Tepui in Venezuela

Such a romantic place.

In 1884 British explorers Everard IM Thum and Harry Perkins became the first Europeans to hike the Tepui. After that, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle heard tales of their high-altitude trek through mesmerizing, misty cloud forest. Consequently, he was inspired to write “The Lost World,” from which Jurassic Park took its cue.

https://noblesapien.com/body/hiking-the-...onal-park/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rora...or%2085%25.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/j...NDPYBZAZM/

Serve the exact same lunches to every last politician in the Beehive, compulsory unless on health grounds - which will be scrupulously checked & require a medical certificates...



https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/new-...rison-food


"Last year we actually knew what we were eating, we could  see it. This year we're questioning what we're eating. It looks like pasta,some meat, probably beef & mixed with carrots. But that's it, no salt, no nothing."

Sad day....https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360565702/marianne-faithfull-singer-and-pop-icon-dies-78

Oh dear what a shame...


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/540...nouncement

Oh dear...


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/30...yXx_3O_zqw

Well, hell...



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8k931j423o


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...ust-a-muse

I am having a problem with my gaming system.
I've been running Truck Sim faultlessly for a couple of years.
Yesterday I fired up ETS2 and started having intermittent freezes for about 6 seconds, then back to normal again.

System is:
I7-10700k on Z490-Plus.
32 GB DDR4 3200
RTX 2080 Super
Moza Truck wheel bundle with H shifter plus Saitek side panel.
OS is Windows 11

Prior to this I had re-installed OMSI 2 Bus Sim.
To make it recognize all of the available control functions, I installed the JoyToKey program.
This didn't help much with the Moza gear, but did enable the joystick on the side panel.

So, when this freezing occurred, I assumed it was something to do with the JoyToKey program.
I have uninstalled that, which didn't help.
I checked the graphics drivers, and they were current.
OS was up to date 
I've run a memory check and anti-malware.

This system is only used for gamming, so no other programs are running in the background.
However, I do run Open Hardware Monitor and GPU TweakIII.

When these freezes occur the temps are well within range.

Now getting to the head scratching stage.

Reports of a passenger plane vs helicopter crash near Ronald Reagan Airport, Washington. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/540407/...-us-report

RNZ are now reporting the plane is a 70 seater American Airlines one and the chopper a Blackhawk. There's going to be some questions over this.