# Is there some sort of problem with the boards today?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343 "2004-11-30T16:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343/1 "2004-11-30T16:28:43Z")

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Because I’m having a really hard time getting on. I keep getting “page cannot be displayed signs”. I want to know if it’s just my computer.

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**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:** [November 30, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343/2 "2004-11-30T16:47:32Z")

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None of the .gifs are loading, unless I copy their URLs and go to them; then they come up. The posts and all but the last replies have a blue background (with black text). The little note in the bottom-left corner of the IE6.0 borwser says ‘Done, but with errors on the page.’

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**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:** [November 30, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343/3 "2004-11-30T17:13:03Z")

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Everything looks fine. I’m not seeing anything out of the ordinary.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**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:** [November 30, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343/4 "2004-11-30T17:42:40Z")

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Still looks the same here. I did close the browser and start it again earlier.

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**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:** [November 30, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-sort-of-problem-with-the-boards-today/277343/5 "2004-11-30T18:30:37Z")

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I logged off to make a phone call, and the boards look normal now. I think it must ba a bad connection, and possibly a slow server. That is, the images aren’t being delivered fast enough, and my browser decides they’re not coming. Or something. Anyway, it seems to be okay now.