# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=253 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 254 --- ## [This is \_not\_ a criticism of his banning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-_not_-a-criticism-of-his-banning/504020)
**Author:** [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-_not_-a-criticism-of-his-banning/504020 "2009-07-28T14:53:32Z")
…which was entirely reasonable. But I will rather miss KGS. Dude was nuts, but I’ve always liked him quite a lot anyway. Good luck in the future if you’re still watching out there. --- ## [¡Test!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/504436)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/504436 "2009-07-28T03:23:39Z")
Nothing to see here. ETA: Woo hoo! Success! --- ## [General SDMB question: Why many rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-sdmb-question-why-many-rules/504383)
**Author:** [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-sdmb-question-why-many-rules/504383 "2009-07-28T02:46:11Z")
I’ve been here a couple years and I’ve always wondered something. Why are there so many rules here, with each forum having a long list of very specific rules for that forum? This is a pretty unique message board in tha… --- ## [Any chance of another "Create A New SDMB Smiley" contest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-another-create-a-new-sdmb-smiley-contest/504025)
**Author:** [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-another-create-a-new-sdmb-smiley-contest/504025 "2009-07-28T01:30:04Z")
Long ago, the great Arnold organized a drive for dopers to create new smiles for the boards, which were then voted upon. The winners, :dubious: and :smack:, were added to the boards. The old threads in which this happen… --- ## [Why was I suspended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-i-suspended/504287)
**Author:** [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-i-suspended/504287 "2009-07-28T01:23:20Z")
Can someone point out to me very specifically what was the personal insult and what was the moderator instruction I failed to follow? Because I cannot see it. --- ## [Time to activate polls in IMHO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-activate-polls-in-imho/504321)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-activate-polls-in-imho/504321 "2009-07-28T01:13:36Z")
I’m ignorant of the technical issues, natch, but I know the board software used here can activate the polling option. IMHO would be the logical place to allow same, and unless I’m mistaken I can’t think of any negatives… --- ## ["This forum requires that you wait 300 seconds between searches. Please try again in 300 seconds."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-forum-requires-that-you-wait-300-seconds-between-searches-please-try-again-in-300-seconds/504253)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-forum-requires-that-you-wait-300-seconds-between-searches-please-try-again-in-300-seconds/504253 "2009-07-27T17:32:48Z")
I’ve gotten this error message twice now, after a more-than-5-minute wait between searches (New Posts). WTF? --- ## [Why not have a Joke Forum ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-have-a-joke-forum/504316)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-have-a-joke-forum/504316 "2009-07-26T20:44:55Z")
Just think. We could all have ready access to unheard of jokes we can use to be the hit of the parties and workplaces we attend. --- ## [Every Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-post/504320)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-post/504320 "2009-07-26T14:55:59Z")
Every post! Yes, every post ever made on the Dope. We shut the whole Board down and when it returned the default show posts was set to Beginning! 3354 pages in GQ! The first thread is “Post No Bills” by guest. Responded… --- ## [SEARCH Function Is Whacko](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-is-whacko/504314)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-is-whacko/504314 "2009-07-26T14:10:42Z")
I put in all the details to do an “Advanced” search on my name, because there’s something I have written that I want to copy and paste, okay? So I enter Quasimodem in the user field and scroll down to SEARCH and the dad… --- ## [Technical issue: I have a link to "Go to First Post" in thread titles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-issue-i-have-a-link-to-go-to-first-post-in-thread-titles/504259)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-issue-i-have-a-link-to-go-to-first-post-in-thread-titles/504259 "2009-07-26T04:36:52Z")
So get this, I don’t think it’s my browser (Firefox 3.0.12), but I noticed last night and now today, that every time I open a forum, the first listed thread has a text link that says “Go to first new post” between the l… --- ## [In Memoriam No Wally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-no-wally/504283)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam-no-wally/504283 "2009-07-26T02:58:23Z")
When I came on board here back in 2000, There was much talk of a beloved poster by the name of Wally who had passed away and who was very much loved and appreciated by all. Shouldn’t he be remembered as well ? --- ## [An idea about bans/suspensions notices.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idea-about-bans-suspensions-notices/504145)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-idea-about-bans-suspensions-notices/504145 "2009-07-25T17:27:11Z")
Admittedly not an original one, but I found it good enough that I thought it could be brought here. When someone is banned or suspended, the official ATMB notice is always locked by the OP. Is there a good reason for th… --- ## [Message Board issues!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-issues/504157)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-issues/504157 "2009-07-25T11:59:45Z")
Something is wrong with the IMHO forum (and maybe others, haven’t checked). New posts are not being shown in the forum display and you cannot quote new posts. Within some threads there seems to be a lag in the addition o… --- ## [Test...can we post new threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-we-post-new-threads/504168)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-can-we-post-new-threads/504168 "2009-07-24T23:16:49Z")
