My ex-slave greatgrandfather passed down verbally that he was a Shilgin Guinea. I can find no reference to Shilgin. I thought it might be Shogun corrupted to Shilgin, but I could find nothing about a shogun Guinea. Does any one familiar with Guinea research have any idea of a name, place or tribe that sounds somewhat like Shilgin? Etta M Ladson July 11, 2005
Update: 3/06/11 I have recently learned via DNA analysi that my family is from Bioko, equatorial Guinea. My great grandfather was right on target. E.M.Ladson
On the site of BBC News, doing a search for "threat level" brings up several of the UK's national threat levels. I didn't think that there was such a thing. Could I please have a list of them in order and any other info you have. Thanks,--a student 07:35, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
The Police, the Cabinet Office and the Military all have different 'threat levels'. However, the definitions of these levels will not be disclosed to the public as they do not reflect the threat level to the general public. -- Pigeonshouse 17:18, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
I have certainly seen colour-linked threat levels in one UK public building (the Patent Office in London). Black is the lowest level (no special risk), but I couldn't give you any more info. Maybe they are defined by the Metropolitan Police? Physchim62 19:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
By searching around for several hours, I managed to find some various systems of threat levels: the top secret national one (equivalent to the Homeland Security AS) goes, from most to least serious:
I also found a system used by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 alone (the BIKINI states only used by UK government depts):
All this information is available on the websites of BBC News, The Times newspaper and The Cabinet Office - no Official Secrets Act problems, then!-- 84.51.149.80 06:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
This has been moved from the village pump proposal page. It was posted by an anonymous user. Superm401 | Talk 20:58, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
Hello All:
I am making a first post to Wikipedia.
The basic question I have concerns how the rights of corporations have changed since 1789. It is my understanding that corporations had charter rights of limited duration previous to a supreme court decision, I believe in a footnote changing the status to full individual rights of a citizen.
where would one go to find written commentary on this issue. -anon
Wikipedia itself has the articles Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad and Corporate personhood. My personal advice would be to approach study of this issue carefully. It's easy to misunderstand what "legal personhood" is; many people who are critical of corporations seem to like to exaggerate the importance of this ruling and of this phrase. Corporations are not people, this ruling did not give them the full rights of "natural persons", and the courts do not treat the two as the same thing. There are many subsequent rulings that further define the artificial personhood rights of corporations, and it's probably worth looking into the details about exactly which rights natural people have that corporations do or do not have. The extention of rights to corporations does give them more power, and that's an important event, whether you are a critic who think that giving more power to corporations is a mistake, a supporter who thinks they should have greater protections against government regulation, or anyone else, for that matter. -- Beland 01:34, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone think that the timing of the probable scandal involving Rove and the White House fortuitously coincides with start silly season, when people tend to pay less attention to the news? Is it common for poilitical scandals to come out in July/August? --anon
David is right -- in this case, it was a scandal that was slowly brewing for 2 years. What really broke it open ever-increasing pressure on the journalists Matt Cooper and Judith Miller (Miller is, by the way, a total sleazeball) that finally forced them to disclose their sources. THe administration didn't really have much control over that, because it's a judicial matter. →Raul654 22:45, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
She's in jail. David Sneek 06:29, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in using a specific photograph i found at wikipedia website for the cover of my novel. How could I get the rights/permission to do that?
I have a lodger. He is from Japan. He has a visa which allows him to work in France, where he studied for a year (he had a student visa). He wants to work in a charity shop. As this doesn't involve actually gettin income, is this possible? I hope not, otherwise he'll be lodging in my house all summer. I'm too kind to kick him out! He has no english bank account, nor national insurance number, but has a valid passport. Thanks, u ppl are sorting out lots of my major/minor problems -- Sophiebristow 22:37, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
Sophie, we noticed that! It sounds like you don't really care whether this guy works or not, just that he moves on, right? I suggest you politely explain that you need the room for someone else in the near future (say, a relative of a friend to whom you are greatly indebted) and you need him to do you a favor and stick with his original plan to move on. Tell him when you need it by and don't waver. This saves face for both of you, and he doesn't have to feel evicted and unwanted unless he wants to, and you can still see him off nicely. The working rules really may not solve your problem, but we can! Glad to be of service. Let us know how it goes... alteripse 00:10, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
That was actually my first thought, but the more I thought about it, the more I changed my mind. Deceit for good as opposed to bad purposes is social grease. Brash honesty appeals when you are young, and you can certainly defend it idealistically, but as you go a little farther in life, you realize that social relationships and even your own responses to them are worth a little more art and care, and certain kinds of "dishonesty" are actually kinder than invarying brutal honesty. Make a "note to self" of this and re-read it in 20 years. I predict you will see this issue as less straightforward. Ultimately, though, this is "Sophie's choice," don't you think? alteripse 02:14, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
(edit conflict, so there may be some overlap - this is what I wanted to reply to Superm401:) This is a good ethical argument. I used to think exactly like you. I now see it a bit softer. The point is: Does what I say respect and empower others? Honesty is only a means to that end. Many people feel, based on cultural background or personal preferences, more respected by a polite white lie than by blunt criticism. None of us has the nerve to try and please everyone. Telling someone that they don't please you means making a demand. (For most of us, and certainly for Asian people.) A demand for attention, time and energy which they may rather spend on other issues. If someone feels up to discussing it and wants to learn from you, of course, be honest – but don't force your criticism on them. Saving face is something you give to others, out of love and respect. — Sebastian (talk) 02:22, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I agree with the above that a white lie to get him to move on is probably in order if you really do want him to leave. In answer to your visa question, it's a different system, but when I was in Germany on a student visa I was only allowed to get paid for 20 hours of work a week. I don't think the restriction applied to nonpaying jobs at all. This rule of course did not stop almost everyone I know from getting paid under the table for extra work. So I wouldn't count on the visa issue saving you. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 04:12, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Laura made a good point: "if you really do want him to leave." That was my assumption. This is absolutely "Sophie's choice"! Thus, the white lie is no "deceit", because it doesn't mislead the guest into making a choice. If, however, there is something he can concretely do to make you change your mind, and you feel you can talk about it, then give him a chance by letting him know your concerns. — Sebastian (talk) 08:02, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I recall seeing this flash cartoon on the internet once quite a long time ago, and I was hoping to find it again, but without knowing what it's called, I'm having a hard time finding it, and was hoping I could get some help.
I can remember a couple of cartoons from the site. One was about some kind of satyr like creature who sleeps in a tree and gets into trouble with some weird creatures playing by the river. Another cartoon was about a hitchhiker who travels a long way at night with another traveller that he is convinced is a psychotic axe-murderer or something. One was about a farmer who gets the runs while on his tractor early in the morning. And a couple more of them were about magical or mythological creatures, like the one about the satyr. I don't think any of them was voiced.
And that's about all I can remember.
I don't think it's listed in List of Flash cartoon sites, though I will certainly add it if I can find it.
Does anyone know this cartoon? thanks -23:34, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
Does it make any sense to start Wikipedias in different varieties of English, e.g. British English or American English, or is it uneconomical? Would such a thing make sense in the near or distant future? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 02:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
It makes no sense. The goal of Wikipedia is to write an encyclopedia. Although there are many spoken dialect of English — some hardly mutually intelligible — all literate English speakers can read and write International English, the written language used on the English Wikipedia. So forking the English Wikipedia by dialect would result in pointless duplication of effort.
In the distant future, who know? Maybe written English will split into mutually unintelligible languages, as happened to Latin and Classical Chinese. Gdr 19:32, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
You're confusing two senses of "International English" — you're talking about the de jure sense and I'm talking about the de facto sense. Gdr 15:26, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
-As most wikipedia visitors are american I think wiki should be in american english only and most people learning english outside english speaking countries learn american, also almost everyone understands american english as it is the most common form of english and there is no need for having wiki in many different forms of english.
Can anyone identify the symbol on this marker for men lost in Colorado on one of Frémont's expeditions. I am only assuming that Fremont means John C. Frémont as the years match his period of exploration. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 04:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Maybe it's just a little cartoon fellow, put there to lighten the mood? ;-) -- Fastfission 20:33, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Any guess as to the date of the monument? My guess is that the symbol is a 20th century logo indicating that this monument is part of a series, perhaps a "history trail" designated by Colorado or federal parks departments. If so, you should be able to find other examples in that part of the state. Just a guess. alteripse 10:44, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is an email I received to this question...
I hope this is helpful... you really piqued my curiousity on this one. I hope you can find your answers. Bye. -- Lord Voldemort 14:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Copied from Stolen Babies Bovlb 04:48:32, 2005-07-13 (UTC)
Explain the Electrophilic substitution reaction in Durene. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.116.186 ( talk • contribs) 2005-07-12 23:55:45 CDT
An electrophile E+ will approach the nucleophilic durene (C6H2Me4), forming a pi-complex then a sigma complex. This will have both the E and the H attached to one carbon, and the remaining five carbons form a conjugated system with three resonance forms (the + going on carbons 1, 3, 5). This then loses H+ to a base such as water, forming C6HMe4E. Walkerma 04:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I just want to know the full list of all the news agency in the wholewide world and I also want to ask why are they located on hotels? and how do they function? what are the types of news agencies?
Which Justices of the supreme court retired at the same age or younger, than O'Conner?
anyone know? KeBe
Does anti-climb paint work? Whenever I've seen walls with a warning sign about anti-climb paint, I always think that I can see little to hinder a potential climber, and the walls do not appear unusual in any way. How long does it last anyway? Jooler 10:59, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for the article on the news July 12, 2005 about a busy housewife trying to take care of her children in summer and her aged father in law. New tecnoligy now allows her to check up on him on line through the use of motion detectors which tells her how often he goes into the bathroom, if he takes his medications, etc. I was half way through the archives when I was closed out is there any way I can find out more about this topic? Thank you Pauline Spaulding 703-820-3117
(image changed to link beacuse it contains two topless women) This is the image. (Providing a link to the image in case anyone else wants to check the bridge (or the women, I guess) out.) -- Essjay · Talk 17:32, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of this bridge? Broonee 17:17, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
What a strange story, and more strange as it is so hard to research.
It seems that since 1994 a madman has been planting bombs in common everyday objects in Northern Italy. He may be trying specifically to hurt children. When I heard about it, I did some research and started a page Italian Unabomber, in the hope that others would know more than I do. No such luck.
The problem is there is little coverage of it in the American/British press, and the stories I do find refer back to other events they do not fully describe.
Anyone out there know about this guy? Paul, in Saudi 17:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know the name of the Arab country in the movie Protocol starring Goldie Hawn? Tavilis 19:01, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
I have a new Dell Inspiron 5160, that came installed with win xp home and a whole lot of spyware crap from Dell. I have a licensed copy of win 2k pro with service packs out the wazzoo. Would I be better off uninstalling xp and putting 2k pro on it? Would it be faster? Would there be any functionality I would loose? Thanks!
It looks like James McNeill was the artist of Whistler's Mother. But I have a print of Whistler's Mother, with copyright of Samuel Schmitz N.Y. Do you have any information on the artist Samuel Schmitz? Do you have any idea how old the portrait would be? --anon
Please see Whistler's Mother; it was painted by James McNeill Whistler of his mother Anna McNeill Whistler in 1871. Samuel Schmitz is presumably the company that made the print; it cannot legitimately claim copyright in the U.S. on a reproduction of a public domain artwork (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).-- Pharos 20:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
please tell me how i should wash my point blanket. signed julian
What advantages do revolving doors have over normal ones? The article mentions that they can installed to minimize heat loss. However, I would think a normal door would do a better job of that. Also, it claims security is one factor, but many revolving doors are permanently unlocked. What other theories or facts do you have about them? Superm401 | Talk 22:06, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for the questions in quick succession, but what is the length of the shoreline of the continental United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii? Superm401 | Talk 23:29, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Then the answer comes down to what length of yardstick do you use. Unless I misunderstood when I asked the last time, no one had a good answer. Also part of the game is what criteria do you use for excluding bays, river mouths, etc. - Taxman Talk 03:52, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
In 1939-40, using the most accurate charts then available, NOAA found the shorelines to be 28,673, 17,141, and 3,863 miles for the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts respectively [10] →Raul654 03:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
See How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension It applies to any coast or shore line. 4.250.138.52 08:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
It's my understanding that modern Catholics use a two-chamber booth with a screened window as a confessional, for confessing their sins. In the film The Seventh Seal (1957), the medieval knight uses an alcove-like area with a screened window to another room in the church for the same purpose. Is (or was) this also called a confessional, or does/did it have a different name? Is there a Latin name for either/both? Thanks in advance for any information. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone remember the plot of the episode 28 "Moving Out" of the TV show Webster. I recall that the family moves into a new house and discover secret passageways? Particularly, why were the passageways there, and what was up with the little girl (possible the ghost of the daughter of the old owners of the house) in there. I can't remember what the deal was. Google is no use. I really would appreciate any help.
With all the new interest in The Lord of the Rings I am still very much a fan of the 1978 Bakshi production and the actor who was rotoscoped as Aragorn. I know the voice was John Hirt ..very nice, very silky...but the actor whose face is so expressive is lost! Can you find out for me who this man was/is or if he was entirely invented?
Liz june9liz@peoplepc.com
I'm in a court battle. I believe it may go to The Supreme Court of Tennessee. I need to know the Link between Fundamental right's and the right of the natural father, The child's right to a father-child relationship and the right of a natural father to be involved in the rearing of his child.
Thank You, S.R. Bradford
I moved this from Help desk. We might be able to add a little. alteripse 10:49, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Your question, about relationship of fundamental rights and rights of natural father is essentially a philosophical question rather than a technical legal question because there is no "code of fundamental rights." A philosophical answer would be something like this: There is no such thing as a fundamental right. All rights are simply social consensus with varying degrees of universal acceptance and codification by governing authority and varying mechanisms of enforcement and recourse... I have a strong suspicion that that is not what you wanted, is it? The first, most difficult step, is to understand that justice is not the issue, but law. What you need is a lawyer to tell you what your legally enforceable rights are. These consist of what is written in the statutes of your state (I'm assuming US, where family laws are all state laws-- if you live elsewhere the laws may be national or local) as modified by how the statutes are currently being enforced by family courts and the police. Both can vary by locale and time. It is a lawyer's job to know these things and assist you in enforcing your rights. and you need an expert manipulator of the law (an attorney), not a philosopher of justice. Good luck. alteripse 12:14, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I run experiments on my computer and, as such, I often need to keep it on for 48 hours or more at a time. Yesterday I set up a new experiment to be run. This morning I woke to the cheerful tune of a re-starting Windows computer. I lept out of bed and saw the little bubble telling me proudly that Windows had automatically downloaded an "important upgrade" and had automatically re-started.
Natually I've just lost a large amount of work because of this. How do I tell my computer (WinXP) to never, under any circumstances, turn off or restart without my permission?
Thanks, — Asbestos | Talk 07:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
why is it that people who eats faster, tends to be bigger in size???
I have wondered before as to why the Israeli-Egyptian border is visible from space. the colour of Israel appears darker, see [11]. First I thought it could be due to irrigation, but that seems unlikely, because the Israelis probably wouldn't irrigate the entire desert. I've also thought that maybe it's an artefact of composite saellite images, but I've seen the same effect on arial photography. Does anybody have an explanation for this? dab (ᛏ) 08:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Yesterday's featured article sparked my interest in Chinese chess and I've now learned how the pieces move, and downloaded a program to play the game with a western piece set. I'm disappointed though, that my search on pages teaching actual tactics with examples and all came up empty, has anyone got an idea which site to visit or should I rely on some sturdy old-fashioned books? - Mgm| (talk) 09:25, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
1) The double pao (double cannon) is an easy and lethal combination. Line up your two cannons (paos) in the column with the enemy's king early in the game, and this often produces checkmate. However, if the opponent sees this coming, it is easy to "deflect" this attack by either moving the general forward or moving one of the two bodyguards in front of the general.
2) Generally, you want to advance your pawns near the beginning of the game. By advancing the two pawns in the middle (not the ones in front of the rook (car) and the middle one), you open up the space for your horses to advance across the river. Otherwise, your opponent can advance his/her pawns and follow with the horses, while your horses must waste moves trying to maneuver around pieces, trying to cross the river.
3) Another common tactic is to move one "elephant" to the center column, so that the two elephants are protecting one another. In addition, this also helps deflect the "double pao" trick mentioned above by giving the player the option of moving the elephant back to its original position.
4) Do not move your chariot (rook) early in the game if your horse has not moved; this opens the opposing cannon (pao) to take your horse. This also supports tip number 2: move your pawns early, then your horses, thus freeing up your chariots.
5) Once you get a pawn across the river, be cautious about advancing forward. Keep in mind that the pawn cannot move backward, and that once it reaches the back row, can only move sideways on that row.
6) Generally, it is a good idea to have your two chariots on different sides of the board (i.e. left side and right side); this gives you more mobility and striking ability. However, there are MANY situations where this is not true.
Glad to see the article piqued your interest. If I think of any more tips, I'll be sure to put them down. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Is there a place to locate a map of the fictional country of Graustark? Prituclarly an online source if oen exists.
(it is discussed in English language Wiki article)
How would I contact the author of the Wikipeida article? I was unable to find any referenceto who was the person who wrote the article ont the articles' web page alternatively, I am trying to find someone familiar enough with the George McCutcheon Barr's Graustark series of novels to answer questions that I coudl not fidn anwers to anywhere on ehweb or in a local library.
Qny help much appreciated,
Adam Bishop
I live in Minneapolis and a bug I'd never seen before showed up in my house. It was about the size and shape of a boxelder bug, but brown, with bumps (that reminded me of a pineapple) on the back. It had long cricket-like legs, and antennae that were longer than that. I have seen earwigs, click beetles, cockroaches, silverfish, and spiders before, and this was none of those. Do you know what it might be?
I've got a picture up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnord/25781601/, if that will help you.
-- DNordquist 11:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Can you process that image with the GIMP or something to zoom in on the bug? Unless it is just a joke, one problem is it has too many legs to be an insect, but otherwise it looks a lot like the common insects I see around. If it didn't have so many legs it could easily be a relative of the boxelder bug, and looks quite similar to a wheel bug or other assassin bug or ambush bugs. pictures of Kentucky varieties You may be interested in this site too for more pictures of relatives of these bugs. - Taxman Talk 19:01, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Ah yes, "shadows". Seems rather obvious in hinsight doesn't it? :) With that in mind the western conifer seed bug does seem about right. If you can zoom and crop a bit, that article could use a picture. Adding an imperfect one, could spur someone to take a better one. I'll see if I can't catch a picture of one myself actually, though it will look pretty amateurish. - Taxman Talk 17:03, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
What is the general temperature of the universe / outerspace?
What is the pressure of outer space? I thought it was around 14 pound vacuum. If so does the pressure/temperature change or not be constant throughout the universe.
Can the tail of a comet be considered a black hole. Or maybe better said. Would a space craft have less resistance following behind a comet etc...?
You are thinking of the tail of a comet as following it like smoke from a plane flying in the sky. Wrong concept. The tail of a comet points away from the sun no matter whether the comet is traveling towards the sun or away from it. The sun turns frozen stuff to gas on the ball of ice called a comet and the solar wind pushes that gas away from the sun. Solar wind is a misnomer, in that you can't fill a ballon with it or anything like that. But it does push stuff. 4.250.138.52 09:07, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Just a suggestion that Verlan French be added to your French section. It's a current dialect, mostly used by young people, in France. Thanks. Leeann McGovern, Halifax, Canada
I'm trying to draw a map of the Polynesia area, but can't find a suitable public domain map of the Pacific. The CIA factbook South Pacific map cuts off East Polynesia, and the large world map from the LOC uses a bizarre compression. Can anyone point me somewhere else? lots of issues | leave me a message 18:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Finlay, I put it up Polynesia lots of issues | leave me a message 21:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
In Joyce Maynard's book about how she became J. D. Salinger's lover while a freshman at Yale University, At Home in the World, she reports Salinger claimed people kept pestering him for the film rights to Catcher in the Rye but he vowed he would never sell. Would this be the best selling book never adapted for the movies? PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Okay, let's rephrase. What's the best-selling novel that's never been adapted for the screen? PedanticallySpeaking 20:51, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Anyone have an e-mail address for the British Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer? I looked at his office's site and they have the addresses as links and when I tried to copy the shortcut all I got was a string of gibberish (something like "%23%23%65"). PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
That's the page. When I right clicked to get the shortcut, all it produced was gibberish. PedanticallySpeaking 20:28, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
In a biography of Brigham Young, he is quoted advising young people against reading novels saying that while they are entertaining they will rot your brain. He compares it to eating sweet berries that are poisionous. I thought most poisions were bitter and unpleasant tasting. What poisions would be sweet? PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
There are some berries that have a sweet taste but are poisonous anyway. I don't know the exact names. Take a look, for example, at Coriaria thymifolia, a plant of the Coriaria genus whose berries taste like blueberries, but are hallucinogenic and toxic.
I think Brigham Young was right. Too much fiction can make your encephalon rot. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:53, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
A prominent non-natural one these days is antifreeze, which is frequently drunk by children who find it tastes good or snuck into fruit drinks in various murder cases. Apparently they add nasty tasting chemicals these days to ethylene glycol antifreezes to avoid such things.-- Laura Scudder | Talk 19:59, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
If you eat too many Flinstones flavored chewable vitamins you will have brain damage (assuming that the vitamin is fat-soluable). -- Think Fast 01:39, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Beryllium salts are also (alledgedly) sweet-tasting, though I wouldn't want to test the idea. Physchim62 11:57, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I saw a tombstone a few weeks ago for a man who was a member of many groups. His stone carried the emblems of the American Legion, the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the VFW, the Eagles, and one symbol I didn't know: three links of chain. Which group has this as its symbol? PedanticallySpeaking 20:21, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
No. It was links of chain. PedanticallySpeaking 21:11, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
My sister asked me to think of a quick and easy way to determine the amount of copper in tap water. I think using a color reaction to do spectrophotometry would be the easiest way (she has a job at a lab), but that requires something to generate a color complex which is isn't interfered with by several other minerals. Has anyone got suggestions on what to use and where to find the molar extinction coefficient of this substance's complex with copper? - Mgm| (talk) 21:08, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
About what proportion of blue-collar workers in the US belong to a union? About what proportion of these live in blue vs red states (only very roughly)? Thanks!
I really can't understand heavy metal music. A few questions here:
Thanks. — Stevey7788 ( talk) 23:17, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Nature sees to it that male mammals in their prime are full of energy and aggression. In humans this results in most violent crime being committed by males 16 to 26 (or so), each generation in that age group being attacted to music that expresses how they feel (full of energy, to be nice about it), and many other interesting consequences. Humans imprint (sort of) on the music styles of their youth. Each generation in Western culture likes to set itself apart with its "own" music styles. So one generation loves light to heavy rock (includes heavy metal), another likes light to heavy rap, and so on. 4.250.138.52 09:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the safest country in the world today? (preceding unsigned comment by 219.89.168.71 2005-07-15 01:22 UTC)
It's a tradeoff, dictatorial countries will have less crime, but are likely to imprison or harm more innocent people. More democratic nations typically will let the occaisional criminal go, rather than run the chance that the state might harm an innocent.
This might distort safety statistics to some degree. :-)
My guess is the Vatican is probably one of the safest. Unless you count old age as a risk. DJ Clayworth 16:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that the article for Psilocybe Fanaticus was deleted on October 25, 2003. The cause for deletion was not mentioned, but the words(As discussed on Votes for Deletion). Is there a way to view the discussion that took place regarding the deletion of this article? And is there a reason why no new page has been created to replace it in the nearly two years since?
Please take this question to the wikipedia:Help desk as it deals with operation of wikipedia. alteripse 02:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
According to Google, "Psilocybe Fanaticus" is not a species, but an ex-company that sold equipment for recreational use of Psilocybe cubensis. In theory you could look back through the history of Wikipedia:Votes for deletion to see if you can find the relevant discussion, but I doubt it would be worthwhile. From reading Google, it looks as though the company wouldn't even merit a brief mention in the Psilocybe cubensis article. Gdr 13:35, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of the countries and other … that have postal authorities for mail in said countries and other … issuing stamps in the year 2000 and the name of the city or town thatissued the stamps their.
I am a topical stamp collector and wish to give my granddaughter a gift from me that she can keep that is from the year she was born from me. I need information to complete this task with in the next year. Thank you, Geo.James
New stamp issues are covered in philatelic newspapers traditionally. One of the oldest is Linn's [16], which is weekly. For a past year, you can check a current copy of Scott catalog at a local philatelic dealer and check the year 2000 for each of the hundreds of countries that issue stamps. You have quite a job ahead of you to collect all the issues for a year from around the world. It also occurs to me that some of the larger companies like Harris or Minkus might offer a service for wealthy collectors of all the issues for a recent year. You might check if money is no object. alteripse 03:11, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I am interested how the Russian grades 5 and 4 are considered in the US. What US grades are similar to the Russian 5 and 4???
I am pretty sure my Russian teacher said that in Russia, 5 is the best, 1 is the worst. How that would apply though depends on which "American" system you use -- A is the best, F is the worst, da, but usually A = 90%+, B=80%+, C=70%+, D=60%+, and F=50%, and anything below 50% is still just an F. No idea if the 5-1 system is the same way or not. In any event, I could ask her on Monday if it is still an open question, I am sure it is an easy answer. -- Fastfission 21:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
My Russian teacher said:
Hope that is helpful in some way... her English is nyet harasho, and I am not 100% sure I understand her response... -- Fastfission 20:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
So I asked a friend who works for a service that converts transcripts and she said they just use
which isn't that surprising. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 17:57, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
My mother was born in Bari, Italy, and came to the US in 1948. She died of Non-Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the liver (NAHS)at age 75. Her mother and sister also died of NAHS, and her father died from cysts on his liver. They did not have hepatitis, and were not drinkers.
Does anyone know if Non-Alcoholic Cirrhosis and other forms of liver disease unrelated to alcoholism are common to this region of Southern Italy?
JoAnn - USA
There are many inherited liver diseases that are increased in incidence in small-gene-pool populations (potential consanguinity) in general but most cause trouble earlier in life. One of the most common inherited liver diseases which may casue cirrhosis later in life is alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; it may occur in southern Italy but is even more common in northern Italy and northern Europe. Thalassemia is the disease most doctors associate with southern Italy, but the liver is severely affected in only the worst cases and the diagnosis should have been easy to recognize from the complete blood count. We need a gastroenterologist! alteripse 18:48, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
If a conjoined twin were to commit a murder, is there anyway for the law to punish him (or her) without infringing on the rights of the completely innocent twin? (I'm most interested in the case under UK law but the perspectives of other countries would be welcome too) I suspect he (or she) would be able to get away with murder. Any views? Does anyone know of a real-life criminal case involving a conjoined twin? Dmn / Դմն
Mark Twain was way ahead of you. He dealt with that possibility in the novel Pudd'n'head Wilson, based loosely on accounts of the real Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. alteripse 01:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
...is there anyway for the law to punish him (or her) without infringing on the rights of the completely innocent twin? - easy! You seperate them and give all the vital shared organs to the innocent one :) →Raul654 01:19, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
If twin one kills someone, wouldn't twin two be in trouble for allowing his twin to commit murder? -- Think Fast 01:42, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
AlMac 18:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
I read somewhere describing a procedure to make icicles grow upin the freezer as opposed to down. I recall something like taking an ice cube tray, and filling the compartments with (possibly) boiled distilled water (or something of that manner). The boiling removes the dissolved air in the water, and I suspect the distillation just makes the water crystallize better. Anyway, the idea is that ice cube will freeze from the top to the bottom first, and from the edge towards the center. As this happens, it's able to push the water through the middle of the top surface, and if the freezing is done at the correct rate, you can get icicles about an inch or two high. Has anyone else come across this? Brownie points if you can supply pictures :-) -- HappyCamper 16:54, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
How do I call these misaligned satellite images? Is there a jargon for it? -- Toytoy 17:33, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
{{Spoiler}}
(The spoiler warning is because it will give away the ending of one episode of the series!)
I'm trying to find out the name of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode in question is the one where at the end Dr. Beverly Crusher tells a young woman that she must marry an old man for genetic reasons, and I am hoping that a fan might be able to help with this query.
Thanks in advance.
-- Tracey Lowndes 18:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Is The Iron Dream a pastiche or a roman a clef? It's a great big metaphor for Nazism, except it's the way Hitler would have wanted it---he (well, "Feric Jaggar") is a big strapping blond fellow, and he conquers the world. grendel| khan 21:31, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps it is more accurately an Allegory.
What is the exact definition of "copulation"? Which animals do or are said to copulate? (Please name the exact taxons those animals belong to, if possible.) In which geological period did animals start to copulate? How did copulation evolve biologically since then? Why do animals and humans "copulate"? What is the function of copulating, as opposed to, for example, spawning like fish or spreading pollen like anthophytes ( flowering plants)? What is the exact difference between "copulation", "mating" and "sexual intercourse"?
