# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=710 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 711 --- ## [PING Hackers and Torrenters: Win 10 can Disable your Pirated Software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ping-hackers-and-torrenters-win-10-can-disable-your-pirated-software/728077 "2015-08-25T18:02:05Z")
While its harder to justify pirated software, do we really want our OS’s disabling our modified X Box controllers? Or even snooping through our computers? Is it even legal? --- ## [Posted a Snopes link debunking a Facebook post - unfriended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posted-a-snopes-link-debunking-a-facebook-post-unfriended/727803)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posted-a-snopes-link-debunking-a-facebook-post-unfriended/727803 "2015-08-25T17:01:57Z")
So a long-lost cousin got in touch with me a few weeks ago on Facebook, and because I like her mother (my aunt) who lives with her, I friended her. Last week we met up again at a family reunion. Since I friended her, he… --- ## [Fire as a Redecoration Tool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-as-a-redecoration-tool/727643)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-as-a-redecoration-tool/727643 "2015-08-25T16:26:04Z")
Look, I know we had been discussing re-doing the kitchen now we have effectively finished the bathroom except for painting the trim, and we had a slight flea problem thanks to one of the cats getting out and getting en-f… --- ## [Finland considers basic income](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finland-considers-basic-income/728782)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finland-considers-basic-income/728782 "2015-08-25T15:34:20Z")
Not a lot of details in the bbc article, but it looks like an attempt to simplify their various welfare (if that’s the right word) systems. The trial will involve only part of the population. I’m interested to see how … --- ## [Jeb Bush appears to have had a hand transplant...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-appears-to-have-had-a-hand-transplant/728602)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-appears-to-have-had-a-hand-transplant/728602 "2015-08-25T15:23:59Z")
Guardian article mocking SuperPac pamphlet supporting Jeb! (or is it Jeb? nowadays?) ‘Why, Jeb?’ Pro-Bush Iowa pamphlet gives candidate one black hand --- ## [Who cares what the phone looks like? Everyone's gonna slap a case on it anyway.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cares-what-the-phone-looks-like-everyones-gonna-slap-a-case-on-it-anyway/728276)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cares-what-the-phone-looks-like-everyones-gonna-slap-a-case-on-it-anyway/728276 "2015-08-25T14:47:03Z")
Sunday night I shattered my beloved and rooted Nexus 5. I hate the added bulk of even a thin case so I just tried to be careful. Also the Nexus 5 seemed to be the perfect size caseless. Lesson learned. So im in the… --- ## [I'm a Spanish-speaking mining/petrochemical engineer? (not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-spanish-speaking-mining-petrochemical-engineer-not/728781)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-spanish-speaking-mining-petrochemical-engineer-not/728781 "2015-08-25T12:20:41Z")
My email address seems to have gotten on a list of purported Spanish-speaking mining or petrochemical engineers. Or something like that, considering all Spanish language spam I get with technical terms in the subject lin… --- ## [Thank You, Mrclose Has Passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mrclose-has-passed/728682)
**Author:** [@mrclose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrclose)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-mrclose-has-passed/728682 "2015-08-25T02:27:40Z")
I was going through my brothers papers and his computer. Paul (mrclose) passed away last week and I can’t express to you how much you people meant to him. I don’t know what else to say because I don’t know about these … --- ## [Yikes! Stock market in freefall!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-stock-market-in-freefall/728719)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-stock-market-in-freefall/728719 "2015-08-25T00:51:07Z")
I opened my browser to check the news (at approx. 9:35 am, Eastern time zone), and the stock market was down 832 points! :eek: Do. not. check. 401(k). today. --- ## [Bears play in pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421 "2015-08-24T23:30:55Z")
Mama and cubs take a dip and frolic in back yard. --- ## [Sacco and Vanzetti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacco-and-vanzetti/728668)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacco-and-vanzetti/728668 "2015-08-24T21:56:08Z")
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed on 23 August 1927. Here’s Christy Moore singing Woody Guthrie’s Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti in 2011 for all the sentimental lefty Dopers out there: Christy Moore - Sacco and Vanzetti (Wo… --- ## [Age and other horrors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-and-other-horrors/723412)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-and-other-horrors/723412 "2015-08-24T21:49:19Z")
When I was 15, I saw Jaws in the theater. Just a few years later, I was walking through Target, I think, and the horrifying JAWS: THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION jumped out from behind a pillar and like to scared me to dea… --- ## [Can I get some good thoughts/prayers for my mom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-good-thoughts-prayers-for-my-mom/713231)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-good-thoughts-prayers-for-my-mom/713231 "2015-08-24T21:33:05Z")
My mother was admitted to the hospital early this morning, with severe abdominal pain. At first the pain meds helped, but then it became less effective. She’s had three kinds of painkillers, including morphine, yet her… --- ## [Shut up lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-lady/728347)
**Author:** [@birdbrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birdbrain)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-lady/728347 "2015-08-24T20:35:36Z")
Here I am again, sitting in Des Moines International Airport and wondering who’s idea it was to make all overhead announcements be made by a lady with a British accent. It’s ridiculous and it annoys the shit out of me … --- ## [Time Warp MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warp-mmp/728044)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-warp-mmp/728044 "2015-08-24T04:04:38Z")
40 years ago this past Friday, the longest-running release in film history opened in the United Kingdom at Rialto Theater; none other than The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In that vein, & in light of the announcement made… --- ## [AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site. This can't be correct, can it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ap-exclusive-un-to-let-iran-inspect-alleged-nuke-work-site-this-cant-be-correct-can-it/728305)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ap-exclusive-un-to-let-iran-inspect-alleged-nuke-work-site-this-cant-be-correct-can-it/728305 "2015-08-24T02:36:29Z")
AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN\_NUCLEAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-19-13-06-05 This has to be a leaving something out o… --- ## [Area man swallowed by sinkhole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-man-swallowed-by-sinkhole/651724)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/area-man-swallowed-by-sinkhole/651724 "2015-08-24T02:28:11Z")
Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed… --- ## [Is there a name for this haircut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-haircut/728259)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-haircut/728259 "2015-08-24T01:55:57Z")
I thought I had seen everything that could be done with a human head of hair. But I was wrong. I had never envisioned this. Is there even a name for this? --- ## [We are not going to be doing any interstellar space travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-going-to-be-doing-any-interstellar-space-travel/657398)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-not-going-to-be-doing-any-interstellar-space-travel/657398 "2015-08-23T23:23:00Z")
News flash: I’m not a scientist, or an expert in any field. However, I can do simple math and I also read what scientists have been saying. The obvious conclusion: Travel between the stars is, in fact, a pipe dream. NAS… --- ## [I know someone with a fairly high IQ (149) who is like wrong about everything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-someone-with-a-fairly-high-iq-149-who-is-like-wrong-about-everything/728286)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-someone-with-a-fairly-high-iq-149-who-is-like-wrong-about-everything/728286 "2015-08-23T20:56:28Z")
Well, not everything. But copious amount of salt must be taken with the statements this person makes. Examples include telling me the Jared guy is a child molester, minimum wage is $15, 911 was an inside job; and, wors… --- ## [Pilots: You can land a 767 on an aircraft carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-you-can-land-a-767-on-an-aircraft-carrier/728119)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-you-can-land-a-767-on-an-aircraft-carrier/728119 "2015-08-23T19:05:38Z")
You might recall this thread Could a Tu-95 Bear bomber be landed on a Nimitz class carrier? from a few months ago. Well recently I landed a 767-300 on the Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) http://www.reagan.navy.mil/. Just simula… --- ## [When Blind Dates Go Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-blind-dates-go-wrong/728504)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-blind-dates-go-wrong/728504 "2015-08-23T16:48:58Z")
I have never been on a blind date, so I don’t have the experience to know whether I would have done like this fellow did in Shanghai. His turned out to be so bad that he asked her out on a second date so he could rob her… --- ## [Which charities actually give clothes to the poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charities-actually-give-clothes-to-the-poor/675343)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charities-actually-give-clothes-to-the-poor/675343 "2015-08-23T12:10:51Z")
Years ago on some news show (I’m thinking 60 Minutes but could have been 20/20) there was a story about a big, well-known charity which revealed that they didn’t give (or even sell cheaply) clothes donations. Instead ev… --- ## [Another "Brag About the Kids" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brag-about-the-kids-thread/728428)
**Author:** [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brag-about-the-kids-thread/728428 "2015-08-23T09:24:09Z")
It’s button popping time. Come on in and share the stuff the spawn are up to. I’m starting this thread to brag about mine, but I’d love to hear what’s going on with others as well. My 17 year old is officially a colle… --- ## [Ted Cruz vs. Ellen "Juno" Page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-vs-ellen-juno-page/728540)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-vs-ellen-juno-page/728540 "2015-08-23T05:16:51Z")
This strikes me as MPSIMS material, but I’ll put it here anyway. I have not bothered to watch this video, and am not inclined to watch it at all, but in the past 24 hours, almost all of my annoying conservative Facebook… --- ## [What would you do about this hotel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-this-hotel/728308)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-this-hotel/728308 "2015-08-23T03:47:40Z")
Last weekend my sister stayed at hotel. She had a few problems, just the normal annoyances that one might find at a discount hotel, nothing too bad (at least not that she told me about, there could be other things). Wh… --- ## [What's your funny fart story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-funny-fart-story/544571)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-funny-fart-story/544571 "2015-08-22T08:41:03Z")
I have many but here’s my favorite: One day, I had a really painful pimple on my butt. The way it was positioned, I couldn’t safely puncture it with a needle (my usual M.O.). So, I called my wife over: Me: Hey, come o… --- ## [Awesome Live Action Zombie Shooter Game On Chatroulette.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-live-action-zombie-shooter-game-on-chatroulette/728483)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-live-action-zombie-shooter-game-on-chatroulette/728483 "2015-08-22T07:31:14Z")
So somebody set up an elaborate a live-action user-controlled zombie shooter game in their garden, and put it on Chatroulette for people to play. The results are genius. --- ## [Cop Confronts Unarmed Black Guy at Traffic Stop …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-confronts-unarmed-black-guy-at-traffic-stop/727765)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-confronts-unarmed-black-guy-at-traffic-stop/727765 "2015-08-22T05:20:29Z")
Man charged in Birmingham detective’s beating; outrage follows support of attack on social media Stories like this don’t seem to get much national attention – this is on a few relatively obscure sites, but that’s abo… --- ## [The Giant Rabbit Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-giant-rabbit-story/728327)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-giant-rabbit-story/728327 "2015-08-22T04:03:25Z")
My friend didn’t hear this story, and he’s a PhD. So, I figured this story is important enough that Dopers should be informed about it. The Giant Rabbit Story: Part 1 This German guy bred giant rabbits as a way to comb… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=709) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=711)