# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=273 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [Rule clarification question \[medical advice questions\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-question-medical-advice-questions/470714)
**Author:** [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-question-medical-advice-questions/470714 "2008-11-05T16:19:07Z")
Has the rule about giving medical advice been lifted? How does the rule work if it is still in place? Since it does not apply to actual doctors handing out direct medical advice via the board to people who are not their … --- ## [Threads are not showing the last posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-not-showing-the-last-posts/471166)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-not-showing-the-last-posts/471166 "2008-11-05T15:24:08Z")
For the last 20 minutes or so, threads are not reporting new posts in them, the main pages are not reporting the new posts and when one is replying the last posts do not show up in the preview window. --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/471167)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/471167 "2008-11-04T23:19:24Z")
htdrytd --- ## [Request for allowing one sock puppet per poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-allowing-one-sock-puppet-per-poster/470688)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-allowing-one-sock-puppet-per-poster/470688 "2008-11-04T03:41:36Z")
Not sure if vBulletin has the tools to allow this, but it would be good to have an alternate posting name, in addition to your regular one, so that you can ask questions of a more personal nature. e.g. I may want to ask… --- ## [Really weird search error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-weird-search-error/470892)
**Author:** [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-weird-search-error/470892 "2008-11-03T22:02:29Z")
Got this a few times now: A few things of note: There’s info about how the board is set up to run that a friend tells me could be used to hack in. The 71 bytes that broke the search function’s back? (And 134 meg is e… --- ## [Feature Request - Stars and Flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-request-stars-and-flags/470708)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-request-stars-and-flags/470708 "2008-11-03T18:31:17Z")
Assuming TSD will “stick around”… Would it be difficult to enable these 2 features, or just 1? Flags: They are like “ratings” for a topic. Positive or negative. Positive flags could be green and negatives can be red. O… --- ## [Daylight Saving Time? My time is messed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-my-time-is-messed-up/470654)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-my-time-is-messed-up/470654 "2008-11-03T08:43:27Z")
According to my UserCP Options, I have Daylight Saving automatically detected, and my timezone correctly chosen, but nevertheless it’s telling me the current time is actually an hour earlier (it says 10.08am, when it’s r… --- ## [Would allowing images hosted on other websites burden the SDMB servers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-allowing-images-hosted-on-other-websites-burden-the-sdmb-servers/470831)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-allowing-images-hosted-on-other-websites-burden-the-sdmb-servers/470831 "2008-11-03T07:03:23Z")
This is a factual question, and not a request for a feature. If the SDMB (or any message board for that matter) allowed images in posts, but only images that were hosted on other websites, e.g. photobucket.com, would th… --- ## [Should/can we prepare to rescue the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-we-prepare-to-rescue-the-sdmb/470004)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-can-we-prepare-to-rescue-the-sdmb/470004 "2008-11-01T03:26:17Z")
Ed Zotti says here that “the real question isn’t whether we’ll get this or that featured \[sic\] fixed, but whether we’ll continue at all,” because Creative Loafing, the parent company, is in bankruptcy proceedings. If so… --- ## [Search function not working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working/469624)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working/469624 "2008-10-31T10:04:32Z")
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1007 --- ## [Politics in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-in-gq/470212)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-in-gq/470212 "2008-10-31T02:43:10Z")
In the current General Questions thread Why aren’t sheep bothered by having their testicles ripped out?, Hampshire essays a joke in post #7, as follows: He is admonished for this in post #16 by Gfactor, who subsequentl… --- ## [Can someone help me find a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-find-a-thread/470061)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-find-a-thread/470061 "2008-10-30T20:46:49Z")
Search hates me, especially since it doesn’t like most of the words/abbrevs in the title (2 letters) and “best” is filtered for being to common. The thread was along the lines of “so what IS the US best at?” or some var… --- ## [What happened to seeing who has viewed your profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-seeing-who-has-viewed-your-profile/469044 "2008-10-29T13:20:24Z")
I wasn’t quite sure how to search for this, so I don’t know if it’s been already asked, but I can’t seem to find the area of my CP where it told me who’s been looking at my profile. Has it been disabled, and if so, why?… --- ## [Check show signature by default?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-show-signature-by-default/468703)
**Author:** [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-show-signature-by-default/468703 "2008-10-28T01:28:35Z")
Is it possible to have the “Show your signature” button checked by default? I often forget about it, and it’s annoying to have to go back and edit it in. There doesn’t seem to be any downside to doing it, either. --- ## [Are SDSAB members given some lee way with breaking the rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sdsab-members-given-some-lee-way-with-breaking-the-rules/469352)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sdsab-members-given-some-lee-way-with-breaking-the-rules/469352 "2008-10-27T23:53:03Z")
