# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=320 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 321 --- ## [Are YouTube links to copyrighted material acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-youtube-links-to-copyrighted-material-acceptable/378171)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-youtube-links-to-copyrighted-material-acceptable/378171 "2006-10-30T02:59:30Z")
For example, a clip of The Simpsons or a feature film or even a major sporting event. Since YouTube presumably doesn’t get formal clearance for this material, are we allowed to link to them, or will it get The Reader in… --- ## [Yeah, I know it's been done to death, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-know-its-been-done-to-death-but/375218)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-know-its-been-done-to-death-but/375218 "2006-10-30T02:08:02Z")
Where are all of the old posts? I’ve searched for things that I was proud to post to in the past (e.g. the original “Very Vaguely Creepy” thread) to no avail. I’m paying for this service now, so I wouldn’t (and have ne… --- ## [Deleted (or at least missing) threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-or-at-least-missing-threads/378268)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-or-at-least-missing-threads/378268 "2006-10-29T02:39:25Z")
Have they started deleting some of the old threads? Case in point: there were a few from waaaaaay back in '00, '01, and '02 that I used to re-read for a chuckle. And now it seems those threads have been deleted since … --- ## [Cecil's Columns #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-2/377231)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-2/377231 "2006-10-27T04:11:04Z")
I’m curious to know what is the sequence of actions taken upon receipt of potential questions for the Cecil Adams Column. Who looks at the questions first? Are any discarded immediately because they are too easy, uninte… --- ## [Mouseover problems with Firefox 2.0?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-problems-with-firefox-2-0/377925)
**Author:** [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-problems-with-firefox-2-0/377925 "2006-10-27T03:58:15Z")
I upgraded Firefox on Monday from 1.5.something to 2.0. Today I noticed that I’m not seeing the first part of the OP when I mouseover thread titles any more. I don’t know if this is new today, or if it was happening th… --- ## [Can I get my username fixed? My email isn't working...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-my-username-fixed-my-email-isnt-working/377824)
**Author:** [@Br\_er\_Lapin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Br_er_Lapin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-my-username-fixed-my-email-isnt-working/377824 "2006-10-26T07:36:11Z")
I realize this is an issue to be done over email, but I’m having problems sending emails off (as in, I can’t), so hopefully this catches an admin’s attention… Anyway, apparently I’m a dunce and it’s taken me four years … --- ## [Deleted Columns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-columns/377609)
**Author:** [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-columns/377609 "2006-10-25T14:03:40Z")
This may just be a brain cramp on my part. If so, I do apologize. I seem to remember a column (I can’t remember whether it was Cecil’s or a Staff Report) that made reference to a cave in Africa that may or may not be t… --- ## [Why is it that when I post.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-when-i-post/377598)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-when-i-post/377598 "2006-10-24T18:44:46Z")
… and hit “Reply”, and then click on Email Notify and Use Signature, and then compose my Reply in the nice gray box, when I Preview the post and go to actually POST it, the box for " Show Your Signature" is always UnClic… --- ## [I'm a newbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-newbie/377585)
**Author:** [@MamaBear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaBear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-newbie/377585 "2006-10-24T15:47:54Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: I’m about to post an important question, and wanted to be sure I know how to post, first. --- ## [Spoiler Box Font Size Issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-box-font-size-issues/377581)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-box-font-size-issues/377581 "2006-10-23T21:54:58Z")
Just testing this out… Huh…yup, that’s the case. Odd. Let’s try something here… Wierd…I first set it to a font size of 2 (standard size) and it was still large. But when I set it to 1, it went to normal, not to the us… --- ## [Test/ New to Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-new-to-board/377244)
**Author:** [@ReneePhillips10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReneePhillips10)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-new-to-board/377244 "2006-10-23T20:07:59Z")
Hello Everyone, Just looking around…testing this out. Looks like a great place to post to. :slight\_smile: Hope to meet alot of you and join in on some talks… Thanks --- ## [practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/377458)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/377458 "2006-10-22T23:00:29Z")
practice --- ## [2 tiered internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-tiered-internet/376969)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-tiered-internet/376969 "2006-10-22T02:50:39Z")
Does the Straight Dope have a stance on the 2 tied internet rules that are being pushed in legislation ? It would seem to me it could have a direct impact on the Dope and Dopers. --- ## [Underbelly, The next 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underbelly-the-next-9-11/377352)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underbelly-the-next-9-11/377352 "2006-10-21T18:38:50Z")
Is this add on the bottom of every thread for everyone now? Either they bought a ton of advertising space/time with google, or it’s something on my comptuer, I just want to make sure everyone else is getting as well. --- ## [Mr. Davis, can you tell us what the problem was, so we can better report next time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-davis-can-you-tell-us-what-the-problem-was-so-we-can-better-report-next-time/377349)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-davis-can-you-tell-us-what-the-problem-was-so-we-can-better-report-next-time/377349 "2006-10-21T16:53:12Z")
