concerned citizen

[T.I.P.]

it's satruday night

i'm drunk, kind of

tomorrow i go to work again. I usually i look forward to something new going on around here when I go to work on Sunday, if only a picture of a toilet or a short poem about footy.

Unfortunately lately nothing seems to be working- people have conversations and replies don't appear -it takes ages to load the page-

Is there a software upgrade, or a database cleanup that can solve this problem ?

I'm only posting this thread because I really like this place, and I'm concerned with recent developments. The technical malfunctions, and the fact that the link via the main page towards this bulletin board has not been reinstated, make me wonder how much of a future this place has.

Please correct me if I am delusional.

-concerned and drunk: Terence

[michaelG]

if this place is not working you can always go to the old " THE SHOW" forum... nevermind that one is closed to new members. Maybe the Org.--that one is by invitation only, but it is not closed yet.

At least this one is still open and allows new members. Take the bad with the good and the good with the less than horrible.

[auntie aubrey]

this is the first time all day i've managed to get this site to load without hitting "refresh" 50 times.

so while it's working, this is for you, dear tipper.

http://www.mocpages.com/user_thumbnails/bb573@ms45.hinet.net/www.brickshelf.com_gallery_ytshih_FunStuffs_Toilet _05.jpg_SPLASH.jpg

[michaelG]

What is he reading ?

[Odbe]

"Turn Your Life Upside Down: How To Become An Alcoholic"

[madasacutsnake]

"Why Pirates Always Lose at Cricket".

[trisherina]

"On Call -- a History of Alcoholic Surgeons"


I used to think the SDMB had a lot of time-outs.

[Tunesmith]

I'm only posting this thread because I really like this place, and I'm concerned with recent developments. The technical malfunctions, and the fact that the link via the main page towards this bulletin board has not been reinstated, make me wonder how much of a future this place has.


hear, hear!

I would've posted sooner, but it's taken around five tries over the course of a day to log on...

[Tunesmith]

"Turn Your Life Upside Down: How To Become An Alcoholic"

:D

"New Age Bling: How to Make the Most of Your Mystical Jewelry"

[craig johnston]

i thought it was just me

:(

[Odbe]

I'm feeling quite fortuitously left out here; for some reason I'm not getting those problems (touchwood!) The pages are slow to load and sometimes my browser tries to download a file rather than open the link I click on, but it only takes one or two goes to load the page and I haven't had trouble logging in. Actually I leave my account logged in, so that might not be an indicator.

[Frieda]

i'm sorry guys, i've emailed ze again about this database poop going on with the board. i hope he can help!

if anyone has any clues regarding trends in downtime please post it here~!

[Earthling]

if anyone has any clues regarding trends in downtime please post it here~!
Well, I thought I had a clue. So I changed my ISP last Tuesday coz of the crappy service. hahahaha...me bad.http://www.smileycons.com/img/classic/0183.gif
I'm still in my initial phase of computer geekdom, so whadda I knew? lol

[Earthling]

if anyone has any clues regarding trends in downtime please post it here~!
Well, I thought I had a clue. So I changed my ISP last Tuesday coz of the crappy service. hahahaha...me bad.http://www.smileycons.com/img/classic/0183.gif
I'm still in my initial phase of computer geekdom, so whadda I knew? lol

[Earthling]

if anyone has any clues regarding trends in downtime please post it here~!
Well, I thought I had a clue. So I changed my ISP last Tuesday coz of the crappy service. hahahaha...me bad.http://www.smileycons.com/img/classic/0183.gif
I'm still in my initial phase of computer geekdom, so whadda I knew? lol:)

[auntie aubrey]

it didn't make any more sense to me the third time around.

[brightpearl]

I sent ze a message over on the org, too...I don't get notified on my email when I have a pm here, so I thought I'd duplicate the message there in case he doesn't know he's got mail here or somethin'.

I can usually get it to work eventually, but it does make it hard to do the fast chat thing. :(

[Frieda]

it didn't make any more sense to me the third time around.

i dont think earthling can help triple posting, it happens to me too during the current board trouble.

