# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=835 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 836 --- ## [Raspberry Pi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi/713833)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi/713833 "2016-10-08T14:33:57Z")
I’m thinking about experimenting with raspberry pi. I know you guys have played with it, so where do you suggest I get started? Suggestions, recommendations, things to avoid, bring it on. --- ## [Deepest etymon list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-etymon-list/766334)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-etymon-list/766334 "2016-10-08T12:46:55Z")
In the August Word Ways magazine, there’s an article about deep etymons. That is, X is named for Y, which is named for Z, etc. The author could not find any such chain longer than, or even equal to, this one: INDYCAR I… --- ## [Weird equine vet treatment: Incisions with slices of tumors stitched in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-equine-vet-treatment-incisions-with-slices-of-tumors-stitched-in/767873)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-equine-vet-treatment-incisions-with-slices-of-tumors-stitched-in/767873 "2016-10-08T09:52:47Z")
OK, I did not speak to the vet directly. This came from the horse owner, but I am very clear on what he told me. Here’s the story: The horse had some kind of non-cancerous tumor growth on its ear. Not life-threatenin… --- ## [Is there a limit for optical zoom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-for-optical-zoom/767789)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-for-optical-zoom/767789 "2016-10-08T08:38:58Z")
How far in space and time can we see (theoretically)? Is the zoom image always fake(or any image)? I don’t mean glass lenses, but any lenses - why don’t we make nano scale lenses instead of those huge mirrors? As you s… --- ## [Super-insulated Refrigerators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-insulated-refrigerators/66770)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-insulated-refrigerators/66770 "2016-10-08T08:35:44Z")
I left some fresh-brewed hot coffee in an insulated carafe yesterday and this morning found it still piping hot–exactly 24 hours after it was brewed. Why aren’t refrigerators designed to insulate so well? Though I know … --- ## [Eating canned chicken past best by date (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-canned-chicken-past-best-by-date-need-answer-fast/767606)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-canned-chicken-past-best-by-date-need-answer-fast/767606 "2016-10-08T03:30:20Z")
So it is October, I just ate a can of chicken that had a best by date of 1-12-16. I didn’t notice any bad smells or taste. The can wasn’t dented. Do I need to make myself vomit or am I fine? I know there are stories of… --- ## [What is this thing that came out of my face? \*TMI warning\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192)
**Author:** [@andrewhub47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewhub47)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-face-tmi-warning/364192 "2016-10-08T01:52:06Z")
Possible TMI Warning! This is the second time this has occurred in 4 months, so I am starting to get curious. I just finished shaving last night when I saw a dark spot on my jaw line. Since this was the second time th… --- ## [Windows Live Calendar - even tho' I share it, Ofc. mgr can't see it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-live-calendar-even-tho-i-share-it-ofc-mgr-cant-see-it/767898)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-live-calendar-even-tho-i-share-it-ofc-mgr-cant-see-it/767898 "2016-10-08T00:55:26Z")
For the last couple of days, after years of sharing a calendar through Windows Live, my office manager cannot see the main calendar we use to schedule court appearances and appointments. Other calendars, such as Attorne… --- ## [Food allergies on the increase - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies-on-the-increase-why/767710)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies-on-the-increase-why/767710 "2016-10-07T22:57:17Z")
Has anyone come across any convincing explanations to account for the increase in peanut and other food allergies that’s been going on the past few decades (or even theories with some level of supporting documentation)? … --- ## [A rat got into my car's engine compartment and derailed a belt. Self-fixable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-got-into-my-cars-engine-compartment-and-derailed-a-belt-self-fixable/767753)
**Author:** [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-got-into-my-cars-engine-compartment-and-derailed-a-belt-self-fixable/767753 "2016-10-07T22:24:52Z")
My daughter drives our 2005 Hyundai Sonata. Apparently, while she was at work today, a rat crawled up into the engine compartment. While she was driving the 4 mile distance home, the rat’s tail got caught in the serpenti… --- ## [Kaine lapel pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaine-lapel-pin/767681)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaine-lapel-pin/767681 "2016-10-07T21:42:43Z")
