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| Date | Poster/Guest | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-01 16:32:37 | Dale | Add lib time. Wife goes to Doctor and she goes home after her visit. Husband asks what happened?. He said I had acute angina. Well, what did he say about your big ass?. OH, he didn\'t ask about you. I did the same thing when the Doctor said I had acute Bronchitis. Hey, Doc I didn\'t think it was that pretty. |
| 2017-04-09 10:28:26 | Alaska Paul | The burg seems to be down. |
| 2016-12-08 18:24:44 | Glenmore | Is the \'burg down, or is it me? |
| 2016-12-08 18:13:22 | Glenmore | Is the \'burg down, or is it me? |
| 2016-09-10 12:28:37 | Besoeker | Test msg. |
| 2016-07-23 21:20:30 | newc | You could open a couple of rooms on discord. That\'s more like a skype, but better. It\'s not an IRC. |
| 2016-07-23 11:25:35 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | At the time I was thinking I was thinking of an IRC channel thingey for the \'burg. Something that would work like this place or the o-club, but where I could use a console interface or a phone to check. A way to repeat the \'burg to a more phone-friendly format would be nice too. Some sort of .rss feed. I\'m kind of drained at the moment though and don\'t want to think about it now. |
| 2016-07-17 14:59:24 | newc | What are you wanting to do, Thing? There are lot\'s of free services. |
| 2016-07-17 14:50:12 | newc | What are you wanting to do, Thing? There are lot\'s of free services. |
| 2016-07-08 12:58:16 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Anyone know of a cheap "IRC Page For Hire" type service? |
| 2016-07-08 08:23:54 | badanov | I can\'t access my rkka mail at the moment. Gmail does still work, however. |
| 2016-07-07 23:40:54 | walter | Cat 5 storm hit Taiwan - 897mb 150mph at landfall. Compare to Rita @895mb and Katrina @902mb |
| 2016-07-07 22:48:25 | badanov | Active shooter in Dallas during a BLM rally. At least one kop and as many as four are down. |
| 2016-07-07 22:47:43 | walter | a blank main page with no o-club - getting there! |
| 2016-07-07 22:45:30 | badanov | \'Burg will be up at midnight. |
| 2016-07-07 20:31:16 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Now with me and facebook it\'s less paranoia and more annoyance at the gaslighting and the goddamn fucking nazis. |
| 2016-07-07 19:39:37 | badanov | The server is up. The database isn\'t, so no site,yet. |
| 2016-07-07 18:07:26 | Barbara | It thinks you\'re witty, so it reposts what you say, Walter. ;-) |
| 2016-07-07 13:14:10 | walter | Don\'t know why this reposts each time I refresh. |
| 2016-07-07 13:13:21 | walter | Noticed last night. |
| 2016-07-07 12:01:10 | Barbara | Poor Fred. He\'s a GOD! (I\'d better cough up some money to him come payday.) |
| 2016-07-07 10:22:28 | walter | Noticed last night. |
| 2016-07-07 08:19:03 | walter | Noticed last night. |
| 2016-07-07 08:18:41 | walter | Paranoia is good as Andy Grove was right. Noticed that Comcast DNS was getting slow ... like maybe they are recording every access to every site so I switched to one of Google\'s DNS\'s - 8 8 8 8. |
| 2016-07-07 06:46:34 | Shipman | Yes thanks for the updates, I am to paranoid for FB. |
| 2016-07-07 06:31:31 | badanov | Thanks, TW |
| 2016-07-07 01:20:47 | trailing wife | badanov, I posted a brief note on the Rantburg Facbook page that Fred hopes to have the site up today. |
| 2016-07-06 23:08:05 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Thank you for keeping those of us not on facebook informed. |
| 2016-07-06 19:41:39 | badanov | Fred just posted.
It\'ll be tomorrow sometimes |
| 2016-07-06 19:41:06 | walter | Shipman - another option with or without RAID on linux is LVM - Logical Volume Mgmt. Its okay but you never really want the boot drive on it. |
| 2016-07-06 18:40:50 | badanov | I made Fred an offer he\'ll prolly refuse that doesn\'t include a RAID setup. And to answer your question, I have zero idea. Linux offers physical as well as virtual raids. |
| 2016-07-06 17:04:41 | Shipman | Fred has his reasons. But I will pitch in a bit more if he can set up a RAID # BadMan is setting up a RAID tricky with Linnux? All is good 0/Fred |
| 2016-07-06 16:53:57 | walter | www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJlY9C7YWzI |
| 2016-07-06 16:09:23 | walter | www.onepcbsolution.com |
| 2016-07-06 14:29:46 | walter | Oh and if Fred is viewing and wants the Canadian companies address I can look for it for him. I only paid $49 plus some Canadian customs fees. |
| 2016-07-06 13:58:28 | walter | Oh and if Fred is viewing and wants the Canadian companies address I can look for it for him. I only paid $49 plus some Canadian customs fees. |
| 2016-07-06 13:55:51 | walter | Barbara - The easy fix would have been to take the last backup and put it on a new drive. Fred added a lot of complexity to the repair with a new computer and new operating system. There might be real good reasons for it but that\'s what it is. I had a similar problem a few years ago where a drive shorted out. The short took out the rest of the computer so backups didn\'t really accomplish much. I wanted the data on the drive and a company in canada had a solution. I sent them the shorted logic circuit on the drive and they sent me back a new one with control information copied from the dead board. I placed that on the drive, put the drive in another computer, took all the recent info off it an put the drive in a junk box. (can\'t trust it at that point) That still wouldn\'t help restore an install because the core computer was toast and new ones are different hardware. |
| 2016-07-06 13:49:13 | walter | Another question - have there been any terror or assassination attacks anywhere from a quadcopter drone - commercial or toy? Even a pointing laser on one? If not I wonder why? |
| 2016-07-06 13:49:09 | Barbara | Poor Fred. Whatever he\'s having to do to get Rantburg back up and running, he\'d not paid enough. :-( |
| 2016-07-06 13:40:25 | walter | If any of you are familiar with ITAR regulator\'s thought processes - I\'ve got a question: If extreme hi-res earth data is processed by a secure computer at a secure site but only low resolution data with hi-res insight was available to the customer would it violate ITAR. This is, in a sense, already done to provide ITAR acceptable images to customers from the high res satellite\'s data stream - just the analysis phase added. It\'s really a "How their minds work" question. |
| 2016-07-06 13:15:40 | badanov | No idea, Glen. I\'m as in the dark as you are. |
| 2016-07-06 12:48:26 | Glenmore | Boss is still having trouble getting the new system up and stable? |
| 2016-07-06 08:49:53 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Russians? Minsk? This is how it feels to be American after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. |
| 2016-07-06 00:23:36 | badanov | Hillary will be unstoppable now. Now you know how the Russians felt the moment the Germans closed the ring around Minsk, 75 years ago. |
| 2016-07-05 22:41:35 | badanov | It\'s early yet. It\'s a whole lot more likely about riots and civil disorder than civil war. It all hinges on how frisky Hillary\'s supporters get. |
| 2016-07-05 22:15:35 | DarthVader | If Donald Trump wins, we can expect large riots and civil disorder. If Hillary wins, we can expect a civil war. Either way it is gonna get ugly. |
| 2016-07-05 18:57:45 | Besoeker | Such an "honest, dedicated public servant" that FBI Director Comey. Yes, but of course. Shades of Supreme Court Justice Roberts. |
| 2016-07-05 18:48:38 | Barbara | Sorry, Ship - I didn\'t. Which thread? |
| 2016-07-05 17:57:42 | badanov | Walt said: seen in comments on the net: "So, get ready for the Carrie-on-Prom-Night Presidency." |
| 2016-07-05 17:51:44 | Steve White | I think we\'re going to be saying "President Clinton" next year. And "Empress Hillary" the year after... |
| 2016-07-05 16:57:25 | Shipman | Hi Barb, see my note to you at WUWT? |
| 2016-07-05 14:11:19 | badanov | No attack. |
| 2016-07-05 14:01:11 | newc | It would come back and then stop again. probably ddos attack |
| 2016-07-05 13:14:11 | Besoeker | FBI Director Comey folds his tent, does not recommend indictments against Clinton, despite evidence of law breaking and wrong doing. Very sad day for America. |
| 2016-07-05 13:12:36 | Barbara | Bummer. I\'ll keep checking back. |
| 2016-07-05 00:15:45 | Shipman | Almost midnight eastern, nuttin |
