← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Okiereddust
Thread ID: 14554 | Posts: 46 | Started: 2004-07-23
2004-07-23 07:24 | User Profile
First, to those of you who obviously have found it here, welcome back, and apologies for the downtime. Texas Dissident has informed me he will no longer be able to play his previous role here at Original Dissent, and I am trying fill in for him as best I can, to keep things running. Exactly what this involves I am still trying to sort out, as well as how much of this will be possible, fulfilling Tex's roles as super administrator/master tech expert, moderator, and board politician. I am very open to advice and offers to help on this score. In the mean time, I am trying to study the software and determine what was responsible for this latest glitch and how to fix it, which apparently involved some minor (yeah sure :lol:) problem with the subdomains
Our web hosting company gave us the following message.
I recompiled Apache a few days ago to fix a potential security exploit, so this might be related, though my subdomains all still work.
As soon as I address this successfully (depending on my abilities and/or help I am able to receive, this could be days or several weeks) your old links should work. Until then, you might spread the word to anyone you know that we're still here, albeit hidden.
This has brought many other issues regarding Original Dissent up in my minds and yours. I hope you all are prayerfully considering the situation and what may be done to address it. I, OD, and our country certainly all need it at this time.
Okiereddust
2004-07-23 09:25 | User Profile
Okie:
Thanks for your efforts and God's speed on figuring out the software. It sure would give me fits.
We all need to huddle and figure out what we're doing now with OD. I remain committed to making it work.
It's a small candle, but it's what we've got right now.
For needed closure on this it would be great to hear from Tex and how he sees the matter.
Walter
2004-07-23 09:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Walter Yannis]Okie:
Thanks for your efforts and God's speed on figuring out the software. It sure would give me fits.
We all need to huddle and figure out what we're doing now with OD. I remain committed to making it work.
Let's see. I could use more help I'm sure on the day to day things. I don't think I'm any Tex or want to be, and doubt any else of you are. Personally I've seen the problems associated with one man operations and suggested the desirability of other corporate (aka group) means of organization. Maybe now's the time to pursue these things.
It's a small candle, but it's what we've got right now.
For needed closure on this it would be great to hear from Tex and how he sees the matter.
Walter[/QUOTE]
Would be. But I think he's told us enough to go on. Tex has pulled more than his share of the load for a long time. Now he wants and needs the same freedom all the rest of us have - to take off a few months and forget about the board if were so inclined and need to. And I do think there's a legitimate need on his part, though I can't get into details of his personal situation.
They always say the measure of a leaders is how well things go on with him gone. I think Tex deserves a good send-off.
2004-07-23 16:26 | User Profile
Someone should post a link to the formum on this thread on Stormfront.
[url]http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=143371&highlight=original+dissent[/url]
I tried but the thing wouldn't let me post. Apparently I haven't posted there for so long (did I ever post there? I am registered) that my account was deactivated.
Walter
2004-07-23 17:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Walter Yannis]Someone should post a link to the formum on this thread on Stormfront.
[url]http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=143371&highlight=original+dissent[/url]
I tried but the thing wouldn't let me post. Apparently I haven't posted there for so long (did I ever post there? I am registered) that my account was deactivated.
Walter[/QUOTE]I tried also, even registering to do so, but it won't let me post yet.
If anyone else gets a notion to do so, that link again is
[url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/[/url]
Remember, other links still do not work at this time.
2004-07-23 17:50 | User Profile
Anyone here might want to check out an apparent offer Liberty Forum has made to us. I think it light of present problems it has some advantages. At the minimum, it would provide us with a good alternate forum, which with our present resources is certainly very useful.
[url]http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=ll_chat&Number=292803726&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1&t=-1#Post292803726[/url]
2004-07-23 18:46 | User Profile
So is this a money thing, a time thing, a wife thing or a ZOG thing for Tex? 'Cause money thing is understandable.
2004-07-23 19:25 | User Profile
[QUOTE] If anyone else gets a notion to do so, that think again is
[url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/[/url] [/QUOTE]
Ok, done. Welcome back OD.
