# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1031 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1032 --- ## [The Tivo skip function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tivo-skip-function/969114)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tivo-skip-function/969114 "2022-08-09T18:40:23Z")
We got a Tivo DVR shortly after installing a roof antenna. For those not familiar, Tivo has a “skip” function that allows the viewer to press a button and skip the commercials. You can automate the function, too, but i… --- ## [I just realized what passes the Bechdel test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995 "2022-08-09T17:43:16Z")
We’ve discussed the Bechdel test on this Board before – the “test” proposed by cartoonist Alison Bechdel that asks if the drama contains two women who speak to each other about something besides men or their relationship… --- ## [I need some tiny tech support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-tiny-tech-support/969333)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-tiny-tech-support/969333 "2022-08-09T17:24:12Z")
Long story short I find myself at the helm of the household technology, though ill suited to the job. Hubs was the one, all this time, alas not so much now. And I’m struggling. I’ve pressed on and managed a couple of mi… --- ## [I'm having an issue with Xcom the long war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328 "2022-08-09T14:07:34Z")
If you haven’t tried this mod, do so! Beating the regular game on the hardest difficulty they call ‘the tutorial’ for The Long War! Anyways…the issue One of my best soldiers is named DeSantis (names are assigned rando… --- ## [Making Distinctions, Hoarding and Intolerance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-distinctions-hoarding-and-intolerance/969273)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-distinctions-hoarding-and-intolerance/969273 "2022-08-09T13:59:33Z")
I am reading a pop psychology book about distinctions which makes many interesting points. Not sure I buy them all, so interested what other Dopers think. The book starts off with an ancient philosophy problem. You ke… --- ## [Give me advice on a new boiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197 "2022-08-09T12:08:52Z")
I have forced hot water heat, heated with gas. I like both of those. But my boiler was installed in 1959, when the house was built, and it’s time to replace it. I also have a gas hot water heater, next to the boiler. W… --- ## [How long and vivid can you keep an image in your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861 "2022-08-09T11:57:26Z")
I always had a bad visualization ability and I hate that, because I am an otherwise creative person, I like to make 3d models, create video game environments, edit videos and so on, but that’s a bit hard to do when my mi… --- ## [Fiendishly obscure question: Identify the cartoon \["Star Trek: Voyager" "Workforce: Part II\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308 "2022-08-09T11:14:02Z")
Synopsis Almost at the end of the ep, Tom Paris is watching some cartoon (had a 1930s feel to it), and one odd-looking character is ina tree dropping something on the head of another odd-looking character. And go. . . … --- ## [On the use of acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-acronyms/969310)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-acronyms/969310 "2022-08-09T10:17:21Z")
Can we come to any sort of consensus regarding good form in the use of acronyms in posts? Some readers seem to get terribly upset when people use acronyms without defining them. But if we have to define every acronym i… --- ## [Prompted by the Jones case: Is all digital data really saved and retrievable? The mind boggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompted-by-the-jones-case-is-all-digital-data-really-saved-and-retrievable-the-mind-boggles/969133)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompted-by-the-jones-case-is-all-digital-data-really-saved-and-retrievable-the-mind-boggles/969133 "2022-08-09T10:05:09Z")
The whole stupid (and useful!) debacle with Alex Jones’s phone messages and another local case of ISP records got me wondering - Is everything everyone in the world does on the internet/digitally via phone or computer … --- ## [What is the most football-obsessed nation in the world? (soccer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962 "2022-08-09T07:52:11Z")
After watching the Euros last year and this year, my (ignorant) American impression is that it would be a tie between England, Brazil and Mexico. Germany, Argentina, Italy and Spain might come in close second? --- ## [Is there any way to get Google Play to show and let me install all apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-google-play-to-show-and-let-me-install-all-apps/969315)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-google-play-to-show-and-let-me-install-all-apps/969315 "2022-08-09T06:42:25Z")
I just bought a tablet on ebay, the model was first manufactured in 2017 so whilst not new it’s not exacty ancient. All I want it for is watching Netflix when I’m away from the internet, (and possibly other streaming ser… --- ## [Why are white babies bald?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181 "2022-08-09T06:31:45Z")
Speaking generally, it seems that white babies are born bald, while babies of all other ethnic groups are born with hair. Why is that? --- ## [Is Alex Jones going to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092 "2022-08-09T05:36:34Z")
In FQ so hoping for factual answer not a discussion of how happy you’d be if this happened… In case like this (After Alex Jones’ lawyers accidentally leak years of emails, Infowars financial documents are revealed in co… --- ## [My line would have been better. (Quotes/comebacks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-line-would-have-been-better-quotes-comebacks/969344)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-line-would-have-been-better-quotes-comebacks/969344 "2022-08-09T02:56:31Z")
