# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=207 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 208 --- ## [Something on the SDMB is blowing up my virus scanner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-on-the-sdmb-is-blowing-up-my-virus-scanner/576942)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-on-the-sdmb-is-blowing-up-my-virus-scanner/576942 "2011-04-04T23:50:03Z")
Every time I click a link today, my virus scanner keeps warning me that it has blocked the below URL (broken for obvious reasons): http://http.cdnlayer.com/drivingrevenue/DR\_v4.js --- ## [How many active users are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-active-users-are-there/576733)
**Author:** [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-active-users-are-there/576733 "2011-04-03T22:05:10Z")
Is it possible to find that out? I don’t know a setup to go by, maybe 5 posts a month for at least the last 6 months… The reason why I’m asking is because the Market Place isn’t really moving. I have been through a lot … --- ## [Firefox 4 broke wierdaaron's greasemonkey script!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-4-broke-wierdaarons-greasemonkey-script/576075)
**Author:** [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-4-broke-wierdaarons-greasemonkey-script/576075 "2011-04-03T21:32:44Z")
I have just upgraded to Firefox v. 4.0 on my linux machine (Kubuntu 10.10). Most of my plugins seem to have managed the transition from 3.6 just fine, but not wierdaaron’s “SDMB-improving Greasemonkey script”. Most of th… --- ## [PDF link test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-link-test/577071)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-link-test/577071 "2011-04-03T20:28:37Z")
--- ## [Icon to ID threads you have posted to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icon-to-id-threads-you-have-posted-to/576968)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icon-to-id-threads-you-have-posted-to/576968 "2011-04-03T01:53:43Z")
Any way to add an icon that identifies the threads you have posted to? I have seen it on some boards and I find it it useful. --- ## [Happy Thoughts is a kick in the face!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-is-a-kick-in-the-face/576768)
**Author:** [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-is-a-kick-in-the-face/576768 "2011-04-03T00:18:28Z")
So where’s the forum for \[ul\] \[li\]my car broke down and had to be towed - to the dealership!!\[/li\]\[li\]my garage roof started to leak in last night’s rain\[/li\]\[li\]speaking of rain, now the damn grass will be growing lik… --- ## [Alert when one of my posts gets quoted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-when-one-of-my-posts-gets-quoted/576540)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-when-one-of-my-posts-gets-quoted/576540 "2011-04-02T14:56:34Z")
Let’s say I participate in a thread, and sometime after I’m no longer paying attention, another poster decides to respond directly to something I’ve said by quoting my post. Is there any way to set up an automatic PM th… --- ## [How to edit sig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-sig/576912)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-edit-sig/576912 "2011-04-02T05:58:41Z")
Having trouble figuring this out. The other fields in my profile have a little pencil next to them but this one doesn’t. If it’s some kind of “only paid members can have a sig, which we code as guests can’t edit a sig b… --- ## [New Happy Thoughts Forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-happy-thoughts-forum/576731)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-happy-thoughts-forum/576731 "2011-04-02T05:41:33Z")
This probably doesn’t require its own thread, so if the mod gods want to close it after answering my question, I’m okay with that. What makes the new Happy Thoughts forum any different than MPSIMS? Many of the threads i… --- ## [Who Has The Longest Active Dope Membership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-longest-active-dope-membership/571984 "2011-03-31T19:37:32Z")
As I seem to be asking questions which were answered long ago, let me not ruin my streak and ask this one?:slight\_smile: Not talking about the number of posts, but the year they joined and are active now. Thanks Q --- ## [How about a "Parenting and Kid Stuff" forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-parenting-and-kid-stuff-forum/575925)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-parenting-and-kid-stuff-forum/575925 "2011-03-30T23:13:56Z")
We’re getting a lot of threads on parenting issues these days. It would be handy if they were all in one place. Seems like a forum dedicated to such threads would see more action than a couple of other recently-inaugur… --- ## [Missing poll options for threads in MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-poll-options-for-threads-in-mpsims/576242)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-poll-options-for-threads-in-mpsims/576242 "2011-03-29T18:30:37Z")
Is it just me, or are the options to start a poll in MPSIMS missing? I can see the options to start new polls in other forums, just not in MPSIMS. --- ## [Can we please close this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-close-this-thread/574755 "2011-03-27T23:19:38Z")
Most Americans oppose offshoring. We need to take action. It’s over 800 posts now. And it’s just Le Jacquelope crowing over how he’s driven everyone else out of the thread. But he won’t stop adding new posts to keep it o… --- ## [moving threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/576131)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/576131 "2011-03-27T16:44:25Z")
When you need to move threads, which forum-to-forum movement is most common? My WAG would be GQ-CS or GQ-MPSIMS. --- ## [What's the meaning of a moderator non-warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-a-moderator-non-warning/566457)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-a-moderator-non-warning/566457 "2011-03-27T05:43:11Z")
