# Incredibly Awful Performance **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329 "2009-07-17T12:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/41 "2009-08-06T13:42:47Z")
Well, why not…? I’m getting lots of ‘server not found’ errors this morning, and got a few last night as well. (I cleared cache and restarted my computer last night on the chance that the trouble was on my end, though no other sites were or are having problems.) I’ve had one database error so far this morning, but that’s an improvement over the several SNF errors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/42 "2009-08-06T13:44:22Z")
Duplicate post caused by database error. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/43 "2009-08-06T13:52:28Z")
I noticed no one posted the text of the database error page thingy. It probably isn’t very helpful, but you never know. Here’s what’s displayed after a couple of minutes trying to load: > [@](#): > > Database error > The Straight Dope Message Board database has encountered a problem. > Please try the following: > > ``` > * Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser. > * Open the boards.straightdope.com home page, then try to open another page. > * Click the Back button to try another link. > > ``` > > The [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists. > > We apologise for any inconvenience. I’ve been having the same problems as others with loading and threads marked as ‘Read,’ especially in the AM (Eastern time) ETA: Things are particularly bad when I click on ‘User CP.’ It tries to load for a few minutes then gives up and displays the aforementioned DB error. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/44 "2009-08-06T13:55:10Z")
Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/45 "2009-08-06T14:02:35Z")
really bad ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/46 "2009-08-06T14:15:13Z")
Is this degradation in connectivity a result of the problems at Creative Loafing? I haven’t known it this bad in years. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/47 "2009-08-06T14:23:49Z")
A few minutes ago was the first time I’ve had a problem this month. I wonder why it seems so specific to certain people? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/48 "2009-08-06T14:34:06Z")
Today the outages have been so sustained that I thought the SDMB was intentionally taken down this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/49 "2009-08-06T14:38:20Z")
> [@Risha](#): > > A few minutes ago was the first time I’ve had a problem this month. > > I wonder why it seems so specific to certain people? It is possible that it correlates with activity. Compare, for example, your number of posts with mine. That is not to say that a post number comparison will always tell the tale. Perhaps a person with only a few thousand posts has begun to post more lately. You could tell maybe if you search on their recent posts. But please don’t. The server might explode. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/50 "2009-08-06T14:39:28Z")
I don’t normally have many problems, but today the Dope has been somewhat ‘intermittent’. ---
**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 6, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/51 "2009-08-06T14:41:18Z")
Hey guys, chill! It’s only been a week since Gfactor reported the issue. These things take time. Years sometimes. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/52 "2009-08-06T14:42:56Z")
I’ve had no trouble logging in. Reading threads and posting, though – that can take an hour to get a good connection. ETA: Seems like the problems and gremlins have gone away for now. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329/53 "2009-08-07T01:10:49Z")
It’s bad enough that I sit here for ages, watching the status bar doing sod all, only to get timed out. It just adds insult to injury, however, that this is regarded as my ‘last visit’ and all intervening posts are considered to be read. Beyond a joke, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329.md?page=2)