# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=106 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 107 --- ## [Rebranding Cecil for the foreign markets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebranding-cecil-for-the-foreign-markets/753441)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebranding-cecil-for-the-foreign-markets/753441 "2016-04-30T09:16:46Z")
There should be a Cecil/Straightdope in other languages. A Cecil Chen in China, a Cecil Santos in Brazil, and a Cecil Petrov in Russia. There are billions of ignorant people in the world just dying to ask stupid question… --- ## [hi again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-again/753453)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-again/753453 "2016-04-30T00:51:00Z")
a few days they told me to not post until my new account and old account was merged and if it wasn’t in 3 or 4 days to drop a line … . --- ## [What's the best hashtag for this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-hashtag-for-this-message-board/753384)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-hashtag-for-this-message-board/753384 "2016-04-29T12:18:11Z")
If you want to comment on a topic in twitter, you use a hashtag. Here’s an example from last year: https://twitter.com/phalpern/status/661540223688404992 \[INDENT\]\[INDENT\]An epic poem about Schrödinger’s Cat, by Cecil Ad… --- ## [Popup for Tapatalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-for-tapatalk/753312)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-for-tapatalk/753312 "2016-04-28T07:45:39Z")
When I clicked on “New Posts” just a minute ago, I got a popup in the lower right corner telling me for my Chrome browser I had to download Tapatalk Messenger to receive Private Messages? Is this legit? I thought Tapatal… --- ## [help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/753227)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/753227 "2016-04-27T08:06:27Z")
ok I couldn’t remember my ancient non existent these days aol account I signed on and my password was lost to history also but apparently I had forgotten my old sn also I was nightshadea back then … now I got a warning… --- ## [handsomeharry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeharry/753231)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeharry/753231 "2016-04-27T02:46:39Z")
handsomeharry is (was) a long time poster who is no longer among us. I understood the policy to be that a notice would be posted in ATMB if a banning occurred to long time users, with a brief explanation. Whatever happ… --- ## [What should you do if you can't log in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-you-cant-log-in/753082)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-you-cant-log-in/753082 "2016-04-26T20:50:19Z")
For future reference. Fear Itself asked this elsewhere, and I’m making a new thread about it. Yes, I’d like an answer to that, too. What IS the thing to do if you can’t log in? Because there is no way to communicate … --- ## [Under attack again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-attack-again/752992)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-attack-again/752992 "2016-04-26T14:31:44Z")
Along with constantly getting logged out (much worse than yesterday) I am now repeatedly getting messages similar to the one below. --- ## [I had to create this sock just to get through...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-create-this-sock-just-to-get-through/752842)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-create-this-sock-just-to-get-through/752842 "2016-04-26T12:45:55Z")
For some reason my log in has stopped working. Not only does it tell me I have the password wrong, it tells me I used up all my chances and have to wait 15 minutes before trying again. Even though that was my first attem… --- ## [Big thank you to the sdmb crew for working overtime this weekend!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-thank-you-to-the-sdmb-crew-for-working-overtime-this-weekend/753010)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-thank-you-to-the-sdmb-crew-for-working-overtime-this-weekend/753010 "2016-04-25T17:21:31Z")
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone on the SDMB crew who’s been working so hard since last Thursday to get the boards up and running again! Much appreciated! --- ## [Info about the outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843 "2016-04-25T03:43:04Z")
This IvoryTowerDenizen posting on behalf of Ed "SDMB service disruption The SDMB was the target of a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on Thursday 4/21. After several hours we succeeded in getting the board … --- ## [A mysterious test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055 "2016-04-25T01:52:30Z")
\[ I wonder what will appear in the preview? \] Yeah, I made a test thread for this. --- ## [FYI for those who use/care about Tapatalk after the crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-for-those-who-use-care-about-tapatalk-after-the-crash/752902)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-for-those-who-use-care-about-tapatalk-after-the-crash/752902 "2016-04-24T23:16:59Z")
For those who use/care about Tapatalk, I wanted to share my experiences, post crash. The only function that seems to be working is the “Subforums” tab, which gives you each forum separately with threads in reverse chrono… --- ## [How Do I Stay Logged In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stay-logged-in/752875)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stay-logged-in/752875 "2016-04-24T21:40:33Z")
Before the Great Crash of April – hardly a man is now alive – I used to close my browser, then open it again, and find myself still logged in to the SDMB. I didn’t have to put in my name and password; I was still rememb… --- ## [Why "Live Streaming" spam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-live-streaming-spam/752912)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-live-streaming-spam/752912 "2016-04-24T12:27:55Z")
This board is constantly being spammed with “watch these sporting events on live streaming.” Why this, and not, say V1agra? I don’t think I’ve ever received and email spam for live streaming, so why here? --- ## [Test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/752957)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/752957 "2016-04-23T23:01:47Z")
