# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=294 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 295 --- ## [Lapsed charter membership - anyway to reinstate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsed-charter-membership-anyway-to-reinstate-it/431473)
**Author:** [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsed-charter-membership-anyway-to-reinstate-it/431473 "2007-12-28T18:47:29Z")
Hello all! I just renewed my membership for another year and had a question for the mods: I’ve been a member of the straight dope message boards since almost from the day the lights were turned on, and was one of the or… --- ## [How come WILLASS doesn't have a post count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114)
**Author:** [@Bea\_Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bea_Spoke)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114 "2007-12-25T21:29:08Z")
on this thread: As a Charter Member, his/her count should show, shouldn’t it? --- ## [Test-help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-help/431018)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-help/431018 "2007-12-25T04:02:11Z")
Huh. I can no longer cut and paste photo urls from Photobucket. Is it just me? --- ## [The Ultimate Nitpick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-nitpick/431009)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-nitpick/431009 "2007-12-24T01:58:46Z")
If I try a new Search or to refresh New Posts, I receive the message: “This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds before submitting another search. You have 79 seconds to wait before another search will be allowed.” … --- ## ["Snipped", as in a reply.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipped-as-in-a-reply/431060)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipped-as-in-a-reply/431060 "2007-12-24T00:00:54Z")
Sometimes I’ll delete part of a message I reply to that isn’t relevant to my reply. I’ve seen others do the same, but they type “snip” or “snipped” in the reply. I don’t want to be rude, but I can’t find any information… --- ## [Custom title under user name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-title-under-user-name/431068)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-title-under-user-name/431068 "2007-12-23T23:51:16Z")
In this thread here Boyo Jim has a custom title under his name. when did this happen? How can i get one? --- ## [Straight Dope Hall of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-hall-of-fame/430942)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-hall-of-fame/430942 "2007-12-22T17:50:52Z")
This is probably not a new idea, as I’m typically not that original. But I’ll pitch it anyway. What I think the Board needs is a Hall of Fame of Classic Posts. Every now and then, someone types out a true gem of a post… --- ## [Stupidity at home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-at-home/430824)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-at-home/430824 "2007-12-22T16:45:27Z")
Can’t we lose this ad? Or add a pointer to all of those golden oldie Jack Dean Tyler threads that might still remain? Really. My fault for logging in on a 'puter without ad-blocking software, I guess. --- ## [Do old thread subscriptions affect board performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-old-thread-subscriptions-affect-board-performance/430938)
**Author:** [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-old-thread-subscriptions-affect-board-performance/430938 "2007-12-22T16:44:15Z")
I noticed that I have 900 thread subscriptions, because I never delete them. Only three are for currently active threads. Does having all these subscriptions (and notifications) affect board performance in any way? If… --- ## [Banned IP range, help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-ip-range-help/430428)
**Author:** [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-ip-range-help/430428 "2007-12-21T20:19:39Z")
My new workplace just recently, within the last month, bought a new range of IP addresses, and they came with an evil foreboding, for when I try to surf the Dope from work, it claims that my IP is banned! Who do I talk … --- ## [Why is the Pit just for hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-pit-just-for-hate/430182)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-pit-just-for-hate/430182 "2007-12-21T04:18:42Z")
I’ve recently noticed the (apparently routine) locking of a joke-pit thread, as well as a thread was deemed insufficiently angry – a mere “pity party.” I understand why all hate-filled rantings must go in the pit, but m… --- ## ['Teeming Millions'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions/429993)
**Author:** [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeming-millions/429993 "2007-12-21T01:25:21Z")
Is the expression ‘Teeming Millions’ taken from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or was it a common phrase prior to that? I read Dracula for the first time a few weeks ago, and that was the only other place I have seen TM mentione… --- ## [Simple Experimentation (test)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-experimentation-test/430583)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-experimentation-test/430583 "2007-12-19T16:16:15Z")
Yaddi yadda yah --- ## [I Messed Up...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514)
**Author:** [@SpunkyMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpunkyMonkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up/430514 "2007-12-18T22:58:23Z")
Somehow my thread got submitted 3 times in General Questions! I can’t remove it! Now what? :smack: :smack: --- ## [What's the rule for movie pirates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rule-for-movie-pirates/430203)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rule-for-movie-pirates/430203 "2007-12-17T19:30:44Z")
Maybe there’s another word for them. The people who take cameras into the theater and record a sneak preview or a trailer-are posting their Youtube videos allowed at the Dope? --- ## [So my temporary guest membership has expired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-temporary-guest-membership-has-expired/430076)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-temporary-guest-membership-has-expired/430076 "2007-12-15T18:38:45Z")
