# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 243 --- ## [Should the SDMB bar Canadian juveniles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-bar-canadian-juveniles/520344)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-bar-canadian-juveniles/520344 "2009-12-09T07:18:24Z")
I’ve just been reading this article \[noparse\](via /.)\[/noparse\]. I’m wondering if the SDMB might want to change its rules about Canadian members and bar Canadian juveniles and juveniles posting from Canada. After all, th… --- ## [Seasonal Threads - a modest proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasonal-threads-a-modest-proposal/520548)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasonal-threads-a-modest-proposal/520548 "2009-12-09T01:56:33Z")
I just opened the “Should you lie to your children about Santa” thread in GD, and got a feeling of deja vu - except I had been here before, nearly every year. I have nothing against these inevitable threads (Super Bowl … --- ## [Kudos for Gfactor regarding Carol Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-gfactor-regarding-carol-stream/519328)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-gfactor-regarding-carol-stream/519328 "2009-12-08T21:54:02Z")
I’m not going to link to a thread because the thread is stupid. It’s in the Pit, and it’s about Carol Stream if you care to hunt it down. Two observations: One, it is unseemly to the extreme to bash posters who cannot … --- ## [Mod Snark on other Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293)
**Author:** [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293 "2009-12-08T13:16:30Z")
Ed, Tuba, Xash, Dex, et al, Are moderators supposed to go to splinter boards, and openly snark on members of the SDMB? That seems, well, unkind, at best. Is that the kind of representation you guys want? --- ## [Petition to Mods/Admins Re: Charter Membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-mods-admins-re-charter-membership/519681)
**Author:** [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-mods-admins-re-charter-membership/519681 "2009-12-08T13:09:33Z")
This is pretty much idle curiosity, no real expectations, but I figured I’d ask. Back in the Great Meltdown of '04, I rather hotheadedly asked to be banned. I emailed a Mod directly (unfortunately don’t remember which o… --- ## [Poster's location.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-location/520322)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-location/520322 "2009-12-07T21:55:54Z")
Is there any real risk in a poster revealing it’s general location? Not street address, of course, but country, or maybe even state. Peace, mangeorge --- ## [The Green Light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-light/519654)
**Author:** [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-green-light/519654 "2009-12-07T16:55:12Z")
I suspect this may have been asked before or addressed somewhere in an FAQ but I’m too lazy to look so I’ll just ask: What does the green light/spot next to many usernames (including my own) mean? --- ## [Alex\_Dubinsky has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex_dubinsky-has-been-banned/520280)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex_dubinsky-has-been-banned/520280 "2009-12-07T03:22:36Z")
Alex\_Dubinsky has been banned. His most recent warning can be found here. Alex\_Dubinsky has had a long history of warnings on the SDMB. He has been suspended three times, most recently last year. In May, after yet anot… --- ## [Calling a lie a lie, and GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-lie-a-lie-and-gd/519315)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-lie-a-lie-and-gd/519315 "2009-12-05T19:29:08Z")
I have a question about a moderator action in this thread: To briefly summarize, in the thread, poster Sevastapol made the comment in this post Justifiably, I think, taking offense at this, kidneyfailure responded t… --- ## [Personal views in a Mod Post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-views-in-a-mod-post/519968)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-views-in-a-mod-post/519968 "2009-12-05T14:24:27Z")
Yes, it’s another one of these. Sorry, all. Here’s a question that I feel important to ask based on the current “looming crisis in human genetics” thread in GD. tomndebb makes a modly note at brickbacon; \[QUOTE=brickb… --- ## [So is MPSIMS exclusively for kitten pictures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-mpsims-exclusively-for-kitten-pictures/519647)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-mpsims-exclusively-for-kitten-pictures/519647 "2009-12-05T01:07:12Z")
Okay, the thread title is misleading. My real question is: Are we not allowed to have discussions on contentious subjects anywhere but the Pit? I’ve seen this often enough, but I’m having a hard time coming up with any … --- ## [Ad on SDMB installs malware on my PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-on-sdmb-installs-malware-on-my-pc/519984)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-on-sdmb-installs-malware-on-my-pc/519984 "2009-12-04T23:09:33Z")
I can’t tell you what ad is doing it, but in the last ten minutes I’ve opened a thread and had my screen taken over by malware that looks like the My Computer folder with a virus scan going on. After closing down the off… --- ## [When Dopers Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-dopers-die/519871)
**Author:** [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-dopers-die/519871 "2009-12-04T21:44:43Z")
I would like to suggest a small change in the way the threads announcing the deaths of Dopers are handled. It’s been several months now since Q.E.D. died and people are still just hearing about it now. He may be the most… --- ## [Polling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling/519876)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling/519876 "2009-12-03T20:34:53Z")
