# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1082 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1083 --- ## [Bubble wrap is no more - WHY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-wrap-is-no-more-why/724859)
**Author:** [@MmeRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MmeRose)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-wrap-is-no-more-why/724859 "2015-07-12T01:18:32Z")
There have been howls of protest, gnashing of teeth, tearing of hair, rending of garments. Does anybody know why they are discontinuing it? --- ## [Portion of Greek debt attributable to health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portion-of-greek-debt-attributable-to-health-care/724876)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portion-of-greek-debt-attributable-to-health-care/724876 "2015-07-11T20:56:18Z")
I’m looking for some estimation of the amount of the Greek debt that is attributable to the Greek health care system. It is widely acknowledged that the country’s health care system was corrupt and profligate for years,… --- ## [Visual instant replay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-instant-replay/724808)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visual-instant-replay/724808 "2015-07-11T20:23:09Z")
I have noticed this several times. I work with multiple computers around the shop. Moving from one to the other as needed. When sitting at one screen, I can have other screens within my field of vision. The screens will… --- ## [Another trig question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-trig-question/723878)
**Author:** [@Johnegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnegee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-trig-question/723878 "2015-07-11T16:41:08Z")
June 30, 2015 Hi, all, If I have a right triangle and all I know is one of the non-right angles and the perimeter, can I solve for the three sides? If I am given the angle of 9.462 degrees I can calculate that the oth… --- ## [Fast acting pain medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-acting-pain-medication/724716)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-acting-pain-medication/724716 "2015-07-11T16:41:05Z")
Hello Everyone, I might have asked this question before, but I can’t remember. I’m a chronic pain patient and last night was absolutely horrible. I spent hours passing for the pain to stop. I took some oxycodone and … --- ## [Which damaged parts of the brain give rise to amnesia in long-term and short-term memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-damaged-parts-of-the-brain-give-rise-to-amnesia-in-long-term-and-short-term-memory/724758)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-damaged-parts-of-the-brain-give-rise-to-amnesia-in-long-term-and-short-term-memory/724758 "2015-07-11T16:10:08Z")
Hi Which damaged parts of the brain give rise to amnesia in long-term and short-term memory? I read that the hippocampus is responsible for both long-term and short=term memory or is it only responsible for certain aspe… --- ## [Why did the Chinese stock market collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chinese-stock-market-collapse/724617)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chinese-stock-market-collapse/724617 "2015-07-11T15:48:09Z")
Hi, I’m trying to find some sensible answers as to why the Chinese stock market collapsed. Was it a combination of excessive margin debt, marketplace share manipulation, difficulty of foreign investors to get exposure t… --- ## [TSA and a minor's need for ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-a-minors-need-for-id/724839)
**Author:** [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-a-minors-need-for-id/724839 "2015-07-11T15:25:21Z")
My daughter (17) and I will be flying at the end of next week. She does not have her driver license yet. She also does not have any sort of state ID card. She will be with me at all times while traveling, so what sort of… --- ## [If yellow is just as much a color as any other, why is it so hard to see against white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-yellow-is-just-as-much-a-color-as-any-other-why-is-it-so-hard-to-see-against-white/724739)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-yellow-is-just-as-much-a-color-as-any-other-why-is-it-so-hard-to-see-against-white/724739 "2015-07-11T14:33:41Z")
Yellow light is as much light as red or green or blue or violet. It even comes between red and green, which are both quite easy to see. Draw on a white piece of paper with any color of the rainbow–except yellow–and you … --- ## [Can you get by everywhere in the Americas with just four languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-by-everywhere-in-the-americas-with-just-four-languages/724764)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-by-everywhere-in-the-americas-with-just-four-languages/724764 "2015-07-11T14:30:23Z")
