# explanation/apology **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626 "2000-01-26T03:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/1 "2000-01-26T03:59:00Z")
After fuckworm did his ad banner thing, it got me thinking that there are a few really simple ways that people could mess with the board. I decided to write to the board admins about this, but wanted to test it to see if it was a problem first. I know how to fix it and how to prevent the board from allowing it while still letting HTML get posted, otherwise I wouldn’t have brought it up at all (why alert trolls to a tool when there is no fix but turning off html?). In other words, sorry if I scared anyone! Sorry if the admins got mad! I’m actually just trying to SAVE our HTML priveledges. 🙂 * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/2 "2000-01-26T04:10:00Z")
Woohoo! The admins have implimented the fix and it worked 😃 * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/3 "2000-01-26T04:14:00Z")
Opal, Good! Here I was posting whatever inane stuff I could think of to the various ATMB threads in order to sink your Unthread as fast as possible. You and they know more about it than I. So I really don’t need to try my name out as a bold subscript tonight? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/4 "2000-01-26T04:14:00Z")
Opal did y’all (and us) a real solid here and I want to be the first to say “thank you very very much.” Three cheers for Opal! your humble TubaDiva Administrator The Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/5 "2000-01-26T04:53:00Z")
Yeah, except that her Unthread made Netscape crash on my computer. . . Urrr! But thanks for the fix. 🙂 * * * [Cessandra](http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/miscjunk/profile.html) I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-apology/626/6 "2000-01-26T05:14:00Z")
Opal, you are a goddess. I love you.