# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=556 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 557 --- ## [A note about the new software and our old stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-the-new-software-and-our-old-stuff/1556)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-about-the-new-software-and-our-old-stuff/1556 "2000-04-29T13:26:22Z")
It’s our intention to move all the old stuff over to the new software, so please don’t worry about everything we’ve done in the past year going into the ether. That being said, we’ll see what we’ve left with when we get… --- ## [Edit/delete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-delete/16569)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-delete/16569 "2000-04-29T13:10:18Z")
What is up with the edit delete button? I clicked it and here is what comes up. You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: I don’t get it. ( wh… --- ## [Views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/views/16567)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/views/16567 "2000-04-29T13:08:10Z")
Where is preferences? Silly question I know but I don’t spot it right away…maybe it’s too early in the morning. And what about views? Can you use views in anyway or is it just to see who has perused the topic? --- ## [Preview Yipee!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-yipee/16566)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-yipee/16566 "2000-04-29T12:49:56Z")
Preview, just what I always wanted. --- ## [questions on new software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-new-software/10701)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-new-software/10701 "2000-04-29T11:44:05Z")
Congratulations to the tech team for a job quickly and efficiently done! I do have a question: it seems like old threads with UBB quotes or lists are not being displayed correctly. Is this just temporary? (instead of se… --- ## [test---losing my SDMB virginity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-losing-my-sdmb-virginity/1538)
**Author:** [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-losing-my-sdmb-virginity/1538 "2000-04-29T11:16:08Z")
Ok, it’s my first post, and I’m seeing how this thing works… :slight\_smile: :frowning: :o :smiley: :wink: :confused: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! --- ## [Replies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies/10175)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies/10175 "2000-04-29T07:17:08Z")
When you post a reply, the thread is replicated—but upside down! That’s going to be very confusing. It was a great day the last time the board was updated, though, and we first got that feature. --- ## [New vBB Pet Peeves and Gripes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vbb-pet-peeves-and-gripes/8683)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vbb-pet-peeves-and-gripes/8683 "2000-04-29T05:33:06Z")
Now, lets not take this to seriously, so no need to get anyone’s dander up. Just having some fun, hell we all know anything is better than the daily crash of UBB. Lets limit this to little annoying things you’ve noticed… --- ## [Testing (sorry, weirddave)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sorry-weirddave/1553)
**Author:** [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-sorry-weirddave/1553 "2000-04-29T05:18:42Z")
Trying out the new sig, courtesy of Sealemon. Sorry, weirddave, but all sigs must change eventually. JMCJ John Corrado: The anchovy pirahna. This hybrid fish hails from the shores of Italy. While it tastes great on p… --- ## [Well, did my board identity survive the switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-did-my-board-identity-survive-the-switch/6336)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-did-my-board-identity-survive-the-switch/6336 "2000-04-29T04:39:34Z")
If I see this, I guess it did. --- ## [test post - ignore please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore-please/6787)
**Author:** [@OrganicMatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrganicMatter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore-please/6787 "2000-04-29T04:27:17Z")
testing … --- ## [I don't mean to complain but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-mean-to-complain-but/1534)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-mean-to-complain-but/1534 "2000-04-29T04:13:57Z")
I’ve noticed something. Some of the columns in the archive are being duplicated. Check out the columns on “the pompatus of love” and declaring a no-flight zone over your house. They have been added as Straight Dope Class… --- ## [cookie test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-test/1555)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-test/1555 "2000-04-28T21:25:00Z")
test --- ## [testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/1554)
**Author:** [@MissMonica7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMonica7)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/1554 "2000-04-28T21:08:00Z")
a test to test quotes Monica Monica :smiley: --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552)
**Author:** [@MHM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1552 "2000-04-28T20:09:00Z")
test \[QUOTE\] Sample quote\[\\QUOTE\] --- ## [Sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/1549)
**Author:** [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/1549 "2000-04-28T19:26:00Z")
\ St. Cowboy Greg: Patron Saint of Laying it on Too Thick and Cowboy Hats A Genuine SwimmingRiddles canonization --- ## [Ad Banners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-banners/1544)
**Author:** [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-banners/1544 "2000-04-28T18:33:00Z")
Um, don’t know if you noticed, but the “TRIVIA!” banner links to http://www.chireader.com/movies/ I’m guessing that’s a mistake. --- ## [Perfecting Sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfecting-sig/1525)
