# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=270 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 271 --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/476688)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/476688 "2008-12-13T01:19:55Z")
Only a test. --- ## [Glitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch/476935)
**Author:** [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch/476935 "2008-12-12T21:40:55Z")
If I click on ‘New Posts’ then I get the list of new posts. Normally, I click on a thread, read it, then click ‘back’ to return to the list of new posts. Tonight, if I do that, rather than taking me back to the list, t… --- ## [Announcing Straight Dope Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcing-straight-dope-chicago/475606)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcing-straight-dope-chicago/475606 "2008-12-12T18:29:01Z")
We’re about to launch a new venture called Straight Dope Chicago. As one might suppose, it’s a Chicago version of the Straight Dope. In keeping with our custom in these matters, we offer the following FAQ: Why Chicago? … --- ## [multiple words in searches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-words-in-searches/476911)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-words-in-searches/476911 "2008-12-12T17:55:46Z")
Do multiple words in the search field default to AND or OR? Can I specify an AND or OR search? --- ## [Rule Request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-request/476880)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-request/476880 "2008-12-12T17:47:23Z")
Would it be possible to have a rule where profanity, insults, etc, were not to be included in the thread title? I like to read The Straight Dope in several different venues (work, public library, home, etc.) but with th… --- ## [Rule clarification: Insulting mods in the pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-insulting-mods-in-the-pit/476565)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-insulting-mods-in-the-pit/476565 "2008-12-12T17:33:48Z")
Calmly and without referring to recent events. I understand that it is ok to get “verbally intense” towards the mods in the Pit. We have had no shortage of threads along those lines, and they have happened without event… --- ## [Weird thread behaviour re profile pix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thread-behaviour-re-profile-pix/476708)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thread-behaviour-re-profile-pix/476708 "2008-12-11T14:17:25Z")
Over in MSPIMS, there’s a thread about profile pix, currently over 30 posts long: So who has a profile picture? So I started skimming it, and clicking on the occasional user’s profile to see what their picture was. The… --- ## [Search results when searching own name. Thousands of posts.. 750 results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-when-searching-own-name-thousands-of-posts-750-results/476538)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-results-when-searching-own-name-thousands-of-posts-750-results/476538 "2008-12-10T11:50:41Z")
I searched my own name on a whim to see what my first post was (at the age of… give me a second… 14? I think it was something about how much Homer Simpson rules… I’m not kidding… shakes head) I searched my name, as I r… --- ## [I subscribed today - why am I still seeing Google ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-subscribed-today-why-am-i-still-seeing-google-ads/448932)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-subscribed-today-why-am-i-still-seeing-google-ads/448932 "2008-12-10T02:00:55Z")
I went ahead and dropped the 7 or 8 bucks for a couple months service, even though we’re going to free posting, thinking that at least I won’t be seeing any ads. But I’m still getting Google ads at the bottom of each th… --- ## [How to get best search results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-best-search-results/476021)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-best-search-results/476021 "2008-12-09T22:15:58Z")
The search function has always been quirky, and with a five minute wait between searches it’s important to get it right. So it’s frustrating not to be able to find an old thread that you KNOW is in there somewhere, often… --- ## [Euthanasiast has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasiast-has-been-suspended/476277)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasiast-has-been-suspended/476277 "2008-12-08T18:39:09Z")
Euthanasiast has been suspended for a week for posts 62 and 66 in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496205&page=2 … which violated this rule: “By subscribing to the Straight Dope Messag… --- ## [Forum view not updating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-view-not-updating/476106)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-view-not-updating/476106 "2008-12-07T06:31:44Z")
I just posted in a thread (in MPSIMS, incidentally), and although the post shows up when I browse the actual thread, no amount of refreshing will make the forum list acknowledge that anything has been added to that threa… --- ## [tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tags/466470)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tags/466470 "2008-12-07T03:49:22Z")
testing my tags --- ## [Could the SDMB Archives index be made downloadable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-sdmb-archives-index-be-made-downloadable/476047)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-sdmb-archives-index-be-made-downloadable/476047 "2008-12-06T22:11:31Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php Or is this proprietary information? I would love to be able to scan through these thread titles. Unfortunately I don’t have broadband, so there’s simply too many pag… --- ## [Search issues. "lizard breath"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-issues-lizard-breath/475905)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-issues-lizard-breath/475905 "2008-12-06T21:56:11Z")
