# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1160 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1161 --- ## [Official corporate names in France](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-corporate-names-in-france/713648)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-corporate-names-in-france/713648 "2015-03-01T01:39:21Z")
I know that in some countries, companies are required to indicate the type of business entity they are in their official legal entity name, like Apple Inc. or The Coca-Cola Company to take two famous US companies as exam… --- ## [The dress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dress/713898 "2015-03-01T01:32:25Z")
I can’t believe there aren’t any threads here in GQ about the dress that people can’t agree about what color it is. (Sorry for the bad grammar.) I did do a search on the word “dress” for the past three days, and it came … --- ## [football violence in the Uk. Always yob on yob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-violence-in-the-uk-always-yob-on-yob/713804)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-violence-in-the-uk-always-yob-on-yob/713804 "2015-03-01T00:14:40Z")
The UK used to have a big problem with football hooliganism. One thing I’m unclear about though, did this ever involve targetting people who weren’t looking for a fight, or was it pretty much always belligerent fans v ot… --- ## [Is "previous predecessor" grammatically incorrect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-previous-predecessor-grammatically-incorrect/713406)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-previous-predecessor-grammatically-incorrect/713406 "2015-02-28T22:42:28Z")
It seems like I’m always hearing these two words paired together. To me, it sounds redundant. I liken it to “ATM machine.” --- ## [Since I can't replace my windows should I caulk them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-i-cant-replace-my-windows-should-i-caulk-them/713747)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-i-cant-replace-my-windows-should-i-caulk-them/713747 "2015-02-28T22:27:12Z")
I don’t mean from the outside like you do when you install them - I mean should I just attack them sumbitches with a caulk gun - caulk all around where the glass meets the wood and where wood meets other wood? So. My h… --- ## [Space probes perpendicular to ecliptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-probes-perpendicular-to-ecliptic/713797)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-probes-perpendicular-to-ecliptic/713797 "2015-02-28T22:05:39Z")
Have any probes been launched (or has it been considered) directly “north” or “south” of the solar system with the intent of getting bird’s-eye imagery of, initially, the solar system and eventually the Milky Way? --- ## [I forgot to put my W2 in with my tax return.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-to-put-my-w2-in-with-my-tax-return/713675)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-to-put-my-w2-in-with-my-tax-return/713675 "2015-02-28T20:32:24Z")
I mean, I used all the information from my W2, I just didn’t put the W2 itself in the envelope when I mailed it off. :smack: What now? --- ## [Using ClamXav](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-clamxav/713738)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-clamxav/713738 "2015-02-28T17:53:17Z")
Coupla specific questions for those in the know on using this Mac-centric anti-virus software. I very carefully created a folder on the desktop. I named it Quarantine. I went into the Preferences and told the software… --- ## [Irina Flige](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irina-flige/713807)
**Author:** [@yddap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yddap)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irina-flige/713807 "2015-02-28T15:26:00Z")
Does anyone know anything about Irina Flige, the Russian Human rights advocate? --- ## [Weird ringing noise from my PC monitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ringing-noise-from-my-pc-monitor/713761)
**Author:** [@gracefulfatsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracefulfatsheba)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ringing-noise-from-my-pc-monitor/713761 "2015-02-28T15:08:23Z")
Sometimes, when I open a look at a certain thing in Windows my monitor makes a weird, persistent ringing noise. It’s not exactly loud but it’s clearly audible to anyone nearby. I can replicate the noise by opening up No… --- ## [Is there a bit of software that can do all this (scheduled FTP/moving/archiving of files)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-bit-of-software-that-can-do-all-this-scheduled-ftp-moving-archiving-of-files/713855)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-bit-of-software-that-can-do-all-this-scheduled-ftp-moving-archiving-of-files/713855 "2015-02-28T15:07:41Z")
The various systems I am responsible for at work rely heavily on file interchange - orders coming in from customers; moving to an input queue on a different server; output files being sent via various methods to differen… --- ## [MS Office Protected Mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-protected-mode/713353)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-office-protected-mode/713353 "2015-02-28T14:28:53Z")
When I open a MS Office document someone has sent me it is almost only in ‘READ’ or ‘PROTECTED’ mode, which means I have to click a button in order to edit or print it. What is the purpose of this feature? Are they afra… --- ## [Big Bang Glow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-glow/713838)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-glow/713838 "2015-02-28T14:26:48Z")
Using the ultra reliable Wikipedia I see at that the mean free path of a photon in deep space is approx 10 billion light years. That of course is the mean and so photons will travel further or less in some linear(?) d… --- ## [Are heavy-metal-laden fish crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-heavy-metal-laden-fish-crazy/713692)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-heavy-metal-laden-fish-crazy/713692 "2015-02-28T13:22:13Z")
Long car rides are bad for me. Recent discussion centered on a bass-fishing competition in a nearby lake, and how silly it was to have it there because there was an environmental disaster a while back and people are dis… --- ## [Reliability of information on people search websites? (Mystery!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reliability-of-information-on-people-search-websites-mystery/713774)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reliability-of-information-on-people-search-websites-mystery/713774 "2015-02-28T11:31:13Z")
I was randomly browsing through notices in the German Bundesanzeiger (which is roughly the German equivalent of the Federal Register in the United States) about persons who were legally declared dead in absentia by Germa… --- ## [Are home raised eggs good value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-home-raised-eggs-good-value/713258)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-home-raised-eggs-good-value/713258 "2015-02-28T05:37:00Z")
