# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=461 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 462 --- ## [How do I search for an old thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-an-old-thread/109539)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-an-old-thread/109539 "2002-05-18T11:43:08Z")
I’m looking for a thread I participated in a long time ago. I think the thread title was strange things you say involving your cats name or something like that. I’m not sure if it was IMHO or MPSIMS. I tried putting… --- ## [Sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/109692)
**Author:** [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/109692 "2002-05-18T11:37:38Z")
Test --- ## [Jill's leaving General Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jills-leaving-general-questions/106335)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jills-leaving-general-questions/106335 "2002-05-18T10:18:50Z")
Real life is getting in the way around here and Jillgat will no longer be moderating in General Questions. I’ve asked her to stay on and help us as her schedule permits, but she’s not officially assigned to a forum, she… --- ## [Extremely boring test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-boring-test/109682)
**Author:** [@GCU\_Arbitrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GCU_Arbitrary)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-boring-test/109682 "2002-05-18T09:42:29Z")
I shall now boldly go where teeming millions have gone before. All my friends will be green with envy. They spend all their time reading informative news reports. --- ## [Naming links "101"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-links-101/109656)
**Author:** [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naming-links-101/109656 "2002-05-18T05:57:21Z")
How is this done? I know how to copy and paste a link, such as www.straightdope.com. But how to you put that link here? --- ## [Where are my drop-down list boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-drop-down-list-boxes/109509)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-drop-down-list-boxes/109509 "2002-05-17T20:33:12Z")
About 40 minutes ago, I noticed that I no longer had any drop-down list boxes. You know, the ones that allow you to jump from forum to forum without having to go back to the message board forum list. (which is what I’ve … --- ## [Another question for the owners/adminstrators of this board: Replacement Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-the-owners-adminstrators-of-this-board-replacement-cecil/100730)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-the-owners-adminstrators-of-this-board-replacement-cecil/100730 "2002-05-17T17:04:59Z")
It’s come to my attention that Cecil doesn’t post here very often. This has been attributed to the fact that A) He’s a techophobe when it comes to computers, B) He’s a misanthrope or C) He’s too freakin’ busy jet-setting… --- ## [Donde esta me thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donde-esta-me-thread/109393)
**Author:** [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donde-esta-me-thread/109393 "2002-05-17T15:05:07Z")
A while back (less than 5 months) I started a pit thread condemning Joan Hall and her late husband Ted. I don’t recall the title, however. Searching the SDMB pit (and later all open forums) for such key words as: Joan… --- ## [Missing Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/109562)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread/109562 "2002-05-17T14:59:12Z")
Just a question here. I was cleaning out my bookmarks and found I had one for a thread entitled: Zen for Assholes. However, when I went to that thread I was taken here. So do thread numbers occasionally get reassigned… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/109551)
**Author:** [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/109551 "2002-05-17T14:10:55Z")
just checkin something --- ## [Why am I getting all these emails? HELP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-all-these-emails-help/109499)
**Author:** [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-all-these-emails-help/109499 "2002-05-17T07:07:53Z")
Umm I am hoping someone else has this problem, I am checking my email and I see that I am getting alot of emails from what appears to be people from the straight dope asking me to remove them from a mailing list… I am no… --- ## [The SDMB wants me to download something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-wants-me-to-download-something/109410)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-wants-me-to-download-something/109410 "2002-05-16T18:49:02Z")
I access the board from 3 different computers. On two of the computers I access them from my “favorites”. On the computer in the telephone room at work, I must type in “board.straightdope.com/sdmb”. When I do this on tha… --- ## [Will we know which post was the 2,000,000th?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-know-which-post-was-the-2-000-000th/109157)
**Author:** [@Victory\_Candescence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victory_Candescence)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-know-which-post-was-the-2-000-000th/109157 "2002-05-16T18:15:26Z")
subject line says it all. Also, does anyone know what the 1,000,000th post was? Thanks, Recursion --- ## [So, what happens if you're on someone's Ignore List?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happens-if-youre-on-someones-ignore-list/109162 "2002-05-16T05:53:11Z")
Can they not see new threads and posts that you make, or what? Just curious, as opposed to paranoid. :slight\_smile: BTW - I tried a board search and couldn’t find anything on this - honest. --- ## [test, please ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-please-ignore/109275)
