# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=498 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 499 --- ## [Just learned something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-something/72559)
**Author:** [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-something/72559 "2001-07-15T08:48:41Z")
GOSH :slight\_smile: --- ## [Think it's slow now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-its-slow-now/72447)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2001, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-its-slow-now/72447 "2001-07-14T09:25:40Z")
After posting, I always get that friendly screen, ‘thanks for posting’ (you’re welcome) ‘You will now be taken to your post. If the administrator has selected to moderate all posts in this forum, you will be taken back t… --- ## [Presently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presently/71996)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presently/71996 "2001-07-14T01:31:22Z")
“Thank you for posting, mangeorge. You will now be taken to your post. If the administrator has selected to moderate all posts in this forum, you will be taken back to the forum and your post will be displayed presently.… --- ## [What Type of Server Does SDMB run on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-server-does-sdmb-run-on/72116)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-server-does-sdmb-run-on/72116 "2001-07-13T20:02:46Z")
I see all of these threads talking about the server being slow during peak times and that made me wonder what the specs of the server are (type, processor speed, RAM, hard drive size etc.) I work in IT so I was just curi… --- ## [TEST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/72357)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/72357 "2001-07-13T11:31:33Z")
test --- ## [.999 = 2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302)
**Author:** [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302 "2001-07-13T06:12:43Z")
I AM NOT STARTING THE DEBATE OVER AGAIN!!! Sorry for shouting. Ahem… Nowthen: I remember reading at least two wonderful GD Threads about the issue of whether or not .999(repeating) was the same number as 1. I was shar… --- ## [link test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/71691)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/71691 "2001-07-13T00:04:58Z")
this car --- ## [Searching v. Starting Redundant Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-v-starting-redundant-threads/71965)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-v-starting-redundant-threads/71965 "2001-07-12T23:57:44Z")
The problem with redundant threads is that the OP generally doesn’t know it’s redundant. Take All Your Base (please ;)). There were at least a half-dozen AYB threads in MPSIMS, which each OP would start, having no idea … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/70880)
**Author:** [@China\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Girl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/70880 "2001-07-12T08:19:12Z")
first time user. it’s a test. i don’t care if this looks bad. --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307)
**Author:** [@NotBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/71307 "2001-07-12T08:06:54Z")
This is my first post of all time! Just trying to get the hang of it before i make a fool of my self. --- ## [is there any other way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-other-way/71956)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-other-way/71956 "2001-07-11T13:51:37Z")
On this page: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=showsmilies there is the following text (italics are mine): Is this just a badly worded sentence, or is there some other way to use this feature? Can… --- ## [Cyber-maintenance and virtual mechanics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-maintenance-and-virtual-mechanics/71868)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-maintenance-and-virtual-mechanics/71868 "2001-07-11T11:21:16Z")
Dopers of the Insomniac Briagade and overseas Dopers will probably have had this experience, usually around 3 am. CT. You’ve been carefully composing the perfect answer to a GQ, or the killing repartee for GD, and you’re… --- ## [Hey! they've got animated smilies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theyve-got-animated-smilies/70606)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theyve-got-animated-smilies/70606 "2001-07-10T18:37:52Z")
They being http://www.trekbbs.com Any chance of us getting any. I think they use the same software or what ever to run their board. Just a thought… --- ## [SDMB/Linux/Netscape Question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-linux-netscape-question/71716)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-linux-netscape-question/71716 "2001-07-10T17:29:14Z")
Through sheer luck, I came by a spare hardware modem and installed it in my Win98/Linux PC, so I could get online with Linux. The only (included) Linux browser I have found so far is Netscape (version I dunno), but … --- ## [Can I list an open job in MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-list-an-open-job-in-mpsims/71967)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-list-an-open-job-in-mpsims/71967 "2001-07-10T17:28:09Z")
I once emailed TD about this and got \ no reponse, so I’ll ask it here. Real sit-down job at a real company. No fly-by-night, get rich quick by stuffing envelopes while surfing the internet and losing thirty pound… --- ## [Strikethrough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/71658)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/71658 "2001-07-10T16:52:25Z")