Test. --- ## [Charter status gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-status-gone/503447)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-status-gone/503447 "2009-07-24T00:19:56Z")
SDMB - It’s not that important. But… since I have been here for 8 years, and since I have been paying for my membership for the last 4 years or so, I would appreciate it if you would return my membership status to char… --- ## [The embarassment smiley is, well, an embarassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-embarassment-smiley-is-well-an-embarassment/503556)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-embarassment-smiley-is-well-an-embarassment/503556 "2009-07-23T21:49:01Z")
:o? Seriously, :o? It looks like a “you’re so boring I’m yawning at you” smiley. That or an “oral sex with eyes shut” smiley. But certainly not embarassment. --- ## [KGS has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kgs-has-been-banned/504001)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kgs-has-been-banned/504001 "2009-07-23T15:30:18Z")
For threatening to bring legal action. This is a longstanding rule here at The Straight Dope – all such threats are taken very seriously by management who is most sensitive to the idea of lawsuits and we are charged to … --- ## [Banner ads I never want to see again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ads-i-never-want-to-see-again/503549 "2009-07-22T22:40:09Z")
Teeth whitening. a.k.a. “Dr Sardonicus Lives” The God Who Wasn’t There. Thoroughly discussed and debunked on this board. About as welcome as a Dianetics ad. --- ## [color test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-test/503060)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-test/503060 "2009-07-22T17:22:24Z")
pink red orange yellow brown light green green light blue blue dark blue violet dark violet purple --- ## [Why did you lock the USS Liberty thread Tomndebb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-lock-the-uss-liberty-thread-tomndebb/503307)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-lock-the-uss-liberty-thread-tomndebb/503307 "2009-07-21T19:35:58Z")
Admittedly I engaged in some snark early on but then I studiously avoided engaging with my opponent in that thread from then on. Much later I tossed a dash of snark in but softballs really and well, well below thread lo… --- ## [What does "Unca" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-unca-mean/503473)
**Author:** [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-unca-mean/503473 "2009-07-18T22:32:49Z")
As in, how the Perfect Master Cecil Adams is often called “Unca Cecil”. I can’t find it on wikipedia or the dictionary sites, and google only gives me instances of Cecil and other people called this. Is it a regional va… --- ## [Question regarding UUencoded text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-uuencoded-text/503208)
**Author:** [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-uuencoded-text/503208 "2009-07-17T21:43:55Z")
I wanted to make reference to a bit of music (the theme music to M.U.L.E. as it happens) and I realized I had a midi file version of it which was acquired from a free site, so there are no copyright issues. The file its… --- ## [On subscribing to threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-subscribing-to-threads/503342)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-subscribing-to-threads/503342 "2009-07-17T16:20:10Z")
I’m a newbie on forums in general although I have been registered on one about programming for many years. The way it handles subscriptions is: If you post, you’re automatically subscribed. If you don’t post but you … --- ## [On including URL's in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081 "2009-07-16T18:57:43Z")
Two questions. When I paste a URL into the entry box, the result needs a little fine tuning. Is this just me? How do you substitute a suitable title for the URL itself. Do you have to go in there and do a little mark… --- ## [Video?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video/500180)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video/500180 "2009-07-15T08:50:09Z")
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Video ads on the Dope? It’s bad enough I’m forced to use IE on this computer, and can’t download any AdBlock scripts for it. But to have fucking video ads at the bottom of the foru… --- ## [Test: Have a nice day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-have-a-nice-day/501953)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-have-a-nice-day/501953 "2009-07-14T07:06:44Z")
Testing. Have a nice day. --- ## [Thread with response not going to the top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-response-not-going-to-the-top/502548)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-response-not-going-to-the-top/502548 "2009-07-14T05:20:41Z")
Recently I have noted that occasionally when I respond to a thread and then go back to the forum list, the thread with my most recent response is not listed at the top of the forum list. When I click on the thread title… --- ## [How do I recover my charter member status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-recover-my-charter-member-status/502564)
**Author:** [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-recover-my-charter-member-status/502564 "2009-07-11T19:21:59Z")
I’m not the most prolific of posters, but in a couple of months I’ll have been here for 10 years. If the fee is nominal, I’ll pay it. What’s the proceege? --- ## [Question on betting pools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-betting-pools/502625)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-betting-pools/502625 "2009-07-11T13:31:27Z")
Are we allowed to start threads concerning betting pools regarding the swiftness with which certain members will be banned/suspended? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=254)