# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1460 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1461 --- ## [Recommendations for Windows shared hosting server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-windows-shared-hosting-server/622126)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-windows-shared-hosting-server/622126 "2012-05-17T13:35:00Z")
Hi all, I have a legacy client whose site is hosted on a Windows shared server space with 1and1.com. But the service and reliability at 1and1 is terrible (just had a 6+ hour outage today), and we’re looking to move them… --- ## [Doxie Dog. You all know him and Love Him!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-you-all-know-him-and-love-him/941191)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxie-dog-you-all-know-him-and-love-him/941191 "2021-05-13T06:26:43Z")
You know, been runned over, twice. Went paralyzed. A couple of coyote attacks. Tonight might be the Full Cadillac. Got himself bit by a 2 year old rattler-type snake (I know this because I killed him with undue, scratch… --- ## [What's the current state (odds) of ventilator treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-state-odds-of-ventilator-treatment/941888)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-state-odds-of-ventilator-treatment/941888 "2021-05-13T05:34:43Z")
So… last spring/summer I remember that if your COVID-19 case was severe enough that you got put on a ventilator, you had something like a 50% chance of surviving. Now that we’re more than a year out, have these numbers … --- ## [Security Experts - what do you think about this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-experts-what-do-you-think-about-this-situation/940757)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-experts-what-do-you-think-about-this-situation/940757 "2021-05-13T05:32:08Z")
Suppose that an organisation of which you are a member sends you a mail which says “We need your bank details so that we can send you money we owe you. Please click the link in this message to go straight to the screen w… --- ## [The Techno-peasant is baffled: Why does my Canon printer not recognise letter size paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techno-peasant-is-baffled-why-does-my-canon-printer-not-recognise-letter-size-paper/941881)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-techno-peasant-is-baffled-why-does-my-canon-printer-not-recognise-letter-size-paper/941881 "2021-05-13T05:01:16Z")
I’ve got a Canon inkjet printer and it’s stopped printing from my Acer chromebook. I loaded the printer driver onto the Chromebook. Worked just fine, printing away, through my wireless connection to my router. Got a l… --- ## [Taking care of someone who is dying \[updated - she has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-care-of-someone-who-is-dying-updated-she-has-passed/853236)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-care-of-someone-who-is-dying-updated-she-has-passed/853236 "2021-05-13T03:17:39Z")
My 70-year-old mother was diagnosed with cancer which has metastasized. Liver, colon, bones. She also had a C. difficile infection and got colostomy. She went from 110-120lbs to 99lbs. She’s too weak for chemo or radiati… --- ## [A Corny Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corny-question/941610)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corny-question/941610 "2021-05-13T03:11:02Z")
Why no corn bread, in stores. We got White Bread, Rye, Wheat, High Fiber, Low Carb, a jillion kinds of rolls, both in stores & in bakeries. We got Cornbread Mix. My Deli has little mini Cornbreads, in cellophane. So,… --- ## [Have you ever heard of the Black Tom Explosion, and if so, when was the first time you ever heard of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-the-black-tom-explosion-and-if-so-when-was-the-first-time-you-ever-heard-of-it/941579)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-the-black-tom-explosion-and-if-so-when-was-the-first-time-you-ever-heard-of-it/941579 "2021-05-13T03:10:55Z")
Let the polling begin :slight\_smile: --- ## [I've been inside the Colonial Pipeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-inside-the-colonial-pipeline/941836)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-inside-the-colonial-pipeline/941836 "2021-05-13T02:06:18Z")
It just dawned on me that this qualifies as a pretty rare touch with fame, if mundane and pointless. The pipeline runs through the corner of the southeastern Pennsylvania real estate I grew up on, and it gained a pipe d… --- ## [Tax question 2 1099s for same investment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-2-1099s-for-same-investment/941860)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-2-1099s-for-same-investment/941860 "2021-05-13T01:55:40Z")
