# Wicked fast? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 2, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928 "2019-06-02T22:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/21 "2019-06-30T13:15:04Z")
It’s been horrible the last day for me. So many time-outs. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/22 "2019-06-30T13:20:45Z")
constantly getting 504 Gateway Time-out messages . . . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/23 "2019-06-30T13:21:37Z")
Jenny don’t wuv us no more. _snif_ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/24 "2019-06-30T13:30:11Z")
All of the above, plus it’s constantly logging me out. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/25 "2019-06-30T13:35:58Z")
The hamsters were angry that day, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/26 "2019-06-30T13:45:22Z")
All of the above, plus it’s constantly logging me out. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/27 "2019-06-30T13:45:37Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > All of the above, plus it’s constantly logging me out. Any ideas? > [@Alessan](#): > > All of the above, plus it’s constantly logging me out. Any ideas? > [@Alessan](#): > > All of the above, plus it’s constantly logging me out. Any ideas? Causality loop? ETA: Temporal ninja ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/28 "2019-06-30T13:48:25Z")
I seem to have identified an additional problem. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/29 "2019-06-30T14:05:03Z")
I was seeing the same timeouts, but as of about 5 minutes ago it’s fine. Server got rebooted or something? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/30 "2019-06-30T14:18:49Z")
OK, it’s not just me. Seems to be working at the moment. Hope that’ll last. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/31 "2019-06-30T14:39:17Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I seem to have identified an additional problem. I didn’t do it! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/32 "2019-06-30T14:56:40Z")
Yeah, it’s been intermittently slow over the last 24 hours. My assumption was that someone was DoSing the place, and the attacker was moving around or changing the attack in some way, in turn making it hard for the provider to block it. But, it could have been a backend problem of some sort, too. I dunno, it’s my day job to track down what’s happening when these kind of systems go wonky. So, without any access, I sit here and speculate what could be the cause. Sometimes I write songs about it while I wait for the page to load or error out. _Some one’s DoSing the Do-ope Someone’s DoSing it I know-ow-ow Someone’s DoSing the Do-ope That’s why it’s so dang slow_ Yeah, it’s not great, and based on circumstantial evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/33 "2019-06-30T15:49:14Z")
Slow, slow, slow for the past 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/34 "2019-06-30T16:28:51Z")
I have reported the problem. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/35 "2019-06-30T16:28:12Z")
It’s really awful, what’s happening. When I can get to the site, 1 try in 5, one click on any thread and…timed out! Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/36 "2019-06-30T16:56:55Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I seem to have identified an additional problem. I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/37 "2019-06-30T16:57:55Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I seem to have identified an additional problem. I saw what you did there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/38 "2019-06-30T17:34:05Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > SDMB seems fast today? > > Due to move to new provider? Why did you jinx us? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/39 "2019-06-30T17:59:25Z")
I started getting server errors and timeouts about 2AM last night (Chi time). They now seem to have escalated. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928/40 "2019-06-30T19:25:55Z")
I haven’t been online much over the weekend so I don’t know about the last 24 hours, but periods of slowness, server errors, and gateway timeouts have been occurring intermittently for months now. This certainly gives an incredibly unprofessional impression of the system management that is supposed to be responsible for the SDMB infrastructure and really makes the site unfriendly and discouraging. I know **TubaDiva** cares and is reporting the current issue, but one gets the impression that the ownership doesn’t care if the place goes to hell. That may not be at all correct, but that’s how it feels when problems like this go unresolved for a long time. I suppose one can be more sympathetic if this is the result of denial-of-service attacks from someone with a grudge, but those should have been tracked down long ago as that’s a pretty serious federal crime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-fast/834928.md?page=3)