# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=316 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 317 --- ## [So, if I started a thread called, "A man walks into a talent agent's office."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-started-a-thread-called-a-man-walks-into-a-talent-agents-office/388151)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-started-a-thread-called-a-man-walks-into-a-talent-agents-office/388151 "2007-01-16T04:42:37Z")
…and asked Dopers to help continue the story, would that be better placed in CS or The Pit? I would think The Pit, because the content could be a little stronger than CS would allow. Would such a thread be allowed beca… --- ## [Abuse of moderator powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-of-moderator-powers/388053)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-of-moderator-powers/388053 "2007-01-16T01:02:45Z")
What should I do when a moderator abuses his powers? In a particular discussion I have stated my own point of view. The moderator in question does not agree with my opinion. Fair enough, that’s his right, it’s a free in… --- ## [Use of "The Straight Dope" in a TV commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-straight-dope-in-a-tv-commercial/387963)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-straight-dope-in-a-tv-commercial/387963 "2007-01-15T00:07:16Z")
Late last night I was watching Bravo™ network when a commercial came on for Nation magazine. Several times in the text they used the phrase “The Straight Dope.” Are they infringing on the Chicago Reader’s registered trad… --- ## [alt.fan.cecil-adams mentioned on slashdot.org](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-fan-cecil-adams-mentioned-on-slashdot-org/386595 "2007-01-14T18:45:15Z")
--- ## [New Server Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-server-questions/387872)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-server-questions/387872 "2007-01-14T18:34:46Z")
Please explain to me the new server. Are we using it now? What is the “Test?” If we’re not using it now, when can we expect it? --- ## [Spambots hitting the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spambots-hitting-the-sdmb/386141)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spambots-hitting-the-sdmb/386141 "2007-01-14T17:20:35Z")
I have noticed recently that spammers have hit the SDMB several times recently, it seems also that they are spam bots, that is computer programs that set an account automatically; but, are they spambots indeed or/and spa… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/387783)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/387783 "2007-01-14T00:17:04Z")
Test. --- ## [About that testing the new server thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-testing-the-new-server-thing/387854)
**Author:** [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-testing-the-new-server-thing/387854 "2007-01-13T23:21:24Z")
So I went over there and realized my password had fallen out of memory (and isn’t on my pw trackers). Request new pw. Get new pw. Change pw. Am being told I’m using wrong pw there. Don’t dare log out of here. Do I … --- ## [Searching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/386576)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/386576 "2007-01-13T04:48:04Z")
Can we only search back to the beginning of 2006 now? --- ## [Most posts by a member](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-posts-by-a-member/387759)
**Author:** [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-posts-by-a-member/387759 "2007-01-12T23:59:18Z")
Yeah. That’s it. An idle curiosity. Noticing Eve is up at 19,000+ got me wondering… --- ## [I really can't think of anything to say.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-cant-think-of-anything-to-say/387750)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-cant-think-of-anything-to-say/387750 "2007-01-12T21:14:02Z")
However, TubaDiva’s’s asked us to help out by posting, so here I am. If I think of anything to say in the next five minutes, you’ll be sure to hear about it. --- ## [Question about clicking on a profile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-profile/387665)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-profile/387665 "2007-01-12T04:51:44Z")
A few minutes ago, from the main forums page, I accidentally clicked on the name of the last poster, instead of the thread title. The profile of a completely different poster came up. I clicked on the names of the re… --- ## [Search isn't getting all results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-isnt-getting-all-results/387509)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-isnt-getting-all-results/387509 "2007-01-12T04:15:33Z")
I was searching for recent threads about The Office. I did an Advanced Search and kept all of the defaults except: \* Key Word(s): "the office" \* Search titles only \* selected Cafe Society only \* find posts from withi… --- ## [Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wee-sleekit-cowrin-timrous-beastie/385962)
**Author:** [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wee-sleekit-cowrin-timrous-beastie/385962 "2007-01-11T21:25:01Z")
OK, I admit it. In some matters, I wear a wide yellow stripe down my back. I’m not a luddite. I pay my bills online. I go inside a bank maybe twice a year because I get my money from a hole in its exterior wall. Wh… --- ## [Odd Board Behavior.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-board-behavior/387421)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-board-behavior/387421 "2007-01-10T23:38:17Z")
I tried to access the second page of a Thread, & it kept kicking me back to Page 1. In the past, this has been a sign that the SDMB is about to have problems. --- ## [Fastest banning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-banning/387309)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-banning/387309 "2007-01-10T17:40:55Z")