I had some stocks held by T Rowe Price. In early December I switched them to another broker without cashing them in. I now have 2 1099s, one from TRP and one from the new broker. Can I just ignore the TRP 1099 since they… --- ## [Breaking News: This time two planes land safely in Colorado after dropping parts (due to collision)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-this-time-two-planes-land-safely-in-colorado-after-dropping-parts-due-to-collision/941951)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-this-time-two-planes-land-safely-in-colorado-after-dropping-parts-due-to-collision/941951 "2021-05-13T01:11:52Z")
Two planes collided in mid-air south of Denver, and both managed to land safely. One with a huge chunk of its fuselage missing, and other came down on a parachute. Current report is no injuries in the air or on the groun… --- ## [How do you know if you’re a witness or a suspect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-if-you-re-a-witness-or-a-suspect/941632)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-if-you-re-a-witness-or-a-suspect/941632 "2021-05-13T01:02:21Z")
The internet has drilled into our heads that if you’re being detained by the police, you shouldn’t say anything other than “I want a lawyer.” But in a non-custodial interview, how can you know if you’re considered a wit… --- ## [Quitting my job (eventually)! For Not Science (TM)(C)(R)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-eventually-for-not-science-tm-c-r/941602)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-eventually-for-not-science-tm-c-r/941602 "2021-05-13T00:17:23Z")
For quite some time, science has been my job, and singing has been hobby. Recently, it has come to my attention that I have a real talent for singing. So, I’ve decided instead of continuing to pursue a career as a resear… --- ## [Songs that became big hits by mistake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-became-big-hits-by-mistake/940848)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-became-big-hits-by-mistake/940848 "2021-05-12T23:55:24Z")
According to Wikipedia’s article on Frank Mills, it was only through an error on the part of his record company that his song “Music Box Dancer” became a big hit: Mills released an album in 1974 that featured “Music Bo… --- ## [Most ridiculous use of "cancel culture" ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-use-of-cancel-culture-ever/941778)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-use-of-cancel-culture-ever/941778 "2021-05-12T23:25:46Z")
I didn’t want to resurrect the whole 900 post thread on this BS right-wing buzzword, but I note that “cancel culture” has now been invoked to protest against the “cancellation” of a racehorse due to the horse expressing … --- ## [Beckdawrek and the bad bad bad lack of privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-lack-of-privacy/941892)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-lack-of-privacy/941892 "2021-05-12T23:25:04Z")
I’m in my (MY) bathroom. With my beautiful talavera tile floor. Sitting. Doing what you do in a bathroom while you sit. Door flies open. In comes the lil’wrekker flips the nice vanity light on and starts preening and lo… --- ## [Is a V-8 engine better than a V-4 engine? (all else being equal...HP, torque, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-v-8-engine-better-than-a-v-4-engine-all-else-being-equal-hp-torque-etc/940895)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-v-8-engine-better-than-a-v-4-engine-all-else-being-equal-hp-torque-etc/940895 "2021-05-12T22:50:44Z")
As I look at cars I occasionally see some engines which, on paper, seem roughly the same except one has more cylinders than the other. Assuming the engines have roughly the same performance statistics (horsepower and to… --- ## [Calling San Francisco Dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-san-francisco-dopers/941786)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-san-francisco-dopers/941786 "2021-05-12T22:09:14Z")
This will be our last stop on our epic road trip. We will only have two full days, which I realize isn’t ideal, but I’d like some ideas to help make the most of it. We will be there on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, the fo… --- ## [Fuck Alberta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alberta/933564)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alberta/933564 "2021-05-12T21:35:29Z")
Canada’s answer to Texas (y’know - oil, beef, that shit) has always been on the radar for leaning politically too far to the right for this dude’s liking, but yesterday cemented matters for me with the lockdown protests … --- ## [Cancel culture alive and well in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-alive-and-well-in-canada/941707)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-alive-and-well-in-canada/941707 "2021-05-12T21:15:25Z")
