When the game has dry spots, I use my laptop to read these forums. I went to use the forums here and found this bug creating beeping sounds on my new Vista laptop. To get around the problem - I added an external keyboard.
So I suspected a new virus or spyware affecting my ability to read the SubSim
forums and found this:
Looking into the problem his associate had the NERVE to take over the Captains chair
Gaming rig is on the left: