# Error! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333 "2003-10-08T18:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/1 "2003-10-08T18:48:09Z")
I’ve had a weird experience. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/2 "2003-10-08T18:53:35Z")
It’s probably just the glue. Remove your head from the bag and everything will be okay in a short time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/3 "2003-10-08T19:11:29Z")
As long as we’re discussing errors, what’s going on with the main site? The boards are fine but everything else at [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) keeps timing out. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/4 "2003-10-08T19:35:48Z")
Dunno. Xash, over in India says he can find it okay. Some kinda DNS glitch methinks. But then, I don’t always know what I’m talking about, so it could be something else entirely. The boards themselves, which are on a separate server from [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) were out for a little bit, too. Again, Xash says they were working fine for him, except for one small hiccup. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/5 "2003-10-08T20:17:05Z")
Well, I don’t know. Everything seems fine now but for a couple of hours I couldn’t get anywhere on the site excpet for the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/6 "2003-10-08T20:30:27Z")
The boards and the main [http://www.straightdope.com/](http://www.straightdope.com/) site are working fine for me now. A little while ago the main site wasn’t loading at all, but the boards were still working for me, even while **Lynn** and the others couldn’t seem to connect to the boards. At the time, the figures were: Server Load Averages 0.23, 0.45, 0.48 406 users online (317 members & 89 guests) These figures are incredibly low. Which indicates that certainly there was some problem, but a few users were still getting through. Right now the figures are: Server Load Averages 2.02, 1.71, 1.51 687 users online (458 members & 229 guests) So it looks like the crowds are clamouring at the entrance and free drinks are being served yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/7 "2003-10-09T02:19:27Z")
**Una** ’s Staff Report (on the main server, not the Board server) got Slashdotted. I was surprised to see the front page up yesterday at all, but it seems to have finally subcumbed. It’s working fine now, at least for me. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/8 "2003-10-12T02:22:34Z")
Oh My. Please don’ do 'dis to mi. Ok I’m back. Please tell me what Slashdotted means? I’m fairly bright, and can often figure things out for myself, but… I’m at a loss. 🙂 'hanks ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/9 "2003-10-12T09:59:24Z")
[http://slashdot.org/](http://slashdot.org/) linked to the article. The bandwidth sucked up by the gazillions of people who clicked on the link is referred to as being slashdotted. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/10 "2003-10-12T17:47:02Z")
Error Will Robinson! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/11 "2003-10-12T18:06:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*Error Will Robinson! \*\* Thanks, **Lobsang** – I needed that guffaw to start my day! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/12 "2003-10-13T19:52:02Z")
That first post was just so I’d have a way to report to the mods. I didn’t want to go into the error because, if there was someone causing trouble on purpose, I didn’t want to say to much about what I’d observed and alert the scumball. Who knew so many people read this section? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/13 "2003-10-13T21:21:50Z")
> [@](#): > > That first post was just so I’d have a way to report to the mods. Each of us has a publicly available e-mail address. You may contact any us through that method anytime you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error/206333/14 "2003-10-15T03:11:33Z")
Yeah, but where’s the fun in that?