# I figures out why the boards have been running so slow

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527 "2005-09-26T17:42:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/1 "2005-09-26T17:42:04Z")

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[The hamsters have been having deathmatches.](http://www.jwz.org/images/hamster.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/2 "2005-09-26T18:05:53Z")

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That is awesome.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/3 "2005-09-26T18:38:23Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> [The hamsters have been having deathmatches.](http://www.jwz.org/images/hamster.jpg)

Funny…_but_…if there’s one thing that bothers me more than seeing someone use the spelling “hampster”, it’s seeing “hamster” and “hampster” used interchangeably in the same piece. Pure inattention to detail.

It’s a good thing people who write like that aren’t in the nuclear safety industry (I work with nuclear safety documents).

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/4 "2005-09-26T19:15:54Z")

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Isn’t that _nucular_? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/5 "2005-09-26T19:58:16Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> Funny…_but_…if there’s one thing that bothers me more than seeing someone use the spelling “hampster”, it’s seeing “hamster” and “hampster” used interchangeably in the same piece. Pure inattention to detail.

A rare and beautiful thing, that. So seldom in the daily rush ofr details and whatnot does one get a chance to be _purely_ inattentive.

I always thought _The Hampster_ was a nickname for [Lionel Hampton](http://www.uidaho.edu/hampton/). Was I wrong? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figures-out-why-the-boards-have-been-running-so-slow/323527/6 "2005-09-26T20:31:21Z")

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I thought Hamptsers was the name given to rats from the Hamptons.