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## [Who is He?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-he/500616)

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**Author:** [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian_s_Wall)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-he/500616 "2009-08-24T03:18:17Z")

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Understandably when one capitalizes the word He, one presumes to be referencing the supreme deity known as God. In this situation, that supreme deity is Cecil Adams. Reading through his scriptures, one does have to ask a…

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## [Postings showing up in Google Alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postings-showing-up-in-google-alerts/507450)

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**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postings-showing-up-in-google-alerts/507450 "2009-08-24T02:23:26Z")

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I have a Google alert for my web site - this alert sends me e-mail whenever Google finds a new link to my site. The URL for my site is part of my SDMB profile. Recently, my postings to SDMB have started generating Google…

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## [Twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster/507391)

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**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster/507391 "2009-08-23T22:32:43Z")

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Referencing this post. I believe the rule is that I may not respond directly to your post, but must instead open a new thread. If the rule has changed, I apologize. To clear the record, my remarks were directed toward …

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## [Quick question about bannings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-bannings/507325)

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**Author:** [@Weston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weston)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-bannings/507325 "2009-08-23T21:46:50Z")

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Just curious, can you still read the boards after you’ve been banned?

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## [Forums not updating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forums-not-updating/507148)

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**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forums-not-updating/507148 "2009-08-23T13:39:02Z")

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Apologies if this has been brought up before, but I didn’t see it mentioned. The forums don’t always seem to be updating when new posts are made. I’ve noticed it most recently in the forum index for Cafe Society. One…

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## [SmashTheState banned; doing of stupid stuff strongly discouraged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate-banned-doing-of-stupid-stuff-strongly-discouraged/507319)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashthestate-banned-doing-of-stupid-stuff-strongly-discouraged/507319 "2009-08-23T11:09:11Z")

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To resolve a recent issue: The above is clearly a threat of legal action in which the SDMB would be involved, if only peripherally. Our longstanding policy is that any such threat, however oblique, will get you banned …

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## [Any chance of getting an "All Politics/All the Time" forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-getting-an-all-politics-all-the-time-forum/464021)

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**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Replies:** 175\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-getting-an-all-politics-all-the-time-forum/464021 "2009-08-22T18:56:01Z")

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Little Wing suggested it here and I’m sure others have elsewhere. It seems a perfectly reasonable suggestion that would keep the 144,000 Palin/Obama/McCain/Biden/I know she did’n’t!/Oh yes she did!/other countries polit…

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## [Best method to attach a sketch to a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-to-attach-a-sketch-to-a-post/506971)

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**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-to-attach-a-sketch-to-a-post/506971 "2009-08-22T18:52:57Z")

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What is the easiest way to make a basic sketch of something and attach it to a post?

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## [100+ posts on one page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-posts-on-one-page/506766)

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**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-posts-on-one-page/506766 "2009-08-22T14:08:37Z")

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My viewing settings are on the default, 50 posts per page of a thread. And most threads show up that way. But there’s a thread in CS, Most right and left wing TV shows?, that, as I’m looking at it right now, has 104 po…

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## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/506958)

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**Author:** [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/506958 "2009-08-19T15:24:47Z")

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I see a lack of posts from the last half hour. Are new posts being rejected?

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## [Dope Search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-search/505613)

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**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-search/505613 "2009-08-17T19:05:22Z")

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This implements most of the stuff in my howto, except for the julian date thing. I almost did that. Maybe next time.\*\* index.html\*\* \<frameset rows="30%,70%"\> \<frame src="search.html" frameborder="0"\> \<frame name="goo…

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## [Promotion of illegal activity -- an activist's view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promotion-of-illegal-activity-an-activists-view/506445)

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**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promotion-of-illegal-activity-an-activists-view/506445 "2009-08-17T13:44:52Z")

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I have been dinged at least once by what I regard as overzealous enforcement of the “no promotion of illegal activity” rule. Having had some time to ruminate on this, I would like to put forward my argument for eliminat…

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## [Smash the State suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-the-state-suspended/506703)

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**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-the-state-suspended/506703 "2009-08-17T05:59:59Z")

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Smash the State has been suspended pending review of potential legal situations.

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## [Threads per page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-per-page/506427)

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**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-per-page/506427 "2009-08-14T23:39:01Z")

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Is there a way to to control how many threads appear per page in a forum?

