h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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"The RPC server is too busy to complete this operation"

Is this the influx of new h2g2movie researchers signing up (I'd check but WON popup doesn't seem to load either.)
or do the hamsters powering the servers need feeding again?

Yes, yes and "Something is wrong with the page" error as well.

Oh good.

So its not just me then. ::phew::

Nope, and my conversation gadget keeps alternating between conversations and 502 errors.

Yep - very frustrating, having to refresh each page three times before it finally loads. In fact, so annoying that I'm now conceding defeat this eveing.

what really hacks me off is typing out a reply, hitting "post", getting an error, and going 'back' in my browser to find said post deleted.

Started typing everything out copy > pasting it into notepad then re-copying it if an error makes me loose it, and keep plugging away until it works.

When the going gets tough. Cheat.

I am getting quite a few today - some in a format I've never seen before, which makes me nervous.

Oh I've encountered these before. H2G2: May Bob bless all who sail in her but especially bless the plumbers who fix all the leaks en route. (than means YOU Jim Lynn )

I've gotten a few "new" style 502 errors, too. Sometimes refresh isn't working well, and I have to copy and paste the url into a new window to get it to work. *sigh*