# What's the planned future direction of the SDMB board by the Chicago Reader & Cecil? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 6, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556 "2006-08-06T14:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/21 "2006-08-09T12:41:58Z")
I’m glad to see that no one from the Department of Redundancy Department complained about “SDMB board”. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/22 "2006-08-09T18:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=Garfield226] Lumens? [/QUOTE] OSHA standard for factory illumination is 50 lux. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **samclem** > Well, if I said we were Going South, that would suggest the demise of the Board. > > I may have to look into Northeast. From Chicago, you’ll want to start off going Southeast. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/23 "2006-08-09T19:15:10Z")
Eep that’s 100 lux. Most photovoltaic instrumentation works in 50 lux. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/24 "2006-08-11T02:11:01Z")
I was going for Footcandles myself… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/25 "2006-08-11T02:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] I was going for Footcandles myself… 😉 [/QUOTE] Could you bring back some hard-boild eggs when you return? ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/26 "2006-08-13T00:42:20Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] From Chicago, you’ll want to start off going Southeast. [/QUOTE] And if you started out from Detroit you’d wind up in Canada. That’s pretty amazing! Don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/27 "2006-08-13T00:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Ring] And if you started out from Detroit you’d wind up in Canada. That’s pretty amazing! Don’t you think? [/QUOTE] I always thought it strange that **tubadiva** lives farther west than **UncleBeer**. Just musing. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/28 "2006-08-13T05:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] From Chicago, you’ll want to start off going Southeast. [/QUOTE] That’s not true, at all. I spent a couple of summers heading Northeast from Chicago about once every five days. (From what I understand, the [SS John Sherwin](http://www.mhsd.org/photogallery/sherwin.jpg) has been laid up at Superior, WI for several years and I am pretty sure that it could accommodate the entire Chicago Reader in its 30,000 Ton holds. (We may need to fit out one hold as a dorm since it only has berths for about 35 people.) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/29 "2006-08-13T08:30:11Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] From Chicago, you’ll want to start off going Southeast. [/QUOTE] 😕 What, you got a _problem_ with ending up in Lake Michigan? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/30 "2006-08-13T09:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] I was going for Footcandles myself… 😉 [/QUOTE] I hope footcandles are nothing like earcandles! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/31 "2006-08-13T15:03:55Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] From Chicago, you’ll want to start off going Southeast. [/QUOTE] “I knew that I should have made a left turn at Albuquerque…” :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/32 "2006-08-13T21:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Could you bring back some hard-boild eggs when you return? [/QUOTE] Shirley you’re yolking. **Polycarp** , once again you wax poetic- this time, aurally. –bows– ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/33 "2006-08-14T15:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] That’s not true, at all. I spent a couple of summers heading Northeast from Chicago about once every five days. (From what I understand, the [SS John Sherwin](http://www.mhsd.org/photogallery/sherwin.jpg) has been laid up at Superior, WI for several years and I am pretty sure that it could accommodate the entire Chicago Reader in its 30,000 Ton holds. (We may need to fit out one hold as a dorm since it only has berths for about 35 people.) [/QUOTE] Sure. You want to end up in a Gordon Lightfoot ballad, that’s entirely your affair. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/34 "2006-08-15T14:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Sure. You want to end up in a Gordon Lightfoot ballad, that’s entirely your affair. [/QUOTE] The legend lives on, from Waukegan on down, Of the writer they call Cecil Adams The Reader, it’s said, never brings out its dead, Unless punning Dopers essay bad 'uns! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/35 "2006-08-16T01:50:01Z")
You and you there, come and help me hold him down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/36 "2006-08-16T02:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] The legend lives on, from Waukegan on down, Of the writer they call Cecil Adams The Reader, it’s said, never brings out its dead, Unless punning Dopers essay bad 'uns! [/QUOTE] Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the posts turn the minutes to hours The Dopers all say they’d have made Zotti pay If the server weren’t given more power. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/37 "2006-08-16T05:51:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] Does anyone know where the love of God goes When the posts turn the minutes to hours The Dopers all say they’d have made Zotti pay If the server weren’t given more power. [/QUOTE] The posts o’er the wires made a tattletale sound in the way they broke over the firewall The Admins all say “Keep the hamsters at bay” “Just put 50 more Gis there behind her!” ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/38 "2006-08-16T06:16:33Z")
The legend lives on from the website on down Of the admin they call Dexter Haven The Dope board, as run, never stops having fun When the rest of the mods are a sleepin’. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/39 "2006-08-16T09:04:27Z")
So Dexter wired in, he had hamsters comin’ in And the good Board and posters were in peril And later that night, when the upgrade went outta sight, Came the wreck of the board and its upgrade… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556/40 "2006-08-16T14:11:12Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] So Dexter wired in, he had hamsters comin’ in And the good Board and posters were in peril And later that night, when the upgrade went outta sight, Came the wreck of the board and its upgrade.. [/QUOTE] They might have been hacked or they might have lost power The Reader might have got tight and cut funding. The posters all say things would all be okay If they’d let them chip in for a server. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-planned-future-direction-of-the-sdmb-board-by-the-chicago-reader-cecil/367556.md?page=3)