[T.I.P.]

so i was going to try to make a list of symptoms...^ earthling's triple post is one of them

Symptoms noticed so far:

-Long load time (up to several minutes). The waiting (browser indicates "Waiting for bulletin.zefrank.com") occurs when you first log on, when you preview a post, when you post a reply.

-When you post a reply and the screen goes blank, and then you try to refresh your browser, it makes a double (eventually triple) post. My current workaround for this problem is to click on my shortcut to the main page after I post a reply.

-Threads not bumped to top by new replies.

-Name of last poster in thread not indicated in "Last Post" column

These symptoms appear and disappear randomly. I don't see any correlation with the "currently active users" or "time of day" but I have not really looked for trends yet.

HTH

[Frieda]

well i did notice there's a steady amount of lurkers going on, usually it comes and it goes but it's been around 40-50 since i started paying attention last week.

[Stephi_B]

What I noticed in addition to the already mentioned problems:

Problems to load the page as a whole - or threads when you were lucky to get here, occur during weekdays most often around 15-17h MET, i.e. 10-12h board time. Can be that the bumping together of European afternoon/early-feierabend net traffic and North American morning traffic adds to the problem.

Another thing I noticed: some of the pics (animated .gif files and the like mostly) Earthling - mayhap it occurred with other too? - (tried to) post(ed) did not show up but a banner saying it cannot show cos of too large bandwidth. As I understand Ze pays for bandwidth (mille, mille grazie! :)), that is only a certain amount is available, right? So can it be that there is an overflow? Could explain the (temporarily) vanished posts, in most cases they contain pictures or videos, i.e. bandwidth-intense data...

[lukkucairi]

yeah, I was wondering about the bandwidth issue.

hope we can get this sorted :(

[auntie aubrey]

i dont think earthling can help triple posting, it happens to me too during the current board trouble.

i know. it's happened to me. i was just making a joke.


i meant to post this much earlier this morning, but this is the first time all day that i've managed to get this board to load a "reply" window. and i'm willing to wager a guess that once i submit this comment, i won't be able to load any more pages for the next several hours.

[Frieda]

im sorry auntie, it didnt look like a joke!~

the past 4 hours have been giving me timeouts, since 17:00 CET. it's pretty fast now!

[zefrank]

sorry about the delay in getting this back to normal - spoke with the folks that host the server and they gave it a reboot - it should be back up and running - send me a note if it starts to lag again.

love
ze

[Frieda]

heyyyyy that's good news!

thanks very much ze, it looks like everything is going smoothly now! :)

[auntie aubrey]

holy smokes, this board loaded on the first try and i got a reply window with one click!

[T.I.P.]

flippin' sweet :)

[Tunesmith]

Praise the board!!

First there was a white emptiness...and then there were the familiar three shades of orange!

Many thanks, ze!

[T.I.P.]

* hits refresh a few more times just to be sure *

[Frieda]

it's so good it made me browse through all of the threads in fast chat--

i love it :)

[T.I.P.]

woohoo ! :D

http://static.flickr.com/116/285825858_4e68a051ac.jpg

[Frieda]

i know eh, wunderbar und fabelhaft :)


browsing through threads-- i made friends and lost friends here and then made other friends-- weird how that happens

still love the place! :)

[brightpearl]

I still want to say that I would be happy to fork over a little moolah for this board. You should set up candy for yourself over on the org, Ze-by Baby.

Monkeys and duckies or somethin'.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

this is really gonna hurt my spider solitaire playing

[auntie aubrey]

i took a break from re-playing "zelda: windwaker" just to come in here to post BECAUSE I CAN NOW.

[trisherina]

Yay! Thanks, ze.

[Anna]

nice and smooth

[l'azizza]

Downright zippy!

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Spam flowing freely.

[Frieda]

yeah yeah. janitor is here already.

[Anna]

all's well again

[seebe]

it's satruday night

i'm drunk, kind of

tomorrow i go to work again. I usually i look forward to something new going on around here when I go to work on Sunday, if only a picture of a toilet or a short poem about footy.

Please correct me if I am delusional.

-concerned and drunk: Terence

First things first, you are not delusional, I see the pink elephant too.

Did I hear mention of a toilet? Coming right up dear and for you I installed a his side for those sharing and caring intimate moments.
http://riversdell.com/pughhouse/gallery/pugh_outhouse_interior.jpg

[lukkucairi]

woo to the hoo!

<object width="425" height="353"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VCIyzNISw1Q&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VCIyzNISw1Q&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="353"></embed></object>

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I'm getting lukkucairi's post (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=363734) not appearing at the end of the where we leave messages for each other (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=7615&page=80) thread.

[Jack Flanders]

this is really gonna hurt my spider solitaire playing

That and Posti!!! 18756 last week!!!

[auntie aubrey]

i don't want to alarm anyone, but i just had it happen again.

posted, thread didn't update or bump. tried to post again and received the flood warning.

[Frieda]

what flood warning? what does it say?

[Peregrine]

I'm getting lukkucairi's post (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showpost.php?p=363734) not appearing at the end of the where we leave messages for each other (http://bulletin.zefrank.com/showthread.php?t=7615&page=80) thread.

We were getting that at The Show forum a little bit yesterday too. Also some thread timeouts and stuff. Are both forums hosted on the same machine, or using the same DBMS or something?

[auntie aubrey]

what flood warning? what does it say?

the thing where it says you have to wait 30 seconds to post again. i posted, the post didn't show up, so i went back to retype and hit submit. i got the warning telling me i'd just posted and i had to wait 30 seconds.

which means somewhere in the system my post was recognized but it just disappeared into a black hole.

that's what i experienced a lot of before the reboot. let's just hope this was a one-off glitch.

[Anna]

I think it needs a hug

[Frieda]

^^ i've never seen that message autie.. is that something you always get whenever posting twice within 30 seconds?

[T.I.P.]

^ perhaps you don't have that constraint because of your administrator status.

I'm guessing the 30 second rule is there to avoid the board from being spammed to death and/or to force people to think about what they are posting, if only for a few moments, when things start getting too heated.


I think it needs a hug
:)

[Frieda]

^ so you get that message too?

[T.I.P.]

yup

[Coffee]

I get that message too.

[Coffee]

I get that message too.

The following errors occurred when this message was submitted:

1. This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 23 seconds.

The following errors occurred when this message was submitted:

1. This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 7 seconds.

[Stephi_B]

Used to get that message very often before the reboot (usually when wanting to post pics), so far I didn't get it again.

[brightpearl]

btw right now it's showing there's a new post from Anna in the indie cafe, but when you read the thread, the last one it shows is Tunesmith's earlier one. I had that happen a lot when it was going slowly.

[Peregrine]

Quite a little bit of weird stuff going on. For one thing, I can't seem to start a thread:

Peregrine, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I wasn't actually going to post a new thread. I was just poking around with the interface because my job is boring. And I can post replies OK, apparently, but I can't post a new thread. I'm guessing the administrators turned off the new thread ability for users under a certain post count because of all the spam in here lately, and since I mostly lurk, I'm below the cut-off too. If that's the case, I'll live with it. Otherwise, its a little weird.

[Anna]

someone need to back up....
also clear your cookies - reload the page
if you get the 30 seconds when posting back up or hit preview and see if your post is already there, then hit the top to get out.
There are server problems that need fixing.

[michaelG]

Quite a little bit of weird stuff going on. For one thing, I can't seem to start a thread:



I wasn't actually going to post a new thread. I was just poking around with the interface because my job is boring. And I can post replies OK, apparently, but I can't post a new thread. I'm guessing the administrators turned off the new thread ability for users under a certain post count because of all the spam in here lately, and since I mostly lurk, I'm below the cut-off too. If that's the case, I'll live with it. Otherwise, its a little weird.

Many Ze. forums are under some kind of lockdown/lockout conditions. Probably due to flaming or spaming. One would assume you could work around the one you are experiencing in here by apologizing for being off-topic and having a mentor give you your thread.

[Anna]

why do you ass-u-me the worst?

[Peregrine]

Many Ze. forums are under some kind of lockdown/lockout conditions. Probably due to flaming or spaming. One would assume you could work around the one you are experiencing in here by apologizing for being off-topic and having a mentor give you your thread.

Meh. Like I said, I'm not too worried about it. And I wasn't actually going to post a new thread anyway. Just something unusual going on that I thought I'd ask about.