All those questions are not clearly or explicitly answered on the article called " Copulation". Should there be separate articles for those terms ("copulation", "mating", "sexual intercourse")? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 21:32, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Could someone please help expand the article accordingly? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 15:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
I've found a citation that I'd like to look up, but I have no idea what it means:
I suspect it is some sort of British law citation or something like that -- it relates to a bill proposed to Parliament to modify the 1871 census. Anyway -- where would I look this up? What do the citations mean, specifically? (that is, I understand U.S. citation like 23 SB 1070 means "23rd Senate, Bill 1070" etc., or whatever it is) -- Fastfission 22:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
BTW, have you had a look at Court citation? -- Jmabel | Talk 06:05, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
Is there a name for words which are themselves examples of what they describe, like TLA? - Lethe | Talk 00:09, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
This was found in the USA [18] [19] [20] [21] and since I couldn't find a reference desk at wikispecies I thought I'd ask here.
"those pinchers did catch the persons finger who was holding it, And when it grabbed on it thrashed around really hard like it was trying to rip his finger off." 81.154.236.221 01:47, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
What do yeast need to grow, besides sugar? We have had a kilo of sugar in the cupboard for several years now, and have come up with no use for it. I thought it would be fun to brew it into an alcoholic beverage, and was curious what would be the minimum I could add to it to sustain yeasty life. I have seen several recipes for home-made wines and beers that seem to be approximating this because the quantity of refined sugar they recommend substantially exceeds that of the ostensible main ingredient, but I'm interested in taking it as far as it can go in that direction. (My wife and I are both well over the legal drinking age for our jurisdiction. :))
Thanks — Pekinensis 03:41, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your responses. My wife did bake cookies once; I think that's why we have the sugar. My palate tends to be quite coarse, so I'm not too worried about the flavor. I'm more motivated by curiosity. I'm going to try just sugar, water, and yeast then. Perhaps there is a short-term supply of nitrogen and other nutrients in the yeast mix? Thank you — Pekinensis 16:23, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
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AlMac 18:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
what is the definitions of a righteous manÉ
The Jewish and Christian answer is in Micah: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:6-8)
When I put on headphones from my computer, I can hear the ticking of the system clock. This isn't a precise "tick", so I don't know exactly where it's coming from, but it is certainly noticable and is synchronous with the ticking of the second hand when I open up the system's clock. I don't hear this from the computer's internal speakers when I'm not using headphones. What is this, and how to I get rid of it? It is slowly driving me stark raving mad. Thanks!
The CPU is multitasking millions of discrete operations for hundreds of processes each second. You are not hearing the CPU. You need to experiment and assume nothing. Are you wearing a mechanical watch? Do you hear the tick when you wear the headset and the computer is turned off. Do other people hear anything? Assume nothing. Vary one thing at a time. Good luck. 4.250.138.52 09:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
"Assume nothing. Vary one thing at a time" is the key debug technique for the unknown. As for specific ideas other than what I said before:
I can't think of a single once per second cause of line static in a laptop - computers do everything at hugely faster rates. 4.250.138.52 10:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Assalamualaikum/hello/hi, how can i find information about Malaysian Business Environment. the information that i need should relate to the Malaysia's Geography, Demography, population,education,health,politic,legislation,economy,GDP n others that can tell more specific about Malaysian Business Environment. i really hope that someone could help me. thank you.
Assalamualaikum/helo/hai, bagaimana saya boleh mendapatkan maklumat mengenai Malaysia Business Environment. maklumat yg hendak saya cari harus mempunyai kaitan dgn Geografi dn Demografi Malaysia termasuklah populasi,pendidikan,kesihatan,politik,perundangan,ekonomi,KDNK(keluaran dalam negara kasar)atau GDP(gross domestic product) dan pelbagai lagi maklumat yg boleh menerangkan dgn lebih terperinci mengenai Malaysian Business Environment. saya amat berharap agar ada sesiapa yg dapat membantu mendapatkan maklumat berkaitan tajuk tersebut. terima kasih.
NUR,16/07/2005;sabtu(saturday)
Hi,
I'm using Microsoft Works spreadsheet and I often use formulas for which the program doesn't understand the pattern.
For instance, normally if I fill in the first two cells of a column
=AVG(A1:C1) =AVG(A2:C2)
and drag the little corner of the box down to the bottom of the column, it will fill in all the other cells correctly:
=AVG(A99:C99) =AVG(A100:C100)
However, I often find myself using perfectly rational formulas for which it doesn't understand the pattern. E.g.:
=AVG(A1:A1) =AVG(A1:A2) =AVG(A1:A3)
If I use these as my first three cells, I get
=AVG(A1:A1) =AVG(A1:A2) =AVG(A1:A3) =AVG(A4:A4) =AVG(A4:A5) =AVG(A4:A6) =AVG(A7:A7)
etc. Is there any way to make it understand that what I want is:
=AVG(A1:A[the row I'm currently on])
?
Any help appreciated, thanks, --James.
Hmmm, that must be an Excel thing rather than a Works Spreadsheet thing. Doing that results in my same sequence of formulas as above, but with a $ in front of the first digit (the cell it references still changes, just like above):
=AVG($A1:A1) =AVG($A1:A2) =AVG($A1:A3) =AVG($A4:A4)
The numerical value of the expression is exactly the same as it was before. Also, pressing F4 while a cell is selected does nothing. Is this one of those (many) things that Works can't do?
Thank you so, so, so much! I had the exact same problem on a group of nine sheets that I update daily. It was bothersome to have to rewrite the formula every day nine times, but I didn't have a way around it until now. Thanks again. -- Think Fast 19:13, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
How would this website be referenced APA style?
If it is known that one focus of a hyperbola is the origin, and there are two points known to be on the hyperbola, is it possible to determine the equation of the hyperbola? If so, how? -anon 15:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Wichita State University has had the owner of educating one of the US Presidents, the four star general Dwight D. Eisenhower. And he's not listed as one of the Wichita State Alumni, I'm sure he's one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, Alumni of Wichita State. Can we add him to the list as well? Thanks.
--anon
Could someone please write a stub for the Lawrence Kudlow article in Japanese? Is this the right page to ask such a question? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 17:33, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
No, I actually didn't ask on the Japanese Wikipedia, because I don't know Japanese. That's why I ask here. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
This photo was taken by User:Ericd at the Cannes Film Festival, "probably in 1979". It's been made a featured picture, but noone has been able to identify the woman. It would add to the information value of the photo if we actually knew who this subject of fleeting fame was.-- Pharos 18:08, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Sorry but I don't who she was... Ericd 09:33, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
Which of the languages spoken today such as English, French, Italian, Spanish, et cetera is closest to Latin in terms of lexicon and grammatical construction?
Karl
Latin and German both come from Indo-European, which came from Proto-Indo-European, so I guess you could call them brothers. French, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, and Romanian are the five romance languages (languages coming from Latin). This isn't a complete answer, but I hope it helps. -- Think Fast 19:20, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
Am I right to conclude that (1) in vocabulary Italian and Spanish are closest languages to Latin, (2) Romanian is the closest language to Latin in its grammar, and (3) German is not related to Latin? Karl
I think most linguistis would say the question is unanswerable because there's no objective way to measure how close one language is to another. It's purely impressionistic, and so the answer will vary from person to person. -- Angr/ tɔk tə mi 18:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I've spoken to native speakers of Romansh and they claim that it is very similiar to Latin. -- MadDreamChant 18:29, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
What does los in Los Angeles mean? I couldn't find the answer in a Spanish to English dictionary.
Karl
Excellent answer! Karl.
Am researching family of son in law his gggrandfather Harris Lewis left Poland and emigrated toLondon england. On various records his name is recorded as Lewis Lewis and Harris Lewis. Some records show he came from B.S Russian Federated States would that be Balyastok in Poland and what would the original name perhaps have ben Levy. Unfortnately none of the family are aware of the original name. Many thanks for your assistance.
I am 16 and I always wanted to live in the United States. I would like to move there as soon as possible, go to highschool and then college. What options have I got to (legally) live (and get permenant residene) there. What documents would I need and how can I get them. I don't have any relatives there. I have a Polish passport and currently live in the UK. Please help me as this is very important to me. Thank You, F.S.
Visit a US embassy or consulate to find out the rules. Contact one of the many Polish-American organizations in the US. alteripse 02:00, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Also, importantly, see the U.S. government bureau U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as the Polish American Congress, the main Polish American organization.-- Pharos 02:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
So… Your best chance of getting here and listening to this sort of bickering first-hand would probably to be to come here for college on a student visa. If you can get accepted to an institution of higher learning here -- even a community college -- you'll generally be able to obtain a student visa. Then, once here, you can work on the permanent visa. Far easier to make happen from here than from Poland. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:15, July 17, 2005 (UTC) Ya hafta like this answer-- makes me glad I live here! alteripse 00:04, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
To become educated you do not need to attend any school. Make sure to use up-to-date textbooks. Check out Prentice Hall, Houghton Mifflin, and Brooks Cole.
In addition, you will need some money to move into ANY country. U.S. does not provide an apartment, camp,or shelter for its refugees like Western Europe. Do you have rent money for at leat 2 years? A single is at least $600/month in U.S. Do you have money to buy an old $5000 car? How are you going to make a living? Do you know a single dependable person here who will truly help you? Only in movies and certain novels, you come with $1000 to the airport and live in a mansion in 5 years. Know all the facts.
AlMac 07:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Re: "Trapped in suburbia": I have a friend from Madrid who had some pretty heavy culture shock being as an exchange student in American suburbia. It took her a few months to discover she was within public-transport striking distance of a city, because her host family pretty much never went to the city. --
Jmabel |
Talk 07:06, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
What adaptations do creatures evolve in forests? Do they tend to be bigger than animals in other enviroments?
A previous resident of this house I am now renting made a ridiculously stupid design decision (one of many) that I am thinking about trying to undo. Basically, there is a lovely wood floor in the living room which extends into the master bedroom and one of the other rooms (an office). Some idiot decided that the best thing to do with this was to go around the edges of the room with eight inches of gray tiling -- like in a bathroom or something. The result is both hideous and odd (I'm sorry if my description fails to make any sense, this defies all aesthetic sense), and is also somewhat of a physical inconvenience as they are somewhat raised above the floor by about five millimeters or something like that. Blah.
We had to pry up a few of them with a crowbar already so that the piano could sit level against the wall (doesn't it sound like we have nice and sophisticated things? If only it were so!), which was not too hard but it is clear that these tiles, which have just been epoxied straight on to the wood, will leave behind a hard and ugly glue/epoxy residue.
Now, it'd be possible to pull up most of these in an afternoon, I'd reckon, but I'm not sure if the result would look better than the current state of things, which, for its problems, is at least somewhat "finished" looking (only somewhat, though). An eight inch border around the room of scratched and old epoxy is not necessarily better.
So in the end, after all this explanation, the question is: would there be any easy way to remove the epoxy from these floors if we pried up the tiles? I've used some stuff to remove glue residues from stickers (the name of which escapes me, but it is yellow and works pretty well) -- would that work on a tile epoxy? Sanding it might work, but I'm afraid that would take a lot of effort (I don't have an electric sander nor am I keen on buying one) and might scratch up the floor real bad.
Any thought and ideas? -- Fastfission 00:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Band Operated Schools must be administered by locally elected School Boards, and operate outside the direct control of the local Chief and Band Council.
Does this included Isaac Beaulieu Memorial School, on Sandy Bay First Nation Reservation? This school does not have an elected school board and is under the direct control of the local chief and council.
Hi, Is there any way to set the defaults on the Canon A95 so that you can easily revert to you own custom settings? Thanks -- Fir0002 01:51, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
When an electron orbiting a nucleus changes energy levels, does it momentarily exist between those two energy levels or does it instantly swich energy levels without existing between them? -- Amanaplanacanalpanama 03:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
An electron in one orbital (they don't "orbit") at one energy level emits or absorbs a photon to decrease or increase its energy level and thereby instantly be at a new energy level in a new orbital. While in an orbital the electron has no exact position, only a probability of interaction three dimensional math object called an "orbital" that can have any of a variety of continuous and discontinuous shapes and called things like sp3. 4.250.138.52 10:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
I have often wondered about Tim Curry and how he identifies. This site has him listed under "gay, lesbian, & bisexual.." but nowhere in his article does it mention anything pertaining to his sexuality. Is there an answer to this question anywhere?
Please e-mail any responses to: MonkeeBzz@aol.com. Thank you.
Wikipedia doesn't censor. If sexual identity is ENCYCLOPEDIC for a person, it deserves to be in the article. Tim Curry achieved initial fame playing a character that was bisexual (among other things). That could be a reason for the category. In any case ANYONE CAN EDIT. Anyone who wants to can change that categorization or add a quote from a valid source that says he was or wasn't gay or bi and it would not be vandalism. 4.250.138.52 10:13, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
... it's referred to it Victor Hugo's Les Miserables... what was it called and where was it? do we have an article on this thing? - Ta bu shi da yu 07:54, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Well, in New Jersey in 1881 they thought it had never been done according to this: "Retaining an architect, Lafferty, in 1881, set out to design a building in the shape of an elephant from the exotic land of the British Raj celebrated in the period's illustrated adventure magazines. Simultaneously retaining a patent attorney, Lafferty also sought to prevent anyone else in the United States from constructing animal-shaped buildings unless they paid him royalties. The U.S. Patent Office examiners found Lafferty's to be a novel, new and technologically significant concept. In 1882, they granted him a patent giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell animal-shaped buildings for seventeen years." [23] 4.250.138.52 10:24, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
There's one in Moulin Rouge!.
[24] 195.137.93.171 ( talk) 11:17, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Please follow this link.
i am representing germany in a mock united nation. our topic is homosexual rights. therefore, i would like to know germany's stand on the issue. thank you.
(the above exhortation or implied question was moved from the Help desk)
Several centuries ago we learned that the brain is the organ of a person's "self." You can get a new heart by transplant and you are still "you" with a new heart, but if you lose your brain, your beating heart is just a heart. So doctors now consider a person dead when the brain stops and is dead, not when the heart stops.
