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your link does not work 1. you can upload your picture to any picture hosting site (eg. photobucket, flickr, picasaweb etc.) 2. copy and use the link from that picture site

1. go to your home page 2. on the first tab "About me" click on "Edit your 'About Me' page 3. click on "Insert Image" 4. enter URL of the image (eg. http://brainden.com/forum/style_images/2_head.gif) 5. click on "Update my About me page" 6. go to your home page to check it out

I confirm. Generally, I do not advise to put pictures in signature. However, you can put your pictures on your "About me" page. Rules for signature.

That has no connection with spammer. My webhost might have issues with their MySQL server. That happens sometimes mainly due to high traffic - only for a couple seconds/minutes.

I can not read your PMs by default. I actually could but I won't since I respect your privacy. Just an advise: Do not click on the link in the above mentioned PM or any similar suspicious links.

I have noticed the inappropriate PMs sent by pinupka. I have banned that account and IP one hour after it was registered. Unfortunately, within that 1 hour pinupka was able to send more PMs. I have also forbidden to send the mentioned URL (in post or PM), as you might have noticed. So it can be entered only as text and not as a link. I have also forbidden to register with email from certain mail server. It is not possible to prevent every spam message. For instance, it is not possible to blacklist all inappropriate sites in advance (imagine a list of millions xxx websites, that still changes). However, I and both moderators always catch inappropriate behavior soon enough. Thanks.

Aaaah, the good old times. This one was posted in 2007 and people still kept posting "Lu" I searched for "lee", of course from non-forum pages since it's just 3 characters (as explained in the rules). Thread locked.

Searching is a brain teaser sometimes See extract from rules of this forum in spoiler below. Let me mention a few more points: 1. choose the right keywords for search (eg. the unique word in solution) 2. if you use the forum search then do not search in just 1 section - old puzzles are in several forum sections 3. if your keyword has only a few letters (eg. 3 letters) or you use more words (eg. 4 and more), I advise to use Google search from non-forum pages which searches the whole BrainDen.com (search box is in the top right hand corner) Thread locked.

cheese13, that's a good question and I am glad you asked in this forum section. 1. signature should not be long - preferably 3-4 lines of text (maximum) 2. signature should not include links to sites outside BrainDen (eg. place for dragon eggs is on profile page and links to commercial sites don't belong on BD at all - eg. sneakers, loans etc.) 3. signature should not include big pictures (again, feel free to put appropriate pictures on your "About me" page) 4. signature should not be written in big font and bright or too many colors Basically, the signature should not be distracting since the most important is content of the post itself and not the signature. Imagine that you start a topic with new riddle and there are 10 posts in a few minutes. However, all of them have long signature with several colors and they go as "lol" or "nice riddle" or "that reminds me of (and a long text)". First you would spend some time to identify which part the post itself is and what the signature is and then you would spend several minutes to go through the long text. Would you be happy about that? Do you really want to be perceived as someone who has nothing to say on-topic but still has childish off-topic comments in signature? In BrainDen, where we value intelligent and creative responses more than off-topic spam? I have deleted your signature twice yesterday and once today. Check your last version of signature in spoiler below - that's exactly the kind of signature which is not welcome on this site (only link outside BD and big picture is missing). Further changes of your signature might be the reason for your ban.

Welcome to the Den, The monkey of the jungle and HarlieLadi. This riddle is actually on this site already. I searched for the first line of the riddle and found this topic. As written in the rules of this forum: "Resurrecting old threads is fine, if you have something substantial to add or don't agree with the answer. But please don't post to a thread that has been over for a month or longer just to add the same solution that has already been determined. These posts may be deleted without notice." Each new riddle (which is not part of this forum yet) should be in new thread. This way we try to ensure that each new thread contains new riddle and you don't have to read the same old puzzles over and over again. And also we try to direct all discussion to 1 original thread so that you don't miss any good replies for the same riddle - you can find them all in just 1 thread. Enjoy the Den Thread locked.

Welcome to the Den, Wiggy74. This is one of my favorites and that's why it is already posted as Cannibals and Missionaries. If you like this type of puzzles then I recommend to go through 1 whole page dedicated to them - River Crossing Puzzles. Reading "Important: READ BEFORE POSTING" (the link is at the top as well) might help you to do a quick search before you post a puzzle that you have not created. Enjoy the Den Thread closed.

