# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=187 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 188 --- ## [New Here. Question for Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-question-for-cecil/609103)
**Author:** [@LabRat63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LabRat63)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-here-question-for-cecil/609103 "2012-01-11T21:12:59Z")
Why do you allow advertisements on your website which are scams? The My Snoring Chinstrap is clearly a scam as a quick Google search will show --- ## [Colibri - why did my Torrens thread get moved to IMHO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-why-did-my-torrens-thread-get-moved-to-imho/609041)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-why-did-my-torrens-thread-get-moved-to-imho/609041 "2012-01-10T09:44:51Z")
I’m just curious - I was seeking a factual answer to a legal/historical question, but you moved it from GQ to IMHO. How come? --- ## [Stupid "thumbs up" smiley on forum display page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thumbs-up-smiley-on-forum-display-page/608921)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thumbs-up-smiley-on-forum-display-page/608921 "2012-01-10T06:25:17Z")
There’s a “thumbs up” smiley that displays on the main forums listing page next to Bosda’s ad in Marketplace. It’s directly to the left of his thread title. Note that I’m not talking inside the Marketplace forum, but on… --- ## [Problem with SDMB on Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-sdmb-on-tapatalk/608872)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-sdmb-on-tapatalk/608872 "2012-01-09T04:04:33Z")
As of about two or three days ago, I can no longer get SDMB forums to load on Tapatalk on my Android phone. I can log in to SDMB and see the list of forums, but when I select a forum it briefly shows “Loading” then says … --- ## [Automatic Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-ads/608833 "2012-01-09T00:07:54Z")
What ads will this post pull up? BP? Dating sites? Masters degree education grants? Netflix? --- ## [Another problem with Viglink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-problem-with-viglink/608650)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-problem-with-viglink/608650 "2012-01-08T17:28:41Z")
Some days ago, I posted because I couldn’t follow poster’s links and was instead stuck on viglink pages. Today, I’ve another problem. Each time I change page on the board (for instance opening a thread, switching to ano… --- ## [Why Does the Default Show Threads Time Keep Changing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-default-show-threads-time-keep-changing/608531)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-default-show-threads-time-keep-changing/608531 "2012-01-07T22:04:04Z")
I set the default for Show Threads to “From the last 2 days” for all forums. Why does it keep changing on me? I’ll open up the Dope and find it set to the Beginning. Today I changed it back to 2 days and then went from … --- ## [Search time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-time/608475)
**Author:** [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-time/608475 "2012-01-05T17:33:42Z")
The current setting of 120 seconds wait between searches is ridiculously long. What if I make a spelling mistake, or want more/less keyword? 2 minutes? Preposterous. Mods please change this to a more reasonable 15 seco… --- ## [OK to Request Forum Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-request-forum-recommendations/608502)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-request-forum-recommendations/608502 "2012-01-05T14:33:20Z")
Is it permitted within the SD forum to request recommendations for other forums? --- ## [Some members are from 1999?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-members-are-from-1999/607560 "2012-01-05T05:17:09Z")
Looking at the bottom of every page, the copyright date explicitly says 2000-2011. Yet, some members are from 1999? The Straight Dope is based in the United States; therefore, it is written in English and presumably foll… --- ## [Jaledin suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaledin-suspended-for-one-month/608450)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaledin-suspended-for-one-month/608450 "2012-01-05T01:27:41Z")
We’ve suspended Jaledin for one month. Since the beginning of December he’s received three warnings for very abusive posts: December 1 (warning here), December 13 (warning here), and another today (link to warning). --- ## [Gift Subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-subscriptions/608280)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-subscriptions/608280 "2012-01-04T06:25:55Z")
Has anyone not gotten your paid subscription confirmations? One of our giftees’ has not and it is being checked out now. Thanks Q --- ## [Viglink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/608013)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink/608013 "2012-01-03T23:56:17Z")
I’ve trouble opening most links in posts. I either get a long loading time followed by a blank page or a “broken link” page. In both cases, I go through something called Viglink For instance the page I’m currently on af… --- ## [Hit by malware twice in the last week on SDMB, and I'm a member.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-by-malware-twice-in-the-last-week-on-sdmb-and-im-a-member/607786)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-by-malware-twice-in-the-last-week-on-sdmb-and-im-a-member/607786 "2012-01-02T22:53:57Z")
Twice this week I get an alarm from Avast antivirus that a threat has been blocked. I am a member, but I got hit once in the process of signing in and once when I was idle for too long and opened a link to a thread in a… --- ## [Polls with multiple questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-with-multiple-questions/608117)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-with-multiple-questions/608117 "2012-01-02T16:17:40Z")
When creating a poll, it asks you for a question, options, multiple/single choice. If you want to ask more than one question in a poll you’re out of luck; I’ve noticed some posters get around this by creating a multiple … --- ## [What is the purpose of closing a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-closing-a-thread/607361)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-closing-a-thread/607361 "2012-01-01T17:56:25Z")
