Erik

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

I laugh every time I read this. Enjoy. "This is an expanded excerpt from Brian Schul's book Sled Driver : Flying the World's Fastest Jet. There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. Intense, maybe. Even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment. It occurred when Walt and I were flying our final training sortie. We needed 100 hours in the jet to complete our training and attain Mission Ready status. Somewhere over Colorado we had passed the century mark. We had made the turn in Arizona and the jet was performing flawlessly. My gauges were wired in the front seat and we were starting to feel pretty good about ourselves, not only because we would soon be flying real missions but because we had gained a great deal of confidence in the plane in the past ten months. Ripping across the barren deserts 80,000 feet below us, I could already see the coast of California from the Arizona border. I was, finally, after many humbling months of simulators and study, ahead of the jet. I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Walter in the back seat. There he was, with no really good view of the incredible sights before us, tasked with monitoring four different radios. This was good practice for him for when we began flying real missions, when a priority transmission from headquarters could be vital. It had been difficult, too, for me to relinquish control of the radios, as during my entire flying career I had controlled my own transmissions. But it was part of the division of duties in this plane and I had adjusted to it. I still insisted on talking on the radio while we were on the ground, however. Walt was so good at many things, but he couldn't match my expertise at sounding smooth on the radios, a skill that had been honed sharply with years in fighter squadrons where the slightest radio miscue was grounds for beheading. He understood that and allowed me that luxury. Just to get a sense of what Walt had to contend with, I pulled the radio toggle switches and monitored the frequencies along with him. The predominant radio chatter was from Los Angeles Center, far below us, controlling daily traffic in their sector. While they had us on their scope (albeit briefly), we were in uncontrolled airspace and normally would not talk to them unless we needed to descend into their airspace. We listened as the shaky voice of a lone Cessna pilot asked Center for a readout of his ground speed. Center replied: "November Charlie 175, I'm showing you at ninety knots on the ground." Now the thing to understand about Center controllers, was that whether they were talking to a rookie pilot in a Cessna, or to Air Force One, they always spoke in the exact same, calm, deep, professional, tone that made one feel important. I referred to it as the " Houston Center voice." I have always felt that after years of seeing documentaries on this country's space program and listening to the calm and distinct voice of the Houston controllers, that all other controllers since then wanted to sound like that, and that they basically did. And it didn't matter what sector of the country we would be flying in, it always seemed like the same guy was talking. Over the years that tone of voice had become somewhat of a comforting sound to pilots everywhere. Conversely, over the years, pilots always wanted to ensure that, when transmitting, they sounded like Chuck Yeager, or at least like John Wayne. Better to die than sound bad on the radios. Just moments after the Cessna's inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency, in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed. "I have you at one hundred and twenty-five knots of ground speed." Boy, I thought, the Beechcraft really must think he is dazzling his Cessna brethren. Then out of the blue, a navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. "Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check". Before Center could reply, I'm thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a readout? Then I got it, ol' Dusty here is making sure that every bug smasher from Mount Whitney to the Mojave knows what true speed is. He's the fastest dude in the valley today, and he just wants everyone to know how much fun he is having in his new Hornet. And the reply, always with that same, calm, voice, with more distinct alliteration than emotion: "Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground." And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what? As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios. Still, I thought, it must be done - in mere seconds we'll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost. That Hornet must die, and die now. I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming. I was torn. Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet. Then, I heard it. The click of the mic button from the back seat. That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew. Very professionally, and with no emotion, Walter spoke: "Los Angeles Center, Aspen 20, can you give us a ground speed check?" There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request. "Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground." I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling. But the precise point at which I knew that Walt and I were going to be really good friends for a long time was when he keyed the mic once again to say, in his most fighter-pilot-like voice: "Ah, Center, much thanks, we're showing closer to nineteen hundred on the money." For a moment Walter was a god. And we finally heard a little crack in the armor of the Houston Center voice, when L.A.came back with, "Roger that Aspen, Your equipment is probably more accurate than ours. You boys have a good one." It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day's work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast. For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there."

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.

Direct links don't work on our site. If you're following a link you've saved or has been provided for you that points directly to the download file you will receive that message. All downloads are randomly generated at the time of download from the actual file page to prevent hot linking. This has been the "norm" for at least five maybe six years now. We have no files that are missing or broken at the time of our last catalog audit which was about 10 hours ago as that task runs daily. I do see your errors in our logs and my advice is to verify where you are getting your links from. Thanks.

Our firewall thought he was a threat and dropped all his requests. I've yet had time to look through the logs from a week ago to find out why but I'm sure it's shady. No comment on the rest it hits too close to reality and I'll let you decide which part. The mystery continues. *insert favorite cliff hanger music here*

http://www.newegg.com/Controller-Panels/SubCategory/ID-11

I tested your account and it works fine. Got to be something on your machine with cookie settings or java, something because on my machine your account is fine. Check your browser settings. Check your internet security suite. Check your permissions. Those are the three things that come to mind. Thanks.

They are all snippets of national anthems, last verse generally.

I moved you back to the default skin. Try it again on that skin and let me know. Thanks.

God bless him and his family no matter the uniform he wore. My hat is off to him and I raise a glass to his courage and service. За вас!

#4 best bang for buck imho and I'd throw another 4 Gb minimum of memory in each of those machines.

The badges feature has a glitch. Fixing said glitch isn't worth the time because we're about ready to leave all this old code base behind us when we move. My quick options are leave the glitch or turn off badges. E

It's a rather small mock up if you look at the image carefully. Unless of course those extension cords just happen to be exceptionally big, like 30/0 AWG cable. I know they have built full size mock ups of aircraft carriers out of cardboard and wood before so when they are shot from satellites they cast the shadows and give cause for second looks. It's all propaganda aimed at scaring the uneducated or bolstering their support depending on the target audience. I think these are good people for election insurance, just my take on things. E

I switched it for you but there's a big link at the bottom that says "Full Site" or something like that. If your browser isn't fixed after you refresh your page, close it and restart it and all should be fine if not find that button on the very bottom "Full Site" click that and you'll be fine. E

Clear your browser history, delete your cookies from our site, close and restart your browser then check. The only permission you need is to be logged in, guests can't mark forums as read. Erik

Yeah that sometimes happens but we give you 6 downloads a day as a new member. If I may suggest make sure you're not using a download accelerator which opens multiple connections and downloads files in segments. Sometimes known as download boosters or speed boosters. When I look at your download log I see multiple downloads of the same file which usually indicate this is happening. There's a big red exclamation point on all the download pages about it because we want everyone to be aware of things. Our system counts each connection as a download so if you open six connections for one file you've burned up your daily limit. There maybe some changes coming up when we upgrade software but for now that is how things work. Here's what I'm seeing on your log: Hope that helps, Erik

Drop Epizikl a PM or post in his forum under the modder section. He's Russian and mods so he can for sure do it for you. E