# Hello? Mods? TubaDiva? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 20, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252 "2020-02-20T19:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/21 "2020-02-21T04:15:52Z")
I just sent you a pony. Please be home, you have to sign for it. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/22 "2020-02-21T04:25:32Z")
Today really has been a bad day, I tried three times to respond to this thread (usually I don’t wait for the error message, when I see that it’s hanging I just go somewhere else and try again later). So I just want to thank **nelliebly** for starting this thread, since the other thread has been going so long I sort of assumed that further complaining was pointless and that no-one was listening. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/23 "2020-02-21T04:43:18Z")
I like this thread… it loaded! Perhaps if the PTB are not wanting to upgrade… would they consider a revamp of the archives? And archive older threads from say 5 years and older? But that doesn’t really explain posts posted this (day/week/month) not loading. Unless all those smart threads (not threats) that fought ignorance are now in high demand? I can believe that… I’m going to suck the most I can from paying for a membership for as long as this group exists or until… well, I get tired of trying to read (I don’t post much). \<–true threat cos… I love this place but if anyone sticks around I know where to read synopsis. (I copied this in case when I click Post… it doesn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/24 "2020-02-21T12:25:23Z")
as long as the money keeps flowing in from the ads they have no reason to fix it quickly. As they said in watergate, follow the money ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/25 "2020-02-21T12:46:03Z")
It could be a hardware problem. I don’t know what they have for servers or how old. Not enough hard drive space can have some surprising effects, and old servers are … well, OLD. Our Powerschool server is so old it’s actually a SCSI (“scuzzy”) server from the turn of the century. Let’s just say that it’s “cranky”. ---
**Author:** ![Dude111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dude111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dude111)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/26 "2020-02-21T14:50:51Z")
On another site Im on this is happening (Also VBB) and the admin said its search engines and robots bogging it down… I wonder if that could be going on here also? The thing I dont understand is he has all bot UAs blocked in his robots.txt file (User agent \*) and they are still getting on somehow… Its aggravating! Thankfully the site usually seems OK when I come… EDIT: I just got a 502 error ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/27 "2020-02-21T15:04:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > “Big” is a relative term. And in this case, not near as big as you might think; I got some puny relatives here. It [del]should[/del] could be bigger. Some days I should get combat pay. And scotch and roses and dark chocolate wrapped in pictures of presidents. And some mead and roast beast for my intrepid warrior mods. AND a pony. > > Today would be a good day to start. Don’t be shy. Just saying. > > Jenny > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator > Line forms to the left. I keep trying to post a link where you can access a substantial amount of money, in small, unmarked bills, but I got too many timeouts. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/28 "2020-02-21T17:02:08Z")
It’s getting worse if anything. I’m reaching a point where I’m soon going to give up on the board until it gets fixed, it’s too frustrating. As someone suggested a while ago, if funds are needed for hardware or whatever, I’d contribute and I’m sure many others would too. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/29 "2020-02-21T17:50:07Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I just sent you a pony. Please be home, you have to sign for it. Now I want a unicorn. Farting rainbows. 😃 Jenny ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/30 "2020-02-21T19:02:58Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Thanks **TubaDiva**. > > (Have I ever mentioned that for the first 10 years or so that I lurked/posted, I was sure that TubaD’s name was “Tuba Diver”? I kind of like that image; it was such a disappointment to discover my reading skills were lacking. 🙂 ) If you pronounce her name with a long “I” then it is “Tuba Diver” with maybe a Bronx accent. > [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I’ve started doing what I did back in the dial-up days- I keep a book of crossword puzzles beside the computer for the times I’m waiting for a page to load. > > By the way, what’s a five-letter word for ‘frustrated’? Vexed? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/31 "2020-02-21T19:29:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Pissd. > [@Atamasama](#): > > Vexed? Horny ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/32 "2020-02-21T20:26:17Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > It’s getting worse if anything. I’m reaching a point where I’m soon going to give up on the board until it gets fixed, it’s too frustrating. > > As someone suggested a while ago, if funds are needed for hardware or whatever, I’d contribute and I’m sure many others would too. I would also like to step forward and express my support for **Riemann** contributing funds to fix the boards. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/33 "2020-02-21T20:38:03Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I would also like to step forward and express my support for **Riemann** contributing funds to fix the boards. I would be in favor of giving **Riemann** some sort of recognition; maybe a custom title or honorary moderator status, to thank him for his very generous donation. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/34 "2020-02-21T20:55:15Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I would be in favor of giving **Riemann** some sort of recognition; maybe a custom title or honorary moderator status, to thank him for his very generous donation. Is Pimp of the year still a title they give out? [NSFW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOXfw-TtJj8) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/35 "2020-02-21T21:02:23Z")
Whatever they’re doing to fix it, they’re making it worse. I wonder how many people we’re losing because of this. I may be the next. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/36 "2020-02-21T21:12:42Z")
Does SDMB have a dedicated server? Or is it shared with other sites? In the latter case, have the episodes been correlated with activity on the other sites? Is there any reason NOT to assume that SDMB traffic simply exceeds the resource allocated? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/37 "2020-02-21T21:28:19Z")
Occasionally I get the “Board temporarily offline for maintenance” banner. Is that a sign that the server is being rebooted, or that something is being done to try to fix the issue, or is it just another symptom? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/38 "2020-02-21T22:29:31Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Does SDMB have a dedicated server? Or is it shared with other sites? If I’m following this right … post #8 indicates that Sun-Times Media is using a vendor called DesertNews to host this board. I would expect that means the SDMB shares space with other entities on a remote server (or set of servers) somewhere. Accordingly, it seems that the SDMB is at the mercy of DesertNews and that our own SDMB staffers are well outside of the loop. It appears to be no longer the case that the SDMB is hosted on its own server, controlled by _The Chicago Reader_ or another proximate entity. I’m not sure that ever was the case. But it seemed in the past (say, before the sale of the _Reader_ to Creative Loafing [2008-ish?]) that **Tubadiva** and other SDMB staff were in much closer and more frequent contact with at-hand IT assistance – even on a first-name basis (remember ‘Jerry’?). > [@Shodan](#): > > Occasionally I get the “Board temporarily offline for maintenance” banner. Is that a sign that the server is being rebooted, or that something is being done to try to fix the issue, or is it just another symptom? That’s not a symptom of the problem – that’s a purposeful message indicating that something is being attempted. Not necessarily remediation … but something requiring the board’s tables to be unavailable. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/39 "2020-02-21T23:56:59Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > It’s getting worse if anything. I’m reaching a point where I’m soon going to give up on the board until it gets fixed, it’s too frustrating. > > As someone suggested a while ago, if funds are needed for hardware or whatever, I’d contribute and I’m sure many others would too. > [@panache45](#): > > Whatever they’re doing to fix it, they’re making it worse. I wonder how many people we’re losing because of this. I may be the next. TBTB, please pay attention! I’m sure we’re losing members because of this. Today has been particularly bad. It’s great when it’s working, but the periods of long delays and timeout messages have been very frequent the entire day. Furthermore, the problem is much older than the two-month age of the previous thread – at least four months, I’d say, though not usually as bad as today. ETA: Error: Server error while trying to post the above! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252/40 "2020-02-22T00:38:18Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Now I want a unicorn. Farting rainbows. > > 😃 > > Jenny Thanks for the announcement re the maintenance. About the unicorn. I’m working on it. So far I’ve got what looks like a large dog with a tumor on its forehead. And explosive green diarrhea. But I’m getting close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252.md?page=3)