To save us from ourselves? I can’t really see any harm in leaving every thread open forever. I’m also wondering why \[del\]the hard-on that some have for \[/del\]zombie threads get the danders of many up. --- ## [Is there an Android app for the boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-the-boards/608036)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-android-app-for-the-boards/608036 "2012-01-01T14:51:12Z")
I checked the boards a few times on my phone, and I think I can remember in the past being prompted to download an app for viewing it. It might have been one of many dismissed messages on my phone, does such an app for v… --- ## [How did the Straight Dope get its name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-straight-dope-get-its-name/607742)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-straight-dope-get-its-name/607742 "2012-01-01T10:15:33Z")
MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINITION: Straight 1 free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities straight hair straight timber b : generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction and expressed by a linear equ… --- ## [Is asking a very specific question about VBA programming considered a "factual question"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-asking-a-very-specific-question-about-vba-programming-considered-a-factual-question/608007)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-asking-a-very-specific-question-about-vba-programming-considered-a-factual-question/608007 "2012-01-01T05:48:52Z")
I am wondering about whether asking a very specific question about VBA programming is considered a factual question. I am asking for a fact, right? Or should I be asking factual trivia like those on Jeopardy? --- ## [I'm Sorry, But The SDMB Search Engine Sucketh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-the-sdmb-search-engine-sucketh/607781)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-but-the-sdmb-search-engine-sucketh/607781 "2011-12-31T00:06:46Z")
I was trying to find the thread “What are you reading”, and I tried every way I knew to get it to come up, but no go. What am I doing wrong? I tried just “reading”, plus the whole phrase… Thanks Q --- ## [Dear Ed Zotti. Re: Restrictive Language.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ed-zotti-re-restrictive-language/607685)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ed-zotti-re-restrictive-language/607685 "2011-12-30T20:47:00Z")
Dear Ed Zotti, Just been skimming over your restrictive language warning dated 3/3/2009. Request for a Duel Page. As a person who lives among the working classes, and am proud of that fact, sometimes I am proned merel… --- ## [What counts as 'hate speech'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-hate-speech/607445)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-hate-speech/607445 "2011-12-30T15:26:27Z")
Are there certain qualifications for one to report a ‘hate speech’ vs. ‘a harsh criticism’ of a certain religion? Where do the moderators/administrators draw a line between a harsh criticism of a certain religion and a v… --- ## [After Cecil, who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682 "2011-12-30T01:53:55Z")
That is the question , for he seems to be well over 60. A bit of succession planning may be in order. Don’t you guys think so? --- ## [How does one do a strike through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354 "2011-12-29T10:53:37Z")
I can do things in larger text. I can be bold. I can be green with envy But I can’t figure out how to do that strike through thing posters do, often with humorous effect. Can someone help me out here? I did check a… --- ## [Suggestion: Additional Member Status of 'Deceased'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-additional-member-status-of-deceased/606647)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-additional-member-status-of-deceased/606647 "2011-12-28T16:51:16Z")
Having been active on the Dope now for 7 years I’m noticing quite a few posters have died. A search for some old threads or posts of mine often includes somebody gone but not forgotten. We recently had somebody awaken … --- ## [An idea on how to reduce malware on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idea-on-how-to-reduce-malware-on-the-sdmb/607358)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idea-on-how-to-reduce-malware-on-the-sdmb/607358 "2011-12-27T22:56:20Z")
It seems to be that ads served by the SD are the source of the malware people see on this site, and the SD claims that it is a victim of malicious advertisers. What if the SD insisted that ads be a simple image only, wi… --- ## [So was Haredye a sock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-haredye-a-sock/607567)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-haredye-a-sock/607567 "2011-12-27T21:29:27Z")
Sock? Or just a troll who registered 9 months ago and lay dormant until last week? --- ## [Should/can the "Ask the" anthology be stickied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-the-ask-the-anthology-be-stickied/607438)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-the-ask-the-anthology-be-stickied/607438 "2011-12-27T18:11:14Z")
If you haven’t seen Idle Thoughts’ not-so-idle labor-intensive categorized compilation of “ask the” threads, it’s definitely worth checking out: The “Ask The…” Anthology (Or, a list of EVERY major “Ask the…” thread that… --- ## [Why can't I subscribe using a credit card? YOU CAN!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-subscribe-using-a-credit-card-you-can/480547)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-subscribe-using-a-credit-card-you-can/480547 "2011-12-27T17:47:56Z")
It’s still possible to use a credit card to pay for an SDMB subscription. However, we no longer offer a separate option for this. Instead, you must go through PayPal. Paying with credit card via PayPal does not require y… --- ## [The Twelve Steps of Recovery from Malware Infested Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twelve-steps-of-recovery-from-malware-infested-ads/607519)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twelve-steps-of-recovery-from-malware-infested-ads/607519 "2011-12-27T15:26:14Z")
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