# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1141 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1142 --- ## [What is a bigger factor in preventing the spread of Covid-19: Masks or Social Distancing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bigger-factor-in-preventing-the-spread-of-covid-19-masks-or-social-distancing/961557)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bigger-factor-in-preventing-the-spread-of-covid-19-masks-or-social-distancing/961557 "2022-04-12T20:12:23Z")
Another variant is on the verge of swamping the US, so we are being reminded to fully vaccinate, wear a good mask, and social distance. Of those three recommendations, vaccination is the most effective. However, its prot… --- ## [Y'all Queda will never get it: SOCAS violation--again--in Tennessee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-queda-will-never-get-it-socas-violation-again-in-tennessee/959022)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-queda-will-never-get-it-socas-violation-again-in-tennessee/959022 "2022-04-12T19:30:50Z")
Or, as the actual headline puts it: ‘How to torture a Jew’ Jesus Christ! Look, the Bible is, in fact, literature. It may not be your favorite genre and that’s okay. It may be your favorite genre, and that’s okay, too… --- ## [Harry Patterson (AKA Jack Higgins) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-patterson-aka-jack-higgins-has-died/962698)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-patterson-aka-jack-higgins-has-died/962698 "2022-04-12T19:29:35Z")
He was 92. I knew that he had written several books, but I didn’t realize how many. --- ## [Looking for a decent Grabber-Reacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-decent-grabber-reacher/962675)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-decent-grabber-reacher/962675 "2022-04-12T18:55:23Z")
As shown here: I need one that will grab and hold something heavier that a small bag of feathers without losing the grip or even stripping out. I have had bad luck with the last cou… --- ## [Need help with a Randy Travis song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-randy-travis-song/962425)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-randy-travis-song/962425 "2022-04-12T18:37:03Z")
I heard a Randy Travis song at lunch on the radio but was doing other things so I just caught a bit of it. On the face of it, it seems like it should be easy but my google-fu has failed me. Anyway… Randy Travis song, p… --- ## [Gmail filter: "Thanks!" and "You're welcome!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-filter-thanks-and-youre-welcome/962674)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-filter-thanks-and-youre-welcome/962674 "2022-04-12T14:44:31Z")
I have one person who never fails to reply “Thanks!” whenever appropriate, usually Reply All. This is bad enough, right? But she also never fails to reply “You’re welcome!” to every email where anybody says “thanks.” Is… --- ## [It's time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 6712\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167 "2022-04-12T14:32:52Z")
Joe Paterno should have retired years ago with his reputation in tact. Now he can go out in the midst of a horrid scandal. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/penn-state-ad-tim-curley-vp-gary-schultz-charged-perju… --- ## [Breaking down what makes a song great: Two viewpoints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-down-what-makes-a-song-great-two-viewpoints/962108)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-down-what-makes-a-song-great-two-viewpoints/962108 "2022-04-12T14:16:05Z")
I recently discovered two YouTube channels that led to bingeing. The first Rick is Beato, a music producer based in Stone Mountain Ga. He’s very much old school rock, but studies classical music and theory as well. He’s… --- ## [Help me with my wife’s Grandfather clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-wife-s-grandfather-clock/962653)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-wife-s-grandfather-clock/962653 "2022-04-12T14:08:59Z")
My wife has owned a seven-foot grandfather clock ever since I’ve known her (since 1991), and it has remained unused in a corner for at least ten years. This past weekend, we placed it back into service (her nephew did, w… --- ## [Earliest/latest sitcom set in each US state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311 "2022-04-12T14:01:17Z")
Has there been a sitcom set in each state of the USA? If so, what was the first such sitcom (by starting year) and what was the most recent such sitcom (by ending year) by state? Note that by “set in” I mean the series… --- ## [So... What do I do with this extra computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-this-extra-computer/962604)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-this-extra-computer/962604 "2022-04-12T10:40:08Z")
You may recall that my keyboard failed on my 15-inch MavBook Pro. I bought a 13-inch one so I could do my job. The 15-inch is back, and I’ve copied the desktop from the 13-inch to the 15-inch. Now what? I plan to con… --- ## [Help Bosda Remember this Film/Actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bosda-remember-this-film-actress/962694)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bosda-remember-this-film-actress/962694 "2022-04-12T10:21:23Z")
The movie–1950-60s. Set in Italy. Romantic comedy? Drama? I cannot recall. The actress. In one scene, she is wearing white framed sunglasses with black lenses, and smoking a cigarette in a holder. I am 99% certain t… --- ## [Vietnamese For 'Mỹ'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnamese-for-m/962672)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnamese-for-m/962672 "2022-04-12T09:02:32Z")
Hồ Chí Minh’s cadres ensconced in South Vietnam in the early 1960s referred to the US-backed regime as Mỹ-Diệm, the Diệm concerned being Ngô Đình Diệm, president of South Vietnam from October 1955 to November 1963. Neil… --- ## [I was in an accident last night...Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-an-accident-last-night-yay/962583)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-an-accident-last-night-yay/962583 "2022-04-12T07:18:34Z")
And the “Yay!” is not sarcasm. My 2018 Rogue had a bit of cosmetic damage on the left front corner that would cost about $1500 or so to fix, so we have been letting it slide. Last night while driving home from work aro… --- ## [Original Sin 2-Worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-sin-2-worth-it/962685)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-sin-2-worth-it/962685 "2022-04-12T07:12:28Z")
