# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=421 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 422 --- ## [Potentially stupid suggestion about board moderation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-stupid-suggestion-about-board-moderation/180993)
**Author:** [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-stupid-suggestion-about-board-moderation/180993 "2003-06-20T16:19:32Z")
We all know that Lynn is in the hospital. From looking at the front page, it appears that her (very temporary, I hope) absence has left a rather large hole in Mod/Admin coverage for the boards. Some of you guys are cove… --- ## ["Report This Post"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/182848)
**Author:** [@hegel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hegel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/182848 "2003-06-19T03:45:39Z")
Does this link require that a user be logged in? I may have clicked on it by mistake in a thread, but I was not logged in. --- ## [I made a little SD icon. I don't know. I think it looks good.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-little-sd-icon-i-dont-know-i-think-it-looks-good/181984 "2003-06-18T22:59:11Z")
Previous discussion. I don’t know if this idea was ever shot down for all time, but if not, here’s a suggestion. SD Icon - it’s 197 bytes. --- ## [Attn: JDavis and Tech Staff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-jdavis-and-tech-staff/182576)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-jdavis-and-tech-staff/182576 "2003-06-18T17:44:29Z")
In responding to a Pit thread, I got the white screen that says ‘There appears to have been a slight database error …’ – using my back button and resubmitting my response resulted in an unremarkable posting of my respo… --- ## [Number of members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-members/182261)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-members/182261 "2003-06-17T12:24:01Z")
We currently have 35,000+ members, but I wonder how true that number is. Does the member count include banned posters? How about those posters that posted once two years ago and haven’t been back? Is there a way to mor… --- ## [Edit or Cancellation Requests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-or-cancellation-requests/182217)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2003, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-or-cancellation-requests/182217 "2003-06-17T09:30:37Z")
Recently I e-mailed two mods to remove a post from a thread I originated or to please close the thread completely, but I never heard back from either one and no action was ever taken. Do I take this non-answer as a “No… --- ## [Suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion/182358)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion/182358 "2003-06-17T02:29:21Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189885 When moving threads, can I suggest noting that? Because in that thread, people were incorrectly thinking that when I said “technical questions and an… --- ## [Lynn Bodoni was in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-was-in-the-hospital/181851)
**Author:** [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-was-in-the-hospital/181851 "2003-06-16T22:59:51Z")
Perhaps the announcement should be taken down and replaced with a link to her MPSIMS post? After all she did lock the original thread. --- ## [Blacklisted sites (including SDMB)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacklisted-sites-including-sdmb/182296)
**Author:** [@Jester\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester_Boy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacklisted-sites-including-sdmb/182296 "2003-06-16T21:10:27Z")
The new issue of P.C. Magazine has an article “Blacklisted” p.64 on how your site may be on blacklists, how to tell if it is and how to try to get off the lists. Here’s one site that cross checks blacklists http://moen… --- ## [Testing screen width....and can I post this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-screen-width-and-can-i-post-this/181604)
**Author:** [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-screen-width-and-can-i-post-this/181604 "2003-06-16T10:37:43Z")
TaxGuy, these figures, from the BMJ, show that the amount smoked is highly relevant. If I’ve iinterpreted them correctly, you can see from the line in bold the great increase in going from no cigarettes to 1-14/15-25/\>25… --- ## [How can I change my username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/182022)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/182022 "2003-06-16T08:19:34Z")
I’ve searched the FAQs, and I gather one has to write the mods, but there’s no specific info on it. Help, please? :confused: --- ## [Testing Alt-numeric combinations.. don't mind me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648 "2003-06-16T06:53:01Z")
I’m just testing these out coz I still want to find that maddeningly elusive “Þ” character! (if I can, of course… I don’t have Character Map on this computer, and not sure that would help anyways) F\_X \*\*! (Alt-00033) … --- ## [Finding local happenings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-local-happenings/182057)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-local-happenings/182057 "2003-06-15T21:33:10Z")
These boards are great for getting input, information, motivation, amusement, etc from people far and wide! Now, is there also a good way to find past threads about certain areas–New Orleans, say–when people have “gather… --- ## [game cheats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-cheats/181361)
**Author:** [@ArtyDooDoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtyDooDoo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-cheats/181361 "2003-06-15T16:56:03Z")
Am I allowed to ask if anyone has a good game cheat? --- ## [How do link to a specific post in a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986)
**Author:** [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986 "2003-06-15T08:16:03Z")
It’s in the title, really. How do I link to a specific post halfway down the page or whatever? Thank you. --- ## [Testing This Recent Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-this-recent-rune/181794)
