# SDMB Down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228 "2007-08-03T02:11:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/1 "2007-08-03T02:11:01Z")

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Did the board just go down from 9:53-10:09 EDT? Or is this torturous heat playing games with my Internet?

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/2 "2007-08-03T02:36:00Z")

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Hamsters changing shifts, most likely. There was some kind of hiccup for me, too.

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/3 "2007-08-03T04:04:35Z")

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You mean PM right? Damn slow, but I don’t believe down.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/4 "2007-08-03T12:42:35Z")

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Please folks! We gave up hamsters last year. We now use Capybaras instead. They take fewer breaks for smoking and such, but every once in a while, I imagine them on the back porch on a hot summer’s night, drinking and laughing and rolling dice or something…

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/5 "2007-08-03T12:59:51Z")

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]  
or something…  
[/QUOTE]  
Thats my vote.

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/6 "2007-08-03T17:02:21Z")

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I think the Capybaras went on strike today (about 11:30 to 12:50 EDT), and the hampsters had to be brought back in.

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**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/7 "2007-08-03T17:05:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben]  
I think the Capybaras went on strike today (about 11:30 to 12:50 EDT), and the hampsters had to be brought back in.  
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Perhaps the “hampsters” went to the Hamptons?

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**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:** [August 3, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/8 "2007-08-03T17:06:04Z")

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Was, not now, thanks be to Jerry.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/9 "2007-08-03T17:24:40Z")

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[QUOTE=TubaDiva]  
Was, not now, thanks be to Jerry.  
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All Hail to Jerry! {Musicat grovels subserviently}

Interesting…this time, Cecil’s section was down, too. Usually it’s only the boards. And every time either is down, I try pinging, and that always works. What can we conclude from this observation?

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**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-down/414228/10 "2007-08-03T17:30:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Musicat]  
…I try pinging, and that always works. What can we conclude from this observation?  
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The hamsters are trying to defect?

/HFtRO