I was here a while ago and asked if it was true that Washington was originally going to be called Columbia. Someone answered yes, that is was true. Okay. So why didn't they name it Columbia? Did they give in to someone who wanted to name it Washington? Did they think that it might be confused with the District of Columbia? What? -- SMWhat 04:53, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
Is Vietnam Part of Pacific ?
Hi!
I would like to know whether Vietnam is still part of the Pacific? I read in one of your articles that:
Seventeen independent states are located in the Pacific: Australia, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Republic of China (Taiwan), Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Eleven of these nations have achieved full independence since 1960. The Northern Mariana Islands are self-governing with external affairs handled by the United States, and Cook Islands and Niue are in similar relationships with New Zealand. Also within the Pacific are the U.S. state of Hawaii and several island territories and possessions of Australia, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
If Vietnam is not part of the Pacific, where does Vietnam belong to?
Thanks, Gale
Hi,
why do we write '£10' but say ten 'pounds' ie why do write the symbol for pounds before the amount and then say the opposite? Thank you michelle
And this is by no means universal for currency, either. Consider the US Cent symbol (¢).
I'm writing a Clerihew for a friend of mine. What rhymes with "Julia"? Right now I have "fool ya", but i'm trying not to be too insulting... - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:29, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
Well, there is a perfectly good Spanish word (occasionally used in English-language contexts): "tertulia", a type of social gathering, usually of intellectuals or artists. -- Jmabel 04:50, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
You mentioned fool ya. In a similar vein, and in keeping with your request for pleasing a broad audience: at school ya..., in a swimming pool ya..., you're so cool, ya... make me wanna drool, ya blah blah blah - which wasn't like you at all, ya.... Lots of that sort of thing would get you out of a hole, I think. -- bodnotbod 12:52, May 8, 2004 (UTC)
I'm not sure how you spell it, but "bulia" (as in "bulia base," used when making soup) is a real English word that rhymes perfectly... try that. Krupo 04:22, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
photo CD request...if anyone got this CD with the 1000 or so photos, i'll pay to acquire it. Please contact me (xah@xahlee.org). The photos will be used for documentation purpose. Xah Lee P0lyglut 22:41, 2004 May 6 (UTC)
from the Pump
Who was Karl Josef Weinmair? He did some sketchings that have political cartoon-like qualities. I am interested in detailed biographical information.
I today learned from the Sabbath entry, all about the split between Christians and Jews over whether Saturday or Sunday should be the day of rest/Lord's day etc which had been something about which I'd often wondered, but it doesn't explain how the Muslims ended up with Friday. As I understand it, Islam and Judaism come from the same cultural background with Abraham and the rest, so can anyone explain the divergence in the choice of the day of rest between those two religions? adamsan 21:34, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
How does one calculate the astronomical midnight for any given location? I don't know of any strict definition for astronomical midnight, but one might suppose that is when the sun is closest to nadir. arj 10:28, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
This is a subject I know nothing about, but I've Googled the term and this seems as though it might be fertile reading for someone who uderstands this stuff: Moon Data. It's broken English, but if you know the terms used it may be useful. The first few Google hits are unenlightening so this would make an EXCELLENT article if we get enough info to create - at least - a stub. -- bodnotbod 15:43, May 9, 2004 (UTC)
The obvious definition would be: the point in time exactly in the middle of two consecutive passings of the sun through the meridian (astronomy). The passing of the sun through the meridium is by definition 12:00 noon local solar time and hence midnight 12:00 a.m. (or 0h00min, as astronomers like to write times) local solar time. To calculate from UTC to local solar time, do the following: Add (24h/360o=) 4 minutes per degree of longitude to get your mean local time and then change to actual solar time by adding a correcting value that gives you the difference between actual and mean solar time as function of the calendar date. This correcting value is given in tables and known as Equation of time (see there for details). HTH. Sanders muc 14:36, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
My dictionary defines historical infinitive as "the present infinitive used with a subject nominative as a finite verb in place of a past indicative." I know what each of those words means individually, but I can't conceive of how this construction would be used. Could you provide an example?
Where can I find more information regarding this, in the context of the stability of RNA compared to that of DNA? EB doesn't mention this in their article about Uracil, and neither does Little Alberts. taion 09:24, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
b's'd Greetings.
I read in a biography of Philo T. Farnsworth that he "distilled potassium and sodium", and moisture seeped in and started a fire.
Could somebody please explain the procedure, and what is accomplished by it, how a fire could result, and how the fire could be put out if not with water?
Many thanks.
Elise Teitelbaum eliseteitelbaum@yahoo.com
In your "Donkey Kong" entry you state that the "Donkey Kong" character from the videogame "Donkey Kong Country" is generally associated with Donkey Kong Jr., not the original Donkey Kong. However, if you read the INSTRUCTION MANUAL to the "Donkey Kong Country" game, you will find that the character "Cranky Kong" was the original Donkey Kong who "fought Mario in many of his own games". It also clearly states that Cranky Kong is the new Donkey Kong's grandfather. This means that the Donkey Kong from the "Donkey Kong Country" game is actually Donkey Kong III, son of Donkey Kong Jr., and grandson of the original Donkey Kong (now called Cranky Kong).
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Hi,I am a student at Pattengill Middle School and we're doing a project on what we are planning to be when we get older.I,out of many students want to be a fashion designer.I would like to know how does one become a fashion designer,and what is expected of the employee or the designer? I would trully appreciate if you would write back.
Well, it's a very difficult business to get into. You would probably need to go to college to study design, though I suppose you might become an apprentice to a taylor or dressmaker and learn like that. Either way you need to know the materials you will be working with very well. Then you'd need a flair for design. You need to come up with things that other people want to buy. I think most colleges have showcases of their students best work, where you can show off your designs. One of the big fashion houses may like what they see and employ you. Alternatively, you can start your own business. You'd need to rent a shop (very expensive!) and produce some goods to stock the shop with. If people like your designs and if your goods are well made, you could have plenty of customers and become rich and famous. On the other hand, you could struggle for years never making any money at all.
I hope this helps a bit, and best wishes theresa knott 14:48, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
What's the difference between allenes and cumulated dienes? From the description, it looks like they're the same thing. Anyone know enough chemistry to clear this one up? I ask because diene seems to be poorly worded. (See talk:diene.) Grendelkhan 13:58, 2004 May 10 (UTC)
Hello, I've got three unidentified flowers here. Please inform me on my talk page if you know the name of at least one of them.
Thank you in advance, -- webkid 15:30, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
The flowers:
Many years ago, I read an (illustrated) article about the formation of the Mediterranean Sea. There was a large illustration of the falls which fell over the (now called) Straits of Magellan. Can you direct me to a similar article about the formation of this sea? Thank you very much.
What are the citizenship requirements for taking a seat in the US House of Representatives?
I understand that a Level 4 drawing depicts jigs and fixtures that facilitate ease, accuracy, consistency and efficiency in manufacturing. Please tell me what all the levels of drawings for an item to be manufactured are.
Thank you.
Anon
A contoid, according to Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged on CD-ROM, v3, is "a speech sound of a phonetic rather than phonemic classification that includes most sounds traditionally treated as consonants and that excludes those (as English \y\, \w\, \r\, and \h\) which like vowels are characterized by the escape of air from the mouth over the center of the tongue without oral friction". I have looked up phonetic above to find out what it means, but to no avail: the dictionary does not define it in a way that it would make sense in the above use. What does phonetic mean here?
I am looking for biographical information on a cartoonist named Norman Ritchie AKA William Norman Ritchie. Mr Ritchie was a Canadian born in 1865 or 67 and died 1948 He created cartoons for the Boston Post in its hey-day, 1901 to 1940. One source I consulted has 800 of his original cartoons but no biographical information. Thank you for any information or direction to an authoritative source. Paul Liebold pliebold@earthlink.net
When playing a DVD recently the DVD would hesitate momentarily occaisionally. I noticed that it said on the cover that double layering could cause the DVD to hestitate. Do you know why it happens and is there anything I can do to stop it? My machine also records and the same thing occours when playing DVDs I have recorded on both my machine and others, both R and RW. Thanks for your help.
How to idenify snakes in Michigan?
I am researching the life of Joan of Kent. Where did you get the exact date of her birth from please?Thank you. Penny.lawne@btinternet.com
I am trying to find out if King Umberto I of Italy prohibited the felling of olive trees on Italian land. What year was the law and does it still exist today?
Thank you
Cayley's theorem says that a group G with n elements is isomorphic to some subgroup of S(n), the group of permutations of n elements. However, there might also be m < n such that G is isomorphic to S(m). For example, C6, the cyclic group on 6 elements, is isomorphic to the subgroup of S(5) generated by the permutation (1 2)(3 4 5).
What is known about the lower bound on possible values of m?
From the Help Desk Many years ago I was told, say a pound of matter, here on Earth ,would wight many more pounds on a bigger planit , If this is so, what effect would landing on a bigger planit have on us. Can we land on a big planit?
(I hope you dont mind me asking this ? on this page no one ever says anything about this so Id like to know)
I have added a simple table / list on weight with each of the planets, but don't actually know what a kilo mass weighs on each one - could someone go and fill it in, and perhaps link from planet? Thanks, Mark Richards 20:12, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
Well, I think that people know their mass on other planets, that should stay the same, it was their weight they were interested in. Mark Richards 19:14, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
how often is the whitehouse painted, how much paint is needed.
According to this_site, the White House was painted 42 times during its first 200 years, and then 20 years ago, those 42 layers of paint were removed so that the surface could be restored and painted again. According to this_site, it takes 570 gallons of paint to cover the exterior of the building. GUllman 22:43, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
Is there a word which would cover a play within a play (eg Midsumer Nights Dream), Tv-shows-within TV-shows (eg the Simpsons and Itchy and Scratchy), Framing stories as dramatic techniques, radio shows that have radio shows within them etc etc? This is about trying to rename and edit Show-within-a-show to talk generally about the dramatic techniques, and not just about its use on TV. Thanks! Mark Richards 15:18, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
I think it'd be a really cool feature (and so easy to set up) to have a mailing list in which a random Wikipedia page (like the featured ones on the frontpage, for example) was posted plaintext or html to the subscribers once a day. Almost like dictionary.com's word of the day system. Only better :)
I think many people would be interested in this. Hell, I'd do it myself, but I don't think it'd be as a good as it would as a wikimedia supported service.
In the 1960's record stores would publish the "top ten hits" of the week. I am trying to find some from 1965 and 1966 and 1967. If anybody can help me find these items, I would be greatful.
C. Keeley dkeeley@erols.com
Or try 1966 in music and related pages. -- bodnotbod 16:39, May 17, 2004 (UTC)
I was looking at a map made by the UN, which has a region in between Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia that's labelled " IY". What does that stand for? Surely not some Japanese long-haired anime guy. -- Menchi 11:19, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody know for certain the date of birth of Bev Bevan (drummer for Electric Light Orchestra)? Different sources seem to have different dates. Thanks. -- Auximines 11:30, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE RUINS FROM THE CHICAGO FIRE? WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE FOUND? I HAVE FOUND ALOT OF JEWELRY, MILK BOTTLES, OTHER BOTTLES, TRINKETS...WOULD THEY BE OF ANY VALUE
I am trying to find out information about the Old Covered Spring House that is located in the Fort Bennett Park in Arlington, Virginia. I would like to find a picture of it and have a little information about the history of it.
Thank you Stephen Hosmer sh34g@nih.gov
What are the differences between Malayalam and Tamil?
I speak Tamil (natively) and Telugu but not Malayalam.
Is there a difference between a loch and a lough? -- Edcolins 21:21, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
If someone is named, say, John Crypt, and he receives a life peerage, he'd be known as John Crypt, Baron Crypt of London. When I link to his name, should I link John Crypt, Baron Crypt of London or Lord London? I prefer the latter, but just making sure. cryptfiend64 01:36, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
According to my dictionary, a phrase marker is "a representation of the immediate constituent structure of a linguistic construction." Could you provide an example? Would a phrase marker for the sentence "I gave the bird a seed" be divided into subject/predicate; verb phrases and noun phrases; subject, indirect object, and direct object; or what? Perhaps my first guess is the most likely, as I believe the immediate constituents of the sentence to be [I] [gave the bird a seed].
i am looking for an image of what a stackable wooden chair may look like! i have to recreate an 1940s village hall for the school i work at and its proving impossiable. where they wooden with metal legs maybe?
let me know on mooneykatie@hotmail.com
I can remember them from the 1950s. Our elementary school would set up obviously aged wooden chairs in the gymnasium for assemblies, cub scout and PTA meetings. I can describe them but can't find a picture. The chairs, including legs, were almost entirely wooden (with metal hardware of course). All the wooden pieces were flat or rectangular, so that there was little or no curvature of the back or seat. The seat folded down, pulling the front legs out. You had to be careful not to pinch your fingers. They were almost completely flat when folded, so they were stackable on a wheeled flat cart. They felt uncomfortably hard to a child's bottom. Good luck. Alteripse 17:36, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've talked to someone who used some sort of chemical to stop the walls of their concrete cellar of crumbling 5 years ago. However, they have problems with a bad smell in this cellar. Could this come from the chemical and hwo would such a chemical smell?
Also when would the smell be worst. In a moist or dry environment?
Sincerely, MGM 11:38, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
The chemical in question is an unknown. It was meant to stop particles from the wall coming off. (It worked). The smell itself can be described as 'spicy', 'sharp' and 'solvent-like' (i.e. terpentine). Could a combination of stored food and cleaning products be the cause maybe? MGM 07:14, May 18, 2004 (UTC)
I don't know what the chemical would be, but it is a little disturbing that it is still off-gassing this much after 5 years. I would be a little leery of storing food next to something that is smelling like that. I assume that the poster has isolated the smell to be coming from the treated concrete. Honestly, my feeling about this would be to get an engineer to come and look at it (that should cost less than 100USD) and probably scrape it off, scrape back the crumbling concrete with a hard wire brush until you get to concrete that is in good condition, then either re-cover it with a good quality cement, or, depending on how bad it is, brick it up then backpour cement behind the bricks - that would be a pretty permanent solution to your smell and crumbling problems, but might be overkill! Mark Richards 17:48, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Before I go off writing stubs with the wrong names, is the correct name of the 60s folk performer (and Joan Baez' brother-in-law and Thomas Pynchon's college roommate) Richard Farina or Richard Fariña? "Farina" (no eñe) is, I believe, Italian for "flour" (whereas neither farina for fariña appear in my spanish dictionary at all) - but I belive Richard was of half-cuban descent. Does anyone know (by which I mean knowledge beyond what can be inconclusively derived from googling) which is correct ? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:39, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Where can I read about the Japanese negotiations with Russia and the US near the end of WW2? I've scanned the WW2 and History of Japan articles, but couldn't find it. - Anonymous
Are there any other concepts like Americana that pertain specifically to other countries? Complete the analogy-- America:Americana::Britain:? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:24, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
There is nothing mysterious or specially american about the word. The word is the plural of the latin "americanum," and has a centuries-long history in bookselling, book collecting, etc as a singular and plural phrase to denote "an item (usually a book) that pertains to ___". I've seen many place names and sometimes even people names or thing names so adapted over the years. Obviously some sound more barbaric, silly, or unnatural when latinized and these don't get used. A real latin word with continued usage that served as the original type was probably something like arcanum/arcana or esotericum/esoterica. (s/pl) Alteripse 13:22, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a loyal wikipedia user and think this is probably one of the most impressive projects on the net right now. I was wondering if you had considered making a wikipedia toolbar, sort of like the googlebar, for searching wikipedia straight from Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Communicator. You could call it the WikiBar (original, I know).
Best regards, Andrei (Romania)
I am looking for a place to go on the net to read a full description of the G.E. CJ805 Jet Engine. Any and all help would be appreciated !
Thank you,
Pete roughrider59@netzero.com
According to what I've read at Transformational grammar, some maintainers of this page think what I'm about to suggest would complicate the issue. Here is my question: the article says "the mechanisms described in the example above have been out of date since the late 1960s", and I would really like to know what the current theory is to explain the transformation from "He went there" to "Where did he go?" I tried posting this query on the talk page, but nobody answered.
How do season work directly at the North and South Poles? It's my understanding that the sun rises and sets exactly once a year (and takes its sweet time in the process). Someone made an edit to Season that seems to state otherwise. Could an astronomer or someone else knowledgeable clear this up? --Smack 23:36, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
I'd be glad to work up a diagram in Blender with the potential for animation, as soon as I can get my own head around what exactly is going on. I think I see what F. McW. is saying, that if we use the term "day" to mean an approximately 24-hour period (or rather, "day" to mean a specific 12-hour period, followed by "night", another 12-hour period), then whether it's day or night has nothing whatever to do with whether the sun is visible or not. -- Wapcaplet 20:05, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've created a sample image. See Talk:Season. -- Wapcaplet 21:56, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi to you all.
