# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=475 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 476 --- ## [Sticky Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-threads/95968)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-threads/95968 "2001-11-30T17:13:30Z")
Oh, Most Gracious Virtuosa of the Bass Brass Instruments: On another vBB the software allows for what is termed “sticky threads” which remain at the top of the list of threads in each forum. Since you crossposted a whi… --- ## [The Closed "MEN!!!" Thread and My Insatiable Curiosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closed-men-thread-and-my-insatiable-curiosity/96130)
**Author:** [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closed-men-thread-and-my-insatiable-curiosity/96130 "2001-11-30T17:06:54Z")
I won’t link to the thread because Lynn has said that it will soon be deleted, but a recent Pit thread labeled “MEN!!!” was closed because “For newcomers, we have a mentally ill person who persists in posting pathetic so… --- ## [Search engine weirdness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-weirdness/96054)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-weirdness/96054 "2001-11-30T05:38:30Z")
I just did a search on my own posts using the “search” icon at the bottom of one of my posts. For some reason, this thread was not on the page of results. I also did a search using the “Search” icon at the top of the pag… --- ## [smilies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/96032)
**Author:** [@gasser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gasser)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/96032 "2001-11-30T04:48:55Z")
What smilies can you use here? And can you use html or do you use something different? --- ## [etiquette in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-in-gq/95847)
**Author:** [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-in-gq/95847 "2001-11-30T01:18:40Z")
Links are and forever shall be beyond me to create, but I would like to know the etiquette regarding thanking a fellow doper for finding an answer to a question. Is it acceptable to post a reply just thanking someone? T… --- ## [Post dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-dates/95938)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-dates/95938 "2001-11-29T22:09:12Z")
So I’m busy grossing myself out with this thread, and I notice here on page 5 that the dates for the posts are kind of messed up. After 11/22 it goes to 6/1, and continues to July, September, and october before going bac… --- ## [Please leave my GQ thread alone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-my-gq-thread-alone/95937)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-leave-my-gq-thread-alone/95937 "2001-11-29T17:45:41Z")
First it is moved, to an entirely wrong area, and now I wake up and find that it is locked. Please leave my thread alone. It is an honest question and there is no reason for anyone to continuse changing it,moving it, et… --- ## [searching the board history for a phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-board-history-for-a-phrase/65081)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-board-history-for-a-phrase/65081 "2001-11-29T14:36:23Z")
Is there any way to search the history of the board for a phrase? If I put my phrase in quotes, I only get back threads with the phrase actually in quotes. Otherwise, the best I can do is get a thread with both (or all) … --- ## [Testing a sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-sig/95574)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-sig/95574 "2001-11-29T06:15:48Z")
Figured, why not, get a sig… I’ve been saving up exciting quotes from the board for just this occasion! --- ## [Caps in my username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caps-in-my-username/95235)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caps-in-my-username/95235 "2001-11-28T21:22:56Z")
On the subject my username, around when I reached 500 posts I decided to switch to the version of my name that makes the pun funny. I pretty well trust everyone on the board, so I’m not to concerned when I tell everyone … --- ## [This Week at the SDMB (an idea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-at-the-sdmb-an-idea/95253)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-at-the-sdmb-an-idea/95253 "2001-11-28T21:02:13Z")
I’ve been able to spend more time here than usual in the past few days, since I’ve been at home ostensibly studying for the Step 2. It has made me realize that I miss a lot. Even if someone had the time and inclination, … --- ## [Cafe Society Bugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-bugs/95453)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-bugs/95453 "2001-11-28T19:42:34Z")
No, not the roaches crawling around under the coffee tables… I’m talking about how my backclick is disabled when I enter the thread. What’s more, the tasty new hidden spoiler box really seems to bugger up the left hand… --- ## [Links questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-questions/95727)
**Author:** [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-questions/95727 "2001-11-28T16:42:05Z")
I have seen the links section in the coding guide, altho’ I am not really sure how to do it. I also wonder how to provide a link to, say, thread X, that shows up as a highlighted word in the post, such as "Look {here}. … --- ## [I know He's out there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-hes-out-there/95266)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-hes-out-there/95266 "2001-11-28T11:33:34Z")
What are the odds He’ll reply? --- ## [Yet another ptp thread, or Hell yes I'll pay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-ptp-thread-or-hell-yes-ill-pay/94948)
**Author:** [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-ptp-thread-or-hell-yes-ill-pay/94948 "2001-11-28T04:06:22Z")
I mean, really, even if it is $50, (which is apparently on the high side) just put a buck in a coffee can on top of the fridge, and by the end of the year, you can pay the fee and buy most of a happy meal. I think most p… --- ## [Sex/Porn Rules on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-porn-rules-on-sdmb/93765)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-porn-rules-on-sdmb/93765 "2001-11-28T03:55:16Z")
