# Chat trouble?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 6, 1999, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578 "1999-11-06T03:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578/1 "1999-11-06T03:20:00Z")

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Is anyone else having trouble getting on the chat page? It won’t even load into my browser- just keep getting “unavailable” messages… [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/chat.adp)

Give it a try and let me know! 🙂

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A friend is someone who likes you even though you’re as ugly as a hat full of assholes.  
[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html)

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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578/2 "1999-11-06T04:09:00Z")

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I tried it last night, and I logged in fine, but I couldn’t see what I (or anyone else) wrote. Now it says “Netscape is unable to locate the server [fathom.org](http://fathom.org). Please check the server name and try again”.

::really looking forward to chat::

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**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578/3 "1999-11-06T05:22:00Z")

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## I think the entire [Fathom.org](http://Fathom.org) server is down, as I’m also unable to access Opalcat’s web page and Storm’s page, which are all on the same server.

Shadowfox  
“Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with  
great ambitions.”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

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**Author:** ![Undead\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Undead\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead_Dude)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-trouble/10578/4 "1999-11-06T05:30:00Z")

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Doh! Sorry folks. Ya see, this is what happens when Opal goes out of town. The web server croaks, and I don’t find out about it for awhile.

It’s back up now. If this happens again, you can email me or look for me (or OpalCat) on AIM.