# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=485 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 486 --- ## [why doesn't my signature appear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-signature-appear/85585)
**Author:** [@duffman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-signature-appear/85585 "2001-10-05T15:51:23Z")
anyone know? --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/85582)
**Author:** [@duffman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/85582 "2001-10-05T14:39:02Z")
test --- ## [Strange bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-bug/85546)
**Author:** [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-bug/85546 "2001-10-05T12:47:39Z")
I can post messages but I can’t edit them. Why? Cookies are enabled. --- ## [How many still active?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-still-active/85383)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-still-active/85383 "2001-10-05T03:06:37Z")
How many of these 17,000+ posters actually post? There must be some who posted once and disappeared. Can you tell how many are active? How many can the board hold, in other words, how many would be too many? Thank yo… --- ## [different size print?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-size-print/85428)
**Author:** [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-size-print/85428 "2001-10-05T02:51:53Z")
ok, pity a poor fool who doesn’t know how to make the words get really tiny. i know how to underline, bold and italicize, and i know how to put an address in. but i can’t figure out how to make the letters get really tee… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/85487)
**Author:** [@duffman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/85487 "2001-10-05T01:34:12Z")
test --- ## [Closed Thread question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-thread-question/85477)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-thread-question/85477 "2001-10-05T00:31:54Z")
Ok, I’m curious… I know that Mod’s have the ability to close threads. In fact, it’s happened to me once or twice. But other than the fact that the Mod found something personally offensive, is there a legitimate reason th… --- ## [Easy way to refresh a thread you just posted to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-refresh-a-thread-you-just-posted-to/85020)
**Author:** [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-refresh-a-thread-you-just-posted-to/85020 "2001-10-05T00:28:48Z")
I did a search, but didn’t come up with any relevant threads. The easiest way I’ve come up with is to either close the window and reopen it (I’m a multiple IE windows kinda girl), or use that window to go back to the re… --- ## [Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/85274)
**Author:** [@Nordic\_Pacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nordic_Pacer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/85274 "2001-10-04T12:49:32Z")
Is this like skydiving, where you have to buy a case of beer after your first jump? :wink: --- ## [User name rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-rules/85078)
**Author:** [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-name-rules/85078 "2001-10-04T08:17:57Z")
Okay, lately I have been seeing a lot of really long, all one “word” user names. For example “my-name-is-really-long-and-i-dont-care” or some such, with the dashes included. Is there any rule on how long these names can… --- ## [help me with my larvae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-larvae/85329)
**Author:** [@bloomsdaygroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bloomsdaygroom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-larvae/85329 "2001-10-04T04:42:54Z")
Three days ago, I Windex-ed™ a fly to death. Larvae squirmed out of its abdomen. I saved these juveniles in a small jar and have been fattening them on a diet of moistened toilet paper and peanut butter. And fat they hav… --- ## [Testing a new sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-new-sig/85158)
**Author:** [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-new-sig/85158 "2001-10-04T04:07:32Z")
Test. This sig is an original. Anyone who uses it has to pay me a royalty. Twenty bucks a pop seems fair. Hey, it’s intellectual property. --- ## [just a wee test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-wee-test/85282)
**Author:** [@quinoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinoa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-wee-test/85282 "2001-10-03T23:32:27Z")
(don’t mind me) --- ## [oleeoh, okey-doh-dominaero!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oleeoh-okey-doh-dominaero/85143)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oleeoh-okey-doh-dominaero/85143 "2001-10-03T17:43:52Z")
oleeoh, okey-doh-dominaero! oleeoh, okey-doh-dominaero! oleeoh, okey-doh-dominaero! oleeoh, okey-doh-dominaero! --- ## [symbol font test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-test/85187)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-test/85187 "2001-10-03T15:11:31Z")
Dogbutler \[sym\]Ò \[/sym\] --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/83968)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/83968 "2001-10-03T09:00:24Z")
Test Post --- ## [Hey, Mods, did I really see this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mods-did-i-really-see-this/84846)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-mods-did-i-really-see-this/84846 "2001-10-03T03:04:31Z")