[Coffee]

Ze's cat hates birds...that's your problem Peregrine. Perhaps if you post some piccys of dead pigeons that you stooped (dove) on at speeds exceeding 200 MPH, you might get forgiven for your screen name.

[Peregrine]

Too bad I'm not an actual bird, and just a guy hiding behind a screen name.

On the other hand, there's usually some road-kill on the through-way on the way to work in the mornings. I'm pretty sure most of them used to be pigeons. and they were probably hit by something going at least 100kph...
Maybe some pictures of that then?

No, that's just gross.

[Peregrine]

OK, I've seen a couple new accounts registered today, which proceeded to post spam threads. So apparently spammers can do something that I can't.

Also, I can't send or receive private messages, or set an avatar. I'd just assumed that it was because of post count or something like that, but now I'm not so sure.

I wonder if my account wasn't fully activated way back when I signed up. I got the confirmation e-mail, and followed instructions, and all that, but never heard back from anybody. I was able to sign in, so I just figured that I was good to go.

What gives?

[T.I.P.]

I'm pretty sure most of them used to be pigeons.


African or European ?

[Peregrine]

European, I'd imagine. Unless there's some kind of indigenous North American pigeon I'm not aware of.

How do you know so much about pigeons?

[T.I.P.]

i'm just a huge monty python nerd :D

and hearing things about birds and airspeeds makes me thing of this:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/faq#.2.1.1

and this

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

[T.I.P.]

Hey Peregrine

I just tried to private message you and it says this: :confused:

"Peregrine has chosen not to receive private messages or may not be allowed to receive private messages. Therefore you may not send your message to him/her."

maybe you need to reset your private settings to allow pm's and the like ?
otherwise just pm Ze or Frieda


And if all else fails, just start a new account

[Peregrine]

I don't see any place in the control panel to turn private messages on. And it doesn't seem like something I'd typically turn off.

I can turn PMs on or off in The Show forum, but not here. And it's pretty much the same software.

[Frieda]

peregrine is still "user awaiting email confirmation"

i'll let ze know. i have no idea why the spammers can spam and you can't create threads. is this restricted to a single subforum? or the whole thing?

[Peregrine]

peregrine is still "user awaiting email confirmation"

i'll let ze know. i have no idea why the spammers can spam and you can't create threads. is this restricted to a single subforum? or the whole thing?

Thanks. It looks like I can't start threads in any subforum.

[zefrank]

OK, I've seen a couple new accounts registered today, which proceeded to post spam threads. So apparently spammers can do something that I can't.

Also, I can't send or receive private messages, or set an avatar. I'd just assumed that it was because of post count or something like that, but now I'm not so sure.

I wonder if my account wasn't fully activated way back when I signed up. I got the confirmation e-mail, and followed instructions, and all that, but never heard back from anybody. I was able to sign in, so I just figured that I was good to go.

What gives?

not sure - you're configuration is normal.

[Anna]

Peregrine, try sending yourself a new password, then change it back. It may flip a switch.
fyi vbulletine has a couplea upgrades


oh, I noticed that the spam is pretty localized to the fiction project which they are/might/could/probably getting off and in through the web page.

been a while, do you have to use a script stopper to register?


oops spoke too soon

[Peregrine]

Peregrine, try sending yourself a new password, then change it back. It may flip a switch.
fyi vbulletine has a couplea upgrades


Nope. Thanks, though.

[T.I.P.]

^ have you tried starting a new account ?

[Peregrine]

^ have you tried starting a new account ?

I might try that later, but I'm not that worried about it.

[Frieda]

could you guys all do me a favor and not open or reply to spam threads? there's images in there that, upon loading, generate more spam! :eek:

thanks :)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

reproducing spam!

[brightpearl]

If it turns out that Spam is sentient, I'm going to give up and move to Lower Elbonia.

[Frieda]

why the fck is there so much anger about spam?? it's not like it's important or anything. it's just as important as a flat slab of bubblegum stuck on the pavement. not worth getting angry or upset about. the anger here scares me.

~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

frieda's urgent advice for the day (free-of-charge): try to see the pretty things in life. it makes it easier to differentiate between the important stuff and trivialities.

