# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1093&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1094 --- ## [Magic: Making Big Things Disappear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-making-big-things-disappear/42794)
**Author:** [@Timothy\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timothy_Campbell)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-making-big-things-disappear/42794 "2022-06-23T13:00:21Z")
There was a show on TV last night, hosted by Harry Anderson, that purported to explain how (actually, they said “why”) various magic tricks work. Like most of these shows, it explained some simple parlour tricks but didn… --- ## [What we believe or why we believe it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-believe-or-why-we-believe-it/962622)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-believe-or-why-we-believe-it/962622 "2022-06-23T12:49:27Z")
What is more important, what we believe or why we believe it? I tend to think why is more important over a longer period of time while what is more important in the shorter term. --- ## [Business does not know phone # I am calling from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-does-not-know-phone-i-am-calling-from/966592)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-does-not-know-phone-i-am-calling-from/966592 "2022-06-23T12:42:45Z")
I’ve called small local businesses and they know who I am based on my phone number. But really big places like a bank don’t look me up based on my number? They ask me. instead Guess it’s just what software they use. … --- ## [Why do we not see the Milky Way in all its glory during cross-ocean flights at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-see-the-milky-way-in-all-its-glory-during-cross-ocean-flights-at-night/966645)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-see-the-milky-way-in-all-its-glory-during-cross-ocean-flights-at-night/966645 "2022-06-23T12:36:07Z")
AIUI, in order to get the true view of the Milky Way in its splendor, one has to be in a very rural and remote region, in true darkness, in order to see it. What I’m wondering, then, is why during cross-Pacific flights … --- ## [Helen Hunt's mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555 "2022-06-23T08:08:15Z")
Recent photos of Helen Hunt have left me puzzled; there is something going on with her mouth. I don’t think it is merely aging, it seems almost syndrome-y. I thought at first it was “smoker’s lips”, but after doing the … --- ## [The biggest games in terms of disk space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-games-in-terms-of-disk-space/966128)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-games-in-terms-of-disk-space/966128 "2022-06-23T04:14:25Z")
As posted in the free games thread, ARK is currently free on Steam along with half a dozen DLCs for it. Steam tells me if I download the full game and all six DLCs, I need 266 GB of disk space. I thought 130-ish for Hal… --- ## [New Roland Emmerich film battles the f\*in Moon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804 "2022-06-22T23:46:39Z")
How does the creator of disaster films like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 outdo himself? Get ready to fight the f’in Moon in “Moonfall”! Really? --- ## [My Assassin's Creed Valhalla journal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-assassins-creed-valhalla-journal/928414)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-assassins-creed-valhalla-journal/928414 "2022-06-22T22:36:33Z")
All right, how’s my PS4 these days? Lessee…Brothers, played end-to-end three times and got every trophy an eternity ago…Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, yeah, liked it, pretty good overall but way too much work to go through … --- ## [If Mike Pence had obeyed the pied piper of Trump Tower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mike-pence-had-obeyed-the-pied-piper-of-trump-tower/966501)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mike-pence-had-obeyed-the-pied-piper-of-trump-tower/966501 "2022-06-22T22:04:23Z")
The following months would have lit the fuse to chaos ! From what I’m seeing and hearing in these hearing is that Trump cooked up this scheme to overthrow our government leading up to the election and after the election.… --- ## [Is it possible my desktop's WiFi card has gone kaput?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-my-desktops-wifi-card-has-gone-kaput/965215)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-my-desktops-wifi-card-has-gone-kaput/965215 "2022-06-22T22:02:54Z")
The past few weeks, I’d noticed that my desktop’s connectivity to my home network has been questionable at best: the Network window would open up, but it wouldn’t see the “Casa de Tripler” home wifi network. I know that… --- ## [Looking for a fairly customizable budgeting program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-fairly-customizable-budgeting-program/966561)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-fairly-customizable-budgeting-program/966561 "2022-06-22T22:00:11Z")
I’ve tried Quicken and it irritates the hell out of me - it’s actually got too much functionality and is not streamlined (for my brain, anyway). I need something better than my own excel spreadsheet but short of Quicken… --- ## [If I'm an innocent bystander watching a fight, but I yell "Kill him!" as a joke but the person actually dies, am I liable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-im-an-innocent-bystander-watching-a-fight-but-i-yell-kill-him-as-a-joke-but-the-person-actually-dies-am-i-liable/966574)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-im-an-innocent-bystander-watching-a-fight-but-i-yell-kill-him-as-a-joke-but-the-person-actually-dies-am-i-liable/966574 "2022-06-22T21:37:18Z")
Picture a stereotypical street fight between two parties. A large crowd forms around the fight to watch. I don’t know anybody involved in this I just passed by and decided to watch. During the fight as a joke I yell KILL… --- ## [Why do people split tens in Blackjack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-split-tens-in-blackjack/966528)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-split-tens-in-blackjack/966528 "2022-06-22T21:13:56Z")
Title says it all, I assume it’s just greed, people just like to split or double down. Or do people not understand that a 20 is a great hand? This drives me crazy and no, not because I think bad play by another player a… --- ## [Questions about those power boats with all the engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-power-boats-with-all-the-engines/966510)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-power-boats-with-all-the-engines/966510 "2022-06-22T21:09:07Z")
You all probably see those videos appearing on your FB feed. Powerboats with five or six 450 h.p. engines on the back. Is that actually the HP for those motors? A total of 3000 h.p. seems unlikely for any conveyance, le… --- ## [Jurassic World Dominion Question (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-dominion-question-spoilers/966066)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-dominion-question-spoilers/966066 "2022-06-22T20:55:52Z")
