# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 251 --- ## [Gift subscriptions seem to be working.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-subscriptions-seem-to-be-working/495471)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-subscriptions-seem-to-be-working/495471 "2009-09-05T01:31:47Z")
Thanks to Kevin Day, the Web genius behind your.org, which does the weekly TSD mailing, we appear to have gotten gift subscriptions working again - go to User CP, click on Paid Subscriptions - you’ll see you now have the… --- ## [How did a guest close a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-a-guest-close-a-thread/508847)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-a-guest-close-a-thread/508847 "2009-09-05T01:24:44Z")
There is a thread in MPSIMS where each Doper was posting one line from the song \[thread=530640\]Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone\[/thread\]. I thought it was clever and funny, but it was closed. The thread was taking that lonesome … --- ## [I Have A Confession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-confession/507935)
**Author:** [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-confession/507935 "2009-09-01T22:42:28Z")
This had been making me feel guilty but since I started posting it’s been getting worse. Go back to the days of '99, A very bored and young TFR is surfing the recently installed intranets at his house. He remembers seei… --- ## [Ownership Change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ownership-change/508541)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ownership-change/508541 "2009-09-01T21:52:19Z")
With the new buy-out, sell-out or whatever, what are the chances of this board surviving? :confused: --- ## [Personal insults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insults/508193)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-insults/508193 "2009-09-01T20:25:21Z")
In this threadI made several disparaging comments about FinnAgain’s posts in GD. I specifically tried to comment on his posts and not on him. TubaDiva has said that I have hurled lots of personal insults. I disagree. … --- ## [t?sti? f?n?t?k f?nt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-sti-f-n-t-k-f-nt/353284)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-sti-f-n-t-k-f-nt/353284 "2009-09-01T03:55:37Z")
ð?s ?z e t?st. h?lo w?rld. kwa?t dis?nt akt?u?li. l?ts si ha? ?t l?ks æft?r posti?, ?all wi --- ## [Moderator to Barn house.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-to-barn-house/508433)
**Author:** [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-to-barn-house/508433 "2009-09-01T03:01:26Z")
We have someone playing around in the Barn House… probably best to have someone go down and look around… --- ## [I, for one, welcome our new Atalaya overlords.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-atalaya-overlords/507673)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-atalaya-overlords/507673 "2009-08-31T22:44:26Z")
Eason is out. Let’s hope for the best for the board. I suspect the best is that they don’t even notice we’re here. --- ## [I vote making edits 15 min...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-vote-making-edits-15-min/508334)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-vote-making-edits-15-min/508334 "2009-08-31T21:45:50Z")
That is my humble opinion, that’s why it’s here. I don’t think I have made a post here and after a few min wanted to edit it, mostly for spell checking. Other times wanted to add another related sentence to tag on, aft… --- ## [Pages x of z \ **Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-x-of-z-x-y-z-etc-near-upper-right-and-lower-right/507633 "2009-08-31T21:08:16Z") I have these options to select pages Pages x of x \ **Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-board-inactivity-logs-you-out-edited/508048 "2009-08-31T14:25:25Z") How long does it take for the board to log you out automatically if you don’t commit activity? --- ## [Zombie Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/508325)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads/508325 "2009-08-31T13:08:37Z")
What is correct board protocol if a zombie thread becomes highly interesting before being closed? Is it okay to start a duplicate, non-zombie thread with the same subject? --- ## [Can you please fix these fucking boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-fix-these-fucking-boards/508157)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-fix-these-fucking-boards/508157 "2009-08-30T15:33:07Z")
I’ve been having a problem of, after I create a post, or a thread, and hit submit, that it takes me to a log-in page, at which point the post is lost. I emailed via the “contact” button at the bottom of the page when it … --- ## [tomndebb, get in or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683)
**Author:** [@intention](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/intention)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-get-in-or-get-out/507683 "2009-08-29T23:14:14Z")
After three pages of somewhat interesting stuff interspersed with the usual nonsense, tomndebb chimes in with his latest version of his generic “nobody’s really at fault, there’s no difference between religions, and besi… --- ## [Can we violate every rule if we say "whoosh"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-violate-every-rule-if-we-say-whoosh/507615 "2009-08-29T14:51:27Z")
Does just saying it’s a whoosh mean that you don’t have to follow the rules? Can I post a long hateful PITing of Cecil and all the staff and then say “whoosh” and it’s now OK? Can I threaten to sue the SDMB, and get away… --- ## [Can we start calling each cunts in the pit again please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508147)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-calling-each-cunts-in-the-pit-again-please/508147 "2009-08-29T13:06:24Z")