That is the basic answer. As you might suspect, it is a little more complicated than that because for many centuries, and most the time even now:
So traditionally a doctor would say a person was dead when the heart stopped because there were no situations where the brain could survive and stay alive if the heart were dead. It has gotten much trickier in recent decades because now medical care can produce situations in which the brain stops temporarily but can be revived, or the heart stops temporarily but can be revived, or in which the brain is dead but the heart continues to live, or in which the heart is dead but the brain continues to live. So although we have shifted to basing death on whether the brain is still alive or can be revived, there are some cases and situations when this becomes uncertain or difficult to determine. How to handle these difficult situations is a subject of much controversy and disagreement. alteripse 17:58, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
You're generally considered brain dead when you cannot pass an Apnea test, even if you heart is still beating →Raul654 01:40, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
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While I was doing a map for the migrations of the human race I decided to cross it with some information from the ice age article. And for my surprise the result is that the human migrations were mainly during the colder periods of the ice age. The Bering Strait crossing coincided with a real cold period. Why is that? Is the data wrong, or is there a conclusion to be taken that i didn´t understand?-- Alexandre Van de Sande 18:53, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
excellent map! since you ask about the letters, they are markers for individual mutations, i.e. you can trace the migrations by watching how the letters move along the arrows. for example, the B mutation occurs apparently in East Asia and travels across the Pacific and North America to South America. I think the letters are used universally, i.e. the "A" "B" "C" alleles etc. are technical terms agreed upon by geneticists, so I decided to include them in Image:Human mtDNA migration.png.
As for the temperature, I doubt there is a direct causation, at least for the first 'gap': people were still in Africa, and I don't see how a warm period would have kept them from emigrating. It just so happens that they didn't emigrate for another 60ka or so. Further phyla that were formed within Africa between 130k BP and 70k BP are probably just not shown in the diagram because they don't correspond to large movements. dab (ᛏ) 19:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Has the media taken another word away from us or what? hydnjo talk 23:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
(posted on Talk:24-hour clock): Are there any freeware programs that can make the Windows clock on the taskbar display in military time? I looked on Google and couldn't find any. -- pile0nades talk | contribs 23:06, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Note that true military time omits the separator (:). Windows will not allow you to type a format without a separator, but you can get rid of it if you really want to: open the registry and change the value at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\sTimeFormat to (for example) HHmmss. You will need to log off and back on to see this change. Use at your own risk... JRM · Talk 18:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
We have an article on it: Critical thinking - Dismas 00:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
how do u kill it . prefere a nature or atleast not kill grass around it . hope u understand that it needs to be something not drastic harm to ground or plants around it if possible. i can replant the grass but the ground needs to be able to grow it.
any help is helpful. u can answer to my e-mail ,if u put chamomile in subject line please
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Why do you want to kill it? Make tea out of it instead! What prevents you from just pulling it out? If you want, you can use something like Roundup, which is wide-spectrum and doesn't leave residues, which will make the area barren around it for a few days, but then things can regrow around it again. -- Natalinasmpf 19:10, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the cheapest way to get from the south coast of UK to Sweden by plane? -- Wonderfool t (c)
What subject was William Henry Gates III majoring in at Harvard University? Karl.
(1) In what year did Jesus of Nazareth (circa 4 BCE-30 CE) start working as a carpenter? (2) For how many months or years was he a carpenter? (3) Was he self-employed? If he was working for another person, then who was his employer?
Karl.
I want to know what the 6/9 dots on the head of a shaolin monk means, and why they shave their heads
How should we pronounce the name "Volkswagen"? Please include the pronounciation in the article on the subject jojo anthony
checked on various german words starting with VOLK; all are spoken as FOLK with "L". so FOLKSWAGEN is a good guess: Tom
How did you discover the names of all these demons?
See Faust for the grizzly details... Physchim62 11:53, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
I've heard of people doing that, but what's your question? Dismas 21:20, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Which is more correct: "Mucho gracias" or "Muchas gracia"? Google search finds over twice as many hits for the first (2 million+ vs 900,000), but most of those were English websites, while most hits for the second were in Spanish. Is the first a gringo mistake? Does it make a difference if you're in S. America or in Spain?
Thanks! Alex
Who said "peace could last for ever"?
From Civil War [27], by Guns N' Roses
Hi Can you tell me if you pay shop volunteer out-of-pocket expenses and what you include i.e do you buy sandwhiches if you volunteer for more than 4 hours? Do you support your volunteers with child care?
Also, there isn't any evolutionary advantage to having more solid bones. After reaching a certain strength, I don't think making them more solid would be beneficial. -- Natalinasmpf 16:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Also, if you have a given amount of material to work with, arranging it as a cylinder creates a stronger structure than arranging it as a rod. 4.250.177.52 15:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
I have a QWERTY keyboard, and use Windows XP. It always typed the " symbol UK-style - shift, then 2. I liked that. However, it has suddenly switched places with @ so when I do shift2 it says @ and when I do shift' it does ". How do I get it back to the old way?--anon 16:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
In a related question, I used to have my keyboard settings to that if I typed 'a, it would automatically type á. However, when I formatted my computer, this was lost, and I don't remember how to do the setup for it anymore. Any help? I'm using XP. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 04:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
Why in the Mariah Carey page,the party named"Vocal Profil"Was deleted?
When and where did the term "going commando", meaning wearing no underwear, originate? I checked the gold standard, the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and it is silent on the term. PedanticallySpeaking 17:02, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to locate a movie that I saw in the middle of the night on TV about 3 friends who went on the Aids Bike Ride. One woman was the husband of the man who died of aids and his brother also went on the ride. Any ideas on how to locate this movie. I am sure it a few years old.
Thank you in advance.
JoAnn Bedell
Bob Butterworth's full name is Robert A. Butterworth. What does the middle initial stand for? Neutrality talk 19:55, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
I was trying to track down the source of Image:Hippachus 000A.jpg (an illustration depicting the ancient astronomer Hipparchus.
Googling, I could find numerous copies of this image online, but no information about its author or origin. (The style looks 19th-century to me.) However one of the web pages was a summary of a book, Planetary Systems From the Ancient Greeks to Kepler, by Theodor Jacobsen; if anyone has access to this book, could you please check whether it contains (probably in Chapter 3) this image with a description?
(If you find information about the image, please go ahead and update the image page directly.)
—Steven G. Johnson 21:53, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
I have a metal frame futon whose mattress pad consistently feels like it is "sinking" into the wire frame, so you can actually feel the frame under your butt when you sit on it for any amount of time. I've tried flipping it upside down but that didn't help much. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this which is cheaper than buying a new mattress or frame? Searching futon sites didn't turn up any obvious accessory which would help with this, and I'm not keen on spending too much money (in part because I don't have the money to spend!). -- Fastfission 00:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
What exactly do the two numbers (384 kilobits per second and 1.5 megabits per second) mean for the downstream bit rate when SBC offers DSL? Why the two numbers? Isn't just one number necessary to describe the downstream speed? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 00:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Why do DSL companies sell it like that? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 00:55, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Be aware that DSL frequently has different upstream and downstream speeds -- you get greater speed for downstream than upstream on the assumption that you need more bandwidth to receive images on web pages than you do to send clicks to web sites -- although you mentioned only downstream, but thought I'd mention it. DavidH 05:14, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I m a nursing student and am writing a legal-ethical paper on the above topic. I was wondering if I could obtain some information about blood tranfusions, why it is against the Jehovah Witness beliefs, and if there are any acceptable alternative's such as artificial blood (Perfluorocarbons). Thank you in advance for your help.
Larry
How do I change the cache directory of Mozilla Firefox? Currently it defaults to my profile, which is a real pain. I can certainly reduce the cache size, but how do I change the location?! there doesn't seem to be an option in the config menu! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Could you advise me what does DDG actually stand for please.
Regards Garry
DDG means "Guided Missile Destroyer". It comes about from the Hull classification symbol for regular destroyer, DD, which performed anti-submarine missions onling. DDGs perform anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, and anti-surface warfare. James 04:43, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
I am terribly sorry to bother you. I am struggling to find Hoerskool Dr Malan in Meyerton's e-mail address - it's quite urgent for me to have it. Will it be possible for you to find it for me. 'P L E A S E' ! My e-mail address is jessemaile@yahoo.com Kind regards Yolande
What exactly is a "president" in a U.S. publicly traded company? What does he do? What are his functions as opposed to a chief executive officer or a chairman of a board of directors? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 07:40, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
What are the notes for the theme song of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy BBC tv show? -- elpenmaster
A friend of mine went to a doctor to have his lungs checked out. The doctor was diagnosing a pain in one of the locations of the lung. In addition to the typical use of the stethoscope, the doctor told my friend to say "ninety nine" as the doctor placed two fingers between different gaps in the ribs on the back. What might have been the purpose of the utterance? What was the doctor feeling for or observing? Does the pronounciation of the syllables "ninety nine" require the whole lung to function or something? -- HappyCamper 08:29, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
A minor question/observation: Is it just me, or do the linguistics articles in Wikipedia seem to be rather well written? Is there a WikiProject dedicated to the maintenance of these pages somewhere? -- HappyCamper 08:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics and its many offspring. Physchim62 10:08, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
There is a series of articles on past and present Canadian electoral districts. Where a district no longer exists because of redistribution, which is correct:
I believe that the past nature of the district is captured in "former", and that adding the past tense to the sentence is either redundant, or "undoes" the past nature. Another editor suggests that using the present tense makes it inconsistent with the following sentence that describes where the district "was located" (i.e., it uses the simple past tense). Assistance would be appreciated. Ground Zero 14:10, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm having trouble constructing a perfectly equilateral triangle in either gimp or mspaint. It needs to to have perfectly equal sides, be situationally symmetrical...and fit snugly inside a Weiqi image; basically it's going to be used for Template:Game of Go Position, and all of the three vertexes must be equidistant from the edge of the circle (which I managed to get equalised - it has a diameter of 362 pixels, I believe, straight pixels anyway, it's specifically going to be used for the images with the triangles in them, upon which I just tweak the liberty lines as needed for each occurrence. The circle's four points which lie at right angles to each other are 22 pixels away from the edge of the image, which is 405 pixels by 405 pixels. Anyway, the vertex lies on a slightly smaller circle I've marked out in light blue, it's 350 pixels straight wise (as 22+6=28; 405-28*2+1=350) in diameter. So we could start from there....
The centre of both circles have the coordinates (202, 202), but the programs count from zero, so you could assume it as (203, 203). I've marked it with a tiny red pixel.
Note that I'll use "straight pixels" for length, ie. the same amount of pixels it would take if the line were horizontal or vertical....when it starts getting diagonal it gets a bit tricky and that's where my problems start. For example, both the green and purple lines are equidistant from the centre and the light blue circle, but the purple one is made up of 123 pixels, and the green one made up of 174 pixels, not counting the red centre pixel in itself...well because the diagonal length of a pixel is longer than a vertical or horizontal one. This makes it complicated. I've managed to calculate the number of pixels at 123 as the diagonal length is 1.414+ (basically sqrt(2)), which (1/sqrt(2))* 174 = 123.03+. However, this is only for an angle of 135 degrees from the green straight line, which is a problem - I need an angle of 120 and 240 degrees, as I'll explain.
I worked out a method, which involved basically finding the centre (which I did), drawing a line starting pixels away from the circle, until ending at the centre. This is the green line, (again, 174 pixels "long" vertically wise), the top of which is marked with a darker blue dot. Then, I thought, could simply draw two lines of the same length as beore, at 120 degrees and 240 degrees respectively from the straight line, and the end of the lines will reveal two points, then I simply join my three points (including the end of the green line). This is where I encounter my main problems:
I had the idea of using the formula for construction of an equilateral triangle triangle, which would help me find the three points, as I know the centre of the triangle or circle, and know one unit of its length (174), but I don't know how to go about it. I suppose I can turn the image into a Cartesian plane, and the centre, [(202,202) in paint] becomes (0,0), and the blue dot at the top end of the green line could be (0, 174).
Can anyone help me? Thanks! -- Natalinasmpf 15:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Use MetaPost for exact drawing, not free-hand drawing programs. And certainly not Word, unless you really are a glutton for punishment. JRM · Talk 17:12, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Wow, I was an utter fool to ever have used paint...from now on I'll take the trouble to download gimp at school; I thought gimp was unnecessary for simple tasks of creating geometric images, but apparently I was wrong...I didn't realise there was a built-in protractor. Anyway thanks, Chuck, your explanation of the formula helped me confirm the coordinates, although paint, for vertica/y-axis parts of coordinates, "up" means a lesser value, and "down" means a higher one, so it was actually (51, 289) and (353,289)....as for "ancient technology", hey this method is part of the Euclidean era! ;-) Thanks all! I'm going to save this explanation in my notepad as a wonderful example of how trigonometry affects graphical design. :D Onwards! (Oh, does anyone feel up to the task of helping me antialiase the hundreds of images (or going to be used for Xiangqi) in Template:xiangqi-position and Template:Game of Go Position?) -- Natalinasmpf 20:14, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I am searching for the identity of a VC, OBE, MC winner. He finished his career as a Major General. Other distinguishing items are his39-45 star, Africa Star, Defense medal, War medal. He also has two mentioned in dispatch oakleaves. The uniform has a 1st Corps patch.
To who it may concern:
I have just received a message from Lifeisunfair reprimanding me on recent postings. I apologize if I have inadvertently published my requests for further information regarding in the wrong sections of your web site.
I have deleted the postings I included in the article section and posted them to the talk section instead.
I will ensure that this mistake does not happen again. My apologies if my mistake has caused you a great deal of unnecesary work.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Kind regards,
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User talk:132.38.190.10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
You appear to have made some valid additions, but you also have repeatedly engaged in flagrant, obscene vandalism. If the latter type of conduct continues, you will be reported. If you wish to continue contributing to the Wikipedia community, please stop misbehaving. Thank you. —Lifeisunfair 23:34, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If I observe one more instance of vandalism on your part, I will report you. —Lifeisunfair 14:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Instead of posting new articles for your questions, you may post them on the Wikipedia Reference Desk (found at WP:RD). --Several Times 16:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Okay, I play the mandolin, right? So, just about a week ago, I bought one of those clip-on pickups and a mashall amp so I can rock out on my mando. (Trust me, it sounds better than it sounds) The amp works great, nice distorion, great volume, everything. But one thing is bothering me, whenever I turn on the amp, I hear a buzzing sound and it continues ntil I turn the amp off. Is this normal? and if not, How do I stop it? 67.160.39.151 17:35, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Alright, I'll see what I can do about that. The problem with turning my gain down, though, is that I lose that great Mashall overdrive, and that's the main reason I bought the amp! It doesn't buzz when I play it clean, but it doesn't rock, if you knoa what I mean. I'll look into getting some better cables.
