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Are there any other games for it, besides the one with the shapes? Pacific Coast Highway { blah • Happy Halloween! • WP:NYCS} 00:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
You can download games, or you can make your own, just using the calculator(it's not complicated), or get ones that your friends have made. I've made minesweeper, connect four, hangman, and some other stuff.
I am not using the following information for experiments of any form of surgery. How do US military corpsmen treat fellow soldiers if the following occurs: a bullet to the arm, a bullet to the torso, a shot-off finger? Do they, for example, inject the fallen soldiers with drugs such as morphines and surgically remove the bullets? Also, what anesthetics do US corpmen carry? Thanks -- Jamesino 00:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What kind of drugs do they use now? What if a US Navy SEAL platoon is out on a mission and one of its members got a finger shot off and took a bullet to the arm, what does the corpsmen do in that case when they are nowhere near a hospital? Jamesino 23:42, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I'm looking for the manual for the Technics Disc Changer SL-MC 50. They don't make this product anymore. We have one and need a manual for it.
Thanks. Bob
I was alive in 1991 but I have no idea what happened with the USSR in that year. can someone give me a very brief summary of what happened? Or link. Thanks.
Since WP has servers in South Korea, what would WP do if war breaks out. The expectation of war is real, since N. Korea may go to war real shortly. Will WP relocate these servers in the event of war ? I've been watching the situation on FOX News, CNN, other media for quite some time since the nuke test crisis started. Martial Law 03:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
When editing my own page, is it still necassary to leave an Edit summary?. — BeefJeaunt talk
I always try to leave an edit summary on actual articles, but not on talk pages, my own user page, and the Ref Desk, as those comments are typically self-explanatory. This edit, for example, would just say something like "Answer", if I bothered. At some point, "talking about talking about talking" becomes silly. StuRat 10:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I lost the cap to my 512MB flash drive. Where do I go to get a replacement? Will a replacement cap from, say, Lexar, work on a SanDisk drive? -- Blue387 05:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what's wrong with these people? ?
why don't they just go to school and get an education and get a decent job . why are they ambushing police? If they don't like the french system then they're free to leave. wtf is wrong with these people!?!!?
For those who aren't French citizens, I would deport them back to their country of origin, after they serve any prison sentence. They have claimed asylum because they didn't feel safe at home ? Well, they should have thought about that when they decided to go rioting, shouldn't they ? StuRat 10:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
This shows the character of rioters:
"On Saturday, 26 May, the Live and Let Live pub, which was occupied at the time, was pelted with bricks, stones and petrol bombs."
Exactly...exactly
I never understood the mentality that you had to find a peaceful solution to the rioting.. if someone's coming at you -a police officer- with a metal bat, shoot him in the face or at least the leg. Get a helicopter with a mounted chain gun and spray down the riot. That would dissolve it awful fast and they would get what they deserve, and it would keep innocent people from getting hurt. -- froth T C 22:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Is it illegal to wear a mask? If not, then what if you're wearing a mask? And is it illegal to wear a mask if you're NOT wearing a mask? - THB 06:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Why do members wear red bow ties as part of a uniform?
lots of issues | leave me a message 10:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Whats the first song on the video and who was it by? Video: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2697258554453923478&q=liverpool+fc -- 84.69.123.27 10:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
look on google earth at these coordinates: 53°50'39-North, 1°20'34-West
what happened here...builders having a bad day???
-- 84.69.123.27 11:40, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
i would disagree with you....it cant be where the ariel imageing has been put together because if it was there would be a clear line across the surrounding land with the same 'bendyness'; and there isnt, also if there were 2 images being put together there then you would be able to see a difference between the two, and there isnt.-- 84.69.123.27 12:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what was his last name??? did he have one???-- 84.69.123.27 12:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the "AV Club" (and not the supplement of the Onion)? It seems to be a common way of indicating that someone is a nerd on American TV (it's also mentioned in White & Nerdy). I'm guessing that it has something to do with Audio Visual, but can't see what kind of school club could be based around this. La ï ka 13:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
On the Freedom Pass cards in London, there is a sillohett of a London Skyline. It goes something like - from left to right - The Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, the BT Tower, a building which I can't place and then London Eye. I'm wonder what it actually is between the BT Tower and the London Eye! Any ideas? Thanks in advance Loserdog 3000 14:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading about postal workers who stash mail in their apartments or just toss it out, does the post office do any sort of checking to see if the mail gets delivered? Clarityfiend 17:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
is there a border checkpoint anymore between the nation-states of the EU?
