I have two questions:
Thanks very much,-- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 06:03, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
Could someone please identify the following photos: First set is of a weird blue/green ant:
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Second set is of some kind of eucalyptus flower:
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Thanks in advance, -- Fir0002 09:05, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
Hello dear people of Wikipedia
I just have following question, when you go to following website,
http://www.swertcw.com/default.php?c=files&p=movies
and you see all movies that are listed here, these movies using most probably illegal mp3's and illegal tools to make them, can this be seen as copyright infringement??? All movies being hosted on that page include mp3 music(since all of these movies are made with expensive tools such as Adobe After Effects, Sony Vegas and others and mp3 clips are probably imported in these tools). Also music is being used without the hosters having to pay any kind of royalties to the music artists.
Also worth noting is the fact that most guys making these videos are younger kids(16-25y)and seeing as most of these video editing packages cost well over 1000$ I find it all dubious to say the least.
Lemme know under what category this falls ok.
thnx,
Johanssen
PS : also have a look at this page, http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1496&date=20050526
Ok thnx for the answer!!!!!!!!!!
We haven't had a question about citing wikipedia for a while.
I was wondering, if Intel invented the x86 code, then how could AMD and other processor manufacturers manage to make their processors compatible with the x86? Wouldn't it infringing upon Intel's patent/rights etc? After all, they share the exact same assembly language. Also, AFAIK Intel seems to be pretty cool about this. = Nichalp ( Talk)= 18:31, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
A new project to correct spelling mistakes just prompted me to install Mozilla Firefox. I know there's all sorts of extensions to make editing Wikipedia easier, but I can't find them. Could anyone point me into the right direction? Mgm| (talk) 19:55, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
I couldn't find "SpellBound" but ScrapBook looks positively amazing. Thanks for the tips guys. If you have another recommendation. Please let me know. Yes, I already have the wikipedia toolbar installed. Mgm| (talk) 22:24, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
Can someone translate the text in the bottom right panel of this web comic strip (edit:broken link?), please? Assuming that it is actually Russian, of course, not just a made up lot of letters... -- Fangz 22:12, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
How can I get acess to to cell phone password, today?
¤ - what's it used for?-- F.B. 14:27, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why couldn't the other currency symbol be displayed? Would it be used like "¤4.50" meaning "£4.50"?-- F.B. 14:49, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am preparing a website for a non-profit school. I need to know if it would be possible to use the photographs and other illustrations found in Wikipedia articles on this website. Are these materials considered public domain, or do I need to obtain permission to use them?
Also, when I cite the source for the illustrations should I cite each separate article, or would it be sufficient to simply cite the Wikipedia homepage?
Thank you, Anon
At least I assume Adblock is to blame. How do I whitelist a site or partial filepath?
Looking at a .txt file of someone's recommended setup I found no reference to Wikipedia, however, I did notice that some paths began with /\ (or \/, I forget).
Is that the secret? -- bodnotbod 19:46, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
I have ripped a dvd onto my harddisk (win2000) and want to compress it. I think I want to use .avi. Can anyone suggest: a) is avi the best format to use to store the video on a hard disk and view it on the disk without loosing too much quality but saving as much space as possible and b) what software I should use, prefferably free / open source? Thanks, Guttlekraw 08:23, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc dvd.vob -o dvd.avi
Anybody knows of a free (gratis) alternative to the MASM assembler for Windows? It should have a graphical interface and editor. = Nichalp ( Talk)= 09:06, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
I posted a question before about but it has been archived. Here is a link to it: [2] -- HappyCamper 15:28, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I know that elements with atomic numbers greater than 83 are radioactive, but can anyone tell me why technetium(43) and promethium(61) are also radioactive? Thanks. --Dimblethum
Radioactive is not about "heavy"; its about an "unstable" nucleus. There isotopes of EVERY element that are radioactive including hydrogen. 4.250.168.37 22:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Ok, so the coastline problem is well known-- Research_on_the_length_of_coastlines_and_borders and How Long Is the Coast of Britain?, basically that the length of a coast is fractal, and that measuring with different length "rulers" gives a different total length. So what length is actually used when preparing the standard (official?) statistics? Or is there no standard, so different answers could be had depending on the method? - Taxman Talk 20:33, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
I'm part of a disability issues committee. I'm fairly certain that a wiki style site could benefit the committee (at the moment we have far too much information floating around in email form).
I've just discovered PeanutButterWiki which has what I regard as the must have features of:
However, before I go any further down the road of considering that to be the perfect platform I thought I'd ask you good people for any recommendations. Please note that I'm perfectly comfortable using a wiki, but whichever I choose will be the first for the other members of the committee.
I have some doubts on PeanutButter due to:
Thoughts and suggestions please. -- bodnotbod 22:51, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for telling me about the peanut butter wiki. Interesting. I've added it to the list of "free wiki hosting" at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki . Mind if I move this discussion there? -- DavidCary 02:20, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I'm the guy who wrote / runs PeanutButterWiki. Thanks for noticing it and I hope folks find it useful. It's just meant to be a very simple tool for folks and obviously is light years behind MediaWiki in sophistication. While the styles are a little different, it should be relatively straightforward to make an importer/exporter that can transcode between wiki formats. As an FYI, you can grab a .ZIP backup of your whole wiki at any time - just click on the Admin button. So you could start off in PeanutButter an move to something else later if you wanted. Thanks again for noticing - email me if you have any questions or concerns. -- DavidWeekly 08:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there an example of a piece of hard rock music where the final chord is not in root position? -- HappyCamper 16:35, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What's a trans-shipment hub? How does it operate? What does it accomplish?
Well, hazarding a guess at what you're asking about, you could probably start here to listen to some examples of a french accent. We also have an article on Non-native accents. If you want to know more, you'll have to ask a more specific question. -- CVaneg 22:01, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Where do Microsoft Office applications store their own 3rd party plugins? I installed a trial copy of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. It automatically installs an tool icon on my Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I tried to remove it but it keeps coming back each time I restart the infected, poor and defenseless application. How do I remove it before the 7-day trial is up? I want a small victory before I uninstall the whole thing. I hate software that are invasive. Are they DLL files? -- My true identity: The Depth-Challenged Throat 02:42, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
I'm interested in what the "common" German names are for each of the following parts of an atomic bomb are -- how they would appear in a German book on atomic weapons, or in a German encyclopedia. (Not just translated with a dictionary, but how they are commonly called).
Thanks in advance. My German is a bit too poor for this. Basically, I'd like to know what they call the "core", "tamper", "pusher", and "explosive lens". -- Fastfission 04:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Was there ever a town in Ireland called Mackin?. I have heard of a " battle of Mackin" between Protestant and Catholic forces.-- 211.29.118.137 06:07, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)John Mackin
I'm looking for a comparison of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe and their works. Thanks in advance -- 67.15.54.16 11:49, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You can make biographical comparisons from the articles, but I've read both and will offer you a literary critical comparison. HPL was an early 20th century "one song artist." He can do one type of horror story very well, but all his stories taste the same and he knew how to evoke exactly one response in his reader. There was no evolution or growth during his career. His books mostly appeal to adolescents, and none of them deal with any human relationships and none of his human characters grow or change or have depth. Think of H. R. Giger or Frankie Valli:-- very distinctive and recognizable, relatively narrow and adolescent in its appeal. Poe was early 19th century. He wrote poetry as well as fiction, and a wider range of fiction. His work has a wider range of appeal, and you may appreciate different aspects of it at different ages. In my opinion it requires a bit more effort and response from the reader (i.e., if you will pardon the oversimplification, reading level 18 as opposed to 13 years). Finally, I will also offer you a gratis, worth what you pay for it, psychological comparison: I can much more easily imagine HPL writing for wikipedia (ouchh!) alteripse 14:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Moved from Bidwell-Bartleson Party:
Moved to Talk:Welfare economics
Does the common argument "if you don't like it you must not understand it" have its own name or classification of some kind, similar to the short labels most logical fallacies have? JRM · Talk 20:44, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
Thank you all for your responses. I never dreamed it could be evaluated in so many ways. :-) JRM · Talk 14:39, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
I came across this interesting question on Talk:Golf ball...How does one make a golf ball with 333 dimples? I am thinking that 333 = 3*3*37, so one can interpret this as distributing 37 points evenly on a sphere and clustering 9 dimples around these points in a symmetric manner. Is this how they do this in real life? -- HappyCamper 23:00, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is the largest search engine? Patricknoddy 13:10 June 5, 2005 (EDT)
Reading Wikipedia articles didn't answer the following question, so I'm posting it here: from the equation of a parabola, how can you tell its focus, vertex, and directrix?
I'm interested in knowing some borrowings in Hebrew from English and other Western languages, for instance otomatik ("automatic"), terminal ("terminal"), helikopter (" helicopter"), etc. Roman transliterations wouldn't be bad.
Alright, you know that stupid little Arbor Day commercial with the annoying cardinal and all the little filthy children that sing along with him?
Here's a link:
http://www.nationalarborday.org/media/tat/tat60.MOV
I LOVE that commercial.
I know this is a stupid request, but I need the chord progression to that song, honestly, Carly is my hero. I already worked out the lyrics, so that's a start:
Trees are terrific!
The birch is on the branches, Lives among the leaves, Friendly Carly Cardinal, Talking about trees.
"Sometimes people take for granted, About the best things ever planted, But they should be enchanted, should appreciate their trees!"
Could you have a forest parade, Build a treehouse where you played, Could you make your lemonade, If you didn't have the trees?
If you need a tree to climb, That's where squirrels spend their time, "Oh, it's practically a crime, When someone damages a tree."
When you think about a tree, It's as plain as it can be, To some it's just a tree, But it's a home to me.
Trees, trees, Carly's Arbor Day Foundation, Spreads the word across the nation about trees!