2004-07-23 19:52 | User Profile
Good luck, glad you are back up.
2004-07-23 22:17 | User Profile
Just popping in to say thanks for your notification, site does work for me, though there are little glitches: Many icons donôt show, and it says I canôt post new threads. Well, I hope it will all work out.
I have some little trouble of my own -my office has been temporarily under water :wallbash: - but things are manageable.
I hope all is well with Tex?!!
2004-07-23 23:59 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Hugh Lincoln]So is this a money thing, a time thing, a wife thing or a ZOG thing for Tex? 'Cause money thing is understandable.[/QUOTE]Not money really, as the sums don't seem that large, though contributions certainly provide sentimental support. It's an issue involving time and Tex's personal situation at the present time and apparently serious, as it may last some time.
2004-07-24 00:14 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Paleoleftist]Just popping in to say thanks for your notification, site does work for me, though there are little glitches: Many icons donôt show, and it says I canôt post new threads. Well, I hope it will all work out.
Here's the diagnosis I got.
QUOTE=CasperBarely, loaded with broken links .. need to recompile the last successful backup and overwrite all the files.
[url]http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1167447&postcount=7[/url][/QUOTE]
In other words it seems to be a problem requiring a fair amount of work from someone who knows what they're doing.
Like most of you, I basically need a forum setup that pretty much runs itself. It was good Tex came along with the time and inclination to fool with these sorts of thins and get good at it. Its a big loss, and I don't know how we'll replace him.
One solution I'm hearing is over at Liberty Forum.
[quote=Annalex]At this point, I am finishing up on one job, moving to CA, and starting another one there, so I am going to be pretty much off the grid everywhere till further notice. I wish you best of luck. I will sponsor a conservative "borough" on LF for 1000 posts if I see others ready to sponsor as well. We are not talking large sums of money here, but I don't want to be the only one making payments.
[url]http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=ll_chat&Number=292804092&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1&t=-1#Post292804092[/url]
If anybody feels the same way about it as I do, especialy those in a position to help, I think we ought to get with him right away, determine exactly what and how much he's talking about, and get this thing going. It's the best option I've seen.
2004-07-24 14:44 | User Profile
Strange story. I think Tex was upset at the level of posting on OD, and decided to punt. Bummer, i liked his politics.
Anyhoo, one of the good advantages of the board was the "pinned" items.
GOod to see the board re-activated, Okie.
2004-07-24 15:25 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jay]Strange story. I think Tex was upset at the level of posting on OD, and decided to punt. Bummer, i liked his politics.
[/QUOTE] What were his politics, really? He'd post one thing, and 70% of the posts he allowed on the board would say something entirely different, non-Christian or secular, and anti- paleo, anti-capitalist, socialist, pro radical/militant racialist, NOT paleocon at all.
I remember what Ruffin once posted...that TD acted like he had no control over anything here, multiple aliases, trolls, content, etc. "who's that Texan behind the curtain?". The banner says Traditional Conservatism, but the content has been far more provacative than TC. About every stereotype the ADL screams about is allowed here at OD. Is this latest upheaval a change in management, or merely a change in strategy?
2004-07-24 15:35 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jay]Strange story. I think Tex was upset at the level of posting on OD, and decided to punt. Bummer, i liked his politics.
Anyhoo, one of the good advantages of the board was the "pinned" items.
GOod to see the board re-activated, Okie.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what happened.
I for one would appreciate something like an official word on the subject.
Walter
2004-07-24 15:43 | User Profile
[QUOTE=All Old Right]What were his politics, really? He'd post one thing, and 70% of the posts he allowed on the board would say something entirely different, non-Christian or secular, and anti- paleo, anti-capitalist, socialist, pro radical/militant racialist, NOT paleocon at all.