**Author:** [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-this-recent-rune/181794 "2003-06-15T04:50:39Z")
I am no grapist. :slight\_smile: :smack: :wally This is only a test. If this had been a real graping, the user would have been marked as an asshat:confused: Thank you. :smiley: --- ## [GQ forum should be called "GQ with factual answers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666)
**Author:** [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666 "2003-06-14T13:20:37Z")
Wouldn’t this clear out the majority of the daily screw-ups of newbies posting opinion questions in that forum? --- ## [Just sig testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sig-testing/180630)
**Author:** [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-sig-testing/180630 "2003-06-14T02:49:12Z")
test --- ## ['Go to First New Post' Link Not Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-new-post-link-not-working/181674)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-new-post-link-not-working/181674 "2003-06-13T23:24:28Z")
Is it just me or is the Go to First New Post link not working? When I click the little yellow arrow point down, I get ‘this page cannot be displayed’. If I go back and click the thread I (usually) get in just fine. Th… --- ## [Returning Trolls? (Hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-trolls-hypothetical/181594)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Sherbet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Sherbet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-trolls-hypothetical/181594 "2003-06-13T16:31:25Z")
Hypothetically… if one of my friends used to be RAWisSYDNEY and returned here under another name… what would happen? Hypothetically of course… :cool: --- ## [new post notification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-notification/181208)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-post-notification/181208 "2003-06-13T13:21:07Z")
I subscribe to most threads I post to, and when I refresh (either the forum page or the thread page), the new posts show up. But, e-mail notification comes hours, yes HOURS later, if at all. ¿Wha…? --- ## [How do I keep track of my favorite threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-track-of-my-favorite-threads/181479)
**Author:** [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-track-of-my-favorite-threads/181479 "2003-06-13T08:03:10Z")
I’ve been posting for some time, not too much, but often enough to lose track of my favorite threads or threads where I have been posting. I remember in the past some message boards where I get a notification in the boar… --- ## [Lynn Bodoni is in the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-is-in-the-hospital/180106)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynn-bodoni-is-in-the-hospital/180106 "2003-06-13T03:48:18Z")
Lynn Bodoni, longtime SDMB administrator and rightly feared moderator of the Pit, is entering the hospital today (Friday 6/6/03) on her doctor’s orders. Without getting into details, it’s serious. Lynn’s health has not b… --- ## [Some (very few) of the SDMB threads are indexed on Google - eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-few-of-the-sdmb-threads-are-indexed-on-google-eh/181311)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-very-few-of-the-sdmb-threads-are-indexed-on-google-eh/181311 "2003-06-12T21:03:42Z")
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=mangetout+SDMB&btnG=Google+Search How did this come to pass? Why aren’t there more? (or none) --- ## [How do I search the board by keyword?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-the-board-by-keyword/181141)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-the-board-by-keyword/181141 "2003-06-12T20:51:38Z")
I’m trying to find threads discussing the U.S. Patriot Act and Patriot II, especially as they relate to libraries. I tried the “search” button, and, setting the search for titles only, entered terms in the keyword field… --- ## [Boxes in Crafter man\`s posts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxes-in-crafter-man-s-posts/180868)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxes-in-crafter-man-s-posts/180868 "2003-06-12T20:43:31Z")
Any one else see boxes in Crafter\_Man\`s posts ??? Is it just me or is it on his end? --- ## [SDMB Time - what zone/country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-time-what-zone-country/180238)
**Author:** [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-time-what-zone-country/180238 "2003-06-12T20:09:15Z")
What does GMT mean in reference to the time? I live in Dallas, TX and it is now 10:02 PM, Central Mountain Time. The SDMB time is something odd like 3:00 AM. Can you clarify? Thank you!! --- ## [New Posters!...Are you lost like me?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posters-are-you-lost-like-me/180808)
**Author:** [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posters-are-you-lost-like-me/180808 "2003-06-12T13:11:42Z")
:confused: I am trying my dernst to keep up with technology! Izzit just me?:smack: or am I hopelessly lost in computer illiteracy?:eek: Is it possible that one can be too harsh on self-judgement of one’s own ability t… --- ## [Anybody have this sig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-this-sig/181230)
**Author:** [@nebco9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebco9)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-this-sig/181230 "2003-06-12T09:56:41Z")
I’m semi-new to the Board and just testing to see how my Sig comes out on a post. Does anyone know if this Sig is already in use by someone? I’d hate to step on somebody elses Sig. --- ## [Disappearing threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881)
**Author:** [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-threads/180881 "2003-06-11T19:39:06Z")
Yesterday morning (6/9) I contributed a post to a thread in MPSIMS. When I was home last night to follow up on it I was not able to locate the thread. I searched for various keywords and eventually ran a search on my own… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=422)