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2012 Flashback: Free Republic: 2 Weeks Left of Relevancy Unless You Fix It [updates at 130, 270]
October 23, 2012 | Self

Posted on 10/23/2012 3:58:44 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark

The 4th and final of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates have come and gone for 2012.

Here are the three things we can walk away with.

- Romney can't lose a debate coin toss, going 3 for 3. Which of course means nothing.

- Obama gets more moderated debate time, going 3 for 3 in the time column. Which of course means nothing.

- Free Republic crashes before any debate and doesn't get back to normal until dawn the next day.

I would like to state that I have been here since the 2004 election season. I can't lay claim to being an old timer here compared to some of the posters here. I can safely say though that I am not a spur of the moment account meant to come here and spam, insult and run away.

Here's my point; Free Republic is in danger of not being relevant and it's purely because of technical reasons.

I know your technical team or advisor is trying like mad to isolate why this site is unavailable for hours on end surrounding the debates this year. It's not working.

This debate season for Free Republic has been the equivalent of having a TV network go out for a wild card round, divisional round and conference or league championship. The network knew the times of the contest, they knew tons of people would be watching, they knew where the technical problems might arise yet failed 4 times over the course of every scheduled event.

Now the Super Bowl of American politics is 2 weeks away and the same team that has aired loading screens for every head to head political contest this year must realize this simple fact; if you're not up and running on election night 2012 you might as well close the door on any thought of continuing your political relevance.

Online communities do not build themselves overnight but they can collapse overnight. As inconceivable as it may be this could be a swan song moment that you were warned about, tried to prevent yet ultimately could not control. If your traffic can't get to your site, you have no site.

If you fail in giving voice to this community during what should or could be a glorious night for America your role in history will be noteworthy, just like print edition of Newsweek's coverage of the Presidential inauguration in 2013. Non-existent.

History will indeed be made on November 6th because of the nature of the event. The question Free Republic needs to determine is if it is going to report history or become part of it.


TOPICS: Free Republic; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; fr; freerepublic; frproblems; frserver; frservers; jrpost130; servers
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To: RegulatorCountry; don-o; BuckeyeTexan; Lazamataz; advertising guy; All

Well, I’m very sorry but for good reason John has security locked down tight on FR’s hardware and software. I do not even have access myself and I’m senior partner.

Appreciate the offers very much, but I can tell you from experience that there’s no way he’s going to allow anyone into the secure environment. If you have concrete ideas to suggest you can always freepmail them to him (or me).

Well, he did make an exception once when he got really desperate and needed someone local to standby to reboot a server that kept crashing, so who knows.

Thank you all very much.


201 posted on 10/23/2012 4:38:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Ain’t no reason to be sorry. I do exactly what John does and if FR were my responsibility, the answer would be “No way.” Security exists for a reason. It is that simple. I’m a control freak when my butt is the one exposed also.

And then there’s the little problem of “helpers” not knowing anything about the operating environment and needing more help than they’re giving. ;)


202 posted on 10/23/2012 4:56:38 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: Jim Robinson

Ha!

Just let me get my fat fingers in there. I’ve been known to mess up a few steel balls with my tiny rubber hammer!

Seriously though, FR has been my internet home for so many thousands of hours I would never try to guess!

Jim and John have always come through in a crunch and FR WILL get fixed eventually! It my not be before Nov. 6, but before 2016 for sure.

I have 100% faith in the Robinson guys to fix the mess!


203 posted on 10/23/2012 4:59:03 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: Jim Robinson; BuckeyeTexan

Well, I understand, and yet I’d bet on B.E.T. I had a chance to really get a feel for her tech forte on the ride down. I got the sense, even though I don’t know her language at all, that she has a superior level of expertise and utmost professionalism, and that what is said / shown to her WOULD STAY IN VEGAS.

I only get that sense of expertise from a few people. If I am interviewing someone for a job, and I get that sense, I ignore flubbed tech tests or other considerations and make the offer. I have never regretted going with my gut on that sense. She is someone you want to put in your ‘binder of women’, LOL!


204 posted on 10/23/2012 5:02:56 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
HA! THERE, RIGHT THERE, is the reason C# is superior!!!