It was on sale but I missed my shot. Is it a decent game nonetheless? Someone recommended it as a good RPG? --- ## [What is the origin of the 1 vs. 2 and 3 vs. 4 playoff format?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-1-vs-2-and-3-vs-4-playoff-format/962696)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-1-vs-2-and-3-vs-4-playoff-format/962696 "2022-04-12T06:57:12Z")
The NBA recently adopted a playoff format in which 10 teams from each conference make the playoffs. However, only the top 6 automatically qualify for the playoff series. Teams 7 - 10 play each other in elimination play… --- ## [Starbucks drive through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-drive-through/962699)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-drive-through/962699 "2022-04-12T06:35:24Z")
Wondering why when they hand you your hot coffee at the drive thru…they often fill it to the tip top. Too hot to drink through the opening…and if you take the top off to cool it a bit it spills all over the place. Don’t … --- ## [RIP Mark Lanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012 "2022-04-12T05:41:29Z")
Maybe his death got overshadowed by Gary Brooker’s, but Mark Lanegan also died, aged 57. Grunge was a big thing for me and my musical socialization, and the Screaming Trees are one of my favorite bands of the genre. I al… --- ## [Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed. Realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647 "2022-04-12T02:27:42Z")
Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed The owner has been given 90 days to demolish and clear the 40-acre property. As so ordered by the judge, the two sites (which are made up of more than 40… --- ## [Why is the Google app using gigabytes of data on my phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-google-app-using-gigabytes-of-data-on-my-phone/962616)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-google-app-using-gigabytes-of-data-on-my-phone/962616 "2022-04-12T02:20:03Z")
I accidentally left mobile data active on my Android phone for several days. When I noticed it had been left on, and wifi disabled, I wasn’t too worried about how much data it might have used during that period, because… --- ## [Good Memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-memories/944514)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-memories/944514 "2022-04-11T22:59:33Z")
The sky is tinted grey, shading into blue at the horizon as I step out onto the balcony. There is a line of white right at the tops of the waves coming in on the shore, fattening into a bright blob of lemony yellow, the… --- ## [Brokerage stock buy orders requiring the money to be held in reserve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokerage-stock-buy-orders-requiring-the-money-to-be-held-in-reserve/962476)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brokerage-stock-buy-orders-requiring-the-money-to-be-held-in-reserve/962476 "2022-04-11T22:33:00Z")
I’ve established a fidelity brokerage account and I’ve been buying some ETFs. I can place an order to execute if/when a stock price hits a certain point. Essentially, I’m saying “if this stock hits $50, then buy 100 shar… --- ## [I can't intuit Newton's Third Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-intuit-newtons-third-law/962323)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-intuit-newtons-third-law/962323 "2022-04-11T22:08:06Z")
I’m teaching some fifth graders a super-intro lesson on Newton’s Laws of Motion. I got the first law and second law pretty well down (on an intro level), and I understand reasonably well why they work and they make intui… --- ## [Stopping the auto restarting of youtube links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-auto-restarting-of-youtube-links/962679)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-auto-restarting-of-youtube-links/962679 "2022-04-11T22:04:22Z")
This is a question about the Message board but since its purely technical in nature hopefully this is the right forum. Often times I’m scrolling through a thread and play a youtube link. When I’ve watched enough of it … --- ## [Question regarding newspaper article arrangement on a cover page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643 "2022-04-11T21:42:46Z")
I typycally read articles starting either in the center or left of center depending on the headline or size of the headline font. I’ve had others tell me they start from the center or right of center. Is there something … --- ## [What's a well known (at least fairly well known) type of food or style of cuisine you've never, or only recently, tried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931 "2022-04-11T20:41:38Z")
Reading the ’ Educate me about burritos, please’ thread got me thinking. I’m a pretty adventurous eater, and I’ve tried many different styles of cuisines; do I have gaps in my culinary experience? It took me awhile to th… --- ## [Command Line unix stuff over my head: What am I doing wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-line-unix-stuff-over-my-head-what-am-i-doing-wrong/962376)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/command-line-unix-stuff-over-my-head-what-am-i-doing-wrong/962376 "2022-04-11T20:29:31Z")
TL;DR summary: I have instructions for how to retro-certify my older operating system so the expired certificates won’t get in my way any more. I am having problems implementing them and could use help. ———— I contin… --- ## [My Windows 10 welcome screen just showed me shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-windows-10-welcome-screen-just-showed-me-shit/962684)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-windows-10-welcome-screen-just-showed-me-shit/962684 "2022-04-11T20:20:07Z")
I can’t remember when it started (Win 7?), but at least for me Windows displays pictures on the welcome screen (after booting up or logging off) that change daily. They are always the most inoffensive pics you can imagin… --- ## [Outlander Season 6 - (also, new book on the way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215 "2022-04-11T20:04:46Z")
Here is a teaser for the new, mini-season, of Outlander. Also, a new book in the Outlander series has an actual release date. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone comes out on November 23. It’s been 7 years since the last b… --- ## [All of time didn’t stop at Isaiah- did it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-time-didn-t-stop-at-isaiah-did-it/962504)
**Author:** [@MarkSh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkSh)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-of-time-didn-t-stop-at-isaiah-did-it/962504 "2022-04-11T19:51:10Z")
This is an idea that I’ve had for a few years now, and I’m finally going to tell it to more than the few people I’ve mentioned it to. I came up with the idea that all of human history stopped around circa 700 BCE, and t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1142)