# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=323 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 324 --- ## [Mods/Admins: Can you fix this problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-can-you-fix-this-problem/370409)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-can-you-fix-this-problem/370409 "2006-08-27T17:34:55Z")
As the OP of the following post, I have sinned by inadvertenly posting a potentially rogue website in this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7720686#post7720686 In the opening post, can you remo… --- ## [Hey, there's at least one ambiguity in the board descriptions here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-at-least-one-ambiguity-in-the-board-descriptions-here/370256)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-at-least-one-ambiguity-in-the-board-descriptions-here/370256 "2006-08-27T12:15:16Z")
The GQ description says GQ is only for factual questions. The CS description says its for any posts about art, culture, leisure, or entertainment. (Or some list to that effect, anyway.) But what about a factual questi… --- ## [What's the difference between member and Charter Member here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-member-and-charter-member-here/370334)
**Author:** [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-member-and-charter-member-here/370334 "2006-08-26T22:06:24Z")
I see that some are listed as members while other are listed as charter members What’s the difference ? …and what’s the difference between Administrators and moderators? --- ## [No more "Flag Thread" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-flag-thread/370126)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-flag-thread/370126 "2006-08-26T13:25:30Z")
What happened to the Flag/Report Post feature? I need to edit a thread title of my other post. --- ## [Jewish Smiley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-smiley/370130)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-smiley/370130 "2006-08-25T20:23:51Z")
What happened to it? --- ## [Funniest mod annotation evah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-mod-annotation-evah/370019)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-mod-annotation-evah/370019 "2006-08-25T01:21:30Z")
In Cafe Society: --- ## [Why vcan't I know about the Fonz? (Board problem)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-vcant-i-know-about-the-fonz-board-problem/369938 "2006-08-25T00:30:46Z")
In Cafe Society, I just clicked on the link titled “Was The Fonz a Virgin?” and got the following response: I am not trying to do either of those things, just view the page. Other threads are working just fine. What … --- ## [preview pane sizing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-pane-sizing/369943)
**Author:** [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-pane-sizing/369943 "2006-08-24T18:05:13Z")
How do I increase the size of the preview pane when I mouseover threads in firefox? --- ## [¡ ásçìï çöðès for Special Characters using PCs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascii-codes-for-special-characters-using-pcs/586)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascii-codes-for-special-characters-using-pcs/586 "2006-08-24T17:05:10Z")
This subject comes up with a certain frequency: How do we type in non-English letters and special symbols? I am not familiar with Macs, although I understand that some of these characters are easily available directly f… --- ## [What does MMP stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mmp-stand-for/369285)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mmp-stand-for/369285 "2006-08-23T01:06:25Z")
I’ve seen this a few times. --- ## [No posting about how to sucessfully commit crimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-posting-about-how-to-sucessfully-commit-crimes/369681)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-posting-about-how-to-sucessfully-commit-crimes/369681 "2006-08-22T23:17:12Z")
I was going to ask in GQ about whether a certain method of smuggling contraband on a plane would work, but then I realized the potential inappropriateness of this. What is the board’s policy on discussions of this type? --- ## [User title questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-title-questions/369635)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-title-questions/369635 "2006-08-22T20:25:21Z")
I’ve been rummaging through old threads and have questions about the user title under usernames. Firstly, have I got these right? Perfect Master - obviously! Administrator, Moderator, Banned - self-evident SDSAB - peo… --- ## [Name That Machine thread unlisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-machine-thread-unlisted/369539)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-machine-thread-unlisted/369539 "2006-08-21T03:03:34Z")
I posted to this thread in Cafe Society. When I went to check for replies, I noticed that it simply isn’t listed on the CS page. I found it again by looking at my post listings. Stealth threads ? --- ## [Testing My Code-fu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-code-fu/369508)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-code-fu/369508 "2006-08-21T00:39:58Z")
After more than three decades in Hell I moved back to the state where I spent my childhood I now live in a bucolic little town where birds chirp daily and the tourists are as thick as flies on pie. The winter is less in… --- ## [At least 60 seconds between posts? since when?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691 "2006-08-19T14:38:03Z")
So I’m really cruising today, and I got off a post, and skimmed to another forum, and opened a thread, and snapped off another post, and… Since when? and why this unnatural restraint on speedy ripostes? it hinders cr… --- ## [missing threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-threads/369273)
