# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1570 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1571 --- ## [Managing a Software Development Team, your thoughts please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-a-software-development-team-your-thoughts-please/589845)
**Author:** [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-a-software-development-team-your-thoughts-please/589845 "2011-07-27T10:26:06Z")
I run a small software development team at a medium sized financial institution and we are in a state of flux at the moment due to a few people leaving and as such my role has expanded to include full responsibility for … --- ## [Titties- More than a mouthful is a waste.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titties-more-than-a-mouthful-is-a-waste/612854)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titties-more-than-a-mouthful-is-a-waste/612854 "2012-02-18T03:39:25Z")
Generally I always was attracted to smaller chested ladies. I even married one. :smiley: But, after seeing this… I may need to rethink. Her cups certainly runneth over. warning skimpy bikini may not be safe for work … --- ## [Need to break back into the IT industry after 8 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-break-back-into-the-it-industry-after-8-years/610905)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-break-back-into-the-it-industry-after-8-years/610905 "2012-02-18T02:02:36Z")
Alright, so I’ve been playing poker for the last 8 years exclusively for an income. Long story short, with the online poker ban, the poker economy is showing signs of collapsing in on itself and the viability of continui… --- ## [My toddler has begun squirreling things away in unexpected places.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toddler-has-begun-squirreling-things-away-in-unexpected-places/613185)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toddler-has-begun-squirreling-things-away-in-unexpected-places/613185 "2012-02-18T01:33:34Z")
He’s not quite two years old, and I discovered my shoes in the garbage and my wife’s hairbrush in the toilet this morning. Haven’t told her about the brush yet. It’s wooden, so I don’t know if bleaching it will destroy… --- ## [Tell me all about touring the Everglades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-all-about-touring-the-everglades/608120)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-all-about-touring-the-everglades/608120 "2012-02-18T00:24:05Z")
I am booked for an Everglades tour next month. I don’t know any of the details yet (a trusted traveling companion is arranging it), but it seems like it would be an interesting experience. So, if anyone here has done it… --- ## [True or False: "It's never a bad idea to go into debt for education!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-its-never-a-bad-idea-to-go-into-debt-for-education/612979)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-its-never-a-bad-idea-to-go-into-debt-for-education/612979 "2012-02-18T00:19:58Z")
The quote in the title of this thread is one I frequently hear tossed about. A caveat or two: let’s frame this just around the idea of debt for education and all that encompasses, not relative things like, “well, I mean… --- ## [Do you crowdsource?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-crowdsource/613140)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-crowdsource/613140 "2012-02-17T23:00:10Z")
I’m guilty of this. If I can’t convince someone, i’ll try and solicit the opinions of others to reinforce the feeling I am correct. In fact, I often feel IMHO board is the “crowdsourcing” section of the SDMB. Do you cro… --- ## [Strange living situations you've been in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-living-situations-youve-been-in/612534)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-living-situations-youve-been-in/612534 "2012-02-17T22:35:30Z")
For the seventh time in nine years, I have moved. This time, it was because the house became a commune style flophouse. The basement and storage closet were illegally sublet, the neighborhood crazy homeless guy picke… --- ## [Laptop acted weird after wakeup... Any reason for concern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-acted-weird-after-wakeup-any-reason-for-concern/613092)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-acted-weird-after-wakeup-any-reason-for-concern/613092 "2012-02-17T22:08:42Z")
Last night, as usual, I stored my MBP asleep and went to work. When I came home, I opened it up, and nothing happened. I noticed that the small light on the edge of the laptop was not on. I tried the start button; I t… --- ## [Home Security Systems - non ADT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-systems-non-adt/613033)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-systems-non-adt/613033 "2012-02-17T21:24:37Z")
