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Nell_Smith posted 04-06-99 08:00 PM ET
(Apologies to all you veterans who already know this, but I found this invaluable and it took me some hunting through the threads to find it, so I thought I'd post it as a new message as it's just sooooooo useful.)
For anyone who suffers from SMAC slowing down during play, download MemTurbo from:
http://www.memturbo.com/productinfo.htm
Instantly solves the problem. Also invaluable for use at any time, not just when playing SMAC or other memory-hungry games.
umbra1 posted 04-07-99 07:31 AM ET
Bloody hell Nell, get some sleep !
JAMiAM posted 04-07-99 01:14 PM ET
There once was a girl named Nell,
who posted to forums so well.
SMAC drove her off the deep
end, she didn't get her sleep
and went from Deirdre to Marian as well.

JAMiAM
Bossman posted 04-07-99 01:18 PM ET
I thought I was bad but your name seems to pop up all over the place in this Forum. Take a Break man, you've got your whole life in front of you. You dont want to spend the rest of it fused to a computer do you!
Bossman posted 04-07-99 01:18 PM ET
Oh yeah and thanks for the memory tip it worked brilliantly! Cheers
JAMiAM posted 04-07-99 03:08 PM ET
Bossman,
I'm sorry to say, but I really don't have a life, only (too many) opinions. And, if you don't want me around, well...sniff...sniff...
I'll just take my ball and go home. I've recently found myself spending more time trawling the forums than playing SMAC, just because there is so much social interaction and truly interesting people out here. My day job has me cooped-up in a small office acting as a glorified gatekeeper. I have very few opportunities to get too far away from the blasted CRT, so I put to use in a manner which satisfies ME! I guess I could shut up, log off and read a book. But I don't. I would rather chat with you!

Nell,
I mean it in the nicest possible sense. You are one of the aforementioned "interesting people" and I look forward to your posts and replies as they always are a model of civility and clarity, two characteristics sometimes lacking in these forums.
BTW, make my fantasy complete, tell me you look like Helena Bonham Carter! And, sound like her too!

JAMiAM
I'm like dogshirt at the park, all over the place, and usually underfoot!
Evk posted 04-07-99 10:38 PM ET
Geez, I've gotta stop reading these forums over lunch...
Bossman posted 04-08-99 03:52 AM ET
Jam man,
My advice would be to quit your job, by some new clothes and hit the dance floor. Get married have kids. Its your choice but I am glad that you enjoy chatting away at these forums. It would not be the same without you.
Dutch Boy posted 04-08-99 09:43 AM ET
Sorry for not knowing what a memory leak is, but could someone explain it to me ?
And how does that one program fix it ?
Bossman posted 04-08-99 09:51 AM ET
Dutch Boy, (are you really dutch?)
Soem programs use more memory than they should and hence, slow down your programs (Games etc) This program clears the memory on your computer that is being used and dosesnt need to be making your other programs run faster. It works quite well I would recommend it. Anything else just fire away.
Bossman
Aredhran posted 04-08-99 10:59 AM ET
Hogging memory:
A program using up more memory than it should is a Hog.
Leaking memory:
A program allocating memory but failing to release it when it's done with it is said to be leaking. It usually stems from bad programming (although I admit it, sometimes it's very tricky and it can be easy to overlook the release of resources to the OS, especially when programming under Windows).
Hope this helps
-Aredhran
Do I qualify for that promotion to "Geek" now ? (My ex-girlfriend used to say I was going to be promoted whenever I got a little bit technical or carried away about computers...)
MoSe posted 04-08-99 11:08 AM ET
What happened then to your ex-girlfriend?
Mine went to the states and married a PC guru.
JAMiAM posted 04-08-99 11:32 AM ET
Bossman,
Happy to see that your tongue was in your cheek. I didn't think that I'd been on these forums long enough to be anybody's enemy, with the possible exception of yin26, who is actually Hannibal Lecter (and not Brian Reynolds as mistakenly posted by Darkstar.)