My question is inspired by the thread on what other languages people in America should know. Assuming you can speak English, Spanish, Portugese, and French, is their any place in the Americas where you would be unable to… --- ## [How can the most passengers be crammed into an airliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-the-most-passengers-be-crammed-into-an-airliner/724807)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-the-most-passengers-be-crammed-into-an-airliner/724807 "2015-07-11T12:58:20Z")
What configurations might work best to have the most passengers in, say, a 747 8I? What safety/regulatory considerations might prevent particular configurations? Presuming no regulatory obstacles, how many standing-on… --- ## [HMTL help: how do I output form data to a text file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmtl-help-how-do-i-output-form-data-to-a-text-file/493851)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmtl-help-how-do-i-output-form-data-to-a-text-file/493851 "2015-07-11T04:10:54Z")
Ok, I am helping someone with test web pages designed to train students. One of the sample pages is a form that asks for various information (name, address, etc), and a submit button. What we’d like to do is set the pa… --- ## [Windows 8.0 updates woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-0-updates-woes/724699)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-0-updates-woes/724699 "2015-07-11T03:10:03Z")
Okay, my friends, once again I have some questions. My laptop froze up today for no particular reason that I could discern, although I suspect it was a corrupt file in Windows 8.1. After much trial and error and blank sc… --- ## [Is my computer infected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-computer-infected/724568)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-computer-infected/724568 "2015-07-11T01:14:52Z")
Symptom: every morning when I sit down and click on the Mozilla icon at the bottom (I am running a Win-7 machine) there is a second Mozilla window open and it contains an ad. Usually for a cheap I-phone, but sometimes s… --- ## [Color problems with Oculus Rift & Unreal engine demos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-problems-with-oculus-rift-unreal-engine-demos/724742)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-problems-with-oculus-rift-unreal-engine-demos/724742 "2015-07-11T01:13:50Z")
Hi does anyone know why it is having this color problem? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img538/3725/hS3lgR.jpg It is visible in the headset and monitor with Oculus Rift and Unreal engine demos on an Alienware laptop. --- ## [Looking for reputable online silver seller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-reputable-online-silver-seller/724782)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-reputable-online-silver-seller/724782 "2015-07-11T00:51:27Z")
An elderly relative has tasked me with going and purchasing an amount of silver, to be used in case of apocalypse. :smack: They wish to have it in the form of those little one ounce tablet thingies. I am a fair dab at… --- ## [Why is a pound 454 grams if water is 1g/mL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-pound-454-grams-if-water-is-1g-ml/593364)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-pound-454-grams-if-water-is-1g-ml/593364 "2015-07-11T00:41:05Z")
Even looking at the table for temperature vs density, I can’t reconcile the fact that 1 pint is 473 mL, and one pound is 454 g. Is the slightly-less-than 1g/mL really enough to cause such a difference? (slow day at the … --- ## [Outdoor Long(ish) Range WiFi: How To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-long-ish-range-wifi-how-to/724676)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-long-ish-range-wifi-how-to/724676 "2015-07-11T00:21:19Z")
I’m wanting to extend a Wi-Fi signal from my residence across a measured two hundred feet of open space to target a remote patio about 50’ square. Other than a couple trees & bushes there’s nothing between where I can si… --- ## [Derogatory credit remark appears on spouse's report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogatory-credit-remark-appears-on-spouses-report/724817)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derogatory-credit-remark-appears-on-spouses-report/724817 "2015-07-10T23:18:42Z")
I have a small (under $1,000) really old debt, about half a decade old. Totally forgot about it until recently, only noticed it again because it has suddenly appeared under my WIFE’S credit report. Is that right? The ca… --- ## [Obligations of financial planners and/or accountants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obligations-of-financial-planners-and-or-accountants/723255)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obligations-of-financial-planners-and-or-accountants/723255 "2015-07-10T22:35:33Z")
