# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=205 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 206 --- ## [Naval officer: Up, or out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-officer-up-or-out/965100)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-officer-up-or-out/965100 "2022-06-01T13:47:27Z")
I just read this in an article about the new Top Gun movie. In the three decades-plus since Top Gun , Maverick (Tom Cruise) hasn’t advanced further than Captain in the Navy. It’s implied that it’s down to his fittingly… --- ## [Internet wayback machine question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-wayback-machine-question/965411)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-wayback-machine-question/965411 "2022-06-01T08:34:38Z")
Ok I used the Wayback machine to find the pages of my old eq guild and I saved them on my now-former PC but since that PC is no longer functional I don’t have them anymore And now I cant refind the pages using it … am … --- ## [Coworker wants me to date his neice to help prevent her from being deported, this is a scam right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-wants-me-to-date-his-neice-to-help-prevent-her-from-being-deported-this-is-a-scam-right/964966)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-wants-me-to-date-his-neice-to-help-prevent-her-from-being-deported-this-is-a-scam-right/964966 "2022-06-01T06:16:10Z")
Long story short, coworker at a company I’ve known for 10 years and speak to him every day randomly asked me if I was single. I’m not, but I decided to humor him because I know a few guys who might be interested and sinc… --- ## [Timeline for duck eggs hatching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-for-duck-eggs-hatching/965436)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-for-duck-eggs-hatching/965436 "2022-06-01T02:34:24Z")
In the corner where my outside steps that lead down to the patio and the corner of the house a duck laid some eggs in a small pile of windblown leaves that I missed when doing spring cleaning. The duck has been sitting … --- ## [What and where is Costa Manga?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-is-costa-manga/965403)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-is-costa-manga/965403 "2022-06-01T00:43:39Z")
I read an article from the website of BBC radio: Nowadays the magic of tape recording and the jet plane make it possible to record a talk well ahead of its transmission, so by the time it’s played, the audience can say,… --- ## [Single folder of MP3 files has almost a 1GB difference between "Size" and "Size on Disk"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-folder-of-mp3-files-has-almost-a-1gb-difference-between-size-and-size-on-disk/964167)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-folder-of-mp3-files-has-almost-a-1gb-difference-between-size-and-size-on-disk/964167 "2022-05-31T19:21:35Z")
I was looking through my MP3 folders and discovered while most of them their “Size” and “Size on Disk” attributes are 100% the same (or close enough that only a few kilobytes are different) there’s a single folder with 3… --- ## [Firefox on Android opens multiple windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-on-android-opens-multiple-windows/965304)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-on-android-opens-multiple-windows/965304 "2022-05-31T19:10:47Z")
Help! This is vexing me and sucking up my monthly data allotment. I’ll suddenly hear something in my pocket and find that there’s a Firefox window with a video going. I’m mystified as to how it happens as I’ve hit the po… --- ## [Office 365 printer queue - out of ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-365-printer-queue-out-of-ink/965440)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-365-printer-queue-out-of-ink/965440 "2022-05-31T19:10:46Z")
I tried to print a couple of documents this morning. When I went upstairs, the printer said it was out of ink. I wanted to delete the personal document, so I went to Windows =\> Printers & scanners and opened the queues… --- ## [360 degrees in a Circle. But what about a Sphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/360-degrees-in-a-circle-but-what-about-a-sphere/182341)
**Author:** [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/360-degrees-in-a-circle-but-what-about-a-sphere/182341 "2022-05-31T18:37:11Z")
A random thought crossed my mind and I realized I wasn’t all too clear on the concepts… Now, we know that a circle consists of 360 degrees. That is, a circle drawn on any given plane can be divided into 360 degrees. Bu… --- ## [What does meth or crack smoke smell like? Need to know if my houseguest is smoking it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-meth-or-crack-smoke-smell-like-need-to-know-if-my-houseguest-is-smoking-it/965404)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-meth-or-crack-smoke-smell-like-need-to-know-if-my-houseguest-is-smoking-it/965404 "2022-05-31T17:45:09Z")
