This question was posed at the Main Page talk and is transferred here: aristotelian model of compassion vs. dalai lama's view -- All that comes to mind is the Dalai Lama's comment that "we Buddhists can learn something more of compassion from Christians" -- info on aristotelian model and compassion and dalai lama -- I don't know where to look to see if my earlier question has been answered--where would I look?
Dbachmann's reference above gives a good 1-paragraph summary, which is re-phrased below:
Don't make much from Dalai Lama's statement. He is not representative of Buddhism (unless you want to know his view specially). He is a head of a Buddhist nation. His statment is more politically correct than correct. Buddhists do not need to learn copmassion from Christians ( No, I am not a Buddhist ). The compassion of Buddha is unbound and unconditional. You don't have to beleive in Buddha for Buddha to have compassion for you. Buddha's compasion is not limited to man kind only. As reflected in the story where he saves the swan when Devdutt hurts it. Christ's compassion is limited to christians only. He does not give a damn about those who do not accept him as a savior. In fact he warns them There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day(John 12:48). They pretent to do chariatble work among non-christians only because they hope to convert them to christianism. Buddhists know what is compassion, they just do not have enough infrastructure to practice it.
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_compassion_goetz2.html hope that provides some sort of constructive start for a complicated subject allie 02:29, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
You may find the best answer in a fascinating book, published last year, "Traditions of Compassion - From Religious duty to Social Activism", by the philosopher K.Lampert
I'd like to post to a newsgroup without revealing my email address (or at least with a "nospam" bit inserted).
I'm signed up with Google newsgroups which insists on using the email address unmodified (unless you know different).
For the newsgroup concerned there seem to be some web interfaces I can use to post but I need to register and give them my email address. It doesn't take a genius to suspect that they run the webservice for free because they make their money selling the email addresses they garner.
I'm really only concerned about spam - perhaps I'm being overly worried as I've had the address for years, it's a Hotmail one and presumably it's on every list going by now anyway. If that's the case then please just confirm this notion and I'll press on regardless and let MSN's spam filter do all the work. -- bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly) 06:49, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
I haven't been on usenet for years but why not use a newsreader such as forte Agent or even outlook express? You can whatever adress you like in those. Failing that create a new email address say spammypot@throwawaywebaccount.ta-very-much then use that. Put "I never read email at this address" as a signature to warn people not to bother you, then let thaty adress catch all the spam it wants. Periodically delete everything from it every couple of months to keep it active. Theresa Knott (The snott rake) 11:42, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is at Westchester County, New York, hope that helps. -- fvw * 00:56, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
How many checking accounts (or demand deposit accounts) are there in the US? How many in EU? How many checks are written in each per year? What is $$$ value of checking transactions in each per year? Any such statistical info regarding the size/volume of demand deposit accounts worldwide, or links to such information or data, would be appreciated. Thanks - KPM 14 DEC 2004
SIr/Madam, I'm krishna from india..i'm creating one webpage on Andhra Prdesh.. MAy i use ur information/articles regarding Andhra Pradesh,,, Thanking you sir, krishna andhra pradesh, india.
Where can I find information about how to set my programmable house thermostat most efficiently? I am interested esp in whether it is better to keep the house a little warm all the time, or let it cool down completely then heat it up again in cycles. Thanks.
(Moved from Talk:Lactose -- David Iberri | Talk)
Why some population became able to metabolise lactose when they could eat cheese or yougurth that doesn't contain lactose? Isn't the calcium contained in cheese not enough for a diet?
When is the annual "running of the horses" festival on Chincoteague Island, Virginia? Or are there several festivals? It's not mentioned in the article. Mjklin 19:04, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
Thanks. Mjklin 19:34, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
I understand how some molecules (for example, acetate) can exist in an acid form (acetic acid) or in a salt form (sodium acetate, etc.). When reading the Wikipedia article on cocaine, I came across mentions of the salt form, the base form and the pure form of the cocaine molecule. What I don't understand is... don't these terms only make sense when the molecule is ionizable? Where is the ionizable group on the cocaine molecule? And what is the pure form of the molecule, relative the salt and base forms? ike9898 19:05, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 19:20, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC) Thanks for taking a minute to look over my questions. I am currently rebuilding a 309 big block in my spare time. I was wondering if any of the Ford Guru's might have some feed back. Keep in mind, Im in college right now for diesel mechanics, and my funds are extremly low. I am looking at maybe tring to strok the engine. Any body had any luck tryin to build on of these monsters
I took the motor out of a 76 3/4 ton 2WD. It was painted from the facory as Orange Blossom Special. Needless to say, with a bad drinking problem, the ol' truck didnt last that long. It was buttoned up behind a 4 speed manual, with granny gear. It was fun while it lasted, but it doesnt scare me anymore. NEED MORE POWER!!! I took my heads and block into school to clean them up a lil. Belive it or not, the block actually was blue at one time.
I'm pondering the thouget of Buying a F250 Highboy. It sits in this guys yard every morning on my way to school. I think its a 78, and its runnin a C6. Its a closs toss-up between goin really fast, or goin wherever I want. Once again, thanks for your time reading this. Please reply to this web site, or email me at Viss79@hotmail.com Give me the guidence to build a winner.
I know this might sound stupid, but is the CSI: NY theme song part of a regular-sized song? (i.e.: The "Charmed" them song is part of "When Is Now" or something like that.) If it is, what is that song/singer and where can I find the lyrics to it?
--Tina
Dear Tina, The theme song for the CSI program that is set in LAS VEGAS which stars, among others, Marg Helgenberger, is "Who Are You" as sung by Roger Daltry of the English band called The Who. Watch the end credits to see for yourself. John Gambardella
To Whom It May Concern;
I would really like to know if you can either tell me where to find the answers or just give them to me for these questions:
Have the qualifications for a member of the Sanhedrin changed over time?
I understand that one qualification for a man to be a member of the Sanhedrin in Jesus' day was that he had to be married. Is this correct?
Thank you for your time and efforts on my behalf.
Brian G. Baxter bbaxter@shaw.ca
Neither the article Sanhedrin nor my Bible Dictionary give any indication that marriage was a pre-requisite. I quote "The method of appointment is not clear, but the aristocratic origin of the body suggests direct appointment of members of the ancient families". DJ Clayworth 03:26, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah (Laws of Sanhedrin, ch. 2) lists the legal qualifications for a member of the Sanhedrin. Among them is the requirement that a member of the Sanhedrin should have sons, so that he would be merciful, although marriage itself is not listed. The legal requirements (according to Maimonides) did not change over time, although of course the practical build of the Sanhedrin would have. The Sanhedrin ceased to function entirely during the 4th century. -- Avi 17:03, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)
As a liberal arts kind of person, I have ask Wikipedia's many mathematics buffs:
Thanks. Neutrality/ talk 04:48, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
ugen64 05:42, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
In the US, a length of road might be called "Padonia Rd.", "Padonia St.", "Padonia Dr.", etc. Is there any difference between a road, street or drive in this context? What about an avenue -- these are typically large multi-lane roads, I think, but not always. The only constant is "court"; "Padonia Ct." always ends in a cul-de-sac, right? Tuf-Kat 06:25, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
In the UK it's very common for streets with the same name and different suffixes to be located close to each other. And the suffix is not normally omitted in speech as in the USA. Normally "Street" is in an urban area (except for Watling Street etc which are names of Roman Roads). Road, Way, or Drive would be normal in a suburban area. "Close" is always a cul-de-sac (but I know of at least two exceptions!) rossb 15:47, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Just to add a little anecdote ... In the South Bay, Los Angeles, there is a street called Ramona Street at its north end and Fir Street at its south end. In between, it's called Firmona Street. Rick K 07:59, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
"In my experience, the suffixes are ignored completely by residents" (above). I am a London Private Hire driver (NOT black cab - better and cheaper than black cab). I am still waiting for an American to get in and say "take me to Oxford" (meaning Oxford Street). They may get a shock when I drop them off at Maudlin and ask for 80 pounds.
I live on Warner Avenue in a small village in upstate NY, my road is very short low traffic with maybe a dozen houses on it one of those last plowed deals. So i deffinetly dont think that Avenues are always bussier roads.
What are the brimless hats (shown in the picture) worn by many Indonesian men called? PedanticallySpeaking 21:58, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
I know there are places called Pug Rescue. But are there any in Ohio? Any information about Pug Rescue would be helpful. Or even Schnauzer Rescue. ^^ KThx.
--Tina
I'm going to be taking a one-man driving holiday in CA/NV/AZ in Jan/Feb of 2005, and I hoped y'all would fill me in on some driving conditions info that ordinary guidebooks and weather sites seem to miss.
Thanks. -- John Fader 02:04, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
what is the name of the vodka with the woman warrior riding a polar bear? please help thanks send email to wskipper@satx.rr.com
Correct, it is schnapps. See this thread " [9]" for a brief history of the origin of the ad, and links to assorted versions of the ad campaign. Anyone know who handled the 1990's ad campaign? I'd like to find out.
I was reading the article on Nazi Architecture and came upon an interesting quote- "Nazi buildings were an expression of the essence of the movemnt buildt as a Nationalist Socialist building should be regardless of the style used" and I want to know how to find out who this quote was originally said by. Thanks.
I have a question regarding the interpretation of demographic statistics - in particular as related to cities within the USA. I will use San Antonio, Texas as an example, and here's the question:
In looking at population demographics by race for San Antonio, it lists the %'s for various races along these lines: 68% white, 7% african-american, 1% native american, 2% asian and 22% other. Then it goes on to say that 59% of the population is of latin/hispanic race.
Do those statistics indicate that the latin/hispanic %'s are included within the white statistic as presented, and that therefore the actual % of the white population is only 9% for San Antonio?
I guess I don't understand why the hispanic population is not called out separately (as is the native american group) in the first listing of population percents.
Thanks very much.
Steve
Where is the
Thompinian
phonetic
alphabet used? --
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How were the standard sizes of bowls, cups and plates established? Constafrequent, infrequently constant 08:13, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I was wondering where I'd be able to find pictures/diagrams of the uniforms of various girl scouting organisations around the world (specifically in europe). Any comparisons, or pictures of obsolete uniforms would be very helpful. (I'm trying to identify one that I've recently acquired) Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss) 09:26, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hope it helps, allie 02:45, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
What are the differences between
phonemic alphabets and
phonetic alphabets? --
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The article
Extinction event claims the background rate of
extinctions is about two to five marine
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families per million years. What is the rate in terms of
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Business? alteripse 21:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
To quote Edwin Starr, "absolutely nothing". -- Cyrius| ✎ 07:23, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Say it again. Dysprosia 09:25, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
As far as I can tell from the brief research that I have made, it ain't nothing but a heartbreaker, and is friend only to the undertaker. It seems to be an enemy to all mankind, frankly, the very thought of war blows my mind. Intrigue 19:36, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Solving the overpopulation problem, perhaps. Ливай | ☺ 04:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
And not one link to War#Costs and benefits of war. People! :-) JRM 14:13, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
Most of the best films have some sort of war in. In fact, this makes me think of a question i shall post here-- Wonderfool 00:22, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Political gain? Either in the spoils of war from a successful military conquest, or within one's own country. A nation at war is a nation with a common enemy, therefore much more likely to follow any lead which opposes that enemy - that is to say, whatever differences political groups have, they will generally abandon them and unite if a greater external threat faces them. This can be advantageous to a suitably cunning person or group. Noodhoog 06:14, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
War is a great way of kick-starting the economy... Alphax (t) (c) (e) 15:01, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
I would like to know what turpenoid is.
