# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=539 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 540 --- ## [E-mail notification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification/27908)
**Author:** [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notification/27908 "2000-08-02T23:41:49Z")
Is it possible to turn off receiving e-mail notifications for a thread after it’s been activated? --- ## [Off-Color Thread Topic Links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-color-thread-topic-links/27464)
**Author:** [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-color-thread-topic-links/27464 "2000-08-02T23:41:11Z")
This is extremely minor, so don’t waste your time unless you’ve got time to waste - I wouldn’t even be posting it, but I ran out of Math questions in GQ. Anyway, I’m using Netscape Communicator 4.61, and occasionally, on… --- ## [help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/27878)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/27878 "2000-08-02T19:47:16Z")
I’ve seen people use smilys and bold print. How can I learn how to do all that? --- ## [Argh! Will I have to live with the embarrassment forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-will-i-have-to-live-with-the-embarrassment-forever/27696)
**Author:** [@Carpe\_Felem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carpe_Felem)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argh-will-i-have-to-live-with-the-embarrassment-forever/27696 "2000-08-02T13:01:40Z")
My first stinkin’ moment off the lurkers’ list I’ve set myself up to be the object of ridicule for my entire doper existence. So I don’t know how to spell Latin nouns in the objective case! So it should be Carpe Felem! S… --- ## [Tracking Posts 2 - Sense's Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-posts-2-senses-revenge/27671)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-posts-2-senses-revenge/27671 "2000-08-02T04:57:46Z")
In order to reclaim some self-esteem after my confession of limited computer skills over in Tracking Posts 1 I want to ask a reasonable technical question. I just noticed that you can link to individual posts. That link … --- ## [Search feature request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-feature-request/27778)
**Author:** [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-feature-request/27778 "2000-08-02T01:50:08Z")
It would be nice if here was a way for us to search for thread starters. I don’t know if this is a feature that’s already available but simply not turned on, but it would sure come in handy sometimes. The view of threads… --- ## [Weird Earl's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/27729)
**Author:** [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/27729 "2000-08-01T20:13:54Z")
How do I submit a URL to Weird Earl’s? --- ## [Weird Earl ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earl/27734)
**Author:** [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earl/27734 "2000-08-01T19:12:30Z")
http://www.rotten.com/today/ --- ## [Is handy going to roll over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-handy-going-to-roll-over/27665)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-handy-going-to-roll-over/27665 "2000-08-01T05:37:19Z")
Actually, I mean, “Is handy’s post count going to roll over to zero like the odometer of an old-time car?” He’s more than halfway to 10,000 and it got me wondering. A cursory search of other boards that use vBulletin (a… --- ## [Tracking posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-posts/27578)
**Author:** [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-posts/27578 "2000-08-01T05:34:38Z")
Is it possible to setup a “my.straightdope.com”-type page where favourite threads are followed? It could automatically include threads started by a person, and a link on each thread could be to “Add to home page”, as wel… --- ## [The history of HIJACK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-hijack/27283)
**Author:** [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-hijack/27283 "2000-07-31T23:57:24Z")
Hi folks; I come from a long history of Usenet newsgroups. At least in my areas when we changed the subject of a thread we usually called it “OT” or “Off-topic”. While I see use of the OT reference here periodically, I … --- ## [Jumping In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-in/27237)
**Author:** [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-in/27237 "2000-07-31T23:11:22Z")
This is my first post. I have been lurking around for three months now too scared to join in but today I thought what the heck and I registered. My hands shook and I was sweating as I did it but now, I feel sort of numb.… --- ## [Strange problem with people pages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-problem-with-people-pages/27586)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-problem-with-people-pages/27586 "2000-07-31T21:36:53Z")
I’ve bookmarked the site and now have it in favorites. More than once, when I’ve wanted to go in and look at the updated list, it sends me off to all kinds of strange sites. I even had one for a needlepoint website. I go… --- ## [Bending the text to your will...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bending-the-text-to-your-will/27530)
**Author:** [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bending-the-text-to-your-will/27530 "2000-07-31T19:08:01Z")
Okay, so far I’ve figured out how to bold, underline, and italicise. I know how to post a (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2) using vB code, and how to do different sorts of symbols. One thi… --- ## [Why is my thread dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-thread-dead/27213 "2000-07-31T18:05:12Z")
One of my best threads! It wouldn’t turn up with the search engine, but I remember linking to it in another thread- that’s the only way I was able to find any link to it. It’s called Nasty Food, and if you go to this th… --- ## [How come I can't edit my posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-cant-edit-my-posts/27547)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-cant-edit-my-posts/27547 "2000-07-31T17:04:06Z")
