# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=551 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 552 --- ## [Test quotes "Straight Dope Message Board"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-quotes-straight-dope-message-board/19809)
**Author:** [@X-files](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X-files)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-quotes-straight-dope-message-board/19809 "2000-05-17T23:07:16Z")
Test quotes “Straight Dope Message Board” --- ## [testing only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-only/19005)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-only/19005 "2000-05-17T19:12:17Z")
Just testing my sig… --- ## [Thanks Eutychus55 SDStaffEuty TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-eutychus55-sdstaffeuty-tubadiva/19774)
**Author:** [@X-files](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X-files)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-eutychus55-sdstaffeuty-tubadiva/19774 "2000-05-17T18:10:32Z")
Thanks Eutychus55 SDStaffEuty TubaDiva --- ## [Number of replies more than views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-replies-more-than-views/19739)
**Author:** [@\_oo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_oo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-replies-more-than-views/19739 "2000-05-17T15:17:48Z")
Hi everyone, I guess I’m gonna ask another stupid question here. I was just browsing through the Great Debates, and I saw a number of threads where the number of replies is greater than the number of views? How does this… --- ## [Test--just another yahoo trying to figure out vB codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-just-another-yahoo-trying-to-figure-out-vb-codes/19736)
**Author:** [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-just-another-yahoo-trying-to-figure-out-vb-codes/19736 "2000-05-17T09:28:33Z")
I’m just taking advantage of my insomnia to try and figure some of this stuff out. Ordinarily I’m lucky to be able to turn the damn computer on, so this is something of an adventure. Here we go. Jane said: \*\* Jane, y… --- ## [Help me Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tuba/19672)
**Author:** [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tuba/19672 "2000-05-17T08:07:52Z")
I went into the following link http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24658 and I clicked on the highlighted text in Fannie Mae’s post and I was logged in as S-prix. I posted to the “Threadkillers” t… --- ## [IIRC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/19732)
**Author:** [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iirc/19732 "2000-05-17T06:31:51Z")
??? --- ## [Opera 4.0 beta 4 works with vBulletin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-4-0-beta-4-works-with-vbulletin/19700)
**Author:** [@JonF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-4-0-beta-4-works-with-vbulletin/19700 "2000-05-17T01:42:57Z")
Well, that’s about all I have to say. --- ## [Banned Users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-users/19608)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-users/19608 "2000-05-16T18:33:54Z")
Maybe you already do this, but is there a list somewhere of screen names that have been banned? Esprix --- ## [Tshirts has returned and it's okay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirts-has-returned-and-its-okay/19341)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirts-has-returned-and-its-okay/19341 "2000-05-16T15:53:37Z")
We’re big believers in redemption here at the Straight Dope; when someone messes up, we always hope they’ll change for the better. Upon consideration of a nicely worded email, Tshirts is being given a second chance. We… --- ## [Is there a dictionary of terms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659)
**Author:** [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-dictionary-of-terms/19659 "2000-05-16T14:40:07Z")
Is there a place to look for all the terminology used? I have tried to find out what a sock puppet is, but there are over 200 posts that use the word without necessarily defining it. That is the one I can think of off th… --- ## [Thanks Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tuba/19232)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-tuba/19232 "2000-05-16T14:00:19Z")
Thank you Tubadiva, for editing out a certain posters immature nasty comment to me in the pit. Didn’t expect that. Thanks! --- ## [I'm finally ready to confess.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-ready-to-confess/19525)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-ready-to-confess/19525 "2000-05-16T03:28:36Z")
You see, here’s how it all happened. Back when I was a way newbie and just found the board, I had an eight year old mac with phone line access.(I had registered as elbows, but can’t remember what my email was) Then, in… --- ## [Jump. No, don't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392)
**Author:** [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-no-dont/19392 "2000-05-15T22:03:27Z")
Why do some threads I revisit not have the tab ‘Go to the first unread post’? --- ## [TubaDiva- (hope this is the right way to get your attention)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-hope-this-is-the-right-way-to-get-your-attention/19584)
**Author:** [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-hope-this-is-the-right-way-to-get-your-attention/19584 "2000-05-15T21:14:47Z")
I see your point on this thread: \*\* http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23905 \*\* Maybe the FAQ is easy to update? (Not trying to rush anything, just checking?) If so, it might also be the plac… --- ## [Simple html question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-html-question/19598)
