# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=559 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 560 --- ## [LA Times closes its MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-closes-its-mb/1320)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-closes-its-mb/1320 "2000-04-10T03:09:00Z")
My boss just sent me a clipping from Editor and Publisher, a newspaper industry trade journal, headlined “Are message boards going the way of the dodo or the dolt? Unruly posters may lead to nixing of community forums.” … --- ## [Archives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archives/1318)
**Author:** [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archives/1318 "2000-04-09T22:17:00Z")
What goes into the archives? Anything people like enough or just reference material? That “This thread is going to Cuba!” thread is archive material. Damned funny. I think that’s what started the whole \[hijack\] … \[/hija… --- ## [test (no reply box)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-reply-box/1317)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-no-reply-box/1317 "2000-04-09T22:00:00Z")
?ereh txet siht sI --- ## [just trying out hyperlinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-trying-out-hyperlinks/1315)
**Author:** [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-trying-out-hyperlinks/1315 "2000-04-09T19:20:00Z")
here’s the straiht dope. Or the old fashioned way: www.straightdope.com --- ## [Pic testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pic-testing/1313)
**Author:** [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pic-testing/1313 "2000-04-09T19:18:00Z")
http://image.photoloft.com/image.asp =plft&u=359372&a=273415&i=1371562"\> Does this work? --- ## [SD Survey Results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-survey-results/1312)
**Author:** [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-survey-results/1312 "2000-04-09T16:06:00Z")
Are the results of the Straight Dope Survey going to be available to everyone, or just potential advertisers? Things are random only insofar as we don’t understand them. --- ## [Pay for columns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-columns/1311)
**Author:** [@lindsay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-columns/1311 "2000-04-09T16:04:00Z")
Yes, I would pay $12.00 a year for answers, as long as there were several minutes of reading. lindsay --- ## [I asked something I shouldn't have and got burned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-something-i-shouldnt-have-and-got-burned/1308)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-something-i-shouldnt-have-and-got-burned/1308 "2000-04-09T14:17:00Z")
I had a topic in the comments on Cecil’s columns -before you fill out the survey READ THIS- I was a little annoyed that Cecil was asking us for personal information and not going to give us (the teeming millions) any of… --- ## [Edit my post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-my-post/1305)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-my-post/1305 "2000-04-08T23:09:00Z")
I used a wrong date in a post. Can I edit it. How. --- ## [Time travel on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300)
**Author:** [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-on-the-sdmb/1300 "2000-04-08T20:35:00Z")
For some reason, a whole lot of threads claim that their most recent post was tomorrow night. Is there any way to sort this mess out? What makes this happen? --- ## [Crashproofing the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crashproofing-the-sdmb/1298)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crashproofing-the-sdmb/1298 "2000-04-08T09:52:00Z")
In an effort to keep the SDMB from crashing so often, we’ll be archiving or deleting the oldest threads in the busiest forums. So far we’ve completed this through 6-1-99 in GQ and 7-1-99 in MPSIMS. Longtime users may fin… --- ## [Possible Date Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-date-problem/1195)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-date-problem/1195 "2000-04-08T03:01:00Z")
I’m just testing something out here. It looks like a lot of the threads on the board are posting the date as the seventh. But it’s only the sixth. (Right?) Maybe I’m just living backwards through time now, like Merlin? … --- ## [My Humble apologies but I only posted twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-humble-apologies-but-i-only-posted-twice/1199)
**Author:** [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-humble-apologies-but-i-only-posted-twice/1199 "2000-04-08T02:23:00Z")
Really. --- ## [If you need links to columns, why not just ask for it on the Post New Topic page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-need-links-to-columns-why-not-just-ask-for-it-on-the-post-new-topic-page/1196)
**Author:** [@lamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lamerino)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-need-links-to-columns-why-not-just-ask-for-it-on-the-post-new-topic-page/1196 "2000-04-08T02:12:00Z")
If you need links to columns, why not just ask for it on the Post New Topic page? It seems like that would be nicer than nagging people after they’ve left the post-a-new-topic page. http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Fo… --- ## [Oh Tuba Dear--What Gives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-tuba-dear-what-gives/1296)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-tuba-dear-what-gives/1296 "2000-04-08T00:31:00Z")
I posted to the Master list at about 1:20. After a few minutes it gave me a “server may be down” message. Sooo I posted again. Ok I know I wasn’t supposed to but I wanted to see if I got the same message. I didn’t. The … --- ## [Last visited 5 hours IN THE FUTURE?????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visited-5-hours-in-the-future/1294)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visited-5-hours-in-the-future/1294 "2000-04-08T00:29:00Z")
