In answer to FDs question -
https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1705818818/16#16
I can't reply in Feedback -

yes it's terribly slow.

The Ozpolitic Mossad site is evidently using Kosher AI to identify posters and viewers and transmit that information to Mossad's killing machines.

FleaDriver has shot himself in the foreskin.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 1:14pm:

The Ozpolitic Mossad site is evidently using Kosher AI to identify posters and viewers and transmit that information to Mossad's killing machines. FleaDriver has shot himself in the foreskin.

Priceless!

Bobby. wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 12:39pm:

I can't reply in Feedback -

Then he doesn't deserve an answer

Not as slow as earlier today but still way too slow!

It is bloody ridiculous for FD to ask in Feedback whether the site is slow when half the bloody membership can’t respond there!

There is another problem but I won’t mention it.

Yes. Was very slow earlier.

Better now, but still not up to speed.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 3:55pm:

Yes. Was very slow earlier. Better now, but still not up to speed.

It's still very slow -
it just took over 1 minute to load another single page.
This page was OK I suppose?

Is it a denial of service attack from one of the 104 guests now online?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 4:08pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 11th, 2024 at 3:55pm: Yes. Was very slow earlier. Better now, but still not up to speed. It's still very slow - it just took over 1 minute to load another single page. This page was OK I suppose? Is it a denial of service attack from one of the 104 guests now online?

Maybe the rapist is weighing it down   :-/

https://i.imgflip.com/7l6157.jpg

Is it a denial of service attack from one of the 104 guests now online -
perhaps a Democrat trying to ruin a pro Trump site?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 4:15pm:

Is it a denial of service attack from one of the 104 guests now online - perhaps a Democrat trying to ruin a pro Trump site?

120 guests   :o

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 4:18pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 11th, 2024 at 4:15pm: Is it a denial of service attack from one of the 104 guests now online - perhaps a Democrat trying to ruin a pro Trump site? 120 guests   :o

138 guests now and 17 search engines!

Bullsh!t!

FleaDriver and his Mossad website are incompetent.

FleaDriver jumps from one f**kup to another.

It has been slow for DAYS! Goober sucking up to FD. YUCK!

What a bunch of absolute WHINGERS if ever there was.  ::)

still as slow as a wet weak LTYC.

Gnads wrote on Apr 12^th, 2024 at 10:06am:

still as slow as a wet weak LTYC.

119 guests and 28 search engines.

No wonder it's so slow.

Has FD updated the robots.txt file recently?

The site is crap. It gets fixed occasionally for a few minutes every now and then and reverts to extremely slow.

edit: This post took about 30 seconds to be posted after post instruction was clicked.

Bunch of cry-babies.  :'(

HTFU.  ;D

thegreatdivide wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 1:18pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Apr 11th, 2024 at 1:14pm: The Ozpolitic Mossad site is evidently using Kosher AI to identify posters and viewers and transmit that information to Mossad's killing machines. FleaDriver has shot himself in the foreskin. Priceless!

Indeed nobody would ever put any value on LTYC.....

Working pretty good now, thankfully.

Intermittently slow for me.

Sometimes 30 seconds to load a page, other times a few seconds, sometimes fast.

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 12^th, 2024 at 11:56pm:

Intermittently slow for me. Sometimes 30 seconds to load a page, other times a few seconds, sometimes fast.

Do not adjust your computer. The problem is in your head.

Seems fine this morning even though we have 19 search engines and 127 guests.

Going well today.

Maybe someone optimised the database?

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 13^th, 2024 at 12:14pm:

Going well today. Maybe someone optimised the database?

A wallop in the head?

S-s-s-some ............ of........ the.................... users................................................. are ...............................a ....bit .....................................................................slow ......


             get         rid         of         ltyc        now

JC Denton posted where most of us can’t reply for some reason  :-? ::)


Quote:

this forum is completely broken yep. you really need to switch to a XenForo board system because the current board software is so painfully out of date and is starting to come apart at the seams.

XenForo is great software, can recommend it highly!

You're not invited to Feedback Monkey boy, for obvious reasons.

The site is slow to post the front page of the forum. Everything else is fine.

Are we still going to move to a SQL based forum?

And just then got the message that HTTPS here is not supported.

Very slow this morning -

takes over one minute to load each page.

Guests 209  search engines 22.

Slowed down again, no HTTPS message again.

No problems

Still very slow.

lee wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2024 at 6:25pm:

Still very slow.

The site is painfully slow - it has been for a few days -

taking 1 to 2 minutes to load some pages.

Just ran my cleanup program - not much difference.

We're too anti-Abo BS and anti-Palestine BS  here... dangerous radicals... not PC and Woke enough... I neded an external memory to store all my stuff and get it all organised for The War On Woke book...

The War On Woke

A Testament of Truth

Site is unusably slow and this time for every activity, not just getting back to the home page.

Getting the message “HTTPS not supported” again.

What is happening, FD? Care to enlighten us?

Not as slow as the Trolls like Monk the Wino Whinger and LTYCry-baby  :'( Racist Onion Skin.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 24^th, 2024 at 10:01am:

Site is unusably slow and this time for every activity, not just getting back to the home page. Getting the message “HTTPS not supported” again. What is happening, FD? Care to enlighten us?

Fd cannot pay the bills

Why does the security licence keep disappearing? Is the PHP the right version for YABB? Is YABB just too old and archaic?

Switching to a new forum software, SQL based, won’t be easy but maybe it is just inevitable now?

1. Clean up the membership list—too many accounts with weird names and no posts;

2. Create a new forum, import the membership list;

3. Members log on to the new forum, start posting, lose the history<==FD’s stated preference; Or

4. Import the whole YABB forum into the new up-to-date SQL based forum. About 2 million posts, could take a while. Once done—no need to have a dedicated server saving FD $$$

5. Try and get some intelligent, informed members. Mission Impossible?

I am guessing that it's caused by robots designed to bring this site down
using DoS tactics - denial of service.

There must be a way to stop them but it could involve a lot of work
using a firewall to ban the IP addresses where it comes from.

Gawd but you are an idiot!

John Smith wrote on Apr 24^th, 2024 at 10:36am:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 10:01am: Site is unusably slow and this time for every activity, not just getting back to the home page. Getting the message “HTTPS not supported” again. What is happening, FD? Care to enlighten us? Fd cannot pay the bills

That's understandable given the useless dead meat he has to carry here.........................