Trees are terrific!
67.160.39.151 02:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello - I've provided the notes to the individual syllables as well as the chords. Some of the words are not sung to pitch, but the notes I have given are as close to the original as I can get it to be. I have assumed that the bottom note is the tonic, since I can't hear the entire chord on my poor computer speakers. This very likely isn't the case, but I'd need better to speakers to figure it out. (It doesn't help that the singers are not in unison either.)
Intro: Chromatic scale starting from A...goes down 3 octaves The key of the piece is in A-major, likely 4/4 time with a slight swing to it. A major Trees are ter-ri-fic! A E A C# E A major F# minor The birch is on the bran-ches, C# E C# E C# F# F# B major D E major D Lives am-ong the leaves, D C# D E C# C#-minor F# minor Friend-ly Car-ly Car-din-al, C# E E C# F# F# B D E major Talk-ing about trees. D D E c# B Transition: Sounds somehting like A D E F# D A G#... D major D major "Some-times peo-ple take for gran-ted, D E F# F# F# D G# G# C# minor F# minor Abou-t the best things ev-er planted, G# E G# G# G# B A A B dominant seventh (B,D#,F#,A)-(B,D,F#)-(A,C#,E)-(ends in A major) But they should be enchanted, should appreciate their trees!" (Practically impossible to assign notes to the spoken verse here) A major F# Could you have a for-rest glade, C# D E C# E C# F# B D E major D Build a treehouse where you played, F E D C# D E E C# F# Could you make your lemonade, C# D E C# E C# F# B D E If you didn't have the trees? (can't figure it out) D D If you need a tree to climb, D E F# F# D G# G# C# F# That's where squirrels spend their time, G# E G# E G# B A Dominant seventh (B,D#,f#,A)--then (B,D,f#)---(A,C#,E) "Oh, it's practically a crime, When someone damages a tree." (can't figure out the notes here) D E When you think abou-t a tree, C# D E C# E C# F# C# F# It's as plain as it can be, F# E D C# D F# B To some it's just a tree, (can't figure it out) C# F# C# But it's a home to me. (can't figure it out) D E C# F# Trees, trees, Carly's Arbor Day Foundation, F# G# G# F# D C# D D# E D B E A Spreads the word a -cross the na-tion abou-t trees! F# E D C# D E F# D G# E A A major Trees are ter-ri-fic! A E A C# E
Note how some of the base chords seem dissonant with the notes that are sung. This really isn't the case in the music - The dissonant notes are only in passing. I haven't written out the notes and times.
The ending is the typical 2-5-1 chord progression. Hope this helps! HappyCamper 03:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS WEBSITE. You are my hero, Thanks! 67.160.39.151 00:47, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Our article on thallium claims that the metal reacts with water to form thallium hydride, but it has been suggested that the actual reaction product is thallium hydroxide. Do we have a chemist in the house? -- Smack ( talk) 05:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How do I use the word "don" in Italian? In Spanish, "don" goes with a noble man's first name, e.g. Don Juan. The same rule goes with many other titles such as the British sir. But why do people call Vito Corleone Don Corleone? How do we call today's living New York Mafia family heads? -- Toytoy 14:15, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
According to IMDB ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/trivia):
Mario Puzo goofed! -- Toytoy 01:49, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
In German phonology, it says that: "the obstruents /b d ɡ z ʒ/ are voiceless [b̥ d̥ ɡ̊ z̥ ʒ̊] in the Southern varieties." I'm unable to reproduce this. I was under the impression that the difference between /b/ and /p/ is that /b/ is voiced and /p/ isn't, likewise with /d/ and /t/, and so on. In that case, what is the meaning of symbols like [b̥] and [d̥]? How does a [z̥] differ from a [s]? — Trilobite ( Talk) 19:52, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
To what extent did the success of The Battle Of El Alamein effect the strategic balance of World War II?
anon
I appreciate any info someone might be able to give me. I've read the info on this site and at the uspto, and I can't figure out how there can be so many trademarks of the same saying and they can still be protective.
I went to the USPTO website, and under "Search" typed in the words "Support our troops." There were 21 entries, and most had the single phrase "Support our troops." Shouldn't the very first person who submitted their trademark of this saying be the only one listed? Is it that easy to list your own, just by changing the color of your magnet, put a little red, white and blue at one end, or make it all black, and you get a trademark? That doesn't seem right. From what I've read, I thought the trademark office 'searched' to make sure your trademark hadn't been used before issuing it. Or are sayings such as this not that easy to protect? Or is it possible that the first listed trademark person is suing the others and down the road only one will be listed after all the court battles?
And what about the most recently listed trademark under that group that reads "Support our troops bring them home"? How protected is this person? The reason I ask is, I've thought of a phrase that includes "support our troops" but also adds a few more words. Suppose it caught on, am I wasting my time and money trademarking it? Am I even allowed to trademark it if it includes part of someone elses pharse? How specific do I have to be to 'protect' it (I have four different ways of writing my saying, but they all say the same thing, only one word added or subtracted on the two lines).
Thank you to anyone who can help me.
Hi,I really enjoy your well researched list of masts,they've always fascinated me,hower I know of 2 Michigan additions for ya that we'rent listed,the WPBN in HARRIETTA AT 1130 FT. and the WPHN in ATLANTA at 1001 ft. thanks Pat
Hello wikipedia
I have recently been given a present by a friend just returned from holiday in majorca, which i believe is a strategy game/puzzle, however no play instructions have been included and i haven't got a clue how to play it.
The game is a three quarter circle with a large red dot positioned in the space where the missing quarter is, almost identical in outline to the tulip logo used by wikipedia at the bottom of this page (blue circle/red dot, although there are no green leaves on the game). There are 3 equidistant holes on the circumference of the circle and 1 in the middle, 5 in total and there are 4 small pegs two of each separate colour in the circumference holes.
Does anyone know or recognise this. Any guidance would be useful and much appreciated.
Thank you.
Peter -- 195.92.67.77 07:03, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
hello, i became a member here about 4 or 5 days ago. i joined wikipedia when i was at school. when i went online today at my home computer the site said i had a new message. when i checked the messege it said something about me making vandalsim. if this has something to do with my compters ip address can someone tell me what to do, i would never create vandalism on a site that helped me get information for a reserch paper which i got a good grade on.
Thanks.
-- Chris 23:32, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, but I really don't think my dad actually knows about this site. Is it possible that there could be another computer with my same IP address? Chris 18:09, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If your ISP gives uses dynamic IP addresses, then every time you dial in you get a different IP address from their pool, and so it is near 100% probability that somebody else had the IP address before you. If you have a home network, then it is likely that every computer on that network has the same IP for Internet purposes (see Network Address Translation(NAT)). Thryduulf 19:28, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I want to know the formula for the position of a satellite as it goes along its elliptical orbit. I want it as a function of TIME, and it needs to have a parameter for the shape (eccentricity?) of the planet's orbit. I want to make an almanac and I don't want anything too hard to use.
Can anyone guide me to research about the effect of this stuff and it's dissociation in the digestive system (particularly the intestines)? I already know it's a complex of a mineral with the non-essential amino acid taurine and what illnesses they are involved in. Chemfinder didn't know the compound and Google is returning too many sales pitches. -- Mgm| (talk) 08:16, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Trace amounts of taurine are now added to some infant formulas. As for anything else with potential bioactivity, as you change the dose along several orders of magnitude, you get shifting sets of entirely distinct effects, and all substances are toxic in large enough amounts. That is especially true with amino acids that have neurotransmitter properties. Most acids conjugated with magnesium are completely dissociated in stomach acid and in large amounts have cathartic properties: e.g. magnesium citrate and magnesium sulfate. alteripse 00:11, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Which is it, cowardry, or cowardness? I am almost certain that cowardness is "wrong", but why does it yield 5000 google hits as opposed to 90 for cowardry? Is cowardness specifically American English? dab (ᛏ) 10:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
OK words here would be 'cowardice' or 'cowardliness'. 'cowardness' is definitely wrong, because 'ness' indicates a noun derived from an adjective, while 'coward' is a noun. Just because it's wrong doesn't mean you won't find it used on the internet a lot. DJ Clayworth 14:07, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In fact, Googling for "cowardry" yields this interesting link: http://www.takeourword.com/Issue038.html, which suggests that cowardness and cowardry were once used as synonyms some seven centuries ago. I doubt the other Internet occurrences are conscious attempts at reintroducing these obsolete variants. :-) JRM · Talk 14:19, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
I believe Ghakko's example from Anacreon is not using a true noun form of coward. This is a substantive, meaning an adjective with the noun implied. War spares not the brave (people), but the cowardly (people). Brave and cowardly are both adjectives, but they lost their nouns -- this is rare in English but common in some other languages (as well as in archaic English, such as blessed are the meek). Tuf-Kat 00:38, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
What countries have no extradition treaties with the United States?
Here are three Wikipedia accounts related with Adam Lopez:
And this is from the official Guinness page:
Do we need to modify the pages? Or is this record too new to be officially recognized? It is also currently discussed on Talk:Adam Lopez. Sorry, I know almost nothing about singing. I am totally clueless. -- Toytoy 13:59, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
I want a machine for my bicycle to keep knowing that where my bicycle is.