I moved this from the help desk. As for what a turpenoid is, I think it's a good name for an elected official who publicly displays a combination of moral turpitude and stupidity. However, if you want to know what a terpenoid is, click on the word and you will be magically whisked away to an answer. alteripse 22:49, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I vote no, or at least make it a disambiguation page with the new definition offered above. Let's see if we can start a word! alteripse 23:13, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
However, just to be clear, neologisms tend to be quickly placed on VFD, and usually end up deleted (or so modified as to no longer be about a new word, as in this case). The reason I thought there may be some question about having the redirect is that some may not consider turepenoid a common misspelling of terpenoid. For the time being, I'm going to change it back to a redirect. - Rholton 00:39, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Good evening,
in your list of dates of death I find an very significant lack: please check yourself.
Kaspar Hauser died on Dec 17 after a murder attack.
I would wish very much that this be considered.
Respectfully
Hans J. Struck
Dear Sir or Madam,
If hundreds-of-thousands of articles are being submitted, how does Wikipedia know that they are accurate? Surely, it is not possible to have someone double-checking (triple-checking?) every article submitted?
Many thanks for a very interesting website.
Sincerely Bert
What resources are available to find out information about a non-public corporation in the United States? Are there any publically-accessible records which a private corporation has to report to the government? In particular I'm trying to find out information about t/Space. -- NeuronExMachina 01:14, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 21:26, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
My father was in the 20th Air Force--677 B Squadron--flew the Hump I'm tring to identify or get the meaning of several patches that he wore on his flight jacket. I know I don't belong on this site but don't know where to go. Thanks Tim Borden timborden1@mindspring.com
I checked pineapple but found no reference to that chemical that makes your tongue feel raw and painful if you eat uncooked/unprepared pineapple. Is it pineapple that does that? This is one of those things I have a faint memory of, but no hard information. grendel| khan 02:36, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
Image:SacDollar.jpeg comes from the United States Mint. Their copyright policy states, in part, "Also for example, copyrights in the Dollar Coin Obverse Design featuring Sacagawea [... have been assigned to and are owned by the United States Mint." I was under the impression that the Mint, being a part of the Department of State (which is part of the federal U.S. government), couldn't copyright anything at all. So, is the U.S. Mint's page in error, or is the statement that the U.S. federal government copyrights nothing in error? I'm pretty confused on this one. grendel| khan 03:21, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
There was a rifle discovered by a friend of mine. He collects guns and cannot find any information of any kind on this rifle. The only markings on this rifle are machine engraved (just like Winchester or any other markings) and say Cherokee 75. That is the only identification on this rifle. There are no serial numbers or anything. Does anyone know who made this rifle or where it came from or where I can look up the information? It is not in any collectors' books that we have checked. Thank you. Candy Arp
We the willing, led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Is this quote from the Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged? Thanks!
Elaine A. King, CPA
How do I make a million dollars, attract beautiful women and become famous? I figure we know everything else, we might as well find out about this one. Thanks. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:32, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Oh, sorry about the male POV — except for you gay guys of course)
Moved here from article namespace, please email questioner, article deleted. I am a member of the Britannia Naval Research Association based in Oxford England. We are preparing a presentation of The Battle of St Vincent in 1780. The battle was fought between the Spanish and English fleets. We are having difficulty in naming all the English and Spanish ships present and historic records seem scarce. We also require details of the Spanish flags, both national and admirals' flags of that date. Malcolm Lewis mandblewis@onetel.com
In writing several articles on not-so-famous people, I have run across indications that some individuals who did not formerly attain the rank of Colonel apparently assumed the use of this title (or it was used by others when referring to them) in the years after the American Civil War. From my own experience, I was aware of several such people who were still alive in the mid-20th century in Virginia. That leads me to speculate that this was/is some kind of colloquial situation. Following the lead of author H. Reid in The Virginian Railway, I addressed the issue in the William N. Page and related articles and have side-stepped the issue in Algernon S. Buford and related articles. In both instances, there are published indications that the title of "Colonel" was not an earned military rank.
Thanks. Vaoverland 17:33, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I'm an Alabama Colonel. All I had to do was write the governor and ask for it. I have a framed certificate with a pretty gold seal on it. Rick K 08:08, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
I have recently discovered the software WikidPad, which seems to operate almost identically to Wikipedia and is simple enough to be used by non-programmers (unlike MediaWiki). It uses the file extension .wiki, and its files will export to HTML. However, it will not import text files, so there is a bit of up-front work to do cutting and pasting from my current journal. My question is, is there any other (better) software like this I should know about before I start copying all my files, or does it not matter because I can always export later? Or should I just go ahead and learn PHP for MediaWiki? Thanks. Mjklin 18:08, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
Are there any Web sites where people bemoan the use of current slang, neologisms, usages, and grammatical patterns? Thanks, Gelu Ignisque
I have recently purchased a Hitachi HB-B101 Bread Maker. There was no instruction booklet for it. Is there anywhere that I can contact to get an operating book for my breadmaker.
Teri Lindsey
HERE IS WHAT I LEARNED TO DO: I have this machine with no instructions either, but have had very good results just doing things and not following any rules or recipes other than some bread baking basics:
I always use 1 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast and about 4-5 cups of some sort of flour and grains, along with a few pinches of salt, about a tablespoon of sugar, and a few tablespoons of milk. And hot tap water.
I am not particular about any order of ingredients or even measure the amounts. Just dump it all in and watch for a few minutes to makes sure there is enough water for a relatively loose dough. And you might need to add more flour or more water and stir things down at first. Maybe plan on a few trial and error loafs, but I bet you will soon catch on.
Then I have fun putting various flours and grains together with enough water to make a fairly moist dough - that seems to be key to make a nicely rising and well-grained bread. (Just the opposite of what I had expected - I thought a really tight ball of dough was the most desirable. But this loose dough seems to work the best and you could never knead it by hand, which is not the problem with the machine.
Right now I use about 2 cups unbleached bread flour, 1 cup wholewheat flour, and about a third cup each of gluten, yellow cornmeal, and bulgasr type cracked wheat. This is making a really yummy loaf. But you could substitute almost anything or increase amounts of one over another extra ingredient or use just plain flour for up to about 5 cups total.
I have also added a baked potato to a similar ratio of flour/water/yeast. Or left over mashed potatoes, or dried potato flakes. This is where you can be creative with about a cup of "extra" ingredients.
So feel free to ad lib following some of these basic guidelines, set the timer on "dark" and push the button and sit back until the wonderful smell of baking bread fills your house.
I am looking for software to stitch together 8 large tiff images (they are sections of a map). I'd love it to be free. Any ideas?
Just a few questions about grammar that I have been curious about for quite some time. 1) Why is "colonel" spelled the way it is? 2) When do you use "burnt" and when do you use "burned"? (Same with any other words similar with the "t" or "ed" ending.) 3)How do you know when to use "who" or "whom"?(Same with "affect" and "effect".)
--Tina
OK, here are the next two
Who is used as a subject in a clause or sentence and whom is used as object of a clause, preposition or transitive verb: who hit whom? is correct, but whom hit who? is not. In Latin, they would be translated into nominative and accusative forms of the pronoun respectively.
Affect as a noun usually means mood, as a verb to affect means to change, but rarely it means "to pretend to" a quality.
Effect as a noun means the result of change, and as a verb to effect means to cause.
Many writers here and elsewhere who are otherwise literate cannot keep these straight. Start noticing and you'll find more semiliterati with pretensions than you might expect. Unless they are politicians affecting demotic ignorance (cf Bush's nucular). alteripse 02:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Burned is a past participle, burnt is an adjective.
But not:
("*" is the international linguistics symbol for an intentionally incorrect sentence.)
People don't make the distinction consistently, so don't worry too much about it.
affect and effect have different argument structures.
But never:
X affects Y means that X is an actor of some sort and Y is a thing that changes because of the actions of X. X effects Y means that X is an action and Y is a consequence of that action.
People do try to make this distinction consistently as it has real content and potential for ambiguity. You should try to get this one right.
The "colonel" and who/whom questions have already been answered.
Diderot 03:46, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
And see whom for Wikipedia's take on it. JRM 14:22, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
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Where can I get information on Mega-esophagus (Megaesophagus?). -- Sgeo | Talk 01:50, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
Is there any site that I can go to that would tell me anything about law? (Like a law dictionary.) Or if it has the statutes/ punishments for crimes (i.e.: Murder First Degree, Second Degree, etc.)?
Statutes and punishments vary by jurisdiction. Every town makes its own parking laws and punishments, while each state makes its own statutes defining degrees of homicide and potential punishments. And of course, these variations are applicable in every other jurisdiction and every other country around the world. There are of course people you can pay to advise you on the laws and punishments applicable in a particular jurisdiction. We won't invoke their name in polite discourse here, though.
Here is a "law for nonlawyers" email course: [19]
Sometimes law schools offer such courses locally. You might call your local law school. E.g., [20]
Here is a law dictionary for nonlawyers: [21]
And finally, here is a possible source for relatively cheap advice about a particular situation (since I assume you are not looking for this info from idle curiosity) [22]
Good luck. alteripse 03:36, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Also note that in many (most?) jurisdictions, statute law is supplemented by case law or jurisprudence from the courts. Some of it may be available online. David.Monniaux 16:32, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
At the end of the 5th century BC, how many days of competition were there in the Ancient Olympics and what were the events?
WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THE CURRENT IED PROBLEM IN IRAQ. WE NEED MORE SPECIFIC INFO ON WHAT THE "BAD GUYS" ARE USING TO DETONATE AND TO SIGNAL THE DETONATION...CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS. CAN YOU HELP? THANKS HAUTEINTELLIGENCE
Is there a simple way to use the headphone socket on the CD-ROM drive on a Windows XP computer to listen to music from, say, LAUNCHcast? The monitor speakers work fine but my colleagues would rather not listen to my personal tastes in music :-) -- Phil | Talk 18:38, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
Wow, I've come to this one a bit late, but what the heck, I'll throw in my 2p's worth anyways. The simple answer to your question is no. Standard CDROM drives only allow for data/digital audio being transmitted from the drive to the host PC - there is no way for the drive to accept input. The headphone socket in a CDROM is simply a way to listen to a standard audio CD through it. Interestingly, for a standard CDROM to function as an audio CD player you don't even need a computer. So long as it has power (which can be provided by a standard PC power supply) and a play/stop button on the front, you can use it as a CD player simply by plugging in headphones or speakers to the headphone socket.
