# Slow the board down! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838 "2002-11-21T00:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/1 "2002-11-21T00:54:40Z")
I’m getting spoiled!!! You’re loading faster than ArsTechnica for heaven’s sake! I can’t go back, i WON’T go back, i’ve never felt this free! free, like a bird in the sky… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/2 "2002-11-21T01:07:08Z")
:: throws rocks, I mean rotten produce at TT :: ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/3 "2002-11-21T03:10:23Z")
I can see it now… Every third thread in ATMB is **"Why is this board so fast???"** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/4 "2002-11-21T06:08:41Z")
Zoom! Zoom! Even on my crappy dial up. _ZOOM!!_ ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/5 "2002-11-21T06:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*Zoom! Zoom! > > Even on my crappy dial up. > > _ZOOM!!_ \*\* My Gawd woman, how did you ever get 4000+ post with a dial up? You are a robot who never does anything but post from three separate machines all day, right? You are some kind of test program for hanger 51,… right? Come on, give us the secret. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/6 "2002-11-21T09:12:52Z")
Dialup isn’t so slow; the bottleneck for the SDMB has always been elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/7 "2002-11-21T09:20:31Z")
Yeah, well done to whoever did this. It’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/8 "2002-11-21T15:43:52Z")
Are we allowed to ask what changed? Or would the Illuminati be offended? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/9 "2002-11-21T15:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*I can see it now… Every third thread in ATMB is **"Why is this board so fast???"** > > 😃 \*\* Well hell, that’d slow it down… :: off to do that :: BTW, I’m on dialup, too. It doesn’t matter so much how you get here, it’s when you get here and how many other people are here, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/10 "2002-11-21T18:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GusNSpot \* > \*\*My Gawd woman, how did you ever get 4000+ post with a dial up? You are a robot who never does anything but post from three separate machines all day, right? You are some kind of test program for hanger 51,… right? > > Come on, give us the secret. \*\* Damn. They are on to me. Yes, that woman passing herself off as Arden Ranger is merely the programmer. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/11 "2002-11-21T22:25:01Z")
But she’s programmed herself one _hot_ personality! 😛 **Gus** , I think her secret is that there’s not a whole lot else to do out in Oklahoma. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/12 "2002-11-22T00:14:40Z")
That too. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/13 "2002-11-22T02:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > Are we allowed to ask what changed? Sure, go ahead and ask all you want! 😛 . . . What happened is that the Chicago Reader threw some money into jdavis’ lap, and jdavis, being the swell guy he is, upgraded the hardware for the server instead of spending it all on hookers and cheap wine. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/14 "2002-11-22T02:50:07Z")
Thank you, jdavis. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/15 "2002-11-22T02:52:46Z")
You’re a better man than I, Gunga jdavis… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/16 "2002-11-22T03:40:18Z")
Fear not **Tars** ; while I’ve certainly enjoyed the improvement in the last few days, I’ve had a couple of time-outs tonight. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/17 "2002-11-22T14:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Sure, go ahead and ask all you want! 😛 > . > . > . > > What happened is that the Chicago Reader threw some money into jdavis’ lap, and jdavis, being the swell guy he is, upgraded the hardware for the server instead of spending it all on hookers and cheap wine. \*\* Given how well things went, I hope jdavis kept some money for hookers and cheap wine, jdavis deserves it! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/18 "2002-11-22T18:24:26Z")
Hey, no floozies for JDavis–only the best. \<\< gets on the horn to the Playboy Enterprises Chicago office, explains to Christie Hefner how very, very important it is for her to send Miss December over to the Chicago _Reader_ right away with a couple of “To JDavis–For A Very Good Little Boy” gift tags attached to her…jingle bells \>\> Virtual liquor to follow shortly… ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/19 "2002-11-23T02:28:11Z")
YOWZA! YOU DA MAN, **JDAVIS**! I prostrate myself in front of Your Worshipfullness. O, happy joy, and joyous happy… ness! OK, I’ll go now… But thank you! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/20 "2002-11-23T03:57:43Z")
Kudos to jdavis! If you’re ever down my way, I’ll buy you a drink or three. Or hookers and cheap wine, if you prefer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838.md?page=2)