# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=412 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 413 --- ## [How did I miss this: I burning your dog origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622 "2003-09-09T23:29:01Z")
Can some kind Doper point me in the direction of the origin of this phrase? --- ## [A humble request about the Scalar weapons thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-humble-request-about-the-scalar-weapons-thread/200438)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-humble-request-about-the-scalar-weapons-thread/200438 "2003-09-09T18:14:55Z")
Please don’t move it out of GQ. Sure, I know you may want to close it sometime… But, it’s just so cool that a mistake spawned the longest ever GQ thread. I would hate to see that special status lost. Regardless of how … --- ## [subscript test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscript-test/199907 "2003-09-09T07:24:50Z")
saw this mentioned and wanted to test it blah blah blah \[sub\]subscript\[/sub\] blah blah blah \[sup\]superscript\[/sup\] --- ## [question for bibliophage, DrMatrix and xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-bibliophage-drmatrix-and-xash/199821)
**Author:** [@squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-bibliophage-drmatrix-and-xash/199821 "2003-09-08T23:04:30Z")
Not knowing much about “chat sites”, computers, servers, hosts or what not i have to ask…Whats the poop with you guys. Where do you work, home or office. I would imagine being a monitor of a site like this you can do t… --- ## [I would like to make a suggestion....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-make-a-suggestion/200137)
**Author:** [@tilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tilly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-make-a-suggestion/200137 "2003-09-08T12:52:21Z")
Could we have a sports debating forum and break it down into college football, pro ball, baseball etc… I think it would be so much fun and with the popularity of this board we would have so many people over here…… --- ## [Is it possible to search only for threads you started?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-search-only-for-threads-you-started/200060)
**Author:** [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-search-only-for-threads-you-started/200060 "2003-09-08T01:26:37Z")
Subject says it all… --- ## [Which state is best represented on the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568)
**Author:** [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-is-best-represented-on-the-board/198568 "2003-09-07T07:19:15Z")
And before anyone gets clever, by “best represented”, I mean “has the largest number of members”. Yeah, I could of said that in the thread title…but I didn’t. :stuck\_out\_tongue: The reason I ask is due to the fact that… --- ## [Can we do polls now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-polls-now/199645)
**Author:** [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-polls-now/199645 "2003-09-06T08:29:28Z")
I noticed after posting that the “Thank you for posting” message seemed a bit longer than usual. It mentioned that if you had requested a poll, you would be able to do so forthwith etc…, just like over at the Unaboard. … --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/199879)
**Author:** [@Anniee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/199879 "2003-09-06T03:26:36Z")
Testing --- ## [Question about ZHLF210's OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-zhlf210s-op/199792)
**Author:** [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-zhlf210s-op/199792 "2003-09-06T02:17:40Z")
I have no problem with the OP about Scalar weapons, but it seems as though if 16,278 people read it and 564 people replied to the OP, why has it not been moved out of GQ? Many people, including myself, have had their OP’… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/199854)
**Author:** [@Anniee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/199854 "2003-09-06T01:23:40Z")
Well…hmm --- ## [Nobody's looking right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-looking-right/198591)
**Author:** [@The\_Dorkside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dorkside)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-looking-right/198591 "2003-09-05T20:13:58Z")
:slight\_smile: --- ## [Calling someone a troll- is it a rule violation or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-a-troll-is-it-a-rule-violation-or-not/199378)
**Author:** [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-someone-a-troll-is-it-a-rule-violation-or-not/199378 "2003-09-05T13:13:29Z")
As of late especially in the post-december banning Pit there have been more then a few people who have taken to calling others troll’s often because they have different ideas then said person. Coldfire posted that we we… --- ## [Copied thread?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copied-thread/199271)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copied-thread/199271 "2003-09-05T03:28:28Z")
I just saw in the Pit - two threads with the same name, same number of posts, same number of replies, same last poster to reply and (I can only assume, because I gave up waiting for the other thread to open) same posts. … --- ## [BANNED vs Banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494)
**Author:** [@Swoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swoop)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-vs-banned/199494 "2003-09-05T02:11:41Z")
For the most part, in the status bit under a member’s name, once a member is banned it says “BANNED”, but every now and then I see “Banned”… what’s the deal? are there degrees of bannedness? --- ## [Hi, Opal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal/198879)
