# Deus ex Machina -\> lal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-machina-lal/102663>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 9, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-machina-lal/102663 "2002-04-09T14:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-machina-lal/102663/1 "2002-04-09T14:45:18Z")

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😕  
[How’d the thread title change to a post title?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=108345)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-machina-lal/102663/2 "2002-04-09T14:58:45Z")

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I tried to duplicate the behaviour (changing the post subject field during a preview) but couldn’t get it to work. Maybe a bug in vBulletin that happens at rare intervals, or else the server did an incomplete update again? Don’t know for sure.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-machina-lal/102663/3 "2002-04-09T23:36:40Z")

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Whoops! That was my fault. I merged the original thread (Deux Es Machina) with a reponse entitled “lal” which had mistakenly started a new thread. I just forget to check the title afterwards as it apparently took the title of the secondary thread. I’m changing it back now.