What is the term for the study of bats? It's not "batology," is it? Neutrality talk 04:57, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
Why do bookies pay out odds at $X1 dollars, e.g. $51, $91, $101, $1001. What is the purpose of the extra dollar. -- Ballchef 06:32, 14 August 2005 (UTC)--
I see this betting in Australia, where the odds are often for example 51 to 1, 91 to 1, 1001 to one. Is this just an Aussie thing? -- Ballchef 09:33, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Why does earth rotate around itself?? Poop Revolvs around it and so does Peater Griffin
Conservation of angular momentum. Gdr 15:59:57, 2005-08-14 (UTC)
Why are most prices of items in shops in most of the western world (Europe and North America at least) only just below a round amount? For example, 0.99 instead of 1, 1.99 instead of 2, 9.99 instead of 10, 24.99 instead of 25, and so on? My original reasoning was that the shop "fools" people into thinking the price is significantly less than the round amount, but that can't be right, can it? It's so widespread that it must have been independently thought of in several places. — JIP | Talk 09:17, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
When was slavery abolished (in law, although perhaps not in practice) in the USA ? On the website of Free the Slaves I can see that a law was signed during the US civil war, but this by no means extended to all areas. I cannot, however, find anywhere reference to when universal legislation came into effect across all states and territories that the US controls (or controlled). Can someone please help ? Even better, perhaps an appropriate article of Wikipedia can be expanded in this respect. Many thanks
A paragraph from our article on slavery:
alteripse 12:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Have you looked at the article on Aneuploidy? 82.210.117.55 11:48, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Bad things. Each chromosome contains about 1/46 of genetic information, including thousands of genes affecting most of the organ systems in the body. Missing chromosomes (except Y and sometimes X) tend to be incompatible with fetal development. Extra chromosomes tend to cause minor or major malformation or malfunction of multiple parts of the body. alteripse 12:49, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
If your throat is slit, how long do you have to live, and what is the medical cause of death? =Nichalp «Talk»= 11:42, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
It depends on how complete a job it is. The severing of both carotid arteries results in instant deprivation of most of the brain's blood supply, unconsciousness within a couple of seconds, and irreversible brain death within 5-10 minutes. Severing one carotid would be like a massive stroke affecting one side of the brain in seconds, plus a large amount of bleeding. Loss of consciousness might not be immediate though loss of motor function might. Death from bleeding depends on the rate of blood loss-- you have to lose a lot to become unconscious, typically over 30% of blood supply. If the trachea (windpipe), but not the carotids would be cut, it might not be fatal unless bleeding or crushing obstructed breathing, in which case unconsciousness would occur within a couple of minutes and death in 5-10 minutes. Note that I am not a forensic pathologist nor a serial knife murderer, either of whom I would consider an authority. alteripse 12:43, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
I remember reading somewhere that, beneath the thick layers of ice / snow, Antartica consists of two large "islands" with a wide stretch of ocean in between, i.e. in that sense it is not a single continent. Is this true? It would be nice if the article Geography of Antartica could have a map of its iceless form. (Actually, if you did remove all the ice, would the weight reduction cause the plate to rise by a significant amount, causing a change in the contour?) Thank you.
So far I've only made small edits to the snakeboard page, and will be adding knowledge as I progress through my freshman year of college. Pakelika Is an activist and an artist with many references, but no article. I know he's a member of the KottonMouth Kings under the SRH (Supporting Radical Habits) as the "Entertainment" rather than a vocalist or musician (specific name used). It is rumored he undertook a vow of scilence for a period of a year or more. In "entertaining" he created and named his own dance style, HydroMechanics. I would apreciate help building this article and collecting information further referencing Pakelika to his creation, HyrdroMechanics, and his contributions to the Suburban Noize movement.
Also I'm new here so I need to get the syntax down, post any suggestions on my talk page. (if that's how people contact each other on Wiki)
Thanks
Thanks, i'l take a look at that. Well I guess my specific question is where do I go to ask a general question such as above?
Does anyone know the origin of the name "Hatteria", a reptile from New Zealand also named tuatara or Sphenodon? -- Tavilis 13:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
If I understand the taxonomic history correctly, then:
See [2] Gdr 15:51:32, 2005-08-14 (UTC)
My brother tries his hardest to find examples of the most riduculous and shameful souveniers wherever he goes on holiday. This year he has excelled himself. I am now in posession of the worst keyring ever. On one side is an engraving of that superb example of an automobile - the Lada. Does anyone known which model it is?
The salesman pleased at getting his attention at this fine piece of art, went on to explain it is even more valuable as it is engraved on both sides.
My heart fluttered - perhaps it would be a picture of a better Lada. Or perhaps a rarer breed of russian car.
On looking at the reverse, he was delighted to find a picture of a Russian Orthodox cleric. I should probably mention now that my brother wasn't even on holiday in Russia. There is a load of russian text. Can anyone translate, at least just the title? Dmn € Դմն 13:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
For what it's worth, here's my translation:
THE DRIVER'S PRAYER The Almighty and Allmerciful God, I humbly beseech You, save me, the sinner, and the people I am responsible for from sudden death and every danger. Merciful God, save me from the evil spirit of dare-devilry and drunkenness that cause disasters and sudden death without an opportunity to repent. Help me, Lord, to live till advanced age with the clean conscience, without the burden of having killed and maimed by my negligence, and let Your name be hallowed now, and forever, and in all ages to come. Amen.
The font is just a bit archaic, to create a religious impression. Ornil 19:13, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
Insert non-formatted text hereI've had 24 math problems; of those, three I'm having difficulty with. Can anybody help out a little? Thanks. --(Anon)
If you show the steps in your working here we can help you if you go wrong. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 15:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
I have done the first two of them; these are pre-algebra problems. The rest are solved similarly. --Karl
Why is my latex code always coming back with an error?
I want to insert an image in my document. My code is
\begin{figure} [b] \includegraphics[width=15cm]{Figures/fGA.eps} \end{figure}
(simplified to its bare minium while I work out the bug). The compiler returns
Runaway argument? width=15cm]{Figures/fGA.eps} \end {figure} ! Paragraph ended before \Gin@iii was complete. <to be read again> \par 1.46 ? ! Emergency stop.
If I use the exact same code as above, but omit the "[width=15cm]", it works fine (except I get a warning that my image is too big). If I replace cm with mm or in, I still get the error, if I play with the spacing in the width command I still get the error.
Any advice? Thanks! -Mary
\include{graphicx}
? Otherwise try \resizebox{15cm}{!}{\includegraphics{Figures/fGA.eps}}
. Cheers, --
R.Koot
16:14, 14 August 2005 (UTC)Does anyone recognize this insect? I found it lying on the garden steps in Baltimore, on August 12, 2005; it had been killed and nibbled, probably by my sister's cat. The wings visible here span about 12 cm/5 in.; the second pair of wings was badly damaged, either by the cat or by the ants that were carrying away what was left. — Charles P. (Mirv) 16:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Looks like a common moth to me.
I have a major situation on my hands, and was hoping that somebody could help. I am currently in London near the Bayswater Underground Station. I need to get to the Stansted Airport for a flight that leaves at 6:45 (so I can't arrive later than 5:30 or so). The tube closes very early and I can't figure out how to do this. The best route I can find is:
Westbourne Grove Stop F Bus N7 towards Russell Square 2:55 Marble Arch Stop R Bus N73 to Victoria Then taking a National Express Bus to the Airport
However this is both expensive and I'm not too sure that it is a good idea to be walking around/waiting at bus stops in London at 3:00am. Any good alternatives? Thank you so much for your help.
Why have so many international market/restaurant chains invaded pretty much all of Europe except for Finland? We don't have a single Burger King or Toys'R'Us, but there are plenty in Sweden and Norway. Also every time I visit a neighbouring country I see lots of sweets at the supermarket that aren't for sale in Finland. Even Estonia has those! We do have McDonald's pretty much everywhere, though, even including the world's northernmost one. But what is keeping the others away? Is it the high tax rate? Or are our own chains so strong the competition scares the others away? — JIP | Talk 20:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
i would like to know if you have any imformation about a drug for treating highblood pressure called LUOBUMA? And if it was approved by the FDA.
It looks like Luobuma is a tea extract, not a patented drug. See PMID 15516813 for an article on the antihypertensive effects. alteripse 22:19, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
We think it's a narwhal, but we're not sure. — Sebastian (talk) 22:24, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
:-) Frenchman113 22:58, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
would like to have wone
Okay I have Visual C++.NET 8 (2005 Express). I want to know if the syntax here differs from any in Visual C++ 6 (for which my dad has many books). If it does, can you point me to some useful books/info. about it (to learn it -- I am starting from almost-scratch, btw)? Also, how come I never see books on VC++.NET? I always see them on VB.NET or just .NET framework. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 02:12, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontecoulant (1764-1853), French politician, was born at Caen on the 57th of November 1764. He began a career in the army in 1778.
Seems a bit unlikely. Rmhermen 03:12, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
This might be a stupid question but I have always wondered why some of Poe's poems appear in published books entitled "To _______" or "To F_______s S. O________d" or a published letter of his is always called "Letter to B______". Are these "censored" for a reason? Were those parts of the title not readable and therefore the underscore is substituted? (The latter seems most unlikely). Is there another reason entirely for the "mystery?" (I know we are dealing with Poe here afterall =)
I posted this before with no response - so if you can't help out, can you at least respond saying that you have no idea and that my puzzlement isn't entirely silly? Thank you very much. -- Nadsat 03:32, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
I answered it on July 23 as follows: This was not Poe being idiosyncratic, nor were the titles censored by an editor or anyone else. It was common in the 19th century to refer to a real person mentioned in a literary work by only an initial. Presumably it was considered a matter of delicacy or reserve or preservation of privacy. Names were used in news despatches or frankly biographical or historical accounts. The extreme was reached in the fiction of the latter 19th century, when many authors, especially in Europe, began referring to fictional characters as, for example, "S___" in order to amplify the verisimilitude that a real person was being alluded to. You can find many examples in Russian and French novels all the way to the early 20th century. alteripse 09:03, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
Thank you so much everyone for your responses! I apologize Alteripse, TresArboles, and Nunh-huh - I must have missed the response and when I tried to look back I could have sworn I did not see a response had been made. Thank you so very much, yet again - Wikipedia Reference Desk to the rescue! =) -- Nadsat 05:33, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
Is the name Simon only used in the UK, and not the USA? There's Simon Furman, Simon Moon ( Daphne Moon's brother), Simon the Sorcerer, my little brother's friend's little brother Simon, my former work colleague Simon, and all of them are British. I don't think I've ever heard of an American Simon. Are there any? — JIP | Talk 20:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of those colored spots and patterns you see before your eyes in the dark, or when you close your eyes? I don't mean floaters.
have any australians been seeded number one in the world since 2000
In regard to the Simon question, are there any American names that are not popular in the UK? Names like "Billy Bob" or "Suzie Mae" don't count. =) — JIP | Talk 06:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I want to make a little template of my own to use on my user page. Is there any way I can do this without adding it to the pile of Wikipedia templates? CanadaGirl
Are there any premier class (i.e. top level) racing forms around the world that use the concept of reverse grid (where the finishing order of the previous race/session is reversed for the start of the next race)? The development class of touring car racing in Australia does, but is it an unfeasible idea for the top racing classes? -- Ballchef 06:52, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
The volume of bismuth is 15,598,531 pm3 or 15µm3 right?
Dear Wikipedia,
I need reference on the RSK Dinara.The RSK has fallen according to your info.What happens if I own a RSK dinara banknote?Can I exchange it for a valid currency?Thank you.I appreaciate any information that you can help with this.
(I'm sorry I keep asking LaTeX questions here - I haven't yet found a latex forum where people are as nice and helpful as here)
I'm trying to get three equations lined up. Normally, I'd use an array, but these equations already use arrays. I've tried nesting them, but haven't managed to get anything to work yet.
How would I get the following equations to line up with the equals signs one on top of the other?
\[F_i(t) = \mbox{field of source $i$ at time $t$}\] \[D_i(t) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} \frac{|F_i(t) - F_i(t - 1)|}{F_i(t - 1)} & \quad \mbox{: $F_i(t - 1) > 0$}\\ 0.05 & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\] \[Q_i(t) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l l} \alpha \frac{D_i(t)}{\sum_{j} D_j(t)} + (1 - \alpha) & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: $\sum_{j} D_j(t) > 0$}\\ & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\]
(Raw code shown since I can't get Wikipedia to parse it...)
Any help really appreciated! Thanks very much, --Mary
\[ \begin{array}{l l} F_i(t) = & \mbox{field of source $i$ at time $t$}\\ D_i(t) = & \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} \frac{|F_i(t) - F_i(t - 1)|}{F_i(t - 1)} & \quad \mbox{: $F_i(t - 1) > 0$}\\ 0.05 & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\\ Q_i(t) = & \left\{ \begin{array}{l l l} \alpha \frac{D_i(t)}{\sum_{j} D_j(t)} + (1 - \alpha) & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: $\sum_{j} D_j(t) > 0$}\\ & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\\ \end{array} \]
Great, that works! Thanks! Final question: When I use hyphens in LaTeX within a word, like "twenty-three", LaTeX pushes the second word into the hyphen, so that they overlap. What can I do to prevent this? I'm using \usepackage{palatino} and compiling straight to pdf using pdflatex (as I use png's in my document). Any help? --Mary
I would greatly appreciate any information that u have with respect to the maximum amount of hours that a person is allowed to work for any period (24 hours, 1 week or 1 month). If there is an international standard or a specific one for the country i am in, which is trinidad and tobago, this will greatly help me and my fellow employees. Thanking u in advance for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely, S. Boodoo
http://nugfw.org.tt/LabourLinks/trinidad_tobago_labourlinks.htm
I know for a fact there is no overall standard in the US at least. There was a big change when medical doctor resident training programs set work hours standards and reduced the hours they could work to average 80 a week and 30 hours straight (How generous of them). I know for a fact some programs still regularly exceed this and some have already lost their accredidation for it. - Taxman Talk 20:08, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
There is no federal maximum at all in the United States, though for most positions, you must pay time and a half for everything past 40 hours. A list of exempt employees is available here. I recall that if you are in a position that is on call for 24 hours a day, you must have 24 hours off in a row every week, but I can't seem to find anything about that on the DOL website. This is far less strict than the EU, which requires
This site says the commission recommends making it possible to opt-out of the maximum. James 08:00, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
I am attempting to identify a book I obtained circa 1970s, then lost. Its was Asimov's inventory of great innovations in the Western World starting from about 3000 BC. If I remember correctly, it documented about 1800 innovations worthy of the catalog. Please help. charliet
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology? Published in 1972. What do you want to know? Trollderella 17:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm mounting carbon monoxide detectors in my boat. Typically, the average ambient temperature is 85 degrees farenhite and the altitude is 357 feet above mean sea level. Do I mount the detectors high or low in the boat, i.e., is the CO lighter or heavier than the air in the vessel?
Does anyone know where I could find hi-res satalite photos of the NYC tri state area, minus any type of water marking or pixelation? so not google, and not blue marble, something hi res, and close up -- anon
I need the code for a program... it needs to be able to make digits 0-9. Thank you. 65.37.93.12 18:36, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
rand()
function. Here's a sample:#include <cstdlib> #include <ctime> #include <iostream> int main() { std::srand(std::time(NULL)); std::cout << (std::rand() % 10) << std::endl; return 0; }
using namespace std;
after the #includes instead of putting std:: before every function.How much gasoline, kerosene, diesel, paraffin, or other extractant can one get from a single barrel of oil? In other words, when I use a gallon of gasoline, am I using up a gallon of crude oil? anon.
Why do semi trucks have the prefix "semi" in front of it? Andrea
Quote: [...] neutrino has zero tree-level mass
what "tree-level" means, in layman lingo? My guess is that this has something to do with Pertubative Expansion (1-level (1st-order), 2-level (2nd order), 3-level (3rd order) aproximations, corrections) and that the author had made a typo (...or not).
Can some one give-me a clue? Even if you dont have expertise at the field, I would apreciate your answer (any answer).
An empirical formula can be written for copper(II) oxide but not a molecular formula. Why not?
What are the symptoms of appendicitis?
What are the symptoms of appendicitis?
there any ways to block people, not their ip, but to actually reslove it to a specific region or computer, and block them not their ip, would cut down on a lot of vandalism-- I-2-d2 15:45, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in tracing a distant relative of mine, and not sure where to start.
Can you please give me any advice on where to go, websites to look up, to get details of Edmund Lyons Family Tree.
The only infomation I have been able to glean so far, is his achievments in life, but nothing on immediate family members.
Thank you for time in this matter, and appreciate any help and/or advice given.
Regards Mrs Pauline Tilley email removed
At Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion, there's been a debate over whether to include photos, of, say, masturbation or similar subject matter. One issue that came up is whether or not hosting these images violates the law, since WP has no age verification system. Obviously, this isn't a request for formal legal advice--but are there any lawyers out there who could comment on this? Images in question include Image:Vibe.jpg (woman with vibrator) and Image:Handj.jpg (man masturbating). Thanks in advance, Meelar (talk) 16:32, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
When was Wikipedia created? Is Wikipedia also the creator of ChemistryDaily.com? If so when was Chemistry Daily created? How can I see when a certain article was originally created. Shannon L.
And the front page says the Wikipedia was created in 2001. -- bodnotbod 22:35, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Why does temperature decrease with an increase in altitude (in the troposphere of course) ? I found a mention of it in Earth's atmosphere. It says the phenomenon is called expansive cooling but thats a red link. Jay 18:08, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
The red link should have pointed to Joule-Thomson effect (it does now). However, I don't think this is correct (the thermodynamics in that section of Earth's atmosphere look decidedly iffy to me), so I will try to do a quick explanation here. The troposphere is not heated directly by the sun: any radiation from the sun which can be absorbed by the atmosphere has already been filtered out in the thermosphere and (especially) the stratosphere. The troposphere is heated directly by the Earth's surface. The heating effect decreases as you move away from the Earth's surface, and so the temperature decreases. Anyone else want to fill out the vast simplifications I've made there? Physchim62 00:48, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
As we all know, green space produces oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide. Both being major players in the atmosphere and greenhouse affect. What about the ozone layer?
I was wondering how the cycles of Fall's natural defoliation (loss of leaves and plants) and Spring's blossoming and refoliation (increase of flowers, leaves and plants), affects the ozone layer and it's holes. Could the accumulative effects of Fall and Winter be showing up by Springtime (slowed by cooler atmospheric temperatures), and therefore the effects of Spring's bounty be showing up by Summertime (speeded up by warmer temps.)? Or is the dying off of the grasses, etc. in Summer's heat causing a problem? Has this ever been studied?
Do these things affect the size of the ozone holes? And are they involved in the loss, and increase, in atmospheric ozone during the year? Therefore, influencing the fluctuation of the holes?
Being an enclosed environment, mathematics and science should indicate if there is such an occurrence. Not only has the amount of land covered by green space been diminished, but also the overall height of that space, as well as the variety of the plants incorporated into it. The sum of the height, width, depth TIMES both sides of the surface which to varying degrees produce or absorb, the oxygen or carbon dioxide. THEN in relation to NOW.
Does the oxygen released by this green space eventually turn into ozone? I was told it was from the oceans; but if that is the case, then why are we now finding vast dead zones in our oceans? Is it just the plantlife in the oceans that replace it?
Human activities such as deforestation and development also decreases green space, reducing its ability to produce oxygen and decrease carbon dioxide. This must affect the ozone layer I'm sure. Sort of a Catch22. By depleting green space, our oxygen is depleted, the carbon dioxide in the air increased. The very gas, carbon dioxide, which it absorbs, green space releases as it decays or is burnt. (see photosynthesis) Has the accumulated gain and losses over the centuries finally taken a toll on the system? Taking into account both the more permanent factors of development, as well as the variability of the green space. Are we just seeing the beginning of these effects? How are such things calculated?
Signed Martina Herrick
The relation between GW and OD is also discussed at global warming. Small note: changes in the O2 levels in that atmos are obs, and correspond to what you would expect, given the inc in CO2. I think. William M. Connolley 14:03:32, 2005-08-20 (UTC).
Thanks from Martina Herrick
Is there any article about "sam chon do"? I encountered it when reading a Russian site(сам чон до), http://www.hvan.ru/ and I am unsure of the transliteration into English.
I am currently educating myself on Russian via language tapes and workbooks for the written word. сам - ? чон - itself до - to
The word I am unfamiliar with does not have the usual verb conjugation, is too short to be an uncommon adjective or adverb so I am almost certain it is a noun. However I am not certain as to what the noun is.
How many times has Alan Dershowitz argued before the Supreme Court? Neutrality talk 06:51, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
I don't know and I couldn't find it on Google, but I guess you could e-mail him at the address on this page if you really want to know. -- Think Fast 15:29, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
Has the US military made any effort to educate or prepare its soldiers about post-traumatic stress disorder? If such education exists, has it had a notable impact on the incidence of PTSD within military forces? Thank you. -- Brasswatchman 20:59, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
My father is PTSD and served in the Australian Army in Vietnam.If you check out the VVCS or Vietnam Veterens Counselling Service in Western Australia(definately),you will find alot of information on how they are helping Australian Vietnam Veterens deal with the associated mental and physiacl problems.If you wish to explore further you will other related topics such as,the effect on the children of veterans,and the extensive tests done on their health and their mental similarities taken from their parents.
Can anyone remember the plot of the episode 28 "Moving Out" of the TV show Webster. I recall that the family moves into a new house and discover secret passageways? Particularly, why were the passageways there, and what was up with the little girl (possible the ghost of the daughter of the old owners of the house). In particular, please explain the scene where Webster finds the girl in the passageway. I can't remember what the deal was. Google is no use. I really would appreciate any help.
I posted this last month when this question appeared before. It has since been placed the July II archive. PedanticallySpeaking 17:52, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Is it true that native English pronunication lacks an /e/ sound at the end of the word? At least from what I've heard of native English speakers, if they try to pronounce an "e" at the end of the word "as it is written" (e.g. in German or Latin) they always turn it into either /ei/ or a schwa. I've had enough conversations with native German speakers (at BoundCon, for example), understanding them and getting understood myself, to know that Germans pronounce a final "e" as /e/, like we Finns do. I suppose native English speakers could do this with practice in foreign languages, but is there a more "Englishy" way? — JIP | Talk 16:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
As a note not specifically about terminal e sounds, it is extremely difficult for someone of any original language to properly say a vowel sound that does not exist in their language once they've become toddlers or so. This is why Americans are incredibly bad at German umlauts and many of the French vowel sounds. They have simply lost the innate ability to make the sounds. With hard work, it is possible to train oneself to say it correctly, however. The e sound as in pet does exist in English, so it is possible for English speakers to say it, as long as they're aware that's how it's supposed to be pronounced. That being said, I think if you gave people a word in German that ended in e, say Liebe, told them the final e was pronounced and asked them to say it, they would use a schwa. James 23:35, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure that final [e] usually turns into [ə] in English. Maybe that happens for words from German, but for Japanese loanwords it seems to become [i:]. For example karaoke, [kaɾao:ke] in Japanese, becomes [kaɹijoʊki:] in English; the placename Kobe becomes [koʊbi:] in English. Gdr 15:28:33, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
On the other hand, some Japanese [e] endings become [ei], for example sente becomes [sentei] and gote becomes [goʊtei]. Gdr 19:02:03, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
What type of server and ISP would I need? Thanks! 65.37.93.12 18:40, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Out of interest, why do you wish to host the site at home? -- bodnotbod 22:20, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
I figure I coul d have MySql at home also, and host forums, put up files... and whatnot. 216.194.60.158 20:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
As both an animation freak and a DPRK watcher, I couldn't help but download an some North Korean animation. I've only downloaded "Boy general (part 4)" so far, as whatever server is hosting these files is ridiculously slow (and the sound in the file is a bit corrupted as well)… Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the production; with its orchestral music and lack of limited animation, it was on par with the old WB theatrical shorts, but at "episode" length. I'm curious if anyone knows more about these productions, especially when they were made (as they seem to be lacking a date) and what their plots are. Garrett Albright 22:56, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to inhibit a redox reaction using electrolysis. The redox equation is shown below:
My hypothesis is:
Is this correct?
I was wondering if there are any programs that can simulate Wikipedia's particular implementation of the MediaWiki software, but fit in one or two 1.4" floppies?
My online computer time is limited, but I want to be able to write full articles from scratch and see how they would look (and thus check for coding errors, ugliness, etc.) before I add them to Wikipedia.
Additionally, it'll have to work on Windows 2000.
Is there anything that can do this? Almafeta 07:53, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
To use it, wouldn't you need to have a server running that knows to check for pages on the floppy? — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 20:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
There are certainly ways to solve this; Pilaf's Live Preview is a 15 kilobyte javascript that parses wikisyntax. Adapting a webpage to use the script and the wikipedia stylesheets should make a package to preview wikipedia articles with a web browser that fits on one floppy and less. — Sverdrup 00:13, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I put together a stan-alone previewer of Wikipedia syntax, using Pilaf's Live Preview. Download it by right-clicking this link and saving as "Wikipreview.html" or similar: Wikipreview.html. The file is a 40 kilobyte web page that can be viewed and used with a web browser, but without requiring internet access. The preview is not perfect, but I think it works. — Sverdrup 00:52, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if I could find out some positive ID on these seagull photos, and whether or not the color of their legs has anything to do with their age. Thanks! -- Fir0002 09:38, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
This question was a question asked from a previously posted thread which has been archived
Why do they call Australia, "down under".
If you live in the northern hemisphere and look at australia on an ordinary globe, isn't it pretty obvious? alteripse 13:02, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for more information about a particular set of buildings in Paris, located at 14 rue Perree, in Arrondissement III. As I recall, they bear the standard of the Ministre du Budget, and still seem to be government-run. When I asked an employee who was outside of the building (in my horrible French) about what the purpose of the buliding was, they said they couldn't tell me. Can anyone help me out? You can find pictures of the building online here. Thank you very much. -- Brasswatchman 06:24, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
what is the most popular resterant in Austrilia?
