# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=558 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 559 --- ## [If you registered Wed., 4/12, you're hosed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-registered-wed-4-12-youre-hosed/1400 "2000-04-18T06:26:00Z")
Jerry, computer genius #1 at SD World HQ, made a booboo. The following users, who posted between 1 p.m. Wed., 4/12 and 11 a.m. Thurs., 4/13, are now toast and must re-register. First three letters only so as not to tempt… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1399)
**Author:** [@NickDanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickDanger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1399 "2000-04-18T05:37:00Z")
test --- ## [forgot again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-again/1394)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-again/1394 "2000-04-18T05:27:00Z")
Please tell me again how to make all the faces… --- ## [Has the linking changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-linking-changed/1395)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-linking-changed/1395 "2000-04-18T01:34:00Z")
I seem to remember that typing a URL (like http://www.straightdope.com for instance) used to automatically create a link to the cited page. I’ve noticed, however, that there are a lot of URLs coming up as not URLs. Did … --- ## [A message from Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-flypsyde/1392)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-flypsyde/1392 "2000-04-17T14:10:00Z")
Quoting from email I received: your humble TubaDiva Administrator The Straight Dope --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1385)
**Author:** [@HeadlessCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadlessCow)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1385 "2000-04-17T05:53:00Z")
test --- ## [Why is HTML turned off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-html-turned-off/1390)
**Author:** [@Kupek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kupek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-html-turned-off/1390 "2000-04-17T04:57:00Z")
I’m none too fond of the UBB code, considering it’s infopop’s attempt at reinventing the wheel. Kupek’s Den --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388 "2000-04-17T02:58:00Z")
test I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Yours truly, aha --- ## [test gif](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-gif/1381)
**Author:** [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-gif/1381 "2000-04-16T00:05:00Z")
http://www.angelfire.com/on/tshirts/cecil1.gif --- ## [bumping posts up the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-posts-up-the-board/1380)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumping-posts-up-the-board/1380 "2000-04-16T00:04:00Z")
Is posting to a thread just to bring it to the top of the board ok in any circumstances or will it bring the wrath of the board down on your head ? --- ## [Chase Manhattan endorses my link checks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chase-manhattan-endorses-my-link-checks/1373)
**Author:** [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2000, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chase-manhattan-endorses-my-link-checks/1373 "2000-04-15T04:36:00Z")
Lessee if this works: Abortion Cures Crime! --- ## [Please delete my user name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-delete-my-user-name/1363)
**Author:** [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-delete-my-user-name/1363 "2000-04-14T16:13:00Z")
I’ve tried twice by email, perhaps this will work. That I’m posting under this name indicates that I am the authorized user. Please deregister, delist, delete, lock out or whatever it is you do, this user name. Thank y… --- ## [testing url display](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-url-display/1362)
**Author:** [@RussellM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RussellM)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-url-display/1362 "2000-04-14T02:32:00Z")
999 repeating junk --- ## [King Solomon's Casino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-solomons-casino/1360)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-solomons-casino/1360 "2000-04-13T23:36:00Z")
Do we have a new advertiser? This morning, when I’m looking at the “Thank you for posting your message” screen, I’m also looking at a banner ad for King Solomon’s Casino. At least, I think that’s what it says–the screen… --- ## [IP: Logged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-logged/1355)
**Author:** [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-logged/1355 "2000-04-13T07:42:00Z")
What’s that? I hadn’t noticed those before. What are they used for? Just curious. “It says, I choo-choo-choose you. And it’s got a picture of a train.” – Ralph Wiggum --- ## [Some niggling questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-niggling-questions/1352)
**Author:** [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-niggling-questions/1352 "2000-04-13T04:21:00Z")
Are administators… \[ul\]\[li\]employees of The Chicago Reader\[/li\]\[li\]friends of other Admins or\[/li\]\[li\]Just lucky souls who were around on day 1?\[/ul\]\[/li\] What’s up with all of these “Voted most…” awards I see in D… --- ## [Which Ed Is the Real Ed? (On Opal's Board)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ed-is-the-real-ed-on-opals-board/1350)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ed-is-the-real-ed-on-opals-board/1350 "2000-04-13T04:12:00Z")
Ed Zotti? EZotti? Both? Neither? Link --- ## [New features!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-features/1345)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-features/1345 "2000-04-12T05:41:00Z")
By popular demand we’re reviving Classic Threads, only (a) we’re changing the name to Threadspotting because the PTB thought we already had enough Classics, and (b) to make it easier on ourselves, it’s going to consist o… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1347)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1347 "2000-04-12T05:01:00Z")
testing --- ## [And now 1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-1000/1344)
**Author:** [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-1000/1344 "2000-04-11T18:48:00Z")
Hey, if ChiefScott can do it, so can I. Happy 1K, ATMB. “What do you look for in a woman you date?” “Well, I know everyone always says sense of humor, but I’d really have to go with breast size.” --- ## [10,001](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-001/1342)
**Author:** [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-001/1342 "2000-04-11T15:13:00Z")
Guess this makes 10,001. --- ## [How hard exactly is it for a moderator to zap a message?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-exactly-is-it-for-a-moderator-to-zap-a-message/1334)
**Author:** [@woodwoodrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodwoodrules)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-exactly-is-it-for-a-moderator-to-zap-a-message/1334 "2000-04-11T05:37:00Z")
Ed Zotti is really depressed about all the fighting and filler on this site. This is understandable. How hard exactly is it for a moderator to zap a message? On most boards, when things get rowdy or X-rated, or troll-r… --- ## [MPSIMS down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-down/1338)
**Author:** [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-down/1338 "2000-04-10T23:37:00Z")
Well, the entire board seems very, very slow tonight, so I hope it’s not gonna crash again. But I can’t get to MPSIMS at all, so thought I’d mention it here in case there is a problem the Message Board Gods need to be al… --- ## [Smeggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smeggy/1333)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smeggy/1333 "2000-04-10T21:40:00Z")
:cool: --- ## [Tuba, Sorry to Bug You Again..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuba-sorry-to-bug-you-again/1332)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Anne\_Thrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Anne_Thrope)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuba-sorry-to-bug-you-again/1332 "2000-04-10T21:37:00Z")
After my old user name (smeggy) was de-registered the other day, I received two e-mails from the webmaster, generated 3 seconds apart. Each e-mail contained a new password for that old username, saying that I had change… --- ## [Kick that topic like an extra point!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-that-topic-like-an-extra-point/1331)
**Author:** [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-that-topic-like-an-extra-point/1331 "2000-04-10T20:09:00Z")
Really, this message is just for Tuba and the other mods-nothing really for discussion. Guys, I was wondering if there was anyway for you to post a link to the new url of a moved topic? It’s not been a problem for me as… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1328)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1328 "2000-04-10T16:23:00Z")
test I Don’t Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling. famous C&W song Yours truly, aha --- ## [Dates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dates/1327)
**Author:** [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dates/1327 "2000-04-10T14:05:00Z")
Tuba, in this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/007052.html SingleDad has a post dated 4-06-2000 at 11:12pm sandwiched in between a post from slythe dated 4-07-2000 at 9:54pm and one from adam yax d… --- ## [Cecil's column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-column/1324)
**Author:** [@debonairhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/debonairhead)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-column/1324 "2000-04-10T05:05:00Z")
I’ve started reading Cecil’s column. I’m surprised I didn’t venture there before repeating questions about whether he exists. --- ## [Double-spaced posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326 "2000-04-10T05:02:00Z")
Why, when I type a single carriage return, does the board insert two? This sentence should be directly below the one above it. Instead there will be a double-space. Why? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=557) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=559)