In more practical terms, as others have already said, it sounds like what you really want to do is get the sound from your computer on your headphones. Check your speakers - often speakers will have a headphone socket in them for convenience. If not, then you'll need to plug your headphones straight into your soundcard or breakout box. Be careful to get the right output when doing this, and lower the volume beforehand to avoid any loud bangs or pops.
Hope this helps you. -- Noodhoog 17:20, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
If this discussion should be somewhere else, please move it. This is where I usually ask questions, so this is where I'm putting it.
I've just had a rather disturbing discussion with the art librarian at my university, a public research school in the northeastern United States. (Well, it's recently stopped being my university, but I'm still hanging around.) The university library has recently purchased access for its campus to a data base called ARTSTOR. I am informed that this access carried a one-time cost of thirty-six thousand dollars, as well as a yearly fee of about twenty thousand dollars. Not cheap. It contains over a quarter million high-resolution, high-quality art images, including sculpture, painting, and photography.
Their terms and conditions detail a variety of things one is not allowed to do with the data therein, including publication on a third-party website. I'm further told that the university could lose its license if the data were so leaked. Yikes.
I'm particularly interested in the collection of paintings (I'd like better versions of this and this, for instance), so I asked the art librarian, who has some experience in publishing books with reproductions of art in them. (Thus, I take him to be a somewhat authoritative source.) He told me that collections which hold paintings also hold the copyright on them, which is why the books have credits and 'with permission of' notes in the back of them, even if the works are very, very old. (I asked about items passing into the public domain from age. He maintained that the galleries own the copyright.)
Also, he was very adamant that photographers of old works own the copyright on those photographs. I referenced Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corporation, remembering the substance, but not the full name. ("Corel versus... someone.") He assured me, rather emphatically, that photographers go through a lot of effort to take good pictures of art, and that they also take great pains to protect their copyright on those pictures.
If so, what about the scans I've made of old (first published in the 19th century) prints and photographs that were reproduced in a relatively recent book? It seems to me that either both the above scans and ARTSTOR's contents (though, of course, not its indexing, presentation or tools) are in the public domain, or neither are. So who's right?
He also informed me that copyright infringement is the most popular thing in the world (literally) to sue people for. I explained that Wikipedia tries to be self-policing in these matters, and that I was in fact currently working on a project to tag images according to copyright status. I'm not sure he believed that we aren't a bunch of smelly pirates. (Though he'd heard of Wikipedia before.)
This is very disturbing to me. The guy clearly has done his research, having actually published some art books and dealt with acquiring permission. I will be consulting with my legal staff (a friend halfway through law school who just finished his 'intellectual property law' class) this evening, and reporting back the results. grendel| khan 22:20, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
Are there any films where nobody dies? Im convinced that the percentage is about 3% of all films or somethin measly like that. also, I wonder how many ppl die in the average movie. Even kid films have the oblig death. I read somewhere that only about 6 Disney films didnt have the main character's parent die
Well, I know of about 2 that nobody dies- one is "Milo and Otis" (it's about a pug dog ((Otis)) and a tabby cat ((Milo)) and their adventures to get home) and the other is "Stuart Little".
Pretty sure there is a death in Apollo 13. I think most, if not all, Marx Brothers films pass without fatal incident and there's not much of a bodycount in Laurel and Hardy I hope. Jackass:The Movie is probably a bit cheeky. And I feel compelled to give a nod to Terminator 2: Judgment Day since Arnie swears not to kill anyone, so compromises by merely disabling tens of policeman for life and consigning them to desk duties. Of course the baddie terminator carries on a-slaughtering. -- 62.255.64.5 18:15, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I stand to be corrected, but how about
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 01:20, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC) I have been trying to find a song that i only heard in germany.This song was out around the same time as rappers delight.The song was very long & sounded like it was computer generated.I thought the name was "computer rappin",but i can not find anything about it.I was in germany between 1979 & 1982.The song may have been a couple years old before i heard it.Please help this is driving me insane.If you know the song send any info you have to me at ociris69@hotmail.com Thank you,Robert.
What are the names of all the books in the series? I know there are 11, but I can't remember the names in order.. Also, is there going to be a 12th one?
--Tina
But......What about a twelfth book??? There has to be!!! Snicket can't just end the book series like that...=(
Okay, thank you.
Hi I remember reading, a while back, that a certain Greek scholar. philosopher, and thinker actually was the first to label or name the parts of speech and to place all words into one of 10 categories (in Greek). I believe English has 8. Do you know his name or where I may find it? Enjoy your site. Art Haykin Bend, Oregon
P.S. You might ask the people over at the Help Desk why your otherwise excellent site is infected with such a distracting background pattern behind the text. It often makes the text difficult and even impossible to read. I simply don't understand what useful purpose it serves.
Somewhere out there, someone will have the answer i'm looking for. Who designed the first Ford in South Africa??? this might seem like a trivial question, but u have no idea how important (and urgent) this is.
thanx
Alton User:168.209.98.35
When was the last person sentenced to death for a crime other than murder in the UK? Warofdreams 13:03, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I am restoring a 1987 GMC Caballero and am looking for a "GMC Caballero" manual - not a manual that says - "Chevrolet El Camino". If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks
Dear Sir: What rights does a mother (who is from Czech Republic) have in keeping her baby who was born in the United States when her and her husband visits Czech Republic. She may choose to stay in Czech Republic. Can her husband bring the baby back to the US without any problems from the laws there in Czech Republic.
Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to know what is the thickness of the molecule of benzene? Your help would be appreciated. Regards Del..
What is the longest word in the English language? In the world? I've Google'd it, but Google(TM) turned up nothnig useful. (Or maybe it's just my computer.) Also, I would like to know the definition of the really long word. ((And it would help to have the pronunciation,too.))
--Tina
What is the chemical makeup of sugar? (i.e.: Oxygen is O2.)
How do I solve the following problems?
1)
(–q)3(–q6)4 ---- (q3)6
Use your power rules.
Given this,
2)
GIVEN that f(x) = 4–x2 that g(x) = 2–x
What is the rule of the function (f * g)(x)?
Assuming you mean the product of functions, use (a-b)(c-d)=ac-ad-bc-bd.
So, (fg)(x) should be (2-x)(4-x2)=8-2x2-4x+x3.
3) What is the inverse of:
a) f(x) = [(3, 9), (9, 3), (-4, 2)}
What is that? Do you mean the function defined only at x=3, 9, and -4 with function values 9, 3, and 2? If so, the inverse function is {(9, 3), (3, 9), (2, -4)}.
b) f(x) = x - (2/3)
Let y = x - 2/3. We solve for x. y+2/3=x=f(y), so this is the inverse function. (You can check by substitution, (y+2/3)-(2/3)=y, so this is correct) Dysprosia 05:08, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Math idiot/ "liberal arts person" 04:45, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks, y'all. I got an A on my exam, so I did all right. -- Math idiot/ "liberal arts person"
Can sperm die?
Of course they are alive. They move and consume energy and metabolize and respond to the environment and contribute dna to reproducing themselves. When they are dead they stop doing all those things and decompose. They can be frozen in certain conditions and revived, but they are not like viruses or fungal spores, some of which can be dehydrated and survive on an inanimate object in the environment for long periods of time. alteripse 13:01, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
OK, spell it out because it isn't clear to me. It is of course tautologically simple that "it depends on how you define life", but I cannot think of any of the common biological definitions by which a aperm is not alive but a bacterium or protozoan is. Read your linked article. Check out the criteria in a biology book. Go watch the Woody Allen movie. Every cell in your body that is consuming energy, metabolizing, reacting to its environment, maintaining itself and actively fighting the good fight against entropy is alive. When it stops doing those things it is dead. A virus may be an arguable case of something having some but not all the qualities of life, but there is nothing borderline about a sperm. alteripse 13:40, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
If you don't stretch your reproductive criterion, you are not alive, because you can only produce half the DNA needed to reproduce yourself. Your argument is silly and seems to be powered primarily by your wish to contradict me because you didn't like my "tone". Right? And I hate smileys (yes, I'm a card-carrying member of curmudgeon local #112). But Merry Christmas anyway. alteripse 15:18, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
We're talking elementary school science fair project here, right?
If you google crystal coal ammonia, you get lots of answers and even recipes. Here's an explanation: [23], [24]. Here is a recipe: [25].
Most of these recipes also include a coloring agent like laundry blueing. With NH3 and HCl you will get ammonium chloride crystals which are clear/whitish. Add a drop of something else if you want color. Good luck. alteripse 13:56, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Which of the commas are required and optional in this paragraph: "So that's it, everything you need to know about inducing lucid dreams using [ Acme Dream Dabbler ]. Hope this helps a lot of people, who have failed to succeed with other techniques, to become lucid." Also, what punctuation mark should be in the place of the # here? "Think of [ Acme Lucidity Lozenge ] as an anaesthetic# it will force your body to sleep while you can use your mind to induce a lucid dream." r3m0t 15:05, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I would replace the first comma with a semi-colon or possibly a colon. DJ Clayworth 18:07, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I am interested in knowing about the intellectual property issues involved in metasearch, and also in the use of shared usernames such as those available on BugMeNot.com. To what extent does a site own its content, if that content was ultimately produced by others? What are the legal distinctions between:
1. Search results on Google (publicly displayed and created by individuals who have no relationship with the website)
Google does not own the intellectual property of the websites it links to. The short snippets of text it provides(see literally random search) are provided under fair use. The links themselves are citations.
2. Classified ads on Craigslist (publicly displayed, but created by individuals specifically for display on that site)
"Although craigslist does not claim ownership of content that its users post, by posting Content to any public area of the Service, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to craigslist an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute said Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, said Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses (through multiple tiers) of the foregoing." (from the TOS (terms of service)). This probably is different at other similar sites, and depends solely on the TOS that all users implicitly agree to.
3. News stories on NewYorkTimes.com (displayed only to registered users, but registration is free)
I am certain that NewYorkTimes.com owns all content.
4. Encyclopedia artices on Britannica.com (displayed only to registered users, and registration costs money)
Again, they own all content.
