# An unusual error message.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973>\
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**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973 "2015-05-13T21:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/1 "2015-05-13T21:38:08Z")

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This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 249 seconds.  
I have no idea how that happened.

Here is the [thread I was posting in.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18363241&posted=1#post18363241)

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/2 "2015-05-13T22:48:49Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 249 seconds.  
> I have no idea how that happened.

VBulletin’s way of saying, “Just shaddAP already!” 🙂

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/3 "2015-05-13T22:52:53Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> VBulletin’s way of saying, “Just shaddAP already!” 🙂

Perhaps so.  
:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/4 "2015-05-13T23:37:13Z")

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Yep, that’s unusual all right.

I’ve heard of the timers going wonky with searches but this is the first time I’ve heard of it happening with a regular post.

If it keeps happening, let us know

If anyone else is experiencing this, also please let us know.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/5 "2015-05-14T00:18:43Z")

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My reply took a couple of minutes to upload, so it may be a timeout problem on my end.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unusual-error-message/719973/6 "2015-05-14T00:22:42Z")

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**ECG** , I think these errors can happen in vB when a web server’s clock gets out of sync with a database server or with another web server in a load-balanced configuration.