# Could someone give The Straight Dope server a kick.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433 "2000-05-24T19:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![concrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/concrete)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/1 "2000-05-24T19:31:52Z")
it’s lagging bigtime…this shit is pissing me off now, what’s this joint run on?, popcans and string. Cecil reach into your damn pocket and give us a break, i’m trying to load posts with my cable modem and its slow as fuck…come on man…geeeezzuz Only good time of the day is around 1 in the bloody morning, goddamnit Cecil, that’s it I’m coming down there and beating your ass. expect me soon, concrete ps: don’t expect me to hold your hair back next time you feel like being an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Bullroar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Bullroar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullroar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/2 "2000-05-24T19:39:07Z")
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**Author:** ![GreenEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@GreenEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/3 "2000-05-24T19:45:05Z")
Well, at least it’s not just me! I was wondering what the problem was… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/4 "2000-05-24T19:45:19Z")
At least I know it’s not just me. For a while I thought my system was just being. It’s slower than my inbred cousin Rufus from Kentucky and I keep getting timeout messages, so I’m not even sure if my posts are going through. ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/5 "2000-05-24T21:37:54Z")
I say we all chip in. If 1,000 of us contribute $10 each, we can buy the SDMB a kick-ass server. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/6 "2000-05-24T22:24:55Z")
yup, i was trying to post to some thread but I had to give up. Now I can’t find it. What kind of server is this? The kind you have to wind up first? ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/7 "2000-05-24T22:30:37Z")
Thank God it’s not just me!! I’ve just changed my ISP and thought there was a problem with that, but no. There seem to be a lot of people signing up to the SDMB - perhaps we’re overloading it? ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/8 "2000-05-24T23:24:06Z")
It always seems to be the slowest around noon for me. Today, I couldn’t even get into the message boards. A page kept coming up saying it was too busy. **SingleDad** has a good idea… ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-give-the-straight-dope-server-a-kick/20433/9 "2000-05-24T23:44:24Z")
Well…at least the board hasn’t crashed. I’d give ten bucks towards a better server.