# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=154 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 155 --- ## [vulgar dope page addresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-dope-page-addresses/662883)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-dope-page-addresses/662883 "2013-07-09T05:41:00Z")
So. I’m reading the GQ thread about the speed of light. In this post there is a link. Ok, I click the link, interesting post. But look at the web address for that page: http:// cuntlapper. straightdope.com/sdmb/ showpos… --- ## [Testing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/662976)
**Author:** [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/662976 "2013-07-08T21:14:39Z")
Test…1, 2, 3 --- ## [Big secret test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-secret-test/662739)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-secret-test/662739 "2013-07-08T01:50:12Z")
\[A mouse over will not let you see anything inside the brackets. Now that you know, use this new found knowledge wisely.\] No need to click this thread. move along. --- ## [Once a Charter Member, always a Charter Member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-charter-member-always-a-charter-member/662801)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-charter-member-always-a-charter-member/662801 "2013-07-06T19:35:00Z")
I just noticed that Q.E.D.'s last post was in July 2009, yet he is still shown as a Charter Member. (Didn’t he die?) Did he pay for membership four years in advance, is someone paying for him in his memory, or do Chart… --- ## [Last visited still reseting when it shouldn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visited-still-reseting-when-it-shouldnt/662798)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visited-still-reseting-when-it-shouldnt/662798 "2013-07-06T18:21:04Z")
It’s happening a lot less often than it did before you guys cleaned things up, but I just had the last visited time reset to the current time again. --- ## [My poll is gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poll-is-gone/662749)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poll-is-gone/662749 "2013-07-06T18:19:25Z")
I posted a poll last night. Or this morning. It had 1 reply when I went to bed, so I know it was submitted, and I didn’t just forget to do it. Now it is gone. Where is my post? --- ## [Quoting Multiple Posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-multiple-posters/662061)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-multiple-posters/662061 "2013-07-06T15:44:01Z")
I’ve noticed that some folks, when quoting multiple posters, get the little \[\>\] box that links you back to the quoted post. Is there some way to do this automatically, or are they just meticulously figuring out and incl… --- ## [Crappy advertiser banner ads crash Flash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-advertiser-banner-ads-crash-flash/662742)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-advertiser-banner-ads-crash-flash/662742 "2013-07-06T04:24:57Z")
It’s about time we get some banner ads that don’t continuously crash Shockwave Flash- it doesn’t matter whether I use one of my two work computers (XP), my home PC (Win 7), or my wife’s laptop (Win 7). It also doesn’t m… --- ## [How do I make a really tiny font size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-really-tiny-font-size/662678)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-really-tiny-font-size/662678 "2013-07-05T23:50:19Z")
I mean not size one, but smaller. Or is it possible? On second thought, size one is actually quite small. --- ## [Search timer glitches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-timer-glitches/659328)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-timer-glitches/659328 "2013-07-05T17:47:48Z")
Last 2-3 days, I go to the Advanced Search page, enter a parameter and execute the search only to be told “This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches. Please try again in xx seconds”, when in fact it … --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/662641)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/662641 "2013-07-05T03:53:05Z")
OF FREEDOM! :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious::dub… --- ## [fartypants.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fartypants-straightdope-com/661380)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fartypants-straightdope-com/661380 "2013-07-04T20:42:36Z")
I used Google to search the board, and some of the results had ‘fartypants.straightdope.com’ as the domain name. Is there an interesting story behind that? --- ## [Straightdope Podcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-podcasts/659716)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-podcasts/659716 "2013-07-03T19:11:45Z")
I thought I was subscribed to the Straight Dope podcast via itunes. However, I have not received any new episodes since Mar. 24. Am I doing something wrong? --- ## [No Questioning the Truth - or Something...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-questioning-the-truth-or-something/662199)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-questioning-the-truth-or-something/662199 "2013-07-03T13:30:06Z")
Given this from the sticky in GD - What does this Mod Note mean? So we can dispute the accuracy of another poster’s statements, and say directly “That’s not true”, but we cannot deny that the comments are true. The … --- ## [Bad ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ad/661472)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ad/661472 "2013-07-03T05:25:23Z")
On backing out of a thread, I just got the following pop-up dialog box: speedyprofitcreator.com DON’T CLICK ON THIS Are you sure you want to leave this page? “There is a FREE gift if you stay on this page!” Stay on P… --- ## [Why'd you lock my tipping thread, Twix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-you-lock-my-tipping-thread-twix/661637)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-you-lock-my-tipping-thread-twix/661637 "2013-06-29T04:53:58Z")
