# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=500 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 501 --- ## [How do I find out how many posts I have had in a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-many-posts-i-have-had-in-a-day/70706)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-how-many-posts-i-have-had-in-a-day/70706 "2001-06-30T16:11:45Z")
Somebody remarked to me how many posts I had in one day. Is there a counter somewhere? Thanks. --- ## [Envelope symbols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/envelope-symbols/70656)
**Author:** [@buffalogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buffalogal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/envelope-symbols/70656 "2001-06-30T00:44:51Z")
I’m sure I’m the only one who doesn’t know this, but I’ll ask anyway since you’re sworn to fight ignorance. And I am ignorant. The little red envelopes mean “New Posts” The little grey envelopes mean “No New Posts” So… --- ## [Wrong password?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-password/70611)
**Author:** [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-password/70611 "2001-06-29T16:27:49Z")
Hi! I have been reading the SDMB for a couple of months now. Yesterday, I registered. My problem is this: when I try to edit my profile, it tells me I have the wrong password. The thing is, I’m writing it exactly like in… --- ## [Why is it that I can only search up to 90 days back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-i-can-only-search-up-to-90-days-back/70592)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-i-can-only-search-up-to-90-days-back/70592 "2001-06-29T10:34:02Z")
It doesn’t even give me the option to search all threads. Is this something new or is there something I missed? --- ## [Limiting Searches and Old Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limiting-searches-and-old-threads/70584)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limiting-searches-and-old-threads/70584 "2001-06-29T07:01:52Z")
I like the idea of limiting searches; less hits on the DB=less load on the server, and a search does tax resources. And BTW, I understand a nostalgic reason to save old threads, but as has been pointed out, any Doper ca… --- ## [Cant Connect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect/70514)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect/70514 "2001-06-28T21:14:04Z")
I just spent 25 minutes trying to get here, each time, I timed out waiting for the board to respond. Is there anything I can do to avoid this from happening? Thanks Mod --- ## [So, what does The Chicago Reader get out of the Message Board, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-the-chicago-reader-get-out-of-the-message-board-anyway/64855)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-the-chicago-reader-get-out-of-the-message-board-anyway/64855 "2001-06-28T16:00:37Z")
Maybe I should just keep quiet, and not bring any of this up,but… This thread is about saving/dumping/paying for/keeping free the SDMB. (I want the Board saved and free forever and ever, and a free t-shirt and coffee mu… --- ## [A closed forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closed-forum/70255)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-closed-forum/70255 "2001-06-28T15:13:01Z")
A closed forum This phrase is beside a little icon of a padlock on the bottom of the “first page” of the SDMB. Have any forums (OK, fora, for you purists) ever been closed? --- ## [Netscape, an iMac, and an odd looking board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netscape-an-imac-and-an-odd-looking-board/70152)
**Author:** [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netscape-an-imac-and-an-odd-looking-board/70152 "2001-06-28T12:48:57Z")
Simple question, really. Most of the time I’m viewing the SDMB in Internet Exploder on a PC. But at home we’re on a (Brand New! heehee) iMac and use Netscape (trying to free our new toy from the taint of Gates). But I li… --- ## [Is everybody's signature invisible to themself? Cause I can't see mine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybodys-signature-invisible-to-themself-cause-i-cant-see-mine/70415)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybodys-signature-invisible-to-themself-cause-i-cant-see-mine/70415 "2001-06-28T05:48:41Z")
Is there a choice I havn’t selected or is this the status quo? I can see everybody else’s, just not mine. Thanks in advance. --- ## [Slug Signorino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino/70184)
**Author:** [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-signorino/70184 "2001-06-27T16:28:06Z")
We have posts on this board from Cecil and Ed, but nothing from Slug. How come Slug doesn’t post here any? --- ## [Searching for the non-cookied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-the-non-cookied/70071)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-the-non-cookied/70071 "2001-06-27T05:14:02Z")
I understand that in order to save server load the search was recently adjusted to require that one be a registered member to use it. Well, for the first time since the change was made I tried to search. As I have cooki… --- ## [Why does the font look like hell when you post a paragraph then italicize it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185 "2001-06-26T22:40:25Z")
Why does the font look like hell when you post a paragraph then italicize the whole paragraph? --- ## [A sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sig-test/69707)