My ex-slave greatgrandfather passed down verbally that he was a Shilgin Guinea. I can find no reference to Shilgin. I thought it might be Shogun corrupted to Shilgin, but I could find nothing about a shogun Guinea. Does any one familiar with Guinea research have any idea of a name, place or tribe that sounds somewhat like Shilgin? Etta M Ladson July 11, 2005
Update: 3/06/11 I have recently learned via DNA analysi that my family is from Bioko, equatorial Guinea. My great grandfather was right on target. E.M.Ladson
On the site of BBC News, doing a search for "threat level" brings up several of the UK's national threat levels. I didn't think that there was such a thing. Could I please have a list of them in order and any other info you have. Thanks,--a student 07:35, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
The Police, the Cabinet Office and the Military all have different 'threat levels'. However, the definitions of these levels will not be disclosed to the public as they do not reflect the threat level to the general public. -- Pigeonshouse 17:18, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
I have certainly seen colour-linked threat levels in one UK public building (the Patent Office in London). Black is the lowest level (no special risk), but I couldn't give you any more info. Maybe they are defined by the Metropolitan Police? Physchim62 19:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
By searching around for several hours, I managed to find some various systems of threat levels: the top secret national one (equivalent to the Homeland Security AS) goes, from most to least serious:
I also found a system used by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 alone (the BIKINI states only used by UK government depts):
All this information is available on the websites of BBC News, The Times newspaper and The Cabinet Office - no Official Secrets Act problems, then!-- 84.51.149.80 06:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
This has been moved from the village pump proposal page. It was posted by an anonymous user. Superm401 | Talk 20:58, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
Hello All:
I am making a first post to Wikipedia.
The basic question I have concerns how the rights of corporations have changed since 1789. It is my understanding that corporations had charter rights of limited duration previous to a supreme court decision, I believe in a footnote changing the status to full individual rights of a citizen.
where would one go to find written commentary on this issue. -anon
Wikipedia itself has the articles Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad and Corporate personhood. My personal advice would be to approach study of this issue carefully. It's easy to misunderstand what "legal personhood" is; many people who are critical of corporations seem to like to exaggerate the importance of this ruling and of this phrase. Corporations are not people, this ruling did not give them the full rights of "natural persons", and the courts do not treat the two as the same thing. There are many subsequent rulings that further define the artificial personhood rights of corporations, and it's probably worth looking into the details about exactly which rights natural people have that corporations do or do not have. The extention of rights to corporations does give them more power, and that's an important event, whether you are a critic who think that giving more power to corporations is a mistake, a supporter who thinks they should have greater protections against government regulation, or anyone else, for that matter. -- Beland 01:34, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone think that the timing of the probable scandal involving Rove and the White House fortuitously coincides with start silly season, when people tend to pay less attention to the news? Is it common for poilitical scandals to come out in July/August? --anon
David is right -- in this case, it was a scandal that was slowly brewing for 2 years. What really broke it open ever-increasing pressure on the journalists Matt Cooper and Judith Miller (Miller is, by the way, a total sleazeball) that finally forced them to disclose their sources. THe administration didn't really have much control over that, because it's a judicial matter. →Raul654 22:45, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
She's in jail. David Sneek 06:29, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I am interested in using a specific photograph i found at wikipedia website for the cover of my novel. How could I get the rights/permission to do that?
I have a lodger. He is from Japan. He has a visa which allows him to work in France, where he studied for a year (he had a student visa). He wants to work in a charity shop. As this doesn't involve actually gettin income, is this possible? I hope not, otherwise he'll be lodging in my house all summer. I'm too kind to kick him out! He has no english bank account, nor national insurance number, but has a valid passport. Thanks, u ppl are sorting out lots of my major/minor problems -- Sophiebristow 22:37, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
Sophie, we noticed that! It sounds like you don't really care whether this guy works or not, just that he moves on, right? I suggest you politely explain that you need the room for someone else in the near future (say, a relative of a friend to whom you are greatly indebted) and you need him to do you a favor and stick with his original plan to move on. Tell him when you need it by and don't waver. This saves face for both of you, and he doesn't have to feel evicted and unwanted unless he wants to, and you can still see him off nicely. The working rules really may not solve your problem, but we can! Glad to be of service. Let us know how it goes... alteripse 00:10, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
That was actually my first thought, but the more I thought about it, the more I changed my mind. Deceit for good as opposed to bad purposes is social grease. Brash honesty appeals when you are young, and you can certainly defend it idealistically, but as you go a little farther in life, you realize that social relationships and even your own responses to them are worth a little more art and care, and certain kinds of "dishonesty" are actually kinder than invarying brutal honesty. Make a "note to self" of this and re-read it in 20 years. I predict you will see this issue as less straightforward. Ultimately, though, this is "Sophie's choice," don't you think? alteripse 02:14, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
(edit conflict, so there may be some overlap - this is what I wanted to reply to Superm401:) This is a good ethical argument. I used to think exactly like you. I now see it a bit softer. The point is: Does what I say respect and empower others? Honesty is only a means to that end. Many people feel, based on cultural background or personal preferences, more respected by a polite white lie than by blunt criticism. None of us has the nerve to try and please everyone. Telling someone that they don't please you means making a demand. (For most of us, and certainly for Asian people.) A demand for attention, time and energy which they may rather spend on other issues. If someone feels up to discussing it and wants to learn from you, of course, be honest – but don't force your criticism on them. Saving face is something you give to others, out of love and respect. — Sebastian (talk) 02:22, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I agree with the above that a white lie to get him to move on is probably in order if you really do want him to leave. In answer to your visa question, it's a different system, but when I was in Germany on a student visa I was only allowed to get paid for 20 hours of work a week. I don't think the restriction applied to nonpaying jobs at all. This rule of course did not stop almost everyone I know from getting paid under the table for extra work. So I wouldn't count on the visa issue saving you. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 04:12, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Laura made a good point: "if you really do want him to leave." That was my assumption. This is absolutely "Sophie's choice"! Thus, the white lie is no "deceit", because it doesn't mislead the guest into making a choice. If, however, there is something he can concretely do to make you change your mind, and you feel you can talk about it, then give him a chance by letting him know your concerns. — Sebastian (talk) 08:02, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I recall seeing this flash cartoon on the internet once quite a long time ago, and I was hoping to find it again, but without knowing what it's called, I'm having a hard time finding it, and was hoping I could get some help.
I can remember a couple of cartoons from the site. One was about some kind of satyr like creature who sleeps in a tree and gets into trouble with some weird creatures playing by the river. Another cartoon was about a hitchhiker who travels a long way at night with another traveller that he is convinced is a psychotic axe-murderer or something. One was about a farmer who gets the runs while on his tractor early in the morning. And a couple more of them were about magical or mythological creatures, like the one about the satyr. I don't think any of them was voiced.
And that's about all I can remember.
I don't think it's listed in List of Flash cartoon sites, though I will certainly add it if I can find it.
Does anyone know this cartoon? thanks -23:34, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
Does it make any sense to start Wikipedias in different varieties of English, e.g. British English or American English, or is it uneconomical? Would such a thing make sense in the near or distant future? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 02:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
It makes no sense. The goal of Wikipedia is to write an encyclopedia. Although there are many spoken dialect of English — some hardly mutually intelligible — all literate English speakers can read and write International English, the written language used on the English Wikipedia. So forking the English Wikipedia by dialect would result in pointless duplication of effort.
In the distant future, who know? Maybe written English will split into mutually unintelligible languages, as happened to Latin and Classical Chinese. Gdr 19:32, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
You're confusing two senses of "International English" — you're talking about the de jure sense and I'm talking about the de facto sense. Gdr 15:26, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
-As most wikipedia visitors are american I think wiki should be in american english only and most people learning english outside english speaking countries learn american, also almost everyone understands american english as it is the most common form of english and there is no need for having wiki in many different forms of english.
Can anyone identify the symbol on this marker for men lost in Colorado on one of Frémont's expeditions. I am only assuming that Fremont means John C. Frémont as the years match his period of exploration. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 04:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Maybe it's just a little cartoon fellow, put there to lighten the mood? ;-) -- Fastfission 20:33, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Any guess as to the date of the monument? My guess is that the symbol is a 20th century logo indicating that this monument is part of a series, perhaps a "history trail" designated by Colorado or federal parks departments. If so, you should be able to find other examples in that part of the state. Just a guess. alteripse 10:44, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is an email I received to this question...
I hope this is helpful... you really piqued my curiousity on this one. I hope you can find your answers. Bye. -- Lord Voldemort 14:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Copied from Stolen Babies Bovlb 04:48:32, 2005-07-13 (UTC)
Explain the Electrophilic substitution reaction in Durene. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.63.116.186 ( talk • contribs) 2005-07-12 23:55:45 CDT
An electrophile E+ will approach the nucleophilic durene (C6H2Me4), forming a pi-complex then a sigma complex. This will have both the E and the H attached to one carbon, and the remaining five carbons form a conjugated system with three resonance forms (the + going on carbons 1, 3, 5). This then loses H+ to a base such as water, forming C6HMe4E. Walkerma 04:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I just want to know the full list of all the news agency in the wholewide world and I also want to ask why are they located on hotels? and how do they function? what are the types of news agencies?
Which Justices of the supreme court retired at the same age or younger, than O'Conner?
anyone know? KeBe
Does anti-climb paint work? Whenever I've seen walls with a warning sign about anti-climb paint, I always think that I can see little to hinder a potential climber, and the walls do not appear unusual in any way. How long does it last anyway? Jooler 10:59, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for the article on the news July 12, 2005 about a busy housewife trying to take care of her children in summer and her aged father in law. New tecnoligy now allows her to check up on him on line through the use of motion detectors which tells her how often he goes into the bathroom, if he takes his medications, etc. I was half way through the archives when I was closed out is there any way I can find out more about this topic? Thank you Pauline Spaulding 703-820-3117
(image changed to link beacuse it contains two topless women) This is the image. (Providing a link to the image in case anyone else wants to check the bridge (or the women, I guess) out.) -- Essjay · Talk 17:32, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of this bridge? Broonee 17:17, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
What a strange story, and more strange as it is so hard to research.
It seems that since 1994 a madman has been planting bombs in common everyday objects in Northern Italy. He may be trying specifically to hurt children. When I heard about it, I did some research and started a page Italian Unabomber, in the hope that others would know more than I do. No such luck.
The problem is there is little coverage of it in the American/British press, and the stories I do find refer back to other events they do not fully describe.
Anyone out there know about this guy? Paul, in Saudi 17:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know the name of the Arab country in the movie Protocol starring Goldie Hawn? Tavilis 19:01, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
I have a new Dell Inspiron 5160, that came installed with win xp home and a whole lot of spyware crap from Dell. I have a licensed copy of win 2k pro with service packs out the wazzoo. Would I be better off uninstalling xp and putting 2k pro on it? Would it be faster? Would there be any functionality I would loose? Thanks!
It looks like James McNeill was the artist of Whistler's Mother. But I have a print of Whistler's Mother, with copyright of Samuel Schmitz N.Y. Do you have any information on the artist Samuel Schmitz? Do you have any idea how old the portrait would be? --anon
Please see Whistler's Mother; it was painted by James McNeill Whistler of his mother Anna McNeill Whistler in 1871. Samuel Schmitz is presumably the company that made the print; it cannot legitimately claim copyright in the U.S. on a reproduction of a public domain artwork (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).-- Pharos 20:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
please tell me how i should wash my point blanket. signed julian
What advantages do revolving doors have over normal ones? The article mentions that they can installed to minimize heat loss. However, I would think a normal door would do a better job of that. Also, it claims security is one factor, but many revolving doors are permanently unlocked. What other theories or facts do you have about them? Superm401 | Talk 22:06, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for the questions in quick succession, but what is the length of the shoreline of the continental United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii? Superm401 | Talk 23:29, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Then the answer comes down to what length of yardstick do you use. Unless I misunderstood when I asked the last time, no one had a good answer. Also part of the game is what criteria do you use for excluding bays, river mouths, etc. - Taxman Talk 03:52, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
In 1939-40, using the most accurate charts then available, NOAA found the shorelines to be 28,673, 17,141, and 3,863 miles for the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts respectively [10] →Raul654 03:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
See How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension It applies to any coast or shore line. 4.250.138.52 08:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
It's my understanding that modern Catholics use a two-chamber booth with a screened window as a confessional, for confessing their sins. In the film The Seventh Seal (1957), the medieval knight uses an alcove-like area with a screened window to another room in the church for the same purpose. Is (or was) this also called a confessional, or does/did it have a different name? Is there a Latin name for either/both? Thanks in advance for any information. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:15, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone remember the plot of the episode 28 "Moving Out" of the TV show Webster. I recall that the family moves into a new house and discover secret passageways? Particularly, why were the passageways there, and what was up with the little girl (possible the ghost of the daughter of the old owners of the house) in there. I can't remember what the deal was. Google is no use. I really would appreciate any help.
With all the new interest in The Lord of the Rings I am still very much a fan of the 1978 Bakshi production and the actor who was rotoscoped as Aragorn. I know the voice was John Hirt ..very nice, very silky...but the actor whose face is so expressive is lost! Can you find out for me who this man was/is or if he was entirely invented?
Liz june9liz@peoplepc.com
I'm in a court battle. I believe it may go to The Supreme Court of Tennessee. I need to know the Link between Fundamental right's and the right of the natural father, The child's right to a father-child relationship and the right of a natural father to be involved in the rearing of his child.
Thank You, S.R. Bradford
I moved this from Help desk. We might be able to add a little. alteripse 10:49, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Your question, about relationship of fundamental rights and rights of natural father is essentially a philosophical question rather than a technical legal question because there is no "code of fundamental rights." A philosophical answer would be something like this: There is no such thing as a fundamental right. All rights are simply social consensus with varying degrees of universal acceptance and codification by governing authority and varying mechanisms of enforcement and recourse... I have a strong suspicion that that is not what you wanted, is it? The first, most difficult step, is to understand that justice is not the issue, but law. What you need is a lawyer to tell you what your legally enforceable rights are. These consist of what is written in the statutes of your state (I'm assuming US, where family laws are all state laws-- if you live elsewhere the laws may be national or local) as modified by how the statutes are currently being enforced by family courts and the police. Both can vary by locale and time. It is a lawyer's job to know these things and assist you in enforcing your rights. and you need an expert manipulator of the law (an attorney), not a philosopher of justice. Good luck. alteripse 12:14, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
I run experiments on my computer and, as such, I often need to keep it on for 48 hours or more at a time. Yesterday I set up a new experiment to be run. This morning I woke to the cheerful tune of a re-starting Windows computer. I lept out of bed and saw the little bubble telling me proudly that Windows had automatically downloaded an "important upgrade" and had automatically re-started.
