# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=325 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 326 --- ## [This is a test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-post/365791)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-post/365791 "2006-07-24T15:54:40Z")
http://www.christiandiscussionforums.org/v/search.php?searchid=54044 -FrL- --- ## [To the moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators/365521)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators/365521 "2006-07-23T13:37:42Z")
I’m a message board virgin. I’ve never browsed or posted on any message board before I found this one. So, ever since I started lurking on these boards more than four years ago, and finally joined this year, a question… --- ## [Test to see if posting privs are back ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-to-see-if-posting-privs-are-back/365530)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-to-see-if-posting-privs-are-back/365530 "2006-07-22T12:31:44Z")
test :slight\_smile: --- ## [SDMB Favicon Contest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935 "2006-07-21T00:58:40Z")
Is anybody interested in a contest to select a favicon for the SDMB links in your browser favorites? If we generated some good ones, maybe TPTB would adopt it as the official favicon for the forums. There are several f… --- ## [Search is not working for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-is-not-working-for-me/365254)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-is-not-working-for-me/365254 "2006-07-20T21:38:58Z")
Everytime I try to search the page just hangs untill I get a “server timed out error”. This has been going on for a few weeks. --- ## [Cost of the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-the-sdmb/364406)
**Author:** [@Kebert\_Xela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kebert_Xela)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-the-sdmb/364406 "2006-07-18T20:21:54Z")
What is the cost of upkeep and bandwidth for a message board like this in a year? --- ## [Sons of bitches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-bitches/365053)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-bitches/365053 "2006-07-18T20:00:51Z")
I know they’ve done this before, but: Yahoo! Answers: How much money (in US$) would I get if we divided up all the wealth in the world into equal amounts? Straight Dope: If the world’s wealth were divided equally, ho… --- ## [What triggers a default thread subscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-triggers-a-default-thread-subscription/365018)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-triggers-a-default-thread-subscription/365018 "2006-07-18T17:18:44Z")
Sometimes I see an interesting thread and explicitly subscribe to it. When I post to a thread, it appears that the Board automatically subscribes me to it. However, my User CP is showing me subscribed threads that I ha… --- ## [Why does Café Society have 4 mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cafe-society-have-4-mods/364840)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cafe-society-have-4-mods/364840 "2006-07-18T13:30:31Z")
IMHO has 2 as does MPSIMS. The Pit and GD have three each and GQ 4. I realize they are not unique to each forum, but we used to have \*\*Dex \*\* doing it alone and now there are a whole platoon of mods. Have we CS habitués… --- ## [Nitpicky: Change in Top Banner Link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpicky-change-in-top-banner-link/364881)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpicky-change-in-top-banner-link/364881 "2006-07-18T10:46:04Z")
In the past, when you would click on the “The Straight Dope” banner on the top of each page on the SDMB, you would be transferred to the Main SDMB Index Page. I used to use this to get to the index quickly when I was in… --- ## [T E S T T. E. S. T. T.e.s.t.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-e-s-t-t-e-s-t-t-e-s-t/364930)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-e-s-t-t-e-s-t-t-e-s-t/364930 "2006-07-17T22:41:54Z")
checking to see whether there’s a way to have caps in thread titles --- ## [Could the size of ATMB be made bigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-size-of-atmb-be-made-bigger/364794)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-size-of-atmb-be-made-bigger/364794 "2006-07-17T21:48:58Z")
It’s just that with the amount of stickies in here now, there’s only three spaces for actual alive threads. Could ATMB be expanded so more of the newer threads are visible? --- ## [Does Uncle Cecil read His SD Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-uncle-cecil-read-his-sd-board/364450)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-uncle-cecil-read-his-sd-board/364450 "2006-07-15T13:29:43Z")
It’s surprising that there are some HOT topics under General Questions; yet, Uncle Cecil remains unresponsive. Does Uncle Cecil read his own board, or (very often) just continue recycling the same old questions on the h… --- ## [Monkey Butlers is gone?!!! Say it isn't so!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-butlers-is-gone-say-it-isnt-so/363505)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-butlers-is-gone-say-it-isnt-so/363505 "2006-07-14T23:55:57Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37864 What happened to it? --- ## [Thanks, TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tubadiva/364477)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tubadiva/364477 "2006-07-14T18:43:46Z")
Thanks for reopening the self-injury thread. While I was not among those who joined the Pit pile-on when you closed it, I was sad to see it go, as I had been sharing as well as learning. I was pleasantly surprised to s… --- ## [Searching the Location field: Can it be done? If not can it be added in the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-location-field-can-it-be-done-if-not-can-it-be-added-in-the-future/364476)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-location-field-can-it-be-done-if-not-can-it-be-added-in-the-future/364476 "2006-07-14T15:55:50Z")
