# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=442 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 443 --- ## [How do I change my username if I want to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-username-if-i-want-to/144223)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-username-if-i-want-to/144223 "2002-12-22T01:28:01Z")
How can I change my username? Is it possible to do so and not change your post count etc. along with it? --- ## ["Last Page" vs "Last Post"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-page-vs-last-post/144184)
**Author:** [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-page-vs-last-post/144184 "2002-12-21T22:39:13Z")
When a thread goes over 5 pages, as the NY DopeFest thread is today, there is a link that says “Last Page”, but the code is for “Last Post”, which is, as indicated, the last post on the last page. This seems to me to be… --- ## [User privacy statement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-privacy-statement/144232)
**Author:** [@beagle1971](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagle1971)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-privacy-statement/144232 "2002-12-21T18:35:47Z")
Is there a user privacy statement for the SDMB? I ask because I am admin for a message board run by a newspaper Web site, and we have one because our corporate higher-ups mandated them. But I’m checking out other boards… --- ## [Mozilla & SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-sdmb/144233)
**Author:** [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-sdmb/144233 "2002-12-21T17:29:26Z")
I’ve got an irritating quirk with my browser Mozilla (v1.0.1) and SDMB. The message box you’re given to type into (the one I’m typing into at this very moment) is only displayed ; 12345678901234567890123456789012 32… --- ## [Playing around with code.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-around-with-code/144174)
**Author:** [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-around-with-code/144174 "2002-12-21T16:22:51Z")
The bodys are hidden in the basement. Now, what’s ascII art, how would I code it, and where can I get some? --- ## [Anybody know what happened to the EARTH IS FLAT thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-happened-to-the-earth-is-flat-thread/144099)
**Author:** [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-what-happened-to-the-earth-is-flat-thread/144099 "2002-12-20T21:35:46Z")
You remember the one - it went on for a gazillion pages. You know, the thread that made Phaedrus famous. It was sometime around late 1999, I believe. Here is an aborted follow-up thread. The original title was “The E… --- ## [Button links with static sessionID=4cc9cf19... error?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-links-with-static-sessionid-4cc9cf19-error/144008)
**Author:** [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/button-links-with-static-sessionid-4cc9cf19-error/144008 "2002-12-20T20:59:16Z")
Normally you only should see session-IDs if you’re a nameless lurker and/or browse with your cookies turned off. However, the StraightDope logo and the user cp, register… buttons do always contain a session-ID in their … --- ## ["Sending a URL to a friend" question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-a-url-to-a-friend-question/144027)
**Author:** [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-a-url-to-a-friend-question/144027 "2002-12-20T16:37:21Z")
When I want to send a URL to a friend, should I edit out the “s=” part after the question mark in the URL? Does that session ID mean anything to somebody else that would click on the thread? Am I woefully ignorant of h… --- ## [Test certain things in Mozilla 1.2.1.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-certain-things-in-mozilla-1-2-1/143088)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-certain-things-in-mozilla-1-2-1/143088 "2002-12-20T09:14:13Z")
A test of some things I haven’t had a chance to see for myself in the wild. TomatoText Courier test Huge test. \[EMAIL=libertarian@onewest.net\]My email address. #!/usr/bin/ruby class Greet def initialize(name) … --- ## [User profile should include sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-profile-should-include-sex/140362)
**Author:** [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-profile-should-include-sex/140362 "2002-12-20T00:20:34Z")
Given that personal pronouns in english are gender-specific, doesn’t it make sense to include gender in a user profile? Some usernames make the user’s sex clear, but many do not, and some are misleading. There is poten… --- ## [Testing. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/143170)
**Author:** [@Happyjoelucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyjoelucky)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/143170 "2002-12-19T18:44:32Z")
Come on people, can’t a guy get a little privacy. ::Drawing curtain closed:: \[Spicoli\]If I’m here, and you’re here, doesn’t that make it our time?\[/Spicoli\] --- ## [Just checking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/143769)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/143769 "2002-12-19T10:46:43Z")
Having trouble posting to another thread, although I seem to be logged in. Wondering someone has decided I’m just plain posting too much, or something, (since I said as much elsewhere today,) and disabled my account. --- ## [How do I look at the "spoiler"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-at-the-spoiler/142945)
**Author:** [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-at-the-spoiler/142945 "2002-12-19T00:55:18Z")
That’s my message too. How do you open up the spoilers? --- ## [Further explanation on the rules, pls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/further-explanation-on-the-rules-pls/142399)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/further-explanation-on-the-rules-pls/142399 "2002-12-18T22:45:17Z")
