# This site is slow and that sucks. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792 "2003-09-15T20:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/1 "2003-09-15T20:00:30Z")
I was just on IMHO and MPSIMS and had to log in THREE FREAKING TIMES before I could post my freaking reply. :mad: Also it took TEN FREAKING MINUTES to pull up the threads - for the amount of information in them it should have taken less than ONE minute. :mad: Grrrrr! :mad: Sorry, had to vent. Anybody else have this problem? Perhaps the SDMB would consider increasing their servers’ bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/2 "2003-09-15T20:10:01Z")
Man, that TOTALLY FREAKING SUCKS, dude! You should TOTALLY FREAKING ASK for a FREAKING REFUND! That’s FREAKING CRAZY! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/3 "2003-09-15T20:11:34Z")
Ah, Christ, not again. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/4 "2003-09-15T20:29:17Z")
And of course, here come the parade of people who feel that because something is free it is immune from criticism. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/5 "2003-09-15T20:37:27Z")
Show some respect for the hamsters, dude. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/6 "2003-09-15T20:38:31Z")
I would just like to say i am wasting bandwidth to ruin **aryk29** ’s day right now!!!~~ ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/7 "2003-09-15T21:22:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aryk29 \* > Anybody else have this problem? Perhaps the SDMB would consider increasing their servers’ bandwidth. Why not buy a couple hundred thousand [Straight Dope T-shirts](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat) and ship them off to Iraq ? I’m sure the Iraqi’s would be grateful, and the Chicago Reader would reinvest some of the proceeds into their newly profitable web venture. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/8 "2003-09-15T21:27:18Z")
I have a theory that, ironically, the board is slow because of these types of threads. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/9 "2003-09-15T21:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Anybody else have this problem? Perhaps the SDMB would consider increasing their servers’ bandwidth. Each time the server is upgraded, the board gets better for a bit, and then demand catches up to supply. And then, of course, we get even more demand…it’s the tragedy of the commons. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/10 "2003-09-15T21:43:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*And of course, here come the parade of people who feel that because something is free it is immune from criticism. \*\* I don’t know if this was directed at me, but I just want to say that I am, in fact, strongly pro-criticism. It’s was the OP’s criticism of the site that gave me an opportunity to criticize him. It was my criticism of the OP that gave you the opportunity to criticize me. It’s a beautiful thing – may the circle never be unbroken. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/11 "2003-09-15T22:39:39Z")
Surely the SDMB should not be immune to criticism, but every week? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/12 "2003-09-15T22:43:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*I have a theory that, ironically, the board is slow because of these types of threads. \*\* And all the responses to them. Oops. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/13 "2003-09-15T22:46:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nanoda \* > \*\*Surely the SDMB should not be immune to criticism, but every week? \*\* so you agree with me it’s not often enough? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/14 "2003-09-15T23:07:49Z")
Don’t forget about that little “Forum Jump:” doohickey at the bottom of each page. Learn to use it, learn to love it. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/15 "2003-09-16T05:54:14Z")
Hmm… you have a point. Still even if it is free it would be nice if I only needed to log in once. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*Man, that TOTALLY FREAKING SUCKS, dude! You should TOTALLY FREAKING ASK for a FREAKING REFUND! That’s FREAKING CRAZY! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![guyblond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@guyblond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guyblond)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/16 "2003-09-16T06:21:02Z")
So we all know what it’s like to have a monkey on our back. SD addiction? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/17 "2003-09-16T06:42:30Z")
Tell ya what. When I win the lottery (current jackpot: 10 million), I will buy the Reader a new server for the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/18 "2003-09-16T07:14:35Z")
I’m starting to understand the reaction the Air Force guy had to my thread on this very topic, probably not more than 5 days ago. Perhaps they should make a sticky “This Board Is Slow” ranting thread… ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/19 "2003-09-16T10:41:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aryk29 \* > \*\*Hmm… you have a point. Still even if it is free it would be nice if I only needed to log in once. :rolleyes: \*\* User CP -\> Edit Options Browse board with cookies? Yes Or enable cookies. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792/20 "2003-09-16T13:29:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*Tell ya what. > > When I win the lottery (current jackpot: 10 million), I will buy the Reader a new server for the SDMB. \*\* They’re not interested. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow-and-that-sucks/201792.md?page=2)