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the tiny summer isles are a few miles northwest of which scottish port 149.254.120.136 ( talk) 10:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
strange question; how much do all the people in the world weight? i was just wondering, of course you can't known exactly but average person size times 6 billions, would that work? how many tonnes?
I recall reading/hearing that you can predict the weather with around a 70% accuracy by simply stating that the weather tomorrow will be the same as the weather today - and that the billions spent on weather-predicting equipment only improves that margin to about 75-80% but that that % change is easily enough to make the investment worthwhile. Is there any truth to this or is it just basically gibberish? 194.221.133.226 ( talk) 11:29, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I may simply be out of the loop; however, I looked up a wonderful man and his mission: Father Frank Provone and Prists for Life and I go this:
Priests for Life (PFL) is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the Gospel of Life according to the encyclical of the same name written by Pope John Paul II.
I just don't see where a previous name is mentioned when "according to the encyclical of the same name " is said? Who is "the same name"?
Thanks! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.144.73.92 ( talk) 13:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Note: This is not asking for legal advice. I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I just remembered again while answering a question on the Entertainment board. Is it unlawful to buy new copies of games/dvd/music and not opening them and download copies of the same things instead?
For example, I buy DS games but still use the ROMs because 1) I don't have to carry multiple cartridges with my DS and don't risk damaging or losing them, 2) loads and saves faster (if you play dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, you'd know why you have to save pretty frequently, and it takes two ticks to save with a ROM and like 10 for the cart), and 3) it keeps my games in pristine condition. I do that with anime too, where I watch fansubbed or DVD rips and I have a big shelf of unopened anime.
So the question is... is this illegal (etc) to any extent that I keep my stuff new, and does it change whether I plan on selling them in the future? This is probably more of a question about morals, but I don't care too much about the moral response, since for the most part, Copyright Jesus probably doesn't see it as too evil, if at all. The jurisdiction can be anywhere, since I'd be interested if there's laws in other countries about it too, even though I'm in the US. -- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 15:47, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for the titles, and if possible the location to watch these online for free, see www.watch-movies.net. In one, he is an advertising executive, but goes insane and is institutionalized, and then gets the other nutters to help him in his profession. Making adverts that are very true, and funny. The second him and his wife are trying to get pregnant and the doctor informs them that the reason they are having touble concieving is that his sperm is too hot and he then need to wear underwaer that has pockets of blocks of ice. Very funny. Any ideas people? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.115.175.247 ( talk) 15:52, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that some Wikipedians have hidden pages that are supposed to be found out. Any idea how they look like? Can they be anything, pictures as well as text? Do they usually look like ordinary links?? 117.194.228.11 ( talk) 16:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that, today, the page www.wikipedia.org shows a different order of languages, with Spanish being second instead of German. Are they ordered now from more to less readers? What is the new criterion? -- Taraborn ( talk) 17:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I'll do an example: I'm a great-grandson of Alan. Sophia is a double-great-granddaughter of Alan: her parents are first cousins and Alan is grandfather of both.
My question is: Is Sophia my second cousin or my double second cousin??
I've this problem for Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his wife Anne Marie of Orleans Please, answer me. Thaaaaaaaaanks -- 84.222.154.178 ( talk) 17:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Tango. -- 84.222.155.253 ( talk) 09:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Good evening, am very sorry to be a nuisance, it was only curiosity that made me write this, and the usual saying, ( you never ask , you never know } my name is Ron Harbridge i live in the north west, a place called astly..and was very intrigued to find out that there was a place called Harbridge even a village and a parish church witht he name Harbridge, i was hoping that you may posssibly have a contact telephone number of the Vicar of Harbridge Parish church, My wife wanted to drive down..until she realised where it was..So...if it is possible to pass on the telephone number i would be very greatful.my home e-mail is (removed for your protection). and many thanks in anticipation, Regards Ron Harbridge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.234.223.183 ( talk) 17:34, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible to get a BlackBerry Phone without the BlackBerry service? like ATT provides an offer without a Data Plan, but then there is a BlackBerry service too if I'm not wrong!The service that enables us to use the special BlackBerry button on the Phone!Don't we need to pay for that service too to make it possible to use the phone? Or is it not required??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.252.224.172 ( talk) 20:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I am working on a class project that examines how, as a culture, we give lip service to fighting against anorexia but continue to sexualize it anyway. One of the examples I want to use is this image, in which the model does indeed look decidedly unhealthy, but for some reason is posed like a pin-up girl. To emphasize the comparison, I'd like to find an image where a happy, obviously meant-to-be-attractive woman is posed as similarly as possible to the anorexic woman. Does anyone know offhand where I could find an image like that? (The Betty Grable shot isn't bad, but I bet there's something a lot closer out there.) -- Masamage ♫ 21:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Concerning the technical revaluation of currency, i.e. deciding to change the numeral value of the currency, meaning that the denominations of the currency change, as do the prices, by the same factor, meaning that in the end, the same amount of currency buys the same amount of goods anyway, only the numbers are different. Can a country just suddenly decide to do this, or do they have to consult other countries first? JIP | Talk 21:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
The answer to your specific question is no. Nations are, by definition, sovereign. They may do as they please with their own currencies. While treaty obligations may require informing other nations (e.g., in the case of a country deciding to abandon the euro), the usual case of a nation with its own, unique currency would not require any discussion whatsoever with other nations. The consequences, however, are an entirely different matter. DOR (HK) ( talk) 07:46, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
How old does a man have to be in order to become a monk in the Roman Catholic Church? -- Think Fast ( talk) 21:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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the tiny summer isles are a few miles northwest of which scottish port 149.254.120.136 ( talk) 10:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
strange question; how much do all the people in the world weight? i was just wondering, of course you can't known exactly but average person size times 6 billions, would that work? how many tonnes?
