# Wronged! by the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242 "2005-07-12T22:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/1 "2005-07-12T22:31:07Z")
I demand redress for harm performed against my person by the Straight Dope Message Board (“SDMB”). At approximately 2:55 pm MDT (UCT-07:00) on the 12th day of July in the year of our Lord 2005, when attempting to access my paid-in-fully account with the SDMB at the uniform resource locator [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3), I received the message “Sorry, down for maintenance until 6PM CST.” My damages are enumerated as follows: [ul] [li]I’ve lost approximately 125 minutes of SDMB access time.[/li][li]The use use of “6PM CST” is clearly a misleading way of indicating “7PM CDT” since the location of the SDMB is such that daylight time is observed.[/li][li]The use of a comma where a semicolon is better prescribed has caused such a shock that incalculable psychological damage is sure to have taken place.[/li][/ul] **Damages:** for 125 minutes I have suffered a loss of access valued at US$0.001778 based on a subscription price of US$7.48 for 525,960 minutes of access. Therefore I demand satisfaction of this miscarriage of justice such that after six (6) years have passed, I be rewarded a US $0.01 discount on renewal of my SDMB subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/2 "2005-07-12T22:43:04Z")
It was only down for like, 28 minutes for me. 28 very long minutes, nonetheless. Thanks for getting it back up so quick, techies! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/3 "2005-07-12T23:02:09Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > **Damages:** for 125 minutes I have suffered a loss of access valued at US$0.001778 based on a subscription price of US$7.48 for 525,960 minutes of access. Therefore I demand satisfaction of this miscarriage of justice such that after six (6) years have passed, I be rewarded a US $0.01 discount on renewal of my SDMB subscription. Obviously you ain’t from around these parts. Here is the _proper_ way to sue: (1) Actual damages, loss of board time: $0.01 (2) Compensatory damages (for vodka consumed & porn downloaded during downtime): $75.42 (3) Punitive damages (pain & suffering, etc.): $50,000,000 plus my own late night talk show. Calling Larry Parker as we speak… ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/4 "2005-07-13T02:27:00Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > It was only down for like, 28 minutes for me. > > 28 very long minutes, nonetheless. > > Thanks for getting it back up so quick, techies! You must really, really like techies. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/5 "2005-07-13T02:59:02Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > You must really, really like techies. Or he understands how crappy most software is. Especially the proprietary kind. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/6 "2005-07-13T15:16:10Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > “Sorry, down for maintenance until 6PM CST.” That originally said “1PM CST.” Jerry can’t always tell time. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/7 "2005-07-13T23:56:42Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > That originally said “1PM CST.” Jerry can’t always tell time. Perhaps if it was expressed as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z he’d do better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/8 "2005-07-14T00:03:50Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Or he understands how crappy most software is. Especially the proprietary kind. Um, **Derleth**. I think **Tenar** was joking about the “getting it up” part. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wronged-by-the-sdmb/312242/9 "2005-07-14T01:20:08Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Thanks for getting it back up so quick, techies! Shhhh! The makers of Viagra and Cialis don’t like the competition!