What lapel pin was Kaine wearing at the debate? --- ## [You need to store a car for 30 years. What is the best way to go about this for the best results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-to-store-a-car-for-30-years-what-is-the-best-way-to-go-about-this-for-the-best-results/767719)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-to-store-a-car-for-30-years-what-is-the-best-way-to-go-about-this-for-the-best-results/767719 "2016-10-07T19:26:54Z")
Let’s say you come into quite a bit of money a young age. As one investment strategy you decide to buy today what you think will be very collectible cars in the future. You want to store them so they will look as good as… --- ## [Applause pauses momentarily when performer gets a kiss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applause-pauses-momentarily-when-performer-gets-a-kiss/767840)
**Author:** [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applause-pauses-momentarily-when-performer-gets-a-kiss/767840 "2016-10-07T18:46:29Z")
An odd question. Something I have observed many times is a curious phenomenon. I see this attending symphony concerts, but I’m sure the basic setup occurs many places. After the performance the soloist, and usually co… --- ## [F16 pilot in training lies about a shooting down (simulated) another jet, supplies fake video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f16-pilot-in-training-lies-about-a-shooting-down-simulated-another-jet-supplies-fake-video/767864)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f16-pilot-in-training-lies-about-a-shooting-down-simulated-another-jet-supplies-fake-video/767864 "2016-10-07T17:39:17Z")
In the fabled Israeli Air Force no less: Israeli fighter pilot demoted for lying about training results | The Times of Israel We’ll never know how the hell he thought he ould get away with it, but perhaps someone could … --- ## [Does New Google Pixel Cell Phone have "Adoptable" SD Card Memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-new-google-pixel-cell-phone-have-adoptable-sd-card-memory/767700)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-new-google-pixel-cell-phone-have-adoptable-sd-card-memory/767700 "2016-10-07T15:24:55Z")
Anyone know if the new Google cell phone (Pixel) \[just announced yesterday\] has adoptable SD card memory? And the maximum SD card memory you can install? I tried looking for an instruction manual for this phone, but ca… --- ## ["When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick"--source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-poor-man-eats-a-chicken-one-of-them-is-sick-source/767584)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-poor-man-eats-a-chicken-one-of-them-is-sick-source/767584 "2016-10-07T15:06:29Z")
See query. Eastern Europe/Russian/Jewish? Italian? I, a foodie snob was thinking of it today, cutting up huge amounts of evil Purdue battery-raised fresh chicken for $1/lb, which I planned to use only for soup and throw… --- ## [Nautical chart symbol question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nautical-chart-symbol-question/767784)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nautical-chart-symbol-question/767784 "2016-10-07T14:57:36Z")
What does a small magenta circle with a dot in the center and numbered (0-11 on what I saw) arrows of varying lengths and unevenly spaced pointing outward from the circle mean? Bottom of page 41 here. http://www.nautical… --- ## [Why the demand for car owner's manuals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-demand-for-car-owners-manuals/767760)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-demand-for-car-owners-manuals/767760 "2016-10-07T13:30:41Z")
Totaled my car recently. My dad suggested that the owner’s manual might be valuable, so I salvaged it from the glovebox. Sure enough, I see owner’s manuals for my car, a lot of them, listed on eBay for $60+. Given tha… --- ## [Looking for a term for a Sassoon poem aabb rhyme scheme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-for-a-sassoon-poem-aabb-rhyme-scheme/767687)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-for-a-sassoon-poem-aabb-rhyme-scheme/767687 "2016-10-07T13:01:42Z")
Hi I’m looking for a term for a Sassoon poem(Suicide in the Trenches) aabb rhyme scheme SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/suicide.html I believe it’s called a “simple rhyme scheme”. I… --- ## [Most energetic matter, pound for pound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-energetic-matter-pound-for-pound/767734)
**Author:** [@riffraffselbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riffraffselbow)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-energetic-matter-pound-for-pound/767734 "2016-10-07T10:14:56Z")
So, a friend of mine is participating in an RPG campaign, in which his character has the absurd ability to transmute one material to any other material. The rules are that the materials must preserve mass (so, 50g of wat… --- ## [Rosetta Comet Probe: Comet's Water Has Different "Flavour" Than Earth's Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-comet-probe-comets-water-has-different-flavour-than-earths-water/767765)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-comet-probe-comets-water-has-different-flavour-than-earths-water/767765 "2016-10-07T07:57:09Z")
