# The current Threadspotting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944>\
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**Created:** [January 26, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944 "2015-01-26T20:28:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/1 "2015-01-26T20:28:12Z")

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The current Threadspotting link leads to [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747383](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747383) , which gives an “invalid thread specified”. Now, usually, that error message means that a mod wished the thread into the cornfield. Which either means that there was a disagreement between the mods about just how funny the thread was (in which case it should probably be replaced by some other thread), or (more likely) **TubaDiva** had a couple of windows open while going about her mod business and accidentally C&Ped the wrong link.

Can anyone fix that?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/2 "2015-01-26T20:49:36Z")

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It was the best of threads, it was the worst of threads.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/3 "2015-01-27T02:23:34Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> The current Threadspotting link leads to [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747383](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747383) , which gives an “invalid thread specified”. Now, usually, that error message means that a mod wished the thread into the cornfield.

To be precise, when a thread is wished into the cornfield, it gives the message “[**Username**], you do not have permission to access this page.” The \*invalid thread \*error comes when specifying a thread that does not exist at all.

Why this should happen, when threads are numbered sequentially, and we’ve gone past the assigned number is a mystery. I suspect a database glitch.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/4 "2015-01-27T03:15:47Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> I suspect a database glitch.

Strangely, the North Korean government is silent on this. Make of it what you will.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/5 "2015-01-27T03:44:41Z")

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Maybe they lost the thread and are asking for our help in spotting it.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/6 "2015-01-28T04:21:08Z")

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So it’s a loose thread?

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/7 "2015-01-28T23:48:32Z")

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Looks like it was just a typo. Thread number was 747383, should have been 747338, and it’s fixed.

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**Author:** ![riopelnet112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@riopelnet112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riopelnet112)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/8 "2015-01-29T05:21:02Z")

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Yet God has revealed that there is no differentiation between men and women in terms of piety and that men and women have equal responsibilities when it comes to doing good works.

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**Author:** ![kltranslations112](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kltranslations112/32/7325_2.png) [@kltranslations112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kltranslations112)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-threadspotting/710944/9 "2015-01-29T11:11:13Z")

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Hay muchas ocasiones en las que los golpes o caídas que podemos sufrir en nuestras vidas no son simples accidentes que sufrimos o cuestión de mala suerte, sino que son fruto de jugar al límite del riesgo sin ver que cualquier movimiento en falso puede hacer que tengamos un importante percance.
