# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=954 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 955 --- ## [Statistics help: Where do the Six Sigma numbers come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447 "2022-11-07T16:31:04Z")
In another thread, @Exapno\_Mapcase and @kenobi\_65 were attempting to explain to me why “Six sigma eliminates 99.99964% of a population, leaving 0.00034%” “Because that’s the definition of six standard deviations of a nor… --- ## [How High Can I Get in NYC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-can-i-get-in-nyc/973685)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-can-i-get-in-nyc/973685 "2022-11-07T15:20:49Z")
My family and I are planning a trip to New York City in a few weeks, and we would like to get a good view of the city without spending the money or time to go up the Empire State Building. What is the highest up I can ge… --- ## [Some allegedly "compostable" things take ages to break down. Why is this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312 "2022-11-07T14:32:43Z")
So I just saw this: The linked article discusses a paper, whose claim is that a lot of the allegedly “compostable” things (particularly plastics) take much longer to break down in compost than organic matter. Assuming… --- ## [What would you do with a big storage amount of emergency-ration meals that you inherited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430 "2022-11-07T13:27:42Z")
My mother is the conspiracy-theorist type and is convinced that famine or civil war may be coming (in America,) and has stockpiled an immense amount of survival food - meals that she either cooked and freeze-dried hersel… --- ## [Navigations keys and Chrome browser - anyone else have this issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navigations-keys-and-chrome-browser-anyone-else-have-this-issue/974454)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navigations-keys-and-chrome-browser-anyone-else-have-this-issue/974454 "2022-11-07T12:49:41Z")
The navigation keys are acting erratically. Up/down will work a few times but then do god knows what - end, home, beginning or end of the line. All the others are FUBARed from the start. I’ve checked on other apps, incl… --- ## [Biden's strange gas-price claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-strange-gas-price-claims/973945)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-strange-gas-price-claims/973945 "2022-11-07T10:26:54Z")
Per this CNN story, here’s a curious quote from a speech Biden gave yesterday: “Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39 – down from over $5 when I took office.” I’m unable to work out what might be goin… --- ## [Things That Go Bzzzzz In The Night: A Ghostly MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-bzzzzz-in-the-night-a-ghostly-mmp/974061)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-bzzzzz-in-the-night-a-ghostly-mmp/974061 "2022-11-07T08:15:25Z")
Well not a ghost, per say but I have a little black fly in my bathroom. Which is not in itself remarkable, except…it’s been there for 5 years. One fly. Occasionally it goes AWOL for a week or 2, and once there was 3 f… --- ## [Calling all canners! Pressure can my turkey soup this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372 "2022-11-07T06:22:26Z")
Every year I make about 5 gallons of turkey soup after Thanksgiving. Usually I then dose it out into 1 quart containers and freeze it. That many containers does take up lots of room in the freezer, though I suppose the t… --- ## [Anyone familiar with Kabaddi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-kabaddi/974430)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-kabaddi/974430 "2022-11-07T05:45:19Z")
I was roaming the offerings of ESPN+, waiting for my soccer match to start, when I came across this sport that I had literally never heard of before. Basically, I would describe it as a very fast, physical game of team … --- ## [Celebrations in similar-named places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-in-similar-named-places/974490)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-in-similar-named-places/974490 "2022-11-07T03:57:00Z")
(topic deleted by author) --- ## [Does knowing that someone cheated on their spouse affect your relationship with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knowing-that-someone-cheated-on-their-spouse-affect-your-relationship-with-them/972658)
**Author:** [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knowing-that-someone-cheated-on-their-spouse-affect-your-relationship-with-them/972658 "2022-11-07T03:55:56Z")
I have a group of friends that is fairly close knit - I am more on the fringes of the friends group, but the “core” of the group is pretty close, having several gatherings or activities together each month, with some cou… --- ## [On the commonness of weird thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-commonness-of-weird-thoughts/973974)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-commonness-of-weird-thoughts/973974 "2022-11-07T03:04:06Z")
Does everyone have thoughts that make them think “If people knew I thought about this they’d think I’m crazy”? --- ## [Dangerous Ideas (Because They Might Be True)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-ideas-because-they-might-be-true/973994)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-ideas-because-they-might-be-true/973994 "2022-11-07T02:59:04Z")
For the purposes of this thread, a dangerous idea is not something assumed to be false, but which might be true. Examples from The Edge magazine have included: Everything is pointless. (Susan Blackmore) The fight… --- ## [Peeling potatoes in the army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155 "2022-11-07T02:41:10Z")
I am watching a new Netflix movie based on the wonderful novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. At one point the recruits are talking shit, peeling potatoes. It struck me this is something of a… --- ## [Making changes to a cookie recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-changes-to-a-cookie-recipe/974422)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-changes-to-a-cookie-recipe/974422 "2022-11-07T02:29:16Z")
A friend gave me a recipe for cranberry flavored cookies that taste good, but they aren’t of a ‘texture’ I like. As in, the cookies are softish little lumps after they’re cooked, tender and crumbly, somewhat like you’ve … --- ## [What are your backups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260 "2022-11-07T01:48:13Z")
