# Coding, linking, and signature practice thread.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 7, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948 "2004-02-07T04:52:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/1 "2004-02-07T04:52:10Z")

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No question here, jus need a place to put some meaninless posts to work out the new bugs… I mean the new _features_ of this board.

Magenta

[link][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=2[/link]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=2%5B/link%5D)

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/2 "2004-02-07T04:54:06Z")

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Link? what the hell was I thinking?

[this is a link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=4522928)

and my signature should be turned off

gratuitous smilie 😃  
Carry on, I should be good to go now.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/3 "2004-02-07T04:55:27Z")

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Dammit, I’m gonna have to turn it off every time now, ain’t I?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/4 "2004-02-07T04:55:55Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> Link? what the hell was I thinking?
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> [this is a link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=4522928)
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> and my signature should be turned off
> 
> gratuitous smilie 😃  
> Carry on, I should be good to go now.

I like your sig. Can’t remember if it’s Pratchett or Adams.

And ‘link’ makes more sense than ‘url’ IMO.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/5 "2004-02-07T04:57:32Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> Dammit, I’m gonna have to turn it off every time now, ain’t I?

If you delete it (or have a blank sig) the software turns it off for every post.

If you then put it back, it remains off for those posts where it was deleted.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/6 "2004-02-07T07:09:39Z")

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[The upgrade killed off all the smiley artwork.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4375215#post4375215)

:eek:PiPiPi:eek:Pi:eek:PiPi:eek:Pi:eek:  
:eek:PiPi:eek:PiPiPi:eek:  
P:eek:Pi:eek::eek:  
P:eek::eek:  
M

This post originally included my sig…

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/7 "2004-02-07T07:10:47Z")

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:smack: forgot the sig

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-linking-and-signature-practice-thread/227948/8 "2004-02-07T07:12:58Z")

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It’s still here… what gives? 😕