Has there ever been a show which had a character that was deaf as a regular on the show? I mean to exclude recurring characters such as Marlee Matlin on The West Wing. PedanticallySpeaking 19:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
There was, until just recently, an American show called Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye in which the lead character was a deaf FBI agent. DJ Clayworth 04:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"Gil Grissom" of CSI has been losing his hearing and should supposedly end up deaf - but who knows whether (1) it'll ever really happen (2) his character will remain when it happens. ¦ Reisio 15:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Torrance High School supplied exteriors for Sunnydale High on Buffy the Vampire Slayer until Sunnydale High was blown up at the end of the third season. The final season featured the "new" Sunnydale High. Anyone know where those exteriors were shot? PedanticallySpeaking 19:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Does pernod contain citric acid? If it does, what alcoholic drinks don't? 212.139.28.37 21:40, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Try fusel oil. alteripse 19:34, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
There is a new website with hundreds of hebrew books in text format and PDf format. Is it possible for Wikipdeia to link to this following site http://tshuvos.com/
Thank You G Whitman
As I understand it, the GFDL—to which Wikipedia adheres—allows for commercial redistribution, which means it is probably a bad idea (likely illegal) to use any text provided at that website in a Wikipedia article. ¦ Reisio 11:50, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)"Use of the texts and PDF files is designed for private and educational use, but does not permit storing them in any form for public use. Printing small sections is permitted on condition that it is not sold. All the seforim and texts found here are copyrighted by Halacha and international law, which will be strongly enforced."
Hello Would you please be kind to delete the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan This is because there is some information on there which is not correct. For example I forgot to say that this person was a co-producer within the user name. Delete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan, so that I can recreate the webpage, but this time saying that he is a co-producer within the user name. Please let me know how long it will take for you to delete the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan page from Wikipedia at
Thanks for your time. Sincerely Rehan Vaid
I am a student and am currently doing a project on Japan’s vending machine. I hope you can help me to answer a few of my questions.
Why does the Japan’s government implement the use of vending machines instead of shops? What is the main purpose of implementing vending machines? I have done some research and found that one of the reasons is that vending machines can help to conserve land in Japan. However, I couldn’t find reliable sources to prove my stand that vending machines can help to conserve land. Do you know of any policies or website of Japan’s government that mention the use of vending machines?
I sincerely hope that you can help me. Thank you for your time.
Where did the number symbols 0 to 9 that we use in United States and other nations originate? I have tried for a long time researching in books and websites including this website. Please help me, I'm desperate? I just want to know where these number symbols originate at.
I am pediatric resident from Airlangga University, Surabaya , Indonesia
I looking for PROCEEDINGS 1st international conference on tetanus, Bombay, 1963.
I'll waiting for your reply
Thank you
Three suggestions, depending on whether you want to acquire a copy permanently, or need a copy of a single article:
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Tetanus, Bombay 8–10 November 1963, JC Patel, ed. Study Group of Tetanus, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, pp. 239–249. It doesn't seem likely that text from something that old would be online, but you should go through these hits if you haven't.
Impressive work shimgray. I do suspect personal contacts might turn up copies, especially if the authors can be located. alteripse 21:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How much chloral hydrate would need to be diluted in ethanol to work as a "Mickey Finn"? What is the possibility of accidentally inducing the knockout effect by combining the two (as in the case of someone who may drink while having a prescription for chloral hydrate).
No one has prescriptions for chloral hydrate. It is used in single doses for light sedation for procedures like MRIs.
You did a terrific job at answering the query.
Obviously that could have been answered in several ways. The questioner could have been researching a thriller... he coulda been! Chloral hydrate is an old hypnotic (sleep inducer), and has the potential for liver toxicity in repeated doses. I doubt many, if any, doctors in the US are prescribing it for repeated dosing as an hypnotic and if they were, I would suspect an unethical service to someone with leverage or lots of money. We have had questions like this in the past and I will continue to put an uncharitable construction on them when that seems probable to me. Speaking of which, how do you think someone would have the practical knowledge to answer his original question? You sure won't find it in a medical textbook. Call me a curmugeon if you wish (you wouldn't be the first), but there are some things we have no business publishing. alteripse 18:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
So in the 150+ years of the existence of Chloral Hydrate, there's no way that theres a single case report of the medical profession encountering someone who ingested this? Interesting.
I have to say that I'm not sure I get your drift. I said no such thing. Many of us have prescribed it for in-hospital sedation, but not in combination with alcohol. I am sure there are loads of tox studies and overdose reports, but I doubt you will find a specific answer to the question about safe but "effective" dosage in combination with alcohol. For obvious reasons, exact dose info for either the alcohol or the chloral hydrate are not likely to be available in ER visits for overdose. I certainly didn't go looking for it. alteripse 21:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The pilot of the ABC show "Grey's Anatomy" had a track that sounded like the Swingle Singers. I Googled both terms and got nothing. Anyone know if it was the Singers? PedanticallySpeaking 14:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
According to ABC.com, the following records were included in the pilot of Grey's Anatomy:
I think perhaps what you heard were the
a cappella parts of "They" by
Jem. Here are some clips:
Jem-They.clip1.intro.ogg,
Jem-They.clip2.bridge.ogg.
If this is what you're referring to, we have but to find out who is responsible for that part of the recording. ¦
Reisio 17:54, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I happened to see Shania Twain's video for "Party for Two" today and it's shot in London. (One scene has her prancing in front of the Royal Albert Hall). Is country music popular in Britain? PedanticallySpeaking 14:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
"...it's rarely omitted". Is today an omission (hear it here) or is it regularly omitted?-- 62.253.64.15 17:24, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I started an article on nondimensionalization a while ago, and I have sort of run out of ideas for pictures for the article. Could someone here suggest something creative I could try? -- HappyCamper 17:35, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Someone at some point said that diesel expires after a while. The diesel article does not mention any expiration date. Does it?
I am looking for a program which allows one to write all the "special characters" in German without having to press the "Alt" button. I think the program was called "Umlaut" - it was a very simple program which runs on Windows, and if you double click on it, you'll get 7 square buttons which show up on your screen. When you click on these buttons, the appropriate symbol is inserted into your text. Does anyone know what this is? Thanks for your help! -- HappyCamper 20:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why don't you ask this question on the German Wikipedia de:Wikipedia:Auskunft? I'd like to know the solution too. -- Toytoy 15:51, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
The cancer article claims that cancer is now the leading cause of death in the UK and the USA. I have been able to source the USA bit, but the UK numbers are from a BBC Health page - a site I have learnt to distrust.
Does anyone know where UK cancer and mortality statistics are published? JFW | T@lk 21:46, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi email-experts —
I've received an email, supposedly from ebay, saying that I need to "update" my billing information and account information.
I'm assuming phishing for the moment, but am not certain how to tell.
The link that they direct me to leads to https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll, which looks legit, though for some reason I can't connect (it says I can't connect to cgi1.ebay.com) — I don't know if that's related.
The relevant details in the "Full Header" option of my email are
Return-Path: <aw-confirm@ebay.com> . . <== my email details . Received: from [212.118.20.124] (helo=aa) by server2.fourhosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) <=== What's fourhosting.com? A search for 'fourhosting ebay' returns no results id 1DbtLS-0002Sv-7T; Sat, 28 May 2005 00:54:47 -0400 From: "aw-confirm@ebay.com" <aw-confirm@ebay.com> Subject: eBay Confirmation Center To: sfcm@afcm.com.au <== not sure who this is, it's not me Content-Type: text/html;iso-8859-1 Reply-To: aw-confirm@ebay.com Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 21:54:56 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-Library: Indy 8.0.25 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server2.fourhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - wesleyan.edu X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ebay.com
So what should I conclude? It may be a moot point since I can't connect, though they claim my account will be suspended... I'm just going to assume phishing for now unless someone thinks it's legit.
Thanks, — Asbestos | Talk 23:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there any difference between seaweed and kelp? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
A big WikiThanks to all who make this page a great and interesting place in Wikipedia! Thanks for the great questions and answers :-) -- HappyCamper 00:49, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have a very promising lightly raced 3 year old gelding, 6 starts for 1 win and 3 placings, which was barred on the 8 June from further racing in Australia because it bled externally for the second time.
Are horses that have bled allowed to race in Macau.
I would appreciate an answer from you.
Thank you.
Frank McDonald, Australia.
Look at the article on Raleigh. I am sure, that the National Weather Service did not issue a warning after a tornado touched down west of Raleigh, destroyed many homes and many large businesses like K-Mart and there are Google searches on Raleigh F4 tornado.
Former resident of Raleigh, NC.
If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link. You don't even need to log in, although there are several reasons why you might want to. Wikipedia convention is to be bold and not be afraid of making mistakes. If you're not sure how editing works, have a look at How to edit a page, or try out the Sandbox to test your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 03:44, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Was it even a F4? "Copyright 1988 McGraw-Hill, Inc. Engineering News-Record
December 8, 1988
SECTION: NEWS; Vol. 221, No. 23; Pg. 14
LENGTH: 374 words
HEADLINE: Tornadoes strike Raleigh
BODY: A series of severe, F-3-level tornadoes struck sections of North Carolina and Virginia early last week, causing about $ 100 million in structural damage to hundreds of residential and commercial buildings. According to state officials, only draconian building codes could have prevented the amount and cost of damages.
Along the 33-mile path of destruction, the city of Raleigh suffered the greatest amount of damage. Four people were killed and more than 150 others were injured, according to city officials."
lots of issues | leave me a message 04:36, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You might also want to leave an edit summary with that edit so people understand why you made the change. Mgm| (talk) 05:02, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Wikipedia is not a school but it is a open-content encyclopedia. Patricknoddy 8:09 June 10, 2005 (EDT)
What is an authoritative source for measured values of physical constants? On Thermal conductivity, the values given for Silver and Copper (and possibly other elements too) differ from the values given on these elements' own pages.-- Drhex 13:16, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
“Explain how spy satellite technology/concept works and how it can be designed and used for:
I have look at the Arabic Numeral page of Wikipedia website, I still could not find where the current Arabic number symbols of numbers 0 to 9 originate at. Please help me or suggest another source that can. Thank you.
