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Date Posted: 17:03:37 10/16/02 Wed
Author: Jay
Subject: Emoticons

Just noticed some VoyForum server sluggishness, which is
not surprising. Thing is, I noted that loading this page
hung up on one little emoticon. From reading the VoyForum
FAQ and other administrative pages, their servers do get
a workout. In this case, I'm thinking that their servers
are trying to access one little emoticon file for many
different forum posts. And that results in the delay.
Interesting that loading did not hang on the remote image
at Google.com, or on the hit counter at StatCounter.com,
but on the emoticon at VoyForum.com.

I doubt that I will be using emoticons much more.
jay

jay.maass@verizon.net

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[> Re: Emoticons -- Gary - Sylvia and Survey Guy's friend, 14:23:42 10/19/02 Sat

Very interesting. Even though that file is so small it would indeed bog down the server with multiple requests per second. I've found most people don't bother with the icons after a while.

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[> [> Welcome Gary! -- jay, 22:24:21 10/19/02 Sat

Gary, nice to e-meet you. I enjoy Sylvia, and
SurveyGuy, and the others in the Dom Giordano
VoyForum. By the way, you win the prize for
being the first to post here. You can take your
pick of a pair of old shoelaces, or a plastic
spaghetti tong that makes a great back scratcher.
The later is recommended, though I'd hate to give
it up.

Your mention of multiple requests for the
emoticon files is what I was trying to say, and
didn't. Though the files are small, they're being
requested by many different simultaneous posts.
At least, that's my guess. I no longer bother
with the emoticons, either. In fact, I have
disabled them in this forum.

Gary, do me a favor, and check back here once
in a while, or more often. Are you in the Philly
region? Do you listen to The Dom Giordano show?
We need visits to Dom's Forum as well.

Regards,

jay

jay.maass@verizon.net

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[> [> Re: Emoticons -- Sylvia, 09:00:28 01/17/04 Sat

Jay! Where have you been? WE missed you!

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