FOOD FOR THOUGHT Is it just me or is this web site not working properly?

[Robert.Thompson]

Hello:

I have been experiencing a lot of trouble with this site;

1. Opening the site takes a very long time.
2. Switching from one forum category to another takes a very long time.
3. Switching categories is often unsuccessful, that is, I click on "Help" but never get there.
4. Sometimes my posts blow up.
5. It takes a long time to get the 'your post has been posted' message.

Is this normal, or, does the site know its me and want me to go away?
Thanks,

 

[billsimon]

I agree with lgaetz; in fact, this is one of the speedier forums I visit. You know the drill Robert.Thompson - try a different browser, maybe also alternate DNS resolvers (sometimes slow DNS makes everything else seem slow). Google's public DNS resolvers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

 

[Robert.Thompson]

Thanks for responding.
My DNS is already set to the two Google numbers.
I have the same problem with Chrome & Firefox on linuxmint.
I do not have this problem with any other site - that is why I posted my question.
I'll try it on Windows 7 but I don't really like windoz.
Thanks again for your time,

 

[wardmundy]

Robert.Thompson: Try reading more threads than you post. Seriously. Then log out from your account and back in. See if that helps.

 

[Robert.Thompson]

Robert.Thompson: Try reading more threads than you post. Seriously.

Am I abusing this Help forum?

 

[wardmundy]

Not at all. Just responding to issue you raised.

 

[wardmundy]

Did you try it??

 

[Robert.Thompson]

Did you try it??

Yep and it did exactly what you expected - it now runs like a charm!

Thanks.

 

[briankelly63]

That Ward Mundy is just too spooky. My kitchen oven cooks things too slowly so I tried the same thing. I put in more stuff then I take out and cycled the circuit breaker. It now cooks normally.

 

[billsimon]

So, really, what's the trick? I'm fascinated by this wizardry. Does the forum have some smarts to prevent spamming by throttling users who post a lot without reading a lot?

 

[wardmundy]

With the number of attempted attacks on forums such as ours, I think we're all better served by not revealing too much. Thankfully, this is a rare occurrence for the vast majority of users.

 

[tbrummell]

With the number of attempted attacks on forums such as ours, I think we're all better served by not revealing too much. Thankfully, this is a rare occurrence for the vast majority of users.

Interesting....very, very interesting.

 

[MacNix]

This sounds like a perfectly good reason to apply more tinfoil cranially.......