To what extent can a 3rd party facilitate access to each of these 4 types of content? Thanks in advance! Schmeitgeist 17:15, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
A 3rd party can link to any of these forms of content, without permission. Despite what companies may tell you, linking is merely a citation, and thereby not even possibly a copyright violation. This is the same as it being legal to put a book in your works cited without permission. Now, you can link to a google search, and even legally put a search box on your site. You can link to the other mentioned sites as well. As for outright copying, you cannot do that for any without a license, even with citation. You may be able to get a license, though, depending on your application. As for meta-search, according to Google's TOS,
"
No Automated Querying
You may not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system without express permission in advance from Google. Note that "sending automated queries" includes, among other things: using any software which sends queries to Google to determine how a website or webpage "ranks" on Google for various queries; "meta-searching" Google; and performing "offline" searches on Google. "
As for BugMeNot.com in conjunction with nytimes.com, according to nytimes.com
Subscriber Agreement, "
As part of the registration process, you will select a password and a Member ID. You also have to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. (a) You may not (i) select or use a Member ID of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use a Member ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization; or (iii) use a Member ID that NYTD, in its sole discretion, deems offensive. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your account. (b) You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent of NYTD."
So therefore, you have to give your real name originally, but then you can "authorize" everyone else on BugMeNot to use the name, as long as you take responsibility, it seems.
If you have any questions, post again. - Superm401 01:34, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
You ever seen a double hammock? Plus, has anyone ever made a film about Salvador Dali
I have been working on several WP articles on some not-so-famous people, and I am having trouble obtaining dates of birth and/or death. I have exhaustively searched through Google, Yahoo, and several other search engines. I have also checked historical societies and genealogy source on-line. I need to be able to work from home. I specifically need:
Thanks. Vaoverland 17:20, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
How do you say Merry Christmas in Catalan. I had to find out for a progect, which was cancelled, but I still want to know.
Thanks! I'll correct it on the link CP gives. Lee S. Svoboda 20:53, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
what is the emf equation of a transformer
My computer will not install either Windows XP or Ubuntuu Linux. On Windows XP it gets past the first part of installation, but when the computer reboots for the second part, the second part crashes. On Ubuntuu the screen starts to flicker and the installation dies. What could be the problem? Masterhomer 05:20, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=2
My mother always insisted that you need to leave the oven door cracked when broiling in an electric oven. Is this true and if so why? (A christmas morning around the tree Q) ike9898 15:10, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
My mother always seemed to think that the oven would get damaged. Of course, my mother has a lot of baseless worries! ike9898 14:39, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Please tell me about a sheep when the preditor comes it's self defense cames it freeze for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to normal. Thank you
I'm new to VB.NET and I have a simple question. I want to make new objects of the type BankAccount (which I have allready made) whenever the user hits a new account button. The number of objects should be determined solely by the number of clicks (so I can't create them all before hand). Preferably the name of the class should be their SS# or full name. Obviously each needs at least a unique name. Can this be done? I've done some research and I think maybe a constructor could help. BrokenSegue 04:45, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Why wasn't there any warning system placed in the Indian Ocean to warn people of catastrophic tidal waves such as this? (Anonymous question from User:206.169.172.226, moved here from Image talk:2004 Indonesia Tsunami.gif)
How difficult is it for a
United States
citizen to
defect, as it were, to the
European Union?
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A humorous email just made it my way noting that the combination of brake fluid and chlorine bleach produces a lot of smoke. I couldn't think of the chemistry involved and wondered if that produced any toxic gas as a byproduct. I'm thinking chlorine gas or something. Or if not, what is the chemistry involved there? Googling just brings up many copies of the original humorous list. Thanks - Taxman 04:14, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm very new to Wikipedia so please don't judge this question or my command of the website controls (for posting comments) too harshly...(speaking of which,sorry about the previous post... I got a little overzealous).
A friend of mine and I were driving home in the car after a game of Risk, when he insisted that he manipulated me. After an extensive discussion on the matter, to make a long story short, it turns out his definition of "manipulation" is as follows:
"manipulation is the art of getting someone, through any means, to do what you want."
He admits that it is quite a broad definition, thus allowing the word/term to have a positive connotation, as well as its innate negative one... and I am convinced that to alter the definition in this way makes the word lose all meaning (after all, if a drowning man accepts your offer to save him, under this definition, it is manipulation on the rescuer's part).
So my question is... is it possible to manipulate someone to a positive end? And if so, is it still manipulation or is there another word for such a definition?
As a reference, the real life definition of manipulation is listed below from Merriam-Webster.com: 2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
( http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=manipulation)
Thanks for your consideration!
~Andy
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Thank you very much for your speedy reply and for the outside perspective! Your argument sounds reasonable, so I guess I'm going to have to admit that I was manipulated. >_< Oh, well... there's always the next Risk game. ^_^
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Ive heard, although very vaguely, of dog Diabetes.
My dog is eleven, and suddenly, she has begun to drink a lot of water and, as a consequence, urinate much more frequently than before. This is one of the basic symptoms of human Diabetes, and besides our climate is pretty good now, its not hot.
Can anyone please tell me what is the correct number of Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps during or immediately after the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)in Germany in 1938?
Two different Wikipedia articles give different figures: The article Kristallnacht puts the number at 30,000 whereas Racial policy of Nazi Germany puts it at 20,000.
-- Dr Gangrene 18:10, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Some of the victims of the recent tsunami were reported as being scuba divers. What would be the effect of being (say) 30m under water when a tsunami hits? Did these people die because they were unable to return to their boats, or by being battered by the wave? I would imagine that the wave (not really being 'moving' water, more transmission of energy) would simply pass through the divers, perhaps lifting them? Thanks, Mark Richards 18:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
who were the first cartoon couple to be seen sharing a double bed
Dears, I would like to write an essay concerning the myriad of crimes committed in the name of God, primarily in the United States. These crimes should involve hate crimes, crimes of passion, persecution of those who either do not believe or have different values from the masses. Actually, this essay would be made up mostly of documented stories of such crimes.
My question to you is what might be the right search words to use in order to better direct my research? Of course I found slavery, genocide, witch hunts, inquisitions, etc., but I'm looking for a clearer association between the self righteous & torture, murder & mass murder.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, including those that advise me to "take my research elsewhere". Thank you for your time & kind consideration. Sincerely, John Gambardella Dec. 29, '04
I wonder if you should maybe define your terms a bit more clearly. For example, was slavery done in the name of God, or for economic reasons? If there were religious justifications for such things, that may not be the same as doing something in the name of God. Here are some suggestions for you to consider:
You have a big topic on your hands here, and frankly I wouldn't rely on Wikipedia. You need to go to source documents if you are going to get to the facts behind the stories that 'everyone' knows. However this gives you some key phrases. Take them to the web, and also to your local library. Good luck. DJ Clayworth 04:46, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) Thank you for your excellent suggestions, DJ. You are right when you say that my goal needs to be better defined. I thought that might come about during the research. However, the main purpose of this proposed essay is to bring to light the fact that the self righteous are some of the most grievous criminals on the planet, well into the 20th & 21st centuries. Being an American, I'm determined to focus on Americans, i.e: the religious right & other like minded extremists, but not the simply criminally insane.
Once again, I thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. Sincerely, John G.
I should probably ignore this like I did when it was first posted since you confirm exactly what I suspected. What you suggest is a piece of bigoted religious hatred: don't confuse me with any conflicting facts-- my mind is already made up. Apparently it hasn't occurred to you that if you look back at the last century of cruelty, persecution, and inhumanity, that it doesn't sort by believers and unbelievers? The officially atheistic regimes of the world in the last century apparently accounted for more deaths and suffering on a quantitative scale than those that were perpetrated "in the name of god" in the last 2000 years, (but hey, who's counting?). Here's a counter thesis that is pretty obvious to many of us: as soon as a person or an organization is so convinced that his vision of how human political, social, or religious life should be ordered is so important that it justifies mistreatment of individual human beings, he and his organization have become monstrous and evil. It doesn't matter whether the abstract idea is of god or an atheistic just society, the evil arises from the combination of power to harm and the belief that ones' goals are more important than other people's welfare. But if you just want to be a bigot, be my guest. alteripse 03:09, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
On Jack Johnson, there was a mangled paragraph which contained the following.
Is this deleteable nonsense? Or is it encyclopedic data that got mangled somehow? grendel| khan 07:23, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
Well, Jack Johnson died in 1946 and the CIA was established in 1947 ... Rick K 07:35, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
We are working with the articles of wikipedia. We intend to create a knowledge base which is semantic web enabled. We have downloaded the dump files which have the articles and their categories, but we failed to understand the relation between the categories. The hierarchy of the categories is available on the site, but couldn't be found on the dump files. Needed guidance on the same.
Thankin you.
Could someone please type the Greek alphabet linearly, analogously to abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz? It would be helpful if you could also include all accented variants of the vowels. Thanks! -- Gelu Ignisque
As I understand it, the order given on
Greek alphabet is the correct "alphabetical" one - alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, &c... you should be able to just copy/paste that. α, β, γ, δ, ε...
Shimgray 21:21, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) - I should have added, apparently, that some of the characters there (Digamma, San, Qoppa (what a lovely word) & Sampi) are now "archaic" - they fell out of use sufficiently long ago that they're not worth noting.
Shimgray 21:25, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Where would one find a list of recent
volcanic eruptions?
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When I was searching for Charles Greene it links to some runner, even under the article on Arts and Crafts Movement and American Architects. Is there anyway to fix the link so it get's referenced correctly?
Thanks
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Same as for a loan you would take out yourself. Interest rate, payment, etc. Is the interest rate variable? If so, what index and margin does it have? What is the maximum the interest rate can vary to? If it is hybrid variable, fixed for a period of years and then varying, how long is it fixed for? Depends on where you are at, but most assumable loans now are variable rates, so you may be better off getting a fixed or hybrid variable loan of your own. It really depends on the details of your financial situation. An ethical advisor when provided with all of the details could tell you the pluses and minuses of different options so you could choose. - Taxman 16:02, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)
Are there any negative long-term effects on someone who habitually uses menthol and camphor product? (Specifically, eating ~5 cough drops a day, using menthol/camphor gel inside the nostrils)? Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 20:33, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Camphor and menthol can be liver toxic if exposure is excessive. With a quick search I found no reports of liver damage from nasal use of either, but if someone uses it daily for prolonged periods it would be prudent to have liver enzymes checked. The most severe types of toxicity (seizures) occurred when small children ingested preparations meant for topical application. alteripse 14:33, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The Convict King is a autobiography edited by James Francis Hogan and published in 1891, the University of Sydney hosts the novel on its servers claiming that the texts are free of copyright. However they put forward various conditions of use including "The texts and images may not be used for any commercial purpose without permission from the University of Sydney Library." and "The texts are not to be mounted on another server for public or commercial access without permission.", am i right in assuming that they are no position to make such a claim and can be safely ignored? -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 14:12, 2004 Dec 31 (UTC)
What is the Latin expression for "Things as they are"
The phrase that lawyers use is: rebus sic stantibus: as matters stand --the phrase means 'things as they are.' Source: Erlich, Eugene. Amo, Amas, Amat and More. 1987. New York: Harper & Row ISBN 0062720171 (pbk)
This question was posed at the Main Page talk and is transferred here: aristotelian model of compassion vs. dalai lama's view -- All that comes to mind is the Dalai Lama's comment that "we Buddhists can learn something more of compassion from Christians" -- info on aristotelian model and compassion and dalai lama -- I don't know where to look to see if my earlier question has been answered--where would I look?
