(Humor) SERVER TOO BUSY! aaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh

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{rant mode on}

"We're terribly sorry but the server is too busy right now to handle additional users. Please try again at a lower traffic hour."

LIKE WHEN? Three o'clock in the morning? I gotta sleep ya know!

"In the mean time, if you want to understand how this situation comes to pass, read Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing, which explains the technology behind this site."

How MANY times do you think I can read about it without screaming?

"We'll be beefing up our server farm here soon and should be able to handle additional users. So don't despair."

TOO LATE! Philip, no offense, but you've been "beefing up" for months now and it isn't helping! aaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh

Ahhh.... I feel much better! Who was the "numbskull" who said this forum was dying? It's busier than I've ever seen it. The most frustrating part is when you only have about 20 minutes. You click on a thread and read it, then when you hit the "back" button, you get that lovely message. NO! you scream! The rest of your 20 minutes is spent hitting the refresh button. {rant mode off, thank you very much!} :-)

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), August 26, 1999

Answers

What's this about the limitation of 20 minutes?

I thought we could click for hours.

Is Big Brother Server watching the clock?

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), August 26, 1999.


I agree - but this is a free service so I'm not complaining. Half of it is probably caused by people hitting the "Refresh" button over and over again...

One way I have found to lessen my load on the server (and speed up my browsing in general) is to set the browser to NOT re-load a page every time you visit it. Since most web pages are static, this makes sense... whenever you go back to the main index page, it is whisked out of your web page cash, not the server. If you then want to see what's new on a page, do it manually by hitting the Refresh button.

Why not do what we did and move a few time zones away!

-- Y2KGardener (gardens@bigisland.net), August 26, 1999.

For those of you who don't know...Gayla has been around here since, like, creation ; )

roflmao...Gayla, I was just wondering today, "Where the heck is Gayla?" Honest truth.

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), August 26, 1999.


Gayla, if you want you can call me and I'll read the treads to you ; )

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), August 26, 1999.


Yep, Gayla, we're debriefing our funny farm and shant serve users despairing about technology. T traffic S is going to HTF megabite in October, doncha tink?

The looming Reality, cold hard and direct, is coming around the Bends. The weeples will finally feel impelled to do some Searching for the Truth ...

WHAT WILL BE MY FATE ???

will be the query trembling from every fingertip ...


-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), August 26, 1999.


Yeeessssss! Gayla, thanks for the rant - I needed that - and I feel sooo much better for it!!

I agree too that it is much busier than normal. I used to get right on just about anytime except around 5:30/6:00pmPDT when I might have to try more than once, but now it is in the morning and at noon and almost any time I try to get on it seems like.

And Mr. Greenspun, thank you very much for the forum, but please, EXPAND already!!! Think in about a month or so 3:00am will be the only time you can get on.

-- Valkyrie (anon@please.net), August 26, 1999.


Gayla:

When I wrote that the forum was dying, I was referring to content, not activity. You'll notice that at least half the threads (and about 90% of total content on all threads) is off topic, unless you redefine the purpose of this forum to discussing anything anyone might worry about if they're paranoid enough. But then again, it's hard to sustain a high level of concern over something that hasn't happened as expected yet, and might never.

I poke the reload button a half dozen times, then wander away for an hour. Sometimes I never get in at all. But that's all right -- I know nobody is missing anything important if I can't post.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), August 26, 1999.


Gayla,

I've found that if I close the window, then reopen, I get right in.

Flint,

You need to up your Nicaban.

-- CT (ct@no.yr), August 26, 1999.


Yes yes yes Gayla! thankyou for this oportunity to vent! *swiiissh* deep breath in *swoooosh* deep breath out. ahhhhh... :-) Gosh that feels better now :-)

Flinty honeypolly, when a newsgroup or webforum gets this popular, the noise level inevitably rises commensurably. That's how you know it's working and popular, eh ;-) Now stop being a party pooper and go mingle. And watch who you pick a fight with!

"We'll be beefing up our server farm here soon and should be able to handle additional users. So don't despair."

I thought I was the incarnation of patience, but I guess I'm not. Greenspun's "soon" is twice longer than mine. Still I'm not desparing :-)

-- Chris (%$^&^@pond.com), August 26, 1999.


Solution:

Move to Australia, I nearly always get straight in, all day long.

(But I've had a few problems in the middle of the night, for some reason!)

RonD

-- Ron Davis (rdavis@ozemail.com.au), August 26, 1999.



You can save time and lighten the load on the server like this: right click on a thread you want to read. Choose "open in new window". When you're done reading that thread, close the new window. The original window will still show the list of threads, so you don't have to wait for that to reload except when you choose to.

-- biker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), August 26, 1999.

Ahhh... I got back in! Thanks to all who came for a visit. :-)

Hey, Flint! I'm proud of you for quitting smoking!

Michael, are you trying to say I'm older than dirt? LOL! You better be careful trying to read tread. That could be dangerous! :-)

Philip, (Greenspun) you know we love ya, really!

Thanks for the helpful hints on how to not get "locked" out! :-)

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), August 26, 1999.


Philip and Alex? Aren't they the farting canadian duo from the South Park cartoon? And isn't "beefing" slang for flatulence?

-- MoVe Immediate (MVI@yepimhere.com), August 26, 1999.

Gayla,

You know what I meant : ) You've just been here for a while. Although, you are wise beyond your years...

HEY, I think I have a theory for the "server busy" thing.

Professional lurkers into a little research maybe?

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), August 27, 1999.


Yeah, but she's got a lot of years to be wise beyond....

Mike - I'm more suspicious of professional "lurkers" automatically "reaccessing" continously....

-- why, who did what when where how (what_meworry@mad.com), August 27, 1999.



Gayla,

Just e-mailed Phil Greenspun about it. Will see what he suggests. Perhaps, for starters... deactivating all e-mail alerts?

Donno.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 27, 1999.


Philip and Alex? Aren't they the farting canadian duo from the South Park cartoon?

Actually, it's Terrance and Phillip.

-- (they@killed.kenny.you.bastards), August 27, 1999.


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