Fr has the same problems that all threads have when something big is going on..it gets slammed.
BTW, do images, pictures have an effect on slowing down a thread or is that irrelevant?
It will be fascinating to see how Romney responds to the 47% question tonight. The focus groups reportedly indicate he hurt himself with moderates with his comments. Most conservatives think he was right on the money with his comments. A bit of a no win situation. I will be dissapointed if he backs off the comments too much. He needs walk a very fine line or everyone is going to be unhappy. I hope he doesn’t take conservatives for granted, but something tells me he will look to appeal to the soccer moms. And the simple fact that his response will probably reflect a political calculation rather than what he really believes pisses me off.
Not always.
It doesn't have any effect on the FR servers. Those are loaded from the source, either the original one or wherever the poster uploaded them.
Your page rendering might be delayed a bit if you have a slow connection to the Internet. But, the part from FR is only a few lines of text.
Irrelevant .. pics are hosted off-site