# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1135 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1136 --- ## [Logging in: is there a reason for this, or is it just lazy programming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-is-there-a-reason-for-this-or-is-it-just-lazy-programming/682538)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-is-there-a-reason-for-this-or-is-it-just-lazy-programming/682538 "2014-03-03T23:07:48Z")
Many sites and many non-web programs require one to log in with a user ID and password. Is there any good reason (e.g. security, perhaps?) why the cursor would not be automatically placed within the user ID field, ready… --- ## [Straight people, would you marry someone gay on purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-people-would-you-marry-someone-gay-on-purpose/682139 "2014-03-03T22:13:11Z")
There was an article in Deseret News about same-sex oriented people who have deliberately married opposite-sex partners: My first reaction is: Why would I willingly marry someone who is having to settle? (The article… --- ## [Self Taught Piano...reality or myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-taught-piano-reality-or-myth/682564)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-taught-piano-reality-or-myth/682564 "2014-03-03T21:15:44Z")
I’ve always wanted to play the piano. When I was about six or seven, I started lessons, but had to stop since we didn’t have a piano on which I could practice. It didn’t stop me from wanting to learn, but between kids an… --- ## [Your closest and dearest friend dies. Would you/could you raise their children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-closest-and-dearest-friend-dies-would-you-could-you-raise-their-children/682402)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-closest-and-dearest-friend-dies-would-you-could-you-raise-their-children/682402 "2014-03-03T19:17:33Z")
This story hits pretty close to home for me and my wife. My wife’s sister had a serious health crises and we made this same promise to raise her kids if needed. Thankfully she recovered and is doing fine these days. It’s… --- ## [What if?...Apollo 13.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-apollo-13/682683)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-apollo-13/682683 "2014-03-03T18:45:30Z")
Let’s say the astronauts lost all oxygen almost immediately, died, but the craft was largely still in the state it was IRL. Can the craft be remotely controlled? If not and it either crashed into the moon or went off in… --- ## [Tell me about freelancing for Rev.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freelancing-for-rev-com/682760)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freelancing-for-rev-com/682760 "2014-03-03T17:06:09Z")
While researching work-at-home jobs, I learned about Rev.com, a transcription service that uses freelancers. If you’ve freelanced for them, can you tell me about your experience? Does the compensation seem reasonable fo… --- ## [Should the government continue to restrict cell phone use during flights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-government-continue-to-restrict-cell-phone-use-during-flights/682338)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-government-continue-to-restrict-cell-phone-use-during-flights/682338 "2014-03-03T13:00:25Z")
The FCC has determined that cell phone use on airplanes is safe and with the proper equipment does not interfere with ground cell networks. The FCC is ready to lift a ban they put in place in 1991. Yet other agencies a… --- ## [Cat penis question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-penis-question/682659)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-penis-question/682659 "2014-03-03T12:13:58Z")
I’m petsitting my BFF’s pets. One of those pets is a cat that was fixed very young. He’s a very nice kitteh who loves gets his belly rubbed. Sometimes, while I’m rubbing his belly, this little pink thing pokes out of … --- ## [How do I convert MP3 to qcp ringtones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-mp3-to-qcp-ringtones/549564)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convert-mp3-to-qcp-ringtones/549564 "2014-03-03T08:26:18Z")
I have an LG 220c Tracfone that I’m trying to load with a few specific, self created sound files that I would like to use as ring tones. This specific model of phone doesn’t apparently recognize MP3 files. Does any Doper… --- ## [Cairns, Australia & environs - nice to visit? Nice to live there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairns-australia-environs-nice-to-visit-nice-to-live-there/682633)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairns-australia-environs-nice-to-visit-nice-to-live-there/682633 "2014-03-03T05:02:10Z")
I just saw a short documentary about the rain forests in Australia, and I think it was focused on the NE corner where Cairns is. Then they showed a residential area of a town or city and the houses looked very nice, all … --- ## [My girlfriend wants to meet a mutual friend whom she wanted to sleep with before falling for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girlfriend-wants-to-meet-a-mutual-friend-whom-she-wanted-to-sleep-with-before-falling-for-me/682082)
**Author:** [@Lindstrom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lindstrom)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-girlfriend-wants-to-meet-a-mutual-friend-whom-she-wanted-to-sleep-with-before-falling-for-me/682082 "2014-03-03T03:12:00Z")
Hello, I have been with my girlfriend for 4 months and have known her for 1 year soon. We started talking together a lot last year, 2 months after I talked with her for the first time. But 1 month prior for me starting… --- ## [Is it hard to add a front license plate frame to a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hard-to-add-a-front-license-plate-frame-to-a-car/682628)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-hard-to-add-a-front-license-plate-frame-to-a-car/682628 "2014-03-03T02:43:38Z")
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Illinois requires a front license plate, this car was given to me by my dad in Florida, which doesn’t require a front plate. How hard is this to do? I’ve got a basic tool set, but the car is ke… --- ## [BAHFest Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bahfest-festival-of-bad-ad-hoc-hypotheses/682410)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bahfest-festival-of-bad-ad-hoc-hypotheses/682410 "2014-03-02T23:40:33Z")
The festival (website), hosted at MIT, was inspired by this webcomic. My favourite entry.. Anyone care to come up with their own potential entries for next year? --- ## [Is a limp a turn-off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-limp-a-turn-off/317491)