I've had a look at Massage, but it's just a load of details about different types of massage (Swedish, Chinese, etc.) What's missing is any sort of medical or scientific explanation of massage.
I mean, why does massage feel good? Why is it relaxing? How can it relieve muscle pain? What evolutionary advantage is there in experiencing rubbing as pleasurable? — Chameleon 19:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Who is the Patron Saint of Georgia (state)? Patricknoddy 8:07 June 10, 2005 (EDT)
Hi there. Here's one for all you MySQL database gurus. How does one efficiently select a random row from a table? -- 210.49.207.223 12:12, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (table)
). Call this value X.SELECT * FROM (table) LIMIT X, 1
.SELECT * FROM (table) ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1
.SELECT * FROM (table) WHERE (field)>(value) LIMIT 1
is executed. This returns an article.WHERE (indexed_field)=(value)
instead of LIMIT
, provided you can either generate the value of an indexed field from the row number, or you use auto-numbering somewhere. If you can hide them, you also have to make sure you don't get an empty result. --
Pidgeot
(t)
(c)
(e) 21:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)old
table of the
Homestar Runner Wiki (I have a database copy from when I helped out with some technical problems). Counting the rows in the table (68241) takes virtually no time (the command-line client reports 0.00 sec), but the LIMIT takes a long time, since it will read in all rows.ORDER BY RAND()
that's causing the full table scan.SELECT @a := MIN(id) + RAND() * (MAX(id) - MIN(id) + 1) FROM mytable
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id >= @a LIMIT 1
If I boil vegetables, such as kale, in a soup for, say, an hour, will it lose it's vitamin properties? I've heard that veg that have been cooked for a while lose their vitamins, but don't know whether, say, they'd go into the water and still be usable.
Thank you.
I remember there used to be an article on Wikipedia which had a table of Fourier transform properties, but I cannot seem to find it anymore. In particular, I am looking for an extention to the duality property - I recall an entry in a table which said something like F3{f(t)} = -F{f(t)}. Does anyone know where this is? HappyCamper 20:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
About 4 years ago I made a Total IgE count. The result was aprox. 2500 kU/L (kilounits per liter), and the reference value for my age was 140 kU/L. So, this is VERY HIGH. I went to a immunologist right away, and she gave me ketotifen (constant use) and hidroxizin (no longer than three months to avoid affecting the liver) to put that number down. Thing is, I took it for 4 years without good results, and the least it got was 1200 kU/L. Also, the medication was making me sleepy and affected my memory.
So I stop taking it. A few months ago I went to another (in fact, the only other) immunologist in my city and he said I shouldn't be taking those stuff.
Anyway, let me get to the point. The first doctor said the high total IgE was dangerous, since it could develop to some form of blood disease (cancer?) that would render my immune system very weak forever (anaphylactic shocks with everything and stuff). The second doctor said "well, if you don't feel anything bad right now, it's nothing to panic about".
These two doctors are the only ones availabe in this city, and I'm not sure which I should trust. To avoid regrets, I'm trusting the first one... Just to be sure, you know.
Now, I know Wikipedia is no place for this, but hey, I just want to know from someone else out there... Is a high total IgE like this reason to panic? What sort of problems this can bring to me in the future?
Both doctors recommend me to take vaccines, but they're way too expensive for me... — Kieff | Talk 05:30, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
I am not going to diagnose you but you need to press at least one of the doctors for the answers to the questions I suggested. If you got clear answers with enough information to confirm it from available info on the internet they wont be contradictory. It is certainly possible that one or both don't know what it means but have 2 different opinions on what to do. If they really can't answer them or give you irreconcilably vague answers, I would suggest seeing an immunologist at a university and telling him/her that you mainly want help understanding what the high IgE means and whether it is possible to answer the questions. I would not be offended by someone asking me those questions and if I couldn't answer them I would try to send them to someone who could. I would not trust a doctor who would not try to give me intelligible answers to those questions, but I have no idea how much difference there is between braz & american medicine.
Also, for an example of a genetic immunoglobulin disorder with high IgE, look for info on the disorders similar to Job's syndrome. I am not an immunologist, so I am not asking you for more info nor am I going to identify some obscure condition for you; I am telling you what kind of answers you should be seeking and how to get them. I am also assuming that your understanding that your level is orders of magnitude above typical allergy levels is correct and not mistaken because of misunderstanding or inappropriate scales or units or irreproducibility, etc. Borderline test abnormalities in a healthy person are often hard to explain but completely insignificant. A strikingly abnormal test, if real and reproducible, is likely to have been seen in other people, and been investigated and published and the information is out there. It is not unusual for a primary doctor to think an abnormality of a hormone test is "VERY high" when an endocrinologist would not be especially impressed and would know exactly what were the likely causes, some of which might require no treatment at all. I suspect the same is true for Ig levels of various sorts-- maybe yours is well within the usual allergic range, but you need an immunologist rather than an endocrinologist to confirm this. alteripse 21:28, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I second the above, but would add that another person (besides an immunologist) to consider consulting would be a hematologist/oncologist: that specialty also deals with this problem. You need to find out if you have a monoclonal or a polyclonal gammopathy, and what the cause of it is: that is, what you need to insist on is an actual diagnosis, rather than a treatment. - Nunh-huh 22:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) While I agree it's in the differential, I assumed it improbable on basis of presumed age of Wikipedia reader who would ask for medical advice here coupled with apparent prolonged duration of condition without obvious trouble. I would still strongly recommend a clinical immunologist over hem/onc for the initial diagnosis. alteripse 06:02, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone direct me to a detailed plot of the above Doctor Who episode, like the ones WP has produced for the previous episodes?--anonym 06:26, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
From http://boardgames.about.com/library/faqs/bl-faq-monopoly-buildevenly.htm
I want to develop a model as follows;
An Object in the space (in this case inside a glass box) and the images of its (object's) projections (Front view, Top view, Right view) on the glass box's surface. The sides of the glass box should be rotatable. (Like a window with hinges)
Now I am confronted with the task of making these sides rotatable. I have explored every possibility to come out of this matter but miserably failed. (I have attached what I completed so far) I contacted SolidWorks too but they could not help me either.
Please contact me through: naveentim@hotmail.com
-- 159.148.116.211 13:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If SolidWorks themselves can't help, then your only hope is a forum site. I found this but there may be others. DJ Clayworth 03:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Could anyone direct me to sources detailing the causes of the great socio economic inequality in India?
Moved from Monarch Bottling Company by Samw 02:04, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC):
hi i have to wrighta history projecton the plains indians due in in 2 weeks time but the encyclopidia dosent have enough info can u suggest any sites i dont know where ese to go plz help!!!! ?????????///
In researching the Bambara language, I found a link to an article on Olmec language. If, as the article states, "Olmec people spoke a Manding 'Malinke-Bambara' language," which is an African language family, why is there such resistance to the theory that the Olmecs were of at least partial African ancestry?
Anon,
What's the difference between a Parliament and a National Assembly? 500LL 18:18, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
I'm analyzing a piece of music in the key of Ab (A-flat). One chord has the notes Bb and Eb in the treble clef and G and C in the bass clef (with C as the bass note). How would I notate this in Roman numerals? Hermione 1980 20:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've got a project to work on where I need to program in Fortran 77. Are there any good integrated development environments out there that you'd recommend? Good compilers for Windows? Linux? Thanks in advance! -- HappyCamper 00:28, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Two little questions...
What database tools are most popular for searching the literature in history and politics? (Access to a Research university library) Guettarda 04:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I did go to the French Wikipedia, but I couldn't figure out where the reference desk was, so I must pester this one. I do not have access to a decent French dictionary. The word is "dragée", i.e. the sugared (Jordan) almonds, or chocolate shaped to look like almonds with a sugar coating, or the little silver balls of sugar. I want need to know how they became known as dragées in French. The Italian confetti is a lot easier to divine. Please help me! I am googled out. --
Mothperson 19:39, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Are there any good estimates of the historical marketshares of Apple Macintosh computer? I mean from 1984-now, U.S. and world, Mac v. DOS/Windows. Where do we get the best available information? -- Toytoy 02:29, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
That it has nothing to do with Wicca or WitchCraft on the page for the book The Witches? This is of great concern for me as it says that: "One child a week equals fifty-two a year, squash them and squiggle them and make them dissapear." That is the motto of all witches in the world. The word witches links you to the page that decribes people who are Wiccan or practice WitchCraft. I would like to see that it is mentioned that Witches are not evil as described in this book. Thank you.
RiuMaki 02:56, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is the title of that song "Its the hidi ho man thats me"? -- elpenmaster
WHo is their agent??
I know their publisher was Random House; was it always Random House? I particularly wanted to know their agent, because I've sent my book to many agents, all telling me they are too busy to take on new clients at this time, and to check back. HELP???
I'm looking to find the percentage of Mac users on the internet who use IE 5 (vs. Safari vs. Firefox vs. various versions of Netscape, etc). Does anyone have any idea where I might find this info? I can find IE 5 usage overall, but lumping IE 5 for PC and IE 5 for Mac together is rather misleading, since IE 5 for PC wasn't as much of a ball of bugs as IE 5 for Mac.
Thanks :)
Is it true that there is abundant ground water wherever termite colonies are sighted? Also, how deep can termites go below ground level to seek moisture? -A.H.Khan,India
I need to go fast, really, really fast. What is the best thing? Speed demon 03:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Let's say a friend I both have iBooks with AirPort Extreme cards. One of us has connection to a wireless router; the other cannot connect directly to the router for whatever reason. Is there any way I could use the fact that I can initiate a Computer-to-Computer connection with his computer to "share" the connection to the wireless router? (that is, port the wireless router connection through the computer-to-computer interface) -- Fastfission 05:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to find online references to two documents relevant to the recent conflict resolution in Papua new Guinea and Bougainville. Specifically, I'd like to be able to find the PNG constitutional amendment Part XIV (Bougainville Government and Bougainville Referendum) of the National Constitution. There is also a new 'Organic Law on Peace-Building in Bougainville". Extensive googling has not helped me find the docs. Thanks if you can help. - anon -
I have read most of the Wikipedia articles relating to copyright and I still am not clear on what exactly is copyrighted when you make an "artifact"--be it a book, a Word file, an mp3 file, or what have you. Specifically, I want to know what the status is if I wanted to record myself reading a book that is currently in copyright. Since I have created a new artifact, what kind of rights do I have to distribute it?
