# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=674 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 675 --- ## [Life-cycle of Passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-cycle-of-passwords/740741)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-cycle-of-passwords/740741 "2015-12-21T15:17:36Z")
I had the best password ever. A combination of letters (both lower case and upper case), numerals, special characters, and was at least 8 characters long. Most often longer in certain systems. I could add/subtract char… --- ## [It's the Independence Day in December MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399 "2015-12-21T09:43:21Z")
What? If we can have Christmas in July (& associated sales), surely we can reverse that to have Independence Day in December; especially with the weather we’ve been having. I’ve had the windows open…at night. I was we… --- ## [Frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads are no match for...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-on-their-heads-are-no-match-for/740711)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frickin-sharks-with-frickin-lasers-on-their-heads-are-no-match-for/740711 "2015-12-21T07:04:42Z")
Frickin’ fighters with frickin’ lasers mounted on them! Pretty incredible if they actually could work out how to put a high enough powered laser on a fighter jet. The implications of this are pretty far reaching. I m… --- ## [Its hilarious watching reporters tring to explain even the most basic database security concepts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hilarious-watching-reporters-tring-to-explain-even-the-most-basic-database-security-concepts/740879)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hilarious-watching-reporters-tring-to-explain-even-the-most-basic-database-security-concepts/740879 "2015-12-21T07:03:54Z")
Where have the technical reporters gone? Reading the press’ attempt to explain the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders data breach is both hilariously inept and painful. Non technical people use databases all the time at… --- ## [Pastafarians allowed to conduct weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastafarians-allowed-to-conduct-weddings/740760)
**Author:** [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastafarians-allowed-to-conduct-weddings/740760 "2015-12-21T05:29:21Z")
The Australian arm of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been encouraged by New Zealand’s decision to grant the church approval to conduct weddings. Ramen! --- ## [Childhood Traits in Adulthood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-traits-in-adulthood/740924)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-traits-in-adulthood/740924 "2015-12-21T04:44:16Z")
Tell me about a childhood personality trait and how it has matured/changed/manifested in adulthood. For instance, when I was about 11 or 12, my family were sitting around the table one day talking and joking about famil… --- ## [ISS Merry Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-merry-christmas/740970)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-merry-christmas/740970 "2015-12-21T03:13:28Z")
The cameras are down but payload is on it’s way. EV TV coverage at 5:30 AM Central USA. --- ## [If someone appeals equally to all segments of the US, aren't mostly appealing to the "uneducated"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-appeals-equally-to-all-segments-of-the-us-arent-mostly-appealing-to-the-uneducated/740873)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-appeals-equally-to-all-segments-of-the-us-arent-mostly-appealing-to-the-uneducated/740873 "2015-12-20T15:58:58Z")
I’m talking about adults, because obviously almost nobody under 21 could be considered “educated.” By educated I mean 4 year college degree in any major - that seems to be the standard used by most news outlets. By mos… --- ## [While cooking today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-cooking-today/740869 "2015-12-20T06:52:23Z")
There is something oddly sadistic about frying beef tongue in butter --- ## [Doper Birding Thread 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-birding-thread-2012/614652)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-birding-thread-2012/614652 "2015-12-20T06:48:59Z")
For some reason I’ve never seen a thread here on birding, but there’s one now! I live in Jacksonville Florida BTW. So, what have been your recent sightings of note? Me, I noticed at twilight a few nights back a number… --- ## [Teddy bear toss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teddy-bear-toss/740843)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teddy-bear-toss/740843 "2015-12-20T02:24:28Z")
I’ve just discovered the nascent tradition of the Teddy Bear Toss. I think it’s lovely. Very Canadian too. --- ## [Ah, My Stabby Old Friend Pleurisy Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-my-stabby-old-friend-pleurisy-returns/740876)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-my-stabby-old-friend-pleurisy-returns/740876 "2015-12-19T23:59:25Z")
After a reprieve of 25 years, my old red-hot-poker-rusty-bayonet-blade pleurisy friend has returned to impale me under the right shoulder blade. Yowch, yowch, and double-dog yowch! I had pneumonia last month and it’s pr… --- ## [Funny Package Delivery Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-package-delivery-stories/739060)
**Author:** [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-package-delivery-stories/739060 "2015-12-19T17:38:21Z")
We get a lot of stories here about deliveries gone wrong, but I wanted to share my good experience with y’all. Recently I decided to subscribe to the TCM wine club (wine drinking may have been involved). It sounded like… --- ## [Never heard this WW2 story before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-heard-this-ww2-story-before/740799)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-heard-this-ww2-story-before/740799 "2015-12-19T09:16:26Z")
The gist: Immediately after the German surrender the Canadian army found itself coping with a large number of prisoners, so they left the German power structure in place. When the Canadians added a couple of German dese… --- ## [Today's Google Doodle -12/17/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-12-17-15/740694)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle-12-17-15/740694 "2015-12-19T07:32:32Z")
Celebrating Beethoven’s Birthday. Click on the graphic and it gives one the option of arranging the order of the last five pieces of sheet music and playing the composition. Out of order is interesting. . . . . . … --- ## [Record breaking temps for my state...not here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-breaking-temps-for-my-state-not-here/740762)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-breaking-temps-for-my-state-not-here/740762 "2015-12-19T06:18:34Z")