Natually I've just lost a large amount of work because of this. How do I tell my computer (WinXP) to never, under any circumstances, turn off or restart without my permission?
Thanks, — Asbestos | Talk 07:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
why is it that people who eats faster, tends to be bigger in size???
I have wondered before as to why the Israeli-Egyptian border is visible from space. the colour of Israel appears darker, see [11]. First I thought it could be due to irrigation, but that seems unlikely, because the Israelis probably wouldn't irrigate the entire desert. I've also thought that maybe it's an artefact of composite saellite images, but I've seen the same effect on arial photography. Does anybody have an explanation for this? dab (ᛏ) 08:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Yesterday's featured article sparked my interest in Chinese chess and I've now learned how the pieces move, and downloaded a program to play the game with a western piece set. I'm disappointed though, that my search on pages teaching actual tactics with examples and all came up empty, has anyone got an idea which site to visit or should I rely on some sturdy old-fashioned books? - Mgm| (talk) 09:25, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
1) The double pao (double cannon) is an easy and lethal combination. Line up your two cannons (paos) in the column with the enemy's king early in the game, and this often produces checkmate. However, if the opponent sees this coming, it is easy to "deflect" this attack by either moving the general forward or moving one of the two bodyguards in front of the general.
2) Generally, you want to advance your pawns near the beginning of the game. By advancing the two pawns in the middle (not the ones in front of the rook (car) and the middle one), you open up the space for your horses to advance across the river. Otherwise, your opponent can advance his/her pawns and follow with the horses, while your horses must waste moves trying to maneuver around pieces, trying to cross the river.
3) Another common tactic is to move one "elephant" to the center column, so that the two elephants are protecting one another. In addition, this also helps deflect the "double pao" trick mentioned above by giving the player the option of moving the elephant back to its original position.
4) Do not move your chariot (rook) early in the game if your horse has not moved; this opens the opposing cannon (pao) to take your horse. This also supports tip number 2: move your pawns early, then your horses, thus freeing up your chariots.
5) Once you get a pawn across the river, be cautious about advancing forward. Keep in mind that the pawn cannot move backward, and that once it reaches the back row, can only move sideways on that row.
6) Generally, it is a good idea to have your two chariots on different sides of the board (i.e. left side and right side); this gives you more mobility and striking ability. However, there are MANY situations where this is not true.
Glad to see the article piqued your interest. If I think of any more tips, I'll be sure to put them down. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Is there a place to locate a map of the fictional country of Graustark? Prituclarly an online source if oen exists.
(it is discussed in English language Wiki article)
How would I contact the author of the Wikipeida article? I was unable to find any referenceto who was the person who wrote the article ont the articles' web page alternatively, I am trying to find someone familiar enough with the George McCutcheon Barr's Graustark series of novels to answer questions that I coudl not fidn anwers to anywhere on ehweb or in a local library.
Qny help much appreciated,
Adam Bishop
I live in Minneapolis and a bug I'd never seen before showed up in my house. It was about the size and shape of a boxelder bug, but brown, with bumps (that reminded me of a pineapple) on the back. It had long cricket-like legs, and antennae that were longer than that. I have seen earwigs, click beetles, cockroaches, silverfish, and spiders before, and this was none of those. Do you know what it might be?
I've got a picture up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnord/25781601/, if that will help you.
-- DNordquist 11:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Can you process that image with the GIMP or something to zoom in on the bug? Unless it is just a joke, one problem is it has too many legs to be an insect, but otherwise it looks a lot like the common insects I see around. If it didn't have so many legs it could easily be a relative of the boxelder bug, and looks quite similar to a wheel bug or other assassin bug or ambush bugs. pictures of Kentucky varieties You may be interested in this site too for more pictures of relatives of these bugs. - Taxman Talk 19:01, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Ah yes, "shadows". Seems rather obvious in hinsight doesn't it? :) With that in mind the western conifer seed bug does seem about right. If you can zoom and crop a bit, that article could use a picture. Adding an imperfect one, could spur someone to take a better one. I'll see if I can't catch a picture of one myself actually, though it will look pretty amateurish. - Taxman Talk 17:03, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
What is the general temperature of the universe / outerspace?
What is the pressure of outer space? I thought it was around 14 pound vacuum. If so does the pressure/temperature change or not be constant throughout the universe.
Can the tail of a comet be considered a black hole. Or maybe better said. Would a space craft have less resistance following behind a comet etc...?
You are thinking of the tail of a comet as following it like smoke from a plane flying in the sky. Wrong concept. The tail of a comet points away from the sun no matter whether the comet is traveling towards the sun or away from it. The sun turns frozen stuff to gas on the ball of ice called a comet and the solar wind pushes that gas away from the sun. Solar wind is a misnomer, in that you can't fill a ballon with it or anything like that. But it does push stuff. 4.250.138.52 09:07, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Just a suggestion that Verlan French be added to your French section. It's a current dialect, mostly used by young people, in France. Thanks. Leeann McGovern, Halifax, Canada
I'm trying to draw a map of the Polynesia area, but can't find a suitable public domain map of the Pacific. The CIA factbook South Pacific map cuts off East Polynesia, and the large world map from the LOC uses a bizarre compression. Can anyone point me somewhere else? lots of issues | leave me a message 18:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks Finlay, I put it up Polynesia lots of issues | leave me a message 21:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
In Joyce Maynard's book about how she became J. D. Salinger's lover while a freshman at Yale University, At Home in the World, she reports Salinger claimed people kept pestering him for the film rights to Catcher in the Rye but he vowed he would never sell. Would this be the best selling book never adapted for the movies? PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Okay, let's rephrase. What's the best-selling novel that's never been adapted for the screen? PedanticallySpeaking 20:51, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
Anyone have an e-mail address for the British Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer? I looked at his office's site and they have the addresses as links and when I tried to copy the shortcut all I got was a string of gibberish (something like "%23%23%65"). PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
That's the page. When I right clicked to get the shortcut, all it produced was gibberish. PedanticallySpeaking 20:28, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
In a biography of Brigham Young, he is quoted advising young people against reading novels saying that while they are entertaining they will rot your brain. He compares it to eating sweet berries that are poisionous. I thought most poisions were bitter and unpleasant tasting. What poisions would be sweet? PedanticallySpeaking 19:30, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
There are some berries that have a sweet taste but are poisonous anyway. I don't know the exact names. Take a look, for example, at Coriaria thymifolia, a plant of the Coriaria genus whose berries taste like blueberries, but are hallucinogenic and toxic.
I think Brigham Young was right. Too much fiction can make your encephalon rot. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:53, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
A prominent non-natural one these days is antifreeze, which is frequently drunk by children who find it tastes good or snuck into fruit drinks in various murder cases. Apparently they add nasty tasting chemicals these days to ethylene glycol antifreezes to avoid such things.-- Laura Scudder | Talk 19:59, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
If you eat too many Flinstones flavored chewable vitamins you will have brain damage (assuming that the vitamin is fat-soluable). -- Think Fast 01:39, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Beryllium salts are also (alledgedly) sweet-tasting, though I wouldn't want to test the idea. Physchim62 11:57, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I saw a tombstone a few weeks ago for a man who was a member of many groups. His stone carried the emblems of the American Legion, the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the VFW, the Eagles, and one symbol I didn't know: three links of chain. Which group has this as its symbol? PedanticallySpeaking 20:21, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
No. It was links of chain. PedanticallySpeaking 21:11, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
My sister asked me to think of a quick and easy way to determine the amount of copper in tap water. I think using a color reaction to do spectrophotometry would be the easiest way (she has a job at a lab), but that requires something to generate a color complex which is isn't interfered with by several other minerals. Has anyone got suggestions on what to use and where to find the molar extinction coefficient of this substance's complex with copper? - Mgm| (talk) 21:08, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
About what proportion of blue-collar workers in the US belong to a union? About what proportion of these live in blue vs red states (only very roughly)? Thanks!
I really can't understand heavy metal music. A few questions here:
Thanks. — Stevey7788 ( talk) 23:17, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
Nature sees to it that male mammals in their prime are full of energy and aggression. In humans this results in most violent crime being committed by males 16 to 26 (or so), each generation in that age group being attacted to music that expresses how they feel (full of energy, to be nice about it), and many other interesting consequences. Humans imprint (sort of) on the music styles of their youth. Each generation in Western culture likes to set itself apart with its "own" music styles. So one generation loves light to heavy rock (includes heavy metal), another likes light to heavy rap, and so on. 4.250.138.52 09:23, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the safest country in the world today? (preceding unsigned comment by 219.89.168.71 2005-07-15 01:22 UTC)
It's a tradeoff, dictatorial countries will have less crime, but are likely to imprison or harm more innocent people. More democratic nations typically will let the occaisional criminal go, rather than run the chance that the state might harm an innocent.
This might distort safety statistics to some degree. :-)
My guess is the Vatican is probably one of the safest. Unless you count old age as a risk. DJ Clayworth 16:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I noticed that the article for Psilocybe Fanaticus was deleted on October 25, 2003. The cause for deletion was not mentioned, but the words(As discussed on Votes for Deletion). Is there a way to view the discussion that took place regarding the deletion of this article? And is there a reason why no new page has been created to replace it in the nearly two years since?
Please take this question to the wikipedia:Help desk as it deals with operation of wikipedia. alteripse 02:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
According to Google, "Psilocybe Fanaticus" is not a species, but an ex-company that sold equipment for recreational use of Psilocybe cubensis. In theory you could look back through the history of Wikipedia:Votes for deletion to see if you can find the relevant discussion, but I doubt it would be worthwhile. From reading Google, it looks as though the company wouldn't even merit a brief mention in the Psilocybe cubensis article. Gdr 13:35, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the name of the countries and other … that have postal authorities for mail in said countries and other … issuing stamps in the year 2000 and the name of the city or town thatissued the stamps their.
I am a topical stamp collector and wish to give my granddaughter a gift from me that she can keep that is from the year she was born from me. I need information to complete this task with in the next year. Thank you, Geo.James
New stamp issues are covered in philatelic newspapers traditionally. One of the oldest is Linn's [16], which is weekly. For a past year, you can check a current copy of Scott catalog at a local philatelic dealer and check the year 2000 for each of the hundreds of countries that issue stamps. You have quite a job ahead of you to collect all the issues for a year from around the world. It also occurs to me that some of the larger companies like Harris or Minkus might offer a service for wealthy collectors of all the issues for a recent year. You might check if money is no object. alteripse 03:11, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I am interested how the Russian grades 5 and 4 are considered in the US. What US grades are similar to the Russian 5 and 4???
I am pretty sure my Russian teacher said that in Russia, 5 is the best, 1 is the worst. How that would apply though depends on which "American" system you use -- A is the best, F is the worst, da, but usually A = 90%+, B=80%+, C=70%+, D=60%+, and F=50%, and anything below 50% is still just an F. No idea if the 5-1 system is the same way or not. In any event, I could ask her on Monday if it is still an open question, I am sure it is an easy answer. -- Fastfission 21:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
My Russian teacher said:
Hope that is helpful in some way... her English is nyet harasho, and I am not 100% sure I understand her response... -- Fastfission 20:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
So I asked a friend who works for a service that converts transcripts and she said they just use
which isn't that surprising. -- Laura Scudder | Talk 17:57, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
My mother was born in Bari, Italy, and came to the US in 1948. She died of Non-Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the liver (NAHS)at age 75. Her mother and sister also died of NAHS, and her father died from cysts on his liver. They did not have hepatitis, and were not drinkers.
Does anyone know if Non-Alcoholic Cirrhosis and other forms of liver disease unrelated to alcoholism are common to this region of Southern Italy?
JoAnn - USA
There are many inherited liver diseases that are increased in incidence in small-gene-pool populations (potential consanguinity) in general but most cause trouble earlier in life. One of the most common inherited liver diseases which may casue cirrhosis later in life is alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; it may occur in southern Italy but is even more common in northern Italy and northern Europe. Thalassemia is the disease most doctors associate with southern Italy, but the liver is severely affected in only the worst cases and the diagnosis should have been easy to recognize from the complete blood count. We need a gastroenterologist! alteripse 18:48, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
If a conjoined twin were to commit a murder, is there anyway for the law to punish him (or her) without infringing on the rights of the completely innocent twin? (I'm most interested in the case under UK law but the perspectives of other countries would be welcome too) I suspect he (or she) would be able to get away with murder. Any views? Does anyone know of a real-life criminal case involving a conjoined twin? Dmn / Դմն
Mark Twain was way ahead of you. He dealt with that possibility in the novel Pudd'n'head Wilson, based loosely on accounts of the real Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. alteripse 01:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
...is there anyway for the law to punish him (or her) without infringing on the rights of the completely innocent twin? - easy! You seperate them and give all the vital shared organs to the innocent one :) →Raul654 01:19, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
If twin one kills someone, wouldn't twin two be in trouble for allowing his twin to commit murder? -- Think Fast 01:42, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
AlMac 18:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
I read somewhere describing a procedure to make icicles grow upin the freezer as opposed to down. I recall something like taking an ice cube tray, and filling the compartments with (possibly) boiled distilled water (or something of that manner). The boiling removes the dissolved air in the water, and I suspect the distillation just makes the water crystallize better. Anyway, the idea is that ice cube will freeze from the top to the bottom first, and from the edge towards the center. As this happens, it's able to push the water through the middle of the top surface, and if the freezing is done at the correct rate, you can get icicles about an inch or two high. Has anyone else come across this? Brownie points if you can supply pictures :-) -- HappyCamper 16:54, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
How do I call these misaligned satellite images? Is there a jargon for it? -- Toytoy 17:33, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
{{Spoiler}}
(The spoiler warning is because it will give away the ending of one episode of the series!)
I'm trying to find out the name of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode in question is the one where at the end Dr. Beverly Crusher tells a young woman that she must marry an old man for genetic reasons, and I am hoping that a fan might be able to help with this query.
Thanks in advance.
-- Tracey Lowndes 18:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Is The Iron Dream a pastiche or a roman a clef? It's a great big metaphor for Nazism, except it's the way Hitler would have wanted it---he (well, "Feric Jaggar") is a big strapping blond fellow, and he conquers the world. grendel| khan 21:31, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps it is more accurately an Allegory.
