Archive for October, 2004
What’s Good for the Donkey is Good for the Elephant
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004Here in Chicago there is an ongoing stink over Sinclair Media‘s plan to air “Stolen Honor“, a documentary on Kerry’s anti-war efforts after he left Vietnam. They’ve scaled it back and will air clips in a different format. The problem is that Kerry is not given equal time. Sinclair Media owns or manages 62 TV [...]
One Flu Over the…
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004I know that people get sick with the flu. I know that some people die from it. I know that the flu shots are supposed to prevent it. But I’m glad that now that I’m out of the military I don’t have to get the flu shots and so the present shortage doesn’t bother me [...]
Microsoft Access for Mac? Nah!
Wednesday, October 13th, 2004I was working on a database in Access yesterday and wound up fishing through the help file looking for a clue. I never did find what I was looking for but I did come across this: For additional information, select the item in question and press F1 (in Windows) or HELP (on the Macintosh). Okay, [...]
Tanking Tankers
Sunday, October 10th, 2004One of my last jobs in the Air Force before I retired was in logistics. One of the last test concept meetings I attended was one on this project. The tanker fleet is stretched pretty thin. Scheduling a tanker for a test mission is a really hard thing to do. Therefore, most test missions have [...]
Qatari Sanity
Monday, October 4th, 2004I pop in on Memri, a service that translates news from the Middle East into English, every once in a while. Often it is a difficult read because of the hatred of the West. But here is one that gives me hope. The author, a Qatari intellectual, calls for non-radical Muslims to admit that the [...]