# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=303 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [The SDMB is still usually slow. Let's face it, that's never going to change, is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-still-usually-slow-lets-face-it-thats-never-going-to-change-is-it/409839)
**Author:** [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-still-usually-slow-lets-face-it-thats-never-going-to-change-is-it/409839 "2007-07-19T21:18:53Z")
I’m tired of cussing it, tired of hearing lip service about it, tired of paying for something that isn’t reliable. Why don’t y’all just cop to it and tell us. Don’t try that weasely crap about it being the user’s probl… --- ## [Setting up a Straight Dope teamspeak server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-straight-dope-teamspeak-server/411714)
**Author:** [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-straight-dope-teamspeak-server/411714 "2007-07-19T13:54:46Z")
Hello, Just wanted to know if there are any rules prohibiting setting up a dedicated Teamspeak (or Ventrilo) server for Dopers who wanted to have a bit of a chat? (The server would have to have an add/info notice on the… --- ## [Question for Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-czarcasm/412181)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-czarcasm/412181 "2007-07-18T21:12:57Z")
Czarcasm, you moved \[post=8787243\]The Diet Coke Phenomena\[/post\] from IMHO to Cafe Society. I can only assume this is because cooking is a recognized Cafe Society topic. How a thread about diet coke is related to cooking… --- ## [Which thread has the highest number of unique member posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thread-has-the-highest-number-of-unique-member-posts/411882)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-thread-has-the-highest-number-of-unique-member-posts/411882 "2007-07-18T13:12:56Z")
I don’t know if that’s the best way to phrase it, but you get the idea, don’t you? I raised the question at our gathering at the Chieftain last night – the conversation quickly moved on to something more interesting. The… --- ## [I don't get today's (7/9/07) Weird Earl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-todays-7-9-07-weird-earl/411078)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-todays-7-9-07-weird-earl/411078 "2007-07-17T20:22:06Z")
Sorry if this isn’t the right forum to post the question in, but could someone let me help me out with today’s link: Need an attorney? Need one bad? Here you go. I’m not sure what I’m missing. Is this a fellow Doper? Is… --- ## [If I did subscribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897)
**Author:** [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-did-subscribe/410897 "2007-07-17T19:40:16Z")
And, cards laid down on the table, I probably won’t, would I be able to change my username? --- ## [Pages loading-up blank. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-loading-up-blank-anyone-else/411682)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-loading-up-blank-anyone-else/411682 "2007-07-16T11:15:26Z")
For the past oh, I don’t know, ten days or so, I’ve had a lot of trouble once I log-in to the Board proper. When I click on a link, the server will go through its usual hiccups…only to take me to a blank page where it s… --- ## [time for a new Smilie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-smilie/410406)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-new-smilie/410406 "2007-07-14T20:52:09Z")
This only green. --- ## [Unca Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212 "2007-07-12T22:57:15Z")
Has He ever appeared in any of the forums? If not, why not? --- ## [I Do Believe I've Discovered a Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-believe-ive-discovered-a-glitch/411488)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-believe-ive-discovered-a-glitch/411488 "2007-07-12T15:20:33Z")
In this thread, I tried to make a post, but it wouldn’t show up. A post would be made, but there’d be no text. I figured out what caused it, but I don’t know if it’s glitch in vBulletin, or if it’s one of those tempora… --- ## [What is "shitthreading"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shitthreading/411484)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shitthreading/411484 "2007-07-12T11:45:40Z")
Could someone please add the following entry to the Board Glossary: . . . \*Shitthreading – basically, starting or posting to a thread about shit. Topics include questions relating to weight, colour, initial velocity,… --- ## [Quick question about the Edit function...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-the-edit-function/411090)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-the-edit-function/411090 "2007-07-10T18:51:56Z")
I went into a thread (as opposed to having it already open in another tab or window) and saw that the Edit button was still present in one of my posts. I clicked it fine, and used it. But when I saved my changes, I was… --- ## [Board crash for months long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-crash-for-months-long/411169)
**Author:** [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-crash-for-months-long/411169 "2007-07-10T13:33:26Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the smilie thread, so I’ll put the quote here. \[QUOTE=FisherQueen\] And for those who weren’t here, a few years ago, there was a months-long board crash, and the whole message board was relocated… --- ## [Quo Vadis, LumpyX?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quo-vadis-lumpyx/411080)
**Author:** [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quo-vadis-lumpyx/411080 "2007-07-09T19:37:36Z")
Just curious about what happened to the Great Debates thread titled “Western Muslims” (or maybe it was “Muslims in the West” or possibly “How the West was Muslim”). I sort of expected to never see the OP, LumpyX, again,… --- ## [Where should I put this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-put-this-thread/411063)
**Author:** [@Small\_British\_Shop\_Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_British_Shop_Owner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-put-this-thread/411063 "2007-07-09T18:04:56Z")
Well, not this thread, obviously. I’d like to have a bit of a wail about certain trends in modern society, which initially suggests the pit. However, I’d like to keep it polite, so perhaps MPSIMS. Then again, I’d like t… --- ## [question about post views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-post-views/410998)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-post-views/410998 "2007-07-09T17:27:57Z")
