# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=627&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 628 --- ## [Another Lawful Good Quandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lawful-good-quandry/997632)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lawful-good-quandry/997632 "2024-02-18T09:53:23Z")
Simplifying here because campaign details are yawn-inducing. I am DMing a 1st edition AD&D game with some friends. One friend is playing a neutral druid and the other is playing a lawful good ranger. If they make it that… --- ## [Question on the red-orange glow at the Battle of Somme in 1916. Is it nitrous oxide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-red-orange-glow-at-the-battle-of-somme-in-1916-is-it-nitrous-oxide/997715)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-red-orange-glow-at-the-battle-of-somme-in-1916-is-it-nitrous-oxide/997715 "2024-02-18T09:37:03Z")
Is the ‘red-orange’ glow that I’ve occasionally come across in my reading on the Battle of Somme in 1916 nitrous oxide? Was it related to chemical warfare? --- ## [The Princes in the Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princes-in-the-tower/997442)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princes-in-the-tower/997442 "2024-02-18T08:02:16Z")
Would love to have UK posters respond, but happy to hear from anyone. As far as I can tell, the last time the skeletons that were buried as the princes were disinterred for examination was in 1933, and there was no know… --- ## [Suppose Someone Wanted to Pay You Some Money: How Could they Do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-someone-wanted-to-pay-you-some-money-how-could-they-do-that/996513)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-someone-wanted-to-pay-you-some-money-how-could-they-do-that/996513 "2024-02-18T05:48:15Z")
We have a current thread: Order any Checks Lately: And the consensus is that very few checks are written. So lets take a reverse situation: someone wants to pay or has paid you: a gift from a sibling, you help a neighb… --- ## ["Not So Awesome" - the Channel Awesome tell-all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-awesome-the-channel-awesome-tell-all/811865)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-awesome-the-channel-awesome-tell-all/811865 "2024-02-18T05:18:51Z")
So, over the last month or so, a number of major contributors to Channel Awesome (formerly That Guy With the Glasses), including Linkara and Todd in the Shadows, have publicly quit the site. This follows on the heels of … --- ## [Am I using my watt meter correctly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-my-watt-meter-correctly/997671)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-my-watt-meter-correctly/997671 "2024-02-18T01:06:00Z")
Sorry this is extremely basic, but one wrong assumption will have me drawing incorrect conclusions and I know approximately zip about this sort of thing. My electric bill is too high, so I’m going around with a very anc… --- ## [Beginning Go (the board game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-go-the-board-game/832599)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-go-the-board-game/832599 "2024-02-17T23:22:09Z")
There must have been several threads on Go already, but I can’t search for them because of the 4-character minimum. So… What do I need to know, what do I need to keep in mind when learning Go? I see how complex its stra… --- ## [Songs Inspired by movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487 "2024-02-17T22:50:45Z")
There seems to be a class of songs inspired by, but not officially connect to, movies. When the sonfs first came out, I thought there was some sort of connection, because the movies were often still playing. But it seems… --- ## [Explorers crossing (e.g.) the Atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explorers-crossing-e-g-the-atlantic/997672)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explorers-crossing-e-g-the-atlantic/997672 "2024-02-17T22:48:47Z")
Let’s go back to the days of Columbus (and before). When explorers set sail from Europe looking for the “New World” - did they assume they would find land - just keep sailing and hoping provisions didn’t run out (and eve… --- ## [Variations in appearance of user names in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-appearance-of-user-names-in-posts/997701)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-appearance-of-user-names-in-posts/997701 "2024-02-17T22:44:04Z")
A new poster has established a user name that appears in posts in medium gray type instead of black. I haven’t noticed this happen before, and it really popped out at me as if the user’s account had something wrong with … --- ## [Remember Pay Phones and Dial Arounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-pay-phones-and-dial-arounds/819662)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-pay-phones-and-dial-arounds/819662 "2024-02-17T22:21:25Z")
I sure do. And it makes me feel old for some reason. It also doesn’t seem that long ago. In fact, I remember Saturday Night Live did a really funny skit on dial arounds. Remember that? I have to say, one of the misconc… --- ## [(Old) It's Moanday So That Means We Need A New MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-moanday-so-that-means-we-need-a-new-mmp/997133)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-moanday-so-that-means-we-need-a-new-mmp/997133 "2024-02-17T21:22:10Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 45 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 52 and mostly cloudy for the day. Not much shakin’ for the day here at da cave, just the usual sloth, general overall… --- ## [Am I weird for taking my beefsteak with a side of rice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-taking-my-beefsteak-with-a-side-of-rice/997616)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-taking-my-beefsteak-with-a-side-of-rice/997616 "2024-02-17T20:36:54Z")
I can have steak with various sides, and while I don’t mind having it with potatos, I tend to prefer having at least one other option, e.g. green salad, asparagus, theoretically lobster tail (I say that as I’ve never had… --- ## [California gold rush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-gold-rush/997247)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-gold-rush/997247 "2024-02-17T19:49:56Z")
Stories abound of how items like eggs sold for $8 an egg (about three months wages for an average American at the time) during the California gold rush. Certainly fortunes were made during the California gold rush but ho… --- ## [How can sodium alginate make my heartburn worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sodium-alginate-make-my-heartburn-worse/997465)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sodium-alginate-make-my-heartburn-worse/997465 "2024-02-17T19:17:18Z")
This isn’t exactly medical advice, but I have a feeling there is no definitive answer to this, so I put it here. Sodium alginate is a thickener that has been shown repeatedly in studies to reduce the effects of acid ref… --- ## [Are The First Year(s) Of Medical Or Law School The Same For Every Student?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-first-year-s-of-medical-or-law-school-the-same-for-every-student/996517)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-first-year-s-of-medical-or-law-school-the-same-for-every-student/996517 "2024-02-17T18:43:40Z")
