# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=520 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 521 --- ## [Sorry, sugar, you are too fast for us!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-sugar-you-are-too-fast-for-us/47629)
**Author:** [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-sugar-you-are-too-fast-for-us/47629 "2000-12-29T20:46:39Z")
“Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 60 seconds.” Well, I’ll be damned! This was a new one on me! I was trying to post a correction and I guess I was a little too fast for t… --- ## [Webwasher and this board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webwasher-and-this-board/46130)
**Author:** [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webwasher-and-this-board/46130 "2000-12-29T06:43:09Z")
A while back I was pointed to the Webwasher program in a thread somewhere on this board. ( I don’t remember where, and am too lazy to look.) I installed it and am very pleased, except that, when I am here, I have to disa… --- ## [Search page usability comment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-page-usability-comment/47624)
**Author:** [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-page-usability-comment/47624 "2000-12-29T03:17:30Z")
Might I suggest a slight redesign so that the “search by keyword” and “search by user name” don’t share the same search options, and hence, the same defaults? I suspect that a LOT of people attempt to do a search for the… --- ## [Forum ids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-ids/47577)
**Author:** [@Cantrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cantrip)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-ids/47577 "2000-12-29T02:54:33Z")
I notice that when I click on a forum to open the TOC (or TOT, for Table of Threads), each forum is assigned an id. But the id numbers seem to be random. For example, CCC is forumid=1 (which makes sense), but the Pit is … --- ## [OK, I give up. Who was Jetassisted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285 "2000-12-29T01:06:21Z")
I did not find any blatant reason given for the banning, so might I assume that it was one of our old, mutual “friends”? --- ## [Banned Archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-archive/47588)
**Author:** [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-archive/47588 "2000-12-29T00:51:09Z")
Ever consider posting something here when a poster gets banned? Maybe a link to the “post that broke the camels back”? And an explanation as to why? I had heard so much about this JDT, but never got to partake of his spe… --- ## [\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492 "2000-12-28T18:09:24Z")
Just to see if it works. --- ## [The TROLL question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-troll-question/47321)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-troll-question/47321 "2000-12-28T00:16:41Z")
This is driving me nuts. What is the “official” word on how or even if we can discuss trolls and banned posters. I understand that outing suspected trolls and sockpuppets on the board is discouraged. But now I’ve seen o… --- ## [Nearing a round number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearing-a-round-number/47272)
**Author:** [@isopropyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isopropyl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearing-a-round-number/47272 "2000-12-27T06:35:26Z")
Can I get the magic post? --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/47249)
**Author:** [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/47249 "2000-12-27T05:00:23Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3&daysprune= \*\*http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3&daysprune= \*http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=3&days… --- ## [Tuba or somebody, How do I .......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuba-or-somebody-how-do-i/47312)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuba-or-somebody-how-do-i/47312 "2000-12-27T04:06:24Z")
… Link to a particular post in a thread? I see the URL & post # when I post but how do I go get the URL to someone elses post that I want to link to? Is that in the FAQ? I better go look first… Nothing there, but maybe … --- ## [Sticky Signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-signature/46748)
**Author:** [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-signature/46748 "2000-12-27T02:20:34Z")
Is there a way to get your signature to automatically appear in every post without having to put a check in the “Show Signature” box each time you post? I’m constantly forgetting to check that box. --- ## [Admittedly a stupid question: What does WAG stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admittedly-a-stupid-question-what-does-wag-stand-for/47157)
**Author:** [@galyean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galyean)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admittedly-a-stupid-question-what-does-wag-stand-for/47157 "2000-12-27T00:33:03Z")
OP wasn’t hard, but what in the world does WAG mean. I’ve seen it in context several times, but I still can’t get a handle on it. It seems to be used in place of What I’d Guess, but that makes WIG. Help. --- ## [Killing threads in GQ rather than moving them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-threads-in-gq-rather-than-moving-them/46969)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-threads-in-gq-rather-than-moving-them/46969 "2000-12-26T17:32:24Z")
Is there a particular reason for closing threads in GQ rather than moving them? In particular the Genie one. It’s one thing to kill a thread before anyone responds, but if there are already 3 responses, is it in the best… --- ## [Question on Screennames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-screennames/28030)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-screennames/28030 "2000-12-24T19:16:24Z")
How long does an unused screenname persist? After a certain period of time that it isn’t used, is it automatically deleted? I wonder because it seems like the new users keep using longer and longer names , , , - MC … --- ## [Threads, Visited and Otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-visited-and-otherwise/47080)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-visited-and-otherwise/47080 "2000-12-24T17:48:39Z")