According to this CBC article about Rosetta, one of it discoveries was about the water on the comet: What does that mean: space-berry instead of strawberry flavoured water? --- ## [OS X question - large folder copy/backup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/os-x-question-large-folder-copy-backup/767819)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/os-x-question-large-folder-copy-backup/767819 "2016-10-07T05:48:55Z")
I have a fairly large (~20GB) folder on my Mac which I regularly copy/back up to a USB thumb drive - is there a simple way to only copy/overwrite the files which are new/updated since the previous copy? --- ## [Retrieving bookmarks on a new laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retrieving-bookmarks-on-a-new-laptop/767614)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retrieving-bookmarks-on-a-new-laptop/767614 "2016-10-07T04:40:59Z")
Long story short: My original hotshot laptop burned out. I got a $100 laptop off Craigslist so I could at least access the internet. I don’t know quite how I did it, but that laptop somehow (from the cloud?) retrieved al… --- ## [What on the internet is unhackable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-the-internet-is-unhackable/767692)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-the-internet-is-unhackable/767692 "2016-10-07T00:14:08Z")
Let’s see, software: hackable to the extent that expensive software (starting with Windows operating system) is easily used by non-paying users. Websites, appear to be easily hackable by those in the know. My question re… --- ## [Saint who was said to be a living exemplar of The Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saint-who-was-said-to-be-a-living-exemplar-of-the-rule/767466)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saint-who-was-said-to-be-a-living-exemplar-of-the-rule/767466 "2016-10-06T22:45:07Z")
My Catholic google-fu is failing me. I’m trying to remember which saint was considered to be such a living exemplar of The Rule of his/her order that it was said if the Rule were lost, it could be reconstructed by observ… --- ## [Irregular Tides?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-tides/767683)
**Author:** [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irregular-tides/767683 "2016-10-06T20:06:22Z")
I go ocean fishing almost every weekend and part of how I plan my excursions is by checking the tides. I live in Long Beach, CA and the tides are always semi-diurnal. Two low tides and two high tides every day. But this… --- ## [I can "Hear" when electronics are on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hear-when-electronics-are-on/516879)
**Author:** [@Shane121](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shane121)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hear-when-electronics-are-on/516879 "2016-10-06T17:23:25Z")
Just about a few years ago I started noticing that when any electronic in my house is turned on, (tv, laptop, etc.) I can here a steady low frequency noise. It’s loud enough for me to definitley know its there, but it’s… --- ## [To a senior officer: "Permission to speak freely, sir"--Do people IRL say this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-a-senior-officer-permission-to-speak-freely-sir-do-people-irl-say-this/767632)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-a-senior-officer-permission-to-speak-freely-sir-do-people-irl-say-this/767632 "2016-10-06T16:18:56Z")
See query. It’s a Hollywood standard. I understand formal patterns exist for a reason in all communications, from everyday speech to “I Do” in a marriage. (In another thread I just asked about how to wake up a sleeping … --- ## [Are dogs carnivores or omnivores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-carnivores-or-omnivores/758753)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-carnivores-or-omnivores/758753 "2016-10-06T16:08:53Z")
The internet is a place with a lot of conflicting opinions on this one, especially since those dogs are owned by people who want to either justify that they can feed their dog a vegan diet or that they can be in the righ… --- ## [Is corruption at state prisons a federal offense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-corruption-at-state-prisons-a-federal-offense/767756)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-corruption-at-state-prisons-a-federal-offense/767756 "2016-10-06T14:35:58Z")
Question prompted by this story. As an Englishman I’m puzzled. I could understand the federal indictments if this were a federal prison but it seems to be a state one. Don’t US states have responsibility for their pris… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=834) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=836)