# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=535 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 536 --- ## [What does it mean...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean/30881)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean/30881 "2000-08-27T12:51:15Z")
Fatal error: Maximum execution time exceeded in global.php on line 495 --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/29381)
**Author:** [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/29381 "2000-08-27T07:02:23Z")
test --- ## [Go to first unread post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-unread-post/30878)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-to-first-unread-post/30878 "2000-08-27T02:54:43Z")
What determines whether or not you see that? --- ## [Old threads and links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-and-links/30824)
**Author:** [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-and-links/30824 "2000-08-26T22:59:25Z")
When reading old threads, links included in the threads don’t work. they bounce you back to the main message board page. Is there any way to translate the URL of an old link into it’s new URL? Any correspondence between… --- ## [On again, off again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-again-off-again/30832)
**Author:** [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-again-off-again/30832 "2000-08-26T20:48:31Z")
I have been having trouble lately getting to the boards here. It seems to only happen from my home. Right now, I am at work, so obviously I can get here. At home, every time, for the last 2 days, that I have tried to get… --- ## [\[test\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/30548)
**Author:** [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/30548 "2000-08-26T14:12:11Z")
\[/test\] --- ## [Jist a test...oh TubaDiva nevermind my e-mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jist-a-test-oh-tubadiva-nevermind-my-e-mail/30478)
**Author:** [@Eyke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyke)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jist-a-test-oh-tubadiva-nevermind-my-e-mail/30478 "2000-08-25T23:22:53Z")
Check one…two…three… Email added (Note: to activation URL…duh… Cheers! --- ## [Limited options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-options/30499)
**Author:** [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limited-options/30499 "2000-08-25T21:12:15Z")
Okay, I want to edit my profile (my email address has changed), and I can’t get in. I’ve also wanted to edit posts a couple of times and I couldn’t get in. What’s going on? Did someone change my password without my kno… --- ## [Thanks, Tubadiva!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tubadiva/30739)
**Author:** [@R\_Mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R_Mutt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tubadiva/30739 "2000-08-25T17:16:55Z")
I’m apparently now finally able to post! My life is complete… --- ## [Nomination for Wierd Earl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nomination-for-wierd-earl/30670)
**Author:** [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nomination-for-wierd-earl/30670 "2000-08-25T14:13:47Z")
I have a suggestion for Wierd Earl’s. It’s the amazon book reviews for Bill Keane’s latest Family Circus offering. --- ## [Dumb question: How do I change my profie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-how-do-i-change-my-profie/30713)
**Author:** [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-how-do-i-change-my-profie/30713 "2000-08-25T13:40:18Z")
I want to add an AIM address, but I can’t seem to find the option, anywhere. Where is it? – --- ## [Moderators and Moved Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-and-moved-threads/30458)
**Author:** [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-and-moved-threads/30458 "2000-08-25T12:21:53Z")
Just curious - do moderators get at all irked when they have to move threads from one board to another, or is it all just part of the gig? --- ## [Practice posts??? What the hell?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-posts-what-the-hell/30565)
**Author:** [@kgriffey79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kgriffey79)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-posts-what-the-hell/30565 "2000-08-25T04:22:52Z")
This message board is described as a great place for practice posting. Are we that stupid, I take offense to that. --- ## [A Cinch for ThreadSpotting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cinch-for-threadspotting/27219)
**Author:** [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cinch-for-threadspotting/27219 "2000-08-24T19:51:11Z")
Have you read the Expanding Universe thread? It is wonderful… It MUST be used for ThreadSpotting! --- ## [Opening up lots of S/D browser windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-up-lots-of-s-d-browser-windows/30562)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-up-lots-of-s-d-browser-windows/30562 "2000-08-24T19:42:37Z")
It only just occured to me to start opening up several windows at once when going over the boards as it saves on waiting time so I can get through it much faster but… Occasionally, in the past, I have had the message co… --- ## [one doozey of a weird Earl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-doozey-of-a-weird-earl/30364)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2000, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-doozey-of-a-weird-earl/30364 "2000-08-23T10:13:37Z")
Tuba, Check this site out. I am sure this guy has the fundies in an absolute hisseyfit! It’s worth it on that basis alone! And you could shower with the savior! http://www.jesus.com/ --- ## [Searching for posts by a specific user](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-a-specific-user/30137)