Dbachmann's reference above gives a good 1-paragraph summary, which is re-phrased below:
Don't make much from Dalai Lama's statement. He is not representative of Buddhism (unless you want to know his view specially). He is a head of a Buddhist nation. His statment is more politically correct than correct. Buddhists do not need to learn copmassion from Christians ( No, I am not a Buddhist ). The compassion of Buddha is unbound and unconditional. You don't have to beleive in Buddha for Buddha to have compassion for you. Buddha's compasion is not limited to man kind only. As reflected in the story where he saves the swan when Devdutt hurts it. Christ's compassion is limited to christians only. He does not give a damn about those who do not accept him as a savior. In fact he warns them There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day(John 12:48). They pretent to do chariatble work among non-christians only because they hope to convert them to christianism. Buddhists know what is compassion, they just do not have enough infrastructure to practice it.
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/research_compassion_goetz2.html hope that provides some sort of constructive start for a complicated subject allie 02:29, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
You may find the best answer in a fascinating book, published last year, "Traditions of Compassion - From Religious duty to Social Activism", by the philosopher K.Lampert
I'd like to post to a newsgroup without revealing my email address (or at least with a "nospam" bit inserted).
I'm signed up with Google newsgroups which insists on using the email address unmodified (unless you know different).
For the newsgroup concerned there seem to be some web interfaces I can use to post but I need to register and give them my email address. It doesn't take a genius to suspect that they run the webservice for free because they make their money selling the email addresses they garner.
I'm really only concerned about spam - perhaps I'm being overly worried as I've had the address for years, it's a Hotmail one and presumably it's on every list going by now anyway. If that's the case then please just confirm this notion and I'll press on regardless and let MSN's spam filter do all the work. -- bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly) 06:49, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
I haven't been on usenet for years but why not use a newsreader such as forte Agent or even outlook express? You can whatever adress you like in those. Failing that create a new email address say spammypot@throwawaywebaccount.ta-very-much then use that. Put "I never read email at this address" as a signature to warn people not to bother you, then let thaty adress catch all the spam it wants. Periodically delete everything from it every couple of months to keep it active. Theresa Knott (The snott rake) 11:42, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is at Westchester County, New York, hope that helps. -- fvw * 00:56, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
How many checking accounts (or demand deposit accounts) are there in the US? How many in EU? How many checks are written in each per year? What is $$$ value of checking transactions in each per year? Any such statistical info regarding the size/volume of demand deposit accounts worldwide, or links to such information or data, would be appreciated. Thanks - KPM 14 DEC 2004
SIr/Madam, I'm krishna from india..i'm creating one webpage on Andhra Prdesh.. MAy i use ur information/articles regarding Andhra Pradesh,,, Thanking you sir, krishna andhra pradesh, india.
Where can I find information about how to set my programmable house thermostat most efficiently? I am interested esp in whether it is better to keep the house a little warm all the time, or let it cool down completely then heat it up again in cycles. Thanks.
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Why some population became able to metabolise lactose when they could eat cheese or yougurth that doesn't contain lactose? Isn't the calcium contained in cheese not enough for a diet?
When is the annual "running of the horses" festival on Chincoteague Island, Virginia? Or are there several festivals? It's not mentioned in the article. Mjklin 19:04, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
Thanks. Mjklin 19:34, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
I understand how some molecules (for example, acetate) can exist in an acid form (acetic acid) or in a salt form (sodium acetate, etc.). When reading the Wikipedia article on cocaine, I came across mentions of the salt form, the base form and the pure form of the cocaine molecule. What I don't understand is... don't these terms only make sense when the molecule is ionizable? Where is the ionizable group on the cocaine molecule? And what is the pure form of the molecule, relative the salt and base forms? ike9898 19:05, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 19:20, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC) Thanks for taking a minute to look over my questions. I am currently rebuilding a 309 big block in my spare time. I was wondering if any of the Ford Guru's might have some feed back. Keep in mind, Im in college right now for diesel mechanics, and my funds are extremly low. I am looking at maybe tring to strok the engine. Any body had any luck tryin to build on of these monsters
I took the motor out of a 76 3/4 ton 2WD. It was painted from the facory as Orange Blossom Special. Needless to say, with a bad drinking problem, the ol' truck didnt last that long. It was buttoned up behind a 4 speed manual, with granny gear. It was fun while it lasted, but it doesnt scare me anymore. NEED MORE POWER!!! I took my heads and block into school to clean them up a lil. Belive it or not, the block actually was blue at one time.
I'm pondering the thouget of Buying a F250 Highboy. It sits in this guys yard every morning on my way to school. I think its a 78, and its runnin a C6. Its a closs toss-up between goin really fast, or goin wherever I want. Once again, thanks for your time reading this. Please reply to this web site, or email me at Viss79@hotmail.com Give me the guidence to build a winner.
I know this might sound stupid, but is the CSI: NY theme song part of a regular-sized song? (i.e.: The "Charmed" them song is part of "When Is Now" or something like that.) If it is, what is that song/singer and where can I find the lyrics to it?
--Tina
Dear Tina, The theme song for the CSI program that is set in LAS VEGAS which stars, among others, Marg Helgenberger, is "Who Are You" as sung by Roger Daltry of the English band called The Who. Watch the end credits to see for yourself. John Gambardella
To Whom It May Concern;
I would really like to know if you can either tell me where to find the answers or just give them to me for these questions:
Have the qualifications for a member of the Sanhedrin changed over time?
I understand that one qualification for a man to be a member of the Sanhedrin in Jesus' day was that he had to be married. Is this correct?
Thank you for your time and efforts on my behalf.
Brian G. Baxter bbaxter@shaw.ca
Neither the article Sanhedrin nor my Bible Dictionary give any indication that marriage was a pre-requisite. I quote "The method of appointment is not clear, but the aristocratic origin of the body suggests direct appointment of members of the ancient families". DJ Clayworth 03:26, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah (Laws of Sanhedrin, ch. 2) lists the legal qualifications for a member of the Sanhedrin. Among them is the requirement that a member of the Sanhedrin should have sons, so that he would be merciful, although marriage itself is not listed. The legal requirements (according to Maimonides) did not change over time, although of course the practical build of the Sanhedrin would have. The Sanhedrin ceased to function entirely during the 4th century. -- Avi 17:03, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)
As a liberal arts kind of person, I have ask Wikipedia's many mathematics buffs:
Thanks. Neutrality/ talk 04:48, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
ugen64 05:42, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
In the US, a length of road might be called "Padonia Rd.", "Padonia St.", "Padonia Dr.", etc. Is there any difference between a road, street or drive in this context? What about an avenue -- these are typically large multi-lane roads, I think, but not always. The only constant is "court"; "Padonia Ct." always ends in a cul-de-sac, right? Tuf-Kat 06:25, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
In the UK it's very common for streets with the same name and different suffixes to be located close to each other. And the suffix is not normally omitted in speech as in the USA. Normally "Street" is in an urban area (except for Watling Street etc which are names of Roman Roads). Road, Way, or Drive would be normal in a suburban area. "Close" is always a cul-de-sac (but I know of at least two exceptions!) rossb 15:47, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Just to add a little anecdote ... In the South Bay, Los Angeles, there is a street called Ramona Street at its north end and Fir Street at its south end. In between, it's called Firmona Street. Rick K 07:59, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
"In my experience, the suffixes are ignored completely by residents" (above). I am a London Private Hire driver (NOT black cab - better and cheaper than black cab). I am still waiting for an American to get in and say "take me to Oxford" (meaning Oxford Street). They may get a shock when I drop them off at Maudlin and ask for 80 pounds.
I live on Warner Avenue in a small village in upstate NY, my road is very short low traffic with maybe a dozen houses on it one of those last plowed deals. So i deffinetly dont think that Avenues are always bussier roads.
What are the brimless hats (shown in the picture) worn by many Indonesian men called? PedanticallySpeaking 21:58, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
I know there are places called Pug Rescue. But are there any in Ohio? Any information about Pug Rescue would be helpful. Or even Schnauzer Rescue. ^^ KThx.
--Tina
I'm going to be taking a one-man driving holiday in CA/NV/AZ in Jan/Feb of 2005, and I hoped y'all would fill me in on some driving conditions info that ordinary guidebooks and weather sites seem to miss.
Thanks. -- John Fader 02:04, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
what is the name of the vodka with the woman warrior riding a polar bear? please help thanks send email to wskipper@satx.rr.com
Correct, it is schnapps. See this thread " [9]" for a brief history of the origin of the ad, and links to assorted versions of the ad campaign. Anyone know who handled the 1990's ad campaign? I'd like to find out.
I was reading the article on Nazi Architecture and came upon an interesting quote- "Nazi buildings were an expression of the essence of the movemnt buildt as a Nationalist Socialist building should be regardless of the style used" and I want to know how to find out who this quote was originally said by. Thanks.
I have a question regarding the interpretation of demographic statistics - in particular as related to cities within the USA. I will use San Antonio, Texas as an example, and here's the question:
In looking at population demographics by race for San Antonio, it lists the %'s for various races along these lines: 68% white, 7% african-american, 1% native american, 2% asian and 22% other. Then it goes on to say that 59% of the population is of latin/hispanic race.
Do those statistics indicate that the latin/hispanic %'s are included within the white statistic as presented, and that therefore the actual % of the white population is only 9% for San Antonio?
I guess I don't understand why the hispanic population is not called out separately (as is the native american group) in the first listing of population percents.
Thanks very much.
Steve
Where is the
Thompinian
phonetic
alphabet used? --
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How were the standard sizes of bowls, cups and plates established? Constafrequent, infrequently constant 08:13, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I was wondering where I'd be able to find pictures/diagrams of the uniforms of various girl scouting organisations around the world (specifically in europe). Any comparisons, or pictures of obsolete uniforms would be very helpful. (I'm trying to identify one that I've recently acquired) Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss) 09:26, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hope it helps, allie 02:45, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
What are the differences between
phonemic alphabets and
phonetic alphabets? --
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The article
Extinction event claims the background rate of
extinctions is about two to five marine
animal
families per million years. What is the rate in terms of
species or
genera? --
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Business? alteripse 21:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
To quote Edwin Starr, "absolutely nothing". -- Cyrius| ✎ 07:23, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Say it again. Dysprosia 09:25, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
As far as I can tell from the brief research that I have made, it ain't nothing but a heartbreaker, and is friend only to the undertaker. It seems to be an enemy to all mankind, frankly, the very thought of war blows my mind. Intrigue 19:36, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Solving the overpopulation problem, perhaps. Ливай | ☺ 04:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
And not one link to War#Costs and benefits of war. People! :-) JRM 14:13, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
Most of the best films have some sort of war in. In fact, this makes me think of a question i shall post here-- Wonderfool 00:22, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Political gain? Either in the spoils of war from a successful military conquest, or within one's own country. A nation at war is a nation with a common enemy, therefore much more likely to follow any lead which opposes that enemy - that is to say, whatever differences political groups have, they will generally abandon them and unite if a greater external threat faces them. This can be advantageous to a suitably cunning person or group. Noodhoog 06:14, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
War is a great way of kick-starting the economy... Alphax (t) (c) (e) 15:01, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
I would like to know what turpenoid is.
