# Flog the hamsters harder, please!

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**Created:** [February 7, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-hamsters-harder-please/288852 "2005-02-07T18:53:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-hamsters-harder-please/288852/1 "2005-02-07T18:53:21Z")

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I know this is a common gripe, but could someone please take a more active role in flogging the hamsters? It’s taking about a minute a page to load topics, and this is on a fast machine on a fast connection.

[This should help.](http://www.bullwhip.org/faq/cracking.html)

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**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:** [February 7, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-hamsters-harder-please/288852/2 "2005-02-07T21:03:47Z")

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I think we’re experiencing a slowdown because some threads are being moved around. See the newest sticky in The Pit.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-hamsters-harder-please/288852/3 "2005-02-07T21:26:09Z")

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There’s been problems with the Boards since Friday afternoon (natch), and the tech guys are looking into it today. These things always happen on the weekend, of course.

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**Author:** ![LookingAround](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@LookingAround](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookingAround)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flog-the-hamsters-harder-please/288852/4 "2005-02-08T00:14:40Z")

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> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> There’s been problems with the Boards since Friday afternoon (natch), and the tech guys are looking into it today. These things always happen on the weekend, of course.

Always does, thats like a law I think. Happened too my websites yesterday, needless to say who wants to pay a tech triple for a emergency weekend call.