I have once crossed the border between Finland and Norway without even noticing it. And it's the border of two unions too. Finland is in the EU but Norway isn't, and Norway is in NATO but Finland isn't. JIP | Talk 07:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Gibraltar-Spain is a funny border since Gibraltar isn't in the EU. It was shut for about 15 years from 1969-1985.Nowadays it's a doddle.You literary just wave an ID card or any passport(if it's busy,you could probably get through with a cornflake box top).Quicker than a toll bridge. Lemon martini 13:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for the origin of the name. It is located near Woodbury Connecticut and is noted on the U. S. Geographical Names government website. However, that website gives no information about the derivation of the name.
Thank you,
I found this:
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, Docket 381, September 26, 2002: [4]
Rucuum Hill: summit; elevation 265 m (871 ft); located in the Town of Roxbury, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) NE of Bronson Mountain; Litchfield County, Connecticut; 41º32’00”N, 73º16’05”W; USGS map Roxbury 1:24,000; Not: Rucum Hill.
Presumably this is what the questioner referred to. I suggest contacting the Selectmen of the Town of Woodbury, who may know more, or may be able to refer you to a local historian. -- Lambiam Talk 06:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
This is by far the strangest question I've posted here, but I'm working on a novel, and that tends to raise some peculiar questions. I need to know what kind of care would be mandated--both medically and psychiatrically--after a sucide attempt by overdose of antidepressants. I've done some research on Google and within Wiki, but most of it seems to focus more on medium-long term care, and not what would happen immediately after the attempt. Any further (or shorter!) information would be appreciated. Thanks! - Moriane 19:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
do aussies and kiwis and south-south Americans have higher skin cancer rates because of their ozone hole?
Why is British the dominant language on Wikipedia, even though Mr. Jim "The Man" Wales is American? Is it a rule, or is it just because there are more British here than Americans? -- 216.164.249.137 19:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure that US English deviates any more from, say, Old English or Middle English than modern British English. I also strongly object to those who call British English "International English", since US English is spoken in many places around the world, as well. StuRat 11:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been trying to resolve this query that I've had for a long time. The meaning of my middle name. It's Evadney and I've never heard any-one else called this name. I've searched through so many different websites, asked my family members read books, searched my family tree to see if any-one else had been called this name. My mother has passed away and so I can't ask her and I would really appreciate it if some could help me. I'd like to know where it originated from, what does it mean. It would be greatly appreciated if some-one could help or give me a few pointers as far as where I should look for some answers. Thanking you in advance Auroradd^^
what's the little yellow dot to the east of switzerland
All the little dots are micro countries. The one east of Switz is Liechtenstein. alteripse 19:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what're some real life anecdotes that havel ed to the swiss bank Hollywood cliche? (this is not homework)
How can I measure diversity in an education institution.
At least 5-10 years ago, diversity was an American academic codeword with a very specific meaning. It denoted having (1) a more noticeable fraction of non-white ethnic population than would have been seen at that same institution a generation earlier, (2) a much larger and more visible gay population than in the general population, and (3) a pervasive institutional intolerance for Christianity and traditional American social values. Those attributes could not be plainly stated in plain words to prospective students and families. Diversity did not refer to diversity of allowed public political or social values expression, or to a greater range of other student characteristics, such as age or family socioeconomic status or intellectual interests. Many less prestigious schools (i.e., the second-tier state universities) have higher proportions of non-white students and non-traditional students, and more actual diversity of social origin, intellectual talent, age, life experience, political attitudes, and tolerance for Christianity, but in the 1990s were less likely to tout "diversity" as one of their main defining attributes to prospective students. In recent years, as more and more US schools are claiming "diversity", the word may be losing that specific meaning.