I can show you CDC code of my websites, and THERE IS NOTHING YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE TO PENETRATE CDC SECURITY.

PHPpppptttthhhhttthhthhth!!!

205 posted on 10/23/2012 5:05:14 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
And then there’s the little problem of “helpers” not knowing anything about the operating environment

And THIS!

C# is largely operating-environment independent. Basically, if your OS has a CLR-interpreter, I can compile code that will work for you with no modifications. Other than that, open the right ports in your firewall, and you are good to go. No-brainer, "copy directory" deploys.

When will you PHP people EVER LEARN? ;)

PHPpppphhhtttptptptptphhthtptpht!!!!

206 posted on 10/23/2012 5:17:02 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: Lazamataz; humblegunner

Heh! A b*tch in a binder.

I totally rock at being a cruel-hearted b*tch in a binder.


207 posted on 10/23/2012 5:33:28 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: Lazamataz

This is gonna sound kinda like mine’s bigger than yours, but ... dude, I write the shiz that makes your code portable across platforms ... backwards and in high heels.

B*tch in a binder, baby. BIAB.


208 posted on 10/23/2012 5:49:00 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: Lazamataz

Ping to #97, in case you haven’t seen it.


209 posted on 10/23/2012 6:01:24 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: Lazamataz
Just translate the ASCII buffer into Fortran, pop the clutch and it should fly like a beagle!


210 posted on 10/23/2012 6:03:15 PM PDT by Eaker (Stripping Americans of their freedom and dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
I'm sure you do write that stuff. Glad someone is out there writing that thankless code. I'm much happier flying at 10,000 ft (not quite 30,000) and writing Bigger Awesomes Every Day. Object Orientivity, baby, give me a custom control wot is written with well-defined external facing props and meths and make the whole thing self-contained, then pop it in a form like a repeater, and BANG. I'm happy.

Of course, I'm always happy when I BANG.

211 posted on 10/23/2012 6:11:00 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: Eaker

Correction: Translate the EBCDIC buffer into Cobol-68, and you got it.


212 posted on 10/23/2012 6:16:21 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: Lazamataz
And . . .

Re: my previous. That's what I get for going back to an open window without refreshing.

Also, replying to a post in this thread was slow for me, FWIW. It's not just peak time in which things are slower than they ought be, based on use of other forums.

213 posted on 10/23/2012 6:20:47 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: Lazamataz

Still gotta dump the ASCII overflow as you can’t have all of those little characters running around willy nilly.


214 posted on 10/23/2012 6:24:20 PM PDT by Eaker (Stripping Americans of their freedom and dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.)
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To: Caipirabob

Yeah guess what....it is NOT a DNS attack.


215 posted on 10/23/2012 6:46:41 PM PDT by superfries
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

So let me ask you this.....does FR have mirror sites? If not why not?


216 posted on 10/23/2012 6:49:42 PM PDT by superfries
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To: Ol' Sox
While your analysis is sound, it overlooks one factor: Zombies. Hoards of zombies streaming through the cities, in a neverending search for living flesh to tear into with rotten teeth and rend apart with decaying hands. Groaning, gurgling zombies, who can only be stopped by direct trauma to the brain, that overwhelm everything they see like a plague of undead locusts.

Zombies.

217 posted on 10/23/2012 7:05:51 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Pravda Press has gone from 'biased' straight on through to 'utterly bizarre'.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Your insight into the overall issues at 185 are very useful in understanding the challenge John has. Thanks.

May we all be so fortunate as to one day have a hobby that turns into a nationally recognized vocation and we get to partner in it with an adult offspring. We know the Robinson’s have spent many a late night working to allow us to participate.


218 posted on 10/23/2012 7:11:31 PM PDT by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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To: Salamander

I use Password Safe for username and passwords. I can copy the encrypted file to anywhere, and not worry about losing it.

If you don’t delete tracking cookies, every website you visit can track you. If that is fine with you, then there is no need to worry. But, don’t think that Facebook is the only offender.


219 posted on 10/23/2012 7:15:09 PM PDT by justlurking
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To: Salamander

Salamander is 100% correct.......why are we not using fatcow?


220 posted on 10/23/2012 7:15:45 PM PDT by superfries
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