# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=204 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 205 --- ## [Fatal Error When Searching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-error-when-searching/582886)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-error-when-searching/582886 "2011-05-23T21:28:28Z")
“SDMB must have seen us closing in. It might account for his panicking into error.” I get this error every time I search this morning. It’s consistent, using advanced search: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870… --- ## [Paypal didn't process my payment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-didnt-process-my-payment/582844)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-didnt-process-my-payment/582844 "2011-05-23T14:42:32Z")
Can I still renew at the old rate and keep my charter membership? ETA: it finally did, just now, but it was for the full rate. --- ## [How Did You Happen Upon The Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-happen-upon-the-dope/572758 "2011-05-23T02:42:52Z")
As for me, I kinda found it through a link/stumble. I wish I could remember the details, but I was searching for an answer to something and landed on the phrase, “Well according to what I read on The Straight Dope”…, an… --- ## [What is with these "tests"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-these-tests/582764)
**Author:** [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-these-tests/582764 "2011-05-22T10:25:24Z")
What is being tested? I don’t want to make puns about being testy. But seriously, what is the deal with all these tests? Is anyone else annoyed by all these tests? This has been going on for a long time now. It w… --- ## [can't look at user profiles - anyone else having this problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-look-at-user-profiles-anyone-else-having-this-problem/582638)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-look-at-user-profiles-anyone-else-having-this-problem/582638 "2011-05-22T03:50:51Z")
all of a sudden, I can’t look at a user profile when I click on the poster’s name. The little drop-down menu either doesn’t appear, or even more weirdly, appears higher up in the page, hidden, and I have to scroll up to… --- ## [SDMB Subscription Help 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282 "2011-05-21T18:19:37Z")
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We’ve had some requests for a “subscription help” thread here in ATMB – as we’ve had before this is a place where people could offer to help Dopers having various problems/diff… --- ## [FREED: What happened here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freed-what-happened-here/582681)
**Author:** [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freed-what-happened-here/582681 "2011-05-21T14:34:20Z")
I was browsing MPSIMS yesterday evening (ADT) when I saw a post titled something like “Ask the guy who just got out of jail” I believe the username was FREED. The OP stated that he had been on the 'dope sometime in the … --- ## [What separates "debate" from "bickering"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-separates-debate-from-bickering/582545)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-separates-debate-from-bickering/582545 "2011-05-21T07:30:46Z")
I’m just curious if this is some of tom’s bias or whatever, but: took me by suprise, since I thought I’d been pretty even-handed in response to Elvis’s constant “You don’t know anything! Fuck! Fuck! FUCCCCCCCCCCCK!” co… --- ## [Question about a mod warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256 "2011-05-20T21:40:10Z")
I got warned for making a “pit-worthy” post in MPSIMS. Post link is here. I don’t think the warning is warranted. I didn’t break any MPSIMS rules. I did not insult Silver Tyger Girl. I said her website looks like someth… --- ## [Thread title colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-title-colors/582447)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-title-colors/582447 "2011-05-19T21:30:50Z")
I thought that thread titles that were bolded contained new posts since the last time I looked at the particular forum I am looking at, or since I last opened that particular thread. I also thought that titles in the gr… --- ## [Friend request from apparent spammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request-from-apparent-spammer/582491)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-request-from-apparent-spammer/582491 "2011-05-19T20:10:34Z")
Just got a friend request from a spammer named “Quaalude Charlie”. Reported same to TubaDiva (wasn’t sure whom else to report it to). I wonder if the boards could be tweaked to lock out such requests from anyone who is… --- ## [BlueCoat has SDMB categorized as Adult/Mature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluecoat-has-sdmb-categorized-as-adult-mature/580105)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluecoat-has-sdmb-categorized-as-adult-mature/580105 "2011-05-19T08:28:21Z")
As of this morning, the workplace web filter BlueCoat has reclassified the SDMB as “Adult/Mature Content; Blogs/Personal Pages,” which means that I can no longer access the site from work. I submitted an appeal using th… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/582352)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/582352 "2011-05-19T03:58:32Z")
Testing --- ## [Why doesn't the Paypal screen accept either of my credit cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-paypal-screen-accept-either-of-my-credit-cards/582306)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-paypal-screen-accept-either-of-my-credit-cards/582306 "2011-05-18T14:13:32Z")
I just attempted to pay for another two years of subscription to the SDMB. I entered one of my credit card numbers to pay for it as a Paypal guest. It didn’t accept it. I entered the other credit card number. It didn… --- ## [Be Aware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-aware/581988)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-aware/581988 "2011-05-18T00:19:22Z")