Or: I wish I was in their shoes. We’ve all heard of or seen situations where we would have had the opportunity to deliver the perfect line but those involved blew their chance. I have 3. I’m sure you’ve got a few good o… --- ## [Question regarding disappeared computer files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-disappeared-computer-files/969179)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-disappeared-computer-files/969179 "2022-08-09T02:50:36Z")
When files just disappear on my MacBook Air and don’t show up again, are there traces of the file on the hard drive? If I haven’t deleted (i.e. put them in Trash and empty) them how and why do they disappear? It has ha… --- ## [Why does MLB delay/postpone games more often than the NFL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270 "2022-08-09T02:30:51Z")
Baseball games get delayed/postponed due to rain fairly often. In my experience, football games rarely get cancelled due to inclement weather. It seems snow would be harder on the players than rain. Why the different … --- ## [Observations from watching Game 4 of the 1987 NBA finals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332 "2022-08-09T00:10:52Z")
Watching a rerun from 35 years ago… (and most amazingly) there was a play where the refs disagreed on which team knocked the ball out of bounds, so they called a jump ball. Very few 3 point attempts. At one point Ainge… --- ## [Thoughts on bass players who simply follow the guitarist(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109 "2022-08-08T23:59:10Z")
It seems there are some bass players who just follow whatever the guitarist is doing. Dee Dee Ramone comes to mind, as does Cliff Burton. What are your thoughts on this? Are they doing it because the music would be wors… --- ## [FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-executes-search-warrant-at-mar-a-lago/969330)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-executes-search-warrant-at-mar-a-lago/969330 "2022-08-08T23:19:54Z")
Ninja’d. This can be closed. --- ## [Tell us about your worst vacation ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-worst-vacation-ever/968619)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-worst-vacation-ever/968619 "2022-08-08T22:21:08Z")
Mine happened about 20 years ago. There were 14 of us - all family - sharing a large house for a week. 'round about day 3, a couple folks got a stomach bug. A day or 2 later, probably half the people in the house were ha… --- ## [Batgirl movie put into the vault. Not to be released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991 "2022-08-08T22:02:21Z")
Wow, must be as bad as Catwoman or something? I wonder what the heck happened to make this movie so bad, they aren’t even shoving it over to streaming or Blu-ray? I mean, some version of it has to leak at some point, ma… --- ## [Best fix for this mistake (flea prevention med on cats)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261 "2022-08-08T21:12:52Z")
I have three cats and I dose them regularly with the flea prevention stuff you apply to the backs of their necks (Flea 5X Plus for cats from Pet Meds, to be precise). With three cats who aren’t always around at the same… --- ## [Selling Deodorant - Men vs Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-deodorant-men-vs-women/968847)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-deodorant-men-vs-women/968847 "2022-08-08T20:53:40Z")
It seems like a lot of stuff men use to smell and sweat less have names which are masculine, but really kind of bizarre. Arctic Force. Manly. Canadians know it takes toughness to fight the cold. And a whole bunch of … --- ## [Battery breakthrough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-breakthrough/969248)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-breakthrough/969248 "2022-08-08T20:37:21Z")
Not sure which forum this goes in; will take a guess at this one. It doesn’t seem to me to be exactly Factual Questions, but it might be; but putting it here should give more possible range to the discussion. (No, disco… --- ## [Migrating to a New Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-to-a-new-computer/969266)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-to-a-new-computer/969266 "2022-08-08T19:04:48Z")
Well, I got a new laptop. An expensive way to solve minor memory issues I suppose. I have moved all the files to the new machine. Word, Mail, and Brave (my browser) are up and running. Getting the Bluetooth mouse to lin… --- ## [Jack Batty - Traveling Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-traveling-doper/964113)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-traveling-doper/964113 "2022-08-08T17:51:02Z")
A spin off of Meet Bob. Some of you may have noticed my Meet Bob thread in which I introduced my dog two years ago and our ensuing adventures. Scroll to the end of that thread and you’ll see we are now on the road with … --- ## [Delete this post please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313 "2022-08-08T17:34:18Z")
ugh. please delete --- ## [Old fashioned vacation spots with small motels and tourist traps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231 "2022-08-08T16:38:12Z")
I’m thinking of such areas as Hot Springs Arkansas and Wisconsin Dells. Here in Ohio the coast from Lorain to Toledo had dozens and dozens of mom and pop motels, cabins and cottages often with their own tiny beach. “Sle… --- ## [How to contact an author?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-an-author/969223)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-an-author/969223 "2022-08-08T14:20:46Z")
Specifically, one Craig Symonds. He is a well-respected author, especially on the subject of WW2 U. S. naval history. His publisher is the Oxford University Press. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1030) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1032)