When I try to do so, I’m asked to enter my username and password, which I do, but then the screen for entering said username and password just pops right back up again, as if I got it wrong . . . \*\*but I know I didn’t ge… --- ## [Clarification from an Administrator please ..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-from-an-administrator-please/27372)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-from-an-administrator-please/27372 "2000-07-30T03:27:21Z")
Taken from here Is this really the case . I’m just asking because I don’t want to get myself into any trouble . I know it was always the case that you should mail the admin. with any concerns (which I have done) but th… --- ## [Unvisited Threads Marked as Visited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvisited-threads-marked-as-visited/27388)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvisited-threads-marked-as-visited/27388 "2000-07-30T02:34:40Z")
Occasionally when the list of current threads in a SDMB forum appears on my screen, some threads are marked as having been ‘visited’ even though I’m sure I’ve never looked at them. What’s going on? Is this a reflection o… --- ## [First post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post/27080)
**Author:** [@Houseman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Houseman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post/27080 "2000-07-29T20:55:39Z")
Finally! This is my first post, after lurking for weeks. Thanks to TubaDiva for the assist. --- ## [Question about the sig line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-sig-line/27289)
**Author:** [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-sig-line/27289 "2000-07-29T15:03:46Z")
I’ve noticed that my sig line doesn’t show up in my posts. My first sig did, when I registered, but none since. Is there some weird reason I can’t see it or is it not there at all? I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Tha… --- ## [Hey, they fixed the Reply with Quote thing! Thanks, techs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-they-fixed-the-reply-with-quote-thing-thanks-techs/27290)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-they-fixed-the-reply-with-quote-thing-thanks-techs/27290 "2000-07-29T05:07:03Z")
I just noticed that Reply with Quote now includes the words “originally posted by X”, like it used to with UBB, and like it didn’t with the vB upgrade. Was that why the boards were down for “maintenance” yesterday for a… --- ## [Can't Edit/Delete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-edit-delete/27255)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-edit-delete/27255 "2000-07-29T04:26:54Z")
There’s a little icon that says I can Edit/Delete my posts. But when I try to do so, it won’t let me log in. I just keep getting the page that says I see the page I want to see because I’m not logged in. Any help? --- ## [Who do I contact concerning SDMB harassment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-i-contact-concerning-sdmb-harassment/26904)
**Author:** [@PRISM02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRISM02)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-i-contact-concerning-sdmb-harassment/26904 "2000-07-28T21:37:22Z")
Who do I contact concerning the very annoying and potentially TOS violating cross subject harassment which goes beyond the level of a general disagreement and borders on persecution? --- ## [URL posting as 'here' help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744 "2000-07-28T17:14:56Z")
Can someone, anyone, please explain to me how to post a URL under the name of whatever you want? For instance, saying ‘here’ as oposed to reprinting the entire URL. I’ve asked this before and was directed to the vB code… --- ## [thread titles being](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles-being/27218 "2000-07-28T15:59:16Z")
Why are my thread titles being “eaten?” Example: If a posted a thread titled \[li\]The Mona Lisa: Is she smiling or not? What do you think?\[/li\] The board “eats” the title and makes it appear as: \[li\]The Mona Lisa \ **Author:** [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-questions-about-posting-from-a-frustrated-newbie/26935 "2000-07-28T14:04:11Z") How does one go about making bold text?? How does one go about making similies??? (like the smiley faces and such…) I feel dumb asking these questions, but dumb seems to be a prevalent feeling for me… --- ## [my quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quote/27175)
**Author:** [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quote/27175 "2000-07-28T10:01:36Z")
my quote doesn’t appear to be working. in fact, i replaced the old one today (the old one didn’t work either, but it’s not that big a deal) and it still doesn’t work. is there some switch that i have to toggle to turn it… --- ## [How to put some SDMBers on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-put-some-sdmbers-on/27016)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2000, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-put-some-sdmbers-on/27016 "2000-07-28T08:16:25Z")
OK, I just know this is open sesame for the roof to cave in on me, as I may be treading on some sacrosanct rules & notions of these boards. SO I HEREBY STATE THAT i’m not offering further responses to this post, as it wi… --- ## [Just a Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test/27037)
**Author:** [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test/27037 "2000-07-27T20:56:44Z")
I’m just testing how to create a new thread. --- ## ["Why Don't They" Board - add to SDMBs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-board-add-to-sdmbs/26519)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-board-add-to-sdmbs/26519 "2000-07-26T21:31:10Z")
Forget General Questions. Why don’t the powers that be of SDMB add a board (similar to Heloise) where people can gripe & vent about what they need, and what fat-cat manufacturers don’t provide? For example, on GQ, I pos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=538) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=540)