# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1089&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1090 --- ## [The simple science behind the pitch of xylophone keys (Need answer fastish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-science-behind-the-pitch-of-xylophone-keys-need-answer-fastish/966709)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-science-behind-the-pitch-of-xylophone-keys-need-answer-fastish/966709 "2022-06-27T14:40:35Z")
I have been dragooned into teaching a STEAM music class for 9-11 year olds this summer and am working out the science part of the curriculum. (The is my second time posting a related question, and I just want to say that… --- ## [Is there anything you can take for your joints that has scientific evidence backing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-you-can-take-for-your-joints-that-has-scientific-evidence-backing-it/966728)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-you-can-take-for-your-joints-that-has-scientific-evidence-backing-it/966728 "2022-06-27T13:17:23Z")
Hello. I once had a roommate that took all sorts of exotic dietary supplements that he said were good for your joints and stopping joint pain. I took one for awhile but it seemed like it made things worse. I also do no… --- ## [Depicting crazy ala A Beautiful Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-crazy-ala-a-beautiful-mind/966870)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-crazy-ala-a-beautiful-mind/966870 "2022-06-27T13:07:23Z")
A Beautiful Mind was the first time I’d ever seen crazy depicted like this. However, since then, I’ve seen multiple examples of crazy being signaled by the discovery of some room where a huge tangle of strings connects a… --- ## [Coronavirus Information, Maps, Trackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-information-maps-trackers/849623)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-information-maps-trackers/849623 "2021-09-25T18:08:09Z")
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for System Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University Thanks to Cardinal Fang for the fix. Coronavirus Dashboard Supposedly run by a high school student … --- ## [Canada to examine pornography to make sure it is sufficiently Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-examine-pornography-to-make-sure-it-is-sufficiently-canadian/966756)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-to-examine-pornography-to-make-sure-it-is-sufficiently-canadian/966756 "2022-06-27T10:36:52Z")
A National Post article claims Canada’s bureaucracy wants to make sure webporn is sufficiently Canadian. I am wondering what this involves. Here are my suggestions, but please add yours. Pizza carried by delivery ma… --- ## [Is there a decent recent multiplayer PC RTS which I can play against a friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-decent-recent-multiplayer-pc-rts-which-i-can-play-against-a-friend/966564)
**Author:** [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-decent-recent-multiplayer-pc-rts-which-i-can-play-against-a-friend/966564 "2022-06-27T07:53:44Z")
My friend has been lost to World Of Warcraft for a long time, and never really a 3D shooter person, and one of the successful and fun times we had was back on modems playing Command and Conquer and Red Alert over the pho… --- ## [Heres some dune 2 (movie)news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-some-dune-2-movie-news/966623)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-some-dune-2-movie-news/966623 "2022-06-27T07:24:17Z")
I have just seen this and sorry dumb msn put it in a slide show but it’s a short one and Christopher walken can add yet another part to his impressive resume : Christopher Walken taking on the role of Emperor Shadd… --- ## [Women with little girl voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-little-girl-voices/966182)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-little-girl-voices/966182 "2022-06-27T06:13:24Z")
Hearing an interview on NPR brought this topic to mind. The woman is a professional something or other, and sounded as though she were 14. I have worked with women who spoke in the same way, like a girl. A high, light vo… --- ## [When to uise 'depuis des heures' vs 'pendant des heures'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-uise-depuis-des-heures-vs-pendant-des-heures/966922)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-uise-depuis-des-heures-vs-pendant-des-heures/966922 "2022-06-27T05:24:12Z")
I’m still not sure when to use ‘depuis des heures’ as oppose to ‘pendant des heures’. Does 'pendant des heurs convey more flexibility in terms of when an activity began and ended ? You sleep for hours every day.Tu dors… --- ## [The Haboobs are here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haboobs-are-here/966712)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haboobs-are-here/966712 "2022-06-27T04:48:59Z")