I recall reading/hearing that you can predict the weather with around a 70% accuracy by simply stating that the weather tomorrow will be the same as the weather today - and that the billions spent on weather-predicting equipment only improves that margin to about 75-80% but that that % change is easily enough to make the investment worthwhile. Is there any truth to this or is it just basically gibberish? 194.221.133.226 ( talk) 11:29, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I may simply be out of the loop; however, I looked up a wonderful man and his mission: Father Frank Provone and Prists for Life and I go this:
Priests for Life (PFL) is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the Gospel of Life according to the encyclical of the same name written by Pope John Paul II.
I just don't see where a previous name is mentioned when "according to the encyclical of the same name " is said? Who is "the same name"?
Thanks! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.144.73.92 ( talk) 13:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Note: This is not asking for legal advice. I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I just remembered again while answering a question on the Entertainment board. Is it unlawful to buy new copies of games/dvd/music and not opening them and download copies of the same things instead?
For example, I buy DS games but still use the ROMs because 1) I don't have to carry multiple cartridges with my DS and don't risk damaging or losing them, 2) loads and saves faster (if you play dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, you'd know why you have to save pretty frequently, and it takes two ticks to save with a ROM and like 10 for the cart), and 3) it keeps my games in pristine condition. I do that with anime too, where I watch fansubbed or DVD rips and I have a big shelf of unopened anime.
So the question is... is this illegal (etc) to any extent that I keep my stuff new, and does it change whether I plan on selling them in the future? This is probably more of a question about morals, but I don't care too much about the moral response, since for the most part, Copyright Jesus probably doesn't see it as too evil, if at all. The jurisdiction can be anywhere, since I'd be interested if there's laws in other countries about it too, even though I'm in the US. -- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 15:47, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for the titles, and if possible the location to watch these online for free, see www.watch-movies.net. In one, he is an advertising executive, but goes insane and is institutionalized, and then gets the other nutters to help him in his profession. Making adverts that are very true, and funny. The second him and his wife are trying to get pregnant and the doctor informs them that the reason they are having touble concieving is that his sperm is too hot and he then need to wear underwaer that has pockets of blocks of ice. Very funny. Any ideas people? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.115.175.247 ( talk) 15:52, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that some Wikipedians have hidden pages that are supposed to be found out. Any idea how they look like? Can they be anything, pictures as well as text? Do they usually look like ordinary links?? 117.194.228.11 ( talk) 16:44, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that, today, the page www.wikipedia.org shows a different order of languages, with Spanish being second instead of German. Are they ordered now from more to less readers? What is the new criterion? -- Taraborn ( talk) 17:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I'll do an example: I'm a great-grandson of Alan. Sophia is a double-great-granddaughter of Alan: her parents are first cousins and Alan is grandfather of both.
My question is: Is Sophia my second cousin or my double second cousin??
I've this problem for Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his wife Anne Marie of Orleans Please, answer me. Thaaaaaaaaanks -- 84.222.154.178 ( talk) 17:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Tango. -- 84.222.155.253 ( talk) 09:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Good evening, am very sorry to be a nuisance, it was only curiosity that made me write this, and the usual saying, ( you never ask , you never know } my name is Ron Harbridge i live in the north west, a place called astly..and was very intrigued to find out that there was a place called Harbridge even a village and a parish church witht he name Harbridge, i was hoping that you may posssibly have a contact telephone number of the Vicar of Harbridge Parish church, My wife wanted to drive down..until she realised where it was..So...if it is possible to pass on the telephone number i would be very greatful.my home e-mail is (removed for your protection). and many thanks in anticipation, Regards Ron Harbridge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.234.223.183 ( talk) 17:34, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible to get a BlackBerry Phone without the BlackBerry service? like ATT provides an offer without a Data Plan, but then there is a BlackBerry service too if I'm not wrong!The service that enables us to use the special BlackBerry button on the Phone!Don't we need to pay for that service too to make it possible to use the phone? Or is it not required??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.252.224.172 ( talk) 20:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I am working on a class project that examines how, as a culture, we give lip service to fighting against anorexia but continue to sexualize it anyway. One of the examples I want to use is this image, in which the model does indeed look decidedly unhealthy, but for some reason is posed like a pin-up girl. To emphasize the comparison, I'd like to find an image where a happy, obviously meant-to-be-attractive woman is posed as similarly as possible to the anorexic woman. Does anyone know offhand where I could find an image like that? (The Betty Grable shot isn't bad, but I bet there's something a lot closer out there.) -- Masamage ♫ 21:28, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Concerning the technical revaluation of currency, i.e. deciding to change the numeral value of the currency, meaning that the denominations of the currency change, as do the prices, by the same factor, meaning that in the end, the same amount of currency buys the same amount of goods anyway, only the numbers are different. Can a country just suddenly decide to do this, or do they have to consult other countries first? JIP | Talk 21:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
The answer to your specific question is no. Nations are, by definition, sovereign. They may do as they please with their own currencies. While treaty obligations may require informing other nations (e.g., in the case of a country deciding to abandon the euro), the usual case of a nation with its own, unique currency would not require any discussion whatsoever with other nations. The consequences, however, are an entirely different matter. DOR (HK) ( talk) 07:46, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
How old does a man have to be in order to become a monk in the Roman Catholic Church? -- Think Fast ( talk) 21:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)