# The Board seems much faster this morning! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905 "2001-05-29T16:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/1 "2001-05-29T16:02:44Z")
Has something been upgraded/replaced/augmented? Or are we just not very busy today? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/2 "2001-05-29T16:04:25Z")
What are you trying to jinx it or something? Next thing you know, you’ll be telling us we’re throwing a no hitter! I oughta slap ya! jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/3 "2001-05-29T17:36:40Z")
Quiet, you! Guess I _did_ speak too soon, though. Oh well, at least it couldn’t possibly get any worse! ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/4 "2001-05-29T17:36:40Z")
posting is faster too! I’m just zipping along here, and it’s peak time! Woo Hoo! I’m gonna roll down the window and feel the wind in what’s left of my hair! ---
**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/5 "2001-05-29T20:36:50Z")
It has taken me at least 10 minutes to open this thread and hit reply. This is insanely slow. Something _has_ to be done. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/6 "2001-05-29T22:38:27Z")
We fed the Server Hamster a diet of crack and Red Bull this morning. It ran like no tomorrow for a while, and then it exploded. Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/7 "2001-05-30T00:59:44Z")
um…you guys do realize that traffic on the whole internet slows down in the late spring/early summer when universities across the world are on summer break? Everything on the net is faster. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/8 "2001-05-30T03:00:56Z")
I might also point out that today was the day all good little American office workers had to go back to work after a 3-day Memorial Day weekend and spend the day catching up on actual work :eek: , instead of posting. Wait till tomorrow. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2001, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-seems-much-faster-this-morning/66905/9 "2001-05-30T09:44:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chas.E \* > \*\*um…you guys do realize that traffic on the whole internet slows down in the late spring/early summer when universities across the world are on summer break? Everything on the net is faster. \*\* oh yeah… right around the _world_ we are all on summer break. Every last student in the known world I guess. Me? Seeing as I live where it is winter, I’m going on my end of semester break in about 3 weeks…