I am searching for information on Schiff 26 captured by the Royal Navy destroyer Griffin on 26 April 1940 off Andalsnes, Sth of Trondheim, Norway. At the time the ship was disguised as the Dutch fishing trawler Polares.
I know the vessel was taken back to Scapa Flow and Enigma code books were obtained. What I am particulaly interested is technical details (dimensions and armament etc) and past history.
I am aware that such information may not exist,but I thought I'd enquire anyway. If anyone knows of other websites or archives I could try, please let me know
Kind regards
Bill Greathead
Is the Kleene closure in PSPACE? That is, if A is in PSPACE, is A* in PSPACE as well?
Suppose A --> B (a redirect page with title "A" redirects to article with title "B")
You want to swap them so that B --> A.
I always thought that this involved a laborious manual procedure, involving renaming and petitioning admins to remove redirects to allow for further renaming, etc.
However, sometimes just "Move this page" allows you to rename "B" to "A", overwriting the original redirect at "A" and creating a new redirect at "B", magically doing exactly what you want. On the other hand, sometimes this fails: "Move this page" complains that the target page already exists.
I haven't been able to figure out any rhyme or reason as to why it sometimes succeeds and why it sometimes fails. Anybody know?
To whom it may concern,
My name is Nikki and I am a year 11 student at Rochedale State High School. As a course requirement at school, I have been asked to do an assignment on statestics. For my topic I have chosen to anaylse the scores in Bledisloe Cup matches, however it is difficult to obtain this information. I have asked Rugby Australia for their assistance but have not heard back from them as yet. Wikipedia has provided me with the best information so far, however I need to know the specific scores of each game, not just how many games were won by each country during the series. I can't start my assignemtn until I get this information, so please I am asking anyone who knows this information or who knows where to get this information to help me. My e-mail is rainbowsprinkles99@hotmail.com. Thank you all, your help will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Nikki :-)
What year did the Bank of England remove the gold sovereign as part of the every day currency needed to pay for articles, clothing, etc.? --Unsigned comment from village pump
To make distinctions between Berg Murder and Abu Ghraib prison abusers:
Answer a few Questions that cloud who dunnit?:
Who issues Orange Jumpsuits for its Prisoners? Who has white plastic lawn chairs in its prisons, like the chair Berg was sitting in and appeared in other pictures of Abu Ghraib prison? Who uses military time on its Videos? Whose facilities has dingy yellow colored smooth walls? What kind of men stand feet apart at parade rest? Whose guards have white hands and a gold wedding band on the ring finger? Whose guards are often overweight with paunchy stomachs? Whose guards have AK-47's? Who would mutter "Thy will be done" (heard in the background) at the beheading? Which side desperately needed a timely refocus away from the prison abuse scandals?
Don in Seattle
Dear reference desk people,
shouldn't non-online references (books, papers etc.) be used in articles of an academic character ?
I could find none since i've started to wander through Webopaedia.
Regards,
Hgfernan
02:18, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
The Youth Group to which I am attached at our local church (St Mary's Amersham) have decided to protest on behalf of two Chinese Christian leaders, one Protestant and one Catholic, who have, according to Amnesty International, been imprisoned or otherwise restrained because of their faith. They have composed a letter for each and are collecting signatures. I had the idea that getting the various documents translated into Chinese would present the project in a better light. Is there anyone who would be prepared to perform such a translation? The texts to be translated would be posted on sub-pages of my user-page to provide full disclosure and allow cross-checking if necessary. I am aware that there are two Chinese wikipedias: Traditional and Simple; whether or not two translations of our documents would be good is open to question (I would assume "yes"). Please post any offers of help, suggestions for procedure, or indeed properly-founded objections to my use of Wikipedia thuswise, to my talk page. (I have not posted any such text yet, so don't knock yourselves out looking :-) NB: this is not an official Amnesty International project, they were simply the source of our information, so don't go asking them, they almost certainly won't have heard of us. They should have heard of the subjects, however, should anyone require further confirmation once the source documents are posted.. -- Phil | Talk 13:59, May 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have been searching the net for the answer of my question and run into a brick wall with all my search attempts, I know that basic quantum computers have been made but I would like to know who invented the first quantum computer?
Also any general information you could provide, and links to other sources of information about quantum computers themselves would be very helpful to me.
Thanks for your time David
I am a trademark lawyer writing a paper on the use of trademarks on the internet, and am curious to know whether Wikipedia has received "cease-and-desist" messages from trademark owners asking that the site refer to the registration status of their marks. I've checked over the copyright/copyleft information on the site, but haven't seen anything about trademarks. If you have received warning messages from corporate trademark owners, what have you done in response--changed definitions? Added disclaimers? Does Wikipedia have a policy in place for dealing with such requests? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your prompt response. My own brief response, which is not to be construed as a legal opinion (sorry, I had to say it), is that your decision not to acknowledge trademarks was not an incorrect one. Encyclopedias and dictionaries fall under a sort of "reporting exception" to trademark law, by which I mean that they attempt to describe language as it is used, and the law cannot fault them for the non-commercial use of such trademarks. The issue becomes a contentious one for trademark owners when their marks are in danger of becoming generic; if an encyclopedia or dictionary records, for example, the mark KLEENEX as the generic for a facial tissue, a court would consider that authoritative evidence that the mark was indeed generic, and Kimberly-Clark would be in danger of losing its trademark rights to the KLEENEX mark. I know several lexicographers who have reported getting nastygrams from big corporations trying to prevent them from using their marks generically in dictionaries; however, there is no legal basis upon which a trademark owner could technically force a dictionary to exclude a term. I had been curious as to whether Wikipedia had ever had to deal with a similar nastygram.
To Anarion
Thank you for your explanation on why the DVD hestitates. You say that there is not any way to prevent this except by not using double layering. Does that mean that you are able to buy a recordable DVD that is single layered? If that is the case then we should be able to eliminate the problem, although I assume that we also sacrifice record time - by half?
Thanks for your help.
Ross Lambourn,
18th May.
I have an old Blue iMac with 64mb, and am running Yellow Dog 2.3 on it. It is paaiinfuully sloooow. I want to run a web browser and a word processor / spredsheet that is Word 2000 compatible (more or less, no need for 100%). Is there a better distribution? Are there things I could do to tweak the setup I have to make it more usable? Appreciate that this is not the right forum, but have exhausted all of the linux/mac resources I could find. Thanks! 207.189.98.44 17:40, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Using Gnome already...
Great - thanks - I did manage to install Fluxbox, but I was such a raving noob that I couldn't make any sense of it. I couldn't find any of my apps, and gave up after a couple of hours. I couldn't find any tutorials or anything that didn't assume a whole lot of knowledge. They all seemed to be about writing scripts. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks!
Can u pls tell me if the inner core or the outer core of the earth is spinning in order to form the magnetical field. it may be a stupid question but i've seen the film "the core" where they said the liquid core was moving, that is the outer core. and in here it was written that the inner core is moving, the solid part, maybe a little faster than the earth. pls answer. iri
hello i would like some information regarding the inventor, or the inventor team of the precast concrete paneling system?
My name is Linda Garcher. I am the mother of Ron McDoles great nephew. He is currently experiencing epilepsy. His Father Roland (Ron) Mcdole 2nd informed me of His uncles migrain headaches while he was playing for the Houston Oilers. Although there is mention of it in one of your articles, there is no explanation as to what may have caused them. Was there ever a diagnosis? What was the outcome? How did he go on to play for the Bills? Was it indeed epilepsy? Please research this and get back to me.
Forever grateful, Linda Lou Garcher
Help me settle something with my mother. I have asked her to quit drinking for health reasons, I at least asked her to stop drinking Vodka. I thought I heard somewhere that Vodka goes through the liver faster than other alcohols. Is this true. If I am right, she will change her habits. Please Help. Jim Shook
Well, as this article shows the origins are a bit fragmented, but there's some names there to get you started. -- bodnotbod 23:38, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
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I have been researching my memory with yourhelp for the 1960 Dallas Texans. You have a lot of infomation n the team and founder Lamar Hunt. I recall a quarterback named Cotton Davidson that first year. Do you have any info on him.
Meaning 2 of noun in my dictionary: "a word except a pronoun used in a sentence as subject or object of a verb, as object of a preposition, as the predicate after a copula, or as a name in an absolute construction". Absolute means "standing in an unusual relation to the rest of the sentence; for instance, modifying the entire sentence itself." How would a noun be used in an absolute construction?
Hmm, things seem to have gone off on a tangent here. In English, a noun is used in an absolute construction in what is known as a nominative absolute, which is a phrase that consists of a noun (or pronoun) followed by a participle (*not* a gerund) plus the complement of the phrase which can be nothing, an adjective, or a noun/pronoun forming the object of the participle, with perhaps an adverb thrown in too. The first noun/pronoun essentially forms the subject of the participle. We can see the participial nature of the verb because it's quite possible to have a passive (past) participle and not just an active (present) participle ... so with an -ed and no -ing, it ain't no gerund :-)
The active/passive difference can easily be seen:
As a bit of as aside, although the first noun is the subject of the phrase, we English just can't bear to use the nominative case absolutely:
even though the expanded constructions would presumably be I did it, He said it. So we get nominative absolutes of the form:
which some grammarians have called the accusative absolute. Don't listen to them; just tell them we English like our absolute pronouns to be in what they would call the accusative, regardless of whether the absolute pronoun is functioning as a subject or object. Spellbinder 21:45, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
What happened to the city of Chubb . I have relatives who came from there and would like to visit the present "Chubb" Linda L
What is the difference between Prescion and Non Precision Instruments and Checking Gauges?
was there ever a #46 on the team ? and if so who was he?
A strange question for this page but I hold the brains here in high esteem. I'm writing a humorous short story. At one point a character relates an anecdote about getting drunk and ending up at a chamber music or string quartet recital. He is desperate to urinate but is too blind drink to move. So he waits for the moment he senses the applause is about to occur and allows himself to release into the back of the chair in front of him. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong moment and the applause does not come. He is left with the sound of his... well, I'm sure you follow.
What I'm after is a bit of music that would be very soothing, played only by string quartet or in chamber fashion (please tell me which it is) and then has a pause for the next movement (where no applause would occur). Ideally it would be great if it were to end on a solitary violin, holding a high note, and fading. I would prefer it to be a quiet, introspective piece, with no staccato business, no bumptiousness. Very low key. Anybody got the perfect suggestion? -- bodnotbod 19:14, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
Hello;
My name is Gregory Davis, and I thank you for taking the time out to answer this question for me. My best friend and I are at odds about the wrestlers listed above in the subject field. My best friend seems to think that Jueventeau, and Chavo Jr. are the same people. Please tell him that this is not so!! He says that Jueventeau has taken on the roll of Chavo Jr., is this true? If my memory serves me right, these wrestlers are two different people. They were two different people in the WCW, and they are still two different people today. Also, these two wrestlers are of no relation to each other, has that also changed? I am out to prove a point to my best friend that he is not always right! So please, just for me, set this stupid friend of mine straight, and tell him that these wrestlers are two totally different people, or at least were two different people. And if you can, please send proof of your info, just so that I can shut him up. thanks a million for your help. Please send your response to thablindlegend@bellsouth.net . I am not a subscriber as of yet, but I intend on becomeing one real soon. If I have misspelled any words in this letter, then please excuse me, and I apoligize for my mistakes. We have a chicken dinner at stake here, so please make me the right one in this dispute.
Gregory L. Davis
Does anyone know more about the cake cutting problem and methods for arriving at a fair solution? -- Eequor 01:01, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
There, I've written the article for fair division. Thanks! I... don't know... how to wikify it! Ahhh! Where can it be linked to? -- Eequor 15:23, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Ha. Funny, that cheered me up this morning! Mark Richards 18:20, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
A while ago someone lent me a novel piece of classical music. I've lost touch with that person, and can't for the life of me figure out what it was. Do the following characteristics ring any bells:
Does this sound familiar to anyone? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 01:27, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Yeah. So, er, how exactly does one address Eastern Orthodox clergy? - Penta 04:39, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Is CO heavier or lighter than air--does it reside nearer the ceiling or the floor in undisturbed air.
thanks
So in theory, if you had a sealed box, would the gases in air 'settle out' or remain mixed? Mark Richards 16:43, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Was Theodore Roosevelt a liberal or a conservative?
Does this sound like the motherboard was short-circuited?
If the motherboard was short-circuited, and since the laptop motherboard is stuck inside the laptop, does this mean the laptop is useless and needs to be replaced entirely? Thanks. -- Quester 23:38, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Any idea what this bird is? Image:Juvenile Gull 800.jpg When I took the picture I thought it was a juvenile Herring Gull. But the eyes are dark - and an adult Herring Gull's eyes are yellow, I'm not sure if they change. I wondered if it could be a young Great Black-backed Gull. The beak of the Great Black-backed Gull is black when young (yellow later) I'm not sure if the same is true of the Herring Gull. Or it could be something very different. Scale is difficult to see without something else in the picture - but it was large, about the size of a Herring Gull if I recall. the piture was taken in Devon. Can anyone help? -- sannse (talk) 09:17, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi...
I stumbled across your site while looking for a specific (1 or more) Japanese proverb for "persistance"
Could you forward a few or direct me to where I could find it?
thank you..
Mark ps... I love your site. It is very informative.
Hi,
Have you ever heard of the McTaggert family, the family of printers during the Revolutionary Period? I'm looking for information on Thomas Adrian McTaggert specifically.
Thanks,
Curtiss
Why are British cabinet ministers called "secretary" while other Commonwealth ministers are called "minister"? -- Jia ng 21:57, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
A bit unrelated, but in Chile the cabinet memebers are "ministers", while their seconds are "sub-secretaries"...don't ask me why...-- AstroNomer 12:13, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
where ca I obtain "brodiaea" plant or seed that has a potato like tubers that are edible. It is or was used as food by some California Native Americans. I want to propigate some experimentaly.
You could put a request here: [9] I have no experience of the site, though - so you might want to navigate around it and see if it's trustworthy first. I suppose it might help others seeking to assist you if you tell us which country you live in. -- bodnotbod 16:12, May 23, 2004 (UTC)
The term "corn" is found frequently in translations of Josephus, the Bible, other documents, and clearly refers to some type of grain. "Corn" (maize), however, is native to the Americas and was unknown in the Old World until the 16th Century. What plant is being referred to in these ancient texts that has come to be translated as "corn"?
Spelling inconsistencies in modern english can be attributed to the fact that the spelling used in BEOWULF was the main influence for the future pronunciation of english words True or False
Before the great vowel shift the word right would have rhymed with what modern word... feet/tight/bait/spat or none
Did old English have third person object forms?
Will you please file "Twentieth Century-Fox" under "T" alphabetical word-form when doing a formal reference for this studio, since that's how they copyright their end credits, using the worded name of this studio. Thanks for putting the other studios under their alphabetical letter proper. What about a seperate underlined blue or purple entry for Battle For The Planet of the Apes and reference to it being at the turn of this (21st) century ? A bold-face "The" is needed in "The Love Boat" reference and will there be a seperate reference to "Hardcastle & McCormick" and "T.J. Hooker" ?
k.karpinski@comcast.net
I'm looking for the correct runic spelling of the name Ragnveld, which I'm told is the norse root of my name, Ronald. If anyone has information on this I appreciate your sharing it.
Thanks
What is the difference between an academic field, and an academic discipline. I wrote a paper using the two words interchangeably, but got a comment back asking 'what is it, a field or a discipline?'
moved from Wikipedia:Help desk by User:Finlay McWalter
This will, possibly, not be a simple question to answer. Assume the following:
How would these four factors interact?
I can be reached at stproof@yahoo.com. Don't hurry, please. I want to get the interaction right. Thank you.
During its peak, was the Soviet Union's military the most powerful in the world, even more powerful than the United States military at the time?
I've now more than once came across the claim the strawberry yoghurt does not contain many strawberries. The claim sounds credible because (a) strawberries are indeed to expensive when compared with the low price of fruit yoghurt and (b) in the European Union which has rather tight laws about ingredients declarations, the ingredients lists of all strawberry yoghurt brands (except one) in my local supermarket in fact sound suspicious: it says Fruchtzubereitung (fruit preparation) and natürliche Aromen (natural flavouring).
Now I remember having read that said prepared and unspecified fruit is actually some not very well knwon North American fruit which has hardly any taste of its own but a texture very reminiscent of strawberries. And the natural flavouring is claimed to be an extract from the bark of some tree species.
