# Sterling North makes a booboo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 1999, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218 "1999-11-18T20:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/1 "1999-11-18T20:35:00Z")
Ya’ll gotta see this. [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000285.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000285.html) * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/2 "1999-11-18T20:39:00Z")
I see, but I don’t know the message. Perhaps I should just post the link of infamy instead. [www.(insert]([http://www](http://www).(insert) Small Wonder Website).com I really hope that takes the code with the “()” in it. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/3 "1999-11-18T20:42:00Z")
I’m sorry. I guess I should have told you to scroll down to the bottom of the page. It really is a classic. Especially when you read his sig line in that post. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/4 "1999-11-18T20:43:00Z")
Man, I gotta quit getting suckered into threads where Sqrl posts that thing. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/5 "1999-11-18T20:46:00Z")
Ah, I see that now. Too funny. BTW, the link I posted should not work. hehehehe. I just thought it would be funny to mention it. When all else fails post [www.whateverthecorrectaddressis.com](http://www.whateverthecorrectaddressis.com) but I know that the link really is not working. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/6 "1999-11-18T20:53:00Z")
Hilarious! And he picked my test thread to do it. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/7 "1999-11-18T20:56:00Z")
If you use Netscape Navigator, nothing is visible on that page. IE users only. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/8 "1999-11-18T21:00:00Z")
No fair! Damn you, Bill Gates! Damn you straight to Hell! * * * Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, dogs are from Pluto. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/9 "1999-11-18T21:02:00Z")
SO - someone tell us what is says!!! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/10 "1999-11-18T21:08:00Z")
I don’t think I can explain it with words. How 'bout if I do a screen capture and send you a .jpg or .gif? It really is quite funny. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/11 "1999-11-18T23:11:00Z")
Good grief! I had to log off of the Mac, and come downstairs to use a Wind-blows machine, but it was worth it! * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/12 "1999-11-19T02:53:00Z")
Oh God! I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks! I always wondered what it would take to bring the omnipresent TubaDiva down on someone. Guys, if you haven’t seen it yet, hurry. I doubt it will be around for very long. ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/13 "1999-11-19T03:25:00Z")
Well, it looks like I earn some popularity (or at least noteriaity) arter all; UncleBeer starts a thread about me. Anyway I’d love to see the what admonishment I recieved, but I use Netscape and can’t see anything in that thread! I was testing how to make a table look all nice so you can insert the results of a poll (for this thread [here](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002595.html).) I forgot the \ code. Stop laughing, it could happen to you. Anyway, isn’t that what test threads are for, so that you don’t accidentally kill a real thread. No computers seemed to be destroyed. No innocent people killed. I broke a **test** thread. Anyway, I guess I’ll look at the good side. [ul][li]I geta mention by UnleBeer[/li][li]I geta entire thread devoted to me![/ul][/li]Yeah, so I guess it is true, [Incompetance Pays Off!](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002618.html) * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/14 "1999-11-19T03:25:00Z")
Well, it looks like I earn some popularity (or at least noteriaity) arter all; UncleBeer starts a thread about me. Anyway I’d love to see the what admonishment I recieved, but I use Netscape and can’t see anything in that thread! I was testing how to make a table look all nice so you can insert the results of a poll (for this thread [here](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002595.html).) I forgot the \ code. Stop laughing, it could happen to you. Anyway, isn’t that what test threads are for, so that you don’t accidentally kill a real thread. No computers seemed to be destroyed. No innocent people killed. I broke a **test** thread. Anyway, I guess I’ll look at the good side. [ul][li]I geta mention by UnleBeer[/li][li]I geta entire thread devoted to me![/ul][/li]Yeah, so I guess it is true, [Incompetance Pays Off!](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002618.html) * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/15 "1999-11-19T03:26:00Z")
and i mess up again today’s just not my day ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/16 "1999-11-19T03:27:00Z")
All right! An encore! And for his next trick, SterlingNorth will now detonate SDMB’s main server! * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/17 "1999-11-19T04:13:00Z")
TubaDiva is \*\*NOT\*amused. But _I_am! Great job, SterlingNorth. Keep it up, but not in my threads… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 1999, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterling-north-makes-a-booboo/11218/18 "1999-11-19T04:26:00Z")
If you wish, the full apology is in “About this Message Board.” It’s in a new thread “Yes that’s right! I killed ‘Test.2’” I’m not even gonna try code tonight. UBB or HTML. and as always. . . * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.