# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=529 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 530 --- ## [just a test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-post/36870)
**Author:** [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-post/36870 "2000-10-20T22:44:13Z")
checking to see if I can refer to another thread. --- ## [Slight problem with board function under Netscape.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-problem-with-board-function-under-netscape/37610)
**Author:** [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-problem-with-board-function-under-netscape/37610 "2000-10-20T21:54:56Z")
Haven’t tested this under other browsers, but the anchor associated with every post on this board (\ for example) does not work if the post is the last one in a thread. The last post in a thread also … --- ## [Alphagene & copyrights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphagene-copyrights/36703)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphagene-copyrights/36703 "2000-10-20T04:05:30Z")
Apologies, Alphagene, for quoting the E! Online article about Dr. Laura in its entirety when their copyright notice says you cannot, and thank you for catching that. However, in this thread, you took out the article and… --- ## [Something wrong with my thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-my-thread/37236)
**Author:** [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-my-thread/37236 "2000-10-19T20:24:55Z")
My baby, my offspring, the love of my life… My Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer thread. It’s gotten several replies to it over the past week or so (I know since I get the E-mail notice), but every time it’s gotten a reply… --- ## [TSD needs chat hosts, board moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsd-needs-chat-hosts-board-moderators/59)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsd-needs-chat-hosts-board-moderators/59 "2000-10-19T17:29:57Z")
What with growing traffic on our Web message board and the usual turnover, the Straight Dope needs chat hosts and board moderators. Interested parties should write to tubadiva@aol.com for an application. You must be ov… --- ## [Whoa, the bold font, it's blurred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-the-bold-font-its-blurred/35812)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-the-bold-font-its-blurred/35812 "2000-10-19T16:05:33Z")
I guess y’all just changed the font or something for bold text? Right now it’s all blurry. I like the new “info bar” added at the bottom of the forum screens though. --- ## [Welcome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/430 "2000-10-19T02:54:36Z")
Hi, and welcome to the “About This Message Board” forum. Post here if you have comments or questions about how this message board works. But please, read the FAQ first, this will answer (we hope) the most commonly asked … --- ## [Thread length limits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736)
**Author:** [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-length-limits/36736 "2000-10-19T02:21:33Z")
The “Very Vaguely Creepy” thread is on page 11 (I’ve just seen it with my own eyes), but comes up saying it is only 10 pages long. The only way to get to page 11 is to post; you can’t just view it anymore. Do we need to … --- ## [Okay now, just exactly how long can subject lines be before they're truncated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-just-exactly-how-long-can-subject-lines-be-before-theyre-truncated/37464)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-now-just-exactly-how-long-can-subject-lines-be-before-theyre-truncated/37464 "2000-10-18T23:00:25Z")
Okay now, just exactly how long can subject lines be before they’re truncated? That was 78 characters long. --- ## [What was the first post on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-post-on-this-board/37316)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-post-on-this-board/37316 "2000-10-17T23:16:17Z")
By a member, not Unca’ Cecil? --- ## [Copyrights and Usernames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyrights-and-usernames/37328)
**Author:** [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyrights-and-usernames/37328 "2000-10-17T22:58:11Z")
Yet another copyright question: What are the legal ramifications of using a copyrighted name as your user name on these message boards? For example, if someone registers as “Mickey Mouse,” would the Chicago Reader be ob… --- ## [What does this mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/37067)
**Author:** [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/37067 "2000-10-17T01:43:28Z")
O º (:cool: ) + A " I have been trying to comprehend it for days. Please end this mystery of a character chain that I see on the boards! Thanks! --- ## [signature question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165 "2000-10-16T22:36:30Z")
Why does your signature change retroactively? As in, why did my signature change on the 140 some-odd posts that I had written BEFORE I changed to a new signature? To me, it seems like a few extra lines of needless code … --- ## [Yes, we have a new moderator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-have-a-new-moderator/36630)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-have-a-new-moderator/36630 "2000-10-16T20:55:32Z")
Congratulations – or condolences, however you look at it – to John Corrado, our newest Pit moderator. He joins Alphagene and Lynn Bodoni as a fellow hall monitor and all around good egg. your humble TubaDiva Administr… --- ## [Letting us know a thread's old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letting-us-know-a-threads-old/36763)
