# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=365 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 366 --- ## [Testing Testing 123](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing-123/285327)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing-123/285327 "2005-01-18T14:24:31Z")
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … --- ## [I'm Appealing My Case: Misleading Title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-appealing-my-case-misleading-title/284985)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-appealing-my-case-misleading-title/284985 "2005-01-18T10:56:17Z")
A few months ago I asked what to do when a title has misleading information. A mod told me to report it. I did and the title was changed, for which I was most grateful. Shortly afterward, the following title appeared … --- ## [I hate to sound dense, but... (question about livejournal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-sound-dense-but-question-about-livejournal/284352)
**Author:** [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-sound-dense-but-question-about-livejournal/284352 "2005-01-18T10:47:03Z")
This thread, about all the livejournal “community” nonsense, was closed by Cajun Man for “obvious reasons.” I hate to sound dense, but it’s really not that obvious to me. This is the second time I’ve seen the thing tre… --- ## [What reasons would someone get banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reasons-would-someone-get-banned/285310)
**Author:** [@daydreamer23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daydreamer23)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reasons-would-someone-get-banned/285310 "2005-01-18T08:57:11Z")
How easy is it to get banned. For instance i don’t always write correctly and don’t always use capitol letter. Which i know piss a lot of people off. But is that a reason to get banned? I want to join but not if i’m goin… --- ## [are banned people still allowed to post threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-banned-people-still-allowed-to-post-threads/285284)
**Author:** [@daydreamer23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daydreamer23)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-banned-people-still-allowed-to-post-threads/285284 "2005-01-18T06:44:40Z")
I’ve noticed that some of the threads I’ve read under there name it says banned. What exactly does that mean and are they still allowed to post? --- ## [Q anout the Pit: what if a Pitee never responds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-anout-the-pit-what-if-a-pitee-never-responds/285111)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-anout-the-pit-what-if-a-pitee-never-responds/285111 "2005-01-18T04:40:40Z")
So, you’ve decided to Pit a fellow Doper. The days go by and all the other Dopers pop in with their opinions. In fact, the other Dopers start pitting each other. Despite dozens, if not hundreds, of posts the “guest of ho… --- ## [Does the OP "own" the thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-op-own-the-thread/284897)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-op-own-the-thread/284897 "2005-01-17T21:48:14Z")
Sometimes a thread goes in a direction not originally set by the OP. Is this a no no? Will a thread always be closed at the demand of the OP, even if it’s of considerable interest to the other posters, and the replies a… --- ## [Rejoining the boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejoining-the-boards/285188)
**Author:** [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejoining-the-boards/285188 "2005-01-17T15:34:01Z")
Say you get too busy to post or just get burned out and you stop posting and don’t resubscribe. Then, months later you decide to rejoin and start posting again. How would you go about this? Would you go under your old us… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/285154)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/285154 "2005-01-17T03:57:14Z")
Testing, signature. --- ## [SDMB Archives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-archives/285062)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-archives/285062 "2005-01-16T22:02:26Z")
Hey, just another “Hey, check this out!” post: Did you guys see that the new software archives itself? Apparently, it goes all the way back to 2000. I wonder if it also contains stuff the Winter of Missed Content. Tr… --- ## [Suggestion For A New Forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-forum/284801)
**Author:** [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-forum/284801 "2005-01-16T06:03:54Z")
How would a new forum be received by the SBMBers? Reserved for posting topics such as: Time Machines. What IF? Let’s Supose. Other similarly oriented topics dealing with fantasy rather than reality. Call it the “Fanta… --- ## [The fewest views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fewest-views/283937)
**Author:** [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fewest-views/283937 "2005-01-16T05:51:13Z")
Is it possible to identify the thread that has generated the fewest views on the SDMB (obviously excluding current threads)? --- ## [Subscribed Thread Notification Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-notification-problems/284862)
**Author:** [@puggyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puggyfish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-thread-notification-problems/284862 "2005-01-15T21:30:41Z")
I have recently changed my email address registered with the SDMB (the old one received too much spam, so it is not useable), and now I don’t receive email notifications from my subscribed threads any more. My email add… --- ## [Can an OP remove a Post title for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-op-remove-a-post-title-for-me/284545)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-op-remove-a-post-title-for-me/284545 "2005-01-15T14:04:43Z")
The post posted before I was ready. Only half of the title (well more like 10%) got on the post. Can someone remove the “every” in the title for me? Or if your super bored, can you make it read “Every traditional college… --- ## [long post test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-post-test/284639)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-post-test/284639 "2005-01-15T01:50:41Z")
