Forum Functions & Functionality: Technical Problems & Known Issues

[Herr Cloaca]

the Netflix browser

Netscape

 

[Erinaceus]

Bugger! I was trying to avoid typing that too and I still did it!

 

[brownmane]

I still remember the odd DOS prompt, and they still work. It beats searching for "print" in random different programs.

 

[Mythopoeika]

I still remember the odd DOS prompt, and they still work. It beats searching for "print" in random different programs.

I loved the DOS prompt and batch files back in the 80s. It made me look like a hacking god at work, even though I was typing in simple stuff.

 

[brownmane]

I loved the DOS prompt and batch files back in the 80s. It made me look like a hacking god at work, even though I was typing in simple stuff.

I'm not computer savvy, much, but nowadays I amaze younger people who can't find the menu dropdown and I simply pop in the commands and voilà.

The funny thing is, I only ever took a course in Lotus (my first computer experience ever) and subsequently took a WordPerfect training course at a former job. I can figure out how to solve some things with everyday computer problems that others don't even try to figure out.

I swear. Is there no one younger who doesn't just want to push a button to see what it does? It's not like you are going to lose the file you've been working on for hours because you didn't save. People nowadays don't know what it means to have a computer crash.

 

[kesavaross]

I miss the blue screen of death. It reminds me of a time when things were simpler and pc's crashing was normal.

 

[MorningAngel]

Anyone else finding the site really slow when loading today?

 

[Analogue Boy]

Yes. It’s been like this for me for a couple of days now.
There’s a thread on this.

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/board-speed.21377/page-4#post-2313800

 

[MorningAngel]

Yes. It’s been like this for me for a couple of days now.
There’s a thread on this.

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/board-speed.21377/page-4#post-2313800

I was wondering if some of the server hamsters have got time off for Christmas.

 

[Yithian]

Anyone else finding the site really slow when loading today?

I'd expected this to have corrected itself by now.

I'm going to press a button and take a ticket at the technical support counter.

 

[Analogue Boy]

https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress...ng-room.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=943&h=&dpr=1.5

 

[kesavaross]

I'd expected this to have corrected itself by now.

I'm going to press a button and take a ticket at the technical support counter.

Have you tried feeding the hamsters on the wheel more food?

Seriously though, it's not as if the forum has gone down. It still works, albeit slower.

 

[Iris]

Yes still slow here.

 

[MorningAngel]

Have you tried feeding the hamsters on the wheel more food?

Seriously though, it's not as if the forum has gone down. It still works, albeit slower.

Maybe the hamsters have overdone it on the food department and that’s why they are slow.

 

[Tunn11]

Still using hamster version 1.2 not the new, cloud based hamster.

 

[Floyd]

I thought pietro mercurious was our tech bod, or is that a case of the mandela effect, because I see he's retired from here now.

 

[Yithian]

I thought pietro mercurious was our tech bod, or is that a case of the mandela effect, because I see he's retired from here now.

You are not only wrong but very, very out-of-date.

 

[Floyd]

You are not only wrong but very, very out-of-date.

That sounds very much like me.

 

[Floyd]

You are not only wrong but very, very out-of-date.

I looked at the list of mods the other week and there was a fifth guy there below THE FOUR.
Unless I'd overdone the turps again, I can't for the life of me think what on earth I am 'remembering'.

 

[ramonmercado]

I looked at the list of mods the other week and there was a fifth guy there below THE FOUR.

There was but the other mods sent an assassin back in time to kill his grandfathers.

 

[ramonmercado]

There is an urgent need to upgrade from hamsters to capybaras. Get bigger wheels.

 

[Mythopoeika]

People nowadays don't know what it means to have a computer crash.

I assure you, Windows 10 and 11 PCs still crash. They mostly handle it a lot better than DOS ever did. Mostly.

 

[Analogue Boy]

Has anyone tried asking the Pixies to fix it?

 

[Sollywos]

Has anyone tried asking the Pixies to fix it?

They are on annual leave after the Christmas rush ... they had to fill in for the elves who were on strike so they are a bit grumpy.

 

[brownmane]

Odd because the site is still slow to load. It is painfully slow for me today. Hopefully something can be found out and fixed.

 

[Turtle91]

Odd because the site is still slow to load. It is painfully slow for me today. Hopefully something can be found out and fixed.

Running normally again for me at time of posting

 

[Iris]

Ok now for me too.

 

[Stormkhan]

Ditto. All is (un)normal.

 

[Analogue Boy]

So do we know what the problem was?

 

[Bigphoot2]

So do we know what the problem was?