I updated SDC this morning on a Win2K rig that had an existing SDC version which was relatively old (but still 2.x). After the mandatory reboot, SDC crashes on launch, triggers a Dr. Watson message and closes. Strangely enough, I later launced SDC on my XP rig at work and got the nice MS error report message and SDC closed. I had updated SDC on the XP rig 1 or 2 days ago and had been running SDC without any problems until the first launch today. I had another Win2K rig with an older ve...

Someone recently posted two inflammatory rants, without any substantive underpinning, including in each a laundry list of insults and snide remarks directed at conservatives and "rightwingers." Nothing in either article invited any "debate" as they were nothing more than an individual ventilating his/her spleen by spouting opinions disparaging of others. This someone then took offense when some, including me, replied in kind, blacklisting me and apparently a few others for alleged "person...

I couldn't believe my eyes & ears. Fox News actually just now broke into a War on Terror interview with a "Breaking News" item to breathlessly inform us that the UN has announced that former President Clinton has canceled his upcoming trip to the Maldives because of "exhaustion." How frickin' soap opera. Like that bit of non-news couldn't wait until 5pm. They even got Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld on the phone within minutes to reassure us that Clinton's OK. Oh, please. I could see that o...

Well, it didn't take long. Just to be sure the joy didn't get out of hand, and since they've lost another wrongly-predicted disaster to complain about, some from the left have already moved on to their next battleground - what they all call the Absence of an Exit Strategy. Never mind that there is a public timetable, adhered to to the day so far, for all the steps in the transition to a fully independent Iraqi State: Election of a Constitutional Congress, a deadline for development of ...

Joe Scarborough, in an article today on MSN discussing Brian Williams taking over for Tom Brokaw, referred to the "pajamahadeen bloggers who took Dan Rather down." Pajamahadeen . How un-PC. I kind of like that. Maybe it will stick. Cheers, Daiwa

Interesting that some of the "liberal-minded" bloggers, who seem to be the most distressed by Bush's re-election, such as WiseFawn & dabe, are blogging away while blocking all comments (in the case of dabe, after I had posted one) and some (blogic) have just disappeared. Just an observation. I know it's their privilege to do that, but I find it instructive. Cheers, Daiwa

Just caught some TV footage of Kerry & his wife having their "traditional" post-vote lunch at an oyster bar in Boston. Kerry was smiling, a bit animated & seemed at least somewhat upbeat. Thereza was absolutely stone-faced, wooden, seemingly distracted and just plain droopy, looking like she would have given anything to be anywhere but there. I suppose she could just be under the weather, but I've had a feeling for awhile that she's decided politics is below her, too dirty an endeavour...

With real evidence , as opposed to wild-ass wishful thinking, beginning to mount that the 219 tons of explosives in question more likely were removed from the Al Qaqaa munitions depot before the invasion of Iraq, Kerry is subtly backtracking today. That's right, I said 219 tons. Turns out 158 tons of the high explosives the IAEA says went missing were never at Al QaQaa , and that's according to the IAEA itself. But 377 tons sounds a lot scarier doesn't it? More on that later. ...

Fact: The Red Sox last won a World Series 86 years ago. Fact: The Red Sox last appeared in a World Series in 19 86 . Fact: Total number of runs scored in the 2004 ALCS = 86 . Inescapable Conclusion: The Sox will 86 the Cardinals. Cheers, And thanks, blogic, for being a sport, Daiwa

As in all my replies, Cheers, everyone! Daiwa