Thank you for another quick fix on a weekend. This always seems to happen on a Friday or Saturday. I think this is the third time with this problem in the last 6 months. For us Techies, could you please let us know what … --- ## [Cecil's Columns #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-columns-1/377213 "2006-10-20T18:09:15Z")
There is an extant and scurrilous rumour that Cecil’s Columns do not in fact exist. Slanderous untruths like this must be eliminated without delay. Please confirm that the front of the Chicago Reader building is support… --- ## [Do Moderators Keep a list of Doper Warnings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moderators-keep-a-list-of-doper-warnings/375718)
**Author:** [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-moderators-keep-a-list-of-doper-warnings/375718 "2006-10-20T12:18:25Z")
Moderator says to Doper A “You have been warned about this once – don’t do it again” Do moderators keep a list that says : “Doper A was warned April 6th about Copyright infringements told not to do it again” or Is it … --- ## [The SD is always slow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sd-is-always-slow/377111)
**Author:** [@Sweet\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sd-is-always-slow/377111 "2006-10-20T04:13:43Z")
Am I the only one who has this problem? I’ve been a member since last November, and one of the reasons I don’t post more often is that there is usually only about a 50% chance of the page loading for me. Now, I regularly… --- ## [Linking to your own website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-your-own-website/377099)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-your-own-website/377099 "2006-10-19T15:54:33Z")
Just want to check the rules on this before I do it. Are there any rules forbidding linking to your own website? I have set up a website in which I discuss a certain controversial issue. I state my own opinion on the ma… --- ## [Why was this thread closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/376821)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-thread-closed/376821 "2006-10-19T14:54:33Z")
Curiosity has gotten the better of me. I was trying to find a thread I thought I had subscribed to but that I never got any responses from. I couldn’t find it searching, so I looked in my user CP. No subscribed threads.… --- ## [What happened to search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-search/376781)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-search/376781 "2006-10-18T20:35:24Z")
Ever since I’ve been coming here, the search function up on the main menu bar there–right between new posts and quick links–has had a little arrow next to it that’d bring up a quick search box; alternatively, there was a… --- ## [How do you do “exact phrase” searches on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-exact-phrase-searches-on-this-board/376806)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-exact-phrase-searches-on-this-board/376806 "2006-10-18T17:51:35Z")
The search function on SDMB finds threads with any of the keywords entered. There are times when I want to find something with all the keywords or the exact phrase. Google lets you use quotes for an exact phrase, but t… --- ## [Clock test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clock-test/376655)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clock-test/376655 "2006-10-17T14:11:42Z")
I’'m posting this at 1:25 pm, Monday Oct. 16. EDT. No, really. --- ## [Excalibre has been suspended.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excalibre-has-been-suspended/376669)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excalibre-has-been-suspended/376669 "2006-10-16T19:24:08Z")
Starting today, Excalibre is on suspension for thirty days. Below is a list of some of his recent warnings. They are not meant to be a complete list of past warnings, just some examples. http://boards.straightdope.com… --- ## [What's with "Warning - PDF"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-warning-pdf/376594)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-warning-pdf/376594 "2006-10-16T18:24:09Z")
I’ve seen several instances of “Warning - PDF” statements on these boards. The first post in this thread is an example: The tone of this comes across as if a PDF was some sort of virus infested file that would swallo… --- ## [Is the Dope Clock off ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dope-clock-off/376587)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dope-clock-off/376587 "2006-10-16T14:32:37Z")
I just posted. It is 10:06 pm EST. My post, after I posted and I was back at the Forum page for Cafe Society, says I posted it at 8:06 pm. I thought the Atomic Doper Clock was set to Chicago Time, no? If so, how’d I lo… --- ## [Why no Weird Earl's forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-weird-earls-forum/376446)
**Author:** [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-weird-earls-forum/376446 "2006-10-15T23:04:11Z")
I figured that since the Wierd Earl’s link index is such a large fixture on the archives page, that there would be a forum dedicated to it. But I haven’t been able to figure out the best location to submit and discuss w… --- ## [Why can't I log into the SDMB from my home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062 "2006-10-13T15:33:09Z")
For the last week or so I cannot get here at all. I can get the front page, but that is it. I haven’t done anything new or added/taken off anything to my computer, but I am left to slog off to the library to see what k… --- ## [Straight Dope Subscription Help 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-subscription-help-2006/351473)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-subscription-help-2006/351473 "2006-10-10T02:47:28Z")
Please use this thread for all requests for Doper assistance with the subscription process. This includes assistance for those with no credit card or PayPal access as well as people who need help with the subscription … --- ## [Anyway to subscribe to a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-subscribe-to-a-thread/375677)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-subscribe-to-a-thread/375677 "2006-10-08T03:22:32Z")
Is there any way to subscribe to a thread you want to keep up with, without posting to it? Sometimes there is a thread I want to read, but have nothing worth saying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=321)