# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=368 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 369 --- ## [Controversial SDMB posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-sdmb-posters/281638)
**Author:** [@Milkman\_Dan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milkman_Dan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-sdmb-posters/281638 "2004-12-26T06:13:57Z")
I was just wondering who the most controversial poster ever on the SDMB has been. (I wasn’t sure what forum this goes on, so sorry if this is the wrong one.) When I say ‘controversial’ I don’t mean it has to be a banned … --- ## [Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/279876)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testy/279876 "2004-12-26T01:54:13Z")
Let’s see here \[SUP\]super\[/SUP\]script \[SUB\]sub\[/SUB\]script BIG small --- ## [I can't access MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-access-mpsims/281595)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-access-mpsims/281595 "2004-12-25T18:01:07Z")
For the past couple days now, whenever I click on the MPSIMS link on the forum index, my computer pops up a little box asking me if I want to download mpsims.php from straightdope.com. No matter what I do, the actual for… --- ## [Hamsters got the sniffles today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-got-the-sniffles-today/281073)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-got-the-sniffles-today/281073 "2004-12-25T06:16:17Z")
It’s been a while since there’s been technical troubles here, but we appears to have had them today. A couple hours ago, I got one of those firewall errors about how the server failed to give a timely and complete respo… --- ## [Involvement in own thread; meaning of "OP"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131 "2004-12-25T02:18:43Z")
How active should one be in a thread one has started or is participating in? Is it okay to open up a topic of discussion and simply see the conversation/debate/discussion pass by, or it considered bad form if the poster … --- ## [Viewing SDMB with Mozilla Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445)
**Author:** [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-sdmb-with-mozilla-firefox/281445 "2004-12-24T21:32:54Z")
I can’t seem to load the SDMB with Firefox. It askes me to download a file, and then I don’t even know what program to use to run this file. Anyone else having this problem? SDMB works fine with Internet Explorer, but I … --- ## [What's happened to me?I've been disabled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-me-ive-been-disabled/281378)
**Author:** [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-me-ive-been-disabled/281378 "2004-12-24T20:00:45Z")
When I go to post a reply,I get ‘You do not have permission to post.The administrator has disabled you from the list of members’. If it’s what I said about the hamsters getting boozed up,I recant :rolleyes: --- ## [Woosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woosh/281447 "2004-12-24T06:14:43Z")
Could someone give a clear, concise definition of ‘woosh’? It would be helpful. --- ## [Vanity Searches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-searches/281386)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-searches/281386 "2004-12-23T23:49:12Z")
(Sorry, the search function is timing out a lot on me today, so if this question has been addressed before, I apologize.) Why is it that when I do a vanity search and select “Search All Open Forums,” I don’t get a list … --- ## [Is it Ok to use these two smileys in non-Pit posts if:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-use-these-two-smileys-in-non-pit-posts-if/281209)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-use-these-two-smileys-in-non-pit-posts-if/281209 "2004-12-23T14:52:03Z")
They are not directed at another user, but rather, things outside the SDMB? :rolleyes: :wally --- ## [Can I increase how much post "preview" I can see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159 "2004-12-23T13:12:37Z")
I have dialup connection, so I have to be picky which posts I look at for time limitation reasons. Preview helps me determine whether I’m going to want to click on the link or not. Recently I discovered that if I right-c… --- ## [Bolded names in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolded-names-in-posts/281133)
**Author:** [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolded-names-in-posts/281133 "2004-12-23T06:49:27Z")
Ok - it’s 1:46 a.m. and I just spent an hour going through threads in this forum, and I can’t find an answer to my question, so I’m starting my own thread, so I can hurry up and go to bed. About a million times througho… --- ## [How do you access the spoilers that have been blacked out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-access-the-spoilers-that-have-been-blacked-out/280562)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-access-the-spoilers-that-have-been-blacked-out/280562 "2004-12-23T03:37:18Z")
I was just reading a thread with a spoiler that had been blacked out; I wanted to read the spoiler, but couldn’t figure out how to do it. --- ## [subscribing to a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-to-a-thread/280833 "2004-12-21T13:34:46Z")
I’m sure this has been asked a hundred times before, but when I tried searching I got 18 million threads about being a paid subscriber. Is there a way to subscribe to a thread without posting in it? --- ## [Subscriptions and exchange rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709)
**Author:** [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709 "2004-12-21T02:17:52Z")
Simple question: So I’m planning on subscribing in the New Year, but first I’d like to know about whether the subscription price for Canada is a set price or depends on the daily exchange rate. (If it’s the former, how m… --- ## [Editing Options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-options/280407)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-options/280407 "2004-12-21T00:32:43Z")
