# A day without a new article on the front page **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045 "2004-06-24T17:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/1 "2004-06-24T17:07:15Z")
. . . might be cause for concern. I’m not worried when the daily offering shows up late on any given morning (I tend to log onto the Homepage at about 11:00a.m. Chicago time), but is there any reason why nothing has shown up for June 23? Here it is, June 24 at noon (Chicago time). I hope everything is all right. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/2 "2004-06-24T17:39:59Z")
Huh. I thought it was just my browser failing to reload the front page properly, which happens sometimes. What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/3 "2004-06-24T18:03:09Z")
Pheuw, finally a new front page! I guess everyone’s just mellowing out for the 4th. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/4 "2004-06-24T18:10:05Z")
Well, maybe I should have said “retro-new” or perhaps “nuevo-new”. Or would a really new one be “nuevo-new” and the classics just be called “new”? ---
**Author:** ![NotQuiteAYinzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NotQuiteAYinzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotQuiteAYinzer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/5 "2004-06-24T19:50:44Z")
The front page has been updated, but unless Firefox is really acting screwy on me, they’re still a day behind. The article about Spanish last names should’ve gone up yesterday, and then either a Classic or Staff Report today. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/6 "2004-06-24T20:12:22Z")
> [@NotQuiteAYinzer](#): > > The front page has been updated, but unless Firefox is really acting screwy on me, they’re still a day behind. The article about Spanish last names should’ve gone up yesterday, and then either a Classic or Staff Report today. [ol][_]Firefox? You mean that Russion plane Clint Eastwood flew?[_]Are you prescient? How would you know what articles should have gone up on what days? Unless you are _assuming_ the missed day should have been the one about “Spanish last names”.[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/7 "2004-06-25T13:38:07Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > Firefox? You mean that Russion plane Clint Eastwood flew? No, it’s [Mozilla Firefox](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/), a much superior browser to IE in every way – even before Release 1. It [used to be called](http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5156101.html) Firebird, and before that, Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![NotQuiteAYinzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NotQuiteAYinzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotQuiteAYinzer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-without-a-new-article-on-the-front-page/252045/8 "2004-06-25T13:59:14Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > Are you prescient? I knew you were going to say that. > [@Corner Case](#): > > How would you know what articles should have gone up on what days? Unless you are _assuming_ the missed day should have been the one about “Spanish last names”. True, they may have decided to skip a day, but I don’t think I’ve seen it happen for a random day since I started reading. And as for “knowing” the schedule, before I signed up for my account I saw a couple times where someone (usually a mod/admin or a SDSAB) talked about the update schedule, and what articles go on what days. Of course, the easy way to resolve this is to wait until today’s is posted (Cecil didn’t take a week off, did he?) and check whether there’s another “new” article between it and the Spanish last names. And **Earthling** already covered the non-movie Firefox, so I don’t have to evangelize in yet another thread 🙂