# About This Message Board
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## [SDMB Unite! Fight Ignorance, Save Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-unite-fight-ignorance-save-lives/82216)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-unite-fight-ignorance-save-lives/82216 "2001-09-24T15:59:27Z")
One of the the most painful effects of events like last week’s tragedies and the ongoing crisis is the sense of one’s own helplessness and inability to take useful action. Here on the SDMB, we have some of the smartest, …
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## [What does that message mean when we post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-that-message-mean-when-we-post/82727)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-that-message-mean-when-we-post/82727 "2001-09-24T03:34:59Z")
I’m talking about that message that comes up right after you submit a post. Here it is, in all its confusing detail, "Thank you for posting CnoteChris. You will be taken to your post. If the Administrator has selected …
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## [Testing new sig - please ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-new-sig-please-ignore/83434)
**Author:** [@deepbluesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deepbluesea)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-new-sig-please-ignore/83434 "2001-09-24T02:04:54Z")
Testing.
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## [test, don't mind me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me/82731)
**Author:** [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me/82731 "2001-09-23T23:14:59Z")
\[url=“http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=1621567”\[In this thread
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## [banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning/83213)
**Author:** [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning/83213 "2001-09-23T22:55:23Z")
How do you get banned?(short thread, I know)
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## [Links to specific posts as words...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-specific-posts-as-words/81948)
**Author:** [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-specific-posts-as-words/81948 "2001-09-23T22:15:07Z")
Thanks to all who so patiently bear with me as I struggle towards vB code mastery. in my defense, I am an artist so mechanical things are NOT my forte, however my posts are getting more technologically advanced. Now if I…
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## [Maximum length of a single post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-length-of-a-single-post/82908)
**Author:** [@incitatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/incitatus)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-length-of-a-single-post/82908 "2001-09-23T21:32:52Z")
Suppose I wanted to post my 850,000,000 word epic poem in its unabridged form for fellow dopers to critique. Would I be able to do it? Is there a maximum number of characters that the software will allow in a single post…
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## [Threadspotting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/83223)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting/83223 "2001-09-23T20:45:24Z")
TubaDiva Just wondered whether I had violated protocol somehow when I e-mailed my recent suggestion for thread spotting. Maybe I failed to include some vital info or something. The effort underway in MPSIMS to turn God …
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## [This cannot stand...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cannot-stand/83355)
**Author:** [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cannot-stand/83355 "2001-09-23T17:47:37Z")
Creating user profiles that attack members of the SDMB and have no other purpose. Here’s the second one today: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=17707
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## [Regarding Bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-bug/83338)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-bug/83338 "2001-09-23T16:32:33Z")
For what it’s worth, an element containing a space that is passed in a query string is parsed at the space unless it is contained in quotes or else the spaces are replaced with the hex value, %20. Thus, Mu Mu passes as M…
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## [Outsource the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outsource-the-pit/83126)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outsource-the-pit/83126 "2001-09-23T13:03:35Z")
In another thread, k.os wrote Hey, how about if we outsource the Pit that direction? It seems to be one of the primary purposes there anyway.
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## [Will somebody please post on this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-somebody-please-post-on-this-thread/83302)
**Author:** [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-somebody-please-post-on-this-thread/83302 "2001-09-23T09:43:38Z")
I want to try out the editing thingy, but it sez that people can’t edit their own messages. so will some kindhearted person please post a reply so i can try it out? thank you soooooooooo much!
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## [question for manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-manhattan/82359)
**Author:** [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-manhattan/82359 "2001-09-23T03:46:20Z")
\*\* Why was this thread locked? I don’t understand? Anyone can accidently cross-post, can’t he? : \*\* I need to know how to say “Cucumbers in Sour Cream” in German for a deadline… HELP DOPERS!!! Can’t seem to do it w/sear…
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## [If I change my signature,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631)
**Author:** [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-change-my-signature/82631 "2001-09-23T02:36:17Z")
If I change my signature, do all the signatures in my previous posts chang too?
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## [posts that make you use the bottom scroll bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-make-you-use-the-bottom-scroll-bar/83026)
**Author:** [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-make-you-use-the-bottom-scroll-bar/83026 "2001-09-22T20:37:44Z")
Hi all. What is it that makes some post too long to fit in my browser window? I don’t mean having to scroll down to read a post, I mean having to scroll to the right. I have a nineteen inch monitor so I’m sure moniter si…
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## [Technical ? about this MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234)
**Author:** [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-about-this-mb/83234 "2001-09-22T19:37:52Z")
Is this message board use custom-written software, or is it a package message board program that has been configured for the message board?
