# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=361 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 362 --- ## [Help! How to do a search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-to-do-a-search/292610)
**Author:** [@dgfoster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgfoster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-to-do-a-search/292610 "2005-03-04T19:56:05Z")
I can’t find anyway to do a search. I’ve searched the pages over and don’t see any links to the search page. Help! --- ## [Subscribe without a credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribe-without-a-credit-card/292903)
**Author:** [@Panzram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panzram)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribe-without-a-credit-card/292903 "2005-03-04T17:28:04Z")
How do you subscribe by money order? I’m not finding anything relevant. I don’t have a credit card, and my guest time is running out. Won’t be long. . long black cloud, comin’ down. . :frowning: :eek: --- ## [Not renewing, do I lose my username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-renewing-do-i-lose-my-username/292909)
**Author:** [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-renewing-do-i-lose-my-username/292909 "2005-03-04T16:36:15Z")
So, there are a grand total of fifty five days left to my subscription, and I’m unlikely to renew. That said, I am wondering what happens if I renew my subscription in, say, six months. Will I still have the screenname m… --- ## [Moderator's actions - is a defnition required?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-actions-is-a-defnition-required/292877)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-actions-is-a-defnition-required/292877 "2005-03-04T15:37:15Z")
Background: In a recent thread, a group of posters are building a story. I posted some ‘humour’, which was not appropriate, as it interrupted the narrative flow. I was wrong to post as I did, and I have apologised in th… --- ## [Tubadiva's Status Upon Her Return](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadivas-status-upon-her-return/292843)
**Author:** [@Sancho\_Panzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sancho_Panzer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadivas-status-upon-her-return/292843 "2005-03-04T04:15:39Z")
I’ve lurked here at the SDMB for almost a year, and over the past few months have begun to lean more and more towards subscribing. However, I was here through the whole Tubadiva/Stagemanger conflict, and like many of the… --- ## [Nitrous Oxide link points to slapstick column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitrous-oxide-link-points-to-slapstick-column/292607)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitrous-oxide-link-points-to-slapstick-column/292607 "2005-03-03T03:09:50Z")
The “How does nitrous oxide work? Is it dangerous?” link on the front page is pointing to the “What’s the origin of slapstick” Staff Report. --- ## [On reporting moderator's threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-reporting-moderators-threads/292602)
**Author:** [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-reporting-moderators-threads/292602 "2005-03-03T00:55:53Z")
I’m familiar with the procedure for reporting posts-but is there a system for decided which mod it gets reported to?I would assume it would go to the particular mod for the forum it was in. And if the post I am reportin… --- ## [Thread hunt: tooth whitening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-hunt-tooth-whitening/292636 "2005-03-02T21:12:12Z")
Also, how about a forum for “where’s this thread?” or perpetually re-asked questions? It could be called “It’s Been Done Before” (IBDB). --- ## [Protocol for locking posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protocol-for-locking-posts/292579)
**Author:** [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protocol-for-locking-posts/292579 "2005-03-02T21:01:21Z")
May I suggest that there be a standard way of locking posts,so that if this needs to be done,the mod simply states that ‘this thread is being locked for reason X’ with nothing else added?It’s annoying to find that a mod … --- ## [Teemings resurrection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-resurrection/292543)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-resurrection/292543 "2005-03-02T15:52:24Z")
I just clicked on my Teemings bookmark and got the message “Moving to a new Teemings server.” Is Teemings coming back from the dead? hopes --- ## [Search engine question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-question/292574)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-question/292574 "2005-03-02T09:17:50Z")
(Not a complaint!!!) How often does the “search engine” re-index itself? I ask, because this morning I made a couple of posts, and then decided to search for a thread that I’d posted in some time ago, so I searched for… --- ## [User “Kel Varnsen - Latex Division” has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-kel-varnsen-latex-division-has-been-banned/292101)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-kel-varnsen-latex-division-has-been-banned/292101 "2005-03-02T04:54:27Z")
Warnings to this user: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5606044&postcount=80 For advocating child abuse; trolling For defending father/daughter incest (and subsequently complaining when the thread w… --- ## [SDMB personal-history tracing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-personal-history-tracing/292275)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-personal-history-tracing/292275 "2005-03-01T22:55:43Z")
In light of the whole Kaitlin/Number six outing episode, subsequent followup episodes, and the “Who are you–really?” fad, I was wondering about the general practice of searching a Doper’s posting history in order to com… --- ## [Spouses/Room-mates posting under your name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spouses-room-mates-posting-under-your-name/292347)
**Author:** [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spouses-room-mates-posting-under-your-name/292347 "2005-03-01T18:28:09Z")
What’s the guideline for spouses, friends, etc of registered users posting under the registered user’s name? I have just now seen three instances in one thread where the person posting is (we’ll say) signing the post as… --- ## [The TMINC "Witch Hunt" Pit Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tminc-witch-hunt-pit-thread/292364)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tminc-witch-hunt-pit-thread/292364 "2005-03-01T18:00:24Z")