I posit a small household with a few chooks. Assuming they are good layers is the cost of feed per egg more or less than the cost of commerical eggs throught the retail chain. I won’t enter into organic or ‘free-range’… --- ## [Milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk/713563)
**Author:** [@theo112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theo112)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk/713563 "2015-02-28T03:30:16Z")
What are the real differences between Fat Free, Skim, 1%, 2%, and Whole Milk? --- ## [I think I just allowed a malware executable "saved to drive" (IOS): Need Answer Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-allowed-a-malware-executable-saved-to-drive-ios-need-answer-fast/713823)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-allowed-a-malware-executable-saved-to-drive-ios-need-answer-fast/713823 "2015-02-28T02:21:37Z")
not freaking, yet. On iPad, luckily. From “State Court” no - name. Notice to appear, document list enclosed. Un.ziped it, .js file opened in my PDF reader GoodReader, then, Microsoft Pages, the clicked on “saved to dri… --- ## [How fast could we make a jet aircraft today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-could-we-make-a-jet-aircraft-today/713723)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-could-we-make-a-jet-aircraft-today/713723 "2015-02-28T00:48:08Z")
So I was thinking about the SR-71, which holds records for being the fastest air-breathing jet aircraft in level flight. Right behind it is the Mig-25. Both of these aircraft were built to be fast, but it is obvious from… --- ## [Do any military vehicle/station currently in existence have a self-destruct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-military-vehicle-station-currently-in-existence-have-a-self-destruct/713432)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-military-vehicle-station-currently-in-existence-have-a-self-destruct/713432 "2015-02-28T00:39:38Z")
You see it all the time in sci-fi shows. Some starship or station, overrun with enemies, and the captain valiantly destroys the whole thing with a code and a button (sometimes with a 2nd in command verifying it). Its u… --- ## [What is target drug therapy or target drug? Hope in the future is to revolutionized medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-target-drug-therapy-or-target-drug-hope-in-the-future-is-to-revolutionized-medicine/713366)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-target-drug-therapy-or-target-drug-hope-in-the-future-is-to-revolutionized-medicine/713366 "2015-02-28T00:24:26Z")
What is target drug therapy or target drug? How will it work? Where they hope in the future is to revolutionized medicine. Most drugs have side effects, example cancer chemotherapy. It is easy to give lethal toxin to ki… --- ## [Is there any battery chemistry that can compete with gasoline on energy density?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-battery-chemistry-that-can-compete-with-gasoline-on-energy-density/713536)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-battery-chemistry-that-can-compete-with-gasoline-on-energy-density/713536 "2015-02-28T00:11:36Z")
Gasoline has great energy density. For common non-nuclear fuels, I believe only diesel beats it. Will batteries ever be able to get into the same ball park as gasoline? I understand that batteries powering an electric… --- ## [Electrical travel adaptor question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-travel-adaptor-question/713796)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-travel-adaptor-question/713796 "2015-02-28T00:05:06Z")
I will be in the UAE for a few weeks on business, flying from Canada. I need to get an adapter for type A/B to type G as well as a power converter. I have one question. If I have an A/B to G adapter and power converter … --- ## [Article questions if Big Bang happened (scientific article)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-questions-if-big-bang-happened-scientific-article/713805)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-questions-if-big-bang-happened-scientific-article/713805 "2015-02-27T23:27:20Z")
I hadn’t see this posted and thought people might be interested: --- ## [What's in jet fuel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-jet-fuel/656310)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-jet-fuel/656310 "2015-02-27T23:08:27Z")
Rather than hijack the Chemtrails thread with a side-discussion about jet fuel, I’m posting here. New member mugaliens mentioned that jet fuel is basically a mixture of kerosene and gasoline. The things I’ve flown use … --- ## [Anti-papal tracts by James VI & I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-papal-tracts-by-james-vi-i/713743)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-papal-tracts-by-james-vi-i/713743 "2015-02-27T21:57:24Z")
From the Epistle Dedicatory to the KJV of the Bible: That man of sin is almost certainly the Pope, but what writing is referred to? The Wiki page on James mentions three books he wrote (one on witch-hunting, one on th… --- ## [Blue screen, freeze ups, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-freeze-ups-etc/713449)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-screen-freeze-ups-etc/713449 "2015-02-27T21:52:13Z")
I looked in the computer thread, but found no references to the dreaded Blue Screen. I’ve been experiencing this from time to time, and also have been having computer freeze-up recently. Does this automatically mean tha… --- ## [Are expiration dates on alcohol-based hand sanitizers mandatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expiration-dates-on-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-mandatory/713794)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expiration-dates-on-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-mandatory/713794 "2015-02-27T21:26:53Z")
I noticed today that the expiration date on the bottle of hand sanitizer at my desk passed 3 years ago. So I wandered around the office and found a dozen others with expiration dates dating back to 2009. So I dumped … --- ## [Is it possible to keep a human head alive with no body attached?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-keep-a-human-head-alive-with-no-body-attached/713777)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-keep-a-human-head-alive-with-no-body-attached/713777 "2015-02-27T21:15:24Z")
Humans can survive with a Cardiopulmonary bypass machine with no actual heart inside their bodies. Dialysis can keep the heart clean, and parental feeding can provide the body with necessary nutrients. So… would it be po… --- ## [US Phone Dialing - Any Standards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-phone-dialing-any-standards/713498)
**Author:** [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-phone-dialing-any-standards/713498 "2015-02-27T20:24:55Z")
I am getting way frustrated lately with simply trying to dial a phone number. On my Landline: SOMETIMES, if I dial a local number (same area code), I can dial just 7 digits. SOMETIMES, if I dial a local number (same a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1161)