Anybody knows, whether this is true, and if so, which fruit, and which tree's bark is used? TIA! Sanders muc 09:46, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
just want to say thanks for putting true information out there.
What is the grammatical or linguistic term for the verb fall in "I saw him fall"? Is it an infinitive ("I saw him [to] fall"), which is a type of verbal? Please help.
- Yes, indeed it is an infinitive. Traditional grammar would have called the construction "him fall" an accusative and infinitive and it existed even in Old English (that's as far back as 1100). It does accurately describe the phrase (accusative being the case of the object him) but it leaves a very similar English construction without a name, that where there is no accusative (i.e.object) but just an infinitive. Examples are the best way to see what's happening.
1) Neither finite verb nor infinitive has no object:
2) The infinitive can take an object:
3) The finite verb can have an object:
4) Both finite verb and infinitive can have an object.
Of course, only certain finite verbs are capable of taking a following infinitive. Furthermore, some verbs require their infinitive to be prefixed by to, others require the bare infinitive, and the verb help is an oddity in that it can take either.
But not
Hope this helps. Spellbinder 22:25, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
What does "rate of prime plus 6%" mean when speaking of interest of an overdue payment? --Thanks, Interested
Hi,
I'm writing this question from the Haida village of Kasaan, Alaska. I've been studying Haida culture for many years, and would like to know who submitted the materials from the page entitled "Haida Mythology". I do not see any sources quoted on the page. I'm a Haida, and was amazed to find this, since I've never seen the references to the gods before. I would like to write to the authors. Are they acedemics, or what?
Thanks,
Della A. Coburn
There are several anonymous users who have contributed material, it would be hard to track them down. Of the users who have accounts, User:Elegor, User:TUF-KAT, User:Meb, User:Fabiform, User:Maximus Rex, User:Average Earthman, and User:Ausir have edited this page, although whether they contributed material, or simply re-arranged it, I didn't look. You could try asking them, or leaving a message on the talk page of Haida mythology ( Talk:Haida mythology). Mark Richards 23:45, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
Della, we could really use more First Nations contributors, especially in Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic Groups. Too few of the articles on First Nations ethnic groups have any contributions or review from members of the relevant group. If you or people you know would like to get in any way involved, please feel very welcome. If I can help in any way, let me know. -- Jmabel 17:15, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
Do giraffes live in the Australian Outback?
We're the only country in the world to possess wild camels, indeed. Giraffes are limited to zoos here. The first giraffe to come to Australia was imported from Africa in 1935 to live in Taronga Zoo, in Sydney. DO'Neil 10:44, May 26, 2004 (UTC)
The wild giraffes were all eaten by the drop bears. Κσυπ Cyp 14:32, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello,
Well, my friends and I have been having a discussion about drugs, and mainly meth. We all gave our two-cents worth of our thoughts, opinions, facts, etc...but one thing that we can't all agree on is the duration that Crystal Meth is in your system after you stop smoking it. I heard somewhere around a month, 28 days I believe it was, but one friend interrupted me and said that she heard it only stays in your system for approximately 5 days. So, we want the truth...If you know how long meth stays in your system please let us know.
Thank you!
Sincerely, All of us!!!
Can anyone tell me how I might learn a few words in the Towa/Tewa and Jicarilla Apache languages? Are there any on-line or published dictionaries for these tongues?
-- 208.20.220.69 17:46, 26 May 2004 (UTC)Harold Chisamore hakchis@core.com
When, if ever, have Scottish MP's hindered a Law being passed in England? In a recent conversation on politics, I was informed that while Engish MP's could not vote to change Scottish law, that the Scots could however, prohibit the introduction of new laws in England! Is this true and if so, when was the last time this ever happened? Any help you can offer would obviously enlighten me. Thank you Jan Pepper
What do you want to know about them? -- bodnotbod 17:18, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
When going through a folder of old forms from a mortuary in a genealogy library, I came across a type of coffin called an "abortion coffin." This was prior to 1907(I haven't gotten any further) and it wasn't just for an infant, in fact a couple were for men. Can you help me find out about this?
What does the expression "angels in the architecture" mean, and what does it refer to? Is there an expression for seeing conspiracies or intrigues that aren't really there? I feel like there is an expression similar to that, or "the devil's in the details", but both of these are not quite right. It's something like "you're seeing _____ in _____", to indicate that you're seeing things that aren't really there. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:37, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
Without a doubt the phrase is older than that. Mark Richards 21:30, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
-- bodnotbod 01:34, May 28, 2004 (UTC)
Angels In The Architecture
- Alteripse 08:07, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
I've never been able to get this straight.
I'm still using a dial-up modem (I know, I know) and it currently tells me I'm connected at 44,000bps. The article on bps tells me that a capitalised B would mean bytes and a small b bits. Now, I used to have a ZX Spectrum which had 48k of memory.
What I want to know is, am I getting about 44k a second of data down my phone line? Or is it 1/8th of that? Or something else? My guess is the 1/8th.
Because, even though I know the rest of the western world has moved on - and I shall almost certainly get broadband myself within a couple of years - I still find it impressive my phone line could load up Jet Set Willy in 1 or 8 seconds or... well, help me.... -- bodnotbod 19:36, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
I seem to recall that the cassette player on my BBC Micro was about 1200 baud. Mark Richards 20:31, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
On a tangent, about "the rest of the western world has moved on--" Just not true. As long as broadband is so much more expensive than dial-up (which can still be had for free or practically nothing), there will be many more people dialing up than not. Those of us in high-tech positions at high-tech companies or schools (I'm guessing the majority of wikipedians) forget that there are many low-tech people with very old computers and small budgets who can't or don't want to do broadband. I'm smack dab in Silicon Valley, but among my 150 or so dog agility club members, by far the majority use dial-up. And they're having a rough time in the universe of super-graphic, java-scripted, animated, fancy-formatted, email-intensive web sites and communication. Just worth remembering... Elf | Talk 05:10, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
I am now 60 years and 10 months old and in full time employment. Can anyone tell me if I am entitled to public transport travel passes? Roy Parsons
could you please settle an argument was a king beheaded in kingston and then his head was used as a football thanks
To Whom It May Concern,
I am an Australian Resident seeking to find out the location details (Store Address, Contact Numbers, Emails Addreses) of a few of the Supermarkets listed on one of your pages.
The Supermarkets are as follows:
France:- Carrefour at Courcourones/Paris
- Auchan- Intermache- Super U- Casino- Leaderprice
New Caledonia:- Casino Supermarkets (May be Carrefour ...Ballande
I would appreciate any assistance you could h=give me in realtion to the above mentioned, or point me in the right direction...
Kind Regards
Heidi Johnson Secretary Windsor Farm Foods Pty Ltd
Could someone give an example of a tagmeme? My dictionary defines it as "a constituent of a meaningful grammatical relation that cannot be analyzed into smaller meaningful features and that may be marked by features of word order, selection of allomorphs, agreement with finite verb forms, and elaboration by preceding adjectival modifiers."
Is the term "war on terror" linguistically accurate? Shouldn't it really be "war on terrorism"? Was terror misappropriated by the US/UK coalition to mean terrorism? Or has terror always been a synonym of terrorism? Or is the coalition aiming to remove all possible moments of pronounced fear from the world, period?
At terror we have it as a popular term which loosely refers to the politically-motivated violence against civilians, linking to terrorism. I guess I'm wondering if using terror to mean terrorism only gained popular usage following 9/11.
-- Chopchopwhitey 07:58, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
"Terror" is an older term now styled "Terrorism":
-- Jerzy (t) 14:46, 2004 May 28 (UTC)
I don't agree with Finlay McWalter's statement that British journalists only use it ironically; just a quick google shows that both the BBC and The Times use War on Terror to summarize all the related news items: BBC [11] and Times [12]. I think he's right about British politicians though; since the controversy about what's the right title, they'll probably err on the side of caution. Of course, if you want to be really correct, you ought to call it The War on the Terrorism that We Disapprove Of ....since the NSOED defines terrorist (after the French Revolution sense) as A person who uses and favours violent and intimidating methods of coercing a government or community. which seems to cover those American warders in Abu Gharib nicely. <Runs and ducks for cover :) > Spellbinder 15:18, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello
I am trying to locate a copy of the book, Les Fetes Nationales a Paris, by the French anti-Semite Edouard Drumont. Unfortunately the book is currently missing from the NYPL. Do you have any suggestions where I might find the book to purchase or at another library in the USA? Many thanks! Dr. Laura Morowitz
Would much appreciate names and phones of Bed and Breakfast Reservation Agencies for Washington State (or Nation wide). Martha Watson Murphy mentions the "Bed and Breakfast Reservation Center Nationwide (ph. 1800 388 4403" in her book "How to Start and Operate your own Bed and Breakfast". But this number is no longer in service.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Always love, light and laughter;
Leticia Huber (leticia@loshuber.com)
I have been searching to discover any dandelion species that may be what I have in my garden. It is 54 inches (4.5 feet)tall as of right now and seems to be growing consistantly. It has about ten buds that look almost identical to dandelion flowers heads when opened...during the noon hours. Then close back up at night. It is a tall stalk and the leaves pertrude out I would say between 5-6 inches. On the edges and tips of the leaves are pricklys that prick only when touched on the right angle. If you have any information on what this may be or if you know please contact me at strawbryshrtck42@aol.com
Going by logic, the queen's husband is the King. So why Mr Phillip isn't a king? Nichalp 19:07, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
-- Arwel 22:36, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
It's not just Kings and Queens - while a woman marrying a man with a British title automatically acquires the female form of that title (if one exists), it doesn't work the other way around (yes, it's sexist, but that's the way it works). The wife of The Earl of Shrewsbury is The Countess of Shrewsbury, but the husband of The Countess of Mar (who holds that title in her own right) is not The Earl of Mar. (Perhaps confusingly, the husband of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma is The Lord Brabourne, but he holds that title in his own right.) The wife of Sir John Smith is Lady Smith, but the husband of Dame Jane Smith is just Mr John Smith, unless he has a title himself. To take a famous example, when Margaret Thatcher became The Lady Thatcher, her husband did not become The Lord Thatcher, but remained Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt. Exactly the same principle applies to the monarchy - The Duke of Edinburgh had to be specifically given all his titles, because he wouldn't acquire any on marriage to The Queen. Proteus (Talk) 23:00, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
The UK fields a united Olympic team, but separate teams for Cricket, football and rugby. Why not a unified cricket team OR team England competing in the Olympics? Nichalp 19:21, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
Corretion to Fish and Chips: I have lived in England for over fifty years and eaten Fish and Chips all over, I have never heard of anyone using "Onion Juice" I think either someone is pulling your leg or they have missunderstood, We do eat Pickled Onions with Fish and Chips. --anon
Hi
I've set up a couple Wiki's (MediaWiki 1.25) myself, and need to do some math in one of them. I'm having a fight getting math rendering enabled - I think this should be documented better (or even simplified) - was thinking that it'd Just Work, but it sure doesn't. Am out to enable it in my Wiki on SourceForge in particular - that's hard 'cause I have less access than at home - and on my home Wiki as well, that's just quite a bit of work.
Phew. Hope it'll be easier in the future :)
Frodo42 20:30, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
My name is Darcie F. Hilton-Sniegiecki and I can remember my dad speaking about a Gus Hilton. My Father's names is Duff Fenimore Hilton. My Grand father was John Presley Hilton. I think my Great Grand Father is James William Hilton. I know it was William for sure. My dad is still living and claimed that we were kinned to Conrad Hilton. My Grandfather (John Presley) and Conrad were cousins". My Grandfather was suppose to have helped Conrad in Construction work on the first Hilton Hotel. This was in West Texas. My Gradfather lived in Arkansas and then moved to West Texas then to Almagordo New Mexico where he and my Grand Mother Hilton died. They called my Grandma Hilton "TANK" She had a temper. Grandpa showed Dad where the money that had been stolen back long ago from some kin folks of Conrad's in the New Mexico Mountains. My dad and his dad hunted these Mountains as my dad was a young boy. It is my dad's dream to go locate this money for historical reasons. This money is untouched today sitting in the New Mexico Mountains where my Father hunted as a child. Dad said it was down in the bottoms where His dad and him would hunt. I think it would be neat to recover the Hilton Stolen Money. It was Stolen from some Federal Bank Many many years ago. My dad is 63 and this was when he was extremely young hunting with his dad in the canyons. I have been trying to contact the Hilton Family just to see if these stories are true.
Does anybody know what carboxyhemoglobin is?
But what are the effects of having carboxyhemoglobin?
Two related questions on Mexico I can’t find an answer for:
Thanks in advance for any help. Anárion 13:29, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
(moved from "Bladder extrophy", which was then deleted.)
HI, I am a parent of a child born with extrophy of the bladder. I would like to hear from other parents of children born with this odd and frightening disorder..Aside from physical,It has affected not only just our child but his father,myself and his brother. Would like to hear from someone else and how it has affected their lives as well.. Thank You, Alicia alwaysforever24@yahoo.com
Your medical practitioner can likely put you in touch with support groups for this - Bladderexstrophy.com/support also seems like a good shot for a first try. Mark Richards 15:48, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I would like to have some detailed information on how to create non governmental organization. This may include like how to register for, where to register it and what things should be done first before reaching the final process of registering. 152.163.252.198
Does the new software officially support Unicode in page titles now?
It seems to work, more or less:
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingMdash—TestingMdash
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingMdash—TestingMdash
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingNdash–TestingNdash
Wikipedias in some other languages have to use Unicode in their page titles... but is it fully supported for the English wikipedia now?
Ever since the latest software for Wikipedia was introduced a few days ago, combining diacritical marks don't work properly on Cyrillic letters anymore (using Internet Explorer and Windows XP).
Consider:
The above is written not with the ISO-8859-1 character ó but as f- o- U+0301 o- b- a- r, where U+0301 is the combining acute accent. This correctly displays the acute accent over the first o.
Now consider the same thing in Russian:
This incorrectly displays the acute accent (stress mark) over the second о rather than over the first (using Internet Explorer and Windows XP).
This screws up a number of pages where Cyrillic is given for a person's name (eg Josef Stalin) with combining acute accent to indicate which syllables are stressed.
Now here's the odd thing. This can't be Wikipedia's fault, since viewing page source shows that it is simply outputting the same Unicode that was input on page creation. It must somehow be a Windows XP or Internet Explorer issue. Yet this used to work... it used to display correctly until the new Wikipedia software was introduced a few days ago, and I haven't upgraded Windows XP or IE in any way since then.
How can this be?
I am glad world war 3 never happened, but curious to know why the Soviet Union never invaded Europe.
There were also mixed opinions in the SU about whether invading Europe would be a good idea, even if militarily possible. Mark Richards 15:45, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
what dates and time did the uss new orleans recieve there miltary awards and why.
How come Latin American nations do not develop and prosper? Chile and Argentina are rich in natural resources yet they still are third world countries. Will Latin America ever develop like Europe and Canada and the USA?
I just traveld to Norway about a week ago and I noticed that the Scandinavians are very white and pale. How come scandinavians have extremely light skin color to the point that some of them look like albinos?
Yeah, or a version that is more friendly to PDAs and phones. Kent Wang 01:41, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
St. Olmet
I am looking for information on a person--a saint-- called St. Olmet. We live in a village in SW France called Olmet. I recently discovered that in the 17th century it was called "ST. OLMET" . Does anyone have further information? Are there other sources?
Thank you
Dale Egee egee.art@btinternet.com
Does the most recent version of the Fortran programming language allow embedded spaces in identifiers like the older FORTRAN IV did? - Bevo 19:39, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
DO 10 I = 1
What are the common causes of a computer running Windows (98 if being specific helps) freezing? That is, no blue screen of death, no reboot, just a complete freeze that leaves you reaching for the power/reset switch?
Please can we take the answer: running Windows as read? ;o) -- bodnotbod 22:51, Jun 1, 2004 (UTC)
How often does it freeze? Is the fault replicable? Can you 'cause' it to hang? Mark Richards 23:18, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies. Somebody used the magic word overheated. I had originally phrased the question to include the fact that it was VERY hot and humid in my room that day - but I didn't want to lead the jury and thought it would be interesting to hear all the possibilities. Hmmm... guess I ought to look at the fan, it's probably clogged up with dirt. -- bodnotbod 17:28, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
is the platypus the only poisonous mammal? Kent Wang 23:38, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Can someone who knows Japanese please tell what the Kanji on this picture is? →Raul654 04:39, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
It's 'kotobuki', meaning 'long life' or 'longevity'. Written in print like this: 寿 -- Auximines 08:07, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Just a guess, but Jack Ham was born, or Hideki Tojo died, right? If you were looking for something else, please let us know.