[lukkucairi]

is spam-rage like road-rage?

[Anna]

why the fck is there so much anger about spam?? it's not like it's important or anything. it's just as important as a flat slab of bubblegum stuck on the pavement. not worth getting angry or upset about. the anger here scares me.
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
frieda's urgent advice for the day (free-of-charge): try to see the pretty things in life. it makes it easier to differentiate between the important stuff and trivialities.

Image, clutter and many of the ads in the subject are just plain disgusting. But most of all it's those little bots sending homing signals to all their little friends and relative that they found a great site to plant more spam families without captcha. I've noticed that they have already seeped into the other forums and spoken to one extended bot family that has double in creating user accounts. You really want to delete these guys ASAP or install captcha cause they will take over.

[Anna]

is spam-rage like road-rage?

Spam knows not what it does ;)

[Frieda]

Image, clutter and many of the ads in the subject are just plain disgusting. But most of all it's those little bots sending homing signals to all their little friends and relative that they found a great site to plant more spam families without captcha. I've noticed that they have already seeped into the other forums and spoken to one extended bot family that has double in creating user accounts. You really want to delete these guys ASAP or install captcha cause they will take over.

please don't open the threads-- this generates more spam.

[Anna]

please don't open the threads-- this generates more spam.

never have never will

[Frieda]

oh goodie, that's a relief-- i thought you opened them because you referred to images in the spam threads-- :)

[Anna]

oh goodie, that's a relief-- i thought you opened them because you referred to images in the spam threads-- :)

oh nononono I probably should have been clearer.
I was responding to...

why the fck is there so much anger about spam??
Image, clutter and many of the ads in the subject are just plain disgusting.




:)

[brightpearl]

Thanks for doing so much freaking deleting, Frieda. :)

[trisherina]

By New Posts> I can see Coffee's posted in we dress each other up> but there is no way to get to his post.

[auntie aubrey]

holy crap, fiction project!

what's different about the setup of that forum that attracts the spambots in such huge quantities?

spam? you're soaking in it!

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I assume it's because it's the only one linked to on ze's page, he took down the link to the main board when he was talking about shutting it down.

[Coffee]

By New Posts> I can see Coffee's posted in we dress each other up> but there is no way to get to his post.

fortunately that resolved itself...I couldn't access it either after I posted it...wierd.

[Frieda]

i think there's some sort of batch running once or twice a day to get rid of users with 0 posts-- might have something to do with it.

[brightpearl]

The board's gone all wonky again...

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Yes, there's a definite wonk to it.

[brightpearl]

I'm having mostly trouble with Et Cetera...

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Is everyone one else unable to load mad's birthday thread, or just me?

[Frieda]

no trouble here!

[brightpearl]

Stuff's not getting bumped to the top when somebody posts sometimes, and I am getting a lot of loading error messages...

So weird, same problems as earlier, but they're so random and transitory.

[Anna]

<object width="325" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HtTUsOKjWyQ&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HtTUsOKjWyQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="255"></embed></object>

[Peregrine]

I think it's getting near that time again, when someone might consider putting in a call to give the server a kick in the teeth. If it's not that time yet, it's getting fairly close to it.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I'm finding at certain hours of the day there's just no response at all.

[Frieda]

^story of my life



has someone emailed ze yet? or are you guys just randomly reporting your annoyance here?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

randomly reporting :)

[Peregrine]

Yeah... 'cause I'm just sort of a semi-casual lurker round these parts, and am unfamiliar with the protocol for randomly reporting things.

[lukkucairi]

randomly reporting

yeah, the thing needs a reboot...

[Frieda]

:rolleyes:

well, i'll be out all day so if one of you guys could email ze you'd make me very happy! :)

[Anna]

http://greg.org/archive/cattelan_not_afraid_of_love.jpg

[trisherina]

In the words of zenbaybay, the board is Sofa King messed up.

