Humanities desk | ||
---|---|---|
< November 10 | << Oct | November | Dec >> | November 12 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Humanities Reference Desk Archives |
---|
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages. |
This page states this hymn petitiononline.com/vedas/petition.html from Atharva Veda. It decrees a cow-killer to be with a bullet of lead ! Does this means that ancient Indians (Hindus) living far before than Christ did know about guns ? Jon Ascton (talk) 06:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Slingers routinely used lead bullets as they were more deadly than stones. Fifelfoo ( talk) 07:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
The point here is that a 'bullet' is simply a small dense object used as a projectile, one that relies on velocity more than size to do its damage. what we think of as bullets are actually a combination of a bullet and propellant cartridge designed to be used in modern guns, but throwing small hard objects at enemies is by no means a modern invention. -- Ludwigs2 02:14, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I've looked in your [ page], their site, A.P.A, N.P.A and many other Psychiatry sites, articles, books etc'. I just can't seem to find specific, reliable, updated sources describing the organisations responsible for administrating psychiatric services within the federal prison system (forensic and therapeutic). There are a few general comments, but nothing particular. I'm interested especially in the California federal prison system. 84.108.22.162 ( talk) 10:32, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
This is NOT a request for Legal Advice - merely informed comment. A TV drama currently being aired in the UK illustrates the re-trial of an alleged multiple murderer after an appeal court ruling found the original verdict unsafe and ordered a fresh trial, on the basis of a piece of inadmissable evidence having been presented. The detail of that is not necessary here. But one of the new jurors is given knowledge of that inadmissable evidence by one of the original jurors who appears to be acting on behalf of the original jury who were unhappy with the appeal court ruling as they were overwhelmingly convinced of the accused's guilt. The purpose of planting this knowlege is that the new juror will hopefully share it with his fellow jurors - totally against the rules of the court and the judge and the appeal court - and influence them to confirm the original guilty verdict. But surely - that information would already be in the public domain as part of the appeal court's published decision, and that knowledge might already be known to some if not all of the new jury from press and other media reports. So how can the new trial even begin to be safe given that the new jury might already be "contaminated" by that knowledge? OK, it's only a TV Drama I know, but I would still appreciate an informed opinion from you good folk here. Thanks. 94.172.118.132 ( talk) 12:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm try to figure out weather for the coming week, and going through various websites. As always, weather appears very difficult to predict and the different websites give quite different info. Does anyone know if there are differences in quality between different sites? Anyone with better sources than others? -- Soman ( talk) 12:39, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I should have been more specific. It deals with East Africa. -- Soman ( talk) 08:38, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
The article Business Continuity Institute doesn't seem to be very neutral. Can anyone tell me, whether the BCI is a consulting company or a public institution and whether it is trustworthy? 85.178.186.249 ( talk) 17:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Does anybody know where I can the complete work of Louis de Freycinet's expedition which is mention in the article with this sentence, "The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde sur les corvettes Uranie et la Physicienne en 1824–1844, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps."? Preferably a version with good resolution images of the plates and maps. Thanks.-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 22:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Humanities desk | ||
---|---|---|
< November 10 | << Oct | November | Dec >> | November 12 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Humanities Reference Desk Archives |
---|
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages. |
This page states this hymn petitiononline.com/vedas/petition.html from Atharva Veda. It decrees a cow-killer to be with a bullet of lead ! Does this means that ancient Indians (Hindus) living far before than Christ did know about guns ? Jon Ascton (talk) 06:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Slingers routinely used lead bullets as they were more deadly than stones. Fifelfoo ( talk) 07:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
The point here is that a 'bullet' is simply a small dense object used as a projectile, one that relies on velocity more than size to do its damage. what we think of as bullets are actually a combination of a bullet and propellant cartridge designed to be used in modern guns, but throwing small hard objects at enemies is by no means a modern invention. -- Ludwigs2 02:14, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
I've looked in your [ page], their site, A.P.A, N.P.A and many other Psychiatry sites, articles, books etc'. I just can't seem to find specific, reliable, updated sources describing the organisations responsible for administrating psychiatric services within the federal prison system (forensic and therapeutic). There are a few general comments, but nothing particular. I'm interested especially in the California federal prison system. 84.108.22.162 ( talk) 10:32, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
This is NOT a request for Legal Advice - merely informed comment. A TV drama currently being aired in the UK illustrates the re-trial of an alleged multiple murderer after an appeal court ruling found the original verdict unsafe and ordered a fresh trial, on the basis of a piece of inadmissable evidence having been presented. The detail of that is not necessary here. But one of the new jurors is given knowledge of that inadmissable evidence by one of the original jurors who appears to be acting on behalf of the original jury who were unhappy with the appeal court ruling as they were overwhelmingly convinced of the accused's guilt. The purpose of planting this knowlege is that the new juror will hopefully share it with his fellow jurors - totally against the rules of the court and the judge and the appeal court - and influence them to confirm the original guilty verdict. But surely - that information would already be in the public domain as part of the appeal court's published decision, and that knowledge might already be known to some if not all of the new jury from press and other media reports. So how can the new trial even begin to be safe given that the new jury might already be "contaminated" by that knowledge? OK, it's only a TV Drama I know, but I would still appreciate an informed opinion from you good folk here. Thanks. 94.172.118.132 ( talk) 12:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm try to figure out weather for the coming week, and going through various websites. As always, weather appears very difficult to predict and the different websites give quite different info. Does anyone know if there are differences in quality between different sites? Anyone with better sources than others? -- Soman ( talk) 12:39, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I should have been more specific. It deals with East Africa. -- Soman ( talk) 08:38, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
The article Business Continuity Institute doesn't seem to be very neutral. Can anyone tell me, whether the BCI is a consulting company or a public institution and whether it is trustworthy? 85.178.186.249 ( talk) 17:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Does anybody know where I can the complete work of Louis de Freycinet's expedition which is mention in the article with this sentence, "The results of this voyage were published under Freycinet's supervision, with the title of Voyage autour du monde sur les corvettes Uranie et la Physicienne en 1824–1844, in 13 quarto volumes and 4 folio volumes of plates and maps."? Preferably a version with good resolution images of the plates and maps. Thanks.-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 22:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)