# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=78 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 79 --- ## [Via the Globe-link button, paste-in URLs cause the Safari OSX spinning ball of death--anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/via-the-globe-link-button-paste-in-urls-cause-the-safari-osx-spinning-ball-of-death-anyone-else/810691)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/via-the-globe-link-button-paste-in-urls-cause-the-safari-osx-spinning-ball-of-death-anyone-else/810691 "2018-03-16T21:24:06Z")
See subject. This just started a week or two or go, and is most definitely repeatable. Window opens up, as soon as I hit Ctrl-V, freeze. As it happens, now I see that if I just ignore it and hit submit, after a few seco… --- ## [Revised rule about quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-rule-about-quotes/810291)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-rule-about-quotes/810291 "2018-03-16T20:28:22Z")
We’re revising the rule about quoting other users. The revision aligns the written rule with current mod practice and is not a major departure. Here’s the revised rule: Falsely attributing a quote to another SDMB user,… --- ## [Would a new poster even read ‘the rules’ ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-new-poster-even-read-the-rules/810348)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-new-poster-even-read-the-rules/810348 "2018-03-16T16:49:01Z")
Just wondering. We seem to have a myriad of rules, spread across forums in various stickies, and revered by all as the one truth. If I was a new poster, wanting to join the boards and have some fun, I highly doubt I wou… --- ## [Anybody else unable to highlight text?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-unable-to-highlight-text/810554)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-unable-to-highlight-text/810554 "2018-03-15T18:05:30Z")
I can still click and drag across text and copy it, but I’m not seeing the blue highlight when I do so. Do I have to kick something in Settings? --- ## [Sultantheme's quoting is italic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451 "2018-03-14T15:20:57Z")
Recently I wanted to stress a word in a post by italicizing it, and noticed in that thread that where posters were quoting others, the posts they were quoting were automatically italicized, so if someone were to stress a… --- ## [So, NO altering of quotes, even if just for purely humorous effect, is allowed either?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-no-altering-of-quotes-even-if-just-for-purely-humorous-effect-is-allowed-either/810195)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-no-altering-of-quotes-even-if-just-for-purely-humorous-effect-is-allowed-either/810195 "2018-03-12T17:59:41Z")
Mod note Just want clarification (since it was just a note-hey I got a note! I’m somebody now!). I am well aware of the various discussions here about said issue, but in those it was invariably seen as an attack on the… --- ## [Dopefests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefests/810370)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefests/810370 "2018-03-11T02:28:22Z")
Is there a specific place for suggesting and scheduling dopefests? --- ## [Rule clarification re: changing names in quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-re-changing-names-in-quotes/809563)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-clarification-re-changing-names-in-quotes/809563 "2018-03-08T20:20:48Z")
There’s currently a Pit thread that deals with the mass shooting/gun control issue (big shock, I know). It’s become a bit of a hijack in regards to whether it’s permissible to alter a poster’s name in quoted text. The de… --- ## [Using the down arrow (go to first new post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-down-arrow-go-to-first-new-post/809485)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-down-arrow-go-to-first-new-post/809485 "2018-03-07T15:17:38Z")
When using the down arrow, I am first taken to the OP for a mini second, then it goes to the first new post. This started about two weeks ago. Before you would go immediately to the first new post. Why the change? --- ## [The Straight Dope search ranking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-search-ranking/809981)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-search-ranking/809981 "2018-03-04T14:55:15Z")
Earlier today, I was searching Google for a quirky piece of information\*, and the first good hit turned out to be from a Straight Dope article. OK, that wasn’t too surprising. But what was surprising was that the hit w… --- ## [Malware probably from the Dope: EasyPDFcombine / Mindspark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-probably-from-the-dope-easypdfcombine-mindspark/809742)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-probably-from-the-dope-easypdfcombine-mindspark/809742 "2018-03-02T21:37:07Z")
I noticed a slowdown this morning in my browsing. Opening Task Manager showed Google Chrome using vast amounts of RAM and CPU. Opening Chrome’s Task Manager pinpointed it to the Straight Dope tab and process. I closed th… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/809489 "2018-02-28T04:32:39Z")
\[Frank Drebin\]Nothing to see here\[/Frank Drebin\] --- ## [Unbelievable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable/809714)
**Author:** [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbelievable/809714 "2018-02-28T01:53:15Z")
Seriously! I’m actually shocked that you closed my thread! Deny my logic: you know there are some racists in Canada. This woman could be racist. The way she treated us leads us to believe so. If she isn’t racist, I’m sti… --- ## [Clicking on "New Posts" should not count as a search, IMO.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-new-posts-should-not-count-as-a-search-imo/809610)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-on-new-posts-should-not-count-as-a-search-imo/809610 "2018-02-26T17:54:54Z")
Or at least don’t make it count towards the full 120 seconds (forever). Can it be reduced to something more palatable like 20 seconds? --- ## [SDMB pages loading slow on my phone - what can I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pages-loading-slow-on-my-phone-what-can-i-do/809414)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-pages-loading-slow-on-my-phone-what-can-i-do/809414 "2018-02-24T21:52:47Z")
