# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=90 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 91 --- ## [Esco has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esco-has-been-banned/787321)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esco-has-been-banned/787321 "2017-05-24T01:55:38Z")
Esco has been banned for abusive language to a moderator, after ignoring moderators instructions. The post that got him a Mod Note http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20225600&postcount=18 The abusive p… --- ## [Time to Replace Thread "How to protect and clean your computer from malware"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-replace-thread-how-to-protect-and-clean-your-computer-from-malware/787285)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-replace-thread-how-to-protect-and-clean-your-computer-from-malware/787285 "2017-05-23T18:08:46Z")
The thread was started in 2009 and a lot of things have changed since then. But we would need a volunteer to write an introductory post. Any thoughts? \[This is a pinned thread in General Questions.\] --- ## [Flip This Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-this-board/786763)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-this-board/786763 "2017-05-23T13:41:16Z")
The Chicago Sun-Times is for sale. We can believe this rumor because the Sun-Times announced it on its front page. For those of us who sometimes forget, the Sun-Times publishing empire includes the SDMB, so the Board wi… --- ## [Ads Behaving Badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-behaving-badly/787080)
**Author:** [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-behaving-badly/787080 "2017-05-20T17:37:58Z")
Just leaving the form index page open causes about 8MB/minute of network data usage (40MB in 5 minutes, all measured after the initial page load of 3MB). This is very bad for anyone on a metered (especially mobile) con… --- ## [Talking trash about banned posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-trash-about-banned-posters/787049)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-trash-about-banned-posters/787049 "2017-05-22T04:28:44Z")
In the past I clearly recall mods making it clear that we should cease and desist from discussing banned members (since they can no longer respond). Yet we’ve had 3 Pit threads now where doing so is now apparently de ri… --- ## [SDMB Subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions/785812)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions/785812 "2017-05-21T01:35:35Z")
Just a reminder that it’s getting to be around renewal time for paid members. --- ## [Explain please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-please/786875)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-please/786875 "2017-05-20T12:10:50Z")
Post # 21: Jonathan Chance Domo Arigato Mister Moderato Moderator The Moderator Clears His Throat \*DrDeth, two things. Bringing Bricker into this is not best practices. This is a mod note to not do anything simila… --- ## [Thanks from Gunnar!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-gunnar/786871)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-from-gunnar/786871 "2017-05-17T21:55:01Z")
To anyone following the Gunnar’s Wheels thread, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for viewing, voting and keeping me company way down there in MPSIMS. Unfortunately, our boy didn’t make it to Round 2. No worries, th… --- ## [Software changes to the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-changes-to-the-board/786798)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-changes-to-the-board/786798 "2017-05-16T23:19:08Z")
In this sticky mention is made of testing software changes to the board. Do any of the staff know what sort of changes are being considered? An updated vBulletin version perhaps? Personally I’m of the opinion if it ain’… --- ## [What's up with the renewal notices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-renewal-notices/786746)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-renewal-notices/786746 "2017-05-16T16:38:20Z")
I renewed on May 6, for two years. Yesterday I received a notice my sub was about to expire and I’d lose my Charter Member status. So I replied, I had renewed on the 6th, please double check and confirm it had been appl… --- ## [Charter Membership and Custom Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-and-custom-titles/786643)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-and-custom-titles/786643 "2017-05-16T14:53:12Z")
So, I just paid for another 2 years of Charter Membership. There was another category below it regarding paying for Custom Titles. I was under the impression that if I paid to maintain my Charter Membership, I am allowe… --- ## [CloudFront?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloudfront/786585)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloudfront/786585 "2017-05-16T13:32:45Z")
Twice this morning I’ve gotten an error, once trying to bring up a thread, once trying to report a thread. The error is: \*CloudFront attempted to establish a connection with the origin, but either the attempt failed or… --- ## [How do you get BANNED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-banned/786479)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-banned/786479 "2017-05-16T02:27:43Z")
Not that I am trying to, but it seems that every time I open a zombie, there is some poster who is shown as BANNED and I began to wonder what transgression you have to commit. I just read a thread about locksmiths and n… --- ## [I Just Got a Nasty Virus on My Cell Phone From the Straight Dope Home Page.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nasty-virus-on-my-cell-phone-from-the-straight-dope-home-page/784481)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nasty-virus-on-my-cell-phone-from-the-straight-dope-home-page/784481 "2017-05-15T22:23:44Z")
Partly a warning, partly asking advice. But I was perusing the Straight Dope home page on my cell phone, as I often do, checking on my SDMB thread. And I accidentally clicked on the wrong thing, and got a nasty virus on … --- ## [The recipe thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recipe-thing/783624)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recipe-thing/783624 "2017-05-15T17:32:07Z")
Interesting seeing recipes broken out when there’s a potential troll afoot. Reminds of that goofy scene (which, btw, there was only one of them) in Zardoz, where fey wierdo is mortally cast out of the group as a “renega… --- ## [walk me through posting a link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-posting-a-link/632110)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-posting-a-link/632110 "2017-05-14T18:31:34Z")