I’ve heard horror stories of ADT here and elsewhere, so that’s right out. I know that having one is kinda dumb; better to have excellent locks, window locks and metal guards/deterrents but a housemate is willing to split… --- ## ['Natural Person'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-person/613166)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-person/613166 "2012-02-17T21:24:25Z")
I’ve just been reading through a form about becoming a charity trustee. A long and dull process. I’m a tad confused by one of the points though: 8.1 A Trustee must be a natural person aged 18 years or older. What unna… --- ## [High-pitched male demagogues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pitched-male-demagogues/612218)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pitched-male-demagogues/612218 "2012-02-17T20:55:25Z")
Did anybody ever notice how right-wings demagogues have a tendancy to speak in very high-pitched voices (for males, that is)? Newt now, Buchanan a few years back, McCarthy back in the day–all speak in these uncomfortably… --- ## [Do you actually care about IP address tracking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-actually-care-about-ip-address-tracking/613121)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-actually-care-about-ip-address-tracking/613121 "2012-02-17T20:28:22Z")
One of the few paranoias I don’t understand or agree with is tracking of users by their IP address. The only way I could see myself caring is if I was involved in HEAVY criminal activity, in which case I will communicat… --- ## [Guys ask girls out- useful convention, or unfair burden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-ask-girls-out-useful-convention-or-unfair-burden/608232)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-ask-girls-out-useful-convention-or-unfair-burden/608232 "2012-02-17T20:16:25Z")
This is a hijack of this thread, which was starting to get derailed by a discussion on the social convention of guys asking girls out. My question is, is this a useful social convention, and is it an unfair burden on me… --- ## [Excercise zones: Aerobic, anaerobic and lactate threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excercise-zones-aerobic-anaerobic-and-lactate-threshold/613135)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excercise-zones-aerobic-anaerobic-and-lactate-threshold/613135 "2012-02-17T19:59:36Z")
Spinoff from this thread which I didn’t want to derail. Since I’m trying to resurrect my currently dormant excercise routines, I’ve become more aware of heart rates and the aerobic/anaerobic balance. And to be true to m… --- ## [Would savings be safer in pounds in the UK or in Euros?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-savings-be-safer-in-pounds-in-the-uk-or-in-euros/612881)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-savings-be-safer-in-pounds-in-the-uk-or-in-euros/612881 "2012-02-17T19:28:04Z")
If Greece defaults and goes back to the Drachma, would it be better for me to have my savings in pounds in a UK bank, than in my current Dutch bank in Euros? Or would the economy be so terrible anyway that it wouldn’t ev… --- ## [Unimmunized infants-what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unimmunized-infants-what-to-do/612967)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unimmunized-infants-what-to-do/612967 "2012-02-17T18:40:27Z")
Back in the good old days, like 10 years ago, kids who were too young to have received all their shots were still pretty darn safe because of that whole herd immunity thing. Nowadays, thanks to the tireless efforts of c… --- ## [Car needing $2500 in repairs: do the work or get a new car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-needing-2500-in-repairs-do-the-work-or-get-a-new-car/612770)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-needing-2500-in-repairs-do-the-work-or-get-a-new-car/612770 "2012-02-17T18:04:26Z")
Here’s hoping some car-savvy dopers can offer their advice. I own a 1984 Toyota Tercel with 194,000 miles on the odometer. Last summer I hit a deer and while the car is still very much drivable, it now has quite a few p… --- ## [How to end deficit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-deficit/613005)
**Author:** [@Pablo\_O\_Malley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablo_O_Malley)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-deficit/613005 "2012-02-17T16:38:59Z")
I have been all over the world and if you want to get into the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Colosseum in Rome or the Acropolis in Athens or just about any other popular tourist attraction, you have to pay a few bucks to … --- ## [To what extent should you expose yourself to opposing opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-should-you-expose-yourself-to-opposing-opinions/612996)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-should-you-expose-yourself-to-opposing-opinions/612996 "2012-02-17T15:48:39Z")