When you renew your subscription, via PayPal, but using your credit card, because that’s the only option they’ve given us. You will be required to provide, in addition to cc #, access code, name, expiry date, etc., -yo… --- ## [Subscription Cycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-cycles/581363)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-cycles/581363 "2011-05-17T20:41:21Z")
Pardon me, but I forget… If I renew my SD subscription early, am I selling myself short? Am I moving up the renewal date AND also not receiving my full year’s worth (in the currently paid year)? --- ## [Should I use the Term Paper format in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-the-term-paper-format-in-great-debates/582159)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-the-term-paper-format-in-great-debates/582159 "2011-05-17T13:01:44Z")
I like to post in GD, however I get in trouble with the other posters for not doing it a certain way. In high school, I had to do term papers for a few of my teachers. I just wanted to know, should my post include a bibl… --- ## [Test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/581842)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/581842 "2011-05-17T00:34:10Z")
Testing, nothing to see here. --- ## [Re-subscribing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-subscribing/582035)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-subscribing/582035 "2011-05-16T15:48:57Z")
With all of my activities I missed the window to re-up. While attempting to do that today I am given the option to use Paypal only. I wish to use a credit card as I have in the past, any tips? Thanks! --- ## [How long does it take the average idiot like me to figure out where to post threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-the-average-idiot-like-me-to-figure-out-where-to-post-threads/581796)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-the-average-idiot-like-me-to-figure-out-where-to-post-threads/581796 "2011-05-15T13:38:51Z")
Half-joking, of course, and I know having a thread moved isn’t in and of itself a bad thing, I Just hating feeling like the ‘new guy who can’t find his ass from a hole in the wall’ :stuck\_out\_tongue: And, I don’t like m… --- ## [Moderator Name Calling In Regard To members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387 "2011-05-15T06:06:21Z")
In this thread two moderaters call a poster an idiot (or say they suspect the poster is an idiot). It’s in the pit so I guess it is allowed. I’m not interested in debating whether or not the poster is an idiot based on… --- ## [Yoda has hacked Colibri's account!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoda-has-hacked-colibris-account/581546)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoda-has-hacked-colibris-account/581546 "2011-05-11T23:18:21Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13788015&postcount=14 :smiley: --- ## [MalWare/Scam advert launched on pageview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-scam-advert-launched-on-pageview/581515)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-scam-advert-launched-on-pageview/581515 "2011-05-11T16:00:10Z")
I opened this thread: My wife died in my arms this morning. - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board at approximately 10:02 am, 11 May 2011, and the page was immediately replaced by … --- ## [Proposed: Money Fights Ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-money-fights-ignorance/581398)
**Author:** [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-money-fights-ignorance/581398 "2011-05-11T02:52:41Z")
We all know that blindly throwing money against a problem is a silly thing to do. Especially if the administration of funds is managed by idiots. However… Scholarships… Does The Straight Dope, SDMB, or Cecil (genuflec… --- ## [Direct message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-message/581443)
**Author:** [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-message/581443 "2011-05-10T22:09:24Z")
ignore --- ## [Czarcasm WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-wtf/580893)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-wtf/580893 "2011-05-10T19:40:56Z")
Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.…=607362&page=2 Thanks for closing my thread for no reason ya prick. I’ve seen you do… --- ## [Marketplace Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketplace-question/581400)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketplace-question/581400 "2011-05-10T17:26:09Z")
Hope this is in the right forum. I have a biologist friend who draws marine and prehistoric art as accurately as possible. He’s been getting his stuff into art fairs and launched his own business via website. I think … --- ## [Apparently having a position that tomndeb can't understand is "trolling"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-having-a-position-that-tomndeb-cant-understand-is-trolling/580888)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-having-a-position-that-tomndeb-cant-understand-is-trolling/580888 "2011-05-09T23:42:31Z")
Here’s the thread in question: Did waterboarding help kill Bin Laden? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board Here’s tomndeb’s post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13765370&postcount=138 The… --- ## [What happened to thread in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-in-gd/581329)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-thread-in-gd/581329 "2011-05-09T22:14:03Z")
Just curious about the thread in GD on the subject of how long the US will stay on top globally. I went to post to the thread but got an error message saying I don’t have privileges to post there (which generally means … --- ## [forum post edit restriction after 5mins instead of showing text diff - policy or tech primitivism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-post-edit-restriction-after-5mins-instead-of-showing-text-diff-policy-or-tech-primitivism/581193)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-post-edit-restriction-after-5mins-instead-of-showing-text-diff-policy-or-tech-primitivism/581193 "2011-05-09T20:22:57Z")
SD forum and many others out there prohibit editing a post after N minutes after it is posted. Instead of, let’s say, permitting editing at all times but making it easy to view all versions and a text diff between them a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=205)