# Anyone want to bitch about board speed now? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746 "2004-09-23T20:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/1 "2004-09-23T20:41:24Z")
Told you schmucks, give it a week or two. We’re running like a cheetah on crack now. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/2 "2004-09-23T20:42:08Z")
I had no problems after about 24 hours, save for the board being down all day last Friday. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/3 "2004-09-23T20:46:18Z")
Crack-using cheetahs are difficult to appreciate in the land of dial-up. At least the ‘cannot find server’ messages are far less frequent. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/4 "2004-09-23T20:48:34Z")
The board last month: a 98-pound weakling cowering in the corner and whimpering whenever anybody looked his way. Easily picked on. The board now: a heavily muscled steroid freak ripped off his muscle shirt and screaming “how ya like me now, punk?! You want some of this?? **How ya like me NOW?!?!** ” at anyone who looks at him the wrong way. An object of fear and awe. Mostly fear. ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/5 "2004-09-23T20:49:18Z")
Well, after it crashed the last time, it has been much better. One more crash and it should be worth the price. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/6 "2004-09-23T20:53:25Z")
It’s too fast, I don’t like it. Why can’t we go back to the decrepit hamsters on their rusty, broken treadmills? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/7 "2004-09-23T20:53:56Z")
Let me stand here fully chastened. Speed has, of late, been most satisfactory, and I must admit my initial irritation and frustration was unwarranted, and indeed due partly to ignorance, as I could not be bothered to read the disclaimers related to expected service disturbances during the transition. I offer as a meager defence the difficulty in getting on to read those disclaimers and still get my doping in, due to long waits to log in. 😃 But flog me if you like: I spoke too soon. The board is much faster now, and I’m a happy dude. Kudos, SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/8 "2004-09-23T21:06:06Z")
I wonder if it would cope with an upsurge of new members. [RIGHT]:o[/RIGHT] :o [RIGHT] :o [/RIGHT] :o ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/9 "2004-09-23T21:07:22Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I wonder if it would cope with an upsurge of new members. [RIGHT]:o[/RIGHT] > > :o > [RIGHT] :o [/RIGHT] > :o I think an upsurge in members would be a goodthing. ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/10 "2004-09-23T21:07:54Z")
I used to get 1-2 minute page load times at work (on satellite), but good response at home over the DSL. I guess they bypassed a network bottleneck because at work my load times are about 3 seconds now. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/11 "2004-09-23T21:16:39Z")
HolycraptheboardissofastnowitsubmitsthepagebeforeIhavetimetofin ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/12 "2004-09-23T21:18:18Z")
It’s so damn fast that this morning I received, for the first time ever, this warning: “Sorry! The administrator has specified that you may only make one post every 60 seconds.” ::faint:: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/13 "2004-09-23T21:31:26Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > I think an upsurge in members would be a goodthing. Pervert. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/14 "2004-09-23T21:52:34Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > It’s so damn fast that this morning I received, for the first time ever, this warning: > > “Sorry! The administrator has specified that you may only make one post every 60 seconds.” > > ::faint:: I got that too, for the very first time. Not only that, I had to re-submit my post THREE TIMES before the message went away. WOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/15 "2004-09-23T22:03:19Z")
I’ll bitch about the board speed. It pisses me off when I’m surfing this board and another at the same time and I can read three threads here before the first one even loads over there. My browsers are having board envy! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/16 "2004-09-23T22:41:07Z")
[Old Hamster](http://www.wallpapers.as.ro/animals/hamster.jpg) [New hamster](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.muenster.org/la-nachwuchs/hamsterg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.muenster.org/la-nachwuchs/hamsterg.html&h=390&w=571&sz=13&tbnid=yyrl2yprMCwJ:&tbnh=89&tbnw=130&start=60&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhamster%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1%26sa%3DN) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/17 "2004-09-23T22:58:06Z")
Those are awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/18 "2004-09-23T23:11:20Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > It’s so damn fast that this morning I received, for the first time ever, this warning: > > “Sorry! The administrator has specified that you may only make one post every 60 seconds.” > > ::faint:: Amateur. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/19 "2004-09-23T23:24:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Pervert. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746/20 "2004-09-23T23:34:39Z")
Yeah, I’ll bitch about it. And I’ll submit my bitch in record time, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-bitch-about-board-speed-now/265746.md?page=2)