# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=223 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 224 --- ## [Change User Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-user-name/547531)
**Author:** [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-user-name/547531 "2010-07-22T13:40:06Z")
I read the “technical issues” thread and emailed a user name request to the four e-mail addresses shown, but have yet to receive any response about changing my handle (unless I’m being dense, which cannot be ruled out). … --- ## [What is "Audition Posting"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-audition-posting/545541)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-audition-posting/545541 "2010-07-21T15:55:51Z")
I just found out that one can get banned for it. I’ve never heard of such a thing, What is it? Note: This is NOT one of those threads to find out what the line is so that I can tiptoe right up to it and go ‘Neener Neene… --- ## [A Suggestion for a New Forum. (local sustainability)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-for-a-new-forum-local-sustainability/543535)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-for-a-new-forum-local-sustainability/543535 "2010-07-19T22:15:52Z")
My first year on the Dope has been quite educational. I came here by way of Cecil’s Archives. Been thru ‘em all. I got it up to ask Cecil a math question on infinity which had been bugging me forever and was thrown to … --- ## [Find this thread please (Identify location in photo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-this-thread-please-identify-location-in-photo/547225)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-this-thread-please-identify-location-in-photo/547225 "2010-07-19T16:33:05Z")
I’m looking for an old thread. I think it was about a year old, or so. Somebody posted an aerial photo of a coastal town, somewhere in the world, and asked Dopers to identify the location. The Dopers did an amazing job,… --- ## [Can we reconsider the automatic lock-down of zombie threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-reconsider-the-automatic-lock-down-of-zombie-threads/541800)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-reconsider-the-automatic-lock-down-of-zombie-threads/541800 "2010-07-17T18:59:00Z")
I know this has been asked before, but, again, today we had another good example of why automatically closing zombie threads may not be a good policy. In this ancient (from 2000) pit thread, the subject was the Roma peo… --- ## [Proposal: double-click rule for TV Tropes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-double-click-rule-for-tv-tropes/546309 "2010-07-17T18:00:05Z")
Like this: With a madatory, big “WARNING: TV Tropes Link!” alert message in front of it. How many otherwise productive hours could have been saved by this simple, easy-to-follow rule? Please, for the love of whatever… --- ## [Apologies necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-necessary/546392)
**Author:** [@Ralph\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ralph_the_Dog)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-necessary/546392 "2010-07-17T15:59:23Z")
"The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.” (Sydney Harris) Don’t know if… --- ## [Testing QuicKeys Macros ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quickeys-macros/547035)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quickeys-macros/547035 "2010-07-17T14:51:57Z")
Italics Bold \[del\]Strikethru\[/del\] Enter key ⌅ Return key :right\_arrow\_curving\_left: Option key ⌥ Command key ⌘ Radioactive :radioactive: Std window resize = works ported from Demeter to Opera / browser change … --- ## [SDMB and Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-tapatalk/546993)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-tapatalk/546993 "2010-07-17T04:25:30Z")
I just got an iPod Touch. I went right to the SDMB in Safari and it alerted me to the Tapatalk plugin, but I didn’t have the App Store configured so I couldn’t buy it right then. I finally bought it but I can’t find the… --- ## [Ignorance Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-test/546487)
**Author:** [@tropes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tropes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorance-test/546487 "2010-07-15T16:53:34Z")
Regarding the message at the top of the home page " Congratulation! Your IP Address has been selected as a potential winner"; is this really part of an ignorance test to assess the progress since 1973? --- ## [Weird "New Posts" problem - just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-new-posts-problem-just-me/545779)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-new-posts-problem-just-me/545779 "2010-07-15T12:41:05Z")
I access the Straight Dope by starting with the home page, then selecting “Message Boards”, then “New Posts”, then proceeding from page 1 through to the last “New Posts” page looking for interesting things to read. Each… --- ## ["Fighting Ignorance...Taking Longer Than We Thought"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-taking-longer-than-we-thought/546725)
**Author:** [@rlofsted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rlofsted)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-ignorance-taking-longer-than-we-thought/546725 "2010-07-15T11:23:40Z")
Alternative might be: “Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.” (As for attribution, all I can remember is that Arthur C. Clark had it (as a quote?) in one of his books. Sorry. :wink: --- ## [Do you have to be offended by personal insults for them to count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-offended-by-personal-insults-for-them-to-count/546229)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-be-offended-by-personal-insults-for-them-to-count/546229 "2010-07-14T20:54:59Z")
In this thread I made a joke involving raising Rand Rover’s taxes http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12649766&postcount=1 He found out and got mad http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12… --- ## [People who have changed their user name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-changed-their-user-name/546305)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-changed-their-user-name/546305 "2010-07-14T18:50:11Z")
Is there any reliable method to find any old user names someone has used in the past? As an example, reading an old thread, it’s obvious from context (quote tags, people calling person by different name than post has, th… --- ## [Minor gripe re the closing of "Weird stuff you habitually do for no reason", re zombies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-gripe-re-the-closing-of-weird-stuff-you-habitually-do-for-no-reason-re-zombies/546508)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-gripe-re-the-closing-of-weird-stuff-you-habitually-do-for-no-reason-re-zombies/546508 "2010-07-14T18:15:29Z")