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## [I misspelled "BingoBurringo".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-misspelled-bingoburringo/82643)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-misspelled-bingoburringo/82643 "2001-09-21T21:39:59Z")
I spelled it in this thread as BingoBurrito because I thought that was his/her name; I had mis-read it. Now, I don’t think that excuses his/her response, but I just wanted to make it clear that I wasn’t trying to insult …
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## [What is TMI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-tmi/82978)
**Author:** [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-tmi/82978 "2001-09-21T19:05:25Z")
I keep seeing the acronym “TMI” being used, apparently I missed the thread where it was born, and I can’t make heads or tails of it just from context. What does it mean? (since this seems to be a SDMB-specific question,…
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## [Why was Kyberneticist banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kyberneticist-banned/83045)
**Author:** [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-kyberneticist-banned/83045 "2001-09-21T18:55:05Z")
Not that I’m second-guessing the mods (that would go in the Pit ;)), just that usually, it’s pretty obvious why, but this time, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t a Sock, since he had been registered since 1999. When I clicked on…
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## [My old screen name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-screen-name/82684)
**Author:** [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-screen-name/82684 "2001-09-21T18:51:14Z")
I hope this does not cause problems, but I think gasp I’m a sock puppet. Let me splain…no it is too long, let me sum up. Several years ago, when I first started reading this board, I became a member as WeeMan, but I ra…
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## [Sock Puppet problem no. 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-puppet-problem-no-2/82792)
**Author:** [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-puppet-problem-no-2/82792 "2001-09-21T17:56:58Z")
I’ve kinda moved into my girlfriend’s apartment, you see, and of course she has a different computer with a different ISP and so forth. There is a clear temptation here to just go ahead and register with a different name…
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## [I can't edit/delete my posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255)
**Author:** [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-edit-delete-my-posts/82255 "2001-09-21T12:09:26Z")
Whenever I click on the edit/delete icon of my posts, it brings up the logon/password screen, even though I already entered that info to make the post. When i re-enter that info, it says it is invalid. What’s the problem…
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## [Glad To Be Back...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-be-back/82943)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Carpenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Carpenter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-be-back/82943 "2001-09-21T02:34:52Z")
I am happy to be back among the “Teeming Millions”. I was very sad when I was away. I have always liked “The Straight Dope”, I think it is a very ingenious BBRD and idea. Thanks Admins. :slight\_smile:
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## [bibliopage's job at thread directing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliopages-job-at-thread-directing/82335)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliopages-job-at-thread-directing/82335 "2001-09-20T21:28:56Z")
I think we should give bibliophage a hand in directing us to threads. Everytime I look at a thread it seems bibliophage is saying your questions was already asked here and directs us there. It must be awfully hard to …
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## [Just a test - ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-ignore/82274)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-ignore/82274 "2001-09-20T20:38:13Z")
http://straightdope.com
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## [THANKS! Czarcasm or TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-czarcasm-or-tveblen/82692)
**Author:** [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-czarcasm-or-tveblen/82692 "2001-09-20T20:18:09Z")
I don’t know which of you did the cleanup, but I had a double-post in IMHO, in the thread about Celebrity Names that Gives Ya the Warm Fuzzies. I didn’t ask you to fix it (I wouldn’t ask your busy selves to stoop to clea…
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## [hello :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/82816)
**Author:** [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/82816 "2001-09-20T19:58:51Z")
Hello everyone. I’m new here and was directed becase someone loaned me a straight dope book and I loved it! I will check this out but wanted to say hi!! If anyone has some pointers for me, I would love to hear them!!
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## [test img](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-img/82779)
**Author:** [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-img/82779 "2001-09-20T18:23:01Z")
http://www.radioshack.com/images/productcatalog/webspecials/m6300976.jpg?CEVT={
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## [Faces, how to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faces-how-to-do/82819)
**Author:** [@Clarissa\_xx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarissa_xx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faces-how-to-do/82819 "2001-09-20T18:15:39Z")
I’ve seen the faces like smiley faces and rolling eye faces. Where do you learn how to do them?
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## [testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/82778)
**Author:** [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/82778 "2001-09-20T15:33:26Z")
http://www.radioshack.com/ProductFinder.asp?Finder=Holiday/m6300976.gif
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