… does not return threads only with the entire string “lizard breath”, but rather all threads with the word “lizard” and the word “breath” in them. I don’t think this should be correct search behavior, as it severely cra… --- ## [Jerry -- thanks for fixing the clock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-thanks-for-fixing-the-clock/476005)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-thanks-for-fixing-the-clock/476005 "2008-12-06T15:49:26Z")
Or whatever the hell it is that was out of whack after the Big Upgrade. I’m talking about the thing that indicates which threads have had action since the last time I was online. For a while there, it reset after about 1… --- ## [The Creative Loafing "Family"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creative-loafing-family/475893)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creative-loafing-family/475893 "2008-12-06T04:13:20Z")
I’m asking this in ATMB, as it seems to fit best here, but I can see it as GQ or possibly even MPSIMS. Move it as you see fit, guys. As I understand it, Creative Loafing Media owns six alternative weekly newspapers, wi… --- ## [Database problem with search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-problem-with-search/475856 "2008-12-05T15:52:44Z")
When I tried to perform a search just now, I got the following error message: Of course, when I tried again, it told me I had to wait another 273 seconds, so I read some more posts, then tried to search again and got t… --- ## [Trojan Horse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-horse/475437)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-horse/475437 "2008-12-05T13:32:09Z")
My Avast antivirus started throwing fits this evening as I browsed the Dope - lots of malicious temporary internet files showing up, and the installation without consent of some toolbar called ‘Mirar’. Anybody else havin… --- ## [Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/475584)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends/475584 "2008-12-04T02:28:51Z")
What’s this feature do? --- ## [Why don't we have a favicon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-favicon/475069)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-favicon/475069 "2008-12-03T21:26:36Z")
Title pretty much nails it. Why is my favorites list just have that generic IE icon for the Dope, why not something clever like most sites have? --- ## [No credit card, no paypal - need help from Dutch dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-credit-card-no-paypal-need-help-from-dutch-dopers/475544)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-credit-card-no-paypal-need-help-from-dutch-dopers/475544 "2008-12-03T18:44:23Z")
Salutations! I don’t have a credit card, and I don’t have a paypal account. Is there anyone located in The Netherlands who could help me out transferring the yearly 15$ ? I will transfer the money to your account, if yo… --- ## [I am sure this is here somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sure-this-is-here-somewhere/475469)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sure-this-is-here-somewhere/475469 "2008-12-03T05:30:50Z")
But I cant find it. What is the consistent problem with load times and access to the board- from multiple computers and internet stations, should that come up…? I think i echo a few folks in stating that I access from … --- ## [can't find a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-a-thread/475438)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-a-thread/475438 "2008-12-03T02:04:18Z")
Maybe I’m just stupid but I can’t find a thread I was reading last night. Search doesn’t seem to bring it up either. It was the thread from the guy who works in a maximum security mental institution. Maybe it was deleted… --- ## [Question about, er, trolls, I guess.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-er-trolls-i-guess/475364)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-er-trolls-i-guess/475364 "2008-12-02T21:10:39Z")
In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10520022#post10520022 Everybody pretty much assumes that the OP is in jest (a polite way of saying you-know-what) and the answers are all over the pl… --- ## [Google search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-search/475041 "2008-12-01T15:35:51Z")
I’m sure I remember reading that Google searching would be enabled for the Dope. It’s never appeared in any Google search I’ve done, so: Does my memory serve me well? If so, has it been implemented? If it hasn’t, will… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474607)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474607 "2008-12-01T11:36:57Z")
Ignore this --- ## [Are Guests ever going to be upgraded to members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083 "2008-12-01T00:56:41Z")
Just wondering whether us free-loaders are going to be upgraded so we can have info like post counts/location in our posts. Don’t get me wrong, i love that i can post for free, but I’m sure some of us would like to have… --- ## [Possible New Glitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-glitch/473636)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-glitch/473636 "2008-11-26T15:17:49Z")
Twice today when I clicked on a thread, I received the same database-error message that appeared the last time the Board went down. I’ve not seen this message since that occasion. Both times today, I hit the Back button … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496 "2008-11-26T03:32:14Z")
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