# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=201 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 202 --- ## [Delays caused by ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delays-caused-by-ads/587790)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delays-caused-by-ads/587790 "2011-07-04T18:20:54Z")
As a member (and a Charter Member at that), I am not supposed to see ads. And truthfully, I don’t. But sometimes, there is an unreasonable delay in loading a page. Usually, when this happens, there is a message in my … --- ## [How do you link to an individual post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-link-to-an-individual-post/587393)
**Author:** [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-link-to-an-individual-post/587393 "2011-07-04T16:14:16Z")
Title pretty much says it all. Thanks in advance. --- ## [Zeldar, quick question about your OPs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zeldar-quick-question-about-your-ops/587658)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zeldar-quick-question-about-your-ops/587658 "2011-07-03T23:25:52Z")
Today, I opened one of your threads to find something I’ve been noticing in them lately. When you reference an older thread, instead of just linking to it, you add all this extra info until it’s somewhat unreadable. In… --- ## [ella1985 - bot or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ella1985-bot-or-not/587141)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ella1985-bot-or-not/587141 "2011-07-03T22:32:34Z")
New poster, ella1985, joined today, only three posts so far, looks like an AI in every case.\[ \](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13964689#post13964689)\[ \](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showt… --- ## [Warning for "Dial down the crazy."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-dial-down-the-crazy/587553)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-dial-down-the-crazy/587553 "2011-07-02T18:14:07Z")
This was warning-worthy? What? In the Good Cop/Bad Cop God thread, I said ‘dial down the crazy’ in response to Dio saying that God’s son had been born of rape, e.g, God never had a son. It was a joke, and certainly no… --- ## [Diogenes the Cynic has been suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/587644)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/587644 "2011-07-02T18:11:14Z")
\*\*Diogenes the Cynic \*\*has received four warnings in the past three months, and six within the past 13 months. After discussion among the staff, it has been decided to suspend him for one month. The four most recent war… --- ## [CitizenPained has been suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizenpained-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/587643)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizenpained-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/587643 "2011-07-02T18:10:13Z")
CitizenPained has received six warnings since joining three months ago, which is excessive. After discussion among the staff, it has been decided to suspend her for one month. Warnings are here: http://boards.straightd… --- ## [Testing CiteBite - a nice little citing tool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-citebite-a-nice-little-citing-tool/587235)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-citebite-a-nice-little-citing-tool/587235 "2011-07-02T07:43:10Z")
CiteBite allows you to enter a quote from a page and the URL of the page and it will generate a URL that takes you to the page but down to the text you quoted and with it highlighted. e.g. Cite = Redirecting... BUT I… --- ## [Why is my IP banned at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-ip-banned-at-work/587250 "2011-07-01T21:36:14Z")
Posting from my phone, so trying to keep it short. I’m blocked from work today, it says my IP address is banned. Noooo! Need the dope at work. Any help? Eta: I sent an email asking an admin, no response yet. So lo… --- ## [Is it possible to change the 4-letter search limit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-4-letter-search-limit/587194)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-4-letter-search-limit/587194 "2011-07-01T21:29:28Z")
WAY too many meaningful words are three letters! Two most recent searches that failed because they were 3 letters: CSS and FOX. Wah. --- ## [How many SDMB "automatic" polls are still open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-automatic-polls-are-still-open/586954)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-automatic-polls-are-still-open/586954 "2011-06-27T20:49:19Z")
Just curious. If you know of one that’s no longer visible on the thread list for a particular forum, and which is yet to be closed, why not post a link to it here? Maybe we can add some votes. :wink: --- ## [Accidentally let my membership lapse- can I renew as a charter member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-let-my-membership-lapse-can-i-renew-as-a-charter-member/586587 "2011-06-27T18:51:24Z")
I somehow didn’t notice it was subscription re-up time. Can I renew at the Charter Member rate? --- ## [SDMB font question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-font-question/587006)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-font-question/587006 "2011-06-27T13:25:32Z")
Just curious, why does the SDMB use a different font for the Title and the Message (as a default) and not just a bolded version of the Message for the Title? Follow up, what is the font for the Title? I ask because (to … --- ## [Loud adverts with no apparent source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-adverts-with-no-apparent-source/586514)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-adverts-with-no-apparent-source/586514 "2011-06-27T04:24:56Z")
Just loaded this page, and I get an advert on my speakers for Harpic, completely unrelated to any of the visible adverts, so no way to mute it. Worse it seems to play on a loop. This has happened on a few other SDMB page… --- ## [Guy doing mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-doing-mushrooms/586860)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-doing-mushrooms/586860 "2011-06-26T19:41:10Z")