Like, if a first-year medical student’s schedule at This University Medical School has 8:00 Gross Anatomy, 9:00 Pharmacology… and so on, would her peers at the same school all have the exact same schedule? Would it be th… --- ## [Tannhäuser Gate question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tannhauser-gate-question/996422)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tannhauser-gate-question/996422 "2024-02-17T18:37:50Z")
I can hardly credit that I didn’t wonder about this before, but: If Roy Batty was a soldier replicant who had seen hard battle in space, who or what was he and others fighting against? Aliens? Another faction of humans? … --- ## [Examples of Failed Rebellions Given Official Public Support/Recognition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-failed-rebellions-given-official-public-support-recognition/997571)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-failed-rebellions-given-official-public-support-recognition/997571 "2024-02-17T18:28:49Z")
I live in a place where we have some Confederate monuments scattered about. I know the historical context of almost all of these; they were placed some decades after the end of the war in concert with the development of … --- ## [Can vulcanic caves have stalagmites and stalagtites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-vulcanic-caves-have-stalagmites-and-stalagtites/997621)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-vulcanic-caves-have-stalagmites-and-stalagtites/997621 "2024-02-17T18:14:26Z")
Imagine a cave in a vulcano, half way up the summit. Stalagmites and stalagtites form mostly from calcium carbonate, so I wonder whether lava has the ingredients to be dissolved by water to combine with atmospheric CO2 t… --- ## [First official broken bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-official-broken-bone/957818)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-official-broken-bone/957818 "2024-02-17T15:05:59Z")
I was talking to a friend a few days ago. And we both realized we were 30 or almost 30 before we broke something officially . I broke my 3rd toe at 30 she fractured her pinky at 29.75. My mom just reminded me she was 60 … --- ## [My OMAD (One Meal a Day) Journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-omad-one-meal-a-day-journey/992123)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-omad-one-meal-a-day-journey/992123 "2024-02-17T14:38:08Z")
TL/DR: OMAD (eating just one meal a day) is a very good fit for me. It may not be for you. Today I am on day 50 of OMAD. My initial goal was to complete 7 days. I thought I’d share some info about my journey. Feel free … --- ## [If I drop a bucket of water from a height, what (if anything) happens to the air pressure on the water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-drop-a-bucket-of-water-from-a-height-what-if-anything-happens-to-the-air-pressure-on-the-water/997259)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-drop-a-bucket-of-water-from-a-height-what-if-anything-happens-to-the-air-pressure-on-the-water/997259 "2024-02-17T14:16:51Z")
My initial thought would be that without the column of air pushing on the surface, it would decrease until it reached some new equilibrium with the terminal velocity of the water bucket. And that feels to be like it migh… --- ## [3-4-5 triangles and pi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-5-triangles-and-pi/997452)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-5-triangles-and-pi/997452 "2024-02-17T13:04:13Z")
Just saw this little video… 3-4-5 Triangles and Pi (youtube.com) and attempted the same math to another Pythagorean Triangle…5-12-13…and, came up with 2 pi as the area of the inscribed circle. Is it safe to say all Py… --- ## [Has anyone put in a fire sprinkler in their house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-put-in-a-fire-sprinkler-in-their-house/997538)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-put-in-a-fire-sprinkler-in-their-house/997538 "2024-02-17T12:47:57Z")
I learned today that friends had their house gutted by fire. People are unhurt, but they lost 2 cats and a dog. My house is old, stickbuilt, cheap, and in a rural area with volunteer fir service. (This is NOT a dig at v… --- ## [Is it normal for a large company to have a standing policy of paying its suppliers in 90 days? 120 days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-a-large-company-to-have-a-standing-policy-of-paying-its-suppliers-in-90-days-120-days/990160)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-a-large-company-to-have-a-standing-policy-of-paying-its-suppliers-in-90-days-120-days/990160 "2024-02-17T11:42:59Z")
This is about a large multinational company, supplying parts for many sectors of industry. About 4 years ago they announced internally that all their suppliers would be paid in 90 days, and no interest/penalties would be… --- ## [Can't unscreen calls: Pixel 6, Xfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-unscreen-calls-pixel-6-xfinity/997166)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-unscreen-calls-pixel-6-xfinity/997166 "2024-02-17T04:54:28Z")
Today I finally got fed up with intrusive ads on my phone. So I went through alll my apps and deleted the ones I don’t use, and any recently installed sketchy apps. Also of importance here, it bugged me that my lobby ph… --- ## [Joe Manchin won't run again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-manchin-wont-run-again/992883)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-manchin-wont-run-again/992883 "2024-02-17T04:50:00Z")
CNN reports that Machin won’t run again for the Senate. That gives a 50/50 split, and the Vice President gives the deciding vote? --- ## [Need PDF or Word help -- very large document](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pdf-or-word-help-very-large-document/997635)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pdf-or-word-help-very-large-document/997635 "2024-02-17T04:31:49Z")
I have a PDF document that I want to print in booklet form (2 pages each front and back on a letter-size sheet) but the pages are in landscape orientation and it doesn’t work well that way. The document is over 400 pages… --- ## [Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise: Lost Jazz Recordings by Disney Employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-five-and-the-cinderella-surprise-lost-jazz-recordings-by-disney-employees/997689)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-five-and-the-cinderella-surprise-lost-jazz-recordings-by-disney-employees/997689 "2024-02-17T04:26:43Z")
Someone named Cabel Sasser discovered a lot of recordings by Disney employees from the late 1940s, had them digitized, and put them online: My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Di… --- ## [Suspension announcements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-announcements/997674)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-announcements/997674 "2024-02-17T02:41:02Z")
Why are all of these suspension announcements showing up as new posts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=626&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=628&state=tracking)