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Apr 24^th, 2024 at 2:47pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 10:36am: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 10:01am: Site is unusably slow and this time for every activity, not just getting back to the home page. Getting the message “HTTPS not supported” again. What is happening, FD? Care to enlighten us? Fd cannot pay the bills That's understandable given the useless dead meat he has to carry here.........................

now, now  , don't be so harsh on yourself. I'd say you were more rotten meat then dead meat

John Smith wrote on Apr 24^th, 2024 at 5:48pm:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 2:47pm: John Smith wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 10:36am: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 24th, 2024 at 10:01am: Site is unusably slow and this time for every activity, not just getting back to the home page. Getting the message “HTTPS not supported” again. What is happening, FD? Care to enlighten us? Fd cannot pay the bills That's understandable given the useless dead meat he has to carry here......................... now, now  , don't be so harsh on yourself. I'd say you were more rotten meat then dead meat

You rotter!  After all I've done to you .....

Well Smith and Monk still seem a bit slow.

FD,

Quote:

I have stopped a few bits of software that the site does not need. When the site is slow, this yabb forum is responsible for almost all of the server cpu load, and there are over 150 guests showing. However right now there are still 150 guests listed and it is running much faster. So not sure what the issue is. I do not want to block the legit search engines, but I have put a 30 second crawl delay request in robots.txt. I also do not want to block guest access.

Hi FD,
There is another site with the same problem.
They found that certain Robots had registered an account as a member -
made a few posts and were using their membership to make DoS attacks.
They got rid of 100s of their accounts and it really helped to fix it.

They also used their firewall to identify guests who were overloading the system too
and they blocked their IP addresses.

Every little bit helps to fix it.

At PA - anything with 'ru' (russia) on their end of their email, etc - I ban the IP address and it seems to thin them out each time.

Much more responsive now.

I give Google, Apple etc bots 10s.


No “No HTTPS” notices—some of the delay might have been the software looking for the licence?

It seems OK this morning - what happened?

Woops, just got a No HTTPS message and a delay in posting.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 25^th, 2024 at 9:16am:

Woops, just got a No HTTPS message and a delay in posting.

You're not wanted here, that's why.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 25^th, 2024 at 8:52am:

It seems OK this morning - what happened?

I spoke too soon -

it's gone slow again -
up to 1 minute to open a page.

It was good first up this morning, but has slowed drastically during the day.

At the most, I get about a 10 second delay - occasionally.

It's terrible today -
up to 2 minutes to open a page.

269 guests and 27 search engines -
it must be a  a denial of service attack -
someone is trying to shut down this site.

The sister site - Polanimal is still working -
go to here to make posts:

https://www.polanimal.com/forum/index.php

Fd needs to stop playing with himself all the time and update the software. This is getting ridiculous.

Wow - this site is working again.   :)

John Smith wrote on Apr 26^th, 2024 at 7:00am:

Fd needs to stop playing with himself all the time and update the software. This is getting ridiculous.

Says the moron from outer space who can't run a Forum himself.

Still getting the message about HTTPS not being supported but the forum runs at acceptable speed.

I do encourage FD to look for something more modern.

With the XenForo system I run members can choose one of 4 styles.

Style 1

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Style 2:

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Style 3:

Some find this restful—dark and light can be toggled with a button top right of the window.

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Agonisingly slow for me.

Style 4

The layout with appropriate style makes it easy to post on the site from a smartphone.

---

Yup, forum suddenly became glacially slow.

WAS Ok, now slow again.

Must be to do with the missing HTTPS certificate.

It took 5 minutes to open this page.

I'll come back later.

Come to the Real Political Animal Forum.   8-)
https://www.polanimal.com/forum/index.php
No Lefties, Trolls or Slow pages.  :)

It's a bit odd. My experience is it's very different depending on what you're doing and where you are in the site. On initial load up of forum and then first selection of thread/first page it's ok. Then if you select say last page and go to navigate to it: 2 0r 3 minutes to load. Hit the reply button in a thread and the box appears straight away pretty much. Type a reply and hit send, then it's wait 2 minutes whilst it circles. That's the way it's happening on my end anyway. Crawler changes going haywire?

It's the spooks slowing it down so we don't excessively post about the Church stabbing

Bias_2012 wrote on Apr 28^th, 2024 at 7:59pm:

It's the spooks slowing it down so we don't excessively post about the Church stabbing

;D

Goose wrote on Apr 28^th, 2024 at 7:39pm:

It's a bit odd. My experience is it's very different depending on what you're doing and where you are in the site. On initial load up of forum and then first selection of thread/first page it's ok. Then if you select say last page and go to navigate to it: 2 0r 3 minutes to load. Hit the reply button in a thread and the box appears straight away pretty much. Type a reply and hit send, then it's wait 2 minutes whilst it circles. That's the way it's happening on my end anyway. Crawler changes going haywire?

It's that way for me to.  Fd needs to update the software once and for all instead of just shuffling the deck chairs.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 28^th, 2024 at 1:37pm:

It took 5 minutes to open this page. I'll come back later.

I tried again later yesterday but it was still taking 2 minutes to open one page
so I didn't post.

This morning it's about 5 to 10 seconds to open a page - much better.

EDIT - it just took over 3 minutes to wait till this post was made
after clicking post.

John Smith wrote on Apr 28^th, 2024 at 8:11pm:

Goose wrote on Apr 28th, 2024 at 7:39pm: It's a bit odd. My experience is it's very different depending on what you're doing and where you are in the site. On initial load up of forum and then first selection of thread/first page it's ok. Then if you select say last page and go to navigate to it: 2 0r 3 minutes to load. Hit the reply button in a thread and the box appears straight away pretty much. Type a reply and hit send, then it's wait 2 minutes whilst it circles. That's the way it's happening on my end anyway. Crawler changes going haywire? It's that way for me to.  Fd needs to update the software once and for all instead of just shuffling the deck chairs.

Yeah, YABB is past its best before date. Won’t be easy, will take a lot of preparation then the migration—the export/import into the new software, tweaking the settings etc etc. Setanta could help maybe?

As to what software—dunno. phpBB3 was looking awful and there were problems with YouTubes. Other free software around. Commercial software offers more options like the different styles members can use (e.g. see above,) be optimised for access from mobile devices etc.

We would need to be patient, offer support to FD etc then get used to the new software etc.

Maybe Shonk can give FD the link to the Yank Forum? See what is possible?

With modern software likely no need to have a dedicated server?

This page flipping—too much flipping trouble!


:)

Just got the “this site does not support HTTPS…” notice.

That must be a host problem?

Very slow over the last couple of days.

Maybe if you [delete] the Cats & Critters Board to Archives, FreeDiver. It might speed things up a bit?
It's worth giving a go, just in case.
It might offset the time Fermentations was [deleted] and that's when the problems started 'creeping' in.