We are getting our first rain in months. --- ## [Hey, bad bad bad Beck can eat 'drunkin' picante sauce. (Canned some to day)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-eat-drunkin-picante-sauce-canned-some-to-day/966923)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bad-bad-bad-beck-can-eat-drunkin-picante-sauce-canned-some-to-day/966923 "2022-06-27T04:16:36Z")
I didn’t have much to offer the cooks. I did a bunch of chopping, tho’. My sister is here (her recipe). Mid-D and the Li’l wrekker helped. Son-of-a-wrek helped as well. There is a bit of sugar in it. Not too much. We … --- ## [First World Problem: How Do I Order a Sweetened Latte at Starbucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problem-how-do-i-order-a-sweetened-latte-at-starbucks/966927)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problem-how-do-i-order-a-sweetened-latte-at-starbucks/966927 "2022-06-27T04:11:11Z")
This is as Firsty as First-World problems get but it bugs me. I like my lattes sweetened but it’s all but impossible to add granulated sugar to foamed milk. So for a while I would ask for the cup first so I could add su… --- ## [New Downton Abbey movie in 2022 - Robert Crawley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-downton-abbey-movie-in-2022-robert-crawley/951235 "2022-06-27T03:57:34Z")
I know that there’ll be a new Downton Abbey movie in 2022. But Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, has lost a lot of weight. What kind of a story will they build around that to explain it? --- ## [Is the Star Trek transporter inspired by The Fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-star-trek-transporter-inspired-by-the-fly/953549)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-star-trek-transporter-inspired-by-the-fly/953549 "2022-06-27T02:55:25Z")
I’m watching The Fly 1958 Halloween evening. André Delambre (Al Hedison) experiments transferring plates, newspapers, and a cat from one room to another. He tragically experiments on himself. Did Roddenberry rip off th… --- ## [How are you preparing for the coming fascist authoritarian regime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-preparing-for-the-coming-fascist-authoritarian-regime/966426)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-preparing-for-the-coming-fascist-authoritarian-regime/966426 "2022-06-27T01:18:50Z")
So we are approaching a midterm election two years after barely unseating a would be dictator from the presidency and the Democratic Party has made seemingly no effort to persuade the public that it can’t be allowed to h… --- ## [I'm Back from My Vacation WITH TRUMPISTS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-from-my-vacation-with-trumpists/964235)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-back-from-my-vacation-with-trumpists/964235 "2022-06-27T01:01:30Z")
I’m back from my vacation visiting my aunt and uncle…and it was the best vacation I’ve had in years. I could’ve spent the whole vacation just lazing about on their deck and I would’ve been happy. There’s the mountain v… --- ## [Shadowrun returns Xbox camera question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowrun-returns-xbox-camera-question/966915)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadowrun-returns-xbox-camera-question/966915 "2022-06-27T00:24:30Z")
Is there a setting that I missed that has the camera follow /go ahead of you a bit? right now it’s set up where if I walk to the edge of a screen I have to move the camera manually so I could see where I’m going/what’s… --- ## [Mailing address or telephone number: most reliable for contact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-address-or-telephone-number-most-reliable-for-contact/966615)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-address-or-telephone-number-most-reliable-for-contact/966615 "2022-06-27T00:21:13Z")
There was a time not so long ago that a person’s mailing address was considered the most reliable way to reach them. That was because prior to 2000 people physically moved less often than their telephone number changed. … --- ## [Aftermath of the Jiff peanut butter recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-jiff-peanut-butter-recall/966419)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-jiff-peanut-butter-recall/966419 "2022-06-26T23:47:18Z")
I went to replace the jar of Jiff I threw out. Aside from the micro brands and store branded peanut butter there was nothing but wall to wall Skippy for sale. Their sales staff must be going nuts! --- ## [Has a pizza place ever provided it's drivers with a car instead of just using the employees own provided car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-pizza-place-ever-provided-its-drivers-with-a-car-instead-of-just-using-the-employees-own-provided-car/966722)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-pizza-place-ever-provided-its-drivers-with-a-car-instead-of-just-using-the-employees-own-provided-car/966722 "2022-06-26T22:41:26Z")