It was the one religion conspicuously not respected on the campuses that made the most of diversity claims. For example, on one campus (TU, about 2000) students had just held a march demanding that the student Christian group be expelled from campus because they had not elected as president of their own group a publicly gay candidate. At OU in 2001, a student bragged to us on a tour of the campus that many students refused to participate in the traditional graduation procession that went through an arch erected in the 19th century in honor of martyred missionaries. Can you imagine students at these schools demanding a Muslim group be expelled for not choosing a gay president, or students refusing to attend graduation held in a garden with a Buddhist shrine? That type of public display of contempt for any other religion or culture would not have been tolerated, let alone admired. And I do not understand the point of your comment about "loaded language"-- I spelled it out as personal experience and opinion, and didn't put it in an article. The ref desk answers are riddled with differing personal opinions and perspectives. Note that my comment is the only one of the answers that probably responds directly to the question.
Is there, on this site on any other websites, a list of PS3 games, with their release dates, sorted by their release dates? On WP I can only find a regular list of games, no release dates. I want to know so I can find out what games are coming out close to the system's launch, short of the launch ttles(Because all the launch titles suck). Яussiaп F 21:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the best way to buzz a game show (e.g. Jeopardy!) buzzer? Is it faster to use the thumb or the index finger? --22:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm using the following information for a casual arguement, nothing serious. Is there a loop-hole to Schrodinger's Theory of the cat in the box with poison and you couldn't really know if the cat was dead unless you open the box and observse it? For example, can you listen instead of looking or zap it with x-ray? Jamesino 23:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Surely the obvious loophole to find out exactly what happens to the cat is to climb into the box with it... :) Lemon martini 13:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Miscellaneous Reference Desk Archives |
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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. |
Are there any other games for it, besides the one with the shapes? Pacific Coast Highway { blah • Happy Halloween! • WP:NYCS} 00:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
You can download games, or you can make your own, just using the calculator(it's not complicated), or get ones that your friends have made. I've made minesweeper, connect four, hangman, and some other stuff.
I am not using the following information for experiments of any form of surgery. How do US military corpsmen treat fellow soldiers if the following occurs: a bullet to the arm, a bullet to the torso, a shot-off finger? Do they, for example, inject the fallen soldiers with drugs such as morphines and surgically remove the bullets? Also, what anesthetics do US corpmen carry? Thanks -- Jamesino 00:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What kind of drugs do they use now? What if a US Navy SEAL platoon is out on a mission and one of its members got a finger shot off and took a bullet to the arm, what does the corpsmen do in that case when they are nowhere near a hospital? Jamesino 23:42, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I'm looking for the manual for the Technics Disc Changer SL-MC 50. They don't make this product anymore. We have one and need a manual for it.
Thanks. Bob
I was alive in 1991 but I have no idea what happened with the USSR in that year. can someone give me a very brief summary of what happened? Or link. Thanks.
Since WP has servers in South Korea, what would WP do if war breaks out. The expectation of war is real, since N. Korea may go to war real shortly. Will WP relocate these servers in the event of war ? I've been watching the situation on FOX News, CNN, other media for quite some time since the nuke test crisis started. Martial Law 03:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
When editing my own page, is it still necassary to leave an Edit summary?. — BeefJeaunt talk
I always try to leave an edit summary on actual articles, but not on talk pages, my own user page, and the Ref Desk, as those comments are typically self-explanatory. This edit, for example, would just say something like "Answer", if I bothered. At some point, "talking about talking about talking" becomes silly. StuRat 10:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I lost the cap to my 512MB flash drive. Where do I go to get a replacement? Will a replacement cap from, say, Lexar, work on a SanDisk drive? -- Blue387 05:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what's wrong with these people? ?
why don't they just go to school and get an education and get a decent job . why are they ambushing police? If they don't like the french system then they're free to leave. wtf is wrong with these people!?!!?