What is the exact definition of "copulation"? Which animals do or are said to copulate? (Please name the exact taxons those animals belong to, if possible.) In which geological period did animals start to copulate? How did copulation evolve biologically since then? Why do animals and humans "copulate"? What is the function of copulating, as opposed to, for example, spawning like fish or spreading pollen like anthophytes ( flowering plants)? What is the exact difference between "copulation", "mating" and "sexual intercourse"?
All those questions are not clearly or explicitly answered on the article called " Copulation". Should there be separate articles for those terms ("copulation", "mating", "sexual intercourse")? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 21:32, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Could someone please help expand the article accordingly? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 15:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
I've found a citation that I'd like to look up, but I have no idea what it means:
I suspect it is some sort of British law citation or something like that -- it relates to a bill proposed to Parliament to modify the 1871 census. Anyway -- where would I look this up? What do the citations mean, specifically? (that is, I understand U.S. citation like 23 SB 1070 means "23rd Senate, Bill 1070" etc., or whatever it is) -- Fastfission 22:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
BTW, have you had a look at Court citation? -- Jmabel | Talk 06:05, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
Is there a name for words which are themselves examples of what they describe, like TLA? - Lethe | Talk 00:09, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
This was found in the USA [18] [19] [20] [21] and since I couldn't find a reference desk at wikispecies I thought I'd ask here.
"those pinchers did catch the persons finger who was holding it, And when it grabbed on it thrashed around really hard like it was trying to rip his finger off." 81.154.236.221 01:47, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
What do yeast need to grow, besides sugar? We have had a kilo of sugar in the cupboard for several years now, and have come up with no use for it. I thought it would be fun to brew it into an alcoholic beverage, and was curious what would be the minimum I could add to it to sustain yeasty life. I have seen several recipes for home-made wines and beers that seem to be approximating this because the quantity of refined sugar they recommend substantially exceeds that of the ostensible main ingredient, but I'm interested in taking it as far as it can go in that direction. (My wife and I are both well over the legal drinking age for our jurisdiction. :))
Thanks — Pekinensis 03:41, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for your responses. My wife did bake cookies once; I think that's why we have the sugar. My palate tends to be quite coarse, so I'm not too worried about the flavor. I'm more motivated by curiosity. I'm going to try just sugar, water, and yeast then. Perhaps there is a short-term supply of nitrogen and other nutrients in the yeast mix? Thank you — Pekinensis 16:23, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
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AlMac 18:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
what is the definitions of a righteous manÉ
The Jewish and Christian answer is in Micah: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:6-8)
When I put on headphones from my computer, I can hear the ticking of the system clock. This isn't a precise "tick", so I don't know exactly where it's coming from, but it is certainly noticable and is synchronous with the ticking of the second hand when I open up the system's clock. I don't hear this from the computer's internal speakers when I'm not using headphones. What is this, and how to I get rid of it? It is slowly driving me stark raving mad. Thanks!
The CPU is multitasking millions of discrete operations for hundreds of processes each second. You are not hearing the CPU. You need to experiment and assume nothing. Are you wearing a mechanical watch? Do you hear the tick when you wear the headset and the computer is turned off. Do other people hear anything? Assume nothing. Vary one thing at a time. Good luck. 4.250.138.52 09:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
"Assume nothing. Vary one thing at a time" is the key debug technique for the unknown. As for specific ideas other than what I said before:
I can't think of a single once per second cause of line static in a laptop - computers do everything at hugely faster rates. 4.250.138.52 10:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Assalamualaikum/hello/hi, how can i find information about Malaysian Business Environment. the information that i need should relate to the Malaysia's Geography, Demography, population,education,health,politic,legislation,economy,GDP n others that can tell more specific about Malaysian Business Environment. i really hope that someone could help me. thank you.
Assalamualaikum/helo/hai, bagaimana saya boleh mendapatkan maklumat mengenai Malaysia Business Environment. maklumat yg hendak saya cari harus mempunyai kaitan dgn Geografi dn Demografi Malaysia termasuklah populasi,pendidikan,kesihatan,politik,perundangan,ekonomi,KDNK(keluaran dalam negara kasar)atau GDP(gross domestic product) dan pelbagai lagi maklumat yg boleh menerangkan dgn lebih terperinci mengenai Malaysian Business Environment. saya amat berharap agar ada sesiapa yg dapat membantu mendapatkan maklumat berkaitan tajuk tersebut. terima kasih.
NUR,16/07/2005;sabtu(saturday)
Hi,
I'm using Microsoft Works spreadsheet and I often use formulas for which the program doesn't understand the pattern.
For instance, normally if I fill in the first two cells of a column
=AVG(A1:C1) =AVG(A2:C2)
and drag the little corner of the box down to the bottom of the column, it will fill in all the other cells correctly:
=AVG(A99:C99) =AVG(A100:C100)
However, I often find myself using perfectly rational formulas for which it doesn't understand the pattern. E.g.:
=AVG(A1:A1) =AVG(A1:A2) =AVG(A1:A3)
If I use these as my first three cells, I get
=AVG(A1:A1) =AVG(A1:A2) =AVG(A1:A3) =AVG(A4:A4) =AVG(A4:A5) =AVG(A4:A6) =AVG(A7:A7)
etc. Is there any way to make it understand that what I want is:
=AVG(A1:A[the row I'm currently on])
?
Any help appreciated, thanks, --James.
Hmmm, that must be an Excel thing rather than a Works Spreadsheet thing. Doing that results in my same sequence of formulas as above, but with a $ in front of the first digit (the cell it references still changes, just like above):
=AVG($A1:A1) =AVG($A1:A2) =AVG($A1:A3) =AVG($A4:A4)
The numerical value of the expression is exactly the same as it was before. Also, pressing F4 while a cell is selected does nothing. Is this one of those (many) things that Works can't do?
Thank you so, so, so much! I had the exact same problem on a group of nine sheets that I update daily. It was bothersome to have to rewrite the formula every day nine times, but I didn't have a way around it until now. Thanks again. -- Think Fast 19:13, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
How would this website be referenced APA style?
If it is known that one focus of a hyperbola is the origin, and there are two points known to be on the hyperbola, is it possible to determine the equation of the hyperbola? If so, how? -anon 15:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Wichita State University has had the owner of educating one of the US Presidents, the four star general Dwight D. Eisenhower. And he's not listed as one of the Wichita State Alumni, I'm sure he's one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent, Alumni of Wichita State. Can we add him to the list as well? Thanks.
--anon
Could someone please write a stub for the Lawrence Kudlow article in Japanese? Is this the right page to ask such a question? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 17:33, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
No, I actually didn't ask on the Japanese Wikipedia, because I don't know Japanese. That's why I ask here. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 19:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
This photo was taken by User:Ericd at the Cannes Film Festival, "probably in 1979". It's been made a featured picture, but noone has been able to identify the woman. It would add to the information value of the photo if we actually knew who this subject of fleeting fame was.-- Pharos 18:08, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Sorry but I don't who she was... Ericd 09:33, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
Which of the languages spoken today such as English, French, Italian, Spanish, et cetera is closest to Latin in terms of lexicon and grammatical construction?
Karl
Latin and German both come from Indo-European, which came from Proto-Indo-European, so I guess you could call them brothers. French, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, and Romanian are the five romance languages (languages coming from Latin). This isn't a complete answer, but I hope it helps. -- Think Fast 19:20, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
Am I right to conclude that (1) in vocabulary Italian and Spanish are closest languages to Latin, (2) Romanian is the closest language to Latin in its grammar, and (3) German is not related to Latin? Karl
I think most linguistis would say the question is unanswerable because there's no objective way to measure how close one language is to another. It's purely impressionistic, and so the answer will vary from person to person. -- Angr/ tɔk tə mi 18:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I've spoken to native speakers of Romansh and they claim that it is very similiar to Latin. -- MadDreamChant 18:29, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
What does los in Los Angeles mean? I couldn't find the answer in a Spanish to English dictionary.
Karl
Excellent answer! Karl.
Am researching family of son in law his gggrandfather Harris Lewis left Poland and emigrated toLondon england. On various records his name is recorded as Lewis Lewis and Harris Lewis. Some records show he came from B.S Russian Federated States would that be Balyastok in Poland and what would the original name perhaps have ben Levy. Unfortnately none of the family are aware of the original name. Many thanks for your assistance.
I am 16 and I always wanted to live in the United States. I would like to move there as soon as possible, go to highschool and then college. What options have I got to (legally) live (and get permenant residene) there. What documents would I need and how can I get them. I don't have any relatives there. I have a Polish passport and currently live in the UK. Please help me as this is very important to me. Thank You, F.S.
Visit a US embassy or consulate to find out the rules. Contact one of the many Polish-American organizations in the US. alteripse 02:00, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Also, importantly, see the U.S. government bureau U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as the Polish American Congress, the main Polish American organization.-- Pharos 02:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
So… Your best chance of getting here and listening to this sort of bickering first-hand would probably to be to come here for college on a student visa. If you can get accepted to an institution of higher learning here -- even a community college -- you'll generally be able to obtain a student visa. Then, once here, you can work on the permanent visa. Far easier to make happen from here than from Poland. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:15, July 17, 2005 (UTC) Ya hafta like this answer-- makes me glad I live here! alteripse 00:04, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
To become educated you do not need to attend any school. Make sure to use up-to-date textbooks. Check out Prentice Hall, Houghton Mifflin, and Brooks Cole.
In addition, you will need some money to move into ANY country. U.S. does not provide an apartment, camp,or shelter for its refugees like Western Europe. Do you have rent money for at leat 2 years? A single is at least $600/month in U.S. Do you have money to buy an old $5000 car? How are you going to make a living? Do you know a single dependable person here who will truly help you? Only in movies and certain novels, you come with $1000 to the airport and live in a mansion in 5 years. Know all the facts.
AlMac 07:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Re: "Trapped in suburbia": I have a friend from Madrid who had some pretty heavy culture shock being as an exchange student in American suburbia. It took her a few months to discover she was within public-transport striking distance of a city, because her host family pretty much never went to the city. --
Jmabel |
Talk 07:06, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
What adaptations do creatures evolve in forests? Do they tend to be bigger than animals in other enviroments?
A previous resident of this house I am now renting made a ridiculously stupid design decision (one of many) that I am thinking about trying to undo. Basically, there is a lovely wood floor in the living room which extends into the master bedroom and one of the other rooms (an office). Some idiot decided that the best thing to do with this was to go around the edges of the room with eight inches of gray tiling -- like in a bathroom or something. The result is both hideous and odd (I'm sorry if my description fails to make any sense, this defies all aesthetic sense), and is also somewhat of a physical inconvenience as they are somewhat raised above the floor by about five millimeters or something like that. Blah.
We had to pry up a few of them with a crowbar already so that the piano could sit level against the wall (doesn't it sound like we have nice and sophisticated things? If only it were so!), which was not too hard but it is clear that these tiles, which have just been epoxied straight on to the wood, will leave behind a hard and ugly glue/epoxy residue.
Now, it'd be possible to pull up most of these in an afternoon, I'd reckon, but I'm not sure if the result would look better than the current state of things, which, for its problems, is at least somewhat "finished" looking (only somewhat, though). An eight inch border around the room of scratched and old epoxy is not necessarily better.
So in the end, after all this explanation, the question is: would there be any easy way to remove the epoxy from these floors if we pried up the tiles? I've used some stuff to remove glue residues from stickers (the name of which escapes me, but it is yellow and works pretty well) -- would that work on a tile epoxy? Sanding it might work, but I'm afraid that would take a lot of effort (I don't have an electric sander nor am I keen on buying one) and might scratch up the floor real bad.
Any thought and ideas? -- Fastfission 00:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Band Operated Schools must be administered by locally elected School Boards, and operate outside the direct control of the local Chief and Band Council.
Does this included Isaac Beaulieu Memorial School, on Sandy Bay First Nation Reservation? This school does not have an elected school board and is under the direct control of the local chief and council.
Hi, Is there any way to set the defaults on the Canon A95 so that you can easily revert to you own custom settings? Thanks -- Fir0002 01:51, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
When an electron orbiting a nucleus changes energy levels, does it momentarily exist between those two energy levels or does it instantly swich energy levels without existing between them? -- Amanaplanacanalpanama 03:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
An electron in one orbital (they don't "orbit") at one energy level emits or absorbs a photon to decrease or increase its energy level and thereby instantly be at a new energy level in a new orbital. While in an orbital the electron has no exact position, only a probability of interaction three dimensional math object called an "orbital" that can have any of a variety of continuous and discontinuous shapes and called things like sp3. 4.250.138.52 10:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
I have often wondered about Tim Curry and how he identifies. This site has him listed under "gay, lesbian, & bisexual.." but nowhere in his article does it mention anything pertaining to his sexuality. Is there an answer to this question anywhere?
Please e-mail any responses to: MonkeeBzz@aol.com. Thank you.
Wikipedia doesn't censor. If sexual identity is ENCYCLOPEDIC for a person, it deserves to be in the article. Tim Curry achieved initial fame playing a character that was bisexual (among other things). That could be a reason for the category. In any case ANYONE CAN EDIT. Anyone who wants to can change that categorization or add a quote from a valid source that says he was or wasn't gay or bi and it would not be vandalism. 4.250.138.52 10:13, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
... it's referred to it Victor Hugo's Les Miserables... what was it called and where was it? do we have an article on this thing? - Ta bu shi da yu 07:54, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Well, in New Jersey in 1881 they thought it had never been done according to this: "Retaining an architect, Lafferty, in 1881, set out to design a building in the shape of an elephant from the exotic land of the British Raj celebrated in the period's illustrated adventure magazines. Simultaneously retaining a patent attorney, Lafferty also sought to prevent anyone else in the United States from constructing animal-shaped buildings unless they paid him royalties. The U.S. Patent Office examiners found Lafferty's to be a novel, new and technologically significant concept. In 1882, they granted him a patent giving him the exclusive right to make, use or sell animal-shaped buildings for seventeen years." [23] 4.250.138.52 10:24, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
There's one in Moulin Rouge!.
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i am representing germany in a mock united nation. our topic is homosexual rights. therefore, i would like to know germany's stand on the issue. thank you.
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Several centuries ago we learned that the brain is the organ of a person's "self." You can get a new heart by transplant and you are still "you" with a new heart, but if you lose your brain, your beating heart is just a heart. So doctors now consider a person dead when the brain stops and is dead, not when the heart stops.
