was able to assasinate several world leaders that were inimical to my interests, establish new puppet government paradigms that followed my ideology, and basically wiped out the entire middle east by inciting it's tensions into a conflagration that immolated every country there.

THEN the Frecnh nuked me.

Sounds like a fun game. I've never heard of it. Is it a Pc game or a console game?

 

[Duskblade]

3 in 5 that the internal power supply is going; 1 in 5 that either the power strip or UPS is reacting to spikes and browns in the current from your outlet.

Well, I did just upgrade the power supply, I needed too when I got the video card and hard drive for it.

Hmm, if the power strip is going, maybe I ought to buy a more stable one. What would you recommend?

 

[The_Warlock]

Sounds like a fun game. I've never heard of it. Is it a Pc game or a console game?

OLD OLD OLD PC game. Does include, apparently, the entire CIA Factbook circa 1990 regarding countries and their dispostions at the time.

You can find it free on the net, as the company that made it is long defunct.

Such as here.

Haven't played that in .... damn, over a decade.

 

[The_Warlock]

Well, I did just upgrade the power supply, I needed too when I got the video card and hard drive for it.

Hmm, if the power strip is going, maybe I ought to buy a more stable one. What would you recommend?

1) I always recommend getting a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), which has battery backup in case of power loss. Many of them also pass the current through their battery, thus conditioning the current before it gets to your computer's power supply. If a UPS trips regularly such that it does not switch to battery, it's a sign that you have some kind of surge or wiring issue at that outlet.

2) Change outlets if you can. Even if it's on the same circuit, individual outlets can suffer from wear and affect quality of current.

3) If you feel comfortable popping the case on your computer - double check and make sure nothing conductive is bridging the gaps between case and motherboard, since minor shorts can cause the motherboard to force a reboot to avoid damage.

4) Make sure where your computer is isn't too hot and dry. The other common "physical" reboot issue is ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), ie, good ole static electricity. Like a contact short, an ESD can cause a motherboard to force a reboot to avoid damage.

5) There's always a tiny chance that the on/off and reset switches on the case might be accidentally tripping - very rare, and not much to be done except get a new case. (Unless you are good at scrounging and splicing cable.)

Those are the most common "weird and unexplained reboot" issues, and after that come software and hardware issues.