In this thread in the Pit, a poster unknowingly linked to a site with porn pop-ups. His link was removed, and my post asking a (supposedly humourous) question about the pop-ups was also removed. It had never occurred to… --- ## [How old do i have to be to do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-have-to-be-to-do-this/95220)
**Author:** [@Psycho\_Aquarius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Aquarius)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-have-to-be-to-do-this/95220 "2001-11-27T22:44:41Z")
I was just wondering because I’m 14 and i have a bunch of questions --- ## [\[spoiler\] tags: Is it possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-is-it-possible/93827)
**Author:** [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-is-it-possible/93827 "2001-11-27T20:03:51Z")
On another message board they have what are known as spoiler tags , but they use Ultimate Bulletin Board as oppossed to vBulletin board. What it does is “blacks out” the text contained within the tags and then you can re… --- ## [Time stamp oddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-stamp-oddity/95398)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-stamp-oddity/95398 "2001-11-27T20:03:07Z")
In this thread, the last apparent post by Bill H., is time stamped 11-23-2001 12:23 PM, but the thread is listed in GQ as having a last post time stamped at 11-26-2001 02:35 AM. Did somebody’s post get logged but not dis… --- ## [Test thread -- ignore me, please, just tinkering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore-me-please-just-tinkering/95385)
**Author:** [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-ignore-me-please-just-tinkering/95385 "2001-11-27T10:39:58Z")
Trying to get a handle on vB codes and such. Sakura is very excited about going to the NYC Mega Dopefest\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]. This, of course, means we won’t be having a Debutante Dopefest when she turns 18 \[sub\]like that was … --- ## [Deleting own posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-own-posts/95121)
**Author:** [@shawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shawa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-own-posts/95121 "2001-11-26T22:11:46Z")
Why don’t we have the power to delete our own posts? I can’t see how this would cause a problem but maybe I’m not thinking this through. Other message boards I have seen give posters that option. --- ## [Is there something wrong with the e-mail notification?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-wrong-with-the-e-mail-notification/94921)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-wrong-with-the-e-mail-notification/94921 "2001-11-26T05:36:53Z")
Cause I’ve only been getting one notification for every ten posts to threads I’ve responded to, or so it seems. It would make more sense if I weren’t getting any notifications, but that’s not what’s happening. I have bee… --- ## [Feedback please...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feedback-please/94736)
**Author:** [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feedback-please/94736 "2001-11-26T03:02:41Z")
I’m having some weirdness going on with my computer… it put some really weird characters into a post I made last night! So, please give some feedback on how these lines look to you guys: This was cut and pasted from MS … --- ## [Sig test - shoo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-shoo/94588)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-shoo/94588 "2001-11-26T02:46:47Z")
. . . and whatever you do, don’t tell KimKatt! It’s supposed to be a surprise. --- ## [SDMB subscriptions... what about the younger dopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516)
**Author:** [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516 "2001-11-25T23:05:54Z")
As in, those who are aged under 18? Who don’t have credit cards? Will they be forced to the chopping block? --- ## [20,000 Members by Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675)
**Author:** [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-000-members-by-christmas/94675 "2001-11-25T17:41:11Z")
Or do some of you think the board will hit that number sooner? Or maybe later? This is the place to place your picks. --- ## [View New Threads/ Refresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-new-threads-refresh/95091)
**Author:** [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-new-threads-refresh/95091 "2001-11-25T03:42:00Z")
This has probably been going on forever, but I just noticed. I typically go to “View New Threads” when I first come onto the SDMB. After reading a few threads, or one long one, some time has passed since I logged in. The… --- ## [PTP? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ptp-wtf/95079)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ptp-wtf/95079 "2001-11-24T23:44:58Z")
I’ve seen this initialization used several times in connection with the SDMB. It apparently stands for some kind of transfer protocol. What kind? :confused More importantly, what does it actually mean? I mean how would … --- ## [symbols and what they mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-and-what-they-mean/95078)
**Author:** [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-and-what-they-mean/95078 "2001-11-24T22:56:28Z")
On a Cingular commercial, they have people communicating on phones and using symbols like CUL8R (See you later) etc. The orange thing than sais “I don’t know what there saying, but keep on saying it” or something. on thi… --- ## [PTP: Defining and refining the options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ptp-defining-and-refining-the-options/93187)
**Author:** [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ptp-defining-and-refining-the-options/93187 "2001-11-24T20:08:57Z")
Matron, loosen the tethers…No, not that much! On the (in particular) last two pages of this thread, we seem to be getting somewhere on what kind of numbers we’re looking at in relation to current active membership, cost… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=474) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=476)