# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=489 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 490 --- ## [Thanks SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985)
**Author:** [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-sdmb/80985 "2001-09-13T14:58:56Z")
Yep, no doubt about it, today sucked. In the worst possible way. This message board however, provided a place to get information, exchange thoughts and even lend a hand. I know it doesn’t put dollars in the bank, but it … --- ## [Sig Test - ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-ignore/81339)
**Author:** [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test-ignore/81339 "2001-09-13T14:04:59Z")
Thursday September 13 14:57:00 --- ## [Temporary Moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-moderators/81096)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-moderators/81096 "2001-09-13T13:27:17Z")
In a thread in IMHO, TVeb explains that, while a thread would actually fit better in MPSIMS, she’s not going to move it because the web is jammed up. She also points out that 4 of our Moderators live (and still live, whi… --- ## [Redundant Thread Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-thread-names/80849)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundant-thread-names/80849 "2001-09-13T02:26:26Z")
Other than being really, really stupid… And probably a great way to get in hot water (ie: Banned)… And of course, if someone were to do it, they would just be a big jerk-face and a baby… Enough disclaimer, now the quest… --- ## [so what do we call it now when you post off-topic in a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-we-call-it-now-when-you-post-off-topic-in-a-thread/81172)
**Author:** [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-we-call-it-now-when-you-post-off-topic-in-a-thread/81172 "2001-09-13T01:18:35Z")
Maybe this is more of an IMHO thing, and I suppose there’s not much of a way to implement behavior, but it is a board-related usage. I was just about to put in a post that would temporarily take the post in a different … --- ## [Was my topic deleted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-topic-deleted/80376)
**Author:** [@andyrose2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyrose2000)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-topic-deleted/80376 "2001-09-11T08:53:51Z")
I had made a topic on the General Question board about video viewing programs. I simply asked which one was the best. Later I returned to find it…not there. Was it deleted? Why? Just wondering if perhaps I had posted s… --- ## [Same connection, different people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-connection-different-people/80418)
**Author:** [@gtzaskar00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gtzaskar00)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-connection-different-people/80418 "2001-09-11T08:13:59Z")
Several of the people I love with, and share an internet connection with are interested in being part of the forum. If they sign up, will it be perceived as me having sock puppets? Or will they be able to post as freely… --- ## [Did you change fonts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-fonts/80712)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-change-fonts/80712 "2001-09-11T03:32:34Z")
or is my monitor acting up? or do my glasses need cleaning? thanks, Shibb --- ## [T'e's't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/80760)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/80760 "2001-09-11T02:40:39Z")
Test --- ## [Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674 "2001-09-11T00:17:41Z")
Many posters use bold print to emphasize points. How do you do that? --- ## [What happened to the People Pages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-people-pages/80547)
**Author:** [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-people-pages/80547 "2001-09-11T00:06:57Z")
What happened to the People Pages? http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/ The group pictures are gone, and about half the individual pictures are listed as N/A. --- ## [The Greatest Number of Views Without a Reply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-number-of-views-without-a-reply/79881)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-number-of-views-without-a-reply/79881 "2001-09-10T21:25:26Z")
Does anyone know? Thanks Quasi --- ## [Do you prefer we start new threads or re-start old threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-we-start-new-threads-or-re-start-old-threads/80309)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-we-start-new-threads-or-re-start-old-threads/80309 "2001-09-10T16:56:38Z")
I was surfing through MPSIMS, and noted a “TV Questions” thread that had started back in November 2000, was revived in May 2001, then revived again in September 2001. In terms of moderating, board resources, etc., etc., … --- ## [Etiquette on thanking people who respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-on-thanking-people-who-respond/80373)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-on-thanking-people-who-respond/80373 "2001-09-10T11:39:56Z")
OK, so say I post a response in a GQ thread, and then someone comes along later and either posts additional information, or responds to a question I asked. Is it considered good form to reply to the thread again to say, … --- ## [WAG and IIRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621)
**Author:** [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621 "2001-09-10T05:09:49Z")
What do they mean? --- ## [What's New?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-new/80555)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-new/80555 "2001-09-10T05:01:48Z")
