# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=531 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 532 --- ## [test - Are you there, Ché?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-are-you-there-che/30371)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-are-you-there-che/30371 "2000-08-22T23:53:49Z")
This worked at work: Çüéâäàåçêëèï --- ## [Anyone know how to submit something to Weird Earl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-submit-something-to-weird-earl/35190)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-submit-something-to-weird-earl/35190 "2000-09-30T22:28:15Z")
Like this? --- ## [Consultants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consultants/35012)
**Author:** [@McTavish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McTavish)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consultants/35012 "2000-09-30T16:12:56Z")
Or More specifically, the daft phrases dreamt up by them. It shouldn’t be, but the origin of one particularly silly phrase has been nagging me for days. “Thinking outside the box.” Can anyone tell me which daft ha’port… --- ## [The yellow folder means I haven't read it, but it's grey and I haven't read it yet!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yellow-folder-means-i-havent-read-it-but-its-grey-and-i-havent-read-it-yet/34092)
**Author:** [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yellow-folder-means-i-havent-read-it-but-its-grey-and-i-havent-read-it-yet/34092 "2000-09-30T09:18:26Z")
I don’t spend a whole heck of a lot of time over here so for all I know this has been covered before. I log on when I get home and check out MPSIMS. I reply to a post or two, check out a couple of links, then move on th… --- ## [OK, TubaDiva, with one request.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-tubadiva-with-one-request/34877)
**Author:** [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-tubadiva-with-one-request/34877 "2000-09-30T06:52:07Z")
My first reaction was that I really don’t have time, and don’t come to the site much any more. I don’t see any reason to close it. Just let it carry on as before, sinking for a while and being boosted when some new tex… --- ## [Doubleclick.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubleclick-net/34522)
**Author:** [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubleclick-net/34522 "2000-09-29T10:27:49Z")
When I come to the SDMB, doubleclick (the above SDMB banner is tied in with doubleclick.net) sometimes (but curiously not always) tries to access my computer. I assume they are just looking for stuff like which browser … --- ## [New Smilie Suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smilie-suggestion/34785)
**Author:** [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smilie-suggestion/34785 "2000-09-28T19:30:06Z")
With all the people who’ve had relatives dying or getting sick or such, what do y’all think about a new crying smilie? Sometimes, for me, :frowning: doesn’t quite do it. I’m nto volunteering to draw it up (because I have… --- ## [Moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators/34516)
**Author:** [@Davidbw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davidbw1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2000, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators/34516 "2000-09-28T12:14:12Z")
How do people go about becoming moderators anyway? Are they paid by Chicago Reader, have they payed off Cecil, Can anybody become a moderator? --- ## [People Pages ---- where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-pages-where/34780)
**Author:** [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-pages-where/34780 "2000-09-28T02:40:07Z")
Whatever happened to the SDMB people pages? --- ## [Capacity of the human bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34808)
**Author:** [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capacity-of-the-human-bladder/34808 "2000-09-27T22:24:34Z")
While hoisting a few at our local tavern, the conversation turned toward the natural results of too many beers. One fellow visiting from Germany said that while in school, he and his friends used to have contests to … --- ## [Post count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/34683)
**Author:** [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/34683 "2000-09-27T01:23:32Z")
Yo, humble servant at our service, I was curious to see where I post the most often \[while waiting thru the commercials breaks during the Olympics\]. MPSIMs and IMHO. But I noticed something. Why do I have two separate t… --- ## [Active URL Links In Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-url-links-in-email/34637)
**Author:** [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-url-links-in-email/34637 "2000-09-26T19:44:01Z")
I’m sure that this has been asked before, but here goes. What is there that prevents the inclusion of an active URL link in my AOL email? It would be so much more convenient to just click on the email URL instead of havi… --- ## [trying to find an old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-old-thread/34424)
**Author:** [@ilyena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ilyena)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-old-thread/34424 "2000-09-26T18:56:42Z")
I once stumbled onto this site by accident and saw the funniest thread ever. It was about wierd sexual experiences. I heve told my husband about it many times, and he wants to read it. Problem is I can’t find it now. Wil… --- ## [Why this won't post is a mystery to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-wont-post-is-a-mystery-to-me/34345)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-wont-post-is-a-mystery-to-me/34345 "2000-09-26T18:16:22Z")
Ooh! That’s always a drag, MamaP. I’ve had a few bad ones - like my last (anytime you have to start trimming around the ears within a week of a new 'do, somebody didn’t get things right). But that’s not the BIG ONE. --- ## [this is probably obvious to everyone else but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-obvious-to-everyone-else-but/34445)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-probably-obvious-to-everyone-else-but/34445 "2000-09-26T14:27:37Z")
