# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=806&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 807 --- ## [WWII - As of VE Day, does anyone know how long government and military officials expected it to take to defeat Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-as-of-ve-day-does-anyone-know-how-long-government-and-military-officials-expected-it-to-take-to-defeat-japan/982787)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-as-of-ve-day-does-anyone-know-how-long-government-and-military-officials-expected-it-to-take-to-defeat-japan/982787 "2023-06-15T15:01:35Z")
I was looking at some old newspapers on newspapers.com - mostly US (my country), but some British and commonwealth. Right around VE Day, seems like reporters talked to everyone who could conceivably have an opinion and … --- ## [How many bones does a dino-scientist need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bones-does-a-dino-scientist-need/985437)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-bones-does-a-dino-scientist-need/985437 "2023-06-15T14:25:40Z")
On today’s Wikipedia front page, there’s a drawing of a reconstructed dinosaur, what the dino-scientists think Diodorus scytobrachion looked like. Thing is, they only have four bones: an upper front leg bone, an upper … --- ## [Just Stop Oil protesters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-oil-protesters/970406)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-oil-protesters/970406 "2023-06-15T14:04:36Z")
Crazy. Sure, I hate gas prices too and I have no love for the oil companies but is ruining the local station going to really have an impact? And what about the people who have to buy gas for jobs, school, etc. Just stup… --- ## [A bat in the bedroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bat-in-the-bedroom/985454)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bat-in-the-bedroom/985454 "2023-06-15T14:00:59Z")
Living where I do, I’ve been blessed/afflicted with bats on occasion for a good 6 decades. I love that they eat mosquitos, so I’ve provided them with bat houses, shoo’ed them away from places where they might get hurt b… --- ## [My garage door controller is weird — doesn't work unless you blow in it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-door-controller-is-weird-doesnt-work-unless-you-blow-in-it/985546)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-garage-door-controller-is-weird-doesnt-work-unless-you-blow-in-it/985546 "2023-06-15T13:41:50Z")
I have a German-made garage door operator. The base unit and the controllers are four years old (installed new when the house was built). Starting about a year ago, my controller started being intermittently persnickety… --- ## [How many actual statues survive from antiquity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-statues-survive-from-antiquity/985109)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-statues-survive-from-antiquity/985109 "2023-06-15T13:11:13Z")
I was vaguely looking at the topic of how women were portrayed by ancient sculptors but other than the Venus de Milo couldn’t think of any by name. But that got me to wondering just how many examples we have to go by; ho… --- ## [Safe to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat/985367)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-to-eat/985367 "2023-06-15T11:53:30Z")
I’d appreciate your opinions on a couple of food questions. I’ve been ordering take-way from a local curry restaurant for decades. Good quality, delivered promptly. However now I’m in my sixties, I eat less. So there… --- ## [Algorithmic Music - Is it real music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithmic-music-is-it-real-music/985391)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithmic-music-is-it-real-music/985391 "2023-06-15T11:29:30Z")
@Disinfectus has claimed in another thread that music created using any type of computer is not real music. My question for him (and anybody is): Is Laurie Spiegel a musician and composer? She is one of the pionee… --- ## [Who were the Cainanites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-cainanites/79263)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-the-cainanites/79263 "2023-06-15T10:11:02Z")
Who were the Cainanites, as mentiuoned in the Bible? And who are they today? I used the search function of the SDMB, but…uh, well you know.:rolleyes: --- ## [Squaring the US - a grand tour idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squaring-the-us-a-grand-tour-idea/821625)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squaring-the-us-a-grand-tour-idea/821625 "2023-06-15T07:11:12Z")
Sort of inspired to post based on this thread. PT’s progeny includes a son who turns finishes uni next year, and a younger one who finishes secondary school this year. So next year would be a good and maybe last opportu… --- ## [The time is now 5 Noon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-now-5-noon/985537)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-is-now-5-noon/985537 "2023-06-15T03:55:25Z")
How’s that for a hook?\* I have inflicted upon myself organizing and conducting an Escape Room activity in English for my school’s lower-level 12th grade students prior to their finals next month. The school is in Beijin… --- ## [What's your favorite example of zeugma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-example-of-zeugma/984471)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-example-of-zeugma/984471 "2023-06-15T03:34:51Z")
I’m sure I don’t have to tell my erudite fellow Dopers that zeugma is I happened to think about zeugma last week because my wife directed her school production of Fiddler on the Roof, and the song “Matchmaker, Matchma… --- ## [Anyone have a cat with inflammatory bowel disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-cat-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/985319)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-cat-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease/985319 "2023-06-15T03:10:21Z")
My cat has has had probems with occasionaly diarehha for most of this life but about a year ago it got worse. He’s been to the vet and is on a special diet, several different types of food have been tried and he’s had me… --- ## [Bernie Sanders blocking Biden health nominees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-blocking-biden-health-nominees/985399)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-blocking-biden-health-nominees/985399 "2023-06-15T02:02:56Z")
Apparently tired of Joe Manchin getting all of the attention as the obstructionist Democrat in the Senate, Bernie Sanders has pledged to block Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health — as well as any ot… --- ## [CO2 bike tire pump question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co2-bike-tire-pump-question/985447)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co2-bike-tire-pump-question/985447 "2023-06-15T01:55:51Z")
