# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=284 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 285 --- ## ["You last visited" resets when idle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-last-visited-resets-when-idle/387645)
**Author:** [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-last-visited-resets-when-idle/387645 "2008-07-05T04:38:40Z")
I guess the title doesn’t make much sense, so let me explain what I mean… BTW, this isn’t something particularly new, but I just finally decided to ask about it. I generally peruse the boards 2 or 3 times a day, and re… --- ## [New Moderator in The Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-the-game-room/455064)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-the-game-room/455064 "2008-07-04T20:10:23Z")
InvisibleWombat has joined the Straight Dope staff and will be starting in The Game Room, effective now. We’re happy to have him working with us. Please make him welcome as your newest \[del\]jackbooted Nazi thug\[/del\] m… --- ## [So this board is post-free...what do I gain from subscribing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-board-is-post-free-what-do-i-gain-from-subscribing/455032)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-board-is-post-free-what-do-i-gain-from-subscribing/455032 "2008-07-04T16:00:25Z")
I left the site for a year due to financial difficulty and when my income stabilized I just immediately re-subscribed and found out that the board is free to post… Not that I really regret subscribing… (PayPal sent me U… --- ## [SDMB Free Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020)
**Author:** [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020 "2008-07-04T12:49:25Z")
If the SDMB is now free, how come I had to pay to rejoin? --- ## [How do I quote multiple members in a response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-multiple-members-in-a-response/454823)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-multiple-members-in-a-response/454823 "2008-07-03T20:50:41Z")
I’m ashamed to admit this, but I don’t know how to quote more than one person in a response. I certainly don’t want to have to post 3 responses by using ‘reply’ 3 different times. Please show me how to do this. --- ## [Opera Browser and SDMB spoiler boxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-and-sdmb-spoiler-boxes/454627)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-and-sdmb-spoiler-boxes/454627 "2008-07-03T03:28:44Z")
Recently I downloaded Opera. While browsing the SDMB using it, I noticed spoiler boxes didn’t seem to function properly. They presented as white text on black background without any action on my part to highlight them. I… --- ## [Account help for IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/account-help-for-ivorytowerdenizen/454984)
**Author:** [@Moment\_Slayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moment_Slayer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/account-help-for-ivorytowerdenizen/454984 "2008-07-02T03:55:37Z")
Hi- I am posting from my husband’s account because I cannot access my account. I made some changes early this morning that required response to a confirmation email. I never received the email- so I cannot post(!!!), s… --- ## [Fuck test.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-test/454760)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-test/454760 "2008-06-30T21:31:58Z")
fuck Fuck FUCK FUCK! FUCK! \[QUOTE=TheFury\] The only reason I started this thread in the pit was not because I was interested in blasting America in any way, shape or form. I justed wanted to write the word “fuck” w… --- ## [Obama/McCain Locations--a bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-mccain-locations-a-bad-idea/453092)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-mccain-locations-a-bad-idea/453092 "2008-06-30T20:07:13Z")
The SDMB has been polarized before, but this is, frankly, getting creepy. I am deeply concerned about divisiveness tearing this Board apart. I’ve been a member since 1999, & have a long-term, vested concern with the SD… --- ## [Did QED get bumped off the SDSAB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-qed-get-bumped-off-the-sdsab/454734)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-qed-get-bumped-off-the-sdsab/454734 "2008-06-30T13:06:27Z")
…or was he never there to begin with? :confused: --- ## [SD spam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-spam/454639)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-spam/454639 "2008-06-29T13:15:40Z")
I have just received this email. As far as I can tell, there is no researcher80. I have not clicked on the links, apart from the ‘thread is located at’ one, which does take me to the thread. I have disabled all links, fo… --- ## [The Game Room is a very flawed forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-room-is-a-very-flawed-forum/453767)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-room-is-a-very-flawed-forum/453767 "2008-06-26T19:45:33Z")
I’m not one to complain about the administration of this board (and I’m not trying to sound like a whiny bitch here, I’m just offering one opinion, for what it’s worth) but I feel like the Game Room is a problematic foru… --- ## [And Now Pop-up Ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-pop-up-ads/453695)
**Author:** [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-pop-up-ads/453695 "2008-06-25T21:38:48Z")
When I came to the Board several minutes back I saw a pop-up ad launch. (And quickly killed it - I’m on dialup and loathe anything that needlessly scarfs my meager resources.) Is this to be part of the Brave New Doper W… --- ## [SDMB notification with chain letter for money???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-notification-with-chain-letter-for-money/453958)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-notification-with-chain-letter-for-money/453958 "2008-06-24T22:10:30Z")
I received what appeared at first to be a standard SDMB notification that there had been a post to a thread to which I had subscribed. It has the standard text including the putative poster’s username and a link to the… --- ## [Why no universal link to the Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-universal-link-to-the-board/453979)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-universal-link-to-the-board/453979 "2008-06-24T14:41:20Z")