I have noticed that sometimes new threads that I have not visited will show up in a dark navy blue instead of the regular light blue. I normally use Netscape 4.7. ~ Just casually looking at the different threads tha… --- ## [Numerical list help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-list-help-please/47055)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-list-help-please/47055 "2000-12-24T05:52:49Z")
I’m currently making an active version of the Recipe Thread Index. I enter one page worth of the threads recipe posts at a time in to the index thread. In the first page I set the list to start at “1” using the command: … --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/47037)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/47037 "2000-12-24T00:30:46Z")
Test --- ## [Sig size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-size/46896)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-size/46896 "2000-12-23T18:49:08Z")
How much space to sigs take up on the board? Is the sig copied with each post, or is it stored in a db file and relicated only on the browser? Sig withheld to save space? --- ## [Why can't users edit/delete . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-users-edit-delete/46454)
**Author:** [@DeskMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeskMonkey)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-users-edit-delete/46454 "2000-12-23T09:27:10Z")
. . . their own posts? I accidentally posted something that I didn’t want to, then I couldn’t get rid of it. I emailed a couple of moderators asking them to delete that post, but it’s still there. What’s a Monkey to do?? … --- ## [how do I adjust the size of the font?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-adjust-the-size-of-the-font/45023)
**Author:** [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-adjust-the-size-of-the-font/45023 "2000-12-23T06:21:31Z")
I’ve noticed that theres some way to adjust the font to a smaller size. Is there a way for bigger? Also, Whats the code for hyperlinking (without typing the WHOLE URL)? Thanks. --- ## [Screw Codes Screw Up Print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-codes-screw-up-print/46791)
**Author:** [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-codes-screw-up-print/46791 "2000-12-23T05:51:39Z")
I just noticed something that might be of interest to you. Or maybe not. It was interesting to me. How many of us screw up a vB code. OK that’s all of us. Like what happens someone is editing out the automatic bold an… --- ## [How many one post wonders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-one-post-wonders/43411)
**Author:** [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-one-post-wonders/43411 "2000-12-23T04:57:30Z")
As I’m writing, there are 11169 registered posters. Thankfully, they don’t all post… I can see the board falling over and dying. Eep. Tuba, I was wondering if you have any idea of how many or what percentage of posters … --- ## [Post ID# Icon For Each Reply In A Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-id-icon-for-each-reply-in-a-thread/46830)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-id-icon-for-each-reply-in-a-thread/46830 "2000-12-23T03:28:21Z")
I realize that this may seem to be a further demand on an already taxed SDMB server, but what about an icon that generates a direct pointer to a given reply in a certain thread? There may be savings in system overhead … --- ## [What is a Sock Puppet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-sock-puppet/46924)
**Author:** [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-sock-puppet/46924 "2000-12-22T22:55:51Z")
Is it something likea troll? I assume it is some kind of SDMB jargon, and not jsut a little puppet that one put’s on one’s hand… --- ## [How come Cecil can insult people & we can't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-can-insult-people-we-cant/46031)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-can-insult-people-we-cant/46031 "2000-12-22T22:12:06Z")
On his ‘how do caterpillers have sex’ page he states: " (1) comes from a questioner who is obviously dumber than a box of rocks, thus offering ample opportunities for ridicule;" You would think here that we could do t… --- ## [I am no one's sock puppet either.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-ones-sock-puppet-either/46875)
**Author:** [@No\_Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Bones)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-ones-sock-puppet-either/46875 "2000-12-22T21:31:14Z")
I am merely a long time lurker who has formed opinions about some of the posters here. pepperlandgirl has accused me of being someone else. I am No Bones. Period. I didn’t know where to post this, but I thought this w… --- ## [test-ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-ignore/46890)
**Author:** [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-ignore/46890 "2000-12-22T20:39:24Z")
ignore me… Halvsie --- ## [I am no one's sock puppet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-ones-sock-puppet/46842)
**Author:** [@Cannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cannon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-no-ones-sock-puppet/46842 "2000-12-22T15:10:06Z")
I am merely a long time lurker who has formed opinions about some of the posters here. Show\_Biz has accused me of being someone else. I am Cannon. Period. I didn’t know where to post this, but as the accusation took p… --- ## [If we did have permanent threads, what would you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404)
**Author:** [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404 "2000-12-22T02:55:21Z")
Lynn quoting and answering BarnStormer: As far as I know, we don’t have any right now. But we COULD, if we wanted to. Write up an article, submit it, if it’s good enough, we’ll consider making it a permanent thing.\*\* … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=519) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=521)