Apocalypse News Watch

As it stands right now all aircraft are tracked via radar. Most aircraft are equipped with a special radio (called a transponder) that transmits a 4 digit code, called mode ‘A’ for civilian flight or mode ‘3’ for military flights (this is called ‘squawking’). The air traffic controller assigns the code he or she wants the flight crew to squawk. It is this code is what helps air traffic control track that particular aircraft on their radar displays. The code can change as the plane gets handed off from one air traffic authority to the next one along their route. In most cases aircraft will also send out a different 4 digit code for their altitude (this is called mode ‘C’). These 4 digit codes (called replies) are sent out when the transponder receives a special signal (called an interrogation) from, what is called ‘secondary radar’, primary radar being the radar that actually tracks the airplane (you know that blip on the screen). Eventually a new mode was added, called mode ‘Select...

The Twin Cities are an awesome place to visit. The people there are friendly, everywhere you turn and everyone you talk to, has that quaint Minnesota accent, ‘you betcha, don’t cha know’. In Football it’s hardcore Vikings territory. No doubt it was devastating to locals that their team lost the NFC Championship game, two weeks earlier to the Philadelphia Eagles. Only one game away from a possible Superbowl championship… in their home town. Pouring salt into the wound, Dodge Trucks pointed that fact out with a Superbowl ad ! The Cities are known for something else. It’s also Prince Territory and they love him there. So it seemed only fitting for Justin Timberlake to include Prince in his second Superbowl Halftime performance. The performance was grand, stunning. As Justin Timberlake played the piano an Image of Prince was projected upon a huge screen behind him. While the screen was white it was lit up in purple, they both sang Prince’s song “I Would Die 4 U” together. Video ...

Inspired from Star Trek Amazon introduced the world to Alexa in 2014. Apparently everyone has one except me, but I have been told I am a modern day Luddite. Still there’s no denying, Alexa is pretty darn neat. Reminiscent of the Library of Alexandra, Alexa’a name was chosen because it has a “hard consonant X and could be recognized zed with higher precision” according to Amazon. The name itself means helper, defender of man, and descends from Alexander the Great. Believing he was a true descendant of the demigod Achilles, Alexander the Great had conquered Babylon and literally the whole known world by the age of 24. Something prophesized nearly 200 years earlier in the book of Daniel. Super Bowl weekend is here, and Alexa is apparently a Philadelphia Eagles fan! Sorry Tom Brady. According to numerous videos posted online, when asked, she has responded with: “I’m flying with the Eagles with this one because of their relentless defense and the momentum they’ve been riding off th...