**Author:** [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-a-specific-user/30137 "2000-08-23T07:43:41Z")
Why is it that sometimes the icon for searching for posts by a specific user works and sometimes it does not? Also, I have noticed that for those individuals who fall under the category of not being able to just click th… --- ## [A Great Debates thread I posted in has vanished!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-debates-thread-i-posted-in-has-vanished/30230)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-great-debates-thread-i-posted-in-has-vanished/30230 "2000-08-23T03:50:56Z")
Specifically, the thread titled “‘Shoeless Joe’: has it been long enough?” I tried searching with every keyword I could remember, and not just in the Great Debates forum. I came up dry. Isn’t there a way to search for a … --- ## [you said to use this to practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-said-to-use-this-to-practice/30377)
**Author:** [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-said-to-use-this-to-practice/30377 "2000-08-23T02:18:24Z")
so I am, fun stuff. sorry, this is truly a waste of a thread. I’ve seen quotes in previous posts quotes, so let me try it. if I got it wrong, someone please tell me how to do them correctly (this attempt is based on my a… --- ## [Question about Post Counts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-post-counts/30128)
**Author:** [@orestes543](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orestes543)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-post-counts/30128 "2000-08-22T07:01:03Z")
Sorry about this in advance if somebody has asked this before, but after searching, I couldn’t find it readily available. I was just wondering how some of these people that have only been here for a few months have post … --- ## [The E-zine Announcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e-zine-announcement/30213)
**Author:** [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-e-zine-announcement/30213 "2000-08-22T05:43:14Z")
Hi Cecil and Cecileers, Ed Zotti has been announcing the unofficial e-zine for purt near a week now. Why isn’t it sliding down the fora like a salted slug, the way other posts do? And if it’s normal, when will it go awa… --- ## [Changing URL line in my browser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-url-line-in-my-browser/30271)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-url-line-in-my-browser/30271 "2000-08-22T05:22:18Z")
I don’t know if this is properly a question About This Message Board, or if it’s just Netscape, but I just noticed a rather peculiar bug in something or another. I was just looking at the topics list for the Comments on … --- ## [Another strange thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-thing/30070)
**Author:** [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-strange-thing/30070 "2000-08-21T17:51:42Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1#post1 This should be the first post ever, right? Ed’s announcment on a new forum to discuss Cecil’s stuff? Right? Check it out. It’s not. In fact, it appears … --- ## [\[i\]\[/i\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-i/30165)
**Author:** [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-i/30165 "2000-08-21T15:18:21Z")
just testing a thing. --- ## [how about a SDMB for my pda???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-sdmb-for-my-pda/29959)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-sdmb-for-my-pda/29959 "2000-08-20T15:14:17Z")
I have used avantgo to read the SDMB on my palm pda. If you don’t know avantgo (www.avantgo.com) is a service that allows one to read web pages on a pda either via wireless connection, landline modem connection or syncin… --- ## [SD-Robotman Connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-robotman-connection/29949)
**Author:** [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-robotman-connection/29949 "2000-08-19T20:53:26Z")
Has anyone else noticed that Robotman lately looks like it was drawn by Slug? --- ## [Advice forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-forum/29927)
**Author:** [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-forum/29927 "2000-08-19T19:53:12Z")
I don’t know if the SDMB is still looking for ways to spread the bandwidth around, but in case they are… How about a forum for advice? I see a lot of posts on GQ asking for help with computer errors, or plumbing, or ste… --- ## [Damn you. I thought we had seen the last of you. You pox upon the SD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-i-thought-we-had-seen-the-last-of-you-you-pox-upon-the-sd/29881)
**Author:** [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-i-thought-we-had-seen-the-last-of-you-you-pox-upon-the-sd/29881 "2000-08-19T06:28:10Z")
Warning: Too many connections in admin/db\_mysql.php on line 31 It’s back. Goddamnitstupidpieceofshiterror. Argh. --- ## [What does WAG stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-stand-for/29924)
**Author:** [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wag-stand-for/29924 "2000-08-19T01:02:48Z")
?? --- ## [Ionization Blackout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionization-blackout/29605)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionization-blackout/29605 "2000-08-18T19:49:16Z")
Usually around 12 noon Pacific time, there seems to be a period of “ionization blackout”, if you will, on the board. Links either take forever to get to, or the browser just bogs down completely. Is this regularly sched… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=534) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=536)