# 502, 504, Quit quitting, darn it!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544>\
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**Created:** [March 2, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544 "2003-03-02T05:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/1 "2003-03-02T05:46:03Z")

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For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been having trouble when I go to another page on a thread or try to go back to the “New Posts” page. I get the “Timed Out” message and sometimes I have to give up entirely and do something else for a while. Is the Dope really that busy?! I’m on AOL. Could this be their problem? Hopefully, I can get back here and look for replies!

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/2 "2003-03-02T12:50:23Z")

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I’m not the technical expert, but it could be AOL. Clean out your cookies and caches and such, is what they tell me to do, and it seems to help (after a reboot.)

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/3 "2003-03-02T16:04:06Z")

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I’m on AOL and I rarely surf the SD with their browser. Their browser is too impatient and will time me out after about 2 seconds. Explorer will try for a much longer period before giving up.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/4 "2003-03-03T04:58:26Z")

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Yep, it seems to be an AOL issue. Minimize their software, and open up your favorite browser.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/5 "2003-03-03T13:59:31Z")

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Try Mozilla. That seems to work very nicely and with some speed.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/6 "2003-03-04T04:37:25Z")

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Thank you all very much! I’ll try your suggestions. It’s really just an annoyance, but it’s still frustrating, you know?

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-504-quit-quitting-darn-it/158544/7 "2003-03-04T05:13:16Z")

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I’m running Netscape 4.06, and I frequently get an “exception” um, 563 I think. No AOL here.