# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=687 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 688 --- ## [How do ordinary humans buy LEMO connectors in small quantities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ordinary-humans-buy-lemo-connectors-in-small-quantities/793880)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ordinary-humans-buy-lemo-connectors-in-small-quantities/793880 "2017-08-20T11:15:55Z")
LEMO is a brand name for very nice multipin connectors. You assemble them from a variety of different parts to get the pin configuration, cable termination, disconnect style, etc etc that you want. The problem is that th… --- ## [How To Pronounce This Turkish(?) Or German(?) Name: Ayberk-Enes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-this-turkish-or-german-name-ayberk-enes/794031)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-this-turkish-or-german-name-ayberk-enes/794031 "2017-08-20T11:11:28Z")
This kid speaks German but I think he might be ethnically Turkish. His name is Ayberk-Enes; not sure if that’s Turkish, German, or some of each. How would I pronounce it? --- ## [Books/Online Courses about structure of US politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-online-courses-about-structure-of-us-politics/786587)
**Author:** [@PooclearWar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PooclearWar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-online-courses-about-structure-of-us-politics/786587 "2017-08-20T09:28:10Z")
Anyone got any? I realized not too long ago that I know almost nothing about the actual structure of the US government, how bills are proposed, what and who “congress” are, what the president has to go up against, whethe… --- ## [Advice on Surviving a Wildfire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-surviving-a-wildfire/793885)
**Author:** [@Beeeezil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beeeezil)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-surviving-a-wildfire/793885 "2017-08-20T08:42:00Z")
We’re going camping in Oregon this weekend to see the eclipse. Last year around this time there were 14 separate wild fires burning: with millions of new visitors to the area for the eclipse I can only imagine how many f… --- ## [Is there a way to have multiple broswer icons that open different tabs when starting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-multiple-broswer-icons-that-open-different-tabs-when-starting/793452)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-multiple-broswer-icons-that-open-different-tabs-when-starting/793452 "2017-08-20T05:53:11Z")
Here’s what I would like to do: For work, in the morning, I need to do a scan of various news websites. Opening them all individually is a hassle. Not a big deal but still… I know I can have Firefox (or Chrome or wha… --- ## [Outdoor motion sensor light question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-motion-sensor-light-question/794132)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-motion-sensor-light-question/794132 "2017-08-20T03:39:42Z")
Replace a motion sensor on a hard wired out door post light today. I have LEDs in it if it matters. Anywho, as a temp fix before replacing that sensor, I have a motion activated LED/Solar charged light in the same area… --- ## [Right size fire extinguisher for a vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-size-fire-extinguisher-for-a-vehicle/794011)
**Author:** [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-size-fire-extinguisher-for-a-vehicle/794011 "2017-08-19T22:42:25Z")
I’m not talking about something small to keep in the glove box to put out a small fire in the engine compartment before it does too much damage. I mean, if you’re driving along and come across someone trapped in a car e… --- ## [What's really happening when outside stimulus is woven into our dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-really-happening-when-outside-stimulus-is-woven-into-our-dreams/794083)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-really-happening-when-outside-stimulus-is-woven-into-our-dreams/794083 "2017-08-19T22:38:10Z")
Most of us have probably had the experience when you’ve been dreaming and suddenly there’s an alarm or a shotgun blast, and have woken to realize the phone is ringing or a car backfired outside. How fast can our brains … --- ## [Why do drugs that increase GABA activity have an anxiolytic effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-drugs-that-increase-gaba-activity-have-an-anxiolytic-effect/794118)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-drugs-that-increase-gaba-activity-have-an-anxiolytic-effect/794118 "2017-08-19T18:59:56Z")
What is the neuroscience of this? Benzos, barbituates as well at OTC supplements like theanine or taurine work because of the effect they have on GABA system. So what is the neuroscience of why increasing GABA activity … --- ## [Excel ?, counting rows of text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-counting-rows-of-text/794034)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-counting-rows-of-text/794034 "2017-08-19T12:26:45Z")
