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**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-statistical-procedure-for-this-data-cleaning-need/928028 "2020-12-16T12:20:49Z")
I have a huge time series of response variables from a physical experiment. In this experiment we are trying to evaluate dozens of different conditions, and we will change things to each new condition and then wait a whi… --- ## [Any Rolling Stone Magazine Lifetime Subscribers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-rolling-stone-magazine-lifetime-subscribers-out-there/734083)
**Author:** [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-rolling-stone-magazine-lifetime-subscribers-out-there/734083 "2020-12-16T07:53:00Z")
Some years back (10-12 years?), I received & accepted an offer for a life subscription to Rolling Stone for $40 (or $50). As you can probably infer, the details are a bit fuzzy. Any other lifetime subscribers out there… --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-14/927766)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-14/927766 "2020-12-16T06:22:25Z")
I feel like there always is a Covid portion of these weekly updates, so here goes: The Carolina Panthers put 8 players on the Covid list after the players held a “gathering” together outside of the practice facility. The… --- ## [Biden is reportedly considering nominating Pete Buttigieg, his former presidential opponent, to be ambassador to China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-is-reportedly-considering-nominating-pete-buttigieg-his-former-presidential-opponent-to-be-ambassador-to-china/927659)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-is-reportedly-considering-nominating-pete-buttigieg-his-former-presidential-opponent-to-be-ambassador-to-china/927659 "2020-12-16T06:11:38Z")
Opinions? Personally I’m not sure I like this and would rather see Buttigieg with a prominent role in the Cabinet. This seems a way to get a potential rival out of the limelight for four years and not let him build any… --- ## [I'm Stuck in the 1990's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-stuck-in-the-1990s/927630 "2020-12-16T06:08:10Z")
I’m serious. In many ways it seems like it still should be the 1990’s. I was a young man. Bill Clinton was in office. And the 1970’s were 20 years ago. Yes, that makes sense. Twenty years is a long time. And 20 years ag… --- ## [What's up with George Harrison's hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-george-harrisons-hand/928124)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-george-harrisons-hand/928124 "2020-12-16T05:57:15Z")
Wikimedia Commons hosts the following photograph of George Harrison, purportedly taken while chanting Hare Krishna in Vrindavan, India in 1996: What’s up with his right hand? It loo… --- ## [Testing...read only? \[Message about site being in read only mode\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-read-only-message-about-site-being-in-read-only-mode/928166 "2020-12-16T05:51:55Z")
Hello. Is it me you’re looking for? --- ## [Site in Read Only Mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-in-read-only-mode/928165)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-in-read-only-mode/928165 "2020-12-16T05:50:13Z")
Just got this message This site is in read only mode. Please continue to browse, but replying, likes, and other actions are disabled for now. so I’m checking it. --- ## [Read only notice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-notice/928167 "2020-12-16T05:49:34Z")
I’m getting a message in a blue box at the top of pages that says: “This site is in read only mode. Please continue to browse, but replying, likes, and other actions are disabled for now.” And yet, here I am posting. Wha… --- ## [I drank my lava lamp... huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drank-my-lava-lamp-huh/66261)
**Author:** [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-drank-my-lava-lamp-huh/66261 "2020-12-16T05:27:39Z")
Ok, I assume this some sort of internet joke, (like AYBABTU) or an UL, but I often have read a lot of people online saying, “I drank my lava lamp.” I have even seen it in the SDMB. \[li\]If anyone actually did this act, w… --- ## [Hawkwind vs.Pink Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkwind-vs-pink-floyd/855415)
**Author:** [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkwind-vs-pink-floyd/855415 "2020-12-16T04:22:23Z")
I offer up this as exhibit A…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ3WcS9noE --- ## [How the Covid 19 vaccine works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-covid-19-vaccine-works/927570)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-covid-19-vaccine-works/927570 "2020-12-16T04:01:43Z")
Excellent short video here about how a mRNA vaccine works --- ## [On being an immigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-an-immigrant/927573)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-an-immigrant/927573 "2020-12-16T00:10:25Z")
Hello all. If you’re a long-time Doper, you might remember me. I joined in '99, and then six or seven years ago I took an extended break from the boards. In the intervening time, I relocated my family from the United St… --- ## [Vaccine: you'll get COVID but no symptoms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-youll-get-covid-but-no-symptoms/927962)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-youll-get-covid-but-no-symptoms/927962 "2020-12-15T23:46:36Z")
From a piece by Australian epidemiologist Adrian Enterman claiming the vaccine won’t mean a safe return to international travel: Let’s take the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as an example. They have reported the efficacy of … --- ## [Is being part of a chain as important for a motel as it used to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-part-of-a-chain-as-important-for-a-motel-as-it-used-to-be/926442)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-part-of-a-chain-as-important-for-a-motel-as-it-used-to-be/926442 "2020-12-15T23:46:34Z")
Kind of a random thought that popped into my head recently. I took a road trip down the coast a few months ago (limited to socially distanced outdoor activities like hiking and beach activities). I stayed overnight in … --- ## [William Barr has resigned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-has-resigned/928057 "2020-12-15T23:39:01Z")