I moved this from the help desk. As for what a turpenoid is, I think it's a good name for an elected official who publicly displays a combination of moral turpitude and stupidity. However, if you want to know what a terpenoid is, click on the word and you will be magically whisked away to an answer. alteripse 22:49, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I vote no, or at least make it a disambiguation page with the new definition offered above. Let's see if we can start a word! alteripse 23:13, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
However, just to be clear, neologisms tend to be quickly placed on VFD, and usually end up deleted (or so modified as to no longer be about a new word, as in this case). The reason I thought there may be some question about having the redirect is that some may not consider turepenoid a common misspelling of terpenoid. For the time being, I'm going to change it back to a redirect. - Rholton 00:39, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Good evening,
in your list of dates of death I find an very significant lack: please check yourself.
Kaspar Hauser died on Dec 17 after a murder attack.
I would wish very much that this be considered.
Respectfully
Hans J. Struck
Dear Sir or Madam,
If hundreds-of-thousands of articles are being submitted, how does Wikipedia know that they are accurate? Surely, it is not possible to have someone double-checking (triple-checking?) every article submitted?
Many thanks for a very interesting website.
Sincerely Bert
What resources are available to find out information about a non-public corporation in the United States? Are there any publically-accessible records which a private corporation has to report to the government? In particular I'm trying to find out information about t/Space. -- NeuronExMachina 01:14, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 21:26, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
My father was in the 20th Air Force--677 B Squadron--flew the Hump I'm tring to identify or get the meaning of several patches that he wore on his flight jacket. I know I don't belong on this site but don't know where to go. Thanks Tim Borden timborden1@mindspring.com
I checked pineapple but found no reference to that chemical that makes your tongue feel raw and painful if you eat uncooked/unprepared pineapple. Is it pineapple that does that? This is one of those things I have a faint memory of, but no hard information. grendel| khan 02:36, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
Image:SacDollar.jpeg comes from the United States Mint. Their copyright policy states, in part, "Also for example, copyrights in the Dollar Coin Obverse Design featuring Sacagawea [... have been assigned to and are owned by the United States Mint." I was under the impression that the Mint, being a part of the Department of State (which is part of the federal U.S. government), couldn't copyright anything at all. So, is the U.S. Mint's page in error, or is the statement that the U.S. federal government copyrights nothing in error? I'm pretty confused on this one. grendel| khan 03:21, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
There was a rifle discovered by a friend of mine. He collects guns and cannot find any information of any kind on this rifle. The only markings on this rifle are machine engraved (just like Winchester or any other markings) and say Cherokee 75. That is the only identification on this rifle. There are no serial numbers or anything. Does anyone know who made this rifle or where it came from or where I can look up the information? It is not in any collectors' books that we have checked. Thank you. Candy Arp
We the willing, led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Is this quote from the Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged? Thanks!
Elaine A. King, CPA
How do I make a million dollars, attract beautiful women and become famous? I figure we know everything else, we might as well find out about this one. Thanks. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:32, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Oh, sorry about the male POV — except for you gay guys of course)
Moved here from article namespace, please email questioner, article deleted. I am a member of the Britannia Naval Research Association based in Oxford England. We are preparing a presentation of The Battle of St Vincent in 1780. The battle was fought between the Spanish and English fleets. We are having difficulty in naming all the English and Spanish ships present and historic records seem scarce. We also require details of the Spanish flags, both national and admirals' flags of that date. Malcolm Lewis mandblewis@onetel.com
In writing several articles on not-so-famous people, I have run across indications that some individuals who did not formerly attain the rank of Colonel apparently assumed the use of this title (or it was used by others when referring to them) in the years after the American Civil War. From my own experience, I was aware of several such people who were still alive in the mid-20th century in Virginia. That leads me to speculate that this was/is some kind of colloquial situation. Following the lead of author H. Reid in The Virginian Railway, I addressed the issue in the William N. Page and related articles and have side-stepped the issue in Algernon S. Buford and related articles. In both instances, there are published indications that the title of "Colonel" was not an earned military rank.
Thanks. Vaoverland 17:33, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I'm an Alabama Colonel. All I had to do was write the governor and ask for it. I have a framed certificate with a pretty gold seal on it. Rick K 08:08, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
I have recently discovered the software WikidPad, which seems to operate almost identically to Wikipedia and is simple enough to be used by non-programmers (unlike MediaWiki). It uses the file extension .wiki, and its files will export to HTML. However, it will not import text files, so there is a bit of up-front work to do cutting and pasting from my current journal. My question is, is there any other (better) software like this I should know about before I start copying all my files, or does it not matter because I can always export later? Or should I just go ahead and learn PHP for MediaWiki? Thanks. Mjklin 18:08, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
Are there any Web sites where people bemoan the use of current slang, neologisms, usages, and grammatical patterns? Thanks, Gelu Ignisque
I have recently purchased a Hitachi HB-B101 Bread Maker. There was no instruction booklet for it. Is there anywhere that I can contact to get an operating book for my breadmaker.
Teri Lindsey
HERE IS WHAT I LEARNED TO DO: I have this machine with no instructions either, but have had very good results just doing things and not following any rules or recipes other than some bread baking basics:
I always use 1 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast and about 4-5 cups of some sort of flour and grains, along with a few pinches of salt, about a tablespoon of sugar, and a few tablespoons of milk. And hot tap water.
I am not particular about any order of ingredients or even measure the amounts. Just dump it all in and watch for a few minutes to makes sure there is enough water for a relatively loose dough. And you might need to add more flour or more water and stir things down at first. Maybe plan on a few trial and error loafs, but I bet you will soon catch on.
Then I have fun putting various flours and grains together with enough water to make a fairly moist dough - that seems to be key to make a nicely rising and well-grained bread. (Just the opposite of what I had expected - I thought a really tight ball of dough was the most desirable. But this loose dough seems to work the best and you could never knead it by hand, which is not the problem with the machine.
Right now I use about 2 cups unbleached bread flour, 1 cup wholewheat flour, and about a third cup each of gluten, yellow cornmeal, and bulgasr type cracked wheat. This is making a really yummy loaf. But you could substitute almost anything or increase amounts of one over another extra ingredient or use just plain flour for up to about 5 cups total.
I have also added a baked potato to a similar ratio of flour/water/yeast. Or left over mashed potatoes, or dried potato flakes. This is where you can be creative with about a cup of "extra" ingredients.
So feel free to ad lib following some of these basic guidelines, set the timer on "dark" and push the button and sit back until the wonderful smell of baking bread fills your house.
I am looking for software to stitch together 8 large tiff images (they are sections of a map). I'd love it to be free. Any ideas?
Just a few questions about grammar that I have been curious about for quite some time. 1) Why is "colonel" spelled the way it is? 2) When do you use "burnt" and when do you use "burned"? (Same with any other words similar with the "t" or "ed" ending.) 3)How do you know when to use "who" or "whom"?(Same with "affect" and "effect".)
--Tina
OK, here are the next two
Who is used as a subject in a clause or sentence and whom is used as object of a clause, preposition or transitive verb: who hit whom? is correct, but whom hit who? is not. In Latin, they would be translated into nominative and accusative forms of the pronoun respectively.
Affect as a noun usually means mood, as a verb to affect means to change, but rarely it means "to pretend to" a quality.
Effect as a noun means the result of change, and as a verb to effect means to cause.
Many writers here and elsewhere who are otherwise literate cannot keep these straight. Start noticing and you'll find more semiliterati with pretensions than you might expect. Unless they are politicians affecting demotic ignorance (cf Bush's nucular). alteripse 02:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Burned is a past participle, burnt is an adjective.
But not:
("*" is the international linguistics symbol for an intentionally incorrect sentence.)
People don't make the distinction consistently, so don't worry too much about it.
affect and effect have different argument structures.
But never:
X affects Y means that X is an actor of some sort and Y is a thing that changes because of the actions of X. X effects Y means that X is an action and Y is a consequence of that action.
People do try to make this distinction consistently as it has real content and potential for ambiguity. You should try to get this one right.
The "colonel" and who/whom questions have already been answered.
Diderot 03:46, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
And see whom for Wikipedia's take on it. JRM 14:22, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
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Where can I get information on Mega-esophagus (Megaesophagus?). -- Sgeo | Talk 01:50, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
Is there any site that I can go to that would tell me anything about law? (Like a law dictionary.) Or if it has the statutes/ punishments for crimes (i.e.: Murder First Degree, Second Degree, etc.)?
Statutes and punishments vary by jurisdiction. Every town makes its own parking laws and punishments, while each state makes its own statutes defining degrees of homicide and potential punishments. And of course, these variations are applicable in every other jurisdiction and every other country around the world. There are of course people you can pay to advise you on the laws and punishments applicable in a particular jurisdiction. We won't invoke their name in polite discourse here, though.
Here is a "law for nonlawyers" email course: [19]
Sometimes law schools offer such courses locally. You might call your local law school. E.g., [20]
Here is a law dictionary for nonlawyers: [21]
And finally, here is a possible source for relatively cheap advice about a particular situation (since I assume you are not looking for this info from idle curiosity) [22]
Good luck. alteripse 03:36, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Also note that in many (most?) jurisdictions, statute law is supplemented by case law or jurisprudence from the courts. Some of it may be available online. David.Monniaux 16:32, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
At the end of the 5th century BC, how many days of competition were there in the Ancient Olympics and what were the events?
WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THE CURRENT IED PROBLEM IN IRAQ. WE NEED MORE SPECIFIC INFO ON WHAT THE "BAD GUYS" ARE USING TO DETONATE AND TO SIGNAL THE DETONATION...CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS. CAN YOU HELP? THANKS HAUTEINTELLIGENCE
Is there a simple way to use the headphone socket on the CD-ROM drive on a Windows XP computer to listen to music from, say, LAUNCHcast? The monitor speakers work fine but my colleagues would rather not listen to my personal tastes in music :-) -- Phil | Talk 18:38, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
Wow, I've come to this one a bit late, but what the heck, I'll throw in my 2p's worth anyways. The simple answer to your question is no. Standard CDROM drives only allow for data/digital audio being transmitted from the drive to the host PC - there is no way for the drive to accept input. The headphone socket in a CDROM is simply a way to listen to a standard audio CD through it. Interestingly, for a standard CDROM to function as an audio CD player you don't even need a computer. So long as it has power (which can be provided by a standard PC power supply) and a play/stop button on the front, you can use it as a CD player simply by plugging in headphones or speakers to the headphone socket.