Help! I have read the FAQ’s and don’t see this there. My email is full of “replies to xyz thread” --even though I disabled that option via the Options area. Much as I enjoy this bb already, I don’t want to know when so… --- ## [Why do we have to post only once every 60 seconds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-post-only-once-every-60-seconds/279829)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-post-only-once-every-60-seconds/279829 "2004-12-20T20:13:33Z")
Just wondering what the rationale is for this. Is it for the poor hamsters? Well the hamsters seem to be on espresso now, so it still necessary? --- ## [A few questions on hiding, vanity and flirting....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-on-hiding-vanity-and-flirting/280140)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-on-hiding-vanity-and-flirting/280140 "2004-12-20T16:35:56Z")
The first two may be utterly silly because I can’t figure it out. So, don’t laugh too loud. The last one, I’m just not clear on and I’ve never participated nor started one. Please be gentle… \[ol\] \[li\]Is there somewa… --- ## [sig test with preview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-with-preview/280689)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-with-preview/280689 "2004-12-20T10:57:44Z")
Test starts in next post, just in case the OP is different. --- ## [What was the Weird Earl's non-work safe link two weeks ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-weird-earls-non-work-safe-link-two-weeks-ago/280569)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-weird-earls-non-work-safe-link-two-weeks-ago/280569 "2004-12-20T01:03:44Z")
I wasn’t able to click on it, because I only visited the Straight Dope while at work during that period of time, although I was dying of curiosity. What was it, can someone post the link? Thanks. --- ## [Does the search engine not work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-search-engine-not-work/280659)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-search-engine-not-work/280659 "2004-12-19T19:28:46Z")
Am I right to think that the search function on these boards doesn’t work very well? Latest example: Two days ago I did a search in Cafe Society for “Ocean’s Twelve” thinking I had seen a thread about it before. Search… --- ## [Removed "moral corruption" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-moral-corruption-thread/280669)
**Author:** [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removed-moral-corruption-thread/280669 "2004-12-19T18:49:39Z")
Just FYI, for the curious, I removed the “moral corruption” thread from the Pit for several reasons: If someone wants to use the Dope to collect anecdotes for publication they need to at least ask us first. We aren’t h… --- ## [Accidentally a repeat guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-a-repeat-guest/280314)
**Author:** [@The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-a-repeat-guest/280314 "2004-12-19T07:36:18Z")
Just thought I’d let you know that I’m a long time straight dope lurker who’s decided to make the jump to actually posting again. So take it easy on me. I’ve been reading this message board for a few years, but I quit p… --- ## [Cogito Ergo Sum - Except in Last Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cogito-ergo-sum-except-in-last-post/280410)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cogito-ergo-sum-except-in-last-post/280410 "2004-12-18T18:17:57Z")
I replied to a post by oh&s in this Bezoar Stones thread. When I checked the main Comments on Cecil’s Columns page earlier I saw that oh&s had the Last Post so I assumed that he responded to me. Wrong. My post, yesterd… --- ## [I used to be CzechMaster401k](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-czechmaster401k/280243)
**Author:** [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-czechmaster401k/280243 "2004-12-17T23:29:59Z")
Like I said in this thread before I began my rant about recent events in Japan: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5618782&postcount=1 Per the suggestion of Jackelope, I need to do something about this… --- ## [How to do mass thread unsubscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-mass-thread-unsubscription/280001)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-mass-thread-unsubscription/280001 "2004-12-16T00:14:00Z")
I have been negligent in unsubscribing to threads that no longer interest me. Most are dormant, but I’m thinking that they waste space in the database. Any quick way to unsubscribe from all, rather than doing them one … --- ## [How do I quote correctly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-correctly/279694)
**Author:** [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-correctly/279694 "2004-12-15T22:10:21Z")
Title says it all really, anybody fancy a quick spar with some ignorance? --- ## [What does TMI stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-stand-for/280012)
**Author:** [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tmi-stand-for/280012 "2004-12-15T18:51:51Z")
Question in Subject line. I’ve never seen “TMI” used as a warning on any other forum. --- ## [How long does name change take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-name-change-take/279908)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-name-change-take/279908 "2004-12-15T04:24:15Z")
Not meaning to be pushy, just asking to set my own expectations correctly. I sent in a request for a user ID change (I believe we’re entitled to one free, yes?) a couple of days ago to Arnold Winkelried. What is the usu… --- ## [UI problem with reporting bad post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ui-problem-with-reporting-bad-post/279825)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ui-problem-with-reporting-bad-post/279825 "2004-12-14T21:58:15Z")
I’ve noticed an annoying problem when reporting bad posts. After clicking the ! to report the post, we’re taken to a new page to type in a description of the problem. All fine and good, but I want to see a copy of the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=369)