Is there a way to get a strikethrough (word with dashes across it, as if crossed out) with vB codes? --- ## [what strains the server more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strains-the-server-more/71814)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strains-the-server-more/71814 "2001-07-10T02:37:39Z")
On the subject of searching, what strains the server more? a) One search that pulls a lot of threads (like a 2 year search, or all the posts by a specific user), but in which I only look at the first page or two, or b)… --- ## [why is "post a reply" link sometimes not there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-post-a-reply-link-sometimes-not-there/71745)
**Author:** [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-post-a-reply-link-sometimes-not-there/71745 "2001-07-10T02:27:43Z")
I have noticed that on some threads, next to the “new thread” link, the usual “post a reply” link is missing. Why is that? I tried to determine whether there was any reason for it, and could not figure it out. How is one… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/71901)
**Author:** [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/71901 "2001-07-10T02:17:17Z")
hi. --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/71896)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/71896 "2001-07-10T01:19:55Z")
test --- ## [New Forum Suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggestions/67780)
**Author:** [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggestions/67780 "2001-07-09T23:46:25Z")
As a newbie I’ve been frustrated a number of times by interesting threads disappearing from the default forum displays. Often they are “bumped” by questions that don’t generate a lot of interest, or are totally different… --- ## [What makes a thread 'Pointless'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-thread-pointless/71623)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-thread-pointless/71623 "2001-07-09T23:35:28Z")
I’m not sure if this is a criticism, but why did Manhattan just close the thread in General Questions called, “Why do Union Workers make so much?” It was active, people were regularly posting to it, and in fact I had ju… --- ## [How do questions get into the Mailbag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-questions-get-into-the-mailbag/71729)
**Author:** [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-questions-get-into-the-mailbag/71729 "2001-07-09T17:51:52Z")
I can send a question to Cecil, I can post a question in the General Questions board, but there does not seem to be any way to submit a question to the Mailbag. Are the Mailbag questions ones that were submitted to Ceci… --- ## [does submitting a question to GQ endanger its chance of being answered by Cecil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-submitting-a-question-to-gq-endanger-its-chance-of-being-answered-by-cecil/71817)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-submitting-a-question-to-gq-endanger-its-chance-of-being-answered-by-cecil/71817 "2001-07-09T17:13:54Z")
If I sent a question to Cecil, and after months of waiting for an answer decided to send it to General Questions, does that significantly lower the chance that Cecil will answer it in a column? --- ## [Avoiding Identify Theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-identify-theft/71803)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-identify-theft/71803 "2001-07-09T16:48:18Z")
I’ve got a question about using a public terminal to access the Dope. Suppose I use a library terminal to log on - how do I make sure that my id isn’t cookied, so that the next person to use the terminal couldn’t log on… --- ## [why is the message board often painfully slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291)
**Author:** [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291 "2001-07-09T16:37:34Z")
I have a DSL, and 9 times out of 10 if a site is slow the problems on the other end. Why is the SD message board so often slow as Christmas? Cant you guys afford a decent server? I though you were, you know, famous and … --- ## [Hello. I'm on the SDMB at lunchtime.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-im-on-the-sdmb-at-lunchtime/71840)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-im-on-the-sdmb-at-lunchtime/71840 "2001-07-09T15:53:59Z")
I must say there seems to be a marked speed improvement today. Not sure if this is due to the restrictions on searches or deleting old threads or both, but I have been able to post to several GQ questions at lunch time (… --- ## [Signature introduction...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-introduction/71794)
**Author:** [@Nothing\_But\_Net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_But_Net)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-introduction/71794 "2001-07-09T15:20:11Z")
You have to love GingerOfTheNorth’s: ‘I don’t think so, so I’m probably not’. That is pure genius. Where do these guys come from? --- ## [SEARCH ALL disabled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-all-disabled/70471)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-all-disabled/70471 "2001-07-09T11:52:58Z")
In an effort to make the board more accessible to people, I have disabled the “search any date” and “search all forums” functions. You can still search, but you have to be a bit more specific. Searching any date and sea… --- ## [Where can I find a list of the HTML? And Quotingting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-the-html-and-quotingting/71560)
**Author:** [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2001, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-the-html-and-quotingting/71560 "2001-07-09T09:35:05Z")
I feel like such an idoit. I don’t know HTML, so I don’t know how to Bold or Italisize of anything. Is there a list somewhere that will give me the info I need to become less of an idiot? Also, how do you quote? I know t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=499)