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freerepublic.com ^ | 1/11/11 | paulycy

Posted on 01/11/2011 5:28:06 AM PST by paulycy

FYI -

Here are statements from Jim about the future of FreeRepublic.com for those who missed them. They are quite serious.

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"Well, I can say that there are definitely two things that will never happen. 1) Banner ads. 2) Oracle [a completely new database system.] And a third is a total replacement [of the current damaged system.] Don’t have the financial wherewithal."

"To those who wish to leave because of it, see ya."

"If FR dies, that’s that."

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[To: paulycy]

Hey, you want us to get an all new system with all new software and add a few more pricey techs, system programmers and database administrators to keep it all working 100% of the time 24/7/365? Well, start coughing up the big bucks.

It’s going to take tens of thousands of donations and many with at least three zeros each after the comma to accomplish the task. And that would be EVERY month like clock work to make the payroll. Once you take on a big load of expensive overhead, there’s no going back. As it is, we get a couple thousand donations per quarter averaging about $30 bucks each and there’s no guarantees we can cover this quarter’s expenses much less next quarter. We’re on a pay as we go system and we have zero employees.We just ask for enough to pay the bills.

Throwing more money at the problem won’t solve it. [This latest glitch] was a technical issue and we just had to keep troubleshooting until we found it. And no, we’re not going to invite a bunch of strangers in to get their hands on our secure systems. John has been programming since he was 14 and he’s pushing 40 now. He built these systems and he’s an expert in them.

And no, we are not going to throw out our software and rewrite it and no we’re not going to move on to some other database system. There are no guarantees that any other system can do a better job and not without hiring a staff to build and maintain it and that’s for sure. And we don’t have the financial wherewithal to do any of that anyway. Maybe if we had a couple million bucks at our disposal and a couple years to do it in we could build an iron-clad system. And maybe not.

All I can say is, if someone else can do it better and cheaper, then please step right on up and get ‘er done!! I’ll bow out and retire. Thankyouverymuch.

Hit it boys:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/

And no, we have no plans of taking FR commercial. I like it the way it is. Not sure I could handle getting rich.

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- Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2653583/posts?page=168#168


TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; defragthedatabase; fr; freepathons; freerepublic; future; glitch; ilovefr; jimrob; metmom; netizen; raid10
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To: FReepers; paulycy
Jim just wrote,

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

Do we have incoming:

$384.99 from Arizona
$50.00 from Virginia
$20.00 from California
$20.00 from Tennessee
$50.00 monthly from Idaho
$20.00 from Maryland
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$10.00 monthly from Nebraska
$100.00 from Texas
$50.00 from Nevada
$100.00 from Texas
$20.00 monthly from California
$10.00 monthly from Indiana
$20.00 from California
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from South Carolina
$50.00 from New Jersey
$50.00 from Illinois
$25.00 from Virginia
$100.00 from Colorado
$20.00 from Indiana
$10.00 monthly from Never Never Land
$20.00 monthly from Alabama
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from California
$30.00 from Texas
$20.00 from Florida
$100.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Arkansas
$50.00 from Texas
$30.00 monthly from Florida
$10.00 monthly from South Carolina
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from California
$50.00 from Colorado
$200.00 from South Carolina
$20.00 from Illinois
$50.00 from Texas
$25.00 from North Carolina
$25.00 from Never Never Land
$50.00 from New Jersey
$50.00 from Illinois
$100.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from West Virginia
$50.00 from Arizona
$100.00 from Georgia
$50.00 from Illinois
$10.00 monthly from California
$10.00 monthly from Florida
$100.00 from Texas
$15.00 monthly from Never Never Land
$91.25 from Missouri
$20.00 from Virginia
$10.00 monthly from North Carolina
$10.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Oregon
$100.00 from Arkansas
$5.00 from Texas
$50.00 from Nevada
$25.00 from Illinois
$10.00 from Virginia
$100.00 from California
$250.00 from Alaska
$50.00 monthly from Michigan
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from New Mexico
$20.00 from Texas
$20.00 monthly from Georgia
$10.00 from Alabama
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$50.00 from Oregon
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Georgia
$20.00 from Texas
$20.00 from Texas
$10.00 from Never Never Land
$50.00 from Washington
$20.00 from Florida
$50.00 from Texas
$20.00 from Mississippi
$20.00 from New Jersey
$10.00 monthly from Alabama
$20.00 monthly from Pennsylvania
$20.00 monthly from Colorado
$50.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from Oklahoma
$20.00 from Michigan
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 monthly from Texas
$20.00 from Alabama
$5.00 from Texas
$15.00 from Never Never Land
$100.00 from Idaho
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$50.00 from Colorado
$50.00 from Never Never Land

And more... the list scrolled off the screen. First time thats ever happened.