This is “newcrasher”. I tried to access my account and it will not let me post, saying something the effect that my temporary guest membership has expired. I did not get a renewal notice, or any notice that my membersh… --- ## [Titles, customized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-customized/430025)
**Author:** [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-customized/430025 "2007-12-14T20:04:25Z")
I apologize if I missed the thread or announcement regarding this…but what is up with BoyoJim’s title “Best of the Worst”? Are we experimenting with sponsored titles as a money-raiser as oft-suggested? --- ## [Registered User?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registered-user/429864)
**Author:** [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registered-user/429864 "2007-12-14T01:19:16Z")
As seen in this post, the poster isn’t a \*\*Guest \*\*or a \*\*Member \*\*or a Charter Member, but a Registered User. Is that something new? --- ## [Thread title changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-title-changes/429815)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-title-changes/429815 "2007-12-13T05:06:45Z")
It not infrequently happens that a thread is created with a problem title that later is fixed by a mod. It’s also common that one or more early posts pertain to the problem title, and thus wind up making little sense on… --- ## [Charter Member rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-rules/429817)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-rules/429817 "2007-12-13T04:48:16Z")
I put this here because it’s got a definite factual answer, but if it needs to go in ATMB someone can feel free to move it. Plus, that forum strikes me as the place where questions go to die. Anyway, I posted in this t… --- ## [Back to Normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776)
**Author:** [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normal/429776 "2007-12-13T02:16:50Z")
Am I the first post since the board came back online? --- ## [Stupid Newbie Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301)
**Author:** [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-newbie-question/429301 "2007-12-12T19:42:22Z")
I can’t get smilies to work, and damned if I can figure out what I’m doing wrong. The advice I was given was make sure the cursor is where I want the smile to appear, then click on it. I do that, and all that happens is… --- ## [Why can't we report our own posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598 "2007-12-11T13:52:55Z")
The hamsters were running way slow a while ago, and I screwed up and started the same MPSIMP thread twice. If somebody else had screwed up, there is the handy exclaimation point in the triangle providing a simple way to… --- ## [Question about a post I would like to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-post-i-would-like-to-make/429428)
**Author:** [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-post-i-would-like-to-make/429428 "2007-12-10T22:08:35Z")
I wanted to double check first and see if this was ok to post. Basically I’m going to be an editor on a team of editors of an online review site. I would like to post about that, but I don’t want to make it seem like I… --- ## [About this message board, and about my user name...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-message-board-and-about-my-user-name/429397)
**Author:** [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-message-board-and-about-my-user-name/429397 "2007-12-09T17:53:00Z")
When I joined this board a year or so ago, I joined at a time when I was having real difficulities on another message board with real hardcore stalker/trolls. It was a group of women who went out of their way to margina… --- ## [Anyone else Google the newest members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-google-the-newest-members/429152)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-google-the-newest-members/429152 "2007-12-08T00:53:50Z")
With a dated version of vBulletin and no captcha, the SDMB is quite vulnerable to spambots. From time to time, I’ll see a username that looks fishy. Google it, and it will appear as a new user on hundreds of message bo… --- ## [Is SDMB renewal email responsible for spam I receive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-renewal-email-responsible-for-spam-i-receive/428181)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-renewal-email-responsible-for-spam-i-receive/428181 "2007-12-07T16:07:30Z")
I recently established myself with a new ISP and email provider. This provider allows me to set up several email mailboxes. Since my previous email box somehow got on several spam lists, and was sent sophisticated spam… --- ## [Problem with starting threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-starting-threads/429085)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-starting-threads/429085 "2007-12-07T02:04:08Z")
I saw two threads in IMHO both with no OP, so just testing. ETA: OK, must have just been a coincidence. --- ## [Threads Getting Cut Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-getting-cut-off/428135)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-getting-cut-off/428135 "2007-12-06T20:28:26Z")
I’ve been noticing in a lot of threads, at least a half dozen or so, I can’t get them to fully load, with a post about halfway through the thread getting cut off and “vbmenu\_register(“postmenu\_9174145”, true);” being dis… --- ## [Report Post Link Missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-post-link-missing/428805)
**Author:** [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-post-link-missing/428805 "2007-12-06T16:11:35Z")
Why is there no Report Post Link on one’s own post? Do you realize how much trouble I went through to get that Leave A Message Box when there was no Report Post Link? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=295)