# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=182 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 183 --- ## [Getting error page trying to renew sub.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-error-page-trying-to-renew-sub/619026)
**Author:** [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-error-page-trying-to-renew-sub/619026 "2012-04-18T01:59:28Z")
I’m trying to renew my subscription and do not have a PayPal account. I have renewed using this system several times before but this time I am getting this page when I hit the PayPal button: It says “Sorry-your last a… --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/619003)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/619003 "2012-04-17T02:55:34Z")
tp --- ## [SDMB registration agreement as of 12/29/2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-agreement-as-of-12-29-2008/406370)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-registration-agreement-as-of-12-29-2008/406370 "2012-04-15T01:23:06Z")
The agreement below spells out the rules by which SDMB users are expected to abide. Changes since the last version are indicated in bold. These changes reflect the change in ownership and switch to free posting. All chan… --- ## [Unable To Order A Charter Member's Gift Sub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-order-a-charter-members-gift-sub/618640)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-order-a-charter-members-gift-sub/618640 "2012-04-13T19:50:23Z")
Can y’all please help? The $7.48 isn’t showing as an option for this person. Thanks Q --- ## [Should there be a 'waiting period' before posting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-waiting-period-before-posting/617628)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-waiting-period-before-posting/617628 "2012-04-13T18:51:41Z")
I have wondered this in the past, but decided to ask about this once I got myself in another zombie thread. And it might have been asked before, if so slap me down. Fairly new here myself, but it seems that there are q… --- ## [Could An Admin Please PM Me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-admin-please-pm-me/618383)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-admin-please-pm-me/618383 "2012-04-12T20:46:13Z")
Sorry to be so pestilent, but I need confirmation of the winners of the most recent membership “raffle”. There is one which PayPal hasn’t registered, and because I didn’t note on PP who it was to (I pm’d everyone), I don… --- ## ["Easter Eggs" Gift Subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-eggs-gift-subscriptions/613044)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-eggs-gift-subscriptions/613044 "2012-04-12T20:07:03Z")
So that everyone who wants to enter has a chance to see this (could we pin it maybe?), The Quasis are letting y’all know ahead of time that for Easter we’re giving away 4 (four) SDMB gift susbscriptions. :slight\_smile: T… --- ## [Board behaving strangely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-behaving-strangely/615013)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-behaving-strangely/615013 "2012-04-12T14:03:43Z")
First it wouldn’t let me sign in. I would sign in, I’d get the “Thanks for signing in” page, then the home page would come up with me not signed in. Eventually I got signed in after about a dozen tries. Then I clicked… --- ## [A lot of zombie threads lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-zombie-threads-lately/618309)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-zombie-threads-lately/618309 "2012-04-12T13:12:06Z")
Has there been an unusually large number of zombie threads in the past week or so? It feels like it. --- ## [Just a suggestion on subscribing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-suggestion-on-subscribing/618401)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-suggestion-on-subscribing/618401 "2012-04-12T03:23:46Z")
I went to FAQ’s and ‘searched’ : join; subscribe; price and variations thereof to no results. Just saying. --- ## [Did we just dump an hour's worth of posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-dump-an-hours-worth-of-posts/618501)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-dump-an-hours-worth-of-posts/618501 "2012-04-12T00:25:34Z")
This board has been up and down at least twice today. Did we just lose a bunch of threads and posts? Say it ain’t so, Joe! --- ## [Has the tapatalk plugin/thingy/whatchamacallit crashed? \[duplicate thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-tapatalk-plugin-thingy-whatchamacallit-crashed-duplicate-thread/618482)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-tapatalk-plugin-thingy-whatchamacallit-crashed-duplicate-thread/618482 "2012-04-11T22:28:09Z")
I’ve just started getting “permission error” on both my iPhone & iPad but I am ok posting from the iPad browser. --- ## [Did the tapatalk plugin/thingy/whatchamacallit crash? \[duplicate thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-tapatalk-plugin-thingy-whatchamacallit-crash-duplicate-thread/618479)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-tapatalk-plugin-thingy-whatchamacallit-crash-duplicate-thread/618479 "2012-04-11T17:50:51Z")
I’ve just started getting “permission error” on both my iPhone & iPad. I’m fine accessing via The iPad browser. --- ## [Pardons Application Process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardons-application-process/617699 "2012-04-11T05:23:54Z")
On June 13, 2010 at 2:47 p.m. I received an Official Warning. I am reminded of my transgression any time I use the User CP. Is there a Pardons Application Process to request my record be expunged? Time off for good be… --- ## [Cafe Society stickies temporarily disturbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-stickies-temporarily-disturbed/617014 "2012-04-10T17:30:20Z")
