Posted on 07/19/2012 1:19:48 PM PDT by DCBryan1
Glad we are back!
System challenge or attack?
It would be interesting to see how many times we, collectively (franticly?), tried to access the site while it was down.
You have me to thank for it. I tried to open FR and got the “Service Not Available”. Then I went to my reader and clicked on an old FR message and got right in to FR. So I sent again to open FR and everything was fine. Clearly I kickstarted something. I should get a reward for this.
You have me to thank for it. I tried to open FR and got the “Service Not Available”. Then I went to my reader and clicked on an old FR message and got right in to FR. So I sent again to open FR and everything was fine. Clearly I kickstarted something. I should get a reward for this.
The saying goes - You never know what you had until it’s gone. I was having withdrawal symptoms.
In my estimation, the prolonged downtime was almost certainly the result of a malicious, planned attack. The infrastructure of FreeRepublic is in San Jose, an area populated by extreme liberals and atheists. Although leftists lack true wisdom (which derives only from God), they're not necessarily stupid when it comes to technology. The left fears FR, especially in an election year, and will take extreme measures to silence of Constitutional Conservatism. My personal preference would be that the server farm be relocated to a region less gripped by liberals with easy access to the computing infrastructure.
I think Texas would be proud to host FreeRepublic and our state would impose a less burdensome regulatory environment. For all of his warts, Glenn Beck sized up the situation and found that the Lone Star state was the place to be. Similarly, Rush Limbaugh found it prudent to leave liberal New York.
Was it something I said?
The posting time clock is over 90 minutes fast.
I’m really sorry, I flipped that lightswitch in the living room that doesn’t seem to do anything and FR went down. Just flipped it back on. I’ll put some tape on it so it won’t happen again.
The time on posts is really off, but it is really great to get the site again. It is 3:06 PM EST.
Well, I’ve been here a while (several posts, mails & a 0_o re whether to make a profile or not), so is it too late to say
YAY!!!!! (imagine biiig, bold letters here)
talk about feelin like you’ve been cut off from civilization...
It's bad enough to be treated like mushrooms by Obama...
Et tu JR?
Just checking
Proximity doesn’t mean anything on the Internet unless your close enough to pull the plug
If FreeRepublic is being “attacked”, why does it seem to only go down during Freepathons? And aren’t the periods of down time usually because of server issues? (according to the Yahoo FreeRepublic group anyway)
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