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Why is FR so hard to access these days??
February 3, 2010 | self

Posted on 02/03/2010 7:06:09 AM PST by Bean Counter

Every day it gets harder and harder to use FreeRepublic. For some reason the site is suffering from unspecified "server" problems that are rarely explained in a way that longstanding members such as myself can even find. The only reason I know there is a server problem is because someone finally posted a comment from FR Staff over on the Alternate Free Republic site; a place I find myself turning to more and more frequently while waiting for the latest daily problem to be resolved. To say this is merely frustrating is the understatement of the year.

I grant you I don't donate as much money as others here, but I do participate and have for almost 12 years. I do not think it is too much to ask that Management send out a Private Message to all active members here and explain exactly why we are having so many problems on a daily basis getting in here.

I have nearly memorized the error messages and frankly I am sick of it. I do not appreciate being kept in the dark and I do not like having to go hunting for answers when they ought to be readily forthcoming. I don't expect FR to air their dirty laundry on the open boards, as I realize that could lead to further problems by giving the disruptors new ideas about how to do whatever it is they may be doing to disrupt the board.

I do expect improved communication with your members who are not disrupting FR. I have been patient about this for weeks as these access problems ebb and flow, but lately I have had about enough of trying to figure out if the site is up or down or if I have a problem on my computer.


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To: Bean Counter

Constant cyber attacks?


41 posted on 02/03/2010 7:59:16 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: PIF

Yea, eventually I get the process to work, just can’t figure out why after all these years the last few months have been googly. (Googly my granddaughter’s word for things without explanation.)


42 posted on 02/03/2010 8:02:31 AM PST by svcw (Ellie and Mark come out come out where ever you are.....)
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To: Bean Counter

When I’m having trouble accessing FR, I do what every good FR addict should.

I get out the Hoppes #9 and start cleaning. It’s very relaxing and I just love the smell.

Give it a try, you’ll find you feel so much better afterwards.


43 posted on 02/03/2010 8:02:33 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: Bean Counter
Whether it's overloaded servers or something more sinister, we're all in the same boat.

Technology isn't perfect, and anyone who has worked in a company that uses servers and computers for everything on a daily basis has gone through this. We depend on technology - for our livelihoods and much more. We're at the mercy, so to speak, of IT professionals.

When calculating what I gain from FR vs. the occasional problem, they are not even close. I think this website does a terrific job, present issues notwithstanding.

44 posted on 02/03/2010 8:12:43 AM PST by floozy22 ("As government expands, liberty contracts." RWR)
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To: Bean Counter

and, most likely, its OUR TAX $$$$$ being used by (guess who) to do all this, too...


45 posted on 02/03/2010 8:30:30 AM PST by gunnyg (Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'n Commie Basterd!)
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To: 9YearLurker

What he said.


46 posted on 02/03/2010 8:40:49 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: Bean Counter; La Lydia

Lets see what the nOOb has to say about our manners and less than charitable commentary.

Oh, and there was a hottie ping yesterday that I missed out on because I couldn’t access FR.

I can see it on Ping and Trace and the pathing and returns look fine but when I can’t access it, very frustrating.

1...., 2....., 3.....


47 posted on 02/03/2010 8:46:43 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: La Lydia; Bean Counter

Wow I didn’t think you would actually show up again on this subject. but there you are....


48 posted on 02/03/2010 8:47:48 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome

Don’t take life so seriously... You’ll never live through it. — from someone who has been happily freeping since 2000.


49 posted on 02/03/2010 8:48:58 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: Magic Fingers; mylife

What’s that? “We are ungrateful wretches”?

Is it that nOOb La Lydia again?


50 posted on 02/03/2010 8:54:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Great Idea!


51 posted on 02/03/2010 8:58:26 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome; mylife

“What’s that? “We are ungrateful wretches”?”

Yeah, the nerve of wanting a site to work most of the time! Outrageous!


52 posted on 02/03/2010 10:40:53 AM PST by Magic Fingers
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To: Bean Counter; Roscoe Karns

Is Ralph messing with the Zot9000 again?


53 posted on 02/03/2010 11:16:14 AM PST by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: lefty-lie-spy
I recommend reading "The Cuckoo's Egg" for some pre-internet cyber-spy true crime fun.

Highly concur on "The Cuckoo's Egg." They even did a lighthearted docu-drama on it on PBS.

One quibble: This was in the era of the internet (that's what the interloper used), but before widespread introduction of the World Wide Web.

54 posted on 02/03/2010 2:04:58 PM PST by Erasmus (<under construction>)
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To: Erasmus

At the time, it was actually ARPANET, but the term ‘internet’ was already in circulation, and it was about to be used to connect to commercial services and to become the internet that we know today.


55 posted on 02/03/2010 2:08:14 PM PST by Erasmus (<under construction>)
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To: Erasmus
>>I recommend reading "The Cuckoo's Egg" for some pre-internet cyber->>spy true crime fun.
>Highly concur on "The Cuckoo's Egg." They even did a lighthearted docu->drama on it on PBS. >One quibble: This was in the era of the internet (that's what the interloper >used), but before widespread introduction of the World Wide Web.


Quite true. I should have used "Web" over "Internet" in this case. The "Internet" had been publicly available to universities, corporations and essentially anyone that could afford a T1 connection at the time since the late 70s (and had nothing to do with Al Gore whatsoever).
56 posted on 02/03/2010 2:32:05 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: La Lydia

Dang, you’re tough! Must be the Snuggies....


57 posted on 02/03/2010 2:41:03 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (I'm Ellie Light!)
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To: Cyber Liberty

It is the leopard-skin Snuggie that does the trick. Purrrrr...grrrrowl. Got a little pink one for my Yorkie because I couldn’t find a leopard-skin one for her. Sweet.


58 posted on 02/03/2010 2:46:25 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

59 posted on 02/03/2010 2:48:42 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Way cool. Looks like Ron White’s evil twin.


60 posted on 02/03/2010 2:50:19 PM PST by La Lydia
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