# If A Particular Thread Here Is 120 Pages Long...... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365 "2010-06-08T00:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/1 "2010-06-08T00:18:35Z")
… is it supposed to “hang” up on me? I’ve defragged, I have no viruses, no spyware and it only happens here.☹ Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/2 "2010-06-08T01:07:15Z")
That depends on a lot of things. What is the thread, for starters. Can you provide a link? And please tell us what’s happening with your system. Kind of computer, operating system, how you access the Dope – cable or DSL or dialup. All these things are meaningful. Appreciate your cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/3 "2010-06-08T01:34:20Z")
Hey **Tuba Diva** This is a 4GB gaming computer from iBuyPower, OS= Vista :mad:. Access is through DSL. And I have NEVER experienced hang up before. And it’s only on the WoW gaming thread. NEVER on any other thing that I post to. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/4 "2010-06-08T02:34:43Z")
Not sure why you would have a problem with that thread. I just looked at it and after I stopped laughing at the first post “Okay…the World of Warcraft Questions thread is getting reaaaally long…29 pages and over 1000 posts.”, I didn’t have any problems navigating in the thread. [Nearly 12K posts, over 300K views] Are you still having this problem? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/5 "2010-06-08T02:58:32Z")
Do you have a link? I’ll give it a try. I don’t believe the length of a thread really impacts performance, since I don’t believe the entire thread is cached or loaded when you enter it. Only the page you are on. So, the size of the thread SHOULDN’T affect performance (I’m not web designer though, so grain of salt). -XT ---
**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:** [June 8, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/6 "2010-06-08T03:01:12Z")
Assuming it’s [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509115&page=240) one (and based on the length I’d say that’s a good assumption ;)), I didn’t have any trouble loading it at all, FWIW. Loaded up as quickly and worked as well as any other thread. (Maybe this is another instance of problems for some 'dopers with something related to the ads??) -XT ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/7 "2010-06-08T17:31:21Z")
What happens when the thread opens is it will open on the last post, but then will not let me scroll UP until 36 seconds pass. (Yup, I timed it and yup it’s still doing it) Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/8 "2010-06-08T17:45:43Z")
I’m not getting that problem at all. is it just happening on that particular thread? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/9 "2010-06-08T18:31:41Z")
I have the same problem with every thread, not just the WoW one. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/10 "2010-06-08T21:42:48Z")
Every single long thread, say over 200 posts which is more than one page, has been hanging for me. They take a long, long time to load. If I don’t notice the progress bar and try to scroll or click on anything in any way the page will freeze up, go to black, or do other odd things. IE 8. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/11 "2010-06-08T22:09:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m not getting that problem at all. is it just happening on that particular thread? Yes, **Czar** - just that thread. Thanks and I am _soooooo_ happy you’re not actually leaving, my friend! Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/12 "2010-06-08T22:17:02Z")
And I have IE7. Tried to add 8 once, computer shut down and had to recover it. Also, I did a search on “computer lags on scroll” and found an answer that relates to something on my system which is a “memory hog” of I need to update ny video card driver (or something to that effect). Thanks Q ---
**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:** [June 8, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/13 "2010-06-08T22:19:31Z")
I doubt it will help, but you could try and load Firefox and see if it makes a difference. Since that didn’t seem to help with the folks having the problem with the ads, it probably won’t help you either. You could try and change your host file as linked in the slowness thread, though I don’t think anyone in that thread confirmed that it was helpful. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/14 "2010-06-09T00:26:57Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I doubt it will help, but you could try and load Firefox and see if it makes a difference. Since that didn’t seem to help with the folks having the problem with the ads, it probably won’t help you either. You could try and change your host file as linked in the slowness thread, though I don’t think anyone in that thread confirmed that it was helpful. > > -XT Firefox is what _I’m_ using, and I’m not having any problems. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/15 "2010-06-09T01:30:04Z")
You can download the MS DeskTop Heap Monitor from here to see if your heap allocation is a problem. Unfortunately most problems in this area are related to video memory limitations. [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5CFC9B74-97AA-4510-B4B9-B2DC98C8ED8B&displaylang=en](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5CFC9B74-97AA-4510-B4B9-B2DC98C8ED8B&displaylang=en) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/16 "2010-06-09T04:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Firefox is what I’m using, and I’m not having any problems. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it’s what I’m using as well and no problems here either (I’m not using Windows either, though so it could be that). However, in another thread related to board performance, another poster was saying they were still having issues while using Firefox, so not sure if it will help, as I’m not sure exactly what the problem is. I think in the other thread the problem was more ISP/connection oriented, while I have no idea what the prob here is. -XT ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/17 "2010-06-09T21:30:01Z")
No problems loading it in Palemoon (optimized version of Firefox) or IE7 here. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/18 "2010-06-10T02:57:46Z")
Well, ya know, I have a VERY red embarrassed face at the moment :o and I want to apologize to y’all for my frustrations (especially to **jayjay** and all of those in the thread who know my propensity for going ballistic these days). It’s STILL doing it. I took the advice of someone I found on google who advised that one should update the driver on their video card, thinking that this would help, but it _didn’t_, y’all. **But** … it ONLY does it HERE - in this thread - I SWEAR it does. I know it costs, but I’d be willing to pay to give someone remote access and let them see what is going on. I feel especially bad because I too was loving the length of the thread, and visited it daily/hourly/minutely (sometimes). I just LOVE **SFG’s** commentary and her assistance. (_Everyone’s_ assistance) But then it all started hanging up, and it was at times when I’d post a question during the game, and I’m sorry - it just made me blow a gasket. I’m sorry **jayjay** and everyone and I thank you very sincerely for trying to help me by creating this new thread. ☹ Bill ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/19 "2010-06-10T03:39:01Z")
What you can try doing first, before you go to any pay-based solution, is [download HijackThis](http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/) and post the log. (If you don’t want to publish the log in a public place, then you can send me a PM with it and to any other computer savvy friends). HijackThis gives a pretty comprehensive information scan of your computer, lots of information we can read thorugh and see if something’s wrong. The next step is to post a detailed description of your problems - how it looks like when it “hangs up”, how long it takes to load, do you have to restart the computer, etc, etc. Basically what happens when you try to access the thread. It’s probably best if you start a new thread on it in GQ, since the computer savvy people hang out there and you’ll get more responses. 🙂 - Andreas ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365/20 "2010-06-10T04:33:32Z")
Does not work. “For some reason your system denied write access through the Host files… may not be able to fix this.” Too complicate for this poor old brain. I appreciate your help, **Gukumatz**! Quasi [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-particular-thread-here-is-120-pages-long/542365.md?page=2)