I’m seeing it done and I’d love to do one. Don’t see the sticky anymore. No info in the FAQ. How do you do it? Where can I find answers? --- ## [What's an "id sock"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-id-sock/519485)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-id-sock/519485 "2009-12-03T00:08:57Z")
What is meant by the term “id sock”? I know what a sock is (in message-board-speak), I know what the id is (in Freud-speak), but what’s an “id sock”? Cite Thanks. --- ## [Arnold Winkelreid's Doper picture gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-winkelreids-doper-picture-gallery/519649)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-winkelreids-doper-picture-gallery/519649 "2009-12-02T21:18:19Z")
Could it be made a sticky. please? Sitting up there atop Mundane and Pointless? Good idea, what? --- ## [Public poll results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-poll-results/519686)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-poll-results/519686 "2009-12-02T10:32:08Z")
I apparently haven’t figured this out. Some of the poll threads say they’re public and people can see what you chose. But as far as I can see the results are all anonymous. I can see what the totals are, but how do you s… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/519661)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/519661 "2009-12-02T02:48:22Z")
:smack: --- ## [No medical/legal advice, but other dangerous advice is okay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-medical-legal-advice-but-other-dangerous-advice-is-okay/519614)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-medical-legal-advice-but-other-dangerous-advice-is-okay/519614 "2009-12-01T22:32:12Z")
I believe the rule on the SDMB is don’t ask for, or give, legal or medical advice. But why does this not apply to “dangerous” advice in general? e.g. Help Me Hammer on a Bullet or 1982 GMC Van, jerks to the right when… --- ## [Cafe Society - Hey, minorities...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-hey-minorities/519486)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-hey-minorities/519486 "2009-12-01T10:54:00Z")
Has this thread been deleted? If so, may I ask the reason? --- ## [Why won't my "back" button work on the STMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-back-button-work-on-the-stmb/518865)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-back-button-work-on-the-stmb/518865 "2009-12-01T09:52:48Z")
Title says it all. I’m running the latest version of Firefox, and the “\<” i.e. go back a page function works on every site and in every application except here. What’s up with that? Is anybody else having this problem… --- ## [Invisible Wombat is Gary Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-wombat-is-gary-robson/518912)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-wombat-is-gary-robson/518912 "2009-12-01T05:14:41Z")
I’ve been using this here Internet thing for a long time now, and the Straight Dope Message Board is the only place of any significance where I don’t use my real name. Even in articles published in computer hacker magazi… --- ## [On the topic of moderator bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-moderator-bias/518561)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-moderator-bias/518561 "2009-11-30T08:37:27Z")
Allow me to preface the following by stating that I’m really not interested in the internecine drama of “board life”. I don’t care that much about who said what to whom in the past, and why so-and-so is a chronic jerkfa… --- ## [Angry Lurker has been suspended for two weeks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-lurker-has-been-suspended-for-two-weeks/519365)
**Author:** [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angry-lurker-has-been-suspended-for-two-weeks/519365 "2009-11-29T19:16:34Z")
For personal insults, no matter how many asterisks you use, in this post. He had been warned in October for personal insults, but the warning was reversed when he claimed the personal insult was a misspelling. There’s … --- ## [Insults and the edit window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-and-the-edit-window/519143)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-and-the-edit-window/519143 "2009-11-29T04:59:21Z")
Is it permissable to insult somebody outside of the pit, if I then edit the insults out before the edit window closes? --- ## [Changing default time zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-default-time-zone/519271)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-default-time-zone/519271 "2009-11-28T23:56:47Z")
I swear I used to be able to change my timezone to GMT -5, is that no longer an option or did I just miss where it is? --- ## [Test - Multiple Choice Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-multiple-choice-poll/518834)
**Author:** [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-multiple-choice-poll/518834 "2009-11-28T00:16:18Z")
Many things are possible with Breakfast. Everything is better with Bacon, so what goes best with it? --- ## [What exactly is hate speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-hate-speech/515624)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-hate-speech/515624 "2009-11-27T14:14:56Z")
From the SDMB registration agreement: I was refreshing my memory of the rules when it suddenly struck me that I have no clear idea of how the SDMB defines hate speech. So what does constitute hate speech?. I checked t… --- ## [Moderator doings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-doings/518916)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-doings/518916 "2009-11-26T13:08:35Z")
Fluiddruid will be on a break for a while – she’ll be checking in with us later. (Though I am wondering how you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they’ve seen real life.) --- ## [Twickster you gave Quasi a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-you-gave-quasi-a-warning/518979)
**Author:** [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-you-gave-quasi-a-warning/518979 "2009-11-26T03:14:21Z")
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