# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=127 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 128 --- ## [My work's web filter blocking GQ with "Suspicious Embedded Link"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-works-web-filter-blocking-gq-with-suspicious-embedded-link/707666)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-works-web-filter-blocking-gq-with-suspicious-embedded-link/707666 "2014-12-22T14:22:59Z")
FYI, it may just be a paranoid web filter, but today I cannot go to GQ from work because the corporate filter is blocking it with reason “Suspicious Embedded Link”. It’s only that forum, and has never happened before in… --- ## [2014 Game of Thrones Peacekeeping Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-game-of-thrones-peacekeeping-rules/707817)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-game-of-thrones-peacekeeping-rules/707817 "2014-12-22T02:55:28Z")
The thread “2014 Game of Thrones Peacekeeping Rules” is a locked sticky thread in Cafe Society. However, it describes a policy which was active only until “one month after the airing of the final episode of this season”… --- ## [408 request time out error on SD links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/408-request-time-out-error-on-sd-links/707849)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/408-request-time-out-error-on-sd-links/707849 "2014-12-21T22:08:39Z")
Hello Everyone., This isn’t a big deal, but I’m wondering why I quite often get a 408 request time out error when clicking on Straight Dope links. When this happens I have to hit refresh to load the page. This doesn’… --- ## [Should there be a rule on font/size tags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-rule-on-font-size-tags/707485)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-rule-on-font-size-tags/707485 "2014-12-20T16:31:22Z")
There’s a regular poster here who I don’t want to single out unless I need to show examples. (I’m formatting this post in a similar way as illustration). They started playing with the font/size options on all of their r… --- ## [Meaning of "Automatically Parse Links in Text?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-automatically-parse-links-in-text/707505)
**Author:** [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-automatically-parse-links-in-text/707505 "2014-12-19T18:46:40Z")
When you go to send a reply, under the Additional Options area is an option “Automatically Parse Links in Text.” I think I know what “to parse” means but I don’t understand this option. What does it do? Should I be using… --- ## [Test Thread - Hiding Stuff on Mouseover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-hiding-stuff-on-mouseover/707497)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-hiding-stuff-on-mouseover/707497 "2014-12-18T20:49:44Z")
Ellen Cherry says \[this\] will be invisible on mouseover. Regards, Shodan --- ## [Font size on android Firefox.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-size-on-android-firefox/707516)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-size-on-android-firefox/707516 "2014-12-18T00:07:44Z")
Any body know how to standardize the font size on Firefox on an android? Reading through any thread on my phone has posts in fonts all over the place, some obnoxiously huge, some unreadable tiny, and really gets annoying… --- ## [Question about a thread closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread-closing/707475)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-thread-closing/707475 "2014-12-17T18:35:56Z")
This GD thread, which has lain dormant for 11 years, was re-opened by a new member, and was immediately closed, in a very short time (9 minutes) without any other responses. The poster did add new information (I am not … --- ## [So it's been yet another eleven days. \[Game\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-yet-another-eleven-days-game/707428)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-yet-another-eleven-days-game/707428 "2014-12-16T19:35:53Z")
Or over three months since my last question on this topic. Every time a poster complains about post padding “games” in the Game Room it gets locked because it’s “still under discussion”. Three months this has been hap… --- ## [Isn't "raghead" an ethnic slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-raghead-an-ethnic-slur/706812)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-raghead-an-ethnic-slur/706812 "2014-12-16T07:36:15Z")
I know the rules are loser in in the Pit, but I thought that ethnic slurs were still not allowed. Raghead is OK? --- ## [Arnold Winkelried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-winkelried/707296)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-winkelried/707296 "2014-12-15T17:33:07Z")
Has anyone heard anything about Arnold Winkelried? He last posted some time last year. I don’t know him but his name is on a couple of stickies, he’s a member of the SDSAB and he has provided the site where Doper photos … --- ## [Rating threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-threads/707194)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-threads/707194 "2014-12-14T17:27:06Z")
I was reading through the FAQ’s for the board today and there was a big section of Rating Threads. Does this feature actually exist as I have never seen it? For interest here is the excerpt: What are ratings? The foru… --- ## [Use of the word cunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-cunt/706833)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-cunt/706833 "2014-12-11T16:02:12Z")
Obviously, it cannot be directed at another poster, no grey area there. I was a little confused by the mod note in cafe society, though. Is there some sort of rule against throwing it around freely or directing it aga… --- ## [test thread \[del\]test\[/del\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754 "2014-12-10T16:23:27Z")
did it work? --- ## [Manners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manners/706675)