I think just about anyone would agree freak is a negatively charged word. However in this thread I was given a warning. Yet bricker who called me a freak was not. I just want clarification. Are some posters above the r… --- ## [Google Sitemaps for board crawling woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sitemaps-for-board-crawling-woes/468990)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sitemaps-for-board-crawling-woes/468990 "2008-10-26T22:32:32Z")
I see that letting the spiders on was crashing the board. I would suggest only allowing Google on during the test period. You can broadcast the board content to Google and specify certain properties for each page. The pa… --- ## [How to store PMs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-store-pms/469496)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-store-pms/469496 "2008-10-26T14:14:50Z")
My inbox is close (40/50) to getting filled. Being an anal-retentive, I’d like to file away all my PMs. (Not quite so anal-retentive as to have the same desire with my BMs.) Can you suggest where I can put them? NB: thi… --- ## [What has happened here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-here/469504 "2008-10-26T02:11:56Z")
Can someone tell me what this is about? http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489443 If the OP has been removed, why has my relationship to the thread not also been deleted? :confused: --- ## [Where do polls go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-polls-go/469589)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-polls-go/469589 "2008-10-26T02:07:53Z")
Please refresh my memory—where do polls go—IMHO or MPSIMS? I looked in the FAQ, but couldn’t find anything regarding this. --- ## [Proposal for a New Board Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-new-board-rule/469405)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-new-board-rule/469405 "2008-10-25T14:31:28Z")
Any chance that the moderators could consider the following rule for inclusion in the official rules? If a person can demonstrably prove that any reasonable group of people would find that X poster has, in regards to a … --- ## [The Barn Server](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-server/469404)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barn-server/469404 "2008-10-24T18:20:58Z")
This is a sincere question for Ed Zotti. Many Dopers run their own message boards. Instead of depending on outside support, most message board operators have learned, often by trial and error and a lot of experimentati… --- ## [Please let us quick reply without having to click an icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-us-quick-reply-without-having-to-click-an-icon/468382)
**Author:** [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-let-us-quick-reply-without-having-to-click-an-icon/468382 "2008-10-24T08:47:15Z")
That’s what made it quick. We could just start typing. I’d maybe understand if there were more than one “quick reply” option to choose from, but it seems there’s just the one. If we’re going to click a button, we migh… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/469165)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/469165 "2008-10-23T03:29:32Z")
I haven’t been able to post, just checking. --- ## [Boolean searching disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boolean-searching-disabled/469001)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boolean-searching-disabled/469001 "2008-10-22T19:00:07Z")
Ex: I tried searching “NOT Palin” and got every Palin thread. (I also tried searching the FAQ for “Boolean” which returned no matches). --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/469080)
**Author:** [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/469080 "2008-10-22T16:53:49Z")
Just a test --- ## [Test.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/468203)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/468203 "2008-10-22T14:54:28Z")
Test. --- ## [Looooong window between searches permanent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looooong-window-between-searches-permanent/468334)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looooong-window-between-searches-permanent/468334 "2008-10-21T15:37:10Z")
It gets kind of annoying when I search for something, don’t get the results I want, and go back to refine my search, only to realize that I have to wait five minutes to do so. It’s gotten so that I often just give up on … --- ## [Tiny fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459 "2008-10-19T20:14:41Z")
In the middle of creating a post, I copied and posted a reply from another window, and when I did that, the fonts all got really, really tiny. How do I change them back? --- ## ["Next Page" not showing new posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-page-not-showing-new-posts/468614)
**Author:** [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-page-not-showing-new-posts/468614 "2008-10-19T15:40:21Z")
Is it just me? For just the last couple of days, now when I move to the second page, threads with new posts aren’t bold, and the go-to-first-new-post buttons aren’t present. I count on these to know what I’ve read and no… --- ## [Proposal: Symbol menu in post window.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-symbol-menu-in-post-window/468470)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-symbol-menu-in-post-window/468470 "2008-10-19T15:09:05Z")
Would anyone like for there to be a menu of symbols that come in handy from time to time but which require the Windows character map or Alt-key combinations? I nominate the following: Alt0153 ™ (trademark) Alt0162 ¢ (c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=274)