:)

It's scary -
It must be a denial of service attack by making 1000s of requests per minute by a robot.
Some person or some Govt. authority is trying to shut Ozpol down.
Who the hell is it?
Could it be a Left Wing agitator? -
Could it be the Australian Govt? -
or maybe the Chinese or Russian Govt?

How do I know? -
because the Polanimal site is on the same server and it works -
so the server is working - Ozpol is just being overloaded.

A good Firewall can explain what is going on and
allow some way of stopping the attacks.

Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved.

Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 1:15pm:

Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober.

Monk - you're a halfwit.
It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol.
It's a DoS attack that would halt any software.
Only a good Firewall can stop it.

Seems alright today

I still maintain it was spooks helping Albosqueaky get through his embarrassment of our successful multicultural society suddenly not being so successful

There was that Asian who murdered a whole family just days before the homo cop murdered his two homo friends. Then the muslim attacked the Assyrian priest in the church. Then the ethnic riots outside the church, cops injured and cop cars damaged

Total embarrassment for any LibLab politician ... they are to blame, but they won't take responsibility for anything

So a big govt smoke screen went up, trying to block everything from view

Bias_2012 wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 2:20pm:

Seems alright today I still maintain it was spooks helping Albosqueaky get through his embarrassment of our successful multicultural society suddenly not being so successful There was that Asian who murdered a whole family just days before the homo cop murdered his two homo friends. Then the muslim attacked the Assyrian priest in the church. Then the ethnic riots outside the church, cops injured and cop cars damaged Total embarrassment for any LibLab politician ... they are to blame, but they won't take responsibility for anything So a big govt smoke screen went up, trying to block everything from view

Yes - it's much faster today.
So you reckon our own Grubberment attacked this site?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 1:19pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it.

DOS attack, my arse.

FD needs to up the grunt but he won't.  How many years now has it been to get the pages to turn?  That ONLY happens here at OzPol.  This random snail speed also ONLY happens here at OzPol.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 1:19pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it.

Gawd you REALLY are an idiot!

Be THOUSANDS of guests if it was a DoS attack.

I think it has to do with the missing HTTPS certificate—software tries to find it, something like that. Could be a mismatch of the php version.

As to the software the forum runs on—YABB is hopeless. Need something modern and SQL based—phpBB3, XenForo, whatever. Nothing to do with the speed issue.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 2:53pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:19pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it. Gawd you REALLY are an idiot! Be THOUSANDS of guests if it was a DoS attack. I think it has to do with the missing HTTPS certificate—software tries to find it, something like that. Could be a mismatch of the php version. As to the software the forum runs on—YABB is hopeless. Need something modern and SQL based—phpBB3, XenForo, whatever. Nothing to do with the speed issue.

Bullshit - just one robot guest clicking on page after page can use up a lot of resources.
A robot can click very fast - dozens of pages per second.

Aussie wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 2:51pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:19pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it. DOS attack, my arse. FD needs to up the grunt but he won't.  How many years now has it been to get the pages to turn?  That ONLY happens here at OzPol.  This random snail speed also ONLY happens here at OzPol.

It would only be an issue with YABB if the version of php is too low or too high for YABB. I think the missing HTTPS certificate is the problem and FD should get onto his host about that.

Yes, YABB is outdated. Be a MASSIVE job to transfer to something more modern and SQL (Structured Query Language) based. We would need to be patient and supportive. Putting off the move to a more modern software just makes the job bigger and bigger.

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 3:01pm:

Aussie wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 2:51pm: Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:19pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it. DOS attack, my arse. FD needs to up the grunt but he won't.  How many years now has it been to get the pages to turn?  That ONLY happens here at OzPol.  This random snail speed also ONLY happens here at OzPol. It would only be an issue with YABB if the version of php is too low or too high for YABB. I think the missing HTTPS certificate is the problem and FD should get onto his host about that. Yes, YABB is outdated. Be a MASSIVE job to transfer to something more modern and SQL (Structured Query Language) based. We would need to be patient and supportive. Putting off the move to a more modern software just makes the job bigger and bigger.

Monk - you don't know what you're talking about.
More modern software is larger - it requires more resources -
the problem of DoS attacks would get worse.  ::)

Only a good Firewall can stop DoS attacks.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 3:00pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 2:53pm: Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:19pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it. Gawd you REALLY are an idiot! Be THOUSANDS of guests if it was a DoS attack. I think it has to do with the missing HTTPS certificate—software tries to find it, something like that. Could be a mismatch of the php version. As to the software the forum runs on—YABB is hopeless. Need something modern and SQL based—phpBB3, XenForo, whatever. Nothing to do with the speed issue. Bullshit - just one robot guest clicking on page after page can use up a lot of resources. A robot can click very fast - dozens of pages per second.

God you are a moron! FD has access to all the logs—he could see if that was happening. Like I said, go back to playing with your dolls.

Monk doesn't have a clue.    ::)

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 3:03pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 3:01pm: Aussie wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 2:51pm: Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:19pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 1:15pm: Oh gawd. A DoS attack would have THOUSANDS of guests (bots) involved. Go back to playing with your dolls, Goober. Monk - you're a halfwit. It's got nothing to do with the type of software used on Ozpol. It's a DoS attack that would halt any software. Only a good Firewall can stop it. DOS attack, my arse. FD needs to up the grunt but he won't.  How many years now has it been to get the pages to turn?  That ONLY happens here at OzPol.  This random snail speed also ONLY happens here at OzPol. It would only be an issue with YABB if the version of php is too low or too high for YABB. I think the missing HTTPS certificate is the problem and FD should get onto his host about that. Yes, YABB is outdated. Be a MASSIVE job to transfer to something more modern and SQL (Structured Query Language) based. We would need to be patient and supportive. Putting off the move to a more modern software just makes the job bigger and bigger. Monk - you don't know what you're talking about. More modern software is larger - it requires more resources - the problem of DoS attacks would get worse.  ::) Only a good Firewall can stop DoS attacks.

There is no DoS attack taking place, moron!

Modern software with SQL is much faster than poor old slow serial file YABB.

Go back to playing with your dolls.

Monk,
leave it to the experts - go and brew some beer or take the dog for a walk -
you're out of your league here.    ::)

It looks like FD has blocked the main culprits for a while.
The site is working now.

Last time this happened in a big way was due to BOT attack.
It was just after this that it came out that 2/3rds of the BOTS hitting the Internet were from the CIA. I think it was due to Covid, Lockdowns or the Democraps rigging up a Pandemic to get rid of Trump.

Now the Government is trying to undermine Sites that they feel threatened by and are making them look stupid because they are stupid.

ALP are doing 1950's USSR stuff here. Trying to control what People can see happening in society.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 3:09pm:

Monk, leave it to the experts - go and brew some beer or take the dog for a walk - you're out of your league here.    ::) It looks like FD has blocked the main culprits for a while. The site is working now.