Actually, I am married, and have two lovely daughters, 2 & 7 years old. I have the job that I do because it allows me to make a living wage (barely) and have lots of free time to study (see my profile.) I am the bossman here and can set my own hours to work around my class schedule. I've taken a break this semester to allow my brain and pocketbook to recharge. Besides, I knew SMAC was coming out and I do know my limits, family, SMAC, school, SMAC, job (not career), SMAC, housework, SMAC, game night, SMAC, showers, et cetera, something had to give. My wife said it had better not be the showers.

JAMiAM
Nell_Smith posted 04-08-99 10:17 PM ET
umbra: sleep?? When there's SMACing to be done?? Surely you jest
Bossman: hey, glad it helped, although I freely admit that I got the URL from another post on this site - sorry, original poster, I can't remember your name!
JAMiAM: wow, a limerick dedicated to me!!! <chuffed> Mind you, after a couple of turns spent watching the AI blow my favourite base to bits and steal away with the HSA, I just bypass Miriam and go straight from Deirdre to Yang without passing Go.... hehe And thanks for the compliment... comin' right back at ya
OK here goes.....
I look like Helena Bonham-Carter.
I also sound like Helena Bonham-Carter.
Now... you have to judge whether one or both of the above statements is a fib!!!!!!!!!!
umbra1 posted 04-08-99 11:14 PM ET
Looks like we're all burning the midnight oil tonight...
JAMiAM posted 04-09-99 02:14 AM ET
Nell,
First wobbly bits, then...chuffed? I'm afraid that if I keep chatting with you folks from across the pond, I'll have to go out and get the OED. Very afraid actually, since I've long since run out of room on my bookshelves or dollars in my wallet. Perhaps you could save me the trouble and let me know what the latter means. That is, if it will fly past the censors! I think I've got a hold of...umm...I mean an understanding of the former term.
My sympathies as to the loss of the HSA. Ouch!!! Roll over the dirty rotten scoundrels and SHOW NO MERCY!!!
Oh, and get some sleep.

JAMiAM
p.s. It doesn't matter if your fibbing, I'll never know the better. Ain't cyberspace wunnerful?

Bossman posted 04-09-99 04:23 AM ET
Jam Man
I am not your enemy man, I am merely a... how do I put this... An entrepreneur of the game I am afraid that however hard you try and beet the Bossman it will not work. If Analyst reads this, Ill take you on, No! Ill take you all On, Come on Nell, Come Umbra Ill kick all your asses any day. Yin if you are Brian Reynolds it seems that I know a hell of alot more about the game than you do...
Well I am glad that got out back to work, see you guys later.
Sent with Love from Maidenhead in the UK
umbra1 posted 04-09-99 04:43 AM ET
Just a quick note for all the non-Uk readers, Maidenhead is a town AND NOTHING ELSE
Bossman posted 04-09-99 04:43 AM ET
Sorry people for my unecessary meesage above. My usually phlegmatic mood heated up a bit. its all your Fault JAMiAM in fact evcerything is your fault...
Alright i've calmed down again, Sorry Jam Man it isnt really you it is this damn computer, I am spending too much time on the web. I am so lucky that my boss pays for air time and not me.
Bossman posted 04-09-99 04:44 AM ET
Maidenhead is the LIFE and SOUL of the whole of the UK and if you have ever been here you will know how great Maidenhead is.
umbra1 posted 04-09-99 05:43 AM ET
I've been to Maidenhead, I'm just trying to prevent any misunderstandings or innuendo pertaining to the name of that proud and noble town.
Umbra: A man who has watched one to many "Carry On" films...

ps. Just how for off topic are we now ?
Bossman posted 04-09-99 05:49 AM ET
Calming down?
for your information...
Bossman: A Meglomaniac with a thirst for power
Bossman posted 04-09-99 06:00 AM ET
I dont know how that question mark slipped in there? anyway I am now a man on a mission. I am going for the record at work to play SMAC all day without my Boss knowing! I have got through fine so far but it is a bit embarrassing when everyone around you is doing something constructive and there your are being payed to play computer games. Charming hey...
Bossman: Did I ever tell you I was Brian Reynolds Brother!
Aredhran posted 04-09-99 08:40 AM ET
MoSe:
My ex' decided that I was not good enough for her and left me for some idiot who was in the same class (she's a student to become technician in radiology). Said idiot dumped her a couple months later (maybe he wasn't so stupid after all)... Serves her right, don't you agree ?
