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[Joseph Davis]

Fred Cooke of FreeEMS is at a critical point in hardware development, and without funding I fear his work is going to come to a short term standstill.  We all know how that goes with any project.  You're balls deep in it, getting stuff done and really passionate about it, and then you run into a financial or lack of tools brick wall that gets you sidetracked.

It's not like Fred ever expected to make a lick off of all this, he's doing it for the world.  If you can kick him a buck or two it'd be appreciated, and he promises not to spend more than 60% of any monies donated on prostitutes and 40z of malt liquor.  Plus, you can write it off on your taxes.

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/2414

Thanks!

[SQ is the SQUAD]

ttt broke right now

[92CXyD]

I'll see what I can do, it wouldn't be a whole lot but I can spare a bit.  ;D

[PhilStubbs]

I think I can spare $10 or so. It's worth it for someone so passionate about what they do. Maybe one day I can use it on my truck.

[highroller54]

tell me moar about freeems

[dvst8r]

If Fred can make it run common rail diesel, I can find some funding... 

[walter]

i can give 15-20$ or so for helps. idk how do i can send you the payment, paypal is ready though.

[chris]

Maybe an address I'm sure most people feel comfortable throwing a couple bucks in an envelope.

[Joseph Davis]

i can give 15-20$ or so for helps. idk how do i can send you the payment, paypal is ready though.

Pledgie takes Paypal!

Maybe an address I'm sure most people feel comfortable throwing a couple bucks in an envelope.

American dollars mailed to NZ... classic.

[Robb]

http://www.diyefi.org/ is Fred's site.

[walter]

i can give 15-20$ or so for helps. idk how do i can send you the payment, paypal is ready though.

Pledgie takes Paypal!

Maybe an address I'm sure most people feel comfortable throwing a couple bucks in an envelope.

American dollars mailed to NZ... classic.

plz, confirm you or he got the payment. 15$ sent by paypal. got this mail after payment: fred.cooke(dot)gmail(at)com

 

[chris]

I'm an idiot and assumed he was located in the states.

[Joseph Davis]

I'd get a perverse pleasure out of you internationally mailing him greenbacks. 

[PhilStubbs]

I would really like to hear his initial comment as opening the envelope in his NZ accent. Just thinking about it makes me laugh

[bigdaddyvtec]

Dear sirs:

I am a grand wizards on teh interwebz down under. My son Fred is a prince and needs helps getting monies into teh US. If you help him, for teh feez of 10 dollas US I will give you meeeeliuns wen I git thur.



LOL>..   

[fe3tcourier]

Thank you Walter, and two others also! I can eat for a couple of more weeks now! :-)

Could you please remove my email from your post or change the @ and . symbols to (at) and (dot) instead :-)

Thanks again!

BTW, FreeEMS ran with xgate last night, it just flashed an LED, but the capability to do big things now exists.

XGATE FreeEMS Built In Auckland!

Yes, I'm living in my car... no, it's not a station wagon...

[PhilStubbs]

Money sent Fred. Gotta keep the dream alive!

[fe3tcourier]

Thanks man, but it's me you're keeping alive at the moment! :-)

However, as long as I'm alive I'll keep working on this!

Fred.

[92CXyD]

Thanks man, but it's me you're keeping alive at the moment! :-)

However, as long as I'm alive I'll keep working on this!

Fred.

What kind of dollars are we talking about her. ;D

[fe3tcourier]

A couple of litres of milk, a loaf of bread, half a box of cereal, half a small jar of peanut butter, and about 5 gallons of low octane per week, no dinners. I have very few dollars remaining and no job. I'm living in my car and swimming in a (rather cold) local lake to keep clean. I use shopping mall and beach toilets and water supplies. I pinch wifi from wherever I can. Today I've been studying up on WEP cracking to extend the number of hot spots I can hit. Things are a bit bleak, however once I get work I'll be fine. It's just a matter of how long that takes, how much dev I do in the mean time, and how long the money lasts.

[caged]

At least the exchange rates good for recieving us dolla's lol. keep up the good work.

[walter]

good luck on the project dude, i hope can see very soon FreeEMS installed in any honda turbo with a lot of options for tuning! 

[PhilStubbs]

Thanks man, but it's me you're keeping alive at the moment! :-)

However, as long as I'm alive I'll keep working on this!

Fred.

I didn't realize that was the issue. Either way it was money well spent.

[chris]

I would like to send us dollars via usps.

[j.h.christ]

where the hell is the paypal option?

[j.h.christ]

never mind, sent over an andrew jackson. fred- fuck yeah!

[fe3tcourier]

Thank you Jesus, most appreciated. Ditto everyone else!

Fred.

[Joseph Davis]

I logged on to berate the 50% of people who said they'd kick money yet hadn't, only to see someone has definitively taken care of the situation.  Whomever you are, well played, and you are welcome on my couch anytime you are in Asheville.

Also, Fred?  I expect a working fucking beta within two months or I fly to Kiwiland and kick you in the pee pee.  That is all.

[Robb]

Holy shit fred, you have more money than I do!!!

[fe3tcourier]

A big thanks to everyone here for their help. You guys took my worries away. Then along came that big surprise, and made me laugh, and cry. I know who it was, and they're pretty cool. I'll be phoning him tomorrow to say thank you more personally.

As for beta in 2 months, you can install one on a volvo right now! I don't know how long the missing sched code will take to create, or the comms to update, or the xgate bit bang code to write, etc, but we're working on it as much as we can.

Fred.