# Rex Fenestrarum banned by request **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381 "2005-01-24T06:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 27, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/21 "2005-01-27T04:37:06Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Wow, auto-da-fe by defenestration! You don’t see _that_ too often. You used my favorite word. 😃 Yes, I get the pun inherent in the name. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/22 "2005-01-27T07:49:56Z")
_auto-da-fe_? Why would the Spanish for “taxi” be your favourite word? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/23 "2005-01-27T08:26:12Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > _auto-da-fe_? Why would the Spanish for “taxi” be your favourite word? No, I mean **defenestration**. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/24 "2005-01-27T11:11:35Z")
Whooooooosh?? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/25 "2005-01-27T22:24:55Z")
Afraid so. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/26 "2005-01-27T22:31:12Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Rex Fenestrarum banned by request Holy shit, you guys take requests? I’ll get a list together and email you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/27 "2005-01-28T00:01:59Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > …his name always raised a smile as being genuinely witty and funny. Care to enlighten us witless and unfunny folks? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/28 "2005-01-28T00:35:00Z")
See my post (post #6 of the thread). – unless you already saw it and just think it’s witless and unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/29 "2005-01-28T02:38:30Z")
Oh, I get it now. I managed to miss that post the first time around. Told you I was witless. ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/30 "2005-02-09T22:18:48Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Wow, auto-da-fe by defenestration! You don’t see _that_ too often. Ironically, “auto da fe” actually meant _the public announcement of the sentences_ imposed on persons tried by the Inquisition, not just the public execution of those sentences by the secular authorities. This thread, and all ban announcements could be called literal _auto da fe_s. Well, except for the fact that they aren’t conducted by the Inquisition–but these days, what is? So this is as close as it gets. Don’t get the wrong idea. I have no gripes with the moderation here. Having typed that, I wonder if this might be an annoying funny-onces that gets posted twice a week by maroons like me who don’t hang out in ATB. Sorry, guys. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/31 "2005-02-09T23:14:18Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > I do get condescending vibes from **Q.E.D.** at times. It seems he has little patience with dumb questions that have been asked again and again in GQ. It’s no way near “junior modding”, but sometimes I want to say “Dude, why do you respond, if it annoys you that much?” > It’s not something I’d ever pit him for, we all have our quirks. But I can see that someone with a thinner skin, who may have clashed with Q.E.D. before, might develop a grudge. > > just my ?.02 Teo, is that you? 😉 I wonder if it is a trend? [general observation] I know of a couple other places where people with three letter usernames seem to have appointed themselves “junior mods” - maybe I’m just looking for patterns that aren’t there. I do know I’ve not noticed Q.E.D. enough to make that assumption/observation about him/her specifically … maybe the shorter names are what is sticking out in regards to people’s behaviours online to me. ← points out her user name is four letters long[/general observation] ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/32 "2005-02-10T08:50:04Z")
it’s actually not a bad way to go… if yer trying to make a point. Self-martyrism if you will. Since SDMB’s new policy of at least giving a semblence of an explanation of why someone is banned… it’s one final way for someone to give voice to thier beef w/ this site. I think, in part, his beef was how certain mods/admins (and maybe the occassional SDSAB) take the High & Mighty, better than any non-liberal anyday, heavy handed, self-righteous approach to thier duties. Not that any of them have been accused of that lately. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/33 "2005-02-10T10:04:39Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > And after reading the last two links I finally get his username: “Windows King.” :smack: They banned Bill Gates? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/34 "2005-02-10T14:20:18Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > I ask because I’ve been under a lot of outside pressure lately (family health issues, a fundraising project, and other assorted strains), and I’ve been thinking about taking an extended break from here. Not that I’d melt down like **Rex** did, but if I mentioned it in a thread, I wouldn’t want it to be immediately interpreted that I wanted a “ban-by-request.” (grabbing a pitchfork and lighting a torch) BAN HIM! By the way, I now hate **Squink** with every fiber of my being for getting in the first “defenestration” joke. Nothin’ personal. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/35 "2005-02-10T22:02:55Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > By the way, I now hate **Squink** with every fiber of my being for getting in the first “defenestration” joke. Neener Neener! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/36 "2005-02-10T22:33:51Z")
Look, gang, the King left the building (apparently through the Window) a long time ago. Can’t we let this rest? Hmmmm … apparently not :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/37 "2005-02-10T22:38:13Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Look, gang, the King left the building (apparently through the Window) Lucky he wasn’t the Wind. He could break a leg doing that! ---
**Author:** ![rkts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@rkts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rkts)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/38 "2005-02-12T03:15:17Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > See my post (post #6 of the thread). – unless you already saw it and just think it’s witless and unfunny. I still don’t get it. You’re saying you found it witty that he picked a phrase and translated it into Latin? Or am I missing something? (Latin words and phrases are, by the way, very popular at his favorite board, Ars Technica – if you can’t tell by the name.) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/39 "2005-02-12T03:51:21Z")
> [@rkts](#): > > I still don’t get it. You’re saying you found it witty that he picked a phrase and translated it into Latin? Or am I missing something? Yes, you are obviously missing something. You might try reading the thread all the way through. **Case Sensitive** was the one who said it was “witty and funny.” I was just responding to **sturmhauke’s** remark, since it was unclear whether he missed my own earlier explanation, or just didn’t get the joke. I expressed no opinion on whether it was witty or not - I was just kicking myself for not understanding the significance of the name in the first place, given **Rex’s** abiding affection for Microsoft products. ---
**Author:** ![rkts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@rkts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rkts)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381/40 "2005-02-12T15:41:51Z")
Well, it sounded like you and **Case Sensitive** were of the same mind on this, so I figured I could ask either one of you. I’m _so_ sorry I misinterpreted you. How’s this? > [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Only ran across the guy posting a couple of times, but his name always raised a smile as being genuinely witty and funny. Even after **Colibri** ’s clarification, I still don’t get it. You’re saying you found it witty that he picked a phrase and translated it into Latin? Or am I missing something? (Latin words and phrases are, by the way, very popular at his favorite board, Ars Technica – if you can’t tell by the name.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-fenestrarum-banned-by-request/286381.md?page=3)