**Author:** [@jimbeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbeam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-threads/369273 "2006-08-19T13:50:24Z")
I’m sure there’s a logical explanation but how/why/where did this thread go: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384360 It had to do with “what’s wrong with the SDMB”? I’m sure I overlooked or missed … --- ## [How long to post vs update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-post-vs-update/369059)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-post-vs-update/369059 "2006-08-19T01:56:41Z")
Maybe not a clear title. Does anyone know the relative times (under good conditions) for a post to be entered in the db vs the poster seeing it updated? I ask because I hit reply just now, decided to add something while … --- ## [Use of real names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-real-names/368660)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-real-names/368660 "2006-08-18T23:44:42Z")
In a recent Pit thread, one participant uses another participant’s real first name, at which point the second participant asks if that isn’t against the rules. The thread was then closed without the moderator editing out… --- ## [IE 7.0 crashing often on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-7-0-crashing-often-on-site/368588 "2006-08-16T22:08:03Z")
I am running IE 7.0 and lately it has been crashing a lot (only on this site). It usually happens after opening an external link in a new window, then after closing that window I get an IE error message and the whole thi… --- ## [Bug report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-report/367729)
**Author:** [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-report/367729 "2006-08-16T21:27:13Z")
Using XP Windows with IE6 on a public computer. Open two windows of separate threads of SDMB. Log in on window 1. Reply to a thread. Open window 2 which is not logged in. Type reply. SDMB asks for log in information W… --- ## [Why can't we edit OUR posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-our-posts/368436)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-edit-our-posts/368436 "2006-08-16T19:08:16Z")
Some boards do allow this, and can indicate when the post was edited. So, why not allow a member in good standing with SD edit his/her post? --- ## [What's the planned future direction of the SDMB board by the Chicago Reader & Cecil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556 "2006-08-16T17:13:49Z")
Just curious. It’s been a while since I remember any discussion on the state of the board fiscally & hardware-wise. Any plans? Let sleeping boards lie? What? --- ## [Would it be useful to make a thread's OP's screenname a different color?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-useful-to-make-a-threads-ops-screenname-a-different-color/367346)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-useful-to-make-a-threads-ops-screenname-a-different-color/367346 "2006-08-16T15:12:56Z")
It seems when you’re reading those mammoth, six-page threads, sometimes you forget who started the damn thing, which sometimes makes a difference when you’re reading what they’re saying on page six. Would it be possible… --- ## [different colors for different forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colors-for-different-forums/368862)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colors-for-different-forums/368862 "2006-08-16T04:52:25Z")
It often happens that people post in the wrong forum. How often do you see comments like: “oops, sorry–I just realized this is GD , not the Pit.” Or a moderator’s note like “GQ is not the place for political opinions” … --- ## [IE crashes only on this site.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-crashes-only-on-this-site/368763)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-crashes-only-on-this-site/368763 "2006-08-15T21:08:41Z")
So is anybody elses IE crashing on the SDMB tonight? When I open a thread and spend time reading it (maybe 2 minutes into it), IE will just crash for no reason with the classic debug screen. And when I try to do a search… --- ## [Why is the SDMB trying to run Quicktime each time I open a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833 "2006-08-15T18:10:05Z")
I’m using IE 7.0, so there may be a bug of some kind that they haven’t ironed out yet, but every thread I open gives me the following message on a yellow bar at the top of the window: So what’s the deal? --- ## [How do I code a URL without showing the actual URL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-code-a-url-without-showing-the-actual-url/368756)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-code-a-url-without-showing-the-actual-url/368756 "2006-08-15T03:04:48Z")
Meh, I am learning, slowly, but I have yet to understand this. When someone wants to add a link, instead of showing the http://www.kaiwikisslow.com it shows up in the post as simply kaiwik is slow. I am probably making … --- ## [Abbreviations, in-jokes and references you don't recognize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-in-jokes-and-references-you-dont-recognize/368085)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations-in-jokes-and-references-you-dont-recognize/368085 "2006-08-14T22:34:34Z")
What is an MMP? --- ## [Too many stickies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-stickies/368451)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-stickies/368451 "2006-08-13T00:50:54Z")
Don’t you think there are to many stickies on this forum? It’s almost half the page. Could some of them be merged into a single message? eg a technical issues FAQ combining Why is this website slow? Search IDs expire … --- ## [It it me or... (re: Board loading speed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-me-or-re-board-loading-speed/368212)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-me-or-re-board-loading-speed/368212 "2006-08-12T17:59:44Z")
does the board seem to be running very erratically lately? I’ve noticed some rather long load times (even getting on the home page reading the articles there). Its almost like the bad old days when it took minutes to l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=324)