# Is SDMB the most unreliable website you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706 "2003-11-06T15:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/21 "2003-11-07T06:23:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sycorob \* > \*\*I’ve seen this before. An aquantence - a senior IT guy - wanted to donate outdated equipment to schools, etc. The paperwork required by his company to fulfill their legal obligations was unbelievable - a seperate document for each **item** donated, matching documentation from the organization recieving it, sign-offs from various levels of management, and on and on. But if he marked it as “disposed of”, i.e. thrown in the dumpster, that was ok. \*\* So mark it as “disposed of”, and don’t toss but place it gently next to the dumpster, and tell the students in your local school what night you will be doing this. The equipment will end up in the school, and you won’t be choked with paperwork, and none the wiser at your company. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/22 "2003-11-07T06:37:42Z")
I hate it when I wait interminably for a submission to process, only to be presented with “web site not responding”. After I resubmit, I later find out that I have made a simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/23 "2003-11-07T06:45:39Z")
I hate it when I wait interminably for a submission to process, only to be presented with “web site not responding”. After I resubmit, I later find out that I have made a simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/24 "2003-11-07T07:07:57Z")
Yes, I belong to three others, and this is the worst, as far as getting “booted,” having a post completely disappear (I’ve gotten to the point where when I want to reply, I cut and paste to a word doc and then at least I don’t lose post if the hamsters have a siezure or something. But heck, it’s worth it. It’s got to be the best one around as far as input and membership. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/25 "2003-11-07T09:06:43Z")
**jehovah68** , you did that deliberately, didn’t you… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/26 "2003-11-07T12:09:29Z")
Oh please. Compared to [Songmeanings.net](http://Songmeanings.net)… (Then again, that website does have a kind of a reliability. You can always count on it being down.) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/27 "2003-11-07T15:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jehovah68 \* > \*\*I hate it when I wait interminably for a submission to process, only to be presented with “web site not responding”. After I resubmit, I later find out that I have made a simulpost! \*\* I sometimes hit Post, wander away from my computer, come back to find it did the “website not responding” thing, attempt to repost, then find I had a 3 hour time lag in my simulposts. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706/28 "2003-11-09T11:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\ ***jehovah68** , you did that deliberately, didn’t you… 😉 \*\* 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-the-most-unreliable-website-you-know/211706.md?page=1)