| 2016-07-04 23:35:52 | badanov | Fred screwed up the networking. |
| 2016-07-04 23:21:17 | Dale | Do ya think someone doesn\'t like us. Being the 4th also. |
| 2016-07-04 20:47:06 | badanov | It will be late tonight before it is back up. |
| 2016-07-04 16:49:44 | Visitor | Got up early this morning to clean the evaporator coil on the downstairs AC unit. And a lovely job it was. Hoping for a quiet nap and afternoon of blog\'n enjoyment.... but NOOOOOOO. I was able to post that bit about Clinton deciding to keep Loretta Lynch on board. These people should be horse whipped. :-( |
| 2016-07-04 15:50:52 | Alaska Paul | Locked up it appears. |
| 2016-07-04 15:32:12 | newc | I guess rantburg is down again |
| 2016-07-03 15:44:50 | Alaska Paul | You was right, Ship. from the 10,000 mile level! |
| 2016-07-01 17:28:28 | Shipman | So I wuz right AP! |
| 2016-06-30 23:03:59 | Alaska Paul | Pappy---No. My aircraft number was N5285K N66 338 is North 66 deg 33.8 minutes---the latitude of the Arctic Circle, where I lived 33 miles north of for 25 years. |
| 2016-06-30 22:48:53 | Pappy | Lady takes her parrot to a vet and says he\'s not eating and spends his time moping around in his cage.\Vet says "I believe your parrot is lonely."\Lady says "But he has me. I play him music and give him treats-"\Vet interrupts.\ "Lady, when I say lonely, I mean -lonely-."\ "Oh," says the lady. "But that means a female parrot. I can\'t have another bird in my apartment."\ "How about a \'temporary friend\'?" says the vet. "I have a female parrot. But it will cost you five hundred dollars."\"Five hundred dollars!" gasped the lady.\"She\'s a pedigreed bird and in big demand.," said the vet. "That\'s her breeding fee, Take it or leave it."\After a bit of thought, the lady writes a check and the vet takes her parrot into a back room and puts him in the cage with his female parrot.\A few minutes later, they both hear all kinds of squawking and screaming.\ The two rush into the room and find the male has pinned down the female and is plucking out her feathers, while screaming "For five hundred bucks, I want you naked! Hear me? Naked!" |
| 2016-06-30 19:44:28 | Dale | Real quick, parrot squawks at the lady you\'re ugly.She complains to the shop owner. Next day same parrot and lady stands by him and the parrot says " you know what I was gonna say". Good one Mr. B. |
| 2016-06-30 14:18:04 | Shipman | Looks like FP is making a bit of progress. I suspect this is some sort of asymmetric fundraising plo. I will take the staples out of my wallet for once. |
| 2016-06-30 12:00:37 | badanov | TWO CATHOLIC PARROTS... A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, \'Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, But they only know to say one thing.\' \'What do they say?\' the priest asked. They say, \'Hi, we\'re hookers! Do you want to have some fun?\' \'That\'s obscene!\' the priest exclaimed,Then he thought for a moment......\'You know,\' he said, \'I may have a solution to your problem.I have two male talking parrots, which I have taught to pray and read the Bible...Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we\'ll put them in the cage with Francis and Peter. My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship, And your parrots are sure to stop saying that phrase in no time.\' \'Thank you,\' the woman responded,\'this may very well be the solution.\' The next day,She brought her female parrots to the priest\'s house.... As he ushered her in,She saw that his two male parrots were inside their cage holding rosary beads and praying... Impressed,she walked over and placed her parrots in with them... After a few minutes,The female parrots cried out in unison: Hi, we\'re hookers! Do you want to have some fun?\' There was stunned silence...Shocked, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and says...\'Put the beads away, Frank, Our prayers have been answered !!! |
| 2016-06-30 08:38:08 | Pappy | Your aircraft number, AP? |
| 2016-06-30 07:04:35 | Shipman | Comments seem to be dragging |
| 2016-06-30 07:00:59 | Shipman | Damn, a two-pack gum deal, :( |
| 2016-06-30 06:57:59 | badanov | Thanks for coming and as you leave, you\'ll receive a nice gift basket consisting of a bottle of Dawn soap, some baby wipes and a package of Juicy Fruit gum. Enjoy. |
| 2016-06-30 06:56:34 | badanov | Rantburg.com is live |
| 2016-06-30 05:16:01 | Shipman | Where the heart lives? |
| 2016-06-30 00:12:03 | Alaska Paul | OK quiz on meaning of vanity license plate on my pickup. It is as follows: N66 338 Take your best guess. |
| 2016-06-30 00:11:00 | Alaska Paul | Things are looking up. Got an Apache2 Debian Default Page up on the burg and the OC. Fred---I realize what a huge job this has been! Will send you a goodly contribution on Friday when I get paid! Your hard work is appreciated in the far north. |
| 2016-06-29 22:33:07 | Pappy | Yeah, I\'ll have to chase the moths outta the billfold myself. |
| 2016-06-29 19:13:54 | Shipman | Looks like FP is making a bit of progress. I suspect this is some sort of asymmetric fundraising plo. I will take the staples out of my wallet for once. |
| 2016-06-29 18:08:42 | Shipman | Ukraine is nothing! Nothing! You are surrounded. |
| 2016-06-29 14:24:01 | badanov | Ukrainians just launched an attack on Logvinovka. |
| 2016-06-29 13:51:37 | badanov | Linux allows for virtual RAIDs. |
| 2016-06-29 13:28:48 | Shipman | Fred got the keyboard sticky, need new compooter syndrome. Bet he knew exactly the box he was gonna buy :) Any chance of getting RAID 1? |
| 2016-06-29 07:00:57 | badanov | Ship: HP desktop with 12GB RAM, 2 TB storage, I5 processor. |
| 2016-06-29 06:04:29 | Shipman | Machine? A new box, not a hard drive? |
| 2016-06-29 05:55:52 | trailing wife | For those who do Facebook, Rantburg now has a Facebook page. Fred posted there that he is having trouble programming the replacement machine to his satisfaction. |
| 2016-06-29 01:29:05 | Shipman | Starting to worry about FredMan. |
| 2016-06-29 01:19:38 | badanov | I get the reason why. Some php programmers want to open the database using an include file so that if an error occurs, the user down\'t see the database credentials. You can still do that, but now you must add an additional database command in the program you are using. |
| 2016-06-29 01:17:59 | badanov | php programming language has changed the way it deals with databases requring essentially two commands to open a database for queries. |
| 2016-06-29 00:26:38 | badanov | Hopefully I fixed the posting problem here |
| 2016-06-29 00:26:14 | badanov | They don\'t have anyone more radical than Corbyn is why the vote was nonbinding. |
| 2016-06-28 23:31:30 | Pappy | Which sounds like something Labor would do. |
| 2016-06-28 23:31:02 | Pappy | Labor passed a nonbinding no-confidence vote on Corbyn. |
| 2016-06-28 21:51:22 | badanov | Gawd damn mess, iffin you ask me. |
| 2016-06-28 21:46:07 | badanov | test |
| 2016-06-28 19:20:59 | trailing wife | Hurriyet Daily News adds nothing more. but does have this for contrast: Turkish imam suspended after ‘pieces of cucumber found in his rectum’ It seems the gentleman was caused severe pain and injury by his encounter with a vegetable of malevolent intent. |
| 2016-06-28 19:03:34 | trailing wife | Drudge Report has lots of links on the Ataturk Airport attack. Times of Israel sez AK-47s and probably ISIS. It would be cynical to expect that the Kurds will be receiving undue Turkish attention shortly. |
| 2016-06-28 18:13:56 | Shipman | Mullah you using some sorta iOS? |
| 2016-06-28 17:34:28 | Mullah Richard | Terror attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. At least 28 people have been killed and 60 others wounded. |
| 2016-06-28 17:18:38 | Mullah Richard | Nope. Android or Windoze depending on the day. |
| 2016-06-28 17:06:17 | Shipman | Mullah you using some sorta iOS? |
| 2016-06-28 16:00:23 | Mullah Richard | Same here |
| 2016-06-28 15:37:58 | Shipman | Any comment deeper than Gooooo Gaters is eaten. |
| 2016-06-28 14:51:43 | trailing wife | The Italians are trying to use Brexit to get Germany to loosen limits on deficit spending, so they can go on as they were accustomed to in the old days. |
| 2016-06-28 11:12:33 | badanov | Pure poetry from Wretchard T. Cat
When the Italians stop waving at the Brits on the lifeboats fleeing the Titanic and notice the water sloshing around their ankles. |
| 2016-06-28 10:26:06 | Shipman | Whoops refresh made Briscoe show up |