For those who aren't French citizens, I would deport them back to their country of origin, after they serve any prison sentence. They have claimed asylum because they didn't feel safe at home ? Well, they should have thought about that when they decided to go rioting, shouldn't they ? StuRat 10:37, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
This shows the character of rioters:
"On Saturday, 26 May, the Live and Let Live pub, which was occupied at the time, was pelted with bricks, stones and petrol bombs."
Exactly...exactly
I never understood the mentality that you had to find a peaceful solution to the rioting.. if someone's coming at you -a police officer- with a metal bat, shoot him in the face or at least the leg. Get a helicopter with a mounted chain gun and spray down the riot. That would dissolve it awful fast and they would get what they deserve, and it would keep innocent people from getting hurt. -- froth T C 22:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Is it illegal to wear a mask? If not, then what if you're wearing a mask? And is it illegal to wear a mask if you're NOT wearing a mask? - THB 06:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Why do members wear red bow ties as part of a uniform?
lots of issues | leave me a message 10:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Whats the first song on the video and who was it by? Video: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2697258554453923478&q=liverpool+fc -- 84.69.123.27 10:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
look on google earth at these coordinates: 53°50'39-North, 1°20'34-West
what happened here...builders having a bad day???
-- 84.69.123.27 11:40, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
i would disagree with you....it cant be where the ariel imageing has been put together because if it was there would be a clear line across the surrounding land with the same 'bendyness'; and there isnt, also if there were 2 images being put together there then you would be able to see a difference between the two, and there isnt.-- 84.69.123.27 12:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what was his last name??? did he have one???-- 84.69.123.27 12:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the "AV Club" (and not the supplement of the Onion)? It seems to be a common way of indicating that someone is a nerd on American TV (it's also mentioned in White & Nerdy). I'm guessing that it has something to do with Audio Visual, but can't see what kind of school club could be based around this. La ï ka 13:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
On the Freedom Pass cards in London, there is a sillohett of a London Skyline. It goes something like - from left to right - The Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, the BT Tower, a building which I can't place and then London Eye. I'm wonder what it actually is between the BT Tower and the London Eye! Any ideas? Thanks in advance Loserdog 3000 14:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading about postal workers who stash mail in their apartments or just toss it out, does the post office do any sort of checking to see if the mail gets delivered? Clarityfiend 17:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
is there a border checkpoint anymore between the nation-states of the EU?
I have once crossed the border between Finland and Norway without even noticing it. And it's the border of two unions too. Finland is in the EU but Norway isn't, and Norway is in NATO but Finland isn't. JIP | Talk 07:21, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Gibraltar-Spain is a funny border since Gibraltar isn't in the EU. It was shut for about 15 years from 1969-1985.Nowadays it's a doddle.You literary just wave an ID card or any passport(if it's busy,you could probably get through with a cornflake box top).Quicker than a toll bridge. Lemon martini 13:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for the origin of the name. It is located near Woodbury Connecticut and is noted on the U. S. Geographical Names government website. However, that website gives no information about the derivation of the name.
Thank you,
I found this:
UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, Docket 381, September 26, 2002: [4]
Rucuum Hill: summit; elevation 265 m (871 ft); located in the Town of Roxbury, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) NE of Bronson Mountain; Litchfield County, Connecticut; 41º32’00”N, 73º16’05”W; USGS map Roxbury 1:24,000; Not: Rucum Hill.
Presumably this is what the questioner referred to. I suggest contacting the Selectmen of the Town of Woodbury, who may know more, or may be able to refer you to a local historian. -- Lambiam Talk 06:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
This is by far the strangest question I've posted here, but I'm working on a novel, and that tends to raise some peculiar questions. I need to know what kind of care would be mandated--both medically and psychiatrically--after a sucide attempt by overdose of antidepressants. I've done some research on Google and within Wiki, but most of it seems to focus more on medium-long term care, and not what would happen immediately after the attempt. Any further (or shorter!) information would be appreciated. Thanks! - Moriane 19:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
do aussies and kiwis and south-south Americans have higher skin cancer rates because of their ozone hole?
