# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/21 "2005-07-18T20:39:05Z")
> [@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. Caption: Intel inside, my ass! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/22 "2005-07-18T20:41:12Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Intel inside, my ass! TMI, dude, TMI! 😉 ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/23 "2005-07-18T20:43:15Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > TMI, dude, TMI! 😉 Especially when you consider “Intel” is the nickname for hamster #4. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/24 "2005-07-18T20:46:06Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :: sweltering :: > > When come back, bring breeze. I breezed once…in 1960…for about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/25 "2005-07-18T20:51:34Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > I breezed once…in 1960…for about 20 minutes. Damn you! I missed it by _this_ much… ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/26 "2005-07-18T21:31:21Z")
Ah, it’s a 1920s style “breeze ray”. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/27 "2005-07-18T21:35:52Z")
I get timed out, too. I figured it was the board’s way of saying–stop talking. You mean this happens to other people? :eek: (I can’t test this at work, all bb’s have been banned at work-access _denied_ ). Bastads. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/28 "2005-07-18T21:45:58Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 7th attempt to post this message; the previous 6 timed out. Hmmm… None of the following is true. All attributed quotes are fictional. A few minutes ago: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 6th attempt to post this message; the previous 5 timed out. A few minutes before that: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 5th attempt to post this message; the previous 4 timed out. Another few minutes earlier: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 4th attempt to post this message; the previous 3 timed out. Yet more minutes earlier: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 3rd attempt to post this message; the previous 2 timed out. Yet even more minutes earlier: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 2nd attempt to post this message; the previous 1 timed out. Still yet even more minutes earlier: > [@Clothahump](#): > > This is, by count, the 1st attempt to post this message. I have no idea what I’m complaining about yet. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/29 "2005-07-18T21:48:11Z")
I’m breezing with the intensity of ten thousand suns! Damn solar winds. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/30 "2005-07-18T23:37:34Z")
[Our Server](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/images/rand.jpg) Well, no. But it can occassionally feel that way. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/31 "2005-07-18T23:57:39Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hmmm… I had the same thought. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/32 "2005-07-19T00:49:28Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > And you’re bitching about how the board runs _now_?! > > > [@](#): > > > > Clothahump > > Charter Member > > > > Join Date: May 2000 Yeah, pay attention! Back in the old days this place just crawled along. These days, I can’t remember the last time something timed out while here, but it was quite awhile ago. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/33 "2005-07-19T01:38:56Z")
See ??? I _ **told** _ ya !!! Once they started switching to _paid_ subscriptions, they were just going to take our money and run. Okay so they didn’t do that immediately. All right it took them over a year but still there you have it. No doubt they wanted to lull us into a false sense of security. I am outraged. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/34 "2005-07-19T01:53:45Z")
Hey. If I can search new posts, pick a thread, skim down to the bottom, hit Quick Reply, type in my answer, Submit, hit new posts again, find another thread, skim down to the bottom, hit quick reply, type in my answer, and get told that I have to wait 30 seconds before I can post again, the BOARD is NOT SLOW. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/35 "2005-07-19T12:27:30Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > ```auto > > Yeah, I b r e e z i n g a l o n g l i k e a b a t o u t o f h e l l . N o t r o u b l e s h e r e . > > ``` This post has been breezed by the breezolator. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/36 "2005-07-19T12:38:56Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > I breezed once…in 1960…for about 20 minutes. Me too, but I didn’t inhale. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/37 "2005-07-19T12:40:04Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Make your time. Thanks, **Gangster**! Now I have to change my underwear - pissed myself laughing! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/38 "2005-07-19T12:40:34Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey. If I can search new posts, pick a thread, skim down to the bottom, hit Quick Reply, type in my answer, Submit, hit new posts again, find another thread, skim down to the bottom, hit quick reply, type in my answer, and get told that I have to wait 30 seconds before I can post again, the BOARD is NOT SLOW. Sure, it’s like that for 98% of attempts. But I’ve had at least dozen timeouts today already. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/39 "2005-07-19T13:13:09Z")
… then there’s the possibility that it’s your machine, or your network, or you modem, or your phone company, or your ISP, or the Internet itself… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010/40 "2005-07-19T13:15:41Z")
Sure, even though it happens whether I’m at home or work, and only on this board, it’s _gotta_ be a third party that’s at fault. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/313010.md?page=3)