# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=146 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 147 --- ## [BrainGlutton is suspended for incivility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-is-suspended-for-incivility/674009)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-is-suspended-for-incivility/674009 "2013-11-19T21:20:03Z")
Here Marley details 3 warnings launched at BrainGlutton. The first was directed at uncivil discussion in a GD gun thread. The second involved irony. The third was a mischaracterization by J. Chance: it was not a direct i… --- ## [Lekatt banned? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned-really/674096)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned-really/674096 "2013-11-19T02:27:29Z")
So Tom pulled the plug on Lekatt. You know, for people who had no (more) tolerance for him, all they \[del\]have\[/del\] had to do is not open his threads or take him on in argument. But banning him? There are a dozen poste… --- ## [lekatt banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned/674088)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-banned/674088 "2013-11-16T23:56:46Z")
Having accumulated four Warnings in the last few months and having been suspended, previously, for the same actions for which he has been Warned, recently, lekatt’s posting privileges have been removed. http://boards.st… --- ## [BrainGlutton suspended for a week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-suspended-for-a-week/673986)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-suspended-for-a-week/673986 "2013-11-15T15:22:12Z")
BrainGlutton has been warned three times in the last two months for insults and off-topic remarks (one, two, three). The staff is suspending him for a week in the hope that he’ll stop this behavior and stick to post that… --- ## [Any plans for a 2013 Halloween forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-a-2013-halloween-forum/670861 "2013-11-14T20:43:52Z")
I could go either way on this, but I did enjoy it enjoy it in 2012. Is there any talk among the powers that be about doing it again? --- ## [Congratulations Marley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-marley/673744)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-marley/673744 "2013-11-14T02:50:36Z")
Marley23 gets honorary diploma from German university. --- ## [Should there be a "zombie thread" time limit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-zombie-thread-time-limit/673713)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-zombie-thread-time-limit/673713 "2013-11-13T19:22:02Z")
Sorry if this question has already been brought up. But I’ve been seeing more than a few threads resurrected recently after more than 10 years, and it really begs the question of, do these people even read the date of t… --- ## [Posting a Threadless design and soliciting votes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-threadless-design-and-soliciting-votes/673613)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-threadless-design-and-soliciting-votes/673613 "2013-11-13T18:05:53Z")
…is that sort of thing kosher in any of the forums? I entered a Threadless contest and there are just few more days of voting left. They say the entrants should mobilize all their social networks to help a design make a… --- ## [Tapatalk and zombies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-and-zombies/673762)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-and-zombies/673762 "2013-11-13T16:46:24Z")
Not strictly a board issue, but here is one more thing that contributes to reanimation of zombies , and that is something that should concern TPTB. The latest version of tapatalk defaults to showing “picks” when a forum… --- ## [What's with the music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-music/673724)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-music/673724 "2013-11-13T01:01:38Z")
Sometimes when on the SDMB, I get a 8 second music loop. Probably a keyboard but sounds like a flute. It keeps repeating until I change a page or open a post. Sometimes it returns. Any one else have this problem? --- ## [twickster's "knock it the fuck off"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twicksters-knock-it-the-fuck-off/673624 "2013-11-12T01:52:11Z")
I just wanted to say I didn’t like the tone of twickster’s note and wanted to make a personal plea to the administration and moderator team that telling people to “knock \[whatever\] the fuck off” is not conducive to the t… --- ## [Mary, dontcha know me? (You don't like my cookies anymore?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-dontcha-know-me-you-dont-like-my-cookies-anymore/673673)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-dontcha-know-me-you-dont-like-my-cookies-anymore/673673 "2013-11-12T01:31:49Z")
Hi, I post this here in case it’s happened to anyone else. If it’s just a local thing, accept my apologies and it can die. For over a month now, SD doesn’t sign me in automatically, as it has for years. Could be after … --- ## [Reading a post, is there any way to search for downthread quotations of said post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-post-is-there-any-way-to-search-for-downthread-quotations-of-said-post/673559)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-post-is-there-any-way-to-search-for-downthread-quotations-of-said-post/673559 "2013-11-11T14:44:19Z")
You know how it is. You’re on page 3 of a 28-page thread in Great Debates, or an even longer monthly rants thread, and you come across a particular point or argument that you want to address. But very possibly a half-do… --- ## [Why wasn't this thread moved to The Game Room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-this-thread-moved-to-the-game-room/673545)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-this-thread-moved-to-the-game-room/673545 "2013-11-11T01:59:35Z")
It’s about the Dolphins hazing scandal. If you’re going to have a “Game Room,” why not use it? --- ## [Why the recent trend to insta-close stuff in ATMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-trend-to-insta-close-stuff-in-atmb/673425 "2013-11-10T03:51:59Z")