Why is British the dominant language on Wikipedia, even though Mr. Jim "The Man" Wales is American? Is it a rule, or is it just because there are more British here than Americans? -- 216.164.249.137 19:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure that US English deviates any more from, say, Old English or Middle English than modern British English. I also strongly object to those who call British English "International English", since US English is spoken in many places around the world, as well. StuRat 11:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I've been trying to resolve this query that I've had for a long time. The meaning of my middle name. It's Evadney and I've never heard any-one else called this name. I've searched through so many different websites, asked my family members read books, searched my family tree to see if any-one else had been called this name. My mother has passed away and so I can't ask her and I would really appreciate it if some could help me. I'd like to know where it originated from, what does it mean. It would be greatly appreciated if some-one could help or give me a few pointers as far as where I should look for some answers. Thanking you in advance Auroradd^^
what's the little yellow dot to the east of switzerland
All the little dots are micro countries. The one east of Switz is Liechtenstein. alteripse 19:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
what're some real life anecdotes that havel ed to the swiss bank Hollywood cliche? (this is not homework)
How can I measure diversity in an education institution.
At least 5-10 years ago, diversity was an American academic codeword with a very specific meaning. It denoted having (1) a more noticeable fraction of non-white ethnic population than would have been seen at that same institution a generation earlier, (2) a much larger and more visible gay population than in the general population, and (3) a pervasive institutional intolerance for Christianity and traditional American social values. Those attributes could not be plainly stated in plain words to prospective students and families. Diversity did not refer to diversity of allowed public political or social values expression, or to a greater range of other student characteristics, such as age or family socioeconomic status or intellectual interests. Many less prestigious schools (i.e., the second-tier state universities) have higher proportions of non-white students and non-traditional students, and more actual diversity of social origin, intellectual talent, age, life experience, political attitudes, and tolerance for Christianity, but in the 1990s were less likely to tout "diversity" as one of their main defining attributes to prospective students. In recent years, as more and more US schools are claiming "diversity", the word may be losing that specific meaning.
It was the one religion conspicuously not respected on the campuses that made the most of diversity claims. For example, on one campus (TU, about 2000) students had just held a march demanding that the student Christian group be expelled from campus because they had not elected as president of their own group a publicly gay candidate. At OU in 2001, a student bragged to us on a tour of the campus that many students refused to participate in the traditional graduation procession that went through an arch erected in the 19th century in honor of martyred missionaries. Can you imagine students at these schools demanding a Muslim group be expelled for not choosing a gay president, or students refusing to attend graduation held in a garden with a Buddhist shrine? That type of public display of contempt for any other religion or culture would not have been tolerated, let alone admired. And I do not understand the point of your comment about "loaded language"-- I spelled it out as personal experience and opinion, and didn't put it in an article. The ref desk answers are riddled with differing personal opinions and perspectives. Note that my comment is the only one of the answers that probably responds directly to the question.
Is there, on this site on any other websites, a list of PS3 games, with their release dates, sorted by their release dates? On WP I can only find a regular list of games, no release dates. I want to know so I can find out what games are coming out close to the system's launch, short of the launch ttles(Because all the launch titles suck). Яussiaп F 21:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the best way to buzz a game show (e.g. Jeopardy!) buzzer? Is it faster to use the thumb or the index finger? --22:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm using the following information for a casual arguement, nothing serious. Is there a loop-hole to Schrodinger's Theory of the cat in the box with poison and you couldn't really know if the cat was dead unless you open the box and observse it? For example, can you listen instead of looking or zap it with x-ray? Jamesino 23:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Surely the obvious loophole to find out exactly what happens to the cat is to climb into the box with it... :) Lemon martini 13:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)