There have been examples of moderators making posts in whcih they specifically state that they are posting in their role as a moderator and also state that they are not issuing a warning. So what exactly does that mean? … --- ## [Closing the Parody Moon Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-the-parody-moon-thread/575686)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-the-parody-moon-thread/575686 "2011-03-26T04:34:09Z")
Seems a bit odd that this thread which was featured on the main Straight Dope page as the latest “Best of the Straight Dope Message Board” would be closed. --- ## [Problems with clicking on links again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-clicking-on-links-again/575665)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-clicking-on-links-again/575665 "2011-03-25T16:21:15Z")
Ok, it’s doing it again. I’m in this thread: and while the links in the OP go to photobucket if I mouse over them, when I click on them, I get links like: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/3 with firefox letting … --- ## [Oldest on-going thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-on-going-thread/575909 "2011-03-25T13:46:04Z")
What’s the longest going thread (current/all-time) (game/discussion) that never became a “zombie”? --- ## [What is going on in the serial killers thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-the-serial-killers-thread/575535)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-in-the-serial-killers-thread/575535 "2011-03-25T04:20:47Z")
I can’t figure out what the proper forum is for this question. But something very, very strange is going on in this thread, which was supposed to be the duty of the police to the public when they suspect that a serial ki… --- ## [Test poll to see if the multiple-choice & privacy options are working, number 1.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-to-see-if-the-multiple-choice-privacy-options-are-working-number-1/575783)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-to-see-if-the-multiple-choice-privacy-options-are-working-number-1/575783 "2011-03-25T02:21:26Z")
I’m opening 3 to see if it’s just one feature, both, or the combo that is screwed up. Or, of course, it could just be me. In this poll, both privacy & multiple-options should be on. --- ## [This will be the last test poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-the-last-test-poll/575786)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-will-be-the-last-test-poll/575786 "2011-03-24T22:52:20Z")
Ignore like the others if you are wise. This should be multiple choice with public options. --- ## [pseudotriton ruber ruber has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-has-been-suspended/575884)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-has-been-suspended/575884 "2011-03-24T20:14:29Z")
pseudotriton ruber ruber has been suspended for one month following this warning. He has six warnings since we moved to the infraction system in mid-2009, 3 of which are in the last 6 months, and was suspended due to hi… --- ## [my bad, fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-fluiddruid/575826)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-fluiddruid/575826 "2011-03-24T20:08:38Z")
Forgot that mere posters aren’t allowed to call dumb threads dumb, only Mods are. Won’t happen again. --- ## [Another test poll to ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test-poll-to-ignore/575784)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test-poll-to-ignore/575784 "2011-03-24T17:06:07Z")
This one should be private but not multiple-choice. Ignore it. --- ## [ad hominem posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-hominem-posting/575460)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-hominem-posting/575460 "2011-03-23T20:48:06Z")
This isn’t a rules violation, far as I can tell, in itself but maybe it should be. Poster A posts on a subject and Poster B busts in to say in effect, “I don’t like you from something else you posted a year and a half ag… --- ## [Why was my communion wafer/theft thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-communion-wafer-theft-thread-closed/575524)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-communion-wafer-theft-thread-closed/575524 "2011-03-22T00:21:09Z")
My thread was closed without explanation. Why? The question was never answered. --- ## [Proposed: New Board Rule, and Traffic Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-board-rule-and-traffic-law/574438)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-board-rule-and-traffic-law/574438 "2011-03-20T21:16:52Z")
I propose, in light of the recent reluctance of SuperHal to return to his thread about the frozen chicken debacle and answer one simple question, that there should be a board rule that read thusly: If a previous thread o… --- ## [The correct use of "reported"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-correct-use-of-reported/575171)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-correct-use-of-reported/575171 "2011-03-20T00:34:49Z")
in this thread the sanctioned use of the word “reported” by a poster (in regard to another post which he or she has reported as being violative of SDMB decorum or rules) is discussed. In that thread, I link to another r… --- ## [What are the rules on advertising other websites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-on-advertising-other-websites/574566)
**Author:** [@Slightly\_mad\_scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slightly_mad_scientist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-on-advertising-other-websites/574566 "2011-03-19T13:19:41Z")
I’m a member of a newly created Questions &Answers site for skeptics, dedicated to debunking pseudoscience and myths. I do think this site would be of general interest to dopers as the “mission” is essentially the same a… --- ## [How many hits does this board get now that it Google favors it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hits-does-this-board-get-now-that-it-google-favors-it/575210)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hits-does-this-board-get-now-that-it-google-favors-it/575210 "2011-03-19T02:42:40Z")
I think most people that have been paying attention have noticed zombie threads being resurrected by people finding this board through a Google search and coming in to register just to comment on an old thread. I have ha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=208)