# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=495 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 496 --- ## [Email notification of posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-of-posts/75541)
**Author:** [@MrWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrWhy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-of-posts/75541 "2001-08-10T01:22:10Z")
Is there any way to be notified of postings to a thread if you have not posted to it yourself? Sometimes I find a discussion interesting, but have nothing to add, or just want to see how it develops. --- ## [Search engine not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-not-working/75619)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-not-working/75619 "2001-08-09T22:55:35Z")
Is it just me or is the search engine not working? It doesn’t seem to find any of the threads I’ve posted to when I search under my user name. But I have posted recently. Did I miss the memo? Can anyone fill me in on… --- ## [Hey, my posts don't show...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-my-posts-dont-show/75488)
**Author:** [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-my-posts-dont-show/75488 "2001-08-09T19:13:35Z")
I posted in GQ (Crossbolt made of ice?) and it apparently posted (I was thanked :)) but it didn’t show up on the main GQ page, still showing Tranqulis as the last poster. Thinking this was a small glitch, I test posted… --- ## [Female Breast Links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-breast-links/75290)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-breast-links/75290 "2001-08-09T16:12:47Z")
What’s the policy on posting links to pictures of female breasts? I noticed I got chewed out throughly for posting one even though it was clearly under a SUBJECT of same & the message clearly identified it as such. Yet a… --- ## [New messages and new replies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-messages-and-new-replies/75558)
**Author:** [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-messages-and-new-replies/75558 "2001-08-09T11:55:54Z")
The sdmb general questions is the link in my “favorites” list. I go there and the whole page has new questions or responses. I click to MPISM, which I know can be just as busy or busier, and I see maybe three or four new… --- ## [question about posting links to other sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-posting-links-to-other-sites/75507)
**Author:** [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-posting-links-to-other-sites/75507 "2001-08-09T03:35:29Z")
Forgive me as I am not the most computer literate of the TM, but I was curious if it was kosher to include a link in a post to another website. Say “ESPN.com” for example. Is there some rule about certain websites ? Sor… --- ## [How is "Currently Active Users" calculated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-currently-active-users-calculated/75037)
**Author:** [@onesbureaucratictendency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onesbureaucratictendency)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-currently-active-users-calculated/75037 "2001-08-09T01:16:29Z")
Currently Active Users: There are currently 79 member(s) and 17 guest(s) on the boards. Just now I dialed in again, but I hadn’t logged out, because I have cookies. How do you know when I’m gone? Will I be listed as act… --- ## [Go To First Unread Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-unread-post/75497)
**Author:** [@Spyderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spyderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-unread-post/75497 "2001-08-09T01:14:47Z")
Well, how do you suppose this board knows how far down the thread I read? Or is this a fancy euphemism for stating that there has been another post added? (which is my guess) p.s. I get a gold star if I am right --- ## [Hey! I think I actually figured something out on my own!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-think-i-actually-figured-something-out-on-my-own/75408)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-think-i-actually-figured-something-out-on-my-own/75408 "2001-08-08T21:44:18Z")
Lemme see if I have this straight: I step away from the SDMB for a few minutes to \[sub\]post somewhere else\[/sub\] and go to the main board list and it hasn’t updated on its own–the same most recent posts are there as the … --- ## [This thread seems broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-seems-broken/75484)
**Author:** [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-seems-broken/75484 "2001-08-08T21:35:28Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81074 Something wrong with this one. No OP at all, and I got bizarre messages about SQL or php or something when I tried to reply to it. --- ## [Taos hum - ARGH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taos-hum-argh/75449)
**Author:** [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taos-hum-argh/75449 "2001-08-08T20:24:23Z")
I don’t know who puts up the archive materials but please fix the coding! Reading five paragraphs full of linked text is enough to give anyone a humming in their heads. Thanks. --- ## [Missing posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/75296)
**Author:** [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-posts/75296 "2001-08-08T10:46:24Z")
There seems to be several post missing from this thread. What happened? --- ## [New Icons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258 "2001-08-07T23:46:50Z")
What’s this? The main page now shows tennis balls for new posts and baseballs for no new posts? --- ## [Apologies to Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-manhattan/75270)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-manhattan/75270 "2001-08-07T21:16:32Z")
He closed this thread pertaining to money laundering: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80755 I had thought to use some responsible ignorance fighting similar to what occured in the “Master Lo… --- ## [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/___________/74964)
**Author:** [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/___________/74964 "2001-08-07T21:00:16Z")
test. hmmm. --- ## [The Straight Dop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dop/74711)
