Massive Free Republic Changes

[Z2]

That's interesting about the beta version.

Guess you wouldn't know about the bandwidth savings, vis a vis the fundraiser, huh? Not being a partner in FR and all. Perhaps Jim could weigh in on that question.

Thanks.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You are amazing John!

keep up the good work!

[John Robinson]

I would love to have Yahoo's chatroom software. Any idea if it is on the market?

[farmfriend]

If you would like to be added OR removed from my ping list please send me a FReep e-mail and I will edit my list upon receipt. Thank You.

See you started using that new tag line. I keep forgetting. Thanks for the reminder and the ping.

[Neets]

Kewl on #188...sometimes Freepmail is a tad too cumbersome.

[SlightOfTongue]

Hey, When are you guys gonna take a vacation?!?

Geezus H. Great-Day-In-The-Mornin'! You guys DO need a break.

Like Dubya says, "Enjoy yourselves. Take your families and friends. Get on those planes, fly away to fun spots."

Round-trip tickets are cheap these days - especially to Kabul.

All kidding aside. You people need some sane rest time, eh? What are you guys - androids?

Free-gards. SOT

[John Robinson]

Thanks for the suggestion. Over the weekend, I'll have that notice plastered all over the top of every page. Frankly, I was waiting for that date to be finalized with Verio. I was hoping they would get back to us by this evening, but they didn't. So it should be "probably" the 27th. (It seems there is always "one more paper" to sign/fax etc) Contract, Insurance forms, Network diagrams, IP address justification/request forms, Biometrics, blah blah blah. This isn't like signing up with AOL! :-)

[John Robinson]

Nah, your current bookmarks will be just the way you left them.

[John Robinson]

YES! The end of the thread... I'm gonna take out the trash now, get something to eat, etc. :-) I'll be back here tomorrow.

[RnMomof7]

Thanks John Merry Christmas

[WVNan]

Yes, I do desire that "Cheers" environment, but I also liked the ability that we had to form fast and massive political activism. Remember the MFJ? Two weeks it took to gather 4,000. That's not small. Maybe I fear that if we become too compartmentalized we won't be able to respond to the call to action fast enough and as effectively. Anyway, you know that I appreciate all the hard work you do. Merry Christmas!

[Dixielander]

"could the system clock be placed on either Pacific or Eastern time? For the life of me, I can't figure out what time zone it's currently set for.

Hear! Hear!

[jjbrouwer]

re: the yahoo software

John:: I have a friend who is developing something very similar and relatively inexpensive right now. If you are interested I can get him to Freep you. I think he is registered here.

The best thing about Yahoo is that you can TALK - particularly good for sites like these where people are great distances apart and can't afford to spend money on long-distance telephone calls.

A lot of the other chat room software doesn't allow you to do that.

On the subject of being distances apart, from a moderating point of view a Commonwealth forum could be maintained 24 hours a day.

Because (for instance): I am in London (as are many of the Brit Freepers), peabers is in Australia, Shaggy Eel is in Wellington (New Zealand) etc.

Next year I will be moving back to New York so that covers the American time zone too.

We could also arrange the occasional fundraiser for FR, which would double up as a social get together too. We are actually having a British one in January so that might be a good time to start the ball rolling.

[WIMom]

ohhhhhh, yippie. Do I get a medal? Maybe I should go there and post the fundraising link. Nah, I don't want spam e-mail, I get enough spam snail mail, I really don't need more garbage.

[Quix]

SOUNDS LIKE THIS CHANGE-OVER
COULD USE A LOT MORE PRAYER,
PRAYER WARRIORS!!!
PLEASE KEEP JOHN ETC
*EXTRA* IN YOUR PRAYERS
NOW THRU THE NEXT WEEK!!!

Father God, Please give John an abunance of your grace in all his efforts overhauling FR this week. May all those individuals, organizations, machines, software, atnys, documents and whatever other components are involved flow smoothly, quickly, appropriately and in the best form, wording, set-up for John, Jim and FR. May John get rest and be able to enjoy his family and some great food this season we honor our Lord in. May you guide his thinking, writing, doing. May you especially thicken all the bonds of love and intimacy he has with those close and dear to him.

In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen.

[klee]

A commonwealth forum wouldnt be a bad idea. Lees likely to hurt anyones feelings with our bad humour JJ.

[celtic gal]

Happy Holidays!

I'll be off the net from 22 Dec and back about the time you go down for your changes!

Thanks for the heads up.. what a way to start out the new year.. with a whole new system:)

[klee]

Its a great idea to get a commonwealth forum.

PING

[goldilucky]

Thanks for the ping. And have a nice holiday!

[supercat]

Is there any reason you seem to have disabled the style property [disabling the style tag was reasonable since it does not follow nesting rules, but use of the style property with tags like [span] is often a better way to size things like captions than the [font] tag].

Normal. [span style="color:blue"]This should be blue.[/span] Back to normal.

Any possibility of changing this? Building accurately-sized tables and captions without the style= property is well-nigh impossible.