Erik

I'll be changing things over soon. When the site comes back online it will take almost a day before all the content is back up and running full tilt. The core elements of the site will be converted first then tasks will take over that move our content into the new core. Please don't be alarmed when the tasks are finished everything will be back to normal and then I can get to work on the look of the site from there. Thanks.

I agree. I also have to keep the place running current software for both compatibility and security reasons, balancing the two is often hard to do. I've put this off long enough time to roll up my sleeves and get dirty.

That's what the code looks like that runs the site and supplies everyone with a pretty UI. No extra education required.

We didn't slow down our site today but big ISPs will if they win their fight to roll back internet regulations at the FCC. American businesses and citizens are in the biggest protest against the FCC to date. The FCC is planning on rolling back regulations from 2015 that classified ISPs and safeguarded our internet. Trump appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made it his mission to deregulate the internet and thereby giving complete authority and power back to big business ISPs like Comcast and Verizon. The protest starts internet wide on July 12, 2017. Millions of people and businesses are fighting for your rights and we need you to spend a few minutes sharing your vote to help us keep the internet net neutral. You may say to yourself this doesn't involve me but you'd be dead wrong. Once the regulations are removed there's no going back and big ISPs will control everything from what they mine from your content to the speed at which they deliver it. You can't sit this one out we need you! GO NOW!!! ----> https://www.battleforthenet.com/ Background Info: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/07/11/535804285/internet-companies-plan-online-campaign-to-keep-net-neutrality-rules

Today OJ Simpson was paroled with a release date in October. Not bad 8 years for a double murder and armed robbery. Not sure how anyone is supposed to react to that.

It sure is good to see Lakewood in such good shape. It's shockingly nice to see it now from where it came as a bedroom town for longshoremen and roughnecks. Nice plane on a stick too, great looking memorial.

McCain is a legend and a tremendous asset to our State of Arizona. I've voted for him in every election since 1982 and he's never let our great state down. Everyone I know is wishing him the strength to beat this.Get well, take your time healing, and recharge your batteries John. You're in great hands at the Mayo Clinic they really know how to practice medicine.

I don't disagree with you CH I just thought it was a real shame Nevada dropped a 33 year sentence on the guy for going to a photo opportunity, his words. Whatever the case is the old running back is now 70 years old and he moves like it. I doubt there's much carnage in his future. Simpson does have a 25,000.00 monthly NFL pension and money coming in from a private pension with the screen actors guild so financially he should be able to live well without the need to work. I just hope he adjusts on the outside. The world has changed since 1995 and all those things that made him who he was are all now gone. I fear it's going to be a rough transition for him especially now he's institutionalized for 9 years but granted not as bad as most prisoners since he has his financial security. Luckily his kids he had with Nicole are now grown adults doing their own thing. The daughter, Sydney, runs her own business called Simspy and owns multiple pieces of real estate. The son, Justin, is a successful real estate agent and has an LLC. Both of the kids now live in St. Petersburg Florida so it won't be surprising as he requested of the parole board that relocation to Florida be in his future. It's unclear if a move to St. Petersburg would be allowed since he'll need to make the formal request to Nevada and also Florida to see if his parole can be moved there. All in all things are still pretty dicey for the Juice and let's not forget he only paid about 1% of the wrongful death lawsuit. That huge debt is still hanging over his head with no plans of payment to date and with the statue of limitations running out on that it's pretty convenient that he's been in jail while the limitation clock winds down. I don't think the judgement will ever get paid but maybe just maybe that was OJ's plan along. Of course he could be the luckiest man alive but that's unknown and we haven't even seen karma take a shot at him yet. I guess like all things OJ the jury is still out on all things in this guy's future. Good luck Juice!

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We didn't slow down our site today but big ISPs will if they win their fight to roll back internet regulations at the FCC. American businesses and citizens are in the biggest protest against the FCC to date. The FCC is planning on rolling back regulations from 2015 that classified ISPs and safeguarded our internet. Trump appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made it his mission to deregulate the internet and thereby giving complete authority and power back to big business ISPs like Comcast and Verizon. The protest starts internet wide on July 12, 2017. Millions of people and businesses are fighting for your rights and we need you to spend a few minutes sharing your vote to help us keep the internet net neutral. You may say to yourself this doesn't involve me but you'd be dead wrong. Once the regulations are removed there's no going back and big ISPs will control everything from what they mine from your content to the speed at which they deliver it. You can't sit this one out we need you! GO NOW!!! ----> https://www.battleforthenet.com/ Background Info: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/07/11/535804285/internet-companies-plan-online-campaign-to-keep-net-neutrality-rules

