# Fuck the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491 "2004-03-10T15:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/1 "2004-03-10T15:17:50Z")
This place is like a bad drug dealer. You got me hooked but you are never around when I need you. I am hooked on the SDMB but around 70% of the time I get “Web site not responding”. I keep trying and trying and I get it over and over. This really sucks. If its a thread with more than one page I can never get through the whole thing. This isthe only site I go to frequently that I have this problem. Whoever is running the server please get a bigger wheel for the squirrel that is powering this operation. :mad: thanks ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/2 "2004-03-10T15:33:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Whoever is running the server please get a bigger wheel for the squirrel that is powering this operation. :mad: You get what you pay for. Quit your fucking whining. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/3 "2004-03-10T15:36:09Z")
And the hamster resents being confused with a squirrel. Even the “hampsters” resent being confused with squirrels. That’s why they redirect you to the Cannot Find Server Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/4 "2004-03-10T15:37:35Z")
You figured it out. See, the first hit is _always_ free. Hooked through the bag now, aintcha? Now, all you need to do is slide US$100 a week into my paypal account and I’ll hook you up with the _fast_ connection. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/5 "2004-03-10T15:48:58Z")
It’s hamsters, not squirrels! Now you’ve gone and hurt their feelings… ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/6 "2004-03-10T16:15:05Z")
I have notice that the boards seem to crash at 9:03 east-coast time every morning. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/7 "2004-03-10T16:22:50Z")
> [@j66](#): > > I have notice that the boards seem to crash at 9:03 east-coast time every morning. I’m like that too, until I have my first root beer of the day. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/8 "2004-03-10T17:26:43Z")
Since about 1 month after the new software was installed, it seems like I have problems connecting about 1/10th the number of times as before. There is just no comparison. I’ve even been lulled into not copying my posts before hitting the “submit reply” button anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/9 "2004-03-10T17:46:34Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I’ve even been lulled into not copying my posts before hitting the “submit reply” button anymore… Those hamsters are just waiting for that long, well researched, closely argued post to pounce… (If something as slow-moving as a SDMB rodent can be said to “pounce”) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/10 "2004-03-10T17:54:50Z")
> [@Capt B. Phart](#): > > (If something as slow-moving as a SDMB rodent can be said to “pounce”) Slither? Crawl? Ooze? Fall on? 😃 But the OP is right about one thing: this Board is more addictive than crack. ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/11 "2004-03-10T18:24:36Z")
I vote for “flop”. Oh, and don’t have many problems accessing the SDMB at all, which is good, 'cause otherwise I might actually have to get some work done. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/12 "2004-03-10T19:05:08Z")
> [@j66](#): > > I have notice that the boards seem to crash at 9:03 east-coast time every morning. Funny, I notice it around midnight PST. And **John Mace** , you sir are a braver man than I. There just is no way that I would ever neglect to copy a post any longer than a few sentences. As to the OP, perhaps you could ask for your money back. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/13 "2004-03-10T19:58:06Z")
> [@Club 33](#): > > And **John Mace** , you sir are a braver man than I. There just is no way that I would ever neglect to copy a post any longer than a few sentences. I don’t think I’ve copied a post the whole time I’ve been here… Add me to the “Hey, it seems a lot better now” camp. No real problems here. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/14 "2004-03-10T20:41:30Z")
I tried to post a reply here and the hampsters attacked. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. Midnight PST would be 2am in Chicago, right? Everyone is checking the boards after the bars close. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/15 "2004-03-10T20:53:19Z")
> [@j66](#): > > I tried to post a reply here and the hampsters attacked. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. > > Midnight PST would be 2am in Chicago, right? Everyone is checking the boards after the bars close. 2 a.m. might be when the bars close, but it’s also when the database is backed up and the SDMB is unavailable for maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/16 "2004-03-10T23:32:12Z")
> [@Club 33](#): > > And **John Mace** , you sir are a braver man than I. There just is no way that I would ever neglect to copy a post any longer than a few sentences. Ah, but did you notice that I said I’ve been “lured” into doing this? 🙂 I usually do make sure to do a quick “copy”, but sometimes the Board is so, dare I say, dependable that I forget. It has come back to bite me a few times… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/17 "2004-03-11T01:26:11Z")
AFAIR, the SDMB goes down for routine maintenance every 3:30 AM CST (since Chicago is the site of the server, and Chicago is in CST, that does follow), and is usually up within 30-60 minutes after that. One person’s 3:30 is another person’s 4:30 (mine, actually) and another’s 12:30 (far west coast of the USA) and another person’s 3:30 PM (no idea … Oz, maybe?). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/18 "2004-03-11T02:38:07Z")
[nitpick]Actually, 3:30AM CST is 1:30AM PST, unless you meant Alaska ST, which is 12:30AM. But in a manner of speaking, the Hawaiian-Aleutian ST is the faaaaar west coast of the US (not counting American Samoa :)), and the time there would be 11:30PM.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/19 "2004-03-11T02:41:15Z")
I don’t copy my posts before I submit. On those occasions when the board has gone down, I make a decision on whether to retype the post or let it slide. Usually, my decision is “fuck it”. You people have missed out on many a pearl as a result, let me tell you. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491/20 "2004-03-11T03:15:26Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > 2 a.m. might be when the bars close, but it’s also when the database is backed up and the SDMB is unavailable for maintenance. Then the PST midnight delay is obviously caused by all the East Coast Insomniacs who decide to give up on trying to sleep at 3 am. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-sdmb/233491.md?page=2)