# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=354 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 355 --- ## [Testing my new signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-new-signature/304268)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-new-signature/304268 "2005-05-17T17:17:01Z")
Blah blah blah…MIT rocks, Linux rocks, Bush sucks, I like cars… (I’ve never used a signature, so I’m wondering what it looks like) --- ## [SDMB operation question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-operation-question/304011)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-operation-question/304011 "2005-05-16T19:18:09Z")
This is real stupid but so ar, I haven’t figured out how to add those little smilies to any post of mine, and more importently, if I want to link to a web page or another thread I can’t figure out how to do that. Can any… --- ## [How to find your own posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-your-own-posts/303728)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-your-own-posts/303728 "2005-05-16T18:34:53Z")
I don"t like subscribing to threads. I usually can find a thread I’ve posted in and click my name. What can I do if there aren’t any threads around I’ve posted in. Sometimes I go a few days, and then I think hmmm, won… --- ## [The name TubaDiva: a light goes on for Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-tubadiva-a-light-goes-on-for-anastasaeon/303428)
**Author:** [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-tubadiva-a-light-goes-on-for-anastasaeon/303428 "2005-05-16T16:31:08Z")
I don’t know if this has been asked before, or explained before. I did a couple of searches but turned up nothing. You know, I’ve been reading here for years and years, and always saw the name of one of the wonderful, l… --- ## [lost charter membership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-charter-membership/303822)
**Author:** [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-charter-membership/303822 "2005-05-16T13:31:13Z")
Hey. I was a charter member, now I’m not. Is this discontinued and wasn’t there a promise of a lower fee for charter members? Or am I losing “it”? :smack: --- ## [Posting passages from novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-passages-from-novels/303877)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-passages-from-novels/303877 "2005-05-15T18:39:37Z")
Is it allowable or is it a no-no like posting complete song lyrics? There’s a passage in a book I’m reading that I would like to share as it’s very interesting, a story within the story, that can stand alone easily. I… --- ## [Where'd that little guy come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-that-little-guy-come-from/303896)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-that-little-guy-come-from/303896 "2005-05-15T13:59:43Z")
Usually if a Doper is online, there’s a “light” on next to the username. Now there’s a little running dude. When did this happen? --- ## [What are the "Child Forums"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-child-forums/303656)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-child-forums/303656 "2005-05-15T05:47:38Z")
They are an option on the search menu. What and where are they? --- ## [Another T-shirt thread (probably for Dex).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-t-shirt-thread-probably-for-dex/244407)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-t-shirt-thread-probably-for-dex/244407 "2005-05-14T17:42:39Z")
We had another t-shirt thread recently, but it didn’t address my concern. I had looked several times before at buying a Straight Dope t-shirt, and was always thwarted by the Reader’s commerce pages failing to accept AME… --- ## [Glossary Of SDMB Terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glossary-of-sdmb-terms/289205)
**Author:** [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glossary-of-sdmb-terms/289205 "2005-05-14T07:55:05Z")
Inspired by this thread. I also have this vague unease that this may have been discussed before, but I’m not exactly sure how to search for the topic. I’m thinking about the idea of having a sticky which includes a com… --- ## [Can I bump this thread or will it get locked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bump-this-thread-or-will-it-get-locked/303778)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bump-this-thread-or-will-it-get-locked/303778 "2005-05-14T01:44:15Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279788&highlight=physics I made that thread when I first started calc I. I just finished Calc II and Physics I and want to add to it as my views have changed a bit. --- ## [Pages not fully loading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-not-fully-loading/301393)
**Author:** [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-not-fully-loading/301393 "2005-05-13T01:39:16Z")
I’ve noticed this problem for the last couple days now. I can see everything on the page, but the status bar on the bottom is still trying to load. This happens with every page I try to view here. Everything loads proper… --- ## [request for a timely deletion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-a-timely-deletion/303579)
**Author:** [@WonK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-a-timely-deletion/303579 "2005-05-12T21:54:57Z")
To the Mods: I’m relatively new to this board, and I think I made a mistake on the Café Society, new comics topic thread (for 5/11/05). I posted twice by accident, once with the spoiler tags, and once without. Please … --- ## [Weird Earls Archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls-archive/303505 "2005-05-12T21:10:32Z")
I know the WEA isn’t technically part of the boards, but somebody should go through it and prune all the dead links. I was browsing it recently, and 1 in 5 links are dead or lead to a page that has nothing to do with th… --- ## [Other alphabets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-alphabets/302463)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-alphabets/302463 "2005-05-12T20:59:19Z")
