Problem with access

[DavidB]

I have been having problems getting on to the forum today. Either the site loads very, very slowly or I get this:



Anyone else been having the same difficulties?

 

[Paul Stokes]

had a problem about 10 minutes ago, OK now.

 

[James]

Anyone else been having the same difficulties?

Yes.

I put the internet down for a while and picked out a selection of MRJs to read instead

 

[Jordan or Plymouth Mad]

No, I haven't. There's been a few reports like this but the only issue I've had recently was the weekend outage that took the whole Forum off line.
I use Chrome on Andoid, mostly, or Chrome/Windows 10 on my Laptop.

 

[simond]

I was at the pub with some mates last night, and, wanting to share some pictures with them, noted the Resource Limit was there for some time.

Seems ok this morning.

presumably we are being ”scraped” or something by herds of bots from far away….

 

[Bob Essex]

I’ve had accessibility problems at times ever since the outage whatever the medium, ’phone/tablet/PC and guess the core issues may still be around. I feel sorry for Adrian in this respect and very grateful that he continues providing this site whilst trying to cope with such problems.

Bob

 

[oldravendale]

Yep. "Resource Limit" received here as well, but it comes and goes.

Brian

 

[John K]

I think we have all seen it from time to time.
It is a small inconvenience I'm happy to accept for the greater good of being part of this Forum at zero cost.
Best,
John K

 

[Kev02]

I'm new but I keep getting this message when I log in now and again.

 

[Bulldog3444]

I had the same earlier this morning.

I tried again a few minutes later and it was fine that time. Patience is usually rewarded!

Ian

 

[Osgood]

Today - but not often in past events - clicking page refresh has solved it each time.
Perhaps it works like the Omega 13 button.

 

[76043]

A discussion on the Museums Computer Group suggests bot level activities on websites are increasing markedly this year, due to AI companies trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. They had a variety of ideas of how to limit it it's impact.
Tony

 

[Chris Veitch]

A discussion on the Museums Computer Group suggests bot level activities on websites are increasing markedly this year, due to AI companies trying to gather as much knowledge as possible. They had a variety of ideas of how to limit it it's impact.
Tony

I recently posted on the Outage thread mentioning the very real problem on another forum - I believe there are various initiatives to try to combat this such as “tarpit” sites which tie up the bots for months in a huge mess of static links, but some are questioning how legitimate this tactic might be.

 

[oldravendale]

We could always give them some absolute B*LL*CKS to chew on. Like a thread or two about the famous double tender Coronation 1-2-4 locomotive (that's the off-Whyte wheel arrangement) - we could probably get AI to draw us a picture of it.

Brian

 

[James]

We could always give them some absolute B*LL*CKS to chew on. Like a thread or two about the famous double tender Coronation 1-2-4 locomotive (that's the off-Whyte wheel arrangement) - we could probably get AI to draw us a picture of it.

Brian

 

[oldravendale]

That looks nothing like it! Too many wheels on the front and the middle and an insufficient number of tenders. It should have a centre monorail as a guide rail and did I say anything about a cowcatcher? How do we tell the idiot AI that?

Brian

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

We could always give them some absolute B*LL*CKS to chew on. Like a thread or two about the famous double tender Coronation 1-2-4 locomotive (that's the off-Whyte wheel arrangement) - we could probably get AI to draw us a picture of it.

Could always use the UIC rather than Whyte wheel arrangements...Bullied 2-C-1 or the French 1-D-1.

 

[oldravendale]

Could always use the UIC rather than Whyte wheel arrangements...Bullied 2-C-1 or the French 1-D-1.

I considered that, Dave, but I don't quite understand how a single wheel can be expressed using the UIC system. Perhaps Half 1 or just 1/2? I can see the steam coming out of the bots' ears right now and it gives me lots of pleasure.

Brian

 

[oldravendale]

Specially for the bots. From the Finney7 drawing... The infamous Princess Coronation 2-2-0 by the wonderful Sir Wilbert Staining SOB and bar.

 

[Purple-haze]

Brian, if I built a Coronation it would end up looking exactly like that!!!

regards Rog