# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1842 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1843 --- ## [What's the downside to digital technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-downside-to-digital-technology/561304)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-downside-to-digital-technology/561304 "2010-11-23T11:53:50Z")
Inspired by \*\*Zeldar’s \*\*response in this thread - what do you see as the downside to digital technology? My immediate example is digital TV with questionable signal quality - instead of a slightly worse analog image, w… --- ## [E-book readers specifically for reading .pdf files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers-specifically-for-reading-pdf-files/561447)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers-specifically-for-reading-pdf-files/561447 "2010-11-23T11:21:07Z")
What is your advice about e-book readers if the intended use is reading .pdf files, either found on the web or created from software using one of those “print to pdf” options? The content I am most interested in is techn… --- ## [The finest videocard $25 can buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-finest-videocard-25-can-buy/560926)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-finest-videocard-25-can-buy/560926 "2010-11-23T10:08:46Z")
As I said in a GQ thread a couple of weeks ago, my computer’s power supply stopped working. I’m waiting for the replacement power supply to come in the mail to see if I’ll be able to fix it, or if the motherboard is dead… --- ## [Veterinarians: Your opinion on prophylactic treatment of asymptomatic cardiomyopathy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarians-your-opinion-on-prophylactic-treatment-of-asymptomatic-cardiomyopathy/554041)
**Author:** [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterinarians-your-opinion-on-prophylactic-treatment-of-asymptomatic-cardiomyopathy/554041 "2010-11-23T05:10:07Z")
My two oldest cats, 16, brother and sister, have pretty advanced cases of cardiomyopathy. The female developed CHF\[sup\]1\[/sup\] a couple of weeks ago and was in the hospital for a few days. Her ultrasound showed HCM\[sup\]2… --- ## [Job Application advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-advice/561589)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-advice/561589 "2010-11-23T04:59:23Z")
I am looking for a job and I have an interview coming up. They are asking me for former supervisors which is OK except for 1 job I do not recall the name of my supervisor. I was only there for about 4 months, it’s o… --- ## [Send me your favorite "epic thread" links- I'm bored!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-me-your-favorite-epic-thread-links-im-bored/561561)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-me-your-favorite-epic-thread-links-im-bored/561561 "2010-11-23T04:49:08Z")
What I don’t want: We have Pigeon Eggs (only because this one never really “grabbed” me) Anything by Sampiro (only because I’ve already read them all!) I need some juicy DRAMA! Suggestions? --- ## [Londopers-Luton Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londopers-luton-questions/561293)
**Author:** [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londopers-luton-questions/561293 "2010-11-23T03:01:16Z")
Work may be moving me from the US to the Luton UK area. I am looking to understand a little about the area including need for a car, public transportation into London, cost of living compared to London proper, safety, g… --- ## [What ultimately insignificant things manage to bother you anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ultimately-insignificant-things-manage-to-bother-you-anyway/559430)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ultimately-insignificant-things-manage-to-bother-you-anyway/559430 "2010-11-23T02:14:53Z")
In Vancouver, a lot of transit company properties (ALRT stations, etc) have posted signage which reads:\[ul\]\[li\]No Loitering\[\]No cycling\[\]No skateboardingNo Scootering\[/ul\]The wording on these signs has not changed for tw… --- ## [Gay TSA officers allowed to grope same-sex passengers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-tsa-officers-allowed-to-grope-same-sex-passengers/561457)
**Author:** [@Gruntled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gruntled)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-tsa-officers-allowed-to-grope-same-sex-passengers/561457 "2010-11-22T23:38:05Z")
From here: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2010/11/18/tsa-enhanced-pat-downs-the-screeners-point-of-view/ A gay male TSA officer complaining about having to pat down women: “Do you think I want to go to w… --- ## [What's your blood type?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type/561187)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type/561187 "2010-11-22T23:05:44Z")
I’m O+, which is the most common blood type. I was just bitching in the Pit about how the damned Red Cross won’t leave me alone and I’m not even O-. I’m a little curious to see if a self-selected group of poll answerer… --- ## [Just got my first progressive lenses - help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-first-progressive-lenses-help/561346)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-my-first-progressive-lenses-help/561346 "2010-11-22T22:33:03Z")
I just got my first pair of progressive lenses (archaically known as bi-focals to you non-glasses wearing folk), and my adaptation is going…interestingly. Are there any tips to getting used to these things easily? Do you… --- ## [Baby Name Thread - Which Long Form of Elly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-thread-which-long-form-of-elly/561324)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-name-thread-which-long-form-of-elly/561324 "2010-11-22T22:18:07Z")
I’ve been meaning to start this for a while. We’re expecting in April and we’re not planning to find out what we’re having, so we’ve picked out names for either gender. I’m going to keep a lid on the boy name we’ve chose… --- ## [Harmony One v. other universal remotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmony-one-v-other-universal-remotes/561582)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmony-one-v-other-universal-remotes/561582 "2010-11-22T22:03:40Z")
Our Harmony H659 seems to have shuffled off this electronic coil. It was fantastic. Once set up (via PC. It was a bit cumbersome but relatively straightforward), we just pushed an activity button and it switched the comp… --- ## [What's The Utility of A Car Pushbutton Starter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-utility-of-a-car-pushbutton-starter/561437)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-utility-of-a-car-pushbutton-starter/561437 "2010-11-22T21:26:22Z")
I lot of new cars gave them…you turn the key, and then have to hit a starter button to crank the engine. What exactly is the benefit of this? It is really nothing new…many cars in the 1940’s had them. As an engineer, … --- ## [What is your astrological sign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-astrological-sign/561308)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-astrological-sign/561308 "2010-11-22T19:14:26Z")
