# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=348 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 349 --- ## [testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/315863 "2005-08-12T14:15:40Z")
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**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-thread-on-someone-killing-himself/316521 "2005-08-11T01:18:31Z")
Hi. My apologies if this doesn’t belong here. I’m trying to find a thread which I’m fairly sure is located in the BBQ Pit. It involved this guy who killed himself with a cocktail of drugs while in an IRC chatroom. I’ve … --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/316213)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/316213 "2005-08-09T00:47:52Z")
Nothing to see here --- ## [Should the description of the Cafe Society forum be changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-description-of-the-cafe-society-forum-be-changed/315301)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-description-of-the-cafe-society-forum-be-changed/315301 "2005-08-08T21:31:05Z")
As per this thread, should the description have more emphasis on including threads about cooking? --- ## [Linking to a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-post/315780)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-post/315780 "2005-08-08T18:28:55Z")
How do you link to a particular post in a thread rather than the start of the thread? Thanks --- ## [Soo I'm not a Charter Member????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soo-im-not-a-charter-member/315432)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soo-im-not-a-charter-member/315432 "2005-08-08T16:55:04Z")
I joined in June 2001. I’m looking at other posters who joined after this and they are charter members… Did I miss something somewhere? Thanks in advance for any info - Cheers Phil --- ## [Where's Q.E.D.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-q-e-d/307564)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-q-e-d/307564 "2005-08-07T23:23:53Z")
(I’m not sure if this is the right place for this question, but since he’s a member of the SDSAB–I think—and this seemed at least as good a place as any, here goes.) Does anyone know what’s up with Q.E.D.? I’ve always e… --- ## [So how do I request a Mod to move a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-request-a-mod-to-move-a-thread/315875)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-request-a-mod-to-move-a-thread/315875 "2005-08-07T11:32:51Z")
So how do I request a Mod to move a thread? I know how to report a bad post but didn’t think it was warranted in this case: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=328778 was in my opinion hijacked out of c… --- ## [Is encouraging Dopers to read my girlfriend's stories a no-no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-encouraging-dopers-to-read-my-girlfriends-stories-a-no-no/315795)
**Author:** [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-encouraging-dopers-to-read-my-girlfriends-stories-a-no-no/315795 "2005-08-06T06:22:38Z")
My girlfriend is a writer, and IMO a very good one. I would like to start a thread linking to another message board where she has posted some of these stories and encouraging Dopers to go read them and respond. Is this t… --- ## [Puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns/315220)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns/315220 "2005-08-05T23:11:34Z")
Can I get bounced outta here for using bad puns? Not that I ever do, :wink: just a question. --- ## [read/unread question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-question/315645)
**Author:** [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-unread-question/315645 "2005-08-05T23:01:57Z")
I’ve done a search on this and I know that SDMB (or vBulletin) doesn’t know or care which threads I’ve actually read. It’s all to do with the last time I visited the board. When I log on, though, it’s first thing in the… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/315428)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/315428 "2005-08-04T16:28:19Z")
http://www.sisterschamber.com/ --- ## [Questions about legal matters have special status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-legal-matters-have-special-status/315412)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-legal-matters-have-special-status/315412 "2005-08-03T21:54:24Z")
When a question relating to a legal matter arises on the SDMB, it is normal for many words to be devoted to disclaimers about how a poster is not a lawyer, or not qualified to practice in a particular jurisdiction, or ho… --- ## [Not that I'd ever have posted to it, anyway...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-id-ever-have-posted-to-it-anyway/315366)
**Author:** [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-id-ever-have-posted-to-it-anyway/315366 "2005-08-03T00:07:22Z")
but what happened to that “TMI” thread I saw in MPSIMS while I was at work this afternoon. I’m home from work now, and was expecting to open it right up, but there’s none of it to be found. It seems to have been disappea… --- ## [Time and date on original post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-and-date-on-original-post/315037)
**Author:** [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-and-date-on-original-post/315037 "2005-08-02T19:55:26Z")
More than once, I have opened a thread, only to discover that I went there previously. My mind fog didn’t let me see anything familiar when I highlighted the question. There is a date and time listed above ‘Last Post’. … --- ## [If I went to SDMB Headquarters...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-went-to-sdmb-headquarters/314811)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-went-to-sdmb-headquarters/314811 "2005-08-02T01:58:24Z")
