# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/21 "2002-11-24T07:34:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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. \*\* Hey, she’s right about the dial-up. And what you said about her just reminds me of what **Spoz** had said about me many a time: [ul] [li]I’m a PC A.I. subrotine gremlin[/li][li]I’m a computer somewhere in Silicon Valley[/li][li]I am a robot[/li][li]I’m a weird A.I. experiment[/li][/ul] (all this just because I don’t use spellcheck in ICQ… and thus sound less human there… wow!) F\_X ---
**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 24, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/22 "2002-11-24T15:17:36Z")
I definitely choose All of the Above there . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/23 "2002-11-25T13:53:45Z")
Wow, the board’s speed **rocks** now! Whatever was done, whoever did it: THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/24 "2002-11-26T00:16:59Z")
So what specifically was done hardware and software wise? Inquiring geeks want to know. ---
**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 26, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/25 "2002-11-26T00:39:08Z")
I’ll let jdavis address that question, if he wants to publicize it. ---
**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 26, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/26 "2002-11-26T01:22:33Z")
Hampster mark 2 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/27 "2002-11-26T07:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Slow the board down! Yeah, I can’t make any progress on my _Freecell_ games. Two moves, and its on to the next page. 😉 > [@](#): > > So what specifically was done hardware and software wise? Amphetamines for the hamsters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/28 "2002-11-26T16:42:18Z")
Ever since Blown and Injected became a member the board has been fast… I wonder… I know , I know… ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838/29 "2002-11-27T03:12:25Z")
Days ago this board was slower than molasses. Now it is doing that Zoom Zoom commercial. Unbelievable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-the-board-down/137838.md?page=1)