That is the basic answer. As you might suspect, it is a little more complicated than that because for many centuries, and most the time even now:
So traditionally a doctor would say a person was dead when the heart stopped because there were no situations where the brain could survive and stay alive if the heart were dead. It has gotten much trickier in recent decades because now medical care can produce situations in which the brain stops temporarily but can be revived, or the heart stops temporarily but can be revived, or in which the brain is dead but the heart continues to live, or in which the heart is dead but the brain continues to live. So although we have shifted to basing death on whether the brain is still alive or can be revived, there are some cases and situations when this becomes uncertain or difficult to determine. How to handle these difficult situations is a subject of much controversy and disagreement. alteripse 17:58, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
You're generally considered brain dead when you cannot pass an Apnea test, even if you heart is still beating →Raul654 01:40, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
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While I was doing a map for the migrations of the human race I decided to cross it with some information from the ice age article. And for my surprise the result is that the human migrations were mainly during the colder periods of the ice age. The Bering Strait crossing coincided with a real cold period. Why is that? Is the data wrong, or is there a conclusion to be taken that i didn´t understand?-- Alexandre Van de Sande 18:53, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
excellent map! since you ask about the letters, they are markers for individual mutations, i.e. you can trace the migrations by watching how the letters move along the arrows. for example, the B mutation occurs apparently in East Asia and travels across the Pacific and North America to South America. I think the letters are used universally, i.e. the "A" "B" "C" alleles etc. are technical terms agreed upon by geneticists, so I decided to include them in Image:Human mtDNA migration.png.
As for the temperature, I doubt there is a direct causation, at least for the first 'gap': people were still in Africa, and I don't see how a warm period would have kept them from emigrating. It just so happens that they didn't emigrate for another 60ka or so. Further phyla that were formed within Africa between 130k BP and 70k BP are probably just not shown in the diagram because they don't correspond to large movements. dab (ᛏ) 19:45, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Has the media taken another word away from us or what? hydnjo talk 23:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
(posted on Talk:24-hour clock): Are there any freeware programs that can make the Windows clock on the taskbar display in military time? I looked on Google and couldn't find any. -- pile0nades talk | contribs 23:06, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
Note that true military time omits the separator (:). Windows will not allow you to type a format without a separator, but you can get rid of it if you really want to: open the registry and change the value at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\sTimeFormat to (for example) HHmmss. You will need to log off and back on to see this change. Use at your own risk... JRM · Talk 18:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
We have an article on it: Critical thinking - Dismas 00:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
how do u kill it . prefere a nature or atleast not kill grass around it . hope u understand that it needs to be something not drastic harm to ground or plants around it if possible. i can replant the grass but the ground needs to be able to grow it.
any help is helpful. u can answer to my e-mail ,if u put chamomile in subject line please
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Why do you want to kill it? Make tea out of it instead! What prevents you from just pulling it out? If you want, you can use something like Roundup, which is wide-spectrum and doesn't leave residues, which will make the area barren around it for a few days, but then things can regrow around it again. -- Natalinasmpf 19:10, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the cheapest way to get from the south coast of UK to Sweden by plane? -- Wonderfool t (c)
What subject was William Henry Gates III majoring in at Harvard University? Karl.
(1) In what year did Jesus of Nazareth (circa 4 BCE-30 CE) start working as a carpenter? (2) For how many months or years was he a carpenter? (3) Was he self-employed? If he was working for another person, then who was his employer?
Karl.
I want to know what the 6/9 dots on the head of a shaolin monk means, and why they shave their heads
How should we pronounce the name "Volkswagen"? Please include the pronounciation in the article on the subject jojo anthony
checked on various german words starting with VOLK; all are spoken as FOLK with "L". so FOLKSWAGEN is a good guess: Tom
How did you discover the names of all these demons?
See Faust for the grizzly details... Physchim62 11:53, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
I've heard of people doing that, but what's your question? Dismas 21:20, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Which is more correct: "Mucho gracias" or "Muchas gracia"? Google search finds over twice as many hits for the first (2 million+ vs 900,000), but most of those were English websites, while most hits for the second were in Spanish. Is the first a gringo mistake? Does it make a difference if you're in S. America or in Spain?
Thanks! Alex
Who said "peace could last for ever"?
From Civil War [27], by Guns N' Roses
Hi Can you tell me if you pay shop volunteer out-of-pocket expenses and what you include i.e do you buy sandwhiches if you volunteer for more than 4 hours? Do you support your volunteers with child care?
Also, there isn't any evolutionary advantage to having more solid bones. After reaching a certain strength, I don't think making them more solid would be beneficial. -- Natalinasmpf 16:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Also, if you have a given amount of material to work with, arranging it as a cylinder creates a stronger structure than arranging it as a rod. 4.250.177.52 15:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
I have a QWERTY keyboard, and use Windows XP. It always typed the " symbol UK-style - shift, then 2. I liked that. However, it has suddenly switched places with @ so when I do shift2 it says @ and when I do shift' it does ". How do I get it back to the old way?--anon 16:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
In a related question, I used to have my keyboard settings to that if I typed 'a, it would automatically type á. However, when I formatted my computer, this was lost, and I don't remember how to do the setup for it anymore. Any help? I'm using XP. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 04:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
Why in the Mariah Carey page,the party named"Vocal Profil"Was deleted?
When and where did the term "going commando", meaning wearing no underwear, originate? I checked the gold standard, the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and it is silent on the term. PedanticallySpeaking 17:02, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to locate a movie that I saw in the middle of the night on TV about 3 friends who went on the Aids Bike Ride. One woman was the husband of the man who died of aids and his brother also went on the ride. Any ideas on how to locate this movie. I am sure it a few years old.
Thank you in advance.
JoAnn Bedell
Bob Butterworth's full name is Robert A. Butterworth. What does the middle initial stand for? Neutrality talk 19:55, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
I was trying to track down the source of Image:Hippachus 000A.jpg (an illustration depicting the ancient astronomer Hipparchus.
Googling, I could find numerous copies of this image online, but no information about its author or origin. (The style looks 19th-century to me.) However one of the web pages was a summary of a book, Planetary Systems From the Ancient Greeks to Kepler, by Theodor Jacobsen; if anyone has access to this book, could you please check whether it contains (probably in Chapter 3) this image with a description?
(If you find information about the image, please go ahead and update the image page directly.)
—Steven G. Johnson 21:53, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
I have a metal frame futon whose mattress pad consistently feels like it is "sinking" into the wire frame, so you can actually feel the frame under your butt when you sit on it for any amount of time. I've tried flipping it upside down but that didn't help much. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this which is cheaper than buying a new mattress or frame? Searching futon sites didn't turn up any obvious accessory which would help with this, and I'm not keen on spending too much money (in part because I don't have the money to spend!). -- Fastfission 00:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
What exactly do the two numbers (384 kilobits per second and 1.5 megabits per second) mean for the downstream bit rate when SBC offers DSL? Why the two numbers? Isn't just one number necessary to describe the downstream speed? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 00:31, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Why do DSL companies sell it like that? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 00:55, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Be aware that DSL frequently has different upstream and downstream speeds -- you get greater speed for downstream than upstream on the assumption that you need more bandwidth to receive images on web pages than you do to send clicks to web sites -- although you mentioned only downstream, but thought I'd mention it. DavidH 05:14, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I m a nursing student and am writing a legal-ethical paper on the above topic. I was wondering if I could obtain some information about blood tranfusions, why it is against the Jehovah Witness beliefs, and if there are any acceptable alternative's such as artificial blood (Perfluorocarbons). Thank you in advance for your help.
Larry
How do I change the cache directory of Mozilla Firefox? Currently it defaults to my profile, which is a real pain. I can certainly reduce the cache size, but how do I change the location?! there doesn't seem to be an option in the config menu! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:26, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Could you advise me what does DDG actually stand for please.
Regards Garry
DDG means "Guided Missile Destroyer". It comes about from the Hull classification symbol for regular destroyer, DD, which performed anti-submarine missions onling. DDGs perform anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, and anti-surface warfare. James 04:43, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
I am terribly sorry to bother you. I am struggling to find Hoerskool Dr Malan in Meyerton's e-mail address - it's quite urgent for me to have it. Will it be possible for you to find it for me. 'P L E A S E' ! My e-mail address is jessemaile@yahoo.com Kind regards Yolande
What exactly is a "president" in a U.S. publicly traded company? What does he do? What are his functions as opposed to a chief executive officer or a chairman of a board of directors? 2004-12-29T22:45Z 07:40, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
What are the notes for the theme song of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy BBC tv show? -- elpenmaster
A friend of mine went to a doctor to have his lungs checked out. The doctor was diagnosing a pain in one of the locations of the lung. In addition to the typical use of the stethoscope, the doctor told my friend to say "ninety nine" as the doctor placed two fingers between different gaps in the ribs on the back. What might have been the purpose of the utterance? What was the doctor feeling for or observing? Does the pronounciation of the syllables "ninety nine" require the whole lung to function or something? -- HappyCamper 08:29, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
A minor question/observation: Is it just me, or do the linguistics articles in Wikipedia seem to be rather well written? Is there a WikiProject dedicated to the maintenance of these pages somewhere? -- HappyCamper 08:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Linguistics and its many offspring. Physchim62 10:08, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
There is a series of articles on past and present Canadian electoral districts. Where a district no longer exists because of redistribution, which is correct:
I believe that the past nature of the district is captured in "former", and that adding the past tense to the sentence is either redundant, or "undoes" the past nature. Another editor suggests that using the present tense makes it inconsistent with the following sentence that describes where the district "was located" (i.e., it uses the simple past tense). Assistance would be appreciated. Ground Zero 14:10, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm having trouble constructing a perfectly equilateral triangle in either gimp or mspaint. It needs to to have perfectly equal sides, be situationally symmetrical...and fit snugly inside a Weiqi image; basically it's going to be used for Template:Game of Go Position, and all of the three vertexes must be equidistant from the edge of the circle (which I managed to get equalised - it has a diameter of 362 pixels, I believe, straight pixels anyway, it's specifically going to be used for the images with the triangles in them, upon which I just tweak the liberty lines as needed for each occurrence. The circle's four points which lie at right angles to each other are 22 pixels away from the edge of the image, which is 405 pixels by 405 pixels. Anyway, the vertex lies on a slightly smaller circle I've marked out in light blue, it's 350 pixels straight wise (as 22+6=28; 405-28*2+1=350) in diameter. So we could start from there....
The centre of both circles have the coordinates (202, 202), but the programs count from zero, so you could assume it as (203, 203). I've marked it with a tiny red pixel.
Note that I'll use "straight pixels" for length, ie. the same amount of pixels it would take if the line were horizontal or vertical....when it starts getting diagonal it gets a bit tricky and that's where my problems start. For example, both the green and purple lines are equidistant from the centre and the light blue circle, but the purple one is made up of 123 pixels, and the green one made up of 174 pixels, not counting the red centre pixel in itself...well because the diagonal length of a pixel is longer than a vertical or horizontal one. This makes it complicated. I've managed to calculate the number of pixels at 123 as the diagonal length is 1.414+ (basically sqrt(2)), which (1/sqrt(2))* 174 = 123.03+. However, this is only for an angle of 135 degrees from the green straight line, which is a problem - I need an angle of 120 and 240 degrees, as I'll explain.
I worked out a method, which involved basically finding the centre (which I did), drawing a line starting pixels away from the circle, until ending at the centre. This is the green line, (again, 174 pixels "long" vertically wise), the top of which is marked with a darker blue dot. Then, I thought, could simply draw two lines of the same length as beore, at 120 degrees and 240 degrees respectively from the straight line, and the end of the lines will reveal two points, then I simply join my three points (including the end of the green line). This is where I encounter my main problems:
I had the idea of using the formula for construction of an equilateral triangle triangle, which would help me find the three points, as I know the centre of the triangle or circle, and know one unit of its length (174), but I don't know how to go about it. I suppose I can turn the image into a Cartesian plane, and the centre, [(202,202) in paint] becomes (0,0), and the blue dot at the top end of the green line could be (0, 174).
Can anyone help me? Thanks! -- Natalinasmpf 15:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Use MetaPost for exact drawing, not free-hand drawing programs. And certainly not Word, unless you really are a glutton for punishment. JRM · Talk 17:12, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Wow, I was an utter fool to ever have used paint...from now on I'll take the trouble to download gimp at school; I thought gimp was unnecessary for simple tasks of creating geometric images, but apparently I was wrong...I didn't realise there was a built-in protractor. Anyway thanks, Chuck, your explanation of the formula helped me confirm the coordinates, although paint, for vertica/y-axis parts of coordinates, "up" means a lesser value, and "down" means a higher one, so it was actually (51, 289) and (353,289)....as for "ancient technology", hey this method is part of the Euclidean era! ;-) Thanks all! I'm going to save this explanation in my notepad as a wonderful example of how trigonometry affects graphical design. :D Onwards! (Oh, does anyone feel up to the task of helping me antialiase the hundreds of images (or going to be used for Xiangqi) in Template:xiangqi-position and Template:Game of Go Position?) -- Natalinasmpf 20:14, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
I am searching for the identity of a VC, OBE, MC winner. He finished his career as a Major General. Other distinguishing items are his39-45 star, Africa Star, Defense medal, War medal. He also has two mentioned in dispatch oakleaves. The uniform has a 1st Corps patch.
To who it may concern:
I have just received a message from Lifeisunfair reprimanding me on recent postings. I apologize if I have inadvertently published my requests for further information regarding in the wrong sections of your web site.
I have deleted the postings I included in the article section and posted them to the talk section instead.
I will ensure that this mistake does not happen again. My apologies if my mistake has caused you a great deal of unnecesary work.
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You appear to have made some valid additions, but you also have repeatedly engaged in flagrant, obscene vandalism. If the latter type of conduct continues, you will be reported. If you wish to continue contributing to the Wikipedia community, please stop misbehaving. Thank you. —Lifeisunfair 23:34, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If I observe one more instance of vandalism on your part, I will report you. —Lifeisunfair 14:57, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Instead of posting new articles for your questions, you may post them on the Wikipedia Reference Desk (found at WP:RD). --Several Times 16:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Okay, I play the mandolin, right? So, just about a week ago, I bought one of those clip-on pickups and a mashall amp so I can rock out on my mando. (Trust me, it sounds better than it sounds) The amp works great, nice distorion, great volume, everything. But one thing is bothering me, whenever I turn on the amp, I hear a buzzing sound and it continues ntil I turn the amp off. Is this normal? and if not, How do I stop it? 67.160.39.151 17:35, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Alright, I'll see what I can do about that. The problem with turning my gain down, though, is that I lose that great Mashall overdrive, and that's the main reason I bought the amp! It doesn't buzz when I play it clean, but it doesn't rock, if you knoa what I mean. I'll look into getting some better cables.