# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=744 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 745 --- ## [Fighting movies where different arts battle each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838 "2023-09-10T21:42:26Z")
I recently watched Secret of the Chinese Kung Fu on Netflix DVD. The basic plot is: a sailor who has washed ashore in a small town must battle a wannabe crime boss. The sailor has kung fu! So the boss brings in hired mus… --- ## [Seattle or San Diego?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-or-san-diego/989631)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-or-san-diego/989631 "2023-09-10T20:20:15Z")
I’ve accepted a new job, and it means that we can move back to the states (we’re currently in Canada, and have been kind of unhappy here). We’ve got two options: If we move to San Diego (where my new employer is), it’s … --- ## [Does fission inherently involve emitting ionizing radiation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fission-inherently-involve-emitting-ionizing-radiation/989877)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fission-inherently-involve-emitting-ionizing-radiation/989877 "2023-09-10T20:18:22Z")
I was thinking about future energy sources, and how fission is always considered a dead end, because it involves materials that are radioactive and probably also toxic. But is this necessarily the case? Could there hypo… --- ## [Exercise and appetite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-appetite/989785)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-appetite/989785 "2023-09-10T19:55:00Z")
In the glucose flattening thread a side discussion came up here regarding exercise and its impact on burning calories during the rest of the day. And certainly different sorts of exercise impact that in many different w… --- ## [Help finding Pintagall, India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-pintagall-india/989753)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-pintagall-india/989753 "2023-09-10T19:49:57Z")
A colleague is going through the diary of a 19th century British seaman who makes a reference to “Pintagall, India.” He can’t find a reference to such a place anywhere. Of course the seaman may be spelling phonetically, … --- ## [Who else likes spiders? (Don’t click if you don’t!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473 "2023-09-10T19:49:42Z")
While I was setting up to try to get some moon shots on Wednesday, I saw this big guy by my truck: --- ## [Ope, sorry, but here's a poll about Midwesterners and the use of the term 'ope'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ope-sorry-but-heres-a-poll-about-midwesterners-and-the-use-of-the-term-ope/989398)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ope-sorry-but-heres-a-poll-about-midwesterners-and-the-use-of-the-term-ope/989398 "2023-09-10T19:40:01Z")
poll I’ve seen some YouTube videos about the use of the term ‘ope’, mostly notably from Charlie Berens, a Wisconsiner who makes humorous videos about being a Midwesterner. For those who are not familiar, it’s a sort of … --- ## [Not sure how to extrapolate crime rate based on this survey of defensive gun use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-how-to-extrapolate-crime-rate-based-on-this-survey-of-defensive-gun-use/989211)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-how-to-extrapolate-crime-rate-based-on-this-survey-of-defensive-gun-use/989211 "2023-09-10T19:33:38Z")
According to this survey, gun owners used a firearm defensively about 1.67 million times a year. (On the low end, a study Politifact cited from the Rand Corp estimated about 100,000 times a year). How would you do the … --- ## [Right-Wing Panics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-panics/989760)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-panics/989760 "2023-09-10T18:32:54Z")
I’m interested in thinking of a list of right-wing panics in recent America - there might be one out there already that someone could point me towards (but given the overt political nature of the topic, I thought I’d put… --- ## ["Lift Every Voice And Sing" performed at KC Chiefs game, and the RWNJ crowd is going ape-doodoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864 "2023-09-10T17:27:46Z")
There are a bunch of YT videos of an acapella youth chorus singing this tune, AKA “The Black National Anthem”, prior to the “Star Spangled Banner”, and some goofs are saying that the crowd booed the youth choir. At firs… --- ## [Economic damage of (single pieces of) plastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-damage-of-single-pieces-of-plastic/989580)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-damage-of-single-pieces-of-plastic/989580 "2023-09-10T17:11:46Z")
Hi. I want to know the impact of individual plastic items on everything (us, animals, the Earth…) all converted into money. For example, this specific type of bottle generally brings about a damage of x dollars per piece… --- ## [Where is the "Gangs of New York" graveyard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686 "2023-09-10T15:32:06Z")
There’s a graveyard shown at the end of the movie. I was curious as to if it’s real and who’s buried there? --- ## [Solar powered motion sensor light question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-powered-motion-sensor-light-question/989858)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-powered-motion-sensor-light-question/989858 "2023-09-10T13:32:00Z")
We have a shed in our backyard to which I attached a solar powered motion sensor light. It is probably ten years old. Tonight I noticed for the first time that it is significantly dimmer. It has 10 x 10 LED (I believe/a… --- ## [Anime Scott Pilgrim series coming to Netflix November 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865 "2023-09-10T13:07:51Z")
Why am I only learning about this now? :slight\_smile: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off premiers on Netflix November 17 and the entire cast of the 2010 Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim film are reprising their roles. The show was devel… --- ## [Another Data Breach--oh, the irony!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925 "2023-09-10T12:51:16Z")
I got a letter today from the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll informing me of a “data event” in which my name and SSN may have been accessed. How nice of them to let me know. They’ve offered me 2 years of credit m… --- ## [Can rain reduce smoke in the air? (distant from the forest fires that are the source)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rain-reduce-smoke-in-the-air-distant-from-the-forest-fires-that-are-the-source/989621)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rain-reduce-smoke-in-the-air-distant-from-the-forest-fires-that-are-the-source/989621 "2023-09-10T05:10:54Z")