| 2016-06-28 09:30:36 | Bulldawg Briscoe | This stinks! |
| 2016-06-28 06:56:07 | Dale | Hello All. OS must not have this hidey-hole or lost it. Fred must be having a difficult time. Best wishes to him and to all. |
| 2016-06-28 00:12:47 | badanov | Reminds me of the early 1980s. |
| 2016-06-27 23:47:50 | Pappy | Corbyn may not last much longer. |
| 2016-06-27 23:47:35 | Pappy | UK Labor is out for blood. |
| 2016-06-27 22:48:48 | badanov | My gru mail address is working now. And before you ask, not a peep from Fred. |
| 2016-06-27 20:54:00 | trailing wife | I think so, Shipman. |
| 2016-06-27 18:52:30 | Shipman | Is this a record outage? |
| 2016-06-27 15:16:11 | badanov | One drive, backedup every so often, I guess. Not intimately familiar with the details. |
| 2016-06-27 15:03:22 | Shipman | Just oughta curiosity is there one disk or a Some sort redundant array? |
| 2016-06-27 14:36:36 | badanov | Thank Gawd for hard links. Was able to resolve my perl editing problem by creating a shortcut that pointed to the correct program. |
| 2016-06-27 14:04:24 | badanov | Going to Chernarus. BBL |
| 2016-06-27 12:46:42 | Bulldawg Briscoe | This stinks! |
| 2016-06-27 12:22:00 | Shipman | Test |
| 2016-06-27 11:26:26 | badanov | No idea, TW |
| 2016-06-27 10:07:16 | trailing wife | Hmm. Was badanov doing something with his PERL scripts,or was I zinged by a stray gamma ray? |
| 2016-06-27 10:05:50 | trailing wife | Just tried to post a secomd comment, got this: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator at expedite@procyondata.com to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. |
| 2016-06-27 10:05:05 | trailing wife | Just checked. Still no connection. |
| 2016-06-27 10:03:41 | trailing wife | Just checked. Still no connection. |
| 2016-06-27 08:32:34 | Pappy | Loverly. |
| 2016-06-27 07:13:40 | badanov | I found out last night that I have around 200+ perl scripts which will have to be edited so they can work again. The people at FreeBSD moved the perl executable to another location. |
| 2016-06-27 07:09:26 | badanov | Fred has his server. The transition should be quick. |
| 2016-06-27 06:30:36 | trailing wife | Good morning! Still no Burg. :-( |
| 2016-06-27 06:24:12 | Shipman | Number 2 now Bad |
| 2016-06-27 05:44:12 | badanov | No idea, Pappy. |
| 2016-06-27 00:08:38 | Pappy | Anything related to the previous cooling failure? |
| 2016-06-27 00:05:03 | Pappy | HD failure? Ouch. |
| 2016-06-26 23:52:08 | trailing wife | :-) |
| 2016-06-26 22:17:48 | badanov | Were back |
| 2016-06-26 22:17:15 | badanov | werwer |
| 2016-06-25 23:55:42 | badanov | Thanks AP |
| 2016-06-25 23:46:31 | Alaska Paul | Burg down. Writing technical report, drinking wine, eating yogurt with fresh blueberries. ANNNNND, babysitting sleeping 10 mo grandson. Help yourself to victuals including sourdough bread and Irish cheese variety. |
| 2016-06-25 23:40:16 | badanov | Thanks, TW |
| 2016-06-25 23:39:49 | Steve White | Looks like a hard drive failure according to the Boss. We'll be down for a bit. |
| 2016-06-25 23:38:58 | trailing wife | Thanks for this place, badanov. I'll set up the coffee machine for those who want it. |
| 2016-06-25 23:18:44 | badanov | Rantburg will be down prolly for most of Sunday. Details coming. |
| 2016-02-15 19:55:36 | Pappy | Testing |
| 2016-01-19 09:00:44 | Visitor | Testing |
| 2016-01-01 21:23:58 | Visitor | Hunting on Fort Benning. Roads along the Hooch closed due to flooding. Saw 3 yearlings, no takers. Oh well, a bad day in the woods is better than.... oh no, the Burg is down :-( |
| 2015-11-18 21:52:06 | badanov | Stand by. Working the problem as we speak |
| 2015-11-15 19:34:54 | Alaska Paul | Is the burg down? I posted a comment with a map of al Raqqa, and then, after 10 minutes no connection. ;<( |
| 2015-05-20 08:00:34 | Dale | Ditto B |
| 2015-04-06 20:50:38 | badanov | Bloody hell. |
| 2015-01-25 12:57:08 | Alaska Paul | Pretty quiet w/o the burg. Went for a hike yesterday up the valley. +12F. 2 in snow on the trail. 10 miles r/t. Dog did 20 heheh. This AM -7F. Nice fire going in wood stove. We're good. |
| 2015-01-25 12:51:43 | Mullah Richard | Seems that way |
| 2015-01-25 12:31:19 | Pappy | I take it we're down again? |
| 2014-12-21 08:14:32 | badanov | We're back for now |
| 2014-12-21 08:14:14 | badanov | We're back for now |
| 2014-12-21 08:14:09 | badanov | We're back for now |
| 2014-12-21 08:13:33 | trailing wife | badanov did something, and now the Burg is back. Woo hoo! |
| 2014-12-21 07:27:32 | trailing wife | Then it's not just me. Good to know, Besoeker. The killer has a Muslim name, according to the Daily Mail, a possible connection to that black prison gang that swore to kill policemen, and he killed his girlfriend in Baltimore before setting out for NYC. Fred is, I believe, travelling. If badanov can't fix it from a distance... |
| 2014-12-21 05:31:42 | Besoeker | Same here. Breitbart ran an article I had hoped to post regarding "laughing and clapping" in the vicinity of the NYPD killings. An oncologist might say, 'we're in stage four.' |
| 2014-12-21 04:31:54 | trailing wife | Just tried to get into Editor, Poster, the O Club, and Rantburg proper. All yielded: Unable to connect to Postgres server! |
| 2014-12-09 17:58:14 | Dale | Pappy they look glum. The refrigerator is looking kinda poorly. |
| 2014-12-09 17:54:55 | Dale | Nip in the air :) |
| 2014-10-21 13:13:00 | trailing wife | Rantburg was back up by 12:46, according to the first comment. My thanks to Fred and badanov for fixing whatever was broke. |
| 2014-10-21 09:52:59 | Alaska Paul | Had our first snow in ANC Sunday night. north of ANC we had 1 inch. The Hillside got 9 inches. |
| 2014-10-21 09:32:25 | Pappy | Appears to be, since about 4:30 Pacific. |
| 2014-10-21 08:59:45 | Alaska Paul | Is the burg down? |
| 2014-10-21 07:30:32 | Pappy | Probably a good thing I did... |
| 2014-10-20 08:09:49 | Pappy | Dropping in to see if the refrigerator is stocked... |
| 2014-09-23 19:02:26 | Silentbrick | It's 85 degrees here in Texas. I'd prefer 32 to kill off the bugs but alas, the ice age isn't that far along. |
| 2014-09-23 16:44:48 | Visitor | Oh. Jeez. That's awkward. Stream o' limerickness. Sorry. Withdrawal made me do it. |
| 2014-09-23 16:43:17 | Visitor | Mouldy joints from the boneyard of unposted doggerel. This volume, my bookloving friend, I'm afraid that I can't recommend. It's a very short text, But it left me perplexed. I shall quote it in toto: "The End" This tome made a very quick read Which I finished at hair-raising speed. As I felt my heart's pumps And flipped pages with stumps I could hardly take time out to bleed! No classic, this reader surmises, But golly, it's full of surprises! Well, especially one. I won't say it was fun, With its loud literary devices. If you're seeking a really quick read, This novel is just what you need. From the very first page, You'll be fully engaged, And be done in a flash, guaranteed. Young readers with an interest in bombs And magical books and pogroms, Will relish this tale Of a martyrdom fail As they read it aloud with their moms. A cell of old Jewish librarians, All Czech-speaking sexagenarians, Are sworn to pursue The extreme overdue, Knocking off non-returning barbarians. |
| 2014-09-23 16:23:55 | Besoeker | Just stumbled onto this interesting site: freemarketcafeDOTcom I saw before me Troy in miniature A slender copy of our massive tower, A dry brooklet named Xanthus… and I pressed My body against a Scaean Gate. Those with me Feasted their eyes on this, our kinsmen’s town. In spacious colonnades the king received them, And offering mid-court their cups of wine They made libation, while on plates of gold A feast was brought before them. - Virgil, The Aeneid (Book III) No great city lasts forever. Not Troy. Not Rome. Not even “Wounded Ox”… |
| 2014-09-23 15:13:58 | Silentbrick | It's 85 degrees here in Texas. I'd prefer 32 to kill off the bugs but alas, the ice age isn't that far along. |
| 2014-09-23 15:10:49 | Alaska Paul | Besoeker---you are incorrigible...... |
| 2014-09-23 14:39:37 | Besoeker | Japanese parachutist weather, a little nip in the air. |
| 2014-09-23 14:21:15 | Alaska Paul | Hello, TW. Weather good here in Alaska. Partly cloudy but nights are starting to be chilly. |
| 2014-09-23 14:07:28 | Alaska Paul | Hello, TW. Weather good here in Alaska. Partly cloudy but nights are starting to be chilly. |
| 2014-09-23 14:01:50 | trailing wife | Oh good -- it's not that I need a new iPad, then. |