Welcome to the Den, The monkey of the jungle. Oldies but goodies - I like them. However, these riddles are already part of this site: the first the second the third - nice variation of classic (there are a few others as well) the fourth Reading "Important: READ BEFORE POSTING" (the link is at the top as well) might help you to do a quick search before you post a puzzle that you have not created. Enjoy the Den Thread open since the third one is new on this site.

Welcome to the Den, Wiggy74. This is one of the most famous puzzles and that's why it is already posted (as already mentioned by Pickett). It is actually one of the most repeated puzzles in this forum. If you like this type then you might want to check a few similar logic problems. Reading "Important: READ BEFORE POSTING" (the link is at the top as well) might help you to do a quick search before you post a puzzle that you have not created. Enjoy the Den Thread closed.

Welcome to the Den, undercovergenius. This is one of my favorites and that's why it is already posted - including 258 replies. It is actually the very first puzzle on my site. Reading "Important: READ BEFORE POSTING" (the link is at the top as well) might help you to do a quick search before you post a puzzle that you have not created. Enjoy the Den Thread closed.

new version of IB.Board should come out very soon meanwhile, I have finished the foreign language versions of BD (non-forum pages): Slovak English Chinese Russian - thanks a lot to Prime for translation and proofreading

I do not advise to spam ... you know the rules

thanks for good examples of off-topic posts .... and when there are too many of them, then the users get banned

instructions on how to insert pictures in posts

further changes: 1. email notifications are working again - sendmail version got unexpectedly stuck and after long discussions with hosting provider it was replaced for the latest sendmail version and it should not happen again (though nothing is impossible - like gmail outage for several hours today) 2. using new Feedburner javascript for RSS feed - note that this change should make the latest riddle show faster with smaller delays - latest riddle submitted to the forum is visible on BrainDen.com - Brain Teasers, BrainDen.com - Logic Puzzles and the last 15 puzzles on BrainDen.com - New Riddles - latest riddle is also visible in "Puzzles and Riddles" Google gadget - RSS feed (15 latest puzzles) added in canvas view of "Brain Teasers" Google gadget ... once you add it, click on "Maximize" in its top right hand corner and you should see the gadget on whole page including 15 latest puzzles 3. I have also redirected the New Puzzles RSS feed to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Braindencom-NewPuzzles (Feedburner operated by Google offers good statistics on subscribers)

chill out and use just the appropriate thread

1. try to "add reply" 2. check bottom right for "browse" button - press it and "upload" the picture from your disk 3. you can insert it on specific place in your post by "manage current attachments" - "insert" 4. "add reply" or insert image from another webpage: 1. after "add reply" click on "insert image" button above the area where you type your reply 2. insert the image location in the pop-up box 3. "add reply"

As you probably know, I have dedicated 1 prominent page to my favorite puzzles posted in this forum in 2007. The best puzzles deserve due attention. Note that Hats on Death Row has over a quarter of a million views. This time, I would like to give YOU the opportunity to show everybody puzzles submitted in year 2008 that definitely should be seen. The basic criteria is TOP quality - real gems. I will add some of your favorites on the best puzzles page. What is your top 5 and why?

Let me inform you about the latest changes I have made in BrainDen: 1. forum index - categories reduced from 4 to 3 (2 were merged into "Old Brain Teasers" and several subforums were formed in new "Puzzles and Riddles" forum - that should reduce distraction on forum index page, my favorites don't take much space) 2. forum icons on forum index page were edited to read "BD" instead of default "IPB" 3. I have just released Chinese version of non-forum pages (notice flags in top right hand corner) - check http://brainden.com/chinese/index.htm 4. I plan to release Russian version in March 2009 - many thanks to Prime for proofreading and translation 5. my Google gadgets (3 out of 4) are already in Chinese as well - you can add them and then check http://www.google.com/ig?hl=zh-cn 6. hidden forums for Mafia games - 1 forum visible for selected goodies only and 1 forum visible for selected baddies only 7. new Homework Help forum I hope you like it. There are still many things to improve. I review all Comments and Suggestions and I am sure you still have a few good new ideas. Just start a new thread in this forum. Thanks.