# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=649 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 650 --- ## [Moisture Farming and Water Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisture-farming-and-water-rights/996242)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisture-farming-and-water-rights/996242 "2024-01-18T16:34:51Z")
Inspired by this post in MPSIMS regarding how a new planned community in Northern California was going to be able to provide water for its residents when all the available water was already spoken for because of Californ… --- ## [Electrical circuit question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-circuit-question/996179)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-circuit-question/996179 "2024-01-18T16:14:32Z")
If you have 4 x 1.5 volt identical cells (batteries) and you arrange them so you have 2 cells in series connected in parallel to the other 2 cells, so you have 3 volts powered by those 4 cells. If you place a load on on… --- ## [Airbus crash in Japan - passengers and crew safe \[Jan 2, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-crash-in-japan-passengers-and-crew-safe-jan-2-2024/995500)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airbus-crash-in-japan-passengers-and-crew-safe-jan-2-2024/995500 "2024-01-18T15:30:50Z")
From the limited videos available it appears the Airbus landed on top of a Japanese Coast Guard plane and burst into flames. Looking at the burning hulk, it’s amazing to me that every passenger and crew member evacuated… --- ## [Lake Superior Man: caption this photo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-superior-man-caption-this-photo/996140)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-superior-man-caption-this-photo/996140 "2024-01-18T15:26:10Z")
“A little brisk. Mosquitos aren’t bad.” “Pass me a Molson, eh?” --- ## [RIP Jimmy Buffett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jimmy-buffett/989495)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jimmy-buffett/989495 "2024-01-18T14:29:18Z")
Will have a frozen Margarita this evening in his honor. --- ## [What could a phonograph do to be worth $12000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-phonograph-do-to-be-worth-12000/918617)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-phonograph-do-to-be-worth-12000/918617 "2024-01-18T14:27:16Z")
Best Buy has this Pro-Ject turntable available for $11,999.98. It looks really cool, but $12K?? For that much, I want the live band to actually show up in my living room. Anyone have a turntable like this? Is it amaz… --- ## [Turtle soup? Nooooo! Salmon quiche? I'll try. And how do I find a particular TV thingy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-soup-nooooo-salmon-quiche-ill-try-and-how-do-i-find-a-particular-tv-thingy/996245)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-soup-nooooo-salmon-quiche-ill-try-and-how-do-i-find-a-particular-tv-thingy/996245 "2024-01-18T10:43:26Z")
Mid-dau is pulling a recipe out of her butt. Salmon quiche. Ok ok. I’m told it’s good.(I’ll give quiche a chance). Don’t get the connection with Turtle soup? Me either, really. Just sounds like the least likely thing I’… --- ## [Antique low-RPM engine: What, and what for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-low-rpm-engine-what-and-what-for/996186)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-low-rpm-engine-what-and-what-for/996186 "2024-01-18T08:42:56Z")
The local fair where I used to live had a display of people’s antique engines. One of these was roughly cube-shaped (if I recall correctly – which I might not) and about 24 inches (totally guessing) on a side. Maybe sm… --- ## [COMPUTERS: How does the Hardware link to the OS to the Program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-how-does-the-hardware-link-to-the-os-to-the-program/996204)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-how-does-the-hardware-link-to-the-os-to-the-program/996204 "2024-01-18T07:18:15Z")
Hello. I am interested in a layman’s answer to the following: How does the Hardware of a computer link up, ultimately, to the program, on a computer? WHERE I AM AT: Ultimately everything is hardware. But for practical … --- ## [Appreciating a sentence or two from a fellow Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-a-sentence-or-two-from-a-fellow-doper/996231)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-a-sentence-or-two-from-a-fellow-doper/996231 "2024-01-18T06:47:47Z")
Every so often I run across a sentence or two here that I really like to read again two or three times, to savor the diction and flow. This thread is for that, and here is my first: This is not an extraordinary sentenc… --- ## [Could you withstand a Claymore mine strapped to your chest (facing outwards)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-withstand-a-claymore-mine-strapped-to-your-chest-facing-outwards/995783)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-withstand-a-claymore-mine-strapped-to-your-chest-facing-outwards/995783 "2024-01-18T04:35:20Z")