In a thread, in another forum, discussing Russian grammar, one poster was able to illustrate a point of grammar by using Russian lettering. So how do you get Cyrillic (or Greek, or whatever) letters to appear in a threa… --- ## [It's polite to warn people if your link is to a PDF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-polite-to-warn-people-if-your-link-is-to-a-pdf/301953)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-polite-to-warn-people-if-your-link-is-to-a-pdf/301953 "2005-05-12T20:20:26Z")
People, if you’re going to provide a link as hypertext (like this) so that we can’t see the file extension on the page, and you are linking to a PDF, please mention that it’s a PDF you’re linking to. Acrobat Reader cras… --- ## [Rather than Resurrect an Old Thread, I Want to Start it all Over Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-than-resurrect-an-old-thread-i-want-to-start-it-all-over-again/303418)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-than-resurrect-an-old-thread-i-want-to-start-it-all-over-again/303418 "2005-05-11T21:40:56Z")
Years ago, I started an IMHO thread entitled “Ever Driven or Ridden in a Six-Digit Car?” I can’t seem to find it on search, so I won’t bother linking to it. Anyway, I asked if any Dopers had ever driven, or ridden in, a… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/303139)
**Author:** [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/303139 "2005-05-11T17:00:49Z")
test --- ## [I want my "Charter" back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2005, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-charter-back/301604 "2005-05-11T10:09:10Z")
Come on, my membership lapsed four less than for hours. I already paid the inflated rate, isn’t there any way to at least get my “Charter Member” status back? That “Member” just looks so darn lonely sitting under my us… --- ## [What dictates which threads get 'View First Unread' option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dictates-which-threads-get-view-first-unread-option/302866)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dictates-which-threads-get-view-first-unread-option/302866 "2005-05-10T18:51:04Z")
So, I thought at first it might be number of posts, but that doesn’t seem to apply as I’ve seen threads that run 2 pages and don’t have it. It must be decided by the server, but by what criteria? --- ## [Umm...weird coding problem in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124 "2005-05-10T11:22:21Z")
Check out This thread. Am I the only one seeing the weird coding after TremorViolet’s first post? --- ## [Thank You to Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-to-tuba/303132)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-to-tuba/303132 "2005-05-10T08:30:54Z")
I can’t imagine the trouble she goes though with this board. Thank you Tuba! --- ## [Search function not working for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971)
**Author:** [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-not-working-for-me/302971 "2005-05-10T01:28:50Z")
I’ve tried using Firefox, and when I click the button it loads for a while and then it just reloads the search page. I’ve tried IE, and I just get a “Page cannot be displayed” page after a while of loading. --- ## [What Does 'Whoosh' Mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-whoosh-mean/302654)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-whoosh-mean/302654 "2005-05-09T18:03:04Z")
I sure I am not the first person to wonder this. So I might as well be the first person to ask this. Sometimes on a thread on these boards someone will jokingly(-?) insert the word “Whoosh!”. This obviously means somethi… --- ## [Have some threads disappeared, or can you just not search for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-threads-disappeared-or-can-you-just-not-search-for-them/302941)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-threads-disappeared-or-can-you-just-not-search-for-them/302941 "2005-05-09T04:42:21Z")
I was looking for a good laugh last night, and I decided to hunt up a few vintage threads. I couldn’t find them, even with obvious clues and a search along with my username. So, would it be so that some threads cannot … --- ## [Zombi Threads and Email Notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombi-threads-and-email-notifications/302938)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombi-threads-and-email-notifications/302938 "2005-05-09T02:22:43Z")
Somebody bumped an old thread in CS that I had posted to, but I didn’t get an email notification to it. Reason being, I’m guessing, is that when I posted to the thread, I had a different ISP. So why is that post logged… --- ## [Preemptive renewal strikes before membership expires.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preemptive-renewal-strikes-before-membership-expires/302923)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preemptive-renewal-strikes-before-membership-expires/302923 "2005-05-08T18:59:57Z")
If you will, bear with me here: Background: When the whole subscription thing came up about a year ago, I was overseas. I couldn’t read the SDMB due to network restrictions, but I e-mailed the staff, and got my member… --- ## [Sig test. Ignore, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-ignore-please/302280)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-ignore-please/302280 "2005-05-07T19:17:50Z")
Just testing my sig. Robin --- ## [SDMB Renewal Count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871)
**Author:** [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871 "2005-05-06T18:28:10Z")
Any word on how many people have renewed their subscription to the board? Are the numbers in line with what you guys were expecting? --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/302673)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/302673 "2005-05-06T13:04:02Z")
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