And a follow-up question: If the issue is that I'm quoting the text verbatim, what if I instead used the text as a sort of inspiration, a la Wizard People, Dear Reader? Or is there any clear answer at all at this point? Mjklin 12:37, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
In most dictionary sources the origin of the word "jiffy" is listed as unknown. However a few sources mention the possible link to Yiddish. Where can I search to confirm or rebut this possible link? If "jiffy" does indeed have a Yiddish origin, where can I find the original word's meaning?
Thank you very much. Friend from Florida
I was just writing to let you know that whoever is writing your information for you is obviously biased to a few things. I'm an avid Widespread fan and there are somethings in the information giving that I would like to see the sources for what was written. Like critics who apparently say they lack improvisational skills?? I'm not being an asshole fan, I'm just a music lover, and a musician and I like a lot of bands, like moe., phish, the dead..etc. They seem to all have pretty fair write ups and nothing negative, but you guys make the rules. I guess just I'm asking for a fair write up. But anyway thank you guys a lot for all the information on this site you guys do a great job, thanks so much
Peace
Kevin
e-mail: <email removed>
Kevin go to the page in question, click the "edit this page" link and rewrite the article so that it is to your liking. Anyone can edit a page here. If you think something is biased or unfare just go ahead and fix it.Cool or what? Note however that people will edit your words too, and will do so without mercy. Theresa Knott (ask the rotten) 23:44, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Kevin, in addition to the above, keep in mind that a fair write up does not mean not writing anything negative about a topic. Check out the WP:NPOV policy. - Taxman Talk 15:41, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
If Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album is the number 2 best selling album of all time worldwide, what album is number 1?
I opened my Gmail this morning and was greeted by the screen you see here (edit:the image has been deleted as the issue is resolved). It looked fine yesterday and I can't remember downloading anything suspicious. Can anyone explain what happened or tell me if there's more people with this issue? -
Mgm|
(talk) 04:47, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Now that it's over, can the image be deleted? -- Sundar ( talk · contribs) 09:11, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
You know how you can't store petrol and you can't seal off drugs properly, allowing sniffer dogs to detect the cocaine strapped to your body? Because the molecules are small enough to get through the containing medium.
How come alcoholic drinks don't lose their alcoholicness? Ethanol is pretty darn small. Is it because the ethanol is dissolved in water? And how come water doesn't evaporate from a steel container when petrol does - petrol is a much bigger molecule?
What article talks about molecules migrating through their containers? Josh Parris ✉ 05:37, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Your amazement should evaporate when you rememember (1) how few molecules it takes to provide a scent, and (2) that ethanol molecules are several times heavier than water molecules, so it doesn't preferentially evaporate out of solution. For many things, evaporation of 0.0001 percent a day is more than enough to provide an odor, yet it would take 3 years to lose 1% of the substance. alteripse 11:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Where can I find in impartial source on where the US ranks in aid-giving nations?
Personally I have a bias to whatever Franken says, but I wouldn'yt mind seeing where everybody's getting their figures from.
"(a) to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale,"
This comes from the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. What does it mean?--anonym
WHat are the risks of GM food? Could the herbicide get into weeds? Could the pesticide somehow get into the pests? I need in depth information on these subjects ASAP please. Thank you for your time :)
There are no demonstrated health risks to eating genetically modified food. The most rational fears are related to the global economic consequences for traditional agriculture, and the potential reduction of biodiversity in favor of a few "optimized" food species. Of course, when people are hoping for a way out of the Malthusian bind, we always imagine some order of magnitude step up in our food supply rather than a reduction of our needs and intakes. It's hard not to wonder if this isn't it. We pays our money and we takes our choice... alteripse 20:32, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello, My name is Kenneth H. Young from Canada. I would like to know if HRH Prince Charles was on a military maneuver in Gagetown, NB. Canada in 1971 called excursive, Running Jump II.
Thank you in advance.
Kenneth H. Young <address deleted>
I have a watercolor, signed S. Wilhite. The painting came into my family's posession when purchasing a home and some of its contents in 1954. The home had been owned by a NYC socialite, and the contents were of the highest quality.
We have always been curious about this small watercolor of a sailing ship, signed "S. Wilhite".
Any assistance you can offer will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Dan Baker
Scientology -- Leader? Who is in charge?Who is the leader of the Church of Scientology? If there is not one head, then what is the system by which it is run? By a board? By a president/manager/CEO? What are the names of these people? What is their history?
In a lot of b-movies radioactive substances are glowing green. Where does the choice of colour come from? From an early movie or maybe a comic book? -- EnSamulili 22:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Easy. The most familiar type of radioactivity to most people in the first half of the 20th century was a radium watch dial, which was always green. Add the connotations of illness that green carries and Hollywoord never needed any other color. alteripse 02:49, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I want to just second alteripse's assessment. From the 1880s through the 1930s, "radiation" meant radium (uranium is not very radioactive in its natural state, most people did not care about it) -- think Madame Curie. The ability for just a very tiny bit of it to glow was a very potent metaphor for the early ideas of what "atomic power" would be (which had nothing to do with fission, mind you). -- Fastfission 20:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for a blueprint to build an easy replica of an old west jail. Maybe not even a blueprint - simply plans to show me how to go about it.
I would have thought an old photograph was the way to go. If this is for a play or a movie, then looking at other movies might be a good idea. They may not be accurate, but will create the right feel. DJ Clayworth 17:37, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
For example, people from Monterrey are called regiomontanos in Spanish. Is there an equivalent of this word or any other of this type in English?-- Fito 02:36, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
What you would have to worry about is translation to languages like Russian, Chinese & Hebrew, which use very different characters; for which I would suggest disregarding the demonym and just translating "a person from Monterrey"—but mentioning the word in its native tongue/written form, imo, should always be done. ¦ Reisio 12:48, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)"...people from Monterrey are called regiomontanos..."
Ok, thanks a million!-- Fito 16:55, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Where exactly is Syllaeum located (in modern terms)? The Battle of Syllaeum article didn't clarify this. Yuber (talk) 04:12, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
So, I'm pretty sure I remember this period in my life where I typically left iTunes running pretty much all the time on my iMac, and turned the volume all the way down on my external speakers when I wanted some quiet. Nowadays, however, when I turn the volume all the way down on my external speakers, I can still hear the music, so I turn down the volume through the system preferences, but I can still hear the music when a loud song is playing, so I have to also turn down the volume through the iTunes program itself. My question is: does anybody know of a setting I can change so that I can just use the external speaker volume control? Why do I need three volume controls? Tuf-Kat 05:43, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
I can't find any evidence that would support such a claim. Wikipedia thought so, I removed his name from the list of polydactyl of ppl 2 months ago. I seek confirmation. If he didn't, then we spread misinfo. here for 14 months.
lots of issues | leave me a message 09:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I read Nicholas Kristof's column in The New York Times about Pakistan and wanted to write General Musharraf a letter. I can't find a mailing address for him on-line. Can anyone help?
Hello:
In reference to the Department Store web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_department_stores
I live in Southern California. What ever happened to the following stores?:
Thank you for the time and consideration, R. Dewey Mullins e-mail: <address removed>
Is there any reference to Sir William Stapleton of Thurlsbeg, Co Tipperary, Ireland, serving with the Irish Confederates during Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland in 1649?
He was in Newgate prison in London for murdering an English officer, and was pardoned by King Charles II and sent to Montserrat. Stapleton later became Governor of Montserrat, and then Governor of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean from 1672 to 1685. He lived on the island of Nevis and built the largest mansion in the colony, and his family retained several sugar estates until the late 19th century. He was probably the best Governor the colony ever had, and distinguished himself in battle in the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1666/7. I am thinking of writing a book about him and I reside in Nevis.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Vincent K. Hubbard <address removed>
I know I could probably work this out but it's hard and I'm lazy :'(
I was just thinking
1/prime produces an irrational number in base 10 - except where 'prime' is a coprime of 10. Is it so that in other bases, 1/prime produces an irrational number except where 'prime' is a coprime of the base?
--Zegnar
I may be mistaken, but if you can represent the number as then wouldn't the resulting number have to be rational because you just expressed it as a fraction/ratio? -- Think Fast 00:49, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
Of the following process, which takes the least amount of power (wattage).
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 2800+ (120nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (90nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (90nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (90nm)
My guess would be the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000+, but I want to make sure as a I want to build a laptop with the longest battery life that still uses AMD processors.
Who was the female vocalist who sang "Horse to the Water"? I think it may have been Joe Brown's daughter Sam Brown but I'm not sure. Thank you, hydnjo talk 22:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't, probably, really need an answer to this question, but I'm terribly curious. I live in the middle of nowhere, and am on dial-up modem, and suddenly, in the last couple of hours,wiki has gone from inaccessible to turbo. I understand new servers were coming, but why does that affect me? -- Mothperson 01:30, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How many cities are there in the United states of America?