This thread was a resurrected zombie: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=498860&page=3 But, unlike most zombie threads, this one had some life in it. A full page was added and it showed no signs of s… --- ## [Keeping track of read threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-track-of-read-threads/546536)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-track-of-read-threads/546536 "2010-07-14T17:52:50Z")
I did a search and couldn’t find anything on this, but if this has been covered, feel free to just link to those threads. I find that when I’m logged in, the message board keeps track of which threads I’ve read differen… --- ## [Colibri--How do you determine what is insulting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-how-do-you-determine-what-is-insulting/546343)
**Author:** [@socalscot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socalscot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-how-do-you-determine-what-is-insulting/546343 "2010-07-12T01:20:54Z")
Colibri, Yes, I know, I know…I’m new to this site and I showed some of my extreme frustration…guess I’ll save it for HuffPost!! :o Wondering though how you determine insults? This was posted on my thread… That IS p… --- ## [Bad Weird Earl's Link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-weird-earls-link/545934 "2010-07-10T00:35:17Z")
The current Weird Earl’s feature, something about cats, doesn’t work. Just brings up a blank-ish page. --- ## [Current article not "Today's Question"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-article-not-todays-question/546094)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-article-not-todays-question/546094 "2010-07-09T20:52:25Z")
Okay, this seems to be a pattern I can’t figure out. How come when Friday’s new column comes out, it isn’t listed as “Today’s Question”? We get the new picture on the right and the link through that, but the article ti… --- ## [Moderators: How do you moderate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-how-do-you-moderate/545889)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-how-do-you-moderate/545889 "2010-07-09T18:52:02Z")
Just curious. Do you click on every thread in your forum? Or do you just click on threads that you think might stir up some controversy? Or do you just randomly click on whatever? --- ## [Why lock zombie threads in IMHO and MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lock-zombie-threads-in-imho-and-mpsims/545286)
**Author:** [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lock-zombie-threads-in-imho-and-mpsims/545286 "2010-07-09T13:54:02Z")
I understand the reason for this rule in Great debates and general questions (which has the new information exception), but I don’t see the harm in allowing people to resurect old threads in these forums. So why? p.s T… --- ## [I'm getting a pop up asking me for a password](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618 "2010-07-07T23:39:50Z")
Anyone else getting this? The URL said something about rubiconproject. I’ll try to get a screen shot next time it happens. --- ## [Make wierdaaron's greasemonkey thread sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-wierdaarons-greasemonkey-thread-sticky/545558)
**Author:** [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-wierdaarons-greasemonkey-thread-sticky/545558 "2010-07-07T15:31:42Z")
I have not discussed this wierdaaron, so this is a hypothetical discussion, at least for now. I’m referring to this thread, which is currently the only place to find info on these wonderful scripts. It would be nice if … --- ## [Cafe Society Wine Advice Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-wine-advice-thread/545766)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-wine-advice-thread/545766 "2010-07-07T14:35:12Z")
There was a thread just a few minutes ago asking for advice about (I think) using the leftovers from Black Opal Shiraz. It was from a new member, can’t remember their name. I read it and I thought “this seems strangely… --- ## [Resolved: I have no idea what this means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-have-no-idea-what-this-means/545467)
**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-have-no-idea-what-this-means/545467 "2010-07-07T07:59:26Z")
I’ve seen quite a few threads that begin with “Resolved:”, but I don’t know what it is, exactly, that has been resolved. If the issue has been resolved, then why raise the topic in Great Debates? That’s like saying alm… --- ## [No longer auto-subscribed to threads I post in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-auto-subscribed-to-threads-i-post-in/545696)
**Author:** [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-auto-subscribed-to-threads-i-post-in/545696 "2010-07-06T13:55:20Z")
More or less what the title says. I used to always be auto-subscribed to threads I posted in, which was useful since then when I came back to the board I could just pull up my subscribed thread list to remember what I’d… --- ## [Suggestion for a new board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-board/545461)
**Author:** [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-board/545461 "2010-07-06T05:27:31Z")
Two of the biggest problems with G.D. are thread hijackings and pile-ons. To counter these unfortunate, but inevitable trends, I propose the creation of a new debate forum. The forum would host highly structured debate… --- ## [Smilies with edges cut off-just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies-with-edges-cut-off-just-me/545455)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies-with-edges-cut-off-just-me/545455 "2010-07-04T02:42:59Z")
For the past few days, whenever I put a smiley in a post, the right-side and bottom-edges appear a little bit ‘cropped’. Is it just me/my machine? Or are any of the rest of you experiencing this? Experiment: Here are t… --- ## [Which way did he go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-he-go/545451)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-he-go/545451 "2010-07-04T00:04:12Z")
Unless somebody slipped a narcotic into my coffee this morning, I’m pretty sure there was a new poster, and several of us responded to him/her. But now I can’t find the thread. Another “meat spammer”? --- ## [What time is it? Mods, correct me if I'm wrong....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it-mods-correct-me-if-im-wrong/544195)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it-mods-correct-me-if-im-wrong/544195 "2010-07-03T20:29:01Z")
… but isn’t the time and date attached to our posts “zulu time and date”, or is it something else. Essentially, when I see a time and date attached to my post, and it isn’t “yesterday” to me, but it is by the “time/date… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=224)