# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=522 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 523 --- ## [WARNING!!! Virus Warning About SD-Related Email!!!! READ NOW!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606)
**Author:** [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2000, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-virus-warning-about-sd-related-email-read-now/45606 "2000-12-16T10:00:04Z")
As many of you know, the Straight Dope Message Board today revoked the posting privileges of the (now former) member known as Jack Dean Tyler. A few minutes ago, the message board staff received an email from an address… --- ## [How long are messages archived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-messages-archived/45766)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-messages-archived/45766 "2000-12-16T04:41:25Z")
And what is the plan? The reason I ask is because I fully expect the Dope to still be around in 4 years, and it would be fun to be able to go back to this year’s election threads. So…will we be able to? stoid --- ## [It's here, it's not here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-here-its-not-here/45823)
**Author:** [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-here-its-not-here/45823 "2000-12-16T01:16:07Z")
In How do threads get killed? Chrome Spot asked, well, just that. In response ishmintingas noted a recently opened thread on online chess play that he was unable to find. I remembered that very thread, and when I looked,… --- ## [Hi Opal! (WTF?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal-wtf/45642)
**Author:** [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-opal-wtf/45642 "2000-12-15T23:39:51Z")
I’m sure I’m probably overlooking something obvious here, but what is the deal with people saying Hi to Opal when they have a list? --- ## [Let's see some pretty Xmas pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-pretty-xmas-pages/45651)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-pretty-xmas-pages/45651 "2000-12-15T23:37:20Z")
Yeah, let’s get with the program & have some pretty pictures of lights & ornaments & things on the board. It looks like it could sure use some season greetings! --- ## [Tesing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesing/45690)
**Author:** [@Theking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theking)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesing/45690 "2000-12-15T03:42:14Z")
1…2…3… --- ## [Banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/43133)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/43133 "2000-12-14T20:26:09Z")
I noticed that a poster was banned recently, but the banned thread below just explains what banning is, not how one inherits such a status. For someone who gets a little hot under the coolar quickly, I don’t want to be o… --- ## [Altoid Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altoid-ads/45494)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altoid-ads/45494 "2000-12-14T17:00:22Z")
Congrats on signing a new advertiser! I urge everybody to click through to the Altoid site, not just because it helps support the SDMB, but also because it is a very well done site in and of itself. I haven’t explored th… --- ## [We've got advertisements again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-advertisements-again/44027)
**Author:** [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2000, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-advertisements-again/44027 "2000-12-14T10:07:26Z")
While I may not be a huge fan of advertisements, it probably means the Chicago Reader is getting a little more money for this, which is good. --- ## [Testing my sig.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/45394)
**Author:** [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-sig/45394 "2000-12-13T22:40:48Z")
This is the test. --- ## [Deleted threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-threads/45377)
**Author:** [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-threads/45377 "2000-12-13T21:30:45Z")
I was just looking for a thread I posted to a couple of times this morning in GQ, and it seems to be gone. It was about Isaac Newton, and I don’t remember the name of the user (other than it started with a “B”). This use… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/45254)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/45254 "2000-12-13T07:48:08Z")
test --- ## [Is it bad form to ask why someone was banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-form-to-ask-why-someone-was-banned/45229)
**Author:** [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-form-to-ask-why-someone-was-banned/45229 "2000-12-12T23:21:42Z")
I was just curious. Recently, Ablett was banned, and I was wondering why. If its none of my damned business, I’ll understand. --- ## [Trial....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial/45193)
**Author:** [@Demure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial/45193 "2000-12-12T17:29:50Z")
As was stated on the previous page, just trying it out… --- ## [Sig Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/44852)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/44852 "2000-12-12T17:12:35Z")
After 250 posts without one… --- ## [Computer locks up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-locks-up/44947)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-locks-up/44947 "2000-12-12T16:54:04Z")
