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**Author:** [@Alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alba)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-last-post/679514 "2014-01-25T08:26:03Z")
Is it possible to have a preview of the last post when you hoover over the name of the last poster? Currently it just shows the replies and views, which are also shown in the column next to the last poster’s name. It wi… --- ## [Deceptive advertising complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptive-advertising-complaint/679587)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptive-advertising-complaint/679587 "2014-01-24T23:32:22Z")
I opened a new session of Firefox this afternoon at around 9:30 Eastern time. I navigated to Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dip… --- ## [Question about one poster quoting another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-one-poster-quoting-another/679264)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-one-poster-quoting-another/679264 "2014-01-24T20:43:56Z")
I was looking at a thread in Great Debates. It is titled, “So, do Satanic cults exist?”. In the words of the moderator who closed that thread, “it was closed because it was a zombie thread and began attracting several n… --- ## [Replyto Tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replyto-tomndebb/679400)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replyto-tomndebb/679400 "2014-01-24T00:16:26Z")
The thread mysteriously closed while I was in the editing box… (bolding mine) tomndebb, what I wrote is a \*paragraph \*not just a bunch of sentences cobbled together with duct tape. You’re under the illusion that a pa… --- ## [Where is my WYSIWYG editor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325 "2014-01-23T17:20:25Z")
When I start a post, I no longer see a WYSIWYG view even though that’s the option I selected in my profile. There used to be a button to switch between a code view and a WYSIWYG view, which I no longer see. I didn’t noti… --- ## [Delete account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-account/679272)
**Author:** [@Johnigomasand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnigomasand)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-account/679272 "2014-01-22T22:57:31Z")
How to delete my account? --- ## [Board maint - Sundays 1:10 AM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252 "2014-01-22T03:49:05Z")
I happened to be up late the past two Saturdays and I was browsing the SDMB. On both days at about 1:10 AM Sunday (Central Time), I got a page saying only “503 service unavailable”. Yesterday the board began responding a… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/678795)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/678795 "2014-01-22T01:44:48Z")
:rolleyes: --- ## ["If you want to know why \_\_\_\_ was banned, PM or Email a mod." Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-know-why-____-was-banned-pm-or-email-a-mod-why/679241)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-know-why-____-was-banned-pm-or-email-a-mod-why/679241 "2014-01-22T00:13:51Z")
This is something I’ve always found slightly irritating. I’m fine if the Mods don’t want to be proactive and post a thread for every single poster who gets banned. Especially the Newbies. But if a poster asks vis a vis … --- ## [Mr. Arafat, Context, and Board Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-arafat-context-and-board-rules/678696)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-arafat-context-and-board-rules/678696 "2014-01-21T21:27:55Z")
Well, since the moderators won’t respond by emails, might as well: On October 12, 2003, the Lancet released report finding that Yasser Arafat’s belongings were contaminated with polonium. Since I still have institution… --- ## [Question about the time limit for editing a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-time-limit-for-editing-a-post/679347)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-time-limit-for-editing-a-post/679347 "2014-01-21T13:49:59Z")
I understand there is a brief amount of time given to people to edit a post once they first submit it. But it feels like there may be some discrepancy in the amount of time accorded to someone after they first make a po… --- ## [How to find the SDMB on Tapatalk (search not working)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-sdmb-on-tapatalk-search-not-working/679073)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-sdmb-on-tapatalk-search-not-working/679073 "2014-01-20T19:19:25Z")
After a fresh install of Tapatalk on my Android tablet, I’m struggling to find the Dope there. The search function doesn’t work, it doesn’t bring up anything at all for any search term. I browsed through the categories, … --- ## [Apparent "Weird Earl's" Entry in Threadspotting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparent-weird-earls-entry-in-threadspotting/679280)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparent-weird-earls-entry-in-threadspotting/679280 "2014-01-20T17:27:54Z")
“Sometimes the worst thing you can be is a customer.”, Submitted by Billy Rubin: It’s an interesting external site, not an SDMB thread, so almost certainly belongs in Weird Earl’s. BTW, it does look like a good Weird Ea… --- ## [Scroll Bar Doesn't Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-bar-doesnt-work/679251)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scroll-bar-doesnt-work/679251 "2014-01-20T15:53:14Z")
I’m not sure if it a browser issue or an issue with the site, but the scroll bar on the drop down menu for “Forum Jump” no longer works for me. The window opens but with the newer forums added, I can’t see the BBQ Pit, … --- ## ['WHEN' Do Charter Members Have To Renew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-charter-members-have-to-renew/679270)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-charter-members-have-to-renew/679270 "2014-01-20T15:15:45Z")
