# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=450 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 451 --- ## [Sig Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/129121)
**Author:** [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/129121 "2002-09-22T13:59:09Z")
Just a signature test. --- ## [SDMB Account Vaporized...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-account-vaporized/128792)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-account-vaporized/128792 "2002-09-21T14:54:52Z")
I had to re-register my account. Did this happen to anyone else? --- ## [Guardian apologises for Straight Dope error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardian-apologises-for-straight-dope-error/128755)
**Author:** [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardian-apologises-for-straight-dope-error/128755 "2002-09-20T23:16:12Z")
Just in case anyone missed it during the hiatus, The Guardian apologised for misrepresenting the Straight Dope - --- ## [Highlighted Thread Titles (when viewed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-thread-titles-when-viewed/128706)
**Author:** [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-thread-titles-when-viewed/128706 "2002-09-20T21:54:53Z")
AFAIK, when a new thread appears in a forum (or an “old” thread isn’t read), the title color is a somewhat pale lavender. Once I’ve clicked on it, it changes to gray. My question is: Will the color ever change to gray i… --- ## [Increasing the Location field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increasing-the-location-field/122578)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increasing-the-location-field/122578 "2002-09-16T07:22:53Z")
In some debates my nationality is more relevant than my actual location. Therefore I wish to have my Location field read “Dublin, Ireland (English ex-pat)”. However, as you can see \<=== it cuts the field at 24 character… --- ## [Etiquette Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question/128647)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question/128647 "2002-09-16T04:10:29Z")
I have an OP for a thread that was done two months ago. Should I bump up the old thread with my post or start a new one? --- ## [Those little envelopes on the thread list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-envelopes-on-the-thread-list/128505)
**Author:** [@Helm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-little-envelopes-on-the-thread-list/128505 "2002-09-16T03:24:21Z")
I see the closed envelope means nothing new and an open envelope means new posts. Isn’t that the reverse of the normal meaning, e.g. on email programs? --- ## [It is ok to bump a thread if the hamster doesn’t cooperate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-ok-to-bump-a-thread-if-the-hamster-doesn-t-cooperate/128532)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-ok-to-bump-a-thread-if-the-hamster-doesn-t-cooperate/128532 "2002-09-16T03:17:43Z")
On this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=135570 Truckerfan replied to my post, his post is there but the reply count and last post were not changed! Yes, I know it is the hamster’s fa… --- ## [Crazy Triple-posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-triple-posts/128443)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-triple-posts/128443 "2002-09-16T03:11:24Z")
Twice now, I have gotten triple-posts when submitting form the Quick-Reply box. I KNOW that I don’t mulit-click the button, and the only think I have noticed that was different than normal was that the posts take an unus… --- ## [Can't access second page of thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-second-page-of-thread/128412)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-second-page-of-thread/128412 "2002-09-16T01:25:11Z")
…after finding said thread with Search. I keep getting this error message This doesn’t happen when I get to the thread from the active board page. Only from a search results page. The search results page never provi… --- ## [Who DOESN'T get spam at their SDMB e-mail address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-get-spam-at-their-sdmb-e-mail-address/128147)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-get-spam-at-their-sdmb-e-mail-address/128147 "2002-09-16T00:40:55Z")
Just to combat the idea that some people have about getting spam e-mails at the address they use for the SDMB, this thread is for folks who never get spam on their SDMB e-mail. I have a Yahoo address that I have linked … --- ## [Requesting help from someone OS to buy something for me in Aus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-help-from-someone-os-to-buy-something-for-me-in-aus/128420)
**Author:** [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-help-from-someone-os-to-buy-something-for-me-in-aus/128420 "2002-09-15T04:30:25Z")
Hi there. Are there any rules forbidding me from posting a ‘Help Me Buy Something’ in MPSIMS? What I want to do is find someone in Canada who has access to purchase something from the Royal Canadian Mint and ship it to… --- ## [Is there some record of why various people are banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-record-of-why-various-people-are-banned/128369)
**Author:** [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-record-of-why-various-people-are-banned/128369 "2002-09-14T02:08:31Z")
I was wondering if there was an archive of all banned people, maybe with a little description of why they were banned. --- ## [Yes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/128332)
**Author:** [@Jenski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenski)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/128332 "2002-09-14T01:46:48Z")
Yes. Okay, it works. --- ## [Here's a way to surf the SDMB much faster.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-way-to-surf-the-sdmb-much-faster/128024)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-way-to-surf-the-sdmb-much-faster/128024 "2002-09-13T21:29:15Z")
