# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=372 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 373 --- ## [How long does account activation take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044 "2004-10-31T06:31:22Z")
A buddy of mine registered as a guest last week or so, and he is still unable to post. He’ll be a paying member soon, but he wants to try it out first. Is there an issue with his guest membership, or is activation just t… --- ## [Can I change the title of a previous thread I started?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-title-of-a-previous-thread-i-started/271736)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-title-of-a-previous-thread-i-started/271736 "2004-10-31T01:45:08Z")
Well can I? I have had this one un answered for some time: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5423318#post5423318 But I know that the piece of music shows up in “Team America”… how can I change the t… --- ## [Did the mods delete a lot of Pit threads just now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-mods-delete-a-lot-of-pit-threads-just-now/272037)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-mods-delete-a-lot-of-pit-threads-just-now/272037 "2004-10-30T18:47:43Z")
I thought there were a lot more threads in the Pit last night than there are now. Mass deletion of “Tastes great/Less filling” election talk? Or just me seeing things? --- ## [About mp3s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-mp3s/272013)
**Author:** [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-mp3s/272013 "2004-10-30T18:22:36Z")
I just recently bought a CD that I’d like to discuss in CS. I’d like to rip one of the tracks from it, upload it to my server and post a link that will allow folks to download it so they can share their opinions with me… --- ## [dead threads & ressurections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-threads-ressurections/271869)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-threads-ressurections/271869 "2004-10-29T20:33:22Z")
Here http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5424742#post5424742 I posted an answer to a thread that had been dead for a while. What is odd, when checking back- my post seems to be the first recent post- t… --- ## [Private messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-messages/271735)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-messages/271735 "2004-10-29T18:32:51Z")
Why disable PM’s? There’s someone I’d like to have a private word with. Why don’t you allow this? Other boards permit it. --- ## [Sock puppet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-puppet-question/271733)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-puppet-question/271733 "2004-10-29T11:43:43Z")
Several times I’ve seen someone post saying something like : Oops, that was me posting, not my flatmate. I take that as meaning that there are two dopers sharing a computer, with two seperate usernames. sometimes one … --- ## [If a thread's in the wrong forum, how do I report it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-threads-in-the-wrong-forum-how-do-i-report-it/271657)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-threads-in-the-wrong-forum-how-do-i-report-it/271657 "2004-10-28T21:23:00Z")
Ok, so I’m playing Junior Mod. Ick. I don’t like it, but last time I didn’t, the whole thread got sniped at by a real mod for not alerting the mods. But when I click “report”, it gives me this scary message So what do … --- ## [Huh? Wha? Meh? Threa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-wha-meh-threa/271398)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-wha-meh-threa/271398 "2004-10-28T04:11:46Z")
Where’d that thread go? I couldn’t see anything wrong with it. (it was someone complaining, politely, about being warned about sequential posting) Anyway, if it wasn’t simply hamsterfood I am sure the reasons were… --- ## [Would this be wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200)
**Author:** [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-wrong/271200 "2004-10-27T22:26:48Z")
I’m thinking about buying a membership for my father for X-Mas. If I register as a guest, then pay, then hand off the account to him, with instructions to change the password, would that be considered to be a sock, stra… --- ## [OMG!!! Simulpost insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-simulpost-insurance/271056)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-simulpost-insurance/271056 "2004-10-27T02:05:32Z")
I was just about to simulpost over in Café society, but it gave me an error message saying that I had posted the same thing in the last 5 minutes, and wouldn’t let me post it. When did this happen? --- ## [Polling, is it server intensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-it-server-intensive/271051)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-is-it-server-intensive/271051 "2004-10-26T23:20:25Z")
After reading the thread below, I see that it is a bit outdated, I didn’t want to revive it. In it TubaDiva is pretty much saying that a lot of the VB features are server intensive, but it was never said that the polling… --- ## [Test to see if I can link to a photo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-to-see-if-i-can-link-to-a-photo/271215)
**Author:** [@coop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-to-see-if-i-can-link-to-a-photo/271215 "2004-10-26T16:38:07Z")
Photo of the house I lived in in Butterworth 1978 - 1979. --- ## [Testing sig...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig/271245)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig/271245 "2004-10-26T16:29:12Z")
Testing… testing… --- ## [Testing, Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/271142)