The recent “done-in-a-day” experience with sweetpoet amazed me that a putz can behave so poorly that he got banned the very day he joined. Apart from sock puppetry, what’s the record for fastest banning due to jaw-dropp… --- ## [Where Is Chicken Little - how come recent thread revivals don't result in panic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-chicken-little-how-come-recent-thread-revivals-dont-result-in-panic/387278)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-chicken-little-how-come-recent-thread-revivals-dont-result-in-panic/387278 "2007-01-09T14:50:52Z")
Have I missed a sticky? I notice that old threads are resurrected recently without the usual screeching complaints. Have I missed something or is the world coming to an end as the anti-zombie thread folk believe? --- ## [Is there any way to edit or remove your own post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-or-remove-your-own-post/386551)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-or-remove-your-own-post/386551 "2007-01-08T16:53:10Z")
Is there any way to edit a post you have made? --- ## [Is anyone else having trouble...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble/387120)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble/387120 "2007-01-08T05:43:48Z")
…accessing the Straight Dope homepage? :confused: --- ## ["Comment on this answer:" suggestion to help newbies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comment-on-this-answer-suggestion-to-help-newbies/385926)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comment-on-this-answer-suggestion-to-help-newbies/385926 "2007-01-07T18:05:53Z")
Onceuponatime, longlongago and farfaraway, I registered for this humble board, thinking it might be a good place to hang out and learn something. Then, overjoyed that Cecil, one of my heroes from books and articles deca… --- ## [Error message when I do a copy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-when-i-do-a-copy/387043)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-message-when-i-do-a-copy/387043 "2007-01-07T14:10:00Z")
When I do a copy from a message on the SDMB, I get the following error message: The prodedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL. The pop-up on which this me… --- ## [How do I subscribe to a thread w/o posting in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-subscribe-to-a-thread-w-o-posting-in-it/386677)
**Author:** [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-subscribe-to-a-thread-w-o-posting-in-it/386677 "2007-01-04T12:11:11Z")
I found an old “post your picture” thread that I can’t get through while I’m at work. I want to somehow bookmark it for an easy return without posting in it (it’s a zombie thread). And even if I did the zombie thing woul… --- ## [Thread missing? Man from japan found in apt 20 years after death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654 "2007-01-04T06:03:55Z")
There is a particular thread I wanted to find but can’t seem to find it. I wanted to see if Wikipedia had a story on it and if so how it would be written. A man was found 20 years after his death in an apartment in Jap… --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/386550)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/386550 "2007-01-03T18:55:23Z")
\[QUOTE=Imbed 1\] Test \[Quote=Imbed 2\] Test \[/quote\] \[/Quote\] \[/QUOTE\] Hey! It worked! --- ## [Could someone mod this please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-mod-this-please/386346)
**Author:** [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-mod-this-please/386346 "2007-01-01T23:24:15Z")
I’m not sure who I should be emailing so I figured I’d put a thread in here in the hopes that at least one mod would see it. I put a thread up asking what mask agents are and was careful (I thought) to specify that I di… --- ## [Thread wrangling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-wrangling/386224 "2007-01-01T14:43:09Z")
Is there a way to keep up with current threads after they have ‘fallen off’? I notice that they frequently return. Doe you have to bookmark them? Thanks --- ## [Are the numbers correct? Does CS really have 1.2 million posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-numbers-correct-does-cs-really-have-1-2-million-posts/385909)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-numbers-correct-does-cs-really-have-1-2-million-posts/385909 "2006-12-30T15:38:57Z")
I thought that Cafe Society had one of the least post counts (of the 6 major forumns) but the front page just said that it had over 1.233 million posts, right behind MPSIMS at 1.281 million. Zat right? --- ## [We should use an IPA replacement system to talk about phonetics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-use-an-ipa-replacement-system-to-talk-about-phonetics/385462)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-use-an-ipa-replacement-system-to-talk-about-phonetics/385462 "2006-12-30T08:54:56Z")
I was just reading the pronunciation of “Rodeo” thread in which Dopers spent many posts fumbling to explain to one another which exact phonetic sounds they were talking about. They found it difficult to specify exact sou… --- ## [Badchad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badchad/386090)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badchad/386090 "2006-12-30T06:57:51Z")
Badchad has been suspended for a month. --- ## [Can y'all modify the possible time parameters of a search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-yall-modify-the-possible-time-parameters-of-a-search/385923)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-yall-modify-the-possible-time-parameters-of-a-search/385923 "2006-12-29T16:27:43Z")
It’s a wee bit overdue. The time parameters on a search were set…oh, back in 2001 or so, IIRC. If you don’t want to search across the entire history of the SDMB, you can search older/newer starting from yesterday, 1 or… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=317)