Hiya! I’ve been away from the boards since the begining of of May, and I was wondering if there were any important changes since then that I should know about (Aside from the Cafe Society deal). Dirx --- ## [Why Won't Amazing Magic-Gro Monster Wrap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazing-magic-gro-monster-wrap/79906)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazing-magic-gro-monster-wrap/79906 "2001-09-10T03:47:31Z")
Over in the Cafe Society forum view, the thread titles are scrunched into a column so narrow, some of them are five lines deep. Near as I can tell, it’s because Amazing Magic-Gro Monster has an active thread, and his/he… --- ## [Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/79394)
**Author:** [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/79394 "2001-09-10T01:56:55Z")
I want to see if i can properly quote something so I am rambling on to get some worthy material to quote myself on. --- ## [Q about new threads and replies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485)
**Author:** [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-new-threads-and-replies/80485 "2001-09-09T22:56:41Z")
Is there a way to view NEW threads and replies to the SDMB without leaving the site and coming back again? If I spend an hour at the site, I find myself constantly entering the site, leaving the site, getting rid of my S… --- ## [just checking something...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-something/80526)
**Author:** [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-something/80526 "2001-09-09T20:13:50Z")
my teacher wants all reports sent to him electrinically. he dosn’t use Email, he just has it C&P into a text box on his website. i want to see how the formatting will come out, so i am going to test it here. please, kee… --- ## [url test.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-test/80494)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-test/80494 "2001-09-09T19:29:41Z")
test --- ## [Is there a problem with the auto linking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-auto-linking/80151)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-the-auto-linking/80151 "2001-09-08T21:31:04Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1585241#post1585241 --- ## [on/off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-off/79222)
**Author:** [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-off/79222 "2001-09-08T13:34:48Z")
How do I log off my user name on this site? If you have no idea what im talking about, heres a scinario for you: i have been replying to posts on SD, which you should know, requires me to sign in. My brother is also a S… --- ## [I couldn't e-mail a page. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-couldnt-e-mail-a-page-why/80301)
**Author:** [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-couldnt-e-mail-a-page-why/80301 "2001-09-08T11:53:45Z")
I posted in GQ on behalf of my sister, and when I got some answers, I thought it would be easier to just forward the page to her via e-mail. When I tried, I was told I hadn’t logged in. But I had, or I couldn’t have post… --- ## [How many gigs/megs is the SDMB archive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gigs-megs-is-the-sdmb-archive/79989)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-gigs-megs-is-the-sdmb-archive/79989 "2001-09-08T04:26:53Z")
Kind of a desert island disk thing. I was thinking it would be nice to have the SDMB archive if I were trapped on a desert island with only a few CD’s and a solar powered laptop. --- ## [Can you recycle sock puppets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recycle-sock-puppets/80259)
**Author:** [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recycle-sock-puppets/80259 "2001-09-08T03:16:17Z")
A purely hypothetical question about user name assignments. If a particular user name had been found to be a sock puppet, or alternately, was a 2nd or 3rd user name registered prior to the rule against multiple names, an… --- ## [Boldface and Italics in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boldface-and-italics-in-posts/79441)
**Author:** [@Space\_Otter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Otter)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boldface-and-italics-in-posts/79441 "2001-09-08T02:52:48Z")
Okay, please just some quick advice. I’m not a luddite, but how do you format your posts to give italics, boldface, underlining, etc.? I see others using them and I get jealous. Am I missing some obvious feature here? I… --- ## [Undo email list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undo-email-list/80148 "2001-09-08T01:50:15Z")
Once I’ve selected to be on the email list for a particular thread, is there a way to get off of it? Some of these go on forever, and I’ve lost interest. To put it mildly. :wink: Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Just practicing linking...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-practicing-linking/80091)
**Author:** [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-practicing-linking/80091 "2001-09-06T22:17:08Z")
Here goes… http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2 --- ## [Test post....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/80109)
**Author:** [@caleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caleon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/80109 "2001-09-06T20:46:46Z")
Just bashed my thumb in a drawer. Ow, ow, ow. This is not a good day. Arrrrgh. Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=490)