# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1154 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1155 --- ## [HGH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hgh/714583)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hgh/714583 "2015-03-10T07:08:57Z")
Anyone know the appropriate age to adopt this treatment. How far below size for age level merits beginning the discussion on whether the treatment might be considered. What are the arguments on each side? --- ## [A REALLY ANNOYING assertion: how would it be classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-annoying-assertion-how-would-it-be-classified/714647)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-annoying-assertion-how-would-it-be-classified/714647 "2015-03-10T04:31:20Z")
Okay, Mark Thompson is back on the air in the SoCal radio market. THAT Mark Thompson. I’ve been listening to the program in a somewhat desultory and haphazard way, just to see if he’s going to be as easy to get concert … --- ## [If Alabama is totally intransigent about gay marriage, how do the feds enforce their supremacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-alabama-is-totally-intransigent-about-gay-marriage-how-do-the-feds-enforce-their-supremacy/712984)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-alabama-is-totally-intransigent-about-gay-marriage-how-do-the-feds-enforce-their-supremacy/712984 "2015-03-10T04:14:19Z")
The state’s highest judge is looking rather George Wallace-like in his defiance: So let’s say the hypothesis portion of this conditional does come to pass, and Moore makes good on his threat. How would the federal gov… --- ## [Are there alternatives to binary data storage, and is there any appeal of alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-alternatives-to-binary-data-storage-and-is-there-any-appeal-of-alternatives/714528)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-alternatives-to-binary-data-storage-and-is-there-any-appeal-of-alternatives/714528 "2015-03-10T02:06:29Z")
Are there alternatives to binary data storage that have a realistic chance of hitting the market within 20 years? If so what are they and how would they work? I was reading about DNA data storage, and I think that is ju… --- ## [Are safer in a cave during an earthquake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-safer-in-a-cave-during-an-earthquake/524706)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-safer-in-a-cave-during-an-earthquake/524706 "2015-03-10T01:34:29Z")
On my vacation I visited a cave. Our guide informed us that during an earthquake a cave would be safer than above ground. Seems to me this is something a spelunker would want to believe, not something he should believe.… --- ## [The "repeated-bout effect": in one year I'll always be more sore than I am now after exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repeated-bout-effect-in-one-year-ill-always-be-more-sore-than-i-am-now-after-exercise/714544)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repeated-bout-effect-in-one-year-ill-always-be-more-sore-than-i-am-now-after-exercise/714544 "2015-03-10T01:22:52Z")
I’ve started pumping iron, and the two-days later much-worse soreness intrigued me, as it has, as I found out, people for over a century. Can someone go over my understanding of the “repeated-bout effect” discussed ther… --- ## [What is the difference between Methodists and Presbyterians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-methodists-and-presbyterians/713722)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-methodists-and-presbyterians/713722 "2015-03-10T00:31:30Z")
I am not a member of either one of these churches, but I have always wondered about the differences among the various mainstream Protestant denominations. There are many of them, but for the purposes of this thread I’d … --- ## [I think we can put the question of living to the age of 930 to rest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-put-the-question-of-living-to-the-age-of-930-to-rest/714640)
**Author:** [@Ugh\_the\_caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ugh_the_caveman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-put-the-question-of-living-to-the-age-of-930-to-rest/714640 "2015-03-09T22:23:59Z")
Human lifespan has pretty much been relatively constant. It’s not possible to live 930 years. And we have always had the same brain size since the dawn of humanity (or modern humans, for evolution fans). And with our bra… --- ## [Windows 7 freezing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-freezing/714603)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7-freezing/714603 "2015-03-09T20:48:56Z")
Something is wrong with my computer, running windows 7. It seems to boot much more slowly than before. And if I leave it alone for a few hours it will freeze up, and I have to reboot. When I check task manager there a… --- ## [Anti virus software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-virus-software/703082)
