# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=110 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 111 --- ## [Do we care if Casey Anthony's parents pass a lie detector test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-care-if-casey-anthonys-parents-pass-a-lie-detector-test/995562)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-care-if-casey-anthonys-parents-pass-a-lie-detector-test/995562 "2024-01-22T09:27:07Z")
Been seeing ads for this show for a few weeks. Is this about the dumbest thing these people could ever do? I assume they’re getting loads of cash. Otherwise, just why? --- ## [Which 20th & 21st Century U.S. Presidents Could Defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 Election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-20th-21st-century-u-s-presidents-could-defeat-donald-trump-in-the-2024-election/996178)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-20th-21st-century-u-s-presidents-could-defeat-donald-trump-in-the-2024-election/996178 "2024-01-21T14:56:03Z")
Although this is an enormously complicated question, through the magic of SDMB, let’s forget the political party affiliations or political platforms of our 20th- and 21st-century U.S. presidents and simply answer this qu… --- ## [How many people did Scott Peterson kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-scott-peterson-kill/548676 "2024-01-21T02:15:36Z")
For those of you who need a refresher course on Scott Peterson --- ## [Who was able to master machine code programming on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-able-to-master-machine-code-programming-on-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-computer/996291)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-able-to-master-machine-code-programming-on-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-computer/996291 "2024-01-20T18:02:45Z")
Most commercial software for this computer was written in machine code as BASIC programs took too long to execute. --- ## [Do you read your water meter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-your-water-meter/996143)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-your-water-meter/996143 "2024-01-19T23:20:23Z")
I live in an area served by a rural water district and even though I’m in a developed neighborhood, I have to read my water meter every month or pay the water company $25 to come out and read it. This seems weird to me. … --- ## [Thank you for wanting to help. (Even if you didn't.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-wanting-to-help-even-if-you-didnt/995950 "2024-01-19T12:30:38Z")
AKA, the thread for talking about well-intentioned people whose desire to be of assistance is welcome, but whose actual contributions can be, unfortunately, annoying. My wife’s mom came to stay with us just before the h… --- ## [Memorable college courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-college-courses/995598 "2024-01-18T23:21:35Z")
Kayaker’s post on a different thread reminded me of a handful of memorable undergrad courses I took. Some of them were memorable for the sheer volume of work, and others were memorable due to the subject matter. Yet othe… --- ## [Police response during mass shooting event {Not Gun Control, 2nd Amendment or Politics}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 893\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-response-during-mass-shooting-event-not-gun-control-2nd-amendment-or-politics/965165 "2024-01-18T22:57:59Z")
My husband and I have been discussing how the Uvalde shooting was handled. There were parents at the school while it was still going on that were being prevented from entering the school by police officers. My husband … --- ## [Moisture Farming and Water Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisture-farming-and-water-rights/996242)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisture-farming-and-water-rights/996242 "2024-01-18T16:34:51Z")
Inspired by this post in MPSIMS regarding how a new planned community in Northern California was going to be able to provide water for its residents when all the available water was already spoken for because of Californ… --- ## [What could a phonograph do to be worth $12000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-phonograph-do-to-be-worth-12000/918617)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-phonograph-do-to-be-worth-12000/918617 "2024-01-18T14:27:16Z")
Best Buy has this Pro-Ject turntable available for $11,999.98. It looks really cool, but $12K?? For that much, I want the live band to actually show up in my living room. Anyone have a turntable like this? Is it amaz… --- ## [Could you withstand a Claymore mine strapped to your chest (facing outwards)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-withstand-a-claymore-mine-strapped-to-your-chest-facing-outwards/995783)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-withstand-a-claymore-mine-strapped-to-your-chest-facing-outwards/995783 "2024-01-18T04:35:20Z")
I was reading this riveting article about the incident caused by the trimming of a large poplar tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 1976. It is a fantastic read invoking axe murders by the North Koreans and the trem… --- ## [Investing and the Sun Setting of the 'Trump' tax cuts in 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-and-the-sun-setting-of-the-trump-tax-cuts-in-2025/995555)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-and-the-sun-setting-of-the-trump-tax-cuts-in-2025/995555 "2024-01-18T01:37:27Z")
As an investor, are you factoring in the sunset of the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) (AKA Trump Tax cuts) at the end of 2025? As background, a friend is a financial planner and he asked me to attend one of his prese… --- ## [Largest profit percentage for a simple, one piece item?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-profit-percentage-for-a-simple-one-piece-item/996130)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-profit-percentage-for-a-simple-one-piece-item/996130 "2024-01-18T00:34:45Z")
I was looking at the aluminum foil turkey roasting pans at Walmart. The big ones are about 6 bucks and the cost of the aluminum foil sheet they are made from is nearly negligible. So 1/10 of a cent to 6 bucks is 6000 to … --- ## [Multi LED lamp modification Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-led-lamp-modification-q/996164)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-led-lamp-modification-q/996164 "2024-01-16T19:46:32Z")
I have a 12V garden landscape lighting system from the incandescent days, which I modified to run on DC instead of AC. I have replaced some of the bulbs with LED’s intended for cars which works fine (and why I converted… --- ## [Do you remember how to skip? Prove it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-to-skip-prove-it/994179)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-how-to-skip-prove-it/994179 "2024-01-16T04:37:33Z")
My coworkers were fooling around at work last night and it turns out most of us did not remember how. At first I was like “of course I know how to skip” but then when I tried it, I failed miserably. --- ## [ID this spider please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider-please/996141)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider-please/996141 "2024-01-16T04:34:29Z")
