# It's a blur!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blur/64437>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 5, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blur/64437 "2001-05-05T10:43:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blur/64437/1 "2001-05-05T10:43:37Z")

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Wow. I usually log on between midnight and six A.M., and even then it gets pretty sluggish at times. But tonight is the fastest I have seen the board, bar none.  
Anyone know any reason for this?  
(That’s PST, by the way.)  
I know, I’ve probably jinxed it,now, and can expect smoke and then an explosion.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blur/64437/2 "2001-05-05T11:14:18Z")

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It’s because there’s a random-number generator attached to the SDMB software, and every time you log in, it rolls the dice to see if you get a “Fast”, a “Slow”, or a “Very Slow” setting. Up 'til now, you’ve been getting the two latter possibilities… looks like you’ve gotten your first taste of the former.

-SPOOFE  
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