# Recurring connection problems **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 4, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461 "2013-05-04T00:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/21 "2013-05-04T04:34:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I think it’s a female thing. Why do you hate women? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/22 "2013-05-04T04:47:03Z")
DNS issues intermittently all day today (Friday). You may want to check with whoever is our hosting service – I’ve heard that DDOS attacks on sites without fulltime staff monitoring them have been happening quite a lot lately. ETA: Mac OSX Lion Chrome Raleigh NC ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/23 "2013-05-04T07:21:37Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I’d respectfully suggest that totally inaccessible for that long is slightly more than a “minor problem”. 🙂 It may have been a significant problem for you, but that’s still not a reason to take the entire board down, as **Anonymous User** suggested. Do you think because it’s not working for you we should take it down for everyone? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/24 "2013-05-04T07:23:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It may have been a significant problem for you, but that’s still not a reason to take the entire board down, as **Anonymous User** suggested. Do you think because it’s not working for you we should take it down for everyone? 😉 For me, there wouldn’t have been a difference, since it was behaving as if totally down for five hours or so anyway. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 4, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/25 "2013-05-04T15:30:07Z")
Apparently there are some server issues that are still not resolved today. No new news to tell you. When we do know something, we’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/26 "2013-05-04T19:58:48Z")
Hey, they actually listened to my idea of temporarily closing down the board, and I am the first person to post after the re-opening of the board! ETA: much better board performance. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/27 "2013-05-04T20:06:25Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Hey, they actually listened to my idea of temporarily closing down the board Not really. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/28 "2013-05-04T20:07:05Z")
And we’re back! _whew_ I was starting to go into withdrawal. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/29 "2013-05-04T20:12:11Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > And we’re back! > > _whew_ I was starting to go into withdrawal. “Starting to”? I’m covered in sweat, and, hey, wait a minute . . . I gotta these bugs off my arms . . . Oh, God, they’re everywhere, they’re crawling all over me, and now they’re UNDER MY SKIN, . . . ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/30 "2013-05-04T20:19:53Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Hey, they actually listened to my idea of temporarily closing down the board, and I am the first person to post after the re-opening of the board! > > ETA: much better board performance. Not really. They had to take it down to do the database management. That’s a different situation from taking it down because some people had connectivity problems. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/31 "2013-05-04T20:52:20Z")
This board is behaving like a hysterical Manwoman! ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/32 "2013-05-04T21:54:53Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > “Starting to”? I’m covered in sweat, and, hey, wait a minute . . . I gotta these bugs off my arms . . . Oh, God, they’re everywhere, they’re crawling all over me, and now they’re UNDER MY SKIN, . . . OMG!!! You need to be checked for MORGELLON’S!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/33 "2013-05-04T23:26:29Z")
> [@ptr2void](#): > > OMG!!! You need to be checked for MORGELLON’S!!! > > 😉 Oh God, no! Anything but that! I beg you! (Okay, I \*bug \*you! Yes, that’s better) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/34 "2013-05-05T00:58:08Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > ETA: much better board performance. No. No, it’s not. I’m still having loading problems. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/35 "2013-05-05T02:22:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Why do you hate women? I love women. I know women. It’s a woman thang. Take my word. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/36 "2013-05-05T04:18:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love women. I know women. It’s a woman thang. Take my word. Reported for misogyny. You need to love and/or objectify men as well. I am deeply offended. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/37 "2013-05-05T05:00:41Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > This board is behaving like a hysterical Manwoman! > [@RedFury](#): > > Reported for misogyny. You need to love and/or objectify men as well. > > I am deeply offended. **Moderator Warning** **RedFury** , this is an official warning for trolling. We’ve had plenty of recent discussion on the misogyny issue, in which you participated. Don’t try to hijack this thread with further off-topic references to it. Colibri Moderator ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/38 "2013-05-05T05:23:01Z")
Hardly trolling but laughing my ass off at what a mess you’ve made of moderating such a simple issue. Bet all the guys in Panama are gorgeous when not butthurt. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/39 "2013-05-05T05:30:31Z")
You might well note I was responding to a comment riffing on the “misogyny issue”…which, according to your warning, was clearly off topic too. But go ahead, bring down the ban hammer…clueless doesn’t even begin to describe how you’ve handled this issue. “Cuntgate” was a joke compared to this. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461/40 "2013-05-05T05:34:52Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Hardly trolling but laughing my ass off at what a mess you’ve made of moderating such a simple issue. > > Bet all the guys in Panama are gorgeous when not butthurt. **Moderator Warning** Ok, if that’s the way you want it, here’s a second warning for violation of moderator instructions. We’ve instructed people not to bring up the misogyny issue until we’ve finished our discussions on the issue. Deliberately bringing it up multiple times in a thread that has nothing to do with it is a violation of **Marley’s** instructions in a previous thread. Colibri Moderator Given that the connection problems have been resolved, I’m closing this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-connection-problems/657461.md?page=1)