# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [Ed Said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-said/487762)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-said/487762 "2009-02-28T17:35:12Z")
Whose motorcycle is this? It’s a chopper baby. Whose chopper is this? It’s Ed’s. Who’s Ed? Ed Said, baby, Ed Said. \*Sorry, I couldn’t resist\[/I} This is a brief collection of Ed Zotti’s responses to our questions. … --- ## [Why was this "What are you watching" thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-what-are-you-watching-thread-closed/487796 "2009-02-28T15:38:15Z")
This thread… …was closed because it was a duplicate. But a duplicate of what? I can’t find another “What Are You Watching” thread for March. --- ## [Proposal Re: The List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-re-the-list/487770)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-re-the-list/487770 "2009-02-28T08:16:59Z")
I mentioned this in the assholes & dicks thread, but wanted to avoid it getting buried there. I’m not a fan of forbidden words, but if it simply has to be, then I think we should officially name the list: The SDMB Carl… --- ## [Ed, please read this digest of reactions to New Pit Rule #2 that you've been ignoring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-please-read-this-digest-of-reactions-to-new-pit-rule-2-that-youve-been-ignoring/487722)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-please-read-this-digest-of-reactions-to-new-pit-rule-2-that-youve-been-ignoring/487722 "2009-02-28T05:57:45Z")
(Apologies for extreme length.) Dear Ed, Dead Badger said this elsewhere, and I think it’s true: Having read all now-19 pages of the Pit rules have been revised thread, especially this part: … I’ve compiled a Reade… --- ## [Wait, what, I'm a GUEST!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-im-a-guest/487758)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-what-im-a-guest/487758 "2009-02-28T05:36:36Z")
Ok, I know, that I am paid up. I also know that when I have received a reminder, I renew. So, WTF, if this is an error, I would appreciate a PM or a reply here. If not, let me know who to e-mail and fax a canceled check … --- ## [Soooo...why was my pit thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-why-was-my-pit-thread-closed/487295)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soooo-why-was-my-pit-thread-closed/487295 "2009-02-28T03:08:30Z")
Am I allowed to politely request an explanation? There are no dirty words in it. There’s no abuse, there’s no challenging any mod action. What rule was broken? Thanks in advance for any explanation given. Edit: lin… --- ## [Member???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member/486719)
**Author:** [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member/486719 "2009-02-27T23:16:40Z")
I am still a Charter Member, and damn proud of it. I have paid my dues (figuratively and monetarily) since the inception of the pay board. Without any break. I haven’t posted in quite a while, but I was still under the a… --- ## [May I change my user name...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-change-my-user-name/487356 "2009-02-27T19:20:35Z")
…to “Fuck You”? (NB: said phrase NOT in the title, and in any event NOT directed towards another poster. It’s a noun here, not an imperative phrase.) If so, please LMK, because I may want to jazz it up a little before … --- ## [It's about time things changed on this MB.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421 "2009-02-27T17:28:56Z")
I am just going to establish that I am glad to see an attempt to make the atmosphere around here different. I find this place any more much too filled with complete assholes who think that they are entitled to be jerks … --- ## [Can someone explain the Banning process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-banning-process/487470)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-banning-process/487470 "2009-02-27T16:51:43Z")
There’s a lot of consternation about the new rules. It seems that the greatest worry (at least, for me) is that it might be possible to step on some invisible or ill-defined SDMB land mine and find oneself banned. Can so… --- ## [Lynn, please provide cites for the rule you have asserted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-please-provide-cites-for-the-rule-you-have-asserted/487359)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-please-provide-cites-for-the-rule-you-have-asserted/487359 "2009-02-27T10:30:37Z")
Lynn, you closed the creative insult thread Insults that are allowed - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board specifically because in your opinion: Please provide cites to support your opinion, particularly given th… --- ## [Y'all PLEASE Find A Way To Make This Work!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-please-find-a-way-to-make-this-work/487320)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-please-find-a-way-to-make-this-work/487320 "2009-02-26T23:30:13Z")
With our country coming down all around us, we very badly need a place to come to, to ask for help, and since I signed on here, this has been that place. Now I don’t know what’s gotten everyone so riled up, or how it ev… --- ## [Shall we now see warnings for punishments for comments predating the new Pit rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shall-we-now-see-warnings-for-punishments-for-comments-predating-the-new-pit-rules/487457)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shall-we-now-see-warnings-for-punishments-for-comments-predating-the-new-pit-rules/487457 "2009-02-26T19:48:12Z")
Ed Zotti: In this postyou admonish Lizard for an offensive remark made on 21 February 2009. The new Pit rules were posted 24 February 2009. Lizard is not, to my knowledge, a mutant possessing the ability to peer throug… --- ## [What are friends good for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-friends-good-for/486855)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-friends-good-for/486855 "2009-02-26T17:05:18Z")
Ab-solutely nothing! Say it again!! No, I mean, “friends.” On the SD. Astonishing as it may be to some of you, I’ve been besieged by requests from Dopers for me to befriend them. (Okay, it’s seven people, but to me that… --- ## [testing testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/487509)