**Author:** [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2000, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letting-us-know-a-threads-old/36763 "2000-10-16T06:47:35Z")
I tried to search on a few different phrases to see if this has been suggested before, but I didn’t come up with anything useful. This is sort of a vb software issue, rather than SDMB specific, but I guess this is the be… --- ## [Replies/Views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-views/36953)
**Author:** [@peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-views/36953 "2000-10-16T02:22:03Z")
I’m probably the only one who doesn’t know the difference between Replies a Views on the index pages. I’ve posted a question, got a transfer note by TubaDiva and it counted as one reply and five views. --- ## [Post count by forum---possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-by-forum-possible/36936)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-by-forum-possible/36936 "2000-10-15T15:25:21Z")
Is there a way I can count my posts by forum? I mean, how many times have I posted in MPSIMS/GD/GQ/IMHO vs how many times in the Pit? --- ## [Testing... Testing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/36997)
**Author:** [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/36997 "2000-10-15T15:09:35Z")
This is a test post - as will the next post be, I should imagine --- ## [Boomerang?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomerang/36886)
**Author:** [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2000, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomerang/36886 "2000-10-15T13:35:05Z")
In this thread, I noticed that the poster Ghost (you’ll find him down at the very bottom of page 1) has the status listed as “Boomerang”, instead of the usual “Member”, “BANNED”, or “TOO…” nevermind. What’s up with this… --- ## [You've been BANNED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-banned/36741)
**Author:** [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-banned/36741 "2000-10-15T02:08:30Z")
I just tried to post something about 3 minutes ago and I was taken to an error page, saying that the administrator has banned my IP address. Whats goin’ on? It’s fine now, but it kinda freaked me out. --- ## [Abuse of my powers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-of-my-powers/36672)
**Author:** [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-of-my-powers/36672 "2000-10-14T23:59:39Z")
Well, no, actually, I’m just testing them. Okay; edit the first post, and you have to re-type the subject. Interesting. … Hmmm. No, if you enter a subject in the first post on an edit, it’s just entered as the small-b… --- ## [\#10,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000/35963)
**Author:** [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-000/35963 "2000-10-14T03:12:41Z")
What plans does board management have to celebrate the imminent registration of its 10,000th member? Based on similar celebrations (major league baseball’s millionth run, the opening of the local Walmart) I suggest the … --- ## [pratice post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratice-post/35067)
**Author:** [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pratice-post/35067 "2000-10-13T23:08:38Z")
Keep moving, nothing to see here --- ## [Testing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771)
**Author:** [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/36771 "2000-10-13T21:37:51Z")
Hello, Everybody :slight\_smile: Just testing here, before I make an ass of myself in a REAL forum. Oh well, I probably will anyway. Test Test Sheesh, I think I need a tutorial or something. Anyone feel like helping o… --- ## [Johnny Boy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-boy/36604)
**Author:** [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-boy/36604 "2000-10-13T16:57:55Z")
So when and why did our good ol’ John Corrado become a nice and shiny moderator? --- ## [Sig lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/36143)
**Author:** [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-lines/36143 "2000-10-13T06:50:38Z")
How come when I change my sig line in my profile, the sig line in some of my older posts change too? My sig line until about 4 posts ago both credited matt\_mcl for the Esperanto name translation as well as relating a fa… --- ## [Wierd Earl's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-earls/36758)
**Author:** [@ogmios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ogmios)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-earls/36758 "2000-10-13T03:40:58Z")
How 'bout a wierd earl’s archive? I’ve got more idle surfing time than I’d like to admit & I’d like to be able to peruse the oddities of the web as easily as I may the wisdom of cecil. --- ## [My Weird Earl's submission](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-earls-submission/36731)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-earls-submission/36731 "2000-10-13T01:28:26Z")
http://www.baetzler.de/humor/groucho\_marxism.html This thread gets high marx in my book! :slight\_smile: --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/36740)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/36740 "2000-10-13T01:18:49Z")
test… --- ## [Am I stuck with my username forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-stuck-with-my-username-forever/36272)
**Author:** [@dorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-stuck-with-my-username-forever/36272 "2000-10-12T04:42:22Z")
It seems that I am. I cannot even register a second username, since when I follow the “register” link, it just tells me I’m already registered, and doesn’t give me the option of starting a new “account.” Am I missing s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=528) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=530)