# Only ten timeouts today, Straight Dope! Well done! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840 "2007-07-15T08:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/121 "2007-07-18T00:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] No, cunt snot. When I pay for a fuckin service, I expect a fuckin service. All of you quisling fucktards seem to think that ten timeouts a day is ok. When this website finally gets fuckin sued as they should, my dick will sprout a massive erection. They don’t fuckin give a shit about any goddamn thing other than their subscription numbers. Make me cum, lawyers. Sue this piece of shit website. [/QUOTE] I don’t think ten timeouts a day is good, but I do think you’re being a fucking knobstick. Just go away. Your stupid lawsuit idea would make that happen anyway, by destroying the board, so why don’t you just go and save the rest of us all the bother? ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/122 "2007-07-18T00:53:29Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > There’s a rather large contingent of sycophants — from mod wannabes to brown-nosers — who pad threads like these with declarations of excellent response Say you click 50 links on this site in a row with no timeouts, then one click gives you a 30 second timeout. A few impatient fools will just remember that one click and forget about the 50 before. The rest of us will remember that it worked just fine 98% of the time, and when these threads come up, will say so. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/123 "2007-07-18T00:57:47Z")
Indeed - while others complain about the hole, we’re enjoying the donut. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/124 "2007-07-18T03:03:46Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Indeed - while others complain about the hole, we’re enjoying the donut. But to be fair, most of the members here would eat a donut they found lying on the sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/125 "2007-07-18T03:04:34Z")
That which is too uninteresting to be mentioned visited again today to work on my internet connection. I look forward to the day that my connection is good enough for me to suffer a time out. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/126 "2007-07-18T03:42:33Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] But to be fair, most of the members here would eat a donut they found lying on the sidewalk. [/QUOTE] Does it have [sprinkles](http://www.istockphoto.com/imageindex/331/7/331767/Donuts_With_Sprinkles.html) on it? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/127 "2007-07-18T05:32:45Z")
Well, how old is this purported donut? Is it, say, very fresh and recently fallen, or old and having been trodden on previously? Ah, who am I kidding? A free donut’s a free donut. Mmm, forbidden donut. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/128 "2007-07-18T09:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=xnylder] The Chicago Reader is a free weekly newspaper. This site probably brings in more revenue than ads and out-of-town subscriptions combined. I get the feeling we’re being treated like a neglected cash cow: throw it just enough feed to keep it alive and keep milking. [/QUOTE] Now THAT would be a delicious irony indeed! A board saturated with hand-wringers, tree-huggers, and knee-gnawers turns out to be run by bottom-line capitalists. The ultimate practical joke. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/129 "2007-07-18T09:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=carterba] Say you click 50 links on this site in a row with no timeouts, then one click gives you a 30 second timeout. A few impatient fools will just remember that one click and forget about the 50 before. The rest of us will remember that it worked just fine 98% of the time, and when these threads come up, will say so. [/QUOTE] Good thing the board isn’t an airport then. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/130 "2007-07-18T10:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Good thing the board isn’t an airport then. [/QUOTE] Yes - it isn’t an airport, or an ambulance, or an iron lung - because of that, a lower threshold of reliability might be tolerable. Of course perfection is always desirable. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/131 "2007-07-18T12:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Yes - it isn’t an airport, or an ambulance, or an iron lung - because of that, a lower threshold of reliability might be tolerable. Of course perfection is always desirable. [/QUOTE] But it’s MY iron lung. Don’t you get it? Without the Dope, there is no me. These 30 second timeouts are like 30 seconds of life just… wasted. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/132 "2007-07-18T12:24:32Z")
"But, they’re shooting at _me!_ " ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/133 "2007-07-18T12:31:46Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] "But, they’re shooting at _me!_ " [/QUOTE] Oh shut up and eat your cotton. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/134 "2007-07-18T13:06:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Yes - it isn’t an airport, or an ambulance, or an iron lung - because of that, a lower threshold of reliability might be tolerable. Of course perfection is always desirable. [/QUOTE] Sure, but it must be one of the least reliable message boards out there on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/135 "2007-07-18T13:35:18Z")
There are other message boards on the internet? Why? Seriously. No, it’s not by any means the least reliable - I know of several that periodically _just don’t work_, or disappear completely, for days at a time, then come back with a bunch of recent posts missing. They’re not anything like as big as the SDMB though, and they don’t charge a subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/136 "2007-07-18T15:12:17Z")
I thought I just experienced a timeout. Turns out my internet connection had dropped - presumably some glitch in the router, or its power supply, or the line, or something at the other end. There are thunderstorms in the area today, so it might be related to bad weather. Fortunately I survived the incident, but I’m looking for a good lawyer, so I can sue the forces of nature, or perhaps the laws of physics. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/137 "2007-07-18T15:32:20Z")
It’s been pretty bad lately, compared to usual. But the thing that ticks people off, I think, is how this site compares to almost any other site one visits multiple times during the day. I can’t think of any that I go to regularly that has a timeout even once per month. And yet this one seems often to timeout multiple times a day. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/138 "2007-07-18T17:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] It’s been pretty bad lately, compared to usual. But the thing that ticks people off, I think, is how this site compares to almost any other site one visits multiple times during the day. I can’t think of any that I go to regularly that has a timeout even once per month. And yet this one seems often to timeout multiple times a day. [/QUOTE] Other sites, or other boards? I don’t know that much about the technology involved, but it seems to me that message boards and their like are inherently far, far less stable that other websites, because of their fluid nature. A boards is constantly in flux, changing every second. How could you compare that to a “static” webpage? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/139 "2007-07-18T17:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Other sites, or other boards? I don’t know that much about the technology involved, but it seems to me that message boards and their like are inherently far, far less stable that other websites, because of their fluid nature. A boards is constantly in flux, changing every second. How could you compare that to a “static” webpage? [/QUOTE] I think [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) and [SomethingAwful.com](http://SomethingAwful.com) are usually the sites used for comparison. SomethingAwful forums seem to pop up pretty quick, and they appear to have about ten times the posters. From the front page: “3,700 Users Logged In - 3,272 registered users logged in.” Heh, also from the front page “13 users banned today. 6,482 total users bans.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840/140 "2007-07-18T18:15:57Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] Heh, also from the front page “13 users banned today. 6,482 total users bans.” [/QUOTE] See, that’s why they run so well. Their hamsters receive a healthy diet of human flesh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840.md?page=8)