| 2014-09-23 13:58:24 | Besoeker | Appears to be down, yes. |
| 2014-09-23 13:52:43 | Visitor | yo! |
| 2014-09-23 13:35:32 | Alaska Paul | Burg down? |
| 2014-07-02 10:22:11 | Besoeker | Ingrham issued a scathing rebuke of Rubio and the Pub immigration advocates in a broadcast that can be found on this morning's Breitbart. |
| 2014-07-02 09:39:39 | trailing wife | Ok, I just proved that the break room does not accept URLs. So much for sharing the article about the Kurds literally digging in their new frontiers facing the Caliphate. Bagels, muffins, and an assortment of Dunkin Donut's finest are on that bench over there, the coffee machine is making something vile and black, and badanov did not stock the fridge with a variety of choice mineral waters. There might be Yuengling, though. |
| 2014-07-02 09:07:53 | Besoeker | Now we know what Lois Lerner feels like. |
| 2014-07-02 07:31:30 | Dale | Both sites down. Momma said there would be days like these. What's in the cooler?. It wasn't me? It was the guy with the tie. |
| 2014-07-02 07:11:26 | trailing wife | Is the Burg down again? |
| 2014-06-25 23:49:39 | Silentbrick | Unable to connect to Postgres server! |
| 2014-06-25 23:09:08 | Silentbrick | Unable to connect to Postgres server! |
| 2014-06-25 23:03:55 | Silentbrick | hmmmm, looks like a repeat from before perhaps. |
| 2014-05-15 23:56:34 | badanov | Done publishing |
| 2014-05-15 23:46:46 | badanov | Did it that time. Back up. Keep publishing |
| 2014-05-15 23:44:44 | badanov | Same problem as before. Database refuses to accept start signals |
| 2014-05-15 23:40:43 | trailing wife | Odd -- at my end of the world all the clocks read 12:06 a.m. ET... |
| 2014-05-15 23:39:51 | trailing wife | The Burg seems to be down again. I'm not sure if I got as many as a dozen stories published before it went down. But the Bloid was published, badanov, so when it comes up again, the readers will know what they're missing. ;-) |
| 2014-05-15 10:15:52 | trailing wife | The burg came back up around 9:30, according to the comments. Sixty-seven articles published, presumably by Fred. |
| 2014-05-15 08:22:29 | Pappy | Morning. Taking a co-worker to a medical appointment in Riverside. See youse all tonight. |
| 2014-05-15 06:18:07 | trailing wife | Not yet. Good morning. Going back to sleep. |
| 2014-05-15 00:03:55 | trailing wife | There were about 65 articles in the end, and one more that i would very much like to post. So as soon as the 'burg is back up, we're ready to rock. In the meantime, I'm going to call it a night. Mr. Wife is out of town, so I'm on duty tonight. If I happen to awaken in the middle of the night, as I often do, I'll poke my head in over there to see what's up. |
| 2014-05-14 23:59:20 | badanov | No. I can't even log in. And unless and until Fred can gain a local console, there will be no Rantburg. |
| 2014-05-14 23:50:16 | trailing wife | Anybody publish the articles in the hopper before that, perchance? |
| 2014-05-14 23:42:17 | badanov | You guessed right. Stand by. |
| 2014-05-14 23:09:31 | Pappy | I take it we's down again? |
| 2014-05-11 20:06:22 | Steve White | We are posting articles for tomorrow and hope that the Burg is working fine. Please report problems here. |
| 2014-05-11 18:03:17 | Pappy | Got this placed bookmarked (for once...) |
| 2014-05-11 17:48:44 | Shipman | I was just kinda beginning to feel at home here |
| 2014-05-11 17:37:41 | badanov | Rantburg is back. According to Fred, "sorta", which means, it's back. |
| 2014-05-11 16:15:58 | Mullah Richard | Good afternoon, all. After a morning at Church (and a 'thrilling' brunch due to the shenanigans of an unnamed grandchild), we're home. Happy Mothers Day to all the 'Burgers. |
| 2014-05-11 15:35:47 | badanov | Penelope is back. Sunday is empty, and everything else is working as it has at around 1500 hrs EDT |
| 2014-05-11 15:13:28 | Pappy | Saw an Illushyn landed at Lindbergh about a decade or so back. I've never been lucky enough to see one take off from there. |
| 2014-05-11 11:43:57 | Besoeker | I got a call from Flt Opns at a FOB in Iraq back in 2006 telling me that a shipment of supplies was waiting the end of the runway. I jumped in the RANGER and raced down to find a massive Illushyn idling, whilst the crew was anxiously waiting for me to sign the bill of lading. The cargo had already been off-loaded. I couldn't speak RU, none of them spoke English. I signed, we all smiled. They jogged back to that monster, taxied, and smoked off into a climb-out. No spiral, no flares. |
| 2014-05-11 11:39:59 | badanov | Still trying to work the problem. |
| 2014-05-11 11:34:23 | Bill Clinton | I was at Wheelus about six months ago, seemed strange seeing all of the Antonov and Illushyn heavy lift aircraft there...sad. |
| 2014-05-11 11:32:45 | Bill Clinton | Goodness, I am into the "Joneses" really bad for Rantburg. What the heck happened? What's the latest gossip, rumor, or outrageous truth for today? |
| 2014-05-11 11:32:44 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | What do you mean by 'cloud?' Subcontract out the server hardware to somewhere else? I'm not sure that would really solve any problems. |
| 2014-05-11 11:08:27 | badanov | IIRC, that fot's from the Lawrence Livermore machine shop in the 1940s |
| 2014-05-11 10:55:59 | DarthVader | We need to get Rantburg into a cloud configuration. I'm starting to go into withdrawl..... twitch... twitch... Happy mother's day to all the moms out there! |
| 2014-05-11 10:27:35 | Steve White | Erk. That was me. |
| 2014-05-11 10:27:21 | Visitor | Happy Mother's Day to everyone. I'm told Fred and Badanov are still working on the server. |
| 2014-05-11 10:19:14 | Frank G | happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there and especially at the Burg |
| 2014-05-11 10:02:40 | Shipman | BadMan, you got a link to a larger version of that picture? I see balloons or perhaps arrows. |
| 2014-05-11 09:20:42 | Shipman | Whoops, no links allowed! |
| 2014-05-11 09:14:56 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Good morning, I hope everyone enjoys themselves today. |
| 2014-05-11 08:57:56 | Mugsy Glink | Happy Mothers Day, etc. Starting around noonish, it's T-showers in the Cincy area, which means instead of going to the Reds/Rockies game for umbrella time with my favorite daughter-in-law and grandkids, I'll drop into the Burg break room from time to time and watch the unpaid IT crew tinker with technology. |
| 2014-05-11 08:50:52 | Deacon Blues | Morning, All. This place doesn't look half-bad. I love the smell of machine oil in the morning. Thanks for breakfast, tw. |
| 2014-05-11 08:40:51 | badanov | That's true, Ship, but for the fact this is a crappy backwater, which it was before the problems. |
| 2014-05-11 08:40:07 | Mugsy Glink | Happy Mothers Day, etc. Starting around noonish, it's T-showers in the Cincy area, which means instead of going to the Reds/Rockies game for umbrella time with my favorite daughter-in-law and grandkids, I'll drop into the Burg break room from time to time and watch the unpaid IT crew tinker with technology. |
| 2014-05-11 08:38:10 | trailing wife | Fascinating. The machine shop doesn't allow paragraphs. You have been warned. |
| 2014-05-11 08:36:54 | trailing wife | Good morning! In honour of Silentbrick, It's an old fashined breakfast. On the much-scrubbed surface over there -- no, I don't know what badanov uses it for, but it's flat and at close to the proper height -- we have a variety of bagels, breads for toasting, and muffins. Also, plum-tarragon jam and grape jelly, butter, honey, cream cheese, and lox. The muffins are lemon-poppyseed and bran-raisin-chocolate chip. Because chocolate chips make almost everything better. And I brought in a wide-slot toaster. Hot plate with a frying pan on that other flat surface, the one near the electric outlet. Fixings for omelettes: eggs, diced onion, diced green peppers, diced mushrooms, salt and pepper, chedder and Emmenthal Swiss cheese for shredding, bacon and diced ham for the carnivores. (badanov, we will clean up thoroughly afterward.) Irish Breakfast tea and Jamaica Blue coffee in individual serving bags next to the microwave, fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juices in the fridge in addition to badanov's usual. Don't drink the last if you're on meds, it makes an ever-increasing lost of them metabolize funny. No, there is no champagne, this is a machine shop, for goodness sake! Autobartender's patented to-go cups are on top of the microwave for those of you in a hurry. Happy Mother's Day for all of you who are, have, or know a mother! |
