# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=330 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 331 --- ## [Greathouse has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greathouse-has-been-suspended/354176)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greathouse-has-been-suspended/354176 "2006-04-25T18:00:02Z")
Greathouse has been suspended for thirty days for telling another poster to die, for advocating violence against another poster, discussing who’s on his ignore list and just generally being a jerk. After 30 days, Greath… --- ## [testing my sig file](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig-file/354055)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig-file/354055 "2006-04-25T17:22:35Z")
Wahoo! --- ## [Tootin' my own horn: TubaDiva's taken after my pre-sigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tootin-my-own-horn-tubadivas-taken-after-my-pre-sigs/353845)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tootin-my-own-horn-tubadivas-taken-after-my-pre-sigs/353845 "2006-04-25T16:53:32Z")
DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a stalker. Besides, that’d be kinda tough given my current physical location. However, over the past week or so I’ve noticed a trend. TubaDiva seems to have taken after my particular ‘sig-line’ … --- ## [What's the story with "Pay My Subscription Fee" requests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-pay-my-subscription-fee-requests/354101)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-with-pay-my-subscription-fee-requests/354101 "2006-04-25T12:53:11Z")
Can’t remember when I’ve seen such a thing anywhere else, what’s the straight dope? Maybe I’m missing something here. --- ## [Make your "pay my subscription fee" request here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-pay-my-subscription-fee-request-here/235105)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 445\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-pay-my-subscription-fee-request-here/235105 "2006-04-25T04:04:47Z")
As I noted over here, I’m volunteering to pay a fellow Doper’s (possible a couple of fellow Dopers’) subscription fee. To save you guys opening the other thread, I’ll repost the rules here: I know there are a couple o… --- ## [What are your SDMB Search Secrets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-search-secrets/354027)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-search-secrets/354027 "2006-04-24T20:20:46Z")
I am use to Enclosing words in Quotes and Boolean Logic. I have been unable to figure out what makes the SDMB search function work. As an example, If I do a vanity Search, I have tried: “What Exit” “What Exit?” What+… --- ## [Tubadiva / Catsix Issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-catsix-issue/353763)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-catsix-issue/353763 "2006-04-24T19:07:05Z")
Per Giraffe’s suggestion here, why all the snarkiness, as evidenced there and in my DrMark2000 thread about new SDMB features? --- ## [I wish to respond to a thread a I started, but I don't know how](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509)
**Author:** [@Gustave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustave)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-respond-to-a-thread-a-i-started-but-i-dont-know-how/353509 "2006-04-23T15:37:49Z")
I am seriously considering becoming a subscribing member, but I posted a thread and now can’t get to it. What can I do? --- ## [Strange vBulletin Error Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-vbulletin-error-message/353793)
**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-vbulletin-error-message/353793 "2006-04-22T23:45:06Z")
I have no complaint or anything, but when I tried to access a thread (in IMHO or MPSIMS, don’t recall right now.) just a few minutes ago, I got this message: LiveOnAPlane, you do not have permission to access this page.… --- ## [how do I know when my membership expires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-when-my-membership-expires/353734)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-when-my-membership-expires/353734 "2006-04-22T17:04:44Z")
do you notify me automatically? Or will I just suddenly find myself logged out and unable to post one day? I think I am paid up through 2007, but I’m not sure. I apologize for my ignorance (kinda what this board’s supp… --- ## [questions about smilies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208)
**Author:** [@Matthew1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matthew1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-smilies/353208 "2006-04-22T12:23:01Z")
I understand the majority, but I am curious about the origination of the happy orthodox jewish man…where did he come from? and why is the putz labelled wally??? So many questions! --- ## [Weird Earl's: But Mommy, it's just a plant! Complaint.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-but-mommy-its-just-a-plant-complaint/353634)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-but-mommy-its-just-a-plant-complaint/353634 "2006-04-21T19:11:56Z")
That link isn’t exactly the kind you want to click on from work. It can set off software alarms, if you get my drift. --- ## [Search pulling up entries missing search items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-pulling-up-entries-missing-search-items/353578)
**Author:** [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-pulling-up-entries-missing-search-items/353578 "2006-04-21T18:43:31Z")
I did a board search for \*Tiesto \* and I got two recent threads that had no Tiesto located anywhere. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358282&highlight=Tiesto and http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb… --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/353663)
**Author:** [@SausageChowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SausageChowder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/353663 "2006-04-21T18:18:56Z")
Testing post --- ## [Is this an option? (Changing page titles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-option-changing-page-titles/352694)
