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SeattleVet

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16. Amazing...they always seem to go down when they want to beg for even MORE money.

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jun 2018

They already have their neverending quarterly beg-a-thon (which usually lasts pretty much through the entire quarter, until they make their goal with a day or two remaining, then they start the next one).

Hard to believe that it takes *that* much money to feed the squirrel to keep that site running...I'd love to see where all that cash really goes!

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Heads up - potential hacks - FreeRepublic down [View all] hexola Jun 2018 OP

Good heavens.. Is that site still around? Are they still using 20 yr old software? hlthe2b Jun 2018 #1

Often, the "old shit" isn't designed with the security holes and backdoors that come with new code. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #3

Old software generally less secure mythology Jun 2018 #9

Depending on whether the object decks are visible, the Java and OS exposures are not present. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #14

Yeah there's like 20 or 30 hardcore racist dregs of humanity types keeping rimjob on welfare workinclasszero Jun 2018 #5

Yep, sure is! RKP5637 Jun 2018 #2

Can you elaborate on the parallels? Were they down on ecstatic Jun 2018 #4

There was a cluster of outages on both boards around that time hexola Jun 2018 #8

Wow ok. Nt ecstatic Jun 2018 #10

The site is garbage RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #6

There was an nginx message briefly hexola Jun 2018 #7

Well, I use nginx, too. It's a nice web server. :-) Ezior Jun 2018 #12

The hamster providing power to run the site probably died. madinmaryland Jun 2018 #11

Or Mom went ahead and turned the basement into a sewing room. FSogol Jun 2018 #15

Did GEOCities era websites all go down? FSogol Jun 2018 #13

Amazing...they always seem to go down when they want to beg for even MORE money. SeattleVet Jun 2018 #16

Unfortunately canetoad Jun 2018 #17