I was reading this riveting article about the incident caused by the trimming of a large poplar tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 1976. It is a fantastic read invoking axe murders by the North Koreans and the trem… --- ## [Is this new CBS reality show the "height" of stupidity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-new-cbs-reality-show-the-height-of-stupidity/996249)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-new-cbs-reality-show-the-height-of-stupidity/996249 "2024-01-18T03:25:55Z")
CBS Orders Reality Competition ‘The Summit’ to Series (variety.com) The competitors have an equal amount added to their equipment, and the first one to reach the summit of an Antarctic mountain gets it all…IF they reach… --- ## [Stigma of tagalog/Filipino and other creole languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigma-of-tagalog-filipino-and-other-creole-languages/989229)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigma-of-tagalog-filipino-and-other-creole-languages/989229 "2024-01-18T02:20:29Z")
So I’ve often heard that many creoles are often facing stigma for being a bastardized version of the European languages? Is this the same with Phillipine languages like Tagalog/Filipino and are considered bastardized ver… --- ## [Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1/987160)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-1/987160 "2024-01-18T02:09:00Z")
As I have said in the past, while I do not really like Tom Cruise as an individual, he does make a hell of a movie, and his most recent outing Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 doesn’t dissapoint. It clocks in a… --- ## [Navy will name Destroyer after Charles French, the human tugboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-will-name-destroyer-after-charles-french-the-human-tugboat/996198)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-will-name-destroyer-after-charles-french-the-human-tugboat/996198 "2024-01-18T01:50:36Z")
What an astonishing story of bravery and determination. French swam 8 hours and towed a raft of injured sailors to safety. :saluting\_face: I’m glad he’s being honored. Link Navy to name destroyer after WWII hero Charle… --- ## [Investing and the Sun Setting of the 'Trump' tax cuts in 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-and-the-sun-setting-of-the-trump-tax-cuts-in-2025/995555)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-and-the-sun-setting-of-the-trump-tax-cuts-in-2025/995555 "2024-01-18T01:37:27Z")
As an investor, are you factoring in the sunset of the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) (AKA Trump Tax cuts) at the end of 2025? As background, a friend is a financial planner and he asked me to attend one of his prese… --- ## [A chance look; a saved life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chance-look-a-saved-life/996191)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chance-look-a-saved-life/996191 "2024-01-18T01:08:19Z")
Many years ago, my horse was living at a boarding barn, and I’d often go down in the evenings for a bedcheck – see that his water buckets were clean and full, he had hay, he was healthy. One night I was just about to le… --- ## [Largest profit percentage for a simple, one piece item?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-profit-percentage-for-a-simple-one-piece-item/996130)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-profit-percentage-for-a-simple-one-piece-item/996130 "2024-01-18T00:34:45Z")
I was looking at the aluminum foil turkey roasting pans at Walmart. The big ones are about 6 bucks and the cost of the aluminum foil sheet they are made from is nearly negligible. So 1/10 of a cent to 6 bucks is 6000 to … --- ## [Use and Charging of a 12v automotive Battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-and-charging-of-a-12v-automotive-battery/995286)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-and-charging-of-a-12v-automotive-battery/995286 "2024-01-17T23:24:54Z")
So I have a small diesel heater for my shed. It runs on a 12v automotive battery. I had a spare lawn and garden, 330CCA one around, so I use that. The battery will run the heater (consisting of some kind of igniter, a fa… --- ## [Online dating advice requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-advice-requested/995954)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-advice-requested/995954 "2024-01-17T23:04:28Z")