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## [Another question about the "rules", part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-the-rules-part-ii/504903)

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**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-the-rules-part-ii/504903 "2009-08-14T21:42:49Z")

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In my original question about the rules, I asked why I received a warning about stating that a certain poster was on my ignore list. Seems I posted the comment in the wrong forum. But then this morning, I stumbled onto…

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## [StraightDope Ad bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-ad-bug/506149)

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**Author:** [@Casserole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casserole)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-ad-bug/506149 "2009-08-14T13:21:57Z")

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Hey all, Just noticed on the front page (straightdope.com), that every once in awhile, the banner ad at the top displays the incorrect advertisement. The space is limited to a lengthwise banner ad, but every once in awh…

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## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/506060)

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**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/506060 "2009-08-11T17:20:24Z")

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testes testes one two three

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## [Archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive/505750)

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**Author:** [@TheGrinReaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGrinReaper)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive/505750 "2009-08-10T14:14:22Z")

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Is there a thread archive on here? If so, how do I find it? Thanks for any help

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## [twilly80 suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilly80-suspended-for-one-month/505787)

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**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilly80-suspended-for-one-month/505787 "2009-08-09T00:43:04Z")

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twilly80 was told not once but twice by a moderator to stop harassing another user in the WOW thread in the Game Room; he or she then got a formal warning after ignoring the second of these incidents. Because he or she …

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## [Accidental Sock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-sock/505259)

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**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-sock/505259 "2009-08-08T17:04:48Z")

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Hi all. My computer has for awhile been set up to automatically log me in to the SDMB. Today all of a sudden it wasnt working. So, I request a new password to be emailed to me. Now, all of a sudden, I just noticed, I …

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## [Is quoting the contents of a PM against the "rules?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quoting-the-contents-of-a-pm-against-the-rules/504811)

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**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Replies:** 139\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quoting-the-contents-of-a-pm-against-the-rules/504811 "2009-08-08T06:15:06Z")

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As it appears to be buried among the wreckage of the threads over Seven’s punishment, I thought it should be pulled out into its own discussion. Specifically: is it against the “rules” of this Board to quote the conten…

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## [What's the intended use of the strike-out feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intended-use-of-the-strike-out-feature/505179)

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**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-intended-use-of-the-strike-out-feature/505179 "2009-08-08T00:54:56Z")

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It appears to me this board seems to think that snark, in general, is a bad thing. Yet thats about all I see the strike-out function used for (well, that and humor). Not complaining just curious, why is this feature enab…

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## [Incredibly Awful Performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329)

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**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredibly-awful-performance/503329 "2009-08-07T01:10:49Z")

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Seriously, I’m getting database errors 5-6 times per visit for the last week or so.

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## [Seven threads about seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-threads-about-seven/504942)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-threads-about-seven/504942 "2009-08-06T17:13:52Z")

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Seven has been banned Why was Seven banned? Seven’s Suspension Seven’s sig, his/her banning/suspension, and such So…wait…exactly was Seven banned/suspended for? Seven did not harrass me – signed: Liberal …

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## [Seriously guys, do we really still need a FIVE MINUTE delay on search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516)

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**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Replies:** 147\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516 "2009-08-06T10:54:07Z")

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Wasn’t this supposed to be a temporary measure to decrease demand on the server while Jerry fixed something else? And that was how many years ago? Seriously, I go to other boards that are busier than this, don’t have int…

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## [New favourite habit-word "Personal Blog"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favourite-habit-word-personal-blog/504323)

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**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favourite-habit-word-personal-blog/504323 "2009-08-05T19:59:09Z")

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It’s popping up all over the SDMB. A few people criticise others for using the Dope as their personal blog, and suddenly everyone jumps on that band waggon. It pisses me off because I’ve been here for seven years, and…

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## [Seven's Suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevens-suspension/504738)

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**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Replies:** 213\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevens-suspension/504738 "2009-08-04T12:25:30Z")

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To begin with, I closed the other thread because I thought it’d be better for this post to be in its own thread, and I don’t think we need two of 'em going on at the same time. Secondly, it looks like Tuba’s getting a l…

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## [Remote Data Services Data Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-data-services-data-control/505235)

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**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-data-services-data-control/505235 "2009-08-04T08:43:45Z")

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Anyone else getting something like “This website wants to execute Remote Data Services Data Control by Microsoft” in a yellow bar at the top of the screen when looking at SDMB pages? I got it for at least one page.

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## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/505141)

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**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/505141 "2009-08-04T00:32:06Z")

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http://www.independant,ie/opinion/analyisis/how-devs-ireland-became-safe-haven-for-fugitive-nazis128588.htmlhttp://www.independant,ie/opinion/analaysis/how-devs-ireland-became-safe-haven-for-fugitive-nazis128588.html

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## [Can I just turn my signature on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-just-turn-my-signature-on/505192)

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**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-just-turn-my-signature-on/505192 "2009-08-03T21:44:23Z")

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Is there a way to make “Show your signature” have a default of YES, so that I don’t have to remember to check the little box every time I post?

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