# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1006 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1007 --- ## [Why did Aleksandar Milles commit those crimes? Was it really just for the money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-aleksandar-milles-commit-those-crimes-was-it-really-just-for-the-money/970948)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-aleksandar-milles-commit-those-crimes-was-it-really-just-for-the-money/970948 "2022-09-06T13:10:38Z")
Edit: this was originally posted in Cafe Society, not sure why it was moved. He sounds like an urban legend, or a villain from some 90s Gothic thriller. But he was real. Aleksandar Milles was a Satanist and a prolific b… --- ## [Helicopter rotorwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-rotorwash/971004)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-rotorwash/971004 "2022-09-06T12:18:52Z")
Need answer fast. At ground level what is the wind speed of the rotorwash of a Blackhawk helicopter engaging in a fast rope insertion? I’m assuming that the helicopter would be about 50 feet above ground level but if an… --- ## [Use of leftover ranch dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610 "2010-02-14T21:54:40Z")
My wife called to tell me that we have some leftover ranch dip from my son’s V-Day party. Are there any interesting recipes that call for ranch dip as an ingredient? I like it on hamburgers, but that isn’t really what … --- ## [Is Mazda reliable now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mazda-reliable-now/969643)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mazda-reliable-now/969643 "2022-09-06T07:45:38Z")
It’s well known that Toyotas and Hondas usually go 250,000 miles without needing major engine or transmission work. But my sister’s 2009 Corolla was just totaled in an accident, and she’s looking at a 2010-2013 Mazda 3 t… --- ## [Connecting via Ethernet to a switch to my Google Mesh router](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-via-ethernet-to-a-switch-to-my-google-mesh-router/967348)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-via-ethernet-to-a-switch-to-my-google-mesh-router/967348 "2022-07-06T21:00:00Z")
I have a Verizon Fios system. I have a Verizon ActionTec cable modem/router. It creates a network that we’ll call VerizonGas. I have a Google Mesh router (and two Google Nest wireless access points). The Google router h… --- ## [Google Chrome "Privacy Error" on everything, after internet re-connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-privacy-error-on-everything-after-internet-re-connection/953941)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-privacy-error-on-everything-after-internet-re-connection/953941 "2021-11-07T18:28:39Z")
So a tree fell in my yard and knocked down the cable that supplies internet service to my house. AT&T, which is my service provider, came over and re-connected the cable. The internet works normally now, except for one v… --- ## [Please help me troubleshoot a Win 10 Update failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-win-10-update-failure/951083)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-win-10-update-failure/951083 "2021-09-23T21:35:30Z")
My parents’ laptop doesn’t automatically update anymore, since the functional update to version 20H2 in May. I started to update via the Microsoft Update Assistant, but to no avail, it always threw the error 0xc1900101. … --- ## [My tv is acting independently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816 "2022-09-06T04:20:03Z")
I have a tv. My neighbor lets me use her wi fi, so I get my local news stations, and youtube. I turned the tv off. Ten minutes later it came on by itself, and the top right corner said new device detected. And it showed… --- ## [Searching for posts by the poster’s name only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312 "2022-09-06T04:15:23Z")
To further explain: my user name is also the name of an iconic guitar brand. If I do a search for my posts or threads, is there a way to do so that excludes all the instances in guitar threads? IOW, search for “Stratoc… --- ## [Can Wholesalers Sell Direct to the Public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-wholesalers-sell-direct-to-the-public/970743)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-wholesalers-sell-direct-to-the-public/970743 "2022-09-06T03:54:51Z")
I have always wondered why there are Wholesalers in the first place, for one. And, why won’t they sell direct to the public? Yet, aren’t there some who will sell direct? And if so, how does one go about finding them onli… --- ## [How to do a meta-search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-meta-search/970959)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-meta-search/970959 "2022-09-05T22:51:53Z")
So, earlier today, I felt like a dramatization of an Agatha Christie novel. Was mostly in the mood for Marple, but would not have written off a good Poirot, or for that matter, something Christie-like, such as a Josephin… --- ## [My laptop mysteriously maxed itself out on memory on its own and now only shows a black screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964 "2022-09-05T20:45:20Z")
Have a weird computer issue and I’d appreciate any advice: I have a laptop (2018 Asus Vivobook) that I have kept disconnected from Internet for a year. I haven’t downloaded or added anything to it. But recently it sudde… --- ## [Rice a Roni with foie gras and truffles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-a-roni-with-foie-gras-and-truffles/971013)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-a-roni-with-foie-gras-and-truffles/971013 "2022-09-05T19:48:53Z")
Prepare one box of Rice a Roni using a good, preferably French, butter. President will do nicely. Or substitute duck fat for a more intense flavor. Replace 1/2 cup of the water with white wine. When the liquid is absorbe… --- ## [Bud Cort turns 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912 "2022-09-05T19:11:08Z")
If the internet is to be trusted, today Bud Cort turned 75, making him the same age Ruth Gordon was when they made Harold and Maude. I find this…I don’t know what. It was the first movie that really moved me, and I recal… --- ## [AI-generated images and artistic endeavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718 "2022-09-05T18:37:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Digital art creator algorithm website: Spinning this off from the image-sharing thread to avoid a hijack, but also because it’s interesting. Plenty of folks are pointing out that photog… --- ## [Japanese Major League Baseball customs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-major-league-baseball-customs/970475)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-major-league-baseball-customs/970475 "2022-09-05T18:28:03Z")