I remember what Ruffin once posted...that TD acted like he had no control over anything here, multiple aliases, trolls, content, etc. "who's that Texan behind the curtain?". The banner says Traditional Conservatism, but the content has been far more provacative than TC. About every stereotype the ADL screams about is allowed here at OD. Is this latest upheaval a change in management, or merely a change in strategy?[/QUOTE]
Tex's politics seem clear enough to me. He's a paleoconservative - a sort of Protestant PJB. He's a traditional Lutheran. It's hard to imagine anybody more "provocative" than Martin Luther, after all. Especially in regard to the Tribe. Tex was merely loyal to that tradition, and uncompromisingly so. I grew up around Lutherans of that school. It seems obvious to me. What's there not to understand?
As far as the other posters, Tex gave people lots of room to maneuvre, and only fired off when certain definite lines were crossed. And good for him. He tolerated a lot perhaps more than he should have.
Anyway, I certainly learned a lot in these discussions, and I hope they continue.
Walter
2004-07-24 15:54 | User Profile
If it is about money then please let us know, I don't think that we should sell out or be part of Liberty Forum or of anyone else for we don't know who is really behind another forum and they might either sensor us or delete us for good.
We are who we are because of who and what we are, in other words, we know everyone here and even if we disagree we still raise hell with each other and talk about it, someone else might just delete us.
I know that you guys would miss this dumb Cuban and his anti-Zionists views if he's sent to the twilight zone.
I wish that I knew more about comps. so that I could somehow help, but i don't,,,,,,,sorry about that.
2004-07-24 16:00 | User Profile
[QUOTE=All Old Right]What were his politics, really? He'd post one thing, and 70% of the posts he allowed on the board would say something entirely different, non-Christian or secular,
As you know, we've recently had a big spat here over those who felt he was being too heavy handed - aka the "Christian Nationalist" push - on the board, and now they say we're "Christian Talibaners". Can't suit everyone.
In any event a board can't control its members posts. Look at Libery Forum's posts, look at how many non-libertarians you have over there, and what they say.
and anti- paleo, anti-capitalist, socialist, pro radical/militant racialist, NOT paleocon at all.
If we only allowed pure paleo's, we'd be a very small board.
I remember what Ruffin once posted...that TD acted like he had no control over anything here, multiple aliases, trolls, content, etc. "who's that Texan behind the curtain?". The banner says Traditional Conservatism, but the content has been far more provacative than TC. About every stereotype the ADL screams about is allowed here at OD. Is this latest upheaval a change in management, or merely a change in strategy?[/QUOTE]Paleoconservatism isn't all well defined, and those with a well defined core philosophy are actually a rather small group. Which means paleoconservatives often can become just a focus group around who all the widely variagated sections of the right which for various reasons the neocons cannot control congregate around.
We with this board are trying to maintain communications with these people instead of censoring them, which most of the right does. I think an old right libertarian type should understand this basic principle.
2004-07-24 16:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Walter Yannis]I don't know what happened.
I for one would appreciate something like an official word on the subject.
Walter[/QUOTE]Well firstly, the pinned items are all still there, aka "sticky's". Also, for those who haven't checked, the basic links are working again to this board. As to what happened with this board, its sort of a mystery to me, being basicaly a technical issue regarding some changes our web provider maybe was making compiling sub-domains, etc. The board was always up, (although a few things seem defective, like a few broken links) but the main links to it didn't work.
Of course the details of most of this aren't really what you're after. Most of us are political hobbyists who expect other people to be the techno-geeks that support forums like this, and which Tex has volunteered to be in creating this board. A couple of months ago when the board went down Tex would be tirelessly working away at it, losing sleep at nights until it was resolved. Now he no longer does so, and the results are fairly evident. It took 4 days before he was able to review the situation extensively and start working on it with the web hosting company, one day for the web provider to respond initially, another day for me to notice the e-mail buried in my in-box, and two more days till the basic problem was resolved. I'm still not sure how it was resolved or when/how the other things like the broken links will be rsolved, but I expect that will probably occur eventually, as the OD machine seemsto still be working, albeit somewhat slower than before.
Tex no longer has the time/energy, at least for the present time, to do more. Hopefully this will not happen often, but it sounds like the sort of thing that will happen periodically by the nature of this thing.
