# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=771 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 772 --- ## [Two Parter/Power Supply Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-parter-power-supply-question/780530)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-parter-power-supply-question/780530 "2017-02-24T08:34:48Z")
Are there any inherent risks if one of these cords falls out of a computer power supply/Xbox One power supply while the other end is plugged into an outlet? or would it is essence just act like an empty outlet? I meant s… --- ## [What happens when a previously-acquired company gets 'spun-out' and made independent again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-a-previously-acquired-company-gets-spun-out-and-made-independent-again/780504)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-a-previously-acquired-company-gets-spun-out-and-made-independent-again/780504 "2017-02-24T08:18:51Z")
Can anyone explain the mechanics (with regards to ownership and shares) of the scenario I described in the Title? Here are two examples: Mailgun, an email delivery service for developers, which was acquired by Rackspac… --- ## [Factually, at what time did network TV begin to call it for Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factually-at-what-time-did-network-tv-begin-to-call-it-for-trump/779847)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factually-at-what-time-did-network-tv-begin-to-call-it-for-trump/779847 "2017-02-24T06:17:41Z")
Sorry, factually :smiley: I’m from the UK and don’t quite understand elections and time zones. I guess it’s easier here, without time zones, and there are no public exit polling predictions until after all polling stati… --- ## [As CIC, is trump now a veteran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-cic-is-trump-now-a-veteran/780212)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-cic-is-trump-now-a-veteran/780212 "2017-02-24T04:35:22Z")
Is he now eligible to be buried in Arlington? --- ## [HVAC Question about propane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-question-about-propane/780418)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-question-about-propane/780418 "2017-02-24T01:32:27Z")
This is not a homework question but what I thought was a typo in my textbook. I see that propane will boil off at -40F (-40C) Do you see what I see? What gives? Instructor scratched his head and told me to just let i… --- ## [Question regarding an architect's daily working life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-an-architects-daily-working-life/780351)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-an-architects-daily-working-life/780351 "2017-02-24T00:54:35Z")
Hi I always imagined an architect’s daily working life to be rather lonely, rather than sociable.Do architects these days work side by side or in separate rooms/cubicles in architect firms?Architecture seems to involve … --- ## [Question about judges recusing themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-judges-recusing-themselves/779363)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-judges-recusing-themselves/779363 "2017-02-23T21:16:59Z")
Earlier today, I was noodling around on an adjoining county’s court records website, and saw a divorce case that not only appeared to be extremely messy, but at one point, about 10 judges said, “I recuse myself.” I know… --- ## [US places named for regions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-places-named-for-regions/779385 "2017-02-23T20:48:58Z")
Since my thread thread about US cities named for non-US cities was such a success, I’m going to followup with a thread on non-US regions with US namesakes. The Wikipage has been submitted for that topic, and they change… --- ## [If a close relative has DNA on file, can that potentially compromise you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-close-relative-has-dna-on-file-can-that-potentially-compromise-you/778620)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-close-relative-has-dna-on-file-can-that-potentially-compromise-you/778620 "2017-02-23T15:54:52Z")
My (full, biological, non-twin) brother is a convicted felon, therefore he has had to submit a DNA sample to the federal crime database. I am not, and have not. If I were to commit a crime where I left behind DNA evidenc… --- ## [Is there a way to report Malware/virus/zip emails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-malware-virus-zip-emails/780475)
**Author:** [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-report-malware-virus-zip-emails/780475 "2017-02-23T13:11:29Z")
They are not quite spam, and not quite spoofing, but they are the emails which I get many times a week which I would be crazy to open the attachments on. I assume you get them too. Is it just whack-a-mole to try and dam… --- ## [Apollo Command Module Reentry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-command-module-reentry/780449)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-command-module-reentry/780449 "2017-02-23T12:38:33Z")
