# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=465 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 466 --- ## [Star Trek Turbolift question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336 "2024-10-04T02:21:13Z")
In the things you never thought about for 60 years category: You know the little light panel in the wall, that shows a light bar going by, either up/down or left/right when the lift moves? In the reality of the show, is… --- ## [Have you heard of Project Lucifer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282 "2024-10-04T00:24:39Z")
It’s a conspiracy theory about NASA using a probe to create a new Sun in our solar system. Why? I don’t know. But it’s out there in the Internet! And it certainly has one of the cooler names for a conspiracy. --- ## [23andme? More like $0.23 and me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23andme-more-like-0-23-and-me/997199)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23andme-more-like-0-23-and-me/997199 "2024-10-03T22:45:59Z")
The wheels have come wildly off the bus with the latest details of the hack. This isn’t the first time at-home genetic testing company 23andMe has been in the news for a hack, but the recent breach — whose details we… --- ## [Adventures in Housing - local specialties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-housing-local-specialties/1007572)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-housing-local-specialties/1007572 "2024-10-03T20:11:31Z")
The NPR show Marketplace is doing a series in their Adventures in Housing category, where they explore some styles of housing that are associated with specific locales. So far they have done 3: Shotgun houses in New Or… --- ## [CNN list of top 20 greatest American foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803 "2024-10-03T18:25:49Z")
I have some objections to their list, but I agree with the majority. My main complaints are fried okra and banana pudding, which I think are marginal dishes at best. BBQ is too broad to be a dish, it’s a category. They… --- ## [Schlep Timbre (September Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553 "2024-10-03T17:59:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from August Disgust (Monthly Mini-Rants): Got back from vacation, where I was in Vegas for a few days, then at my wife’s parents’ house for a few days, then flew home. My wife is driving back … --- ## [Conversations You Would Have Never Imagined Having Twenty or Thirty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227 "2024-10-03T17:56:44Z")
My son and I were having a telephone conversation today and he mentioned that he had to do a firmware update on his cats’ litter box but that it wasn’t that difficult because it is connected to wi-fi. We also discussed … --- ## [Where to donate money to benefit animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-donate-money-to-benefit-animals/1008338)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-donate-money-to-benefit-animals/1008338 "2024-10-03T17:20:50Z")
Yes, the time has come to draw up my will. I want to leave a substantial amount of money to an outfit or outfits that does good work in animal rescue, works against animal cruelty, etc. Any thoughts on where I should be… --- ## [Here's a first (that I know of): A fatal shooting at a gun store!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265 "2024-10-03T15:46:54Z")
Okay, it was a shootout during a burglary, and the suspect was killed and two officers were injured, but that it happened at one of the biggest gun stores in the U.S. - I mean, wouldn’t that be the safest place on earth?… --- ## [Why not cake flour for more cooking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-cake-flour-for-more-cooking/1008348)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-cake-flour-for-more-cooking/1008348 "2024-10-03T15:12:36Z")
As a general rule, more gluten = stronger & chewier food. But sometimes you want tender and soft. Cakes obviously, but also cookies, pancakes and biscuits. So the question is, why don’t more recipes suggest cake flour… --- ## [Free at home Covid tests are available again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434 "2024-10-03T11:45:28Z")
--- ## ["archive page is disabled" when opening Chrome. What's it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-page-is-disabled-when-opening-chrome-whats-it-mean/1008402)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-page-is-disabled-when-opening-chrome-whats-it-mean/1008402 "2024-10-03T10:13:15Z")
I have Chrome on a PC with Windows 10. When I open Chrome, I get a window in the top right corner of the screen that says: “Archive Page is disabled” “To re-enable it, accept the new permissions” under these two line… --- ## [Is "Put the kibosh on..." a regional phrase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-put-the-kibosh-on-a-regional-phrase/1008209)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-put-the-kibosh-on-a-regional-phrase/1008209 "2024-10-03T05:22:55Z")
I hear it every now and then in the NE Ohio area. Is it used across the US or elsewhere? --- ## [A question about The Cask of Amontillado and John Donne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-cask-of-amontillado-and-john-donne/1008312)
**Author:** [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-cask-of-amontillado-and-john-donne/1008312 "2024-10-03T04:57:18Z")
When Fortunato jingles the little bells on his hat, remember that? That’s a Donne allusion, the bell tolls for thee and all that? Or am I way off? --- ## [We don’t understand the human brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-don-t-understand-the-human-brain/992618)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-don-t-understand-the-human-brain/992618 "2024-10-03T03:31:36Z")
I was very surprised by this article about a study, started in 2017, that reports more than 3300 types of neurons in the brain. It is an order of magnitude more than they expected to find. We don’t know what most of th… --- ## [Any Opinion of LeTip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinion-of-letip/1008391)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinion-of-letip/1008391 "2024-10-03T02:22:17Z")
