# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=385 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 386 --- ## [Sig Check](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-check/247260)
**Author:** [@FandJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FandJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-check/247260 "2004-05-27T00:00:43Z")
abracadabra --- ## [I didn't post last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-post-last/247219)
**Author:** [@Nim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-post-last/247219 "2004-05-26T19:18:43Z")
Check out the general forums and it said that I posted last on the thread about microwave weapons even though I didn’t. --- ## [Just kidding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618 "2004-05-26T14:30:54Z")
I couldn’t resist. --- ## [Search by user name only goes to 500?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-by-user-name-only-goes-to-500/246975)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-by-user-name-only-goes-to-500/246975 "2004-05-25T18:47:26Z")
There’s no way to search beyond 500 posts in the past for a particular user? --- ## [tig sest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tig-sest/246673)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tig-sest/246673 "2004-05-25T17:11:07Z")
Why do we do sig test posts when we can see the sig by previewing it? --- ## [Zonky Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonky-board/246743)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zonky-board/246743 "2004-05-25T02:33:39Z")
Is the board being really strange for anyone else,as in: some posts having blue backgrounds and black lettering some posts running to the left and off-screen just generally some odd colors things that should be enclo… --- ## [Smilie tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilie-tests/246733)
**Author:** [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilie-tests/246733 "2004-05-25T00:24:37Z")
:d --- ## [What is the function of the buddy list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-function-of-the-buddy-list/246858)
**Author:** [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-function-of-the-buddy-list/246858 "2004-05-25T00:24:14Z")
It is a simple question but one I feel I should know. Any help? Thanks in advance. --- ## [teemings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings/246577)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings/246577 "2004-05-23T22:01:36Z")
“Teemings”, the SDMB ezine, has been labeled as “new” for a decade\* or so. Isn’t it about time to drop that tag? I know this isn’t exactly about the message board, but cut me some slack, ok? \*OK, a couple of years. Pi… --- ## [Allowing guests to use the Search Function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-guests-to-use-the-search-function/246661)
**Author:** [@griffen2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffen2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-guests-to-use-the-search-function/246661 "2004-05-23T19:29:51Z")
In this thread milroyj is exhibiting the egregious ignorance this board is set up to fight by stating as fact that there are no Christian terrorist groups. I remember a thread that appeared in the Pit about a year ago w… --- ## [Not related to this board, but what does "O\_o" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-related-to-this-board-but-what-does-o_o-mean/246544)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-related-to-this-board-but-what-does-o_o-mean/246544 "2004-05-23T17:49:36Z")
I see this a lot on online multi-player gaming. What does it mean? --- ## [I suggest a new Forum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suggest-a-new-forum/245963)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suggest-a-new-forum/245963 "2004-05-23T12:49:03Z")
Military oriented questions are quite common on the SDMB. So much so, that I believe they would justify their own Forum. I suggest the name “Armchair Generals’ Barracks”. You input, please? --- ## [Wooo! No more automatic sigs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808 "2004-05-23T09:53:31Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2 No longer will throngs of useless signatures be unwittingly thrust upon us. And the signal to noise ratio of all threads will now increase, providing an effective… --- ## [Attempting a name change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempting-a-name-change/244202)
**Author:** [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempting-a-name-change/244202 "2004-05-23T01:29:44Z")
Several days ago I emailed TubaDiva about changing my SD name. I had dealt with her over a name change several years ago, and everything went smoothly. It’s been several days and I have yet to hear anything back, and I … --- ## [Opera 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-6/246529)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-6/246529 "2004-05-22T16:48:22Z")
I was surprised to find that About This Message Board works, as well as the smileys :slight\_smile: with IE. I cannot help but be curious why it doesn’t work with Opera 6. --- ## [Dont you guys ever feed the hamsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-guys-ever-feed-the-hamsters/246469)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-guys-ever-feed-the-hamsters/246469 "2004-05-22T14:32:22Z")
I am pretty sure I posted to a thread about cysts in GQ today. I thought rabid thread-eating hamsters were a thing of the past. What causes threads to disappear, anyway? --- ## [Why do TPTB hate it when old threads get resurrected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tptb-hate-it-when-old-threads-get-resurrected/246098)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tptb-hate-it-when-old-threads-get-resurrected/246098 "2004-05-22T13:59:09Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Postings in Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postings-in-email/246196)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postings-in-email/246196 "2004-05-21T22:32:14Z")