I will like the Bielefeld white pages, I need only that "Cors" letters. Thank you
can anyone help me find the family of my dads sister winnie peters maiden name morgan.its been 57yrs since i have seen any of my aunties and ive been trying along time ,i now live in the nederlands and i would like to find them before i get to old as im now 64.so if anyone can help let me no .they lived in st ives and my uncle was lost at sea .thank you joyce van der hoeven-morgan e-mail hoeven174@hetnet.nl
Hello, I have an obtuse triangle. I know the lenght of the two shortest sides, I'm trying to calculate the lenght of the longest side. It's been awhile since high school, can anyone help?
C12H18CI2N2O I would like to find out what these are.
Only 3 nations have the ability to project military power anywhere in the world, the USA, Britain, and France. But how exactly does a nation project power? Is it by its navy? How come big military spenders like Russia and China lack the ability to project power around the world? - Anonymous 1
I was trolling around "Recent changes" and ended up finding not one, not two, but three changes Bobblewik had made in articles which used the term " Great Britain" to " Britain".
So what is the correct term you say? That's what I'm asking too, and I'd like to hear your opinion on it too.
The formal name of the country is not England or Britain or Great Britain, it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, so to an extent both terms were wrong, even the one by Bobblewik, but why is Bobblewik changing them all to "Britain" instead of the " United Kingdom of Great Britain"?
I'd like to hear Bobblewik.
The distinctions here are gone into in great length on United Kingdom, Great Britain etc etc. For the larger political unit, UK is the preffered very short term, United Kingdom otherwise, British an ok adjective form. Of course, if you mean Great Britain instead of the UK, then use that. Mark Richards 15:01, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain has never existed, which is why that article redirects. The Kingdom of Great Britain has not existed since 1801. "UK" is the correct short name of the state, "British" is the usual adjective (unless you are referring to Northern Ireland from an Irish nationalist point of view), and if you're not being pedantic "Britain" and "Great Britain" are usually viewed as synonymous with "UK". Strictly "Great Britain" refers to the largest island, and often the small islands surrounding it too; "GB" are the identification letters carried on the back of all UK cars travelling abroad, and "G" is the country's prefix on aircraft registrations. -- Arwel 15:46, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I always though the Britain came from Bretange(?) which is the french name for Brittany in NW France. But I'm not sure.. if this is right then calling Great Britain "Britain" is definitely wrong, even though "British" refers to GB pretty much exclusively! Chuq 02:11, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I've Googled and it tells me "Real Prawn Crackers are made from Starch, Prawns & Salt". Are there any other snacks that have a purely starch base? I'm assuming prawn crackers are fried, am I right? If so, what does starch look like beforehand? Is it like a flimsy pasta-like substance? Does starch contain gluten? This is a lot of questions, isn't it? -- bodnotbod 19:38, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
I appear to have started a transatlantic scoffing war. -- bodnotbod 15:21, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
Is there a name for a kind of novel where the plot is advanced via letters, notes, announcements, etc? I'm thinking of novels like The Color Purple or Up the Down Staircase. Joyous 22:01, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
While working through TB's misspelled links list, I came across some links to the (non-existent) article Arthur_Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, with the suggestion that perhaps they should point to our article Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex. Fair enough, simple misspelling. But a bit more research reveals that the situation might be more complicated. Our article (with the spelling "Capel") is from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, so might presumably be expected to be right. However, I found this page which spells his name "Capell", citing their source as "Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000."
How can we figure out which is right?
The name shifts back and forth from Capel to Capell. Strict orthography is a modern thing, and not something the Earls of Essex were much concerned with, as they wouldn't use a surname after becoming earl. CP list the Earls of the 1661 creation as:
P.S. I hope we have an account of the death of the 1st Earl in the Tower of London.... Lord Ailesbury wrote: "The Earl asked very coldly for a razor to cut his nails, and being accustomed so to do gave no manner of suspicion. He went into a small closet," where his servant afterward found him "dead and wallowing in blood"... the assumption being that the reason he "cutt his own throat with a knife" was because of his knowledge of the Rye House Plot.
My suggestion would be to create it with the Capell spelling and create a redirect to if from the Capel spelling. - Nunh-huh 03:54, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Where can I find free online exploded view drawings for boxcars and other railroad freight cars?
What is the best Linux distribution? (BSD Included) Although there is much discussion and debate about this, and although it may be as stupid and pointless as choosing arguing for a best colour, I want to see your opinions anyhow. :)
What is the best Linux(BSD) distribution for:
and generally for:
Off the top of my head:
You may also want to do a search on LinuxQuestions.org, where variations on this question have been raised thousands of times, with more than enough ensuing discussion to keep you reading for weeks :-) -- Wapcaplet 22:56, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
hi, I'm looking for information of the above name subject. I think the name is an Appegioni. created for a Schumann concerto.. not very sure, but Pablo Casals played it before..
anyone with an answer please email me at alyky0201@yahoo.com
It's the arpeggione, as Catherine says. Just for the record, Schumann didn't write a concerto for the arpeggione (hardly anybody wrote anything for it) but did write a cello concerto; "viola da gamba" and "viol" are essentially different names for the same family of (fretted) instruments; and the bass viol has about the same pitch as the cello, so Casals wasn't being that idiosyncratic, really (other cellists have played things originally for the bass viol on their own instrument-- Janos Starker recorded the Bach sonatas, for instance). -- Camembert
Also, please note that the best place for this type of question is Wikipedia:Help desk. Meelar 23:14, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Is it harmful to a laptop if it is turned on 24/7 for days or even weeks, without rebooting or giving it a rest (turning it off) every now and then? Will this tire the laptop out and make it more problem-prone?
Thanks.
I would like to know how the Church of Scotland uses the bagpipe in their worship services, if at all. Are they mainly used for processionals and recessionals? Are they played outdoors or inside? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Janet Johnson jj7@nesbeonline.com
Comment, and discussion, moved to Talk:Languages in Star Wars by Finlay McWalter | Talk
Since when has Egypt ever been considered apart of Asia?
When did this occurrence happen? I always thought it was apart of Africa.
Moved from Wikipedia:Help desk by Meelar
Alternatopia is one way of thinking about utopia. Most utopias are conscious "eternatopias" where change, once instituted, will never happen again. Alternatopia is the kind of place where alternate visions of what is acceptable exist comfortably with notions of what has always been. The difficulty of alternate versions of today conflicts with today always being the same as yesterday and will be the same tomorrow.
Aaron Schectman Prof. Emeritus Monmouth University Ed.D Rutgers 1972 Master's thesis and doctoral dissertation on Education in Utopia.
info re{ the above manaufacturera. i found a leather covered club chair. the color is a dark tan with nailheads, arms and a wood insert in the back of the chair. if you can help i would appreciate it i would need to reupholster parts of the chair and would like to keep it true to the original. thank you in advance. my email address is dlrob55@yahoo.com
MP=Member of Parliament MHR=Member of the House of Representatives
I have had someone remove all references to Category:Australian MHRs from articles because, "they are called MPs". (Never mind the fact that if you believed that, changing them would be less work - why would you delete them...)
As MHR isn't listed in wikipedia, its a bit hard to do an exact comparison with these. All the google searches I have done [18] [19] [20] have found pages which use the terms interchangably. I figured as the category is for members of the Australian federal government lower house (the House of Representatives), MHR would be more specific than MP - an MP could refer to any member of any Australian state parliament's lower house as well, for example.
I just found this in States and territories of Australia: " Premier of Queensland - The Honorable Peter Beattie MP ( ALP); since June 1998"
I also found List of post-nominal letters which specifies that MP refers to the lower house only - but it doesn't specify the Federal lower house only.
I'd like confirmation from someone else in the know before I ask the user to undo his handywork. Chuq 02:44, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Why are there separate games for women guess players at an international level? Isn't chess all intellectual and not physical (like sports)? Why the segregation? The famous Judit Polgar refuses to play at women-only games, for example. Isn't her point that women-only games are pointless since they could compete in "men's games" and achieve as well, if not better, than men?
Thanks.
Prof. Gerald Sussman and/or company, I'm from Gifam.org. Cd someone recommend me a Free Software that can perform equivalent to Adobe Framemaker? Practically for creating and formatting online directories and composition like Wikipedia and printed technical manuals. Adobe Framemaker is very expensive. Thankyou all. Warm regards, TERakarpo
In 1096, Pope Urban II presented a Gold Rose to Falcone, Count of Angers. Who was Falcon, Count of Angers
As the article states, various things can cause dandruff. seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis are not contagious. However, I did some reading a little while ago about staph and strep (both mentioned in the dandruff article) in relation to dermatitis and I got the impression that most people are carriers of the bacterium but those with conditions which cause the skin to flake (like those I've just mentioned) are responsible for spreading the bacterium widely in a community. However, I seem to remember that spreading the bacterium does not spread dermatitis (and, by extension, a flaky scalp). I believe those suffering from dermatitis do tend to have higher incidence of staph and/or strep infection, though. But it would be nice if someone with more expert knowledge could confirm that.
Looking at the question another way: lets imagine that dandruff is contagious. I would then expect to see campaigns in our schools about scalp hygiene in the same vein as we have in the UK about lice and I would expect people with dandruff to be far more outcast and shunned than they are. -- bodnotbod 18:49, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)
There is a discussion about charging scientists a fee to publish their research in journals, with the idea of reducing the cost to the journal subscribers. It seems crazy to me that scientists should have to pay to increase the world's knowledge base. I'd like to suggest that Wikipedia should actively welcome scientists to publish their work on this site. It seems an ideal place where their research can be peer reviewed and disseminated to the public as fast as possible. I think Wikipedia should suggest their services to the scientists via forums, emails, or whatever other method is most appropriate.
Knowledge should not be throttled back by greedy scientific journals, who would unfairly burden scientists with fees and profit from their work.
The anonymous user 205.188.117.14 created an article with the following content. I deleted the article and moved its contents here. – Jrdioko (Talk) 20:14, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I am seeking information on the Euchner surname from the Oberboihingen region around the 1800-1860. My G-G-Grandfather John was born about 1839 and imigrated to US possibly about 1854. Any connection to parents or siblings would be of assistance. I can be contacted in the US at email chas7116@aol.com. Thank you
Some time ago, I believe I stumbled across an article explaining a technical term for errors introduced deliberately into encyclopedias for the purpose of catching plagiarism. But I can't for the life of me remember the term itself. Anyone know what on earth I'm talking about? -- कुक्कुरोवाच| Talk‽ 23:16, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Ah, excellent! Thanks, all. -- कुक्कुरोवाच| Talk‽ 23:35, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
What is an "Irish tenor"? Is it just a man who's Irish and sings in the tenor register? Or is it a specific voice register? Or someone who sings a particular kind of music? I've found lots of references to "Irish tenors" on Wikipedia, but no explanation of what the word means. -- ESP 04:17, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Hello
When I am loading the wikipedia page on a pocket PC, the search field doesn't even show up... it would be very handy, if the main page was simpler, so that also thinner clients could properly display it. Or if there was a "KISS" (keep it simple and stupid) version of the search page (such as google has), for search only purposes using wikipedia from mobile devices and thin clients.
Thanks for all your work and contribution.
Martin
Does anybody know of a website which lists all US radio and/or TV stations by call letters? I'm writing a story and I want to use call letters that haven't been taken. Rick K 23:47, Jun 10, 2004 (UTC)
Can anyone give me a hint on how I can approximate the correct pronounciation of the names of these Polish cryptographers: Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki and Henryk Zygalski? Thanks! — Matt 08:51, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC) Also... Biuro Szyfrow... — Matt 15:29, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Just had a children's science programme on the television where they had something called (don't know the spelling) "Oilers' disc". It resembles a very large coin. They spun it and it settles like a coin too, except it takes much much longer to come to a stop. And as it does so the speed of its rotation increases and you get a pleasingly high pitched sound before it finally comes to a stop. I want to know where to get one (it looks like a great toy) and a bit more about them. -- bodnotbod 15:27, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
Categories. Toole, Peter O' or O'Toole, Peter? -- bodnotbod 21:55, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
I know that RIM does not release the processor specs for any of its handhelds, but has anyone done any benchmarking of the performance of JAVA apps on BlackBerry vs. Palm or Pocket PC handhelds? Does anyone know what the processor might be? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 23:40, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
How can relatively large biological organisms (fish etc.) exist in deep oceans. I know that shrimp, and some sole, survive at the bottom of the Mariana Trench - with over 108.6 MPa of pressure. Is it due to them creating a large surface area? -- Oldak Quill 14:14, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
People don't have a lot of trouble with pressure in the sense that you mean it, because water (the body is mostly water) is incompressible for all practical purposes. The issue is with gases in spaces and in solution in the body. Pressure changes wreak havock on these. Mark Richards 03:02, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I am a modeler. I would like to make a Cessna 182 and 172 or 177 cardinal scale model. Does anyone know where I can find three-view outline drawings of these models? best regards, a.alp ülgener aulgener@hotmail.com
what hormones do the pancreas produce
Good Afternoon, I recently purchase a large cooker/steamer at an auction with "C.F. Yount, Farmland, Indiana" stamped into the lid. I tried to research but have found little information. If you could possibly clue me in on anything about the C. F. Yount company and it's products and history, it would add a story to this beautiful copper bottomed steamer that we use so often. Sincerely, Michael Garner mhgarner59@hotmail.com
to people who head about scientific experimentation that talk about testosterone and hands
Moved to the Village pump.
Are there any Frequency modulation stations in Hyderabad, India? Rajasekaran Deepak 13:13, 2004 Jun 13 (UTC)
Would it be tougher for the U.S. to defeat North Korea in an all out war than it was to defeat Iraq?
Well that's the catch with all of these 'could country x beat up country y' questions isn't it? The question isn't really 'could the US defeat NK', but 'What would the collatoral and political cost of doing so'. In this example, although in conventional terms NK has a large troop strength, it is not a match for the US. The problem is that to 'win' (lets not unpack what we mean by that!), the US would have to risk NK nuking SK or some other nearby country, and occupy a potentially hostile civilian population. In the Iraq case of course, it is not the military might of the former govt that is the problem, but that their war aims were not about defeating Iraq on the battlefield, but had broader and vaguer political aims. Compare and contrast the 'first' and 'second' gulf wars. Mark Richards 02:57, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Keep in mind that North Korea has quite high support among it's followers. It's insularity is highly successful - just note the dedication of those who prepare for the Mass Games. As such, NK have a greater potential fighting population at their disposal. If they were to go into total war - they have almost the entire population to use to fight. Of course, also, the possibility of the existance of nuclear weapons, etc... There are far too many factors to consider how the outcome will be. Iraq wasn't so successful in unifying to state, insulating the state - they did not necessarily have too many soldiers who wouldn't back out.-- Oldak Quill 15:20, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Isn't it possible for an apartment neighbor to leech onto their next-door wireless Internet because they are in such a close reception range? Surely wireless Internet company have thought of this? I know that some universities use password before one can access the wireless Internet (otherwise the campus would be nerd-town), but I don't believe domestic wireless is that high-security. -- Quester 16:11, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody know how to pronounce 'Pocky'?, my brother claims that it's pronounced 'Pokey' but I think it's pronounced the way it's spelled. Thank you. 67.160.75.230 21:25, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I live in the Us, but I'm sort of fascinated by all the UK political parties, can somebody point me to a listing or something? Ilyanep 23:17, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone have a picture of E.H.Shepard, the illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh tales?
We were watching a reunion of the Band Berlin and were wondering if the John Crawford in the band is the same Johnny Crawford that starred in the Rifleman??
Thanks for your help...
I have a query that "Why programming language C is considered as a souce code language for kernel design ?".
We can also consider C++, Java or any other high level language as we need a Compiler to transform programming language to machine language, for which compiler for any language can be built.
Plz. don't give answers based on - it's a old language, and more comfortable to assembly language architecture.
I would appreciate in joining a group which discusses questions based on Linux Kernel.
Regards, Mukesh k Srivastava (srimks@msn.com)
IIRC, Linux has actually moved back and forth between C and C++ at least twice. Originally, it was in C (ask Linus why). At one point, someone at least partially converted it to C++ syntax (I think without full object oriented structuring), and in the process cleaned up a lot of declaration problems. That fork didn't catch on (although I think many of the needed changes were backported), as I think it also exposed bugs in the C++ compiler. Other excuses for sticking with C is that the C++ code was slower or bigger or the symbol mangling was ugly or something like that. I thought I heard recent rumors of attempting C++ again, but I haven't paid that close attension, so I'm not sure. -- ssd 01:55, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I was here a while ago and asked if it was true that Washington was originally going to be called Columbia. Someone answered yes, that is was true. Okay. So why didn't they name it Columbia? Did they give in to someone who wanted to name it Washington? Did they think that it might be confused with the District of Columbia? What? -- SMWhat 04:53, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
Is Vietnam Part of Pacific ?
