# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=257 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 258 --- ## [Just testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/497342)
**Author:** [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/497342 "2009-05-23T00:39:22Z")
just a test, don’t mind me --- ## [Why won't you accept my prepaid credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-you-accept-my-prepaid-credit-card/497228)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-you-accept-my-prepaid-credit-card/497228 "2009-05-22T23:46:50Z")
I want to give you money. You won’t let me. I have a prepaid credit card. So why won’t the site accept my card? It’s a PREPAID card, for Og’s sake…the money is available to you, with ZERO risk. Details: I have a bra… --- ## [Why is Ed Zotti no longer modding the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ed-zotti-no-longer-modding-the-pit/497016)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ed-zotti-no-longer-modding-the-pit/497016 "2009-05-22T19:48:23Z")
Just curious. I thirst for all knowledge, as you know. ETA: And, incidentally, if I had meant to start a thread cheering for him no longer doing so, I would’ve done so in one of the other boards. --- ## [Help with subscription renewal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-subscription-renewal/497275)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-subscription-renewal/497275 "2009-05-22T10:09:12Z")
I just logged on to renew, 2 hours before my subscription runs out, but it says it’s already expired and it wants to charge me double now, I guess because of the time difference between where I’m at and Chicago. I totall… --- ## [Auto-generated Avatars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-generated-avatars/449456)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-generated-avatars/449456 "2009-05-22T02:31:00Z")
Avatars are GOOD. Why? Not because they’re pretty pictures!! @#@# anyone who thinks that. They help maintain the flow of conversation for the people who don’t carefully scrutinize or remember posters’ screen names. Basic… --- ## [Link that you absolutely can't see is a video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-that-you-absolutely-cant-see-is-a-video/497133)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-that-you-absolutely-cant-see-is-a-video/497133 "2009-05-21T13:11:22Z")
I just wanted to point this post out: The “6th Sense” makes your iPhone/Blackberry look like an old shoe. Techies must see. We have threads here all the time where people bitch about being asked to warn us it’s a video… --- ## [Whut? No More Pay-To-Post? When Did This Happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whut-no-more-pay-to-post-when-did-this-happen/497148)
**Author:** [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whut-no-more-pay-to-post-when-did-this-happen/497148 "2009-05-21T12:42:49Z")
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt (and all the books, of course) but my valiant efforts weren’t enough to keep the SDMB from going to a pay model. So I drifted, never very far having just read the OP here: It… --- ## [Charter Member benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-benefits/497146)
**Author:** [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-benefits/497146 "2009-05-21T12:38:49Z")
I am wondering if the powers that be at the SDMB might eventually create future benefits to being a Charter Member, such as less time required between searches, or if the only benefit we will ever receive is the “Charter… --- ## [Don't have search timer if search fails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-have-search-timer-if-search-fails/496899)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-have-search-timer-if-search-fails/496899 "2009-05-21T06:21:46Z")
If someone does a search and no results are returned, could you have it so that another search can be done right away? Right now I have to wait 300 seconds before another search. Sometimes the search fails because I us… --- ## [Oh, caligulashorse, we hardly knew ye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-caligulashorse-we-hardly-knew-ye/496956 "2009-05-20T03:14:03Z")
I’m not objecting to the banning of caligulashorse, who in a few shining posts demonstrated a rare ability to offend vertually everyone with a remarkable economy of words. But I’m curious as to why, as there appears not… --- ## [boardstest.straightdope.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boardstest-straightdope-com/496848)
**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boardstest-straightdope-com/496848 "2009-05-19T14:21:04Z")
What are we testing today? Anything we can do to help? --- ## [Can I change my SDMB username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-sdmb-username/496813 "2009-05-18T14:10:44Z")
When I joined, I was flailing about for a name and came up with a terrible one. Since then, I’ve developed one I like, and by which I’m already known at most of my other cyberspace haunts. Can I change it now, rather th… --- ## [Very old thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-thread-title/496679)
**Author:** [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-thread-title/496679 "2009-05-17T15:18:51Z")
I first joined straight dope almost 10 years ago. Now since I was born in '41 my memory is not what it used to be. I am trying to come up with the name of the thread that was a sort of running soap opera involving sheep.… --- ## [Weird browser refresh endless loop problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-browser-refresh-endless-loop-problem/496645)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-browser-refresh-endless-loop-problem/496645 "2009-05-16T15:03:22Z")
About once a month or so, I encounter this strange problem where I open the SDMB front page and my browser goes into a loop where it continually refreshes the page. It doesn’t stop until I click the “Stop” button in the … --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/496523)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/496523 "2009-05-16T03:36:51Z")
