Erik

It's very easy to say that when it's not you who is damaged by such actions. That's like Napster telling the RIAA "it's a song guys. It's a song." Didn't quite work out for them and it's directly to the reason why our policy on the matter exists and why I so adamantly shut down even the thought of it. Machine's log everything don't risk it.

Okay well seems the problem is fixed by whatever means if it happens again please let us know. Thank you.

The only way you'd get that message from our system is if you're trying to log into an account that has been banned usually for duplicate accounts. Do you have a second log in like use the Facebook or Twitter login or another account? If so that's the problem because if you can log in with a valid account and post messages as you've done there's nothing wrong with your account from our perspective. Let me know. Thanks.

Crazyhorse - You can't force your hand on this issue. I will not allow you to implicate this community in your illegal behavior and make us all pay for your mistakes. Everyone has been more than accommodating reading your colorful profanity but we're all done. So either back down on the issue and keep calm or I'll moderate your account more than just removing your PMs. You've taken me to task more than just this once. I don't remember what are we on round three or four now. You seem to have an issue with me doing what is best for everyone and not just you. I have no issues with John Shelton or anyone else for that matter and I never did but I always seemed to get thrown into some dispute you all were having and here I am again 10 years later. It's time to move on and let the community focus on doing what it enjoys and that's not listening to you rant or being party to your distributing illegal payware. As the ancient Tibetan Philosophy states, "Don't start none, won't be none!"

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Yeah bummer the screenshots are all behind group access on FB.

They are making sure to give plenty of warning after Sandy and Katrina. The order to evacuate was perfectly timed this go around to avoid loss of life. Now for you silly folks "toughing" it out may God keep you and may one day we figure out why you'd endure such misery when Las Vegas is open 24/7 and the airlines are offering cheap flights. I better not see you on the rescue boats or you'll forever be shamed. Good kite weather though. :)

Well it all started back in 1958 with ARPA through US Government funding and yes major universities played a huge role in it's development and growth. The closed network transformed into the ARPAnet somewhere in the late sixties and it was still a private network. When the impact of networking computers nationwide was discovered the US Government through the FCC figured out that they needed to expand the network which at the time was run on copper phone lines. To do this the FCC started imposing a tax on the telephone companies that the public paid. Through this tax a larger and bigger backbone was paid for and built. That network was the basis for what we use today with the exception that most of the infrastructure was privatized which made way for companies like Comcast which is the nations largest internet service provider. Of course this is an over simplification of 40 years of development up to the point where companies like AOL, Netscape, MSN all started charging for dial-up access to their access points. From that point forward the internet has grown into what we know today. So we paid to have it built. We paid/pay to connect to it. We paid/pay to serve content on it. The bottom line is that we've always paid because that's how a capitalistic system works and the government is still taxing us for it's upkeep by way of FCC surcharges on your phone, cable, and internet connected devices. The word FREE though convenient it has never been.

This is more common than you think. It wasn't long ago a guy over at another aviation simulation site took a group of people for thousands each. My memory of what I read was that this computer expert promised a group of people he'd build them a custom tuned, personal gaming machine with all the latest and greatest hardware for a fraction of the retail price. He claimed he didn't mark up hardware just charged a flat fee of $100 to build a machine which he claimed explained his pricing. Because he was so incredibly busy the only way to order a machine was to pay up front. Many did and many got burned with little to no recourse. This all happened because an online friend of all these people vouched for this computer guy. The computer guy did build a machine with all that money it just so happened it was for him. So in the end not only did these folks loose tons of money but they lost their personal enjoyment of a hobby and their friends. Like PC says the only way to do business online is to first know you have a valid recourse if something goes wrong. Use a credit card or account that has a zero fraud liability this is the best method. Then you can feel confident shopping online because all disputes error in your favor. This means the bank refunds you first then goes after their money through the merchant's payment processing vendor which they will in turn deduct their money right from the account they make deposits into (whether the money is there or not) before the seller even knows about it in most cases. Personally my second check is to find their physical address and phone number before I order anything. I then verify it by calling them and google mapping their business at street view to see if it's legitimate. Then I know if things get really bad I can use a local police department to report the incident and him before doing anything stupid. Spend your money wisely and good luck out there.

It has always been my experience that most hardware is designed for whatever OS / driver is installed or should I say optimized for that OS / driver. I have never found a machine where an upgrade to an OS (and some drivers), that wasn't a point upgrade to address bugs and such, does more good than leaving your current OS. Updated drivers and operating systems are mostly to make sure newer hardware is compatible with their software. If you don't have that newer hardware very few software upgrades are going to make any noticeable difference. Everyone should start reading the release notes of what an update is and if it doesn't apply to you don't install the extra bloat on your machine. In other words if you have Software Version 9.01 and they release a 9.02 then that's probably to fix something that isn't working as intended or improve something. Those updates are worth your time but to make a version jump say version 9.02 to version 10.1 those updates are for newer features and support of newer hardware. Installing those instruction sets usually bogs down older hardware and is considered bloatware. I think it was crappy of Microsoft to shove Windows 10 down people's throat where most of them had no idea it was coming and the havoc it would cause. Imagine the amount of people that are having to buy new hardware to support the OS. IMO that is a huge mishandling of trust and is unprecedented when it comes to possibly taking someone's livelihood offline. The only saving grace is that the OS can be rolled back to restore your machine's performance to pre-slaughter auto update. Imagine taking your car in to be repaired and the mechanic said, "We have a newer version of your engine so we went ahead and installed it. Unfortunately, you now need a new ECM, electrical upgrade, transmission, new motor mounts, blah blah blah." Imagine the chaos. Remember you own your machine Microsoft doesn't. How dare they make assumptions and or cost anyone hours of unpaid work just because they want to push a newer OS no matter their reasoning or cost. Microsoft you blew it and your credibility is now in the crapper. My bet is you'll see more people turn off your auto update service and you'll end up causing compromises and loss of data in never before seen volumes. Good luck out there.