From another thread: I love backups. We have flashlights all over the place. We have candle lanterns, and also candles. A Coleman lantern is at the ready. I don’t know how many Svea 123, Primus, and similar stoves … --- ## [Star Trek inaccuracies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-inaccuracies/971862)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-inaccuracies/971862 "2022-11-06T23:31:01Z")
Because… Why not? Star Trek: The Next Generation ‘The Royale’ just started. Geordi says the planed it -291ºC. That’s impossible because absolute zero is -273ºC. (I’ve also noticed that he’ll say ‘degrees Kelvin’ or ‘… --- ## [How can a bob sleighing crash "fix" partial paralysis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-bob-sleighing-crash-fix-partial-paralysis/974438)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-bob-sleighing-crash-fix-partial-paralysis/974438 "2022-11-06T22:56:44Z")
I was reading about Hugh Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force.He was wounded in South Africa in the Boer War and was partially paralysed. Then… (Emphasis supplied). However, when he tried to rise from his bed, … --- ## [Possibly dangerous roommate insanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-dangerous-roommate-insanity/974405)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-dangerous-roommate-insanity/974405 "2022-11-06T22:47:17Z")
I have a new roommate. But turns out he’s full bore wacko. We grill outside often. I make the marinade. He’s had stomach issues soon after the last couple times, but not any of the previous several times. When he first m… --- ## [If Republicans win, and succeed in raising the age of collecting Social Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-republicans-win-and-succeed-in-raising-the-age-of-collecting-social-security/974220)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-republicans-win-and-succeed-in-raising-the-age-of-collecting-social-security/974220 "2022-11-06T22:35:50Z")
what will happen to the seniors (like my husband) who are already collecting? He’s 68. I hope and pray (and VOTE!) that this doesn’t happen, but sheesh. --- ## [Six Word Stories: Albert Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-albert-einstein/974446)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-albert-einstein/974446 "2022-11-06T20:17:49Z")
Another thread about not much, eh? --- ## [Can you help me find the recipe for Olive Chicken a la Awesome? (Comic strip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-recipe-for-olive-chicken-a-la-awesome-comic-strip/974474)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-recipe-for-olive-chicken-a-la-awesome-comic-strip/974474 "2022-11-06T19:47:54Z")
There was a comic strip I found a few years ago, involving cats, that in one strip, they tied up their babysitter and shared a recipe for something called Olive Chicken a la Awesome. It was a terrific recipe, and I made… --- ## [What was that song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/974472)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/974472 "2022-11-06T19:59:13Z")
I’m trying to remember the name of a song and the songwriter, but I can’t quite get it. Perhaps one of you might remember the story behind it. I’ve googled the situation to no avail. The song was a popular ballad in p… --- ## [Help me find a scene from Star Trek TNG (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460 "2022-11-06T15:37:23Z")
My google skills are failing me. I distinctly remember the following: a young boy is brought to the Enterprise, and (I think by Counselor Troi) given a device that he points at a block of material, which then glows and i… --- ## [Native tribe where members sleep propped up on one elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-tribe-where-members-sleep-propped-up-on-one-elbow/689590)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-tribe-where-members-sleep-propped-up-on-one-elbow/689590 "2022-11-06T12:33:53Z")
I have this picture in my head from a TV show maybe 15-ish years ago. It was likely a National Geographic special or something on PBS. The show was about a native tribe, probably in Africa, who were a culture of hunter-g… --- ## [I came out to my sister as bisexual last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-out-to-my-sister-as-bisexual-last-night/974137)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-came-out-to-my-sister-as-bisexual-last-night/974137 "2022-11-06T07:21:53Z")
…and she was extremely supportive! I love her so much :') --- ## [What are the best refutations of these common arguments regarding human behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-refutations-of-these-common-arguments-regarding-human-behavior/974443)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-refutations-of-these-common-arguments-regarding-human-behavior/974443 "2022-11-06T05:09:25Z")
Inevitably in any conversation concerning human behavior, nature or wrongdoing someone will always try to explain why people are the way they are or why they perform certain actions and in response someone always respond… --- ## [Adventures with Purpose's Jared Leisek charged with child rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-purposes-jared-leisek-charged-with-child-rape/974452)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-purposes-jared-leisek-charged-with-child-rape/974452 "2022-11-06T03:04:40Z")
This isn’t the world’s most reliable source, but the court papers aren’t that hard to find online, and I do not recommend reading them, let alone knowing the cursory details. Trigger warning: --- ## [Marvelous Mrs. Maisel scene identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel-scene-identification/974448)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel-scene-identification/974448 "2022-11-06T01:33:58Z")
I was trying to describe a really funny scene from MMM today to my wife, but couldn’t find it online. The scene is set at a children’s birthday party, where the parents have hired a well-known(?) magician. He clearly isn… --- ## [Amateur Astronomy: Which type of telescope should I start with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-astronomy-which-type-of-telescope-should-i-start-with/964064)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-astronomy-which-type-of-telescope-should-i-start-with/964064 "2022-11-06T00:12:37Z")
I have long wanted to get a telescope and get into amateur astronomy. I see there are some older threads here about this but they are over 12 years old and figured worth asking again. I live in Chicago and most times I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=953) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=955)