**Author:** [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manners/706675 "2014-12-10T01:53:25Z")
I have to say I enjoy reading here, posting much less so, I think the Dope has an existing culture where many expect others to fight to earn respect or some absurd thing. That’s cool. In doing so however I don’t see ho… --- ## [Want to see avatars on the SDMB? Here's a script.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-avatars-on-the-sdmb-heres-a-script/627636)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-avatars-on-the-sdmb-heres-a-script/627636 "2014-12-07T05:45:48Z")
This thread is for information on how to use a Greasemonkey script to allow users to experience the SDMB with avatars. I’m starting this thread at the suggestion of MsWhatsit, Irishman and others in this thread. This th… --- ## [some general questions re: trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-general-questions-re-trolling/706200)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-general-questions-re-trolling/706200 "2014-12-07T01:39:37Z")
I’m just curious, what is the preponderance of evidence required to ban someone for trolling? Is it enough to post repeatedly about the same controversial topic, or does there need to be additional corroborating evidence… --- ## [multiple logins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-logins/706358)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-logins/706358 "2014-12-06T23:45:28Z")
Sometimes when I log in, it takes me back to the login page. When I log in the second time everything is fine. It doesn’t do this every time, just once in a while. It’s only been doing this for about a month or month and… --- ## ["threadspotting" real "weird earl"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-real-weird-earl/706404)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-real-weird-earl/706404 "2014-12-06T04:46:48Z")
The threadspotting on a unicorn cat is really a weird earl. --- ## [To become more than a guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-become-more-than-a-guest/706462)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-become-more-than-a-guest/706462 "2014-12-06T04:13:34Z")
I’m not all that smart, so bear with me. Do I become a Member, charter member, etc by purchasing a subscription? Or is the nomenclature dependent on the number of posts I make ? --- ## [Don Simus: Loach's virgin banning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-simus-loachs-virgin-banning/706359)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-simus-loachs-virgin-banning/706359 "2014-12-05T19:17:23Z")
Re: Nearby thread by Loach announcing the banning of Don Simus: Is this the very first user banned by Loach? Is he just getting the feel of his jackboots? :smiley: --- ## [Notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications/706411)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications/706411 "2014-12-05T15:32:20Z")
Is anyone else not getting notifications? --- ## [What's the deal with thread titles not being posted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-thread-titles-not-being-posted/706163)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-thread-titles-not-being-posted/706163 "2014-12-05T00:44:35Z")
This is the second time I’ve seen it. I’ve been perusing the SDMB and when I go to change forums the titles are all blocked. There’s just and underline where they should be. --- ## [Don Simus has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-simus-has-been-banned/706353)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-simus-has-been-banned/706353 "2014-12-04T22:32:12Z")
Don Simus has been banned for racking up several warnings in a row is this thread. Although he has been a member since 2008 most his previous contributions have been to start threads that have to be closed due to his be… --- ## [Why is there only 1 mod in the pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-only-1-mod-in-the-pit/706152)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-only-1-mod-in-the-pit/706152 "2014-12-04T01:29:29Z")
That seems ironic considering there are 4 in the Barn house. Is Miller the only one brave enough to mod there? Poor Miller, he never even gets ATMB threads complaining about him, and you stick him all alone in the… --- ## [Have you asked the members what they want in a "Game Room" forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-asked-the-members-what-they-want-in-a-game-room-forum/706134)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-asked-the-members-what-they-want-in-a-game-room-forum/706134 "2014-12-02T17:46:30Z")
That’s it. --- ## [Any update on the game room split?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-game-room-split/706070)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-game-room-split/706070 "2014-12-02T00:33:07Z")
For background, see these threads: 1 2 3 In particular, search for my name and read the long posts. I went to great lengths to explain the issues at hand in detail. We were told 2 months ago that the issue would be … --- ## [So, it's been another 11 days...\[update inside\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232 "2014-12-01T21:19:22Z")
…is there still no feedback on the Mod discussion re: The Game Room? Not even a decision, just some feedback, would be nice. --- ## [MPSIMS threads closed for being mundane and pointless.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590 "2014-12-01T07:17:24Z")
Why? What’s the harm? I’m not really worked up over it, but I always scratch my head when it happens. If they are so mundane and pointless why not let them devolve and go away on their own? --- ## [Searches aren't working in Chrome for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searches-arent-working-in-chrome-for-me/705921)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searches-arent-working-in-chrome-for-me/705921 "2014-11-29T23:32:50Z")
Not sure if it’s me or the site but when I do searches lately I just get a blank white page instead of search results. It has worked fine in the past. Just the last couple of weeks have been an issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=128)