# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=774 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 775 --- ## [Climate Change Deniers; What more proof do you need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers-what-more-proof-do-you-need/986958)
**Author:** [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers-what-more-proof-do-you-need/986958 "2023-07-29T22:38:44Z")
So, considering the record disasters that has happened just this year, what else do you need as proof? The oceans are warmer than ever, every year there are forest fires like never before, the temperatures are up. It is … --- ## [Post your oldest Death Pool list. Who's still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735 "2023-07-29T21:40:53Z")
What’s your first Death Pool list and is anyone still alive from it? If not that one, which one is the oldest that still has a survivor? My first list was 2003. That list is: Pope John Paul II Warren Zevon Michael Jac… --- ## [Explain “Everything Apps” To Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-everything-apps-to-me/987708)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-everything-apps-to-me/987708 "2023-07-29T20:44:34Z")
Some of the speculation about Musk’s decisions have revolves around creating an app that does “everything”. These articles usually refer to popular Asian interfaces that allow one to shop, share, socialize and so forth. … --- ## [Paternity testing with shared genetics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paternity-testing-with-shared-genetics/982270)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paternity-testing-with-shared-genetics/982270 "2023-04-07T09:28:25Z")
Adam and Barbara have a son named Zeke. Later in life, Barbara has another child Yolanda. For this hypothetical, Yolanda’s dad is either Adam or Zeke (ick) and so if a test could eliminate one, we know the other is the… --- ## [Ideas for playing with X-ray tube (yeah, I know, I know...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-playing-with-x-ray-tube-yeah-i-know-i-know/987563)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-playing-with-x-ray-tube-yeah-i-know-i-know/987563 "2023-07-29T20:02:27Z")
X-rays intrigue me. Lots of radiation does. I appreciate the hazards. So… There are these dental X-ray tubes for $190 on Ebay, just adorable little things. Great stocking stuffers. Just a 3 lead device, two wires for th… --- ## [Six Charts Summarizing Ukraine Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-charts-summarizing-ukraine-now/983210)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-charts-summarizing-ukraine-now/983210 "2023-07-29T19:26:33Z")
I thought these were interesting. --- ## [It's Han Solo! And he's been frozen in Carbonite!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-han-solo-and-hes-been-frozen-in-carbonite/987741)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-han-solo-and-hes-been-frozen-in-carbonite/987741 "2023-07-29T17:19:24Z")
The newest, most complicated Hallmark Christmas Ornament of the year is out. And it’s only $65!! It’s already out of stock on Amazon. --- ## [Moving lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-lyrics/987421)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-lyrics/987421 "2023-07-29T14:14:49Z")
I know we’ve had a couple of old threads about memorable lyrics, but I hope there will be some interest in this one, concerning song lyrics that have moved you. Here’s Elton John in ‘Border Song’ with: “there’s a man o… --- ## [Why can I use MS Office online apps without having paid for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-use-ms-office-online-apps-without-having-paid-for-them/987640)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-use-ms-office-online-apps-without-having-paid-for-them/987640 "2023-07-29T14:05:03Z")
I haven’t had MS Office on my private computers since Office 2003 and have been working with Open Office since then. But my main email for 25 years has been on Hotmail, which morphed into Outlook a few years ago and the… --- ## [Win11 Home → Pro via Win7 Pro Key](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-home-pro-via-win7-pro-key/987560)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-home-pro-via-win7-pro-key/987560 "2023-07-29T13:59:44Z")
A while back I ran across an article about upgrading Win10 Home to Pro using a Win7 Pro license key. I do have one such key (unused), and would like to upgrade my laptop — mainly so I can use BitLocker — but try as I mig… --- ## [Bloater paste - anyone ever eaten it? \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloater-paste-anyone-ever-eaten-it-shudder/987768)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloater-paste-anyone-ever-eaten-it-shudder/987768 "2023-07-29T13:50:14Z")
Watching Endeavour from the beginning with my phone handy for translation, and Mrs. Thursday told Fred his lunch was bloater paste sandwiches. I looked it up. --- ## [\*\*\* Forum rules and FAQ: Read this first! UPDATED October 3rd, 2014 \*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-and-faq-read-this-first-updated-october-3rd-2014/438452)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-and-faq-read-this-first-updated-october-3rd-2014/438452 "2021-02-10T17:53:53Z")
What kinds of threads should go in this forum? Any threads which are about sports belong in this forum, as well as about games of any kind. Any games being held on the boards, such as Mafia games, should instead be in … --- ## [If you have no parent or guardian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-parent-or-guardian/987748)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-parent-or-guardian/987748 "2023-07-29T12:02:39Z")
With some of the things I try to do in Office 365, I am faced with a screen that says that my parent or guardian must approve. My parents died 32 and 54 years ago and I don’t (yet) have a guardian. How do I get past th… --- ## [Quote from Becoming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-becoming/987771)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-becoming/987771 "2023-07-29T06:50:40Z")
Can I ask the collective brilliance of the Dope for help… I’m wanting to quote a passage from Becoming in an assignment, but am having trouble finding the exact passage, In it Michelle talks about the importance of mea… --- ## [Is there a objective way to decide if someone's a good actor? Or is it all subjective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-objective-way-to-decide-if-someones-a-good-actor-or-is-it-all-subjective/986750)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-objective-way-to-decide-if-someones-a-good-actor-or-is-it-all-subjective/986750 "2023-07-29T07:05:00Z")
