# I pit the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674 "2006-08-29T14:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/21 "2006-08-29T19:58:12Z")
Heh. When I get that “this page cannot be displayed” I do work for a few minutes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/22 "2006-08-29T19:59:03Z")
[QUOTE=Pixisis] Heh. When I get that “this page cannot be displayed” I do work for a few minutes. 😃 [/QUOTE] 'The hell? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/23 "2006-08-29T20:13:56Z")
It just timed out a bunch of times for me too, while trying to post to another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/24 "2006-08-29T20:16:04Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] And it took me another 5 minutes just to get this window open to post the pit message. And I’ll bet that when I hit Submit, it will blow out several times before it goes in. [/QUOTE] Maybe it’s a statement on your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/25 "2006-08-30T04:31:42Z")
I must concur. I’ve lost a number of posts recently, some of them things I’d really rather have not been gobbled by the hamsters. I actually composed a lengthy one today, and the whole goddamn thing vaporized. Luckily another doper said everything I wanted to say and more, leaving me little more to contribute than “what he said”, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/26 "2006-08-30T06:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] it will blow out several times before it goes in. [/QUOTE] And now \*I’ve \* flashed back to prom night. ---
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/27 "2006-08-30T06:13:06Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] I must concur. I’ve lost a number of posts recently, some of them things I’d really rather have not been gobbled by the hamsters. I actually composed a lengthy one today, and the whole goddamn thing vaporized. Luckily another doper said everything I wanted to say and more, leaving me little more to contribute than “what he said”, but still. [/QUOTE] Usually I copy/paste any kind of lengthy responses or posts I post to online message boards or the like before I hit ‘send’, that way if the gerbils go on a ravenous rampage, I can simply paste the reply back in. Don’t know if this helps you, but I usually have a notepad window open for such things, and it’s saved me many a potentially vortex-sucked post. 😃 That said, I’ve been getting far more ‘timeouts’ than usual on the SDMB, lately, even during the very early AM hours EST (I work nights, so that’s when I’m viewing). ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/28 "2006-08-30T06:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Leah M] Usually I copy/paste any kind of lengthy responses or posts I post to online message boards or the like before I hit ‘send’, that way if the gerbils go on a ravenous rampage, I can simply paste the reply back in. Don’t know if this helps you, but I usually have a notepad window open for such things, and it’s saved me many a potentially vortex-sucked post. 😃 That said, I’ve been getting far more ‘timeouts’ than usual on the SDMB, lately, even during the very early AM hours EST (I work nights, so that’s when I’m viewing). [/QUOTE] And for Firefox (and probably other Mozilla-based browsers, but I’m not sure) there’s an extension called “Save Text Area” that makes it way easier to do that. I tend to save long posts that way, since sometimes the back button won’t retrieve it, and other times my malicious computer decides to attack. ---
**Author:** ![Leah\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Leah\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leah_M)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/29 "2006-08-30T06:39:30Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] And for Firefox (and probably other Mozilla-based browsers, but I’m not sure) there’s an extension called “Save Text Area” that makes it way easier to do that. I tend to save long posts that way, since sometimes the back button won’t retrieve it, and other times my malicious computer decides to attack. [/QUOTE] I don’t have acess to Firefox at work, but I do at home, and I didn’t know about that. Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/30 "2006-08-30T06:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=IntelInside] :eek: Nicole? [/QUOTE] Papa? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/31 "2006-08-30T07:45:16Z")
Dang! Then it was true! I kept trying to post at the same time, but kept receiving _this_ message: > [@](#): > > This page cannot be displayed. > > The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site is playing a little joke on **Clothahump**. We will be with you shortly. Keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/32 "2006-08-30T14:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=IntelInside] I just flashed back to prom night. :eek: [/QUOTE] Now that was funny! Welcome **IntelInside**! ---
**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 30, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/33 "2006-08-30T14:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] > [@IntelInside](#): > > Nicole? Papa? [/QUOTE] 😃😃😃 Oh my…now I’m flashing on the “What should my daughtetr call my cousin” thread ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/34 "2006-08-30T17:32:12Z")
[QUOTE=Leah M] Usually I copy/paste any kind of lengthy responses or posts I post to online message boards or the like before I hit ‘send’, that way if the gerbils go on a ravenous rampage, I can simply paste the reply back in. [/QUOTE] I suppose I should start doing this routinely, as it also affords me an opportunity to spell-check. I like having the coding tools available in the window, and the jumping about from app. to app. gets annoying, though. I suppose it still musst be less annoying than watching posts disperse into the aether as yet another fucking “ **This page cannot be displayed, biotch!** ” rewards my effort. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/35 "2006-08-30T17:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=Pixisis] Heh. When I get that “this page cannot be displayed” I do work for a few minutes. 😃 [/QUOTE] Work :eek: :eek: No, you use that time to read the Questions on the main page and if it still isn’t up you check out weird earls. Work :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/36 "2006-08-30T18:00:54Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] 😃😃😃 Oh my…now I’m flashing on the “What should my daughtetr call my cousin” thread [/QUOTE] As long as it’s not grandpa, I think you’re ok. Hmm, but what if your daughter is her own grandpa? I’d better call Emily Post on this one… ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/37 "2006-08-30T18:14:04Z")
Just saw this thread and thought I’d put in my two cents. I actually started a thread about this in ATMB forum asking if anyone else was having this problem. Lately I’ve been having a hell of a time loading pages and especially posting. About half the time when I attempt to post I get an error saying the web site could not be found. Luckily I usually copy my posts first (from the bad old days :)), so once I get back in to the repy window I can simply paste my post back in and try again. I have had a few posts eaten though in the past few weeks when I failed to do this. Hopefully they are just having some short term problems and things will be back to normal soon. The board HAD been running fairly well, at least for the last year or so (with a few frustrating exceptions). -XT ---
**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:** [August 30, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/38 "2006-08-30T20:25:10Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] Goddamit, I’m tired of this. I tried to open a thread this morning. Thirty-four fucking attempts across a 15 minute time span. … And it took me another 5 minutes just to get this window open to post the pit message. And I’ll bet that when I hit Submit, it will blow out several times before it goes in. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Clothahump > Join Date: May 2000 WTF? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/39 "2006-09-01T00:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] WTF? [/QUOTE] Because of course, once you’re a customer for too long, you no longer have the right to complain about bad service. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674/40 "2006-09-01T00:57:27Z")
Every now and then I get a message that my IP address has been blocked. But my ISP provides dynamic IP addresses, so SOMEbody’s been abusing the ISP, but it sure ain’t me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sdmb/370674.md?page=3)