the ramp drive: official pause

Your latest ramp drive update: as I note in the main ramp drive post, I am officially calling for a pause for now. I've talked with the guys at Amazon again; they confirmed they're having substantial technical issues, and right now those issues are preventing them from processing payments or even determining how many payments are awaiting processing for a given account. And the figures Amazon's system is coughing up when I try to look are wrong, so I can't depend on them. This means I only have a very vague idea of how amazingly generous everyone has been.

So, let's take a breather for now, and wait to see what happens when Amazon gets its act together. Thanks for your generosity and your patience. Once I know what's actually happening, we can resume the drive.

Apologies for the inconvenience.