# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1411 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1412 --- ## [SF short story about spaceship blown apart and crew drifting in space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-short-story-about-spaceship-blown-apart-and-crew-drifting-in-space/945400)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-short-story-about-spaceship-blown-apart-and-crew-drifting-in-space/945400 "2021-07-02T12:59:31Z")
This thread over in GQ made me think of an SF short story I read along time ago: A space ship blows up in the solar system and the crew, wearing space suits, is drifting in space. They gradually start going in differe… --- ## [Are there any human-specific diseases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-human-specific-diseases/945439)
**Author:** [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-human-specific-diseases/945439 "2021-07-02T12:33:07Z")
Pretty straightforward. A Google search turned up lots of articles on zoonotic diseases, and an interesting lecture on heart disease in chimps versus humans, but I am looking for organisms which can only reproduce withi… --- ## [Scumbagged dot com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumbagged-dot-com/945453)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumbagged-dot-com/945453 "2021-07-02T11:49:12Z")
I wonder if any other places have such a website as scumbagged.com in NE Ohio? Kinda hard to describe. People write in and complain about local dirtbags. The language is extremely direct and written by the accuser, not … --- ## [Requesting security camera footage from a private business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-security-camera-footage-from-a-private-business/945458)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-security-camera-footage-from-a-private-business/945458 "2021-07-02T11:33:42Z")
Hypothetical situation: My extremely valuable racing bicycle, parked on the sidewalk, is run over and crushed by a car speeding out of a parking lot. I don’t get the car’s description or license plate number. However, th… --- ## [Map service with elevation filter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-service-with-elevation-filter/945393)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-service-with-elevation-filter/945393 "2021-07-02T09:44:57Z")
Hi, I’m looking for an online zoom-able map provider that has something like an ‘altitude box’. When we type, for example, 1000m into the box, every part of the world map which is lower than 1km will be greyed out and t… --- ## [Can a laptop screen be replaced (upgraded) without updating any system software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-laptop-screen-be-replaced-upgraded-without-updating-any-system-software/945468)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-laptop-screen-be-replaced-upgraded-without-updating-any-system-software/945468 "2021-07-02T05:01:08Z")
The screen on my work computer broke. It’s worth it to me to just replace the screen myself, rather than turn it in and wait to get it back. I can still use it with an external monitor in the meantime, so if I order the … --- ## [Email address sometimes not even close in spam. How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address-sometimes-not-even-close-in-spam-how/945259)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address-sometimes-not-even-close-in-spam-how/945259 "2021-07-02T04:59:32Z")
I’m very aware of how to spot scam emails, as are the rest of the smart, good-looking members here. But there’s something I just can’t figure. Well, actually 2 as I’m thinking about it. (I’m specifically talking about GM… --- ## [How far back does the word "baby" as a term of endearment for a significant other date to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-does-the-word-baby-as-a-term-of-endearment-for-a-significant-other-date-to/945096)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-does-the-word-baby-as-a-term-of-endearment-for-a-significant-other-date-to/945096 "2021-07-02T03:58:44Z")
Calling someone “baby” doesn’t really seem like a compliment, if you think about it. But people call their significant other, “baby” all the time, and don’t literally mean “you’re acting like an infant”, but “you’re dea… --- ## [Do your deceased loved ones, including animals appear in your dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-deceased-loved-ones-including-animals-appear-in-your-dreams/944739)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-deceased-loved-ones-including-animals-appear-in-your-dreams/944739 "2021-07-02T03:44:39Z")
My Mom and Dad, and sometimes my dogs appear in my dreams. Other than the first dream I had of my Dad, the morning after he passed away, it’s always as if they weren’t gone. In my first dream of my Dad,I asked him “Aren’… --- ## [Airless paint spraying - keeping the edges neat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airless-paint-spraying-keeping-the-edges-neat/945465)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airless-paint-spraying-keeping-the-edges-neat/945465 "2021-07-02T03:41:52Z")
