# Caution: Tech Problems Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 1, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369 "2005-06-01T14:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/1 "2005-06-01T14:28:53Z")
I had 2 posts eaten by the hamsters in the last 45 minutes. Unusual & troubling. You may be developing a problem. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/2 "2005-06-01T14:40:57Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I had 2 posts eaten by the hamsters in the last 45 minutes. > > Unusual & troubling. > > You may be developing a problem. You’re not talking about Quick Reply, are you? That feature fails about 50% of the time. You hit Submit, and POOF! It’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/3 "2005-06-01T15:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re not talking about Quick Reply, are you? > > That feature fails about 50% of the time. You hit Submit, and POOF! It’s gone. Really? I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with it. All of my replies are quicks, any more. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/4 "2005-06-01T15:33:21Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > You may be developing a problem. It may be your signature that’s causing you problems. Hamsters, I’m told, are fond of peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/5 "2005-06-01T15:35:33Z")
And here I was thinking it only happened to me! Hamsters ate two of my quick replies yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/6 "2005-06-01T16:46:49Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > You’re not talking about Quick Reply, are you? > > That feature fails about 50% of the time. You hit Submit, and POOF! It’s gone. No. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/7 "2005-06-01T17:24:26Z")
I’ll make Jerry aware of this. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/8 "2005-06-02T15:32:10Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I had 2 posts eaten by the hamsters in the last 45 minutes. > > Unusual & troubling. > > You may be developing a problem. I noticed that the boards were down occasionally yesterday and today. I’ve long had problems with the hamsters eating my posts, going back to when the boards were very unstable. And, like over half of the computer users in this country, I’m still on a dial-up. (Don’t want to lose my homepage.) It disconnects all the time. So I’ve gotten into the habit of ‘CNTL-C’-ing my posts before I click the button. It saves a lot of grief, especially when it’s a long post. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caution-tech-problems-today/306369/9 "2005-06-02T15:49:38Z")
Jerry reset the server, everything should be more better now. your humble TubaDiva