New thread test. --- ## [No need to wait five miutes before new posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-need-to-wait-five-miutes-before-new-posts/496521)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-need-to-wait-five-miutes-before-new-posts/496521 "2009-05-15T13:58:22Z")
I can’t do a search at all so I don’t know how that works, but it hasn’t given me a “You must wait xxx seconds before performing a new search” when I hit new posts. Are we eliminating the wait time? ETA: Nevermind…I jus… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/496520)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/496520 "2009-05-15T13:41:03Z")
Filler. --- ## [Test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/496241)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/496241 "2009-05-14T19:24:09Z")
Kimota! --- ## [Better for Board - Pay or Ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-for-board-pay-or-ads/496332)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-for-board-pay-or-ads/496332 "2009-05-14T18:54:16Z")
I just renewed my membership, paying the extra-special Charter Member price that has been in effect ever since the Board went P-2-P. That’s cool. I think it’s money well spent. But I’m wondering, from the perspective of… --- ## [Long-Time Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-members/495041)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-members/495041 "2009-05-14T18:03:30Z")
It just doesn’t seem right to me to read a post by a Board member who has been posting here for years and years labeled a “Guest.” Can we change that? We now have “Member”, “Charter Member” and “Guest.” Perhaps for some… --- ## [Could you please bump the PM limit up to 10 people from 5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-bump-the-pm-limit-up-to-10-people-from-5/495684)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-please-bump-the-pm-limit-up-to-10-people-from-5/495684 "2009-05-14T13:07:32Z")
This might only be useful for the gamers on the board, but it would help quite a bit for us. I think the Mafia players run into this limit too. --- ## [A Question For Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-ed/496012)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-ed/496012 "2009-05-14T04:09:41Z")
A few questions for Ed: As I understand the rules, if I have a personal quarrel with a poster in Great Debates, I am allowed to say so in a Pit thread. Also as I understand the rules, I am allowed to post a link in the… --- ## [The Tanks Thread is Closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tanks-thread-is-closed/496151)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tanks-thread-is-closed/496151 "2009-05-13T05:55:54Z")
This one. I imagine there are good reasons - I just fail to see them. --- ## [GFactor, you should not have closed Stoid's thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gfactor-you-should-not-have-closed-stoids-thread/496121)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gfactor-you-should-not-have-closed-stoids-thread/496121 "2009-05-12T10:48:37Z")
I see no reason why Stoid should be protected from her own OP. The only reason she asked for that thread to be closed was because after over 400 posts only one or two posters agreed with her reasoning. She’s started thr… --- ## [timbicile has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timbicile-has-been-banned/496134)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timbicile-has-been-banned/496134 "2009-05-12T03:23:05Z")
For asking to be banned and dumbassery in general. --- ## [Okay I will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-will/496127)
**Author:** [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-will/496127 "2009-05-12T02:55:48Z")
Is the job of the mod to beliittle posters, maybe feel a little uncomfortable. If so you so rock. Why are you looking at me? Because I’m a dick. So what. I can’t be prefect like you. This is a slam about the mods/ a… --- ## [Please could you unblock the nutter thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-could-you-unblock-the-nutter-thread/495847)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-could-you-unblock-the-nutter-thread/495847 "2009-05-11T22:51:02Z")
Now, I understand that this thread was started by some bananas guy gibbering about ‘ducky waves’, but pretty much all the participants were just ignoring him and an interesting thread was developing - any chance of it … --- ## [Getting lots of "Page Failed to Load" errors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-page-failed-to-load-errors/496064)
**Author:** [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-page-failed-to-load-errors/496064 "2009-05-11T18:36:01Z")
Happens in IE and Firefox. Anyone else having this? --- ## [Another request for title change documentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-request-for-title-change-documentation/495984)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-request-for-title-change-documentation/495984 "2009-05-11T12:38:13Z")
In post #8 of this thread Colibri announces that he has changed the thread title “to fix spelling and clarify subject” - a very commendable objective. Unfortunately, this has the effect of making an “orphan” of post #5,… --- ## [Tell me about advertising on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-advertising-on-the-sdmb/495961)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-advertising-on-the-sdmb/495961 "2009-05-10T19:58:09Z")
(I have nothing that I actually want to advertise; I’ve just been wondering about the following issue.) Okay, so advertising is verboten unless you pay to place an ad. E.g., links in threads are removed. One of the ben… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=258)