On Sunday 08 July 2001 20:17, you wrote:
> On Sunday 08 July 2001 05:43 pm, Romanator wrote:
> > Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> *_In spite of_* an
>
> > > increasing ignorance and/or preference of Lusers to add closed
> > > source/binary only apps and (win)hardware into the mix. (yeah, I'm
> > > diggin at y'all nVidia folks again ;)
> >
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > I have an NVIDIA card and works great. What can I say, it came with
> > the computer.
>
> Yeah, an I'm on the crux of gettin a GeForce too. At least I'm
> aware of the repercussions tho. Like I said, life's about choices ;>
> It's a damn shame that Billy Goat and Dell, et al, put us in this
> position. Still, if the GeForce creates problems, they're User induced.
> I'll be the responsible culprit.
>
> In the meantime, this ol' (open source) pci Voodoo3 runs like heck
> on a supposedly buggy IDE-VIA kt133a chipset with a Tbird at 1.5+gig :)
> At least with the V3 oc'd. FS2000 fps in Winblows (which is all I use
> it for anymore) runs with all display options maxed, thunder lighting
> and rain, at 800 feet AGL over very dense scenery with 50+ fps :)
> Windoze is for kids, an I'm just a big kid ;~>>
>
> ... out of the clear blue western sky comes Sky King!! :))))))
>
> FlightGear's not quite ready for prime time. If you know who Sky and
> Penny are, ever saw the TV show, then ignore my message. Why worry
> 'bout anything anymore? Be happy, just never use any M$ products to
> connect to the Net, no matter how well you believe they can be secured,
> or how old you are. YMMV ;))
OOh! Sky King, I had a crush on Penny. Always wanted to fly after that
show. Dated aren't we.
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Dennis M. registered linus user #180842