It shows up on the forum page as a one page thread with 49 replies, the last being mine, but when you open it, it has a link to a second page that won’t actually take you there… it just opens the first page again. Am … --- ## [How about a gender indicator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-gender-indicator/287870)
**Author:** [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-gender-indicator/287870 "2005-03-01T17:40:24Z")
Apologies if this has been broached before, but how about a gender indicator? Nothing fancy, maybe just a “M” or “F” under location in the profile. Is that an option with the software you guys are using? It seems there’… --- ## [The search engine needs improvement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-engine-needs-improvement/291610)
**Author:** [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-engine-needs-improvement/291610 "2005-03-01T10:22:44Z")
Seriously. I was trying to find the link to the TISM song “Everyone else has had more sex than me” and what does the SDMB search engine respond? Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. The following word… --- ## [Domain squatters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domain-squatters/292412)
**Author:** [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domain-squatters/292412 "2005-03-01T09:58:06Z")
Is the Chicago Reader aware of the site at address: http://www.thestraightdope.com/ It appears to be one of those crappy search pages that only offer matches to paid links. --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/292226)
**Author:** [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/292226 "2005-03-01T09:56:17Z")
Test --- ## [Why is TubaDiva "SUSPENDED"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-tubadiva-suspended/292385)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-tubadiva-suspended/292385 "2005-03-01T03:55:27Z")
I just noticed this under her name. In fact, I don’t even know how a suspension differs from a banning. So, I suppose I have two questions: What is a suspension? Why has TubaDiva, an administrator, got one? --- ## [Where's the FAQ for how to do stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-faq-for-how-to-do-stuff/292238)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-faq-for-how-to-do-stuff/292238 "2005-02-28T21:51:54Z")
I’m assuming there are other techno-illiterates here who’ve had to have stuff explained, like making links appear as normal text (instead of as long bits starting “http/:www…”, which is all I know how to do if I want to… --- ## [Unwanted thread subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134)
**Author:** [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwanted-thread-subscriptions/292134 "2005-02-27T08:19:56Z")
Recently, I noticed that some threads I’ve posted to have appeared in my User CP as subscribed threads. Luckily for me and my email account, the “no notification” option is active, but – why would this be happening? I do… --- ## [CNN claims it has the Straight Dope - Sic 'em, Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-claims-it-has-the-straight-dope-sic-em-ed/291597)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-claims-it-has-the-straight-dope-sic-em-ed/291597 "2005-02-27T00:07:18Z")
Their home page has\* a link titled Straight dope on reform, which naturally caught my eye. At that site they have a javascipt link title “GET THE STRAIGHT DOPE”. I half-expected a column by Cecil, or an offer to regist… --- ## [Ability to select fora in "New Posts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ability-to-select-fora-in-new-posts/291777 "2005-02-26T16:55:27Z")
I’ve just recently discovered the “New Posts” feature (Yea, I know…I’ve been around long enough I should have noticed it before). This is a handy way to keep up on threads that I’m interested in without having to jump b… --- ## [Wag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/291798)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag/291798 "2005-02-26T15:14:28Z")
What is a WAG? --- ## [User Kaitlyn has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-kaitlyn-has-been-banned/291830)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-kaitlyn-has-been-banned/291830 "2005-02-25T23:14:14Z")
User Kaitlyn has been banned for having (by her own admission) repeatedly lied concerning details of her life at the SDMB. While we encourage all our members to realize that things you read at the SDMB should be viewed w… --- ## [What's up with the "Rate this Thread" thingy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-rate-this-thread-thingy/291699)
**Author:** [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-rate-this-thread-thingy/291699 "2005-02-25T14:54:00Z")
When I view threads, there’s a little box about the bottom with a “Rate this Thread” dropdown. When I use it, it takes me to the “Metacom, you are not allowed to view this page” page. --- ## [Help! Newbie question: Why can't I edit my posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-newbie-question-why-cant-i-edit-my-posts/290958)
**Author:** [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-newbie-question-why-cant-i-edit-my-posts/290958 "2005-02-24T16:46:32Z")
Hi there. I’m new here, so forgive this question: Why can’t I edit my posts? I just posted something with a missing word, and I can’t go back in and add it. :frowning: Why am I not able to edit? Do I need a more expe… --- ## [Paid subscription question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscription-question/291694)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscription-question/291694 "2005-02-24T15:37:08Z")
When the SDMB went to paid subscriptions I tried to pay with my credit card, but the site wouldn’t take it for some technical reason. Another doper was kind enough to use her card for me and I payed her back via mail. … --- ## [Birthdays vs Post Count.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthdays-vs-post-count/291376)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthdays-vs-post-count/291376 "2005-02-23T19:58:32Z")
Something just occured to me, why is it ok to celebrate birthdays here, but not post count milestones? I have no objection to the policy, I am just curious as to what the difference is. And if this question has alre… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=360) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=362)