It sometimes just passes me by, it seems. When (emphasis on “when”–i.e., month, day, etc.) do Charter Members have to renew? I think I will place the date in my calendar. That is what I do with most things on the inter… --- ## [Tapatalk malware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-malware/679128)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-malware/679128 "2014-01-18T19:08:58Z")
1: The everpresent Tapatalk pop-up which must be cleared first before I enter SD: my end or server end? If your end, how? If my end (Ipad Safari), any idea why only SD triggers it, out of the numerous boards I’m re… --- ## ["400 Bad Request" error on Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-bad-request-error-on-android/678285)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-bad-request-error-on-android/678285 "2014-01-18T04:41:48Z")
For about three weeks now, I frequently get the error “400 Bad request. Your browser sent an invalid request” when opening pages on the Dope. It only happens with my Android tablet, either in Dolphin or the built in Andr… --- ## [No admins now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-admins-now/678340)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-admins-now/678340 "2014-01-17T16:08:16Z")
Noticed that Tuba and Marley are both listed as Moderators now, rather than Administrators. Is that change due to the hacking? What does it mean from a board operations standpoint, if anything? Do the permissions/access … --- ## [Ed Zotti is not notable, generally speaking. Can--or \*should\*--we do anything about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-is-not-notable-generally-speaking-can-or-should-we-do-anything-about-it/678531 "2014-01-17T13:54:29Z")
See Ed Zotti, specifically, the intimidating, threatening, and, depending how you look at it, humiliating judgement of the powers that be on the worthiness of the article. Is this something that I should be worried abou… --- ## [Diamondata?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamondata/679024)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamondata/679024 "2014-01-17T02:08:04Z")
What’s Diamondata? I’m running a script-blocker and diamondata is one of the scripts I’m blocking, but it still keeps trying to throw up some sort of pop-up. I get a blank page that says the script is blocked and a litt… --- ## [Test thread 011614](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-011614/679013)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-011614/679013 "2014-01-17T02:08:00Z")
No? Thisshould say it all. --- ## [Legion of the Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legion-of-the-banned/678515)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legion-of-the-banned/678515 "2014-01-16T22:23:05Z")
I was looking at some of the very earliest threads and started noticing how many names had been banned. Is their a thread in which every single poster has since been banned? If not, how close can we come to one? --- ## [Why was Themis00 Banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-themis00-banned/678907)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-themis00-banned/678907 "2014-01-15T20:58:03Z")
I don’t see an announcement. --- ## [Blank threads in Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-threads-in-tapatalk/677931)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-threads-in-tapatalk/677931 "2014-01-15T12:43:08Z")
For a couple of weeks, I’ve been finding that threads on the Straight Dope are empty when I open them in Tapatalk on my Android phone. At first, it was many threads but not all, and those that did have content seemed to… --- ## [Oops! Did I Break A Rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-did-i-break-a-rule/678697)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-did-i-break-a-rule/678697 "2014-01-15T02:34:41Z")
I just noticed a thread in IMHO which was closed because it violated a rule against asking for help in doing a research project. “Please do not ask other members to do your homework or provide input for your article, pa… --- ## [Greyed out topics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyed-out-topics/678769)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyed-out-topics/678769 "2014-01-14T18:57:43Z")
I guess this probably has been asked before, so someone might already have an answer on tap. When I come here, I click on the “New Posts” link to see what’s new. Most of the thread topics are blue hyperlinks. But some ar… --- ## [Are there more active members now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-active-members-now/678675)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-more-active-members-now/678675 "2014-01-14T03:42:00Z")
There’s no point to this beyond my dumb curiosity, but has anyone noticed if there was a significant jump in active members since the hack? I’ve seen a number of posts in the last week from old members who came back only… --- ## [This is...surprising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surprising/678754)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-surprising/678754 "2014-01-14T03:15:16Z")
So, there’s a thread by that title in the BBQ Pit, but if I click on it, I’m told: What’s so special about this thread? Why not just lock it or delete it, if the mods don’t want us to access it. --- ## [Let's go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-to-the-quarry-and-throw-stuff-down-there/678497)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-to-the-quarry-and-throw-stuff-down-there/678497 "2014-01-12T18:06:52Z")
What in God’s Green Earth is the story behind this meme? It seems to be board-specific and based on The Office somehow, but I don’t have a clue what it actually means. --- ## [Did the font change? What's up with the W?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-change-whats-up-with-the-w/678564)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-change-whats-up-with-the-w/678564 "2014-01-12T16:51:47Z")
All of a sudden it looks like the Dope is being typed on an old-timey manual typewriter with a worn-out ribbon. All the W’s are faint and fragile. Does anyone else notice this, or am I nuts? (rhetorical questions, I ass… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=143)