What is so freakin’ scary about threads in ATMB that the second they’re “answered”, they must be instantly closed? What harm is done by leaving them open? This is a discussion board: it behooves us to allow people to dis… --- ## [Pictures of Straight Dope Computer System?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-straight-dope-computer-system/672303 "2013-11-08T19:47:18Z")
With specs? That about covers it. Let’s hope the computers aren’t a couple of 386’s thrown together! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Can you call admitted socks socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-call-admitted-socks-socks/673421)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-call-admitted-socks-socks/673421 "2013-11-08T15:09:35Z")
This speaking about a user who admitted just two posts ago to being a member that was banned just yesterday. Or is this also against the rules in GD? --- ## [How'd he do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-he-do-that/673376)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-he-do-that/673376 "2013-11-08T09:18:26Z")
So, over in the “perilously” thread, friend Ibn closed the thread, though he is neither moderator nor administrator. I’ve tried similarly to close threads to no avail. Is there some trick, combination of keystrokes, etc… --- ## [Boo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246)
**Author:** [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246 "2013-11-08T03:41:18Z")
Can we drop this section now please? It’s time to put up the Xmas lights. --- ## [test poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/673180)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/673180 "2013-11-08T02:53:19Z")
tttttttttt --- ## [Why is this "perilously close to an infraction" as opposed to being an infraction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-perilously-close-to-an-infraction-as-opposed-to-being-an-infraction/672965)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-perilously-close-to-an-infraction-as-opposed-to-being-an-infraction/672965 "2013-11-07T20:52:31Z")
In this thread one of the first posts is this, emphasis added: The mod note that follows is: Perilously close? Since when is direct name calling not an infraction? The guy called another poster a racist in GD. If … --- ## [why would i suddenly start getting a blank page on 1 computer when trying view SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-suddenly-start-getting-a-blank-page-on-1-computer-when-trying-view-sdmb/673196)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-suddenly-start-getting-a-blank-page-on-1-computer-when-trying-view-sdmb/673196 "2013-11-07T06:04:06Z")
I can see the straight dope logo on the tab but screen is blank. This happens in both chrome and internet explorer. --- ## [to zombie or not to zombie.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-zombie-or-not-to-zombie/673150)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-zombie-or-not-to-zombie/673150 "2013-11-06T22:02:09Z")
So with many people catching up on series on DVR or Netflix long after the season is over is it better to find the last thread on the show or open a new one? I’m not talking about a show from years ago like if I just wat… --- ## [Shady thread closure by Jonathan Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-thread-closure-by-jonathan-chance/673213)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-thread-closure-by-jonathan-chance/673213 "2013-11-06T21:13:02Z")
He was clearly champing at the bit to come up with an excuse to do it, and despite pleas from semi-lurkers that it was an interesting and edifying discussion, he came up with a lame one and did so. Makes me not want to … --- ## [I won an iPhone 5 on the SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-an-iphone-5-on-the-sdmb/673217)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-an-iphone-5-on-the-sdmb/673217 "2013-11-06T15:27:31Z")
At least, that’s what this page claims: Ok lemme see what details they’re asking for: time - about 13 hours ago. Page - I think you can see from the screenshot. --- ## [What happened to the Books by Members Section?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-books-by-members-section/673073)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-books-by-members-section/673073 "2013-11-04T18:01:49Z")
I’ve been away for a while. Didn’t we used to have a section where members who had books to promote could post? Anyway, my book is finally done and I’d like to share it but I want to be a good little soldier and do it i… --- ## [Banner ads autoplaying video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-autoplaying-video/672968)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-autoplaying-video/672968 "2013-11-03T06:37:29Z")
I just got a banner ad for Airborne (the homeopathic cold “drug”) that autoplayed a video. Doesn’t the board usually prevent those ads? --- ## [Halloween names have been changed back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853 "2013-11-03T02:23:39Z")
If you had the mods change your username to something zombified or ghoulish or otherwise wacky for Halloween, your name should now be back to normal. I’ve emailed all users to notify them of these changes, but I’m postin… --- ## [Runaway Ad Servers and Crashing Internet Explorer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-ad-servers-and-crashing-internet-explorer/672650)
**Author:** [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-ad-servers-and-crashing-internet-explorer/672650 "2013-11-02T16:38:52Z")
For more than 6 months I have been experencing problems with this message board randomly crashing Internet explorer and having ad servers running away and constantly refreshing the page on 4 different computers, 2 person… --- ## [What happened to Arnold Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-arnold-winkelried/672721)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-arnold-winkelried/672721 "2013-11-02T04:20:05Z")
I tried in vain to do a search and I couldn’t find a thread. I also scanned the sticky in MPSIMS. So sorry if this has been covered, but is there any info as to why he’s no longer posting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=147)