# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=470 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 471 --- ## [Odd SDMB/Browser Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sdmb-browser-behavior/98865)
**Author:** [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sdmb-browser-behavior/98865 "2002-03-18T15:41:47Z")
Mods: I’m not sure if this belongs in ATMB or GQ, feel free to move. I’ve been having this odd problem when browsing the boards that has me stumped. When I browse at home (WinME, IE6, Norton AV, 56K, usually after dinn… --- ## [Stickiness in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickiness-in-gq/98138)
**Author:** [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2002, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stickiness-in-gq/98138 "2002-03-18T08:39:46Z")
I can’t recall whether it was last year or the year before, but there was an excellent thread in GQ which listed a heap of online resources. I once had the thread bookmarked but my computer vomited all my bookmarks when… --- ## [Board Background Color](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-background-color/98628)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-background-color/98628 "2002-03-18T05:13:37Z")
Please, can it be changed to something other than that faded pink? I’m about to go completely insane. --- ## [El testerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-testerino/98814)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-testerino/98814 "2002-03-18T02:14:07Z")
This is a test of stuff you don’t care about. --- ## [What's with the Sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-sticky/98660)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-sticky/98660 "2002-03-17T23:30:24Z")
Well? I saw the post on GQ being sticky, but why are you guys prefacing every SDMB notification with that particular word? I feel like I missed something major here, like the Hi, Opal thing!:confused: Quasi:) --- ## [is there any way you can change your user name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700)
**Author:** [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-you-can-change-your-user-name/98700 "2002-03-17T09:09:02Z")
just wondering- how, if possible, can you change your user name? i dont like mine anymore. --- ## [I can't read Tuba's last two announcements.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-read-tubas-last-two-announcements/98680)
**Author:** [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-read-tubas-last-two-announcements/98680 "2002-03-17T07:44:03Z")
When you don’t get that confirmation e-mail. and the previous one… Hold off on those name changes and e-mails? All I get is a blank screen. --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/98226)
**Author:** [@Funky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Funky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/98226 "2002-03-17T01:45:41Z")
Hi World Nothing exciting or witty to say. Just wanted to get my first post out in the open so I could stop lurking around. Now I’m done. --- ## [In which I Propose 'Mangetout's Law'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-propose-mangetouts-law/98439)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-propose-mangetouts-law/98439 "2002-03-17T01:01:45Z")
Now, we have Rickjay’s Law, which, if I understand it correctly is that religious debates must inevitably descend into trading of insults. And Gaudere’s Law, which Is something about mistakes proliferating in posts made… --- ## [E-mail notification not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-not-working/98264)
**Author:** [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-not-working/98264 "2002-03-17T00:04:53Z")
Yesterday, my good friend Olentzero started an MPSIMS thread asking how I’m doing in Sweden: Hey Montfort (the answer, for the lazy: quite well, thank you). I replied to the thread and checked for E-mail notification, b… --- ## [Search weirdness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-weirdness/98559 "2002-03-16T19:58:09Z")
Just wanted to post to let the techs and such know that I was doing a search at about 8:35EST, and the search screen started flickering and clicking, as if I were clicking “search” over and over. It kept fluttering and … --- ## [Request regarding layout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-regarding-layout/98647)
**Author:** [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-regarding-layout/98647 "2002-03-16T19:56:39Z")
I don’t know how much work you guys are still swamped with, nonetheless you can put this at the bottom of your priorities. Across the top of the screen, you should see something like: Straight Dope Message Board \> Main … --- ## [Testing, Testing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97985)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97985 "2002-03-16T05:51:47Z")
I had problems logging on the SDMB yesterday, but I guess everything is alright now. BTW, I really enjoyed that last “temporary” message board we had. It was very user-friendly–and I loved the graphics! Moving smiles–ho… --- ## [How aboot a spel chequer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aboot-a-spel-chequer/98352)
**Author:** [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aboot-a-spel-chequer/98352 "2002-03-16T05:11:07Z")
Iz ther any plann to add a spel chequer to the SDMB at some tyme in the fewture? I’m a fairly gud speler, but I doo mayk misteaks, and I habe notixed somw uthers hace the sam problwm. Just a thot. --- ## [This site is slow!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548)
**Author:** [@Mondeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mondeo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-site-is-slow/98548 "2002-03-16T00:56:52Z")
Using it makes me feel like I’m not using broadband anymore, more like the days of 14.4! Is this normal? Ir did I just catch it at a bad time. I’m a new user, and I like the site, but I probably won’t stay with it if I… --- ## [What is the view column?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-view-column/98549)
