# SDMB too slow for you? Leave!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184 "2003-11-14T04:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/41 "2003-11-15T03:10:28Z")
Another accolade from me for **Neutron’s** ‘got-it-in-one’ post. Cheers dude/ette. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/42 "2003-11-15T03:52:25Z")
Not slow for me. Perhaps those finding it too slow should move into a non-USA timezone ? Actually scratch that, then it’d be faster while I’m asleep and slower when I’m awake, and I like it the other way around 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/43 "2003-11-15T04:19:22Z")
Arrogant darned Aussies! Let’s raise thier rent! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/44 "2003-11-15T07:18:56Z")
**alice** , the client computer, or its pipe, has _just north of_ fuck-all to do with the response of this Board. Optimistically, I must ask you your general RL location. Geography may have something to do with your positive results throughout your tenure with this churning database of 80-page _OMFG!_ threads. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/45 "2003-11-17T14:29:50Z")
Again, I’m in the same position as Alice. I rarely have any frustration with the speed of the boards. Occasionnally…but not to such an extent that I’m pissed off about it. Location: Virginia, USA. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/46 "2003-11-17T18:06:05Z")
Very curious. **Jonathan** , **alice** , were you folks online during the database errors early Saturday and again in the afternoon? Approximately 1.5 hours each, from 01:15 to 02:48 Saturday (PST) and again from 12:00-13:38 Saturday (PST). From that point forward, the Boards were running uniformly slowly. It was so frustrating, I was almost to the point of retracting my “happy post” from the 14th. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/47 "2003-11-17T20:48:58Z")
I’m in Calgary, AB. I wasn’t online this weekend at all. (I was out and about.) The only noticeable slowdown that I ever noticed was when that one thread got picked up by that fan-fiction site. It was something like if William Shatner wrote Lord of the Rings or something. I noticed things were a bit slow then. However, typically I have no problem whatsoever. I mean, come on people - the bulk of my posts are links to bunny poking sites and nude fests. Do you really think I would be waiting hours to post that stuff? (Well, maybe some people do. I don’t). Finally, regarding broadband. I work at a University. I don’t know what their specific system specifications are, but it’s PDQ. That’s it. That’s all. Now, just to prove me wrong, this post will take 27 minutes to go up. ---
**Author:** ![LadySybil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@LadySybil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadySybil)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/48 "2003-11-17T20:58:19Z")
**Mr. B** , I was trying to access SDMB early Saturday afternoon this past weekend. For a little while I got some message about the boards having a problem and to try again later, etc, etc. Any idea what had happened? I’m just wondering out of curiosity. \*\* Jonathan Chance\*\*, cool! Another poster from Virginia 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/49 "2003-11-17T21:01:00Z")
Humm. Nope. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/50 "2003-11-18T00:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*Finally, regarding broadband. I work at a University. I don’t know what their specific system specifications are, but it’s PDQ. > \*\* What’s PDQ? An ISP? A web search shows a lot of boating links, a couple U.S. ISPs, and various companies representing different industries in the U.S. and Canada. Well, anyway, if you’re at a university, you probably have a T1 or a T3. Very fast, indeed. But, as explained, the problem here is one of a gigantic database on a SDMB server that’s just not powerful enough to run as many queries as we’re throwing at it without seriously slowing down. That’s why I find it so strange that you and **Jonathan** don’t have problems, since it’s well-established by the administration that there are problems on the server end. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/51 "2003-11-18T01:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*You know, I almost never have these problems. The board may not always respond quickly but it DOES respond for me. > > Maybe it’s broadband? I’ve got huge pipes at both work and home. \*\* Naw, I have broadband (at work) and it regularly fails to connect there. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/52 "2003-11-18T01:41:55Z")
I think **Alice** is just having some freaking issues admitting she was mistaken in her rather snotty suggestion that the only people that have problems are those with shitty equipment and that ponying up the cash to upgrade will solve everyone’s problems. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/53 "2003-11-18T01:54:12Z")
We have ADSL / broadband connection at work Dial up connection at home T3 at uni (Mmmmmm T3 Heaven!) SDMB runs at the same speed on all of them. Sometimes it is slow, sometimes it is fast. Type of connection as stated before has nothing to do with the speed. Most noticable is the difference in speed when the 'mericans go to bed. So location does play a big part. Perhaps that can be the Australian Tourism Bureau’s next marketing strategy - Dope Faster Down Under! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/54 "2003-11-18T01:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I think Alice is just having some freaking issues admitting she was mistaken in her rather snotty suggestion that the only people that have problems are those with shitty equipment and that ponying up the cash to upgrade will solve everyone’s problems. Hey **lezlers** , good freaking point! My 3.2 Pentawhatzit with a Gigaplotz of Magic Beans is smarting with indignation. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/55 "2003-11-18T03:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > **What’s PDQ? An ISP?** “Pretty Damn Quick”? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/56 "2003-11-18T04:36:09Z")
What’s an ISP? ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/57 "2003-11-18T05:02:54Z")
Am I being wooshed? **I** nternet **S** ervice **P** rovider ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/58 "2003-11-18T05:15:07Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/59 "2003-11-18T05:34:20Z")
:smack: I should have trusted my instincts but the desire to prove my knowledge was too strong. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184/60 "2003-11-18T16:42:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\*What’s PDQ? An ISP? \*\* \<_snort_\> Uh, no. It’s “Pretty Darn Quick.” :)😃 > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Miss Pissy Pants_ **I think Alice is just having some freaking issues admitting she was mistaken in her rather snotty suggestion that the only people that have problems are those with shitty equipment and that ponying up the cash to upgrade will solve everyone’s problems.** Actually, I wasn’t particularly snotty at all - I just suggested that my access to a Very Fast System[sup]TM[/sup] could contribute to my lack of problems. But way to slag me off at the drop of a hat. Me thinks that you have some inadequacy issues that in no way relate to your computer… Get help. Really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-too-slow-for-you-leave/213184.md?page=4)