There are various times when it would be handy to be able to search the location field. I do not think it can be done currently and I was hoping it could be added to the list of changes after the VB upgrade. Jim --- ## [Why do title searches take so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-title-searches-take-so-long/364230)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-title-searches-take-so-long/364230 "2006-07-13T00:54:27Z")
I just did a title search on the word “adult” in IMHO within the last year. The board took over a minute to complete my search. What’s weirder is that I only came up with 7 or 8 results. --- ## [I think the front page has a misplaced \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-front-page-has-a-misplaced-a/364152)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-front-page-has-a-misplaced-a/364152 "2006-07-12T18:19:57Z")
I don’t know about anyone else, but when I go to www.straightdope.com, the “Home Page” link just under the “Fighting Ignorance” banner links to the banner ad on the page. This is the chunk of code for the banner ad. Not… --- ## [Is there a BANNED list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-banned-list/362988)
**Author:** [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-banned-list/362988 "2006-07-12T04:40:46Z")
Is there a thread that lists banned members and the offenses that resulted them being banned? --- ## [What's wrong with the keyword search function today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-keyword-search-function-today/364076)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-keyword-search-function-today/364076 "2006-07-11T20:06:21Z")
I’ve been trying all day to do a keyword search and I just get “Cannot find server,” “Page cannot be displayed,” over and over and over. But the username search function works just fine. What’s up? --- ## [Why Do I Get Logged Out Against My Will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-logged-out-against-my-will/362886 "2006-07-11T02:03:15Z")
It seems that now, whether I’m at work or home, if I log in to the SDMB, and just read things for a while, and then try to post, it says I’m not logged in, demands a user name and password, and forgets everything I’ve ty… --- ## [Roger Thornhill banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-thornhill-banned/363954)
**Author:** [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-thornhill-banned/363954 "2006-07-11T01:26:49Z")
Roger Thornhill has been banned for returning as a sock puppet while under suspension. --- ## [My post count is messed up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-is-messed-up/363695)
**Author:** [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-is-messed-up/363695 "2006-07-11T00:38:10Z")
This post, made this afternoon at 3:38, was numbered 3599. I still have the page open here in Netscape. The next post I made was #16 in this thread at 10 PM. Just as I hit Submit, the board went down, and the page hung… --- ## [My posts from this morning went missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-posts-from-this-morning-went-missing/363350)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-posts-from-this-morning-went-missing/363350 "2006-07-08T20:53:26Z")
I posted to a number of different threads this morning; I saw the posts go through and I was returned to the threads with my post visible at the bottom; I’ve come back a few hours later and they are gone. --- ## [What happened today??? 7/5/06](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-today-7-5-06/363248 "2006-07-07T13:40:53Z")
Couldn’t get on all day! I was jonesing for a SDMB hit… Glad you’re back! --- ## [The T-word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-t-word/363440)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-t-word/363440 "2006-07-07T11:57:58Z")
When talking about a poster who has already been banned for misbehaviour, is it acceptable to call that person a troll? --- ## [Searching for archived threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-archived-threads/363421)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-archived-threads/363421 "2006-07-06T21:31:07Z")
The thread archives http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/ lists threads first by forum, then in hundreds of index pages from oldest to newest, then by 250 thread titles per page. Short of accessing thou… --- ## [Re: Calling peoples trolls or sock puppets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-calling-peoples-trolls-or-sock-puppets/363240)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-calling-peoples-trolls-or-sock-puppets/363240 "2006-07-06T19:04:33Z")
In the late Minotaurus thread (I don’t feel I need to link to it) somebody says “I think you are a sock puppet”. This is different from calling troll, right? I noticed the sock calling poster wasn’t admonished, but of c… --- ## [Quick Question about Text Styles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-text-styles/363188 "2006-07-05T22:32:09Z")
How do you create the strikethrough and underline effects? I can’t seem to find the correct tags I need to get these styles. --- ## [A question for the moderators: Who decides on those ads at the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-moderators-who-decides-on-those-ads-at-the-end/362850)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-moderators-who-decides-on-those-ads-at-the-end/362850 "2006-07-03T23:05:37Z")
Please understand that this is not a complaint from me, just curiosity. I appreciate that ads help pay for this site. But how are the ads that appear at the end of a thread generated? Manually by a staff member or by co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=326)