# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1000 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1001 --- ## [Using the DSM-IV in a Bibliography with MLA format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173 "2015-11-24T12:33:11Z")
Can anyone here tell me how I would quote the DSM-IV in an MLA bibliography? It doesn’t seem to have a main editor, or a publisher, as far as I can tell. Can someone tell me who publishes it, and possibly provide me with… --- ## [How are natural trails made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-natural-trails-made/738388)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-natural-trails-made/738388 "2015-11-24T05:49:00Z")
How often must foliage be trod upon before what can be defined as a visible ‘trail’ starts to form? --- ## [Are my existing winter tires "close enough" to fit my new car ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-existing-winter-tires-close-enough-to-fit-my-new-car/738382)
**Author:** [@bossy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bossy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-existing-winter-tires-close-enough-to-fit-my-new-car/738382 "2015-11-24T05:19:32Z")
My new car is a 2015 Nissan Rogue which comes with 225/60R/17 tires. I have winter tires that were used on a 2011 Mazda6. These tires are 205/65R/16 on steel rims (not Mazda OEM rims - I mentioned this because Nissan an… --- ## [Need help with a German bayonet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-german-bayonet/738377)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-german-bayonet/738377 "2015-11-24T03:42:15Z")
This had been in my family’s possession since WW2 when a relative brought it back to the states. The relative never talked about were he got it (traded for something, off a dead body, etc) and I would love to know what o… --- ## [Return Assured Funeral Pre-Arrangement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-assured-funeral-pre-arrangement/738396)
**Author:** [@quinln](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinln)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-assured-funeral-pre-arrangement/738396 "2015-11-24T03:03:57Z")
Does anyone use Return Assured Pre -Arrangement Services while traveling?? I’m looking into burial arrangements, and our salesman suggested we should take out a policy. Cost is $285.00 one time cost. Any comments would… --- ## [Does the orientation of the ecliptic shift relative to the galaxy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-orientation-of-the-ecliptic-shift-relative-to-the-galaxy/738271)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-orientation-of-the-ecliptic-shift-relative-to-the-galaxy/738271 "2015-11-24T01:39:00Z")
I got to thinking about this tonight, and I haven’t found an answer. Is the orientation of the ecliptic moving appreciably relative to the galaxy? Is there a point in the moderately far future when the ecliptic would pas… --- ## [Excessive drinking: next day impact on emotions and thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-drinking-next-day-impact-on-emotions-and-thoughts/588629)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excessive-drinking-next-day-impact-on-emotions-and-thoughts/588629 "2015-11-24T00:51:53Z")
When I was younger and drank too much I would awake the next day with a typical hangover. As the hangover subsided, I would enter a very sensitive mental/emotional state I can only describe as extremely vivid. I would cr… --- ## [Question from "A Beautiful Mind" (book)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-a-beautiful-mind-book/738391)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-a-beautiful-mind-book/738391 "2015-11-24T00:17:56Z")
In Sylvia Nasar’s “A Beautiful Mind” she notes that John Nash’s second son was referred to by Nash as “Baby Epsilon” which she says is “a tongue-in-cheek reference to a well-known mathematical anecdote about a famous mat… --- ## [Why is Comcast pushing X1 so hard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-comcast-pushing-x1-so-hard/738308)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-comcast-pushing-x1-so-hard/738308 "2015-11-23T23:35:29Z")
I’m getting a constant stream of junk mail, email, and now on-screen messages telling me to switch to their X1 platform. I don’t see any advantage to doing so, therefore I’ve been ignoring them. What’s in if for me to r… --- ## [Sublime text editor: moving files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sublime-text-editor-moving-files/737839)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sublime-text-editor-moving-files/737839 "2015-11-23T23:31:37Z")
I couldn’t figure out exactly where to ask this question, so I thought I’d try the 'Dope. I am editing a nodejs application using Sublime Text 2 (on a Mac). Let’s say that I have a file called foo.js and I am requiring… --- ## [how do cruise missiles cruise? (wing size)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cruise-missiles-cruise-wing-size/738172)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cruise-missiles-cruise-wing-size/738172 "2015-11-23T22:15:49Z")
