Skomer

Deleting the save folders seems to have done the job for me; thank you. Micawber, I don't think we're having the same problem. I'm assuming Windows Live Mesh is a Windows 7 thing - certainly I'm not running that. Also for me when Avadon crashed during quicksave, most often the save didn't succeed.

Originally Posted By: Tyranicus I was once a mod, and my post count is reasonably meager. But you've posted in more than one account, haven't you. At least three, if I'm not mistaken.

Avadon keeps quitting on me, always just after I've pressed F3 to quicksave. I have tried the steps below, and while this isn't a game stopper for me it is rather tiresome, so I wonder if anyone has any other suggestions? Already tried: Restarting computer Uninstalling, redownloading, reinstalling Playing with most minimalistic graphics settings Playing with no other programs running Updating sound driver (Realtek HD Audio, updated to 6.0.1.6392) Can't seem to find a video driver; in any case it's not listed in device manager... My computer: Acer Apsire 5315 running Windows Vista SP2 Intel Celeron Processor 1.86 GHz, 1GB RAM PS: It's Avadon v1.0 since there aren't any other versions yet.

13. I'm sure the Kama Sutra was up there at some point

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Congratulations on a kilo of spam. I do like the idea that 1 post = 1 gram of spam

Originally Posted By: Artemis~ Japan has technology that we won't hope to see for years here in America, yet they're small. Umm, Japan's not that small. Their population is 128 million.

Don't get me started on this wretched referendum! The Tories have completely shafted us by grudgingly allowing a vote on electoral reform, but only allowing a vote between the system that they want (FPTP) and the system that nobody wants (AV). One year ago, before the general election, AV was broadly slated during campaigning on electoral reform. The preferred system of most parties who'd like to see reform is the single transferable vote, but of course we can't have a referendum on that because it might actually get voted in. (Parties preferring STV: Greens, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, SNP, some Labour.) So we're stuck with a referendum where a 'no to AV' vote will in effect be counted as a 'no to electoral reform' vote, and a 'yes to AV' vote means we will get AV, not the reform that was previously campaigned for. I hear people saying that a move to AV could pave the way to further reform, but as far as I know this hasn't ever happened anywhere else in the world. If we vote in AV, we'll have AV for the next generation at least.

Originally Posted By: Nikki. 5000 Congrats, Nikki. Not to hijack the thread, I've just reread The Outsider, and before that a novel somewhere in the middle of the Aubrey-Maturin series. I lost track of which one I'm on round about book 5, and now I just leave a gap in the bookshelf so that I know which one to read next.

You won this thread

The Guardian's website (UK newspaper) has a superbowl article on its front page this morning. It's weird, since there is little to no interest in American football here. I couldn't have told you which sport the Superbowl was, other than being one of those American ones (football, baseball, basketball). The Simpsons are the only reason I've ever heard of it. There must not be enough going on in Egypt.

The Silver Darlings, by Neil M. Gunn. The wonderful story of herring fishers in the 19th century Scottish Highlands. I've not managed to read any author's entire oeuvre, but this guy makes me want to read every word.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Originally Posted By: Skomer Wasn't it Captain Haddock? (In English translation.) To be precise: it was Captain Haddock. Oh, ee sez zees een ze Franche also? Ah waz nut aware...

Wasn't it Captain Haddock? (In English translation.)

Not having to carry arrows which weigh a pound each.

Originally Posted By: Lilith It's one of the seven Millennium Prize problems I read that wikipedia article and thought "hang on a minute". Last night I started reading a book about prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis. The first few pages are the story of the physicist who finally cracked it in 1997, and the mathematician Bombieri who publicised it. Surprising, then, to see it on the list of Millennium problems. But today I reached page 12, where it turns out that Bombieri made up the whole thing.