Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Day of the dead hampster edition
Good morning, everyone – time to suit up and hit the iso chamber again and pry the tops of some reeking drums of freepitude. We’d probably better hurry, as the EPA has been sniffing around here lately, and I’m not exactly sure our permits are good for the kind of messes we’ve been uncovering of late.
I know you’ve all been curious how the Biden / Ryan debate live thread came out, so let’s get right to it.
Another miserable FR Live Thread failure.
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| 10/11/12
| hole_n_one
Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:11:29 PM by hole_n_one
Yet again, FR fails the big LIVE THREAD test.
How does what is supposed to be the premiere conservative site on the ‘net continue to fail?
I
would have expanded on this except it took forever to get this simple
post through the muck and molasses that we have to wade thru on night’s(sic)
like this
To: hole_n_oneWe need to donate more so they can expand the server farm and get a fatter pipe.
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posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:13:04 PM
by Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
To: hole_n_oneFR is always SO slow on ‘big nights’ that I wonder about a DOS attack..
Nice if JR would comment on what the deal is.
To: hole_n_oneIBT…
To: DCBryan1Why zot this? It’s a legit gripe and it would be nice to find out
if anything can be done about it. IMHO I think the cause is FR’s
popularity- more users than the servers can handle.9
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:26:32 PM
by Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
What’s the Point of Donating If We Can’t Access This Site at Peak Times?
October 12, 2012
| Self
Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:54:00 PM by PittsburghAfterDark
I have to ask this very seriously, do you know that this site has
been completely unusable to perhaps thousands and thousands of others
during either the first Presidential or Vice-Presidential debate and for
an hour or so after their respective conclusions?This has never
happened in previous election cycles during debates, election night
results or during large breaking news events. Slow? Yes. Unusable, no.I’ve
had multiple tabs opened for the debates this year and the FR one just
wheel spin, wheel spin, wheel spin… blank page, no progress bar moving
on the address bar. It’s just the internet equivalent of dead air for
hours.If you’re getting this during a VP debate I fully expect this site to be dead and inaccessible from 6PM-4AM election night.
Update us would you? What’s going on?
To: PittsburghAfterDarkI completely agree. This is ridiculous! I know it’s not politically
correct to say this around here, but at what point does the equipment
for this site get upgraded, or replaced?I’ve already purposed that I won’t even waste my time coming here for the next presidential debate.
To: Hoosier-DaddyJim, I would doubt it’s through put.Can you tell if you’re being attacked. The timing is… interesting.
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posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:04:32 AM
by Hoosier-Daddy
( “It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”)
To: PittsburghAfterDarkBeing an IT professional, I would suggest that he run it in the
cloud, that way it scales, is reliable, and it can add servers
dynamically…I do this all the time for customers who have much bigger
problems…Amazon, Azure, etc.
To: BereanBrainThat sounds well-reasoned!
Can you rent cloud capacity by the hour?
To: BereanBrain
Only downside to the cloud environment is that you’re at the
mercy of your host node.
Whocouldanode?
Then again, I do favor dedicated hardware so
I’m a bit bias in that regard.
To: ArtcoreIf your having trouble getting on FR.Do what quite a few female
freepers do…clean house, use the washing machine, take the clothes
out of the dryer and fold. If its a real long time, scrub the kitchen
floor…:O)
To: Jim Robinson
It seems like the OP was asking about the relationship between donations and performance.
There is some relationship, right?
To: gunsequalfreedomToo bad all of those Mitt supporters have been tossed off the site.
To: The CajunIf denial of service is a problem, FR could make connections
secure at login and IP whitelist forum usage. Could even use
certificates installed on server and in browser.44
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 1:42:00 AM
by ExxonPatrolUs
(“Trizzle, trazzle, trozzle, trome, time for this one to come home” – Mr Wizard)
























