Here’s the setup. Okay, how do they steer the spaceship by only rolling it? How the hell do they steer; just by rolling? --- ## [Access to server/files at work (from home) on my Mac. Can’t connect via VPN.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-server-files-at-work-from-home-on-my-mac-can-t-connect-via-vpn/780523)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-server-files-at-work-from-home-on-my-mac-can-t-connect-via-vpn/780523 "2017-02-23T10:37:19Z")
When I am at work and connected to our network, i can hit command-K and then enter the path: smb://xxserver/xfiles. Everything connects as expected and I can browse files on our company network. Here’s my prob: When I… --- ## [Chinese(?) translation requested...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-translation-requested/335151)
**Author:** [@Basandre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Basandre)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-translation-requested/335151 "2017-02-23T05:16:09Z")
This was spotted by a friend of mine. She says it’s in the Mineral Engineering department break room and has been there for years. Whoever put it up is probably gone by now. We’re wondering what it says. Can anyone help? … --- ## [Windows scheduled tasks: no output logged when running an EXE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scheduled-tasks-no-output-logged-when-running-an-exe/780468)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-scheduled-tasks-no-output-logged-when-running-an-exe/780468 "2017-02-23T02:38:23Z")
At work I have a number of scheduled tasks set up to run on Windows servers (2008 R2). The majority of these are set up to run .bat or .cmd files which execute Java code, and the scheduled tasks are set up with arguments… --- ## [American Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-revolution/780349)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-revolution/780349 "2017-02-22T21:29:36Z")
I recently heard the Revolution was essentially 25 battles scattered through seven years (with various and assorted skirmishes thrown in here and there). Does anyone know how many days of actual fighting took place duri… --- ## [Tabs on canned food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabs-on-canned-food/780367)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabs-on-canned-food/780367 "2017-02-22T18:34:42Z")
You know the pull-tabs that some canned foods (like soup) have that make it much easier to open them? (I still need a knife, but at least I don’t need a can opener). If that technology exists, why doesn’t every canned … --- ## [My wife's fingers do not wrinkle in water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-fingers-do-not-wrinkle-in-water/346059)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-fingers-do-not-wrinkle-in-water/346059 "2017-02-22T18:20:48Z")
I understand why my fingers and toes wrinkle when I stay in the pool for a while. Please can someone tell me why my (Cambodian) wife’s fingers do not. Neither do her aunt’s or her neice’s. I am pretty disappointed -I jus… --- ## [Power Supply for 10 month old phone has loose USB connection. Can it be fixed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-supply-for-10-month-old-phone-has-loose-usb-connection-can-it-be-fixed/780360)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-supply-for-10-month-old-phone-has-loose-usb-connection-can-it-be-fixed/780360 "2017-02-22T16:32:42Z")
Very frustrating. I plug in the charger and start surfing the web or watching videos. Suddenly I get a low battery alert. The sneaky thing wasn’t charging. I have to plug and unplug it to get it charging. Wiggle the co… --- ## [Confusing bank policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-bank-policy/780361)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-bank-policy/780361 "2017-02-22T15:43:19Z")
I have a question regarding the accessibility of funds after depositing a check. Now before anyone says anything, I have written about a similar issue a while back. My question today has nothing to do with check dates … --- ## [Why do I lose more weight when I don't go to the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-lose-more-weight-when-i-dont-go-to-the-gym/780379)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-lose-more-weight-when-i-dont-go-to-the-gym/780379 "2017-02-22T14:57:25Z")
Okay, this is confusing the ever-loving hell out of me. Most weeks, I do my best to eat well, count calories, hit the gym three times a week for a pretty strenuous workout. My weight does not seem to go down substantial… --- ## [Could betadine antiseptic prevent herpes infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-betadine-antiseptic-prevent-herpes-infection/696951)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-betadine-antiseptic-prevent-herpes-infection/696951 "2017-02-22T14:07:10Z")