Use Mozilla as your browser (www.mozilla.org) Open up a seperate tab for each forum you are interested in Choose “bookmark this group of tabs” under the Bookmarks menu The next time you want go to the SDMB, hit your bo… --- ## [The last post isn't showing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-post-isnt-showing-up/128163)
**Author:** [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-post-isnt-showing-up/128163 "2002-09-13T12:02:35Z")
In this thread I was the last to post and it’s showing the poster before me on the main GD page. Just curious as to why that happened. --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/128182)
**Author:** [@FeFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeFe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/128182 "2002-09-13T05:17:14Z")
:confused: is this working? --- ## [multiple computers, some of them shared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computers-some-of-them-shared/127860)
**Author:** [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-computers-some-of-them-shared/127860 "2002-09-12T19:15:26Z")
And neither of them posts properly! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Straight Dope and Spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-and-spam/93877)
**Author:** [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-and-spam/93877 "2002-09-12T18:30:49Z")
When I signed up for SDMB, I used an email address that had very little spam, uh, maybe one spam email message a week or so. It’s a freebie, so I expected a little spam. It’s been a bit over a month since I signed up fo… --- ## [Ah... the glorious first post...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-glorious-first-post/127418)
**Author:** [@msan\_msw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msan_msw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-the-glorious-first-post/127418 "2002-09-11T22:22:10Z")
The first of many testing different features can be fun A list that actually works...... \[ul\] \[li\]It’s usually broken\[/li\]\[li\]It’s usually unavailable\[/li\]\[li\]nice to see it works\[/li\]\[/ul\] wasthisallabout … --- ## [Another neato SD feature I didn't know about... Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neato-sd-feature-i-didnt-know-about-part-ii/127876 "2002-09-11T13:08:02Z")
inspired by dantheman’s previous finding here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133944 i found that the tick-mark-looking icon at the bottom of each post, to the left of the profile button… --- ## [Isn't It Time For A New Smiley Yet??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744)
**Author:** [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744 "2002-09-11T12:33:17Z")
It just seems like this place need a bit of a pick-me-up and something to get our minds off all the other things going on these days. I know, some of you think the smileys are annoying and I apolgize for bringing this u… --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/127770)
**Author:** [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/127770 "2002-09-10T05:18:48Z")
Just checking to see if my account still functions. Gainful employment has kept me away for over a year it seems. :smack: --- ## [Cafe Society question- cooking questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-question-cooking-questions/127460)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-question-cooking-questions/127460 "2002-09-10T02:25:55Z")
If the Cafe Society is for the discussion of arts and entertainment, why do we see cooking/food threads pop up in there and stay? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=134025 (That thread was move… --- ## [Banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning/127644)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning/127644 "2002-09-09T15:22:28Z")
I’m a little confused on the subject of banning. What does one have to do to get banned? If someone is banned, are they denied the right to post any more, while their existing posts are redesignated “BANNED”? What pre… --- ## [Thank you. Bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-bibliophage/127550)
**Author:** [@miatachris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miatachris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-bibliophage/127550 "2002-09-09T00:59:45Z")
Thank you to Bibliophage for deleting the reply about OTC med abuse in the OTC med thread over in GQ. That sort of thing has no place here and I’m sure I speak for the whole SDMD medical-types contingent. miatachris, R… --- ## [Problems with Search or is it me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-search-or-is-it-me/127481)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-search-or-is-it-me/127481 "2002-09-08T12:47:05Z")
A few days ago someone posted a GQ thread asking why we rub our eyes when we are tired. I remembered a thread a while back that covered the same thing. Thinking to be a helpful Dvl, I popped open the search box and tried … --- ## [Sig test - move along, nothing to see here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-move-along-nothing-to-see-here/127177)
**Author:** [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-move-along-nothing-to-see-here/127177 "2002-09-07T17:03:10Z")
Test --- ## [Can I ask someone to send me ebooks here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ask-someone-to-send-me-ebooks-here/127304)
**Author:** [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ask-someone-to-send-me-ebooks-here/127304 "2002-09-07T15:01:51Z")
In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2426923#post2426923 I was wondering if ebooks can be treated like used books, and could I buy them? I live in Prague where English books are at… --- ## [Just checking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/127397)
**Author:** [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking/127397 "2002-09-07T05:55:55Z")
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