# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=752 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 753 --- ## [Using the quadratic mean for standard deviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-quadratic-mean-for-standard-deviation/989082)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-quadratic-mean-for-standard-deviation/989082 "2023-08-30T18:23:47Z")
So wanting to clear up a misconception I’ve heard many teachers (and college professors say). They say that we do not use average deviation from the mean to measure the spread of data as the positive values and negative… --- ## [What were the "numbers" of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-numbers-of-sex-drugs-and-rock-roll/158141)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-numbers-of-sex-drugs-and-rock-roll/158141 "2023-08-30T15:58:27Z")
When I was in middle school, I remember seeing graffiti around the school (carved into desks, written on bathroom walls, etc.) that looked like this: \*\*69 2112\*\* (The \*\*\*\*\*\*\* represents a sequence of three numbers I … --- ## [What are the verbs to express imagining the sound , taste and touch of something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-verbs-to-express-imagining-the-sound-taste-and-touch-of-something/989270)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-verbs-to-express-imagining-the-sound-taste-and-touch-of-something/989270 "2023-08-30T15:52:31Z")
If to visualize is to form an imagined visual image what verbs describe imagining a sound, taste, smell or touch ? --- ## [Rudy admits he lied and made defamatory statements about election workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-admits-he-lied-and-made-defamatory-statements-about-election-workers/987645)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-admits-he-lied-and-made-defamatory-statements-about-election-workers/987645 "2023-07-26T15:17:12Z")
Probably pay-walled, but here’s the NY Times article. He still thinks he can defend himself --- ## [Is the EU's Cyber Resilience Act a threat to open source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-eus-cyber-resilience-act-a-threat-to-open-source/989350)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-eus-cyber-resilience-act-a-threat-to-open-source/989350 "2023-08-30T15:37:13Z")
https://youtu.be/iUgAS1luxEQ?si=AqquaBo1bQ-V45Mk --- ## [Should I have offered a tip in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-offered-a-tip-in-this-situation/989265)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-offered-a-tip-in-this-situation/989265 "2023-08-30T15:36:13Z")
I had to pick up a very heavy but compact\* package at UPS today. My car is a hatchback. There were no other customers when I stopped in, and the young woman clerk offered to help me get it into my car, so I accepted. She… --- ## [Judgement notwithstanding the verdict](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-notwithstanding-the-verdict/988886)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-notwithstanding-the-verdict/988886 "2023-08-30T14:49:57Z")
In a criminal case, is a JNOV absolutely final (assuming no funny stuff like bribery)? Could the prosecution appeal the decision? --- ## [How much does the rest of the football (soccer) world sneer at MLS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-rest-of-the-football-soccer-world-sneer-at-mls/986613)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-rest-of-the-football-soccer-world-sneer-at-mls/986613 "2023-08-30T14:17:40Z")
I am only the most casual of football (soccer) fans, so all I’ve ever heard about Major League Soccer was that it’s considered a joke by the rest of the world, but at least has some money (being the 10th-highest ranking … --- ## [Writing songs on a bass guitar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-songs-on-a-bass-guitar/693411)
**Author:** [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-songs-on-a-bass-guitar/693411 "2023-08-30T11:21:22Z")
I’ve been trying to do this, off and on, for years, and I never really get anywhere. I know that it can be done, a la Steve Harris, but how exactly does one use a bass guitar to compose music for other instruments? I kno… --- ## [Do these products qualify as "makeup" (includes one men's example)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-products-qualify-as-makeup-includes-one-mens-example/989240)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-products-qualify-as-makeup-includes-one-mens-example/989240 "2023-08-30T09:40:04Z")
I once wrote in one thread here that I believe I can generally tell whether a woman is wearing makeup or not (even if it’s just a little or meant not to be noticed; I have good eyes and am a detail-oriented person). Sin… --- ## [I Think I Now Understand the Defeat of France in 1940](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-now-understand-the-defeat-of-france-in-1940/988760)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-now-understand-the-defeat-of-france-in-1940/988760 "2023-08-30T05:36:51Z")
I am wading through Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939–1942. It is very good and I recommend it to you. It discusses all the well-known details of the military side of the French defeat. More importantly, it also e… --- ## [Trumps motorcade for getting booked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077 "2023-08-30T04:24:03Z")
This is ridiculous, and Trump is as well, so I assume best for the PIT. My count is 12 emergency vehicles. Cop cars an Ambulance and some other large vehicle. Of course we KNOW that Trump did not spend a … --- ## [Were Soviets better at ice hockey than the USA currently is at Olympic basketball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-soviets-better-at-ice-hockey-than-the-usa-currently-is-at-olympic-basketball/989183)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-soviets-better-at-ice-hockey-than-the-usa-currently-is-at-olympic-basketball/989183 "2023-08-30T04:22:03Z")
I have only a fairly superficial understanding of both sports in the Olympics. Best as I can gather is that the Soviet Red Machine and current-day USA men’s basketball team are/were basically the shoo-in defaults to win … --- ## [Now that the Obamas finally have had their portraits unveiled, who should paint Trump's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-obamas-finally-have-had-their-portraits-unveiled-who-should-paint-trumps/971215 "2023-08-30T03:43:37Z")
In a ceremony yesterday, the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled – many years after the time they would traditionally have been unveiled. But there’s no way that Trump would have done such a thi… --- ## [Call the Fire department, the Sheriff, the Mexican vine pullers....hurry!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-fire-department-the-sheriff-the-mexican-vine-pullers-hurry/989263)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-fire-department-the-sheriff-the-mexican-vine-pullers-hurry/989263 "2023-08-30T03:29:45Z")