2004-07-24 16:52 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]If it is about money then please let us know.
Well I don't think its about money, per se. Tex operates this as a hobby, not for the money, donating small amounts of money, but fairly considerable amounts of both time and energy to operate this thing.
That said, hobbies that consume large amounts of your time and resources without ever showing signs of breakthroughs to something bigger or other amortizations of the time you put into it have a way of losing your interst after a while, or at least dropping down in your list of priorities. Any encouragement, verbal or financial, you can give to Tex I know always encourages him, and he has posted his P.O. Box # for that purpose.
I don't think that we should sell out or be part of Liberty Forum or of anyone else for we don't know who is really behind another forum and they might either sensor us or delete us for good.
We are who we are because of who and what we are, in other words, we know everyone here and even if we disagree we still raise hell with each other and talk about it, someone else might just delete us.
Well I and everyone else who's dealt with it all wish we knew more about the mysterious John Deere. That said he does seem to have accumulated a fair amount of the personal resources and high level of technical expertise we really have come to expect on an internet forum but currently still struggle with.
I have asked Tex myself why we can't for instance restore the old links sections or find our old archived posts, and the next minute regretted it because I know he already struggles, donating his own time, with all the other myriad tasks of operating this board. Liberty Forum never seems to have a problem with that sort of thing. Its archives are flawless, its format and web provider arrangement firmly establised, and enough influential people involved with it to make it fairly secure it seems to me. (even if its search function can be a little slow)
I have a lot of questions in my mind about the potential arrangement, but I think it at least deserves some more looking into. If we could preserve a lot of the features that makes up this board, our membership lists, archives, links, mail system etc I think there are definitely some things, like security for our old posts (at least I'll have to check on that), that I don't feel real good about here, what with all the constant changing of providers we've gone through, etc.
I know that you guys would miss this dumb Cuban and his anti-Zionists views if he's sent to the twilight zone.
I wish that I knew more about comps. so that I could somehow help, but i don't,,,,,,,sorry about that.[/QUOTE]We'd all miss you and each other, even if none of us, not even Tex, are realy computer geeks enough.
2004-07-24 17:49 | User Profile
Great to see the board back!
2004-07-24 18:39 | User Profile
Those last two massive things I put up can't have been good for the board's technical server -- even as I felt compelled to post them, along with the 'girlie wars' one 7.23, because they slam the hammer on the wedge -- where the entire containing framework for "conservatism", "traditional conservatism", even "paleo-" (which has the most legitimacy as the original antithesis)to the neoconservative battleship is shaking apart its world.
TD was flying a very hi-tech spacecraft, trying to do what absolutely had to be done, holding as much together as possible, politically, in order to secure as broad a ground as possible for a genuine (not "all old right") American national identity still based on ideas congruent with our religious heritage. Hell, he used to supply lines from old country western tunes that would hit the spot and stoke embers. There is an incredible amount of human life poured out here, more than any place I've ever been at, and he pulled it together. Beyond word appreciation.
The entire thing is metaphysical. As in, defining the future reality (on earth, anyway). The root of what is transpiring IMHO turns over issues between TD and TBF. Where the entire process is going to come apart before Nov, if it does, is along the lines of jewish and christian wings of the neocon world. I suspect that Baylor incident fed back to the SBC, and hurt a lot of people who count themselves good guys at heart. Its got to hurt to know you have linked the Name, and Colors given by the grace of true fathers into Bush's Iraq cesspool, even if no one is ragging you about it, as I intend to do for the rest of their lives, here or elsewhere.
What prayer is in me goes with/for you, okie. Wish I had more resources to help, besides words. I've simply got to try to keep up with what they are laying on us next, not to react to their grammar, but force them to react to mine (forged here).
2004-07-24 19:04 | User Profile
[QUOTE=TexasAnarch]What prayer is in me goes with/for you, okie. Wish I had more resources to help, besides words. I've simply got to try to keep up with what they are laying on us next, not to react to their grammar, but force them to react to mine (forged here).[/QUOTE]Appreciate the thoughts and prayers TA. Will need them.