I have an Android phone, using Chrome as my browser. I have the SDMB set to use the SultanTheme display, although I don’t think it matters as it also seems to be loading slowly with the normal SDMB display as well. (It’s… --- ## [Another Closed-thread query](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-closed-thread-query/809248)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-closed-thread-query/809248 "2018-02-24T19:22:38Z")
This is not a criticism of a moderator, who I understand at times has to choose an action from an imperfect list of options. But there must be ways of dealing with this situation. The thread “Does anyone check to see w… --- ## [we ought to have a discussion related to firearms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-ought-to-have-a-discussion-related-to-firearms/809372 "2018-02-24T11:57:35Z")
I mean, come on, just about any thread that relates to guns, shootings, gun control, anything of the sort rapidly devolves into argument, sniping and incivility. It does not appear that this subject matter brooks any res… --- ## [...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/809368)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/809368 "2018-02-24T11:52:30Z")
When I type … and press the spacebar, it’s replaced by … (Pro-tip: You can undo the replacement by pressing Ctrl+Z.) This is something I’m used to from Microsoft Word and Outlook, but today is the first time I’ve notic… --- ## [Smiley suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-suggestion/809324)
**Author:** [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-suggestion/809324 "2018-02-24T02:19:12Z")
I would like to propose a new smiley face thing. I think it would be useful to have a smiley (or two) to denote posting under the influence. Not as an excuse or apology. I believe people are responsible for their actio… --- ## [Getting Drafted...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-drafted/809359)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-drafted/809359 "2018-02-22T22:20:45Z")
Has the SD Webmaster or the SD Omnipotent Powers That Be ever considered allowing paying members a very minimal amount of server space to store drafts of questions? This would be handy when one needs to craft one’s quest… --- ## [Links leaving off a final close parenthesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-leaving-off-a-final-close-parenthesis/809304)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-leaving-off-a-final-close-parenthesis/809304 "2018-02-22T07:04:26Z")
So I’ve noticed for a while if you have a URL whose last character is a close parenthesis, and don’t code it yourself as a url but let the board auto-URL it, it will leave that last character out of the URL, presumably t… --- ## [Appealing Delicious' Warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appealing-delicious-warning/809270)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appealing-delicious-warning/809270 "2018-02-22T04:28:31Z")
Thread here. It looked less like trolling and more like satire to me. Was it in bad taste? Yes. Too soon? Yes. Not funny? Yes. But what I’ve seen of their previous comments gives me the impression of an honest po… --- ## [Do the mods monitor ignore lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-mods-monitor-ignore-lists/809208)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-mods-monitor-ignore-lists/809208 "2018-02-21T03:56:45Z")
Just curious . . . do the mods have some way to gather stats on ignore lists, such as how many ignore lists a member is on? If so, I’d like to know what the high number is (no usernames, of course). Thanks. --- ## [Is there a way to get a summary of average posts per day for all SDMB posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-summary-of-average-posts-per-day-for-all-sdmb-posters/808981)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-summary-of-average-posts-per-day-for-all-sdmb-posters/808981 "2018-02-20T19:24:19Z")
I think I managed to fit my entire question in the title. --- ## [Why was the thread on Colibri's note closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-thread-on-colibris-note-closed/809100)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-thread-on-colibris-note-closed/809100 "2018-02-19T05:03:48Z")
This thread here. For those of you who didn’t read the original thread. Anise asks a GQ question in GQ and recives an answer from Reimann. Later it is revealed that Anise’s motivation for asking the question has nothi… --- ## [Chronos, Why no warning for AK84 in the Black Panther thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-why-no-warning-for-ak84-in-the-black-panther-thread/809071)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-why-no-warning-for-ak84-in-the-black-panther-thread/809071 "2018-02-18T20:42:18Z")
I get that \*\*monstro’s \*\*warning is valid, “Fuck you” is never OK (in fact, it’s very similar to my own only warning for responding to race-linked taunting) but why was AK84, who you acknowledge was being deliberately pr… --- ## [A clarification regarding a mod note - IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clarification-regarding-a-mod-note-ivorytowerdenizen/808939)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clarification-regarding-a-mod-note-ivorytowerdenizen/808939 "2018-02-18T09:46:18Z")
Over in this thread, My 15 Year-Old Daughter Just Told Me She’s BiSexual -HELP!, I was somehow caught up in the mod note regarding Euphrosyne (and presumably Catholic bashing). Specifically this post here. My post was n… --- ## [Is Cecil Adams immortal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235 "2018-02-17T00:23:01Z")
There’s a serious question here. Does Cecil age? Will we in future be shown an older version of the youngish bespectacled guy in the photo that’s associated with him now? Just how old is he supposed to be anyway? Will he… --- ## [Something up with the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-up-with-the-board/808718)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-up-with-the-board/808718 "2018-02-16T20:54:02Z")
The go to new post link for the “Soccer:MLS…” thread in The Game Room is this https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=849055 which takes me to the “Synecdoche” thread in CCC. The main thread… --- ## [Bone - Re: ElvisL1ves' Warning in Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-re-elvisl1ves-warning-in-elections/808711)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-re-elvisl1ves-warning-in-elections/808711 "2018-02-15T19:48:40Z")
This has to do with this warning. Cite. I do enough complaining about moderation that I feel, in fairness, to speak up on this. The poster in question is not by any means a favorite. Nonetheless, ISTM that a warning … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=79)