Hi!
I would like to know whether Vietnam is still part of the Pacific? I read in one of your articles that:
Seventeen independent states are located in the Pacific: Australia, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Republic of China (Taiwan), Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Eleven of these nations have achieved full independence since 1960. The Northern Mariana Islands are self-governing with external affairs handled by the United States, and Cook Islands and Niue are in similar relationships with New Zealand. Also within the Pacific are the U.S. state of Hawaii and several island territories and possessions of Australia, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
If Vietnam is not part of the Pacific, where does Vietnam belong to?
Thanks, Gale
Hi,
why do we write '£10' but say ten 'pounds' ie why do write the symbol for pounds before the amount and then say the opposite? Thank you michelle
And this is by no means universal for currency, either. Consider the US Cent symbol (¢).
I'm writing a Clerihew for a friend of mine. What rhymes with "Julia"? Right now I have "fool ya", but i'm trying not to be too insulting... - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:29, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
Well, there is a perfectly good Spanish word (occasionally used in English-language contexts): "tertulia", a type of social gathering, usually of intellectuals or artists. -- Jmabel 04:50, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
You mentioned fool ya. In a similar vein, and in keeping with your request for pleasing a broad audience: at school ya..., in a swimming pool ya..., you're so cool, ya... make me wanna drool, ya blah blah blah - which wasn't like you at all, ya.... Lots of that sort of thing would get you out of a hole, I think. -- bodnotbod 12:52, May 8, 2004 (UTC)
I'm not sure how you spell it, but "bulia" (as in "bulia base," used when making soup) is a real English word that rhymes perfectly... try that. Krupo 04:22, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
photo CD request...if anyone got this CD with the 1000 or so photos, i'll pay to acquire it. Please contact me (xah@xahlee.org). The photos will be used for documentation purpose. Xah Lee P0lyglut 22:41, 2004 May 6 (UTC)
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Who was Karl Josef Weinmair? He did some sketchings that have political cartoon-like qualities. I am interested in detailed biographical information.
I today learned from the Sabbath entry, all about the split between Christians and Jews over whether Saturday or Sunday should be the day of rest/Lord's day etc which had been something about which I'd often wondered, but it doesn't explain how the Muslims ended up with Friday. As I understand it, Islam and Judaism come from the same cultural background with Abraham and the rest, so can anyone explain the divergence in the choice of the day of rest between those two religions? adamsan 21:34, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
How does one calculate the astronomical midnight for any given location? I don't know of any strict definition for astronomical midnight, but one might suppose that is when the sun is closest to nadir. arj 10:28, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
This is a subject I know nothing about, but I've Googled the term and this seems as though it might be fertile reading for someone who uderstands this stuff: Moon Data. It's broken English, but if you know the terms used it may be useful. The first few Google hits are unenlightening so this would make an EXCELLENT article if we get enough info to create - at least - a stub. -- bodnotbod 15:43, May 9, 2004 (UTC)
The obvious definition would be: the point in time exactly in the middle of two consecutive passings of the sun through the meridian (astronomy). The passing of the sun through the meridium is by definition 12:00 noon local solar time and hence midnight 12:00 a.m. (or 0h00min, as astronomers like to write times) local solar time. To calculate from UTC to local solar time, do the following: Add (24h/360o=) 4 minutes per degree of longitude to get your mean local time and then change to actual solar time by adding a correcting value that gives you the difference between actual and mean solar time as function of the calendar date. This correcting value is given in tables and known as Equation of time (see there for details). HTH. Sanders muc 14:36, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
My dictionary defines historical infinitive as "the present infinitive used with a subject nominative as a finite verb in place of a past indicative." I know what each of those words means individually, but I can't conceive of how this construction would be used. Could you provide an example?
Where can I find more information regarding this, in the context of the stability of RNA compared to that of DNA? EB doesn't mention this in their article about Uracil, and neither does Little Alberts. taion 09:24, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
b's'd Greetings.
I read in a biography of Philo T. Farnsworth that he "distilled potassium and sodium", and moisture seeped in and started a fire.
Could somebody please explain the procedure, and what is accomplished by it, how a fire could result, and how the fire could be put out if not with water?
Many thanks.
Elise Teitelbaum eliseteitelbaum@yahoo.com
In your "Donkey Kong" entry you state that the "Donkey Kong" character from the videogame "Donkey Kong Country" is generally associated with Donkey Kong Jr., not the original Donkey Kong. However, if you read the INSTRUCTION MANUAL to the "Donkey Kong Country" game, you will find that the character "Cranky Kong" was the original Donkey Kong who "fought Mario in many of his own games". It also clearly states that Cranky Kong is the new Donkey Kong's grandfather. This means that the Donkey Kong from the "Donkey Kong Country" game is actually Donkey Kong III, son of Donkey Kong Jr., and grandson of the original Donkey Kong (now called Cranky Kong).
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Hi,I am a student at Pattengill Middle School and we're doing a project on what we are planning to be when we get older.I,out of many students want to be a fashion designer.I would like to know how does one become a fashion designer,and what is expected of the employee or the designer? I would trully appreciate if you would write back.
Well, it's a very difficult business to get into. You would probably need to go to college to study design, though I suppose you might become an apprentice to a taylor or dressmaker and learn like that. Either way you need to know the materials you will be working with very well. Then you'd need a flair for design. You need to come up with things that other people want to buy. I think most colleges have showcases of their students best work, where you can show off your designs. One of the big fashion houses may like what they see and employ you. Alternatively, you can start your own business. You'd need to rent a shop (very expensive!) and produce some goods to stock the shop with. If people like your designs and if your goods are well made, you could have plenty of customers and become rich and famous. On the other hand, you could struggle for years never making any money at all.
I hope this helps a bit, and best wishes theresa knott 14:48, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
What's the difference between allenes and cumulated dienes? From the description, it looks like they're the same thing. Anyone know enough chemistry to clear this one up? I ask because diene seems to be poorly worded. (See talk:diene.) Grendelkhan 13:58, 2004 May 10 (UTC)
Hello, I've got three unidentified flowers here. Please inform me on my talk page if you know the name of at least one of them.
Thank you in advance, -- webkid 15:30, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
The flowers:
Many years ago, I read an (illustrated) article about the formation of the Mediterranean Sea. There was a large illustration of the falls which fell over the (now called) Straits of Magellan. Can you direct me to a similar article about the formation of this sea? Thank you very much.
What are the citizenship requirements for taking a seat in the US House of Representatives?
I understand that a Level 4 drawing depicts jigs and fixtures that facilitate ease, accuracy, consistency and efficiency in manufacturing. Please tell me what all the levels of drawings for an item to be manufactured are.
Thank you.
Anon
A contoid, according to Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged on CD-ROM, v3, is "a speech sound of a phonetic rather than phonemic classification that includes most sounds traditionally treated as consonants and that excludes those (as English \y\, \w\, \r\, and \h\) which like vowels are characterized by the escape of air from the mouth over the center of the tongue without oral friction". I have looked up phonetic above to find out what it means, but to no avail: the dictionary does not define it in a way that it would make sense in the above use. What does phonetic mean here?
I am looking for biographical information on a cartoonist named Norman Ritchie AKA William Norman Ritchie. Mr Ritchie was a Canadian born in 1865 or 67 and died 1948 He created cartoons for the Boston Post in its hey-day, 1901 to 1940. One source I consulted has 800 of his original cartoons but no biographical information. Thank you for any information or direction to an authoritative source. Paul Liebold pliebold@earthlink.net
When playing a DVD recently the DVD would hesitate momentarily occaisionally. I noticed that it said on the cover that double layering could cause the DVD to hestitate. Do you know why it happens and is there anything I can do to stop it? My machine also records and the same thing occours when playing DVDs I have recorded on both my machine and others, both R and RW. Thanks for your help.
How to idenify snakes in Michigan?
I am researching the life of Joan of Kent. Where did you get the exact date of her birth from please?Thank you. Penny.lawne@btinternet.com
I am trying to find out if King Umberto I of Italy prohibited the felling of olive trees on Italian land. What year was the law and does it still exist today?
Thank you
Cayley's theorem says that a group G with n elements is isomorphic to some subgroup of S(n), the group of permutations of n elements. However, there might also be m < n such that G is isomorphic to S(m). For example, C6, the cyclic group on 6 elements, is isomorphic to the subgroup of S(5) generated by the permutation (1 2)(3 4 5).
What is known about the lower bound on possible values of m?
From the Help Desk Many years ago I was told, say a pound of matter, here on Earth ,would wight many more pounds on a bigger planit , If this is so, what effect would landing on a bigger planit have on us. Can we land on a big planit?
(I hope you dont mind me asking this ? on this page no one ever says anything about this so Id like to know)
I have added a simple table / list on weight with each of the planets, but don't actually know what a kilo mass weighs on each one - could someone go and fill it in, and perhaps link from planet? Thanks, Mark Richards 20:12, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
Well, I think that people know their mass on other planets, that should stay the same, it was their weight they were interested in. Mark Richards 19:14, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
how often is the whitehouse painted, how much paint is needed.
According to this_site, the White House was painted 42 times during its first 200 years, and then 20 years ago, those 42 layers of paint were removed so that the surface could be restored and painted again. According to this_site, it takes 570 gallons of paint to cover the exterior of the building. GUllman 22:43, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
Is there a word which would cover a play within a play (eg Midsumer Nights Dream), Tv-shows-within TV-shows (eg the Simpsons and Itchy and Scratchy), Framing stories as dramatic techniques, radio shows that have radio shows within them etc etc? This is about trying to rename and edit Show-within-a-show to talk generally about the dramatic techniques, and not just about its use on TV. Thanks! Mark Richards 15:18, 12 May 2004 (UTC)
I think it'd be a really cool feature (and so easy to set up) to have a mailing list in which a random Wikipedia page (like the featured ones on the frontpage, for example) was posted plaintext or html to the subscribers once a day. Almost like dictionary.com's word of the day system. Only better :)
I think many people would be interested in this. Hell, I'd do it myself, but I don't think it'd be as a good as it would as a wikimedia supported service.
In the 1960's record stores would publish the "top ten hits" of the week. I am trying to find some from 1965 and 1966 and 1967. If anybody can help me find these items, I would be greatful.
C. Keeley dkeeley@erols.com
Or try 1966 in music and related pages. -- bodnotbod 16:39, May 17, 2004 (UTC)
I was looking at a map made by the UN, which has a region in between Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia that's labelled " IY". What does that stand for? Surely not some Japanese long-haired anime guy. -- Menchi 11:19, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody know for certain the date of birth of Bev Bevan (drummer for Electric Light Orchestra)? Different sources seem to have different dates. Thanks. -- Auximines 11:30, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE RUINS FROM THE CHICAGO FIRE? WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE FOUND? I HAVE FOUND ALOT OF JEWELRY, MILK BOTTLES, OTHER BOTTLES, TRINKETS...WOULD THEY BE OF ANY VALUE
I am trying to find out information about the Old Covered Spring House that is located in the Fort Bennett Park in Arlington, Virginia. I would like to find a picture of it and have a little information about the history of it.
Thank you Stephen Hosmer sh34g@nih.gov
What are the differences between Malayalam and Tamil?
I speak Tamil (natively) and Telugu but not Malayalam.
Is there a difference between a loch and a lough? -- Edcolins 21:21, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
If someone is named, say, John Crypt, and he receives a life peerage, he'd be known as John Crypt, Baron Crypt of London. When I link to his name, should I link John Crypt, Baron Crypt of London or Lord London? I prefer the latter, but just making sure. cryptfiend64 01:36, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
According to my dictionary, a phrase marker is "a representation of the immediate constituent structure of a linguistic construction." Could you provide an example? Would a phrase marker for the sentence "I gave the bird a seed" be divided into subject/predicate; verb phrases and noun phrases; subject, indirect object, and direct object; or what? Perhaps my first guess is the most likely, as I believe the immediate constituents of the sentence to be [I] [gave the bird a seed].
i am looking for an image of what a stackable wooden chair may look like! i have to recreate an 1940s village hall for the school i work at and its proving impossiable. where they wooden with metal legs maybe?
let me know on mooneykatie@hotmail.com
I can remember them from the 1950s. Our elementary school would set up obviously aged wooden chairs in the gymnasium for assemblies, cub scout and PTA meetings. I can describe them but can't find a picture. The chairs, including legs, were almost entirely wooden (with metal hardware of course). All the wooden pieces were flat or rectangular, so that there was little or no curvature of the back or seat. The seat folded down, pulling the front legs out. You had to be careful not to pinch your fingers. They were almost completely flat when folded, so they were stackable on a wheeled flat cart. They felt uncomfortably hard to a child's bottom. Good luck. Alteripse 17:36, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've talked to someone who used some sort of chemical to stop the walls of their concrete cellar of crumbling 5 years ago. However, they have problems with a bad smell in this cellar. Could this come from the chemical and hwo would such a chemical smell?
Also when would the smell be worst. In a moist or dry environment?
Sincerely, MGM 11:38, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
The chemical in question is an unknown. It was meant to stop particles from the wall coming off. (It worked). The smell itself can be described as 'spicy', 'sharp' and 'solvent-like' (i.e. terpentine). Could a combination of stored food and cleaning products be the cause maybe? MGM 07:14, May 18, 2004 (UTC)
I don't know what the chemical would be, but it is a little disturbing that it is still off-gassing this much after 5 years. I would be a little leery of storing food next to something that is smelling like that. I assume that the poster has isolated the smell to be coming from the treated concrete. Honestly, my feeling about this would be to get an engineer to come and look at it (that should cost less than 100USD) and probably scrape it off, scrape back the crumbling concrete with a hard wire brush until you get to concrete that is in good condition, then either re-cover it with a good quality cement, or, depending on how bad it is, brick it up then backpour cement behind the bricks - that would be a pretty permanent solution to your smell and crumbling problems, but might be overkill! Mark Richards 17:48, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Before I go off writing stubs with the wrong names, is the correct name of the 60s folk performer (and Joan Baez' brother-in-law and Thomas Pynchon's college roommate) Richard Farina or Richard Fariña? "Farina" (no eñe) is, I believe, Italian for "flour" (whereas neither farina for fariña appear in my spanish dictionary at all) - but I belive Richard was of half-cuban descent. Does anyone know (by which I mean knowledge beyond what can be inconclusively derived from googling) which is correct ? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:39, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Where can I read about the Japanese negotiations with Russia and the US near the end of WW2? I've scanned the WW2 and History of Japan articles, but couldn't find it. - Anonymous
Are there any other concepts like Americana that pertain specifically to other countries? Complete the analogy-- America:Americana::Britain:? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:24, May 14, 2004 (UTC)
There is nothing mysterious or specially american about the word. The word is the plural of the latin "americanum," and has a centuries-long history in bookselling, book collecting, etc as a singular and plural phrase to denote "an item (usually a book) that pertains to ___". I've seen many place names and sometimes even people names or thing names so adapted over the years. Obviously some sound more barbaric, silly, or unnatural when latinized and these don't get used. A real latin word with continued usage that served as the original type was probably something like arcanum/arcana or esotericum/esoterica. (s/pl) Alteripse 13:22, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a loyal wikipedia user and think this is probably one of the most impressive projects on the net right now. I was wondering if you had considered making a wikipedia toolbar, sort of like the googlebar, for searching wikipedia straight from Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Communicator. You could call it the WikiBar (original, I know).
Best regards, Andrei (Romania)
I am looking for a place to go on the net to read a full description of the G.E. CJ805 Jet Engine. Any and all help would be appreciated !
Thank you,
Pete roughrider59@netzero.com
According to what I've read at Transformational grammar, some maintainers of this page think what I'm about to suggest would complicate the issue. Here is my question: the article says "the mechanisms described in the example above have been out of date since the late 1960s", and I would really like to know what the current theory is to explain the transformation from "He went there" to "Where did he go?" I tried posting this query on the talk page, but nobody answered.
How do season work directly at the North and South Poles? It's my understanding that the sun rises and sets exactly once a year (and takes its sweet time in the process). Someone made an edit to Season that seems to state otherwise. Could an astronomer or someone else knowledgeable clear this up? --Smack 23:36, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
I'd be glad to work up a diagram in Blender with the potential for animation, as soon as I can get my own head around what exactly is going on. I think I see what F. McW. is saying, that if we use the term "day" to mean an approximately 24-hour period (or rather, "day" to mean a specific 12-hour period, followed by "night", another 12-hour period), then whether it's day or night has nothing whatever to do with whether the sun is visible or not. -- Wapcaplet 20:05, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've created a sample image. See Talk:Season. -- Wapcaplet 21:56, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi to you all.