Well the punch is ruined. I suggest the red and blue coolers where you'll find something refreshing. So let's address the floating object. The Article - Nothing top level about it, it's an uneducated view of the problem. Economically suicidal for ISP's - Let's explain that to the many companies that have been subject to such "suicide": ISPs blocked Google Wallet on smartphones because they were developing Softcard. ISPs have and do manipulate the way you can tether your devices. Starting 2012 Verizon was charging $20 for this service to extort a per device connection rate. AT&T still restricts it unless you are on a special plan. AT&T blocked FaceTime on Apple devices and Google Hangouts on Android devices. Comcast throttled BitTorret connections and if you were found to use BitTorret it dialed back your personal connection regardless of what plan you were on. They still do as well as other ISPs. Comcast and Netflix which was extorted to pay Comcast to remove the throttling to continue to be able to provide their services to their customers. ISPs and streaming music, Sony PSN, YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Google. and the list goes on and on ... No net neutrality means that ISPs can decide which businesses they will allow traffic from and at which speeds. It's a life or death issue for small business ... oh you want to start an electronic card service, nope we want to only promote ours ... oh you want to stream using our internet, nope we have our own that is much better than yours anyway... oh you want to start up some gaming, no if our customers want to game they can use our apps. There are numerous ISP's out there - ahhhhhh yes but how many of them service your physical address with a physical connection? Just because I want to use TimeWarner and they are out there doesn't mean that connection is available to me, same for Google fiber, Verizon Fiber, DSL, etc, etc, etc. And the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds without any help or hindrance from the Feds. - Yeah there was no Federal involvement in advancement at all, unless you count stuff like this: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-report/at-t-frontier-others-accept-1-5b-caf-ii-funding-despite-fcc-s-changing-broadband The whole net-neutrality scam was really about suckering people into handing control of the internet to a cabal of insiders within the FCC. There was and is no reason for it. - This is not true in the least, we asked the FCC to protect the internet under Title II which means that the FCC maintains its ability to oversee and address problems within the market. Control of the internet is and has always been with the people that own the core structure and routers and that is the governments themselves. Competition is alive and well without any help from the Feds. - That's called capitalism and you can bet your backside the Feds are involved in that. Local example - there are at least 4 local providers here who all offer 1 gb/sec service. if you don't like one, go with another. The options are increasing all the time. - 1 Gbps services is 125 MB/s. Local providers all have coverage maps and depending where you are means that your accessibility to those providers varies but in land based services those are generally not duplicated. Generally you'll have one cable option and one telephone option but you may only have one or none of those and some fortunate people have access to fiber optics giving them a potential third or whatever. Wireless to date doesn't have the channels available to offer higher speeds like you'd see in land based options. The FCC is trying to free up channels that are currently in use by the older satellite system but that's not done yet. Maybe in the future we'll see some competition between wireless and wired connections. The last option is geo satellite service which is adequate for some services but not for anything that requires a constant connection as the lag between your router and the first hop is 100-1200 miles away. Let Freedom reign, it works every time. - I agree whole heartedly ... that's why eliminating the Title II protections of the internet are just the opposite. Removing Title II means that ISPs will be in control of themselves, a for profit business that are against net neutrality and ague they can and only will do what is right for the communities they serve. Nobody believes that. IOW they will be self policing as a private non public system to allow the traffic they want to, at the speed they want, and at the price they want.

The Wordpress source code Column5's site was based on was ancient, out of date, and highly exploitable so it was compressed, moved off disk, and archived. It will no longer be available to any public access. Whiteknight is correct the content of C5 resides here and I thank him for his reply.

Dear Wife, I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you for 7 years and I have nothing to show for it. These last 2 weeks have been hell. This morning your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today and that was the last straw. Last week, you came home and didn’t even notice I had a new haircut, had cooked your favorite meal, and even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers. You ate in 2 minutes and went straight to sleep after watching all of your soaps. You don’t tell me you love me anymore, you don’t want sex, or anything that connects us as husband and wife. Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me anymore. Whatever the case, I’m gone. Your EX-Husband P.S. don’t try to find me. Your SISTER and I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life! Dear Ex-Husband Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It’s true you and I have been married for 7 years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been. I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining and griping, too bad that it doesn’t work. I DID notice when you got a hair cut last week, but the 1st thing that came to mind was ‘You look just like a girl!’ Since my mother raised me not to say anything if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment. And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating pork 7 years ago. About those new silk boxers: I turned away from you because the $49.99 price tag was still on them and I prayed it was a coincidence that my sister had just borrowed $50 from me that morning. After all of this, I still loved you and felt we could work it out. So when I hit the lotto for 10 million dollars I quit my job and bought us 2 tickets to Jamaica but when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason, I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me. So take care. Signed, Your Ex-Wife, Rich As Hell & Free! P.S. I don’t know if I ever told you this, but my sister Carla was born Carl. I hope that’s not a problem.

My darling husband, Before you return from your business trip, I want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick-up truck this afternoon. Fortunately, it's not too bad and I really didn't get hurt, so please don't worry too much about me. The doctors say I'll be just fine in 10 to 12 months after all this is behind me. I was coming home from Wal-Mart because I wanted to make sure to have your favorite cookies and a hot cooked meal when you return next week. The shopping and the ride home was fine but when I turned into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent but fortunately the pickup came to a stop when it bumped into your car. I am really sorry, but I know with your kind-hearted personality you will forgive me. You know how much I love you and care for you my sweetheart. I am enclosing a picture of the damage for you. I cannot wait to hold you in my arms again. Your loving wife. XXXOOO Oh and before I forget. Your girlfriend called this morning.