I vividly recall watching the A&E documentary The Face of Tutankhamun and reading its accompanying book (ISBN 0571168450).
In one episode the guy interviewed said that the tiny dagger found near King Tut's heart was made of steel, and talked about how exciting this find was for them.
BUT our Iron Age article say it is iron. Which is correct? I'm confused...
I wouldn't like to think "we" would be wrong about such a basic detail, but I thought that the whole point of the song-and-dance about its descovery was because it was steel of an unprecedented age? — Garrett Talk 06:58, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
This is getting away from the question: was it iron or was it steel???????? Simple. The issue here is not when steel was or wasn't invented, but which Tut's dagger made of? Garrett Talk 11:35, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
In the Severn Railway Bridge there is a link to some archive footage of the demolition of the bridge. Watching the footage, one of the final pieces of commentary says that 15 of the spans of the bridge were not sold for scrap metal, but were sold intact to be re-used as bridge spans elsewhere in the world. Does anyone know where these re-used spans are to be found ? Thanks--JRL 06:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Martyharhar--- Martyharhar 08:45, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Balance? Karma? -- Brasswatchman 09:22, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
Comeuppance? David Sneek 10:50, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Maybe reciprocity. I don't know if there's a perfect one-word solution, though. "Just desserts" would cover it ... Proto t c 11:34, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Poetic justice (although that's two words) ? Gandalf61 13:16, August 17, 2005 (UTC) Inevitability
Inconvenience. -- bodnotbod 22:48, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Hell. -- Matt Yeager 22:37, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Is there any freeware that will allow me to send my VoIP ( Skype) incoming calls to my headphones, but at the same time have my TV display ( from my PC's TV card ) sound sent to the PC speakers ? This software would enable a user to watch TV on their PC, but then take their VoIP phone calls on their headphones, without fiddling with the sound settings. I hope this is an appropriate place for this type of question (pushing the limits perhaps)--jrleighton 10:47, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
I've seen some people often thinking aloud i.e. uttering every word that the person is currently thinking even when noone around is noticed by the person. Is this a disorder? Are there any psychological reasons such as craving for attention etc., for this? -- Sundar \ talk \ contribs 11:55, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
What are characteristics of the songs that the Australian rock band - "Midnight Oil" wrote?
What does the lyrics in their songs "Beds are Burning" and "Power and the passion" mean?
If there are any more interesting information on this band - Midnight Oil - please include it too.
Thanks.
If you can tolerate the hideous navigation of The All Music Guide do a search on the band and, to the left, you'll see "mood words" that users have assigned to them:
There's some additional critique there and their style too. -- bodnotbod 22:58, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
What are people's thoughts on the above expression (cf. "I couldn't care less"). My girlfriend shoots me a vicious glare every time I use it, but I've even now spotted it in a New York Times headline (where it was being used un-self-consciously). The only article I can find that mentions it is American and British English differences, where it mentions that the original usage may have been sarcastic(?)
So, is it an acceptable idiom, or is it a sign that language is going down the tubes, since it actually means the exact opposite of what the person using it intends to say?
It's an example of a idiom that doesn't correspond to the literal meaning of the words. This is commonplace. Other examples are "head over heels", "shouldn't wonder if", "more than you can help", "near miss", "literally" (i.e., metaphorically), "back and forth", "ass backwards" etc etc. You might regard the phenomenon as an unfortunate debasement or as an amusing feature. Gdr 14:23:21, 2005-08-17 (UTC)
(1) No-one can say if it should be either form. It all depends on the context. In the UK "could care less" sounds odd and wouldn't be acceptable in any formal context. However, in the US it seems to be much more acceptable; Google finds occurrences in ordinary prose in the New York Times whereas in the Guardian it only finds direct quotes from Americans. I wouldn't use "could care less" myself, but I don't object to "head over heels". (2) There seems to be little or no evidence that "could care less" is sarcastic or ironic in origin. (On the other hand, there's not much evidence the other way either!) (3) The idea that language change is the result of "debasement" and "mistakes" makes it harder to understand what's really going on? Was the great vowel shift a "mistake"? Is modern English debased? What does that even mean? Read the article that Shimgray linked to, which describes an ordinary phenomenon of language change by which the phrase could have arisen. Gdr 15:33:16, 2005-08-17 (UTC)
Well, in England it is always 'I couldn't care less', I have always wondered whether I misheard Americans who I thought I heard say 'I could care less'. Trollderella 16:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
People often say "cheap at half the price" - I don't know wheter this is meant to be sarcastic or not. This is perhaps an example of the same phenomenon. 19:55, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I copied this statement from your Air Force info section:
Schriever AFB is the only U.S Air Force base without a runway, and the only base named after a person who was still alive at the time.
Actually, Los Angeles Air Force Base also does not have a runway. I believe that LAAFB is the only base names after a city. (That is what I am told, I'm no authority.)
I didn't feel I had the authority to edit the info. Perhaps it is something you would like to review first.
Thanks!
Great information!
Elizabeth
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Who first identified the spiral (or spiral barred) shape of the Milky Way galaxy? How did they do it?-- Fangz 19:40, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I have not the remotest idea what these messages are about. I do not wish to offend anybody but when people make false accusations it tells you something about the person or persons making the false accusations. I had assumed that your site was an attempt to be professional and that you would honour you own rules. If you are experiencing mischief it certainly is not from my computer.
My original inquiry was a serios inquiry about the Temple of Hera located on the Island of Samos. I wondered if anybody had any extensive information on its dimensions and how it compared with the Temple of Artemis.
The tourist guides on this Island tell a pretty weird story.
In view of some of the comments I prefer to remain annonomous. I am not interested in writing or editing articles in any way.
OK, so we don't yet seem to have an article on the
Temple of Hera (also known as the
Basilica of Hera). However, there is plenty of information on the place. The building measures c. 24.5×53.3m. according to
this site, which has floor plans.
this site has some cool photos, as does
this one. Anyone fancy helping on an article?
Trollderella
00:50, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I've seen a number of sweepstakes based in the US that say winners in other countries will have to pass a short intelligence test to claim their prize. What's with this? Is it some ancient legal stipulation? Is it racism? Is it just tradition? ~~ N ( t/ c) 22:00, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know what questions they actually ask though? That could easily be used to ask incredibly difficult questions to get out of giving out a prize. - Taxman Talk 23:09, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
If it is a random game, then it is governed under gambling laws, if it is a test of skill it is not. Trollderella 00:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
how can hand tools be used in space without loosing them. robert
You could brace yourself against something else? Trollderella 00:17, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the past tense of permitir, meaning "to permit", as in "six absences are permitted"? Hermione 1980 22:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Is there a CMS system that will allow me to upload lot's of additional content to my client's site withouth affecting the rest of their site. I need a tool designed specifically for uploading content pages. Any suggestions?
I read somewhere on Wikipedia that there is a technical term for imitating sounds or actions on the internet with a textual representation. What is this called? -- HappyCamper 02:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I know that for a sundial you use the Equation of Time.
Is there any need to make a similar correction when trying to read sidereal time by the stars? (I know there is a seasonal correction to get the time of day from sidereal time, but it is linear, no?) -- Juuitchan
Hi, I recently took some photos of a flower. It was taken in Melbourne, Australia during winter:
-- Fir0002 12:17, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
It looks like a camelia to me. Look at the leaves, not rose-type leaves, camelia (sp) -like leaves.
Its a camellia japonica.There are many different colours and varieties and they can be found in any good Botanical book.
Hi. I am wondering if anyone can explain what the 'meaning' is behind the name of Koxinga (國姓爺). I would have guessed that it is something like "Master of the country's name" but maybe someone who knows better can verify this for me. Thank you. Duomillia 16:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that a way to tell who the best home run hitter of all times is, is to find out which player has hit the most home runs off the best pitchers. It would take a lot of research, but with todays technology it seems as though it could be done. Can anyone suggest a person or a company that would be capable of this?
There was a time when a person without a college education could become a doctor, dentist, or lawyer simply by taking the appropriate exam (such as the Bar exam to become a lawyer). Now, it seems that in order to practice these professions, you are required to have at least a Bachelor's degree. When did this occur, and why? For example, in 1939, a man, living in the South at the age of 28 and working in a store, decided to take the Bar exam. He passed and opened up his own law office. Could this happen in today's times? Thank you.
Having said that, universities will often give significant course credit for relevant experience or self study. Trollderella 19:47, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Are there places in the United States where one can view view geologic evidence of the great flood? If so, where?
In Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana, there is definitely evidence of big flooding; however, this is not generally attributed to a worldwide flood. -- Matt Yeager 22:56, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys.
I have a question. There is a lot of files with US states and Counties borders of each state. How can I find out borders of cities inside each county ? So, I mean that I need to see borders for each city or town in any county.
Thank you in advance.
Jack
Is there a particular county you are interested in? PedanticallySpeaking 17:58, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Dear Sir or Madam,
I notice that my contribution on "Pami"--an 8th Century BC Egyptian Pharaoh--on Wikipedia is still being listed in the 'Wikipedia: Votes for Deletion' box. However, all the voters here agree that my article here should be kept with the exception of 'Erwin Walsh' who first posted a delete on this subject. I have noticed that some Wikipedia posters have criticised Mr. Walsh for allegdly Bulk VfD tagging other contributions without fully reading them first.
May inquire if Wikipedia will remove my contribution on Pami from the 'Wikipedia: Votes for Deletion' box. This seems an unnecessary form of purgatory for a Pharaoh whose existence is unquestioned by all scholars and who is documented by contemporary monuments from his own reign. Pami is certainly not a " fictitious entry" as Mr. Walsh has claimed.
Fabian from Vancouver, Canada Thank You. -- 216.113.201.138 09:49, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
i have recently come across some peruvian slave bracelets.I have looked for information in regards to their origin and could only find that they were used by the spanish conquerors during the time of the inca to identify slaves.They are a bracelet made from alpaca silver and have a wristband and chains connected to each finger.I have tracked more down to celtic areas where they were given as tokens of love and/or to show that a maiden had captured a mans heart.I have also found some in indian culture and in some arabian nations that look very similar or at least appear to be based on a similar design.They can be found in many belly-dancing shops around the world.My question is this?What are their true origins?Is it incan culture they originated from or were they brought over from spain and if so,where did the spanish find them.I do not wish to wear something that symbolizes pain,death or slavery.
There seem to be three main meanings of slave bracelet:
(The term is also used in BDSM fiction, e.g. John Norman's Gor series.) My guess is that meanings 2 and 3 come from the association of chains with slavery, and are not derived from any actual use of these bracelets by slaves. But maybe there's more to the story. What does the OED say? Gdr 18:15:11, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
Does anybody know what the film was...it was made in 1980, according to the article on the Rank Organisation. Thanks
Which American or British cartoon or sitcom character had a habit of saying "yesno?" — JIP | Talk 13:22, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
what is the difference between science and superstition?
A superstition is a belief about how the physical world works that is not supported by statistical or physical evidence but is transmitted as part of the "knowledge base" of a particular culture. Science is the body of knowledge about the way the physical world works that is supported by statistical or physical evidence. Facts and theories that are part of the science "knowledge base" should be supportable or refutable indepedently of culture. alteripse 15:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
It's not quite the same answer, but you should consider Clarke's Third Law, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke. BlankVerse ∅ 00:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for a career field or a job specialty that has a lot to do with historical maps, heraldry, and historical languages. I have most of a Bachelor's degree in French and Linguistics, but I've decided to be really happy I have to find a job doing the things I love, and ever since I was a little kid I've been fascinated by historical borders, genealogy, heraldry, and the linguistic tradition of regions, countries, and other territories (especially in Europe). However, I find it is extremely difficult to find a job or career that synthesizes all of these interests into one field. Any help would be appreciated, I'm pretty much uprooted right now and can travel anywhere and learn anything if it means I get to do what makes me happy. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 15:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Let me make it clear that this isn't a job solicitation, I'm just looking for direction towards some field I can try to look for work in. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 17:06, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I know a person who has just three fingers in each hand. I'm very curious about it but I didn't ask him in case he was sensitive about it. Does this anomaly have a medical name, is it known, are there any other people (without being a "coincidence") in this state and does it have any known cause? Thank you very much to all in advance, Wikipedia rules!!
-- 85.50.3.24 16:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Although tridactyly would be a perfectly acceptable medical term, a far more common birth defect that results in reduced fingers is ectrodactyly. There are several forms of this, some isolated and some associated with other anomalies. The hand in ectrodacytly is often formed abnormally in other ways. A "lobster claw" deformity is most common. Versions of ectrodactyly are far more common than symmetric bilateral tridactyly without other hand or body anomalies. alteripse 21:35, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
A lack of fingers or toes is hypodactyly (compare with polydactyly, the condition of having extra fingers or toes; see dactyly for other words derived from the Greek δακτυλος, meaning "finger"). The condition of having only three fingers and a thumb is called tetradactyly. (The condition of having only three digits, including the thumb, would be tridactyly, however on the web I can only find this word used of three-toed ancestors of the horse, so I doubt that doctors use it). Gdr 16:22:06, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
In the movie the male role is a concert violinist. I think it was a Boyer movie and perhaps Alexiz Smith, but could be wrong on stars. I saw this movie twice in the summer of 1945 and agonized for years for the name and stars. Thank you for any help you can provide. Barbara Hayes Portsmouth, NH 03801 BahbNail@aol.com
What pace (miles per day), assuming adequate supply of food & water, can a horse laden only with rider and saddle be reasonably expected to maintain for an assumed indefinite period?