I am searching for information on Schiff 26 captured by the Royal Navy destroyer Griffin on 26 April 1940 off Andalsnes, Sth of Trondheim, Norway. At the time the ship was disguised as the Dutch fishing trawler Polares.
I know the vessel was taken back to Scapa Flow and Enigma code books were obtained. What I am particulaly interested is technical details (dimensions and armament etc) and past history.
I am aware that such information may not exist,but I thought I'd enquire anyway. If anyone knows of other websites or archives I could try, please let me know
Kind regards
Bill Greathead
Is the Kleene closure in PSPACE? That is, if A is in PSPACE, is A* in PSPACE as well?
Suppose A --> B (a redirect page with title "A" redirects to article with title "B")
You want to swap them so that B --> A.
I always thought that this involved a laborious manual procedure, involving renaming and petitioning admins to remove redirects to allow for further renaming, etc.
However, sometimes just "Move this page" allows you to rename "B" to "A", overwriting the original redirect at "A" and creating a new redirect at "B", magically doing exactly what you want. On the other hand, sometimes this fails: "Move this page" complains that the target page already exists.
I haven't been able to figure out any rhyme or reason as to why it sometimes succeeds and why it sometimes fails. Anybody know?
To whom it may concern,
My name is Nikki and I am a year 11 student at Rochedale State High School. As a course requirement at school, I have been asked to do an assignment on statestics. For my topic I have chosen to anaylse the scores in Bledisloe Cup matches, however it is difficult to obtain this information. I have asked Rugby Australia for their assistance but have not heard back from them as yet. Wikipedia has provided me with the best information so far, however I need to know the specific scores of each game, not just how many games were won by each country during the series. I can't start my assignemtn until I get this information, so please I am asking anyone who knows this information or who knows where to get this information to help me. My e-mail is rainbowsprinkles99@hotmail.com. Thank you all, your help will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Nikki :-)
What year did the Bank of England remove the gold sovereign as part of the every day currency needed to pay for articles, clothing, etc.? --Unsigned comment from village pump
To make distinctions between Berg Murder and Abu Ghraib prison abusers:
Answer a few Questions that cloud who dunnit?:
Who issues Orange Jumpsuits for its Prisoners? Who has white plastic lawn chairs in its prisons, like the chair Berg was sitting in and appeared in other pictures of Abu Ghraib prison? Who uses military time on its Videos? Whose facilities has dingy yellow colored smooth walls? What kind of men stand feet apart at parade rest? Whose guards have white hands and a gold wedding band on the ring finger? Whose guards are often overweight with paunchy stomachs? Whose guards have AK-47's? Who would mutter "Thy will be done" (heard in the background) at the beheading? Which side desperately needed a timely refocus away from the prison abuse scandals?
Don in Seattle
Dear reference desk people,
shouldn't non-online references (books, papers etc.) be used in articles of an academic character ?
I could find none since i've started to wander through Webopaedia.
Regards,
Hgfernan
02:18, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
The Youth Group to which I am attached at our local church (St Mary's Amersham) have decided to protest on behalf of two Chinese Christian leaders, one Protestant and one Catholic, who have, according to Amnesty International, been imprisoned or otherwise restrained because of their faith. They have composed a letter for each and are collecting signatures. I had the idea that getting the various documents translated into Chinese would present the project in a better light. Is there anyone who would be prepared to perform such a translation? The texts to be translated would be posted on sub-pages of my user-page to provide full disclosure and allow cross-checking if necessary. I am aware that there are two Chinese wikipedias: Traditional and Simple; whether or not two translations of our documents would be good is open to question (I would assume "yes"). Please post any offers of help, suggestions for procedure, or indeed properly-founded objections to my use of Wikipedia thuswise, to my talk page. (I have not posted any such text yet, so don't knock yourselves out looking :-) NB: this is not an official Amnesty International project, they were simply the source of our information, so don't go asking them, they almost certainly won't have heard of us. They should have heard of the subjects, however, should anyone require further confirmation once the source documents are posted.. -- Phil | Talk 13:59, May 17, 2004 (UTC)
I have been searching the net for the answer of my question and run into a brick wall with all my search attempts, I know that basic quantum computers have been made but I would like to know who invented the first quantum computer?
Also any general information you could provide, and links to other sources of information about quantum computers themselves would be very helpful to me.
Thanks for your time David
I am a trademark lawyer writing a paper on the use of trademarks on the internet, and am curious to know whether Wikipedia has received "cease-and-desist" messages from trademark owners asking that the site refer to the registration status of their marks. I've checked over the copyright/copyleft information on the site, but haven't seen anything about trademarks. If you have received warning messages from corporate trademark owners, what have you done in response--changed definitions? Added disclaimers? Does Wikipedia have a policy in place for dealing with such requests? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your prompt response. My own brief response, which is not to be construed as a legal opinion (sorry, I had to say it), is that your decision not to acknowledge trademarks was not an incorrect one. Encyclopedias and dictionaries fall under a sort of "reporting exception" to trademark law, by which I mean that they attempt to describe language as it is used, and the law cannot fault them for the non-commercial use of such trademarks. The issue becomes a contentious one for trademark owners when their marks are in danger of becoming generic; if an encyclopedia or dictionary records, for example, the mark KLEENEX as the generic for a facial tissue, a court would consider that authoritative evidence that the mark was indeed generic, and Kimberly-Clark would be in danger of losing its trademark rights to the KLEENEX mark. I know several lexicographers who have reported getting nastygrams from big corporations trying to prevent them from using their marks generically in dictionaries; however, there is no legal basis upon which a trademark owner could technically force a dictionary to exclude a term. I had been curious as to whether Wikipedia had ever had to deal with a similar nastygram.
To Anarion
Thank you for your explanation on why the DVD hestitates. You say that there is not any way to prevent this except by not using double layering. Does that mean that you are able to buy a recordable DVD that is single layered? If that is the case then we should be able to eliminate the problem, although I assume that we also sacrifice record time - by half?
Thanks for your help.
Ross Lambourn,
18th May.
I have an old Blue iMac with 64mb, and am running Yellow Dog 2.3 on it. It is paaiinfuully sloooow. I want to run a web browser and a word processor / spredsheet that is Word 2000 compatible (more or less, no need for 100%). Is there a better distribution? Are there things I could do to tweak the setup I have to make it more usable? Appreciate that this is not the right forum, but have exhausted all of the linux/mac resources I could find. Thanks! 207.189.98.44 17:40, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Using Gnome already...
Great - thanks - I did manage to install Fluxbox, but I was such a raving noob that I couldn't make any sense of it. I couldn't find any of my apps, and gave up after a couple of hours. I couldn't find any tutorials or anything that didn't assume a whole lot of knowledge. They all seemed to be about writing scripts. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks!
Can u pls tell me if the inner core or the outer core of the earth is spinning in order to form the magnetical field. it may be a stupid question but i've seen the film "the core" where they said the liquid core was moving, that is the outer core. and in here it was written that the inner core is moving, the solid part, maybe a little faster than the earth. pls answer. iri
hello i would like some information regarding the inventor, or the inventor team of the precast concrete paneling system?
My name is Linda Garcher. I am the mother of Ron McDoles great nephew. He is currently experiencing epilepsy. His Father Roland (Ron) Mcdole 2nd informed me of His uncles migrain headaches while he was playing for the Houston Oilers. Although there is mention of it in one of your articles, there is no explanation as to what may have caused them. Was there ever a diagnosis? What was the outcome? How did he go on to play for the Bills? Was it indeed epilepsy? Please research this and get back to me.
Forever grateful, Linda Lou Garcher
Help me settle something with my mother. I have asked her to quit drinking for health reasons, I at least asked her to stop drinking Vodka. I thought I heard somewhere that Vodka goes through the liver faster than other alcohols. Is this true. If I am right, she will change her habits. Please Help. Jim Shook
Well, as this article shows the origins are a bit fragmented, but there's some names there to get you started. -- bodnotbod 23:38, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
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I have been researching my memory with yourhelp for the 1960 Dallas Texans. You have a lot of infomation n the team and founder Lamar Hunt. I recall a quarterback named Cotton Davidson that first year. Do you have any info on him.
Meaning 2 of noun in my dictionary: "a word except a pronoun used in a sentence as subject or object of a verb, as object of a preposition, as the predicate after a copula, or as a name in an absolute construction". Absolute means "standing in an unusual relation to the rest of the sentence; for instance, modifying the entire sentence itself." How would a noun be used in an absolute construction?
Hmm, things seem to have gone off on a tangent here. In English, a noun is used in an absolute construction in what is known as a nominative absolute, which is a phrase that consists of a noun (or pronoun) followed by a participle (*not* a gerund) plus the complement of the phrase which can be nothing, an adjective, or a noun/pronoun forming the object of the participle, with perhaps an adverb thrown in too. The first noun/pronoun essentially forms the subject of the participle. We can see the participial nature of the verb because it's quite possible to have a passive (past) participle and not just an active (present) participle ... so with an -ed and no -ing, it ain't no gerund :-)
The active/passive difference can easily be seen:
As a bit of as aside, although the first noun is the subject of the phrase, we English just can't bear to use the nominative case absolutely:
even though the expanded constructions would presumably be I did it, He said it. So we get nominative absolutes of the form:
which some grammarians have called the accusative absolute. Don't listen to them; just tell them we English like our absolute pronouns to be in what they would call the accusative, regardless of whether the absolute pronoun is functioning as a subject or object. Spellbinder 21:45, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
What happened to the city of Chubb . I have relatives who came from there and would like to visit the present "Chubb" Linda L
What is the difference between Prescion and Non Precision Instruments and Checking Gauges?
was there ever a #46 on the team ? and if so who was he?
A strange question for this page but I hold the brains here in high esteem. I'm writing a humorous short story. At one point a character relates an anecdote about getting drunk and ending up at a chamber music or string quartet recital. He is desperate to urinate but is too blind drink to move. So he waits for the moment he senses the applause is about to occur and allows himself to release into the back of the chair in front of him. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong moment and the applause does not come. He is left with the sound of his... well, I'm sure you follow.
What I'm after is a bit of music that would be very soothing, played only by string quartet or in chamber fashion (please tell me which it is) and then has a pause for the next movement (where no applause would occur). Ideally it would be great if it were to end on a solitary violin, holding a high note, and fading. I would prefer it to be a quiet, introspective piece, with no staccato business, no bumptiousness. Very low key. Anybody got the perfect suggestion? -- bodnotbod 19:14, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
Hello;
My name is Gregory Davis, and I thank you for taking the time out to answer this question for me. My best friend and I are at odds about the wrestlers listed above in the subject field. My best friend seems to think that Jueventeau, and Chavo Jr. are the same people. Please tell him that this is not so!! He says that Jueventeau has taken on the roll of Chavo Jr., is this true? If my memory serves me right, these wrestlers are two different people. They were two different people in the WCW, and they are still two different people today. Also, these two wrestlers are of no relation to each other, has that also changed? I am out to prove a point to my best friend that he is not always right! So please, just for me, set this stupid friend of mine straight, and tell him that these wrestlers are two totally different people, or at least were two different people. And if you can, please send proof of your info, just so that I can shut him up. thanks a million for your help. Please send your response to thablindlegend@bellsouth.net . I am not a subscriber as of yet, but I intend on becomeing one real soon. If I have misspelled any words in this letter, then please excuse me, and I apoligize for my mistakes. We have a chicken dinner at stake here, so please make me the right one in this dispute.
Gregory L. Davis
Does anyone know more about the cake cutting problem and methods for arriving at a fair solution? -- Eequor 01:01, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
There, I've written the article for fair division. Thanks! I... don't know... how to wikify it! Ahhh! Where can it be linked to? -- Eequor 15:23, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Ha. Funny, that cheered me up this morning! Mark Richards 18:20, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
A while ago someone lent me a novel piece of classical music. I've lost touch with that person, and can't for the life of me figure out what it was. Do the following characteristics ring any bells:
Does this sound familiar to anyone? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 01:27, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Yeah. So, er, how exactly does one address Eastern Orthodox clergy? - Penta 04:39, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Is CO heavier or lighter than air--does it reside nearer the ceiling or the floor in undisturbed air.
thanks
So in theory, if you had a sealed box, would the gases in air 'settle out' or remain mixed? Mark Richards 16:43, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Was Theodore Roosevelt a liberal or a conservative?
Does this sound like the motherboard was short-circuited?
If the motherboard was short-circuited, and since the laptop motherboard is stuck inside the laptop, does this mean the laptop is useless and needs to be replaced entirely? Thanks. -- Quester 23:38, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Any idea what this bird is? Image:Juvenile Gull 800.jpg When I took the picture I thought it was a juvenile Herring Gull. But the eyes are dark - and an adult Herring Gull's eyes are yellow, I'm not sure if they change. I wondered if it could be a young Great Black-backed Gull. The beak of the Great Black-backed Gull is black when young (yellow later) I'm not sure if the same is true of the Herring Gull. Or it could be something very different. Scale is difficult to see without something else in the picture - but it was large, about the size of a Herring Gull if I recall. the piture was taken in Devon. Can anyone help? -- sannse (talk) 09:17, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi...
I stumbled across your site while looking for a specific (1 or more) Japanese proverb for "persistance"
Could you forward a few or direct me to where I could find it?
thank you..
Mark ps... I love your site. It is very informative.
Hi,
Have you ever heard of the McTaggert family, the family of printers during the Revolutionary Period? I'm looking for information on Thomas Adrian McTaggert specifically.
Thanks,
Curtiss
Why are British cabinet ministers called "secretary" while other Commonwealth ministers are called "minister"? -- Jia ng 21:57, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
A bit unrelated, but in Chile the cabinet memebers are "ministers", while their seconds are "sub-secretaries"...don't ask me why...-- AstroNomer 12:13, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
where ca I obtain "brodiaea" plant or seed that has a potato like tubers that are edible. It is or was used as food by some California Native Americans. I want to propigate some experimentaly.
You could put a request here: [9] I have no experience of the site, though - so you might want to navigate around it and see if it's trustworthy first. I suppose it might help others seeking to assist you if you tell us which country you live in. -- bodnotbod 16:12, May 23, 2004 (UTC)
The term "corn" is found frequently in translations of Josephus, the Bible, other documents, and clearly refers to some type of grain. "Corn" (maize), however, is native to the Americas and was unknown in the Old World until the 16th Century. What plant is being referred to in these ancient texts that has come to be translated as "corn"?
Spelling inconsistencies in modern english can be attributed to the fact that the spelling used in BEOWULF was the main influence for the future pronunciation of english words True or False
Before the great vowel shift the word right would have rhymed with what modern word... feet/tight/bait/spat or none
Did old English have third person object forms?
Will you please file "Twentieth Century-Fox" under "T" alphabetical word-form when doing a formal reference for this studio, since that's how they copyright their end credits, using the worded name of this studio. Thanks for putting the other studios under their alphabetical letter proper. What about a seperate underlined blue or purple entry for Battle For The Planet of the Apes and reference to it being at the turn of this (21st) century ? A bold-face "The" is needed in "The Love Boat" reference and will there be a seperate reference to "Hardcastle & McCormick" and "T.J. Hooker" ?
k.karpinski@comcast.net
I'm looking for the correct runic spelling of the name Ragnveld, which I'm told is the norse root of my name, Ronald. If anyone has information on this I appreciate your sharing it.
Thanks
What is the difference between an academic field, and an academic discipline. I wrote a paper using the two words interchangeably, but got a comment back asking 'what is it, a field or a discipline?'
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This will, possibly, not be a simple question to answer. Assume the following:
How would these four factors interact?
I can be reached at stproof@yahoo.com. Don't hurry, please. I want to get the interaction right. Thank you.
During its peak, was the Soviet Union's military the most powerful in the world, even more powerful than the United States military at the time?
I've now more than once came across the claim the strawberry yoghurt does not contain many strawberries. The claim sounds credible because (a) strawberries are indeed to expensive when compared with the low price of fruit yoghurt and (b) in the European Union which has rather tight laws about ingredients declarations, the ingredients lists of all strawberry yoghurt brands (except one) in my local supermarket in fact sound suspicious: it says Fruchtzubereitung (fruit preparation) and natürliche Aromen (natural flavouring).
Now I remember having read that said prepared and unspecified fruit is actually some not very well knwon North American fruit which has hardly any taste of its own but a texture very reminiscent of strawberries. And the natural flavouring is claimed to be an extract from the bark of some tree species.