**Author:** [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-please-ignore/109275 "2002-05-16T04:15:39Z")
I’m changing my name, and I’ve never had a sig, so I want to see what it all looks like. --- ## [They're Back! Return of the music spammers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back-return-of-the-music-spammers/108648)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back-return-of-the-music-spammers/108648 "2002-05-16T01:55:18Z")
Remember these twerps? :mad: :rolleyes: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111995&highlight=annoying+emails I’ve started getting e-mails again! New ISP, I think. Same old BS. Don’t they … --- ## [Thread 28219](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-28219/108626)
**Author:** [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-28219/108626 "2002-05-16T00:20:13Z")
I hope I’m not breaking something by asking, but what happened to http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28219 ? I’ve been retro-lurking, and that tread seems to be one of the more important ones. --- ## [Board stats (or, when do Dopers kick their dogs and ponder the imponderables?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-stats-or-when-do-dopers-kick-their-dogs-and-ponder-the-imponderables/108576)
**Author:** [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2002, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-stats-or-when-do-dopers-kick-their-dogs-and-ponder-the-imponderables/108576 "2002-05-15T09:28:23Z")
Has anyone ever compiled stats on Board usage, with a breakdown of the individual forums by days of the week? I think it’d be interesting to see, for example, what day of the week the most Pit threads are started; when … --- ## [When are the hampsters the most rested up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580 "2002-05-15T01:20:08Z")
When are the biggest SDMB traffic jams and when are the faster-running times? I used to be able to see a pattern based on working hours of East Coasters and Midwesterners, but I don’t think it’s there anymore - I never k… --- ## [Thread symbols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-symbols/108762)
**Author:** [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-symbols/108762 "2002-05-14T22:36:19Z")
This has probably been asked before, but I was too lazy to look beyond the first page: What do all those different thread symbols mean? That is, the symbols to the left of each thread? There’s one that’s just a blue c… --- ## [A modern symbological assessment of the ontoligical argument for the existence of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836 "2002-05-14T16:37:05Z")
Testing title attributes. --- ## [YMMV and other SDMB abbreviations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv-and-other-sdmb-abbreviations/109002)
**Author:** [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ymmv-and-other-sdmb-abbreviations/109002 "2002-05-14T16:21:26Z")
I see YMMV in various posts on the SDMB. Given the context in which I see that abbreviation, I infer that it stands for Your Milage May Vary. Though the post may have nothing to do with gasoline usage efficiency, I under… --- ## [WAG meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-meaning/108039)
**Author:** [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-meaning/108039 "2002-05-14T11:35:53Z")
Could someone please tell me what WAG means? I think the W is Wild, and the G is Guess, but the A has me stumped. BTW, I DID try a search, but since WAG only has three letters the search wouldn’t accept it. Thanks. --- ## [Echo...echo...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-echo/108858)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-echo/108858 "2002-05-14T10:49:22Z")
Some of us have encountered a problem when posting a reply, in my case I was using the quick reply. The Submit for the quick reply echoes at random: click once, post twice. I hope this is being fixed. --- ## [Just testing the spoiler codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-the-spoiler-codes/108659)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-the-spoiler-codes/108659 "2002-05-14T04:28:43Z")
\[spoiler\]This is a test\[/spoiler --- ## [Ignore list: What happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-list-what-happened/108766)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-list-what-happened/108766 "2002-05-13T22:04:50Z")
Did y’all disable this function too? Why? Quasi --- ## [two login names..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-login-names/105762)
**Author:** [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-login-names/105762 "2002-05-13T16:37:56Z")
Here I am, returning tot he SDMB after a year, hopefully a bit less ignorant by now and a bit better with my English but obviously still no good at remembering passwords… or usernames in this case. I had forgotten my ol… --- ## [SDMB log in question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623 "2002-05-12T23:14:25Z")
Okay, this is going to sound stupid, as I don’t know enough about how this computer or board operates. Occasionally, when I come to view the message boards here, I am told I can’t reply or post a new thread because I am… --- ## [Editing posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656)
**Author:** [@Cockatoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatoo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656 "2002-05-12T18:38:45Z")
Hey, is it not permissible to edit posts here? I accidentally double posted to a thread and when I hit the edit button got a message saying that I was trying to access a function I wasn’t allowed to do, like editing som… --- ## [Request for new smilie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807 "2002-05-12T16:10:43Z")
This smilie would be a milder variant of “roll-eyes”. It would be invoked with the phrase " :dubious: ". It denotes raised eyebrows and general skepticism. ( Oh really? ) I will email a couple of possible candidates … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=460) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=462)