... and they told us we "never leave a fallen comrade" NEVER! Physically or morally we are there. Damn straight you'll fight this, it's not a request, it's an order.

There's been a few threads about this and most of us killed the automatic update to save our Win 7 machines. However you're not the only one who has been victimized by Microsoft policies. It's criminal.

We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Keep in good spirits and remember to find laughter even if you have to wear your gown backwards, we'll be pulling for you. E

When you get behind the aircraft or its flight systems you're no longer flying the aircraft it is flying you. We're setting pilots up to fail and when it happens we call it something friendly like loss of control or failure to train and little to no actions are taken to correct the problem at the pilot level. We've stopped teaching pilots how to fly and have replaced it with how to interpret what the flight system is doing. By the time you get to the point where the flight management is warning a pilot a deadly condition exists it's already to late and yet this scenario plays out in more cockpits than any airline will truthfully admit. You will never hear an armchair or magenta pilot utter the words "I felt it" when speaking about the aircraft they're flying. Proficiency is all your senses coming together to know your aircraft before it knows itself. That's what makes a pilot worth his salt and seat and that my friends is dead or dying. May you not become a statistic and happy flying. E

Let the guy build what he wants and if it's wrong you have the option of not using it. Why anyone would try to stifle someone's creativity is beyond me. I suggest that anyone who feels differently grab your thinking cap and build a better option to make your point. Otherwise it's time to relax, shake hands, and walk away friends agreeing to disagree. Continuing along these lines isn't going to get anyone anywhere. I think that point has been made abundantly clear. Erik

First of all, Welcome! We'd love to embrace the idea of an "internet is free" philosophy but in the real world that doesn't exist. Our costs to provide this site, community support sites, storage, and transfer use exceed our income on a monthly basis. Our philanthropy and goodwill (read: my wallet being lightened) to the community has limits and to be blunt none of this would exist if it weren't for the support we receive from subscription members. Just like PBS we need support from advertisers and members to continue providing our programming. The internet, developed on an Utopian idea, has always been pay to play. You pay for access to it and we pay to house and transfer the content we provide. It's the same anywhere you go so our idea to offer an incentive for subscriptions was birthed and we hope that you'll do your part to help. I can insert all the boring facts about terabytes and gigabytes, co-location of our devices, access fees to the pipeline, and the list goes on but you get the idea. DLC is never "free" there are always costs. How those costs are paid for is another conversation all together. Think about this, people will buy a $70 game and think nothing of dropping $15 for a new map (usually not just one), $20 for new weapons (also not just one), $10 for armor (multiple) and so on. You get the idea business are out to make money. You can draw your comparisons any way you like but you asked why and our why is very different from most. It's not that I'll take money from my wallet to pay for things every month it's always been how much. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked this, I really should have a canned statement to provide you but I hope I answered your question. I hope you take the time to learn why we're worth more than $5.00 for content but if you don't we still provide free limited access which is more than most and better than some. Subscriptions are a way for you to help us provide you the content and resources available here. Same question just a different spin but ... The size of the files are split up because it makes them easier to be uploaded it has nothing to do with the downloading. The underlying feeling I get is we're being accused of trying to rip you off and some how extort money from you by purposely dividing the files into pieces costing you more FREE daily downloads. It's post scripts like this one that make me say screw philanthropy and all our content is pay for access, maybe that seems more "worth it"? I guess you should have stopped at the first statement but in closing. No ... Thank you!

I do wish them the best of luck with whatever their lives lead them to. CA could offer to help retain the work but they are looking for a purchase it sounds like. Maybe someone here knows what the details of such a purchase would include?

In all of World History this was a first in many ways. The record, the sacrifice, the selflessness, and the honor to name a few. I am very proud of all our brothers and sisters in uniform regardless of nationality or race that have given so much to the defend the idea and principles of freedom. A ribbon and acknowledgement of service hardly seem worth the sacrifices so many have given and continue to give. It always reminds of that bumper sticker that says, "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!" My sincerest appreciation to all who have worn a uniform. !S

Very well done. This aircraft was part of Vietnam history in 1972. It flew sorties from the USS Midway now on display in San Diego. Aboard the Midway's decks you will also see a couple of Phantoms. No. 102 was flown by a good friend of mine Bart Bartholomay. He is attributed with introducing me to a group of guys who wanted to start CA so many years ago. Without him there'd be no CA, at least in the form it is today with myself involved. We've lost touch over the years due to his failing health and I'm not even certain he's still around. Either way he was an important part of history in so many ways. Good to see the colors of the VA56 fly again on this A7. Arigato gozaimashita.

Impressive this. http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday

Maybe something we should consider supporting or at least giving the modders a home for those that are interested.

Never heard of such a thing but glad you fixed it. :)

Posting your solution could help others.