Like story short, I have had a house guest over my house for the past 2 weeks as he moves out of his apartment. I noticed it was odd he was literally taking 30 minute hot as hell showers but didn’t want to confront him b… --- ## [So WTF is up with Facebook banning people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wtf-is-up-with-facebook-banning-people/965212)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wtf-is-up-with-facebook-banning-people/965212 "2022-05-31T17:31:20Z")
I have a FB account but I almost never go on it or post anything so I have little experience with it. Going to do some traveling with a buddy out west next month. He said he finally was going to cave to his family and s… --- ## [Question about double slit experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-slit-experiment/964893)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-slit-experiment/964893 "2022-05-31T13:14:17Z")
I’m guessing I have a very fundamental misunderstanding of light waves but here goes (thanks in advance): 1.Is it correct that the intensity of the photon is the absolute value of the amplitude? So two waves meeting at… --- ## [Is youtubetime.com gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtubetime-com-gone/965362)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtubetime-com-gone/965362 "2022-05-30T20:46:11Z")
I wanted to go to a specific time on a YouTube video, and headed over to youtubetime.com. It wasn’t there. Or at least, it seemed to be ads instead of the page. I manually entered the code to the URL (#t=0m40s) instea… --- ## [Water color change in naval video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-color-change-in-naval-video/965337)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-color-change-in-naval-video/965337 "2022-05-30T15:24:21Z")
This is a video of a US Navy ship going from full speed to a dead stop. Partway through, you can see the water in the ship’s wake start to change color. It starts becoming noticable about the 40-second mark, and then i… --- ## [Has A Government Ever Taken Drastic Measures To Address A Labor Shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-government-ever-taken-drastic-measures-to-address-a-labor-shortage/963261)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-government-ever-taken-drastic-measures-to-address-a-labor-shortage/963261 "2022-05-30T13:02:38Z")
Define “drastic” as you will, but has any government ever taken drastic measures in response to a labor shortage? About the only solutions I can see, apart from state-sanctioned slavery, is to cut benefits to the unemplo… --- ## [Child Protection Laws and Foreign Visitors To The US (Don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-protection-laws-and-foreign-visitors-to-the-us-dont-need-answer-fast/965305)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-protection-laws-and-foreign-visitors-to-the-us-dont-need-answer-fast/965305 "2022-05-30T04:27:57Z")
Let’s say a British family is on vacation in the US, say at a hotel at Walt Disney World. One night, other guests hears sounds of distress coming from a nearby hotel room. Police investigate, and they discover that the p… --- ## [How does 2017 Honda CRV radio/player sort folders and tracks on USB drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-2017-honda-crv-radio-player-sort-folders-and-tracks-on-usb-drive/965298)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-2017-honda-crv-radio-player-sort-folders-and-tracks-on-usb-drive/965298 "2022-05-29T22:24:38Z")
My wife has a 2017 Honda CRV with a bog standard radio/player. The player has a USB port on a little cable in the center console. I can easily connect a USB “thumb drive” and play tracks. Everything’s great, right? N… --- ## [How do i share files in windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-share-files-in-windows-10/965296)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-share-files-in-windows-10/965296 "2022-05-29T15:43:05Z")
Im trying to share my folder in Windows 10, but when i goto network settings i get no understanding. I only want to share a folder, not my whole computer --- ## [How does Canada move oil without the Keystone pipeline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-canada-move-oil-without-the-keystone-pipeline/965182)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-canada-move-oil-without-the-keystone-pipeline/965182 "2022-05-29T14:35:34Z")
One of the facts disbelieved by MAGA is that the Keystone pipeline was to move Canadian oil to Texas refineries and the fuel sent mostly overseas. What is Canada doing with the oil Keystone would have carried? --- ## [Can you get a ferret permit with an educational YouTube channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219)
**Author:** [@poppy1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppy1)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-a-ferret-permit-with-an-educational-youtube-channel/965219 "2022-05-29T01:21:50Z")
i live in California and after loosing my beloved rats i was thinking of maybe taking on a ferret sometime over summer. i know they are illegal and i’m not even going to consider getting one illegally. on the California … --- ## [Walking up stairs backwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-up-stairs-backwards/965220)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-up-stairs-backwards/965220 "2022-05-28T17:53:49Z")