In the past (pre-subscription time), whenever there was a new posting to a thread I subscribed too (dual meaning of “subscription;” sorry about that), I would get a link to the new posting. That was fine, and that is us… --- ## [Has it always been possible to know what our user id is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-always-been-possible-to-know-what-our-user-id-is/246108)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-always-been-possible-to-know-what-our-user-id-is/246108 "2004-05-21T02:25:10Z")
If you hover over your name you will see your user id (at the end of a url) in the status bar of the browser. At least one other message board uses this number as a status symbol, a bit like many here do with post cou… --- ## [I can't reply,oh why can't I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-reply-oh-why-cant-i/245902)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-reply-oh-why-cant-i/245902 "2004-05-20T06:30:08Z")
It’s nice,no GREAT,about the sigs,but now I only get the reply button on the bottom right of any post. The one on the left has disappeared for me. Hence I no can reply,not I. How am I screwing up this time? I won’t eve… --- ## [Testing just Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-just-testing/243556)
**Author:** [@Mooella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooella)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-just-testing/243556 "2004-05-19T23:27:46Z")
Hello Mooella, just wanted to let you know you ROCK! --- ## [Hallo Everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallo-everyone/245823)
**Author:** [@PorkChop47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorkChop47)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallo-everyone/245823 "2004-05-19T22:00:40Z")
:smack: I finally broke down and signed up to Straightdope boards. It’s really nothing to shout about. I’m on a 5Mbit connection, and this thing is crawling…or is it cause I am using Mozilla. I had no idea about the su… --- ## [Sig was there on one post, then gone on another!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-was-there-on-one-post-then-gone-on-another/245887)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-was-there-on-one-post-then-gone-on-another/245887 "2004-05-19T15:24:01Z")
This has me rather puzzled :confused: When I posted my ‘test post’, it had my signature. But when I posted a reply to that post, the reply did NOT have my signature. What gives? Under options, I turned ‘show signatures’… --- ## [Uh, vanishing threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-vanishing-threads/245933)
**Author:** [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-vanishing-threads/245933 "2004-05-19T12:10:20Z")
I’m aware of threads being occasionally deleted. These are usually spam or offensive cross-posted trolls. I just got an e-mail that someone had responded to a thread I’m subscribed to. When I clicked the link I got a “y… --- ## [Just curious... How many new members at the $14.95 rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-many-new-members-at-the-14-95-rate/245191)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-curious-how-many-new-members-at-the-14-95-rate/245191 "2004-05-19T03:14:39Z")
I could’ve sworn reading somewhere that there was a way I could find out, but I can’t seem to find it. Anyone know? --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/245804)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/245804 "2004-05-19T01:55:41Z")
Been having some trouble posting lately, trying to actually post a message with this username…if you can see this, Sucess! :smiley: --- ## [This bugs me every time - (no forum jump in post compose screen)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bugs-me-every-time-no-forum-jump-in-post-compose-screen/245173)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bugs-me-every-time-no-forum-jump-in-post-compose-screen/245173 "2004-05-18T22:40:06Z")
Sometimes I click ‘new post’ and realize straight away that I was in the wrong forum. I immediately scroll to where the forum jump normally is, not there, grrr. I have to click back, and then forum jump to where I w… --- ## [Search returning quotes containing username.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-returning-quotes-containing-username/245521)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-returning-quotes-containing-username/245521 "2004-05-18T18:55:08Z")
I apologise if this has been discussed. I have seen examples (on other message boards) that show that in vbulletin 3 it is possible for a search using a username as the keyword to return results where that username is … --- ## [Posting link to another board allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-link-to-another-board-allowed/245329)
**Author:** [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-link-to-another-board-allowed/245329 "2004-05-17T19:38:12Z")
I skimmed the user agreement, and didn’t find his addressed, yet it seems I recall something about it being mentioned somewhere. Is it acceptable to provide a link, in a post, to another mesage board? What I am proposi… --- ## [Help, I need an administrator to e-mail me!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-an-administrator-to-e-mail-me/245477)
**Author:** [@Incubiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubiz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-an-administrator-to-e-mail-me/245477 "2004-05-16T22:15:09Z")
For some reason I can’t seem to e-mail any administrator at the moment. If they could send me an e-mail so I could reply, telling them of an urgent situation, I would greatly appreciate it! Incubiz@hotmail.com [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=386)