# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=103&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 104 --- ## [Mini PC - evolution in form, or fried components waiting to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509 "2026-04-24T21:56:43Z")
I’ve always been a desktop PC guy, but I notice that the lower priced segment of the market are increasingly given over to the book-size mini units. Many of them tout “silent running,” which indicates they don’t have a f… --- ## [Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522 "2026-04-24T20:18:40Z")
Okay, maybe this won’t be a big deal to all that many people on this board or elsewhere… but I followed Thomas’s whole career because he was only four years older than me. I was like watching that kid in the class ahea… --- ## [IPOs and lock-up period, how to reduce risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527 "2026-04-24T17:56:28Z")
Say one has some SpaceX stock, subject to an x day lockout period, but they believe that the share price will be less than the initial IPO price after x days. Or even if it’s not, they’d prefer to lose any gains over tak… --- ## [Why did they drop "Junior High" in favor of "Middle School"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636 "2026-04-24T17:03:19Z")
A long time ago elementary school was K-8 and high school was 9-12. Then junior high appeared for 7-8 or 6-8 or 7-9 depending on school district. Now it’s middle school for nominally 6-8. YDMV. When did this change ta… --- ## [Browser Pickiness as a Factor in Driving Folks Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356 "2026-04-24T16:14:18Z")
Speaking strictly for myself, my everyday web browser is no longer compatible with the requirements of this board. There’s not a single website I also go to that rejects my standard web browser. Presumably, the people … --- ## [What is Cow Chow ice cream supposed to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cow-chow-ice-cream-supposed-to-be/1029067)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cow-chow-ice-cream-supposed-to-be/1029067 "2026-04-24T15:37:41Z")
Because I’ve never shied away from dealing with the big issues. Hood has a flavor of ice cream they have named Cow Chow. They describe the flavor as “corn cereal”. Obviously Hood didn’t want to pay for licensing rights… --- ## [2025 college football season thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628 "2026-04-24T15:11:26Z")
Not sure if there was already a thread for this. After all that hype, the Longhorns laid an egg and lost to the Buckeyes, 14-7. Arch Manning had a bad debut. No. 8 Alabama was also stunned on the road at Florida State.… --- ## [Vagrancy laws– cash requirement to avoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagrancy-laws-cash-requirement-to-avoid/1029431)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vagrancy-laws-cash-requirement-to-avoid/1029431 "2026-04-23T22:44:52Z")
At one point especially in the post-Civil War South there were vagrancy laws, for example the one in Virginia passed in 1866. I thought that at least some of these laws specified a dollar amount of cash one could be in p… --- ## [Tell me what the appeal is about the Libertarian Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769 "2026-04-23T21:32:24Z")
Oftimes it is said that people should vote for the Libertarian Party because the other two major parties are pretty much the same…or even that the Republicans are actually “liberal”. Without talking about what is suppos… --- ## [Explain these Family Guy jokes to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-family-guy-jokes-to-me/1029476)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-family-guy-jokes-to-me/1029476 "2026-04-23T19:28:41Z")
I never got these two jokes on Family Guy: Referring to Rick Astley as a gay guy and Doug Henning hoping he doesn’t get AIDS. What exactly are the jokes supposed to be? --- ## [Fire Alarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451 "2026-04-23T18:11:21Z")
We had a visit from our local Fire and Rescue Service yesterday. They checked our fire alarms and found them wanting, so they replaced them with new ones with batteries that will last ten years. The CO alarm in the kitch… --- ## [At 1:45pm (Eastern Daylight Time) I dropped my tax returns into an official US mail box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-1-45pm-eastern-daylight-time-i-dropped-my-tax-returns-into-an-official-us-mail-box/1029247)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-1-45pm-eastern-daylight-time-i-dropped-my-tax-returns-into-an-official-us-mail-box/1029247 "2026-04-23T17:36:29Z")
IOW, almost 60 hours before the deadline! Wahoo! (Any remaining slackers out there I can justly look down upon and sneer?) --- ## [Looking for an SF story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-sf-story/1029501)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-sf-story/1029501 "2026-04-23T16:18:09Z")
Short story, I think. Probably between 1955 and 1970? People have two separate personalities: an ‘uber’ and an ‘alter’ (probably not the actual terms in the story?) which alternate. Maybe daily or weekly? The two are… --- ## [Pride & Prejudice - why not Mary and Mr. Collins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-prejudice-why-not-mary-and-mr-collins/458018)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-prejudice-why-not-mary-and-mr-collins/458018 "2026-04-23T12:53:12Z")
It’s obvious that Lizzie and Mr. Collins would never have made a match. But why didn’t Mrs. Bennet steer him towards Mary? Yes, she’s a younger daughter, but it would keep the estate in the family and the two of them cou… --- ## [In Beetle Bailey what was up with the weird officer's helmets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-beetle-bailey-what-was-up-with-the-weird-officers-helmets/1029368)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-beetle-bailey-what-was-up-with-the-weird-officers-helmets/1029368 "2026-04-23T11:32:46Z")
First they didn’t look like helmets but rather just globes on people’s heads, but I chalk that up to artistic style. But they were red on top white on bottom with a giant officers rank symbol in the dead center of it, t… --- ## [Know any smaller bands you think need more recognition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-smaller-bands-you-think-need-more-recognition/1028900)
**Author:** [@Hajis\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hajis_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-smaller-bands-you-think-need-more-recognition/1028900 "2026-04-23T11:19:29Z")
Got to go to a small music show with a couple of awesome bands, i really liked Filth and 9 Dead, but i wanna also get some music recommendations from any bands that also might be under the radar. --- ## [Could home (whiskey) distilling cause low blood pressure and a heart attack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-home-whiskey-distilling-cause-low-blood-pressure-and-a-heart-attack/1029209)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-home-whiskey-distilling-cause-low-blood-pressure-and-a-heart-attack/1029209 "2026-04-23T10:36:30Z")