I tried to search for this information on Horse-related articles but found no answers... The Confessor 19:20, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the distance of a Click? The term is used in Science Fiction stories.
Click is commonly used here in Canada (where metric is used officially) to refer to "kilometre", or for "kilometre per hour". Ground Zero 20:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi there,
can you help to place an article on 'definition of time' in the wonderful Wikipeda on the wonderful world of web? This is a very important concept (word) in physics, philosophy, theology. etc.
My Google search did not recover a useful definitive if not definite definition of it. Even Einstein's quote 'time is something we measure with a clock' is more like in a circular logic; and it certainly is not good for use in theology. Dealing with 'time' concept in God-talk (theology), we see, there is no clock and there is no measurment act as such. Einstein as any other attemt to describe and define 'time' must be confusing it with 'duration of time'.
In my layman's opinion, a definition of time should have something do to with the basic frame-work of being in the sense of existence. Yes, a certain kind of frame-work, fundamental, even does not tied with 'spatial' dimension. The space-time concept in relativity theory, itself is a derived one and it needs its own definition.
But I don't think I can say a 'temporal' frame-work, however tempting it is, unless I first define 'temporal' without using the undefined word 'time' to avoid a circular logic. And along with defintion, an explanation of Planck time should be added as well as the discrete nature of time (not just continous seemly 'flowing' perception of it) a la quantum theory of physics.
Sincerely yours,
Oun Kwon, M.D. <email removed>
where we have to define dimension(s) of time. Just as Space is perhaps more than 3 dimensions because of the effects of Gravity, in the wonderful world of Science Fiction genre' of Time travel, there is chronological time that most of us experience, there are parallel realities that we can end up in, if we change some pivot point of history to have different results, there is the process of traveling sideways in time, between two or more of those multi-universe dimensions, and Karma, where our reality is dependent on some action by a time travler whose chronological past time can be interfered with, preventing whatever. AlMac| (talk) 23:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
1. Is there any way to surround a figure or diagram by a thick black frame in LaTeX? How about a a block of text, like a chunk of source-code?
Thanks, 199 22:28, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
2. A second question: The first figure in chapter three of my paper is, quite rightly, labeled as figure 3.1. However, using \label{mypic.fig} and "see figure \ref{mypic.fig}" , I have my figure labeled 3.1 and the reference labeled 3.2, which is, of course, wrong. I've run pdflatex several times to try to get the labels to synch up, but they don't. This is possibly caused by the fact that I refer to the image at the beginning of section 3.2. As I specify that the image should be at the top of the page, it places the image above the section heading, technically in section 3.1. Thus, the figure is in section 3.1, the reference is in section 3.2, the figure is labeled 3.1 and the reference comes back as... 3.2. Is this related? How do I make the reference synch up with the label? I quite like the figure above the section heading, so I'd prefer not to mess with that. Thanks! 199 22:55, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
\begin{tabular}{ |p{5cm}| } \hline Here is my paragraph and it is quite pretty. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\framebox[1.1 \width]{Here's my paragraph again.}
Well, you could try this Google search -- bodnotbod 23:28, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know the biggest casino in Macau? Biggest in a profit sense. Rentastrawberry 23:35, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
how do i find out who died in the bombings
You might start with 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings article AlMac| (talk) 03:14, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Could someone help me identify these pictures of birds I took at the San Diego Zoo? I think they are hornbills but I would like to know what species excactly. I recorded audio notes on my camera but apparently they don't transfer over to your PC. Thanks, Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 02:43, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, all hornbills;
Note that it is generally considered bad form to illustrate articles with pictures of obvious captive birds/animals! - MPF 11:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
A general tip for getting info on pics of unidentified animals, plants, etc., - you're likely to get a better response posting at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life: many of the regulars there don't look in here very often - MPF 11:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Do we have an article? Trollderella 03:01, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
OK, will start something at star clock, stellar chonography or telling the time by the stars - any ideas which?! Trollderella 16:33, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is just a hypothetical question, but if I wanted to remove my images from wikipedia, do I still have the rights to do so after I have released them under the GFDL? If not, is there a wiki accepted copyright tag which would allow me to have those rights?
Thanks -- Fir0002 03:26, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in actual staitstical information regarding the proportion of beautiful women within a population. I know that this sounds like a silly thing to study, but...
All, or at least most, of us are familiar with how the media is always on the lookout for beautiful women, etc. And we are, like, she's beautiful and can sing, or she's beautiful and can act, or fight well, etc. And I keep saying, female beauty is remarkably common.
For example, almost any woman (at least 85 percent I would guess, but this is just a wild guess) between the ages 18 to 25 are attractive enough to hold jobs as strippers. But I've been to strip clubs and, trust me, you don't have to be beautiful to be a stripper.
How common is it for a woman to be beautiful enough to, for example, be a model? I know some of these models look rather different when all glammed up. I would guess, if they worked at it (fitness, etc.) at least 2 percent of the women ages 18 to 25 are attractive enough to be swimsuit models. But there seem to be criteria other than beauty.
I am looking for figures-- or, what would be better than figures would simply be to see pictures of 50th percentile women, 90th percentile women, etc., labeled as such. I believe that female beauty is nothing to write home about, and I wish to sort of prove this.
And for what it's worth, I live in Connecticut, USA.
You can answer this question without trying to define beauty by applying the http://amihotornot.com/ methodology: ask a sample of people to rate each other. Then extrapolate. Gdr 06:39:08, 2005-08-19 (UTC)
It will also depend on the audience. To take an obvious reductio ad absurdam case, among gay men, the answer would be zero percent. - MPF 11:31, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
After reading over the Chemistry pages, including oxidation number, inorganic nomenclature and other pages, I am still confused by this. When writing a iron atom which has gained three electrons, would this be written iron(III) or iron(-III)? A second, related question is about the old oxidation naming scheme, with hypo- -ous up to per- -ic; how does this integrate with the numarical system, or with the roman numerals? After I get an answer to this question, I will probably try to improve the respective articles to clarify them. Thanks in advance! JesseW 07:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Yes, under Stock nomenclature, where the oxidation state is included in the name, negative oxidation states are indicated with a minus sign: for example, tetracarbonylferrate(-II), [Fe(CO)42- (this is a very rare example of iron in a negative oxidation state). Roman numerals are still used, because there is a seperate method of naming ions where the (arabic) number in parentheses indicates the charge. The same distinction is used in formulae: roman numerals for oxidation state (with the minus sign before the numeral) and arabic numerals for charge (with the sign after the numeral). Hence we could write [Fe-II(CO)42- or FeIICl2, but we don't because there is no need. However you might see the formula of magnetite (Fe3O4) written as FeIIFeIII2O4, as this gives some more information about the structure. Having said all that, it is unusual to have to indicate a negative oxidation number. Physchim62 22:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
How do police obtain search warrants?
Sir, I am an Advocate practicing in yhe High Court of Andhra Pradesh,India.Hijacking is a global menace with which every one of us is concerned.I have toiled innumerable ways whether there could be a solution for the problem of Hijacking in the event of occurence of which,how best the lives of innocent people can saved.My extensive research in this area yielded good results in terms of arriving at a positive system of unarming the Hijackers.Although this method can be theoretically proved,it further needs a final touch before it is openly demonstrsted in the presence of experts,I can guarantee 100% foolproof system and if adopted,thousands of human lives can be saved from torture,humiliation and death,thus contributing my humle mite to the cause of humanity. I request you sir to guide me to further my invention and demonstrate it on secret platform. I will be awaiting a prompt reply.Thanking you sir
P.Ashok Chakravarthy
AlMac| (talk) 21:20, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi
Please advise who wrote this stanza, it is part of a larger poem:
the fog floats in with the tide and lies on the mosses, branching up the channels like the veins on an old man’s hand
Thanks
Heidi
What is wrong with the following "proof" by mathematical induction that all cats are black? Let P(n) denote the statement: In any group of n cats, if one is black, then they are all black.
Thus, by induction P(n) is true for all n. Since everyone has seen at least one black cat, it follows that all cats are black. --anonym.
See horse paradox Gdr 13:16:45, 2005-08-19 (UTC)
It's also possible to prove by induction that in a multi-storey building, the elevator is always going in the right direction. Proof:
The mistake here is obvious. — JIP | Talk 07:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
A couple borrows $100,000 at 9% interest as a mortgage loan on a house. They expect to make monthly payments for 30 years to repay the loan. What is the size of each payment? Also, find the annual percentage rate (APR)?
Here is where I am stuck. Can someone explain mathematically how I can find the APR? --anonym
New 30 Year ARM Mortgage | 524,000 |
Proposed New Rate | 1.00% |
Proposed New APR | $4.875% |
Proposed New Payment | $1,685.39 |
Now I can see that becomes
Therefore,. What are points? How does the APR relate to points here? Is there an equation that relates the APR and other variables I have given hereon to points? --anonym
A young lady is recruited by the Army and decided she does not want to enlist and through letters and contacting her local commander received a form of discharge papers. It does not state honorable or dishonorable information but the letter reads - You are seperated from Component Indicated: DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM, FORT KNOX, KY 40121 - effective June 5, 2005 (VOCO Confirmed)- Can you tell me what does that mean - does she still have to report to the Army at a later date?
Carol Williamson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington This page is slated for demolition according to a notice I saw yesterday. Why? Apparently, there is some procedure to vote to keep the page, but I could not find it. Please consider this as my vote to keep this page.
There is justice after all. Thanks! - ME
The article on lead states that the 210 isotope is a synthetic radioisotope, an article containing the phrase "no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable that it decays away in a very short period of time".
This appears to contradict what I read at [21], a site of the US Geological Survey, so with considerable credibility.
I realize I am way out of my depth here, but I have two questions:
Thank you. 82.210.117.55 15:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying to create a table in latex that will look like this
Input Output Formula ------------------------- A 1 x = f(y) B 2 C 3 / D 4 <| E 5 \ F 6
(though with different stuff in the table). In particular, the main difficulty is getting a curly brace on the outside of the last three values, and also getting the inside to align well with the titles. I've tried all kinds of table nesting, but I can't work out how to do it.
Any help REALLY appreciate, thanks! Mary K 15:44, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Are you wanting to create this in ordinary LaTeX or in a mixture of Wikimarkup and LaTeX? If you want it in ordinary LaTeX, then this gets close enough, as long as you have remebered to \usepackage{} as appropriate:
If you don't want the vertical lines, just take them out of the curly braces on the line starting \begin{tabular}.
This won't work in the restricted version of LaTeX available in MediaWiki (doesn't LaTeX tables for a start), so if that's what you're after give me a prod on my talk page. - Splash 19:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
I don't don't have LaTeX at work to experiment with, but I would try something like:
\usepackage{multirow} \begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c} & Input & Output & Formula \\ \hline & A & 1 & $x = f(y)\\ & B & 2 & \\ & C & 3 & \\ \multirow{3}{*}{ \Bigg\{ } & D & 4 & \\ & E & 5 & \\ & F & 6 & \\ \end{tabular}
This avoids nesting, although I don't know if multirow is a default package. You'd have to manually tweek the size of the \Bigg\{ and your horizontal like would be over the brace's column also, but that's a small price to pay. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 19:23, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
George Washington page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington This page is slated for demolition according to a notice I saw yesterday. Why? Apparently, there is some procedure to vote to keep the page, but I could not find it. Please consider this as my vote to keep this page.
I saw a website a while back with a history of what was considered attractive through history, but I lost it - anyone know what I'm talking about? Trollderella 17:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Where is the prison called "Tent Prison" located? I thought it was in Arizona but cannot find it. Thank you <contact information removed>
Can anybody confirm that these two (unrelated) mathematical relations are correct? If they are correct, how can it be proved?
Thank you very much. -- Edcolins 19:14, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
To Wikipedia:Reference desk/130.111.96.164 -- CVaneg 20:18, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Out of all the liquids on our planet why does water expand when frozen while all others contract or become denser? Thanks,Zane
Where does this phrase originate? I assumed it must have been first used in a film or something (as with "frankly my dear I don't give a damn"), but a quick inspection of google turns up no obvious candidate for its first use. Any ideas? — Trilobite ( Talk) 22:45, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
So in current usage what does the phrase mean?
So it was around before Meet the Parents. Thanks for that. — Trilobite ( Talk) 12:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Do I really have to be cathlic to enter your school?