Apologies if this has been done before. On occasion, I’ll find myself on a page that has no link back to the Board. What I mean is that, for example, if I run a search that turns up no results, or if I click on a user’s… --- ## [Now we can't search for four letter words either?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-we-cant-search-for-four-letter-words-either/453655)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-we-cant-search-for-four-letter-words-either/453655 "2008-06-24T14:07:21Z")
I just ran a search for Last Comic Standing. Actually I just searched for ‘last comic.’ The search, which took 51.48 seconds, told me, “The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not inc… --- ## [Banned time2pwn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-time2pwn/453897)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-time2pwn/453897 "2008-06-23T11:48:12Z")
Returing Guest, Transcendence. --- ## [I suggest closing this message board for a few weeks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suggest-closing-this-message-board-for-a-few-weeks/453648)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suggest-closing-this-message-board-for-a-few-weeks/453648 "2008-06-22T20:12:59Z")
I’ve grown concerned over the time some of my fellow dopers spend reading (or posting) on this board. According to my math, some do little else in their lives (and that’s including biological needs!) which implies they h… --- ## [Bold not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808 "2008-06-22T20:06:44Z")
Bold not working? The bold function doesn’t seem to work. I’ve also noticed the bolding of OP titles in the fora isn’t working either, so I can’t really tell what’s new and which ones have new replies. Is it just me? (… --- ## [Help finding a thread (that may not exist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-thread-that-may-not-exist/453697)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-thread-that-may-not-exist/453697 "2008-06-22T17:45:32Z")
I want to find out if Christopher Hitchens’ book “God is Not Great” has been discussed. Problem is, the words which would normally help to find it, are under the minumum character count for SDMB searches (‘God’ and ‘No… --- ## [Closing Test (Various Locations)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-test-various-locations/453507)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-test-various-locations/453507 "2008-06-21T19:47:41Z")
Locations: L 1: varies in inverse proportion with momentum. L 2: http://rocwiki.org/ L 3: Rochester, New York - Wikipedia --- ## [Searching for Usernames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-usernames/453493)
**Author:** [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-usernames/453493 "2008-06-20T16:32:15Z")
Some time back, I saw a thread that showed how to search for usernames and get a whole list of usernames that were close to the one you searched. For example if you searched “Blue Peter” you would get all usernames that … --- ## [Subscription $$$ AND advertisements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-and-advertisements/453318)
**Author:** [@scrambledeggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scrambledeggs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-and-advertisements/453318 "2008-06-19T00:19:35Z")
I notice there are advertisements on this board–and to my surprise, you have to pay to subscribe here. Why does the board need both subscription AND advertisement revenue? Never seen that before, on an internet forum. --- ## [Is there any update yet on the status of the board changes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-update-yet-on-the-status-of-the-board-changes/452008)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-update-yet-on-the-status-of-the-board-changes/452008 "2008-06-18T00:16:07Z")
It is June now and like many dopers I am curious about the status of the board changes, everything from the free posting to the new servers and maybe a software update. Is there a timetable at this point? A new estimate… --- ## [sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/453232)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/453232 "2008-06-17T19:47:34Z")
beep --- ## [Spoiling weekly reality shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiling-weekly-reality-shows/452656)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiling-weekly-reality-shows/452656 "2008-06-16T15:15:07Z")
Over in this thread, I goofed, and spoiled aspects of the latest episode of The Mole when the show finished its East Coast airing, forgetting that West Coasters still hadn’t seen it. About 24 hours later, C K Dexter Have… --- ## [Search attempts count or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-attempts-count-or-not/452935)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-attempts-count-or-not/452935 "2008-06-14T20:32:22Z")
Re the 300 second delay between searches: if I accidently try to search 295 seconds after my last search, does the attempt count against me? (I have to wait an additional 300 seconds?) --- ## [Question on the "Obama Country" location thread (Mod warning related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-obama-country-location-thread-mod-warning-related/452174 "2008-06-14T09:04:30Z")
Based this thread and on the mod warning (with Marley23 request to bring it to ATMB) . . . I gotta ask. . . what gives? Make me number two of who’s feeling whooshed. (Mosier is number one.) Tripler I’m still voti… --- ## [Expensive v. Cheap threads in different forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-v-cheap-threads-in-different-forums/452746)
**Author:** [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-v-cheap-threads-in-different-forums/452746 "2008-06-13T18:36:30Z")
General Questions, IMHO and MPSIMS are closely related threads, spawned from the original thread GQ. The spawn have been relocated, once each. Could a kindly mod please put them all in the same forum, please? Any one … --- ## [just testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/452783)
**Author:** [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/452783 "2008-06-13T07:58:44Z")
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