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! And the first TWENTY THREE percent is in!!





761 posted on 01/11/2011 11:02:36 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Soooooo, you’re picking a fight? Is that a perk of being a donor?

Somehow, I get the impression that with you, it's a perk EVERYONE enjoys.
762 posted on 01/11/2011 11:03:13 AM PST by beezdotcom
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To: metmom
Actually, if they'd clamp down on the blog pimps, that might help a lot.

Get rid of them completely. I also, like your idea about making keywords mandatory. How about making it mandatory to do a search on a title before posting it? Like the mandatory preview.

763 posted on 01/11/2011 11:03:45 AM PST by Netizen
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To: FReepers
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WONDERFUL, FABULOUS, AWESOME FREEPERS!!!


764 posted on 01/11/2011 11:04:05 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: eastforker

For me this is what I am called by God to do, fight the heresy of Mormonism. You will never find me speak out against other Christians.

And the LDS started this one, republicanbred offered a challenge. Blame them.

And most of it is on the RF, if you don’t like it stay off the RF.


765 posted on 01/11/2011 11:05:28 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: paulycy

I’m impressed! Just....damn!


766 posted on 01/11/2011 11:05:41 AM PST by listenhillary (20 years in Reverend Wright's church is all I need to determine the "content of his character")
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To: onyx

That’s lots of people from NeverNeverLand.

I didn’t realize I had so many neighbors.


767 posted on 01/11/2011 11:06:01 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Windflier

Tough crowd so check the BS at the door would be my advice to anyone willing to post an ad here


768 posted on 01/11/2011 11:06:20 AM PST by misterrob (Thug Life....now showing at a White House near you....)
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To: zeugma

Bah! “Real Programmers” use MS DOS 1.0 and “Copy CON FILENAME.”
None of that memory-management crap!
None of that “hierarchical file-system” garbage!
And none of those ridiculous amounts of memory (i.e. >= 1MB)!

;)


769 posted on 01/11/2011 11:07:04 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: listenhillary
I’m impressed! Just....damn!

It's easy - FreeRepublic.com is respected worldwide. Let people know there's a problem and they come to help. I'm just the current messenger.

770 posted on 01/11/2011 11:07:41 AM PST by paulycy (The Constitution is a Formal Contract. Live up to it or lose your job, Congress.)
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To: donna; writer33
Old threads from 2001 and older. Lots of good Clinton data and other stuff, too.

Especially the Waco and Oklahoma City material.

771 posted on 01/11/2011 11:07:46 AM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: paulycy

I know that.

It should be obvious to anyone with a brain above a gnat’s.

I greatly appreciate your efforts.


772 posted on 01/11/2011 11:08:23 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

There are no donor perks

Free Republic is not like the Democrat party. The Robinsons don’t take bribes


773 posted on 01/11/2011 11:09:03 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m late to the party, as usual! You are right. Keep it just as it is... I am completely satisfied with that decision.


774 posted on 01/11/2011 11:09:45 AM PST by JDoutrider
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To: reaganaut; Elsie

And the LDS started this one, republicanbred offered a challenge. Blame them.

And most of it is on the RF, if you don’t like it stay off the RF.
I see, but I am talking about on this thread, what elsie posted not long ago. Now I guess you are wanting to be moderator of RF also?Just as I called it, the Inquisitors of the FRinquisition.


775 posted on 01/11/2011 11:10:07 AM PST by eastforker (Visit me at http://www.eastforker.com)
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To: writer33

LOL

I love people.

I much love FREEPERS.

I particularly love wise helpful FREEPERS.

I love loving people to the point of being maudlin.

I’m a blubbering emotional shrink who loves reinforcing folks any healthy way I can.


776 posted on 01/11/2011 11:10:18 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

No.

Picking a fight is a required skill for joining FR

. . . or so some seem to think.


777 posted on 01/11/2011 11:11:00 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: eastforker

True enough.

Many of us are tired or become tired of many things in various ebb and flow ways.

I’ve found that my page down and scroll buttons have always been very effective.

What’s with this . . . poke the Rotweiler with a stick

then whine because he barks and growls???


778 posted on 01/11/2011 11:12:53 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: DJ MacWoW; Hegewisch Dupa; Tijeras_Slim; MARTIAL MONK
We’re talking about church bands! It’s a SERIOUS subject. They got tuba players but no sousaphones!

These are some strong allegations. You're really putting your brass on the line. Be careful and don't leave it hanging... /g

779 posted on 01/11/2011 11:13:36 AM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: tomkat

It’s gonna snow like crazy. At least you gave me something to read. :-)


780 posted on 01/11/2011 11:13:45 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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