What's with this all of a sudden, we seem to have a spate of these... Trollderella 23:28, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the term for the study of bats? It's not "batology," is it? Neutrality talk 04:57, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
Why do bookies pay out odds at $X1 dollars, e.g. $51, $91, $101, $1001. What is the purpose of the extra dollar. -- Ballchef 06:32, 14 August 2005 (UTC)--
I see this betting in Australia, where the odds are often for example 51 to 1, 91 to 1, 1001 to one. Is this just an Aussie thing? -- Ballchef 09:33, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Why does earth rotate around itself?? Poop Revolvs around it and so does Peater Griffin
Conservation of angular momentum. Gdr 15:59:57, 2005-08-14 (UTC)
Why are most prices of items in shops in most of the western world (Europe and North America at least) only just below a round amount? For example, 0.99 instead of 1, 1.99 instead of 2, 9.99 instead of 10, 24.99 instead of 25, and so on? My original reasoning was that the shop "fools" people into thinking the price is significantly less than the round amount, but that can't be right, can it? It's so widespread that it must have been independently thought of in several places. — JIP | Talk 09:17, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
When was slavery abolished (in law, although perhaps not in practice) in the USA ? On the website of Free the Slaves I can see that a law was signed during the US civil war, but this by no means extended to all areas. I cannot, however, find anywhere reference to when universal legislation came into effect across all states and territories that the US controls (or controlled). Can someone please help ? Even better, perhaps an appropriate article of Wikipedia can be expanded in this respect. Many thanks
A paragraph from our article on slavery:
alteripse 12:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Have you looked at the article on Aneuploidy? 82.210.117.55 11:48, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Bad things. Each chromosome contains about 1/46 of genetic information, including thousands of genes affecting most of the organ systems in the body. Missing chromosomes (except Y and sometimes X) tend to be incompatible with fetal development. Extra chromosomes tend to cause minor or major malformation or malfunction of multiple parts of the body. alteripse 12:49, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
If your throat is slit, how long do you have to live, and what is the medical cause of death? =Nichalp «Talk»= 11:42, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
It depends on how complete a job it is. The severing of both carotid arteries results in instant deprivation of most of the brain's blood supply, unconsciousness within a couple of seconds, and irreversible brain death within 5-10 minutes. Severing one carotid would be like a massive stroke affecting one side of the brain in seconds, plus a large amount of bleeding. Loss of consciousness might not be immediate though loss of motor function might. Death from bleeding depends on the rate of blood loss-- you have to lose a lot to become unconscious, typically over 30% of blood supply. If the trachea (windpipe), but not the carotids would be cut, it might not be fatal unless bleeding or crushing obstructed breathing, in which case unconsciousness would occur within a couple of minutes and death in 5-10 minutes. Note that I am not a forensic pathologist nor a serial knife murderer, either of whom I would consider an authority. alteripse 12:43, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
I remember reading somewhere that, beneath the thick layers of ice / snow, Antartica consists of two large "islands" with a wide stretch of ocean in between, i.e. in that sense it is not a single continent. Is this true? It would be nice if the article Geography of Antartica could have a map of its iceless form. (Actually, if you did remove all the ice, would the weight reduction cause the plate to rise by a significant amount, causing a change in the contour?) Thank you.
So far I've only made small edits to the snakeboard page, and will be adding knowledge as I progress through my freshman year of college. Pakelika Is an activist and an artist with many references, but no article. I know he's a member of the KottonMouth Kings under the SRH (Supporting Radical Habits) as the "Entertainment" rather than a vocalist or musician (specific name used). It is rumored he undertook a vow of scilence for a period of a year or more. In "entertaining" he created and named his own dance style, HydroMechanics. I would apreciate help building this article and collecting information further referencing Pakelika to his creation, HyrdroMechanics, and his contributions to the Suburban Noize movement.
Also I'm new here so I need to get the syntax down, post any suggestions on my talk page. (if that's how people contact each other on Wiki)
Thanks
Thanks, i'l take a look at that. Well I guess my specific question is where do I go to ask a general question such as above?
Does anyone know the origin of the name "Hatteria", a reptile from New Zealand also named tuatara or Sphenodon? -- Tavilis 13:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
If I understand the taxonomic history correctly, then:
See [2] Gdr 15:51:32, 2005-08-14 (UTC)
My brother tries his hardest to find examples of the most riduculous and shameful souveniers wherever he goes on holiday. This year he has excelled himself. I am now in posession of the worst keyring ever. On one side is an engraving of that superb example of an automobile - the Lada. Does anyone known which model it is?
The salesman pleased at getting his attention at this fine piece of art, went on to explain it is even more valuable as it is engraved on both sides.
My heart fluttered - perhaps it would be a picture of a better Lada. Or perhaps a rarer breed of russian car.
On looking at the reverse, he was delighted to find a picture of a Russian Orthodox cleric. I should probably mention now that my brother wasn't even on holiday in Russia. There is a load of russian text. Can anyone translate, at least just the title? Dmn € Դմն 13:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
For what it's worth, here's my translation:
THE DRIVER'S PRAYER The Almighty and Allmerciful God, I humbly beseech You, save me, the sinner, and the people I am responsible for from sudden death and every danger. Merciful God, save me from the evil spirit of dare-devilry and drunkenness that cause disasters and sudden death without an opportunity to repent. Help me, Lord, to live till advanced age with the clean conscience, without the burden of having killed and maimed by my negligence, and let Your name be hallowed now, and forever, and in all ages to come. Amen.
The font is just a bit archaic, to create a religious impression. Ornil 19:13, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
Insert non-formatted text hereI've had 24 math problems; of those, three I'm having difficulty with. Can anybody help out a little? Thanks. --(Anon)
If you show the steps in your working here we can help you if you go wrong. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 15:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
I have done the first two of them; these are pre-algebra problems. The rest are solved similarly. --Karl
Why is my latex code always coming back with an error?
I want to insert an image in my document. My code is
\begin{figure} [b] \includegraphics[width=15cm]{Figures/fGA.eps} \end{figure}
(simplified to its bare minium while I work out the bug). The compiler returns
Runaway argument? width=15cm]{Figures/fGA.eps} \end {figure} ! Paragraph ended before \Gin@iii was complete. <to be read again> \par 1.46 ? ! Emergency stop.
If I use the exact same code as above, but omit the "[width=15cm]", it works fine (except I get a warning that my image is too big). If I replace cm with mm or in, I still get the error, if I play with the spacing in the width command I still get the error.
Any advice? Thanks! -Mary
\include{graphicx}
? Otherwise try \resizebox{15cm}{!}{\includegraphics{Figures/fGA.eps}}
. Cheers, --
R.Koot
16:14, 14 August 2005 (UTC)Does anyone recognize this insect? I found it lying on the garden steps in Baltimore, on August 12, 2005; it had been killed and nibbled, probably by my sister's cat. The wings visible here span about 12 cm/5 in.; the second pair of wings was badly damaged, either by the cat or by the ants that were carrying away what was left. — Charles P. (Mirv) 16:07, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Looks like a common moth to me.
I have a major situation on my hands, and was hoping that somebody could help. I am currently in London near the Bayswater Underground Station. I need to get to the Stansted Airport for a flight that leaves at 6:45 (so I can't arrive later than 5:30 or so). The tube closes very early and I can't figure out how to do this. The best route I can find is:
Westbourne Grove Stop F Bus N7 towards Russell Square 2:55 Marble Arch Stop R Bus N73 to Victoria Then taking a National Express Bus to the Airport
However this is both expensive and I'm not too sure that it is a good idea to be walking around/waiting at bus stops in London at 3:00am. Any good alternatives? Thank you so much for your help.
Why have so many international market/restaurant chains invaded pretty much all of Europe except for Finland? We don't have a single Burger King or Toys'R'Us, but there are plenty in Sweden and Norway. Also every time I visit a neighbouring country I see lots of sweets at the supermarket that aren't for sale in Finland. Even Estonia has those! We do have McDonald's pretty much everywhere, though, even including the world's northernmost one. But what is keeping the others away? Is it the high tax rate? Or are our own chains so strong the competition scares the others away? — JIP | Talk 20:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
i would like to know if you have any imformation about a drug for treating highblood pressure called LUOBUMA? And if it was approved by the FDA.
It looks like Luobuma is a tea extract, not a patented drug. See PMID 15516813 for an article on the antihypertensive effects. alteripse 22:19, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
We think it's a narwhal, but we're not sure. — Sebastian (talk) 22:24, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
:-) Frenchman113 22:58, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
would like to have wone
Okay I have Visual C++.NET 8 (2005 Express). I want to know if the syntax here differs from any in Visual C++ 6 (for which my dad has many books). If it does, can you point me to some useful books/info. about it (to learn it -- I am starting from almost-scratch, btw)? Also, how come I never see books on VC++.NET? I always see them on VB.NET or just .NET framework. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 02:12, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontecoulant (1764-1853), French politician, was born at Caen on the 57th of November 1764. He began a career in the army in 1778.
Seems a bit unlikely. Rmhermen 03:12, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
This might be a stupid question but I have always wondered why some of Poe's poems appear in published books entitled "To _______" or "To F_______s S. O________d" or a published letter of his is always called "Letter to B______". Are these "censored" for a reason? Were those parts of the title not readable and therefore the underscore is substituted? (The latter seems most unlikely). Is there another reason entirely for the "mystery?" (I know we are dealing with Poe here afterall =)
I posted this before with no response - so if you can't help out, can you at least respond saying that you have no idea and that my puzzlement isn't entirely silly? Thank you very much. -- Nadsat 03:32, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
I answered it on July 23 as follows: This was not Poe being idiosyncratic, nor were the titles censored by an editor or anyone else. It was common in the 19th century to refer to a real person mentioned in a literary work by only an initial. Presumably it was considered a matter of delicacy or reserve or preservation of privacy. Names were used in news despatches or frankly biographical or historical accounts. The extreme was reached in the fiction of the latter 19th century, when many authors, especially in Europe, began referring to fictional characters as, for example, "S___" in order to amplify the verisimilitude that a real person was being alluded to. You can find many examples in Russian and French novels all the way to the early 20th century. alteripse 09:03, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
Thank you so much everyone for your responses! I apologize Alteripse, TresArboles, and Nunh-huh - I must have missed the response and when I tried to look back I could have sworn I did not see a response had been made. Thank you so very much, yet again - Wikipedia Reference Desk to the rescue! =) -- Nadsat 05:33, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
Is the name Simon only used in the UK, and not the USA? There's Simon Furman, Simon Moon ( Daphne Moon's brother), Simon the Sorcerer, my little brother's friend's little brother Simon, my former work colleague Simon, and all of them are British. I don't think I've ever heard of an American Simon. Are there any? — JIP | Talk 20:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of those colored spots and patterns you see before your eyes in the dark, or when you close your eyes? I don't mean floaters.
have any australians been seeded number one in the world since 2000
In regard to the Simon question, are there any American names that are not popular in the UK? Names like "Billy Bob" or "Suzie Mae" don't count. =) — JIP | Talk 06:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I want to make a little template of my own to use on my user page. Is there any way I can do this without adding it to the pile of Wikipedia templates? CanadaGirl
Are there any premier class (i.e. top level) racing forms around the world that use the concept of reverse grid (where the finishing order of the previous race/session is reversed for the start of the next race)? The development class of touring car racing in Australia does, but is it an unfeasible idea for the top racing classes? -- Ballchef 06:52, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
The volume of bismuth is 15,598,531 pm3 or 15µm3 right?
Dear Wikipedia,
I need reference on the RSK Dinara.The RSK has fallen according to your info.What happens if I own a RSK dinara banknote?Can I exchange it for a valid currency?Thank you.I appreaciate any information that you can help with this.
(I'm sorry I keep asking LaTeX questions here - I haven't yet found a latex forum where people are as nice and helpful as here)
I'm trying to get three equations lined up. Normally, I'd use an array, but these equations already use arrays. I've tried nesting them, but haven't managed to get anything to work yet.
How would I get the following equations to line up with the equals signs one on top of the other?
\[F_i(t) = \mbox{field of source $i$ at time $t$}\] \[D_i(t) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} \frac{|F_i(t) - F_i(t - 1)|}{F_i(t - 1)} & \quad \mbox{: $F_i(t - 1) > 0$}\\ 0.05 & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\] \[Q_i(t) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l l} \alpha \frac{D_i(t)}{\sum_{j} D_j(t)} + (1 - \alpha) & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: $\sum_{j} D_j(t) > 0$}\\ & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\]
(Raw code shown since I can't get Wikipedia to parse it...)