So I’ve been out of the mix for awhile (though never very active) and are recently trying out a dating app. The issue at hand is this: I’m currently living with my mother, partly for financial reasons, partly because we … --- ## [That cat ain't right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cat-aint-right/956243)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-cat-aint-right/956243 "2024-01-17T22:37:20Z")
Chippie is at least 15 and possibly pushing 20. He started having kidney problems last year and just had his annual check-up a month ago; no significant changes were noted at the time. Today, all of a sudden, he’s hardl… --- ## [CommonSense Centred Thinking - A Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonsense-centred-thinking-a-challenge/996237)
**Author:** [@Oooklout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oooklout)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonsense-centred-thinking-a-challenge/996237 "2024-01-17T21:12:28Z")
Discussion Topic: Common Centred Thought Experiment: The idea here is to start with a proposed political setup where every voter initially belongs to the CommonSense Centre politic CSC, and opts out to other politics s… --- ## [Homemade buttermilk biscuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-buttermilk-biscuits/996125)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-buttermilk-biscuits/996125 "2024-01-17T21:05:01Z")
My mom never made biscuits when I was growing up, other than blobby drop biscuits made out of Bisquick. Those were uninspired, so I didn’t learn the art of biscuit-making when I was young. Now I’m an old lady, and I’ve… --- ## [Movies/shows you can't find anywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420 "2024-01-17T20:48:23Z")
In an age where so much is now available on streaming, on DVD, or on older formats… Which movies or TV shows have you sought out and not been able to find? --- ## [CYCLONE (a hurricane to Americans, a typhoon for East Asians) is coming my way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-a-hurricane-to-americans-a-typhoon-for-east-asians-is-coming-my-way/994412)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-a-hurricane-to-americans-a-typhoon-for-east-asians-is-coming-my-way/994412 "2024-01-17T18:20:43Z")
I have lived in the tropics of Australia for the past 4 years with nary a thunderstorm or any threat of a cyclone. Until today…we are getting us a cyclone, Jasper, last modelled at Cat 1 (originally a Cat 3 out in the Co… --- ## [Cat names -- confess, what d'you really say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-names-confess-what-dyou-really-say/994693)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-names-confess-what-dyou-really-say/994693 "2024-01-17T17:49:52Z")
What do you really call your cats? My little old lady Sally (Sally Forth, to be formal) usually hears “Princess” when I speak to her. Lately I’ve been addressing Freddie Mercury (“Merc”) as “Mr. Cat” most of the time. … --- ## [Acronyms and initialisms in history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-and-initialisms-in-history/995839)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-and-initialisms-in-history/995839 "2024-01-17T17:33:17Z")
When and why did they start? And why not earlier? Of course they require literacy, but I don’t see why ancient scribes and educated nobles couldn’t have been using TLAs since Babylonian times. SPQR is the oldest I’ve he… --- ## [Is stealing stolen items illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stealing-stolen-items-illegal/996135)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stealing-stolen-items-illegal/996135 "2024-01-17T17:30:11Z")
I see someone picking a pocket and steal a wallet. If I then pick that thief’s pocket and steal that same wallet, what crime(s) have I committed? --- ## [Quirks of your local TV newsanchors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirks-of-your-local-tv-newsanchors/925508)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirks-of-your-local-tv-newsanchors/925508 "2024-01-17T16:23:00Z")
First, let me say that I love these people. I watch them every morning and every night. They are the fuzzy blanket of normalcy draped over the rocky chunks of news…or something. :thinking: Every time I travel som… --- ## [My car stereo is distorting some music. Please help me diagnose the problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-stereo-is-distorting-some-music-please-help-me-diagnose-the-problem/996228)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-stereo-is-distorting-some-music-please-help-me-diagnose-the-problem/996228 "2024-01-17T15:48:30Z")
I recently traded in my car, going from a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze to a Cadillac XT5. I had no problems with the old sound system playing music stored on the phone using the Apple Music app. Now my new system seems to have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=648) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=650)