AR Husker Fan

How are DDOS attacks done? With botnets? I imagine it would take a pretty big operation to take down a service the size of twitter.

Yes. The first "D" stands for "Distributed", meaning from a large number of computers sending requests to the server to overwhelm it's capacity to provide the requested pages.

And Trump claims to want to unite all Americans. This won't help...

A nice, brief read concerning transitions and jobs is HERE. To summarize, no, all of those 690 positions are not normally filled by the inauguration of the incoming President - the goal is August for most of them.

An exception would be if the incoming administration called for each presidential-appointed position to submit a letter of resignation effective on the date of the inauguration. So far as I know, that's never happened. But if Trump's team did that, then the onus is on the incoming administration to have replacements in place - an impossibility due to the need for Senate approval. But the incoming team hasn't exactly shown itself to be the best and brightest...

Russians Mint ‘In Trump We Trust’ Coin Ahead Of U.S. Inauguration

The limited-edition coins ― only 45 have been made ― feature a cherubic mug of the incoming president as well as the Statue of Liberty and the inscription: “In Trump We Trust.”

Annnnnd...

Suppressing dissent, oversight, and criticism. No wonder Trump so admires Putin - they share so many of the same values...

Why Most Economists Are So Worried About Trump

In somber analyses, huddled hallway conversations and pointed asides during endless panel sessions at the annual conference of economists last weekend in Chicago, the major theme was a sense of anxiety about the incoming Trump administration. This foreboding was evident in roughly equal measure among conservative and liberal economists. But it is in direct contrast with the feelings of small-business owners and Wall Street traders.

What's interesting - to me, anyway - is the article's attempt to at least try and offer an explanation as to why this gap exists. In that respect, both sides could be correct.

I'm just happy you were sitting down to a cup of coffee rather than sitting down to...well, do something else. Would hate to read what spewed where in that case.

We're updating the certificate. As HuskerInLostWages noted, our security certificate expires, and we had to order and install a new one.