**Author:** [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/271142 "2004-10-26T03:04:32Z")
First post as a member. Just trying it out. :confused: --- ## [Dumb question: Membership renewal notices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-membership-renewal-notices/270821)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-membership-renewal-notices/270821 "2004-10-26T00:39:20Z")
Whilst surfing today, my mind came to fruition (however painfully) that my SDMB would at some point expire, and I would have to renew my ‘Charter Membership’. In real words, will I be warned when my membership is about … --- ## [Who is this mysterious "user 1"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-mysterious-user-1/270744)
**Author:** [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-mysterious-user-1/270744 "2004-10-25T12:43:05Z")
In my infinite boredom, i was trying to figure out who the first member of the board was. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=2 thats Lynn Bodoni… but… http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php… --- ## [Is this board now Yahoo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-board-now-yahoo/270502)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-board-now-yahoo/270502 "2004-10-24T17:31:24Z")
I use the Mozilla Firefox browser and have The Straight Dope on my toolbar. Recently thwe Yahoo! “Y!” has appeared by The Straight Dope. Is this just a coincidence? --- ## [TubaDiva! \*waves\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-waves/270497)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-waves/270497 "2004-10-24T02:09:31Z")
Hi :slight\_smile: Matt “Brilliant and Most Excellent and Incredible” Connolly paid for my subscription to the SDMB, but I’m still listed as a Guest… --- ## [changing my user name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-user-name/269192)
**Author:** [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-user-name/269192 "2004-10-24T01:17:26Z")
I want to change my user name. I emailed Lynn Bodini a few weeks ago, but never got a reply, so I’m not sure if she got it, or it got overlooked or something. Anyway, can someone let me know who to email to change my n… --- ## [A Question in the Pit Is in Search of a Mod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-in-the-pit-is-in-search-of-a-mod/270561)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-in-the-pit-is-in-search-of-a-mod/270561 "2004-10-24T00:05:45Z")
This thread in the Pit poses a question about misleading thread titles. I was hoping for clarification from a mod on what SD rules are for deliberately misleading titles. If there is a rule against them, is the Pit an … --- ## [Sticky suggestions: SDMD isn't an MD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-suggestions-sdmd-isnt-an-md/270441)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-suggestions-sdmd-isnt-an-md/270441 "2004-10-23T21:07:55Z")
How many threads have we had recently along the lines of “my ears have fallen off - medical advice sought”. We do have a MDs here on the board, but surely asking random strangers for an online consultation is one of the … --- ## [Please help me find the squirrel motorcycle attack thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-the-squirrel-motorcycle-attack-thread/270630)
**Author:** [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-the-squirrel-motorcycle-attack-thread/270630 "2004-10-23T11:29:28Z")
I’ve tried to search for that thread with no luck. Anybody remember it? Can you find it for me? I’ll put you in my will. It was about a guy who had a run in with a squirrel while riding his motorcycle. Duh! like the tit… --- ## [Testing sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig/270729)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig/270729 "2004-10-23T04:17:46Z")
That is all. --- ## ["Offical Doper Brat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offical-doper-brat/270250)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offical-doper-brat/270250 "2004-10-22T22:43:47Z")
I’ve seen that phrase in the sigs of at least three dopers now. Seeing on just one I thought nothing of it, but now that I’ve seen it on three I am curious about it’s meaning/origin. --- ## [Practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/268497)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/268497 "2004-10-21T19:33:21Z")
callas --- ## [Are you guys employing Goldfishes now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-guys-employing-goldfishes-now/270253)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-guys-employing-goldfishes-now/270253 "2004-10-21T19:31:43Z")
Whichever small animal is running things, it keeps forgetting where I’ve been. Usually the threads I click on unbold and go a different colour. Not happening today. --- ## [Simple (i think) question about posting links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-i-think-question-about-posting-links/270415)
**Author:** [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-i-think-question-about-posting-links/270415 "2004-10-21T19:15:55Z")
Hi folks, I have a simple (I think) question. How do I turn a link I cite in a post from “www.@#@%@%/#@@@#/etc.” to “click on this to see the cite”? BA --- ## [sorry, testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-testing/270378)
**Author:** [@Fenneth\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenneth_Jr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-testing/270378 "2004-10-21T17:28:50Z")
test --- ## [Suggestion: Resource People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-resource-people/270222)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-resource-people/270222 "2004-10-21T12:49:18Z")
This thread brings up Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer, who was a Doper for several years, but seems not to have paid up and become a Charter Member. It occurred to me when reading that that there have been a few people w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=373)