Any help really appreciated! Thanks very much, --Mary
\[ \begin{array}{l l} F_i(t) = & \mbox{field of source $i$ at time $t$}\\ D_i(t) = & \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} \frac{|F_i(t) - F_i(t - 1)|}{F_i(t - 1)} & \quad \mbox{: $F_i(t - 1) > 0$}\\ 0.05 & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\\ Q_i(t) = & \left\{ \begin{array}{l l l} \alpha \frac{D_i(t)}{\sum_{j} D_j(t)} + (1 - \alpha) & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: $\sum_{j} D_j(t) > 0$}\\ & \frac{F_i(t)}{\sum_{j}F_j(t)} & \quad \mbox{: otherwise}\\ \end{array} \right.\\ \end{array} \]
Great, that works! Thanks! Final question: When I use hyphens in LaTeX within a word, like "twenty-three", LaTeX pushes the second word into the hyphen, so that they overlap. What can I do to prevent this? I'm using \usepackage{palatino} and compiling straight to pdf using pdflatex (as I use png's in my document). Any help? --Mary
I would greatly appreciate any information that u have with respect to the maximum amount of hours that a person is allowed to work for any period (24 hours, 1 week or 1 month). If there is an international standard or a specific one for the country i am in, which is trinidad and tobago, this will greatly help me and my fellow employees. Thanking u in advance for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely, S. Boodoo
http://nugfw.org.tt/LabourLinks/trinidad_tobago_labourlinks.htm
I know for a fact there is no overall standard in the US at least. There was a big change when medical doctor resident training programs set work hours standards and reduced the hours they could work to average 80 a week and 30 hours straight (How generous of them). I know for a fact some programs still regularly exceed this and some have already lost their accredidation for it. - Taxman Talk 20:08, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
There is no federal maximum at all in the United States, though for most positions, you must pay time and a half for everything past 40 hours. A list of exempt employees is available here. I recall that if you are in a position that is on call for 24 hours a day, you must have 24 hours off in a row every week, but I can't seem to find anything about that on the DOL website. This is far less strict than the EU, which requires
This site says the commission recommends making it possible to opt-out of the maximum. James 08:00, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
I am attempting to identify a book I obtained circa 1970s, then lost. Its was Asimov's inventory of great innovations in the Western World starting from about 3000 BC. If I remember correctly, it documented about 1800 innovations worthy of the catalog. Please help. charliet
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology? Published in 1972. What do you want to know? Trollderella 17:06, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm mounting carbon monoxide detectors in my boat. Typically, the average ambient temperature is 85 degrees farenhite and the altitude is 357 feet above mean sea level. Do I mount the detectors high or low in the boat, i.e., is the CO lighter or heavier than the air in the vessel?
Does anyone know where I could find hi-res satalite photos of the NYC tri state area, minus any type of water marking or pixelation? so not google, and not blue marble, something hi res, and close up -- anon
I need the code for a program... it needs to be able to make digits 0-9. Thank you. 65.37.93.12 18:36, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
rand()
function. Here's a sample:#include <cstdlib> #include <ctime> #include <iostream> int main() { std::srand(std::time(NULL)); std::cout << (std::rand() % 10) << std::endl; return 0; }
using namespace std;
after the #includes instead of putting std:: before every function.How much gasoline, kerosene, diesel, paraffin, or other extractant can one get from a single barrel of oil? In other words, when I use a gallon of gasoline, am I using up a gallon of crude oil? anon.
Why do semi trucks have the prefix "semi" in front of it? Andrea
Quote: [...] neutrino has zero tree-level mass
what "tree-level" means, in layman lingo? My guess is that this has something to do with Pertubative Expansion (1-level (1st-order), 2-level (2nd order), 3-level (3rd order) aproximations, corrections) and that the author had made a typo (...or not).
Can some one give-me a clue? Even if you dont have expertise at the field, I would apreciate your answer (any answer).
An empirical formula can be written for copper(II) oxide but not a molecular formula. Why not?
What are the symptoms of appendicitis?
What are the symptoms of appendicitis?
there any ways to block people, not their ip, but to actually reslove it to a specific region or computer, and block them not their ip, would cut down on a lot of vandalism-- I-2-d2 15:45, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in tracing a distant relative of mine, and not sure where to start.
Can you please give me any advice on where to go, websites to look up, to get details of Edmund Lyons Family Tree.
The only infomation I have been able to glean so far, is his achievments in life, but nothing on immediate family members.
Thank you for time in this matter, and appreciate any help and/or advice given.
Regards Mrs Pauline Tilley email removed
At Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion, there's been a debate over whether to include photos, of, say, masturbation or similar subject matter. One issue that came up is whether or not hosting these images violates the law, since WP has no age verification system. Obviously, this isn't a request for formal legal advice--but are there any lawyers out there who could comment on this? Images in question include Image:Vibe.jpg (woman with vibrator) and Image:Handj.jpg (man masturbating). Thanks in advance, Meelar (talk) 16:32, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
When was Wikipedia created? Is Wikipedia also the creator of ChemistryDaily.com? If so when was Chemistry Daily created? How can I see when a certain article was originally created. Shannon L.
And the front page says the Wikipedia was created in 2001. -- bodnotbod 22:35, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Why does temperature decrease with an increase in altitude (in the troposphere of course) ? I found a mention of it in Earth's atmosphere. It says the phenomenon is called expansive cooling but thats a red link. Jay 18:08, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
The red link should have pointed to Joule-Thomson effect (it does now). However, I don't think this is correct (the thermodynamics in that section of Earth's atmosphere look decidedly iffy to me), so I will try to do a quick explanation here. The troposphere is not heated directly by the sun: any radiation from the sun which can be absorbed by the atmosphere has already been filtered out in the thermosphere and (especially) the stratosphere. The troposphere is heated directly by the Earth's surface. The heating effect decreases as you move away from the Earth's surface, and so the temperature decreases. Anyone else want to fill out the vast simplifications I've made there? Physchim62 00:48, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
As we all know, green space produces oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide. Both being major players in the atmosphere and greenhouse affect. What about the ozone layer?
I was wondering how the cycles of Fall's natural defoliation (loss of leaves and plants) and Spring's blossoming and refoliation (increase of flowers, leaves and plants), affects the ozone layer and it's holes. Could the accumulative effects of Fall and Winter be showing up by Springtime (slowed by cooler atmospheric temperatures), and therefore the effects of Spring's bounty be showing up by Summertime (speeded up by warmer temps.)? Or is the dying off of the grasses, etc. in Summer's heat causing a problem? Has this ever been studied?
Do these things affect the size of the ozone holes? And are they involved in the loss, and increase, in atmospheric ozone during the year? Therefore, influencing the fluctuation of the holes?
Being an enclosed environment, mathematics and science should indicate if there is such an occurrence. Not only has the amount of land covered by green space been diminished, but also the overall height of that space, as well as the variety of the plants incorporated into it. The sum of the height, width, depth TIMES both sides of the surface which to varying degrees produce or absorb, the oxygen or carbon dioxide. THEN in relation to NOW.
Does the oxygen released by this green space eventually turn into ozone? I was told it was from the oceans; but if that is the case, then why are we now finding vast dead zones in our oceans? Is it just the plantlife in the oceans that replace it?
Human activities such as deforestation and development also decreases green space, reducing its ability to produce oxygen and decrease carbon dioxide. This must affect the ozone layer I'm sure. Sort of a Catch22. By depleting green space, our oxygen is depleted, the carbon dioxide in the air increased. The very gas, carbon dioxide, which it absorbs, green space releases as it decays or is burnt. (see photosynthesis) Has the accumulated gain and losses over the centuries finally taken a toll on the system? Taking into account both the more permanent factors of development, as well as the variability of the green space. Are we just seeing the beginning of these effects? How are such things calculated?
Signed Martina Herrick
The relation between GW and OD is also discussed at global warming. Small note: changes in the O2 levels in that atmos are obs, and correspond to what you would expect, given the inc in CO2. I think. William M. Connolley 14:03:32, 2005-08-20 (UTC).
Thanks from Martina Herrick
Is there any article about "sam chon do"? I encountered it when reading a Russian site(сам чон до), http://www.hvan.ru/ and I am unsure of the transliteration into English.
I am currently educating myself on Russian via language tapes and workbooks for the written word. сам - ? чон - itself до - to
The word I am unfamiliar with does not have the usual verb conjugation, is too short to be an uncommon adjective or adverb so I am almost certain it is a noun. However I am not certain as to what the noun is.
How many times has Alan Dershowitz argued before the Supreme Court? Neutrality talk 06:51, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
I don't know and I couldn't find it on Google, but I guess you could e-mail him at the address on this page if you really want to know. -- Think Fast 15:29, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
Has the US military made any effort to educate or prepare its soldiers about post-traumatic stress disorder? If such education exists, has it had a notable impact on the incidence of PTSD within military forces? Thank you. -- Brasswatchman 20:59, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
My father is PTSD and served in the Australian Army in Vietnam.If you check out the VVCS or Vietnam Veterens Counselling Service in Western Australia(definately),you will find alot of information on how they are helping Australian Vietnam Veterens deal with the associated mental and physiacl problems.If you wish to explore further you will other related topics such as,the effect on the children of veterans,and the extensive tests done on their health and their mental similarities taken from their parents.
Can anyone remember the plot of the episode 28 "Moving Out" of the TV show Webster. I recall that the family moves into a new house and discover secret passageways? Particularly, why were the passageways there, and what was up with the little girl (possible the ghost of the daughter of the old owners of the house). In particular, please explain the scene where Webster finds the girl in the passageway. I can't remember what the deal was. Google is no use. I really would appreciate any help.
I posted this last month when this question appeared before. It has since been placed the July II archive. PedanticallySpeaking 17:52, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Is it true that native English pronunication lacks an /e/ sound at the end of the word? At least from what I've heard of native English speakers, if they try to pronounce an "e" at the end of the word "as it is written" (e.g. in German or Latin) they always turn it into either /ei/ or a schwa. I've had enough conversations with native German speakers (at BoundCon, for example), understanding them and getting understood myself, to know that Germans pronounce a final "e" as /e/, like we Finns do. I suppose native English speakers could do this with practice in foreign languages, but is there a more "Englishy" way? — JIP | Talk 16:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
As a note not specifically about terminal e sounds, it is extremely difficult for someone of any original language to properly say a vowel sound that does not exist in their language once they've become toddlers or so. This is why Americans are incredibly bad at German umlauts and many of the French vowel sounds. They have simply lost the innate ability to make the sounds. With hard work, it is possible to train oneself to say it correctly, however. The e sound as in pet does exist in English, so it is possible for English speakers to say it, as long as they're aware that's how it's supposed to be pronounced. That being said, I think if you gave people a word in German that ended in e, say Liebe, told them the final e was pronounced and asked them to say it, they would use a schwa. James 23:35, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure that final [e] usually turns into [ə] in English. Maybe that happens for words from German, but for Japanese loanwords it seems to become [i:]. For example karaoke, [kaɾao:ke] in Japanese, becomes [kaɹijoʊki:] in English; the placename Kobe becomes [koʊbi:] in English. Gdr 15:28:33, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
On the other hand, some Japanese [e] endings become [ei], for example sente becomes [sentei] and gote becomes [goʊtei]. Gdr 19:02:03, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
What type of server and ISP would I need? Thanks! 65.37.93.12 18:40, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Out of interest, why do you wish to host the site at home? -- bodnotbod 22:20, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
I figure I coul d have MySql at home also, and host forums, put up files... and whatnot. 216.194.60.158 20:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
As both an animation freak and a DPRK watcher, I couldn't help but download an some North Korean animation. I've only downloaded "Boy general (part 4)" so far, as whatever server is hosting these files is ridiculously slow (and the sound in the file is a bit corrupted as well)… Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the production; with its orchestral music and lack of limited animation, it was on par with the old WB theatrical shorts, but at "episode" length. I'm curious if anyone knows more about these productions, especially when they were made (as they seem to be lacking a date) and what their plots are. Garrett Albright 22:56, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I'm trying to inhibit a redox reaction using electrolysis. The redox equation is shown below:
My hypothesis is:
Is this correct?
I was wondering if there are any programs that can simulate Wikipedia's particular implementation of the MediaWiki software, but fit in one or two 1.4" floppies?
My online computer time is limited, but I want to be able to write full articles from scratch and see how they would look (and thus check for coding errors, ugliness, etc.) before I add them to Wikipedia.
Additionally, it'll have to work on Windows 2000.
Is there anything that can do this? Almafeta 07:53, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
To use it, wouldn't you need to have a server running that knows to check for pages on the floppy? — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 20:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
There are certainly ways to solve this; Pilaf's Live Preview is a 15 kilobyte javascript that parses wikisyntax. Adapting a webpage to use the script and the wikipedia stylesheets should make a package to preview wikipedia articles with a web browser that fits on one floppy and less. — Sverdrup 00:13, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I put together a stan-alone previewer of Wikipedia syntax, using Pilaf's Live Preview. Download it by right-clicking this link and saving as "Wikipreview.html" or similar: Wikipreview.html. The file is a 40 kilobyte web page that can be viewed and used with a web browser, but without requiring internet access. The preview is not perfect, but I think it works. — Sverdrup 00:52, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if I could find out some positive ID on these seagull photos, and whether or not the color of their legs has anything to do with their age. Thanks! -- Fir0002 09:38, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
This question was a question asked from a previously posted thread which has been archived
Why do they call Australia, "down under".
If you live in the northern hemisphere and look at australia on an ordinary globe, isn't it pretty obvious? alteripse 13:02, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for more information about a particular set of buildings in Paris, located at 14 rue Perree, in Arrondissement III. As I recall, they bear the standard of the Ministre du Budget, and still seem to be government-run. When I asked an employee who was outside of the building (in my horrible French) about what the purpose of the buliding was, they said they couldn't tell me. Can anyone help me out? You can find pictures of the building online here. Thank you very much. -- Brasswatchman 06:24, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
what is the most popular resterant in Austrilia?