2004-07-24 20:31 | User Profile
If it is matter of finding a geek to fix the problem then I am willing to donate $500.00, between me and the rest of the board we should be able to solve this matter.
2004-07-24 21:58 | User Profile
Well, I wish TD well in his endeavors as I always looked forward to reading his posts. Having started a few businesses of my own, I know how much effort is involved in start-up...let alone all the work he continued.
There are alot of sites around that I visit but this one is the cream of the crop when it comes to good articles and intellectual conversation. I sure hope the site is able to continue and that Okie can get things working okay.
Perhaps, webmasters of sites like Liberty Forum can help out with technical issues until the ropes are learnt.
My best wishes and prayers that all will be well!
2004-07-24 22:57 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]If it is matter of finding a geek to fix the problem then I am willing to donate $500.00, between me and the rest of the board we should be able to solve this matter.[/QUOTE]Appreciate it, Tex still has his P.O. Box listed somewhere here and hadling most of the technical details of the forum, and I'm sure can still put things to good use. The problem presently seems to be solved now anyway. What I'm worrying about now is the next problem, and how it will be solved with Tex not around full time.
Possibly if we had interest we could check into some other options. For instance there are boards and options that for a fee(nothing in this world is free), will manage themselves. Handling data backups, security issues, web hosting issues, DNS's, etc., so all we have to concentrate are the forum posts themselves. The Liberty forum idea seems to be one example of such.
This board has adopted its present format principly cause Tex liked and had time to fool around with forum software. Since this seems to have changed considerably another arrangement might in the medium to long term at least be better suited for us, depending on the cost. Of course we are somewhat limited in options, compared to say a dating or gardening forum, by our content.
So far I know its a little vague, but long term its good to keep in mind, along with how much we all collectively are willing and able to spend. I'll keep looking into it, and anyone else is also welcome to do so.
2004-07-24 23:53 | User Profile
Tex's PO Box on this thread:
[url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9710&page=2&pp=15&highlight=donation[/url]
PO Box 2314 Spring, Tx 77383
2004-07-25 00:19 | User Profile
I am beginning to see to many "helpful" hands in the tilt and I don't like that, If we fix the problem in house I'll donate but if we become part of someone else's business then I am out all the way.
I understand your concern. It is difficult, but there are still a great many advantages to doing things in-house as much as possible. Occasionally when there's a problem like this recent one I do get a little bit discouraged, but the voices and willingness to help from our forum will always basically be the arbitrators of the directions we go.
Any donations to Tex at his P.O. number or pledges, as helpfully provided by Travis, will be for services to support the continued operation of the forum as it currently is, unless otherwise specifically indicated. I will also try to get a statement from him regarding his future with this forum, a general accounting of how much money and time these tasks have taken him in the past, and the tasks he will continue to perform in support of this forum.
I am sure that when the time comes Okie will post something in order to request donations with an address to mail it to.
See [url=http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showpost.php?p=88130&postcount=27]Travis's post[/url] for Tex's address. I know any money given to Tex will always be used for the maintenance of operation of the forum at any time, and that if by chance his personal situation is such that he is unable to do so he will gladly return the money.
2004-07-25 01:05 | User Profile
second what ponce says. When the sailing looks as free and clear after picking up on the other side of thr break as it was before, I will match his donation.
2004-07-25 03:38 | User Profile
Okie, I know I'm not the most reputtable name on OD. But I've said a lot and i bet you respect me just like Tex did. THat's one of the things about life.. I really appreciate YOU taking on the responsibility of managing and overseeing OD. Will Jason still be a poster ? Keep OD alive.. we are worth it and you have always been a poster dear to my heart.. We are Good People. Perhaps only Jay can say if he will post here again. But We will survive.. OD stands alone in many ways... and our niche is to be protected.