| 2014-05-11 08:29:47 | Visitor | Looks like my mom (90yrs) ordered a command appearance this M-Day at church so I can't return to bed. Must mean mom's are not wired to quit being mom's. Sigh. |
| 2014-05-11 08:24:49 | Shipman | I figure BadMan is angling for Fred's traffic. Not a bad ploy, kinda transparent, that or Pappy wanted a day or 2 off. |
| 2014-05-11 08:16:02 | badanov | Fred: Do you have the apache server throttled? |
| 2014-05-11 08:05:35 | Pappy | Ah, good(?) morning. |
| 2014-05-11 06:23:18 | Shipman | Later. Don't dream of Parkway PoBoys |
| 2014-05-11 06:18:58 | Silentbrick | Nope. It's no joke. We don't get low on water like we used to but this is definitely not a cruise ship. Only the PDQ has a flotel that I know of though. They're a strange duck too, semi-permanent platform. Internet is horrid too, usually around 8 kbs. Not exactly blistering fast. Anyway, another 12 hour day done, time for me to crawl to bed. Hope the 'Burg is back tonight. Later Shipman. |
| 2014-05-11 06:05:31 | Shipman | You're not pulling my leg? I really thought given the conditions the owners of the rig would (excuse the expression) go overboard with small the shit amenities. Maybe that's been consigned the flotels? I've only read about them on gCaptain.com but they look nice. |
| 2014-05-11 05:55:12 | Silentbrick | Yes well, Rule # 1 - If it makes sense, you can't do it. And these companies do know it, cause when their contract is up, they get run off but they know in a year or two, the rigs are unhappy and the previous time gets forgotten and the cycle starts again. The bad food doesn't bug me nearly as much as the far too often running out of water. |
| 2014-05-11 05:49:24 | Shipman | That's a stupid place to cut corners. Food is everything in an isolated place. |
| 2014-05-11 05:27:32 | Silentbrick | Oh sure, the food when they hire a new food service company is great. There's quality ingredients, etc. Once they got the contract, why keep the profit margin small by buying good stuff and instead buy cheap nasty stuff and pocket the rest. We've had two different catering companies out here, when the bigwigs are out here, food is great, next day it goes back to being horrid. Steaks that 1/2 fat, with little flavor, all vegetables are boiled to mush, so that they are bland and tasteless or worse, covered in butter and oil to give them flavor. The salad bar is often wilted and just looks bad. They have a horrid fascination with adding cheese to things. They can even make bacon unappetizing. How I don't know. I really don't and it's scary. There's never snacks in the break rooms. Sadly, the best food I had was on a jackup rig just off the coast. The rig was horrid, they let them smoke in the change room, which means smoke went everywhere inside and it was a filthy nasty place. Except the kitchen, and the food was awesome. Some places have decent food but most I find have sub-par food, since companies will scrimp on quality to get more profit. |
| 2014-05-11 05:10:04 | Shipman | Whoa, not a good time to be elsewhere for sure. I am surprised you don't approve of the food on the rig. I would have supposed that much thought and cash would have gone into making a good menu. |
| 2014-05-11 04:37:57 | Silentbrick | Mainly because after a week out there my wife told me she's got a munchkin on board:D Not a fun time to be away from the wife. |
| 2014-05-11 04:35:38 | Silentbrick | Yes, out in the gulf on the West Capricorn. Luckily just for two weeks this hitch. Last hitch was 28 days. Was going crazy. Really crazy. |
| 2014-05-11 04:14:36 | Shipman | Off shore rig SilentB? |
| 2014-05-11 03:35:28 | Silentbrick | Bah, pizza. The pizza on the rig is horrible. The steaks are a crime against nature. And I've been doing trip sheets for 9 days straight out here. It's driving me crazy. |
| 2014-05-11 03:26:58 | Shipman | We should order a pizza. |
| 2014-05-11 03:21:17 | Fred | Since my brain's not working anymore I'm going to take a nap. Maybe I'll be smarter when I wake up. |
| 2014-05-11 01:36:19 | trailing wife | I'll wait until morning, then. I can handle sleeping first, truly. ;-) Thank you for what you two are doing. |
| 2014-05-11 01:21:13 | badanov | TW: Most doable, except both Fred and I were thinking only of diagnosing the problem and failing to grasp what we were trying to fix. |
| 2014-05-11 01:17:24 | badanov | Careful. the 'Burg still hangs up something fierce. |
| 2014-05-11 00:59:30 | Silentbrick | It's funny, but it's days like these, Rantburg free that make me twitch and realize how much I enjoy the place. And the comments. So funny watching trolls get chewed on or getting angles to the news I'd never see otherwise. |
| 2014-05-11 00:53:33 | trailing wife | And the O Club shows a link to here. :-) Poster's up? I have work to do before I fall asleep. |
| 2014-05-11 00:28:39 | badanov | poster works |
| 2014-05-11 00:26:16 | trailing wife | They'll still be shaking from withdrawal when next Sherry posts her bleg. Snowy Thing, the world hasn't blown itself up, as far as I'm aware. badanov, in future would it be possible to post some sort of placeholder notice along the lines of "Rantburg is temporarily disabled. We're working to restore it", or is that not doable when the site is down? |
| 2014-05-11 00:06:40 | badanov | This may take awhile... |
| 2014-05-10 21:15:39 | trailing wife | *giggle* You have fun playing with the toys, Shipman. But if youi blow something up, you'll have to replace it out of your allowance. Fred switched out the server today. He's in the process of restoring the database and chasing down critical bugs. |
| 2014-05-10 20:54:09 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Hopefully nothing important's happening this weekend. |
| 2014-05-10 20:53:40 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Raybans may-or-may-not be made of the correct polycarbonate. |
| 2014-05-10 20:50:40 | trailing wife | *giggle* You have fun playing with the toys, Shipman. But if youi blow something up, you'll have to replace it out of your allowance. Fred switched out the server today. He's in the process of restoring the database and chasing down critical bugs. |
| 2014-05-10 18:23:06 | Shipman | Hey look at all the stuff! Shinny and clean. Watch me make this one go! I will turn on the vaccuum pump for safety and wear Raybans. |
| 2014-05-10 17:28:52 | trailing wife | I sent an email to Fred and badanov asking what's up, but haven't yet heard back. Either they're working frantically, or they're attending to real life and haven't noticed the problem. |
| 2014-05-10 17:06:39 | trailing wife | I made a batch of brownies to hold us, dale, and badanov supplies microwave popcorn and "libations", which means that it can't be all beer. And it is a machine shop, so somewhere around here there has to be clean water. ;-) |
| 2014-05-10 16:02:43 | Dale | Where's the snacks? Slim Pickens. |
| 2014-05-10 16:00:52 | Dale | At this time same problems with O Club and Rantburg. I miss my fix. |
| 2014-05-10 15:53:38 | trailing wife | Perhaps Fred is setting up the back up thingy... |
| 2014-05-10 15:43:22 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I think I'll go take a nap. |
| 2014-05-10 15:16:59 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | It's down for me too. |
| 2014-05-10 14:34:28 | trailing wife | Or local weather, even. |
| 2014-05-10 14:34:03 | trailing wife | Is Rantburg down, or is it my lical weather? |
| 2014-05-02 10:33:57 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | |
| 2014-05-02 09:35:08 | Mullah Richard | Refreshed page in my browser and it 'multi-posted'. Should have actually read the instructions above. |
| 2014-05-02 09:33:53 | Mullah Richard | Think I'll wait here for a bit. |
| 2014-05-02 09:33:47 | Mullah Richard | Think I'll wait here for a bit. |
| 2014-05-02 09:03:07 | Mullah Richard | Think I'll wait here for a bit. |
| 2014-03-29 10:09:10 | badanov | Executed remote reboot. Should be up in two minutes |
| 2014-03-29 09:45:56 | Glenmore | Rantburg down; times out loading. |
| 2014-03-22 01:32:44 | badanov | Rantburg.com down again |
| 2014-03-20 19:40:35 | trailing wife | Eek! double post. And thus it os demonstrated, my dears, not to click on refresh up in the Address bar. Now to see if the 'burg is still open for business. |
