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I wish to add to Portia labiata a map that shows where this species is found. The range is: Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines.
I know there is an Open Source program, but using this needs using the UNIX UI, which IMO requires using a text based command interface. I have a disability that makes it difficult to type accurately (I use Google at lot to check my typing of normal text).
Are there other ways to created such a map, with the relevant countries hight lit (all with same colour) and with tool tips to let readers show the names of the relevant countries as the user clicks? File:The Philippines and ASEAN (orthographic projection).svg gives an example for one country.
The output should show only the Old World, as Portia labiata is not found in the Americas. -- Philcha ( talk) 02:07, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I don't know where to ask this so I just ask here, because I think this place maybe the best for it. I know 4 people who have witnessed a historical event in 1989 (I don't want to say which, since addressing the exact event is not important for the answers). These people describes the reactions of the participants differently than it is acknowledged mainstream (this is important, because if this will come to light, then the entire event would be altered). My question is, that how could I represent their opinion somewhere, from where it could be cited as a reliable source here. Because I know it is just nonsense if I ask them and write down their memories about the event and post it here.
Thanks for any answers.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mogzyx ( talk • contribs)
Second question. I have found a picture of a building here, but I was unable to track it down, even the author wasn't sure about it.
Here is what he said: "I snapped this from the tour bus as we drove by and have no other info. I think it is the ugliest pile I have ever seen. This was on the Bund side (not Pudong), probably a couple of miles from the Bund and generally on the south side of the city." I am not sure what is the Bund side or the Bund, and the map of the city was a bit confusing to me.
If anyone know anything about the exact location or the name if the building I would highly appreciate it.-- Mogzyx ( talk) 03:40, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey guys thanks a lot for the great work. I know that somebody doesn't like this building, and starngely I don't like modern buildings too, but this one look good.-- Mogzyx ( talk) 20:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Dear Sir
I would like to know how to create a page for my company and how it can be retrieved by google and how can i connect it to facebook. Do let me know as soon as possible
Thanks and Regards GaneshSantosh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akulaganeshsantosh ( talk • contribs) 07:49, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm not enthralled with Facebook but I do use it. For the first time I checked out the "Find friends" link. Most of the people were relatives (friends of fiend/friends in common). As I scrolled down I saw a picture that looked familiar and on checking turned out to be another Wikipedia editor with whom I have no friends in common. Further down I found another Wikipedian, again we have have no friends in common, amd they don't have a Wikipedia and Facebook picture in common. After looking at all the Wikipedia and publicly available Facebook pages I saw there was nothing to link our Facebook pages and Wikipedia pages together. So how\why does Facebook know to offer me these people as friends? CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 08:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks all that replied. It would appear that Facebook found them from the email account associated with Wikipedia which for some reason I had shared with it. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 05:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Can someone help me settle an argument, which is whether or not Liverpool (the one in the UK) will flood if the sea levels rise ? The people that I'm arguing with keep saying that because Liverpool is built on hilly land than Liverpool cannot flood or be flooded entirely. While I keep trying to tell them that if the sea levels rise high enough than Liverpool could be flood entirely. Scotius ( talk) 12:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I think you and your friends may have different definitions of "flood" and "rise". No-one could argue with an assertion it would flood if they rose 200m. On the flip side, a heavy rain storm without sea level rise could be said to "flood" Liverpool. The language you're using is imprecise. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Liverpool and NW England and most of Scotland are actually gradually rising above the sea due to post-glacial rebound. In contrast, SE England is sinking even without global warming; this is why the greatest threat from rising sea levels in the UK is to London, East Anglia, and the south coast. Here is a newspaper article discussing a 2009 geological study which suggests the land rise will counter the effects of the current sea level rise. -- Colapeninsula ( talk) 13:04, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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I wish to add to Portia labiata a map that shows where this species is found. The range is: Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines.
I know there is an Open Source program, but using this needs using the UNIX UI, which IMO requires using a text based command interface. I have a disability that makes it difficult to type accurately (I use Google at lot to check my typing of normal text).
Are there other ways to created such a map, with the relevant countries hight lit (all with same colour) and with tool tips to let readers show the names of the relevant countries as the user clicks? File:The Philippines and ASEAN (orthographic projection).svg gives an example for one country.
The output should show only the Old World, as Portia labiata is not found in the Americas. -- Philcha ( talk) 02:07, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I don't know where to ask this so I just ask here, because I think this place maybe the best for it. I know 4 people who have witnessed a historical event in 1989 (I don't want to say which, since addressing the exact event is not important for the answers). These people describes the reactions of the participants differently than it is acknowledged mainstream (this is important, because if this will come to light, then the entire event would be altered). My question is, that how could I represent their opinion somewhere, from where it could be cited as a reliable source here. Because I know it is just nonsense if I ask them and write down their memories about the event and post it here.
Thanks for any answers.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mogzyx ( talk • contribs)
Second question. I have found a picture of a building here, but I was unable to track it down, even the author wasn't sure about it.
Here is what he said: "I snapped this from the tour bus as we drove by and have no other info. I think it is the ugliest pile I have ever seen. This was on the Bund side (not Pudong), probably a couple of miles from the Bund and generally on the south side of the city." I am not sure what is the Bund side or the Bund, and the map of the city was a bit confusing to me.
If anyone know anything about the exact location or the name if the building I would highly appreciate it.-- Mogzyx ( talk) 03:40, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey guys thanks a lot for the great work. I know that somebody doesn't like this building, and starngely I don't like modern buildings too, but this one look good.-- Mogzyx ( talk) 20:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Dear Sir
I would like to know how to create a page for my company and how it can be retrieved by google and how can i connect it to facebook. Do let me know as soon as possible
Thanks and Regards GaneshSantosh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akulaganeshsantosh ( talk • contribs) 07:49, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm not enthralled with Facebook but I do use it. For the first time I checked out the "Find friends" link. Most of the people were relatives (friends of fiend/friends in common). As I scrolled down I saw a picture that looked familiar and on checking turned out to be another Wikipedia editor with whom I have no friends in common. Further down I found another Wikipedian, again we have have no friends in common, amd they don't have a Wikipedia and Facebook picture in common. After looking at all the Wikipedia and publicly available Facebook pages I saw there was nothing to link our Facebook pages and Wikipedia pages together. So how\why does Facebook know to offer me these people as friends? CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 08:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks all that replied. It would appear that Facebook found them from the email account associated with Wikipedia which for some reason I had shared with it. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather ( talk) 05:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Can someone help me settle an argument, which is whether or not Liverpool (the one in the UK) will flood if the sea levels rise ? The people that I'm arguing with keep saying that because Liverpool is built on hilly land than Liverpool cannot flood or be flooded entirely. While I keep trying to tell them that if the sea levels rise high enough than Liverpool could be flood entirely. Scotius ( talk) 12:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I think you and your friends may have different definitions of "flood" and "rise". No-one could argue with an assertion it would flood if they rose 200m. On the flip side, a heavy rain storm without sea level rise could be said to "flood" Liverpool. The language you're using is imprecise. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Liverpool and NW England and most of Scotland are actually gradually rising above the sea due to post-glacial rebound. In contrast, SE England is sinking even without global warming; this is why the greatest threat from rising sea levels in the UK is to London, East Anglia, and the south coast. Here is a newspaper article discussing a 2009 geological study which suggests the land rise will counter the effects of the current sea level rise. -- Colapeninsula ( talk) 13:04, 9 November 2011 (UTC)