# I pit the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010 "2005-07-18T18:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/1 "2005-07-18T18:32:25Z")
Not in character, but in essence. I’m sick and goddam tired of timeouts. This is, by count, the 7th attempt to post this message; the previous 6 timed out. I’m sick and tired of opening threads and getting timeout messages. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Guys, will you pleeeeaaassee fortheloveofog upgrade the server from the 486 you’re apparently running on? Get one that’s got some bigass hamsters on the wheel and a hot connection, so that the users do not rise up and demand that heads be placed on spikes :mad: :mad: :mad: ohshitohshitohshit, Cecil is gonna come to my house and kick my dog around, I just know it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/2 "2005-07-18T18:43:34Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Guys, will you pleeeeaaassee fortheloveofog upgrade the server from the 486 you’re apparently running on? [/SIZE] The sensible company never upgrades its [equipment](http://histoire.info.online.fr/images/eniac4.jpeg) until its _fully_ depreciated. That thing’s got some time in it yet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/3 "2005-07-18T18:50:00Z")
Accursed of Og, we cast him into the Outer Darkness To be munched upon by Cthulu! His username be written in the Book of the Wretched! His posts gathered to be peed upon by the Hamsters! His e-mail addy given over to the Spammers Accursed! So let it be Written! So let it be Done! _(All assembled point flashlights downward, and click to “Off”)_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/4 "2005-07-18T18:52:42Z")
Maybe you need to update from that 16k modem you’re using. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/5 "2005-07-18T18:57:06Z")
Yeah, I breezing along like a bat out of hell. No troubles here. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/6 "2005-07-18T18:57:51Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Yeah, I breezing along like a bat out of hell. No troubles here. I breezing along too. Fewer word, faster post. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/7 "2005-07-18T19:00:43Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Yeah, I breezing along like a bat out of hell. No troubles here. I breezing your dog. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/8 "2005-07-18T19:02:40Z")
:: sweltering :: When come back, bring breeze. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/9 "2005-07-18T19:04:07Z")
> [@wolfstu](#): > > The sensible company never upgrades its [equipment](http://histoire.info.online.fr/images/eniac4.jpeg) until its _fully_ depreciated. That thing’s got some time in it yet. Kids these days, huh? Tried and true Amish technology isn’t good enough for these copascetic hepcats. (Cue music: _She’s an ENIAC…ENIAC!..on the dancefloor!)_ Say, looking at that picture…in the lower right corner…is that a moth? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/10 "2005-07-18T19:04:56Z")
Wait. I have also been bugged with this. It appeared [random and sporadic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324111) until I noticed this weekend, that it only seems to occur to me at home. All frigging weekend, I could not get on here, through any of the three computers at home, all connected by cable modem. Neither this new laptop, the 5 year old Gateway, or the bus kid’s Powerbook could get on. All got the white screen after timing out. This morning, I got on here at the office lickety split, so I called the house, WOKE UP the bus kid and had her try again. No dice. So??? Tell me, I know, I got hamsters at home too, right? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/11 "2005-07-18T19:08:03Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Get one that’s got some bigass hamsters on the wheel and a hot connection, so that the users do not rise up and demand that heads be placed on spikes :mad: :mad: :mad: [Bigass Hampster](http://www.kencyclopedia.com/kender/monstrous/displaymonster.cfm?id=7) ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/12 "2005-07-18T19:09:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Kids these days, huh? Tried and true Amish technology isn’t good enough for these copascetic hepcats. Personally, I won’t be satisfied until I’ve installed Linux on my Analytical Engine. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/13 "2005-07-18T19:11:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Clothahump > Charter Member > > Join Date: May 2000 And you’re bitching about how the board runs _now_?! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/14 "2005-07-18T19:24:03Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > And you’re bitching about how the board runs _now_?! That complaint just made it through the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/15 "2005-07-18T19:25:07Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Say, looking at that picture…in the lower right corner…is that a moth? Hey, hey, hey. That wasn’t a _bug_. That was a _feature_. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/16 "2005-07-18T19:50:55Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > I breezing your dog. Make your time. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/17 "2005-07-18T20:01:06Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > I breezing your dog. I was gonna do that… well… I breezing like a motherfuck! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/18 "2005-07-18T20:20:51Z")
It does seem that the board is slow most Monday mornings. But quit yer bitchin’… you’re just making the hamsters all that more tired. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/19 "2005-07-18T20:33:48Z")
Of course, what I meant to post was “I be breezing like a motherfuck.” Woo-hoo! Carry on! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/20 "2005-07-18T20:35:27Z")
Seriously, what setup _does_ this board run on? And what actual usage is there? Because there are (apparently) bigger/busier boards out there - I’m thinking of SomethingAwful - which seem to cope better. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010.md?page=2)