# Member Number **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710 "2003-02-17T20:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/21 "2003-02-20T00:31:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hawthorne \* > \*\*1: Invalid > > And yet Cecil [claims](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_022c.html) to dislike the “absurd” _The Prisoner_. Lynn as #2 I can see. And _Ed Zotti_ is Number Six? Sheesh, this stuff writes itself. \*\* This is far too big a coincidence to go unnoticed. I wonder if the SDStaffen have _The Prisoner_ costume parties and stuff. I bet they do. I bet they’re lots of fun too… and I bet they’d never invite people with unimpresseve numbers like you ([5689](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=20192)) and me ([12316](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=12316)). Maybe we should start our own theme club. How about _Get Smart_ or something? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/22 "2003-02-20T18:09:37Z")
> [@](#): > > It is unbelievable that there are 3 bulletin boards and that Straight Dope began in 1973. There weren’t bulletin boards back then, if that’s what you’re thinking. The Straight Dope is a newspaper column, and newspapers did, indeed, exist before computers. This board, the old AOL board, and the various USENET groups didn’t come about until computers were a bit more established. ---
**Author:** ![PurplePerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PurplePerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurplePerson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/23 "2003-02-21T12:02:40Z")
In my head, I can still see the computer, my brother made back then and how surprised he was when it worked. He is now a computer expert that advises computer people all over the world. (However, he won’t advise newbies like me and doesn’t even live here.) When did bulletin boards begin? When did the Straight Dope bulletin board begin? ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/24 "2003-02-22T05:15:13Z")
When I put my cursor over the profile button the user info gets cut off. When I clicked on my profile the address bar said I was user 367.Whoo Hoo! I wonder if that’s true?? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/25 "2003-02-22T05:59:14Z")
Yes, **Qwisp** , it is. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/26 "2003-02-22T13:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > **36: OpalCat (Note, maybe the 36th item in a list should be: “Hi Opal”)** Since that would seriously decrease the frequency of that tired joke, I say your motion has been accepted. From now on, “Hi Opal!” can only be used if it’s the 36th item on a list. Deal. Neato. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/27 "2003-02-23T01:59:31Z")
(very) Willing inmate #11840… saying hello. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/28 "2003-02-23T05:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Since that would seriously decrease the frequency of that tired joke, I say your motion has been accepted. From now on, “Hi Opal!” can only be used if it’s the 36th item on a list. Deal. Neato. \*\* Your fellow staffers will be crucifying you in effigy, **Coldie** , for the number of lists in future posts that are drawn out to 36 items so that that last one can be “Hi Opal!” And you know I’m right! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PurplePerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PurplePerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurplePerson)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/29 "2003-02-23T13:27:46Z")
Did we ever figure out when the Straight Dope Bulletin Board began? That date was not in the thread I read. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/30 "2003-02-25T06:27:16Z")
I thought this have some dark meaning…but… :eek: [Number of the Beast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=666) -LC ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/31 "2003-02-25T06:31:39Z")
Well, it would have been funny if **Satan** was 666. But someone called **maxzmomliz** who posted 3 times then disappeared just doesn’t cut it. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/32 "2003-02-26T05:41:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > \*\*But then who is number 1? \*\* I can’t believe this came up twice in the same week. I was originally registrant #1. However, I was also the first member of the SDMB to have a corrupted user file. We could not repair/resurrect the file, so I had to re-register. It happens sometimes. In the thousands and thousands of registrations, we’ve had . . . maybe a dozen of these. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/33 "2003-02-28T00:19:14Z")
OK, I was wondering about this. How did the member numbers get to be in non-chronological order? Looking at member #s/registration dates, we see that: 2: Lynn Bodoni 03-09-1999 6: Ed Zotti - 02-18-1999 14: Monty 02-19-1999 18: Ian Rey 02-19-1999 19: C K Dexter Haven 02-19-1999 20: Mike Lenehan (5 posts) – 02-20-1999 22: Eutychus – 02-20-1999 31: Cecil Adams – 03-10-1999 Looks like the db crash lasted from about 2.25.99 to 3.9.99 SDStaffRng registered as #29 on 2.25.99 Cecil registered as # 31 on 3.10.99 But … ::cue X-Files Theme:: there is no member number 30! If you had to re-register due to db crash , **Tuba** , Why didn’t you get a number in the 30-31 range? I don’t get it. How’d you get back down to # 2? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/34 "2003-02-28T04:12:30Z")
Shhhh. Cecil was annoyed at being #31 and suspended the laws of mathematics for a few days. Talk about pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710/35 "2003-02-28T06:56:03Z")
Originally, the boards were running Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB), but we switched over to vBulletin (vB), the software we currently used, in the spring of 2000. vB came with a feature to automatically convert over a UBB database, but there were apparently some quirks with the conversion, such that user IDs, registration dates, or both, got tweaked a bit. Likewise for posts and threads, so the thread with thread ID 1 is not necessarily the first thread on the board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-number/155710.md?page=1)