In more practical terms, as others have already said, it sounds like what you really want to do is get the sound from your computer on your headphones. Check your speakers - often speakers will have a headphone socket in them for convenience. If not, then you'll need to plug your headphones straight into your soundcard or breakout box. Be careful to get the right output when doing this, and lower the volume beforehand to avoid any loud bangs or pops.
Hope this helps you. -- Noodhoog 17:20, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
If this discussion should be somewhere else, please move it. This is where I usually ask questions, so this is where I'm putting it.
I've just had a rather disturbing discussion with the art librarian at my university, a public research school in the northeastern United States. (Well, it's recently stopped being my university, but I'm still hanging around.) The university library has recently purchased access for its campus to a data base called ARTSTOR. I am informed that this access carried a one-time cost of thirty-six thousand dollars, as well as a yearly fee of about twenty thousand dollars. Not cheap. It contains over a quarter million high-resolution, high-quality art images, including sculpture, painting, and photography.
Their terms and conditions detail a variety of things one is not allowed to do with the data therein, including publication on a third-party website. I'm further told that the university could lose its license if the data were so leaked. Yikes.
I'm particularly interested in the collection of paintings (I'd like better versions of this and this, for instance), so I asked the art librarian, who has some experience in publishing books with reproductions of art in them. (Thus, I take him to be a somewhat authoritative source.) He told me that collections which hold paintings also hold the copyright on them, which is why the books have credits and 'with permission of' notes in the back of them, even if the works are very, very old. (I asked about items passing into the public domain from age. He maintained that the galleries own the copyright.)
Also, he was very adamant that photographers of old works own the copyright on those photographs. I referenced Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corporation, remembering the substance, but not the full name. ("Corel versus... someone.") He assured me, rather emphatically, that photographers go through a lot of effort to take good pictures of art, and that they also take great pains to protect their copyright on those pictures.
If so, what about the scans I've made of old (first published in the 19th century) prints and photographs that were reproduced in a relatively recent book? It seems to me that either both the above scans and ARTSTOR's contents (though, of course, not its indexing, presentation or tools) are in the public domain, or neither are. So who's right?
He also informed me that copyright infringement is the most popular thing in the world (literally) to sue people for. I explained that Wikipedia tries to be self-policing in these matters, and that I was in fact currently working on a project to tag images according to copyright status. I'm not sure he believed that we aren't a bunch of smelly pirates. (Though he'd heard of Wikipedia before.)
This is very disturbing to me. The guy clearly has done his research, having actually published some art books and dealt with acquiring permission. I will be consulting with my legal staff (a friend halfway through law school who just finished his 'intellectual property law' class) this evening, and reporting back the results. grendel| khan 22:20, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
Are there any films where nobody dies? Im convinced that the percentage is about 3% of all films or somethin measly like that. also, I wonder how many ppl die in the average movie. Even kid films have the oblig death. I read somewhere that only about 6 Disney films didnt have the main character's parent die
Well, I know of about 2 that nobody dies- one is "Milo and Otis" (it's about a pug dog ((Otis)) and a tabby cat ((Milo)) and their adventures to get home) and the other is "Stuart Little".
Pretty sure there is a death in Apollo 13. I think most, if not all, Marx Brothers films pass without fatal incident and there's not much of a bodycount in Laurel and Hardy I hope. Jackass:The Movie is probably a bit cheeky. And I feel compelled to give a nod to Terminator 2: Judgment Day since Arnie swears not to kill anyone, so compromises by merely disabling tens of policeman for life and consigning them to desk duties. Of course the baddie terminator carries on a-slaughtering. -- 62.255.64.5 18:15, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I stand to be corrected, but how about
Anonymous request moved from the Village Pump. Peter O. ( Talk, automation script) 01:20, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC) I have been trying to find a song that i only heard in germany.This song was out around the same time as rappers delight.The song was very long & sounded like it was computer generated.I thought the name was "computer rappin",but i can not find anything about it.I was in germany between 1979 & 1982.The song may have been a couple years old before i heard it.Please help this is driving me insane.If you know the song send any info you have to me at ociris69@hotmail.com Thank you,Robert.
What are the names of all the books in the series? I know there are 11, but I can't remember the names in order.. Also, is there going to be a 12th one?
--Tina
But......What about a twelfth book??? There has to be!!! Snicket can't just end the book series like that...=(
Okay, thank you.
Hi I remember reading, a while back, that a certain Greek scholar. philosopher, and thinker actually was the first to label or name the parts of speech and to place all words into one of 10 categories (in Greek). I believe English has 8. Do you know his name or where I may find it? Enjoy your site. Art Haykin Bend, Oregon
P.S. You might ask the people over at the Help Desk why your otherwise excellent site is infected with such a distracting background pattern behind the text. It often makes the text difficult and even impossible to read. I simply don't understand what useful purpose it serves.
Somewhere out there, someone will have the answer i'm looking for. Who designed the first Ford in South Africa??? this might seem like a trivial question, but u have no idea how important (and urgent) this is.
thanx
Alton User:168.209.98.35
When was the last person sentenced to death for a crime other than murder in the UK? Warofdreams 13:03, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I am restoring a 1987 GMC Caballero and am looking for a "GMC Caballero" manual - not a manual that says - "Chevrolet El Camino". If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks
Dear Sir: What rights does a mother (who is from Czech Republic) have in keeping her baby who was born in the United States when her and her husband visits Czech Republic. She may choose to stay in Czech Republic. Can her husband bring the baby back to the US without any problems from the laws there in Czech Republic.
Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to know what is the thickness of the molecule of benzene? Your help would be appreciated. Regards Del..
What is the longest word in the English language? In the world? I've Google'd it, but Google(TM) turned up nothnig useful. (Or maybe it's just my computer.) Also, I would like to know the definition of the really long word. ((And it would help to have the pronunciation,too.))
--Tina
What is the chemical makeup of sugar? (i.e.: Oxygen is O2.)
How do I solve the following problems?
1)
(–q)3(–q6)4 ---- (q3)6
Use your power rules.
Given this,
2)
GIVEN that f(x) = 4–x2 that g(x) = 2–x
What is the rule of the function (f * g)(x)?
Assuming you mean the product of functions, use (a-b)(c-d)=ac-ad-bc-bd.
So, (fg)(x) should be (2-x)(4-x2)=8-2x2-4x+x3.
3) What is the inverse of:
a) f(x) = [(3, 9), (9, 3), (-4, 2)}
What is that? Do you mean the function defined only at x=3, 9, and -4 with function values 9, 3, and 2? If so, the inverse function is {(9, 3), (3, 9), (2, -4)}.
b) f(x) = x - (2/3)
Let y = x - 2/3. We solve for x. y+2/3=x=f(y), so this is the inverse function. (You can check by substitution, (y+2/3)-(2/3)=y, so this is correct) Dysprosia 05:08, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Math idiot/ "liberal arts person" 04:45, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks, y'all. I got an A on my exam, so I did all right. -- Math idiot/ "liberal arts person"
Can sperm die?
Of course they are alive. They move and consume energy and metabolize and respond to the environment and contribute dna to reproducing themselves. When they are dead they stop doing all those things and decompose. They can be frozen in certain conditions and revived, but they are not like viruses or fungal spores, some of which can be dehydrated and survive on an inanimate object in the environment for long periods of time. alteripse 13:01, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
OK, spell it out because it isn't clear to me. It is of course tautologically simple that "it depends on how you define life", but I cannot think of any of the common biological definitions by which a aperm is not alive but a bacterium or protozoan is. Read your linked article. Check out the criteria in a biology book. Go watch the Woody Allen movie. Every cell in your body that is consuming energy, metabolizing, reacting to its environment, maintaining itself and actively fighting the good fight against entropy is alive. When it stops doing those things it is dead. A virus may be an arguable case of something having some but not all the qualities of life, but there is nothing borderline about a sperm. alteripse 13:40, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
If you don't stretch your reproductive criterion, you are not alive, because you can only produce half the DNA needed to reproduce yourself. Your argument is silly and seems to be powered primarily by your wish to contradict me because you didn't like my "tone". Right? And I hate smileys (yes, I'm a card-carrying member of curmudgeon local #112). But Merry Christmas anyway. alteripse 15:18, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
We're talking elementary school science fair project here, right?
If you google crystal coal ammonia, you get lots of answers and even recipes. Here's an explanation: [23], [24]. Here is a recipe: [25].
Most of these recipes also include a coloring agent like laundry blueing. With NH3 and HCl you will get ammonium chloride crystals which are clear/whitish. Add a drop of something else if you want color. Good luck. alteripse 13:56, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Which of the commas are required and optional in this paragraph: "So that's it, everything you need to know about inducing lucid dreams using [ Acme Dream Dabbler ]. Hope this helps a lot of people, who have failed to succeed with other techniques, to become lucid." Also, what punctuation mark should be in the place of the # here? "Think of [ Acme Lucidity Lozenge ] as an anaesthetic# it will force your body to sleep while you can use your mind to induce a lucid dream." r3m0t 15:05, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I would replace the first comma with a semi-colon or possibly a colon. DJ Clayworth 18:07, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I am interested in knowing about the intellectual property issues involved in metasearch, and also in the use of shared usernames such as those available on BugMeNot.com. To what extent does a site own its content, if that content was ultimately produced by others? What are the legal distinctions between:
1. Search results on Google (publicly displayed and created by individuals who have no relationship with the website)
Google does not own the intellectual property of the websites it links to. The short snippets of text it provides(see literally random search) are provided under fair use. The links themselves are citations.
2. Classified ads on Craigslist (publicly displayed, but created by individuals specifically for display on that site)
"Although craigslist does not claim ownership of content that its users post, by posting Content to any public area of the Service, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to craigslist an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute said Content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, said Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses (through multiple tiers) of the foregoing." (from the TOS (terms of service)). This probably is different at other similar sites, and depends solely on the TOS that all users implicitly agree to.
3. News stories on NewYorkTimes.com (displayed only to registered users, but registration is free)
I am certain that NewYorkTimes.com owns all content.
4. Encyclopedia artices on Britannica.com (displayed only to registered users, and registration costs money)
Again, they own all content.