**Author:** [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-option-changing-page-titles/352694 "2006-04-20T02:12:47Z")
Would it be very hard to change the title of the pages? I’m referring to the text that is displayed in the title bar, taskbar, and tabs in Firefox? The words “Straight Dope Message Board” take up a lot of space. This … --- ## [Where do the Ask The... threads go again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-ask-the-threads-go-again/353232)
**Author:** [@No\_longer\_shall\_I\_lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_longer_shall_I_lurk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-ask-the-threads-go-again/353232 "2006-04-19T02:28:49Z")
As an advanced driving instructor, I might be able to do an Ask The thread about me (although, bear in mind, I’m not very eloquent!) - but I’ve forgotten where they go? --- ## [Search help, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-help-please/353190)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-help-please/353190 "2006-04-18T19:21:26Z")
I’m trying to find posts containing a specific phrase. I went to “advanced search,” put my search phrase in quotes, and hit go. Not only don’t most of the resulting posts have the entire phrase in them, but many don’t ev… --- ## [Does 'report this post' link to the reported post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966)
**Author:** [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966 "2006-04-18T17:09:32Z")
I’ve reported a couple of posts recently, usually just writing something like “spam” or “troll: every post by this person has been an off-topic rant on the same subject” in the comment box. I just realized, though, that … --- ## [Paypal link broken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-link-broken/353148)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-link-broken/353148 "2006-04-18T13:38:05Z")
I went to resub but on this page: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/subscriptions.php when I click the paypal link all I get is a blank page. --- ## [Quick test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-test/352955)
**Author:** [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-test/352955 "2006-04-17T05:23:23Z")
test --- ## [Test: Hide Spoiler in tooltip on mouse over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-hide-spoiler-in-tooltip-on-mouse-over/352626)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-hide-spoiler-in-tooltip-on-mouse-over/352626 "2006-04-16T02:58:15Z")
Need a few more lines of text. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. That should do it. --- ## [Ignore this. I'm being a dick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-im-being-a-dick/352816)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-im-being-a-dick/352816 "2006-04-15T23:23:20Z")
\*\* It’s clear you don’t get his problem, his rationales for walking away from it, or why he quit, summing it up as, “Dude went crazy.” Maybe that’s a good thing. \*\* I’ll bet you thought I wouldn’t do it, too, Apos. --- ## [Could we have an all-purpose banning background thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-an-all-purpose-banning-background-thread/352644)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-an-all-purpose-banning-background-thread/352644 "2006-04-15T20:09:09Z")
For example, I just opened the “DrMark2000 Banned” thread, and found out it was all full of in-jokes, backstory, and other such that I probably should know about over my years on the SD, but sorry. I got nothing. Never o… --- ## [Mods: Is this legit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-is-this-legit/352593)
**Author:** [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-is-this-legit/352593 "2006-04-15T03:33:16Z")
Mods, I’ve got a quandry. I want to announce a tour my band & I are going on, maybe offer a doper or two a free ticket, since, well, meeting dopers in the flesh sounds pretty interesting to me. I’ve really kept from adv… --- ## [Moniker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moniker/352101)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moniker/352101 "2006-04-14T06:32:40Z")
Once subscriptions expire, the users’ monikers then say “Guest”. I think it should say “Deadbeat”. On a related note, can I get my moniker changed to “Charter Member”? Like it used to be. Before I let my, uh, subscriptio… --- ## [DrMark2000 banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drmark2000-banned/352574)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drmark2000-banned/352574 "2006-04-13T21:51:29Z")
List of warnings, etc to be posted later, soon as I gang 'em up. He had a lot of warning, he got suspended, he didn’t take the hint, he kept going, what’s a girl to do? TubaDiva --- ## [There's No Place Like "Home"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-place-like-home/352476)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-place-like-home/352476 "2006-04-13T02:52:24Z")
Excuse me, but how do I get back to the home page for the SD? I can’t find the link to bring me home. Am I missing something? - Jinx :confused: P.S. If I missed it, call me blind… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/348675)
**Author:** [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/348675 "2006-04-13T00:47:56Z")
test test test-a-roonie --- ## [Suggestion - Unlock the 'quick reply' box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-unlock-the-quick-reply-box/351762)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-unlock-the-quick-reply-box/351762 "2006-04-12T23:29:04Z")
Time for another suggestion! :smiley: I suggest that you guys consider unlocking the “quick reply” box so you don’t have to click the quick reply button on a post to use it. The reason vBulletin makes you click the rep… --- ## [What can I put in my signature? And mod etiquette...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-put-in-my-signature-and-mod-etiquette/352310)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-put-in-my-signature-and-mod-etiquette/352310 "2006-04-12T23:12:54Z")
I got this email today: The closest thing I could find was: My questions / issues / suggestions: Can someone confirm (besides the particular mod who sent the email) if this refers to signature lines. If so, the wo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=331)