# D'oh! Stop using creative coding in locked threads! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168 "2002-12-03T06:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/1 "2002-12-03T06:34:44Z")
I’m kidding, I’m kidding. I know no one can **really** know if a thread will be locked or not. But it does seem like it happens a lot! I’m reading a locked thread, and someone did something really creative with their coding. I want to hit “reply” just to see how they did it…but I can’t! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/2 "2002-12-03T06:50:24Z")
You know, I’ve never hit “reply” (or better yet, “quote”) to see just how a particular person came up with his or her coding for a particular post. I’m always afraid I’ll get a “Thread Locked / Closed; you cannot reply to this” screen. Yes, that is probably what I’d get, but still. For some reason, I keep on thinking that if I got that screen (or a variation thereof), a secret message would be sent to all the mods and admins: > [@](#): > > “Warning: This user has attempted to reply to / quote part of a closed thread. Please review his / her posting history and the number of times they have done something inflammatory so you can determine if their account should be watched very carefully.” Color me extremely paranoid. :eek: F\_X [quote fixed-Czarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/3 "2002-12-03T06:54:17Z")
Note to self: No matter how quickly you hit “Stop” after you discover a mistake, the mistake will almost always go through. (especially with the board being faster nowdays) Can someone please fix that? Thanks. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/4 "2002-12-03T06:55:20Z")
Breathe easy, **Flamsterette**. Nobody’s keeping tabs **that** close. 🙂 Anyway. I’m also frustrated because the Pit thread where **BZ00000** insulted **Coldfire** was closed before I could post, “I am Rilch I am”. (Get it? _Get it_? Heeheehee! :p) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/5 "2002-12-03T06:58:07Z")
D’oh! I was reassuring you about your first post; I hadn’t seen the second one. As far as that second one; I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/6 "2002-12-03T15:29:31Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* \*\* Color me extremely paranoid. :eek: F\_X > [@](#): > > \*\* I didn’t think it was Czarcasm’s turn to watch you until next week 😃 -AmbushBug ---
**Author:** ![My\_Sister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@My\_Sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Sister)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/7 "2002-12-03T18:47:33Z")
**Rilchiam** - If you use the View Source option on your browser, the things people type should be there. It’s pretty cluttered, but if you find a key word in the post you can search down to it. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/8 "2002-12-03T18:50:28Z")
What kind of creative coding are you looking for? I don’t think they’ve added anything recently … ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/9 "2002-12-03T21:05:49Z")
Thanks for fixing the quote, **Czarcasm**. 🙂 **Rilchiam** , I don’t think they’re keeping tabs on us to that high a degree, but still. Sometimes you just have to be careful. **AmbushBug** , are you privy to the secret decisions made by our esteemed mods and admins? I don’t know if that’s a good thing to admit… everyone will soon be after you. 😃 **dantheman** , I don’t think she’s looking for more creative coding options that we might have while posting a reply. (if she was looking for that, she could easily hit “post reply” on any open thread and dixcover any new options for herself that way) I rather think she’s talking about seeing really creative coding in locked threads, and not being able to access it so she can see what was done. (y’know… in case she wishes to emulate that particular piece of really fantastic coding) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/10 "2002-12-03T22:37:45Z")
**Flamsterette** : That’s right. **My Sister** : What’s View Source? Is it in “Internet Options”? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/11 "2002-12-03T22:46:40Z")
But I mean what kind of coding? And is it in only locked threads, or is this just a coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/12 "2002-12-03T22:55:00Z")
**Rilchiam** , at least in Explorer, if you right click on the browser window, ‘view source’ is among the options that pops up. **Flamsterette\_X** is right, the posts do show up; they sure are hard to find, though! It looks to me as if the BB software translates the coding into html. Arrows \<\> instead of brackets , and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/13 "2002-12-03T23:13:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*What’s View Source? Is it in “Internet Options”? \*\* In Opera and MSIE it’s on your View menu: View \> Source. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/14 "2002-12-04T00:11:35Z")
View Source will show you the HTML coding that the software generated, not the vB coding the poster used. However, they’re somewhat similar and that may be enough for you to figure out the vB coding. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/15 "2002-12-04T02:18:27Z")
Okay then! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/16 "2002-12-04T05:44:02Z")
Fancy! Quick, someone lock the thread before \*\*Rilchiam \*\* figures out what i did!! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/17 "2002-12-04T06:23:04Z")
[sub]2[sup]2[/sub]2[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/18 "2002-12-04T06:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*[sub]2[sup]2[/sub]2[/sup] \*\* Whoa. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/19 "2002-12-04T16:09:43Z")
Rilchiam, have you never read the [FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119)? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168/20 "2002-12-04T23:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*Fancy! > Quick, someone lock the thread before \*\*Rilchiam > \*\* figures out what i did!! \*\* Hey, I was going to do something like that in my post, but was way too zonked to do so. F\_X [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-stop-using-creative-coding-in-locked-threads/140168.md?page=2)