# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=472 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 473 --- ## [NATO vessel fired on by Russian Warship? Uncertain value to news. Confirmation/details?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608 "2024-09-23T02:05:32Z")
I was watching a news accumulator/compiler channel on ROKU (Haystack News), and one of the channels ran a news bar at the bottom of the page stating that a Russian Naval vessel fired on a NATO vessel in NATO waters. I c… --- ## [Video post test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-post-test-thread/1007501)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-post-test-thread/1007501 "2024-09-23T00:15:41Z")
Testing if I can simply post the URL of a previously posted Youtube video with no problems. --- ## [A Blackadder question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackadder-question/1007288)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackadder-question/1007288 "2024-09-23T00:10:51Z")
I was re-watching an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth (the World War I series) and something occurred to me; why was Captain Blackadder in the trenches? We saw that he feuded with Captain Darling, who was a staff officer… --- ## [Calphalon Cookware Questions (regarding their need for TLC)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calphalon-cookware-questions-regarding-their-need-for-tlc/1007590)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calphalon-cookware-questions-regarding-their-need-for-tlc/1007590 "2024-09-22T22:55:12Z")
In the year before Joan (my second wife) died, we bought a nice set of Calphalon cookware online. We never got an opportunity to use them (or even open the box they came in) before she died, so I brought them to Oregon w… --- ## [Why did Christianity become the dominant form of religion in some nations conquered by the west, but not others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-christianity-become-the-dominant-form-of-religion-in-some-nations-conquered-by-the-west-but-not-others/1006279)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-christianity-become-the-dominant-form-of-religion-in-some-nations-conquered-by-the-west-but-not-others/1006279 "2024-09-22T22:54:56Z")
My understanding of how Christianity became the world’s dominant faith is basically this. In Judea after the Romans conquered it, a lot of Jews were motivated by nationalism and religious fervor to kick the Romans out. … --- ## [Does anyone use a CO2 meter in their home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-use-a-co2-meter-in-their-home/1006951)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-use-a-co2-meter-in-their-home/1006951 "2024-09-22T22:46:46Z")
I was reading some things about CO2 (not Carbon Monoxide but Dioxide) levels in household air especially while you sleep (“Doing my own research” as it were) and was considering getting a CO2 meter. I was wondering if a… --- ## [Hot Dogs vs. Hamburgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-vs-hamburgers/1007353)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-dogs-vs-hamburgers/1007353 "2024-09-22T22:34:24Z")
I saw this in a tweet and I am honestly not sure what I think about it and I was curious what others think: “A 10/10 burger beats a 10/10 hot dog but a 5/10 hot dog beats a 5/10 burger” Assuming they both have whatever… --- ## [Who would be at fault here, driver or pedestrian? (Pedestrian hit by vehicle)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-at-fault-here-driver-or-pedestrian-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle/1004095)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-at-fault-here-driver-or-pedestrian-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle/1004095 "2024-09-22T21:42:26Z")
I’m looking for factual answers so I put this here in FQ. In the video link below, vehicle 1 is driving on a 2-lane road. Other vehicles in the adjacent lane are stopped at a crosswalk. As vehicle 1 approaches the cross… --- ## [Any jigsaw puzzle fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-jigsaw-puzzle-fans/961634)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-jigsaw-puzzle-fans/961634 "2024-09-22T21:41:27Z")
We usually have one going at all times over the winter months. I just cracked open the number one rated puzzle from this site, which ranks the top 18 best 1000 piece puzzles. This is it: … --- ## [Why did Trump mismanage the covid pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528 "2024-09-22T21:25:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the point of political yard signs?: \[quote=“We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves, post:1, topic:1007392, full:true”\] Hmm, I’m trying to take @What\_Exit 's advice about linking an answer, b… --- ## [But WHY is playing first base "incredibly hard"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-is-playing-first-base-incredibly-hard/1007034)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-is-playing-first-base-incredibly-hard/1007034 "2024-09-22T20:40:41Z")
It’s not that hard, Scott. Tell him, Wash. It’s incredibly hard. Hey, anything worth doing is. I assume it’s because first base is BEHIND the first baseman while he’s watching all the action going on in front of him… --- ## [Do you have trouble being a villain in a game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-trouble-being-a-villain-in-a-game/1003630)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-trouble-being-a-villain-in-a-game/1003630 "2024-09-22T20:34:32Z")
I’m perhaps too nice in games. I always try to help, avoid fighting, and don’t like to watch something play out if the answer about who’s the bad guy seems obvious or if I’d get some reward for helping one side. . (I als… --- ## [So, anyone watching or participated in 3DBotmaker's Diecast racing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-watching-or-participated-in-3dbotmakers-diecast-racing/1007592)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-watching-or-participated-in-3dbotmakers-diecast-racing/1007592 "2024-09-22T19:11:54Z")
Remember Hot Wheels tracks? 3DBotmaker sure does. He had a little cottage business making accessories for them (timers, starting gates, etc.). He started making videos of races to promote them, and eventually the videos… --- ## [One magnetic monopole in the universe =\> quantized electric charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-magnetic-monopole-in-the-universe-quantized-electric-charges/1007090)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-magnetic-monopole-in-the-universe-quantized-electric-charges/1007090 "2024-09-22T18:04:39Z")
I tried to read Dirac’s paper on this and soon got lost. Can someone dumb it down for me? --- ## [2024 French legislative election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-french-legislative-election/1002713)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-french-legislative-election/1002713 "2024-09-22T17:38:43Z")