nm --- ## [SDMB just down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-just-down/752840)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-just-down/752840 "2016-04-23T00:53:47Z")
Was the SDMB just down for 3 to 4 hours? It seems to be working normally now. --- ## [What's up with the search function today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-search-function-today/752835)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-search-function-today/752835 "2016-04-23T00:43:34Z")
Every time I try to run a search I get “This page cannot be displayed.” --- ## [Seriously illegible CAPTCHAs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-illegible-captchas/752845)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-illegible-captchas/752845 "2016-04-22T23:08:38Z")
Like several other users, I tried creating a new account since I couldn’t get into my own earlier today (and resetting the password didn’t help, as others have noted). I wasn’t even able to create a new account. The pr… --- ## [It's a bit much, sometimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bit-much-sometimes/752752)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bit-much-sometimes/752752 "2016-04-21T17:53:03Z")
You’re using a violin as a flyswatter, tom. --- ## [Straight Dope Gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433)
**Author:** [@TerribleRedMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TerribleRedMonster)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gear/752433 "2016-04-21T17:03:38Z")
Hello! I apologize profusely as I’m nearly certain that this isn’t the appropriate place to post this, but as I have only JUST (finally) joined the message boards after all these years I am apparently not allowed to post… --- ## [How quickly and in what sequence was The Great Banning discovered and corrected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-and-in-what-sequence-was-the-great-banning-discovered-and-corrected/752169)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-and-in-what-sequence-was-the-great-banning-discovered-and-corrected/752169 "2016-04-21T13:20:23Z")
A while back a \[del\]mad with power with insane glint in his eye\[/del\] mod banned everybody by mistake. I’m honestly interested to learn ATMB: how it was first reported–by the mod himself, as an “oops?”–, how messages we… --- ## [Hank Beecher is suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-beecher-is-suspended/752801)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hank-beecher-is-suspended/752801 "2016-04-21T11:00:03Z")
For earning three warnings in six months poster Hank Beecher is suspended for thirty days. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19275900&postcount=3874 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1… --- ## [Time to Un-Sticky: Sticky: "2010 U.S. Election" forum is now "Elections"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-un-sticky-sticky-2010-u-s-election-forum-is-now-elections/751518)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-un-sticky-sticky-2010-u-s-election-forum-is-now-elections/751518 "2016-04-20T02:47:31Z")
The sticky thread at the top of the Elections Forum has, I think, served its purpose: it was started in June of 2010, when the forum was a temporary experiment, and then re-named “Elections” in January of 2011. As bup … --- ## [Is anyone else having trouble with \[using the back button on this board\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-using-the-back-button-on-this-board/752366)
**Author:** [@verbenarose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenarose)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-with-using-the-back-button-on-this-board/752366 "2016-04-19T22:11:17Z")
For the past week or so I’ve been having problems with the message board not allowing me to use the back button or even exiting from the main board. I used to be able to go from thread to thread with no problems but it’… --- ## [Do you have it set on here so you get a pop up box whenever you get a PM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-it-set-on-here-so-you-get-a-pop-up-box-whenever-you-get-a-pm/752541 "2016-04-19T20:52:07Z")
Just curious. I don’t. I turned it off ages ago. In fact, when I register on a new message board, that’s one of the first things I turn off in the user CP. I think the default is it being on, though. --- ## [Provide Four People Who Will Give Me Your Identifying Information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-four-people-who-will-give-me-your-identifying-information/751871)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-four-people-who-will-give-me-your-identifying-information/751871 "2016-04-18T15:51:45Z")
I question the wisdom of these threads: Either one allows me to determine the birthday and high school of the poster, and those are both frequently used as security questions for password retrieval, or other security… --- ## [How many threads in the cornfield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-in-the-cornfield/752157)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-in-the-cornfield/752157 "2016-04-15T23:50:12Z")
As I understand it, when the mods make a post or thread disappear, the thread actually goes into a supersecret forum from which spammers, socks, et al can never escape. After all these years I’d guess that forum has gott… --- ## [Ease up on the ads, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ease-up-on-the-ads-please/750176)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ease-up-on-the-ads-please/750176 "2016-04-13T22:55:38Z")
See this thread. Salon keeps freezing up my computer. I can’t hardly read a single article without several times getting “Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.” I can only attribute this to t… --- ## [Please put the STAR TREK TNG MRDERFEST tread back in Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-put-the-star-trek-tng-mrderfest-tread-back-in-cafe-society/752018)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-put-the-star-trek-tng-mrderfest-tread-back-in-cafe-society/752018 "2016-04-13T03:23:05Z")
A day or two I started the above reference thread in Cafe Society. It has since been moved to the Game Room, which makes about as much sense as Star Trek biology. The Game Room is supposed to be about sports and video ga… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=107)