Entropy is a thorough bitch. Whatever the laws of physics turn out to be, and whatever cycles they may allow, if subsequent phenomena depend in any way on previous phenomena there will be a tendency for the whole shebang to degenerate, to move into a more likely state.
Try this: While entropy is indeed happening, something else is happening at the same time and because/causal of it: the `low-grade' energy predicted is more organized.
This increased level of organization happening in parallel with entropy may metaphorically be similar to the `branes' mentioned.
Nevertheless, although I agree that this hypothesis is not (yet) compelling and may not be well-founded, I feel it is more nearly accurate than the `big bang' booshwa we've been handed.
I first saw mention of this `bug' in the alt.os.linux.mandrake ng some months ago. The linux.redhat ng I also frequent was void of complaints. The Nvidia GeForce Xxx chipsets running on VIA-equipped mobos seem to interact with the GART and the spec fetches or whatever. I suspect Mandrake users are more likely to use the Nvidia product (or perhaps any product that uses AGP-4x...) than Redhat users, of which I am one.
A possible fix: turn off AGP-4x in BIOS. Games won't run as fast, but a box that crashes is useless no matter how clear the action was when it froze.
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Entropy is a thorough bitch. Whatever the laws of physics turn out to be, and whatever cycles they may allow, if subsequent phenomena depend in any way on previous phenomena there will be a tendency for the whole shebang to degenerate, to move into a more likely state.
Try this: While entropy is indeed happening, something else is happening at the same time and because/causal of it: the `low-grade' energy predicted is more organized. This increased level of organization happening in parallel with entropy may metaphorically be similar to the `branes' mentioned. Nevertheless, although I agree that this hypothesis is not (yet) compelling and may not be well-founded, I feel it is more nearly accurate than the `big bang' booshwa we've been handed.
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I first saw mention of this `bug' in the alt.os.linux.mandrake ng some months ago. The linux.redhat ng I also frequent was void of complaints. The Nvidia GeForce Xxx chipsets running on VIA-equipped mobos seem to interact with the GART and the spec fetches or whatever. I suspect Mandrake users are more likely to use the Nvidia product (or perhaps any product that uses AGP-4x...) than Redhat users, of which I am one. A possible fix: turn off AGP-4x in BIOS. Games won't run as fast, but a box that crashes is useless no matter how clear the action was when it froze.