It didn’t belong in CS, so blame Idle Thoughts if you like, but people got it, and they were having fun. --- ## [Bowlderizing Offensive Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowlderizing-offensive-words/661530)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowlderizing-offensive-words/661530 "2013-06-26T18:07:56Z")
In a General Questions thread, someone used the opprobrious N-word. I quoted that post, but blanked the word with brackets and asterisks. N\[\*\*\*\*\*\] It was suggested that I may have broken the rules by changing a quote.… --- ## [Am I the only one still getting knocked off line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-still-getting-knocked-off-line/661759)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-still-getting-knocked-off-line/661759 "2013-06-26T01:14:38Z")
After the recent spate of connectivity problems here at SDMB the powers that be did some upgrades to the servers or something and it seems to have solved the problem for everyone…except me. :frowning: I’m still getting… --- ## [Issues with the podcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-the-podcast/617280)
**Author:** [@Exodor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exodor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-the-podcast/617280 "2013-06-24T04:00:07Z")
I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I couldn’t figure out a better place to do it. I’ve been unable to update the Straight Dope podcast in iTunes for several weeks now, and am receiving an error … --- ## [Are the ads at the bottom of the page supposed to play, out loud, spontaneously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-ads-at-the-bottom-of-the-page-supposed-to-play-out-loud-spontaneously/658963)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-ads-at-the-bottom-of-the-page-supposed-to-play-out-loud-spontaneously/658963 "2013-06-23T23:37:45Z")
I’ve got that happening in Elections right now. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=2&f=34 --- ## [Postcard Swap - 2004 ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-swap-2004/661583)
**Author:** [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-swap-2004/661583 "2013-06-22T18:25:02Z")
About 9 years ago there was a postcard sharing 'event, where where members PM’d their postal addresses to other members and we all sent postcards to each other. I can neither find the thread where we discussed this nor … --- ## [Posting a poll in Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-poll-in-cafe-society/661630)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-poll-in-cafe-society/661630 "2013-06-22T15:23:15Z")
Am I allowed to post a poll in Cafe Society if the poll question is something to do with the arts? Or would it be better if it went into IMHO? (I know this question is probably covered somewhere on this board already, b… --- ## [Issues with SDMB Loading on Chrome and Shockwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-sdmb-loading-on-chrome-and-shockwave/661609)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-with-sdmb-loading-on-chrome-and-shockwave/661609 "2013-06-22T13:30:04Z")
I am actually posting this from Firefox, which is not my default browser. Reason being, on Chrome it’s taking a long time (like a minute instead of a couple of seconds) to load. Also, before I could scroll before the l… --- ## [Pinned thread request over in Mundane.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-thread-request-over-in-mundane/661172)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-thread-request-over-in-mundane/661172 "2013-06-20T21:05:26Z")
Some of us have discussed creating a Zimmerman trial thread for news reports, daily trial links, and other coverage. Links only. Any comments on the case should go in the existing imho thread. A month long trial will g… --- ## [Copyright question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question/661484)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question/661484 "2013-06-20T20:56:19Z")
IF “fair use” is allowed on this board, could I just post the first couple of paragraphs of a book, have the next poster drop in the next couple of paragraphs, and continue this way until the whole book is contained in t… --- ## [Was my thread deleted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-thread-deleted/661441)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-thread-deleted/661441 "2013-06-20T07:54:01Z")
I started a thread asking about French-themed forums, Facebook-type sites etc, but now can not find it, even with the search engine. Was my thread knocked on the head? --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/266061)
**Author:** [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/266061 "2013-06-19T14:14:25Z")
:slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :stuck\_out\_tongue: :smiley: ;j :rolleyes: :smiley: :slight\_smile: :stuck\_out\_tongue: (spoiler)look the Brady Bunch(spoiler) --- ## [In Memoriam: New post instead of edits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-new-post-instead-of-edits/661111)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-new-post-instead-of-edits/661111 "2013-06-19T02:19:46Z")
Okay, I know this is a little bit dark, but several times now I’ve been lurking and suddenly shocked by a post saying that a member of the SDMB is dead. The most recent case was in this thread where it was posted that O… --- ## [See you on the other side!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-you-on-the-other-side/660954)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-you-on-the-other-side/660954 "2013-06-18T06:14:41Z")
Our beloved SDMB is scheduled for major surgery in 5 more hours (1AM Chicago time). Who knows if she will wake up and recognize any of us? How about a prayer vigil? A beer vigil? A virtual vigil? See y’all on the ot… --- ## [Test. Also, I'm new](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-also-im-new/661085)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-also-im-new/661085 "2013-06-17T16:14:34Z")
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