Is the cabinet under the cooktop getting warm? Induction units need to have the warm air excape from the cabinet or the fan just sucks in the hot air it just vented. When this happens the sensors will shut down the cooktop. To test, you can open the cabinet doors or drawer under the cooktop and try boiling water again.

I'm not an expert so probably can't help but... I think you have enough speed you shouldn't even need to let it buffer, but know how to do so, so it's probably not Internet speed. Your system seems fine specification-wise. To me anyway. I don't think or know much about video cards but I wouldn't think it would be the physical card, but I don't really know. My wild guess would be the driver. :) This is what mine shows when I go to "System settings"--->"Additional Drivers": If it were me, I'd try a different driver if there's any listed there. Maybe you already have? Other than that, I don't have a clue. I'm running 12.04 and youtube's and other videos play fine for me. If someone else here doesn't have the answer, there's always the Ubuntu forum. Just a thought. Edit: Just out of curiosity, does the snow in my "My Page" fall smoothly or does it stop and go as it falls? This post was edited by chuggerguy on Thu, Jan 3, 13 at 20:40

Nevada, NW of Reno, and something between 1350 and 1400 sq ft. - Checked and it is 1394 sq ft according to the realtor listing. It is a single story ranch on a slab. I am at something between 5000 and 5200 feet in altitude. I looked the furnace up on the Bryant website and it is 80% efficiency but I don't know which of the listed BTUs on the label should be used to determine the proper size of the furnace. The ceilings are insulated but the walls have little or no insulation to my knowledge. The calculator to which I was referred gives a result of approx 70k BTU. So if the highest listed BTUs on the label (88k) is the correct one to use for the size calculation, that results is 80% of 88k = 70,400 BTUs - so it would seem the furnace is properly sized. If that is NOT the correct value for BTUs, all the others listed on the label are less than that and the furnace must then be too small. We do normally get a lot of solar exposure here which may or may not enter into things. I have never set the heat higher than 68F and it is usually set to 60F at night and whenever I am gone. I'm on a fixed income so I watch those bills like a hawk and just wear more clothes. I did find a registry to look the business up as far as licensure, and it states he is licensed and the license is active. Keep in mind there is no AC so until it got quite cold here the furnace - or more correctly the blower - was not being used. I turned it on sometime in late Oct or early Nov. So before that there was no fan noise because the unit was not being used at all. The furnace is centrally located so that duct runs are shorter than usual. These houses were military housing for Air Force Brass and whatever else you could say about them, the floor plan and layout are quite efficient.

on my sand ... it would make no difference .... you say your drainage is very good .. so i dont see a problem .. in fact.. you may have gotten water down into the whole root mass planted ... which would be perfect .... if you want to know the status of moisture in the soil ... INSERT FINGER ... or dig a 3 to 4 inch hole.. AND FIND OUT ... and then perhaps you can rest easy ... with 5 acres .. and raising lids.. this is one reason i used to carry a timer .... btw .. i would NOT water the top parts of conifers .. so i would also suggest a hose on trickle ... lawn sprinklers are for lawn ... not tree leaves ... i would also suspect it may not need water for a month or 3 .... depending on what you find.. when you dig a couple holes and find out ... keep in mind its fall.. and when temps fall significantly .. especially night temps .. water stays in the soil much longer than in the heat of summer .... ken