Anyway, maybe *your* ex-girlfriend should have crossed the Alps instead of the Atlantic and married me
But then again, maybe not, because if I were married I wouldn't have as much time to play SMAC
umbra:
What does "burning the midnight oil" mean ?
To all:
Funny how a thread about memory leakage can turn out, isn't it ?
Hey, you know what ? The week-end is coming fast ! SMAC time again ! Warm-up them PB silos, and Yang, you better find that key to your bomb shelter, and quick, 'cuz your arse is in the line !
-Aredhran
GaryD posted 04-09-99 08:49 AM ET
Something you are doing : according to you interests !
burning the midnight oil - keeping your oil lamp lit late at night when you ought to be doing something sensible, like sleeping.
Bossman posted 04-09-99 09:32 AM ET
OK then back to the subject of memory leaks. I find this subject extremely interesting. When the memory has another................................................................................................................. and thats all I have got to say about that
umbra1 posted 04-09-99 10:55 AM ET
Did any of you read the report that getting less than eight hours of sleep per night causes a cumulative drop of 10 I.Q. points ?
SMAC haz made me fick !
See you in court, Reynolds.
MoSe posted 04-09-99 11:40 AM ET
OK, let's stick to the topic... (huh, what was it about? can't remember...)
Aredhran: well, maybe she should, she would have at least married in the Family (SMAC family, I mean). After all, I spent some time with a swiss girl that had just been dumped by a radiology technician ...
made me think to a demographic chart that stated that PC-related workers are the bottom category in "success_with_women". Butchers were at the top. What dya have to say, Nell? cleavers(sp? huge chopping knives..) or keyboards?
-
OED = Oxford English Dictionary?
Is there maybe a site where you can download it from? to keep it at hand while in the Forums... my lacksicon would greatly profit.

Bossman: spending whole workday in this forum makes me eligible for that record as well?
Maidenhead, could have I spotted it on the map near Mull of Kintyre?

umbra1, did you miss my old post in which I begged you to further me a copy of old classic Elite (if you really still have it)? mine is gone and unrecoverable.
Er, I'm ... aka... huh, can't recall, resource shortage
Bossman posted 04-09-99 11:43 AM ET
MoSe I have a copy of Elite that I can E-Mail to you if you really want it! and Maidenhead is just west of London.
Have a nice day,
And aswell What else am I supposed to do at work other than chat to all you people! You dont really expect me to work do you!
umbra1 posted 04-09-99 11:50 AM ET
MoSe: I did reply (Honest I did). I used to play elite on an old c64 - sadly long gone.
Bossman: It's a FRIDAY ! Why do these people expect us to work when the weekend is only half an hour away !
MoSe posted 04-09-99 12:12 PM ET
Hmmm, closest thing west of London I can recall is Sandhurst, where I did stop on my way to Ireland in 1986 for a pint (or more?) of hand-pumped John Courage Director's Bitter, top-ranked mystical beer-drinking experience so far.
Sorry umbra, then I did miss your reply.
OH YES PLEASE E-MAIL IT! Kinda RoseBud to me!
Too bad I'll have to wait till monday (I'll be early at work I guess, TIA, just name your prize, Bossman!)
btw, my mail notified me someone cared to reply whether I am drunk or not...
rush topic switch
nice one this one tho, if I could only recall what was it about
Bossman posted 04-09-99 12:15 PM ET
MoSe I am at work myself and will not be able to E-Mail it to you before Monday so I will send a copy to you Free of charge, How nice. Anything else, Voodoo 2 cards, Voodoo Banshee Cards, Pentium III processors, Sounblaster Live! Cards, Anything name your price I am your man!
MoSe posted 04-09-99 12:42 PM ET
Stop making me turn around like an autoformer!
Can't keep up with your X-refrenced replies!
Say that your Sandhurst quoting in 'Public unveiling...' topic was a coincidence.
You pretend making me think I'm already drunk! (that reminds me that next door to the office we have here a cute place named "Banshee - Pogue Mahone's house", where the bar is an isle in the mid of the pub (that poetic verse was serendipitous!) and seen from above is harp-shaped. oh, gotta remember to close the bracket, here)
hmmm. figuring how I can make this last figure as an extra-hour in the payroll!
