Thread: Problem Accessing MB Today

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+1 with a great big huge thank you!

WOW, see how much faster things run when Tom deletes all the negativity out of the political threads?

Fastest I've seen this run!

I've been meaning to ask Tom if there is some other tracker-type program that can handle these request. Perhaps the excel was never meant to handle this type of multi-tasking.

It was probably me who caused the problem. When the site was running sluggishly earlier, I tried to run some scripts to clean things up and the next thing you know, the site is down.

I am trying to come up with a plan to get by this bottle neck. We seem to have plenty of processing power, but once we get close to the deadline and everyone is checking the autotracker, things get a little too heavy for the servers. I may end up moving the autotracker to another domain name like tsptalk.net or something.

Originally Posted by JTH

I've been meaning to ask Tom if there is some other tracker-type program that can handle these request. Perhaps the excel was never meant to handle this type of multi-tasking.

We actually don't use excel. Mostly PHP with a MySQL database, and the autotracker database is on its own server.

I am not too concerned about getting another t-shirt to shove in some dresser drawer, the new dresser drawer that I bought just to hold all the crappy t-shirts that I've bought; ie, sports, concerts(the Who, the Stones,etc., vacations, etc. I do need to work at off-site buildings on some days, and the out-lying buildings don't have any net hookups, (security).
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Originally Posted by FireWeatherMet
If you make your move at 1159...all you need to do is take another 60-90 seconds to make your TSPTalk input. But given unexpected phone call etc...a change to 1215-1220 should be good....in my opinion.

That is the intent - 10 minutes should be plenty of time, but lately people have been having problems getting their IFT into the tracker at that time because of system issues. The new deadline just provides a buffer, but you are right, some may procrastinate because of the buffer causing more problems.

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Originally Posted by FireWeatherMet
I like to think that all of us here are a lot more interested in tracking our true performance then trying to get a free t-shirt...and that most if not all of us would adhere to the honor system.

You'd be surprised. It's more of an ego thing than getting a T-shirt. Rarely has anyone ever asked me to change their IFT when the change hurts their return.

I recommend that people still use the excel spreadsheets to track their actual returns. That's what is important. The AutoTracker is really just a game and a tool to help others watch what others are doing.

Thanks for the input folks!

Originally Posted by JTH

Tom, you know my dad manages a gun forum and has the same problems where most everyone is conservative with a small handful of sassy liberals in the mix. Believe it or not, I never wanted a political forum in the first place because I know what it brings out.

Having said that, I do at times feel this place is a little too meek and and we could use some thicker skin around here. I would like to see you keep the political thread, with the understanding it should be kept respectful & factual at all times.

To help midigate things, I think we should add a bashing/venting thread where members can vent with each other freely, but only bash those who have chosen to enter this thread. No bashing people who choose not to enter this thread. It's not a new concept, and I have seen it work on another forum.

Great idea JTH..

Tom,

I'm starting to see a little bit of a slow down here and there. I have an idea. How about shutting down all none market talks starting at 30 mins to the deadline.

Anybody else thinks this would help?

Originally Posted by 350zCommTech

Tom,

I'm starting to see a little bit of a slow down here and there. I have an idea. How about shutting down all none market talks starting at 30 mins to the deadline.

Anybody else thinks this would help?

That could help, but it would be tough to do. I still have an open support ticket with the hosting tech team to keep an eye on what is happening.

This board is big, but there are some that are so much bigger. I am wondering what they do to keep things running smoothly. We have two servers and I can't imagine it is not enough for our modest board activity. The one thing we have that is different than most boards, is that 1 to 2 hour high traffic peak time.

Originally Posted by tsptalk

That could help, but it would be tough to do. I still have an open support ticket with the hosting tech team to keep an eye on what is happening.

This board is big, but there are some that are so much bigger. I am wondering what they do to keep things running smoothly. We have two servers and I can't imagine it is not enough for our modest board activity. The one thing we have that is different than most boards, is that 1 to 2 hour high traffic peak time.

What about disabling avatars for that time period? I've seen that done at Markettickerforum.