LOL, you classing your moronic self as an “expert?”

This is the cause IMHO:


Quote:

The connection to www.ozpolitic.com is not secure You are seeing this warning because this site does not support HTTPS. Learn more

But the PHP version could be wrong.

I couldn't get into this site earlier on tonight.

Now I can.

Much better today  8-)

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 30^th, 2024 at 9:11am:

Much better today  8-)

It's working now -

is FD a quiet achiever?

Poor Monk, Smith and Pecker won't be able to keep up now.  ;D

Yes, workable today.

Still get the no HTTPS message tho.

That's because you're Gay.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2024 at 8:41pm:

I couldn't get into this site earlier on tonight. Now I can.

https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdm12bGwzbXo2MTRkdTBxYWh4bnI3dWt2OGU2aHp4amMxbWY3YWNraiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/WpgM6JBrmBy8Gac5pW/giphy.gif

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2024 at 2:42pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 29th, 2024 at 8:41pm: I couldn't get into this site earlier on tonight. Now I can.

FD has solved it.
How did he do it?

Remember how OZpol was very slow long ago?
You could tell. It was only Aussie 'grinding' away 20 pages of just arguing over something pedantic late at night with some sucker he roped in to join him.  ;D

Jasin wrote on May 1^st, 2024 at 5:52pm:

Remember how OZpol was very slow long ago? You could tell. It was only Aussie 'grinding' away 20 pages of just arguing over something pedantic late at night with some sucker he roped in to join him.  ;D

yes - he's pedantic.      ::)

I think the record over just a few nights for Aussie was x40 pages of Grinding. Can't remember if it was with Lisa or Agnes??

Slowed down again.

Site seems to be OK–ish today.

No notice about no HTTPS so far anyway.

Woops, just got the “No HTTPS” notice.

it's always broken, all the time. i'm done with posting here because of it.

FD needs to swap to something more modern.

First FD should update YABB to the latest version:


Quote:

YaBB Yet another Bulletin Board https://yabbforumsoftware.com Download the newest version of 2.6.1: click on 'Download Snapshot'. YaBB Development. Retired test sections: YaBB 2.5.2 Beta - Read Only. YaBB 2.5.2 diff files ...

We are on version 2.5.2. I suspect difficulties with the php version cause the problems here.

But YABB is the wrong software for a big board. That is clear.

As to intelligent members leaving, up to FD to do something about that.

Having an idiot with no idea mod Environment is idiotic. That must be a big turn off for the more intelligent and informed potential new members.

The abuse and trolling is off the scale—nothing gets done.

Two members are banned for a year—no explanation and no apology.

Etc etc etc.

Monk,
just be glad that FD is like a God -
showing infinite mercy towards you
even after you deleted a whole forum here called fermentations.

You destroyed Environment and with it OzPol. Forum wrecker!

This site is very slow again today -
it's taking 1 minute or more to open a page and
2 minutes to accept a post.

It was like that for most of yesterday too.

Yup, slow again.

Why is the HTTPS certificate missing?

Why is the YABB here not the latest version? Is the PHP up to date and appropriate for the outdated YABB here?

Can we get this fixed properly?

Get rid of the sewer, it does slow this place down.

Bobby. wrote on May 5^th, 2024 at 5:54pm:

Monk, just be glad that FD is like a God - showing infinite mercy towards you even after you deleted a whole forum here called fermentations.

FD should [delete] Cats & Critters to archives and pull the rug out from under Monk in revenge.  ;D
It's no longer a Board about Cats and Critters.
It's a Board about Monk's MASTURBATIONS
Monk is a Doxxer, Liar, Fraud and more - he is not Moderator material and his own Troll Cave Forum is the pits.

Aussie is destroyed and just running on fumes these days. If he's lucky, he can just pump out a Wordle or two.

Monk, without Aussie - is Monk Seal on pack ice with Orca circling.  ;)

The site is working fine today.

Slow again today.

The YABB software not updated yet. That might help especially if the PHP file is updated too?

FD—do you have any idea what is causing this huge slowdown in pages loading? Care to share?

Slow again today.

The YABB software not updated yet. That might help especially if the PHP file is updated too?

FD—do you have any idea what is causing this huge slowdown in pages loading? Care to share?

This message still coming up:


Quote:

The connection to www.ozpolitic.com is not secure You are seeing this warning because this site does not support HTTPS. Learn more

Making this place HTTPS compliant must help speed up page loading?

Not only is it slow but some posts disappear, the order of reading suddenly changes.
Generally it’s a poor, ill designed site
Not only thatbut Baronvort is shewn as making a post at 9:25 pm yesterday and it hasn’t appeared yet.[9:35 am this morn].

The e-commissioner is at work....

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on May 9^th, 2024 at 9:29am:

Not only is it slow but some posts disappear, the order of reading suddenly changes. Generally it’s a poor, ill designed site Not only thatbut Baronvort is shewn as making a post at 9:25 pm yesterday and it hasn’t appeared yet.[9:35 am this morn].

YABB is the wrong software for a big board.

Re order of posts there is a tiny arrow to the left of thread title that controls the order.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 9^th, 2024 at 9:13am:

Slow again today. The YABB software not updated yet. That might help especially if the PHP file is updated too? FD—do you have any idea what is causing this huge slowdown in pages loading? Care to share? This message still coming up: Quote: The connection to www.ozpolitic.com is not secure You are seeing this warning because this site does not support HTTPS. Learn more Making this place HTTPS compliant must help speed up page loading?

Goodness me. I have seen that message come up a lot when I post. Sometimes I wonder if my posts are ever posted when I find that message come up.

USR: I have just written a 500 word response. Will it go through if I hit "continue"?

Again it happens.

Oh dear - it's gone slow again -
more than 1 minute to open a page.

I'll log off.

Better today but not good.

We need up to date software, FD!

XenForo is good stuff!

No more need to pay for a dedicated server!

Slow as thick shit again today.

Monk sounds like he's having anal sex.
It's slow.  >:(
It's fast.  :)
It's slow.  >:(
It's fast.  :)
It's slow.  >:(
It's fast.  :)

Buzz will be around shortly Monk to give you a hand with a reach around.  ;D

No improvement today.

How can you tell? You're drunk!  ::)

It is all OK now.

Still getting the “no HTTPS”notice.


FD—a fix please!

Stilll going fine. No HTTPS notice so far today.

Now—

–If someone who knows about environment and ecology could be appointed as Mod of Environment.

—If Extremism Exposed lived up to its subject

—If Health and Welfare had a Mod who cared about Health and Welfare

etc

And

IF OzPol was updated/converted to a decent and up to date software


then maybe it might survive 2024.

