# TheNewbie screws up a bunch of code! (first test post) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 28, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250 "2001-09-28T03:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/1 "2001-09-28T03:01:59Z")
Well, I’ve had enough! I want to be stylish and cool. I want to quote other dopers, I want to give links, I want to be in **bold** baby! And I’m going to do this all on my own. No asking for help, no looking at instructions, and damnit no preview! Have I gone _crazy_ you ask? I don’t think so, I should be able to figure this out since my major in [college](http://www.delta.edu) is Computer Science! So I need some of you pro-dopers to rate me on my first vB code performace. [list=1] [li]Style[/li][li]Accuracy of Code[/li][li]Correct Usage[/li][/list=1] So as one smart person probably said > [@](#): > > How 'my doin boss? You could email me ([don@colbathracing.com](mailto:don@colbathracing.com)),or just do it the easy way and rate my performance by replying here ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/2 "2001-09-28T03:12:52Z")
Well, personally, I find underline to be silly. Use italics instead. Also there are a few things you’re missing. They aren’t in the vB code link, but were added for the scientific types in GQ and stuff. Without them, we could never talk about H[sub]2[/sub]O or how e=mc[sup]2[/sup]. Also, there’s smilies. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/3 "2001-09-28T03:22:22Z")
[sup]l[sub]l[/sup]l[/sub] x[sub]n[sub]k[/sub][/sub] 2[sup]2[sup]n[/sup][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/4 "2001-09-28T03:27:18Z")
Welcome to The Straight Dop[sub]®[/sub]e! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/5 "2001-09-28T03:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*[sup]l[sub]l[/sup]l[/sub] > > x[sub]n[sub]k[/sub][/sub] > > 2[sup]2[sup]n[/sup][/sup] \*\* :eek: I didn’t know you could do that! Can it go further? Enquiring minds want to know! a[sup]b[sup]c[sup]d[sup]e[sup]f[sup]g[sup]h[sup]i[sup]j[sup]k[/sup][/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] F[sub]e[sub]n[sub]r[sub]i[sub]s[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/6 "2001-09-28T03:34:25Z")
Huh. How 'bout dat! F[sub]e[sub]n[sub]r[sub]i[sub]s was[/sub] h[/sub]e[/sub]r[/sub]e[/sub] Oh, my. I see the potential for fun! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/7 "2001-09-28T03:52:01Z")
T[sub]h[sub]i[sub]s[/sub] [/sub] [/sub][sup]C[sup]o[sup]u[sup]l[sup]d[/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup][sub]B[sub]e [sub]R[sub]e[sub]a[sub]l[sub]l[sub]y[/sub] [/sub] [/sub] [/sub] [/sub] [/sub] [/sub] [/sub][sup]F[sup]u[sup]n[sup]![sup]![sup]![/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] [/sup] Or It could get really annoying 😉 Either way, I’m still having fun! Thanks for the help guys, you’ll be seeing **TheNewbie** around for a long time. Whether you want me or not! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/8 "2001-09-28T21:13:17Z")
[sup][sup][sup][sup]O[/sup]o[/sup]h[/sup]! L[/sup][sub]e[sub]a[sub]r[sub]n s[/sub]o[/sub]m[/sub]e[/sub]t[sup]h[sup]i[sup]n[sup]g e[/sup]v[/sup]e[/sup]r[/sup][sub]y[sub]d[sub]a[sub]y.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/9 "2001-09-28T22:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Or It could get really annoying. That didn’t take long. ---
**Author:** ![permissiontofreelspeekly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@permissiontofreelspeekly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/permissiontofreelspeekly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/10 "2001-09-28T23:17:39Z")
I believe this is browser dependent. Anyone out there that sees steps of two letter instead of one? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/11 "2001-09-28T23:19:30Z")
So why doesn’t **permissiontofreelspeekly** have a post count, or a member status? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/12 "2001-09-28T23:21:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*So why doesn’t **permissiontofreelspeekly** have a post count, or a member status? \*\* And as soon as I posted that, (s)he does. Must’ve been a hiccup. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/13 "2001-09-29T03:24:43Z")
\*\*A note on the [\*\*sub] and [**sup] functions** Though it seems to depend on the browser you are using (for viewing, not for submitting, of course), you can get small text by interlocking the [\*\*sub] and [\*\*sup] functions. So tell me [sup][sub]if it works for you[/sub][/sup]. When it works, the text is small but the baseline is maintained instead of pushing the lines above or below it (depending on whether you used [\*\*sub] and [\*\*sup], of course) away. Neat. I also tested the limits of the [\*\*quote] function, which I think ended up being around 12 or so nested quotes. God how I would love to have an argument so complicated as to require that! I think I would quit posting forever, and retire as king of the world (Emperor Norton was my grandaddy ;)). ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/14 "2001-09-29T03:35:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by erislover \* > \*\*Though it seems to depend on the browser you are using (for viewing, not for submitting, of course), you can get small text by interlocking the [\*\*sub] and [\*\*sup] functions. So tell me [sup][sub]if it works for you[/sub][/sup]. \*\* IE5.5 here and the text is still subscript. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/15 "2001-09-29T16:14:53Z")
Interesting… I have IE5.5 too and it does work on this browser. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thenewbie-screws-up-a-bunch-of-code-first-test-post/84250/16 "2001-09-30T03:46:48Z")
Oops, this machine has IE 5.0. It’s hard to keep all this hardware/software crap straight when you have more computers than people in the house! Geeez! Sorry 🙂