My computer locks up when trying to scroll down to the bottom of a page. It was suggested that it might be full hard drive. It’s a 2 gig drive with 802K free. So I don’t think thats it.Any suggestions? Really I’m surpris… --- ## [Meaning of 'witnessing'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-witnessing/45087)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-witnessing/45087 "2000-12-12T14:59:58Z")
Just a quickie. The description for one forum says Excuse my ignorance, but what is ‘witnessing’ ? --- ## [How to turn on HTML](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-on-html/44909)
**Author:** [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-on-html/44909 "2000-12-12T12:34:00Z")
How do you turn “HTML on”? I find using VB code to be very confusing. Can’t find anything in Profiles. --- ## [Is there a way to go to MY post in a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-go-to-my-post-in-a-thread/44761)
**Author:** [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-go-to-my-post-in-a-thread/44761 "2000-12-12T02:42:25Z")
Don’t mean to sound self-centered here (however, to quote Zaphod Beeblebrox “If there is anything here more important than my ego, I want it hunted down and shot!”), but I’ve wondered about this… If I post to a thread t… --- ## [The ad doesn't show up at the top anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ad-doesnt-show-up-at-the-top-anymore/44325)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ad-doesnt-show-up-at-the-top-anymore/44325 "2000-12-12T02:20:08Z")
Sold out of ALtoids? --- ## [Subscription service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-service/45121)
**Author:** [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-service/45121 "2000-12-12T01:51:41Z")
Recently, a fellow SDoper informed me that he was going to start a new thread in GD. Normally, I do no follow GDMB closely, but since I was interested in his topic, I checked GD twice/day. Fortunately, he included the na… --- ## [When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-get-to-the-bottom-i-go-back-to-the-top-of-the-slide/45078)
**Author:** [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-get-to-the-bottom-i-go-back-to-the-top-of-the-slide/45078 "2000-12-11T22:42:08Z")
A number of posts from 1999 have mysteriously popped to the top of Comments on Cecil’s Column without actually being replied to. The ones I checked had CA himself as the most recent poster. Are these a function of Cece’s… --- ## [TEST for linking. Ignore. Delete. Nuke.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-linking-ignore-delete-nuke/45089)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-linking-ignore-delete-nuke/45089 "2000-12-11T21:43:53Z")
Yada yada yada for more info go to Latest movie info --- ## [SD Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-etiquette/44890)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-etiquette/44890 "2000-12-11T20:57:23Z")
Just say I have a thread that nobody replies to. It gets shoved down the list of posts as time goes on. I want to make sure that everyone reads it so I reply to it myself so it gets shoved back up the list so everyone … --- ## [Highlited Subjects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlited-subjects/44912)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlited-subjects/44912 "2000-12-11T19:50:47Z")
There are 5 different computers on which I am cookied. I thought that the highlighted subject (those threads that I have read) were done by username. But I have noticed that sometimes the thread name is not highlighted, … --- ## [test. how’s this for unique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-how-s-this-for-unique/45052)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-how-s-this-for-unique/45052 "2000-12-11T19:46:57Z")
test --- ## [Has Cecil Stopped Posting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cecil-stopped-posting/580)
**Author:** [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cecil-stopped-posting/580 "2000-12-11T16:46:06Z")
I did a 30-day search for the poster named “Cecil Adams” and came up with zilch. I don’t often check out the “Comments on Cecil’s Columns,” but when I do, I search for Cecil’s comments. Has he stopped posting for some re… --- ## [Members Button Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-button-problem/44935)
**Author:** [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-button-problem/44935 "2000-12-11T05:41:06Z")
Is there a reason why I can’t access the members button to look at profiles? I click on it and the screen comes up that says “Sorry! The administrator has disabled the list of members.” --- ## [Weirdness in comments on Cecil's columns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdness-in-comments-on-cecils-columns/44949)
**Author:** [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdness-in-comments-on-cecils-columns/44949 "2000-12-11T05:11:55Z")
There’s a few threads in there that have no new resposes but are coming up as having new responses. like this one. What’s going on? I feel like I’m in the twilight zone. --- ## [Obviously, something is very wrong....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-something-is-very-wrong/44951)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-something-is-very-wrong/44951 "2000-12-11T05:07:20Z")
Did we encounter a black hole? A wrinkle in time? A worm? But, reading year-old columns is fun, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=521) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=523)