The Monk is drunk again.  ::)

Jasin wrote on May 15^th, 2024 at 10:58pm:

The Monk is drunk again.  ::)

He drinks too much.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 15^th, 2024 at 8:21pm:

Now— –If someone who knows about environment and ecology could be appointed as Mod of Environment. —If Extremism Exposed lived up to its subject —If Health and Welfare had a Mod who cared about Health and Welfare etc And IF OzPol was updated/converted to a decent and up to date software then maybe it might survive 2024.

Shut up drunk.

Fine so far today. No sign of the “No HTTPS” notice so far or yesterday.

The Party boards should go.

Latest post there is last month—not a good look seeing so many boards with no activity for a year or more. That would also shorten the miles-long front page.

I thought the issue cleared up when I used CCleaner. But, no, it was just my computer performing better.

Monk is drunk. He's trying to tell FD how to run his Forum, because he's got a crap Forum full of lefty victimhood Trolls on drugs and alcohol and can't get any attention at his own Board where he dumped the animals over the bridge and into the river.
You can tell when the Monk is Drunk. He becomes a control freak.  Because he has no control over his drinking habit. ;D

UnSubRocky wrote on May 16^th, 2024 at 5:21am:

I thought the issue cleared up when I used CCleaner. But, no, it was just my computer performing better.

LOL CCleaner didn’t clean up the internet  :) :)

Jovial Monk wrote on May 16^th, 2024 at 9:49am:

UnSubRocky wrote on May 16th, 2024 at 5:21am: I thought the issue cleared up when I used CCleaner. But, no, it was just my computer performing better. LOL CCleaner didn’t clean up the internet  :) :)

I thought the issue was my computer, not the website itself.

Yeah yeah, guessed that.

Forum has continued to perform really well.

Still need real software tho—still have to flip pages and Search is pathetic.

Still would like the Party boards gone.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 16^th, 2024 at 6:54pm:

Forum has continued to perform really well. Still need real software tho—still have to flip pages and Search is pathetic. Still would like the Party boards gone.

Monk,
go and look after your own moribund forum.
At least put a few posts per day there.  ::)

Monk's Troll Cave forum is so schmelly and dead, even Monk doesn't post there.  ;D

Jasin wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 11:58am:

Monk's Troll Cave forum is so schmelly and dead, even Monk doesn't post there.  ;D

It has attracted voyeurs like JSin who like to watch from dark spaces.

If certain conditions are met I would chip in $100 to get OzPol onto better software.

Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here!

Both this and the previous offer are serious offers.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 4:38pm:

Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here! Both this and the previous offer are serious offers.

Like the $60 for Aussie's cake?    :-/

Aussie got his $60.

Feeling uncomfortable? $200 would nearly pay for the XenForum software, Setanta is useless as GMod but could do the installation/troubleshoot etc.

Gonna put some money up or has Larry got it all?

Monk is trying to bribe FD  $200 to get rid of me.    ::)

Booby REALLY is an idiot.

I said I would chip in $100 to get XenForo (or other good software.)

I further said I would chip in another $100 (not $200, geddit, moron?) if he does the right thing and boots an idiot harming OzPol where he is and puts Sad Kangaroo in his place.

Monk is trying to bribe FD  $200 to get rid of me.      ::)

Bribery and corruption.

$100 for new software and another $100 for new software PLUS new Mod for Environment.

Both measures will boost OzPol!

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 4:45pm:

Aussie got his $60. Feeling uncomfortable? $200 would nearly pay for the XenForum software, Setanta is useless as GMod but could do the installation/troubleshoot etc. Gonna put some money up or has Larry got it all?

No, I did not.

Why would FD trust you to pay him any money when the money you reckon you sent to me to a PO miles, and three hours driving, away from me never got into my hands?

The more you talk about a PO HOURS from you the more I know you got the $60. By making a phone call.

Anyway—would make a funds transfer to FD’s bank or whatever FD suggests.

Would you throw in a cake Monk?

No—I do not even have a kitchen right now—it was stripped right down to the studs. I have a cooktop and I have a wall oven, range hood coming tomorrow but none of it is connected to power. I have a sink—sitting in the garage.

Be a few weeks arranging everything, trying out cooktop and oven etc.

I am serious about helping replace inadequate YABB tho—my offers stand.

Another PM sent to FD.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 6:50pm:

Another PM sent to FD.

I see he has just sent you a PM in reply.  Was it 'get stuffed?'

PMs are confidential, Shonk.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 7:32pm:

PMs are confidential, Shonk.

Sure, but you can tell us what is NOT in a PM.

Oh, I see he just sent you another one!

Would YOU like FD to move OzPol to XenForo, Shonk?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 4:38pm:

Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here! Both this and the previous offer are serious offers.

Again, I appreciate the shout-out, but I'm not putting my hand up for that.

Is Bobby really that bad a mod?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 8:11pm:

Would YOU like FD to move OzPol to XenForo, Shonk?

Sure, but one day you will realise that the very last person he will listen to is you!

Maybe if Agnes asks, or BO, or Sappho.....you might get somewhere, they seem to have him by the short and curlies.

ProudKangaroo wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 8:58pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 4:38pm: Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here! Both this and the previous offer are serious offers. Again, I appreciate the shout-out, but I'm not putting my hand up for that. Is Bobby really that bad a mod?

Okay, let's hope that ends Monk using your name all the bloody time to disrupt.

Aussie wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 7:48pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 7:32pm: PMs are confidential, Shonk. Sure, but you can tell us what is NOT in a PM. Oh, I see he just sent you another one!

Hi Aussie,
Monk called you a shonk:




shonky
/ˈʃɒŋki/
informal•Australian
noun
noun: shonk

    a person engaged in suspect business activities.
    "we need to rid the building industry of these shonkies quickly"

ProudKangaroo wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 8:58pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 4:38pm: Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here! Both this and the previous offer are serious offers. Again, I appreciate the shout-out, but I'm not putting my hand up for that. Is Bobby really that bad a mod?

Yup. Bans for bullshit reasons like “abuse” commonly expressed as “page after page of abuse.” Last time TVI™ and “Lisa Jones” posted abuse at me then the idiot banned me permanently for, you guessed it, abuse!

He has not yet made an environmental post!

He used to post all the videos by conman David DuByne then had a tiff and never posted anymore of those videos. Since then he has been completely lost as to what to do with the Environment board.

He would be fine in Fringe, post all the bullshit and conspiracy theories he wants.

As to getting someone else to beg FD to switch software—why?

FD himself has said that that is needed or at least desirable.