I found out that I cannot go up stairs backwards well at all and automatically turn my foot outward. What specific muscle is weak for this upstairs difficulty to occur, and why does turning the foot out help. Trying to… --- ## [Are double-clawed hammers still used anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-double-clawed-hammers-still-used-anywhere/965237)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-double-clawed-hammers-still-used-anywhere/965237 "2022-05-28T17:04:36Z")
Saw one on a recent TV episode (with a modern setting). Googling shows that they were in use in the early 1900s to better remove more than one size of nail, but I have never seen or heard of them before. … --- ## [During the Age of Sail, how did ships dock at port?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-age-of-sail-how-did-ships-dock-at-port/964786)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-age-of-sail-how-did-ships-dock-at-port/964786 "2022-05-28T15:46:39Z")
It’s been windy, and fire-y, lately here at home, so naturally I watched Master and Commander the other night. It got me wondering to myself: “Self, if everything from sloops to first-rate ships-of-the-line are rigged … --- ## [Who actually ruled Athens in 399 BCE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-ruled-athens-in-399-bce/965230)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-ruled-athens-in-399-bce/965230 "2022-05-28T02:50:03Z")
I thought it would be an easy question to answer. Who (following the 13 months ? 8 month? answers vary online rule of the Sparta-backed13 Tyrants) ruled Athens during the trial of Socrates in 399 BCE? All articles I foun… --- ## [Johnnie Walker Green Label](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-green-label/258809)
**Author:** [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnnie-walker-green-label/258809 "2022-05-28T01:01:36Z")
Here in the United States, we can buy Johhnie Walker Scotch in four “styles”: Red, Black, Gold, and Blue label. These are all blends, with the main differencce, AFAIK, being the age of the whiskies involved. We took a … --- ## [Can anyone ID this plastic fastener?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-plastic-fastener/964170)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-plastic-fastener/964170 "2022-05-27T15:55:38Z")
I’m looking for a replacement, so bonus points if you know where to find one. But even if you just know what it’s called, that would help with my search. There’s a little plastic button that goes through clothing, that t… --- ## [Are there any tax ramifications with gifting something to a business (a dental clinic?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tax-ramifications-with-gifting-something-to-a-business-a-dental-clinic/965190)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-tax-ramifications-with-gifting-something-to-a-business-a-dental-clinic/965190 "2022-05-27T09:49:06Z")
I saw a gift for dentists on Amazon - a laser-etched crystal block that has a 3-D etched giant tooth diagram inside - and thought it would make a pretty gift for the dental clinic that I go to. Is there any sort of tax i… --- ## [Private Equity - Asset Stripping/Sweating - How does it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-equity-asset-stripping-sweating-how-does-it-work/949607)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-equity-asset-stripping-sweating-how-does-it-work/949607 "2022-05-26T22:34:44Z")
I was reading this article in the Gruinad about the above. Yes, it is written by someone with an agenda and yes it is a bit populist and hysterical. But nonetheless it raises questions about which I have long wondered.… --- ## [Potentially Getting Hurt During Sex Act Question (Maybe Offensive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-getting-hurt-during-sex-act-question-maybe-offensive/965110)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-getting-hurt-during-sex-act-question-maybe-offensive/965110 "2022-05-26T20:39:30Z")
One of those shower thoughts I had randomly. During the act of titty-fucking/boobjobs/titjobs (whenever the term for sticking a man’s penis between a woman’s breasts is now) is it possible for a woman to crush the man’s… --- ## [How to make Satellite View the default in Google Maps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-satellite-view-the-default-in-google-maps/965162)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-satellite-view-the-default-in-google-maps/965162 "2022-05-26T20:02:51Z")
I use Google Maps dozens of times a day and always have to switch to satellite view when it starts. I searched for this topic and found solutions for smartphones but not for a PC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=206)