**Author:** [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-limp-a-turn-off/317491 "2014-03-02T22:22:14Z")
I just had a really fascinating conversation with a friend of mine (ok, a work-friend.) He is generally attractive and funny, but he was complaining that many women will not date him because he has a noticable limp due … --- ## [Scratch 'n sniff stickers, College Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-n-sniff-stickers-college-edition/682534)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-n-sniff-stickers-college-edition/682534 "2014-03-02T20:03:55Z")
What would be some good smells for a College Edition of good old Scratch 'n Sniff Stickers? So far, we’ve got Beer Pot smoke Dirty laundry When I market this and make a million bucks, you get a piece of the action is … --- ## [What does it feel like to get blown up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-blown-up/279354)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-blown-up/279354 "2014-03-02T19:52:06Z")
I’m familar with the sorts of physical destruction that knives and other penetrating instruments can deliver, and I’ve been shot with paint balls and sling shots and BB guns, so I can imagine (conceptually at least) what… --- ## [Do skateboarders have some sort of omerta code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-skateboarders-have-some-sort-of-omerta-code/682431)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-skateboarders-have-some-sort-of-omerta-code/682431 "2014-03-02T18:57:51Z")
This article seems to suggest so. Here in Portland, an elderly business owner asked some boarders lounging on the sidewalk in front of his store to please move out of the way so he could clean the walk. He was also tir… --- ## [I'm giving a speech to middle-school students about "chemistry". Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-a-speech-to-middle-school-students-about-chemistry-any-advice/682484)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-a-speech-to-middle-school-students-about-chemistry-any-advice/682484 "2014-03-02T18:44:30Z")
It’s our local You Be The Chemist! shindig. My company is sponsoring it. I’m all for it, it’s neat, chemistry is neat and I’d like to really make a good impression and get these kids fired up about chemistry, engineeri… --- ## [Tell me about Australian Aborigines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-australian-aborigines/682336)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-australian-aborigines/682336 "2014-03-02T18:37:57Z")
I know next to nothing. What should I know? --- ## [Suriname (Surinam) any dopers there or been there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suriname-surinam-any-dopers-there-or-been-there/682605)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suriname-surinam-any-dopers-there-or-been-there/682605 "2014-03-02T18:34:24Z")
My husband is being considered for a job there. Anyone been there? Any information that isn’t on wiki would be appreciated :cool: --- ## [What makes a car a "beater"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-car-a-beater/682518)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-car-a-beater/682518 "2014-03-02T18:27:25Z")
Inspired by this thread, Mom drives nice car, Dad drives the old beater- true in your family? I am curious what your definition of “beater” is. Is it age alone? Condition alone? Condition + age? One poster mentions his… --- ## [I need some career guidance please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-career-guidance-please/682453)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-career-guidance-please/682453 "2014-03-02T13:58:13Z")
Hi Are there any career options that pay at least 50K a year and can be studied for online, but that don’t require heavy math studies? I’m trying to help guide someone with a career change, but she is absolutely lost w… --- ## [Young women and possessiveness over "Nerd/Geek"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-and-possessiveness-over-nerd-geek/680369)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-women-and-possessiveness-over-nerd-geek/680369 "2014-03-02T03:23:34Z")
I’m currently in an online argument/discussion about this. A young woman wrote about how she’s a geek yet doesn’t like most science fiction. Based on the replies, the consensus is that she’s wrong for calling herself a… --- ## [Self-deprecating humor: how's that working out for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-humor-hows-that-working-out-for-you/682620)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-humor-hows-that-working-out-for-you/682620 "2014-03-02T01:26:02Z")
Do you use self-deprecating humor in life? If so, do you know people who just don’t seem to get it? I occasionally engage in self-deprecating humor with friends and family. Just to be clear, I’m definitely not one of th… --- ## [Adoption: recipe for failure ? ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-recipe-for-failure/682224)
**Author:** [@geezer1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geezer1)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adoption-recipe-for-failure/682224 "2014-03-02T01:04:32Z")
As is the way of events, one hears more of failures than of successes, but I am wondering, in light of the many news articles, if there is a built-in, perhaps genetic, predisposition for failure, in the adoptee, biologic… --- ## [Do you enjoy shopping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-shopping/682436)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-shopping/682436 "2014-03-02T00:12:33Z")
Poll in a moment, broken down by merchandise categories and person shopped for. As always you needn’t let that slow you down. --- ## [Is your old room a shrine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-old-room-a-shrine/682549)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-old-room-a-shrine/682549 "2014-03-01T23:45:21Z")
When you left your childhood home (assuming you have) and headed out into the wide world to seek your fortune, did your folks keep your bedroom exactly as you left it? Did they repurpose it? Did they move and not tell … --- ## [Would you say she is overweight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-she-is-overweight/682596)
**Author:** [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-she-is-overweight/682596 "2014-03-01T21:49:36Z")
Just wondering… --- ## [Better ways to get TV & Video than Comcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614 "2014-03-01T19:01:47Z")
We want to cancel our comcast cable. Does anyone have any suggestions? Hulu plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime… anyone have good or bad experiences with cancelling their cable and just going to online sources for video content? … --- ## [How important is Astronomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-astronomy/681966)
**Author:** [@Yellow\_Kazooie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yellow_Kazooie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-astronomy/681966 "2014-03-01T19:01:33Z")
Well I’ve always been fascinated by the Universe. Since I was a kid I read a lot about planets, stars, etc. I find it kinda sad that most people don’t think about the Universe oftenly. To them, the Universe is just a bid… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1136)