FD also stated OzPol is sinking in the SEO rankings—TVI™ is the cause of a lot of that.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 4:38pm:

Hell, will chip in another $100 if FD gives The Village Idiot the flick from Environment MRB and appoints Sad Kangaroo in his place. Only fair—TVI™ has been a major cause for intelligent posters to leave here! Both this and the previous offer are serious offers.

That does not look good, Monk.

Bobby. wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 5:03pm:

Monk is trying to bribe FD  $200 to get rid of me.      ::) Bribery and corruption.

He did not write that.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 5:10pm:

$100 for new software and another $100 for new software PLUS new Mod for Environment. Both measures will boost OzPol!

Well, actually Bobby, I suppose Monk did write that.

freediver wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 6:13pm:

Would you throw in a cake Monk?

Did Monk miss your tone of response?

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:52am:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 5:10pm: $100 for new software and another $100 for new software PLUS new Mod for Environment. Both measures will boost OzPol! Well, actually Bobby, I suppose Monk did write that.

Monk tried to bribe FD and FD replied sarcastically -


freediver wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 6:13pm:

Would you throw in a cake Monk?

FD’s substitute for a sense of humor is rather elephantine.

I am ready to chip in $100 to get new software for OzPol. Possibly more.

Anyone else ready to chip in?

I suggest XenForo, excellent and modern software. Fast, flexible—my fine forum has FOUR styles, including white text on black background. A great search facility that can be extended for more $$$.

That should help retain existing members.

A critical eye on the performance of MRB Mods can help attract new members.

Critters and Gardens has added 13,000-odd posts since I won the election to Mod it despite a lengthy series of bans in 2021 that no reason can be found for.

Bobby has been Mod of Environment for rather longer than I have been Mod of Critters and Gardens and added about the same number of posts, 55,000 to 68,000. Pathetic.

Restricting the amount of abuse etc would also help attract and keep members.

Remove the Party boards—hardly any posts, posts from way back make OzPol look moribund. This would shorten the looooong front page. Maybe merge some MRBs, especially where the Mod has been absent for ages? Merge Books with Music or with Film, TV and Radio, merge Multiculturalism, Extremism and Islam. Can keep all the Mods in the merged board.

That would make OzPol look busy, active, current.

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:53am:

freediver wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:13pm: Would you throw in a cake Monk? Did Monk miss your tone of response?

No. FD does not actually have a sense of humor. What he substitutes for humor, sarcasm, he applies in elephantile scale.


Now—I volunteered to chip in at least $100 for new forum software, anybody else like to chip in $10, $20, $50 or whatever?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 9:22am:

I am ready to chip in $100 to get new software for OzPol. Possibly more. Anyone else ready to chip in?

I use this website forum for free. If I feel that the software is not adequate for my needs, I simply don't use this website to post my opinionated responses and rants.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 12:48pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 6:53am: freediver wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:13pm: Would you throw in a cake Monk? Did Monk miss your tone of response? No. FD does not actually have a sense of humor. What he substitutes for humor, sarcasm, he applies in elephantile scale.

I thought freediver's sardonic response to you, asking if you would "throw in a cake" to sweeten the deal (pun intended) was quite amusing.

I should start a religion.

Yeah—think of the tax advantages, FD!

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 5:33pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 12:48pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 6:53am: freediver wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:13pm: Would you throw in a cake Monk? Did Monk miss your tone of response? No. FD does not actually have a sense of humor. What he substitutes for humor, sarcasm, he applies in elephantile scale. I thought freediver's sardonic response to you, asking if you would "throw in a cake" to sweeten the deal (pun intended) was quite amusing.

You didn’t think the subject had been thrashed to death and beyond?

freediver wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 5:38pm:

I should start a religion.

What is our religion called ?

Can I pass the plate and sell the green cordial ?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:05pm:

Yeah—think of the tax advantages, FD!

A religion? Sounds ominous.

https://media1.tenor.com/m/Z_Eb_gATTkQAAAAd/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-children-think-of-the-children.gif

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:06pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 5:33pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 12:48pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 6:53am: freediver wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:13pm: Would you throw in a cake Monk? Did Monk miss your tone of response? No. FD does not actually have a sense of humor. What he substitutes for humor, sarcasm, he applies in elephantile scale. I thought freediver's sardonic response to you, asking if you would "throw in a cake" to sweeten the deal (pun intended) was quite amusing. You didn’t think the subject had been thrashed to death and beyond?

Your response was this:


Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17^th, 2024 at 6:46pm:

No—I do not even have a kitchen right now—it was stripped right down to the studs. I have a cooktop and I have a wall oven, range hood coming tomorrow but none of it is connected to power. I have a sink—sitting in the garage. Be a few weeks arranging everything, trying out cooktop and oven etc. I am serious about helping replace inadequate YABB tho—my offers stand.

Why not just call out freediver as a smartarse?

Dnarever wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:36pm:

freediver wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 5:38pm: I should start a religion. What is our religion called ? Can I pass the plate and sell the green cordial ?

https://media1.tenor.com/m/EStrGI9YB4MAAAAC/jim-jones-drink-the-kool-aid.gif

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 6:53pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 6:06pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 5:33pm: Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 12:48pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18th, 2024 at 6:53am: freediver wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:13pm: Would you throw in a cake Monk? Did Monk miss your tone of response? No. FD does not actually have a sense of humor. What he substitutes for humor, sarcasm, he applies in elephantile scale. I thought freediver's sardonic response to you, asking if you would "throw in a cake" to sweeten the deal (pun intended) was quite amusing. You didn’t think the subject had been thrashed to death and beyond? Your response was this: Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 17th, 2024 at 6:46pm: No—I do not even have a kitchen right now—it was stripped right down to the studs. I have a cooktop and I have a wall oven, range hood coming tomorrow but none of it is connected to power. I have a sink—sitting in the garage. Be a few weeks arranging everything, trying out cooktop and oven etc. I am serious about helping replace inadequate YABB tho—my offers stand. Why not just call out freediver as a smartarse?

No, my response was the correct one.

Any idea of a suitable replacement software FD?

YABB requires PERL. Website hosting companies are increasingly reluctant to have PERL on their servers so there is some pressure for change.

freediver wrote on Jul 18^th, 2024 at 5:38pm:

I should start a religion.

Judaism is self-destructing due to mass murder and genocide by the Judaism cultists?

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
It's like watching Moslems flee the Middle-East because the Jews have come back to it with open arms in an explosive new 'Empire'. ;D ;D

Just got a message about the connection to OzPol not being secure.

It has run pretty well for some time, hope that continues.

No further messages about insecure site. Downloading etc was taking ages at that time and that may have caused the message to be displayed tho the site is secure.

Wow - I couldn't load this site for the last 2 hours.