So just watched the new Jurassic World:Dominion movie. Haven’t followed all of the others very close, so maybe I missed something. When the hero’s first meet Tim Cook Dodgson, he is nearly incoherent and asking Ramsey … --- ## [Independence Day \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-spoilers/966590)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-spoilers/966590 "2022-06-22T20:37:23Z")
Not spoiling because it is an older film. Deal with it. I tpisses me off, there are freaking ALIENS overhead. No shit for real aliens. Right overhead. Surrounding the earth. SO the gnarly dude who has been claiming for… --- ## [Should Christopher Walken be allowed to touch Stonehenge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-christopher-walken-be-allowed-to-touch-stonehenge/963177)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-christopher-walken-be-allowed-to-touch-stonehenge/963177 "2022-06-22T20:03:49Z")
Mr. Walken is now appearing in a British series called “The Outlaws”, created by and starring Stephen Merchant. Mrs. solost and I watched ep 1, and I had mixed feelings about it. I settled in expecting to enjoy some love… --- ## [Have You ALWAYS Slept on the Same Side of the Bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-always-slept-on-the-same-side-of-the-bed/966372)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-always-slept-on-the-same-side-of-the-bed/966372 "2022-06-22T18:50:15Z")
It occurs to me that I have always slept on the side of the bed nearest the night stand/desk so that I could keep my glasses near to hand in my pre LASIK days, and to get to the alarm. But, which side of the bed that is… --- ## [Is there a way to know whether you had COVID in the past if you are now vaccinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-whether-you-had-covid-in-the-past-if-you-are-now-vaccinated/966596)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-whether-you-had-covid-in-the-past-if-you-are-now-vaccinated/966596 "2022-06-22T17:08:18Z")
So in February 2020, I came down with what I thought at the time was food poisoning. I started feeling queasy before lunch and finally left work after projectile vomiting in my wastebasket, and had to be walked downstair… --- ## [Yellowstone....when it will be reopened and repaired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-when-it-will-be-reopened-and-repaired/966252)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-when-it-will-be-reopened-and-repaired/966252 "2022-06-22T17:00:18Z")
Its here, because I’m looking for reasonably thought out speculation; knowing that there isn’t a factual answer. Do any of you have a somewhat informed thought on when: Yellowstone will reopen? It will be substantiall… --- ## [Evaluating Kamala Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-kamala-harris/966473)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-kamala-harris/966473 "2022-06-22T16:24:55Z")
Kamala Harris is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Yet I feel like I don’t have a lot of information about her to evaluate her performance or her potential. I know she has served California both as its attorney gene… --- ## [Holcombe Energy Systems - The New Steorn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holcombe-energy-systems-the-new-steorn/959192)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holcombe-energy-systems-the-new-steorn/959192 "2022-06-22T16:16:00Z")
The old timers here will recall us amusing ourselves kicking around a free energy scam called “Steorn Orb” back in 2006. Over the last few days Holcombe Energy Systems have popped up on youtube, and on facebook running … --- ## [Recently captured American fighters in Ukraine: mercenaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-captured-american-fighters-in-ukraine-mercenaries/966552)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-captured-american-fighters-in-ukraine-mercenaries/966552 "2022-06-22T15:55:29Z")
Russia is claiming that three recently captured Americans fighting Russian forces with Ukraine’s military are mercenaries and are not entitled to the same protections as Ukrainian soldiers according to the Geneva Convent… --- ## [Bitcoin mining for domestic heating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-mining-for-domestic-heating/966612)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-mining-for-domestic-heating/966612 "2022-06-22T14:57:26Z")
Does this make sense? One of the main criticisms of bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies is the enormous amount of energy expended in mining. However, since all that energy is eventually going to turn to heat… --- ## [The best closing lines/stanzas in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878 "2022-06-22T13:51:54Z")
Inspired by the this thread and my own posting of Bob Dylan examples, I’m now listening to “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” and noticed once more what a great song “Masters of War” is. You can’t attack the “military-industri… --- ## [IPhone Virus - Anyone Seen This -Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-virus-anyone-seen-this-help/966533)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-virus-anyone-seen-this-help/966533 "2022-06-22T11:57:06Z")
Couple of days ago some entity dropped several items in my calendar, complete with alerts to annoy me. I also started receiving phone calls associated with these items/alerts. Further, they can’t be deleted. In all the… --- ## [What was the best episode of Columbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-episode-of-columbo/966126)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-episode-of-columbo/966126 "2022-06-22T11:04:47Z")
And why is it Ransom for a Dead Man? Lee Grant kills her husband, dumps the body, and tells police he was kidnaped.\* She and Columbo then match wits for the rest of the movie. It’s a real joy to watch Grant and Falk tog… --- ## [The Karaoke Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karaoke-thread/966595)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karaoke-thread/966595 "2022-06-22T10:59:42Z")
For reports of your karaoke adventures. It had been about three years since I’d last been able to do karaoke-- two songs on the Carnival Sunrise cruise to The Bahamas-- prior to May 4, 2022, when Mom and I went to a bar… --- ## [Document scanning software that gives high quality but small files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-scanning-software-that-gives-high-quality-but-small-files/966428)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-scanning-software-that-gives-high-quality-but-small-files/966428 "2022-06-22T04:07:19Z")
idk whether the software goes with the scanner machine and is fixed or not, but if we can choose, then I want to ask the best one there is for my need. So, I have some documents that I want to scan. I have noticed that … --- ## [I am and have been SO over the Biden/Carter comparisons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-and-have-been-so-over-the-biden-carter-comparisons/966597)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-and-have-been-so-over-the-biden-carter-comparisons/966597 "2022-06-22T03:59:44Z")
Carter is my favorite President in my lifetime. He was genuinely a good person. He at least has the Camp David Accords to his credit. No, he didn’t start a war that would kill a million Iranians. He created ‘National ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1092&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1094&state=tracking)