2004-07-25 04:17 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Exelsis_Deo].. I really appreciate YOU taking on the responsibility of managing and overseeing OD. Will Jason still be a poster ? Keep OD alive.. we are worth it and you have always been a poster dear to my heart.. We are Good People. [/QUOTE] Appreciate the thoughts Exelsis_Deo. There are some big shoes to fill, and I'm not sure anyone can do it, but for the next few months at least I will do my best.
I'm not sure exactly how long Tex will be away and when he'll be back. Some things like ones job, family, home occasionally come in people's way in spite of their deep concerns about the country, and they just need a break. They have for other long time posters here I know. I don't know when Tex will be back, but am sure he will be as soon as he is able.
2004-07-25 07:00 | User Profile
Okie:
If I understand you correctly, you're saying we could in a sense contract out the function of keeping the board up and running.
Could you please supply a few details on that?
Would we pay the ISP?
Who would retain super domain contraol?
How much would it cost?
If we do that, do we lose any control over the content?
Walter
2004-07-25 16:23 | User Profile
Yeap Walter, that's why I am now hesitant to donate anything, it is either "OUR" board or is not, plain and simple.
King Ponce has spoken heheheheehehehehe.
2004-07-25 18:45 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Yeap Walter, that's why I am now hesitant to donate anything, it is either "OUR" board or is not, plain and simple.
King Ponce has spoken heheheheehehehehe. [Quote=Walter Yannis]Could you please supply a few details on that?
Would we pay the ISP?
Who would retain super domain contraol?
How much would it cost?
If we do that, do we lose any control over the content?
Walter
[/QUOTE]Well those are all good questions Walter to ask, and obviously it would depend on the situation. Up to now of course Tex, as the forum sole proprietor, owns the domain, picks the software, negotiates and pays the cost, sets the format, takes care of resolving technical glitches, and sets a low key course in raising funds, basically choosing not to make an issue of the time and money he puts into it. That has worked for us up to now. It no longer seems to be working, at least with a high level of assurrance, since it no longer seems to be a good situation with Tex. From what he says time is the main issue not the money. That seems to be the case with us as well. Its always good to have a forum administrator who you feel is in touch with you.
Some people may feel like Ponce that they only want to support a board with solid assurances that basically everything will remain as it has been, with everything provided in-house, by Tex or someone else with long-time OD associations. That may be a tall order, seeing that Tex, the domain, and some of the core posters is really the only things that have remained pretty much unchanged here, as we have undergne changes in software, policy, and recently of some core posters (for better or worse, depending on your opinion of them).
The Liberty Forum offer seemed like really it would give us everything we have now. Annalex offered to let us set our own membership requirements after all. I don't know if the super domain is that important, we could always forward it or modify the sub domain, but I'd have to check. The only important things I see that would be different or unknown are the format (I assume it wuld be modified LF) and the cost (there would be an up-front charge incurred for the whole operation by John Deere/Liberty Forum, which we would have to at least acknowledge and take some responsibility for sharing in, even if Annalex seems to have generously offered to take responsibility for a major portion of it.)
Of course the software and forum adminstratorship would be in the hands of Liberty Forum. Most all here also participate there to some extent anyway though.
2004-07-25 19:13 | User Profile
Well Okie, as soon as I see that something has changed then I am OUT.
What makes Ponce an sob is Ponce and no one else and if I don't like something then I do something about it, even if it is getting out of this forum.
I feel at home here and I don't want any changes for later on you will be sorry that someone else has taken over.
2004-07-26 06:03 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]If it is matter of finding a geek to fix the problem then I am willing to donate $500.00, between me and the rest of the board we should be able to solve this matter.[/QUOTE]
I'll pledge $50 to that end, if that's the course we see fit to take, i.e. essentially hiring a consultant. It might be a couple of months before I could make good on that pledge, however, now that my wife wants to move us into a more expensive apartment....
2004-07-26 06:11 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Yeap Walter, that's why I am now hesitant to donate anything, it is either "OUR" board or is not, plain and simple.[/QUOTE]
Aw, Hell, I just want to help keep the dang thing running. I don't care who owns it (in fact, as a convicted "hate" felon, its probably better if my name NOT be associated with the ownership of this board....