Even this reply page took 3 minutes to load.

Polanimal was also down.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 1^st, 2025 at 2:47pm:

Wow - I couldn't load this site for the last 2 hours. Even this reply page took 3 minutes to load. Polanimal was also down.

It's up and running now and so is Polanimal.   :)

VERY slow today and got the message about the site not being secure.

I just blocked some IP addresses. Some kind of bot putting too much load on the server.

Still slow.

lee wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2025 at 1:47pm:

Still slow.

Very slow - took 2 minutes to load the home page.

343 guests?

You sure you guys aren't suffering the effects of watching Test cricket?

Guests less  at   270

Site is getting back to normal.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 1^st, 2025 at 2:47pm:

Wow - I couldn't load this site for the last 2 hours. Even this reply page took 3 minutes to load. Polanimal was also down.

It still is slow, notwithstanding the FD bandaid. Has been all day.

Aussie wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2025 at 4:44pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 1st, 2025 at 2:47pm: Wow - I couldn't load this site for the last 2 hours. Even this reply page took 3 minutes to load. Polanimal was also down. It still is slow, notwithstanding the FD bandaid. Has been all day.

Very slow and intermittent.

Must be a Denial of service attack from bots.    :-/

It's going very slow

John Smith wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2025 at 5:25pm:

It's going very slow

Bobbi?

Seems almost back to normal.

Bit more work on the robots.txt file by FD.

Seems the winds n storms have played havoc.
No Ozpol or PA for me yesterday.

Jasin wrote on Jan 17^th, 2025 at 5:08am:

Seems the winds n storms have played havoc. No Ozpol or PA for me yesterday.

yes - Ozpol was very intermittent yesterday.

Heard on the news a lot of relays and stuff were down and out in NSW

Something very weird happened today.

Ozpol and Polanimal were down for me from Lunchtime to about 7.00pm tonight.
All other websites were working.

That was with my desktop.
Then I tried my mobile phone at 7.00pm and it connected to Ozpol
but it was still offline with my Desktop!

I switched off my radio modem - waited 10 seconds and switched it back on
and Ozpol was working again.

So somehow Ozpol was blocked on my modem.
How could that happen?

A similar thing happened about 6 months ago with Skype on my desktop.
It wouldn't work with voice calls  VoIP.
Switching my radio modem off and on fixed that too.

Yep. That happens  for me

Jasin wrote on Feb 4^th, 2025 at 7:31am:

Yep. That happens  for me

Really? - I still think it's very strange.

It is. I can bring up other political sites. But sometimes both Ozpol and PA are not available at the same time. Maybe FD is on his lunch or dinner break?

I've had no problems at all.

Maybe you guys should trade-in your acoustic couplers.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Analogue_modem_-_acoustic_coupler.jpg

Well it beats your smoke signals

Jasin wrote on Feb 4^th, 2025 at 5:37pm:

Well it beats your smoke signals

Pecca doesn't know.   ::)

Bobby. wrote on Feb 4^th, 2025 at 5:45pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 4th, 2025 at 5:37pm: Well it beats your smoke signals Pecca doesn't know.   ::)

I know that there's nothing wrong with this site - it's had no problems over the last few weeks - and that you two lovers are still trying to figure out how to work your 28k dial-up modems.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2025 at 6:03pm:

Bobby. wrote on Feb 4th, 2025 at 5:45pm: Jasin wrote on Feb 4th, 2025 at 5:37pm: Well it beats your smoke signals Pecca doesn't know.   ::) I know that there's nothing wrong with this site - it's had no problems over the last few weeks - and that you two lovers are still trying to figure out how to work your 28k dial-up modems.

I'm getting 107 Mbps right now with my 4G modem.    ::)

Very slow this morning -

about one minute to load each page I click on. 

Was slow all morning but seems to have picked up just now.

It actually disappeared from my links page.
Had to re search it.
It was like... aliens man.

                                       some                       of              those                 on               it                  seem                                a                 bit               S         L          O               W

It's the Russians. Vladimir is watching you.

It's super slow - 1 minute or more to load each page.

Is it a DoS  attack?

There are 624 guests.   :o

Now  752 guests.    :o

Now  955 guests -

it must be a DoS attack.       :o

All that matters is that Ozpol is doing great without that useless troll Monk the ASPD Marxist dumb Redneck closet poof.

Wow - it took me 5 minutes to open the home page after I logged on.

Guests now  821.

983 guests.   :o

Wow - it takes up to 2 minutes to open each page here.

I'll log off and come back later today.

It looks like bots. I have blocked the meta (facebook) bot that they use for training AI, which appears to have been the worst offender. Let me know if the site slows down again and I will block a few more. It will be interesting to see if this blocks some of our stranger members. I am wary of blocking bots as it might also block the search engine bots, which I want crawling the site so that the site shows up on google etc.

Update: it might take a day or so for this to take effect.

I just made a post.

It worked but it's still slow.

It's fast right now even with 1,009 guests.     :-/

freediver wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2025 at 9:58am:

It looks like bots. I have blocked the meta (facebook) bot that they use for training AI, which appears to have been the worst offender. Let me know if the site slows down again and I will block a few more. It will be interesting to see if this blocks some of our stranger members. I am wary of blocking bots as it might also block the search engine bots, which I want crawling the site so that the site shows up on google etc. Update: it might take a day or so for this to take effect.

Seems to have done the trick. Running much faster today.  8-)

I've had trouble for three days with my clean-up and virus runs, and been unable to access Google Chrome.  Suddenly, this morning, it's all bright and cheery... whoo-hoo - your cleanup program has been upgraded and updated!  Now all is clear ... all back to normal when a reset wouldn't work....

Ran a virus scan just for safety ... nothing .... the worm-holes are very well hidden... but then - everyone has an absolute right to my points of view.... so DILLIGARA?

Wow - well done.

guests 185 

search engines 18

and Ozpol working at lightning speed.    :)

Page didn’t refresh in the Wordle thread in Critters and Gardens.

Are cats critters FD?

“www.ozpolitic.com does not support secure connections”

Site is also slow.

Yeah, I've been getting cert issues this morning, which is odd because the last renewal was a over a week ago.

Unless the disk seek times are poor and it's simply unable to find the cert in time for the request, which may also explain the overall slowness.

ProudKangaroo wrote on Mar 20^th, 2025 at 9:58am:

Yeah, I've been getting cert issues this morning, which is odd because the last renewal was a over a week ago. Unless the disk seek times are poor and it's simply unable to find the cert in time for the request, which may also explain the overall slowness.

I think that has happened a lot.

Deleting the “REAL” PA, i.e. the sewer, would reduce this issue.

Speed has improved since my post and HTTPS notices are gone.