A late, former coworker died a couple of years ago. I think he was 62 or 63. He was taken to the ER and was found to have low blood pressure. He was admitted, and died of a heart attack a couple/few days later. He ha… --- ## [Sticking your neck out: hard to beat this guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticking-your-neck-out-hard-to-beat-this-guy/1029155)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticking-your-neck-out-hard-to-beat-this-guy/1029155 "2026-04-23T08:34:39Z")
From the introduction to a 2004 book “It may be too late. Economic malaise in the Arab world is so advanced and Arab regimes so inept and corrupt that some kind of revolution could be inevitable – perhaps even desirable… --- ## [Stump me with your avatarl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-me-with-your-avatarl/1029226)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-me-with-your-avatarl/1029226 "2026-04-23T04:12:57Z")
Post in here and I will try to explain your avatar. Nothing super deep here, it’s just going to be naming it pretty much, providing I know what it is. So if your Avatar is of a person, I will try to name the person. If … --- ## [Tai Chi - any practitioners? How good is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-any-practitioners-how-good-is-it/1029262)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tai-chi-any-practitioners-how-good-is-it/1029262 "2026-04-23T03:34:43Z")
Somewhere in the bowels of Google, AI, or whatever, algorithms have recently decided I should be inundated with adverts for a Tai Chi app. The ads are patently ridiculous - a hefty, slow-moving older woman is shown in a… --- ## [Robot wins Peking Half-marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-wins-peking-half-marathon/1029392)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-wins-peking-half-marathon/1029392 "2026-04-23T03:18:15Z")
faster than any human in 50 min for 21km … - 10 min faster than the fastest human … What is significant: last year the fastest robot took 2hours 40 min (160min) for the same race (need to dump the “—” in the YT link)… --- ## [It was ten years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-ten-years-ago-today/1029471)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-ten-years-ago-today/1029471 "2026-04-23T01:11:43Z")
I was at work and trying to not cry as I was looking at TMZ’s first reports that Prince was dead. I’m a fan, and I can’t believe that he has been gone ten years. --- ## [Bad bad bad beck and the tacos that kept coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-tacos-that-kept-coming/1029436)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-tacos-that-kept-coming/1029436 "2026-04-22T21:51:01Z")
Went to a sit down place, (IOW not the Bell) for lunch. The Lil 'wrekker gets a big discount there. I’m often concerned with these places. My diet is so restricted. But I found the mini Taco platter. You know the litt… --- ## [Crossdressing men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossdressing-men/162639)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossdressing-men/162639 "2026-04-22T21:26:16Z")
Just wondering how many Doper guys have ever worn women’s clothing (that they will admit to). As a lifestyle choice, for Halloween, theater, or any other reason. I have twice. Both times for Halloween while in college… --- ## [You get powers but you have to choose five people to get them as well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-powers-but-you-have-to-choose-five-people-to-get-them-as-well/1029343)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-powers-but-you-have-to-choose-five-people-to-get-them-as-well/1029343 "2026-04-22T20:32:24Z")
You get powers today. The powers are super strength (10,000 tons), speed (Mach 100), reflexes (microsecond reaction time), healing (perfect physical and mental health until you die at the age of 150), durability (no weap… --- ## [OK, I need to share this Bored Panda article about the Weirdest things hotel workers found when cleaning up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-need-to-share-this-bored-panda-article-about-the-weirdest-things-hotel-workers-found-when-cleaning-up/1029496)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-need-to-share-this-bored-panda-article-about-the-weirdest-things-hotel-workers-found-when-cleaning-up/1029496 "2026-04-22T20:05:47Z")
From “A Goat Dressed Like Abraham Lincoln”: From Unhinged To Gross, Here Are 55 Incidents Hotel Workers Will Never Forget | Bored Panda My favorites Two guests got into the basement and emptied the icemaker on to the … --- ## [Here Kitty-Kitty-Kitty! link \[Tiger leaps into crowd at Russian circus\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-kitty-kitty-kitty-link-tiger-leaps-into-crowd-at-russian-circus/1029489)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-kitty-kitty-kitty-link-tiger-leaps-into-crowd-at-russian-circus/1029489 "2026-04-22T20:05:28Z")
A giant tiger jumps into the audience in Russia. --- ## [Help Finding Thread About Imbedding Youtube Videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-thread-about-imbedding-youtube-videos/1029473)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-thread-about-imbedding-youtube-videos/1029473 "2026-04-22T19:54:05Z")
I can’t find a thread I posted in that explained how to imbed videos. The only way that worked consistently for me involved ctrl + c and then something like ctrl + shift + v? Does anyone remember the thread? Thank you! --- ## [PBS Shows and “Walter Presents”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-shows-and-walter-presents/1029348)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-shows-and-walter-presents/1029348 "2026-04-22T19:29:47Z")
I intermittently support public TV, so am giving monthly donations largely so I could see the American Revolution series from Ken Burns - which is okay, but lacks the ample fascinating archive footage displayed in many o… --- ## [What's the most unusual radio format you've ever encountered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-radio-format-youve-ever-encountered/727970)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-radio-format-youve-ever-encountered/727970 "2026-04-22T18:43:24Z")
This is a spinoff of the “obscure #1 song” thread. In 2007, I was driving through the Oklahoma Panhandle at dusk, and while searching the radio, I found a station that only played songs that had hit #1 on the charts. W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=102&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=104&state=watching)