FReeperland about to go under?

[Tarc]

I will not link to that racist cesspool, but there's a topic there titled "If FR dies, that’s that." - Jim Robinson". Good ol RimJob is whining about database problems, the costs to possibly upgrade to something from the 21st century, etc..etc... I esp like the "we won't let no outsiders in to look at our secure servers!" hysteria, regarding the suggestion that a real programmer come troubleshoot and not just their old regular Johnny Sue Cleetus.

:party: :party: :party:

[closeupready]

1. Rec for not linking to that hate site.

:hi: :)

[eleny]

23. +1

[bushisanidiot]

2. proves my point that those fucktards have been slinking over here

and posting their anti-Obama crap. nobody sees it over there because nobody gives two shits about that site anymore. losers!

[Supersedeas]

32. hey, if they stay long enough...they might learn something here

instead of the force-feeding they get over there.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. Isn't that easy to tell?

I mean by tracing the source computers of posters to DU. Since everybody has a URL consisting of four numbers.

Wouldn't be difficult. And I am NO programmer!!! :wtf:

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. That's how he raises money.

By saying the death of the site is imminent. I don't know what they spend the money on (perhaps massages) because that site is horrible.

[bushisanidiot]

4. yeah, but he's been milking the same devoted 20 or 30 people

year after year. and i'd be surprised if there are actually that many actual members.

[KansDem]

6. But at least he gets them up and off their fat asses...

...when they take their pledges out to the mailbox. And going up and down the stairs in mom's basement can be real exercise for these "patriots"...

[Richardo]

8. "900' tall Jesus will take me home!!!"

It's been done. :boring:




:hi: Meemie!

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Richardo!

:hi:

It is good to see you :)

[backscatter712]

11. Yep. This isn't the first time Rimjob's done this. n/t

[Warpy]

29. If RimJob lets it go under, it will arise under a different name

but will have the same problems: conservatives think in bumper stickers and those are much better over at Twitter. Facebook is also stealing some of his business.

However, I can't imagine the rich men who own the country right now will leave the faithful without an online insane asylum devoted to them.

[sharesunited]

5. Oh well. There's always Redstate!

[XanaDUer]

7. Pardon my ignorance about tech matters

but, on another thread, Jimbob sez he will never use Oracle?

I am not a programmer, but just wth IS FR using? I find it a hard-to-navigate site, and it looks sort of clunky.

What DO IS folks use for message boards? DU looks SO MUCH better that that hot mess over at FR. I am trying to learn wordpress myself, and I know basic HTML.

[ret5hd]

9. ms access? excel?

[denem]

10. My guess is Visual Basic :)

[XanaDUer]

12. Thanks

I took a class in that lo many many years ago.

[backscatter712]

17. There's a few options.

MySQL, PostgreSQL are two genuinely decent open-source databases I've used in the past. MySQL is probably the most commonly used on LAMP-based web sites (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

I'm not sure what software freerepublic's using, all I've seen is a notice saying the site's powered by software copyrighted by Jim Robinson - he probably wrote the scripts. Didn't do much in the way of templating the site, or doing more than relatively basic HTML - not much to make it look pretty. And the content's pretty ugly too.

[XanaDUer]

18. Only librals like purty things

Lol! Yes, I am trying to come up to speed on all of this MySQL stuff. If I don't get another job, I may go back to school for it.

[backscatter712]

25. The libertarians on the other side of the aisle dig Linux.

I've known quite a few libertarian computer geeks.

[chat_noir]

30. PERL

John's system is, frankly, amazing for the price it's cost. it's obvious it's a labor of love. Plus, for him to have accomplished it in a bass-ackwards language like Perl, is truly mindboggling.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2654879/replies?c=62


Oh my, I did not even consider this site was still using PERL for such a high volume website.

One plan for a future change is to keep the old posts in the depreciated PERL version as an archive and just start fresh with a new system/database with username/password imported from the old database.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2654879/replies?c=

[denem]

13. BTW Linux is communist

so that rules out open source.

[XanaDUer]

16. I'm trying to learn Word Press

Someone posted on another thread about a hosting service called Godaddy.

This is why I love DU - so many folks know so much!

[backscatter712]

19. I've used Dreamhost in the past with no complaints.

They have a lot of prebuilt software, including WordPress, and can get it set up for you.

I might add that WordPress is excellent software for blogging.

[XanaDUer]

24. Thank you for the information.

Never heard of that one before.

[Ikonoklast]

14. It's basically a Sarah Palin fanboi site now.

Almost anyone else calling for support of another candidate gets banned.

Criticize Caribou Barbie and RimJob loses it. He's fixated on her.

When you keep running off your financial supporters, eventually things go boom.

[Zax2me]

20. If a forum falls into cyberspace, does anyone hear it?! n/a

[Raschel]

21. Nah, he's just trying to scare them. It's a conservative tactic.

[blondeatlast]

22. A little fear of the almighty Tort might have something to do with it as well.

I GUARANTEE that they'll be named as a party--doesn't mean it will stick, but they will be named, no doubt.

[AngryOldDem]

26. Well, its fund drive isn't exactly a raging success.

RimJob wants $92,000, but the minions have only coughed up $11,000.

With a Web site that is so primitive, I wonder what he wants to do with that $92,000. Certainly not investing in the latest and greatest server technology.

[kentuck]

27. Where do you think they will go if it goes under??

Many of them will show up right here on DU, would be my guess.

[Tarc]

31. They'll crawl to related websites

littlegreenfootballs, Stormfront, etc...

[Goblinmonger]

28. With how shitty that site looks, he could just run it on a Google Site

and it would probably be easier to read. And free.

[Arkansas Granny]

33. I can't be sure, but I think I've found a new freeperism. Have you seen this one before?

". . . but they are sure using this board for their porpoises."

It's in post # 143 here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2654879/posts?q=1&

[XanaDUer]

36. I, personally, always try to store my porpoises on a RW board

nt.

[LTR]

34. Freepers respond well to scare tactics

Look at the people and media they blindly follow.

[B Calm]

35. He's just conning the cons, LOL

[eridani]

38. No--they're probably just scrubbing it of all the hate speech n/t