**Author:** [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal/198879 "2003-09-04T22:02:50Z")
I have to admit: I just don’t get it. Where the fuck did “Hi, Opal!” come from, and what the fuck does it mean? --- ## [test (widepost)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-widepost/199433)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-widepost/199433 "2003-09-04T18:41:59Z")
http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/ListingsServlet?event=12&broadcastType=1&searchDate=04/09/2003&searchTime=02:00&jspGridLocation=/jsp/tv\_listings\_grid.jsp&jspListLocation=/jsp/tv\_listings\_single.jsp&jspError=/jsp/error.jsp … --- ## [The Eugenic Movement in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eugenic-movement-in-america/199491)
**Author:** [@The\_Mist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eugenic-movement-in-america/199491 "2003-09-04T10:57:28Z")
What is the history of the Eugenic Movement in the U.S. from the first incident up until today? How did it influence public policy? Where is Eugenics present in the U.S. now? --- ## [What is the 'Happy Orthodox Jewish Man' For?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-for/199285)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-happy-orthodox-jewish-man-for/199285 "2003-09-04T04:03:39Z")
To some this may seem like a silly question, but I have wondered it for the longest time now. On the SDMB, there is a happy orthodox Jewish man as a smiley option: ;j What is the meant for? I mean, there isn’t a Buddhis… --- ## [Reading Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-spoilers/198521)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-spoilers/198521 "2003-09-03T23:08:05Z")
Lately, I have been having immense problems with the triple-click mode of seeing what’s in a spoiler box. I recall someone explaining an alternative way to “reveal spoilers” but all I can remember of it was that it invo… --- ## [Sticky request...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-request/198847)
**Author:** [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-request/198847 "2003-09-03T13:36:11Z")
Dear Mods, Can’t we puh-leeeeze have a sticky about asking questions that should be directed to real, live, medical professionals? It’s becoming frighteningly obvious that a number of people think that an open web foru… --- ## [Accusations of Sockpuppetosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusations-of-sockpuppetosity/199205)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusations-of-sockpuppetosity/199205 "2003-09-03T03:52:18Z")
There has been a froufrah recently in the Pit regarding whether it’s copacetic to suggest, ask, imply, or downright declare that another poster is a sock puppet. Although a mod said that such declarations were verboten,… --- ## [help I can't post messages longer than a few lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-cant-post-messages-longer-than-a-few-lines/198937)
**Author:** [@Abe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-cant-post-messages-longer-than-a-few-lines/198937 "2003-09-02T12:21:05Z")
It seems for the past days I am unable to make or preview ANY post longer than about 6 lines of the formatting window. I have tried logging in and out, restarting my PC, resetting my connection, all with no improvement. … --- ## [Welcome the Dorkside!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-dorkside/198590)
**Author:** [@The\_Dorkside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dorkside)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-the-dorkside/198590 "2003-09-02T10:06:43Z")
I am the newest member, so please ignore my next few practice posts… I got to start somewhere… And now for some similies::slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: :smiley: :cool: :wink: and a wally :wally --- ## [Email notification vs. subscribe to this thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-vs-subscribe-to-this-thread/198971)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-vs-subscribe-to-this-thread/198971 "2003-09-02T07:38:53Z")
Is there any difference between ticking the “Email Notification: emails sent to you whenever someone replies.” box underneath the reply box and clicking the “Subscribe to this Thread” link at the bottom of the thread?? G… --- ## [Something wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong/198925)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong/198925 "2003-09-01T06:22:32Z")
I could swear I just posted 3 posts within a minute (no time delay in effect) and then I get the standard message when board maintenance is going on - over 3 hours before it normally happens. It’s probably nothing. --- ## [this is just a test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/198868)
**Author:** [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/198868 "2003-09-01T03:18:38Z")
b å --- ## [Saw a whole thread get deleted today. Didn't think threads would get deleted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-whole-thread-get-deleted-today-didnt-think-threads-would-get-deleted/198736)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-a-whole-thread-get-deleted-today-didnt-think-threads-would-get-deleted/198736 "2003-08-31T04:57:05Z")
This morning, I noticed a thread in General Questions, “How do I become gay?” and opened it. Before I had a chance to start reading, I clicked another web site to look up some information, thinking I could use the Back b… --- ## [Where'd Miss January go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-miss-january-go/198728)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-miss-january-go/198728 "2003-08-31T03:59:41Z")
:frowning: I thought we had something, a chemistry, even…:frowning: --- ## [Post count of zero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589)
**Author:** [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589 "2003-08-30T08:04:25Z")
This is the first time I’ve seen a poster with a post count of zero! music without vocals How could this happen? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=411) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=413)