I was having this debate elsewhere and I wanted the Dope’s thoughts. We were discussing an actor and another person said that “l don’t think him being a good actor is in question beyond that of a personal opinion.” Aren’… --- ## [What does this username mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-username-mean/986996)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-username-mean/986996 "2023-07-29T06:52:01Z")
What does this username (Crowbar of Irony +3) mean? From this thread. Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes says, “I like your new name, even if it took me a few seconds to get it.” I don’t get it. :frowning: --- ## [Is all Nepalese food as spicy as this stuff I can't stop eating right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-nepalese-food-as-spicy-as-this-stuff-i-cant-stop-eating-right-now/987715)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-nepalese-food-as-spicy-as-this-stuff-i-cant-stop-eating-right-now/987715 "2023-07-29T04:08:25Z")
So dumplings of all types are one of my favorite foods. Yummy, savory and all types of dipping sauces. I also have a great love for spicy foods. I always have fresh jalapeños, habaneros and other peppers in my kitchen.… --- ## [Anyone got a good crabcake recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-crabcake-recipe/987678)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-crabcake-recipe/987678 "2023-07-29T02:36:06Z")
I haven’t had a crabcake of any description since I was a kid, but it popped into my head at work today that I’d really like a nice big crabcake with remoulade for dinner one night soon. Alas, the store I work at doesn’t… --- ## ["Loosely patterned after a Greek myth," Joe Haldeman wrote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosely-patterned-after-a-greek-myth-joe-haldeman-wrote/987364)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosely-patterned-after-a-greek-myth-joe-haldeman-wrote/987364 "2023-07-29T00:41:07Z")
Haldeman’s “Counterpoint” appeared in his short story collection Infinite Dreams in 1978. He wrote, in the introduction, that it was “loosely patterned after a Greek myth.” In the story, two babies are born at the exac… --- ## [New posts rolling back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492 "2023-07-29T00:33:41Z")
Starting today, when I return to the board and click new posts, it doesn’t take me to the new post, it rolls up about 20 posts. Is it my phone? --- ## [What would an invasion of Poland/Lithuania/Latvia by Belarus/Wagner look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477 "2023-07-29T00:16:09Z")
I doubt that Putin or Lukashenko would give the green light for such an attack, but let’s say they’re crazier than they seem, and the Wagner forces launch an attack on a NATO country. What do you all think would happen?… --- ## [Snow--And Hogan's Heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706 "2023-07-29T00:15:00Z")
Every single episode—every single episode–in every episode of Hogan’s Heroes, it was Winter. With snow on the ground. What gives? :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :tv: --- ## [Don't pick up the Phone - or 'Stupidity in Action'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602 "2023-07-28T23:41:25Z")
We streamed all episodes of Don’t Pick up the Phone last night It is about a man who called Fast Food joints, pretending to be a local policeman, and was able to convince the manager to strip search a young employee H… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #8 - July 2023 - “Summer”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782 "2023-07-28T21:40:10Z")
This is the monthly thread for July 2023. The topic this month is “Summer”, chosen by @Zyada. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. Please don’t post anything in this thread that isn’t your ent… --- ## [High School Science competition winners that actually take their work to practics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732 "2023-07-28T18:22:29Z")
We occasionally hear of big fancy well funded science competitions that announce some kid has invented a wonderful device or research that will make a big splash. Then…nothing…I can’t think of any high school winning ‘s… --- ## [OK, rebranded as X but how did Elon get x.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714 "2023-07-28T17:25:09Z")
On a lark I entered x.com thinking that it, and all the other one-letter TLDs, had been snapped up decades ago. I was surprised that it redirects to Twitter.com. Did Elon just pay someone millions to register that domai… --- ## [Test post links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735 "2023-07-28T16:07:47Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQWZMY-8vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYi7Kbdesp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNw9Pnm8Ip8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7v4jdFZ3s --- ## [Resolved; America would be less divisive today if we had executed Confederate leaders for treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789 "2023-07-28T15:26:29Z")
If, following the end of the Civil War, the United States had identified the Confederate politicians and military officers as having committed treason (I’d imagine issuing a pardon to anybody who didn’t obtain a command … --- ## [A shadow can travel faster than light ... or …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378 "2023-07-28T13:53:48Z")
This seems problematic, so I will try an analogy. Take a powerful radial sprinkler and set it up so that it is spraying a line of water on the barn some disance away. Now grab a shovel and move it quickly in front of th… --- ## [Trump Georgia case and the "mustard-stained napkin"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080 "2023-07-28T13:13:30Z")
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/14/politics/donald-trump-fani-willis-georgia-grand-jury/index.html “It is one thing to indict a ham sandwich. To indict the mustard-stained napkin that it once sat on is quite another,” t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=773) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=775)