# Is it my imagination or is the board faster? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348 "2002-11-18T18:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/1 "2002-11-18T18:12:51Z")
Since the “maintenance period” I mean. Usually I sit at lunch and wait and wait, hoping I can get through some of the more interesting posts before my hour is up. Today, I am zipping in and out, and suprisingly enough, I think I have read everything I need to read right now! What did the maintenance do? All hail the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/2 "2002-11-18T18:33:43Z")
Yes, it’s faster. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/3 "2002-11-18T18:47:21Z")
Oh, don’t be so modest! [sub]We’ve got Coldfire chained to the treadmill, next to the hamster, and he’s really doing a SPLENDID job, isn’t he?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/4 "2002-11-18T18:48:54Z")
So what did you do? Besides, of course, giving the hamsters Swedish massages and herbal wraps while the board was down. Yahooo!!! Zip in, zip out, zip over here, over there, zip zip zip!! (Yes, I have too much time on my hands.) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/5 "2002-11-18T18:55:58Z")
Hampster crack. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/6 "2002-11-18T18:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*[sub]We’ve got Coldfire chained to the treadmill, next to the hamster, and he’s really doing a SPLENDID job, isn’t he?[/sub] \*\* Which reminds me. I’m gonna need some more smack soon, beeyatch. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/7 "2002-11-18T19:00:40Z")
Don’t know huh? ::::::::: flee ::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/8 "2002-11-18T19:18:35Z")
I think I just got whiplash opening this thread. Nice work, a huge improvement 🙂 -wm ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/9 "2002-11-18T19:34:58Z")
After going on about this for some time, it’s good to know that Jerry listened to my advice and replaced those wussy hamsters with wolverines. Big, pissed off, wolverines. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/10 "2002-11-18T19:44:33Z")
Yep, I’m quietly praying, and holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/11 "2002-11-18T19:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*Hampster crack. \*\* Band name!!! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/12 "2002-11-18T21:25:53Z")
I noticed it too. Splendid. Big Pissed Off Wolverines is also a good band name. ---
**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/13 "2002-11-19T00:16:03Z")
Seems to be going faster for me also. Hope it stays that way. Sooo tired of clicking on something and waiting 5 minutes for a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/14 "2002-11-19T03:13:49Z")
Still slow as molasses on a winter’s night for the most part. However, I do detect short periods of speed outside of a 9a-5p (local time USA) drive time. Then again, it crawls all the time during TV prime time (local time USA). Sundays at 3am are swift, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/15 "2002-11-19T03:41:05Z")
You know, we could make it _really_ fast … just give **Coldfire** some hamster crack, put him on the treadmill, and place a big, pissed off wolverine behind him. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/16 "2002-11-19T06:56:17Z")
The boards are running their usual speed; your brain has been slowed down as part of the 2002 Al Gore Memorial Internet Improvement Act. Your tax dollars at work. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/17 "2002-11-19T07:11:59Z")
I think it’s faster too. Kudos to the techies. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/18 "2002-11-19T12:59:35Z")
[…images from Reefer Madness…] “Faster!.. _Faster!_…” ---
**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:** [November 19, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/19 "2002-11-19T13:32:20Z")
Oh boy! I can edit and moderate ten times as fast as I could before! . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oh shit! The new threads have multiplied by five, and the new posts by ten! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348/20 "2002-11-19T14:44:20Z")
Run, **Coldie** , run!! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-faster/137348.md?page=2)