I’m about to paint my house using an airless sprayer. I’ve got three choices in how to handle edges and keeping paint off of that which should not be painted. 1: Masking tape and paper. The old classic. Stick it up, spr… --- ## [Ophthalmic advice wanted: do replacement lenses from cataract surgery ever require cleaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophthalmic-advice-wanted-do-replacement-lenses-from-cataract-surgery-ever-require-cleaning/943562)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophthalmic-advice-wanted-do-replacement-lenses-from-cataract-surgery-ever-require-cleaning/943562 "2021-07-02T03:07:52Z")
My husband, 73, had cataract surgery on both his eyes, and it was around 16-18 years ago. His vision has been excellent since then, as far as I knew. However, a new ophthalmologist has told him that his lenses are dirty … --- ## [Was the Wright Brothers' first flight really "controlled and sustained"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-wright-brothers-first-flight-really-controlled-and-sustained/945143)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-wright-brothers-first-flight-really-controlled-and-sustained/945143 "2021-07-02T03:06:28Z")
The reason why the Wright Brothers are credited with performing the first successful airplane flight on 17 December 1903 is that supposedly these flights were “controlled” and “sustained”, I.E. the pilot exercised some c… --- ## [Air conditioner: 1999 Jeep Cherokee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-1999-jeep-cherokee/945463)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-1999-jeep-cherokee/945463 "2021-07-02T01:11:42Z")
The a/c in my Jeep works very well… until it doesn’t. It’s icy cold, and after maybe 20 minutes it’s just blowing outside-temperature air. I thought the refrigerant might need topping off. When I put on the a/c filler… --- ## [How do graffiti artists get up on dangerous places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-graffiti-artists-get-up-on-dangerous-places/945466)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-graffiti-artists-get-up-on-dangerous-places/945466 "2021-07-02T00:43:35Z")
You’ve all seen highway overpasses that have graffiti on the sides, with nothing between the side and a 20-30 foot fall down into highway traffic except one’s imagination. How in the world do graffiti artists get up the… --- ## [Can someone help me understand why Meng Wanzhou was arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-understand-why-meng-wanzhou-was-arrested/826012)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-understand-why-meng-wanzhou-was-arrested/826012 "2021-07-02T00:22:37Z")
I’ve been trying to understand why Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, was arrested in Canada at the request of US authorities. From what I can gather, it seems to be related to her somehow helping Huawei get around US sanctio… --- ## [Memory supplements - any experience with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-supplements-any-experience-with-them/944969)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-supplements-any-experience-with-them/944969 "2021-07-01T23:55:39Z")
I’m not seeking medical advice. Just today I asked my PCP about them and she essentially said maybe they work, maybe not, and she had no objection to me trying some. Of course, the ads on TV make them seem like miracle … --- ## [Ranked choice voting approved (kinda) in New York \[City\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranked-choice-voting-approved-kinda-in-new-york-city/843074)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranked-choice-voting-approved-kinda-in-new-york-city/843074 "2021-07-01T23:28:15Z")
A New York ballot initiative to implement ranked-choice instant runoff voting passed with overwhelming support yesterday. I’m a proponent of ranked choice. There’s no perfect voting system, but FPTP is a fundamentally br… --- ## [Does Jeff Bezos have any lifelong ambitions beyond what hes doing now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeff-bezos-have-any-lifelong-ambitions-beyond-what-hes-doing-now/854310)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeff-bezos-have-any-lifelong-ambitions-beyond-what-hes-doing-now/854310 "2021-07-01T23:14:15Z")
Like Bill Gates I’m supposing had ambitions about global poverty before he struck it rich (I think). With Bezos, I recall Amazon went from being a bookstore to selling everything and then Bezos wanted to work with space… --- ## [Music biographies - your recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-biographies-your-recommendations/945414)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-biographies-your-recommendations/945414 "2021-07-01T21:32:02Z")