The problem is that when Monk the mangy mutt comes here from his fake PA forum, he brings his infestation of Bot-Fleas with him.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 11^th, 2024 at 12:39pm:

yes it's terribly slow.

Racist.

Marla let's the Negroes and Hispanics run through her, so as not to be racist. ;D

This site has been very slow for the last 3 days or more.
It often takes up to 2 minutes to open a page or
to post a message.

This morning I'm getting  504 Gateway Timeout errors.

Google AI:

A 504 Gateway Timeout error means a server, acting as a gateway or proxy, didn't receive a timely response from the upstream server it was requesting information from. This error indicates a communication issue between servers, not a problem with your internet connection or device.

I blame the Lefty Trolls on here.
They're a bit slow and are dragging this sight down to their level.

Yep, very slow this morning and quite slow now too.

Captain Nemo wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2025 at 7:01pm:

Yep, very slow this morning and quite slow now too.

Yes - I was trying all day to view posts but most pages
took 2 minutes or more to open and I gave up.
However I just made a post and it worked but took quite a few minutes to do.

Polanimal is also slow - the other site on the same server -
but it's faster than here.

Ok. Today might be a Bra Nuie Dah marn.

Especially if you live in Mt Druitt, also know as Mt Doom of Mordor.

Seems OK this morning.

Has it been fixed?

Been coming and going for me since yesterday.

You get a period where everything is normal then it slows down for a while then goes back to normal.

Still doing it this morning... I choose the 'windows' of normal speed to get my posts in (like right now).

I seem to recall this has happened a few times in the past.

Apparently the Lefties are blaming Trump and Israel.

Sometimes this site is OK.

It's intermittent - sometimes
it still takes 2 minutes to open a page.

Copped the 504 Gateway Timeout error today.

Sometimes have wondered if deleting some of the 3,329,142 posts and compacting the database might help?

Captain Nemo wrote on Jun 6^th, 2025 at 1:19pm:

Copped the 504 Gateway Timeout error today. Sometimes have wondered if deleting some of the 3,329,142 posts and compacting the database might help?

That would not help at all.
The problem is about the traffic load on this site -
providers of such services usually over sell it
to too many customers and the bandwidth capacity can't cope.
It must be slower than old dial-up from 1991 when it takes
2 minutes to open a page.

flip page.

flip page

Bobby. wrote on Jun 6^th, 2025 at 1:23pm:

That would not help at all. The problem is about the traffic load on this site - providers of such services usually over sell the to too many customers and the bandwidth capacity can't cope. It must be slower than old dial-up from 1991 when it takes 2 minutes to open a page.

Quit being such a racist, Blooby.

Marla wrote on Jun 7^th, 2025 at 2:03am:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 6th, 2025 at 1:23pm: That would not help at all. The problem is about the traffic load on this site - providers of such services usually over sell it to too many customers and the bandwidth capacity can't cope. It must be slower than old dial-up from 1991 when it takes 2 minutes to open a page. Quit being such a racist, Blooby.

What is wrong with you Marla?

Is there something we should know about?  -
is there anything you need to tell us?

She loves it when you wear your Mouseketeers ears.

Site is slow and I just got a “No HTTPS” message.

Site isn't slow for me today so far but I have noticed something else which is a bit weird.

Several times over the past few days I've logged in and found I wasn't actually logged in at all and I've had to do it again.

I always log out when I'm finished here. In fact, I have Firefox set up so it deletes everything (cookies, logins, etc.) when I close the browser.

Hasn't happened this morning but I've only logged in 2 or 3 times up until now.

Then again, if it's only me then it might be more of  those "senior moments'"?  :-/

Child, you are too young to have “senior moments.”  ;D ;D ;D

Slowness might be my wireless internet but I DID get the “No HTTPS” message today.

Just got a “No HTTPS” message.

A bit slow today.

Sometimes a page will take 30 seconds - even 1 minute to open.

Slow and the “No HTTPS” message has come up a couple of times—seems, from discussion upthread that when the site is slow the HTTP certificate is sometimes not found.

Bit slow here at the moment too.

1503 Guests (wow) and 10 Search Engines right now may have something to do with it?

Still slow but a bit better.


Guests: 1368
Search Engines: 12

Got the “No HTTPS” posting the above post.

Is slow and I just got the “No HTTPS” message.

OzPol is slow as molasses in January (NH.)

FD, PLEASE abandon YABB and move to modern BB software!

To cut the workload:

1. Clean up the member list.

2. Export that to MODERN software.

3. Set up the format of the board SIMPLIFYING HEAPS

4. You and your useless GMods copy posts to the General section

5. GMods copy across recent posts from their boards.


I am happy to donate some money and help with the migration.


6. Leave the so–called PA board behind. It adds nothing to anything!


PLEASE DO SOMETHING NOW!

“JC Denton” I think it was said he was pissed off by how slow OzPol got.

Anyone recall JC Denton posting recently?

Bobby. wrote on Oct 10^th, 2025 at 7:37am:

A bit slow today. Sometimes a page will take 30 seconds - even 1 minute to open.

Even worse today.
I see that FD commented here:

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1760337439/1#1

It's terrible today.

Until FD gets it fixed you're all welcome to
post on Ozpol's sister forum Polanimal here:

https://www.polanimal.com/forum/index.php


Note: it could take a day or so to get a new poster name approved.

YaBB is really outdated.  I like Proboards - they have all the bells and whistles.  And you can post any image.

I also get this message -

www.ozpolitic.com doesn’t support a secure connection with HTTPS
You usually connect to this site securely, but Chrome couldn't use a secure connection this time. An attacker might be trying to eavesdrop or modify your network connection. Learn more about this warning.

Aquarius wrote on Oct 14^th, 2025 at 6:57pm:

YaBB is really outdated.  I like Proboards - they have all the bells and whistles.  And you can post any image. I also get this message - www.ozpolitic.com doesn’t support a secure connection with HTTPS You usually connect to this site securely, but Chrome couldn't use a secure connection this time. An attacker might be trying to eavesdrop or modify your network connection. Learn more about this warning.

That is because the board is so slow it can’t find the HTTPS certificate.

For next time OzPol gets the “very very very slows” there is the reaL Political Animal, my fine forum.

Link: www.polanimal.au

No word censor.

MODERN forum software. Tired eyes? Switch on the “white on black” style (one of four!)

People that post on my board when the antediluvian YABB abandonware has the collywobbles are still in the orbit of OzPol. If they move to FaceBook, Twitter etc etc they will likely NEVER come back!

OzPol is starting to slow:

Guests: 2332
Search Engines: 20
Googlebot (3), MSN Search (2), Yandex (15)


Yandex could be the problem.