# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=496 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 497 --- ## [Stupid Question About Posting Links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-about-posting-links/74991)
**Author:** [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-about-posting-links/74991 "2001-08-05T17:13:19Z")
How do I? --- ## [search function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/74988)
**Author:** [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function/74988 "2001-08-05T14:39:29Z")
For the last two or more weeks, when I use the serach function to search for my posts, it does not work. this is real frustrating as I want to seen the responses to my posts. Hope you can help --- ## [A thread went \*poof\* Explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965)
**Author:** [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-went-poof-explanation/74965 "2001-08-05T13:57:07Z")
There was a pit thread where this guy complained that he got thrown in jail for beating up a guy who was beating up a girl. All that stood out is that he called Hispanics, wetbacks. I saw it earlier today, now it’s gone.… --- ## [Finding posters' profiles, emails, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901 "2001-08-05T05:28:02Z")
This morning, I had occasion to email another SDMB poster. If it had been to respond to a particular post, that would have been easy: I’d have clicked on the mailbox icon, and the email addy would’ve popped up. But in f… --- ## [Leave of absence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-of-absence/74421)
**Author:** [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-of-absence/74421 "2001-08-05T01:00:52Z")
Just so y’all know, I’m taking a leave from moderating at least for a while. The SDMB and all associated with it still rock but real life stuff demands my attention right now. It’s nothing dramatic, just a buncha things … --- ## [My compliments to the chef...er, techs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-compliments-to-the-chef-er-techs/74506)
**Author:** [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-compliments-to-the-chef-er-techs/74506 "2001-08-04T04:41:31Z")
I just wanted to say thanks for whatever you guys did over the weekend! The board is running more smoothly and quickly for me than it ever has since I registered. I have not noticed anything lacking to make up for the e… --- ## [Have I failed to spot something obvious or is this new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-failed-to-spot-something-obvious-or-is-this-new/74726)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-failed-to-spot-something-obvious-or-is-this-new/74726 "2001-08-04T03:45:47Z")
Either I’ve been completely oblivious on a kewl feature, or you’ve added a kewl new feature and someone needs to be congratulated for it. On the main page ( http://boards.straightdope.com ) the bar at the bottom that te… --- ## [Technical Database Query for jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-database-query-for-jdavis/74763)
**Author:** [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-database-query-for-jdavis/74763 "2001-08-04T00:13:36Z")
We were wondering over on the UnaBoard, since you run with the same database, if you were aware of whether MySQL will automatically recover space when posts, threads, or other data is deleted. That is to say, if you del… --- ## [Weird Earl's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/74808)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/74808 "2001-08-03T18:38:11Z")
Anyone else having trouble with the link? (The funny thing is, my friend had just told me about that site 3 days ago and it sounded so bizarre, I was going to submit it for WE, but I still haven’t actually had a chance … --- ## [Hate to complain but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-to-complain-but/74622)
**Author:** [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-to-complain-but/74622 "2001-08-03T16:59:43Z")
I DO NOT LIKE to be the one person whinging about a service that is free and extraordinarily good value but I feel I have to speak the truth. The fact is that for me since the weekend of administrative work the boards h… --- ## [Re: Announcement SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-announcement-sdmb/74327)
**Author:** [@AKAmame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AKAmame)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-announcement-sdmb/74327 "2001-08-03T00:32:21Z")
OK, who was registered December 1969? Or should that be “Dr Who”??? --- ## [\*taptap\* Is this thing on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taptap-is-this-thing-on/74551)
**Author:** [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taptap-is-this-thing-on/74551 "2001-08-03T00:04:37Z")
Lemme see… Mary had a \[sub\]little\[/sub\]lamb. Or a littlelamb. Hey, this is kinda fun! Hmmm… http://thisisfakejustcheckin’.com \[sup\]ooga\[/sup\]\[sub\]booga\[/sub\] --- ## [Quotes need for multiple links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-need-for-multiple-links/74675)
**Author:** [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-need-for-multiple-links/74675 "2001-08-02T21:48:59Z")
I was having problems creating a post with multiple links in it, so I made a test post here. My understanding was that you didn’t need to put quotes around the URL inside the \[url\*\*\] code, and me being a lazy SOB, I usu… --- ## [From the scourge of double-posts, O Lord deliver us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-scourge-of-double-posts-o-lord-deliver-us/74241)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-scourge-of-double-posts-o-lord-deliver-us/74241 "2001-08-02T20:53:18Z")
So… I’m leaving one of my pearls of wisdom in another thread, hit Submit, and nothing much seems to happen for a while. “Hmmm,” I think to myself, if you can call it thought, “I haven’t seen the ‘Thank you for posting’ m… --- ## [So I want to post a poem . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-post-a-poem/74402)