| 2014-03-20 19:38:59 | trailing wife | It looks like Fred is playing under the hood again. Darn it -- I was hoping for a flood of wonderful article submission based on the duet on the subject Dr. Steve and I sang. ;-) Ah well, I guess w'll just have to roll over both articles to tomorrow -- time = eyeballs, donchaknow. |
| 2014-03-20 18:10:17 | badanov | Yes, it's NCAA mens basketball tournament time. Some Thursday evening Dire Straits: |
| 2014-03-20 17:49:01 | badanov | Aaaand, we're back. |
| 2014-03-20 17:09:02 | Alaska Paul | This site is a decent backup. I just stumbled on the Rantburg Junior mailing list we had some years ago for emergencies like this. |
| 2014-03-20 17:07:06 | Alaska Paul | No Burg, all right. Deacon sent me an email. Well, the machine shop looks populated, and I needed a break from reading a 42 page environmental assessment...... |
| 2014-03-20 17:01:02 | trailing wife | It looks like Fred is playing under the hood again. Darn it -- I was hoping for a flood of wonderful article submission based on the duet on the subject Dr. Steve and I sang. ;-) Ah well, I guess w'll just have to roll over both articles to tomorrow -- time = eyeballs, donchaknow. |
| 2014-03-20 15:50:22 | badanov | Howdy. Can't log in via ssh, so I s'pect Rantburg will be down a spell. |
| 2014-03-20 12:34:06 | Shipman | That's life, it's always one damn thing after another. |
| 2014-03-18 13:42:41 | trailing wife | I just sent an email to Fred about this. (Just noticed we're having Postgres issues again -- my morning nap ran longer than usual) Yesterday the problem was with the server. We'll see what it is today. |
| 2014-03-18 13:41:50 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Looks like things are down again. For the moment: (Link redacted so this will post) In short, it looks like they arrested some Spetsnaz in Ukraine proper. |
| 2014-03-17 10:22:21 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | ANy idea what happened? Someone's flying monkey or something else? |
| 2014-03-17 09:39:20 | Glenmore | Not sure why I got my message posted twice. Sorry. |
| 2014-03-17 09:38:30 | Glenmore | Rantburg says "Unable to connect to Postgres server!" O-Club says "Unable to connect!" |
| 2014-03-17 08:45:45 | Dale | Unable to connect to Postgres server!" same here. 0900 Must have posted something sensitive yesterday (OS). |
| 2014-03-17 07:38:45 | Shipman | On a positive note I am off for the week and heading to the coast in a few days. Also: Happy St. Patrick's Day. |
| 2014-03-17 07:37:15 | Shipman | Getting the same Glenmore |
| 2014-03-17 07:32:11 | Glenmore | Rantburg says "Unable to connect to Postgres server!" O-Club says "Unable to connect!" |
| 2014-02-28 15:51:30 | Shipman | Trouble loading the O-club |
| 2014-01-16 19:33:15 | Dale | Oops! back on line now. |
| 2014-01-16 19:31:15 | Dale | Same here Shipman. O club also. |
| 2014-01-16 18:31:02 | Shipman | Having a problem loading R'b. Anything untowards happening? |
| 2013-12-28 16:26:20 | Thing From Wet Mountain | Back from driving around in the damp. Bleah. How are things up there? |
| 2013-12-28 13:16:23 | badanov | See ya |
| 2013-12-28 12:44:52 | Thing From Wet Mountain | Greetings out there. As y'all can see, it's kinda wet out there. I guess the main page is down, and I gotta go meet my mom, so I'll see y'all later. |
| 2013-12-14 13:19:42 | Alaska Paul | Triple w dot bigassfans dot com |
| 2013-12-14 13:18:49 | Alaska Paul | What you really want is the website for Big A$$ Fans. |
| 2013-12-12 17:54:43 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Actually, I have one I got at Sam's or Harbor Freight or something, and use it around the shop. |
| 2013-12-12 17:04:52 | Shipman | Big Centrifugal BLower Heh, a child of the early 60's are 'ye? |
| 2013-12-12 16:12:22 | badanov | Breathe |
| 2013-12-12 13:34:10 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Let's see, there's a switch for the Big Centrifugal BLower somewhere around here... ...and some air freshener... Hey, Ship, does this stuff smell like chloroform to you? *Klunk!* |
| 2013-12-12 09:47:22 | Shipman | Been awhile since I've been in the Bunker, kinda musty. |
| 2013-05-19 21:22:59 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Thank you. Now on to Planet Tahiti of the Open-Minded Stewardesses. |
| 2013-05-19 20:15:19 | trailing wife | Never mind -- it's back up again. :-D |
| 2013-05-19 20:14:51 | trailing wife | I can't get in through any of the back doors. :-( |
| 2013-05-19 20:10:22 | badanov | Working the problem. It's heavy paging. or swapping. I may need to do a full server restart. I will be restarting the web server periodically until then. |
| 2013-05-19 19:38:42 | trailing wife | I can't get in through any of the back doors. :-( |
| 2013-05-19 19:10:04 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Anyway, to follow up on Ship's statements, I'm looking forward to Tahiti. |
| 2013-05-19 19:02:15 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | The whole 'burg just went offline for me. Maybe it's maintenance, maybe it's malware, maybe it's the dreaded 'Yeti Filter.' |
| 2013-04-23 13:57:58 | Alaska Paul | It started again. I cannot access RB or OC as our webroot protection sees a malware threat. |
| 2013-04-18 14:02:54 | Alaska Paul | 1418 EDT. Getting the RB and OC warning display when trying to access them. Let us know what you find, MODs. Thanks. |
| 2013-04-18 10:14:53 | Pappy | Morning. Didn't try the O-Club this morning. Getting a 'This site may harm your computer' off Google search. Work Holding Always Be Hard... |
| 2013-04-18 09:47:39 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Seems to be back up... going in back, gotta mill some stuff. Work Holding Be Hard. |
| 2013-04-18 09:33:16 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | main o-club is down, just checking in here. |
| 2013-04-08 02:09:43 | Alaska Paul | Have not had to use Rantburg Junior for years now. |
| 2013-04-04 20:38:27 | Dale | Hello all. I lost this site when I had computer issues. I still wish the break room was back to larger size. I'm back !! luck you all.:) |
| 2013-04-04 20:36:12 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I shouldn't have been trying that during updates. |
| 2013-04-04 20:36:00 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | ??? I meant "rough day today. Hopefully better tomorrow." |
| 2013-04-04 20:35:35 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Hello. Rough day tomorrow. |
| 2013-04-04 19:04:16 | SteveS | I don't want to live in a world where the function get_last_timestamp(integer) does not exist. |
| 2013-04-04 18:02:19 | Shipman | So yeah, I can't read the instructions to reload. :( |
| 2013-04-04 18:01:57 | Shipman | yeah = yo big... about ummm..... 3 inches wide by 6 inches long. Metal not wood, I've already tried cardboard, it no work. |
| 2013-04-04 17:19:59 | Shipman | yeah = yo big... about ummm..... 3 inches wide by 6 inches long. Metal not wood, I've already tried cardboard, it no work. |
| 2013-04-04 17:10:26 | Shipman | yeah = yo big... about ummm..... 3 inches wide by 6 inches long. Metal not wood, I've already tried cardboard, it no work. |
| 2013-04-04 17:08:21 | Shipman | I need a rectangle of stable metal about yeah big, with a 1/4 hole pretty much in the center. |
| 2013-04-04 16:58:00 | Pappy | Yep. Burg went down around 1000 pacific. Obama did indeed back down, tho the official line is "scaling back US operation in Korea'. RIP, Mr. Ebert. Breeding prevents me from speaking ill of the dead. T'was an article this morning saying his cancer came back. |
| 2013-04-04 16:40:07 | Days Condor | ChiCom hackers don't like discussions on NKor? |
| 2013-04-04 16:37:38 | Days Condor | howdy all. |
| 2013-04-04 16:11:08 | Deacon Blues | Burg is down and I found a great article about a Slovakian man who drank a lot of beer and peed himslef out of an avalanche |
| 2013-04-04 15:32:09 | Deacon Blues | Roger Ebert has died. He was only 70. |
| 2013-04-04 15:29:42 | Deacon Blues | Must be neutrinos. Or it blew a seal. |
| 2013-04-04 15:19:31 | Alaska Paul | Hello, Deacon and badanov. What is going on with the burg? Was is los mit dem burg? |
| 2013-04-04 14:49:15 | Visitor | Visitor is me, Deacon Blues |
| 2013-04-04 14:48:37 | Visitor | Muy bien, gracias. Está lloviendo. I read I think it was on Drudge that Obumbles is backing off from confrontation with North Korea. |
| 2013-04-04 14:23:55 | badanov | Y Tu? |
| 2013-04-04 14:22:11 | badanov | Bien, bien, gracias. |
