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My absence Caused by two things: -1- The problem turned out to be the dreaded nv4_disp.dll 'infinite loop' problem, related to my nvidia graphics card. Big deal I thought at first. The web had a million solutions on offer. The problem is, not one of them worked: reinstalling nvidia drivers, installing older versions of the drivers, opening up the case and making sure everything was dust-free and everything connected/seated properly, downloaded an "infinite loop fix", etc. etc. Nothing bloody worked. A friend of mine told me that I was essentially buggered and would need to get a new card. I had to agree, and ordered myself a brand new nVidia Sparkle 8600GTS off an excellent Ebay seller. Also got a new PSU to go with it, considering how power-hungry the card is. The moral of this story kiddies is this: if you have an nVidia card on your machine, and you get a BSOD that mentions "nv4_disp.dll" and "infinite loop", don't waste your time trying to fix it, just get a new bloody card. BTW, as for the card itself, it offers great performance, especially compared with my previous GeForce6600. It does have one weird nVidia bug though: in Call of Duty 2, the game will not work if you turn on anti-aliasing. Still, everything else is brilliant, so I'm happy.
This is the 4th time in 2 years I've experienced the joys of this condition. Here's how it works.
I assure you, this is as fun as it sounds.
There's a website called Architects and Engineers for 9/11 truth. How seriously should you take this list of geniuses? Well, let's put it this way: my favourite usenet kook - Jake McCrann - is listed as one of their "verified" scientists. <snerk>
Michael Yon's extraordinary front line dispatches simply put the entire mainstream media to shame, especially his on-the-ground coverage of Operation Arrowhead Ripper.
This is the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time.
Last year, the Valentino Rossi groupies threw a gigantic hissy fit when their "greatest rider of all time" lost his MotoGP title to American Nicky Hayden. Good old Vale was somehow the "real" world champ because of <insert comical list of excuses here>.
It hasn't just been the results either. Rossi has been displaying a little more mental fragility than his worshippers feel comfortable with. When Rossi cracked under pressure and crashed at Valencia last year, it was passed off as some kind of aberration. But we've seen it this year as well: his crybaby whining about Tony Elias' aggressive pass on him in Turkey. A pass which looked pretty much the same as Rossi's move on Gibernau at Catalunya in 2005. Back then of course, Rossi and his army of dills thought it was perfectly fair and taunted Gibernau for complaining about it. Then he threw it in the gravel at the recent Sachsenring round. Then God Boy started bleating about the new tyre regulations, which he originally supported, and was deservedly smacked down for it in public by Stoner. Naturally, the world-wide-web of Rossi-philes are raging against all this grotesque injustice. The primary target of their anger are the tyre regulations. It's just all so unfair. Now, hilariously, they are demanding a control tyre, because Rossi uses the Michelin brand (which has won every premier class title for the last 15+ years) which is now clearly inferior to the Bridgestones which Stoner uses. How do we know the Michelins are inferior? Because Rossi isn't winning of course..... Next year, the "46" groupies will probably be demanding a points-penalty system for anyone whose name isn't Valentino.
Mmmmm....yummy!
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Amusingly, this year is turning out even worse for them. Rossi is, quite simply, getting his arse kicked by young Aussie Casey Stoner. In both wet & dry conditions, on both fast tracks and twisty ones, Rossi has had his arse handed to him on a plate. His aura of invincibility has simply been shattered forever. 