Jojo is up a tree. He likes to climb trees, a lot. Formerly feral and nuts! This time he just went too high in a pecan tree. I’m sure he saw squirrels and said “pfft! I can do that too” Well, not so much. Scared his-s… --- ## [Cutting the Cord Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-questions/988328)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-questions/988328 "2023-08-30T02:57:24Z")
I really want to cut the cable cord but have been hesitant because I wasn’t sure how to go about it and I didn’t want to have to get an antenna for ABC, NBC, CBS. We’re going to be getting a new TV shortly. We have a sma… --- ## [Shop class no no’s Shorts, long hair and giant prosthetic boobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-class-no-no-s-shorts-long-hair-and-giant-prosthetic-boobs/971773)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 707\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-class-no-no-s-shorts-long-hair-and-giant-prosthetic-boobs/971773 "2023-08-30T01:19:55Z")
Distractingly large prosthetic boobs on a trans shop teacher who also wears shorts and long hair wig while teaching high schoolers how to use power tools. Seems like an accident waiting to happen. --- ## [Should airlines be required to offer obese passengers another seat or two at no extra charge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-airlines-be-required-to-offer-obese-passengers-another-seat-or-two-at-no-extra-charge/985445)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-airlines-be-required-to-offer-obese-passengers-another-seat-or-two-at-no-extra-charge/985445 "2023-08-29T20:28:55Z")
There is a current change.org petition authored by a social media influencer, Jaelynn Chaney, asking for the FAA to regulate airlines that fly in the US to provide obese passengers, at no cost to the passengers, an extra… --- ## [GH Power: sounds like a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gh-power-sounds-like-a-scam/989232)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gh-power-sounds-like-a-scam/989232 "2023-08-29T20:22:01Z")
There was a recent Yahoo article about this company. They supposedly react scrap aluminum and water to produce hydrogen, alumina, and heat energy. I’m not posting any links because the board software doesn’t seem to li… --- ## [Question about dog poop bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163 "2023-08-29T18:42:18Z")
This question may have been posed before. I can’t find it. Fairly frequently on my dog walks, I find a dog poop bag on the side of the trail. Sometimes more than one. Sometimes I come across a gathering of poop bag… --- ## [Excel cell format: color red if contains a formula instead of raw number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-cell-format-color-red-if-contains-a-formula-instead-of-raw-number/989303)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-cell-format-color-red-if-contains-a-formula-instead-of-raw-number/989303 "2023-08-29T18:27:48Z")
Someone else designed a spreadsheet for me to input data that they need; most rows are straightforward: July numbers come in and get typed into the July column for their row. But a couple of them are aggregates: I’ll … --- ## [Best bicycle chain lubricant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bicycle-chain-lubricant/985695)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bicycle-chain-lubricant/985695 "2023-06-21T15:25:21Z")
I think I have some good old fashioned Tri-Flow around somewhere, but I can’t find it. Back in the day when I did a lot of trail biking I used a white lubricant that had paraffin in it. The wax helped keep dirt and mud… --- ## [The Future of Navies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-navies/988049)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-navies/988049 "2023-08-29T17:19:28Z")
A discussion begun in a different thread pointed out that Ukraine’s successful naval drone strike on a Russian warship has got to be causing the navies of the world to take notice. The principle of a ‘fire ship’ that ram… --- ## [Corporal Punishment on an 18 year old student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-on-an-18-year-old-student/708560)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-on-an-18-year-old-student/708560 "2023-08-29T16:50:01Z")
I had a case come up that is indirectly related to the thread title, and it got me thinking. Can schools legally use corporal punishment on a high school senior who has already reached the age of 18? It is not my inten… --- ## [Foods you never get tired of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-never-get-tired-of/970196)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-never-get-tired-of/970196 "2023-08-29T16:44:14Z")
I am a bachelor and aside from dating do all my cooking at home. I am always on the lookout for dishes I can eat several days in a row without getting tired of them because I prefer to cook large batches but not cook so … --- ## [What to do with club soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202 "2023-08-29T16:37:31Z")
I came back from the beach with two unused and unopened bottles of club soda. What should I make with them? --- ## [Seismic surveys and issuance of licenses for oil exploration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seismic-surveys-and-issuance-of-licenses-for-oil-exploration/989105)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seismic-surveys-and-issuance-of-licenses-for-oil-exploration/989105 "2023-08-29T13:29:13Z")
Britain’s determination to protect its claim to potential oil resources around the Islands is illustrated by its response to the Argentine government’s decision to commission two US companies, Geophysical Services Intern… --- ## [Tennessee to Expel 3 Democrats (update: all back in office)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-to-expel-3-democrats-update-all-back-in-office/982128)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-to-expel-3-democrats-update-all-back-in-office/982128 "2023-08-29T13:04:14Z")
Might this backfire? They already have an overwhelming majority, but this seems like the sort of thing that could fire people up. In general, do you think pushing a “Republicans are anti-democracy”, while true, is effe… --- ## [Time Capsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-capsules/988872)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-capsules/988872 "2023-08-29T02:55:35Z")
Schools were notorious for putting together time capsules and were very popular in the the 20th century. Majority of things encapsulated were primarily boring things like newspapers of the day, school rosters, calendars… --- ## [Redditors wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redditors-wrong/989258)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redditors-wrong/989258 "2023-08-29T02:42:55Z")
So is it true that people on reddit mostly share rumors or false info and are usually wrong? A friend told me this. Is this really true? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=751) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=753)