# This is just a test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 26, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870 "2000-07-26T03:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/1 "2000-07-26T03:56:55Z")
Testing here šŸ™‚ Next Iā€™ll test a reply to my own thread! So excitingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/2 "2000-07-26T04:02:27Z")
Guess weā€™ll see if it worksā€¦ and while Iā€™m waiting for the 60 sec rule, hereā€™s some more testsā€¦ Self-referential URL [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32110](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32110) Self-referential quote > [@](#): > > Testing here > > Next Iā€™ll test a reply to my own thread! So excitingā€¦ that was fun ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/3 "2000-07-26T04:13:06Z")
(_damn_ this text-only world of ours!) ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/4 "2000-07-26T06:33:43Z")
Testing a relative URL: Some Old Thread ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/5 "2000-07-26T18:21:56Z")
Hi. Iā€™m not sure if anyone here knows me, but Iā€™ve been on several message boards. Though none of them like TSD. Anyway, my username is the same for all of them, soā€¦ Wow, this has got to be the most advance message board Iā€™ve been on so far. Even has graphics. See if they work: :eek: šŸ†’ :mad: Yeah, this is going to be fun :D. ---
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/6 "2000-07-26T20:29:23Z")
Welcome aboard DKWā€¦seeing as Iā€™m one full post ahead of you and therefore far more experienced šŸ™‚ I think Iā€™ll just keep safely posting in my own thread before I venture out amongst the massesā€¦ kidding, of courseā€¦those big 1000+ posters in the Pit donā€™t scare me šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/7 "2000-07-27T02:22:17Z")
How about the 2000+ posters? šŸ˜‰ _tiptoes up behind Shylock_ **BOO!** ---
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/8 "2000-07-27T06:33:13Z")
Eeek! Wow, Kat, youā€™re good. I think you scared me right out of my own thread. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/9 "2000-07-27T07:20:32Z")
test too [napster](http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/07/26/napstershowdown.02/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/10 "2000-07-27T08:51:47Z")
Testing a sigā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/11 "2000-07-29T08:29:52Z")
[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/12 "2000-07-29T08:31:04Z")
[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/13 "2000-07-29T08:32:19Z")
Hmmm, thatā€™s strange. The special symbols codes arenā€™t working anymoreā€¦ ---
**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:** [July 29, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/14 "2000-07-29T15:12:53Z")
Yes, Louie, they do if you use preview (a ā€œfeatureā€ of vBulletin). For more details, see these threads: [Special Character Codes List](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26695) [How to use HTML special characters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26771) ---
**Author:** ![Poirot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@Poirot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poirot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/15 "2000-07-29T18:14:21Z")
Welcome aboard DKWā€¦seeing as Iā€™m one full post ahead of you and therefore far more experienced I think Iā€™ll just keep safely posting in my own thread before I venture out amongst the massesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/16 "2000-07-29T22:35:48Z")
Alvin and the chipmonks ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/20 "2000-07-30T15:37:37Z")
Iā€™m just _dying_ to see my new sig. Oh, and I wonder if it looks OK in italics? ---
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/21 "2000-07-30T15:42:37Z")
šŸ™‚ šŸ˜‰ šŸ™‚ :o :o) ā˜¹ šŸ˜‘ šŸ•¶ ---
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/22 "2000-07-30T15:43:58Z")
:)) ---
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-a-test/26870/23 "2000-07-30T15:45:17Z")
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