I think enough time has passed that Ed and Lynn can save face by claiming it was an experiment and they are happy - pleased even! - to return to the status quo. Where inappropriate language is one again appropriate … --- ## [mswas suspended for a month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mswas-suspended-for-a-month/508122)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mswas-suspended-for-a-month/508122 "2009-08-29T03:55:27Z")
We’ve decided to suspend mswas for a month. He’s been warned four times in the last three months (for personal insults in Great Debates,ignoring moderator instructions, insults in GD again, and for personal insults in MP… --- ## [Another datapoint regarding SDMB customer dissatisfaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-datapoint-regarding-sdmb-customer-dissatisfaction/507869)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-datapoint-regarding-sdmb-customer-dissatisfaction/507869 "2009-08-28T03:37:01Z")
Well, I’ll be damned; I can actually log in for once. Might as well post this while I still can. After having the SDMB running for a couple of hours earlier this morning going through the usual loading \> database error \>… --- ## [Resolved: Page One of Each Forum Should List 150 Threads, Not Fifty.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-page-one-of-each-forum-should-list-150-threads-not-fifty/506669)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-page-one-of-each-forum-should-list-150-threads-not-fifty/506669 "2009-08-28T02:47:34Z")
…first page space in any forum is at a premium. - Lynn In practice, threads on page two tend to die. It would be nice to extend the shelf life of some of the slower moving discussions. Currently GQ - one of the core f… --- ## [Board dead again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-dead-again/507632)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-dead-again/507632 "2009-08-27T16:02:30Z")
There have been no new posts for about 50 minutes – has the board died again? --- ## [Quote button not working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-button-not-working/507907)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-button-not-working/507907 "2009-08-27T15:37:48Z")
Is this just me? Clicking on the Quote button no longer actually quotes the post - it takes me to the editing screen but without any quoted text. --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/507902)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/507902 "2009-08-27T14:22:01Z")
Is this thing on? Hellooooooo… thank og I’m not paying for membership here anymore. F’ing thing. --- ## [Why was MSWAS warned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-mswas-warned/507781)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-mswas-warned/507781 "2009-08-27T11:58:10Z")
He got a warning in this thread: Now, his thread questioning that decision is summarily locked, and frankly, it looks to me like Tuba flamed him in her lockdown message. What rule did he break with the “RIP Mary Jo K… --- ## [WTF do you people have against Mary Jo Kopechne?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-do-you-people-have-against-mary-jo-kopechne/507865)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-do-you-people-have-against-mary-jo-kopechne/507865 "2009-08-27T03:33:52Z")
Why can’t you just let there be a thread about her? What is the harm in that? I was not pitting anyone. I was saying that it was sad what happened to her. I mean seriously are your liberal icons that sacred to you? W… --- ## [Differences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences/507793)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences/507793 "2009-08-27T01:11:20Z")
What are the exact benefits of a paid subscription membership compared to normal membership? --- ## [How does one go about getting something stickied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-something-stickied/507814)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-getting-something-stickied/507814 "2009-08-26T21:22:22Z")
I was hoping this thread could be stickied, seeing as it’s something we’ll probably use every 2 months, and starting a new thread each time would be unfair to those whose spots were missed. Plus, it would make things eas… --- ## [Hypocritical Bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocritical-bullshit/507779)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypocritical-bullshit/507779 "2009-08-26T16:17:14Z")
So it’s ok to lambaste a dead conservative but if you mention that a liberal hero killed a woman which he did, that gets you warned and your thread locked? Are you fucking kidding me Twickster? I guess morality is on… --- ## [Stalking harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalking-harassment/507610 "2009-08-26T11:17:46Z")
What do you do about stalking harassment? I have a couple of stalkers who follow me around from thread to thread, they are everywhere I turn. They pretty much never address what I actually have to say, they just want t… --- ## [When I search for threads I've posted in, I want to be able to jump to the latest post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-search-for-threads-ive-posted-in-i-want-to-be-able-to-jump-to-the-latest-post/507677)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-search-for-threads-ive-posted-in-i-want-to-be-able-to-jump-to-the-latest-post/507677 "2009-08-25T20:47:52Z")
In the regular forum view there’s that little arrow next to the thread title that you can click that will take you to the last post in the thread. Is there a way to have that option when I search posts by my username? I… --- ## [Is the search function leotarded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-leotarded/507454)
**Author:** [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-leotarded/507454 "2009-08-24T03:21:46Z")
I know I started a thread a while back called “ask a mathematician” or “ask the mathematician” or something. However, when I search all the threads I’ve started, it isn’t there. What gives? Am I hallucinating? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=251)