Anybody knows, whether this is true, and if so, which fruit, and which tree's bark is used? TIA! Sanders muc 09:46, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
just want to say thanks for putting true information out there.
What is the grammatical or linguistic term for the verb fall in "I saw him fall"? Is it an infinitive ("I saw him [to] fall"), which is a type of verbal? Please help.
- Yes, indeed it is an infinitive. Traditional grammar would have called the construction "him fall" an accusative and infinitive and it existed even in Old English (that's as far back as 1100). It does accurately describe the phrase (accusative being the case of the object him) but it leaves a very similar English construction without a name, that where there is no accusative (i.e.object) but just an infinitive. Examples are the best way to see what's happening.
1) Neither finite verb nor infinitive has no object:
2) The infinitive can take an object:
3) The finite verb can have an object:
4) Both finite verb and infinitive can have an object.
Of course, only certain finite verbs are capable of taking a following infinitive. Furthermore, some verbs require their infinitive to be prefixed by to, others require the bare infinitive, and the verb help is an oddity in that it can take either.
But not
Hope this helps. Spellbinder 22:25, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
What does "rate of prime plus 6%" mean when speaking of interest of an overdue payment? --Thanks, Interested
Hi,
I'm writing this question from the Haida village of Kasaan, Alaska. I've been studying Haida culture for many years, and would like to know who submitted the materials from the page entitled "Haida Mythology". I do not see any sources quoted on the page. I'm a Haida, and was amazed to find this, since I've never seen the references to the gods before. I would like to write to the authors. Are they acedemics, or what?
Thanks,
Della A. Coburn
There are several anonymous users who have contributed material, it would be hard to track them down. Of the users who have accounts, User:Elegor, User:TUF-KAT, User:Meb, User:Fabiform, User:Maximus Rex, User:Average Earthman, and User:Ausir have edited this page, although whether they contributed material, or simply re-arranged it, I didn't look. You could try asking them, or leaving a message on the talk page of Haida mythology ( Talk:Haida mythology). Mark Richards 23:45, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
Della, we could really use more First Nations contributors, especially in Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic Groups. Too few of the articles on First Nations ethnic groups have any contributions or review from members of the relevant group. If you or people you know would like to get in any way involved, please feel very welcome. If I can help in any way, let me know. -- Jmabel 17:15, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
Do giraffes live in the Australian Outback?
We're the only country in the world to possess wild camels, indeed. Giraffes are limited to zoos here. The first giraffe to come to Australia was imported from Africa in 1935 to live in Taronga Zoo, in Sydney. DO'Neil 10:44, May 26, 2004 (UTC)
The wild giraffes were all eaten by the drop bears. Κσυπ Cyp 14:32, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello,
Well, my friends and I have been having a discussion about drugs, and mainly meth. We all gave our two-cents worth of our thoughts, opinions, facts, etc...but one thing that we can't all agree on is the duration that Crystal Meth is in your system after you stop smoking it. I heard somewhere around a month, 28 days I believe it was, but one friend interrupted me and said that she heard it only stays in your system for approximately 5 days. So, we want the truth...If you know how long meth stays in your system please let us know.
Thank you!
Sincerely, All of us!!!
Can anyone tell me how I might learn a few words in the Towa/Tewa and Jicarilla Apache languages? Are there any on-line or published dictionaries for these tongues?
-- 208.20.220.69 17:46, 26 May 2004 (UTC)Harold Chisamore hakchis@core.com
When, if ever, have Scottish MP's hindered a Law being passed in England? In a recent conversation on politics, I was informed that while Engish MP's could not vote to change Scottish law, that the Scots could however, prohibit the introduction of new laws in England! Is this true and if so, when was the last time this ever happened? Any help you can offer would obviously enlighten me. Thank you Jan Pepper
What do you want to know about them? -- bodnotbod 17:18, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
When going through a folder of old forms from a mortuary in a genealogy library, I came across a type of coffin called an "abortion coffin." This was prior to 1907(I haven't gotten any further) and it wasn't just for an infant, in fact a couple were for men. Can you help me find out about this?
What does the expression "angels in the architecture" mean, and what does it refer to? Is there an expression for seeing conspiracies or intrigues that aren't really there? I feel like there is an expression similar to that, or "the devil's in the details", but both of these are not quite right. It's something like "you're seeing _____ in _____", to indicate that you're seeing things that aren't really there. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 16:37, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
Without a doubt the phrase is older than that. Mark Richards 21:30, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
-- bodnotbod 01:34, May 28, 2004 (UTC)
Angels In The Architecture
- Alteripse 08:07, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
I've never been able to get this straight.
I'm still using a dial-up modem (I know, I know) and it currently tells me I'm connected at 44,000bps. The article on bps tells me that a capitalised B would mean bytes and a small b bits. Now, I used to have a ZX Spectrum which had 48k of memory.
What I want to know is, am I getting about 44k a second of data down my phone line? Or is it 1/8th of that? Or something else? My guess is the 1/8th.
Because, even though I know the rest of the western world has moved on - and I shall almost certainly get broadband myself within a couple of years - I still find it impressive my phone line could load up Jet Set Willy in 1 or 8 seconds or... well, help me.... -- bodnotbod 19:36, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
I seem to recall that the cassette player on my BBC Micro was about 1200 baud. Mark Richards 20:31, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
On a tangent, about "the rest of the western world has moved on--" Just not true. As long as broadband is so much more expensive than dial-up (which can still be had for free or practically nothing), there will be many more people dialing up than not. Those of us in high-tech positions at high-tech companies or schools (I'm guessing the majority of wikipedians) forget that there are many low-tech people with very old computers and small budgets who can't or don't want to do broadband. I'm smack dab in Silicon Valley, but among my 150 or so dog agility club members, by far the majority use dial-up. And they're having a rough time in the universe of super-graphic, java-scripted, animated, fancy-formatted, email-intensive web sites and communication. Just worth remembering... Elf | Talk 05:10, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
I am now 60 years and 10 months old and in full time employment. Can anyone tell me if I am entitled to public transport travel passes? Roy Parsons
could you please settle an argument was a king beheaded in kingston and then his head was used as a football thanks
To Whom It May Concern,
I am an Australian Resident seeking to find out the location details (Store Address, Contact Numbers, Emails Addreses) of a few of the Supermarkets listed on one of your pages.
The Supermarkets are as follows:
France:- Carrefour at Courcourones/Paris
- Auchan- Intermache- Super U- Casino- Leaderprice
New Caledonia:- Casino Supermarkets (May be Carrefour ...Ballande
I would appreciate any assistance you could h=give me in realtion to the above mentioned, or point me in the right direction...
Kind Regards
Heidi Johnson Secretary Windsor Farm Foods Pty Ltd
Could someone give an example of a tagmeme? My dictionary defines it as "a constituent of a meaningful grammatical relation that cannot be analyzed into smaller meaningful features and that may be marked by features of word order, selection of allomorphs, agreement with finite verb forms, and elaboration by preceding adjectival modifiers."
Is the term "war on terror" linguistically accurate? Shouldn't it really be "war on terrorism"? Was terror misappropriated by the US/UK coalition to mean terrorism? Or has terror always been a synonym of terrorism? Or is the coalition aiming to remove all possible moments of pronounced fear from the world, period?
At terror we have it as a popular term which loosely refers to the politically-motivated violence against civilians, linking to terrorism. I guess I'm wondering if using terror to mean terrorism only gained popular usage following 9/11.
-- Chopchopwhitey 07:58, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
"Terror" is an older term now styled "Terrorism":
-- Jerzy (t) 14:46, 2004 May 28 (UTC)
I don't agree with Finlay McWalter's statement that British journalists only use it ironically; just a quick google shows that both the BBC and The Times use War on Terror to summarize all the related news items: BBC [11] and Times [12]. I think he's right about British politicians though; since the controversy about what's the right title, they'll probably err on the side of caution. Of course, if you want to be really correct, you ought to call it The War on the Terrorism that We Disapprove Of ....since the NSOED defines terrorist (after the French Revolution sense) as A person who uses and favours violent and intimidating methods of coercing a government or community. which seems to cover those American warders in Abu Gharib nicely. <Runs and ducks for cover :) > Spellbinder 15:18, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello
I am trying to locate a copy of the book, Les Fetes Nationales a Paris, by the French anti-Semite Edouard Drumont. Unfortunately the book is currently missing from the NYPL. Do you have any suggestions where I might find the book to purchase or at another library in the USA? Many thanks! Dr. Laura Morowitz
Would much appreciate names and phones of Bed and Breakfast Reservation Agencies for Washington State (or Nation wide). Martha Watson Murphy mentions the "Bed and Breakfast Reservation Center Nationwide (ph. 1800 388 4403" in her book "How to Start and Operate your own Bed and Breakfast". But this number is no longer in service.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Always love, light and laughter;
Leticia Huber (leticia@loshuber.com)
I have been searching to discover any dandelion species that may be what I have in my garden. It is 54 inches (4.5 feet)tall as of right now and seems to be growing consistantly. It has about ten buds that look almost identical to dandelion flowers heads when opened...during the noon hours. Then close back up at night. It is a tall stalk and the leaves pertrude out I would say between 5-6 inches. On the edges and tips of the leaves are pricklys that prick only when touched on the right angle. If you have any information on what this may be or if you know please contact me at strawbryshrtck42@aol.com
Going by logic, the queen's husband is the King. So why Mr Phillip isn't a king? Nichalp 19:07, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
-- Arwel 22:36, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
It's not just Kings and Queens - while a woman marrying a man with a British title automatically acquires the female form of that title (if one exists), it doesn't work the other way around (yes, it's sexist, but that's the way it works). The wife of The Earl of Shrewsbury is The Countess of Shrewsbury, but the husband of The Countess of Mar (who holds that title in her own right) is not The Earl of Mar. (Perhaps confusingly, the husband of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma is The Lord Brabourne, but he holds that title in his own right.) The wife of Sir John Smith is Lady Smith, but the husband of Dame Jane Smith is just Mr John Smith, unless he has a title himself. To take a famous example, when Margaret Thatcher became The Lady Thatcher, her husband did not become The Lord Thatcher, but remained Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt. Exactly the same principle applies to the monarchy - The Duke of Edinburgh had to be specifically given all his titles, because he wouldn't acquire any on marriage to The Queen. Proteus (Talk) 23:00, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
The UK fields a united Olympic team, but separate teams for Cricket, football and rugby. Why not a unified cricket team OR team England competing in the Olympics? Nichalp 19:21, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
Corretion to Fish and Chips: I have lived in England for over fifty years and eaten Fish and Chips all over, I have never heard of anyone using "Onion Juice" I think either someone is pulling your leg or they have missunderstood, We do eat Pickled Onions with Fish and Chips. --anon
Hi
I've set up a couple Wiki's (MediaWiki 1.25) myself, and need to do some math in one of them. I'm having a fight getting math rendering enabled - I think this should be documented better (or even simplified) - was thinking that it'd Just Work, but it sure doesn't. Am out to enable it in my Wiki on SourceForge in particular - that's hard 'cause I have less access than at home - and on my home Wiki as well, that's just quite a bit of work.
Phew. Hope it'll be easier in the future :)
Frodo42 20:30, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
My name is Darcie F. Hilton-Sniegiecki and I can remember my dad speaking about a Gus Hilton. My Father's names is Duff Fenimore Hilton. My Grand father was John Presley Hilton. I think my Great Grand Father is James William Hilton. I know it was William for sure. My dad is still living and claimed that we were kinned to Conrad Hilton. My Grandfather (John Presley) and Conrad were cousins". My Grandfather was suppose to have helped Conrad in Construction work on the first Hilton Hotel. This was in West Texas. My Gradfather lived in Arkansas and then moved to West Texas then to Almagordo New Mexico where he and my Grand Mother Hilton died. They called my Grandma Hilton "TANK" She had a temper. Grandpa showed Dad where the money that had been stolen back long ago from some kin folks of Conrad's in the New Mexico Mountains. My dad and his dad hunted these Mountains as my dad was a young boy. It is my dad's dream to go locate this money for historical reasons. This money is untouched today sitting in the New Mexico Mountains where my Father hunted as a child. Dad said it was down in the bottoms where His dad and him would hunt. I think it would be neat to recover the Hilton Stolen Money. It was Stolen from some Federal Bank Many many years ago. My dad is 63 and this was when he was extremely young hunting with his dad in the canyons. I have been trying to contact the Hilton Family just to see if these stories are true.
Does anybody know what carboxyhemoglobin is?
But what are the effects of having carboxyhemoglobin?
Two related questions on Mexico I can’t find an answer for:
Thanks in advance for any help. Anárion 13:29, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
(moved from "Bladder extrophy", which was then deleted.)
HI, I am a parent of a child born with extrophy of the bladder. I would like to hear from other parents of children born with this odd and frightening disorder..Aside from physical,It has affected not only just our child but his father,myself and his brother. Would like to hear from someone else and how it has affected their lives as well.. Thank You, Alicia alwaysforever24@yahoo.com
Your medical practitioner can likely put you in touch with support groups for this - Bladderexstrophy.com/support also seems like a good shot for a first try. Mark Richards 15:48, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I would like to have some detailed information on how to create non governmental organization. This may include like how to register for, where to register it and what things should be done first before reaching the final process of registering. 152.163.252.198
Does the new software officially support Unicode in page titles now?
It seems to work, more or less:
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingMdash—TestingMdash
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingMdash—TestingMdash
Wikipedia:Sandbox/TestingNdash–TestingNdash
Wikipedias in some other languages have to use Unicode in their page titles... but is it fully supported for the English wikipedia now?
Ever since the latest software for Wikipedia was introduced a few days ago, combining diacritical marks don't work properly on Cyrillic letters anymore (using Internet Explorer and Windows XP).
Consider:
The above is written not with the ISO-8859-1 character ó but as f- o- U+0301 o- b- a- r, where U+0301 is the combining acute accent. This correctly displays the acute accent over the first o.
Now consider the same thing in Russian:
This incorrectly displays the acute accent (stress mark) over the second о rather than over the first (using Internet Explorer and Windows XP).
This screws up a number of pages where Cyrillic is given for a person's name (eg Josef Stalin) with combining acute accent to indicate which syllables are stressed.
Now here's the odd thing. This can't be Wikipedia's fault, since viewing page source shows that it is simply outputting the same Unicode that was input on page creation. It must somehow be a Windows XP or Internet Explorer issue. Yet this used to work... it used to display correctly until the new Wikipedia software was introduced a few days ago, and I haven't upgraded Windows XP or IE in any way since then.
How can this be?
I am glad world war 3 never happened, but curious to know why the Soviet Union never invaded Europe.
There were also mixed opinions in the SU about whether invading Europe would be a good idea, even if militarily possible. Mark Richards 15:45, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
what dates and time did the uss new orleans recieve there miltary awards and why.
How come Latin American nations do not develop and prosper? Chile and Argentina are rich in natural resources yet they still are third world countries. Will Latin America ever develop like Europe and Canada and the USA?
I just traveld to Norway about a week ago and I noticed that the Scandinavians are very white and pale. How come scandinavians have extremely light skin color to the point that some of them look like albinos?
Yeah, or a version that is more friendly to PDAs and phones. Kent Wang 01:41, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
St. Olmet
I am looking for information on a person--a saint-- called St. Olmet. We live in a village in SW France called Olmet. I recently discovered that in the 17th century it was called "ST. OLMET" . Does anyone have further information? Are there other sources?
Thank you
Dale Egee egee.art@btinternet.com
Does the most recent version of the Fortran programming language allow embedded spaces in identifiers like the older FORTRAN IV did? - Bevo 19:39, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
DO 10 I = 1
What are the common causes of a computer running Windows (98 if being specific helps) freezing? That is, no blue screen of death, no reboot, just a complete freeze that leaves you reaching for the power/reset switch?
Please can we take the answer: running Windows as read? ;o) -- bodnotbod 22:51, Jun 1, 2004 (UTC)
How often does it freeze? Is the fault replicable? Can you 'cause' it to hang? Mark Richards 23:18, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies. Somebody used the magic word overheated. I had originally phrased the question to include the fact that it was VERY hot and humid in my room that day - but I didn't want to lead the jury and thought it would be interesting to hear all the possibilities. Hmmm... guess I ought to look at the fan, it's probably clogged up with dirt. -- bodnotbod 17:28, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
is the platypus the only poisonous mammal? Kent Wang 23:38, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Can someone who knows Japanese please tell what the Kanji on this picture is? →Raul654 04:39, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
It's 'kotobuki', meaning 'long life' or 'longevity'. Written in print like this: 寿 -- Auximines 08:07, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Just a guess, but Jack Ham was born, or Hideki Tojo died, right? If you were looking for something else, please let us know.
