# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1836 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1837 --- ## [Actual name of a non-computer filing system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-name-of-a-non-computer-filing-system/855345)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-name-of-a-non-computer-filing-system/855345 "2020-06-12T02:01:39Z")
This is driving me crazy because I can’t remember any of the name at all, not even one syllable. All I know is it originated in Japan. The idea is instead of putting your file labeled folders in alphabetic order, by numb… --- ## [Trying to find "Us" Robe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-us-robe/855502)
**Author:** [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-us-robe/855502 "2020-06-12T01:32:22Z")
A quest for the Teeming Millions, perhaps impossible. Wondering if anyone can figure out where I could get a robe like the one worn by Tim Heidecker’s character in Us. My wife wants to buy one for her brother-in-law for … --- ## [How do I make this type of investment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-this-type-of-investment/855159)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-this-type-of-investment/855159 "2020-06-12T00:24:55Z")
I have more money than I need to remain liquid, sitting around in a bank account doing basically nothing. I would like to invest this money. Specifically, I would like to invest it in a minimal-fee mutual fund. Everyw… --- ## [Guess this need it’s own pitting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-this-need-it-s-own-pitting/855496)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-this-need-it-s-own-pitting/855496 "2020-06-12T00:10:17Z")
WTF is going on in Seattle? --- ## [Firefox: "Your browser is being managed by your organization"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-your-browser-is-being-managed-by-your-organization/855418)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-your-browser-is-being-managed-by-your-organization/855418 "2020-06-12T00:07:43Z")
I just found a puzzling bit in the Firefox browser. If I open the Options, at the top of the “General” page I see this: “Your browser is being managed by your organization” It’s a clickable link that takes me to anothe… --- ## [Lt Governor Husted of Ohio please stop fidgeting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lt-governor-husted-of-ohio-please-stop-fidgeting/855472)
**Author:** [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lt-governor-husted-of-ohio-please-stop-fidgeting/855472 "2020-06-12T00:03:35Z")
Ok, so this is too mild for the Pit but as I watch our Coronavirus updates regularly I am getting a little buggy whenever our Lieutenant Governor, John Husted, speaks. His fidgeting drives me nuts as he’s always straigh… --- ## [How to set up recurring emails in Outlook 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-set-up-recurring-emails-in-outlook-2016/855478 "2020-06-11T22:19:46Z")
I need to send set up an email that gets sent on the first of every month. I apparently have Outlook 2016. (Microsoft doesn’t want people to know what version they’re using, so they hide that information instead of hav… --- ## [Has there ever been a Democratic/Liberal political mirror to Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-democratic-liberal-political-mirror-to-trump/855116)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-democratic-liberal-political-mirror-to-trump/855116 "2020-06-11T21:24:51Z")
In terms of being a corrupt, self serving, arrogant, self aggrandizing and myopic pathological liar, has there ever been a poltician who displayed such a rare combination of negative traits? I am attempting to find some… --- ## ["Please reach out to military members" thread wrongly closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reach-out-to-military-members-thread-wrongly-closed/854918)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reach-out-to-military-members-thread-wrongly-closed/854918 "2020-06-11T21:11:35Z")
Please reach out to military members you know after Trumps announcement got started in Politics & Elections, with this OP: It was closed as follows: This is incorrect. \[emphasis added\] Russian heel is encouraging … --- ## [Free Home Gym Equipment! Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-home-gym-equipment-now-what/855317)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-home-gym-equipment-now-what/855317 "2020-06-11T21:01:55Z")
So…I received some free home gym equipment, probably because it was more likely to become an impromptu clothes rack than an actual fitness tool for the previous owners. Here are a couple of pictures: Home Gym Equipment … --- ## [Spain going to roll out UBI soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-going-to-roll-out-ubi-soon/855466)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-going-to-roll-out-ubi-soon/855466 "2020-06-11T20:56:05Z")
Andrew Yang ran 1 year too early Spain To Roll Out Permanent Universal Basic Income ‘Soon’ --- ## [Costco has Hand Sanitizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-has-hand-sanitizer/854698)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-has-hand-sanitizer/854698 "2020-06-11T20:51:36Z")
As of an hour ago, Costco in Clarkston Washington (on Idaho border) has a huge stock of hand sanitizer. 32 oz. bottle $9.99 also 32 oz bottle of same stuff in thinner mix for spray bottle. Same price. Limit one each … --- ## [Cliff Diving questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliff-diving-questions/854786)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliff-diving-questions/854786 "2020-06-11T20:35:06Z")
I’ve watched some of the Red Bull competitions, while flipping tv channels, in recent years. I really enjoy it, as I’ve always loved watching the 10m platform competition in the Olympics. The cliff divers are amazing a… --- ## [How are the majority of prosecution lawyers qualified compared to defence lawyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-majority-of-prosecution-lawyers-qualified-compared-to-defence-lawyers/855071)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-majority-of-prosecution-lawyers-qualified-compared-to-defence-lawyers/855071 "2020-06-11T20:07:40Z")
Well I was just wondering if the majority of prosecution lawyers tend to be more qualified or experienced than defence lawyers or maybe there is no difference so for example in the UK it is not unusual for a case to have… --- ## [How old were you when you first left the country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-first-left-the-country/852119)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-first-left-the-country/852119 "2020-06-11T19:06:55Z")
