If DU was on the same technological level as Free Republic

[krispos42]

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Man, I need some sleep... :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well done,lol!

Your point is well taken...;-)

[krispos42]

9. I bet I'm making the Freepers jealous

"Oh, man, those libtards have GREEN letters!"

:rofl:

[teddy51]

2. Crap, you just blew my brains out with that and I used to be a great DOS guy back in the day. n/t

[krispos42]

20. C:\> FORMAT C: /U

;-)

[cyglet]

3. Right

So why do they need thousands of dollars again?

[krispos42]

6. Steroids for the hampster

;-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. The Admins are also getting their income from DU.

I don't imagine it's very lavish, but they are being paid.

[cyglet]

15. DU

makes site improvements sometimes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. This is certainly true. I was just pointing out where the money goes.

[originalpckelly]

21. Thew difference is that I want Skinner et al. to eat.

And I would pay money to ship RimJob to Yukon/w no food.

Scary thing is, if they keep that bad web design up, even FR users will feel the same way.

[rufus dog]

4. Good one

There are server costs, software costs, and support/maintenance costs. Those fixed costs tend to get overlooked in the debate.

[Deep13]

5. Although in fairness, we would still have our posters...

...and they would still be stuck with theirs.

[krispos42]

7. Well, to maintain technical parity...

...they'd be clicking on teletype keys in their basements...

[MADem]

8. I remember that level of tech! I thought it was the bee's knees!

I was thrilled at the concept of a "b" drive, never mind a "c!"

[Spazito]

12. LOL, "bee's knees"

Perfect expression to use for the topic!

:rofl:

[MADem]

24. "Groovy" seemed too 'fashion forward," given the subject matter! nt

[krispos42]

13. Skinner's got TWO Commodore cassette drives...

...for server backup!





He even sprang for 100-minute cassettes!

[MADem]

23. Now I'm having flashbacks! nt

[pacalo]

11. It's really sad, isn't it. Where does the money go, hmm?

[krispos42]

14. Vacuum tubes and computer punch cards?

:D

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. You had to bring up the vacuum tubes

Oy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. My eyes hurt

And thanks for flashback.

[ElboRuum]

19. Nah, still leaps above Freeperville.

[originalpckelly]

22. I know, FR is rocking it like 1994 over there.

Holy shit.

Pretty soon they'll be donating money to hire an auditor. :P