ho ho ho the thlot pickens! --- ## [A "what if" regarding state prosecution of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-if-regarding-state-prosecution-of-trump/927955)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-if-regarding-state-prosecution-of-trump/927955 "2020-12-15T23:37:41Z")
Suppose that New York state indicts Donald Trump for violations of NY state law after he leaves office. Suppose that Trump is in Florida, saying and doing Trumpian nonsense. Suppose that FL Gov Desantis and the local e… --- ## [Harrison ford to play Indy Jones again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-to-play-indy-jones-again/927856)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-to-play-indy-jones-again/927856 "2020-12-15T22:34:55Z")
rumored title is “where is my wheelchair and dentures?” :slight\_smile: --- ## [Would more money have sped up the vaccine development?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-more-money-have-sped-up-the-vaccine-development/928125)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-more-money-have-sped-up-the-vaccine-development/928125 "2020-12-15T22:23:17Z")
I’m sure that certain aspects of the vaccine development needed to take time regardless of resources - you need to wait to see how the vaccine works, and that takes time. But what about the other aspects? If the governm… --- ## [John le Carré has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-le-carre-has-died/927970)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-le-carre-has-died/927970 "2020-12-15T20:56:03Z")
English novelist David Cornwell, who wrote under the pen name John le Carré, and who was known for his Cold War espionage novels, died of pneumonia on Saturday night (12/12), at age 89. He had worked as an intelligence … --- ## [Pepper Mill and the Asian Fusion Cuisine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-mill-and-the-asian-fusion-cuisine/928024)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-mill-and-the-asian-fusion-cuisine/928024 "2020-12-15T20:49:59Z")
Since we’ve been eating leftover and/or recycled Turkey (since Thanksgiving) or leftover or recycled Mexican food for the past couple of weeks, I decided to get us takeout on Friday night. There’s a new place that, despi… --- ## [Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428 "2020-12-15T20:43:15Z")
Story here and here. Pence attended a showing of Hamilton last night, where he was roundly booed by the audience and rightly lectured by the cast. Then Trump tweeted to demand an apology from the cast. We need an omnib… --- ## [What topics would you expect in a precalculus math class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topics-would-you-expect-in-a-precalculus-math-class/927882)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topics-would-you-expect-in-a-precalculus-math-class/927882 "2020-12-15T19:56:40Z")
I lurk in a lot of math and education forums. It’s amazing how ‘precalculus’ seems to have such a wide variety of topics, depending on the school. I’ve always assumed it was a class aimed at college students who stoppe… --- ## [Utility (sewer) repair question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-sewer-repair-question/928030)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-sewer-repair-question/928030 "2020-12-15T19:28:42Z")
Public Works is replacing what I believe to be sewer lines in my neighborhood. There is a pump constantly running and pumping water from underground into the bottom/side of a large (15’ x 15’x 4’) bladder which has water… --- ## [Help with another earworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-another-earworm/927293)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-another-earworm/927293 "2020-12-15T18:01:32Z")
A few months ago, I asked about an earworm and got some much appreciated help from a few Dopers. Here’s another one. I used to hear it on TV in the Chicagoland area in the late 1970s, maybe into the early 1980s. It’s som… --- ## [Should I get the vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-the-vaccine/928055)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-the-vaccine/928055 "2020-12-15T16:02:08Z")
In late January/ early February I was hospitalized with what appeared later to be Covid 19–this was beforeTrump admitted it had left China and we knew what to look for. I have been was tested repeatedly, up through yest… --- ## [Meaning of ‘strokes’ in “different strokes”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889 "2020-12-15T15:35:21Z")
“Different strokes for different folks” is a phrase I’ve heard occasionally, and comes up in some songs and of course the hugely popular 80’s sit-com \*Diff’rent Strokes”. What does the word ‘strokes’ refer to? By the w… --- ## [The morality of draft avoidance/dodging during Vietnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-draft-avoidance-dodging-during-vietnam/927194)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-draft-avoidance-dodging-during-vietnam/927194 "2020-12-15T15:34:41Z")
One of my best friends is a 56-year-old American, so old enough to remember the Vietnam War. He also hates Donald Trump. One of his criticisms of Trump is that he avoided the draft. When he said this, I asked for a simpl… --- ## [What happens to Siegfried's sword Balmung in the Niebelungenlied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-siegfrieds-sword-balmung-in-the-niebelungenlied/928095)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-siegfrieds-sword-balmung-in-the-niebelungenlied/928095 "2020-12-15T14:14:56Z")
After Kriemhilde’s death at the hands of Hildebrand, there doesn’t seem to be any further mention of the sword in the Niebelungenlied. Can anyone confirm this for me? What happened to Gram (Norse version of Balmung)? --- ## ["The Hunt:" A movie about hunting "deplorables" for fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385 "2020-12-15T14:24:12Z")
NBC Universal Pictures is filming a movie in which people to get to stalk and shoot “deplorables” for fun. Titled “The Hunt,” it stars Hilary Swank, but its ads have been temporarily pulled in wake of the El Paso and Day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1613) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1615)