I was watching this old black and white training film for US sailors made in 1943 before penicillin was out about preventing STD’s. Which can be seen here - YouTube and may be NSFW as they show the sailors applying the … --- ## [Minnesota's New DUI Law Legality/Grandfather Clause-ish Type Stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesotas-new-dui-law-legality-grandfather-clause-ish-type-stuff/122824)
**Author:** [@jmortenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmortenson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesotas-new-dui-law-legality-grandfather-clause-ish-type-stuff/122824 "2002-08-07T19:33:03Z")
The obvious notation I have to put in here is that I believe that people that drive under the influence are just really naughty people that have to be punished. In these days of comfortable shoes, I don’t understand why … --- ## [Conflicting textbooks about molecular orbitals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflicting-textbooks-about-molecular-orbitals/780376)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflicting-textbooks-about-molecular-orbitals/780376 "2017-02-22T07:30:19Z")
The electronic AP Chemistry book (above) says that O2 has one bond, as evidenced by its being paramagnetic. I’ve not heard that before, and “Professor Dave” on youtube does not come … --- ## [LG LED TV question-Color/Brightness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-led-tv-question-color-brightness/673518)
**Author:** [@Anna9563](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna9563)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-led-tv-question-color-brightness/673518 "2013-11-09T23:17:14Z")
From Anna, To Whom It May Concern, Hope some of you can help me here. I have new LT LED TV. I just went from Analog TV to Monitor TV. I am having trouble getting the color and brightness right. I have moved the color … --- ## [Throwing Sticks / Two Sided Barrel Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-sticks-two-sided-barrel-dice/780150)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-sticks-two-sided-barrel-dice/780150 "2017-02-22T06:47:38Z")
I would like to purchase some two sided dice, but not the cubic or any other modern style. I want the original senet/yut/tab style throwing sticks. Even more specifically, I want them in different colors (e.g. 5-6 colors… --- ## [Pressure washer/car question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-washer-car-question/780334)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-washer-car-question/780334 "2017-02-22T04:39:26Z")
I have access to one of these: http://brightcove.vo.llnwd.net/e1/uds/pd/1834613806001/1834613806001\_4711822765001\_4711805385001.mp4 Is this too powerful with which to wash my car? How does it compare pressure-wise to th… --- ## [Synching between Google Calendar, Mac Calendar, and iPhone caldendar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synching-between-google-calendar-mac-calendar-and-iphone-caldendar/780127)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synching-between-google-calendar-mac-calendar-and-iphone-caldendar/780127 "2017-02-22T02:24:38Z")
Basically, I want to be able to input in Google Calendar and have it go to my iPhone. I’d also like to input in my iPhone and have it go to Google Calendar, though the latter is not strictly necessary. Currently, if I i… --- ## [FDR and EO 9066](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-and-eo-9066/780400)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-and-eo-9066/780400 "2017-02-21T22:12:30Z")
Do we know if FDR had any qualms about Executive Order 9066 which interred Americans of Japanese decent during WWII? As a follow up did FDR ever say that he regretted that particular Executive Order? The order was suspe… --- ## [Proper Arabic name for someone from (city ending in vowel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-arabic-name-for-someone-from-city-ending-in-vowel/780373)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-arabic-name-for-someone-from-city-ending-in-vowel/780373 "2017-02-21T21:39:42Z")
AIUI, in Arabic, a person’s title will often add an “al-” at the beginning and an “i” at the end to denote where that person is from - i.e., the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was from Baghdad, so, “al-Baghdadi,” and S… --- ## [Is the skin/placenta thin enough to allow any light into the human womb during pregnancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-skin-placenta-thin-enough-to-allow-any-light-into-the-human-womb-during-pregnancy/780148)
**Author:** [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-skin-placenta-thin-enough-to-allow-any-light-into-the-human-womb-during-pregnancy/780148 "2017-02-21T21:07:09Z")
Just curious as to whether or not the fetus is in complete blackout during the entire thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=770) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=772)