The other day (don’t remember which) I clicked on the Message Boards link and at the bottom of the list of forums, I saw one that said “Moderate”. I clicked on it and there only a couple of threads, one of which concerne… --- ## [¤ Subject Test ¤](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-test/85014)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subject-test/85014 "2001-10-03T02:35:59Z")
¤Subject Test¤ --- ## [My \*.sig won't work :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-wont-work/84968)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-wont-work/84968 "2001-10-02T23:17:22Z")
Um, my \*.sig doesn’t appear to be showing when I post… :frowning: Is there summat I need to click to make it work? Thanks, Quirm --- ## [m'kay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mkay/84005)
**Author:** [@beyondblender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beyondblender)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mkay/84005 "2001-10-02T17:53:08Z")
Is that short for something? …a cartoon reference?..? --- ## [A helpful note about special characters-- HTML & characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-helpful-note-about-special-characters-html-characters/84498)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-helpful-note-about-special-characters-html-characters/84498 "2001-10-02T17:04:02Z")
There is a lot of talk about trying to remember special characters’ escape codes, but something that many people seem not to know is that you can, infact, use the standard HTML &xxx characters to obtain them. How? Type… --- ## [Forum Forum (for, um...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-forum-for-um/83888)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-forum-for-um/83888 "2001-10-02T16:44:56Z")
In light of several recent threads in About This Message Board and elsewhere, I propose that we create a new forum devoted entirely to proposals for new fora. That way, people could happily suggest new ways to expand and… --- ## [Mods - is this acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-is-this-acceptable/84954)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-is-this-acceptable/84954 "2001-10-02T13:54:35Z")
I know the search function has been pruned, but I know of a workaround (which, while it’s fairly obvious, I won’t explicitly go into the details of here), which would enable me to search across all forums etc like we use… --- ## [Can't use the search tool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-the-search-tool/84953)
**Author:** [@Wiwaxia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wiwaxia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-use-the-search-tool/84953 "2001-10-02T11:49:02Z")
For some reason, I can’t use the search function. I’ve tried several different time spans and lots of different search words, but I always get the “sorry, no matches” page. I’ve even tried to use a search terms I see is… --- ## [fun with links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-links/83322)
**Author:** [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-links/83322 "2001-10-02T09:44:28Z")
I want you to click here and here That should be two links marked “here”, and this should be bolded --- ## [...the baby Jesus cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baby-jesus-cry/84569)
**Author:** [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-baby-jesus-cry/84569 "2001-10-02T00:30:02Z")
I hate to ask. I tried ‘search’. I feel stoopid, but… What’s the ‘makes baby Jesus cry’ joke? --- ## [Test thread re "quotation marks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-quotation-marks/84823)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-quotation-marks/84823 "2001-10-01T21:39:26Z")
I’ll see about this myself. (More to come about the way quotation marks are added by computers at this college library.) --- ## [How about a few new smilies/icons??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-few-new-smilies-icons/83664)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-few-new-smilies-icons/83664 "2001-10-01T16:52:41Z")
Does vB allow the Admins to add custom smilies/icons/emoticons? If so, I’d like to suggest a few: :tinfoilhat: - a smilie wearing a foil helmet (for use in any sort of conspiracy thread) :mooncheese: - a green cheese … --- ## [Bizarre happenings when I tried to post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-happenings-when-i-tried-to-post/84456)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-happenings-when-i-tried-to-post/84456 "2001-10-01T16:32:15Z")
Not at my computer, (not that it matters, I suppose) but was logged in as moi, I open a thread, hit reply, and a screen popped up saying (may have the wording slightly wrong) “our records indicate you’re logged in as” me… --- ## [Time but not date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-but-not-date/84412)
**Author:** [@snopester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snopester)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-but-not-date/84412 "2001-10-01T16:14:42Z")
How come the software allows me, in my profile, to correct the times I see so that I see them as BST (or as GMT when the clocks go back in October) — but I still have to endure that \[Austrian town\] mm/dd/yy format?!?! W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=486)