My wife and I have been dealing with the same financial planner for the last seven or eight years and we recently started dealing with an accountant for other issues. Unfortunately, there may be a divorce just over the … --- ## [Physical dependance and usefulness of nicotine as a stimulant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-dependance-and-usefulness-of-nicotine-as-a-stimulant/724738)
**Author:** [@DoctorDevice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorDevice)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-dependance-and-usefulness-of-nicotine-as-a-stimulant/724738 "2015-07-10T22:24:46Z")
Anybody have some (preferably non-anecdotal) information on how much time at what kind of dosage it takes to develop physical dependance on nicotine? Also, what are some of the negative effects of nicotine prominent with… --- ## [Why does ISIS have access to FB, Twit, or anything on the Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-isis-have-access-to-fb-twit-or-anything-on-the-internet/724467)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-isis-have-access-to-fb-twit-or-anything-on-the-internet/724467 "2015-07-10T21:56:41Z")
I keep hearing news media say ISIS is utilizing social media to their benefit, and that we’re worried about the propaganda getting through to vulnerable youth for recruitment. Seems like a no brainier to me… Just cut th… --- ## [How loud is the roar of a dinosaur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-loud-is-the-roar-of-a-dinosaur/724533)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-loud-is-the-roar-of-a-dinosaur/724533 "2015-07-10T20:00:10Z")
Given their immense size, how loud would the call of a Brontosaur be to our sensors? Or the roar of a T-Rex? --- ## [Question about SAE Screw Size nomenclature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sae-screw-size-nomenclature/724779)
**Author:** [@RearEchelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RearEchelon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sae-screw-size-nomenclature/724779 "2015-07-10T18:23:51Z")
\#6-32, #10-20… Why the #'s? Apparently small screw sizes are given as a # instead of the actual diameter of the screw, and a site I was perusing a few minutes ago said to get the actual diameter of an SAE screw #n, you t… --- ## [I don't understand Hawking Radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hawking-radiation/724671)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hawking-radiation/724671 "2015-07-10T18:20:46Z")
This is my understanding of Hawking Radiation: Fluctuations in the quantum foam cause particle/antiparticle pairs to be generated all the time. Normally, these pairs annihilate immediately and no one is ever the wiser. … --- ## [Plane Landing Over Crowded Beach???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-landing-over-crowded-beach/724698)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-landing-over-crowded-beach/724698 "2015-07-10T17:03:52Z")
I’m sure the SDopers have seen photos like these (esp. the photo at the uppermost left) on the Internet or posted to social media. My factual question to the StraightDope is how can this photo be possible, if undoctored… --- ## [How would air pressure affect a tube of glue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-air-pressure-affect-a-tube-of-glue/724767)
**Author:** [@Bones\_Daley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bones_Daley)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-air-pressure-affect-a-tube-of-glue/724767 "2015-07-10T15:52:48Z")
I read a post on a forum from a guy who said that when he snipped open the end of a tube of super-thin superglue, the glue squirted out and bonded his fingers. He attributed the unexpected squirting to the glue having b… --- ## [First Peoples: Africans v Everyone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-peoples-africans-v-everyone-else/724638)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-peoples-africans-v-everyone-else/724638 "2015-07-10T09:30:32Z")
In tonights First Peoples on PBS they postulate that Africans never interbred while those escaping Africa bred with Neanderthals. Did this lead to any difference? What were the consequences? --- ## [Are sharks actually fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sharks-actually-fish/313999)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sharks-actually-fish/313999 "2015-07-10T06:33:48Z")
Mrs. RickJay and I recently got the special 30th anniversary edition of “Jaws” and watched it over two bowls of popcorn. After enjoying the movie I fired up some pictures of Great Whites (the shark, not the band) on the… --- ## [Greek banking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-banking/724476)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-banking/724476 "2015-07-10T04:49:24Z")
OK, so Greeks can only take cash withdrawals of €60 per day. How about other banking functions. What other banking functions are restricted? For example: Can they pay their rent (or credit card, or dentist) with a che… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1081) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1083)