**Author:** [@bubba001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba001)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-virus-software/703082 "2015-03-09T20:24:02Z")
After I updated my computer a month or so ago, my computer has been getting slower, and sometimes freezes up. Is there some cheap way to fix this? The computer is a Satellite about 7 or so years old. Thanx!! --- ## [Home networking: How much of a difference does the router make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-networking-how-much-of-a-difference-does-the-router-make/714619)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-networking-how-much-of-a-difference-does-the-router-make/714619 "2015-03-09T20:12:24Z")
After a several years of service (bought in 2008), our Linksys 310N router has been needing a hard reset about once a week for a month or two. Nothing has changed hardware/firmware; it just craps out and becomes unreacha… --- ## [How to Turn Off YouTube Commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-youtube-commercials/691914)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-youtube-commercials/691914 "2015-03-09T19:22:36Z")
YouTube has started this annoying thing where it will plays an ad in the middle of something. Showing one before the start of a video is one thing, but suddenly commercials have begun playing not only between songs on an… --- ## [First time jury duty just before big trip abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-jury-duty-just-before-big-trip-abroad/714388)
**Author:** [@Kevinppil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevinppil)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-jury-duty-just-before-big-trip-abroad/714388 "2015-03-09T18:34:24Z")
I am 24 and I was just sent a summons by the state to appear for jury duty. I have no problem going, but it is on 5/20 and I (have not finished booking) was hoping to be out of the country from 6/4-6/27 for a short clas… --- ## [The creation of the universe, that's all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-the-universe-thats-all/714155)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-the-universe-thats-all/714155 "2015-03-09T18:04:49Z")
I watched a really interesting lecture on the universe. http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/a-universe-from-nothing-lecture/ Apparently the universe was created by a quantum accident 13.7 billion years ago and empty space i… --- ## [ID this feather? (North Texas bird)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-feather-north-texas-bird/714464)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-feather-north-texas-bird/714464 "2015-03-09T17:47:40Z")
Found in the metroplex, so it can’t be anything TOO exotic. I suspect a hawk. Theories? 9 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/07/db9637b99d39a9aaf67c9c18d9c841ee.jpg Round object is a US nickel coin for scale. --- ## [Mustache = Villain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustache-villain/714592)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustache-villain/714592 "2015-03-09T16:03:46Z")
This seems to be a fairly standard cultural trope - not that people with mustaches are generally portrayed as sinister, but that sinister characters are frequently depicted with mustaches - and I’m wondering where it cam… --- ## [What was required to be an MD prior to the Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-required-to-be-an-md-prior-to-the-civil-war/714526)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-required-to-be-an-md-prior-to-the-civil-war/714526 "2015-03-09T14:51:41Z")
Dr. BF Hammond (1818-1890) was on of my g-g grandfathers. He is always referred to as “Dr.” even though his primary occupation was farming in Alabama and Texas. I have often wondered what his medical training was. Was th… --- ## [Are all USB chargers equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-usb-chargers-equivalent/714365)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-usb-chargers-equivalent/714365 "2015-03-09T14:17:22Z")
I have two e-readers (Kobo). One came with a charger that you plug into the wall. The other came with a cable and directions to plug that into a computer USB port. The other end of both cables are indentical, what I w… --- ## [Square of the square root of a negative number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/square-of-the-square-root-of-a-negative-number/714400)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/square-of-the-square-root-of-a-negative-number/714400 "2015-03-09T13:46:29Z")
Assuming we’re talking real numbers, what is (sqrt-2)^2? I can see it being undefined assuming you have to do the sqrt first; or I can see it being -2 assuming there is nothing that says you have to do the sqrt first. --- ## [The Anthropic Principle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anthropic-principle/714498)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anthropic-principle/714498 "2015-03-09T08:31:54Z")