I'm sure since it's linked on each and every download you have read the following: http://combatace.com/topic/26131-freeware-licensing/ That's a good place to start.

*watches as the movers bring in my rocker recliner* *puts ice cold twelver in mini fridge that's in arms reach of my chair* *unpacks his order of ghost pepper chicken wings on the side table* *throws the recliner back into cruise mode* *gives a "hey what's up" to GR* *tucks 1911 down next to the cushion* *settles in for the big show* Finally some worth watching on this channel. Hey can you grab some napkins while you're up?

It's going to take a solid month of flying to complete the first mission. I can't wait to see what the second mission is.

Long long ago in an HQ not so far away lived a community of Strike Fighter fans and modders. These wonderful proud but noble people existed for one purpose, to have fun. All was going great and they had the largest group of most active individuals in the HQ. One day a mean sheriff, a real deputy dog type, decided that if it was fun it wasn't allowed in the HQ. You see the mean sheriff person hated laughter, smiles, and sharing of great information among the type A personalities of the community. So our sheriff with his fuzz in ruffle had a brief encounter with a would be enthusiast. He enjoyed the thought of reaching for and pulling from hip his chrome plated 38 special which shot enthusiasts between the eyes with insults, bans, and rules. Oh the rules so many of them that they were legendary throughout the land of HQ. One day a defiant and short fused fellow named Dave decided enough was enough. History tells the tales of the Dave to this day. How he found a place so full of biohaz that it was central to his idea and with his great luck he knew it was for sale. In the beginning the place we all now call home was found at biohazcentral.com. The Dave knowing what he had to do reached out to the great alien wrangler known as Alex. See Alex was the guy who trapped all them aliens and put them in a box and called them boxes Alienware. Alex was powerful and wise and he enjoyed the HQ community so he reached out to this story teller and together we birthed what is today CombatACE.com. The Alex didn't stop wanting people to enjoy themselves and it was then he reached out a Polish fellow who had a group of Winged Orphaned Fellow Fliers who at the time were having problems of their own having just been kicked out of their village. We called them graceful enthusiasts of the canvas WOFF'ers for short. Together the prop fans and turbo jet fans built a home of their own and it continues here today. We've all been in the penalty box and we all understand that it's a badge of honor among us. The moral of the story; from a band of misfit toys with good intentions and motivation comes wonderful things where anything is possible. Welcome home you're among friends.

The abundance of caution entering and exiting choke points like the area of the accident would be to have a manned bridge at all times. However the entire crew of the container ship was probably no more than twenty and at that hour it is possible that only a few crew members were responsible for the entire oversight of the vessel that was on autopilot, a common practice for these types of merchant vessels. It is speculated that the bridge of the Crystal was unmanned or the crew was doing other duties during that shift and wasn't 100% attentive to obstacle avoidance. This common practice may change after this accident. I have not read anywhere that the Fitzgerald heard collision warning horns nor were they contacted by radio communication from the Crystal. It is also unknown if the Fitzgerald even knew of the impending collision and what actions they took if any. It is hard to believe that they knew or knew with enough warning to do anything. In the dark of night it is likely the first warning they had was the sight of the bow of the Crystal coming out of the darkness in almost silence. Both bridges were at fault for collision avoidance but more so the Fitzgerald because it had an active mid-watch that included not only crew on the bridge but crew in the CIC below deck manning the many radar detection devices. To answer you question directly it is a common practice to leave the navigation to the autopilot on these large oceanic vessels. The ACX Crystal was most likely in this state of operation when the accident occurred. There is a pretty full review of all the AIS data and some common sense speculation here: http://www.vesselofinterest.com/2017/06/mapping-acx-crystals-collision-with-uss.html I still find it hard to imagine that the navigation of the Fitzgerald was so causal especially given the fact that one of their primary roles is early detection and mitigation of missile launches. With the heightened activity in North Korea you would have thought any ship operating in the area would have been on a higher alert than what it appeared to have been. That said maybe a larger review and corrective actions will be taken to avoid these types of situations in the future because as of now they seem almost common place.

Excellent video!!!

We know it was one of two causes; faulty equipment on the Fitzgerald or dereliction of duty by the mid-watch. Nobody has reported that prior to the collision there was faulty gear and if there was the Fitzgerald should have posted manned lookouts. The Fitzgerald is nothing but radar gear so failure would mean a complete failure of multiple systems on multiple platforms when no loss of electrical power existed. If I have to use Occam's Razor to examine these two causes it looks more and more like the crew on the Fitzgerald. So I have to agree the bridge watch failed and failed on multiple levels of redundancy. This conclusion is disturbing to say the least.