This guy. Not a Widow. Pretty good sized. Seen on the central coast, California. Pretty sure it’s not a Recluse, I’ve seen those. --- ## [Is HDMI that complicated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hdmi-that-complicated/996142)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hdmi-that-complicated/996142 "2024-01-16T03:59:35Z")
I’ve got two different devices that output HDMI at 1080P. Monitor #1 works with both device #1 and device #2. Monitor #2 only works with device #2. I preempt anyone with this xkcd, but still. If monitor #1 can underst… --- ## [Do a second PhD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-a-second-phd/988078)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-a-second-phd/988078 "2024-01-16T03:31:08Z")
poll Based on my academic experience, and the strength of my musical compositions (which will annoy at least one poster on these boards), I’ve been offered the possibility of doing a second PhD in Music Composition over … --- ## [Receiving pictures of other people and/or their kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-pictures-of-other-people-and-or-their-kids/996005)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-pictures-of-other-people-and-or-their-kids/996005 "2024-01-15T22:28:02Z")
My husband and I are sorting thru his mother’s framed photos to hang them for her as a surprise. What surprised me was how many were of his middle brother and his family - easily twice as many as of our little family. An… --- ## [Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel): Anybody done one of these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-scholar-formerly-elderhostel-anybody-done-one-of-these/995906)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-scholar-formerly-elderhostel-anybody-done-one-of-these/995906 "2024-01-14T21:49:57Z")
We’re thinking of signing on for one of these trips, probably to Italy. I’m wondering if anybody here has experience with this outfit and any recommendations. We’ve done extensive travel in the past, but it’s been a long… --- ## [Cheap Dental Care Options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-dental-care-options/996017)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-dental-care-options/996017 "2024-01-14T17:45:53Z")
What are some cheap option for dental care? I am in SE Michigan and my GF’s 23 y/o son has a cavity that needs filled. Would a university like UofM be much cheaper than just going to a regular dentist? Is there anywhe… --- ## [Medical Question (≠ Need Answer Fast) — recurrent inflammations @ cheekbones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-need-answer-fast-recurrent-inflammations-cheekbones/996066)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-need-answer-fast-recurrent-inflammations-cheekbones/996066 "2024-01-14T13:16:38Z")
I’m generically prone to sebaceous cysts: subcutaneous nodules under my skin that periodically get infected and swell up and get red and sore, then either just go away quietly or burst and drain and then fade. Well, I … --- ## [eBay terrorizes a pair of journalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-terrorizes-a-pair-of-journalists/996061 "2024-01-14T02:32:26Z")
I honestly thought this type of stuff happens only in the movies (or a John Grisham novel) Here’s a (free) link to a New York Times piece that details how eBay employees tried to shut up a pair of journalists for sayin… --- ## [How should I die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-die/995776)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-die/995776 "2024-01-13T22:35:39Z")
Wife and I are currently reading/listening to “How Not To Die”, a book about how to adjust your diet so as to reduce your risk of developing any of several diseases. Some of the chapter titles: How not to die from hea… --- ## [Do we have an obligation to know about the suffering of others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-an-obligation-to-know-about-the-suffering-of-others/995982)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-an-obligation-to-know-about-the-suffering-of-others/995982 "2024-01-13T15:27:57Z")
I’ve always felt that I do have an obligation to know about the suffering of others. Take for example the Russia/Ukraine war. If people are being shot, raped, stabbed, starved, tortured and murdered, the least I can do i… --- ## [How Bad Was Claudine Gay's Plagiarism? \[She resigned, Jan 2, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-claudine-gays-plagiarism-she-resigned-jan-2-2024/994945)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-claudine-gays-plagiarism-she-resigned-jan-2-2024/994945 "2024-01-13T00:48:12Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/business/harvard-president-claudine-gay-plagiarism/index.html Yeah, yeah, I know it’s all politically motivated, but objectively, I’m having trouble figuring out how far over the line she … --- ## [What's Life Like On Indian Reservations These Days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-life-like-on-indian-reservations-these-days/996013)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-life-like-on-indian-reservations-these-days/996013 "2024-01-13T00:04:49Z")
So the Hulu show Reservation Dogs has been praised for its gritty portrayal of the reality of life on an Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Except, I knew a guy who worked on Navajo and Apache reservations in New Mexico and… --- ## [Opinions desired on home heating (short and long term)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-desired-on-home-heating-short-and-long-term/995755)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-desired-on-home-heating-short-and-long-term/995755 "2024-01-12T17:58:28Z")
I’ve been living in my first floor condo (part of a larger building with multiple units) for about a year now, so I’ve not gotten used to its quirks yet. It’s just shy of 890 square feet. There are baseboard heaters in t… --- ## [What would it be like to reach adulthood twice as fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-be-like-to-reach-adulthood-twice-as-fast/995913)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-be-like-to-reach-adulthood-twice-as-fast/995913 "2024-01-12T16:02:06Z")
There are various fictional settings where aging is stopped, delayed or altered in some way. My question is if a perfect method was devised for parents to have their children age twice to maturity twice as fast (meaning … --- ## [C, K, G, J, Q, X: which would you call the most pointless letter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-g-j-q-x-which-would-you-call-the-most-pointless-letter/820092)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-k-g-j-q-x-which-would-you-call-the-most-pointless-letter/820092 "2024-01-12T04:58:23Z")
When I was a young Rhymer, only an apprentice in the ways of evil, I used to love reading the encyclopedia. It was the pre-Wikipedia era, of course, meaning I am talking about print volumes (the World Book in my parents’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=111)