**Author:** [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-html-question/19598 "2000-05-15T20:47:43Z")
I know I saw a post about this somewhere here in ATMB, but I can’t find it now… and the search function just keeps timing out on me. I’m trying to figure out how to use the “code” tag for html in message board posts. Yo… --- ## [Well, I'll be!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ill-be/19549)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ill-be/19549 "2000-05-15T17:24:49Z")
I’ve never seen the new column come up on Sunday. I can sign off at 4 am EST, and it still won’t be up. Very impressive! --- ## [Technical Problem With My Smoke-Out Topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-problem-with-my-smoke-out-topic/19504)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-problem-with-my-smoke-out-topic/19504 "2000-05-15T04:48:30Z")
Perhaps I’m missing something, but I can’t see a link to the last page of my Smoke-Out topic on MPSIMS. I can see links for pages 1 through 6, but 7 isn’t showing up. I have to change the number at the end of the URL in … --- ## [Might want to warn MSIE users about this:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-want-to-warn-msie-users-about-this/19325)
**Author:** [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-want-to-warn-msie-users-about-this/19325 "2000-05-14T23:39:31Z")
Quote: Any Web site that uses cookies to authenticate users or store private information – including Amazon.com, HotMail, Yahoo Mail, DoubleClick, MP3.com, NYTimes.com, and thousands of others – could have cookies expos… --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/19278)
**Author:** [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/19278 "2000-05-14T01:48:24Z")
hello --- ## [Weird error message on SDMB..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-error-message-on-sdmb/19422)
**Author:** [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-error-message-on-sdmb/19422 "2000-05-13T17:51:01Z")
It’s around 4 in the morning pacific time (yeah yeah, need help getting to sleep early) and I got this message when I tried to switch forums… Fortunately the message went away 2 minutes later. So what was this “slight… --- ## [Why Cristi and not Coldfire??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cristi-and-not-coldfire/19389)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cristi-and-not-coldfire/19389 "2000-05-13T14:05:44Z")
The threadspoting feature at http://www.straightdope.com seems to credit Cristi and not Coldfire for this thread . Why? --- ## [Warning: too many connections? Mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-too-many-connections-mods/19220)
**Author:** [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-too-many-connections-mods/19220 "2000-05-13T13:50:21Z")
This is what I just got when trying to open some MPSIMS threads. I figured that it might happen to more people than just me, so why don’t y’all explain the reason here. Is it a bandwith problem? Server problem? What giv… --- ## [Report all MB troll spotting in this thread, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848)
**Author:** [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-all-mb-troll-spotting-in-this-thread-please/18848 "2000-05-13T06:50:44Z")
Serious thread. \*\*Report all MB troll/sockpuppet spotting in this thread, please. \*\* If you have proof, email directly to a moderator, also. No need to clutter up lots of threads to get someone to see your latest “find… --- ## [Quote Practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-practice/19408)
**Author:** [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-practice/19408 "2000-05-13T05:42:30Z")
--- ## [OK, what is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-is/19400 "2000-05-13T04:19:24Z")
IIRC? Can’t find it on netlingo, or anywhere else. Give a newbie a helping hand,please.:confused: --- ## [Lost a long post! #$\*(@#$)(\*)!@#$%^](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-long-post/19347)
**Author:** [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-long-post/19347 "2000-05-13T02:44:53Z")
A three page post lost to the connection limit. Rassin frassin sassafrass. It especially irks me because this problem is relatively easy to fix: Have the CGI script acknowlege the post before attempting to update the dat… --- ## [johnnyharvard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnyharvard/19274)
**Author:** [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnyharvard/19274 "2000-05-12T14:11:17Z")
Following the furor over my bumbling attempt at flaming an ignorant newbie, I asked Tuba to change my username so as to try and prevent the future impression that I am somehow trying to use my education as an attempt to … --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/387)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/387 "2000-05-12T09:28:17Z")
Creating a new topic to see if it shows up with a “folder” or “swirl” symbol. Never mind. --- ## [‡™®ŒÐÞð‰å¥÷¾³©ßª](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oedthd-a-ss/18759)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oedthd-a-ss/18759 "2000-05-12T05:53:57Z")
Test of character map doodles in the topic line. Move along; nothing to see here. Manual sig line #21 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=550) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=552)