# I quit. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 30, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761 "2009-10-30T18:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/41 "2009-10-31T16:34:02Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Sounds like something Bill Clinton would come up with. Depends on what the meaning of ‘it’ is. Or is that ‘is’ is? N’oh! Now I’m back to 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/42 "2009-10-31T17:46:03Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > And I can **so** “hear” Master Po saying that to Caine in an outtake while giggling passing a joint back and forth!;);)😉 > > Q 😃 Me too! Except that Master Po would bogart the joint, and Grasshopper would have to try to take it from his fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/43 "2009-10-31T17:51:57Z")
Quoth **Revtim** : > [@](#): > > Did it ever work? Or has this thing really been broken for a full goddamn decade? Believe it or not, it used to be a lot worse. We’ve never had a good on-site search engine here. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/44 "2009-10-31T18:01:06Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > Depends on what the meaning of ‘it’ is. Or is that ‘is’ is? > > N’oh! Now I’m back to 😕 “You can use it, just don’t say that you’re using it.” “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” ---
**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:** [October 31, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/45 "2009-10-31T18:43:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Believe it or not, it used to be a lot worse. We’ve never had a good on-site search engine here. I still cannot believe this thing has been broken for a decade. That’s more than half the full life of many members here. It’s a full quarter of my old-ass middle-aged life. I cannot think of anything else that’s been on the web for ten years, that has been in constant use, that has a malfunction like this that hasn’t been fixed. It might be some kind of pathetic record. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/46 "2009-10-31T18:58:10Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > 😃 Me too! Except that Master Po would bogart the joint, and Grasshopper would have to try to take it from his fingers. Oh-Oh! **Now** you’ve done it, **Lib**!!!😉 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f5xl9EiGMwE/hqdefault.jpg "Fraternity of Man- Don't Bogart Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5xl9EiGMwE) :D:D:D:D:D:D Your Pal, Quasi ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/47 "2009-10-31T19:03:43Z")
Exactly what is a server, as in the one here that is so limited. I checked a server at apple, and it’s only [$499](http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/). How does that compare to the SDMB’s equipment? I’m serious, I really don’t know. mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/48 "2009-11-01T21:39:54Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > my understanding is that extending the period between searches will almost certainly overtax the already stressed server. Can we have a concept of something like “search credits”? That is, now, with the 5 minute wait, we are essentially allowed 12 searches per hour. Can vBulletin be made to enforce the 12 searches per hour, without enforcing the 1 search per five minutes? That way, you can search 12 times in a couple of minutes, but then you can’t search again for another hour. Or, you can search 7 times in a couple of minutes, and have 5 searches available for the next hour. Yes, there is a probability of some peakiness, but with so many users and with statistical multiplexing the search load should be rather steady. Disregarding whether vBulletin allows it, would people like the above proposal? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/49 "2009-11-01T21:55:22Z")
Not meaning to hijack, but _my_ issue is with _edit_. " A little bit older, and a little bit slower" - _“Number 9” - The Beatles_ So I don’t always make the _deadline_ and it forces me to have to re-explain myself in another post, which may or may not make sense. As I wrote earlier, no probs with the search wait, but I understand the stress on the server, and I defer to **Polerius** and others about how to structure it to better suit everyone. Quasi out! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/50 "2009-11-01T22:20:47Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Can we have a concept of something like “search credits”? That is, now, with the 5 minute wait, we are essentially allowed 12 searches per hour. > > Can vBulletin be made to enforce the 12 searches per hour, without enforcing the 1 search per five minutes? That way, you can search 12 times in a couple of minutes, but then you can’t search again for another hour. Or, you can search 7 times in a couple of minutes, and have 5 searches available for the next hour. > > Yes, there is a probability of some peakiness, but with so many users and with statistical multiplexing the search load should be rather steady. > > Disregarding whether vBulletin allows it, would people like the above proposal? I often only do 4 or 5 re-searches (same subject) in the same day, and then no searches again for sometimes weeks. So yes, that would work. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/51 "2009-11-01T22:21:31Z")
In addition to the edit function, there’s also preview, which you can use as many times – and as often (no five-minute wait) – on a post as you want. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/52 "2009-11-01T22:23:47Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Exactly what is a server, as in the one here that is so limited. > I checked a server at apple, and it’s only [$499](http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/). How does that compare to the SDMB’s equipment? > I’m serious, I really don’t know. > mangeorge If I understand correctly, your link goes to _software_, whereas the Board’s problems have always been with _hardware_. There must be a technical thread somewhere that discusses the hardware though – as in what it takes CPU/HDD array-wise to run a board of this size. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/53 "2009-11-02T20:00:06Z")
Maybe C- Loafing brought in a brand new ENIAC. Tubes and all. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/54 "2009-11-02T23:05:12Z")
This issue has been dealt with on more than one occasion. The Board is hosted by a server that the CR shares space on. We are not the first priority of the company that owns the server, nor are we the first priority of the person who deals with the CR aspect of the situation. In short, the SDMB is not on its own server, and discussion of the issue from that standpoint is fruitless. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/55 "2009-11-02T23:32:49Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > This issue has been dealt with on more than one occasion. The Board is hosted by a server that the CR shares space on. We are not the first priority of the company that owns the server, nor are we the first priority of the person who deals with the CR aspect of the situation. In short, the SDMB is not on its own server, and discussion of the issue from that standpoint is fruitless. I dunno, DSY. It’s good to vent. See how quickly I calmed down? 🙂 Anyway, good ol’ [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_hardware#Server_hardware) gives me a pretty good idea what one is. And, of course, [google](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://athensboy.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/server10trays_6401.jpg&imgrefurl=http://athensboy.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/pirates-of-the-65-terabyte-server/&usg=__vxkxKypkAhdAfquRLhHxgdlnYrY=&h=789&w=640&sz=156&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=3hFxgSNsPDuxxM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522server%2522%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den) for a picture and article. Which I’m about to read. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/56 "2009-11-02T23:34:37Z")
I thought we got a whole new server–hence “amnesia weekend”. I know they did a software upgrade too, but weren’t we also supposed to be moved to a shiny new server? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/57 "2009-11-02T23:44:26Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I dunno, DSY. It’s good to vent. **Hear, hear!** _ahem_ _looks around and quietly leaves the thread_ 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/58 "2009-11-02T23:50:14Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **Hear, hear!** > > _ahem_ > > _looks around and quietly leaves the thread_ > > 😉 > > Q Quasi, come back! Enthusiasm is welcomed and encouraged in these environs. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/59 "2009-11-03T00:01:28Z")
**man** 🙂 That was a “tongue in cheek” reference to my past history of venting. (Also known as ranting, raving and melting down:D). Dude, I had it down to an “art-form”!:D:D:D Quasi PS: Unless you just _whooshed_ me? Not too hard to do with _me_! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761/60 "2009-11-03T00:07:41Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **man** 🙂 > > That was a “tongue in cheek” reference to my past history of venting. (Also known as ranting, raving and melting down:D). > > Dude, I had it down to an “art-form”!:D:D:D > > Quasi > > PS: Unless you just _whooshed_ me? Not too hard to do with _me_! 🙂 Just playing. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/515761.md?page=4)