# practice post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926 "2002-07-14T17:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/1 "2002-07-14T17:48:33Z")
[http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/g/r/gracer/kesr05.jpg.html](http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/g/r/gracer/kesr05.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![jaybee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jaybee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaybee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/2 "2002-07-14T22:31:13Z")
I am logged in, why can’t I post? ---
**Author:** ![piaffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@piaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piaffe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/3 "2002-07-15T21:18:37Z")
This is my attempt to post in this thread using the quick-reply box; this thread was opened in a different window from my problem thread. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/4 "2002-07-16T22:07:26Z")
Will This Code Center My Text? [c]Will This Code Center My Text? [/c] [subc]Will This Code Center My Text? [/subc] [supc]Will This Code Center My Text? [/supc] ---
**Author:** ![piaffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@piaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piaffe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/5 "2002-07-16T22:10:21Z")
www.www]dummy link ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/6 "2002-07-17T18:10:28Z")
Sig test. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/7 "2002-07-17T21:07:27Z")
sig test II ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/8 "2002-07-17T21:27:58Z")
Lets try again… ---
**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:** [July 19, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/9 "2002-07-19T08:10:06Z")
Taking **Osiris’** advice in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126148) about the “cent sign”… > [@](#): > > Press and hold down the ALT key then type 0162. Tada! ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Okay, just wanted to test to see if it worked for me. 🙂 No, I did NOT copy and paste the ¢ sign from the quote above, as that would be counter-productive. Psst, **zoid**! It’s a lower-case “L” in **lno** ’s name, not a capital “I”! Common mistake, though. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/10 "2002-07-19T15:04:01Z")
 1ST PLACE  ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/11 "2002-07-19T15:13:22Z")
 1ST PLACE  ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/12 "2002-07-19T15:15:14Z")
 1ST PLACE  ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/13 "2002-07-19T15:16:37Z")
 1ST PLACE  ---
**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:** [July 19, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/14 "2002-07-19T18:41:39Z")
**JohnBckWLD** , are the characters in your post supposed to just be squares? That’s what I see them as. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/15 "2002-07-19T22:12:37Z")
Polling is closed. **Thanks** to the Dopers who responded. **1st: Honorable Mentions, Notes & Asides** [ul][li]_Newcomers to the 6 @ 6_: 5-HT, da\_pope, epeepunk, HenrySpencer, Jeremy’s Evil Twin (just before being banned), Leechbabe, Leechboy, minty green & saoirse. [_]HenrySpencer & Dragon Phoenix: Whose requested Alice Cooper poll will be in the C’s (right after Sam Cooke…if we make it that far)[_]_5-HT_: A _real_ stoner would’ve added Snowblind, Supernaut, Killing Yourself To Live, Hand of Doom or Trashed to their Sweet Leaf pick. [_]Minor Irritant: Yer beefin about turning 30 (which admittedly does suck) before we get to ZZ Top? Odds are I’ll be nearing 40 (which really sucks!)[_]_thermalribbon_: You’re right on the money. [/ul][/li] **2nd: Venus Fly Trap** More “high search count” words secretly e-mailed to me by another _anonymous_ moderator who’s privy to classified message board information: Contrecation, Clam Dive, Fence Painting, Irrumate, Mentulate, Philematology, Pygobombe, Pearl Necklace, Scarfing, Sitopilia, Spooge, T-back, Triple Play, Velvet Saddle[sub]_Warning: Do Not highlight this cheap, tawdry search gimmick used by the pay sites_[/sub] **3rd: Increase the Hit Count** The Voters, Past & Present List - For those who do vanity searches: [ul][li]Voting In 9 Polls: astorian.[/li] [li]Voting In 7 Polls: dead0man.[/li] [li]Voting In 5 Polls: chief, grendel72 & WSLer.[/li] [li]Voting In 4 Polls: 5 time champ, Labdad & RealityChuck. [/li] [li]Voting In 3 Polls: Fish42, galt (2X Posthumously), Hugh Jass, K364, Minor Irritant, Mudshark, Narrad, scout1222, Skijumper & tourbot [/li] [li]Voting In 2 Polls: Dragon Phoenix, Dryga\_Yes, essvee, Fenris, gex gex, John Carter of Mars, Leifsmama, Living Dead Girl, Manduck, pepperlandgirl, thermalribbon,Wartime Consigliori.