# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=591&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 592 --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Q, V, X, or Z and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999788)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999788 "2024-04-09T14:38:45Z")
Submissions must begin with the letter Q, V, X, or Z . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first r… --- ## [The Panama Papers - Mossack Fonseca leak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak/751136)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak/751136 "2024-04-09T13:21:06Z")
A German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, just released the “Panama Papers”. A 2.6 terabyte document dump exposing over two hundred thousand of offshore shell companies. USA Today is also reporting on this story. A mu… --- ## [If Quantum Leap were remade today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-quantum-leap-were-remade-today/835961)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-quantum-leap-were-remade-today/835961 "2024-04-09T12:59:17Z")
…and you assume Sam is the same age as Scott Bakula was when the first one premiered, the earliest year they could leap to is 1984. --- ## [Where is this \[location shown in the movie Homegrown\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-location-shown-in-the-movie-homegrown/744328)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-location-shown-in-the-movie-homegrown/744328 "2024-04-09T10:37:47Z")
I spent multiple hours on Google Earth spanning the California coast to find this location. From Santa Cruz to Crescent City, CA; It’s too rocky to be too near L.A. and I don’t think filming locations would expand into … --- ## [Would the unfiltered sun destroy a video camera with long lens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-unfiltered-sun-destroy-a-video-camera-with-long-lens/1000021)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-unfiltered-sun-destroy-a-video-camera-with-long-lens/1000021 "2024-04-09T04:21:52Z")
So, on Apollo 12, Alan Bean famously destroyed the mission color video camera by inadvertently pointing it at the sun. That camera had a delicate image pickup tube that got obliterated, killing surface video of the missi… --- ## [“Want to earn money? Steal beer!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949 "2024-04-09T01:07:36Z")
According to this article, you could make 100K a night. I didn’t know Modelo was so valuable. --- ## [Monsters At Work, series sequel to Monsters, Inc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsters-at-work-series-sequel-to-monsters-inc/945942)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsters-at-work-series-sequel-to-monsters-inc/945942 "2024-04-09T00:42:57Z")
The new series Monsters At Work has started streaming. A mostly “below decks” show addressing the difficulties in the switch in business models from screams to laughter after the events of Monsters, Inc., with some emplo… --- ## [How do I turn off pop-up news videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-pop-up-news-videos/1000018)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-pop-up-news-videos/1000018 "2024-04-09T00:05:05Z")
The past little while, I’ve noticed a very annoying feature on both Chrome and Safari - when I’m browsing a news item in text, a pop-up video often starts with a newsreader reading the same story. I don’t want that. Is… --- ## [Thoughts on the 2024 college basketball postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-2024-college-basketball-postseason/998996)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-2024-college-basketball-postseason/998996 "2024-04-08T23:54:44Z")
This isn’t so much about the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments, although feel free to use this thread to discuss those. I am thinking more about what appears to be a mess with the other five tournaments. Men’s NIT For… --- ## [Classic Rock Song with the lyrics "Now or Never"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-song-with-the-lyrics-now-or-never/999854)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-song-with-the-lyrics-now-or-never/999854 "2024-04-08T23:39:46Z")
I hear this rock song on classic Rock stations all the time but just never knew the actual title, the problem is if you Google Now Or Never you get a bunch of unrelated songs titled that and I think Now or Never is just … --- ## [Stage Magicians are cheapskates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990 "2024-04-08T22:37:20Z")
Once, a Magician asked me to pick a card. I asked, “If I was greedy, could I pick two cards?” He replied “No. Only one card.” I then asked, “After I pick the card, do I get to keep it? To take home?” He asked me to l… --- ## [Imaginary friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755 "2024-04-08T21:11:05Z")
There’s a new film coming out, called “IF” which assume Imaginary friends were real. Cool, and imaginary friends being real has been done before. But IIRC, I didnt have one, and I was an only child. Is having an imagin… --- ## [Bomb threats and evacuations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774 "2024-04-08T19:20:18Z")
Sometimes places are evacuated based on bomb threats. I understand the reasoning, that it is just something we cannot afford being wrong about. But it strikes me as a very easy way to have someone expend resources. What… --- ## ["Small Font" Font issues with Windows 10 & 11 in Paint or Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145 "2023-12-06T14:41:41Z")
So my Win 11 PC has Small Fonts Regular loaded in the Fonts Folder. But neither Word nor Paint can access this Font. For 20+ years this was invaluable in Paint in making maps as a readable very tiny font. Size 6 was legi… --- ## [Nuclear-fusion power plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fusion-power-plants/933368)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fusion-power-plants/933368 "2024-04-08T17:39:07Z")
How far away are we from building functional fusion power plants? When we do, what will happen to the current big energy suppliers (e.g. oil, natural gas, coal)? https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/road-map-us-fusio… --- ## [Which entries in the Star Wars franchise might I like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entries-in-the-star-wars-franchise-might-i-like/999954)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-entries-in-the-star-wars-franchise-might-i-like/999954 "2024-04-08T17:03:39Z")
