# Is it me, or has this board had more timeouts than a hyperactive 10 year old? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 13, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821 "2008-08-13T05:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/1 "2008-08-13T05:38:04Z")
In the past hour it’s taken me between two and five minutes to get onto this site each time, and it’s timed out repeatedly. The instances of “select bookmark, go to Straight Dope Message Board page” have been the exception, not the rule. Is it just me or has everyone been experiencing this? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/2 "2008-08-13T05:39:54Z")
I have. I think one of the gerbils might be on its way out. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/3 "2008-08-13T05:50:25Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I have. I think one of the gerbils might be on its way out. [/QUOTE] Fixed that for you. (COLOR=SlateGray used in place of strikeouts.) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/4 "2008-08-13T06:13:44Z")
[del]What, the delete tag isn’t good enough for you?[/del]Why gray instead of strikethroughs? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/5 "2008-08-13T10:17:36Z")
Moved to ATMB. Also noting that whatever happened last night isn’t my fault because I was in bed long before midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/6 "2008-08-13T12:46:53Z")
Hasn’t been timing out for me, but it has certainly been hanging frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/7 "2008-08-13T15:34:03Z")
It’s not just you. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/8 "2008-08-13T16:18:19Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] [del]What, the delete tag isn’t good enough for you?[/del]Why gray instead of strikethroughs? [/QUOTE] Didn’t see the delete tag in the list of vBulletin tags. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/9 "2008-08-13T18:41:31Z")
No problems here in dowtown Cleveland, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/10 "2008-08-13T21:23:49Z")
I can’t tell if it’s here or my connection - I’ve been having timeouts all over the net, but it seems to be the worst here. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/11 "2008-08-14T23:14:49Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] In the past hour it’s taken me between two and five minutes to get onto this site each time, and it’s timed out repeatedly. The instances of “select bookmark, go to Straight Dope Message Board page” have been the exception, not the rule. Is it just me or has everyone been experiencing this? [/QUOTE] I don’t know about that. I think it takes longer to load than a drunk stopping at every bar on the walk home. Yes once again it’s being a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-has-this-board-had-more-timeouts-than-a-hyperactive-10-year-old/459821/12 "2008-08-15T01:54:37Z")
Stop that! Board performance has never been better. They’ve said so. Once free posting came along, and the servers were updated, and a current iteration of the software was in place, everything would be peachy. And it IS! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.