I know that when you post a new thread, it will list “1” as the number of views (ie, yourself). when is that updated? For example - there was a thread posted in the Pit today, I clicked on it shortly after it was open… --- ## [Anyone else find it weird that nobody is posting in MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-it-weird-that-nobody-is-posting-in-mpsims/411004)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-it-weird-that-nobody-is-posting-in-mpsims/411004 "2007-07-09T09:56:22Z")
Sorry for making two topics in this forum in one day but I couldn’t help but notice that nobody has made a reply in MPSIMS (one of the most high traffic forums on here) in about an hour. Or is this just on my computer? … --- ## [Question about the default posts per page setting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-default-posts-per-page-setting/410977)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-default-posts-per-page-setting/410977 "2007-07-08T19:32:12Z")
I like having my posts per page as high as it can go. The max, it seems, on here, is forty. That’s great. It’s really nice and puts a lot of posts on each page and cuts down on multiple pages. However, I couldn’t help … --- ## [We have childrens forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-childrens-forums/409230)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-childrens-forums/409230 "2007-07-08T18:50:05Z")
When you do an advanced search you can select which forum you want searched and there’s a box with a check mark in it that says “Also search in child forums”. Is there a Dope Jr out there somewhere that I’m unaware of? --- ## [What circumstances justify multiple threads on the same topic in one forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-circumstances-justify-multiple-threads-on-the-same-topic-in-one-forum/410787)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-circumstances-justify-multiple-threads-on-the-same-topic-in-one-forum/410787 "2007-07-07T12:03:46Z")
Between THREE Scooter Libby threads in the Pit, and BrainGlutton bumping TWO Sicko threads in Cafe Society with the same post, I thought I’d ask the question presented in the topic line. To put it another way, how diffe… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/410769)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/410769 "2007-07-07T00:03:15Z")
Just waiting for the explanation from Jerry… don’t mind me. --- ## [Mystery disappearing letter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-disappearing-letter/410643)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-disappearing-letter/410643 "2007-07-06T14:51:15Z")
From the subject line of my email notification: Are the senses stroner one at a time? And from the title of the actual post: Are the senses stronger one at a time? Cool, I guess, but how did the “g” get dropped? Isn’… --- ## [How to link to a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508)
**Author:** [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/410508 "2007-07-06T01:06:35Z")
This is probably a stupid question, but please bear with the n00b. I know how to link to a thread, but I don’t get how to do the link-to-a-post thing. I read the “Technical Issues for Posting” and “vB Code List” threads… --- ## [Testing title change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-title-change/410660)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-title-change/410660 "2007-07-05T22:18:31Z")
Testing title change. --- ## [Why are posters usually banned from this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-posters-usually-banned-from-this-message-board/409812)
**Author:** [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-posters-usually-banned-from-this-message-board/409812 "2007-07-05T01:54:18Z")
Every now and then I read a post and see that BANNED tag under the user name. And I think to my self, “pity, seems like a fine fellow to me”. Guess haven’t read the critical posts, but I wished I did because I always ge… --- ## [current figures on registered members and paid subscribers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093 "2007-07-04T04:35:14Z")
Wikipedia says SDMB has more than 61,000 registered members, of which about 3,500 are paid subscribers as of August 2005. Would anyone be able to cite current figures? The figures seem lopsided to me. I almost never s… --- ## [Archive questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-questions/410121)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-questions/410121 "2007-07-04T04:05:02Z")
I’ve probably missed something or been incredibly unobservant but has that “Archive” link at the bottom been there for a while, and does it contain all the posts from the beginning? I’ve searched in this forum on “archiv… --- ## [Upside Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-test/410240)
**Author:** [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-test/410240 "2007-07-02T20:25:03Z")
¡zʇıuzıɥs ɥǝʇ sı ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn “…ɐǝs ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ buısıɹ sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝ1dɯǝʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ıuıɯıq uI uıɐɹ ɟo ʇɥbıu puɐ ʎɐp ǝ1buıs ɐ uı ʞuɐs ʇI .sǝ1nɔɹǝɥ ɟo sɹɐ11ıd ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇuoɹɟ uı puɐ1sı uɐ sɐʍ ǝɹǝɥʇ” Here --- ## [Can the OP get a special icon or color for just that thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-op-get-a-special-icon-or-color-for-just-that-thread/410226)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-op-get-a-special-icon-or-color-for-just-that-thread/410226 "2007-07-02T20:20:27Z")
I believe it would be beneficial if (during the run of any particular thread) the OP of a thread (their username) could be different in some way. Either put an icon next to their username or maybe colorise the username.… --- ## [browser test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-test/409059)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-test/409059 "2007-07-02T03:52:43Z")
\[symbol\]Panopticon\[/symbol\] Panopticon Panopticon For some reason, these aren’t showing up in the symbol font for me. I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Windows 2000. What’s odd is that if I take the page’s source and dro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=304)