Every image I can see of a cruise missile they have tiny wing stublets but they can fly at low altitudes for thousands of km with no problem? Eg they are not on a parabolic ballistic path. How do they do this in terms … --- ## [Is it legal to rip DVDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-rip-dvds/738380)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-rip-dvds/738380 "2015-11-23T21:10:42Z")
If so, what’s the best software to do it on a Mac? --- ## [Getting a new computer drive and upgrading to Windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-new-computer-drive-and-upgrading-to-windows-10/736784)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-new-computer-drive-and-upgrading-to-windows-10/736784 "2015-11-23T18:39:15Z")
I have Windows 7 installed on my only drive. Windows 7 came along with my computer from a reputable reseller (NCIX). I can’t find the DVD it came on and I might never have had it. Maybe Windows 7 just came installed with… --- ## [Is it possible to connect to a docking port on a tumbling or rotating spacecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-to-a-docking-port-on-a-tumbling-or-rotating-spacecraft/738321)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-connect-to-a-docking-port-on-a-tumbling-or-rotating-spacecraft/738321 "2015-11-23T14:32:52Z")
Situation 1. You want to dock to a docking port on the outside rim of a revolving centrifuge wheel spacecraft. It seems to me that this is an intercept problem. You know the tangential velocity at the outside rim. Yo… --- ## [Can scurvy be avoided with occasional large doses of vit C or do you need small daily doses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scurvy-be-avoided-with-occasional-large-doses-of-vit-c-or-do-you-need-small-daily-doses/738339)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scurvy-be-avoided-with-occasional-large-doses-of-vit-c-or-do-you-need-small-daily-doses/738339 "2015-11-23T14:04:43Z")
I was reading an article talking about how there is a resurgence of scurvy in the US, with patients showing up because of terrible diet (usually due to terrible eating habits due to mental illness or extreme poverty). E… --- ## [PC with SSD sounds like HDD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-with-ssd-sounds-like-hdd/738294)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-with-ssd-sounds-like-hdd/738294 "2015-11-23T13:47:25Z")
My new desktop PC has a SSD, and no HDDs. I notice it makes an intermittent, faint clicking/buzzing sound, similar to the noise I’ve always associated with hard drive head movement. This seems to be associated with the P… --- ## [Has Lake Nasser Increased Rainfall in the Middle East?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-lake-nasser-increased-rainfall-in-the-middle-east/738276)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-lake-nasser-increased-rainfall-in-the-middle-east/738276 "2015-11-23T13:18:18Z")
When Egypt built the Aswan Dam, the lake created flooded hundreds of square miles. this lake must have a huge amount of evaporation from it-has this increased the local rainfall? Also, the diversion of the Nile waters f… --- ## [Sorting soldiers by toe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-soldiers-by-toe/737875)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-soldiers-by-toe/737875 "2015-11-23T13:03:10Z")
A foot where the second toe is the longest is called Greek foot/toe or Morton’s toe. When I was in school or thereabouts I was told that in one ancient battle the dead soldiers had to be returned to each side and they s… --- ## [Is it ever fake when terrorists claim responsibility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-fake-when-terrorists-claim-responsibility/737761)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-fake-when-terrorists-claim-responsibility/737761 "2015-11-23T10:23:10Z")
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about ISIS claiming responsibility for the recent attacks. Has it ever happened that a terrorist group bluffed by claiming responsibility for a disaster they didn’t cause? Perhaps after a… --- ## [I think we may have some major plumbing issues, maybe a NAF! situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-may-have-some-major-plumbing-issues-maybe-a-naf-situation/737917)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-may-have-some-major-plumbing-issues-maybe-a-naf-situation/737917 "2015-11-23T04:55:27Z")
We have a constellation of intermittent symptoms that have arisen over the past few weeks: occasional low water pressure at sinks and shower; very slow/clogged toilet with no obvious cause; two instances of a water slowl… --- ## [What is Python (prog lang) used for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-python-prog-lang-used-for/737650)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-python-prog-lang-used-for/737650 "2015-11-23T03:22:06Z")