| 2013-04-04 14:08:11 | Visitor | Ola, badanov. Como esta? |
| 2013-04-04 13:31:03 | badanov | Olas, mis companeros. Bienvenidos! |
| 2013-04-04 13:16:08 | Alaska Paul | Burg is down, and the O Club does not take comments. And Charlie don't surf. |
| 2012-11-29 22:27:35 | Alaska Paul | Just came in here to have a cold drink and give me brain a rest. |
| 2012-11-14 12:26:33 | Sherry | Thanks for the heads up -- that we are here.... |
| 2012-11-14 12:09:35 | trailing wife | Thank you for keeping this back-up available, badanov. |
| 2012-11-14 10:11:59 | badanov | O-Club is back... Cya |
| 2012-11-14 10:04:23 | Sherry | Thanks for the heads up -- that we are here.... |
| 2012-11-14 08:56:04 | badanov | Howdy, Mike. And if you prefer, some beers are in the fridge left over from the last time the O-club went down. |
| 2012-11-14 08:23:27 | trailing wife | Hey, Whiskey Mike! How are you on this fine qnd beautiful morning? We've a French roast in the coffee machine, water in the kettle for tea. Bagels and donuts on the sideboard, along with travel mugs for those in a rush, and Irish Breakfast tea for the tea drinkers. |
| 2012-11-14 08:02:50 | Whiskey Mike | Hello all. |
| 2012-11-14 06:41:18 | badanov | Yummy |
| 2012-11-14 01:37:46 | trailing wife | I brought a pan of brownies and chocolate chip cookies to,alternate with chewing nails when the withdrawal shakes get too bad. |
| 2012-11-13 23:33:27 | Steve White | Update: Fred is aware the Burg is down; apparently it's a hosting problem. He's trying to get through to the host, but when they're down you can't email them. |
| 2012-11-13 23:10:04 | Steve White | For anyone who gets here, yes, the Burg is still down. Likely no Burg until the morning hours. Don't know if it's a server problem, a DOS attack, or something just plain broke in the code. |
| 2012-11-13 23:07:07 | badanov | Test |
| 2012-11-13 22:43:36 | badanov | I emailed Fred at 1855 hrs. |
| 2012-11-13 22:19:39 | Steve White | Errr, that was me. |
| 2012-11-13 22:19:21 | Visitor | Was down at 7:30 CT this evening. Emailed Fred, waiting to hear. |
| 2012-11-13 22:18:16 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I thought it was internet problems. |
| 2012-11-13 21:32:53 | badanov | Just checked in since the 'Burg is down. |
| 2012-09-18 10:31:45 | Mullah Richard | Someone left the cookies out in an open container. They're sort of stale, but edible in a pinch. |
| 2012-04-06 17:28:14 | badanov | Hi there. Stopped by for a bit. |
| 2012-03-21 01:04:08 | Alaska Paul | burg is down. Coming in here for a snack. |
| 2012-01-08 23:15:40 | Dale | 18 Ft. I saw today AP. Some other area of Alaska. Roof can't take that kinda weight. Heavy wet snow. Norway has been hit with several severe winter storms. We have had nice weather. Worked on our car with major help from my son. Brakes,oy vey I'ma feeling it. |
| 2011-12-07 21:37:47 | Alaska Paul | Got a problem with that. I have 4 ft of snow piled on it by the loader. Wait till after Christmas and New Years. |
| 2011-12-07 14:41:26 | Alaska Paul | Looks like the Burg is down at this time. Just checking in. Maybe I will start on my hydraulic log splitter project. |
| 2011-09-10 06:43:01 | b0SamueL0b | +z$8frZdyL%68pSU/:>w<:E3.lG-!XIB |
| 2011-08-28 11:34:26 | Shipman | Looks like I was wrong about the wind. |
| 2011-08-27 09:07:49 | lotp | Thought I'd bring by a box of doughnuts and some coffee. Help y'selves. |
| 2011-08-27 07:09:20 | Shipman | Haven't been here in awhile. Don't you ever change the calendars? I mean you got 13 calendars on the wall here, taking up vital paint space. Anyway, hello. If NYC sees sustained winds over 40 MPH I'll be surprised. |
| 2011-08-27 00:32:13 | Sherry | Thanks bad --- got it now bookmarked |
| 2011-08-01 21:01:55 | Dale | The shop picture has been reduced. Looks a little busy in there. |
| 2011-07-31 19:36:30 | Dale | I tried Opera and Firefox no go for OC. I see Fred and TU 3031 have posted. Everything works fine at Rantburg. I'll bet Fred you are speaking in tongues at this time. |
| 2011-07-31 17:59:43 | Dale | I tried Opera, Internet Explorer, and Firefox on the OC and at first no post twice(Firefox). Then server not found with Opera and Internet Explorer. FYI |
| 2011-07-31 15:57:04 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Stuff is kinda sorta working better now. |
| 2011-07-31 14:35:02 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Posted it to page 2. That at least works. |
| 2011-07-31 14:26:43 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Anyway, I was going to post that China's giving a squadron of J10B's to Pakistan. |
| 2011-07-31 14:26:06 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | O club @ da burg broken again. Can't post. |
| 2011-07-31 10:41:04 | Dale | We are back in business. |
| 2011-07-31 10:16:57 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | After waking at 4, through no fault of my own, I drifted back to sleep around 7. Just woke up again. |
| 2011-07-31 10:12:05 | Dale | It wasn't me. Sorry Fred, just went down again. |
| 2011-07-31 02:14:54 | Fred | I think everything is all back up now. Last few comments in the O Club come before remarks since the 26th, but other than that it looks serviceable, at least until tomorrow. |
| 2011-07-31 01:17:52 | tu3031 | Cookie is reset. Going to Poster. |
| 2011-07-31 00:44:53 | badanov | We will be battling spam manually in the o-club until this afternoon when the routines get automated. |
| 2011-07-31 00:13:34 | trailing wife | Sleep well, dear Snowy Thing. |
| 2011-07-31 00:13:21 | tu3031 | Looks like your last comment recorded was at 11:17 on 7/26. |
| 2011-07-31 00:07:46 | Sherry | Editor is giving me 7-17 and no way to change |
| 2011-07-31 00:07:38 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I think I'm gonna go to bed for now. G'night, see y'all in the morning. |
| 2011-07-31 00:02:17 | Sherry | Just checking in --- got a couple of "Project Gunwalker" interviews --- to post that might be of interest... Issa has scheduled two more hearing before the end of the year. |
| 2011-07-30 23:57:14 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Anyway, wanted Pappy's opinion on the new frigate design floating around (that I can't really seem to link to here). |
| 2011-07-30 23:53:17 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I am hoping I didn't miss anything while I was gone this afternoon. (Testing to see if leaving out the link lets this post). |
| 2011-07-30 23:34:52 | tu3031 | I'm sorry. You mean Saturday's. I just looked at the clock. Duh.. |
| 2011-07-30 23:31:33 | tu3031 | I think that's cuz they haven't been published yet. |
| 2011-07-30 23:27:44 | Steve White | Editor shows that we have today's articles but the counts are wrong and there are no comments. |
| 2011-07-30 23:19:02 | tu3031 | Archives is working. |
| 2011-07-30 23:18:13 | Pappy | Same here. Nothing to post anyway. |
| 2011-07-30 23:17:26 | tu3031 | I'll be here for awhile. |
| 2011-07-30 23:16:13 | badanov | I gotta be at work at 0500 tomorrow, so I won't be much help. |
| 2011-07-30 23:14:48 | badanov | No biggie. Just the way the transition is taking place. |
| 2011-07-30 23:11:59 | tu3031 | You have comments and counts from 7/26 back. Nothing from 7/27 forward. |
| 2011-07-30 23:10:02 | badanov | Not at all. |
| 2011-07-30 23:07:14 | tu3031 | You have content from Friday back, but no comments or view counts. Am I being a pain in the ass? |
| 2011-07-30 23:02:12 | trailing wife | Thank you, badanov. Hi, guys! Poster is now up, but when I tried to post an article, it got hung up. Fred is apparently transferring over to Helen, the lovely new server. The O Club is still working. |
| 2011-07-30 23:01:04 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Now I have it bookmarked on the mac. |
| 2011-07-30 23:00:51 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | AH, Here it is. I was having trouble finding the url for this place, kept looking at rkka. |
| 2011-07-30 22:53:19 | tu3031 | All the "yellow box" stuff is there, Sinktrap, Classics, etc. |
| 2011-07-30 22:32:09 | tu3031 | O club gives you the "It works!" page. |
| 2011-07-30 22:31:18 | tu3031 | Poster sends me to Roadside, which it should because I have to reset my cookie. So that's probably working. |
| 2011-07-30 22:29:13 | Steve White | Basic Burg main page is up but no articles. Poster and Editor are not up yet. |
| 2011-07-30 22:26:46 | tu3031 | That was me. |
| 2011-07-30 22:26:29 | Visitor | Looks like you're up. |