In order to make the Game of Thrones threads in CS stand out so people get used to the system, I’ve temporarily stickied them so they are immediately obvious. Regrettably, this will disorder the existing stickies for the… --- ## [Resolved: The Game Room has been an unqualified success](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-game-room-has-been-an-unqualified-success/616042)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-game-room-has-been-an-unqualified-success/616042 "2012-04-10T05:18:47Z")
When it first debuted, the posting volume was pretty low and some were thus skeptical of its utility/usefulness, but that has slowly picked up, and now the number of active threads that I see in it equals or exceeds that… --- ## [Thanks for the message limit increase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-message-limit-increase/618305)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-message-limit-increase/618305 "2012-04-10T01:55:23Z")
I haven’t seen another thread thanking the people at the SDMB for the jump from 50 to 250 messages. Thanks a lot. It’s very much appreciated. --- ## [Discussion of rules in Game of Thrones threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-rules-in-game-of-thrones-threads/617448)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-rules-in-game-of-thrones-threads/617448 "2012-04-08T22:16:35Z")
There’s squabbling and trolling and other issues in the spoiler-free Game of Thrones discussion thread. I (and the moderators, I think) don’t want argument over the rules of the threads to take place in the actual thread… --- ## [Test thread: Editing thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-editing-thread-titles/618195)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-editing-thread-titles/618195 "2012-04-08T20:20:55Z")
The original title of this thread is “Test thread: Editing thread titles”. I’m going to see if I can edit the title within the five minute window. Edit: Nope, just the post title. Oh well. --- ## [Why isn't the trivia domino thread considered a posting party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-trivia-domino-thread-considered-a-posting-party/618051)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-trivia-domino-thread-considered-a-posting-party/618051 "2012-04-08T02:55:52Z")
200 pages? C’mon,especially when one of the posters comments on how many pages it has gone a few times.Seems a bit silly. --- ## [Custom titles now available!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262 "2012-04-07T22:46:04Z")
We’re pleased to announce a new Straight Dope Message Board feature - custom titles for subscribers (members and charter members). Have you always yearned to be listed as “Eminent Sage” rather than merely as “Member”? No… --- ## [Where'd grateful mcgee go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-grateful-mcgee-go/617668)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-grateful-mcgee-go/617668 "2012-04-07T13:47:52Z")
I’m only asking because I responded to him in the Dating Advice thread, and everything he posted there is now gone. Searching his name shows him as banned, but -some- of his posts are still listed… Which I guess makes me… --- ## [Charter member title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-title/617997)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-title/617997 "2012-04-06T14:59:03Z")
I got an email on 4/3 that my (charter) membership was about to expire, so I immediately renewed it via PayPal. I got the receipt from PayPal today which shows a 4/3 transaction date. But I notice today that my title ha… --- ## [Ongoing support threads in MPSIMS - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-support-threads-in-mpsims-what-to-do/617574)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-support-threads-in-mpsims-what-to-do/617574 "2012-04-06T12:25:38Z")
MPSIMS has had a monthly or bi-monthly weight-loss support thread going for quite a while now, and now there is a smoking-cessation thread going, as well. I know that is what MPSIMS is for, but it seems kind of silly to… --- ## [Thread ignore function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-ignore-function/617872)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-ignore-function/617872 "2012-04-06T02:07:56Z")
Is there a VBulletin function to ignore entire threads? Some have gross titles that turn my stomach (the oral sex period thread for example) or threads that suck me in that I shouldn’t keep posting to! Just curious! --- ## [Wait, I changed my mind. \[About editing posts\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-i-changed-my-mind-about-editing-posts/617753)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-i-changed-my-mind-about-editing-posts/617753 "2012-04-05T23:05:08Z")
I have a question. But, it’s really too silly to ask. Nevermind. --- ## [Newly Renamed Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-renamed-dopers/617694 "2012-04-05T13:47:31Z")
Are we just getting a bunch of old returning Dopers, or have a lot of people decided to change their username? I’m seeing a lot of names I don’t even vaguely recognize from posters that have been here much longer than me… --- ## [Thread re "ANONYMOUS" locked???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-re-anonymous-locked/617332)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-re-anonymous-locked/617332 "2012-04-03T15:33:01Z")
Now WTH did I do? Colobri, (sp) The thread on ANONYMOUS–the hackers that are threatening and are probably capable of “shutting down the internet” tomorrow. I’m new here. Wrong board? OK. But a lock? --- ## [Why are there so many corn threads today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-corn-threads-today/617556)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-corn-threads-today/617556 "2012-04-03T05:25:09Z")
CORN? --- ## [What does this abbreviation mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-abbreviation-mean/617621)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-abbreviation-mean/617621 "2012-04-03T05:11:14Z")
In a post in another thread the poster began their post(after a quote) with QFT. Given the context I don’t think it means “quit feeding the troll” So what else does QFT stand for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=183)