I have an excel spreadsheet that contains a list of names subsetted by departments. one line = one row in sprdsht. For example: Accounting Department Sam Mary Joe Security Dept. Lou Harry John Mike etc I nee… --- ## [Did the Emancipation Proclamation actually result in freed slaves at the time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-emancipation-proclamation-actually-result-in-freed-slaves-at-the-time/793975 "2017-08-19T04:24:28Z")
First I recognize that it was only aimed at freeing slaves in areas under rebellion. So that makes me think that it was widely ignored by southern slave holders (slave holders not in areas under rebellion, I suppose, we… --- ## [How can a person respond to a cowbell "assault?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-person-respond-to-a-cowbell-assault/793985)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-person-respond-to-a-cowbell-assault/793985 "2017-08-19T02:22:39Z")
A hypothetical question, inspired by the IMHO discussion of the events in Charlottesville. Suppose I am in a public space, and someone approaches to within twelve inches of my head and begins banging a cowbell as hard a… --- ## [Why is it legal to shoot crows, but not to keep them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-to-shoot-crows-but-not-to-keep-them/442327)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-to-shoot-crows-but-not-to-keep-them/442327 "2017-08-19T02:13:32Z")
Note to moderator: I’m posting this one in GQ with the idea that there might well be an actual answer to my question. However,I’m aware of my strong feelings on some issues and my tendency to be a tad-bit emphatic about … --- ## [Quotation from Xenophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-from-xenophon/794005)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotation-from-xenophon/794005 "2017-08-19T01:37:27Z")
I am looking for a quotation from Xenophon that I may be misremembering or inventing; searches on google and Xenophon’s work online haven’t revealed the answer. The gist of it is, “the strong will take from the weak; tha… --- ## [Cardinality of straight-line functions vs curved functions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinality-of-straight-line-functions-vs-curved-functions/793970)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinality-of-straight-line-functions-vs-curved-functions/793970 "2017-08-18T23:56:39Z")
I hope the thread title is a reasonable summary but let me start by explaining how I got there before I tell you the simple question, as I may have also made errors along the way. Bear in mind I consider my mathematical … --- ## [I'm getting a sword cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-sword-cane/792706 "2017-08-18T23:32:30Z")
I’m getting a Cold Steel Heavy Duty sword cane (out on delivery today) and on this video (starting at .40) he has a ring with a lanyard on it. Some one posted a question on where he can get one but this guy never respon… --- ## ["Even if injected into bloodstream, a virus won't necessarily take hold"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-injected-into-bloodstream-a-virus-wont-necessarily-take-hold/793981)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-injected-into-bloodstream-a-virus-wont-necessarily-take-hold/793981 "2017-08-18T23:31:16Z")
A doctor told me that even if a virus is injected directly into a bloodstream (such as, for instance, the HIV virus,) there is a less-than-20% chance that the disease will actually take hold in the human body. I’m curio… --- ## [Car fixable after accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-fixable-after-accident/793533)
**Author:** [@Sumatra5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sumatra5)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-fixable-after-accident/793533 "2017-08-18T20:28:33Z")
I had an accident recently and liability insurance only. I have a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero. I was wondering if my car is totaled or even worth fixing? I was hit on the driver side in the rear. My rear wheel is caved in and … --- ## [Is an old splinter dispersing into my bloodstream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-old-splinter-dispersing-into-my-bloodstream/793955)
**Author:** [@Dumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumb)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-old-splinter-dispersing-into-my-bloodstream/793955 "2017-08-18T18:43:08Z")
When I was between 10-13 yrs old I was out sweeping my grandmas patio with an old broom and I caught a relatively large splinter from it. Definitely less than half a cm long but almost. It has been there my whole life … --- ## [Help me by the correct appliance part.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-by-the-correct-appliance-part/793994)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-by-the-correct-appliance-part/793994 "2017-08-18T18:21:57Z")