(I always knew in my heart that british were better)
till Monday
MariOne
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Author	Topic: Fix for Memory Leakage
Nell_Smith	posted 04-06-99 08:00 PM ET (Apologies to all you veterans who already know this, but I found this invaluable and it took me some hunting through the threads to find it, so I thought I'd post it as a new message as it's just sooooooo useful.) For anyone who suffers from SMAC slowing down during play, download MemTurbo from: http://www.memturbo.com/productinfo.htm Instantly solves the problem. Also invaluable for use at any time, not just when playing SMAC or other memory-hungry games.
umbra1	posted 04-07-99 07:31 AM ET Bloody hell Nell, get some sleep !
JAMiAM	posted 04-07-99 01:14 PM ET There once was a girl named Nell, who posted to forums so well. SMAC drove her off the deep end, she didn't get her sleep and went from Deirdre to Marian as well. JAMiAM
Bossman	posted 04-07-99 01:18 PM ET I thought I was bad but your name seems to pop up all over the place in this Forum. Take a Break man, you've got your whole life in front of you. You dont want to spend the rest of it fused to a computer do you!
Bossman	posted 04-07-99 01:18 PM ET Oh yeah and thanks for the memory tip it worked brilliantly! Cheers
JAMiAM	posted 04-07-99 03:08 PM ET Bossman, I'm sorry to say, but I really don't have a life, only (too many) opinions. And, if you don't want me around, well...sniff...sniff... I'll just take my ball and go home. I've recently found myself spending more time trawling the forums than playing SMAC, just because there is so much social interaction and truly interesting people out here. My day job has me cooped-up in a small office acting as a glorified gatekeeper. I have very few opportunities to get too far away from the blasted CRT, so I put to use in a manner which satisfies ME! I guess I could shut up, log off and read a book. But I don't. I would rather chat with you! Nell, I mean it in the nicest possible sense. You are one of the aforementioned "interesting people" and I look forward to your posts and replies as they always are a model of civility and clarity, two characteristics sometimes lacking in these forums. BTW, make my fantasy complete, tell me you look like Helena Bonham Carter! And, sound like her too! JAMiAM I'm like dogshirt at the park, all over the place, and usually underfoot!
Evk	posted 04-07-99 10:38 PM ET Geez, I've gotta stop reading these forums over lunch...
Bossman	posted 04-08-99 03:52 AM ET Jam man, My advice would be to quit your job, by some new clothes and hit the dance floor. Get married have kids. Its your choice but I am glad that you enjoy chatting away at these forums. It would not be the same without you.
Dutch Boy	posted 04-08-99 09:43 AM ET Sorry for not knowing what a memory leak is, but could someone explain it to me ? And how does that one program fix it ?
Bossman	posted 04-08-99 09:51 AM ET Dutch Boy, (are you really dutch?) Soem programs use more memory than they should and hence, slow down your programs (Games etc) This program clears the memory on your computer that is being used and dosesnt need to be making your other programs run faster. It works quite well I would recommend it. Anything else just fire away. Bossman
Aredhran	posted 04-08-99 10:59 AM ET Hogging memory: A program using up more memory than it should is a Hog. Leaking memory: A program allocating memory but failing to release it when it's done with it is said to be leaking. It usually stems from bad programming (although I admit it, sometimes it's very tricky and it can be easy to overlook the release of resources to the OS, especially when programming under Windows). Hope this helps -Aredhran Do I qualify for that promotion to "Geek" now ? (My ex-girlfriend used to say I was going to be promoted whenever I got a little bit technical or carried away about computers...)
MoSe	posted 04-08-99 11:08 AM ET What happened then to your ex-girlfriend? Mine went to the states and married a PC guru.