could ya? I can post it like this http://www.amazon.com/Grave-Sight-Harper-Connelly-Mysteries/dp/0425212890/ref=sr\_1\_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345503329&sr=1-1&keywords=grave+sight but that looks stupid. I want to do it … --- ## [Why was Great White Dope banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-great-white-dope-banned/786576 "2017-05-14T06:29:03Z")
Don’t get me wrong, he was a terrible human being whom I disagreed with on almost everything and he was a bit of an asshole too. I’m kinda glad he’s gone (assuming he was a he; I have trouble believing otherwise). His l… --- ## [Strikethrough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/786449)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/786449 "2017-05-14T00:04:43Z")
There is (or used to be) a set of tags that would let you display text with a strikethrough. I’ve tried s, \[strike\]strike\[/strike\], \[strikethrough\]strikethrough\[/strikethrough\] and \[strikeout\]strikeout\[/strikeout\]. No … --- ## [Are Dopefests still a thing? Or any Chicagoland SMDB meetups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dopefests-still-a-thing-or-any-chicagoland-smdb-meetups/786519)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dopefests-still-a-thing-or-any-chicagoland-smdb-meetups/786519 "2017-05-13T10:35:46Z")
I just moved to Chicago last week and walked by the Chicago Reader building :cool: I was like, whooooa, I know that place! The SDMB is the oldest community I’m still involved in (14+ years now!) and I’d love to meet som… --- ## [Having trouble with Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-tapatalk/786399)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-tapatalk/786399 "2017-05-12T01:44:05Z")
Anyone else seeing this? Tapatalk has been working fine for me for months. Then one day it refuses to load any forums/threads from SDMB. I got a fleeting message of an IP ban but that can’t be true because Tapatalk does… --- ## [Thread Move Dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-move-dispute/786201)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-move-dispute/786201 "2017-05-12T01:01:40Z")
My thread to debate the morality of the passage of the AHCA was moved into the Pit - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825688 Bricker’s thread to debate the proposition that he likes that the AHCA pas… --- ## [Do Charter Member Subscriptions End In May?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-charter-member-subscriptions-end-in-may/786071)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-charter-member-subscriptions-end-in-may/786071 "2017-05-12T00:33:40Z")
I was just looking up some old notes I made on my computer. (Boy, you know, I keep meticulous notes. But it usually works to my advantage. I digress, though…) Anyways, it says Charter Member subscriptions end in May usu… --- ## [Please consider keeping blatantly political threads in Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-consider-keeping-blatantly-political-threads-in-elections/786324)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-consider-keeping-blatantly-political-threads-in-elections/786324 "2017-05-11T14:43:40Z")
Trump to Comey: You’re Fired! (moved from Elections to MPSIMS, merged with another thread there). Comey is Fired: Who is covering Who? (moved from Elections to IMHO) Can Trump Fire Comey when Comey is conducting an inv… --- ## [Pics never download](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-never-download/785503)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-never-download/785503 "2017-05-10T04:21:51Z")
I have a MacBook Pro circa 2011, and I use safari for a web browser. For some reason, I can never (or almost never) download pictures other posters post using Photobucket or other such applications. The applications op… --- ## [So calling another poster a "mongoloid" is a-ok eh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-another-poster-a-mongoloid-is-a-ok-eh/786037)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-calling-another-poster-a-mongoloid-is-a-ok-eh/786037 "2017-05-09T21:59:09Z")
Alright, what charitable interpretation of the above racial slur did you mods reason out for this one? --- ## [Septimus is suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septimus-is-suspended/786061)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septimus-is-suspended/786061 "2017-05-07T12:26:41Z")
For repeatedly earning warnings for insults, poster septimus is suspended for 30 days. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20187089&postcount=417 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=198621… --- ## [Is it possible to change my name on this site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-name-on-this-site/785277)
**Author:** [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-my-name-on-this-site/785277 "2017-05-05T16:06:00Z")
I joined this site in 2012 and am not especially active. I would like to change my name on this site without starting a new account. Is that possible? --- ## [Please rescind this warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rescind-this-warning/785693)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rescind-this-warning/785693 "2017-05-03T00:02:01Z")
In this thread, Weisshund received a warning for this post: The thread in question has been moved to the Pit. The OP himself did not receive a warning when he modified text in a quote, which is also a warnable offense… --- ## [Mod ruling: an argument "retarded" since it isn't personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-ruling-an-argument-retarded-since-it-isnt-personal/785609)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-ruling-an-argument-retarded-since-it-isnt-personal/785609 "2017-05-02T19:36:33Z")
It has been confirmed, via private message from tomndebb, that thisdoesn’t even merit a mod note in GD: For the record. --- ## [I'm looking for this thread: how business employees get rid of persistent sales calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-this-thread-how-business-employees-get-rid-of-persistent-sales-calls/785625)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-this-thread-how-business-employees-get-rid-of-persistent-sales-calls/785625 "2017-05-01T04:49:50Z")
That title pretty much says it. I can’t remember the code name–which is disguised as a woman’s name with a last name that actually means something like “put on hold” or “get rid of this pesky person”; Does anyone remembe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=91)