2004-07-26 07:59 | User Profile
Is there a reason why there are no smilies or icons working? It's kind of strange to see "Thumbs down" at the top of a story? Is this a technical glitch?
2004-07-26 20:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Tornado]Is there a reason why there are no smilies or icons working? It's kind of strange to see "Thumbs down" at the top of a story? Is this a technical glitch?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showpost.php?p=88103&postcount=12[/url]
I'll try to get to it, but it sounds considerable more complicated than the original problem with the link to this forum.
2004-07-31 22:58 | User Profile
I was using AOL .07 and having a lot of problems with my comp. so, I changed from .07 to .04 and my problems are gone,,,,,,,, I don't know if it was AOL doing the trashing or what but that is over,,,,,,,,
By the way, I never now get out of AOL the regular way. I either unplug my phone line from the wall or press Ctrl+Alt and then Delete, I keep doing this till I am out of AOL,,,,,,unpluging the phone line is the best way.
I you are using AOL and do like I did then AOL wont be able to "update" your comp. every time you get out,,,,,, they can control .07 by other means but not with .04.
2004-08-01 02:50 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]I was using AOL .07 and having a lot of problems with my comp. so, I changed from .07 to .04 and my problems are gone,,,,,,,, I don't know if it was AOL doing the trashing or what but that is over,,,,,,,,
By the way, I never now get out of AOL the regular way. I either unplug my phone line from the wall or press Ctrl+Alt and then Delete, I keep doing this till I am out of AOL,,,,,,unpluging the phone line is the best way.
I you are using AOL and do like I did then AOL wont be able to "update" your comp. every time you get out,,,,,, they can control .07 by other means but not with .04.[/QUOTE] AOL is crap. You shouldn't have to do all of that. I had dll files all over my computer when I left them. Surely plenty of spyware, too. It was vandalism that caused problems with using other ISPs. To be sure they were all gone, I just reformatted the freaking drive.
If you get tired of unplugging the line, maybe hitting the "stop all internet" button on Zonealarm would work, if AOLL lets you use ZA.
2004-08-04 02:40 | User Profile
LOVE IT,,,,,,,, if you are using anything other than .04 and you don't have to then change to .04,,,,,,,,, it is a little bit slower and there are somethings that you wont be able to do but in the long run is worth it.
You can still keep what ever you have above .04 and go to it when ever you need it for a special job.
I have been on now for over 48 hours and I am still on and with no problems.
2004-08-16 15:49 | User Profile
Well, in the last 3 weeks I only turn off my comp. one time, that was yesterday whey I called my dad in Cuba to see he was doing. Only have phone line.
Haven had NOOOOOOOOO problems with my AOL .04,,,,,with my .07 it used to be nothing but trouble....... try it, you like it.
2004-08-21 16:54 | User Profile
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Down maybe, but not out. The OD flag is still flying.
As Okie stated originally, I had to take some time away from the board because of some personal matters that required my undivided attention. As luck would have it, the board crashed shortly thereafter and that is why it was down for a week. I did not even know it was down until four or five days after it crashed.
Although I am still only in and around on a limited basis, OD is stable, up and running for the forseeable future. It is my belief that our gracious Lord is not finished with OD yet for whatever purpose it suits His divine will. Maybe the best is yet to come, I don't know. I do know that He hasn't seen fit to have it shut down yet, so we will continue to press on as best as we are able.
Many thanks to Don Black of Stormfront for sharing his server resources with us so generously. And many, many thanks to Okiereddust for stepping up to the plate when I had to leave so abruptly to willingly do what he could to keep things moving along as smoothly as possible. Without him doing that, I am sure OD would not be up and running today.
Keep the faith and the blessings of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to everyone,
Jason
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2004-08-21 17:03 | User Profile
Appreciate the kind words Tex.
2004-08-23 08:56 | User Profile
Texas Dissident,
Thanks for putting up this Forum. I do hope you and your family are all well. :cheers: