# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=506 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 507 --- ## [It's noon and pages are loading quickly. Is this just a tease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166)
**Author:** [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-noon-and-pages-are-loading-quickly-is-this-just-a-tease/63166 "2001-04-26T15:17:39Z")
Did something get fixed or is this just a fluke? Cuz I usually get timed out if I even think about viewing this site on the lunch hour. Or did I just jinx the whole works? --- ## [Yeah, I'm dense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-dense/63355)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-dense/63355 "2001-04-26T03:08:50Z")
This morning I Started a thread that was supposed to be called HAVE YOU SEEN ORLANDO? THE MOVIE, THAT IS. I previewed it and noticed it only said HAVE YOU SEEN as the thread title. I was tired and for some dorky reason I… --- ## [How???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253)
**Author:** [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253 "2001-04-25T21:54:57Z")
HOw do I learn all the different things I can do In the SDMB like smiley faces , quoting someone , signatures etc --- ## [testing if signature works = useless thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-if-signature-works-useless-thread/63254)
**Author:** [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-if-signature-works-useless-thread/63254 "2001-04-25T05:20:02Z")
1…2…3?? --- ## [How to Post a Chess Diagram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-chess-diagram/63251)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-chess-diagram/63251 "2001-04-25T04:59:41Z")
I’m putting this here because VarlosZ asked me about it. To post something that needs fixed-width font, you should use the Code tag. If you input something like this: \[Code\]B · · · · · K R · r … --- ## [sorry iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-iampunha/62867)
**Author:** [@DagOLec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DagOLec)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-iampunha/62867 "2001-04-25T02:19:14Z")
sorry iampunha i did try to go to “Members” to look for used userids but it said that was disabled. im generally fairly laconic. thanx & a tip of the Hatlo hat for the warning. i will try to observe most protocols. hop… --- ## [Test...123...Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-123-test/63218)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-123-test/63218 "2001-04-25T01:56:52Z")
derleth2000@yahoo.com http://www.straightdope.com \[list=A\]\[li\]Alpha\[/li\]\[li\]Beta\[/list=A\]\[/li\] \[list=1\]\[li\]Uno\[/li\]\[li\]Dos\[/list=1\]\[/li\] coded --- ## ["added post"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/added-post/62961)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/added-post/62961 "2001-04-24T19:26:35Z")
test preview (with subject added post) --- ## [reposting things from the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reposting-things-from-the-board/63023)
**Author:** [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reposting-things-from-the-board/63023 "2001-04-24T04:22:49Z")
I was about to submit something that I had posted to another organization, but remembered this: So, in reading this, I’m allowed to? I’d hate to step on any toes. --- ## [testing 123](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-123/62978)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-123/62978 "2001-04-24T03:26:12Z")
\[li\]this is one\[/li\]\[li\]\[\]this is two\[/li\]\[\]\[\]\[\]this is three --- ## [Request for a new simile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-a-new-simile/62982)
**Author:** [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-a-new-simile/62982 "2001-04-24T02:45:00Z")
I’m as sick as a dog with the current crop of similes. I’d be as happy as a lark if we could have some new onest are as good as gold. I would soon be as busy as a bee posting cool as a cucumber items that would make me a… --- ## [Why isn't my .sig appearing in posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-my-sig-appearing-in-posts/62926)
**Author:** [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-my-sig-appearing-in-posts/62926 "2001-04-24T00:48:26Z")
I never put anything in my .sig before, but yesterday I decided to put the World’s Funniest Joke in my profile. But it does not appear in my posts. What is going on? --- ## [merely a test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merely-a-test/63043)
**Author:** [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merely-a-test/63043 "2001-04-23T21:08:27Z")
testing my sig line. Post whatever nonsense you want here. --- ## [Just testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/63020)
**Author:** [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/63020 "2001-04-23T17:57:48Z")
Hello! Don’t mind me. I’m just trying a little cut and paste thang. --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/62945)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/62945 "2001-04-23T01:46:24Z")
If you just copy and paste the URL, with a space before and after, the board software will automagically turn it into a link. If you want to do it with more style, you have to use the vB codes. For example, if I type … --- ## [Glad response time is fixed. And problem wasn't due to "too many views".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-response-time-is-fixed-and-problem-wasnt-due-to-too-many-views/61969)
**Author:** [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-response-time-is-fixed-and-problem-wasnt-due-to-too-many-views/61969 "2001-04-22T23:51:36Z")
I collected some data I thought would help, and I’m glad it won’t be needed now, but I thought I’d better mention it in case things ever get slow again. Please pass it to whoever does tech stuff. Thanks. When things go… --- ## [What is "feh"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-feh/62651)
**Author:** [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-feh/62651 "2001-04-22T09:00:33Z")
I see this on the boards sometimes and can’t figure out what it means. Can someone clue me in? --- ## [a practice post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-practice-post/62775)
**Author:** [@DagOLec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DagOLec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-practice-post/62775 "2001-04-21T19:21:11Z")
feh, trayf, a shanda! oy putny goyum in the mb --- ## [\*sigh\* A question and a problem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-a-question-and-a-problem/62777)
**Author:** [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-a-question-and-a-problem/62777 "2001-04-21T15:56:42Z")
So, say that there is a member of the SDMB, and they got into a Pit thread that was closed for good reason, and now they are being harassed by the instigator of the closed thread who will not quit and is e-mailing from m… --- ## [Did the Straight Dope logo change color schemes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-straight-dope-logo-change-color-schemes/62471)
**Author:** [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-straight-dope-logo-change-color-schemes/62471 "2001-04-20T18:55:53Z")
Yeah. It seems to me that when I first started visiting this site, maybe 2-3 years ago, the color scheme on the masthead logo was more of a lighter-blue background with a white-ish “The Straight Dope”. Of course, at the … --- ## [Did I break something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601 "2001-04-20T17:18:42Z")
Dear Lynn or Tuba: Fifty lashes with a wet noodle for me! I was in the Pit looking at the first page of that “Why are Gays posting in “non Gay” threads?” train wreck, and hit the “\>\>\>last page” button at the bottom of p… --- ## [Why is edit message disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-edit-message-disabled/62468)
**Author:** [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-edit-message-disabled/62468 "2001-04-20T16:46:19Z")
I would think that the ability to edit/delete our own messages would be a good thing…to eliminate the double posts and the “oopsies.” Why is this feature disabled? --- ## [Jerry is a God indeed (and Tuba ain't half bad neither)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-is-a-god-indeed-and-tuba-aint-half-bad-neither/61895)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-is-a-god-indeed-and-tuba-aint-half-bad-neither/61895 "2001-04-20T02:58:51Z")
After reading the newest bandwidth announcement, I now want to have a full sex-change operation and bear Jerry’s babies. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Tuba. Thanks, Ed. And thanks to the Reader. Y’all are the greatest. -andr… --- ## [What info does SDMB save about users?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-does-sdmb-save-about-users/29564)
**Author:** [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-does-sdmb-save-about-users/29564 "2001-04-19T19:15:44Z")
I checked the board last night from my home computer though my ISP. This morning I checked it from my work computer though the company’s ISP. The message board had the correct time of my last visit. I had thought that … --- ## [Plinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plinking/62558)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plinking/62558 "2001-04-19T16:13:47Z")
I read somewhere about plinking the ISP to wake them up. How do you do that? --- ## [edited posts: do you have to tell us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edited-posts-do-you-have-to-tell-us/62511)
**Author:** [@fecal\_nugget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fecal_nugget)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edited-posts-do-you-have-to-tell-us/62511 "2001-04-19T12:08:49Z")
Just wondering, when a mod or an admin edits a post, is that little “this post edited by…” stamped automaticly, or is it just somthing you guys do out of courtesy? If the latter, is it always done? --- ## [The A3926AFL mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a3926afl-mystery/61648)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-a3926afl-mystery/61648 "2001-04-19T06:14:27Z")
… and more specifically his/her banishment. At least to me. This poster has been here all of a week. I’ve read (cursively, I’ll admit) his/her posts and honestly didn’t find anything offensive in any of them. Actually, I… --- ## [Clones are usurping my quotes? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clones-are-usurping-my-quotes-wtf/62353)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clones-are-usurping-my-quotes-wtf/62353 "2001-04-18T22:31:40Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67552 I must be missing something. First I’m told here that I’m being taken in by clones, then I’m told that banned clones are using my quotes in their sig, th… --- ## [The SDMB Census!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-census/61929)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-census/61929 "2001-04-18T14:44:47Z")
I was wondering… Out our 10,000+ members: How many have been banned? How many are overtly inactive participants? How many are “regulars”? and so on… Just wondering how many “actual” members we have, excluding the t… --- ## [Sig line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-line/61888)
**Author:** [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-line/61888 "2001-04-17T13:15:11Z")
just testing for length does this fit within criteria? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=505) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=507)