JAMiAM	posted 04-08-99 11:32 AM ET Bossman, Happy to see that your tongue was in your cheek. I didn't think that I'd been on these forums long enough to be anybody's enemy, with the possible exception of yin26, who is actually Hannibal Lecter (and not Brian Reynolds as mistakenly posted by Darkstar.) Actually, I am married, and have two lovely daughters, 2 & 7 years old. I have the job that I do because it allows me to make a living wage (barely) and have lots of free time to study (see my profile.) I am the bossman here and can set my own hours to work around my class schedule. I've taken a break this semester to allow my brain and pocketbook to recharge. Besides, I knew SMAC was coming out and I do know my limits, family, SMAC, school, SMAC, job (not career), SMAC, housework, SMAC, game night, SMAC, showers, et cetera, something had to give. My wife said it had better not be the showers. JAMiAM
Nell_Smith	posted 04-08-99 10:17 PM ET umbra: sleep?? When there's SMACing to be done?? Surely you jest Bossman: hey, glad it helped, although I freely admit that I got the URL from another post on this site - sorry, original poster, I can't remember your name! JAMiAM: wow, a limerick dedicated to me!!! <chuffed> Mind you, after a couple of turns spent watching the AI blow my favourite base to bits and steal away with the HSA, I just bypass Miriam and go straight from Deirdre to Yang without passing Go.... hehe And thanks for the compliment... comin' right back at ya OK here goes..... I look like Helena Bonham-Carter. I also sound like Helena Bonham-Carter. Now... you have to judge whether one or both of the above statements is a fib!!!!!!!!!!
umbra1	posted 04-08-99 11:14 PM ET Looks like we're all burning the midnight oil tonight...
JAMiAM	posted 04-09-99 02:14 AM ET Nell, First wobbly bits, then...chuffed? I'm afraid that if I keep chatting with you folks from across the pond, I'll have to go out and get the OED. Very afraid actually, since I've long since run out of room on my bookshelves or dollars in my wallet. Perhaps you could save me the trouble and let me know what the latter means. That is, if it will fly past the censors! I think I've got a hold of...umm...I mean an understanding of the former term. My sympathies as to the loss of the HSA. Ouch!!! Roll over the dirty rotten scoundrels and SHOW NO MERCY!!! Oh, and get some sleep. JAMiAM p.s. It doesn't matter if your fibbing, I'll never know the better. Ain't cyberspace wunnerful?
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 04:23 AM ET Jam Man I am not your enemy man, I am merely a... how do I put this... An entrepreneur of the game I am afraid that however hard you try and beet the Bossman it will not work. If Analyst reads this, Ill take you on, No! Ill take you all On, Come on Nell, Come Umbra Ill kick all your asses any day. Yin if you are Brian Reynolds it seems that I know a hell of alot more about the game than you do... Well I am glad that got out back to work, see you guys later. Sent with Love from Maidenhead in the UK
umbra1	posted 04-09-99 04:43 AM ET Just a quick note for all the non-Uk readers, Maidenhead is a town AND NOTHING ELSE
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 04:43 AM ET Sorry people for my unecessary meesage above. My usually phlegmatic mood heated up a bit. its all your Fault JAMiAM in fact evcerything is your fault... Alright i've calmed down again, Sorry Jam Man it isnt really you it is this damn computer, I am spending too much time on the web. I am so lucky that my boss pays for air time and not me.
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 04:44 AM ET Maidenhead is the LIFE and SOUL of the whole of the UK and if you have ever been here you will know how great Maidenhead is.
umbra1	posted 04-09-99 05:43 AM ET I've been to Maidenhead, I'm just trying to prevent any misunderstandings or innuendo pertaining to the name of that proud and noble town. Umbra: A man who has watched one to many "Carry On" films... ps. Just how for off topic are we now ?
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 05:49 AM ET Calming down? for your information... Bossman: A Meglomaniac with a thirst for power
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 06:00 AM ET I dont know how that question mark slipped in there? anyway I am now a man on a mission. I am going for the record at work to play SMAC all day without my Boss knowing! I have got through fine so far but it is a bit embarrassing when everyone around you is doing something constructive and there your are being payed to play computer games. Charming hey... Bossman: Did I ever tell you I was Brian Reynolds Brother!