Yesterday was all Ichiro, all the time in Seattle due to him being inducted in the Mariners Hall of Fame. Anyway, they replayed his last game, which was against Oakland, but played in Tokyo at the start of the 2019 seas… --- ## [Comic Strip Character Porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856 "2022-09-05T18:13:42Z")
This question came to me after watching the movie “Funny Pages”. In the opening scene the main character is with one of his teachers looking at a strip that has the comic strip character Henry and his girl friend gettin… --- ## [Actors you like \[even\] more than before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555 "2022-09-05T17:50:47Z")
In contrast to Actors you don’t like anymore, who are some actors that you like more now than before? I’ve always enjoyed Henry Winkler, but watching him in Barry has given me a whole new appreciation of his depth. --- ## [A contemporary review of Psycho: "campy" and "funny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474 "2022-09-05T16:55:20Z")
NPR’S Weekend Edition has an occasional thing called “Movies You Missed”, where they find someone who has never seen an iconic film, make them watch it, and get their impressions. This week it was Alfred Hitchcock’s Psy… --- ## [Why did it take forever for the world to realize cow manure was better for farming than human poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-forever-for-the-world-to-realize-cow-manure-was-better-for-farming-than-human-poop/969964)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-forever-for-the-world-to-realize-cow-manure-was-better-for-farming-than-human-poop/969964 "2022-09-05T16:35:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Medieval Monks were Riddled with Worms, Study Finds: Ive read in various sources that parasites were a leading cause of death in the medieval and ancient world because of the use of human … --- ## [Why can't newscasters pronounce (and use) words properly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-newscasters-pronounce-and-use-words-properly/970988)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-newscasters-pronounce-and-use-words-properly/970988 "2022-09-05T15:19:37Z")
I don’t want to get into what constitutes “properly” just now (there are those who believe that every pronunciation and usage that a native speaker employs is by definition a correct one) but there are newscasters whose … --- ## [Books talking about the interactions between Haig and his subordinates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-talking-about-the-interactions-between-haig-and-his-subordinates/970995)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-talking-about-the-interactions-between-haig-and-his-subordinates/970995 "2022-09-05T14:37:26Z")
Hi there, Does anyone know any books or records talking about the interactions between State Secretary Haig and his subordinates as well as Defense Secretary Weinberger and his subordinates during the Reagan administrat… --- ## [I have super commitment-phobia and it's destroying my relationships, and I want to overcome it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-super-commitment-phobia-and-its-destroying-my-relationships-and-i-want-to-overcome-it/970775)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-super-commitment-phobia-and-its-destroying-my-relationships-and-i-want-to-overcome-it/970775 "2022-09-05T13:46:29Z")
I’m 34, soon to be 35. I’ve been in a lot of relationships since 2016 and almost every single one of them was ruined by my fear or failure to take things to the marriage level. Some of them were women who were unsuitable… --- ## [How Hot Do You Have To Cook Beef To Kill 'Mad Cow'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-have-to-cook-beef-to-kill-mad-cow/220853)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-do-you-have-to-cook-beef-to-kill-mad-cow/220853 "2022-09-05T12:29:14Z")
When cooking beef, what temperature do you need to achieve in order to kill Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy prions? Thanks. --- ## [An exercise in the trivial -- International post package tracking numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exercise-in-the-trivial-international-post-package-tracking-numbers/970913)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exercise-in-the-trivial-international-post-package-tracking-numbers/970913 "2022-09-05T08:38:40Z")
When sending packages through the mail/post to another country, they seem to use a standard format: 2 letter characters, 9 numerical characters, and another two letter characters that represent the country of origin. To… --- ## [Non-expiring prepaid cellphones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-expiring-prepaid-cellphones/970861)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-expiring-prepaid-cellphones/970861 "2022-09-05T07:35:01Z")
I have an iPhone 6S that I replaced with an iPhone SE when its battery died. (It wasn’t that much more for the SE, than it would have been to replace the battery.) I thought I’d get a new battery for the 6S so I could … --- ## [S.H.A.D.O. Mobile base vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-a-d-o-mobile-base-vehicle/970967)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-a-d-o-mobile-base-vehicle/970967 "2022-09-05T06:15:05Z")
We all know that the Chariot (a real vehicle) in Lost In Space was a modified Morton-Thiokol Snow Cat. Was the S.H.A.D.O. Mobile model in U.F.O. based on a real vehicle? --- ## [Curious modding in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-modding-in-mpsims/970683)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-modding-in-mpsims/970683 "2022-09-05T04:47:41Z")
In the thread titled “General car talk”, in response to posts from Sam Stone pertaining to the future of electric car manufacture, we find this from puzzlegal: You might want to start a new thread to discuss the future… --- ## [Amusing 'Is Lower Decks canon' thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-is-lower-decks-canon-thought/970960)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-is-lower-decks-canon-thought/970960 "2022-09-05T04:51:28Z")
So I was wondering about this, and thought…“They arrrree…but some aspects are exagerrated. Made sillier or funnier.” Then I thought, Lets take the opposite approach. Its all true, every bit of it. After all, if you look… --- ## [Killer klowns from outer space the game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-klowns-from-outer-space-the-game/970864)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killer-klowns-from-outer-space-the-game/970864 "2022-09-05T03:51:27Z")
Ok, there’s very few horror movies I like (mostly sci-fi-based ones) the original Halloween and the ones with Jamie lee in them) cthe of child play ) but killer klowns was one of them and now they made a game out of it… … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1005) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1007)