Just a little curious. I know the board rules say you can’t talk about illegal activities. And certainly downloading copyrighted material is illegal. But is mentioning the name of a program that does this also illegal? M… --- ## [Can I put whatever I want in my Location field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-whatever-i-want-in-my-location-field/142114)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-whatever-i-want-in-my-location-field/142114 "2002-12-18T22:21:24Z")
I just changed my Location field to “22 male, Boston”. I can’t imagine any reason why this would be frowned upon, but maybe I’ll ask, just in case. It seems reasonable to me that the only limitations on what we can put i… --- ## [testing \[\*\]\[\*\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/142580)
**Author:** [@buzzz\_kill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzz_kill)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/142580 "2002-12-18T19:13:04Z")
--- ## [Is there a way to search for threads containg posts from 2 specific posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-threads-containg-posts-from-2-specific-posters/143241)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-threads-containg-posts-from-2-specific-posters/143241 "2002-12-18T17:35:16Z")
I was wondering if it would be possible to do a search where you’d look for threads which 2 specific posters have posted to. Basically I’d like to be able to get a list of threads where one poster and another poster hav… --- ## [Test post for future "24" spoiler threads - NOTHING TO SEE HERE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-for-future-24-spoiler-threads-nothing-to-see-here/143553)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-for-future-24-spoiler-threads-nothing-to-see-here/143553 "2002-12-18T14:57:25Z")
Previous episodes discussed: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 --- ## [guests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/143499)
**Author:** [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests/143499 "2002-12-18T06:14:35Z")
What does it mean when a person has “guest” under his or her username? Are there any privelages members have that guests don’t? --- ## [What happened to this person's name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-this-persons-name/143156)
**Author:** [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-this-persons-name/143156 "2002-12-17T22:39:20Z")
I’ve noticed that in a few threads like this one, there is a poster or posters who’s user name field is blank… I’m curious as to why this is. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=22069 --- ## [On the topic of new smilies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-new-smilies/142953)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-topic-of-new-smilies/142953 "2002-12-17T12:05:32Z")
How many new smilies are we looking at? How many are in the running? When will the voting be? Same voting method as last time? Thanks, Clay --- ## [Why does the SDMB poop out at around 2:00 AM every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-poop-out-at-around-2-00-am-every-day/143005)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-poop-out-at-around-2-00-am-every-day/143005 "2002-12-17T10:57:53Z")
Everyday the board will go down for about an hour at around 2:00 am. Why? --- ## [Search each 30 seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-each-30-seconds/142780)
**Author:** [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-each-30-seconds/142780 "2002-12-17T10:17:30Z")
When I return to the message board, I often search for recent posts by myself to get up-to-date on the threads I’m involved in. Usually, I forget to set the post age (“Search For Posts From…”) from its default of “yeste… --- ## [Did the SDMB get some new hamsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-sdmb-get-some-new-hamsters/142954)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-sdmb-get-some-new-hamsters/142954 "2002-12-17T08:41:45Z")
I’ve been away from the Board a lot over the past three months because of a repetitive stress thingie in my arm. Since I’ve come back, I’ve noticed that the Board is a lot faster than it was. Have I just been lucky, or… --- ## [A GENIUS Idea Regarding Old Threads!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genius-idea-regarding-old-threads/143139)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genius-idea-regarding-old-threads/143139 "2002-12-16T20:58:45Z")
Count me as one of the posters around here that gets utterly confused when old threads are bumped. I currectly started reading Quin’s thread from last year about a conservatively fundamentalist message board from about … --- ## [What the hell happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened/142872)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened/142872 "2002-12-16T18:27:28Z")
The other day there was a thread in GQ,m something along the lines of “the grossest thing you ever saw” or something like that. It was obviously in the wrong forum, but I still responded with a link to my thread about th… --- ## [quoting a poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-poster/142938)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-poster/142938 "2002-12-16T14:17:53Z")
How can I quote part of someone’s post, instead of the entire thing? --- ## [Is it possible to reuse banned names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-reuse-banned-names/142731)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-reuse-banned-names/142731 "2002-12-15T20:30:52Z")
This question crossed my mind the other day, so like any good Doper, I did a Boardreader search to see if this has been discussed before. It hasn’t, although I didn’t paw through all 2,000+ results to find out. So my q… --- ## [cross post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-post/142550)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-post/142550 "2002-12-14T00:38:21Z")
what does cross post mean? --- ## [Report of error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-of-error/142072)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-of-error/142072 "2002-12-14T00:01:48Z")
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