Some Newbie Questions

[irishninja]

1) What is the 555 timer?

2) How does the rep points system work? I read the entire FAQ, but when my rep bar sporadically jumped I got confused. I only have about eight people who have given me rep and who are listed on my user cp. Do you only see recieved rep from people who give significant comments, or can you get more than one point per person? If so, is it based on how much rep they own, or how long they have been with CD?

3) I understand why people would be upset with long signatures as you have to scroll down, but why are people upset with bringing back old threads? It seems to me that if you find an old thread that is pretinent to today it is better to add on to it than to create a new one. It seems to me that when I have seen several threads that were already created, albeit years ago, someone always posts that thread has already been created, although it may just seem that way to me, and in fact they are talking about the same thread in a different location.

4) How do we suggest a new forum or sub forum?