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How can a cat have two and half kittens??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:1209:34DD:0:0:13D0:10B0 ( talk) 12:25, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
A cat can't have any kittens. Two cats can have five. I leave the rest as an exercise for the class. Paid for by the 2.5 kittens in every pot foundation. μηδείς ( talk) 21:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi,
I never felt like it was taboo to talk about my salary. I had lower and higher-than-average salaries in my life and I would just tell the exact amount I make in a month if asked without being shy to make much less or more than the person who asked. However, I would never mention my salary if not asked about it cause I just think nobody really cares about it. I recently met a friend who seems to be obsessed with how much he makes. You can expect him to mention his salary within 10 minutes after meeting someone. What I realized is that he likes to lie about it. If he makes 25 an hour, he will say 30 + free food or free transportation. To the point that I never can believe him every time he suggests me to work for someone cause I can't be sure he's telling me the right amount. Why some people just like to lie about their salary? I can understand than a humble person might "lower" his salary to avoid upsetting others but what about the other way? Do you know any case of people doing it and could you understand why? 2405:4800:108C:99CF:A02F:F71D:415F:3DE8 ( talk) 14:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
If a woman calls a man honey And it's on account of his money Honey & money will soon be gone Take it away, take it away, take it away
The List of rivers of Madagascar shows over 50 rivers, and they surely have some bridges worthy of appearing in Wikipedia. I have found bridges on Google maps and other maps, but so far I have found no bridge with a name, and nothing that a bridge article should include. I posted some questions In some Madagascar articles, but no help there. Perhaps some editor here can help.-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 20:10, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Betsiboka Bridge now added, but incomplete.-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 18:36, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Black hole tells me: In 1967, a student reportedly suggested the phrase "black hole" at a lecture by John Wheeler; Wheeler adopted the term for its brevity and "advertising value", and it quickly caught on, leading some to credit Wheeler with coining the phrase.
In this video, Wheeler seems to be saying that he came up with the term himself, as a short cut way of saying "completely collapsed object". He says nothing about any student giving him the idea.
This says the term was first seen in print in 1964, three years earlier than Wheeler's lecture, and coined by Ann Ewing (NB. the expression "black hole" goes at least as far back as the Black Hole of Calcutta (1756), but 1964 seems to be the first use of the term in an astrophysical context). Ewing published in a fairly obscure journal (a newsletter, actually), and it's quite possible that more than one person came up with the idea independently.
So,
I recall hearing the term "black hole", perhaps from Dennis Sciama, as a 1st year maths undergrad at Cambridge btw. OCT1966 and JUN1967, before Wheeler's reported DEC1967 use. Not being familiar with Dicke's writings (despite being an SF fan), I assumed it was a [very apt] interlanguage pun on Karl Schwarzschild's surname. Best. Gegenbeispiel (Arthur Kaletzky) UTC 13:37 09APR2019
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How can a cat have two and half kittens??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:1209:34DD:0:0:13D0:10B0 ( talk) 12:25, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
A cat can't have any kittens. Two cats can have five. I leave the rest as an exercise for the class. Paid for by the 2.5 kittens in every pot foundation. μηδείς ( talk) 21:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Hi,
I never felt like it was taboo to talk about my salary. I had lower and higher-than-average salaries in my life and I would just tell the exact amount I make in a month if asked without being shy to make much less or more than the person who asked. However, I would never mention my salary if not asked about it cause I just think nobody really cares about it. I recently met a friend who seems to be obsessed with how much he makes. You can expect him to mention his salary within 10 minutes after meeting someone. What I realized is that he likes to lie about it. If he makes 25 an hour, he will say 30 + free food or free transportation. To the point that I never can believe him every time he suggests me to work for someone cause I can't be sure he's telling me the right amount. Why some people just like to lie about their salary? I can understand than a humble person might "lower" his salary to avoid upsetting others but what about the other way? Do you know any case of people doing it and could you understand why? 2405:4800:108C:99CF:A02F:F71D:415F:3DE8 ( talk) 14:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
If a woman calls a man honey And it's on account of his money Honey & money will soon be gone Take it away, take it away, take it away
The List of rivers of Madagascar shows over 50 rivers, and they surely have some bridges worthy of appearing in Wikipedia. I have found bridges on Google maps and other maps, but so far I have found no bridge with a name, and nothing that a bridge article should include. I posted some questions In some Madagascar articles, but no help there. Perhaps some editor here can help.-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 20:10, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Betsiboka Bridge now added, but incomplete.-- Dthomsen8 ( talk) 18:36, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Black hole tells me: In 1967, a student reportedly suggested the phrase "black hole" at a lecture by John Wheeler; Wheeler adopted the term for its brevity and "advertising value", and it quickly caught on, leading some to credit Wheeler with coining the phrase.
In this video, Wheeler seems to be saying that he came up with the term himself, as a short cut way of saying "completely collapsed object". He says nothing about any student giving him the idea.
This says the term was first seen in print in 1964, three years earlier than Wheeler's lecture, and coined by Ann Ewing (NB. the expression "black hole" goes at least as far back as the Black Hole of Calcutta (1756), but 1964 seems to be the first use of the term in an astrophysical context). Ewing published in a fairly obscure journal (a newsletter, actually), and it's quite possible that more than one person came up with the idea independently.
So,
I recall hearing the term "black hole", perhaps from Dennis Sciama, as a 1st year maths undergrad at Cambridge btw. OCT1966 and JUN1967, before Wheeler's reported DEC1967 use. Not being familiar with Dicke's writings (despite being an SF fan), I assumed it was a [very apt] interlanguage pun on Karl Schwarzschild's surname. Best. Gegenbeispiel (Arthur Kaletzky) UTC 13:37 09APR2019