# Poor Damn'd Hamsters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482 "2003-10-25T13:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/1 "2003-10-25T13:41:25Z")
I know that these boards are not run on a particularly high powered system and that we are here because of the civic good will of the _Chicago Reader_, but I’ve noticed something. From about two in the afternoon the board starts slowing down. In the evening you get a “site cannot be found” message. Same in the early morning until about seven o’clock when the system abruptly starts working again until early afternoon. I can’t imagine that a new team of hamsters comes in at 7:00AM. Somebody must tweak the system when they first come to work. The Question: is there anything we can do to help, save not posting? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/2 "2003-10-25T13:48:20Z")
I’ve heard elsewhere on these boards that running searches is awfully taxing on the hamsters. If true, then cutting down on searching will probably help. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/3 "2003-10-25T13:57:22Z")
Keep the coding weasel from eating the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![KingLupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KingLupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KingLupid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/4 "2003-10-26T00:40:37Z")
Can’t we all donate $10 to get better equipment, or something? I mean SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS! I love this board, but it makes me want to pull out my pubic hair in clumps! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/5 "2003-10-26T01:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KingLupid \* > \*\* it makes me want to pull out my pubic hair in clumps! \*\* I’d pay $10 to see that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bojon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bojon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/6 "2003-10-26T01:28:38Z")
a ten or twenty to post for a year… ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/7 "2003-10-26T19:20:20Z")
Make it half a C-note for me. Anything to get more hamsters into the workplace. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-damnd-hamsters/209482/8 "2003-10-26T19:27:44Z")
I saw a post one time claiming that the donation idea had been rejected by the Reader for some reason. I’ll go search for it. NO WAIT…_board grinds to a halt_