I live in Victoria in southern Australia, and starting about now we get phenomenally high temperatures to deal with as summer really sets in. Today’s forecast for my part of the world was 38 (celcius) which is bloody ho… --- ## [Millionaire who claimed he 'fell' into teen cleared of rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millionaire-who-claimed-he-fell-into-teen-cleared-of-rape/740630)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millionaire-who-claimed-he-fell-into-teen-cleared-of-rape/740630 "2015-12-19T04:49:22Z")
Well that makes total sense then. “The mind, it boggles.” --- ## [I received an amber alert notice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-received-an-amber-alert-notice/740635)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-received-an-amber-alert-notice/740635 "2015-12-19T02:49:24Z")
I’m assuming I got it because I signed up for news alerts from a local TV station. But it was odd. First up at the top of the phone was a little red triangle icon which I hadn’t seen before. The message itself was cry… --- ## [Los Angeles Closes 900 Schools Today Because of Terrorist Threat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-closes-900-schools-today-because-of-terrorist-threat/740547)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-closes-900-schools-today-because-of-terrorist-threat/740547 "2015-12-19T02:46:07Z")
This is a crazy over-reaction. --- ## [9/11 - The Towers Collapse - Yup, Jet Fuel Did It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-the-towers-collapse-yup-jet-fuel-did-it/740624)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-the-towers-collapse-yup-jet-fuel-did-it/740624 "2015-12-19T02:12:11Z")
Ending the jet fuel argument once and for all, from a blacksmith … --- ## [Are Self-Absorbed people Happier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-self-absorbed-people-happier/740795)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-self-absorbed-people-happier/740795 "2015-12-19T01:51:00Z")
I always wondered about this…it seems to me, that if you are fixated upon yourself, then you don’t care much about how you appear to other people. So you would not be worried about your clothing , or grooming…etc. Would … --- ## [I got Showtime working on my TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-showtime-working-on-my-tv/740823)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-showtime-working-on-my-tv/740823 "2015-12-19T01:48:55Z")
;TLDR version: It appears the SHOWTIME “app” that came preinstalled on my Roku enabled TV is for people who want to just buy Showtime to stream. You want the Showtime Anytime app if you get Showtime through your cable… --- ## [I have been defeated by squirrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-defeated-by-squirrels/740418)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-defeated-by-squirrels/740418 "2015-12-19T00:52:56Z")
I like to feed the birds so I put a bird feeder on my deck (it’s out on a 3’ swing arm-keeps the mess off the deck). My house is on a hillside so if I put it on the ground I can’t see the birds. The squirrels line up s… --- ## [Criminal Possession of Stolen Property Just for Taking Some Stuff out of the Trash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-possession-of-stolen-property-just-for-taking-some-stuff-out-of-the-trash/740663)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-possession-of-stolen-property-just-for-taking-some-stuff-out-of-the-trash/740663 "2015-12-18T23:25:41Z")
http://jpupdates.com/2015/12/16/security-guard-busted-in-multi-million-theft-of-jewish-jeweler/ If the guard had left the stuff in the trash, they would have probably been in a landfill by now and the jeweler would hav… --- ## [What th'...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-th/740786)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-th/740786 "2015-12-18T19:41:50Z")
This has irrationally been bugging me for a long time. This time I see it in the latest Snuffy Smith comic strip. One of the hillbilly character’s speech characteristics is the shortening of “the” to th’. I used to see i… --- ## [what relation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relation/740753)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relation/740753 "2015-12-18T19:07:43Z")
I dont have many relatives. Found one on Facebook. Her Grandfather’s Brother ( Her Great Uncle) married my Mother’s Sister (my Aunt). Relationship? :confused: --- ## [Hopeless romatic or utter douchebag? Houston Press goes with the latter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopeless-romatic-or-utter-douchebag-houston-press-goes-with-the-latter/740612)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopeless-romatic-or-utter-douchebag-houston-press-goes-with-the-latter/740612 "2015-12-18T15:37:04Z")
Hehe… normally, news sources will give a bland accounting of human interest stories, but the Houston Press definitely got their panties in a wad over this Pavement Proposal. --- ## ['Tis the season for EA/ED disappointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-for-ea-ed-disappointment/740410)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-for-ea-ed-disappointment/740410 "2015-12-18T06:59:16Z")
…and if you know what EA (early action, which is non-binding early decision) and ED (early decision) are, you probably also have a child who is a senior in high school and is applying to college. Anyway, CairoSon went E… --- ## [Good morning everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-everyone/740544)
**Author:** [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-everyone/740544 "2015-12-18T04:05:51Z")
Well, it’s been about two years since my last visit. And, I imagine it will be a couple more before I come back to check on responses. But, as a 99er, I still think fondly of this place from time to time. Holy cow, so… --- ## [Did You Do This With Tinsel When You Were A Kid (or an adult)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-do-this-with-tinsel-when-you-were-a-kid-or-an-adult/740303)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-do-this-with-tinsel-when-you-were-a-kid-or-an-adult/740303 "2015-12-18T03:19:21Z")
When I was a kid, around Christmastime, my brother and I would take a piece of tinsel and stick it on the TV screen. This was back when TVs had static electricity, and it would stick there, and it would look exactly like… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=673) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=675)