[brightpearl]

The pub thread's not updating. :mad:

[brightpearl]

Nor this one.
:mad:
:mad:
:mad:

[brightpearl]

aha
I've threatened it successfully.

must've been that third grumpy face

[Frieda]

i think we're having a little <s>poltergeist</s> poultry goose problem again :eek:

[brightpearl]

Yes, I left you a message in the dress each other up thread, but it steadfastly refuses to bend to my will.
:mad::mad::mad::mad:

pearlhaps an extra grumpy face will do el trick

[auntie aubrey]

i've hidden a post somewhere on this board. good luck.

[Anna]

board's loopy, who's leaning on the button?

[T.I.P.]

it took me about 45 minutes to go from http://bulletin.zefrank.com to FASTCHAT to this thread

a quick reboot of the server may be in order

[Hyakujo's Fox]

bookmark could be handy too :D

but seriously, it's been slow to dead the last few days.

[lukkucairi]

I sent an email last night around 10 MDT

[brightpearl]

Hey, it's working right this moment...has been so slow I couldn't even log on. :(
Hope it's fixed soon -- Frieda, let us know if you know of some way we can help out...

[Frieda]

^

okay

you all have to sit down naked in your living room and shout "super duper halle balle hoi ha hooooooooters" or else the board won't work :p

[lukkucairi]

hmm OK

SUPER DUPER HALLE BALLE HOI HA HOOOOOOOOOOOTERS!!!!!

did it help? this page still took an age to load. I bet tippy isn't pulling his weight :mad:

[brightpearl]

^LULU!
How dare you say such a thing!!
You know as well as I do that he does that all the time whether Frieda asks him to or not.

PS
SUPER DUPER HALLE BALLE HOI HA HOOOOOOOOOOOTERS!!!!!

[trisherina]

"What's wrong with that danged thing?"

[T.I.P.]

holy shit it worked.

dang a dang a dang dang diggy

[Hyakujo's Fox]

ah there's life the old board yet, on occasion

[Anna]

grumble

[Anna]

grumble grumble

[Brynn]

Hi miss grumble - i wonder if you're having the same problems I am - apparently I can only post once a day, and then the pages won't load for the rest of the day. Is this the beginning of the end?
Anyway, hi folks.

[Frieda]

noooo it's all about you of course--

just like i told auntie aubrey-- all about you

[Frieda]

and its true

only one post a day

if you want more, you have to sit naked in your living room and shout "super duper halle balle hoi ha hooooooooters"

and mind you, i know if you're naked or not-- there's no fooling me

[Frieda]

and now you know that because i am able to post so many times a day, i must be naked right now

[Peregrine]

http://thistlewood.homelinux.com/images/smilies/needpics.gif

[Brynn]

miss fr. I did what you said and it worked :eek:

[Jack Flanders]

http://thistlewood.homelinux.com/images/smilies/needpics.gif

you first. :D

[Brynn]

http://www.bauwel-movement.co.uk/couch.jpeg

[Frieda]

miss fr. I did what you said and it worked :eek:

told ya :D

[Hyakujo's Fox]

so the spammers are back, does that mean we're back to normal?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

even got an e-mail for a PM! :eek:

[Frieda]

^^ yeah i think so

i hope the board stays up for a while :)

[Brynn]

even got an e-mail for a PM! :eek:
Was it the heartwarming tale about the guy who helped the baby ducklings jump off the balcony?
National Hug-a-Friend Day?
Tear-jerker about the red marble?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

^ unfortuntely it has all been lost!

early symptoms

[brightpearl]

board's all wonky and not updating threads and stuff....
or is it just me?

[brightpearl]

M'kay, seriously...Am I the only one who has to go to page 2 of Fast Chat and then back to page one to see anything posted in the last couple of days?

It's starting to get tedious.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

haven't seen that

just slowly getting slower, hanging a bit, and getting served an empty page now and then

[MoJoRiSin]

i have no idea but i do know this:
i have better luck with my mac on this site
try doing a system restore to back when
the site ran faster ??
start accessories system tools system restore choose a date
you won't loose data
i'll shut up now .......

[brightpearl]

Got rid of Internet Explorer and everything's fine now...:rolleyes:

[Brynn]

Good, because the next logical step would be to take Frieda's advice.

[MoJoRiSin]

Brightpearl, one cool thing that Firefox has over IE is that when you click 'view' then 'make text bigger' it is always is successful.