# Prepare to get Farked **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805 "2004-08-27T16:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/1 "2004-08-27T16:26:55Z")
We’re linked on Fark, will the hamsters survive? Kinda neat though, maybe some new subscribers will come our way. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/2 "2004-08-27T17:18:18Z")
WoOt, I juzt cant w8 2 c who joinz us frum Fark… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/3 "2004-08-27T17:21:35Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > We’re linked on Fark, will the hamsters survive? The message board is linked, or the main site? [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) gets linked all the time. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/4 "2004-08-27T17:22:55Z")
Note: whilst the SDMB accepts credit cards, Cecil himself prefers cash. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/5 "2004-08-27T17:23:33Z")
How long have we been linked? I’ve been having unusual problems loading the fora for the past couple days and this could explain it. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/6 "2004-08-27T17:27:16Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > How long have we been linked? I’ve been having unusual problems loading the fora for the past couple days and this could explain it. As of right now it’s only the seventh link down, and it’s a link to [this](http://go.fark.com/cgi/fark/go.pl?IDLink=1098746&location=http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_043.html) article from the archives, not the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/7 "2004-08-27T17:31:13Z")
Well, there went that theory then. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/8 "2004-08-27T17:46:42Z")
True, the link is to the archives, but wouldn’t that possibly still bog us down? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/9 "2004-08-27T19:16:31Z")
I’m not sure. But they do regularly link to the archives and I’ve never noticed any slowdown. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/10 "2004-08-27T19:21:32Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > True, the link is to the archives, but wouldn’t that possibly still bog us down? It’s gonna suck some bandwidth from the Reader, but I’m pretty sure the message board is located on a different machine so it won’t be robbing us of any precious CPU time. Last I heard, that was the primary reason of the SDMB’s slowness at peak hours is the processing power, not bandwidth. I’ve seen the main site get linked every couple of weeks or so. A link to the board itself would probably put the hamsters in therapy. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/11 "2004-08-27T20:25:54Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > A link to the board itself would probably put the hamsters in therapy. It’s happened before - there was a Fark link to the Lord of the Rings thread. That’s the last link to the boards I remember on Fark, though. The result…wasn’t good, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/12 "2004-08-27T20:56:09Z")
That was Slashdot, I believe. To the best of my recollection, there hasn’t been a link to a SDMB thread on Fark’s main page. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/13 "2004-08-27T21:23:55Z")
You know what I think? It’s a Trap! ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/14 "2004-08-27T21:25:37Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > You know what I think? > > It’s a Trap! [D’oh!](http://www.starwars.stopklatka.pl/images/ackbar.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepare-to-get-farked/261805/15 "2004-08-27T21:41:37Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > [D’oh!](http://www.starwars.stopklatka.pl/images/ackbar.jpg) [OWNED](http://home.comcast.net/~joeycooper/owned.jpg)