# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=405 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 406 --- ## [Vanished thread in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread-in-gq/216991)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanished-thread-in-gq/216991 "2003-12-05T15:45:00Z")
I posted a lengthy reply in a thread last night about the effect of carbon dioxide on the pH of rainwater (as compared to other manmade atmospheric pollutants). I don’t recall who the OP was, but my reply was in respons… --- ## [Sig Test - Input from a Mod would be welcome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-input-from-a-mod-would-be-welcome/216717)
**Author:** [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-input-from-a-mod-would-be-welcome/216717 "2003-12-05T15:43:03Z")
Just got this latest addition to my .sig from unclviny: Now, the question is whether the f%^k is acceptable in the sig. Should I leave it like that, change all four to “^#”, just put in “fuck” (as everyone knows what … --- ## [weird biggy-sized text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-biggy-sized-text/217136)
**Author:** [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-biggy-sized-text/217136 "2003-12-05T11:53:30Z")
What’s going on with the text on the boards? I was just on a couple minutes ago and everything was normal. Now I’m on again and everything looks bloated like the shapes do in my crazy dreams I get when I have a fever. … --- ## [What's the right forum for Recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-right-forum-for-recipes/217031)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-right-forum-for-recipes/217031 "2003-12-05T07:44:29Z")
subject pretty much says it all… --- ## [Are we allowed to reveal personal information (i.e. phone numbers) about ourselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-reveal-personal-information-i-e-phone-numbers-about-ourselves/217053)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-reveal-personal-information-i-e-phone-numbers-about-ourselves/217053 "2003-12-05T07:38:23Z")
I know posting someone else’s information is a bannable offense here, but what about our own? Is that bannable as well? Or is it a “do it at your own risk” sort of thing? --- ## [Mods/Admins: What happened to our wiz kid, Limping Karpathian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-what-happened-to-our-wiz-kid-limping-karpathian/216777)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-admins-what-happened-to-our-wiz-kid-limping-karpathian/216777 "2003-12-05T07:14:37Z")
or should I say naihtapraK gnipmiL?:smiley: --- ## [sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/216015)
**Author:** [@punkkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punkkid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/216015 "2003-12-02T23:19:08Z")
test --- ## [Testing Unicode - can YOU see Hebrew here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165)
**Author:** [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165 "2003-12-02T06:54:03Z")
Help from people who recognize Hebrew characters but don’t have Hebrew fonts/encodings installed would be appreciated: Does the following text look like Hebrew to you? (should be “aleph”, “bet”, “gimmel” running right-t… --- ## [Can banned posters still read the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-posters-still-read-the-board/215476)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-posters-still-read-the-board/215476 "2003-12-02T04:22:12Z")
I had asked this in the Handy thread in the pit, but it was locked before it could be answered. (fully). I’ve heard \ that banned posters are not necessarily able to read the board - a particular ISP can be blocked… --- ## [Can banned posters still read the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-posters-still-read-the-board/216356)
**Author:** [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-posters-still-read-the-board/216356 "2003-12-02T02:02:17Z")
test --- ## [Editing posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/215646)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/215646 "2003-12-01T20:37:37Z")
what do i need to do to be able to send attachments and edit my messages? --- ## [Since We Can't E-mail each other, TubaDiva....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-we-cant-e-mail-each-other-tubadiva/216323)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-we-cant-e-mail-each-other-tubadiva/216323 "2003-12-01T19:42:44Z")
Here’s my submission for Weird Earl’s–an English-To-Hardboiled Detective Phrasebook. http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html --- ## [link test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/216279)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/216279 "2003-12-01T15:57:36Z")
http://www.denicotea.de/eng/prod.htm --- ## [What gives, Cecil?!? (or: promises (so far) unkept)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-cecil-or-promises-so-far-unkept/216061)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-cecil-or-promises-so-far-unkept/216061 "2003-12-01T04:48:45Z")
“See you after Labor Day”, he said. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202020 And what is it about this vague language, vague threats? “Cecil is mindful of the rising tide of ignorance and wil… --- ## [Testing odds and ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-odds-and-ends/215461 "2003-11-29T22:01:44Z")
