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A lot of the times I access the PF forums, the response rate is very slow. Is there just a lot of activity, or is some type of maintenance going on?
Why is PF Slow? Reasons & Maintenance Info
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neutrino
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And it is also quite slow now.
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It just got over it's slow bit now
Evo
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It's been causing a lot of double posting.
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It's been causing a lot of my walking away from PF to get some real work done.Evo said:
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https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=125667
Someone want to merge these? This is at least the third thread on the subject.
Someone want to merge these? This is at least the third thread on the subject.
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Bystander said:
naw, just call a tech, get it fixed, don't waste your time on aesthetics!
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I knew this would happen when we lost the old skin.
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FredGarvin said:
It's got nothing to do with the skin.
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Do we know what the problem is?Greg Bernhardt said:
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I had to take one, last parting shot for the old ways.Greg Bernhardt said:
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Hootenanny said:
the database is getting bigger evey day?
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Perhaps time for a clean out? Or even a hardware upgrade? - But this would mean down time for PF, which would bring back my withdrawal symptoms...Pythagorean said:
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Hootenanny said:
yes I know what the problem is, it's pretty serious, once I can resolve it I'll let it be known
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Greg Bernhardt said:
That sounds...pretty serious. 
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True 'dat.Gokul43201 said:
I thought it might have something to do with the fact that my hard drive is failing.* Lots of operations are slow for me now and my browser quits often. I hope your hard drive is alright, since it must get constant activity.
*No jokes, please. :shy:
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I know Greg's trying to fix some problems, so this may just be related to what he's doing, but in case it isn't, or it's endemic to me...
I've been having all kinds of weird connectivity problems over the last day or two. Sometimes it says "database error" and some other times (like until a couple minutes ago) I see a different kind of error.
Just letting you know, Greg, in case it's not something you're aware of.
I've been having all kinds of weird connectivity problems over the last day or two. Sometimes it says "database error" and some other times (like until a couple minutes ago) I see a different kind of error.
Just letting you know, Greg, in case it's not something you're aware of.
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I'm not even getting errors, it just slows to a crawl, and then stops and refuses to load. 
It's Sunday! I don't want to do work today and PF won't let me play.
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Gokul43201 said:
You mentioned that you thought you'd had a post or two disappear in the "Warbird" thread; didn't witness any of that, however, couple days ago you posted to "Chemistry" on the 12C mass defect/binding energy question --- it ain't there no mo'. Did you delete it? Or did it pull a "trick" on you?
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That one, I deleted. I had had that thread open and intended to respond to it, but had to run away. I came back and replied an hour later without first refreshing. After I posted, I saw it was redundant and first edited then deleted it.Bystander said:
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Is it dormice nesting in the GD server? I hear they're attracted to cheese.
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Lisa!
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Dear me! I'm too impatient and PF is really slow sometimes that I just want to shout...
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Dunno how much help user descriptions of "unusual behaviors" is going to be, but --- just posted to "Gen. Eng." on "Car A/C," and after hitting "Submit Reply," everything "hung up" at about 40-50% "completion of task." Save the reply, close the window, and log back on, and the post had gone through correctly. Gonna check after this "reply" to see if it's still there.
Edit: had to play the same game here --- same result --- now, will it take the "edit" without hanging?
Edit(2): yes.
Edit: had to play the same game here --- same result --- now, will it take the "edit" without hanging?
Edit(2): yes.
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JamesU
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Am I the only one without these problems? PF seems fine...
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yomamma said:
time of day thing, maybe?
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Maybe he's the one breaking PF...works fine until he's done here. 
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Rach3 said:
I thought they were addicted to treacle. That stuff would really gum up a hard disk if it got in.
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I've always found PF to be very slow when I'm on. Maybe my time zone. But even though there is a lot of people on, or like 50 people viewing the very same forum I posted in, I still get very slow response times. Not that it matters though, because I usually post a few things then don't check till the next day. But it is nice to have fast responses.