My son is studying it in high school and I hear how widely used it is but what exactly are the real-life applications everyone is using it for? I use javascript in my websites because it seems to integrate more easily. … --- ## [Scientists in prison for "bad prediction" in Italian earthquake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-in-prison-for-bad-prediction-in-italian-earthquake/639097)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-in-prison-for-bad-prediction-in-italian-earthquake/639097 "2015-11-23T02:31:52Z")
Six scientists were just sentenced to six years in prison for giving bad predictions and, as it turned out, incorrect predictions based on the available scientific data. The scientists were no slouches (a seventh convict… --- ## [How do I find an auto OEM part number online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-an-auto-oem-part-number-online/736973)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-an-auto-oem-part-number-online/736973 "2015-11-23T01:44:31Z")
I have a burnt out low-beam headlight on my Hyundai Sonata. In searching online, all I can find is are the full headlight assemblies. I can’t believe that I can’t get (or replace) just the bulb. (Make that plural, of cou… --- ## [Why no canal between the flooded Midwest and the parched southwest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-canal-between-the-flooded-midwest-and-the-parched-southwest/493651)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-canal-between-the-flooded-midwest-and-the-parched-southwest/493651 "2015-11-23T01:34:25Z")
Say from the Mississippi to San Diego? When the snow melts every spring towns along the Mississippi are inundated with water that just flows into the Gulf of Mexico anyway. What a great stimulus the building of it woul… --- ## [Magnets inside a linear accelerator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets-inside-a-linear-accelerator/738108)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnets-inside-a-linear-accelerator/738108 "2015-11-23T00:55:04Z")
My friend and I have been pondering this question for awhile, but we don’t have an answer. For the sake of the question, assume a preface of, “If it were possible,” because I suppose it isn’t. But say you had two magne… --- ## [Spouses travelling with Soldiers during a Conflict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spouses-travelling-with-soldiers-during-a-conflict/738285)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spouses-travelling-with-soldiers-during-a-conflict/738285 "2015-11-22T20:48:32Z")
Not sure if this goes here or in IMHO How common is it for spouses to travel with their partners to a conflict? As a bit of a background, I was looking at 5 relatives who had travelled from Canada to England and eventu… --- ## [Doubled my memory. Hard drive space increased?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubled-my-memory-hard-drive-space-increased/738235)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubled-my-memory-hard-drive-space-increased/738235 "2015-11-22T15:29:45Z")
OK, I wanted to run Fallout 4. No, this did not work. :frowning: Anyway, I went from 4gb memory up to 8gb memory. I figured it would help the computer run a little faster and it only cost $43. My computer maxes out at 8… --- ## [Isn't USB power a major security risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-usb-power-a-major-security-risk/737770)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-usb-power-a-major-security-risk/737770 "2015-11-22T15:00:32Z")
It seems like an almost fatal flaw to use the same plugs for power and data. It would be pretty easy for someone to set up a public charging station full of mal ware and hijack a lot of devices. . Forget security, this… --- ## [Storing flints from disposable lighters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-flints-from-disposable-lighters/715169)
**Author:** [@RearEchelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RearEchelon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-flints-from-disposable-lighters/715169 "2015-11-22T13:16:32Z")
My wife and I are both smokers. I use a Zippo; she uses Bic disposables. Some time ago I began scavenging the remaining flint from her empty Bics before she threw them out. I stash them in a little glass vial with a scre… --- ## [Will modern, major brand-laptops outperform a 2009 laptop or do I need to pay closer attention to sp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-modern-major-brand-laptops-outperform-a-2009-laptop-or-do-i-need-to-pay-closer-attention-to-sp/738228)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-modern-major-brand-laptops-outperform-a-2009-laptop-or-do-i-need-to-pay-closer-attention-to-sp/738228 "2015-11-22T02:55:45Z")
Mrs. Devil occasionally works on a 2009 HP Pavilion with a Core2 Duo and Intel 4500MHD graphics. Those are the only two specs I think I care about, because other than universal basics (e.g. 15" or + screen, WiFi, Etherne… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=999) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1001)