I was getting a quote for a service from someone and, at the end of their spiel, they gave me a pamphlet of “other professionals in other fields” that they’d recommend to me. As I understand it, they’re all members of a… --- ## [Voting information for North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-information-for-north-carolinians-affected-by-hurricane-helene/1008394)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-information-for-north-carolinians-affected-by-hurricane-helene/1008394 "2024-10-03T01:47:17Z")
This showed up on the “Cat Ladies For Kamala Harris” Facebook page, and I shared it there too, for anyone who may need this information. Feel free to pass it on yourself. --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #22 – September, 2024 – “Flight – Non-Human” {poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-22-september-2024-flight-non-human-poll-added/1006780)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-22-september-2024-flight-non-human-poll-added/1006780 "2024-10-03T01:27:47Z")
This is the monthly thread for September, 2024. The topic this month is “Flight – Non-Human”, chosen by Spiderman and Turek. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs i… --- ## [NASA Being Forced to Fly Europa Mission](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-being-forced-to-fly-europa-mission/683338)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-being-forced-to-fly-europa-mission/683338 "2024-10-02T23:38:23Z")
Well, this is interesting: US Government Forces NASA to fly Europa Mission What do we think of this? I’m of two minds. On the one hand, we basically have a situation where a single man in Congress has managed to cha… --- ## [Thieves steal laptop with child sex-abuse images, turn it - and themselves - in. If this happened in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-steal-laptop-with-child-sex-abuse-images-turn-it-and-themselves-in-if-this-happened-in-the-us/1008202)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-steal-laptop-with-child-sex-abuse-images-turn-it-and-themselves-in-if-this-happened-in-the-us/1008202 "2024-10-02T23:05:07Z")
This video purports to tell the story of thieves in Britain who broke into a home and stole a laptop computer, only to find it contained images of child sex abuse (apparently “child pornography” is out as a term these da… --- ## [Kevin Can F#%$ Himself Series Finale \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-can-f-himself-series-finale-spoilers/973053)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-can-f-himself-series-finale-spoilers/973053 "2024-10-02T22:52:48Z")
So who else has been watching this? I’ve always been kind of torn on this show and the finale left me feeling the same way. On the one hand, from a technical standpoint, its central gimmick is brilliantly pulled off. The… --- ## [Learning GIMP on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-gimp-on-youtube/1008341)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-gimp-on-youtube/1008341 "2024-10-02T22:01:44Z")
I am learning GIMP from scratch and was hoping someone out there can recommend a course or at least a creator that does a good job efficiently. --- ## [Police chase videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-videos/952665)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-videos/952665 "2024-10-02T21:42:58Z")
I was browsing on something or other on YouTube and the ostensibly “related stuff” on the right happened to include a police chase video. It turns out that, wow, YouTube just abounds with them (why are so many of them i… --- ## [Mideast war and political consequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mideast-war-and-political-consequences/1008347)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mideast-war-and-political-consequences/1008347 "2024-10-03T13:19:15Z")
Obviously there has been a massive escalation of the war with Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Iran’s missile attacks. How is this going to play out? There will clearly be a big retaliation by Israel and then counter-ret… --- ## [Botticelli - Sept. 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843 "2024-10-02T19:32:54Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli - August 2024 Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #126 by Elendil\_s\_Heir Our first letter for this month is T --- ## [Help Identify this tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tank/1008342)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-tank/1008342 "2024-10-02T17:14:05Z")
1983 E Kilgore Rd - Google Maps M-60 or an M-48? --- ## [I think I'm being scammed by Progressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-being-scammed-by-progressive/1008287)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-being-scammed-by-progressive/1008287 "2024-10-02T17:10:29Z")
Background: I have an auto insurance policy with Progressive. I had a car accident back in 2022. The other driver was completely at fault (he struck me while I was parked). But I had to pay my one thousand dollar deducti… --- ## [Retitle classic Disney movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retitle-classic-disney-movies/1007666)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retitle-classic-disney-movies/1007666 "2024-10-02T16:33:54Z")
In the recent trend of Brave, Tangled, Frozen, Encanto, etc. retitle a classic animated movie with a one word adjective. Dumbo - Floppy Pinocchio - Wooden One Hundred and One Dalmatians - Spotted Aladdin - Magical H… --- ## [I have baby shrimp that shouldn't exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-baby-shrimp-that-shouldnt-exist/1008362)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-baby-shrimp-that-shouldnt-exist/1008362 "2024-10-02T14:13:05Z")
Here is the link to my thread over on fishlore: In a nutshell these are Amano shrimp. They can breed and lay eggs in fresh water but the larvae must travel down the river to brackish water in order to morph into baby … --- ## [A new (to me) fruit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-to-me-fruit/1007767)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-to-me-fruit/1007767 "2024-10-02T10:58:35Z")
Earlier this week I experienced Roma Beans for the first time. Today, a woman stopped in at work with a bag of food, and the message, “I’ll bet kayaker doesn’t know what these are!” The receptionist didn’t have a clue, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=466)