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That'll be because Chrome had cached the DNS lookup, whereas with IE it was a fresh visit, so no caching.

WARNING - editing the hosts file can prevent you accessing the internet altogether. Be careful. Launch Notepad as an administrator. Open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (the file may be hidden) Add these two lines to the end of the file: 142.4.14.20 sc4devotion.com 142.4.14.20 www.sc4devotion.com Save the file and restart your browser.

It's just the domain that's expired, so you can still access the site if you know the IP. If you add the following lines to your hosts file (On Windows - c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) then restart your browser, the site will be accessible. 142.4.14.20 sc4devotion.com 142.4.14.20 www.sc4devotion.com Remember to remove them once the domain is restored though.

Does anyone know what the pros and cons are of compressing textures? Presumably there must have been a discussion about this somewhere but google doesn't seem to find one. Obviously uncompressed textures look better and compressed ones are smaller, but beyond that is there any difference? Does it affect performance, or does the game require compression for certain types of texture?

Ok how about this?

Hawkeye9 - Nice suburban image. Very realistic. -1 point for leaving the minimise icon in the bottom left though. So overall 8/10. art128 - Great Eastern European style image. I like the under-bridge path. I don't like the wall-to-wall building in the centre though. It doesn't seem to fit very well with the buildings on either side. Also, the lens-flare looks unrealistic, so it detracts from the image. Overall 8/10.

Monorail is faster than the other types of rail. (in the default settings, not sure about Z) It's supposed to appeal to the wealthier sims too, but I'm not certain this actually makes a difference in the game.

Originally posted by: Patricius Maximus Not too sure about that. What about present-day fusion bombs? They are simply an uncontrolled fusion reaction. If a fusion plant "melts down", wouldn't it produce the same thing? quote> No, a fusion plant cannot melt down. The reaction is sustained by the heat of the lasers and the compression from the magnetic field. The instant that these stop the nuclear reaction would stop and you would just get a normal explosion caused by the hot, compressed gas expanding and burning, similar to what you'd get if a gas plant blew up. There would be some release of radiation, but much less than with a fission plant meltdown.