What was the thread where the guy did them live, as it were, posting about it? Nothing shows up on a two year search under “mushrooms”. --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/586763)
**Author:** [@wodawiatr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wodawiatr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/586763 "2011-06-25T13:57:18Z")
Test posting as requested by Admin. Looks like everything is great. . . -K --- ## [If you see someone is BANNED...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-someone-is-banned/586349)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-someone-is-banned/586349 "2011-06-25T07:55:00Z")
Does curiosity get the better of you? I’ve seen a few threads lately that have been raised from the dead, with two or three of the original responders having been banned. I go through their post history to see what was t… --- ## [Weird Posts - random \*bumps\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694 "2011-06-24T22:25:01Z")
See here: Someone joins the SDMB to revivify and post to a zombie thread about a makeup model Someone joins the SDMB to post to a recent thread with information that had clearly been stated, repeatedly, in this few… --- ## [May I Ask about Life Insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-ask-about-life-insurance/586717)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-ask-about-life-insurance/586717 "2011-06-24T22:19:17Z")
As you know I am about to be married. I am in need of low-cost life insurance. (Whole Life? or the other one?) The trick of course is to buy from a company that is safe, but that does not use salesmen. No need to pay a … --- ## [Boards intermittently crashing IE 8?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-intermittently-crashing-ie-8/586513)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-intermittently-crashing-ie-8/586513 "2011-06-24T14:53:20Z")
The SDMB keeps crashing Internet Explorer 8 today. Not consistently, but frequently enough to be annoying. Other websites are fine, and SDMB is fine from Firefox. Is anyone else having this problem? --- ## [Days Since Last Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-since-last-posting/586650)
**Author:** [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-since-last-posting/586650 "2011-06-24T03:07:56Z")
Hey, maybe this would work. Say, after, say, a full month with no postings for a thread, there could be a message displayed somewhere in that thread, maybe prominently, that simply gives the number of days or months sin… --- ## [Why not just ban people you don't like/agree with outright?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-just-ban-people-you-dont-like-agree-with-outright/585905)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-just-ban-people-you-dont-like-agree-with-outright/585905 "2011-06-23T22:43:12Z")
In every thread where I have been ‘warned’, the ‘justice’ is applied unequally. I’ve even been warned for being insulting when I haven’t even crossed SD’s insult criteria. So, since I just got a formal warning, why not … --- ## [RADTENN part 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radtenn-part-3/586449)
**Author:** [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radtenn-part-3/586449 "2011-06-23T19:54:19Z")
Closed last night due to OP trainwreckiness: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610713&page=3 So what happens if/when he starts Part 3? --- ## [Is the search function down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529 "2011-06-23T16:40:55Z")
I’ve just tried a search, but I get the error: “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1007” Is t… --- ## [Correcting spelling and grammar on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-spelling-and-grammar-on-the-sdmb/586279)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correcting-spelling-and-grammar-on-the-sdmb/586279 "2011-06-23T15:42:18Z")
Is there some collective push going on at the moment to keep The Straight Dope Message Board the last great bastion of proper spelling and grammar in cyberspace? Time and time again I see posters getting “called out” if… --- ## [Broken Threadspotting link?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-threadspotting-link/586528)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-threadspotting-link/586528 "2011-06-23T14:01:23Z")
Hi! I just noticed that one of the Threadspotting links on the SD front page is broken. It’s the one labeled ‘It’s spam to you. It’s fun to them. (Now with subtitles.)’, and it goes to the web address ËÈÊÂÈÄÀÖÈß ÞÂÅËÈÐÍ… --- ## [Why were these two threads merged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-these-two-threads-merged/586541)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-these-two-threads-merged/586541 "2011-06-23T11:42:49Z")
Two threads started by \*\*Le Jac \*\*seem to be merged. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13943553&postcount=234 --- ## [Subscribed emailed threads are in Courier font in Yahoo Mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-emailed-threads-are-in-courier-font-in-yahoo-mail/586268)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-emailed-threads-are-in-courier-font-in-yahoo-mail/586268 "2011-06-23T04:00:41Z")
I have no idea if this should go in ATMB or GQ. When my subscribed SDMB threads are emailed to my Google Mail account, the font is a nice, easy-to-read one, maybe Arial. I switched my email address to my Yahoo Mail add… --- ## [The "lazy after dope" thread, re: legal status of marijuana.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lazy-after-dope-thread-re-legal-status-of-marijuana/586204)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lazy-after-dope-thread-re-legal-status-of-marijuana/586204 "2011-06-23T01:50:07Z")
So this thread just got closed by Czarcasm and I’d like to discuss it. I can understand discouraging posts encouraging the doing of “hard drugs” --those which are illegal everywhere. But a lock for merely discussing the… --- ## [Creating a table](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-a-table/586457 "2011-06-22T18:29:27Z")
I know I asked this years ago but I can’t seem to find it. How do I build a table in to my posts? For example Province-----Revenue—% of Debt A A’ A’’ B B’ … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=202)