**Author:** [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-post-a-poem/74402 "2001-08-02T14:12:05Z")
It’s “Jerusalem” by William Blake. The lyrics can be read here: http://www.newearth.demon.co.uk/poems/lyric201.htm The William Blake archive said that the archives there are protected by the US copyright laws, but I do… --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/74615)
**Author:** [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/74615 "2001-08-02T13:20:30Z")
Just to see my name in lights and whatnot. :smiley: Well, I guess now we know why they call them “rapids” and not “slowpids”, huh? --- ## [Hi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi/74105)
**Author:** [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi/74105 "2001-08-02T01:36:52Z")
Where do I introduce myself? --- ## [So, the maintainance...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-maintainance/73750)
**Author:** [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-maintainance/73750 "2001-08-01T21:30:03Z")
Just wondering- what are you guys going to be doing? The mass thread prune? Are we going to be treated to a fast and zippy board when we get back? A new color scheme? Drinks for everyone on the house? No more post counts… --- ## [Changing Fonts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-fonts/74453)
**Author:** [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-fonts/74453 "2001-08-01T12:11:23Z")
I’ve noticed that in some individual posts, the font changes from Arial to \[what looks like?\] Times New Roman, and then back again. How does this happen? I am certain it is not intentional on the part of certain posters,… --- ## [Whatever happened to...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/74417)
**Author:** [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/74417 "2001-08-01T04:25:54Z")
Satan? I know we disagreed a couple of times, but why is he banned? Just asking. --- ## [Anyone can search now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-can-search-now/74371)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-can-search-now/74371 "2001-07-31T21:05:01Z")
I just did a search to find the last ATMB thread I posted in and realized after the fact that I was not required to register beforehand. So anyone can search now? Did you go back because it made no difference in performa… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/74065)
**Author:** [@Slee\_Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slee_Slacker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/74065 "2001-07-31T12:34:22Z")
:frowning: quote “Now is the time” \[scroll\]HI\[/scroll\] ,: :~ ;\` ;~ \\ Hi all~ What should I expect here? --- ## [How can I be posting this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-posting-this/74151)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-be-posting-this/74151 "2001-07-31T01:07:35Z")
It’s well past 3:30 AM CDT…the board did go down right about that time, but now it seems to be back up… --- ## [Is there any way I can change my nick name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-change-my-nick-name/74222)
**Author:** [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-change-my-nick-name/74222 "2001-07-30T22:00:20Z")
Hey is there any way I can change my nick name and still keep the number of posts that I have posted??? --- ## [Why is editing of posts not allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-editing-of-posts-not-allowed/73335)
**Author:** [@iceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iceman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-editing-of-posts-not-allowed/73335 "2001-07-30T15:01:03Z")
I am a newbie here but post rather more frequesntly than I should on a couple of other boards. This is the only board I know of that doesn’t allow you to edit your own posts. As one who types rather more quickly than wel… --- ## [A question for the staff of the message board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-staff-of-the-message-board/74128)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Seigleo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Seigleo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-the-staff-of-the-message-board/74128 "2001-07-29T15:22:58Z")
Dear staff, I have been a lurker of the Straight Dope message board for under a year now. Reading through these boards in my spare time has been enjoyable and stimulating experience for me and as well as for others, I a… --- ## [Why is this word allowed on the boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-word-allowed-on-the-boards/72730)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-word-allowed-on-the-boards/72730 "2001-07-29T03:03:12Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78287 I am as big an advocate of free speech as anyone else, but there is no way a hateful, misogynistic, degrading, and offensive word should ever be allowed … --- ## [how do you write subjects for threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-subjects-for-threads/73524)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-subjects-for-threads/73524 "2001-07-28T20:02:16Z")
How do you write subjects for threads that will be appropriately descriptive of the content, attract the replies you are interested in, and are still fun and interesting? I would be particularly interested if you could … --- ## [Is there a CC: list of all the staff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cc-list-of-all-the-staff/74024)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cc-list-of-all-the-staff/74024 "2001-07-28T16:40:59Z")
You know a list of email addresses of all the staff so you can just cut & paste into the address field to email the same letter to all of them? That would be much easier than finding all of them in the forums & copying…& … --- ## [Dreaming about SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-about-sdmb/73602)
**Author:** [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-about-sdmb/73602 "2001-07-28T01:32:39Z")
In one dream both reprise and I were asked to stand down voluntarily to help reduce bandwidth. It seemed fair at the time, somehow, but I awoke straightaway in panic. Two nights ago I dreamed again. A vivid, disturbing … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=495) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=497)