| 2011-07-30 21:13:17 | badanov | I'm currently watching Bart Got a Room |
| 2011-07-30 20:47:54 | Dale | Looks like things will be back soon. Badanov I'm glad you kept this site. |
| 2011-07-30 20:38:49 | badanov | He does have the web server set up |
| 2011-07-30 20:38:42 | tu3031 | Okay. Back later... |
| 2011-07-30 20:37:38 | tu3031 | This what I see at the page: It works! This is the default web page for this server. The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet. So I guess it's doing what it's supposed to be doing? |
| 2011-07-30 20:37:16 | badanov | Fred doesn't have the user accounts set up yet. |
| 2011-07-30 20:32:17 | tu3031 | Hello hello... |
| 2011-07-30 20:17:04 | Steve White | Okay, I got here. That part works. Thanks Bad. |
| 2011-07-30 20:11:25 | badanov | Hello |
| 2011-07-30 19:01:33 | Dale | oops not that long.I looked at your 7-27-2001 entry. Gad I even stutter in spelling. |
| 2011-07-30 18:58:56 | Dale | oops that that long.I looked at your 7-27-2001 entry. |
| 2011-07-30 18:57:14 | Dale | 13 hours. That is a long spell this time. |
| 2011-07-30 18:54:36 | Dale | Hey Deacon same here. Tried to post a video but didn't work. |
| 2011-07-27 16:33:23 | Deacon Blues | Where is everyone? I miss Rantburg. |
| 2011-07-27 07:15:33 | Deacon Blues | I noticed that, too. O Club as well. |
| 2011-07-24 23:27:05 | Pappy | Looketh like the Burg is down again... |
| 2011-07-05 22:48:22 | Pappy | I missed it as well. |
| 2011-07-05 22:34:09 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I was home sick today, I'm afraid I slept through the outage. |
| 2011-07-05 22:33:09 | badanov | Just taking a break. |
| 2011-07-05 22:32:41 | badanov | Howdy |
| 2011-03-27 16:27:59 | Dale | I haven't had any problem myself but I can see others have. I am not up on some of the Tech stuff but it appears corrected. |
| 2011-03-25 10:40:56 | Alaska Paul | We have a DOS attack going on the burg right now? Can't get in, even on the alternate. |
| 2011-03-01 10:23:24 | Alaska Paul | Quiet here. Good. That means the Burg is working..... |
| 2011-02-13 19:51:11 | Dale | I'm starting to get claustrophobic. How about a game of scrabble. If we got time to kill that will do it with me playing. |
| 2011-01-08 22:31:35 | Visitor | Aloha! juh |
| 2011-01-06 13:09:26 | Deacon Blues | Snow yesterday, today, and for the next 5 days. I'll but some more wood in the stove. |
| 2010-12-01 20:59:48 | Alaska Paul | Hey, Deacon. Got the rosebud going over here. Bring the hot dawgs and we will cook some for you, bad, and me. |
| 2010-11-09 10:51:32 | Deacon Blues | Besides, Dale nobody said you did it. We're just blaming you. |
| 2010-11-08 12:39:49 | Deacon Blues | That's what they all say, Dale. |
| 2010-07-25 14:02:55 | Dale | Look - I tell ya I didn't do it. All I know is he had a tie on and drank the last beer. |
| 2010-06-16 22:58:24 | badanov | Thanks! |
| 2010-06-14 09:32:28 | Alaska Paul | Nice Jukebox, badanov. |
| 2010-06-11 10:24:35 | Deacon Blues | I gots concrete pouring this weekend. Culvert erosion repair. |
| 2010-06-08 18:18:55 | Visitor | Nice shop, I'm headin to the cooler... |
| 2010-06-08 09:31:52 | Alaska Paul | Nice to be back |
| 2010-06-08 09:10:49 | Visitor | hi |
| 2010-04-27 23:19:00 | Visitor | test again |
| 2010-04-27 23:17:58 | Visitor | test |
| 2010-04-26 02:38:30 | Alaska Paul | hey badanov---the jukebox is great! This is a nice little venue, music, smell of cutting oil, now let me put a couple of Nehi Cola 28 oz bellywashers in the fridge for anyone who wants em. |
| 2010-04-25 18:17:01 | Alaska Paul | ahem, EAT off the floor, figuratively speaking...... |
| 2010-04-25 18:16:15 | Alaska Paul | Badanov---this place is so clean that you can east off the floor! Thanks. |
| 2010-04-21 22:39:21 | badanov | The cleanup script runs like a bat outta hell now, too. |
| 2010-04-21 06:20:34 | badanov | Hello. The spam thingy seems to be working ( yeah,right ) |
| 2010-04-10 10:24:26 | Alaska Paul | Holy Schitskis! This place looks like it was hit by the Blob! Spam everywhere!!! |
| 2010-04-01 12:37:34 | Deacon Blues | Spam, wonderful (not) Spam! |
| 2010-03-29 21:02:47 | badanov | Looks like the antispam thingy is working |
| 2010-03-25 12:26:33 | Deacon Blues | I got a new Drill Press. It has a laser cross-hair. WOOT_WOOT! |
| 2010-03-24 23:30:41 | badanov | Dunno, 3dc. Dja clear your oclub cookie? |
| 2010-03-22 00:04:58 | Visitor | 3dc - why have I never been able to set a nym here? |
| 2010-03-22 00:00:36 | Visitor | Howdy |
| 2010-03-05 07:29:58 | Visitor | Very nice site! |
| 2010-03-05 07:29:32 | Visitor | Hello! fdgddek interesting fdgddek site! |
| 2010-03-05 07:23:13 | badanov | Howdy.
I will be back by 1600 EST. Day job. Spammers are still hammering this board, but the spam frying pan is catching them. ttyl |
| 2010-03-05 05:19:13 | AutoBartender | Morning. |
| 2010-03-05 01:33:45 | badanov | Use the <p> tag for paragraphs |
| 2010-03-05 01:17:03 | badanov | This bb should be cleared of spam until fred can fix whatever is wrong.
Do not use your refresh button and use tag for paragraphs |
| 2010-03-05 01:14:49 | badanov | I have redirected everything to here because of an apparent security breach. |
| 2010-02-16 22:19:05 | badanov | Use the pic to update. If you just use the refresh button, you will get duped |
| 2010-01-13 17:36:08 | Sherry | Hum -- I've developed a bit of a stutter this morning.... |
| 2010-01-13 16:37:14 | Sherry | Hum -- I've developed a bit of a stutter this morning.... |
| 2010-01-13 15:14:42 | Alaska Paul | Here ya go, Sherry, have a 6" sq piece of 10 ga Type 316 stainless plate. Nice little coaster. Compliments of the crew. |
| 2010-01-13 13:32:17 | Sherry | Hum -- I've developed a bit of a stutter this morning.... |
| 2010-01-13 10:49:46 | Sherry | Hum -- I've developed a bit of a stutter this morning.... |
| 2010-01-13 10:15:36 | Sherry | Hum -- I've developed a bit of a stutter this morning.... |
| 2010-01-13 10:15:06 | Sherry | Well, the Burg seemed to up -- but when I clicked to read comments, opps -- down --- and now nothing. Is it me? Hey -- this place seems okay! |
| 2010-01-13 10:11:25 | Sherry | Well, the Burg seemed to up -- but when I clicked to read comments, opps -- down --- and now nothing. Is it me? Hey -- this place seems okay! |
| 2010-01-13 09:57:33 | Deacon Blues | Morning. Can't get to the Burg or the O Club. It's OK, I like it here. |
| 2010-01-13 00:35:00 | badanov | Testing |
| 2010-01-12 20:02:48 | Visitor | First post of 2010 |
| 2009-10-05 20:10:46 | Deacon Blues | Hey badanov. Do ya need some molybdenum? I have a friend that has a piece 8" dia and 6 feet long. Solid. He was gonna make a cannon barrel out of it but decided to use steel instead. |
| 2009-10-02 02:43:41 | badanov | Be a week, DB.
Thanks for the SS, AP |
| 2009-10-02 02:42:46 | badanov | Even more cookie goodness! |
| 2009-09-20 03:06:40 | Alaska Paul | Thanks for the motor mount badanov. Here, have a big round hunk of 347 stainless in trade, 6" dia x 6" long. |
| 2009-09-03 16:47:21 | Deacon Blues | Imma gonna need a motor mount for my table saw. It fell out of the truck, did a 180 fip, and landed on the motor. Broke. I now have an actual Shop and no working table saw. I will content myself with sitting in the shop with a cup of coffee and thinking about working. |
| 2009-08-31 23:14:01 | badanov | More cookies |
| 2009-08-15 01:01:23 | badanov | Cookies are yummy! |
| 2009-08-12 23:44:36 | badanov | AP: Your motor mount are done |
| 2009-08-12 02:30:12 | badanov | If you can't post with your name, clear your cookies then post with your preferred name. |
| 2009-08-12 02:06:18 | badanov | Make a post as your name, I guess. |
| 2009-08-12 02:03:10 | Visitor | so how do I set the name cookies here - 3dc? |
| 2009-08-12 01:59:02 | Visitor | see it, tried it. |
| 2009-08-12 00:26:42 | badanov | As you can see my music collection is eclectic. |
| 2009-08-11 22:32:43 | badanov | Gee, I oughta have my jukebox posted here as well. |
| 2009-08-11 22:32:14 | badanov | AP: Leave the mount by the shipping table on the floor and I will see to it. |
| 2009-08-11 22:31:32 | badanov | hello. Soda pop is in the fridge, but ask if you grab any chips from open bags. Doesn't matter if the answer is no: ask before you take. |
| 2009-08-05 15:51:27 | Deacon Blues | Go ahead. |
| 2009-07-25 20:34:49 | Alaska Paul | Where is everybody? I need to make a motor mount for my gas boiler blower motor. |
| 2009-07-10 16:50:02 | badanov | Back open for business |