I will like the Bielefeld white pages, I need only that "Cors" letters. Thank you
can anyone help me find the family of my dads sister winnie peters maiden name morgan.its been 57yrs since i have seen any of my aunties and ive been trying along time ,i now live in the nederlands and i would like to find them before i get to old as im now 64.so if anyone can help let me no .they lived in st ives and my uncle was lost at sea .thank you joyce van der hoeven-morgan e-mail hoeven174@hetnet.nl
Hello, I have an obtuse triangle. I know the lenght of the two shortest sides, I'm trying to calculate the lenght of the longest side. It's been awhile since high school, can anyone help?
C12H18CI2N2O I would like to find out what these are.
Only 3 nations have the ability to project military power anywhere in the world, the USA, Britain, and France. But how exactly does a nation project power? Is it by its navy? How come big military spenders like Russia and China lack the ability to project power around the world? - Anonymous 1
I was trolling around "Recent changes" and ended up finding not one, not two, but three changes Bobblewik had made in articles which used the term " Great Britain" to " Britain".
So what is the correct term you say? That's what I'm asking too, and I'd like to hear your opinion on it too.
The formal name of the country is not England or Britain or Great Britain, it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, so to an extent both terms were wrong, even the one by Bobblewik, but why is Bobblewik changing them all to "Britain" instead of the " United Kingdom of Great Britain"?
I'd like to hear Bobblewik.
The distinctions here are gone into in great length on United Kingdom, Great Britain etc etc. For the larger political unit, UK is the preffered very short term, United Kingdom otherwise, British an ok adjective form. Of course, if you mean Great Britain instead of the UK, then use that. Mark Richards 15:01, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain has never existed, which is why that article redirects. The Kingdom of Great Britain has not existed since 1801. "UK" is the correct short name of the state, "British" is the usual adjective (unless you are referring to Northern Ireland from an Irish nationalist point of view), and if you're not being pedantic "Britain" and "Great Britain" are usually viewed as synonymous with "UK". Strictly "Great Britain" refers to the largest island, and often the small islands surrounding it too; "GB" are the identification letters carried on the back of all UK cars travelling abroad, and "G" is the country's prefix on aircraft registrations. -- Arwel 15:46, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I always though the Britain came from Bretange(?) which is the french name for Brittany in NW France. But I'm not sure.. if this is right then calling Great Britain "Britain" is definitely wrong, even though "British" refers to GB pretty much exclusively! Chuq 02:11, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I've Googled and it tells me "Real Prawn Crackers are made from Starch, Prawns & Salt". Are there any other snacks that have a purely starch base? I'm assuming prawn crackers are fried, am I right? If so, what does starch look like beforehand? Is it like a flimsy pasta-like substance? Does starch contain gluten? This is a lot of questions, isn't it? -- bodnotbod 19:38, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
I appear to have started a transatlantic scoffing war. -- bodnotbod 15:21, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
Is there a name for a kind of novel where the plot is advanced via letters, notes, announcements, etc? I'm thinking of novels like The Color Purple or Up the Down Staircase. Joyous 22:01, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
While working through TB's misspelled links list, I came across some links to the (non-existent) article Arthur_Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, with the suggestion that perhaps they should point to our article Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex. Fair enough, simple misspelling. But a bit more research reveals that the situation might be more complicated. Our article (with the spelling "Capel") is from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, so might presumably be expected to be right. However, I found this page which spells his name "Capell", citing their source as "Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000."
How can we figure out which is right?
The name shifts back and forth from Capel to Capell. Strict orthography is a modern thing, and not something the Earls of Essex were much concerned with, as they wouldn't use a surname after becoming earl. CP list the Earls of the 1661 creation as:
P.S. I hope we have an account of the death of the 1st Earl in the Tower of London.... Lord Ailesbury wrote: "The Earl asked very coldly for a razor to cut his nails, and being accustomed so to do gave no manner of suspicion. He went into a small closet," where his servant afterward found him "dead and wallowing in blood"... the assumption being that the reason he "cutt his own throat with a knife" was because of his knowledge of the Rye House Plot.
My suggestion would be to create it with the Capell spelling and create a redirect to if from the Capel spelling. - Nunh-huh 03:54, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Where can I find free online exploded view drawings for boxcars and other railroad freight cars?
What is the best Linux distribution? (BSD Included) Although there is much discussion and debate about this, and although it may be as stupid and pointless as choosing arguing for a best colour, I want to see your opinions anyhow. :)
What is the best Linux(BSD) distribution for:
and generally for:
Off the top of my head:
You may also want to do a search on LinuxQuestions.org, where variations on this question have been raised thousands of times, with more than enough ensuing discussion to keep you reading for weeks :-) -- Wapcaplet 22:56, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
hi, I'm looking for information of the above name subject. I think the name is an Appegioni. created for a Schumann concerto.. not very sure, but Pablo Casals played it before..
anyone with an answer please email me at alyky0201@yahoo.com
It's the arpeggione, as Catherine says. Just for the record, Schumann didn't write a concerto for the arpeggione (hardly anybody wrote anything for it) but did write a cello concerto; "viola da gamba" and "viol" are essentially different names for the same family of (fretted) instruments; and the bass viol has about the same pitch as the cello, so Casals wasn't being that idiosyncratic, really (other cellists have played things originally for the bass viol on their own instrument-- Janos Starker recorded the Bach sonatas, for instance). -- Camembert
Also, please note that the best place for this type of question is Wikipedia:Help desk. Meelar 23:14, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Is it harmful to a laptop if it is turned on 24/7 for days or even weeks, without rebooting or giving it a rest (turning it off) every now and then? Will this tire the laptop out and make it more problem-prone?
Thanks.
I would like to know how the Church of Scotland uses the bagpipe in their worship services, if at all. Are they mainly used for processionals and recessionals? Are they played outdoors or inside? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Janet Johnson jj7@nesbeonline.com
Comment, and discussion, moved to Talk:Languages in Star Wars by Finlay McWalter | Talk
Since when has Egypt ever been considered apart of Asia?
When did this occurrence happen? I always thought it was apart of Africa.
Moved from Wikipedia:Help desk by Meelar
Alternatopia is one way of thinking about utopia. Most utopias are conscious "eternatopias" where change, once instituted, will never happen again. Alternatopia is the kind of place where alternate visions of what is acceptable exist comfortably with notions of what has always been. The difficulty of alternate versions of today conflicts with today always being the same as yesterday and will be the same tomorrow.
Aaron Schectman Prof. Emeritus Monmouth University Ed.D Rutgers 1972 Master's thesis and doctoral dissertation on Education in Utopia.
info re{ the above manaufacturera. i found a leather covered club chair. the color is a dark tan with nailheads, arms and a wood insert in the back of the chair. if you can help i would appreciate it i would need to reupholster parts of the chair and would like to keep it true to the original. thank you in advance. my email address is dlrob55@yahoo.com
MP=Member of Parliament MHR=Member of the House of Representatives
I have had someone remove all references to Category:Australian MHRs from articles because, "they are called MPs". (Never mind the fact that if you believed that, changing them would be less work - why would you delete them...)
As MHR isn't listed in wikipedia, its a bit hard to do an exact comparison with these. All the google searches I have done [18] [19] [20] have found pages which use the terms interchangably. I figured as the category is for members of the Australian federal government lower house (the House of Representatives), MHR would be more specific than MP - an MP could refer to any member of any Australian state parliament's lower house as well, for example.
I just found this in States and territories of Australia: " Premier of Queensland - The Honorable Peter Beattie MP ( ALP); since June 1998"
I also found List of post-nominal letters which specifies that MP refers to the lower house only - but it doesn't specify the Federal lower house only.
I'd like confirmation from someone else in the know before I ask the user to undo his handywork. Chuq 02:44, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Why are there separate games for women guess players at an international level? Isn't chess all intellectual and not physical (like sports)? Why the segregation? The famous Judit Polgar refuses to play at women-only games, for example. Isn't her point that women-only games are pointless since they could compete in "men's games" and achieve as well, if not better, than men?
Thanks.
Prof. Gerald Sussman and/or company, I'm from Gifam.org. Cd someone recommend me a Free Software that can perform equivalent to Adobe Framemaker? Practically for creating and formatting online directories and composition like Wikipedia and printed technical manuals. Adobe Framemaker is very expensive. Thankyou all. Warm regards, TERakarpo
In 1096, Pope Urban II presented a Gold Rose to Falcone, Count of Angers. Who was Falcon, Count of Angers
As the article states, various things can cause dandruff. seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis are not contagious. However, I did some reading a little while ago about staph and strep (both mentioned in the dandruff article) in relation to dermatitis and I got the impression that most people are carriers of the bacterium but those with conditions which cause the skin to flake (like those I've just mentioned) are responsible for spreading the bacterium widely in a community. However, I seem to remember that spreading the bacterium does not spread dermatitis (and, by extension, a flaky scalp). I believe those suffering from dermatitis do tend to have higher incidence of staph and/or strep infection, though. But it would be nice if someone with more expert knowledge could confirm that.
Looking at the question another way: lets imagine that dandruff is contagious. I would then expect to see campaigns in our schools about scalp hygiene in the same vein as we have in the UK about lice and I would expect people with dandruff to be far more outcast and shunned than they are. -- bodnotbod 18:49, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)
There is a discussion about charging scientists a fee to publish their research in journals, with the idea of reducing the cost to the journal subscribers. It seems crazy to me that scientists should have to pay to increase the world's knowledge base. I'd like to suggest that Wikipedia should actively welcome scientists to publish their work on this site. It seems an ideal place where their research can be peer reviewed and disseminated to the public as fast as possible. I think Wikipedia should suggest their services to the scientists via forums, emails, or whatever other method is most appropriate.
Knowledge should not be throttled back by greedy scientific journals, who would unfairly burden scientists with fees and profit from their work.
The anonymous user 205.188.117.14 created an article with the following content. I deleted the article and moved its contents here. – Jrdioko (Talk) 20:14, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I am seeking information on the Euchner surname from the Oberboihingen region around the 1800-1860. My G-G-Grandfather John was born about 1839 and imigrated to US possibly about 1854. Any connection to parents or siblings would be of assistance. I can be contacted in the US at email chas7116@aol.com. Thank you
Some time ago, I believe I stumbled across an article explaining a technical term for errors introduced deliberately into encyclopedias for the purpose of catching plagiarism. But I can't for the life of me remember the term itself. Anyone know what on earth I'm talking about? -- कुक्कुरोवाच| Talk‽ 23:16, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Ah, excellent! Thanks, all. -- कुक्कुरोवाच| Talk‽ 23:35, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
What is an "Irish tenor"? Is it just a man who's Irish and sings in the tenor register? Or is it a specific voice register? Or someone who sings a particular kind of music? I've found lots of references to "Irish tenors" on Wikipedia, but no explanation of what the word means. -- ESP 04:17, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Hello
When I am loading the wikipedia page on a pocket PC, the search field doesn't even show up... it would be very handy, if the main page was simpler, so that also thinner clients could properly display it. Or if there was a "KISS" (keep it simple and stupid) version of the search page (such as google has), for search only purposes using wikipedia from mobile devices and thin clients.
Thanks for all your work and contribution.
Martin
Does anybody know of a website which lists all US radio and/or TV stations by call letters? I'm writing a story and I want to use call letters that haven't been taken. Rick K 23:47, Jun 10, 2004 (UTC)
Can anyone give me a hint on how I can approximate the correct pronounciation of the names of these Polish cryptographers: Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki and Henryk Zygalski? Thanks! — Matt 08:51, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC) Also... Biuro Szyfrow... — Matt 15:29, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Just had a children's science programme on the television where they had something called (don't know the spelling) "Oilers' disc". It resembles a very large coin. They spun it and it settles like a coin too, except it takes much much longer to come to a stop. And as it does so the speed of its rotation increases and you get a pleasingly high pitched sound before it finally comes to a stop. I want to know where to get one (it looks like a great toy) and a bit more about them. -- bodnotbod 15:27, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
Categories. Toole, Peter O' or O'Toole, Peter? -- bodnotbod 21:55, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
I know that RIM does not release the processor specs for any of its handhelds, but has anyone done any benchmarking of the performance of JAVA apps on BlackBerry vs. Palm or Pocket PC handhelds? Does anyone know what the processor might be? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 23:40, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)
How can relatively large biological organisms (fish etc.) exist in deep oceans. I know that shrimp, and some sole, survive at the bottom of the Mariana Trench - with over 108.6 MPa of pressure. Is it due to them creating a large surface area? -- Oldak Quill 14:14, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
People don't have a lot of trouble with pressure in the sense that you mean it, because water (the body is mostly water) is incompressible for all practical purposes. The issue is with gases in spaces and in solution in the body. Pressure changes wreak havock on these. Mark Richards 03:02, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I am a modeler. I would like to make a Cessna 182 and 172 or 177 cardinal scale model. Does anyone know where I can find three-view outline drawings of these models? best regards, a.alp ülgener aulgener@hotmail.com
what hormones do the pancreas produce
Good Afternoon, I recently purchase a large cooker/steamer at an auction with "C.F. Yount, Farmland, Indiana" stamped into the lid. I tried to research but have found little information. If you could possibly clue me in on anything about the C. F. Yount company and it's products and history, it would add a story to this beautiful copper bottomed steamer that we use so often. Sincerely, Michael Garner mhgarner59@hotmail.com
to people who head about scientific experimentation that talk about testosterone and hands
Moved to the Village pump.
Are there any Frequency modulation stations in Hyderabad, India? Rajasekaran Deepak 13:13, 2004 Jun 13 (UTC)
Would it be tougher for the U.S. to defeat North Korea in an all out war than it was to defeat Iraq?
Well that's the catch with all of these 'could country x beat up country y' questions isn't it? The question isn't really 'could the US defeat NK', but 'What would the collatoral and political cost of doing so'. In this example, although in conventional terms NK has a large troop strength, it is not a match for the US. The problem is that to 'win' (lets not unpack what we mean by that!), the US would have to risk NK nuking SK or some other nearby country, and occupy a potentially hostile civilian population. In the Iraq case of course, it is not the military might of the former govt that is the problem, but that their war aims were not about defeating Iraq on the battlefield, but had broader and vaguer political aims. Compare and contrast the 'first' and 'second' gulf wars. Mark Richards 02:57, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Keep in mind that North Korea has quite high support among it's followers. It's insularity is highly successful - just note the dedication of those who prepare for the Mass Games. As such, NK have a greater potential fighting population at their disposal. If they were to go into total war - they have almost the entire population to use to fight. Of course, also, the possibility of the existance of nuclear weapons, etc... There are far too many factors to consider how the outcome will be. Iraq wasn't so successful in unifying to state, insulating the state - they did not necessarily have too many soldiers who wouldn't back out.-- Oldak Quill 15:20, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Isn't it possible for an apartment neighbor to leech onto their next-door wireless Internet because they are in such a close reception range? Surely wireless Internet company have thought of this? I know that some universities use password before one can access the wireless Internet (otherwise the campus would be nerd-town), but I don't believe domestic wireless is that high-security. -- Quester 16:11, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody know how to pronounce 'Pocky'?, my brother claims that it's pronounced 'Pokey' but I think it's pronounced the way it's spelled. Thank you. 67.160.75.230 21:25, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I live in the Us, but I'm sort of fascinated by all the UK political parties, can somebody point me to a listing or something? Ilyanep 23:17, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone have a picture of E.H.Shepard, the illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh tales?
We were watching a reunion of the Band Berlin and were wondering if the John Crawford in the band is the same Johnny Crawford that starred in the Rifleman??
Thanks for your help...
I have a query that "Why programming language C is considered as a souce code language for kernel design ?".
We can also consider C++, Java or any other high level language as we need a Compiler to transform programming language to machine language, for which compiler for any language can be built.
Plz. don't give answers based on - it's a old language, and more comfortable to assembly language architecture.
I would appreciate in joining a group which discusses questions based on Linux Kernel.
Regards, Mukesh k Srivastava (srimks@msn.com)
IIRC, Linux has actually moved back and forth between C and C++ at least twice. Originally, it was in C (ask Linus why). At one point, someone at least partially converted it to C++ syntax (I think without full object oriented structuring), and in the process cleaned up a lot of declaration problems. That fork didn't catch on (although I think many of the needed changes were backported), as I think it also exposed bugs in the C++ compiler. Other excuses for sticking with C is that the C++ code was slower or bigger or the symbol mangling was ugly or something like that. I thought I heard recent rumors of attempting C++ again, but I haven't paid that close attension, so I'm not sure. -- ssd 01:55, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)