**Author:** [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/487509 "2009-02-26T15:30:05Z")
Snugglypuppy --- ## [Proposal: that creative insult threads be permitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-that-creative-insult-threads-be-permitted/487441)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-that-creative-insult-threads-be-permitted/487441 "2009-02-26T14:56:04Z")
I propose that creative insult threads be permitted. What’s a creative insult thread? Have a boo: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=490737&highlight=insult http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showt… --- ## [SDMB's new civility goals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-new-civility-goals/485961)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-new-civility-goals/485961 "2009-02-26T12:19:16Z")
A while back I asked in another thread: I’m curious if you have an example of another message board whose level of civility you would be trying to equal? But I guess Ed managed to miss it, though he was quite active… --- ## [Mods/Admins - please note your warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-please-note-your-warnings/487460)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-please-note-your-warnings/487460 "2009-02-26T11:26:09Z")
This is specifically directed at Ed Zotti and Lynn Bodoni, and generally directed at any other mod/admin who doesn’t already do this. During my time as a mod, there was a groundswell of member support for the following … --- ## [Ed, when will the search function be fixed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-when-will-the-search-function-be-fixed/487346)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-when-will-the-search-function-be-fixed/487346 "2009-02-26T04:29:44Z")
Ed, when will the search function be fixed? --- ## [Guest titles updating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-titles-updating/487309)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-titles-updating/487309 "2009-02-25T04:49:05Z")
I was reading the telemarketer thread, and came across this post from someone marked as a “registered user.” Still doesn’t show her post count or location though. Is this the start of titles updating, or an anomaly? --- ## [Please change the Pit tagline \[New Pit Rules\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-change-the-pit-tagline-new-pit-rules/487212)
**Author:** [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-change-the-pit-tagline-new-pit-rules/487212 "2009-02-24T21:14:22Z")
Apparently we’re not allowed to complain about mod/admin decisions in the BBQ Pit anymore. As such you may want to consider changing the Pit’s tagline ASAP to remove the part about board administration or moderation, s… --- ## [Search keeps breaking on me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-keeps-breaking-on-me/487210)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-keeps-breaking-on-me/487210 "2009-02-24T20:59:12Z")
I’ve tried 3 times at different points to search for “world war zombie” and each time have ended up with this error: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9 bytes) in /home/str… --- ## [New & improves PIT rules are a speed trap....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-improves-pit-rules-are-a-speed-trap/487254)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-improves-pit-rules-are-a-speed-trap/487254 "2009-02-24T19:31:27Z")
Jeez Ed, IMO you really need flashing banners on every page if you are going to enforce the new and improved rules for the pit. I think I know the rules so I don’t re-read the ‘sticky’ each visit in case of a change. … --- ## [A Helpful Recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-helpful-recommendation/487223)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-helpful-recommendation/487223 "2009-02-24T19:00:45Z")
I, for one, did not realize it, but the sticky about the Pit rules has been updated in what I consider significant ways. I did not notice this, and I think it would be a good idea to publicize this a bit. There is a th… --- ## [Rules on hijacking threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-on-hijacking-threads/487011)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-on-hijacking-threads/487011 "2009-02-23T23:36:18Z")
Why don’t we have a rule on hijacking threads? Sometimes it’s really freaking annoying when you’re trying to discuss a topic, and then along come abunch of other posters who start an argument on a completely different t… --- ## [Those black "spoiler" boxes \[Now with NEW spoiler boxes\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-black-spoiler-boxes-now-with-new-spoiler-boxes/487019)
**Author:** [@sherrycherie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrycherie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-black-spoiler-boxes-now-with-new-spoiler-boxes/487019 "2009-02-23T22:55:23Z")
What are they called? (I’ll feel dumb, if the answer is black spoiler boxes!:slight\_smile: And how do you create them? In very simple terms, please! Thanks! This is one of the few sites I’ve ever seen any. --- ## [Subscription Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-question/486690)
**Author:** [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-question/486690 "2009-02-23T20:02:42Z")
I subscribed to the boards as a paid-up member on 8/29/08. I still have the email with the confirmation number in it. I was listed as a member for a few days, and then the upgrade began and I was bumped down to Guest ag… --- ## [Back-button magic!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-button-magic/487034)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-button-magic/487034 "2009-02-23T18:58:15Z")
Instead of complaining about how this fucking Board is routinely un-fucking-believably slow, crashes more frequently than a retarded chimpanzee flying a 747 would, etc. , I’d like to offer some help, and to ask a questio… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/487038)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/487038 "2009-02-23T14:49:43Z")
\[spoiler2\]Test to see what happens with the mouseover with this type of spoiler box. \[/spoiler2\] --- ## [Really stupid question: SDMB Acceptable Use Agreement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876 "2009-02-22T17:42:30Z")
Having been here since the days of the wood-burning Internet, I’m ashamed to have to ask this, but … Does the SDMB have an “Acceptable Use” agreement? A nonprofit organization with which I’m involved is preparing to op… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=264)