# test, this is a test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302 "2002-04-12T19:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Testy32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@Testy32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy32)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/1 "2002-04-12T19:50:53Z")
This is a test. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/2 "2002-04-13T04:20:04Z")
All right, curiosity’s got the better of me. What’s up with this? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/3 "2002-04-13T14:05:22Z")
Testy32 is a username that was created for the staff to test things at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/4 "2002-04-13T14:34:39Z")
So who do we report the sock to…? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/5 "2002-04-13T15:29:05Z")
That’s what I figured. What exactly are you testing here? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/6 "2002-04-13T18:27:54Z")
More testing. ---
**Author:** ![Testy32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@Testy32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy32)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/7 "2002-04-13T18:30:35Z")
Let’s see what happens now. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/8 "2002-04-13T18:34:57Z")
“Don’t look now, but there’s one too many in this room and I think it’s you.” - Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![Testy32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@Testy32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy32)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/9 "2002-04-13T18:40:33Z")
You’re not just whistling Dixie! ---
**Author:** ![Testy32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@Testy32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy32)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/10 "2002-04-13T18:42:25Z")
When it rains it pours. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-this-is-a-test/103302/11 "2002-04-13T18:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > What exactly are you testing here? Stuff. e.g. how the software handles people in different user groups.