**Author:** [@h\_thur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h_thur)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfecting-sig/1525 "2000-04-28T05:58:00Z")
Trying out a sig. --- ## [Ignore this test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-test/1526)
**Author:** [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-this-test/1526 "2000-04-27T19:54:00Z")
:slight\_smile: :frowning: :o :smiley: :wink: http://www.crap.net \*\*whoa\[\\b\] \*huh?\[\\i\] --- ## [Not strictly ATMB, but . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-strictly-atmb-but/1537)
**Author:** [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-strictly-atmb-but/1537 "2000-04-27T22:45:00Z")
. . . it happened again today. I click on someone’s link, and this ominous “Domain Security” message pops onto my screen (I’m on AOL, and quitchersnickerin’). The message reads: “A script launched from one page has atte… --- ## [MPSIMS and GQ Boards -- down again :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-and-gq-boards-down-again/1536)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-and-gq-boards-down-again/1536 "2000-04-27T20:37:00Z")
Big drag, I was hoping to catch up after a strange evening and for tomorrow to be an even stranger day… I can access, at this late hour virtually everything else…okay I can access GD and BBQ Pit, but the other two that … --- ## [So Slooooooow ... (if it works at ALL, that is)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-slooooooow-if-it-works-at-all-that-is/1533)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-slooooooow-if-it-works-at-all-that-is/1533 "2000-04-27T20:04:00Z")
Connect: Host boards.straightdope.com contacted. Waiting for reply… …and waiting and waiting and waiting. This wouldn’t surprise me if it was the early afternoon right now since the board seems to go down for a couple h… --- ## [There is no such place as Queens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-such-place-as-queens/1519)
**Author:** [@Geenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geenius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-such-place-as-queens/1519 "2000-04-27T18:23:00Z")
At least, not as far as the U.S. Postal Service is concerned. Mail to Manhattan addresses is addressed “New York, NY”; mail to the other outer boroughs (Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island) is addressed with the borough n… --- ## [Something fishy in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-in-gd/1512)
**Author:** [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-in-gd/1512 "2000-04-27T15:09:00Z")
Hey one minute there were 101 posts in the “so, what’s wrong with Communism?” thread. Now there are 97. What’s goin on here. Is it a Capitalist conspiracy? Please say it aint so. --- ## [Sign-up date question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-up-date-question/1509)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-up-date-question/1509 "2000-04-27T13:11:00Z")
Is there a way to search profiles to see who signed up as a registered member on a specific date? (Bonus points if you can figure out why I’m asking. :D) Esprix Evidently, I rock. Ask the Gay Guy! --- ## [What do the little pictures mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-little-pictures-mean/1504)
**Author:** [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-little-pictures-mean/1504 "2000-04-27T09:29:00Z")
Is there some place where all the symbols used on the board are explained? I’m talking about the little folders, reply icons, etc. The faq doesn’t seem to cover this. I realize that most of them are self-explanatory (i.… --- ## [To those who improved the Straight Dope Archives...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-improved-the-straight-dope-archives/1503)
**Author:** [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-improved-the-straight-dope-archives/1503 "2000-04-27T07:29:00Z")
Thanks you so much for finally making the search easy to use. Now I can enjoy finding any column I want to read without guessing what’s behind the links in the results. Try it for yourself and see Once again, thanks! … --- ## [carrots as well as sticks for newbies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrots-as-well-as-sticks-for-newbies/1480)
**Author:** [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrots-as-well-as-sticks-for-newbies/1480 "2000-04-27T05:26:00Z")
You’ll see I have only a handful of posts so far. Those who have a handful of posts tend to get one of three responses: “We are nice, have a piece of cake.” Some may appreciate this, but really: whacko. I’m looking fo… --- ## [Quoting - another one for the UBB techs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-another-one-for-the-ubb-techs/1499)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-another-one-for-the-ubb-techs/1499 "2000-04-27T05:14:00Z")
I’ve noticed a problem I’m not sure how to address. When I want to quote someone else’s reply, I can hit the reply to message button, and it will automatically fill the edit box with the post in question. However, if th… --- ## [Logging IP numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-ip-numbers/1483)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2000, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-ip-numbers/1483 "2000-04-27T02:50:00Z")
To help us weed out sock puppets and whatnot, we started logging IP numbers, which is why that little “IP: LOGGED” deal has started appearing on the lower right of each post. We didn’t want to post the actual IP for fear… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=555) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=557)