Yesterday President Macron disolved the National Assembly and called for a snap election on 30 June 2024 (run-offs 7 July 2024). What exactly is his plan? Cohabitation with the far right or far left? This is going to hap… --- ## [LED Power Consumption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-power-consumption/1007309)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-power-consumption/1007309 "2024-09-22T17:10:26Z")
I’ve got a garage door opener whose light refuses to go off. Power to the bulb is supposed to terminate 3 minutes after the door opens and/or closes. I’ve unscrewed the bulb so as not to waste electricity. Having replac… --- ## [American soldier crosses into North Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221 "2024-09-22T15:53:58Z")
Apparently he’d been facing some sort of disciplinary action, but how can ANYONE think this is a good solution to your problems? --- ## [How many strings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-strings/1007508)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-strings/1007508 "2024-09-22T15:39:54Z")
This one will probably be too short to get buried in the huge thread. Simple question. The Guitar Fairy will gift you one acoustic guitar with a pickup. You have a choice, 7 or 10 strings? Martin made a Roger McQuinn 7… --- ## [Time Travel: What 5 performances would you see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-what-5-performances-would-you-see/1007472)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-what-5-performances-would-you-see/1007472 "2024-09-22T15:21:45Z")
Concerts, plays, operas, movie premiers, &c. You are limited to 5! Rat Pack at the Sands in Las Vegas. 'Nuff said. The Beatles during the early years when Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best were in the band. I’m not sure i… --- ## [GoFundMe for Former SDMB mod @Idle\_Thoughts; he needs some help after some personal challenges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-for-former-sdmb-mod-idle-thoughts-he-needs-some-help-after-some-personal-challenges/1006171)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-for-former-sdmb-mod-idle-thoughts-he-needs-some-help-after-some-personal-challenges/1006171 "2024-09-22T15:05:46Z")
I’m Facebook friends with Former SDMB mod @Idle\_Thoughts, also known as Chris N, and he has been going through some tragedies and challenges recently. Most notably, his mother died unexpectedly in a car accident, and thi… --- ## [Alzheimer's day was saturday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alzheimers-day-was-saturday/1007577)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alzheimers-day-was-saturday/1007577 "2024-09-22T15:03:15Z")
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Alzheimer’s Day, but I forgot. Sorry about that! :flushed: --- ## [The most awkward legacy - a diamond made from my body, before I die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-awkward-legacy-a-diamond-made-from-my-body-before-i-die/1007583)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-awkward-legacy-a-diamond-made-from-my-body-before-i-die/1007583 "2024-09-22T14:48:39Z")
Juat a random thought that played through my mind… I could get one of those ‘lifegem’ lab grown diamonds made from my body before I die - just save up my nail clippings and hair and beard trimmings, reduce them to charco… --- ## [What's that tool, Charlie Brown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535 "2024-09-22T14:16:51Z")
I’m stumped. This Peanuts strip from 1952 has Charlie Brown offering to tune Schroeder’s toy piano. He retrieves some tools: a saw, a heavy-looking hammer, a hatchet, a chisel. But what’s that tall thing he’s holding up?… --- ## [Most disturbing death scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-death-scene/75061 "2024-09-22T13:58:52Z")
SPOILERS HEREIN I saw Nurse Betty the other day, and I can’t get the end outta my head. The way Chris Rock is screaming “Daddy” and then the second gun shot. Good Lord! This has completely freaked me out. Anyone else af… --- ## [If conservatives think being gay is a choice, what do they think are the benefits of being gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014 "2024-09-22T10:29:21Z")
I’m sure that 99%, if not 100%, of Dopers would agree that being gay is not a choice. So there’s not much debate there. But given that many conservatives think that sexual orientation is a choice, they must think there … --- ## [The file that we are all looking at and modifying should exist in ONE place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-file-that-we-are-all-looking-at-and-modifying-should-exist-in-one-place/1007475)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-file-that-we-are-all-looking-at-and-modifying-should-exist-in-one-place/1007475 "2024-09-22T06:49:38Z")
I created a summery of the steps that need to be taken to make a rather important update. There will be four of us doing this. We ALL need to be looking at the same steps. I asked others to please comment with ideas/con… --- ## [The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rivals-of-sherlock-holmes/1007550)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rivals-of-sherlock-holmes/1007550 "2024-09-22T06:24:38Z")
Has anyone else been watching this series on Britbox? It’s one-shots based on various fictional detectives in England around the time Sherlock was supposed to have been based. For example, there’s an episode based on a s… --- ## [What could possibly go wrong with this new roller coaster design?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-with-this-new-roller-coaster-design/1007476)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-with-this-new-roller-coaster-design/1007476 "2024-09-22T00:33:16Z")
Cedar Point’s new roller coaster does something that scares the crap out of me. But hey, I’m no coaster guy. The highest section of track maybe 30 long just ends. ENDS! No bumper or anything, the car just stops there wit… --- ## [Has anyone written their memoirs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-written-their-memoirs/1007540)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-written-their-memoirs/1007540 "2024-09-22T00:20:00Z")
I’m often the keeper of the stories in my friend and hobby groups. I’ve long kept lists of stories, in the form of single sentences, to remind me of significant events. Recently I had some free time and decided to put th… --- ## [Tell me about Long Beach Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-long-beach-washington/1007374)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-long-beach-washington/1007374 "2024-09-21T20:18:00Z")
I am taking a little vacation there the 20-24th of September, and I am wondering about the sights and sounds and goings on around town. Our condo faces the ocean (Worldmark), and we have no set plans in place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=473)