What would I find? Would there be a control room with heretofore faceless mods and administrators constantly scanning the boards for trouble? Do they hurl their Reader coffee mugs at each other arguing over whether a po… --- ## [Reeder has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906 "2005-08-02T00:07:18Z")
Actually, TVeblen said it better already, and so I am copying her post from what was the last straw . . . What is with Duhbya and his middle finger? \>http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6418796&postcount… --- ## [Rampant Italics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rampant-italics/315203)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rampant-italics/315203 "2005-08-01T23:26:31Z")
What the fig is going on over in this thread? It looks like Incubus left an italics bracket open, and the board doesn’t realize that it can be closed now. --- ## ["All edits by mod" search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-edits-by-mod-search/315183)
**Author:** [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-edits-by-mod-search/315183 "2005-08-01T19:39:29Z")
I woke up this morning thinking about this (yeah, I know, I need a life). Do the mods/admins have available to them a search of “All edits by x” (similar to “All posts by user”)? I can’t think what practical applicatio… --- ## [Policy on adding info relating to locked "asked & answered" GQ threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/policy-on-adding-info-relating-to-locked-asked-answered-gq-threads/314992)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/policy-on-adding-info-relating-to-locked-asked-answered-gq-threads/314992 "2005-08-01T15:28:19Z")
Inspired by this thread. It’s been locked due to being “pretty much answered to the standards of GQ”, but also (I suspect) in part because it’s drug-related. Let’s say I have some additional information related to the su… --- ## [Mod only forums...what are they called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-only-forums-what-are-they-called/314878)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-only-forums-what-are-they-called/314878 "2005-08-01T04:48:47Z")
I know there’s some forums that only the mods have access to. What are they called, or is that a state secret? --- ## ["Winter of Our Missed Content": Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-of-our-missed-content-why/314688)
**Author:** [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-of-our-missed-content-why/314688 "2005-07-31T19:09:22Z")
“Winter of Our Missed Content – The boards forced to shut down in the early months of 2002. When life was restored in March 2002, several months’ worth of posts were lost and not archived. Sometimes this is called the … --- ## [Bosda's Nietzsche sig-line--gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880 "2005-07-30T23:53:22Z")
Not just now (of course, anyone can change sig-lines) but in retrospect? I’m teaching a course featuring Nietzsche, but I was unfamiliar with the quote, so I thought I’d see the context. But when I looked for it, he had… --- ## [Why is everyone a “guest” on the last page of GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-a-guest-on-the-last-page-of-gd/314732)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-a-guest-on-the-last-page-of-gd/314732 "2005-07-30T13:25:11Z")
GD feels a little boring right now, so I decided to go back to the very last page (419) to look for interesting looking threads to read. What I found surprised me. Rather then have names next to each post, all posts … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/314501)
**Author:** [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/314501 "2005-07-30T01:10:03Z")
test dft vxbxbbxc \[ul\] \[/ul\] dsgzxgv :smack: --- ## [Just practicing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-practicing/314831)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-practicing/314831 "2005-07-30T00:58:44Z")
So I want to post a link, so I do this generic website name. But does it work? We’ll have to see. --- ## [Font sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387)
**Author:** [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387 "2005-07-29T23:30:43Z")
Arial Arial Black Arial Narrow Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Fixedsys Franklin Gothic Medium Garamond Georgia Impact Lucinda Console Lucinda Sans Unicode Microsoft Sans Serif Palati… --- ## [Can I change my user name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-user-name/314782)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-user-name/314782 "2005-07-29T19:43:51Z")
Umm… that’s the whole question. George --- ## [An impossible suggestion: Spoilers with expiration dates.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impossible-suggestion-spoilers-with-expiration-dates/314585)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impossible-suggestion-spoilers-with-expiration-dates/314585 "2005-07-28T20:24:16Z")
Well, most likely impossible. I’ve noticed a lot of requests for spoiler tags in Cafe Society until the show airs everywhere. I had a cwazy idea to have people be able to set expiration dates/hours on their spoiler boxes… --- ## [Moderators from Europe/Australasia would address late-night thread problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-from-europe-australasia-would-address-late-night-thread-problem/314547)
**Author:** [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-from-europe-australasia-would-address-late-night-thread-problem/314547 "2005-07-28T20:22:10Z")
With a thread spinning out of control in this very forum and all the moderators asleep/offline, there’s very little we can do except report the thread. In the meantime, much damage might be done. Can consideration be gi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=349)