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2005-11-30

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-30 00:08|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whew. That was scary.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-11-30 09:24|| 2005-11-30 09:24|| Front Page Top

#2 you're back up. Woo Hoo! I missed my news fix and had to satisfy it by surfing multiple other sites. Rantburg is the best by far. Thanks Fred!

Posted by 2b 2005-11-30 09:26|| 2005-11-30 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 So much hard work goes into rantburg! I don't know why you do it Fred, but I'm grateful that you do.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-30 09:27|| 2005-11-30 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Weird, no articles three comments.... creepy.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-30 09:28|| 2005-11-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Fast as hell tho....

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-30 09:28|| 2005-11-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 No apologies needed. Thanks for all your hard work!

/coming in off the ledge now

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-30 09:30|| 2005-11-30 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank god you're back up. This was worse than running out of coffee!

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-30 09:31|| 2005-11-30 09:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Me too, Sea.

Posted by lotp 2005-11-30 09:32|| 2005-11-30 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred...sincerely...we appreciate all of your time and energy!

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-11-30 09:32|| 2005-11-30 09:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Almost caused to me to seek the answers to life in the bottom of a bottle (again).

Thanks for all Fred.

Posted by Doc8404 2005-11-30 09:35|| 2005-11-30 09:35|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm glad you're back up -- I can cut my meds in half now.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-11-30 10:10|| 2005-11-30 10:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks for storing the gold that is the burg's witty and erudite comments.

Posted by Master of Obvious 2005-11-30 10:29|| 2005-11-30 10:29|| Front Page Top

#13 Fred: Thanks for the update, I was beginning to think the gov'ment was blocking me.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-30 10:30|| 2005-11-30 10:30|| Front Page Top

#14 I had to turn to other sources for news. Did you know Iraq is a QUAGMIRE! BUSH APPROVAL NUMBERS NEGATIVE!?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-30 10:40|| 2005-11-30 10:40|| Front Page Top

#15 Try going around to other sites and getting relevant news. Rantburg is definitely the full meal deal, hands down! Your dedication to the site, Fred, is much appreciated and not taken for granted.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-11-30 10:48|| 2005-11-30 10:48|| Front Page Top

#16 Ditto! Here, here.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-11-30 10:54|| 2005-11-30 10:54|| Front Page Top

#17 stopped shaking now thanks fred

Posted by pihkalbadger 2005-11-30 10:56|| 2005-11-30 10:56|| Front Page Top

#18 I kinda knew you were working on things, and that these sorts of things happen, Fred. Thanks again for all your hard work, and when my budget lightens somewhat next year, I'll hit the tip jar.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-11-30 11:10|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-11-30 11:10|| Front Page Top

#19 I'm just glad to discover the the "new improvements" didn't include blocking me :-)

Posted by 2b 2005-11-30 11:11|| 2005-11-30 11:11|| Front Page Top

#20 Oracle has Oracle Express in beta, for Win and Linux. Must... resist... urge... to... install...

But it'd be nice to use the same database at work and on the Burg. And when it behaves, I really like Oracle.

Posted by Fred 2005-11-30 11:44|| 2005-11-30 11:44|| Front Page Top

#21 PostGRE, maybe?

Oracle betas - (shudder)

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-11-30 11:50|| 2005-11-30 11:50|| Front Page Top

#22 wat frank sed

Posted by muck4doo 2005-11-30 11:56|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-30 11:56|| Front Page Top

#23 Oh good, The Rant is back. While the site was down I discovered that typing from the fetal position is really awkward.

We'll all check the cushions of the couch for some spare change so you can get Oracle, Fred.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2005-11-30 12:17|| 2005-11-30 12:17|| Front Page Top

#24 I was worried there for a while, Fred.

Not because my site, Sundries, is currently being advertised on BlogAds. *g*

But because you provide an invaluable Blogosphere service.

Keep up the fantastic work!

Cheers,
Victoria

Posted by Victoria">Victoria 2005-11-30 12:27|| http://futuremd.blogspot.com/]">[http://futuremd.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-30 12:27|| Front Page Top

#25 Fred, I missed my news and commentary fix. Sorry about the computer. Looks like it got hit by an RPG. Thanks for what you do here.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-11-30 13:44|| 2005-11-30 13:44|| Front Page Top

#26 The MySQL serotonin databased crashed.

stood by the freeway exit yesterday w/ sign,

will work for pain meds.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-30 13:50|| 2005-11-30 13:50|| Front Page Top

#27 Great Fred!

I guess I can stop drinking now.

Fred puts a much work into keeping Rantburg going.
It's apprecated by me. There in no resource like Rantburg anywhere.

Oracle is a superior database product. The big thing with it is the cost. It's hard to resist except for that one fact.

SPo'D is happy the burg is flying again.

Posted by Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-11-30 15:02|| 2005-11-30 15:02|| Front Page Top

#28 Does this mean I'll have to hit the tip jar? That PC on the pic doesn't seem very user-friendly to me. For now, I'll just hit the blog ads, I'm broke until I'm paid in a couple of days (curse my under-achiever, low-ambition, not goal-driven lifestyle!!!), I've only money left to buy unnecessary and uneeded stuff on the internet (and RB is both NECESSARY and NEEDED, dammit!).

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-11-30 15:04|| 2005-11-30 15:04|| Front Page Top

#29 Oracle Express is designed to compete with MySQL and Postgres. It's f-r-e-e. I can afford that.

Posted by Fred 2005-11-30 15:54|| 2005-11-30 15:54|| Front Page Top

#30 Good grief, Fred! That was a close one! (At least I won't have to try moveoff/on/over/whatever.org for information and news now.)

Posted by mjslack 2005-11-30 17:01|| 2005-11-30 17:01|| Front Page Top

#31
You mean I sent my computer to the repair shop for nothing yesterday? Rantburg is the only internet site I go to.

Posted by RG 2005-11-30 18:18|| 2005-11-30 18:18|| Front Page Top

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