**Author:** [@Spyderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spyderman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dop/74711 "2001-08-07T15:43:55Z")
I just noticed that the big yellow and blue STRAIGHT DOPE banner is written as such THE STRAIGHT DOPsub\[/sub\]E and not THE STRAIGHT DOPE SUB\[/SUB\] What gives? --- ## [Forum Depth and Number of Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-depth-and-number-of-posts/75283)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-depth-and-number-of-posts/75283 "2001-08-07T15:20:18Z")
My preferences are set to “Last 5 Days.” I go to the Pit, I see it’s two pages. So is GD. MPSIMS and GQ are each six pages. IMHO, IIRC, is four. Are the busiest fora also the longest? I’ve always thought of the Pit a… --- ## [Did the purge ever happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-purge-ever-happen/75063)
**Author:** [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-purge-ever-happen/75063 "2001-08-07T14:15:14Z")
A month or so ago, The Powers That Be decided to purge all 1999-and-before threads. A bunch were “saved” with a bump, and the board’s sped up since then. All’s cool. Then, tonight, MarkXXX bumped a few interesting thre… --- ## [JDAVIS - what a hero!! and so good looking too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis-what-a-hero-and-so-good-looking-too/75087)
**Author:** [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis-what-a-hero-and-so-good-looking-too/75087 "2001-08-07T09:24:01Z")
Dear jerry, Thanks for whatever you did. It’s 2.00am in Chicago and the Board is humming along briskly, and behaving itself, and making happy many Australians and New Zealanders (just on 5.00pm here). The problem seems … --- ## [bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/75198)
**Author:** [@Spyderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spyderman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump/75198 "2001-08-07T01:14:43Z")
what does it do and, more importantly :smiley: how do I do it? --- ## [Using this #%&\*! search function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-this-search-function/75119 "2001-08-06T23:30:09Z")
OK, I want to keep this out of the Pit and remain civil even though I have been busting my hump for an HOUR trying to find the past thread relating to this newly-emerged thread. I have tried every single Forum going back… --- ## [Hi! I'm a mod/admin. and I like the new board speed because....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-a-mod-admin-and-i-like-the-new-board-speed-because/75023)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-a-mod-admin-and-i-like-the-new-board-speed-because/75023 "2001-08-06T14:59:57Z")
Of course, I’m not a mod/admin. While we mere mortals praise Jerry to the sky, we humble dirt-eaters cannot possibly imagine how it would be to be a mod who, say, has an hour free at lunch time but can’t go to the board… --- ## [Is this OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ok/75118)
**Author:** [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ok/75118 "2001-08-06T14:31:16Z")
A friend of mine created a satirical website that I think (for completely unbiased reasons, no doubt) is quite funny. I’d like to tell others about it, but I don’t want to post a new thread inappropriately. Would it be r… --- ## [vbulletin bug?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-bug/75058)
**Author:** [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-bug/75058 "2001-08-06T05:26:42Z")
In responding to another post, I ended up being guilty of not previewing my response (since it was so simple I couldn’t possibly have screwed it up), and lo and behold, the formatting got screwed up (the font for my own … --- ## [How does vBulletin process smilies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vbulletin-process-smilies/75005)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vbulletin-process-smilies/75005 "2001-08-06T05:00:22Z")
:confused:) See, if it processed them from left to right, it would’ve put a :confused: there, followed by a “)”. But it doesn’t. Here’s another one, to make sure it’s not just the :confused:: :rolleyes:) And here’s an… --- ## [username length](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-length/75040)
**Author:** [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-length/75040 "2001-08-06T02:21:48Z")
I know we’ve been around this before, but onesbureaucratictendency is reminding me of it. Is it possible to limit name length, particularly for names with no spaces, or at least state a policy? Names like that really do … --- ## [abbreviations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations/74985)
**Author:** [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbreviations/74985 "2001-08-05T19:51:41Z")
I have tried to figure this one out, but now I have to ask: What does the abbreviaton IIRC mean? I see it used frequently by people posting to this message board. --- ## [List of poster stats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-poster-stats/73489)
**Author:** [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-poster-stats/73489 "2001-08-05T19:51:27Z")
In closing this thread, TubaDiva felt that the search function was misused. I’m curious, but isn’t it more likely that Bill H just had a script that directly requested each of the 15,000 user profiles and then stripped … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/74992)
**Author:** [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/74992 "2001-08-05T18:06:40Z")
my webpage --- ## [Bad middle-of-night performance now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-middle-of-night-performance-now/74887)
**Author:** [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-middle-of-night-performance-now/74887 "2001-08-05T17:43:10Z")
I was happy to see this brought up, but dismayed to see it turn into a flamefest by certain individuals. But I want to throw my data in so the admins can see what we’re talking about. I’m a reasonably good network troubl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=494) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=496)