Any idea how I can get independent information about the for-profit company mainting http://www.thehungersite.com at Seattle? I have tried Google and US news archives but found no hard facts. I am preparing an English version of [16]. Thanks! -- 172.181.1.28 02:59, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hope that helps. Rhobite 03:29, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I am not very familiar with such data. Is there any chance to find out how much money CharityUSA is making and which part is given to the charities? -- 172.181.1.28 03:48, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
More about Charity USA: From The Hunger Site FAQ:
Who owns and operates The Hunger Site? Tim Kunin and Greg Hesterberg bought The Hunger Site in mid-August 2001 and with your help, work to maintain its position as a leader in online activism and in the fight to end world hunger. In addition to The Hunger Site, Tim and Greg own and operate The Breast Cancer Site (where visitors help fund free mammograms for underprivileged women), The Rainforest Site (where visitors' clicks (where visitors' clicks help save endangered rainforest), and GreaterGood.com, the cause-related shopping portal where up to 15% of every purchase goes to charities at no extra cost to the shopper.
Since taking ownership of The Hunger Site, Tim and Greg have also launched The Animal Rescue Site (where a click helps feed an abandoned animal), and The Child Health Site (which empowers Internet users to fund basic but critical health services for impoverished children living in developing countries.
From the Washington State Department of Revenue (State Business Records Database Detail) (public information located here):
Mailing Address & Business Location: 600 University Street, Suite 1000 Seattle, Washington 98101-4107
Washington's business records search seems to be rather finicky (I've never used it before); you can't search for "CharityUSA," you have to search for "Charity" and then browse the result. CharityUSA is on the second page of results at the link above. -- Essjay · talk 04:20, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Is there any type of interesting information I could get from a government agency about this limited liability company outside the data mentioned above? See also [18] -- 172.181.1.28 04:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. How can I find out if there is a position Thehungersite in the annual reports of the both charities THS is supporting? Are the reports published and can I find them online? Sorry for these stupid questions. -- 172.181.1.28 05:35, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Excellent help! If Second Harvest receives 30 percent of the amount then in 2004 the Hungersite.com gift to the both charities were between $167,000 and $330,000 (average $ 250,000). Counting with the average this would be 0,05 percent from the total revenue in 2004 ($ 486,642,000). Is that right? Any hint to find out how much a Hungersite cup of food costs? I would also like to know whether there is any possibility to find out nearly the traffic costs for a website with Google PageRank 0.8 or 3.5 million unique visitors each month? And another stupid question: what is a royality payment? Thanks -- 134.130.68.65 14:25, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Out of my own stupidity, I marked my LCD monitor with some blue pen, right near the middle of the screen. The mark is about 1 cm in length. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get rid of the pen mark? Ideally, I'd prefer if the finishing on the monitor wasn't damaged. Thanks in advance! -- HappyCamper 03:22, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia and was wondering about a new topic idea that I have. I am a futures trader so I did a search for "futures" "trading" and "traders" and found that there wasn't very much information there. There was lots of information about professional terms in the futures market but nothing about how to go about trading the futures market. My new topic would be "Futures Trading". The reason why I decided to ask the help desk about this issue is because I don't want to do anything wrong with my first article on your website.
If you have any more tips or information please feel free to tell me about them.
thanks again for listening to a newbie
-- Ddg 06:56, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
I'm just wondering if this should be an issue:
Option 1: By this time, so-and-so manages to find his food.
Option 2: By this time, so-and-so has found his food.
From experience and reading, present tense speech (Option 1) is not the way to write an article, but past tense speech (Option 2) should be used, as is in reporting speech.
I've noticed a lot of these present tense speeches on Wikipedia, and I am wondering what the stance Wikipedia takes on this. Edit or no edit?
-- x42bn6 10:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I bought this seafood at the market last week in France - its called Noix St Jacques, and they're loads of little balls of seafood. They were really really delicious, and cost about 25Euros per kilogram. Even my biggest 70Euro dictionary couldn't tell me what that is in English, and the guy in the stall laughed at me when i asked him what it is in English. Any poisson experts can drop me a line? -- Wonderfool t (c) e) 13:18, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi, all:
I was looking at the wikipedia entry for Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who is widely regarded as the founder of physical anthropology and who originated the five-races-of-humanity categorial scheme. I noticed that there is a claim made in that article that I have not seen anywhere else. I quote:
"Later in life Blumenbach encountered in Switzerland 'eine zum Verlieben schönen Négresse' ('a negro woman beautiful enough to fall in love with'). Further anatomical study led him to the conclusion that 'individual Africans differ as much, or even more, from other individual Africans as Europeans differ from Europeans'. Furthermore he concluded that Africans were not inferior to the rest of mankind 'concerning healthy faculties of understanding, excellent natural talents and mental capacities'.
Unfortunately these later ideas were far less influential than his earlier assertions with regard to the perceived relative qualities of the different so-called races."
Anybody know where this story of the "negro woman" comes from? I'd like to cite a reputable source in a paper.
Harvey Cormier
Unfortunately, this was written by an anonymous user [21], who hasn't contributed enough to assess how trustworthythis edit is. — Sebastian (talk) 23:45, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
Could I please have a list of the 10 most poisonous plants that grow in the UK, in order of most to least toxic. Thanks,-- J.B. 14:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Been puzzling over this for some time:
From the GCHQ recruitment website, a past question:
Any ideas? The problem appears to be a random walk, but the article doesn't seem to be much help on this particular problem. -- Fangz 15:55, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Apart from Clint Eastwood and Glenda Jackson, has any other Oscar winner ever been elected to public office? User:PedanticallySpeaking
I'm an electronics dummy but I need a component to modify my Linksys NSLU2 ( http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ForcePowerAlwaysOn) so that it powers itself up after a power failure. Where can I obtain an MCP120-450DI or equivalent product in the UK. Maplin's are useless. The only supplier I've found for this that ships to the UK is one based in the US. For a chip costing 24p they wan't to charge me a £10 handling fee and £12 to ship it to the UK. Jooler 18:45, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) (sorry for earlier typos but I had to rush out to the pub)
What's the oldest word in the English language that's in reasonably common use? That is, what's the furthest back one could go in time, hear a word in whatever the language was, and say, "hey, I recognize the word foo, meaning bar!", and be reasonably accurate---that is, not just doing a French Erotic Film? What is the language, the place, and the word? grendel| khan 21:17, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
What is the language of the original message I received via Email?
Kgus
How can I install linux on a palm 505? Grtu 23:49, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am not exactly sure if this is the place to put this under attention, but here it goes. The word terrorist is one of the most controversial and misused words in our vocabulary. I feel that "terrorist" isn't in line with the NPOV policy, because "terrorist" is a very emotional negative word. Afterall: one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. One could even kick a little controversy by simply asking what is a terrorist? I feel that such a vague, emotion stricken term shouldn't be used in an encyclopedia. Reuters has already adopted this policy. -- anon
I was writting an article on Tullio Campagnolo but I ran out of time and wanted to save the uncompleted entry and work on it the next day. However, when I got back, the article was marked as copyright infringement and my page is now gone. WHile it is true that I did use another web page for info, I did have the author's permision. How can I prevent this and how do I save without publishing?
Eric campagnollo2002
Hi, I'm looking to translate my site, and have many volunteers. I figured the best means of translation is a Wiki (with registered users only) but am undecided on what to use.
Mediawiki is not great because you cannot simultaeneously view the original and translate.
Is there any Wiki created with translation in mind, or suitable for translation? Or is there a relatively simple hack that I could use on the Mediawiki software?
Thanks,-- Stepheno 11:27, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Have you seen multilingual advice and " How To Write On Multilingual Pages" ? They are running the OddMuse software. -- DavidCary 17:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone tell me whether there is a comprehensive list of those awarded the MBE available on the internet, together with a short description of what the MBE was awarded for? If so, please could you tell me the URL.
J Fuller
The Honours Lists are published online by the London Gazette [26], and the only way to make a comprehensive list would be to compile one from each of the two annual Lists. (The online archives only go back to 1900, but the Order was established in 1917 so that isn't a problem.) Proteus (Talk) 13:20, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How exactly experts measure the weight or mass of a planet or even a star? Roscoe x 18:35, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Since this worked so well last time I'll try again. The following is an unindent stick insect:
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Thanks again to those who help out. -- 144.139.163.207 11:16, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sorry that was me -- Fir0002 01:37, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
I had created some data disks (JPEG, HTML, ...) in the ShrinkWrap IMG format on a Macintosh several years ago. Some of them were compressed disk image files. How do I open these HFS-compatible disk images on my Windows computer? -- Toytoy 11:29, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
The article for the Doolittle Raid states that the raid occurred on 18 April 1942.
Under the heading "Aftermath" it states "Following the Tokyo Raid, the crews of two planes were missing. On August 15, 1942, it was learned from the Swiss Consulate General in Shanghai that eight American flyers were prisoners of the Japanese at Police Headquarters in that city."
There's a problem with dates there.
- and I think Wikipedia is better than Google for research!
I would like to know how many books publish in the world in 1 year time.. and..how about in a country? Where can I check it? thanks.~coral
i have a bust of christ dated 1628 thats was my grandmothers. it states on the back of the bust which is in a frame and the head and neck come away from the main portion of the sclupture..it is one of six from an english collert of art.. the original carving was of wood by a artist otto reinvoldt i belive. from 1628.. the last name is hard to see. anyway the other five were destroyed and thisis the last peice. how do i fing out its authenticity.. deb wells
What's the first day of the 2005– 2006 academic year in New York City public schools, specifically Stuyvesant? --anon.