This is a test to see if something is too long to post. A FE TRILL RUT A FE RIT TRULL A FE TRI TRULL A REFIT TRULL A FELL RIT RUT A FELL TRI RUT A FULLER TRIT A REF RILL TUT A REF ITLL RUT A REF LILT RUT A REF… --- ## [test, livejournal poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-livejournal-poll/284616)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-livejournal-poll/284616 "2005-01-14T17:34:23Z")
sorry if this is not strictly ATMB but this thread is the place for testing and I might use the LJ poll to conduct polls for here. I think you have to be an LJ user to submit to the poll. --- ## [Quoting question from newbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526)
**Author:** [@SallyCan\_tDance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyCan_tDance)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526 "2005-01-13T22:32:17Z")
Okay, every time I quote someone upthread, it never says "originally posted by whomever. All it does is this: So how do I get attributed quotes? Forgive me if the answer’s obvious… :slight\_smile: --- ## [Useless SDMB Statistics (and long, too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279)
**Author:** [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279 "2005-01-13T12:43:19Z")
Prompted by this question, on May 30 I looked through the threads in each forum over the past year and ran some statistics on them. The raw data is available here (4.5 MB .ZIP file; expands to Excel format) for anyone in… --- ## [Quickest route to "Find all posts by \[yourself\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-route-to-find-all-posts-by-yourself/284456)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-route-to-find-all-posts-by-yourself/284456 "2005-01-13T10:00:01Z")
After nearly 3 years of meaningless existence as a doper I still use the following method to find all my recent posts… Find a thread I know I posted in. Find my post. Click my name. Click "Find all posts by Lobsang. I… --- ## [Am I The Only Fool? (Question regarding Cecil.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-fool-question-regarding-cecil/282392)
**Author:** [@NotNow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotNow)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-fool-question-regarding-cecil/282392 "2005-01-13T02:33:49Z")
After a recent reading of a thread here I have come to realize that the straight dope itself has once again proved my ultimate ignorance… Say it isn’t so, tell me it’s not true (and prove it) that Cecil Adam’s, a man wh… --- ## [Straight Dope Secret Bar Code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-bar-code/284245)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-secret-bar-code/284245 "2005-01-12T15:47:26Z")
What’s up with the blue horizontal lines that divide one post from the next? OMM (on my monitor) they vary in thinkness and sometimes length. Are these indicative of anything? Number of posts? Number of wisecracks? … --- ## [Lying for rhetorical purposes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-for-rhetorical-purposes/284366)
**Author:** [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-for-rhetorical-purposes/284366 "2005-01-12T15:07:54Z")
Let’s imagine bricker meant to make a rhetorical point in Great Debates and stated: Bush didn’t lie. Period The point he is making is that using the standard of proof he would have us believe he critiques, this assert… --- ## [spoiler test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-test/284213)
**Author:** [@Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-test/284213 "2005-01-12T03:20:55Z")
--- ## [We need a pukey smiley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-pukey-smiley/284054)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-pukey-smiley/284054 "2005-01-12T02:03:00Z")
We really do. --- ## [stupid question about deleting a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-about-deleting-a-post/284286)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-about-deleting-a-post/284286 "2005-01-11T23:13:32Z")
Ok, so I linked to SDMBconfess in a post in MPSIMS, which in retrospect was a mistake. I would like to get the link removed. I feel stupid, but I’ve never reported a post or emailed the mods and am not sure what to do.… --- ## [Cool. Simulpost prevention. When did this start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-simulpost-prevention-when-did-this-start/284221)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-simulpost-prevention-when-did-this-start/284221 "2005-01-11T20:34:09Z")
You know the situation. You’ve spent ages writing a post, click Submit without copying it to the clipboard… and after an agonising wait you get the “Page cannot be displayed” error. Do you cross your fingers and hope the… --- ## [Changed Username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-username/284066)
**Author:** [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changed-username/284066 "2005-01-11T09:20:38Z")
I was Deva. Just in case ya’ll would like to know. Carry on. --- ## [Was there a thread about derren brown's 'messiah'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-thread-about-derren-browns-messiah/283664)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-thread-about-derren-browns-messiah/283664 "2005-01-11T01:36:14Z")
And is it ok to ask this type of question in ATMB? If not this will be the last one. I did a search but only found an old thread about his ‘russian rulette’ show. --- ## [Ok to post instructions on how to Google for web-cams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-post-instructions-on-how-to-google-for-web-cams/283888)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-post-instructions-on-how-to-google-for-web-cams/283888 "2005-01-10T16:53:18Z")
I’ve come across some simple Google searches to find literally thousands of URLs to webcams. The potential problem here is that technically many of these cams were not put out to be public, but the user didn’t take prec… --- ## [resubscribing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing/283996)
**Author:** [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing/283996 "2005-01-10T05:06:16Z")
When is the annual resubscription due for those of us that just paid 4.95 to subscribe to this board? I’ve lost track of time. I don’t want my subscription to lapse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=366)