if I understand it correctly, it means the Universe created fundamental constants and physical laws in order for sentient life to arise: it is the cosmos’ way of understanding itself.:confused: What if the laws and co… --- ## [Disk imaging (replacing HD with SSD)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disk-imaging-replacing-hd-with-ssd/714466)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disk-imaging-replacing-hd-with-ssd/714466 "2015-03-09T08:05:58Z")
Hi folks, I’m considering replacing the 500GB mechanical hard disk in my desktop PC with a 500GB SSD. The goal is to improve the performance of the old girl, which is three or four years old now? I’ll be increasing the … --- ## [Windows 8.1 Phone vs Win 8.1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-1-phone-vs-win-8-1/714520)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-1-phone-vs-win-8-1/714520 "2015-03-09T01:41:18Z")
I have a Win 8.1 tablet. I want to play minecraft pocket addition but it says it’s for Windows 8.1 Phone. Will it run on Win 8.1 or do I need the Phone Version of 8.1? --- ## [What kind of permissions/payments does Snickers have to obtain for those commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-permissions-payments-does-snickers-have-to-obtain-for-those-commercials/714538)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-permissions-payments-does-snickers-have-to-obtain-for-those-commercials/714538 "2015-03-08T23:32:18Z")
This question is, more broadly, about using dead actors in commercials. This one’s a perfect example. Its the recent Super Bowl one with the Brady Bunch. Danny Trejo plays Marcia and Steve Buscemi plays Jan. Maureen … --- ## [Office 2010 problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2010-problem/714548)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2010-problem/714548 "2015-03-08T20:35:15Z")
Every time I try to create a new document, the same old document arises. I cannot seem to delete this, and it is making the entire program difficult to work with. Clearly I am doing something wrong, I just do not know … --- ## [If I cash a fraudulent check...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-cash-a-fraudulent-check/714484)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-cash-a-fraudulent-check/714484 "2015-03-08T18:01:17Z")
So let’s say someone sends be a check as part of a scam like “Here’s $3000 for your car. Use the $2500 for you and pay this shipping $500.” Suppose rather than depositing it I instead go to a cash-checking place and ca… --- ## [Why can't turning a computer on be analogous to turning on a light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-turning-a-computer-on-be-analogous-to-turning-on-a-light/714446)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-turning-a-computer-on-be-analogous-to-turning-on-a-light/714446 "2015-03-08T17:32:40Z")
The process relationship of BIOS, boot, OS load, etc. is understood. That is the way the system is designed… Unlike a light; To actually be ready for use, three minutes after “turning the switch on”. My question is why… --- ## [Question regarding Latin idiom "quoad rem"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-latin-idiom-quoad-rem/714170)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-latin-idiom-quoad-rem/714170 "2015-03-08T16:36:56Z")
I was reading the introduction to Summula Philosophiae Scholasticae: Logica et Ontologica and I came across this passage: The bolding was in the original. The first part is the bit in question. I was puzzled by what r… --- ## [Longest range ballistic missile to have carried conventional Warhead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-range-ballistic-missile-to-have-carried-conventional-warhead/714512)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-range-ballistic-missile-to-have-carried-conventional-warhead/714512 "2015-03-08T16:08:16Z")
By “carried”, I mean actually deployed in the field with a warhead. Most longer range (for our purposes more than 500 KM) range missile seem to me to have been deployed only with nuclear warheads (and maybe chemical one… --- ## [Is it possible to grow marijuana that doesn't have that distinctive aroma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-grow-marijuana-that-doesnt-have-that-distinctive-aroma/714450)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-grow-marijuana-that-doesnt-have-that-distinctive-aroma/714450 "2015-03-08T05:16:35Z")
Is that a million dollar idea or what? What causes it, and how to get a plant that doesn’t have it, but still has the same effects? --- ## [Help with a bird ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-bird-id/714502)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-bird-id/714502 "2015-03-08T04:18:49Z")
I saw a bird today I thought I could easily identify so I don’t have pictures. It looked and acted very much like a sand piper. I didn’t see it fly. It ran a lot on fast, spindly legs. I tried Google but got no where. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1155)