I've got some Mexican jumping beans and they're happily moving around in a box I put them in. Is there a proper way to take care of them so they continue jumping longer? -- HappyCamper 18:29, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I think this is the last series of photos I've currently got on my hdd which need identifying. This time its a wierd fly thing:
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As you can see it is very well camouflage on the wood planks. -- Fir0002 10:35, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
I think it's some sort of stonefly, but then I still suck at determining insects, so you should probably ignore me. :-) JRM · Talk 02:15, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
Looks like a dobsonfly, but that isn't found in Australia, apparently. Could be something similar. Tuf-Kat 16:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
It's a dead ringer for one of these - right continent too :) DopefishJustin (・∀・) 20:58, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I sometimes hear the phrase "it's the works" in a conversation. What does this phrase mean, and where did it originate from? What is its proper usage, and in what context does one use it? Thanks in advance. -- HappyCamper 12:58, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was browsing the Q without U section of the Hasbro Scrabble site and it got me wondering, aside from qwerty whose spelling is dictated by the placement of keys of the keyboard, how did these words make it into the English language? Is there some odd phoneme between K and Q that does not occur in the english language, or were they just anglicized oddly? -- CVaneg 20:05, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have always been told that the number of instruments (I believe different kinds of instruments) in an orchestra is 32. Where does that number come from?
Thank you, Gary
The number of instruments in an orchestra varies greatly. Standard orchestra has approximately 20 instruments, but the number can vary because of the different amounts of percussion. Here is a list taken from the article on orchestra:
In addition, most orchestras have a harp, and may also have different variations of wind instruments (Trumpet in Bb, Trumpet in F, etc). Also, some "odd" instruments- saxophone, euphonium, etc. may be used. Thus, the number varies. Hope this helps. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:31, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I ask help from the researchers for information on Citric Acid. I wish to know a neutralising agent for the citric acid present in Lemon If anybody can provide me with the information I would be really grateful to him
Hum. I can print to most types of paper or thin card, easily enough, by using a laserjet or inkjet printer - standard desktop stuff. However, what options are available if I was to want to print to thick card - perhaps of a millimeter or two thickness? I suspect this'd cause most domestic printers to choke... thoughts? Shimgray 23:17, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hope that helps. -- DavidCary 00:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
When and where was Chuck Behler, former Megadeth drummer, born? Bandleader Dave Mustaine mentions Gar Samuelson, their previous drummer, had selected Behler "from the Detroit area" in the liner notes to the re-released version of So Far, So Good... So What!, but that doesn't necessarily mean Behler was born in Detroit.
I'll ask on the the official Megadeth forum as well. Mustaine himself won't answer now as he is on tour, but perhaps a moderator will. Not much is generally known about Behler. -- slonDFW 00:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As the title suggests, does it snow in Australia? What is the weather like in the wintertime? -- HappyCamper 01:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes, but you have to have lived somewhere where you have gotten 4 or more feet of snow to truly appreciate that :). I remember once when I was small getting over 5 feet. We weren't allowed outside the house for worry we would get lost. Now of course there are areas that get that all the time, but man can you have some fun building snow forts and digging tunnels when a lot of snow gets piled up. - Taxman Talk 01:11, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I remember there was a strange chair sold in the 1980s or 1990s. You did not sit on that chair, your body is supported on your knees and you have to keep your upper body straight using your back muscles. What was the name of that chair? -- Toytoy 03:57, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know when the phrase, " mangosteen, queen of fruit" was first coined, and in what media was it recorded? It was not David Fairchild. And in a similar vein, does anyone know if there is any actual written document from the 19th century that records the specific rewards that Queen Elizabeth allegedly offered for the mangosteen?
Iwould like a map of douglas county, Mo. I am trying to do research on a family (Freemam) and need to know how to get around so I can visit the cemetaries in the county. If you can't help do you know where i may get one. thank you svw@mchsi.com
Alright, I own a Yamaha portatone PSR-230 synth keyboard, alright? It's specs can be found here:
http://achamilton.co.uk/PSR280.htm
Now, this is my problem, would it be possible for me to record something, then play it back on my keyboard, at the varying pitches? Here's an example, I didn't explain it very well.
http://www.archivestowearpantsto.com/tracks/0047_kazookazookazookazookazoo.mp3
So, tell me, could my synth do that? and if it can, tell me how, tell me what I need to buy, where I hook it up, anything, It's just so cool. English helps too, if for any reason, you think I wouldn't be able to understand something, write it out in laymans terms, I'm a sort of "Plug in and play" sort of guy, you know? Thanks in advance!
- 67.160.39.151 03:20, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Say you connect the keyboard to the computer with MIDI cables. Then, you record your sample into the computer and load it into some MIDI-based sampler. You set the Sampler program to receive on MIDI channel 1, and set the Portatone to transmit on MIDI channel 1. Then, when you play keyboard notes, the Portatone will tell the computer program to play the sample at the appropriate frequency. I can't give you precise examples of software to try, since I don't use Windows systems, but I own a Portatone, and I use it to control a couple of drum machines sometimes, so it shouldn't be too hard to make it control a sampling program. Oh yeah, and you asked about equipment you'd need. A microphone (for recording), a set of MIDI cables (they come in pairs), and a soundcard that has MIDI ports. If your sound card has a joystick port, you can buy a set of MIDI cables that plugs into that instead. If you don't want to use your computer at all, you can instead get a real sampler (a piece of hardware which does exactly what you want), but they're expensive and sometimes tricky. Jeeves 03:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
PERFECT, thank you so much for that very punctual response, I understood every word of it, my dad is buying me a soundcard within the next... eventually, so I guess I'm more or less set, ah, this is going to be great! I'm giddy just thinking of the possibilities!
- 67.160.39.151 03:48, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
God, thank you so much, in a couple of months, with a new soundcard and after I record some samples, I'll be able to pull a Ferris Beuller without even trying! :) Thanks!
67.160.39.151 00:43, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I heard this melody from a beautiful 19th century music box:
Any ideas what it could be? (I hope I remember it correctly.) — Sebastian (talk) 03:59, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
The
Musicpedia musichound search using Parson's code "*DUDDDUDDUUUUUD" finds only one EXACT hit, and a cursory glance at the many other "possibles" doesn't look promising, though you may want to have a look yourself. (There may be fewer if you include the keyword WALTZ in the search. -
Nunh-huh 08:07, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the link — it's a great idea to simplify it like this. I entered the whole code ("DUDDDUDDUUUUUDrdudddduduududd") but didn't see anything in the music they showed. As for waltz: It doesn't really have the waltz feel (actually I considered 6/8), but that may be because it's a music box. — Sebastian (talk) 08:24, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
It bears a very striking resemblance to the famous duet "Verranna a te sull' aure" from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor:
I'd put money on it being that. If you wanted to check further, you could probably find a sample of it on some CD retailer's website.
My image is almost certainly not in the right key, and possibly not in the right time signature, by the way (I agree 6/8 is about as likely as 3/4)--I just did it like this so the resemblance to your original is more obvious (and also because I'm too lazy to find a score).-- Camembert 16:46, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks a lot - this is it! (Interesting, how it mutated in my brain. Make that a party game: Chinese hums ;-) — Sebastian (talk) 21:37, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
In the Bowie song The Man Who Sold The World (song), what is the annoying instrument that goes in the background and sounds kinda like a duck? I've heard it in quite a few songs, and each time I think the song would sound better without it. Nirvana's version is better than David's, methinks -- Wonderfool t (c) e)
Dear editors, I am a college student in China,and now I am working with a project to compile a book about World Cutural Heritage.Now what we possess are some translated Chinese editions of this topic.So I am curious if you are kind enough to give me some help or rather some hint on this in the form of Websites or so.Very appreciated.
I found this, left by the previous tennant of my apartment. It looks like a can opener, it's about the size of a can opener, but it can't open cans. I found it in a drawer with a can opener and aluminium foil, etc. I have no idea what it is, does anyone? I put a quarter on the scanner bed just so you can get an idea of the size. Thanks! -- Robojames 14:47, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It absolutely can not open cans. There's nothing sharp to pierce the can. And it's not a nutcracker, although it could be used to crack nuts. And it doesn't look like a garlic press... there's no sieve-like thing on it. (I need to get a better picture of this) The functional part seems to be at the top (left in photo) it's got these small flat metal bits on the top... one of them lifts up when you open the handle, and the other two stay put. It's like the following:
Open Closed ] ] [ [ ] ]
It looks like it could be used to press buttons on something, but i don't know. -- Robojames 15:53, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That little thingamabob with the holes - the round thingy - that's what I meant by the sieve. You put the clove in there, and then your ] [ ] action presses the garlic into mush. Mothperson 15:58, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I swear this is what it is. I have one. I didn't immediately recognize it because I haven't used it for years. Mincing with a nice knife is more satisfying. Mothperson 16:02, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Some sort of riveter? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:19, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have a crimping tool that wraps flat metal bands around wire fence panels to hold the panels together. Based on the description of the "head" piece open and closed, this may be some type of crimping tool. But what do you crimp in a kitchen?
All wild birds seem to have uniform coloration. Ravens are always black, robins always have red breasts. But with pidgeons no two are ever alike. What's up with that? -anon
How do you sign your name after adding a comment on someones talk page?
I've made a small edit to the above for clarification. Mgm| (talk) 19:11, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
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for me, will you? thanks.
The thing that makes such a large number hard to factor is that it has two factors, both of which are very, very large primes. As far as cryptology goes, a company can publish the product of the primes and keep the two prime factors secret so that anyone can send an encrypted message but only the company can decode it. This is especially useful for things such as credit card numbers on the internet. -- Think Fast 13:54, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
this link which suggests that the number be factored to cure some boredom. -- HappyCamper 20:09, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The web (as brought to us by google [29]) is full of contradictory information about whether or not Windex (or other ammonia based glass cleaners) are safe to use on a CRT or TV screen. The screen's just glass, right? Is the anti-glare coating really likely to come off? My fiancé just windexed my TV, and there seems to be no harm done - are the effects cumulative? Any experts out there? Key45 22:14, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Though it is possible to use 'Search engines' to discover the mathematical use of these concepts, there seem to be no clues available as to how they are being used in a psychological/philosophical sense. Are they Freudian? What is the link with mathematics? Where and when were they derived and first used?
