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Feb. 10th, 2001 11:19 pmAll sorts of interesting stuff happened during preceding shifts, including an ammonia leak during an EVA, but when I went on console at 8:23 pm, the order of the day was the activation of the Lab module.
The Lab had, in the course of the day, been removed from the Shuttle cargo bay and maneuvered into position on the ISS. At the start of the activation procedure, the Flight Director called for silence in the control room as the capcom and the ISS and Shuttle crews went through the steps leading to the activation of equipment on the Lab.
The procedure took a little under an hour, if memory serves, and the previous shift worked past their usual end time to make sure the job got done. Shortly after the previous shift was released, I was relieved at the console and am now in the "back room," monitoring various channels and ready to translate any message traffic.
Segue.
I actually got more than 3 hours of sleep this morning, waking up around 10:30 am. I spent the rest of the day indoors, taking care of several nagging issues. I moved the refrigerator into position, I installed window blinds in the living room, I tried to deal with a balky toilet, and moved the hot water heater closer to where it should be installed.
The prime issue associated with the heater is whether to raise it off the floor when I reinstall it, as the gas company says I must do. My problem is: if I raise it so that the bottom is the required 18" off the floor, then the top of the unit is closer than 10" from the ceiling, which is contrary to the unit's installation instructions. Add to this that the gas company's assertion may or may not reflect the actual local building code, and I wonder just when I'll be able to take hot showers. Sigh.
Segue.
I downloaded the latest Eudora, since the 3.x version I've been using seems to not do well under Windows Me. In the aftermath, I am reminded of the phrase "stick with the devil you know," since running the 5.0.2 version of Eudora results in immediate disaster. Not only do I get a "blue screen of death" (BSOD) but the error information ends with the rather unexpected statement "System halted."
I've seen my share of BSODs, but exceedingly few of them result in system halts. Ye gods.
About the only thing I can figure is that I made a mistake when I installed the new Eudora, by exiting the old version, but without also rebooting the system. It occurs to me that one of the problems I suspected with the old version was that one or more DLLs opened when the program was first run were not properly closed when the program was exited (running the old program a second time after exiting resulted in a complete lack of response).
Why was the install a mistake, then? I suspect that when the new install tried to overwrite those DLLs, the attempts were unsuccessful, as the files were still "open," and no errors were reported. When the new Eudora was run, then, the old DLLs were loaded, and all hell broke loose.
Nice hypothesis. Now let's see if it's correct.
Solution: Boot system. Uninstall new Eudora. Reboot system. Install new Eudora. Try to run program.
But that's for later.
Segue.
I've been reviewing the part of Polonius in Hamlet, and find it hard to understand the character. Polonius is supposed to be advisor to the King of Denmark, but he's a prolix bumbler, in my view.
Take for example his advice to his son Laertes upon the latter's departure to return to Paris (the speech that ends "This above all: to thine own self be true," etc.) Is Polonius senile? Why go through this now? After all, it's not as if it's Laertes' first trip away from home. The answer must be that Polonius just likes to hear himself talk, but people like that don't generally rise to the level of imperial advisor.
Ah, well...it's not worth getting worked up about.
At least not yet. :^)
Segue.
The Eudora hypothesis was wrong. I did the steps, and tried to run the program. Blooey.
Back to the drawing board. Ye gods. It's almost enough to make you want to go use <shudder> Outlook.
Cheers...
The Lab had, in the course of the day, been removed from the Shuttle cargo bay and maneuvered into position on the ISS. At the start of the activation procedure, the Flight Director called for silence in the control room as the capcom and the ISS and Shuttle crews went through the steps leading to the activation of equipment on the Lab.
The procedure took a little under an hour, if memory serves, and the previous shift worked past their usual end time to make sure the job got done. Shortly after the previous shift was released, I was relieved at the console and am now in the "back room," monitoring various channels and ready to translate any message traffic.
Segue.
I actually got more than 3 hours of sleep this morning, waking up around 10:30 am. I spent the rest of the day indoors, taking care of several nagging issues. I moved the refrigerator into position, I installed window blinds in the living room, I tried to deal with a balky toilet, and moved the hot water heater closer to where it should be installed.
The prime issue associated with the heater is whether to raise it off the floor when I reinstall it, as the gas company says I must do. My problem is: if I raise it so that the bottom is the required 18" off the floor, then the top of the unit is closer than 10" from the ceiling, which is contrary to the unit's installation instructions. Add to this that the gas company's assertion may or may not reflect the actual local building code, and I wonder just when I'll be able to take hot showers. Sigh.
Segue.
I downloaded the latest Eudora, since the 3.x version I've been using seems to not do well under Windows Me. In the aftermath, I am reminded of the phrase "stick with the devil you know," since running the 5.0.2 version of Eudora results in immediate disaster. Not only do I get a "blue screen of death" (BSOD) but the error information ends with the rather unexpected statement "System halted."
I've seen my share of BSODs, but exceedingly few of them result in system halts. Ye gods.
About the only thing I can figure is that I made a mistake when I installed the new Eudora, by exiting the old version, but without also rebooting the system. It occurs to me that one of the problems I suspected with the old version was that one or more DLLs opened when the program was first run were not properly closed when the program was exited (running the old program a second time after exiting resulted in a complete lack of response).
Why was the install a mistake, then? I suspect that when the new install tried to overwrite those DLLs, the attempts were unsuccessful, as the files were still "open," and no errors were reported. When the new Eudora was run, then, the old DLLs were loaded, and all hell broke loose.
Nice hypothesis. Now let's see if it's correct.
Solution: Boot system. Uninstall new Eudora. Reboot system. Install new Eudora. Try to run program.
But that's for later.
Segue.
I've been reviewing the part of Polonius in Hamlet, and find it hard to understand the character. Polonius is supposed to be advisor to the King of Denmark, but he's a prolix bumbler, in my view.
Take for example his advice to his son Laertes upon the latter's departure to return to Paris (the speech that ends "This above all: to thine own self be true," etc.) Is Polonius senile? Why go through this now? After all, it's not as if it's Laertes' first trip away from home. The answer must be that Polonius just likes to hear himself talk, but people like that don't generally rise to the level of imperial advisor.
Ah, well...it's not worth getting worked up about.
At least not yet. :^)
Segue.
The Eudora hypothesis was wrong. I did the steps, and tried to run the program. Blooey.
Back to the drawing board. Ye gods. It's almost enough to make you want to go use <shudder> Outlook.
Cheers...