At what age did you first leave your country, for any reason (vacation, business, immigration, etc.)? --- ## [Elephant on I-84 in CT - what's the straight dope??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-on-i-84-in-ct-whats-the-straight-dope/855358 "2020-06-11T18:55:18Z")
Spotted this while stuck in traffic northbound on I-84 in CT. Probably 20 or 30 miles in from NY border if I remember right. What the heck is a concrete (?) elephant statue doing in CT? Anyone?? A concrete elephant! --- ## [Could Advanced Alien Life Be Totally Virtual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-advanced-alien-life-be-totally-virtual/855449)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-advanced-alien-life-be-totally-virtual/855449 "2020-06-11T18:49:34Z")
I have to tell you all, I think a lot about the future. And I think a lot about advanced alien life and technology. Why not? Fermi’s Paradox specifically occupies my mind. I mean advanced alien life has to be out there.… --- ## [Resolved: An order to fire upon and kill unarmed American citizens would be illegal and refused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-an-order-to-fire-upon-and-kill-unarmed-american-citizens-would-be-illegal-and-refused/854951)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-an-order-to-fire-upon-and-kill-unarmed-american-citizens-would-be-illegal-and-refused/854951 "2020-06-11T18:24:04Z")
See closed thread here and ATMB discussion here. If President Trump gave such an order any soldier receiving it would have a have a legal (let alone moral) obligation to refuse such an order. Now I’ll grant an exceptio… --- ## [Heading back to AZ today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-back-to-az-today/855362)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-back-to-az-today/855362 "2020-06-11T18:19:06Z")
The stars lined up right to give us two weeks in AZ! crazy mad happy dancie I get to sleep in my own bed! There’s a lot to do, and two weeks isn’t near enough time to get it done. So we’ll either make a dent in that “… --- ## [A single Q, a single A, re: white privilege.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-single-q-a-single-a-re-white-privilege/855405)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-single-q-a-single-a-re-white-privilege/855405 "2020-06-11T18:08:37Z")
So a white friend, politely and respectfully, asked a black friend, on FB, to help them understand White Privilege. Turns out the black friend was quite an eloquent writer, and made a powerful response. I hope a lot of… --- ## [How does one report a pattern rather than an individual post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-report-a-pattern-rather-than-an-individual-post/855368)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-report-a-pattern-rather-than-an-individual-post/855368 "2020-06-11T17:46:02Z")
Question for the mods: As in the thread title: how does one report a problem that’s not evident so much in one specific post that appears clearly out of line, but in an accumulation of posts through a particular thread?… --- ## [Punctuating Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuating-presidents/855369)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuating-presidents/855369 "2020-06-11T17:39:27Z")
It appears to me that that second comma makes the next phrase (“at the time … Constitution”) apply to both of the preceding phrases (“No person … Citizen” and “or … States”). The Constitution was adopted on 17 Jun 1788… --- ## [Best way to become fluent in Spanish in a jiffy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-become-fluent-in-spanish-in-a-jiffy/145130)
**Author:** [@PublicBlast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PublicBlast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-become-fluent-in-spanish-in-a-jiffy/145130 "2020-06-11T16:59:22Z")
I’m halfway through a Master’s degree program in education at a certain big-name expen$ive Eastern School ™. While searching for jobs, I came to realize that my job prospects increase exponentially if I become very good… --- ## [What We Do In The Shadows - the tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721 "2020-06-11T16:09:39Z")
Did anyone else catch the first episode of the show? I am a big fan of the movie and this was kind of a reboot version of that. Same director and same writer. It was great. I think the energy vampire was a great idea an… --- ## [To what extent are referees screened for potential bias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-are-referees-screened-for-potential-bias/855376)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-are-referees-screened-for-potential-bias/855376 "2020-06-11T15:31:25Z")
I’m curious whether pro sports refs - such as the NBA, NFL, Premier League, etc. - undergo background investigations where the league checks to see if they are known to have a personal favorite team, or their geography (… --- ## [STEM workers strike today for black lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-workers-strike-today-for-black-lives/855355)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stem-workers-strike-today-for-black-lives/855355 "2020-06-11T15:07:25Z")
Anyone doing this? I am STEM but working. --- ## [Recent server timeout errors — anyone else getting them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 690\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514 "2020-06-11T14:55:35Z")
Frequently, yesterday and today. 504 Gateway Time-out 502 Bad Gateway Error: Server Error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. Are you also ge… --- ## [Awesome T-Shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-t-shirts/765496)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-t-shirts/765496 "2020-06-11T14:44:03Z")
I bought this t-shirt yesterday. Shoutout to Asimovian for bringing it to my attention. I own this t-shirt. All right, show me your stuff! --- ## [What is (or will be) the ultimate goal of the protests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-will-be-the-ultimate-goal-of-the-protests/855454)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-will-be-the-ultimate-goal-of-the-protests/855454 "2020-06-11T14:23:39Z")
Is there an an endgame? Some type of specific legislation that will eventually be demanded? While the murder of George Floyd and racism was what kicked things off, I think frustration and disgust with the system in gene… --- ## [If liberals don't like the politics in red states...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-liberals-dont-like-the-politics-in-red-states/855171)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-liberals-dont-like-the-politics-in-red-states/855171 "2020-06-11T13:28:22Z")
Why don’t they just move there, and turn them blue? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1835) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1837)