I vividly recall watching the A&E documentary The Face of Tutankhamun and reading its accompanying book (ISBN 0571168450).
In one episode the guy interviewed said that the tiny dagger found near King Tut's heart was made of steel, and talked about how exciting this find was for them.
BUT our Iron Age article say it is iron. Which is correct? I'm confused...
I wouldn't like to think "we" would be wrong about such a basic detail, but I thought that the whole point of the song-and-dance about its descovery was because it was steel of an unprecedented age? — Garrett Talk 06:58, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
This is getting away from the question: was it iron or was it steel???????? Simple. The issue here is not when steel was or wasn't invented, but which Tut's dagger made of? Garrett Talk 11:35, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
In the Severn Railway Bridge there is a link to some archive footage of the demolition of the bridge. Watching the footage, one of the final pieces of commentary says that 15 of the spans of the bridge were not sold for scrap metal, but were sold intact to be re-used as bridge spans elsewhere in the world. Does anyone know where these re-used spans are to be found ? Thanks--JRL 06:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Martyharhar--- Martyharhar 08:45, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Balance? Karma? -- Brasswatchman 09:22, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
Comeuppance? David Sneek 10:50, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Maybe reciprocity. I don't know if there's a perfect one-word solution, though. "Just desserts" would cover it ... Proto t c 11:34, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Poetic justice (although that's two words) ? Gandalf61 13:16, August 17, 2005 (UTC) Inevitability
Inconvenience. -- bodnotbod 22:48, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Hell. -- Matt Yeager 22:37, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Is there any freeware that will allow me to send my VoIP ( Skype) incoming calls to my headphones, but at the same time have my TV display ( from my PC's TV card ) sound sent to the PC speakers ? This software would enable a user to watch TV on their PC, but then take their VoIP phone calls on their headphones, without fiddling with the sound settings. I hope this is an appropriate place for this type of question (pushing the limits perhaps)--jrleighton 10:47, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
I've seen some people often thinking aloud i.e. uttering every word that the person is currently thinking even when noone around is noticed by the person. Is this a disorder? Are there any psychological reasons such as craving for attention etc., for this? -- Sundar \ talk \ contribs 11:55, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
What are characteristics of the songs that the Australian rock band - "Midnight Oil" wrote?
What does the lyrics in their songs "Beds are Burning" and "Power and the passion" mean?
If there are any more interesting information on this band - Midnight Oil - please include it too.
Thanks.
If you can tolerate the hideous navigation of The All Music Guide do a search on the band and, to the left, you'll see "mood words" that users have assigned to them:
There's some additional critique there and their style too. -- bodnotbod 22:58, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
What are people's thoughts on the above expression (cf. "I couldn't care less"). My girlfriend shoots me a vicious glare every time I use it, but I've even now spotted it in a New York Times headline (where it was being used un-self-consciously). The only article I can find that mentions it is American and British English differences, where it mentions that the original usage may have been sarcastic(?)
So, is it an acceptable idiom, or is it a sign that language is going down the tubes, since it actually means the exact opposite of what the person using it intends to say?
It's an example of a idiom that doesn't correspond to the literal meaning of the words. This is commonplace. Other examples are "head over heels", "shouldn't wonder if", "more than you can help", "near miss", "literally" (i.e., metaphorically), "back and forth", "ass backwards" etc etc. You might regard the phenomenon as an unfortunate debasement or as an amusing feature. Gdr 14:23:21, 2005-08-17 (UTC)
(1) No-one can say if it should be either form. It all depends on the context. In the UK "could care less" sounds odd and wouldn't be acceptable in any formal context. However, in the US it seems to be much more acceptable; Google finds occurrences in ordinary prose in the New York Times whereas in the Guardian it only finds direct quotes from Americans. I wouldn't use "could care less" myself, but I don't object to "head over heels". (2) There seems to be little or no evidence that "could care less" is sarcastic or ironic in origin. (On the other hand, there's not much evidence the other way either!) (3) The idea that language change is the result of "debasement" and "mistakes" makes it harder to understand what's really going on? Was the great vowel shift a "mistake"? Is modern English debased? What does that even mean? Read the article that Shimgray linked to, which describes an ordinary phenomenon of language change by which the phrase could have arisen. Gdr 15:33:16, 2005-08-17 (UTC)
Well, in England it is always 'I couldn't care less', I have always wondered whether I misheard Americans who I thought I heard say 'I could care less'. Trollderella 16:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
People often say "cheap at half the price" - I don't know wheter this is meant to be sarcastic or not. This is perhaps an example of the same phenomenon. 19:55, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I copied this statement from your Air Force info section:
Schriever AFB is the only U.S Air Force base without a runway, and the only base named after a person who was still alive at the time.
Actually, Los Angeles Air Force Base also does not have a runway. I believe that LAAFB is the only base names after a city. (That is what I am told, I'm no authority.)
I didn't feel I had the authority to edit the info. Perhaps it is something you would like to review first.
Thanks!
Great information!
Elizabeth
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Who first identified the spiral (or spiral barred) shape of the Milky Way galaxy? How did they do it?-- Fangz 19:40, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I have not the remotest idea what these messages are about. I do not wish to offend anybody but when people make false accusations it tells you something about the person or persons making the false accusations. I had assumed that your site was an attempt to be professional and that you would honour you own rules. If you are experiencing mischief it certainly is not from my computer.
My original inquiry was a serios inquiry about the Temple of Hera located on the Island of Samos. I wondered if anybody had any extensive information on its dimensions and how it compared with the Temple of Artemis.
The tourist guides on this Island tell a pretty weird story.
In view of some of the comments I prefer to remain annonomous. I am not interested in writing or editing articles in any way.
OK, so we don't yet seem to have an article on the
Temple of Hera (also known as the
Basilica of Hera). However, there is plenty of information on the place. The building measures c. 24.5×53.3m. according to
this site, which has floor plans.
this site has some cool photos, as does
this one. Anyone fancy helping on an article?
Trollderella
00:50, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I've seen a number of sweepstakes based in the US that say winners in other countries will have to pass a short intelligence test to claim their prize. What's with this? Is it some ancient legal stipulation? Is it racism? Is it just tradition? ~~ N ( t/ c) 22:00, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know what questions they actually ask though? That could easily be used to ask incredibly difficult questions to get out of giving out a prize. - Taxman Talk 23:09, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
If it is a random game, then it is governed under gambling laws, if it is a test of skill it is not. Trollderella 00:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
how can hand tools be used in space without loosing them. robert
You could brace yourself against something else? Trollderella 00:17, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the past tense of permitir, meaning "to permit", as in "six absences are permitted"? Hermione 1980 22:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Is there a CMS system that will allow me to upload lot's of additional content to my client's site withouth affecting the rest of their site. I need a tool designed specifically for uploading content pages. Any suggestions?
I read somewhere on Wikipedia that there is a technical term for imitating sounds or actions on the internet with a textual representation. What is this called? -- HappyCamper 02:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I know that for a sundial you use the Equation of Time.
Is there any need to make a similar correction when trying to read sidereal time by the stars? (I know there is a seasonal correction to get the time of day from sidereal time, but it is linear, no?) -- Juuitchan
Hi, I recently took some photos of a flower. It was taken in Melbourne, Australia during winter:
-- Fir0002 12:17, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
It looks like a camelia to me. Look at the leaves, not rose-type leaves, camelia (sp) -like leaves.
Its a camellia japonica.There are many different colours and varieties and they can be found in any good Botanical book.
Hi. I am wondering if anyone can explain what the 'meaning' is behind the name of Koxinga (國姓爺). I would have guessed that it is something like "Master of the country's name" but maybe someone who knows better can verify this for me. Thank you. Duomillia 16:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that a way to tell who the best home run hitter of all times is, is to find out which player has hit the most home runs off the best pitchers. It would take a lot of research, but with todays technology it seems as though it could be done. Can anyone suggest a person or a company that would be capable of this?
There was a time when a person without a college education could become a doctor, dentist, or lawyer simply by taking the appropriate exam (such as the Bar exam to become a lawyer). Now, it seems that in order to practice these professions, you are required to have at least a Bachelor's degree. When did this occur, and why? For example, in 1939, a man, living in the South at the age of 28 and working in a store, decided to take the Bar exam. He passed and opened up his own law office. Could this happen in today's times? Thank you.
Having said that, universities will often give significant course credit for relevant experience or self study. Trollderella 19:47, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Are there places in the United States where one can view view geologic evidence of the great flood? If so, where?
In Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana, there is definitely evidence of big flooding; however, this is not generally attributed to a worldwide flood. -- Matt Yeager 22:56, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys.
I have a question. There is a lot of files with US states and Counties borders of each state. How can I find out borders of cities inside each county ? So, I mean that I need to see borders for each city or town in any county.
Thank you in advance.
Jack
Is there a particular county you are interested in? PedanticallySpeaking 17:58, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Dear Sir or Madam,
I notice that my contribution on "Pami"--an 8th Century BC Egyptian Pharaoh--on Wikipedia is still being listed in the 'Wikipedia: Votes for Deletion' box. However, all the voters here agree that my article here should be kept with the exception of 'Erwin Walsh' who first posted a delete on this subject. I have noticed that some Wikipedia posters have criticised Mr. Walsh for allegdly Bulk VfD tagging other contributions without fully reading them first.
May inquire if Wikipedia will remove my contribution on Pami from the 'Wikipedia: Votes for Deletion' box. This seems an unnecessary form of purgatory for a Pharaoh whose existence is unquestioned by all scholars and who is documented by contemporary monuments from his own reign. Pami is certainly not a " fictitious entry" as Mr. Walsh has claimed.
Fabian from Vancouver, Canada Thank You. -- 216.113.201.138 09:49, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
i have recently come across some peruvian slave bracelets.I have looked for information in regards to their origin and could only find that they were used by the spanish conquerors during the time of the inca to identify slaves.They are a bracelet made from alpaca silver and have a wristband and chains connected to each finger.I have tracked more down to celtic areas where they were given as tokens of love and/or to show that a maiden had captured a mans heart.I have also found some in indian culture and in some arabian nations that look very similar or at least appear to be based on a similar design.They can be found in many belly-dancing shops around the world.My question is this?What are their true origins?Is it incan culture they originated from or were they brought over from spain and if so,where did the spanish find them.I do not wish to wear something that symbolizes pain,death or slavery.
There seem to be three main meanings of slave bracelet:
(The term is also used in BDSM fiction, e.g. John Norman's Gor series.) My guess is that meanings 2 and 3 come from the association of chains with slavery, and are not derived from any actual use of these bracelets by slaves. But maybe there's more to the story. What does the OED say? Gdr 18:15:11, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
Does anybody know what the film was...it was made in 1980, according to the article on the Rank Organisation. Thanks
Which American or British cartoon or sitcom character had a habit of saying "yesno?" — JIP | Talk 13:22, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
what is the difference between science and superstition?
A superstition is a belief about how the physical world works that is not supported by statistical or physical evidence but is transmitted as part of the "knowledge base" of a particular culture. Science is the body of knowledge about the way the physical world works that is supported by statistical or physical evidence. Facts and theories that are part of the science "knowledge base" should be supportable or refutable indepedently of culture. alteripse 15:25, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
It's not quite the same answer, but you should consider Clarke's Third Law, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke. BlankVerse ∅ 00:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for a career field or a job specialty that has a lot to do with historical maps, heraldry, and historical languages. I have most of a Bachelor's degree in French and Linguistics, but I've decided to be really happy I have to find a job doing the things I love, and ever since I was a little kid I've been fascinated by historical borders, genealogy, heraldry, and the linguistic tradition of regions, countries, and other territories (especially in Europe). However, I find it is extremely difficult to find a job or career that synthesizes all of these interests into one field. Any help would be appreciated, I'm pretty much uprooted right now and can travel anywhere and learn anything if it means I get to do what makes me happy. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 15:15, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Let me make it clear that this isn't a job solicitation, I'm just looking for direction towards some field I can try to look for work in. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 17:06, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I know a person who has just three fingers in each hand. I'm very curious about it but I didn't ask him in case he was sensitive about it. Does this anomaly have a medical name, is it known, are there any other people (without being a "coincidence") in this state and does it have any known cause? Thank you very much to all in advance, Wikipedia rules!!
-- 85.50.3.24 16:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Although tridactyly would be a perfectly acceptable medical term, a far more common birth defect that results in reduced fingers is ectrodactyly. There are several forms of this, some isolated and some associated with other anomalies. The hand in ectrodacytly is often formed abnormally in other ways. A "lobster claw" deformity is most common. Versions of ectrodactyly are far more common than symmetric bilateral tridactyly without other hand or body anomalies. alteripse 21:35, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
A lack of fingers or toes is hypodactyly (compare with polydactyly, the condition of having extra fingers or toes; see dactyly for other words derived from the Greek δακτυλος, meaning "finger"). The condition of having only three fingers and a thumb is called tetradactyly. (The condition of having only three digits, including the thumb, would be tridactyly, however on the web I can only find this word used of three-toed ancestors of the horse, so I doubt that doctors use it). Gdr 16:22:06, 2005-08-18 (UTC)
In the movie the male role is a concert violinist. I think it was a Boyer movie and perhaps Alexiz Smith, but could be wrong on stars. I saw this movie twice in the summer of 1945 and agonized for years for the name and stars. Thank you for any help you can provide. Barbara Hayes Portsmouth, NH 03801 BahbNail@aol.com
What pace (miles per day), assuming adequate supply of food & water, can a horse laden only with rider and saddle be reasonably expected to maintain for an assumed indefinite period?