I am curious if we will get an even distribution among the signs, or if there is something about Dopers that might skew the distribution. --- ## [Spain Under Gen. Franco-What Was It Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-under-gen-franco-what-was-it-like/483157)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-under-gen-franco-what-was-it-like/483157 "2010-11-22T18:26:47Z")
I was skiing this weekend-and met some Spanish girls on the lift (they were muito hott!). I was chatting with them, and Spain seems like a pretty wild place these days, you can do pretty much what you want. So, what was … --- ## [How do you make ice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-ice/561499)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-ice/561499 "2010-11-22T17:53:31Z")
Okay, I don’t think we’ve done this one. In the spirit of toilet paper over-or-under, shoes on or off in the house and other things you had no idea you had an opinion about until someone gave an obviously wrong answer… H… --- ## [Where would you vacation for $2,500?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-vacation-for-2-500/561129 "2010-11-22T17:05:26Z")
So, here’s the thing - I found four thousand dollars on the side of the road last week. Just sitting there, still tightly bundled, as if they were straight from a bank teller’s desk. Strangest thing I’d seen that weekend… --- ## [When does hanging out with your ex girlfriend considered foul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-hanging-out-with-your-ex-girlfriend-considered-foul/561222)
**Author:** [@divisibleBYone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divisibleBYone)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-hanging-out-with-your-ex-girlfriend-considered-foul/561222 "2010-11-22T16:59:07Z")
My boyfriend and I hang out 24/7, since we work in the same building, we share a carpool going to and coming from work, we share the same friends (though they are originally he’s circle of friends) and we kind of do thin… --- ## [Worried about this recruitment website, am I overeacting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-this-recruitment-website-am-i-overeacting/561540)
**Author:** [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worried-about-this-recruitment-website-am-i-overeacting/561540 "2010-11-22T15:56:31Z")
I’m currently looking for work within the regulatory side of the pharmaceutical industry, and I’ve been finding posted vacancies pointing back to this agency, the website of which looks on the surface to be well worth ge… --- ## [Does DNA show there was a Aaron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dna-show-there-was-a-aaron/561535)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dna-show-there-was-a-aaron/561535 "2010-11-22T12:21:12Z")
Sorry, not exactly sure where to put this thread… I just saw this in Newsweek: --- ## [Glenn Beck is a carny, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-a-carny-right/561344)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-a-carny-right/561344 "2010-11-22T11:05:59Z")
I’m going to start this with the preconceived notion that Glenn Beck is a bit, um, over the top. And, admittedly, most of what I’ve seen of him has probably been a greatest hits composition of his nuttier nuttery. It’s… --- ## [Ladies, when did your biological clock start ticking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-when-did-your-biological-clock-start-ticking/560698)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-when-did-your-biological-clock-start-ticking/560698 "2010-11-22T08:20:29Z")
I’m 26 and right now don’t see myself having kids, ever. I’m wondering if this is a sign that it’s not meant to be, or if I just need to wait a little bit before I the desire to procreate might surface. I would love to … --- ## [Big Natural Boobs - Big Waistline - Usually True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-natural-boobs-big-waistline-usually-true/560780)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-natural-boobs-big-waistline-usually-true/560780 "2010-11-22T07:20:33Z")
I’ve discussed this with various male and female friends. My moms side of the family are all naturally beautiful, buxom women. Weight problems have been a problem for nearly all my moms side of the family. Some of my co… --- ## [Dress Me - What Should I Wear to My High School Reunion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-me-what-should-i-wear-to-my-high-school-reunion/561348)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-me-what-should-i-wear-to-my-high-school-reunion/561348 "2010-11-22T06:47:08Z")
This night is a pretty big deal for me. I was really geeky throughout most of school. Zero confidence, mullet hair in 4th grade (yes you read that one right), and bullied through most of elementary school. Things have ch… --- ## [Electric or Battery Operated lawn mower recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-or-battery-operated-lawn-mower-recommendation/561026)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-or-battery-operated-lawn-mower-recommendation/561026 "2010-11-22T02:46:09Z")
I’m looking to purchase a new lawn mower and I’d like it to be non-gas powered. I don’t want one where I’m lugging a cord around the lawn with me. I want a battery powered one where you can charge it overnight and then j… --- ## [Teaching English abroad. Anyone here have experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-english-abroad-anyone-here-have-experience/561403)
**Author:** [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-english-abroad-anyone-here-have-experience/561403 "2010-11-22T02:13:02Z")
if so could you give me some tips? I’m thinking about getting into it. --- ## [Disposing of old cellphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-old-cellphones/561402)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposing-of-old-cellphones/561402 "2010-11-22T00:58:28Z")
What’s the recommended way to do this? It seems there are outfits that accept these as donations to what are claimed to be worthy causes. In some cases it seems possible to sell them (though ordinary models like what I… --- ## [Love someone, but have doubts about it working out because you live in different states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-someone-but-have-doubts-about-it-working-out-because-you-live-in-different-states/561479)
**Author:** [@JustAwakening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAwakening)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-someone-but-have-doubts-about-it-working-out-because-you-live-in-different-states/561479 "2010-11-22T00:34:25Z")
Just curious about long distance relationships… Has anyone ever been in one where you don’t know if you’ll ever get to live in the same place because of a child being involved and one parent might not be able to move? D… --- ## [mini trampolines for fitness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-trampolines-for-fitness/560725 "2010-11-21T23:37:26Z")
A friend of mine was telling me about her small, indoor trampoline that she uses for working out. She said 6 minutes on it doing her workout was like walking a mile. I’m intrigued. Anyone else use these or know anything … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1841) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1843)