I know it’s almost always expected for someone applying to be a pizza delivery driver provide his own vehicle, but I’m wondering if ever (either early on or on a chain by chain basis) has there ever been a vehicle the pi… --- ## [What jeans are these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jeans-are-these/966828)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-jeans-are-these/966828 "2022-06-26T22:35:10Z")
The top photo of this article of the jeans with the golden buttons: This isn’t a very good article by the way, but I tried to google image search the photo, and it’s clearly being used as a kind of stock photo in a bu… --- ## [Bill Penzey flips out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-penzey-flips-out/958018)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-penzey-flips-out/958018 "2022-06-26T22:22:45Z")
Bill’s always been a little weird, but this time I think he’s been snorting his spices a bit too much. Hope it doesn’t hurt business too much - Penzeys is my main spice supplier. --- ## [Canada and the United States: Constitutional mirror images](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-the-united-states-constitutional-mirror-images/966804)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-and-the-united-states-constitutional-mirror-images/966804 "2022-06-26T21:06:24Z")
The news in the past two days from south of the border is definitely interesting, and highlights that Canada and US are constitutional mirror images: US: Guns are good! and let’s do everything we can to ban abortions! … --- ## [Car buying scene-Oceans 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-scene-oceans-11/735208)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-scene-oceans-11/735208 "2022-06-26T20:31:18Z")
I found the car buying scene in Oceans 11 totally bizarre; I saw some good humor in it, but, I couldn’t quite get the point of Billy Ten Denim’s actions. He was always looking away, and seemed like he didn’t care abou… --- ## [The value of Trump's endorsements (in GOP primaries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-trumps-endorsements-in-gop-primaries/964620)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-trumps-endorsements-in-gop-primaries/964620 "2022-06-26T19:57:27Z")
This has been vastly overstated. To the greatest extent, by Trump himself, in keeping with his general worldview about anything relating to himself, but also by the media. In particular, this takes the form of looking a… --- ## [Favorite painter for decorating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-painter-for-decorating/966727)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-painter-for-decorating/966727 "2022-06-26T18:25:37Z")
I just moved into a house for the first time and I am looking for inspiration of decorating. I found this thread and it has given me lots of inspiration. The reason I am creating this thread is because I am wondering w… --- ## [Can mods make an abortion tag for threads like the one for Ukraine war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mods-make-an-abortion-tag-for-threads-like-the-one-for-ukraine-war/966899)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mods-make-an-abortion-tag-for-threads-like-the-one-for-ukraine-war/966899 "2022-06-26T16:47:50Z")
The abortion threads are proliferating and I’m having trouble finding some. Could the mods make a sorting tag for abortion threads, like the one for Ukraine war? Thanks. --- ## [Mass shooting outside gay bar in Oslo, Norway the night between 24-25 June](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-outside-gay-bar-in-oslo-norway-the-night-between-24-25-june/966839)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-outside-gay-bar-in-oslo-norway-the-night-between-24-25-june/966839 "2022-06-26T15:46:37Z")
Two people killed, 21 wounded. About 10 of them seriously. Today’s Pride parade in Oslo was canceled for security concerns, but there was a spontaneous unofficial parade. The shooting is being investigated as a terrori… --- ## [Effective, massive, unprecedented civil disobedience in protest of SC re Roe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-massive-unprecedented-civil-disobedience-in-protest-of-sc-re-roe/966888)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-massive-unprecedented-civil-disobedience-in-protest-of-sc-re-roe/966888 "2022-06-26T15:31:55Z")
While I share the frustration of all the people turning out to demonstrate against SCOTUS, the only effect that has on the white-supremacist minority is to please them and amuse them. What would be the most effective for… --- ## [Different styles of roundabouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-styles-of-roundabouts/966569)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-styles-of-roundabouts/966569 "2022-06-26T14:33:26Z")
I’ve seen mention here and there about continental roundabouts and British roundabouts. Continental meaning those in Europe, of course. US roundabouts are apparently very similar to continental. Now I’m very familiar wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1088&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1090&state=tracking)