At some point I got tired of movies and television and dropped most of my screen viewing. Coming back late to the party there’s been a lot of SW stuff now; some liked, some loathed. In particular a lot of it strikes me a… --- ## [Has there ever been a successful Broadway musical sequel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-successful-broadway-musical-sequel/999273)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-successful-broadway-musical-sequel/999273 "2024-04-08T16:23:02Z")
I was reading up on Broadway flops and came across Bring Back Birdie with Donald O’Connor and Chita Rivera, which was (of course if you read the title of this thread) a complete flop. It made me wonder if any Broadway Mu… --- ## [What is the cheapest and best way to provide a good amount of charging stations for chromebooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cheapest-and-best-way-to-provide-a-good-amount-of-charging-stations-for-chromebooks/999951)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cheapest-and-best-way-to-provide-a-good-amount-of-charging-stations-for-chromebooks/999951 "2024-04-08T13:30:57Z")
I am a teacher and we are 1-to-1 with chromebooks. I have a few chromebook charger cables around my classroom, but they honestly get kind of stepped on and damaged. There is no real easy way to for me to provide enough o… --- ## [A Day Late But Not A Rant Short (March Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-late-but-not-a-rant-short-march-mini-rants/998343 "2024-04-08T12:08:11Z")
Well, here you go. It’s March and let’s roll out some wee rants we could’ve unleashed earlier if the calendar wasn’t such a hack job. (To be fair, it’s that way because we humans insist on putting a different order to th… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter \*\*P\*\* and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP {FINAL POLL ADDED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-p-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999672)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-p-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999672 "2024-04-08T12:00:51Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter P. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [What does MLB do when fans scuffle for a home run ball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mlb-do-when-fans-scuffle-for-a-home-run-ball/999884)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mlb-do-when-fans-scuffle-for-a-home-run-ball/999884 "2024-04-08T11:40:32Z")
Say either two fans are catching the ball simultaneously, or one fan catches it but another punches them enough times to loosen their grip or snatches it out of their grip, etc. Do ballpark officials just watch the mele… --- ## [Prediction: if Trump wins, he will resign on day 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891 "2024-04-08T11:34:13Z")
Liz Cheney warns that if Trump wins, he’ll never leave office. I’d like to suggest the opposite: he will do his dictator-for-a-day thing, then resign on the second day. He entered the race not because he really wants to… --- ## [The Easter Bunny and UPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-bunny-and-ups/999513)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-easter-bunny-and-ups/999513 "2024-04-08T11:21:58Z")
So, just outside the main door this morning while I was at my scanning station inside was a 6 foot tall “Easter Bunny” who was greeting the kids and giving them small bags of treats. When one of my 5th grade sweeties ca… --- ## [Is Thunderbird (email app) still good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thunderbird-email-app-still-good/996972)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thunderbird-email-app-still-good/996972 "2024-04-08T10:46:37Z")
I have a couple of email accounts that I need to monitor daily. Years ago I used Thunderbird so that all of my emails would be in one place on my computer - one stop shopping. Is Thunderbird still the goto for that or … --- ## [(Old) April Foolin' in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-foolin-in-the-mmp/999670)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-foolin-in-the-mmp/999670 "2024-04-08T05:55:00Z")
How is it that no one else has started a thread? I’m actually getting to? Or did I miss an April Folks joke by being MIA? sets out donuts, coffee, tea, muffins… ask the yummies Let me get this started. I’ll be back i… --- ## [Most gratuitous use of technology…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-gratuitous-use-of-technology/999955)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-gratuitous-use-of-technology/999955 "2024-04-08T03:57:19Z")
Saw this today: --- ## [DVD Burning Software for WIN platform - 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-for-win-platform-2024-edition/999764)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-for-win-platform-2024-edition/999764 "2024-04-08T03:56:54Z")
MODS: This seems like opinion-oriented (IMHO?), though it could be Entertainment-oriented (Cafe?) , as well. My searches for this topic have come up with only pre-2010 threads. Since my 2009 version of DVDflick is no l… --- ## [Advertising and slogans that leave you Amused or Confused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-and-slogans-that-leave-you-amused-or-confused/998976)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-and-slogans-that-leave-you-amused-or-confused/998976 "2024-04-08T03:06:27Z")
This thread is for mocking advertising and slogans that were not thought through. We all know the apocryphal story of the Chevy Nova and Spanish speaking countries. Then there’s the classic for the invasion of Iraq. Th… --- ## [Quantum Leap reboot: series premiere and synopsis confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-leap-reboot-series-premiere-and-synopsis-confirmed/967572)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-leap-reboot-series-premiere-and-synopsis-confirmed/967572 "2024-04-08T01:56:40Z")
NBC has confirmed the premiere date of its new Quantum Leap reboot. It’s set to premiere on Monday, September 19. For those who don’t want to click the link, Dr. Song is the Leaper, taking the place of Dr. Sam Becket… --- ## [Was the Black Ogre ever a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-black-ogre-ever-a-thing/999914)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-black-ogre-ever-a-thing/999914 "2024-04-08T01:44:27Z")
In this article, one included page from the December 1960 issue of Superman mentions four monsters–“the Wolfman, the Black Ogre, the Mummy, and the Abominable Snowman”. It seems as if the Black Ogre was assumed to be as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=590&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=592&state=muted)