# So what's this about banning for hijacking threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515 "2002-03-11T06:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/41 "2002-03-11T22:24:52Z")
:innocent eyes: Oh dear, I’m confoosed. :0( Would somebody tell me what constitutes a hijack? ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/42 "2002-03-11T23:05:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > **I’d heard a rumor that people who hijack threads with complete non sequiturs will be banned? WTF? Is this a new rule?** Oh heavens yes. We are now making a number of official rule changes. Posters will be notified of these new rules through vague suggestions made by random members of an IRC chatroom that is not in any way affiliated with the boards. We think that’s the most logical way to do it. _snort_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/43 "2002-03-11T23:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\*Posters will be notified of these new rules through vague suggestions made by random members of an IRC chatroom that is not in any way affiliated with the boards._snort_ \*\* So, business as usual? (D&R) ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/44 "2002-03-11T23:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\* > Oh heavens yes. We are now making a number of official rule changes. Posters will be notified of these new rules through vague suggestions made by random members of an IRC chatroom that is not in any way affiliated with the boards. > > We think that’s the most logical way to do it. _snort_ \*\* You’re **notifying** posters about rule change? Buncha wimps!😉 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/45 "2002-03-11T23:21:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\* > > * * * > > dropzone is right. (wring, Jan 19, 2001) > \*\* Prove it! D & R ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/46 "2002-03-11T23:29:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh heavens yes. We are now making a number of official rule changes. Posters will be notified of these new rules through vague suggestions made by random members of an IRC chatroom that is not in any way affiliated with the boards. But, we know who you are and this isn’t chat. Are we supposed to not believe you? New software and sarcasm is more than I can handle. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/47 "2002-03-12T00:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Alphagene** _ > > Oh heavens yes. We are now making a number of official rule changes. Posters will be notified of these new rules through vague suggestions made by random members of an IRC chatroom that is not in any way affiliated with the boards. > > We think that’s the most logical way to do it. _snort_ Oh, don’t get all smarmy with me, ya weenie. I just wanted to know from whence the rumor sprung, and, as already linked, it was rooted in a thread on the temp board (one which I - amazingly! - hadn’t read). :wally Esprix ---
**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:** [March 12, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/48 "2002-03-12T00:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\*Prove it! \*\* (shocked, hurt look that someone would suggest I’d lie when it is easy to prove that I did) Proof will have to wait until the board speeds up. I don’t want to slow the board down with a search. (That oughta buy me a bit of time!) ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/49 "2002-03-12T00:12:46Z")
Nice try, **droppy** , but all the threads from December something or other until the hack have been lost. BWaaahahahahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/50 "2002-03-12T00:24:12Z")
(Oh, and in case anyone misinterprets, my post above was meant with a wink, not seriously.) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/51 "2002-03-12T02:41:48Z")
Mmmmmm…you can really taste the goat. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/52 "2002-03-12T11:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > **Tavalla, I just got your sig. After seeing it I don’t know how many times. (Do we have a “duh” smiley?) > (It is a mouse, right?)** 😃 Yep, it’s a computer mouse : pause for groan : Actually, you haven’t seen it that many times - I only changed it to the mouse since the board reopened, so you don’t need the duh. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/53 "2002-03-12T13:24:13Z")
Stoid that is one of my favorite jokes! If you’re running through a forest and your cannoe gets a flat, how many pancakes does it take to build a dog house? 12 cause…Ice cream has no bones! But you gotta’ say it really fast to really messed up people. Oh wait?! You mean that wasn’t the OP? Shit! Guess I’m outta here with the rest of you. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/54 "2002-03-12T23:56:54Z")
It just occurs to me that :o should be coded as “:hummer:”. Don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/55 "2002-03-13T23:05:16Z")
Cars equipped with Lowjack are recovered over 95% of the time within 24 hours of being stolen. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/56 "2002-03-14T06:59:02Z")
Incidentally, what eventually happened to D.B. Cooper? y’know, hijacking and all… ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/57 "2002-03-15T19:09:24Z")
re: daylight savings time > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\* > We don’t. Perhaps you mean Daylight _Saving_ Time? \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > \*\*Not a regionalism, just a common misconception. It’s evidently so common that dictionaries now include the alternate pluralized form. Of course, those same dictionaries also list “irregardless”. > \*\* Quite common, evidently. \*Perhaps \* you’re a pedantic :wally > [@](#): > > Tell time by the U.S. Atomic Clock -The official U.S. time that governs ship movements, radio stations, space flights, and warplanes. With small radio receivers hidden inside our timepieces, they automatically syncronize to the U.S. Atomic Clock (which measures each second of time as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a cesium 133 atom in a vacuum) and give time which is accurate to 1 second every million years. Our timepieces even account automatically for daylight savings time , leap years, and leap seconds. > [@](#): > > NOAA satellites use Zulu Time or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as their time reference. The satellite images that appear on NOAA’s Web sites are stamped in Zulu time. > > To make the conversion to your local time, see the chart below. Find your local time in the first column. If you are on Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT), you would use the second column to find your Zulu Time/UTC. For instance, if it’s 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time in Washington, D.C., it’s 1500 hours in Zulu time/UTC ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/58 "2002-03-16T15:16:17Z")
does anybody know what kind of glue i should use to attach marbles to my bowling ball its going to go outside and will in the sun and cold so temperatures from 0 to 100 ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/59 "2002-03-17T13:35:33Z")
Does anybody know where I can get a good Grade 11/12 chemistry course by distance ed, preferably Canadian? However, the burning question is, Dave316, what on earth are you doing up at the ungodly hour of 8 am on a Saturday??? (Actually, I’m dying to know what you’re doing with those marbles and bowling ball?!) ---
**Author:** ![dave316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dave316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dave316)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515/60 "2002-03-18T01:17:21Z")
i will be using the bowling ball as a substitute for a gazing ball (those silver looking globe things you see in peoples yards ) They are more durable than gazing balls and also very cheap Since i got this bowling ball for a dollar at goodwill . You can also attach coins, buttons or just paint them with metallic paint [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-this-about-banning-for-hijacking-threads/97515.md?page=4)