I just discovered that a tenured professor at Mt. Alison University in Sackville, New Brunswick has been suspended without pay after student protests caused by her saying on her personal web site that Black Lives Matter … --- ## [Unclear, overly wordy scientific writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-overly-wordy-scientific-writing/749205)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-overly-wordy-scientific-writing/749205 "2021-05-12T20:48:58Z")
I’m in the middle of reviewing a paper for a scientific journal. The paper is a good one—it offers valuable insight into the taxonomy of a particular group of animals, and I have no hesitation in recommending it for publ… --- ## [What is "stray voltage"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stray-voltage/941773)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stray-voltage/941773 "2021-05-12T20:00:05Z")
I was watching a video where a man is telling a story of how he became a butcher (cattle) and mentions he had stray voltage in his barn where he milked his cows (he was not a butcher yet). Apparently the electrocuted co… --- ## [Famous Canadian blatantly violates politeness norms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-canadian-blatantly-violates-politeness-norms/941929)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-canadian-blatantly-violates-politeness-norms/941929 "2021-05-12T19:27:03Z")
If this disrespectful little rodent isn’t careful we’ll take his image off our money! Also, the Mounties are not even pursuing the culprit, so there’s another norm blown out of the water. I just can’t even. --- ## [Fully vaxed adults with a toddler... guidelines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-vaxed-adults-with-a-toddler-guidelines/941791)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-vaxed-adults-with-a-toddler-guidelines/941791 "2021-05-12T18:44:00Z")
My wife and I will, in a couple of weeks, be fully vaxed (Moderna, if it matters). We have a 2.25-year-old daughter who is, of course, so far unvaxxed. Anyone have any idea what the guidelines are for what we should and… --- ## [What would you do if you saw your worst enemy/rival/whatever about to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-saw-your-worst-enemy-rival-whatever-about-to-die/941925)
**Author:** [@Flamedame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamedame)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-saw-your-worst-enemy-rival-whatever-about-to-die/941925 "2021-05-12T18:00:36Z")
Let’s say there’s this guy/gal that always goes out of their way to treat you like trash. They always try to make you look bad, twist your words around and spread horrible rumours about you in order to turn everybody … --- ## [What are this trumpet and saxophone made of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-this-trumpet-and-saxophone-made-of/941669)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-this-trumpet-and-saxophone-made-of/941669 "2021-05-12T17:59:37Z")
Hey, it’s Joe Cocker and Brian May… and Phil Collins on drums! But I’m wondering, are the trumpet at 2:00 and the sax at 2:25 made of some kind of plastic or ceramic? Are they just painted brass? I’ve ne… --- ## [What’s the oldest computer you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-computer-you-own/940648)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-computer-you-own/940648 "2021-05-12T17:33:58Z")
I’m retiring my 2012 Windows laptop today, it was not that expensive to begin with and has served its purpose. I’m definitely not a gamer so I wouldn’t need to keep something old around just for nostalgia games. I would… --- ## [What's the Purpose of Security Envelopes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-security-envelopes/855177)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-security-envelopes/855177 "2021-05-12T17:14:59Z")
I might as well tell you, I have a number of scientific theories I have been trying to share with people for some time now. I think I even shared a couple on these boards, FWIW. And I like the postal service, because it … --- ## [My Math Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-math-theory/941714)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-math-theory/941714 "2021-05-12T17:05:11Z")
On a lighter note (couldn’t we all use something lighter now?), I thought I would share with you something I discovered in math. At the present time, I am sure there is nothing new to be discovered in math. And therefore… --- ## [Can we get a round of 'Fuck Yous' for Wayne LaPierre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-round-of-fuck-yous-for-wayne-lapierre/939499)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-a-round-of-fuck-yous-for-wayne-lapierre/939499 "2021-05-12T16:56:20Z")
Wayne LaPierre, the leader of the National Rifle Association, which is ostensibly an organization promoting the rights of gun owners but is actually an organization to funnel Russian money to Republicans, is violently op… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1461)