How do you make fine print in a post? I just figured out bolding and italics, but how do you make the small print? --- ## [Chronos is a moderator now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-is-a-moderator-now/34089)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-is-a-moderator-now/34089 "2000-09-25T19:03:43Z")
(Unless he hacked in and added his name next to manhattan’s in GQ. :smiley: ) When did this happen? I guess that makes him my fourth favorite moderator, behind only heavy water, water, and graphite. (There have been tim… --- ## [Centering text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centering-text/34123)
**Author:** [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centering-text/34123 "2000-09-25T13:46:23Z")
I’m familiar with how to make stuff bold, for instance, but is there a way I can center text? --- ## [The best darn thing about this board! (Interstate highway system)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-darn-thing-about-this-board-interstate-highway-system/34332)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2000, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-darn-thing-about-this-board-interstate-highway-system/34332 "2000-09-24T08:08:49Z")
Ok, it’s not the interstate highway system (see below.) It’s that it succeeds at getting people to go out and research questions on their own (thereby fulfilling its mission statement.) After lurking for a couple months… --- ## [testje](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testje/34050)
**Author:** [@SkinnyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkinnyGuy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testje/34050 "2000-09-24T05:40:41Z")
Normal text List \[ol\] \[li\]een\[/li\]\[li\]twee\[/li\]\[li\]boom\[/li\]\[li\]angst\[/li\]\[/ol\] End of the list In the test display, this was indented to the list’s level. But I expected the left margin to return to the level of be… --- ## [Chronos §:-) \*-:-)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos/34307)
**Author:** [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos/34307 "2000-09-24T04:42:53Z")
Congrats on becoming a mod! Hope this means your Einstein and Idea smilies are next in line for promotion. For those who haven’t seen them, they’re at: \*\* Illustrations: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/illustratio… --- ## [What is the link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-link/34289)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-link/34289 "2000-09-23T19:21:34Z")
to the pictures of members? --- ## [Um...possible problem leading to the "ghost poster" syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-possible-problem-leading-to-the-ghost-poster-syndrome/34164)
**Author:** [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-possible-problem-leading-to-the-ghost-poster-syndrome/34164 "2000-09-23T18:43:11Z")
I saw on the main page that our latest poster/person to register was someone called Anonymous Coward. Intrigued as to what thread this person had posted on, I went to his/her profile. As you can see here the profile list… --- ## [Geniuses. Geniuses all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geniuses-geniuses-all/32986)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geniuses-geniuses-all/32986 "2000-09-23T06:30:40Z")
The one who thought of that is a genius of the first degree. You’ve just effectively prevented accidental double-postings. Thanks. --- ## [Signatures in user profiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203 "2000-09-23T05:12:26Z")
Why doesn’t the signature I put in my profile appear on my messages? When I go back to the profile, it says it’s there, but it doesn’t show up in my posts. --- ## [post count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count/33999 "2000-09-23T03:12:20Z")
You know I had 163 posts as vanillanice and more than 1,000 as orangecakes. Isn’t there ANY way you could sortof Add them to me now,as I am the same person! Please? --- ## [New vB idea - thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vb-idea-thoughts/34065)
**Author:** [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vb-idea-thoughts/34065 "2000-09-23T02:16:00Z")
Just had an idea for a new vB feature, wondering what you folks think. I think I might suggest it to them at their MB. The idea is basically that it would be nice to be able to “bookmark” particular threads (without act… --- ## [Thread #1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191)
**Author:** [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191 "2000-09-23T02:02:48Z")
Why is this thread, from 12 July 2000, thread #1? --- ## [IIRC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986)
**Author:** [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/33986 "2000-09-23T01:59:13Z")
Sorry if this is covered somewhere, but what does IIRC mean? I know most of the acronyms, but this one has me stumped… --- ## [Did the putz smiley change lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-putz-smiley-change-lately/33425)
**Author:** [@Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wooster)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-putz-smiley-change-lately/33425 "2000-09-22T21:07:17Z")
I could have sworn it had a regular cartoon balloon. Now it has one with two parts, an oval and a separate tail. Sort of like a draft version. Was it perhaps “restored” too far back in this week’s several maintenance … --- ## [How do you read the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-the-board/34088)
**Author:** [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-the-board/34088 "2000-09-22T15:32:21Z")
As a relatively new member, I wonder how do people look at this site? I started by simply going to the new posts page but lately I have been checking into the individual forums as I like seeing who and when the last post… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=530) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=532)