# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=502 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 503 --- ## [Ack! You lost part of the boards!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-you-lost-part-of-the-boards/68286)
**Author:** [@ryoushi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryoushi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-you-lost-part-of-the-boards/68286 "2001-06-11T13:11:18Z")
Where did the blue part at the top of the table go? Not that it had much use, \[sub\]aside from making the column headings (“Author” “Last Post” and the like) readable\[/sub\], but still, it looks like something important is… --- ## [Usernames and the maleability thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-and-the-maleability-thereof/68263)
**Author:** [@The\_Fromesiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fromesiter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2001, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-and-the-maleability-thereof/68263 "2001-06-11T12:05:52Z")
Ahem, unfortunately for me when I registered to the SDMB I misspelled what I wanted my screen name to be. Rather embaressing I must say. So, now, is there any way to change my user name? --- ## [Oh my ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my/68272)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my/68272 "2001-06-10T07:15:16Z")
I am baffled. I chose this username thinking I was safe. But in this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71263 another me appears( with caps and an exclamation mark ), and the post that… --- ## [first gq thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-gq-thread/67787)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-gq-thread/67787 "2001-06-10T06:29:53Z")
What was the first General Questions thread? The earliest one I could find was this one: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=715 --- ## [It occurs to me......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-occurs-to-me/67921)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-occurs-to-me/67921 "2001-06-10T00:52:33Z")
… that some of the most interesting people post to this MB. I enjoy reading them and I often wonder what this and that person would be like in real life. At my job, I feel I am a fish out of water. Sometimes we are not … --- ## [Why Is This Site Working So Well Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-site-working-so-well-today/67927)
**Author:** [@don\_willard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_willard)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-site-working-so-well-today/67927 "2001-06-09T19:31:03Z")
Why is this site working so well today when at the same time on most other days it is so slow that I have to play a game of solitaire while it lumbers along. And in general why is the internet usually so slow, so general… --- ## [What happened to andros's post count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-andross-post-count/68121)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-andross-post-count/68121 "2001-06-09T18:40:13Z")
The guy’s been here for nearly two years and had an impressive post count (in the thousands). Today, I notice that he seems to have started over. (His count is only 11 at the moment.) Did he ask for this? Or is it some … --- ## [newbies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbies/68054)
**Author:** [@RocketHorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocketHorse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbies/68054 "2001-06-09T04:13:39Z")
ok, i realize that i am but a mere newbie for now. when is the rite of passage to the next level of message board user? are there classifications other than newbie and old fart? --- ## [Newbie Test Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/68018)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/68018 "2001-06-09T04:09:49Z")
Aack. I’m runnin’ with the big dogs now! --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/67517)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/67517 "2001-06-07T21:59:56Z")
Please feel free to test here. --- ## [Hey Canadian Dopers: Google does it again!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-canadian-dopers-google-does-it-again/67717)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-canadian-dopers-google-does-it-again/67717 "2001-06-07T02:41:28Z")
From today’s edition of the Globe and Mail: "Google, which has become one of the world’s most popular search engines, is launching a Canadian site. Google.ca offers a series of Canadian-only features, among them the ab… --- ## [Insanity is about to reign...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanity-is-about-to-reign/67653)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insanity-is-about-to-reign/67653 "2001-06-06T12:39:24Z")
Before I do a Jimi Hendrix pyro-trip on my webtv keyboard, I thought I’d better ask this: I can’t cut and paste. I don’t know if it’s just doltish behavior on my part, or the vB code isn’t compatible with my webtv. At t… --- ## [Bemused29](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bemused29/67781)
**Author:** [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bemused29/67781 "2001-06-06T10:32:08Z")
why was this poster banned? (it doesn’t particularly matter to me, it just seemed odd and made me curious…) --- ## [OK smart guy, here you go...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-smart-guy-here-you-go/67770)
**Author:** [@Daemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daemon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-smart-guy-here-you-go/67770 "2001-06-06T05:48:43Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73095 See my reponse in the pit for the real story… Just look for Daemon as thread starter --- ## [OK, brialliants, this is illegal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-brialliants-this-is-illegal/67769)
**Author:** [@Daemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daemon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-brialliants-this-is-illegal/67769 "2001-06-06T05:45:52Z")
And different, we’re talking DEATH THREATS! --- ## [Admins, do something about this poster or I will be owning the Chicago Reader!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-do-something-about-this-poster-or-i-will-be-owning-the-chicago-reader/67767)
**Author:** [@Daemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daemon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-do-something-about-this-poster-or-i-will-be-owning-the-chicago-reader/67767 "2001-06-06T05:41:31Z")
And you do not want me for a boss! I am talking about Morrison’s Lament. Chronos already thinks he’s a dick, but I think worse. I do not take kindly to death threats over the Internet, and especially not on the SDMB. D… --- ## [vb codes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes/67581)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes/67581 "2001-06-06T01:21:48Z")
How do you superscript? How do you subscript? How do you do that really tiny lettering? --- ## [E-mail Notification Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification-test/67661 "2001-06-06T00:28:56Z")
Testing … March 29, 1673 The Test Act is given the royal assent in England. All those who refuse to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, to subscribe to a declaration against transubstantiation, and to take the … --- ## [How do you do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523)
**Author:** [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523 "2001-06-05T21:01:46Z")
How do you post an url and have it come up something like “this page”? Also, how do you do bold and italics? --- ## [tuphelm grdlpumph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuphelm-grdlpumph/67597)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuphelm-grdlpumph/67597 "2001-06-05T17:45:33Z")
\[biu\] tuphelm grdlpumph \[/b/i/u\] \[b\[i tuphelm grdlpumph \*\*/i\]/u\] --- ## [The board is running REALLY fast today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-running-really-fast-today/67595)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-running-really-fast-today/67595 "2001-06-05T17:24:48Z")
Wha’ hoppen’? Is it because school is out for the summer? Did someone sacrifice a troll to Cecil? --- ## [I'm being stalked by a thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569)
**Author:** [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-stalked-by-a-thread/67569 "2001-06-05T16:07:11Z")
subtitled: “Things in thread notifications that really bug you.” I’m being stalked by a thread. Sort of. In order to not to overload my e-mail, I’ve turned off the ‘Use ‘Email Notification’ by default’ function in my p… --- ## [Who?26 is 'Just another Serlin' instead of a member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-26-is-just-another-serlin-instead-of-a-member/67363)
**Author:** [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-26-is-just-another-serlin-instead-of-a-member/67363 "2001-06-05T11:02:51Z")
Under this person’s name it says “Just another Serlin” instead of “Member”. How did that happen? --- ## [Linking to a specific post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-post/67602)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-a-specific-post/67602 "2001-06-05T03:44:34Z")
What’s the code to link to a specific post in a thread? --- ## [DNS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dns/67529)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dns/67529 "2001-06-04T20:19:10Z")
What is a DNS server??? --- ## [(another)test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test/67558)
**Author:** [@Joan\_Arkham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joan_Arkham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test/67558 "2001-06-04T19:13:12Z")
4-3-2-1 Isn’t this a lot of fun… -Joan :slight\_smile: :wink: --- ## [What's with all the fundies on SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-fundies-on-sdmb/66571)
**Author:** [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-fundies-on-sdmb/66571 "2001-06-04T15:00:08Z")
Hey, how come there are a disproportionately high amount of strident christians and fundamentalists on SDMB? I seem to recall seeing some item about an old flamewar between SDMB and some other message board, and religion… --- ## [Why is the Straight Dope merchandise so inexpensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-straight-dope-merchandise-so-inexpensive/67387)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2001, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-straight-dope-merchandise-so-inexpensive/67387 "2001-06-03T09:46:12Z")
As far as I can tell, buying Straight Dope “stuff” is one of the only legit ways to support the SDMB. Yet the t-shirt is only $10! In my experience, that’s really inexpensive for a t-shirt. I imagine most people would gl… --- ## [Question from a newbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-a-newbie/67349)
**Author:** [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-a-newbie/67349 "2001-06-03T06:31:30Z")
Is it considered poor manners to post in really old threads and thus bring them back to life? I don’t want to be accused of beating a dead horse, but thars gold in them thar searches. --- ## [Unlocking A Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-a-thread/67310)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-a-thread/67310 "2001-06-03T03:53:54Z")
Has this ever happened: A mod reconsiders locking a thread and reopens it. Thanks Quasi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=501) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=503)