**Author:** [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sig-test/69707 "2001-06-26T13:40:25Z")
A link to pictures of myself in a sig… how tacky am i? :wink: --- ## [I'm having trouble adding registering a new user from my computer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-trouble-adding-registering-a-new-user-from-my-computer/70186)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-trouble-adding-registering-a-new-user-from-my-computer/70186 "2001-06-26T08:03:47Z")
My roommate has been trying to register for SD. Every time she hits the register button it says that she can’t, because I have already registered. Does she have to go to a whole new computer like at an Easy Everything(a … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/70020)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/70020 "2001-06-25T02:37:06Z")
i need my post list. --- ## [Question 'bout envelopes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-bout-envelopes/69970)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-bout-envelopes/69970 "2001-06-25T00:13:54Z")
Why do the envelopes change colour once I post to a thread? I thought they were based on the status of the threads when you log on, but as soon as I post to a single thread they all change from orange to grey, in all the… --- ## [pagination in vB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pagination-in-vb/69951)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pagination-in-vb/69951 "2001-06-24T15:02:15Z")
How does the board software decide to paginate the threads? Does it do so based on the number of posts? --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69955)
**Author:** [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69955 "2001-06-24T07:38:13Z")
http://www.ilovebacon.com/women/061101b.shtmlthis --- ## [test-i just got rid of annoying spyware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-i-just-got-rid-of-annoying-spyware/69870)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-i-just-got-rid-of-annoying-spyware/69870 "2001-06-24T03:29:30Z")
hope I still can post --- ## [I seem to have made my password too long...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784 "2001-06-23T22:59:43Z")
When I tried to add a sig to my profile I was presented with a login screen. I typed in my username and password, and got the response that my PW was invalid. Long story short, I finally figured out that the “Your Passwo… --- ## [This is a long thread. Click here to review it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-long-thread-click-here-to-review-it/69835)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-long-thread-click-here-to-review-it/69835 "2001-06-23T22:00:48Z")
If we do that, do we add to the view count? If so, doesn’t that stress the server even more? If so, should we still have that option, or should we delete it? It seems to me it’s useful only to those who don’t use Quote a… --- ## [Why "All times are CT (US) -1 hours."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-times-are-ct-us-1-hours/69878)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-times-are-ct-us-1-hours/69878 "2001-06-23T17:47:40Z")
On the page of thread postings at SDMB, the message “All times are CT (US) -1 hours.” appears. I see that the times are indeed one hour behind the US Central time zone (if Daylight Savings Time is in effect, as it is rig… --- ## [So I 'Submit Reply' ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-submit-reply/69575)
**Author:** [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-submit-reply/69575 "2001-06-23T13:55:35Z")
…and I can’t get back to the Message Board. I get the message that what I posted might be evaluated by a Mod; be patient, etc., and I return to my message. Clicking the back arrow only brings me back to my message again … --- ## [Alternative/Supplement to Search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-supplement-to-search/69668)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-supplement-to-search/69668 "2001-06-22T20:23:10Z")
I’m sure nobody really cares, but I’m wondering if something that might help the server and bandwidth issue a little, as well as giving a greater sense of organization to the site, is having an annotated list of GQ and G… --- ## [Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69813)
**Author:** [@Dog\_Wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog_Wonder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69813 "2001-06-22T18:07:21Z")
TEST! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Punctuation in the search function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-the-search-function/69667)
**Author:** [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-the-search-function/69667 "2001-06-22T17:18:38Z")
I’m sure this has been adressed, but I’ll be damned if I can find where. Will the search function find, say someone with “wordone.wordtwo” as a sn? --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69692)
**Author:** [@EX\_913](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EX_913)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/69692 "2001-06-21T21:29:14Z")
Just trying to get the hang of this. And pad my post count a little…:slight\_smile: --- ## [sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/67326)
**Author:** [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/67326 "2001-06-21T15:51:22Z")
sig test --- ## [http address for SDMB fora](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-address-for-sdmb-fora/69477)
**Author:** [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/http-address-for-sdmb-fora/69477 "2001-06-21T00:22:26Z")
Pretty simple when I take my cursor and hover it over the link at the Forum Page. But once I get to the forum, this shows up in my address bar: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=12&daysprune= … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=499) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=501)