DDOS Attack: Still Down

A massive DDOS attack out of Saudi Arabia on Hosting Matters took out Point Five. Also, Instapundit, Captain's Quarters, and a few other blogs you may have heard of.

I suspect from checking around that they were going after aaron's, who has been hacked several times.

Hosting Matters is still working on getting the regular site back up.

Since we haven't posted anything good for at least two weeks, I suppose this is a good as time as any.

POINT FIVE AINT HERE

Point Five is here.

Oh, How I Wish To Kill All Spammers

Well, it looks like this Friday night is going to be spent deleting the avalanche of spam that has taken down Point Five.

So much for all the great posts I had planned... looks like everything will just be the regular old crap from here on out.

Point Five Down

Looks like a large Denial of Service attack may be brewing. Problems on AT&T lines all day long(?)

At least from my DSL line here at the office, unable to connect to Mudville, OTB, Captain's Quarters, Wizbang, Instapundit.

Michelle Malkin, Jawa okay.

Blogger is up (obviously).

Server Down At Point Five

Hosting Matters server is down. Must have been all the traffic from the Carnival, which, despite all my way-too-many emails still didn't get the Puppy Blender to link to it.

Heck, he probably decided to finally check it out this morning, and is getting a timeout.

Lovely.

So all the great funny I'm planning for today will just have to wait until my server gets fixed.

Probably by then, the hot, fresh comedy will have decayed into the regular helping of crap we usually serve up.

Okay, I Guess It's Time Now

We're going to start posting over at the new Point Five.

That's http://pointfiveblog.com!

Update your blogrolls! Or use this as the perfect opportunity to drop us altogether!

Goodbye "free."
Hello "I can't believe I'm paying money to waste my own time."

Bush Graces Triumphant Cover Of Newsweek

In the midst of all the partisan bickering that fills talk radio and the internet, it's easy to forget about the real legislative advances that are working their way into law, completely beneath the radar.

Newsweek highlights one such victory in next week's issue. Check it out:





Linked on Wizbang, MVRWC.

Hillary Accuses Roberts of Not Lying About Beliefs

Sen. Hillary Clinton on Friday harshly criticized Supreme Court nominee John Roberts over his failure to lie about his deeply held beliefs.

"If one is going to claim to keep 'deeply held beliefs,' the Senator believes they should be kept, well... deep," said George Baker, a spokesman for the junior Senator from New York. "Sure, these beliefs exist. Sure, they're part of an overall plan to reshape America in her-- I mean, his-- own image. But they should be reframed, packaged, perhaps even contradicted in a brazen move to the center. But never be revealed!"

The Senator said the Robert's failure to create a "mainstream, centrist" characterization of himself in the popular imagination was a sign of "deep narcissism and dangerous transparency."

She further criticized his judicial decisions, claiming that they were heavy-handed, judgmental and "legalistic."

She also noted that Judge Roberts had a peculiar lack of "unexplained deaths" surrounding him. She hinted at perhaps a sinister explanation, since, in the America she knows and loves, "people you know just start dropping dead all over the place."

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Go Give The Therapist Your Prayers

The Therapist is dealing with the impending loss of his father.

Go visit.

On The Passing of 'Scotty'

Press ► (play) on the player below to hear Stephen Hawking's post:

(Note that due to Prof. Hawking's advanced intelligence, he does not always subscribe to our shallow understanding of decorum or common decency - listener discretion sometimes advised)

Prof. Hawking offers his insight and wisdom on physics and life every Friday on Point Five.

OTHER INSIGHTS BY STEPHEN HAWKING:
On The Space Shuttle Launch Delay
On The Bombing Of London
On The Probing Of Comet Tempel 1
On The Theory of Relativity
On Fetal Stem Cell Research
On The Future of The EU Constitution



Linked at Mudville.