Quinn Ebert

Greetings,

Finally had some chances of late to slow down just a bit, and relax a little…In-the-process, finally got my hands, albeit a good bit “late”, on a copy of “Halo 2″ for Windows Vista.  However, it seems that, for users (like me) of recent update-versions of Microsoft’s “Games for Windows LIVE” client programme, and owners (again, like me) of NVIDIA Graphics Cards with up-to-date drivers, that there is a BIG issue with the latest NVIDIA drivers causing sluggish (or “stuttery”/stuttering) performace in-the-game.  Well, I think I may have a workaround here — at least, this small set of changes (which you can make in the NVIDIA Control Panel software) seems to resolve these issues in my particular instance of this problem.

NOTE: I’m not going to tell you how to get to your NVIDIA Control Panel interface…There’s several ways to do it, nonetowhich are very complicated — If you’re really desperate, though, you can pay me to walk you through it — Contact me if you REALLY need me to hold your hand on that.  ;-)

Anyway, to get started, let’s bring up the NVIDIA Control Panel to the “Program Settings” Tab of the “Manage 3D Settings” page…See the following screenshot (you can click it to enlarge it, if you need to) if you need to know where it is…  Once you get there, I *highly* recommend you tick the “Show only programs found on this computer” checkbox so that you can much more easily find (and select) the “Halo 2 (startup.exe)” entry from the “Select a program to customize” dropdown menu.

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Greetings,

Today, I found a few moments to add a few identities to the “My Identities” sidebar here on my site, plus, while I’m notifying “you” of that, just figured I’d “ping” the page, and just let everyone interested know that I’m still alive, but still just *very* busy. Stay tuned to my site for further updates as “interesting” stuff happens… ;-)

Cheers!
–Quinn

DISCLAIMER: This Chapter of the Book is currently NOT complete.  It will be updated at some point in the FUTURE.

Chapter 3: “Trail Of A Thousand Tears”

“In a perfect world, there would be no war, no loss, no suffering…and no humans, as a critical dependency.”

– David Quinn “ZeFyre” Ebert (2003)

– During his 4-year struggle, “Days Of Treason And Reason”

Zephyr stirred in his bed, raked free from a restful slumber by the melodious, yet inhuman chime of his wristwatch alarm. The first thing he laid eyes on was the sight of his lovely wife Regina, or “Reggie,” as he liked to call her. She had awoken naturally a few moments earlier, she said, at the sight of her partner’s awakening. He wished he had the choice to sleep longer, but, he had confined himself to the execution of a task which, while carried out for the love of his child, could easily mean the demise of another for whom, while she was not his, had grown up before his eyes, along with his own.

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Zephyr :: Book 1 – “Retalliation” :: Chapter 2 – “The Union” :: David Quinn “DragonFyre” Ebert

“Flesh is a design flaw.”
– “Gorge” (Participating Character)
– from Epic’s “Unreal Tournament 2003/2004″

“Daddy,” cried Christian, “is he dead?” Before Zephyr had a chance to muster a response, the seemingly-demised cyborg emitted a characteristic grunting-grumble, and responded “Not quite…but one might say I’d rather be, albeit certainly not the case.” “Oh, Thank God, Uriel,” responded the now-glowing Christian, who rushed to his side. “So,” inquired Zephyr, “Uriel, what’s the damage?” “Nothing fatal, but nothing easily mended, either,” Uriel replied begrudgingly. “How far in did it go,” asked the shocked father, who had never once flinched during 8 years of active military service. “About 50 millimeters. It can be pulled out manually without danger, but, any way you twist it…excuse the pun…it will almost certainly mean I can never guard Christian again, without extremely extravagant biomechanical re-engineering.” Zephyr, not surprisingly, would have to think about that…he had already spent over a year’s wages on acquiring Uriel’s unmatched services, but, he knew the repairs might be just as costly.

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Zephyr :: Book 1 – “Retalliation” :: Chapter 1 – “The Apocalypse” :: David Quinn “DragonFyre” Ebert

“There is limitless freedom in times of complete disorder.”
– David Quinn “Q-Man” Ebert (CEO, EbertSoft Technologies)
– from Aaron Sonders’ “(A) List Of Infamous Quotes” (2001, Unprinted)

“Shit,” gasped Zephyr, as he came to his senses, finding himself dusted in the rubble of the upper-story of his once majestic “Morrison Ranch” home. “Zephyr,” asked Regina, with obvious throat irritation, “are you okay?” “Yep, I’m fine,” replied Zephyr, “Christian, are you okay?” “Yep, I think so,” was the much hoped-for response, “just a little dusty, daddy,” she went on, with a chuckle.

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