I just bought one of these today: Review: Genuine Innovations Ultraflate CO2 Inflator | road.cc after some frustrating experiences with pinch-flats and a couple of failed mini hand pumps. I have one question - is there … --- ## [Candle press](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candle-press/985536)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candle-press/985536 "2023-06-15T01:51:47Z")
In this version of “The Story of the White Pet”, the cat sleeps in the candle press. What is the nature of this candle press? Are we talking about a big tub? --- ## [Live music suddenly in demand!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-music-suddenly-in-demand/979284)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-music-suddenly-in-demand/979284 "2023-06-14T23:27:34Z")
I’ve been an amateur musician all my life (guitar, vocals, harmonica). When I was in high school and college, I made money playing in bar bands. In one night, I could make the equivalent of one to two 8-hour days of mini… --- ## [Little Frustrations - The Place for All Your Minor Venting Needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500 "2023-06-14T23:25:18Z")
I didn’t see a topic similar to this in MPSIMS, but if there is one and I missed it, feel free to point me in it’s direction and delete this one. Everyone has the little frustrations. The ones that aren’t quite big eno… --- ## [Is “MrBeast” Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mrbeast-good/985379)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mrbeast-good/985379 "2023-06-14T22:55:58Z")
MrBeast, as you likely know, is an Internet philanthropist. He does somewhat outrageous things for web views, but pours much of the profit into calculated philanthropic acts largely derived to get more attention and web… --- ## [Is BEAR! (With link)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bear-with-link/985384)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bear-with-link/985384 "2023-06-14T22:54:18Z")
Is BEAR! Bear is Great Symbol of Russia. Bear is hanging ten, in Florida. Bear is also Hodad & Big Kahuna. Therefore, since Bear is more likable than Putin, Putin throw Bear out window. LINK HERE–Bear On Florida Bea… --- ## [Cover Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-story/985467)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-story/985467 "2023-06-14T22:18:50Z")
In much the same way some musicians do cover versions of other musician’s songs, imagine writers doing cover versions of other writer’s works, like Tom Clancy’s Clear And Present Danger covered by Janet Evanovitch. … --- ## [My Cancer Gone By](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cancer-gone-by/985347)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cancer-gone-by/985347 "2023-06-14T21:35:36Z")
A Cancer In Four Movies All That Jazz: On June 11, 2021, I was in serious trouble. I’d had worsening swelling of lower extremities, shortness of breath, persistent stuffy nose with occasional severe mucus production, an… --- ## [Large language model AI doesn't learn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-language-model-ai-doesnt-learn/984778)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-language-model-ai-doesnt-learn/984778 "2023-06-14T21:34:10Z")
In recent discussions, there’s been some debate about whether it’s accurate to say that large language models/AI can learn things. I have strong skepticism that this is an accurate description, or even a helpful metaphor… --- ## [Why Do The Women On Christian Broadcasting Have Such Big Hairdos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-women-on-christian-broadcasting-have-such-big-hairdos/191441)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-the-women-on-christian-broadcasting-have-such-big-hairdos/191441 "2023-06-14T21:23:48Z")
I’ve noticed that the women on the Christian television networks almost always have big, bouffant hairdos. Why is this? Is this type of hairstyle common in the regions they come from?? And why do they wear heavy clown m… --- ## [Computer question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/985260)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-question/985260 "2023-06-14T20:25:44Z")
I was unable to turn on my laptop for about 2 hours. Any ideas? --- ## [Will Trump be charged with disseminating secret documents in NJ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-charged-with-disseminating-secret-documents-in-nj/985498)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-charged-with-disseminating-secret-documents-in-nj/985498 "2023-06-14T19:37:24Z")
This is an interesting wrinkle, explaining why perhaps Jack Smith has not charged him with disseminating documents in the Florida case. A key question raised is whether charging in NJ could be viewed as “overcharging.” … --- ## [Is there more to "Southpark" than just an animated cable TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-more-to-southpark-than-just-an-animated-cable-tv-series/985518)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-more-to-southpark-than-just-an-animated-cable-tv-series/985518 "2023-06-14T19:07:05Z")
I started listening to talk radio way back when Rush Limbaugh started, and since then I have been listening to a wide variety of radio talk shows rangeing from politics, sports, conspiracies, paranormal, personal finance… --- ## [Is there a word for what Ronstadt is doing here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-what-ronstadt-is-doing-here/962920)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-what-ronstadt-is-doing-here/962920 "2023-06-14T17:58:13Z")
I think she’s got the greatest voice in popular singing, just a fabulous set of pipes, but she does something with her voice (that I just love) that I don’t know if there’s a word for it: she sort of reaches down for som… --- ## [What band or artist, can you appreciate but don’t like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667 "2023-06-14T17:43:37Z")
What band or artist, that while can you appreciate their talent and acknowledge that they are good, just don’t like them for whatever reason - within a genre you do like. I’m not talking about saying, for example, I can… --- ## [Human Fly in Seoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-fly-in-seoul/985480)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-fly-in-seoul/985480 "2023-06-14T17:29:26Z")
Man attempts ropeless climb of Seoul skyscraper The posted story is quite short, so no quote here. You should definitely watch the video, though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=805&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=807&state=watching)