**Author:** [@Mondeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mondeo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-view-column/98549 "2002-03-16T00:40:19Z")
You have replies, which I guess is how many posts there are on the thread, but what is the views? I noticed I started a new thread, and it had 0 replies, but 2 views! --- ## [Post? Log in. Log in again. Log in again... ARRGH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-log-in-log-in-again-log-in-again-arrgh/98527)
**Author:** [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-log-in-log-in-again-log-in-again-arrgh/98527 "2002-03-15T23:59:00Z")
Forgive me if this has been addressed elsewhere; a quick look at the thread titles didn’t reveal one on this subject. I’m having serious trouble posting replies to threads. If I log in, then read threads, then try to po… --- ## [Linking to a specific post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-post/82198)
**Author:** [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-post/82198 "2002-03-15T19:18:04Z")
Isn’t it possible to link to a particular post in a thread? So, instead of the link taking you to the top of the page of the linked thread, you’ll end up looking at the specific post you intended? katie --- ## [we should have the ability to edit and delete our posts/replies (to moderators...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-have-the-ability-to-edit-and-delete-our-posts-replies-to-moderators/97958)
**Author:** [@SeaHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaHawk)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-have-the-ability-to-edit-and-delete-our-posts-replies-to-moderators/97958 "2002-03-15T14:09:27Z")
I don’t know why this option is closed, but her is a suggestion: Some boards have this option for an unlimited period of time, while other have a limit of 10 miuttes to delete/edit your post/reply. The SDMB should allo… --- ## [Problems With New Software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-new-software/98380)
**Author:** [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-new-software/98380 "2002-03-15T12:38:50Z")
Since the new software was installed here at the boards, I haven’t been able to post from school, but I have been able to post from home and I can read the boards from school. But when I try to create a new post or reply… --- ## [Maximum Post Size.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919 "2002-03-15T08:30:05Z")
There seems to be a maximum post size of 10,000 characters applicable to posts in this New Scenario. While this is probably sufficient for most members of these forums, I myself am particularly long-winded, verbose, loq… --- ## [qqqqqq gggggg qqqqqq gggggg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qqqqqq-gggggg-qqqqqq-gggggg/98421)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qqqqqq-gggggg-qqqqqq-gggggg/98421 "2002-03-15T05:49:28Z")
testing… for some reason lowercase G’s look more like lowercase Q’s on forum pages with this new vB software. qqqqqq gggggg qqqqqq gggggg qgqgqgqgqgqgqgqgqgqgqgqgqg --- ## [The ''More Than 15 Posts" icons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-than-15-posts-icons/98375)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-than-15-posts-icons/98375 "2002-03-15T04:06:47Z")
We didn’t use 'em on the old board. Why aren’t we using them on the new one? --- ## [Useful feature request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-feature-request/98384)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-feature-request/98384 "2002-03-15T01:48:28Z")
Any chance of implementing the vBulletin feature that shows you from the thread list which threads you have posted to? Another MB I visit uses it, and it sure helps when you just want to go catch up on what’s been said. --- ## [e-mail notification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification/97635)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification/97635 "2002-03-15T01:14:12Z")
Help Help Eventhough I have disabled thread e-mail notification I am recieving notifications that there are replys. What can I do??? --- ## [Weird search engine behavior or clueless poster missing the obvious? You be the judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-search-engine-behavior-or-clueless-poster-missing-the-obvious-you-be-the-judge/98267)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-search-engine-behavior-or-clueless-poster-missing-the-obvious-you-be-the-judge/98267 "2002-03-14T23:47:43Z")
Yesterday, I was trying to find this thread. Here’s what I remembered about the thread that was searchable: It was in the BBQ Pit I posted to it Stoid posted to it wring posted to it Scylla posted to it It had so… --- ## [Changing Passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-passwords/98145)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-passwords/98145 "2002-03-14T23:32:48Z")
Well, I changed my password because when there’s a security problem with the board, I figure I should. And it was even cautiously suggested! But now it’s “Don’t change your passwords! You’ll go to limbo!” Well, anyw… --- ## [jumping back to forum from thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-back-to-forum-from-thread/98183)
**Author:** [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-back-to-forum-from-thread/98183 "2002-03-14T22:48:05Z")
I usually use the Back button, but it takes forever and a day. Is there a quicker way? And, how do you change your username? I changed it for bbboy, and like what I changed it to. Hey, and bring some color back to :D,… --- ## [Quote button bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-button-bug/98089)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-button-bug/98089 "2002-03-14T19:18:30Z")
I’m not sure there’s anything to be done about this, but I’m gonna report the bug (and then gripe) anyway, and the SDMB admin and techs should feel free to ignore this while they do stuff that really needs to be done. A… --- ## [testing - sig don't fail me now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig-dont-fail-me-now/98024)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sig-dont-fail-me-now/98024 "2002-03-14T18:55:53Z")
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