We’ve had heavy smoke today, from BC and the NWT fires, I assume. Air quality is rated at 11, which is a “High Health Risk” according to the Environment Canada scale. It’s also been raining all day, quite heavily mid-a… --- ## [Xbox vs switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-vs-switch/989827)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-vs-switch/989827 "2023-09-10T03:56:38Z")
I want to buy a gaming console so I can play games with my 8 year old son. Should I get the Xbox or the switch? --- ## [Changing lyrics for the radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lyrics-for-the-radio/989744)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lyrics-for-the-radio/989744 "2023-09-10T03:14:52Z")
The death of Jimmy Buffett reminded me that lyrics for ‘Margaritaville’ were changed for radio broadcast. Original: Nothin’ to show but this brand new tattoo But it’s a real beauty A Mexican cutie How it got here I … --- ## [LA Water Catchment idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-water-catchment-idea/989319)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-water-catchment-idea/989319 "2023-09-10T02:41:27Z")
One of the problems California faces in drought conditions is that the majority of the rain we get just runs off into the ocean. So, I had an idea… What if we turned the LA River into a series of catchment panels. The r… --- ## [Oh, Cecil! You've done it again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-youve-done-it-again/989826)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-youve-done-it-again/989826 "2023-09-10T02:36:43Z")
I fell asleep watching old Barney Miller episodes, chatting by text and playing a computer game all at one time. So of course Cecil decided to come in my dream brain and give me the ‘what for!!’ He told me I was strain… --- ## [Question about NTSB accident review data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ntsb-accident-review-data/989802)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ntsb-accident-review-data/989802 "2023-09-10T00:25:13Z")
I’m reviewing an NTSB report for an airplane crash and I came upon this sentence: In this incident, the aircraft was essentially destroyed and all flammable cargo and passengers were destroyed by the post-crash fire. … --- ## [Have there been any acquittals of J6 rioters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-acquittals-of-j6-rioters/989855)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-acquittals-of-j6-rioters/989855 "2023-09-09T23:46:01Z")
I’ve seen lots of articles about how many convictions there have been of J6 rioters. Have there been any acquittals? By either jury or judge alone? Just interested in numbers, not debate. . --- ## [Replacing Four Tires: Do I Need an Alignment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-four-tires-do-i-need-an-alignment/989508)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-four-tires-do-i-need-an-alignment/989508 "2023-09-09T23:02:04Z")
Replacing four tires on my car. Shop wants me to do an alignment. The internet says that an alignment is not mandatory but highly recommended for safety and tire life but the internet is just other shops for the most par… --- ## [Breaking News: Plane lands safely in CO after dropping parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-lands-safely-in-co-after-dropping-parts/933364)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-lands-safely-in-co-after-dropping-parts/933364 "2023-09-09T22:03:04Z")
Playing on MSNBC now. A Boeing 777 turned back to the Denver airport with engine trouble. On its way to landing, parts started dropping off. From the video, it appears to be pieces of airplane skin have landed in various… --- ## [Sweet Home Alabama: what key is it in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-home-alabama-what-key-is-it-in/989752)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-home-alabama-what-key-is-it-in/989752 "2023-09-09T21:21:03Z")
I don’t know if this has been covered here yet, but it led to a lively discussion this weekend on Facebook. What key would you say this classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song is in and why? Looking forward to some great Straight Do… --- ## [Minimum flow rate for residential water meters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-flow-rate-for-residential-water-meters/989751)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-flow-rate-for-residential-water-meters/989751 "2023-09-09T17:34:33Z")
As in what is the minimum it can register? I’ve looked and found flow rates vs accuracy but the flow rate doesn’t go to zero. Say for example you have a dripping faucet that drips a cup a day. \[Edit\] Can that be measured… --- ## [How do I connect my iPhone to my Apple TV box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-connect-my-iphone-to-my-apple-tv-box/989842)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-connect-my-iphone-to-my-apple-tv-box/989842 "2023-09-09T16:14:00Z")
The Apple Remote app doesn’t work anymore, because the remote is now on the Control Centre. But when I try to link the control Centre remote to the Apple TV box, I just get an endless « Searching for TV ». What am I doi… --- ## [Automated tagging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-tagging/989497)
**Author:** [@FeRDNYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeRDNYC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-tagging/989497 "2023-09-09T13:58:31Z")
Over in the Cafe Society rules post, a recent update from @What\_Exit reads: Just FYI, over at discuss.fedoraproject.org we’ve had less-than-stellar experience with automated tagging. The main problem is that the keywor… --- ## [Accuracy in randomness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-in-randomness/989715)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-in-randomness/989715 "2023-09-09T13:43:13Z")
I was just reading where the pyramids were made of 2.3 million blocks, yet they were only 1/4" off at the top of the pyramid. Would the large numbers of block account for more accuracy? Kind of like rolling the dice 2 mi… --- ## [PT boats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-boats/18617)
**Author:** [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-boats/18617 "2023-09-09T11:34:25Z")
Whilw I know PT boats were put to many uses during WW II including patrol, commando/spy inertion, VIP transport, etc., and I’ve found quite a few informative web sites about PT boats, I haven’t yet tracked down what I’m … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=743) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=745)