Hmmm. . .this is strange. Here I am at 4:26 PM trying to log on to the message boards when I notice there have been NO NEW POSTS since last night. I then notice that it says I last visited at 9:01 PM TODAY??? What gives?… --- ## [Beatle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatle/1200)
**Author:** [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatle/1200 "2000-04-08T00:15:00Z")
Beatle, I just wanted to say you’re awesome. I think it is so cool that you have taken it upon yourself to compile (and update!!) the list of SDMB members in the Master List thread. (this might belong in MPSIMS, and if s… --- ## [Posting of graphics on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-of-graphics-on-the-sdmb/1197)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-of-graphics-on-the-sdmb/1197 "2000-04-08T00:08:00Z")
We’ve been having a problem with users posting graphics from other sites on the SDMB, notably smilies found on the beginbids.com site. Please be aware that by posting such graphics you’re taxing the other guy’s server an… --- ## [More crashes than an air show—why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-crashes-than-an-air-show-why/1209)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-crashes-than-an-air-show-why/1209 "2000-04-08T00:03:00Z")
I don’t know much about the Internet, but does the SDMB crash more often than other sites? I mean, I understand that it’s not the fault of our beloved moderators or Ed, etc. But why does the Board seem to slow down and t… --- ## [Oh Tuba... Over Here, if you please...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-tuba-over-here-if-you-please/1207)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-tuba-over-here-if-you-please/1207 "2000-04-07T23:53:00Z")
I would like to change my user name. Could you please delete this one, or whatever it is you do? Then I simply re-register, right? I would really appreciate it. Thanks! Meg --- ## [help my folders are sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-folders-are-sick/1188)
**Author:** [@JLPicard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLPicard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-folders-are-sick/1188 "2000-04-06T05:08:00Z")
All of my folders look strange. Some are yellow and some are orange. How do I change it back to the way It was before, with the open and closed folder varity Bad spellers of the world… UNTIE --- ## [If you need links to columns, why not just ask for it on the Post New Topic page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-need-links-to-columns-why-not-just-ask-for-it-on-the-post-new-topic-page/1194)
**Author:** [@lamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lamerino)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-need-links-to-columns-why-not-just-ask-for-it-on-the-post-new-topic-page/1194 "2000-04-06T05:02:00Z")
If you need links to columns, why not just ask for it on the Post New Topic page? It would seem nicer that nagging people after they have left the posting page. http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000621.html … --- ## [testing, dont mind me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-dont-mind-me/1191)
**Author:** [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-dont-mind-me/1191 "2000-04-06T02:17:00Z")
can i really do this? Cessandra I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! --- ## [Kicked out of the reply window--again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicked-out-of-the-reply-window-again/1190)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicked-out-of-the-reply-window-again/1190 "2000-04-05T23:15:00Z")
This is the umpteenth time I have been kicked out of the reply window while I was composing a reply. I am a fast typist, and it seems to happen whenever I reach for the left arrow or the Delete key with my right pinky–w… --- ## [My links aren't blue, but they work for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-links-arent-blue-but-they-work-for-me/1187)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-links-arent-blue-but-they-work-for-me/1187 "2000-04-05T16:08:00Z")
My links aren’t showing up as blue, but they work when I click on them. Are they working at that end, too? Is it OK if they’re sort of a red-brown instead of blue? I sound like, “Doctor, I have this brown spot on my leg… --- ## [Just smileyin' around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-smileyin-around/1186)
**Author:** [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2000, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-smileyin-around/1186 "2000-04-05T09:53:00Z")
:+\] :+\[ :+D ;+\] :+0 --- ## [beginbids.com? - weird error!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginbids-com-weird-error/1177)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginbids-com-weird-error/1177 "2000-04-05T05:20:00Z")
I’ve tried getting on a couple of threads today, and I kept getting a dialogue box reading, “Enter username for Restricted at www.beginbids.com:” and then it asks for a user name and a password. What’s up with that? Doe… --- ## [I'm sorry....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/1185)
**Author:** [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/1185 "2000-04-04T23:51:00Z")
I wanted to post an apology for this whole business with the smiley face. manhattan took the time over in GQ to explain to me about bandwidth and that it actually looks as though it is The Chicago Reader that has taken … --- ## [No Banna, no manna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-banna-no-manna/1184)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-banna-no-manna/1184 "2000-04-04T21:38:00Z")
The advertsing banner for Pyroto doesn’t always work - sometimes clicking it takes you to showtimes for Chicago theaters. Since this presumably means a lower click-through rate for the SDMB - perhaps someone should look … --- ## [sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/1181)
**Author:** [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/1181 "2000-04-04T20:45:00Z")
Ignore this test. I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon. –Sig line courtesy of Wally :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=558) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=560)