[/li] [li]Voting In 1 Poll: 5-HT, Airbeck, andrew Dupont, andros, arachnidlove, ArchiveGuy, auntie em, bibliophile, bristlesage, bugg, cainxinth, capybara, Cherry\_Blossom\_, ChristmasEve, Chrome Spot, da\_pope, dinahmoe, easy e, elfkin477, epeepunk, gallows fodder, gonzoron, hajario, Happy Lendervedder, hardygrrl, hazel-rah, HenrySpencer, HoldenCaulfield, horhay\_achoa, Interrobang!?, Jeremy’s Evil Twin, jolemale, Jonathan Chance, Kyomara, lawoot, Leechbabe, Leechboy, LindyHopper, Lockz, LunaSea, matt\_mcl, minty green, Mr. Green Fool, MsWhatsit, panamajack, plnnr, Reeder, saoirse, Sigmundex, stankow, Supernate, tavalla, ThePyroWeasel, Treviathan, Ukulele Ike, vinryk, waterj2, widdershins & -zorch.[/ul][/li] **4th: Past polls and Results:** (Results to follow from our concurrent [\*\* Black Sabbath\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125265) and [\*\* AC/DC\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125268) polls from week #14). Now that’s it’s history, we can add it to the pile of: [\*\* Black Crowes\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=124090), [\*\* Bjork/Sugarcubes\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122944),[\*\* B52’s\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121780),[\*\* Chuck Berry\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120533),[\*\* The Beastie Boys\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119243),[\*\* Jeff Beck\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118062),[\*\* The Band\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=116976),[\*\* The Beach Boys\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=115792),[\*\* The Beatles\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114515),[\*\* The Animals\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110522),[\*\* Tori Amos\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109202),[\*\* The Allman Brothers\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107748) and[\*\* Aerosmith\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106595) polls. **5th: Week 14 Results Part 1:** Here are your Black Sabbath Selections:  1ST PLACE  **Sabbath Bloody Sabbath & War Pigs** : Tied _9_Votes  2ND PLACE  **Paranoid** : With _8_Votes  3RD PLACE  **Iron Man** : With _7_Votes  4TH PLACE  **Iron Man** : With _6_Votes  5TH PLACE  **N.I.B. & Sweet Leaf** : Tied _5_Votes  6TH PLACE  **Black Sabbath, Fairies Wear Boots Fairies-Jack The Stripper & Heaven and Hell** : Tied _4_Votes  7TH PLACE  **Hand Of Doom** : With _3_Votes  8TH PLACE  **Hole In The Sky, Into the Void, Killing Yourself to Live, Spiral Architect, Symptom of the Universe, Warning & Wheels Of Confusion-The Straightner** : Tied _2_Votes  1 VOTE EACH  **A National Acrobat, After Forever, Children of the Grave, Die Young, Dirty Women, Electric Funeral, Eternal Idol, Falling Off the Edge of the World, Juniors Eyes, Megalomania, Nativity In Black, Neon Knights, Saint Vitus’ Dance, Snowblind, Tomorrows Dream, Trashed, Under The Sun-Everyday Comes And Goes & Zero the Hero.** : _1_ Vote Each…Here’s where you’ll find some great chestnuts. **6th: Week 14 Results Part 2:** Here are your concurrent AC/DC Selections:  1ST PLACE  **Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap** : With _7_Votes  2ND PLACE  **Back In Black** : With _5_Votes  3RD PLACE  **(You Shook Me)All Night Long, T N T, Thunderstruck & Whole Lotta Rosie**: Tied _4_Votes  4TH PLACE  **For Those About To Rock (We Salute You), Hell’s Bells & Highway To Hell**: Tied _3_Votes  5TH PLACE  **Bad Boy Boogie, Big Balls, Ride On, Rocker & Who Made Who** : Tied _2_Votes  RUNNERS UP  **Ain’t No Fun Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire, Down Payment Blues, Girls Got Rhythm, Have a Drink on Me, I Put the Finger on You, Nick of Time, Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution, Shake a Leg. Shot Down in Flames, The Jack, Up to My Neck in You, & What’s Next to the Moon.** : _1_ Vote Each…Another great place to find some great chestnuts. **7th: Disclaminers & Announcements** This is a democracy, so once again; if you feel I’ve passed alphabetically passed over a band say so. I {try to} show no bias toward any group. If there are no requests, next week will feature: **Blue Öyster Cult**. No offense intended toward: Blind Faith, Blind Melon, Blondie, Blue Cheer, Blue Cheer et al. **8th: Week #15’s Poll** Without further ado, the brats from California, our 11th “B-Band” \*\*Blink (182) {for you latecomers}: Here are my _6_ **Blink 182** picks: 1. Dumpweed 2. Dammit 3. All The Small Things 4. Anthem Part 2 5. Carousel 6. What’s My Age Again For the record: Adam’s Song is much too depressing to include **Thanking you all in advance**. Have a great weekend. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-post/118926/16 "2002-07-20T00:50:39Z")
**JohnBckWLD** , that was quite an impressive bit of coding! How long did it take you to do? Would take ME ages… F\_X