Evaporator fan motor for a Kenmore 79571053.014. I am pretty sure that this is the correct part: https://www.amazon.com/LG-4681JB1027C-Evaporator-Fan-Motor/dp/B00LGUF0G2/ref=sr\_1\_fkmr0\_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503078032&sr=8-2-f… --- ## [Help me visualize this: why one spot on Earth gets more "totality time" than others in the eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-visualize-this-why-one-spot-on-earth-gets-more-totality-time-than-others-in-the-eclipse/793838)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-visualize-this-why-one-spot-on-earth-gets-more-totality-time-than-others-in-the-eclipse/793838 "2017-08-18T18:04:32Z")
From the Wiki on the upcoming solar eclipse (The USA! USA! Eclipse) \[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - Wikipedia\] The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes 41.6 seconds at about 37°35′0″N 89°7′0″W in Giant Cit… --- ## [Is a (measured) cubic foot of air the same as a cubic foot of hydrogen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-measured-cubic-foot-of-air-the-same-as-a-cubic-foot-of-hydrogen/793812)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-measured-cubic-foot-of-air-the-same-as-a-cubic-foot-of-hydrogen/793812 "2017-08-18T13:51:26Z")
More specifically, if I’m using a (diaphragm-type) dry gas meter -calibrated using ambient air- to measure a collected volume of H2, should I use any correction factor to determine the actual volume of H2 collected? I’m… --- ## [Which country has the most generous free-speech laws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-has-the-most-generous-free-speech-laws/793835)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-country-has-the-most-generous-free-speech-laws/793835 "2017-08-18T13:00:48Z")
Just wondering which country in the world has the loosest, most generous free-speech laws - I imagine that has to be one with even broader limits than the USA, but can’t think of one off the top of my head. --- ## [Do solar panels look different when drawing current?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-solar-panels-look-different-when-drawing-current/793791)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-solar-panels-look-different-when-drawing-current/793791 "2017-08-18T03:22:47Z")
Traditional generators exert more rotational resistance when drawing current. I once saw a video (sorry, no link) of a guy who had set up a long plastic screw thing enclosed in a pipe, fed by water from a river, connecte… --- ## [What are these steel objects in the park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-steel-objects-in-the-park/793605 "2017-08-18T01:50:52Z")
This is kind of vague, but today walking in a town park, we saw these objects in the wooded trail area of the park, here and there. They looked like metal baskets or cages, mounted on steel poles, about 3 feet high, no… --- ## [Excel question - rounding up non-integers only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-rounding-up-non-integers-only/793699)
**Author:** [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-rounding-up-non-integers-only/793699 "2017-08-18T01:30:04Z")
Is there a way to roundup numbers such that the integer is ignored and only the decimal is rounded up? I know how to round up numbers to nearest nickel, etc., and I know how to round up by multiples. My problem is I need… --- ## [Stupid Eclipse Question for 2024 Totality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-eclipse-question-for-2024-totality/793865)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-eclipse-question-for-2024-totality/793865 "2017-08-17T23:56:53Z")
So I found this map online for the totality in 2024, it shows some sort of swoosh that is the path of the eclipse, but to see the ‘perfect’ ring around the blacked out sun yaddayaddayadda you have to be in that specific … --- ## [Have two mentally retarded people ever had children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-two-mentally-retarded-people-ever-had-children/578779)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-two-mentally-retarded-people-ever-had-children/578779 "2017-08-17T22:37:56Z")
Stop right there, now. I still use the term “mentally retarded” in some cases because it does tend to help people picture what I’m talking about. I do know that a preferred term is developmentally delayed or something l… --- ## [Amazon Prime Free Shipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-free-shipping/793753)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-free-shipping/793753 "2017-08-17T21:47:41Z")
I’m an Amazon Prime member and I ordered a watch that was supposed to be delivered by 8 pm today. They have one more minute. What happens if it doesn’t get here… is it like Domino’s used to be and I get the watch for fre… --- ## [Are job opportunities for computer programmers really expanding or declining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-job-opportunities-for-computer-programmers-really-expanding-or-declining/793546)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-job-opportunities-for-computer-programmers-really-expanding-or-declining/793546 "2017-08-17T15:27:49Z")
Everyone in education has been talking for years about a dire shortage of computer programmers. They also claim that more and more openings for these positions happen ever year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics seems to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=686) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=688)