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More conservative websites getting shut down?

Posted on 01/11/2021 1:47:27 PM PST by A.M. Smith

Obviously, we know Parler was shut down, anyone familiar with others?

About an hour ago the most popular rifle forum ar15.com went offline. Someone said Google was blocking their DNS.

Great purge is coming I think and I'm sure there will be more casualties.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: internet; newbievanity; vanity
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To: cableguymn

Sounds good. It may come to that.


61 posted on 01/11/2021 3:34:43 PM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: A.M. Smith

The democrats cannot allow free speech. Then people could find out what they really did with this election.


62 posted on 01/11/2021 3:37:04 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (EQ)
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To: SkyDancer
I thought there were faster ones.

Yes, there were faster ones, but when BBS were first used the low end modem was 300 baud. My first computer had a 150 baud modem with an acoustic coupler that you would place a telephone handset. That was prior to BBSs.

63 posted on 01/11/2021 3:43:13 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (See Profile: I'm giving up.)
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To: Revelation 911

did you check before posting?


64 posted on 01/11/2021 3:45:30 PM PST by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I saw old movies with that in there also really old Radio Shack ads selling them; saw some cell phones that were the size of an old phone directory being carried around.


65 posted on 01/11/2021 3:48:46 PM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: SamAdams76
They would come for Free Republic as well but they realize we are all a bunch of old cranks that will die soon anyhow.

Speak for yourself you old crank! This old crank still has a good fight or two left in him. Just as soon as I catch my breath from typing this response so fast!

66 posted on 01/11/2021 3:52:06 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SkyDancer
I was shocked to find out Citadel, Mustang and WWIV are still in active development! Have your dad CLICK HERE to see a current list.
67 posted on 01/11/2021 3:58:55 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: A.M. Smith

Conservative talk radio, too.

1570 AM in Flint, Michigan (Cumulus owned) switched from conservative talk to oldies music Jan. 1st. Mark Levin was on it and others.

I’m sure there are many others.

They’ll leave Rush alone (bad optics to silence him) until he passes, then fill his slot with a faux moderate. Or flip the station to not talk.

They truly fear our words.


68 posted on 01/11/2021 4:02:31 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

The lights just blinked for a couple of minutes till the backup generator kicked in.

AR-15 is a GREAT site.

Looks like we had some visitors, lolololol

“I ended up in a chatroom from 1998 with a bunch of strange people.”


69 posted on 01/11/2021 4:05:40 PM PST by baclava
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To: Little Ray

Well there goes cloud computing... nobody should ever trust cloud services ever again. Thank God!


70 posted on 01/11/2021 4:06:13 PM PST by j_guru
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To: usconservative

Okay - will let him know as well as my gramps, he was into it back in the day.


71 posted on 01/11/2021 4:11:03 PM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Cboldt

I’m not saying it’s done widely, but it’s possible. The implementations I’ve seen are not ready for large scale primetime, but if you’re just hosting a BBS, how would it be different than an old dialup terminal?


72 posted on 01/11/2021 4:12:24 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Klemper

I remember using Procomm Plus! #8^)

https://winworldpc.com/product/procomm-plus/2x-for-windows


73 posted on 01/11/2021 4:14:43 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: rarestia

Vulnerability is dependent on the implementation, not just on the naute of the service. There is nmore than one implementation of “telnet on port 23.” I’m sure the one that I got hosed through is easily hit with buffer overflow leading to automatic root access. That’s what was done to me. Other implementations may be more secure.

I spend time on irc, daily (near full time) and on other people’s hardware, so that works for chat like activity. A bunch of freepers did that for the Iraq war and for the Bush/Gore election fetivities.


74 posted on 01/11/2021 4:29:25 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

A lot of people use Google DNS, unfortunately.

In the UAE (Dubai) it was almost a requirement as vast parts of the Internet and underlying services are banned. Anything that can be used for communication - like discord and even multiplayer chat.


75 posted on 01/11/2021 4:46:29 PM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: srmanuel

If Rush is erased, especially at this point in his life, I think the right will rage. Considering that he is short on time, he’d be the perfect one to light the fuse.


76 posted on 01/11/2021 5:01:02 PM PST by ALASKA (Trump will win resoundingly, but it's not going to be pretty. )
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To: Klemper
"I ran a BBS up until 1995. It has crossed my mind to resurrect it at least a time or two."

Same here ... and "Roboboard" rules! (Scotty, beam me back there/then!)

77 posted on 01/11/2021 5:13:44 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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To: j_guru

They never should have trusted cloud computing in the first place.


78 posted on 01/12/2021 5:52:59 AM PST by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: RitchieAprile

And screw up a rant?


79 posted on 01/15/2021 6:42:31 AM PST by Revelation 911 (clean up is a breeze)
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