Mark Steyn has a current snapshot. It’s not a pretty picture:
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Nice Shot
From Ratherbiased.com:
In other news, TV Barn reports that “60 Minutes” Sunday is going to kick off its new season with a premier episode about “a cruel scam that preys on the elderly.” No word on whether Bill Burkett is involved.
The New Space Race
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is running a series on the history of the Ansari X-Prize (based in its home town). Here’s the first installment.
[via Alan Boyle]
[Update at 9 AM EDT]
Here’s a story about judging the event, with the focus on head of the judging committee (and former NASA astronaut) Rick Searfoss.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
“My Teleprompter Is Deadly”
Iowahawk has fictionalized (a little) Dan’s Unexcellent Adventure. Inspector Rather meets the bloggers.
Computer Problems Continue
Which is one of the reasons that blogging is light. I ordered a new motherboard that arrived today. It was the same as the one that failed (only thirty-six bucks plus shipping), so I figured it would be a painless swap.
Almost. It loads Windows, and then prompts me for name and password. Shortly thereafter, it bluescreens with a bunch of hex and a message:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
The problem is with a file called portcls.sys
I tried reinstalling Windows, to no avail. I cannot get the system up. Does anyone have any theories? I’m wondering if it’s a memory problem, but I don’t have any spares of that type to test with.
[Update at 5 PM EDT]
Never mind.
I found the problem. It was some new audio de-vice on this version of the board, that I apparently installed the wrong driver for. I uninstalled it in safe mode, and got the machine up.
I should add that one of the things that added to this joyful computer experience was a relatively new keyboard on which the F8 key didn’t work…
More On Weightless Flights
Here’s a long article by Leonard David.
Breathtaking
These people are astounding. Or they would be, if they hadn’t been indulging in this nonsense for years:
In response to false Republican accusations regarding the CBS documents, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe issued this statement:
Clueless At Time
Their reporters think that the posters at Free Republic are “bloggers.”
Have they learned about those new-fangled motor cars, or are they still using buggy whips?