I tried to search for this information on Horse-related articles but found no answers... The Confessor 19:20, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
What is the distance of a Click? The term is used in Science Fiction stories.
Click is commonly used here in Canada (where metric is used officially) to refer to "kilometre", or for "kilometre per hour". Ground Zero 20:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi there,
can you help to place an article on 'definition of time' in the wonderful Wikipeda on the wonderful world of web? This is a very important concept (word) in physics, philosophy, theology. etc.
My Google search did not recover a useful definitive if not definite definition of it. Even Einstein's quote 'time is something we measure with a clock' is more like in a circular logic; and it certainly is not good for use in theology. Dealing with 'time' concept in God-talk (theology), we see, there is no clock and there is no measurment act as such. Einstein as any other attemt to describe and define 'time' must be confusing it with 'duration of time'.
In my layman's opinion, a definition of time should have something do to with the basic frame-work of being in the sense of existence. Yes, a certain kind of frame-work, fundamental, even does not tied with 'spatial' dimension. The space-time concept in relativity theory, itself is a derived one and it needs its own definition.
But I don't think I can say a 'temporal' frame-work, however tempting it is, unless I first define 'temporal' without using the undefined word 'time' to avoid a circular logic. And along with defintion, an explanation of Planck time should be added as well as the discrete nature of time (not just continous seemly 'flowing' perception of it) a la quantum theory of physics.
Sincerely yours,
Oun Kwon, M.D. <email removed>
where we have to define dimension(s) of time. Just as Space is perhaps more than 3 dimensions because of the effects of Gravity, in the wonderful world of Science Fiction genre' of Time travel, there is chronological time that most of us experience, there are parallel realities that we can end up in, if we change some pivot point of history to have different results, there is the process of traveling sideways in time, between two or more of those multi-universe dimensions, and Karma, where our reality is dependent on some action by a time travler whose chronological past time can be interfered with, preventing whatever. AlMac| (talk) 23:45, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
1. Is there any way to surround a figure or diagram by a thick black frame in LaTeX? How about a a block of text, like a chunk of source-code?
Thanks, 199 22:28, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
2. A second question: The first figure in chapter three of my paper is, quite rightly, labeled as figure 3.1. However, using \label{mypic.fig} and "see figure \ref{mypic.fig}" , I have my figure labeled 3.1 and the reference labeled 3.2, which is, of course, wrong. I've run pdflatex several times to try to get the labels to synch up, but they don't. This is possibly caused by the fact that I refer to the image at the beginning of section 3.2. As I specify that the image should be at the top of the page, it places the image above the section heading, technically in section 3.1. Thus, the figure is in section 3.1, the reference is in section 3.2, the figure is labeled 3.1 and the reference comes back as... 3.2. Is this related? How do I make the reference synch up with the label? I quite like the figure above the section heading, so I'd prefer not to mess with that. Thanks! 199 22:55, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
\begin{tabular}{ |p{5cm}| } \hline Here is my paragraph and it is quite pretty. \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\framebox[1.1 \width]{Here's my paragraph again.}
Well, you could try this Google search -- bodnotbod 23:28, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know the biggest casino in Macau? Biggest in a profit sense. Rentastrawberry 23:35, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
how do i find out who died in the bombings
You might start with 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings article AlMac| (talk) 03:14, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Could someone help me identify these pictures of birds I took at the San Diego Zoo? I think they are hornbills but I would like to know what species excactly. I recorded audio notes on my camera but apparently they don't transfer over to your PC. Thanks, Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 02:43, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, all hornbills;
Note that it is generally considered bad form to illustrate articles with pictures of obvious captive birds/animals! - MPF 11:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
A general tip for getting info on pics of unidentified animals, plants, etc., - you're likely to get a better response posting at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life: many of the regulars there don't look in here very often - MPF 11:24, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Do we have an article? Trollderella 03:01, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
OK, will start something at star clock, stellar chonography or telling the time by the stars - any ideas which?! Trollderella 16:33, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is just a hypothetical question, but if I wanted to remove my images from wikipedia, do I still have the rights to do so after I have released them under the GFDL? If not, is there a wiki accepted copyright tag which would allow me to have those rights?
Thanks -- Fir0002 03:26, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in actual staitstical information regarding the proportion of beautiful women within a population. I know that this sounds like a silly thing to study, but...
All, or at least most, of us are familiar with how the media is always on the lookout for beautiful women, etc. And we are, like, she's beautiful and can sing, or she's beautiful and can act, or fight well, etc. And I keep saying, female beauty is remarkably common.
For example, almost any woman (at least 85 percent I would guess, but this is just a wild guess) between the ages 18 to 25 are attractive enough to hold jobs as strippers. But I've been to strip clubs and, trust me, you don't have to be beautiful to be a stripper.
How common is it for a woman to be beautiful enough to, for example, be a model? I know some of these models look rather different when all glammed up. I would guess, if they worked at it (fitness, etc.) at least 2 percent of the women ages 18 to 25 are attractive enough to be swimsuit models. But there seem to be criteria other than beauty.
I am looking for figures-- or, what would be better than figures would simply be to see pictures of 50th percentile women, 90th percentile women, etc., labeled as such. I believe that female beauty is nothing to write home about, and I wish to sort of prove this.
And for what it's worth, I live in Connecticut, USA.
You can answer this question without trying to define beauty by applying the http://amihotornot.com/ methodology: ask a sample of people to rate each other. Then extrapolate. Gdr 06:39:08, 2005-08-19 (UTC)
It will also depend on the audience. To take an obvious reductio ad absurdam case, among gay men, the answer would be zero percent. - MPF 11:31, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
After reading over the Chemistry pages, including oxidation number, inorganic nomenclature and other pages, I am still confused by this. When writing a iron atom which has gained three electrons, would this be written iron(III) or iron(-III)? A second, related question is about the old oxidation naming scheme, with hypo- -ous up to per- -ic; how does this integrate with the numarical system, or with the roman numerals? After I get an answer to this question, I will probably try to improve the respective articles to clarify them. Thanks in advance! JesseW 07:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Yes, under Stock nomenclature, where the oxidation state is included in the name, negative oxidation states are indicated with a minus sign: for example, tetracarbonylferrate(-II), [Fe(CO)42- (this is a very rare example of iron in a negative oxidation state). Roman numerals are still used, because there is a seperate method of naming ions where the (arabic) number in parentheses indicates the charge. The same distinction is used in formulae: roman numerals for oxidation state (with the minus sign before the numeral) and arabic numerals for charge (with the sign after the numeral). Hence we could write [Fe-II(CO)42- or FeIICl2, but we don't because there is no need. However you might see the formula of magnetite (Fe3O4) written as FeIIFeIII2O4, as this gives some more information about the structure. Having said all that, it is unusual to have to indicate a negative oxidation number. Physchim62 22:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
How do police obtain search warrants?
Sir, I am an Advocate practicing in yhe High Court of Andhra Pradesh,India.Hijacking is a global menace with which every one of us is concerned.I have toiled innumerable ways whether there could be a solution for the problem of Hijacking in the event of occurence of which,how best the lives of innocent people can saved.My extensive research in this area yielded good results in terms of arriving at a positive system of unarming the Hijackers.Although this method can be theoretically proved,it further needs a final touch before it is openly demonstrsted in the presence of experts,I can guarantee 100% foolproof system and if adopted,thousands of human lives can be saved from torture,humiliation and death,thus contributing my humle mite to the cause of humanity. I request you sir to guide me to further my invention and demonstrate it on secret platform. I will be awaiting a prompt reply.Thanking you sir
P.Ashok Chakravarthy
AlMac| (talk) 21:20, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi
Please advise who wrote this stanza, it is part of a larger poem:
the fog floats in with the tide and lies on the mosses, branching up the channels like the veins on an old man’s hand
Thanks
Heidi
What is wrong with the following "proof" by mathematical induction that all cats are black? Let P(n) denote the statement: In any group of n cats, if one is black, then they are all black.
Thus, by induction P(n) is true for all n. Since everyone has seen at least one black cat, it follows that all cats are black. --anonym.
See horse paradox Gdr 13:16:45, 2005-08-19 (UTC)
It's also possible to prove by induction that in a multi-storey building, the elevator is always going in the right direction. Proof:
The mistake here is obvious. — JIP | Talk 07:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
A couple borrows $100,000 at 9% interest as a mortgage loan on a house. They expect to make monthly payments for 30 years to repay the loan. What is the size of each payment? Also, find the annual percentage rate (APR)?
Here is where I am stuck. Can someone explain mathematically how I can find the APR? --anonym
New 30 Year ARM Mortgage | 524,000 |
Proposed New Rate | 1.00% |
Proposed New APR | $4.875% |
Proposed New Payment | $1,685.39 |
Now I can see that becomes
Therefore,. What are points? How does the APR relate to points here? Is there an equation that relates the APR and other variables I have given hereon to points? --anonym
A young lady is recruited by the Army and decided she does not want to enlist and through letters and contacting her local commander received a form of discharge papers. It does not state honorable or dishonorable information but the letter reads - You are seperated from Component Indicated: DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM, FORT KNOX, KY 40121 - effective June 5, 2005 (VOCO Confirmed)- Can you tell me what does that mean - does she still have to report to the Army at a later date?
Carol Williamson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington This page is slated for demolition according to a notice I saw yesterday. Why? Apparently, there is some procedure to vote to keep the page, but I could not find it. Please consider this as my vote to keep this page.
There is justice after all. Thanks! - ME
The article on lead states that the 210 isotope is a synthetic radioisotope, an article containing the phrase "no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable that it decays away in a very short period of time".
This appears to contradict what I read at [21], a site of the US Geological Survey, so with considerable credibility.
I realize I am way out of my depth here, but I have two questions:
Thank you. 82.210.117.55 15:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying to create a table in latex that will look like this
Input Output Formula ------------------------- A 1 x = f(y) B 2 C 3 / D 4 <| E 5 \ F 6
(though with different stuff in the table). In particular, the main difficulty is getting a curly brace on the outside of the last three values, and also getting the inside to align well with the titles. I've tried all kinds of table nesting, but I can't work out how to do it.
Any help REALLY appreciate, thanks! Mary K 15:44, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Are you wanting to create this in ordinary LaTeX or in a mixture of Wikimarkup and LaTeX? If you want it in ordinary LaTeX, then this gets close enough, as long as you have remebered to \usepackage{} as appropriate:
If you don't want the vertical lines, just take them out of the curly braces on the line starting \begin{tabular}.
This won't work in the restricted version of LaTeX available in MediaWiki (doesn't LaTeX tables for a start), so if that's what you're after give me a prod on my talk page. - Splash 19:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
I don't don't have LaTeX at work to experiment with, but I would try something like:
\usepackage{multirow} \begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c} & Input & Output & Formula \\ \hline & A & 1 & $x = f(y)\\ & B & 2 & \\ & C & 3 & \\ \multirow{3}{*}{ \Bigg\{ } & D & 4 & \\ & E & 5 & \\ & F & 6 & \\ \end{tabular}
This avoids nesting, although I don't know if multirow is a default package. You'd have to manually tweek the size of the \Bigg\{ and your horizontal like would be over the brace's column also, but that's a small price to pay. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 19:23, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
George Washington page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington This page is slated for demolition according to a notice I saw yesterday. Why? Apparently, there is some procedure to vote to keep the page, but I could not find it. Please consider this as my vote to keep this page.
I saw a website a while back with a history of what was considered attractive through history, but I lost it - anyone know what I'm talking about? Trollderella 17:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Where is the prison called "Tent Prison" located? I thought it was in Arizona but cannot find it. Thank you <contact information removed>
Can anybody confirm that these two (unrelated) mathematical relations are correct? If they are correct, how can it be proved?
Thank you very much. -- Edcolins 19:14, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
To Wikipedia:Reference desk/130.111.96.164 -- CVaneg 20:18, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Out of all the liquids on our planet why does water expand when frozen while all others contract or become denser? Thanks,Zane
Where does this phrase originate? I assumed it must have been first used in a film or something (as with "frankly my dear I don't give a damn"), but a quick inspection of google turns up no obvious candidate for its first use. Any ideas? — Trilobite ( Talk) 22:45, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
So in current usage what does the phrase mean?
So it was around before Meet the Parents. Thanks for that. — Trilobite ( Talk) 12:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Do I really have to be cathlic to enter your school?
What's with this all of a sudden, we seem to have a spate of these... Trollderella 23:28, 19 August 2005 (UTC)