# The Whiteboard

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 25, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150 "2016-02-25T23:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150/1 "2016-02-25T23:36:08Z")

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Any fans of the paintball-related webcomic The Whiteboard here? It’s been almost three weeks since I was last able to connect to the strip or to Doc’s Machine - is the site down or does it just hate me?

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**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150/2 "2016-02-26T07:54:23Z")

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It’s been updating mostly on time Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. [The Whiteboard, a somewhat paintball-related webcomic by "Doc" Nickel](http://www.the-whiteboard.com/index.html)

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150/3 "2016-02-26T12:19:30Z")

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That’s the URL I use, but it’s not working. Whether I use the link in your post, Google “The Whiteboard” (or “Doc’s Machine”) and click on one of the links, or type the URL in myself, after almost a minute of waiting I get:

This webpage is not available  
ERR\_CONNECTION\_RESET

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**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiteboard/747150/4 "2016-02-26T22:28:24Z")

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Can you try from another location? Workplace or library? Something must be blocking the connection at one end or the other. Can you mark the site as trusted with your firewall or something?

Maybe you could email and ask if your ip is blocked for some reason. Copied from the “Contact Us” page:

> [@](#):
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> Doc can be reached at doc “at” docsmachine “dot” com (Sorry, I get enough spam as it is!)
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> I do get quite a bit of 'mail, and I’m always pretty busy, so I often can’t reply in a timely manner.  
> I do try to answer as much as possible, but when it comes down to choosing between getting something done  
> in the shop, or answering more 'mail, chances are you’ll find me out cutting metal, rather than hunt-and-pecking.