To what extent can a 3rd party facilitate access to each of these 4 types of content? Thanks in advance! Schmeitgeist 17:15, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
A 3rd party can link to any of these forms of content, without permission. Despite what companies may tell you, linking is merely a citation, and thereby not even possibly a copyright violation. This is the same as it being legal to put a book in your works cited without permission. Now, you can link to a google search, and even legally put a search box on your site. You can link to the other mentioned sites as well. As for outright copying, you cannot do that for any without a license, even with citation. You may be able to get a license, though, depending on your application. As for meta-search, according to Google's TOS,
"
No Automated Querying
You may not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system without express permission in advance from Google. Note that "sending automated queries" includes, among other things: using any software which sends queries to Google to determine how a website or webpage "ranks" on Google for various queries; "meta-searching" Google; and performing "offline" searches on Google. "
As for BugMeNot.com in conjunction with nytimes.com, according to nytimes.com
Subscriber Agreement, "
As part of the registration process, you will select a password and a Member ID. You also have to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. (a) You may not (i) select or use a Member ID of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use a Member ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization; or (iii) use a Member ID that NYTD, in its sole discretion, deems offensive. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your account. (b) You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent of NYTD."
So therefore, you have to give your real name originally, but then you can "authorize" everyone else on BugMeNot to use the name, as long as you take responsibility, it seems.
If you have any questions, post again. - Superm401 01:34, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
You ever seen a double hammock? Plus, has anyone ever made a film about Salvador Dali
I have been working on several WP articles on some not-so-famous people, and I am having trouble obtaining dates of birth and/or death. I have exhaustively searched through Google, Yahoo, and several other search engines. I have also checked historical societies and genealogy source on-line. I need to be able to work from home. I specifically need:
Thanks. Vaoverland 17:20, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
How do you say Merry Christmas in Catalan. I had to find out for a progect, which was cancelled, but I still want to know.
Thanks! I'll correct it on the link CP gives. Lee S. Svoboda 20:53, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
what is the emf equation of a transformer
My computer will not install either Windows XP or Ubuntuu Linux. On Windows XP it gets past the first part of installation, but when the computer reboots for the second part, the second part crashes. On Ubuntuu the screen starts to flicker and the installation dies. What could be the problem? Masterhomer 05:20, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=2
My mother always insisted that you need to leave the oven door cracked when broiling in an electric oven. Is this true and if so why? (A christmas morning around the tree Q) ike9898 15:10, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
My mother always seemed to think that the oven would get damaged. Of course, my mother has a lot of baseless worries! ike9898 14:39, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Please tell me about a sheep when the preditor comes it's self defense cames it freeze for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to normal. Thank you
I'm new to VB.NET and I have a simple question. I want to make new objects of the type BankAccount (which I have allready made) whenever the user hits a new account button. The number of objects should be determined solely by the number of clicks (so I can't create them all before hand). Preferably the name of the class should be their SS# or full name. Obviously each needs at least a unique name. Can this be done? I've done some research and I think maybe a constructor could help. BrokenSegue 04:45, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Why wasn't there any warning system placed in the Indian Ocean to warn people of catastrophic tidal waves such as this? (Anonymous question from User:206.169.172.226, moved here from Image talk:2004 Indonesia Tsunami.gif)
How difficult is it for a
United States
citizen to
defect, as it were, to the
European Union?
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A humorous email just made it my way noting that the combination of brake fluid and chlorine bleach produces a lot of smoke. I couldn't think of the chemistry involved and wondered if that produced any toxic gas as a byproduct. I'm thinking chlorine gas or something. Or if not, what is the chemistry involved there? Googling just brings up many copies of the original humorous list. Thanks - Taxman 04:14, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm very new to Wikipedia so please don't judge this question or my command of the website controls (for posting comments) too harshly...(speaking of which,sorry about the previous post... I got a little overzealous).
A friend of mine and I were driving home in the car after a game of Risk, when he insisted that he manipulated me. After an extensive discussion on the matter, to make a long story short, it turns out his definition of "manipulation" is as follows:
"manipulation is the art of getting someone, through any means, to do what you want."
He admits that it is quite a broad definition, thus allowing the word/term to have a positive connotation, as well as its innate negative one... and I am convinced that to alter the definition in this way makes the word lose all meaning (after all, if a drowning man accepts your offer to save him, under this definition, it is manipulation on the rescuer's part).
So my question is... is it possible to manipulate someone to a positive end? And if so, is it still manipulation or is there another word for such a definition?
As a reference, the real life definition of manipulation is listed below from Merriam-Webster.com: 2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage
( http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=manipulation)
Thanks for your consideration!
~Andy
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Thank you very much for your speedy reply and for the outside perspective! Your argument sounds reasonable, so I guess I'm going to have to admit that I was manipulated. >_< Oh, well... there's always the next Risk game. ^_^
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Ive heard, although very vaguely, of dog Diabetes.
My dog is eleven, and suddenly, she has begun to drink a lot of water and, as a consequence, urinate much more frequently than before. This is one of the basic symptoms of human Diabetes, and besides our climate is pretty good now, its not hot.
Can anyone please tell me what is the correct number of Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps during or immediately after the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)in Germany in 1938?
Two different Wikipedia articles give different figures: The article Kristallnacht puts the number at 30,000 whereas Racial policy of Nazi Germany puts it at 20,000.
-- Dr Gangrene 18:10, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Some of the victims of the recent tsunami were reported as being scuba divers. What would be the effect of being (say) 30m under water when a tsunami hits? Did these people die because they were unable to return to their boats, or by being battered by the wave? I would imagine that the wave (not really being 'moving' water, more transmission of energy) would simply pass through the divers, perhaps lifting them? Thanks, Mark Richards 18:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
who were the first cartoon couple to be seen sharing a double bed
Dears, I would like to write an essay concerning the myriad of crimes committed in the name of God, primarily in the United States. These crimes should involve hate crimes, crimes of passion, persecution of those who either do not believe or have different values from the masses. Actually, this essay would be made up mostly of documented stories of such crimes.
My question to you is what might be the right search words to use in order to better direct my research? Of course I found slavery, genocide, witch hunts, inquisitions, etc., but I'm looking for a clearer association between the self righteous & torture, murder & mass murder.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, including those that advise me to "take my research elsewhere". Thank you for your time & kind consideration. Sincerely, John Gambardella Dec. 29, '04
I wonder if you should maybe define your terms a bit more clearly. For example, was slavery done in the name of God, or for economic reasons? If there were religious justifications for such things, that may not be the same as doing something in the name of God. Here are some suggestions for you to consider:
You have a big topic on your hands here, and frankly I wouldn't rely on Wikipedia. You need to go to source documents if you are going to get to the facts behind the stories that 'everyone' knows. However this gives you some key phrases. Take them to the web, and also to your local library. Good luck. DJ Clayworth 04:46, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) Thank you for your excellent suggestions, DJ. You are right when you say that my goal needs to be better defined. I thought that might come about during the research. However, the main purpose of this proposed essay is to bring to light the fact that the self righteous are some of the most grievous criminals on the planet, well into the 20th & 21st centuries. Being an American, I'm determined to focus on Americans, i.e: the religious right & other like minded extremists, but not the simply criminally insane.
Once again, I thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. Sincerely, John G.
I should probably ignore this like I did when it was first posted since you confirm exactly what I suspected. What you suggest is a piece of bigoted religious hatred: don't confuse me with any conflicting facts-- my mind is already made up. Apparently it hasn't occurred to you that if you look back at the last century of cruelty, persecution, and inhumanity, that it doesn't sort by believers and unbelievers? The officially atheistic regimes of the world in the last century apparently accounted for more deaths and suffering on a quantitative scale than those that were perpetrated "in the name of god" in the last 2000 years, (but hey, who's counting?). Here's a counter thesis that is pretty obvious to many of us: as soon as a person or an organization is so convinced that his vision of how human political, social, or religious life should be ordered is so important that it justifies mistreatment of individual human beings, he and his organization have become monstrous and evil. It doesn't matter whether the abstract idea is of god or an atheistic just society, the evil arises from the combination of power to harm and the belief that ones' goals are more important than other people's welfare. But if you just want to be a bigot, be my guest. alteripse 03:09, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
On Jack Johnson, there was a mangled paragraph which contained the following.
Is this deleteable nonsense? Or is it encyclopedic data that got mangled somehow? grendel| khan 07:23, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
Well, Jack Johnson died in 1946 and the CIA was established in 1947 ... Rick K 07:35, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
We are working with the articles of wikipedia. We intend to create a knowledge base which is semantic web enabled. We have downloaded the dump files which have the articles and their categories, but we failed to understand the relation between the categories. The hierarchy of the categories is available on the site, but couldn't be found on the dump files. Needed guidance on the same.
Thankin you.
Could someone please type the Greek alphabet linearly, analogously to abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz? It would be helpful if you could also include all accented variants of the vowels. Thanks! -- Gelu Ignisque
As I understand it, the order given on
Greek alphabet is the correct "alphabetical" one - alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, &c... you should be able to just copy/paste that. α, β, γ, δ, ε...
Shimgray 21:21, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) - I should have added, apparently, that some of the characters there (Digamma, San, Qoppa (what a lovely word) & Sampi) are now "archaic" - they fell out of use sufficiently long ago that they're not worth noting.
Shimgray 21:25, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Where would one find a list of recent
volcanic eruptions?
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When I was searching for Charles Greene it links to some runner, even under the article on Arts and Crafts Movement and American Architects. Is there anyway to fix the link so it get's referenced correctly?
Thanks
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Same as for a loan you would take out yourself. Interest rate, payment, etc. Is the interest rate variable? If so, what index and margin does it have? What is the maximum the interest rate can vary to? If it is hybrid variable, fixed for a period of years and then varying, how long is it fixed for? Depends on where you are at, but most assumable loans now are variable rates, so you may be better off getting a fixed or hybrid variable loan of your own. It really depends on the details of your financial situation. An ethical advisor when provided with all of the details could tell you the pluses and minuses of different options so you could choose. - Taxman 16:02, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)
Are there any negative long-term effects on someone who habitually uses menthol and camphor product? (Specifically, eating ~5 cough drops a day, using menthol/camphor gel inside the nostrils)? Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 20:33, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Camphor and menthol can be liver toxic if exposure is excessive. With a quick search I found no reports of liver damage from nasal use of either, but if someone uses it daily for prolonged periods it would be prudent to have liver enzymes checked. The most severe types of toxicity (seizures) occurred when small children ingested preparations meant for topical application. alteripse 14:33, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The Convict King is a autobiography edited by James Francis Hogan and published in 1891, the University of Sydney hosts the novel on its servers claiming that the texts are free of copyright. However they put forward various conditions of use including "The texts and images may not be used for any commercial purpose without permission from the University of Sydney Library." and "The texts are not to be mounted on another server for public or commercial access without permission.", am i right in assuming that they are no position to make such a claim and can be safely ignored? -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 14:12, 2004 Dec 31 (UTC)
What is the Latin expression for "Things as they are"
The phrase that lawyers use is: rebus sic stantibus: as matters stand --the phrase means 'things as they are.' Source: Erlich, Eugene. Amo, Amas, Amat and More. 1987. New York: Harper & Row ISBN 0062720171 (pbk)