# Recognition of the excellent work done by the developers of this board software. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467 "2015-02-24T00:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/41 "2015-02-25T21:47:13Z")
If Charlie doesn’t tell the damn Banana Bird joke I’m gonna get pissed. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/42 "2015-02-25T21:55:11Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > [pendant] Actually it’s, “God bless you and Him always!! 🙂 :)” [/pendant] [pedant] It’s pedant [/pedant] If it wasn’t for spelling and grammar assholes like me, this place would be overrun with l33t-speak (Is that still a thing?) and texting shorthand. You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/43 "2015-02-25T22:09:32Z")
This _is_ a good place to give shoutouts to the vBulletin 3.x line. Seriously, I have yet to see a forum software anywhere near as good. Most of the forums I’m on nowadays other than this one are running Woltlab Burning Board, and that thing is _awful_. Clunky, ugly-looking, pure WYSIWYG editor, _eschews hyperlinks_ (no, seriously - in the “notifications” panel, I can’t open links in a new tab because _there are no hyperlinks_ - it just uses some HTML5 bullshit I don’t understand to get me from point A to point B when I click on them, which is really great when I want to, say, open all my updated threads in new tabs), etc. Having a forum still run vBulletin 3.8 is a breath of fresh air. I have yet to see any forum software that even comes close. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/44 "2015-02-25T22:29:58Z")
Now, if only **Ambi** would get working on the search function. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/45 "2015-02-25T22:58:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Now, if only **Ambi** would get working on the search function. And filling the quote/text boxes with — you know — text. (The quote box for this one was empty.) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/46 "2015-02-26T01:06:13Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > This _is_ a good place to give shoutouts to the vBulletin 3.x line. Seriously, I have yet to see a forum software anywhere near as good. Most of the forums I’m on nowadays other than this one are running Woltlab Burning Board, and that thing is _awful_. Clunky, ugly-looking, pure WYSIWYG editor, _eschews hyperlinks_ (no, seriously - in the “notifications” panel, I can’t open links in a new tab because _there are no hyperlinks_ - it just uses some HTML5 bullshit I don’t understand to get me from point A to point B when I click on them, which is really great when I want to, say, open all my updated threads in new tabs), etc. > > Having a forum still run vBulletin 3.8 is a breath of fresh air. I have yet to see any forum software that even comes close. Speak English man! :mad: > [@cochrane](#): > > Now, if only **Ambi** would get working on the search function. Geesh you all sure are an ungrateful bunch. ☹ We’re currently working 19 hour days trying to get the bugs out. Shit ain’t easy. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/47 "2015-02-26T01:13:12Z")
I would like to thank the dillweed that decided pills had to be round, so they roll off the table and onto the floor when you remove them from a bottle. Without that little invention, so many cats would be bored silly watching their subjects take a pill. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/48 "2015-02-26T01:22:38Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > [pedant] It’s pedant [/pedant] > > If it wasn’t for spelling and grammar assholes like me, this place would be overrun with l33t-speak (Is that still a thing?) and texting shorthand. > > You’re welcome! I was thinking maybe he had a pendant with that line engraved. Something for the Straight Dope gift shop? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/49 "2015-02-26T02:39:18Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > Oh, gosh! I always thought they were called, “ski boots”. No? > > Perhaps I should go back and consult my notes from my “Introduction to Windows” terminology that I took back in the beginning of the 1990s? Oh, dear! That sure was a long time ago. > > I don’t think that people had even heard of the “Banana Bird joke” back then. Oh well, that has always been a sticky wicket to pass by. I’m not sure why. I tried to Google that joke - just to see where I stood on it, and to my great surprise, it didn’t even make the Google index. Instead it asked me if I meant to query “banana bread” instead. I was plum put out by that. Who the Heck ever heard of a “banana bread joke”? IMO, that was just plum stupid! **Charlie** , I genuinely think you ought to have your own forum: I’d subscribe to every thread. ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/50 "2015-02-26T03:03:42Z")
Ambivalid, I’d like to join with Charlie in thanking you and your fellow computer geeks for this lovely board. And, a small question: I’ve noticed that there is a little green dot next to my name when I’m reading the board…and I happen to be a recycler. Does the little green dot next to everyone elses names mean that they, too, are recyclers? If so, how in the world did you ever figure that out? And for all those losers with the gray dots…BOO!!! BOO!!! Lets all join together to save our beautiful planet! God bless you and It always!!! :):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/51 "2015-02-26T03:17:31Z")
Oh **LouLou7** , that blessing at the end does bring back some beautiful memories. Thanks for that. (insert sarcasm here) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/52 "2015-02-26T17:50:48Z")
KayT, I’m just guessing but I think the green dot means that person is currently active and logged into this board. So no one should try to hijack their PC at that time. People must wait until they are logged off before attempting to hijack their PC. In that way, they won’t likely notice if you empty out their bank accounts at that time. They will, of course, find out, the next time they access their online bank account. But people will be safe until that time. Again, that is just my opinionion. I saw that on The Onionion web site. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/53 "2015-02-26T18:30:46Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > KayT, > > I’m just guessing but I think the green dot means that person is currently active and logged into this board. So no one should try to hijack their PC at that time. People must wait until they are logged off before attempting to hijack their PC. In that way, they won’t likely notice if you empty out their bank accounts at that time. > > They will, of course, find out, the next time they access their online bank account. But people will be safe until that time. > > Again, that is just my opinionion. I saw that on The Onionion web site. That’s brilliant! Ambivalid, you’ve done it again. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/54 "2015-02-26T18:43:16Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > If Charlie doesn’t tell the damn Banana Bird joke I’m gonna get pissed. If it’s the same one that I know it’s hilarious so I’ll tell it but I’ll spoil it so as not to ruin anyone elses day in case they don’t want to know what it is. Why can a bird fly? Because it’s not a banana > [@August\_West](#): > > [pedant] It’s pedant [/pedant] [pendant] I’m not so sure. I’ve never seen it spelled that way [/pendant] ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/55 "2015-02-26T18:56:56Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > it’s hilarious No, that’s bad. I much prefer the saying: _Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana._ ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/56 "2015-02-26T20:25:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > If Charlie doesn’t tell the damn Banana Bird joke I’m gonna get pissed. OK. I’m working on it and I will probably post in the MPSIMS forum. Just give me a day or two. OK? In the meantime, you may enjoy Post #572 of this thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721123&page=3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721123&page=3) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/57 "2015-02-26T22:05:57Z")
This boy ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/58 "2015-02-26T22:36:42Z")
Holy $#!^. I just realized I can change the SIZE of the window when I view SD. Double thumbs up developers. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/59 "2015-02-26T22:54:05Z")
I like performance art also! ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognition-of-the-excellent-work-done-by-the-developers-of-this-board-software/713467/60 "2015-02-26T23:44:17Z")
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