And by “opposing,” I mean “opposed to what you currently think/like/believe,” and not necessarily “new.” For some things, like politics, science, and food (a thread on this is part of why I thought I’d post this), expos… --- ## [Is there such an IPhone app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-an-iphone-app/610081)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-an-iphone-app/610081 "2012-01-19T23:49:03Z")
That’s like a calendar that has inspirational/motivational quotes for each day? --- ## [What do you think of my new pick up line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-my-new-pick-up-line/612278)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-my-new-pick-up-line/612278 "2012-02-17T06:17:41Z")
My old pick up line, for those nights when I’m cruising the bars and not particularly choosy so long as I leave with a take-home bag, went like this: “Hey baby what say we go back to my place and jump in the sack and sq… --- ## [Undescended Testicle and Fertility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undescended-testicle-and-fertility/612972)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undescended-testicle-and-fertility/612972 "2012-02-17T05:57:24Z")
Not sure if MPSIMS is the right forum but this question doesn’t feel weighty enough for GQ. So my son had an undescended testicle. He had a orchiopexy and all went well. He seems to have recovered very well and indeed… --- ## [Gift ideas for a 1-year-old boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-a-1-year-old-boy/613002)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-a-1-year-old-boy/613002 "2012-02-17T04:43:36Z")
I’m going to a one-year-old’s birthday party this weekend and was wondering what a good gift would be. I’m especially interested in getting something from Barnes & Noble, because it’s in a very convenient location and I… --- ## [Is it OK to use 4 month old generator gas in Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-use-4-month-old-generator-gas-in-car/613019)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-use-4-month-old-generator-gas-in-car/613019 "2012-02-17T03:26:28Z")
I added Star Tron stabilizer to the generator’s tank when it was fueled up in late Oct. It’ll be four months old end of this month. I was going to siphon it out and replace with fresh gas and stabilizer. The gas availa… --- ## [Tell me about being an electrician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-an-electrician/613066)
**Author:** [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-an-electrician/613066 "2012-02-16T23:49:38Z")
So as I’m wrapping up my third consecutive month of 60 hour weeks yelling at guys to move faster and stressing about how I’m going to replace this asshole who is just begging to be fired, I’m coming to the conclusion tha… --- ## [What would happen if you put a platypus and a cat in a room together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-put-a-platypus-and-a-cat-in-a-room-together/612565)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-put-a-platypus-and-a-cat-in-a-room-together/612565 "2012-02-16T22:19:28Z")
Say you had a completely empty room. What if you put a typical domestic cat, and a platypus, in it? Let’s assume that the door is closed. Would they fight? Would they be friendly with each other? Would they just run as … --- ## [Psychological basis for furries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-basis-for-furries/612808)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-basis-for-furries/612808 "2012-02-16T22:07:00Z")
Zoophilia is well documented in psychological literature, and some possible causes are even put forth (those who practice it have trouble connecting to people, etc.) Plushophilia is somewhat well known, and often confla… --- ## [Help alleviate my fears -- what might be wrong with my knee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-alleviate-my-fears-what-might-be-wrong-with-my-knee/613008)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-alleviate-my-fears-what-might-be-wrong-with-my-knee/613008 "2012-02-16T21:02:37Z")
So a couple weeks ago I went to a parkour jam, I was a newbie so nothing intense, just vaults and learning how to properly jump/roll (standing long jump basically). During the course of this, my right knee popped a few … --- ## [I need free/cheap fax software to send docs from my PC (dial-up connection to Internet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-free-cheap-fax-software-to-send-docs-from-my-pc-dial-up-connection-to-internet/585081)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-free-cheap-fax-software-to-send-docs-from-my-pc-dial-up-connection-to-internet/585081 "2011-06-13T01:03:29Z")
Something that used to be so easy has (seemingly) become so complicated! I have a dial-up connection to the internet. I simply want to create Word docs inside my PC, then fax them to people. I used to do this with no p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1569) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1571)