Aredhran	posted 04-09-99 08:40 AM ET MoSe: My ex' decided that I was not good enough for her and left me for some idiot who was in the same class (she's a student to become technician in radiology). Said idiot dumped her a couple months later (maybe he wasn't so stupid after all)... Serves her right, don't you agree ? Anyway, maybe your ex-girlfriend should have crossed the Alps instead of the Atlantic and married me But then again, maybe not, because if I were married I wouldn't have as much time to play SMAC umbra: What does "burning the midnight oil" mean ? To all: Funny how a thread about memory leakage can turn out, isn't it ? Hey, you know what ? The week-end is coming fast ! SMAC time again ! Warm-up them PB silos, and Yang, you better find that key to your bomb shelter, and quick, 'cuz your arse is in the line ! -Aredhran
GaryD	posted 04-09-99 08:49 AM ET Something you are doing : according to you interests ! burning the midnight oil - keeping your oil lamp lit late at night when you ought to be doing something sensible, like sleeping.
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 09:32 AM ET OK then back to the subject of memory leaks. I find this subject extremely interesting. When the memory has another................................................................................................................. and thats all I have got to say about that
umbra1	posted 04-09-99 10:55 AM ET Did any of you read the report that getting less than eight hours of sleep per night causes a cumulative drop of 10 I.Q. points ? SMAC haz made me fick ! See you in court, Reynolds.
MoSe	posted 04-09-99 11:40 AM ET OK, let's stick to the topic... (huh, what was it about? can't remember...) Aredhran: well, maybe she should, she would have at least married in the Family (SMAC family, I mean). After all, I spent some time with a swiss girl that had just been dumped by a radiology technician ... made me think to a demographic chart that stated that PC-related workers are the bottom category in "success_with_women". Butchers were at the top. What dya have to say, Nell? cleavers(sp? huge chopping knives..) or keyboards? - OED = Oxford English Dictionary? Is there maybe a site where you can download it from? to keep it at hand while in the Forums... my lacksicon would greatly profit. Bossman: spending whole workday in this forum makes me eligible for that record as well? Maidenhead, could have I spotted it on the map near Mull of Kintyre? umbra1, did you miss my old post in which I begged you to further me a copy of old classic Elite (if you really still have it)? mine is gone and unrecoverable. Er, I'm ... aka... huh, can't recall, resource shortage
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 11:43 AM ET MoSe I have a copy of Elite that I can E-Mail to you if you really want it! and Maidenhead is just west of London. Have a nice day, And aswell What else am I supposed to do at work other than chat to all you people! You dont really expect me to work do you!
umbra1	posted 04-09-99 11:50 AM ET MoSe: I did reply (Honest I did). I used to play elite on an old c64 - sadly long gone. Bossman: It's a FRIDAY ! Why do these people expect us to work when the weekend is only half an hour away !
MoSe	posted 04-09-99 12:12 PM ET Hmmm, closest thing west of London I can recall is Sandhurst, where I did stop on my way to Ireland in 1986 for a pint (or more?) of hand-pumped John Courage Director's Bitter, top-ranked mystical beer-drinking experience so far. Sorry umbra, then I did miss your reply. OH YES PLEASE E-MAIL IT! Kinda RoseBud to me! Too bad I'll have to wait till monday (I'll be early at work I guess, TIA, just name your prize, Bossman!) btw, my mail notified me someone cared to reply whether I am drunk or not... rush topic switch nice one this one tho, if I could only recall what was it about
Bossman	posted 04-09-99 12:15 PM ET MoSe I am at work myself and will not be able to E-Mail it to you before Monday so I will send a copy to you Free of charge, How nice. Anything else, Voodoo 2 cards, Voodoo Banshee Cards, Pentium III processors, Sounblaster Live! Cards, Anything name your price I am your man!
MoSe	posted 04-09-99 12:42 PM ET Stop making me turn around like an autoformer! Can't keep up with your X-refrenced replies! Say that your Sandhurst quoting in 'Public unveiling...' topic was a coincidence. You pretend making me think I'm already drunk! (that reminds me that next door to the office we have here a cute place named "Banshee - Pogue Mahone's house", where the bar is an isle in the mid of the pub (that poetic verse was serendipitous!) and seen from above is harp-shaped. oh, gotta remember to close the bracket, here) hmmm. figuring how I can make this last figure as an extra-hour in the payroll! (I always knew in my heart that british were better) till Monday MariOne