# I found the reason why this board is so slow.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410 "2008-08-09T15:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/1 "2008-08-09T15:26:10Z")

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Looks like the frickin’ hamsters are busy playing [games.](http://www.wegame.com/watch/Hamster_Stuck_in_a_Video_Game/)

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/2 "2008-08-09T15:31:13Z")

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How did we ever cope without computers?

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/3 "2008-08-09T15:39:19Z")

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We would play games like parcheesi and pincohle. _::shudder::_

Oh yeh, and some of us invaded Poland.

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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:** [August 9, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/4 "2008-08-09T16:14:16Z")

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They are also busy playing in [deathmatches.](http://12.240.25.227/Noahware/Images/HamsterFightingMachine.JPG)

And yes, I know they spell hamster wrong several times there…which is funny, because they spell it correctly at least once… 😕

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/5 "2008-08-09T17:59:12Z")

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[QUOTE=bouv]  
They are also busy playing in [deathmatches.](http://12.240.25.227/Noahware/Images/HamsterFightingMachine.JPG)

And yes, I know they spell hamster wrong several times there…which is funny, because they spell it correctly at least once… 😕  
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I think once a hamster becomes a fighting machine, it then becomes a _Hampter_… or should that be _Hampsta_?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/6 "2008-08-09T19:31:21Z")

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The hamster in that first link is really well rendered. Looks almost 3D! 😃

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-the-reason-why-this-board-is-so-slow/459410/7 "2008-08-09T19:51:39Z")

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Amazing what they can do with 8 bits nowadays.