Trying to get the font to do that trademarkTM thingie. I’m part of the way there - how do I raise the type up a little bit to “float” it? --- ## [Guess what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what/215252)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what/215252 "2003-11-29T12:32:32Z")
This isn’t a topic including a question about something on here pertaining to why or why not something is so. This topic’s purpose isn’t about any grevience at all. Or any complaint. This topic isn’t even regarding the… --- ## [Mozilla and the 'New Thread' button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-and-the-new-thread-button/215379)
**Author:** [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-and-the-new-thread-button/215379 "2003-11-29T05:31:20Z")
Anybody else using Mozilla having trouble with the ‘New Thread’ button? I see the button initially if I refresh the page (either at the Index page or withing an article) but then the button is quickly ‘deleted’. The on… --- ## [test of sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-sig/215804)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-sig/215804 "2003-11-29T01:40:56Z")
:slight\_smile: --- ## [need help with this message board!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-this-message-board/215518)
**Author:** [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-this-message-board/215518 "2003-11-28T05:12:22Z")
It seems that vbulletin message boards and my computer dont like each other… For about a month now whenever I log on to Sdmb or some other VB message board I can hardly ever scroll down and when I try to write text it t… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/215608)
**Author:** [@Kleia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kleia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/215608 "2003-11-27T18:52:49Z")
Just testing --- ## [sig test--nothin to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-nothin-to-see/215572)
**Author:** [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-nothin-to-see/215572 "2003-11-27T13:37:51Z")
Test! --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/215497)
**Author:** [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/215497 "2003-11-27T01:40:10Z")
:D --- ## [How does my home connection affect access?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807 "2003-11-27T00:27:11Z")
I’m well aware that the hampsters are on starvation rations. Nevertheless, I have to wonder how much my home dial-up connection is affecting my ability to access the boards. Do all you DSL and cable folks spend a lot of… --- ## [do away with the post counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-away-with-the-post-counter/215147)
**Author:** [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-away-with-the-post-counter/215147 "2003-11-26T14:04:54Z")
How 'bout if the board just does away w/ the post counter all together? I don’t know for sure, but I think it would save a lot of wear and tear on the Hamsters. Probably do away with a lot of ignorance as well. Reduce … --- ## [Compliments to the SDMB rules!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-to-the-sdmb-rules/213402)
**Author:** [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-to-the-sdmb-rules/213402 "2003-11-26T04:53:02Z")
I’m a member of other message boards, and they don’t have well thought out rules like, No pictures in signatures Descriptive titles mandatory trolling is forbiddon Mods have an unbiased perspective, respect and maturit… --- ## [Closing a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-thread/214952)
**Author:** [@MyOld85MG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyOld85MG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-a-thread/214952 "2003-11-25T18:49:38Z")
How does a thread get closed? --- ## [Anyone else unable to search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-unable-to-search/214928 "2003-11-25T08:19:44Z")
All I get is the “slight problem with the database” message. I can access the boards, obviously, but I’m not able to search at all. Just me? --- ## [Can I get a mod to edit my subject line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-mod-to-edit-my-subject-line/214668)
**Author:** [@LowerLip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LowerLip)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-mod-to-edit-my-subject-line/214668 "2003-11-25T01:27:27Z")
Can i get a mod to edit my subject line? I didn’t realize that I could have two lines in the sujbect field and I would like to extend my subject to a question. --- ## [Test Post - disregard unless you feel obliged to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-disregard-unless-you-feel-obliged-to/214827)
**Author:** [@down1nit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/down1nit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-disregard-unless-you-feel-obliged-to/214827 "2003-11-25T01:11:41Z")
ipsum lorem… something, something. who likes Herb Alpert? \*\*RO-\*\*TAITION yeah. --- ## [General Questions vs. Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-vs-cafe-society/211734)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-vs-cafe-society/211734 "2003-11-24T23:31:40Z")
I understand the benefit of having a Cafe Society forum. However, when I have a specific, factual question to ask about something that happens to be in the world of entertainment, it’s frustrating to put it into Cafe So… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=406)