One of my favorite genres of literature is the music biography/autobiography. I appreciate the music more once I know something of the backstory. One work in particular I keep coming back to is George Harrison: Behind t… --- ## [The greatest Canadian inventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-canadian-inventions/945337)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-canadian-inventions/945337 "2021-07-01T20:29:13Z")
There was a Canadian TV show about the inventions although I never heard of it. It’s an interesting list but a cursory search on many of them fails to turn up a Canadian inventor. --- ## [Harrison Ford's body in Temple of Doom--The best men's body in film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-fords-body-in-temple-of-doom-the-best-mens-body-in-film/944700 "2021-07-01T19:53:02Z")
I just saw Temple of Doom in the theater. Harrison Ford looks great in it. Unlike today’s action stars, he has a body that fits his character and is achievable by a normal (non-juiced), active man. Mel Gibson looked grea… --- ## [Mini Metro for PC: It's A Game, It's an Addiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-metro-for-pc-its-a-game-its-an-addiction/944810)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-metro-for-pc-its-a-game-its-an-addiction/944810 "2021-07-01T19:19:28Z")
Have you tried Mini Metro yet? https ://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini\_Metro/ (Broke the link due to auto link to Steam) Dear God, I can’t stop. Can’t stop. Get it. Play it. Then come back here for hints.… --- ## [Legacy burps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-burps/943481)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-burps/943481 "2021-07-01T19:15:47Z")
Yesterday, my girlfriend’s caregiver brought us some meatloaf for us to have for dinner. It was okay, but neither of us felt inclined to clamor for it a second time (but I digress. Still, CORN in meatloaf? I ask you. Oka… --- ## [Florida Condo & Ambulance Chasers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-condo-ambulance-chasers/945338)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-condo-ambulance-chasers/945338 "2021-07-01T18:46:24Z")
There have been reports of lawyers signing up survivors or family members of the missing and dead from the collapsed condo in Florida. Didn’t this used to be illegal or punishable by disbarment by the American Bar Assn?… --- ## [Should Amazon sell cocaine vials with spoons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028 "2021-07-01T18:22:26Z")
What do you think of Amazon selling these? Amazon is not the direct seller, but they do fulfill the orders. https://www.amazon.com/Small-Glass-Bottle-Snuff-Pocket/dp/B0160BB0ZQ --- ## [Documentary presenters in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-presenters-in-the-uk/945274)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-presenters-in-the-uk/945274 "2021-07-01T18:04:20Z")
or - Mods, if I should wax excessively misogynistic, please feel free to close this thread. Last night, while trying to sleep, I turned on an episode of Time Team. Perfect! I cried because Baldrick and his gang of ag… --- ## [YouTube creator payment amounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-creator-payment-amounts/945449)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-creator-payment-amounts/945449 "2021-07-01T17:47:27Z")
I’m not making sense of how much money these creators get. I’ve seen discussions of how some creators are getting as little as $2 per thousand views, and YT takes half. To be somewhat conservative, I made that $4/thousan… --- ## [Diver finds 95-year-old message in a bottle, finds descendant of person who wrote it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diver-finds-95-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-finds-descendant-of-person-who-wrote-it/945424)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diver-finds-95-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-finds-descendant-of-person-who-wrote-it/945424 "2021-07-01T16:49:29Z")
This was a cool story I read yesterday: Non-paywalled story: Short version: The owner of a Michigan shipwreck boat touring company was washing her boat and came upon a small brown-glass bottle with a message in it. … --- ## [Repairing a vinyl gutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-vinyl-gutter/945334)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-vinyl-gutter/945334 "2021-07-01T16:29:21Z")
On the front of my house, the previous owner installed vinyl gutters. Where they are supposed to be joined together, they don’t. There had been repairs done with some sort of rubbery caulking, which has not held. When i… --- ## [Mobile Phones in the Classroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phones-in-the-classroom/945371)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phones-in-the-classroom/945371 "2021-07-01T15:58:55Z")
There is a government proposal here to ban Mobile/Cell phones from schools. There is general support but some discussion on whether it should be a countrywide ban, left to County level or left up to the governors of indi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1412)