Harold Bloom in his book 'Shakespeare - the Invention of the Human' constantly uses the concepts e.g p. 407 'Hamlet will not do anything prematurely; something in him is determined not be be over-determined.'
There is clearly some meaning at work here - but what? -- User:Jeffrey_Newman
You are correct that Bloom, a literary critic, uses it in a psychoanalytic sense. Psychoanalysis was a "school" of theoretical concepts intended to help us understand normal and abnormal behavior and to provide tools and methods for treating mental illness. Freud was the principal originator, but many others contributed. It was very influential in psychiatry in the first half of the 20th century, but has been largely discarded among practicing psychiatrists in the last 40 years with the advances in understanding the brain and the evidence that most severe "mental illnesses" represent biological disease of the brain, and that for more minor degrees of psychological or social dysfunction, one "talking treatment" works about as well as another. Critics say that nothing in psychoanalysis was testable or falsifiable, so that it should not have been considered a branch of "science" in any form.
Psychoanalysis lived on in literary theory where there is less need for reality testing or usefulness, although among the younger generation of literary critics structuralism has largely replaced psychoanalysis in favor.
All that is background. A simple definition of overdetermination in a psychoanalytic or literary sense is that there are additional motives for a person's behavior which arise from unconscious conflicts and motivations. Thus a person may have a conscious reason for doing something, but a psychoanalyst may claim that there was one or more additional unconscious motivations, thus "overdetermining" the behavior in question. One may recognize that in its orginal, most powerful form, this concept fails the Occam's razor test (as well as falsifiability and perhaps common sense).
Note that in this sense there is no such thing as underdetermined behavior--- psychoanalysts will always come up with an "explanation", although in a logical sense it might make sense to use the term for anything you do "just because." alteripse 18:07, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for the name of the country music artist and the lyrics to the song. The song contains the words "I thought that you were gone forever, but it's nice here we stand" in it.I sure would appreiate somebodies help. Thank you kindly.-- Rick1960 05:15, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Every time I've tried to burn a bunch of old receipts in my apartment, I end up ruining the pot I do it in. Since I'm burning private stuff, I can't just go out to a BBQ grill.
Is there anyway to make a controlled fire inside an apartment on my stove?
How about acid? Palm probss 02:26, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You could just eat the stupid things, come on, who hasn't eaten paper? Well, I guess I'm alone there. 67.160.39.151 03:24, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
-- Phroziac ( talk) 03:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Such as this one of Ángel "The Railroad Killer" Reséndiz, for example. Any idea what their copyright status is? Shem (talk) 02:21, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You guys must be getting sick of me, but anyway:
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Fir0002 09:05, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
Ok, I've been wondering all along, what is Unident anyway? And that thing certainly is a mothy looking butterfly. Except the antennae are signature butterfly ones and you see it during the day, which according to Difference between a butterfly and a moth is another butterfly characteristic. That's all I've got for you without seeing it opened to see the wing markings. Well, that in addition to the fact I only know North American insects for the most part. - Taxman Talk 18:09, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
In India at present the purity of gold is being mentioned as "91.6 KDM". I would like to know what exactly these words mean.
Thanks Srinivas
Is there any way that being on Wikipedia can help in a career? Has anyone put down their Wikipedia sysophood or bureaucracy down on a CV? Would jobs be interested if I held a position of power in the Wikimedia ladder? Could you say that this counts as charity work or volunteering? And would the employer care? -- Wonderfool t (c) e) 12:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for a destop publisher that can be used by a group of six, or so, people to produce a community magazine. As it's a community venture, we are not interested in paying a lot of money for software licences. However, it has to be easy to use (some are not too confident), and preferably able to run on different systems (Linux, Mac OS and MS Win). I know it's asking a lot, and I don't expect that there is a piece of software that is perfect for us, but is there anything that comes close? -- Gareth Hughes 12:37, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Amy. I use OO-Writer as my main wordprocessor, but I've never used it to deal with layouts, maybe I should have a play with it. Do you have any thoughts about which version to use? The beta version uses OpenDocument file formats. -- Gareth Hughes 15:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, all. Scribus is my favourite for this kind of thing. However, most of my colleagues are still locked in by Windows, and that makes Scribus and LyX both either very difficult or impossible. I think we shall try Amy's solution, OO-Writer, mainly because of its cross-platform support. Gareth Hughes 22:34, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Anybody know the correct name of this german fellow Hans Zwieidneck von Sudenhorst and Hans Zwiedeneck von Sudenhorst. He needs merging in one von Sudenhorst but I don't know if one is a spelling error or merely the vagaries of german translation. Google doesn't help as it is a hall of mirrors. MeltBanana 13:57, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have worked in a hospital operating room for 25 years and have heard this phrase used to describe hemorrhage, but no one has ever been able to explain the origin of the phrase. Any input would be appreciated.
Thank you, marija
Probably. adamsan 20:59, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for an online MIDI or WAV version of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos in G. I found one at [36], but it downloads the music to your computer, so the file has no real URL (unlike [37]). The reason I want the file to be locatable by URL is that that way I'll be able to set it as the background music on my Xanga Weblog. Could anyone try to procure a rendition satisfying my criteria? Thanks in advance, anon.
To Whom It May Concern: What is the fax number and addess for the Prime Minister of Russia Victor Khristenko (Unsigned question posted to Wikipedia:Help desk by User:170.213.132.252.
It looks as if 'over and undetermined' (presently question 3) is soon to disappear. Where will it go? I am looking to find a worthwhile discussion in Wikipedia on the search for meaning and truth in discussion between scientists and non-scientists. Can anyone help? Jeffrey Newman 05:37, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know whether the popularity of Harry Potter had an effect on the sales of magic kits and the general interest in this performance art by people like David Copperfield, David Blaine and all the others? (I'm not about interest in paranormal events) - Mgm| (talk) 16:02, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
A lot of different sites give different numbers on the boiling points of various elements, particularly Rhenium and Tungsten. I was trying to figure out which element had the highest boiling point, and found that sites disagree as to whether it's rhenium or tungsten. This site gives Re's as 5627 and W's as 5660 Kelvin. Wikipedia currently has Re at 5869 and W at 5828 Kelvin. Chemicalelements.com has Re at 5900.15 °K, W at 5933.15 °K. So who do we believe? There's a disagreement that ranges almost three hundred degrees Kelvin here. Mr. Billion 23:15, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) (Question also posted on Talk:Boiling point)
Could some kind Wikipedian solve this equation for x or l in terms of the other variable? It comes about from the talk page on Heim theory, and I'm hoping to graph the result of this equation and place it in the article. C of course is an arbitrary constant, and can be on any side of the equation without loss of generality. Thanks in advance!
-- HappyCamper 00:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not me. For sure. Yeah. Just a wikipedian. Mothperson 01:24, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Both sides integrate cleanly in terms of square roots and logs, so it would just be some algebra after that, which I haven't figured out how to get Maxima to hand me and I am lazy at the moment. I think that actually means there may not be a closed form solution in terms of x, but that wouldn't stop you from being able to graph it. I'll try to figure out the tex to lay out the solutions if someone doesn't beat me to it, but you could just type it all into any computer algebra system and get your solution. Tell me you have maple or mathematica avaialable? Actually my internet connection finked out before I could post any response, and I can't install any software on this computer. Maxima is open source so you can get it here and get the solutions pretty easily, and also wx maxima here which adds a better GUI I think, but I haven't tried that. - Taxman Talk 03:55, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
I can't get it to format right, so I hope the text stays formatted in the edit window. Hope that's a start at least. - Taxman Talk 03:46, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia have articles which cover good posture, seating habits, and ways to set up a computer terminal so that it's ergonomic? Where can I find these articles? -- HappyCamper 00:56, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What date would you give for the birth of Adam, the first human? What about the birthdate of Eve?
Thank you,
Lori Harasta
Neither were ever "born", they were both "created" (him out of dust, her out of his rib). So "birth" isn't quite the right word, I don't think. They were manufactured. -- Fastfission 02:33, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I believe a "day" as referenced in Genesis, is 1,000 earthling years.-- Phroziac ( talk) 03:56, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It's a non-question; both are fictional characters jamesgibbon 29 June 2005 17:57 (UTC)
(cross-posted from Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)#identifying someone)
I have heard. or read, that Juana D'Armagnac, Princess of Aragon, who married Matthieu de Foix did not, after all, die childless but that there was a son, nicknamed "Juan Franchos", who left for Scandinavia and produced two daughters there.
Is there any verifiation of this highly romantic event?
It is highly conceivable that an heir from the first marriage for political reasons may have been hidden, or other-wise disposed of, in favor of expected heirs from the second marriage with Violant de Bar.
The only information on this that I have found has come fom Finn Asbjorn Wang of Norway but I have lost contact with this source.
The commercials for Brach's Rocks candy featured a dinosaur character who ate these pieces of mineral candy. I can't remember whether his name was Rocky B or Rocky D. Does anybody know the name? Wiwaxia 04:26, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
After Cane killed Abel and left his home with Adam and Eve, he went to "the land of Nod," where he met the woman he would marry. Where did she come from?
Dunno, but he's spelled Cain. - Mustafaa 18:06, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The question has no definite answer -- different sects of the Abrahamic religions have different answers, and the question has often been used to attack literal interpretations of the Bible's story of Creation. If you do a Google search for "Cain's wife" you'll see there are around 40,000 pages devoted to this question alone. One approach (I believe generally out of favor today) is the "multiple creations" interpretation -- God made Adam and Eve first, but may have also made other people later in different places. Another (I believe the more common one) is that Adam and Eve had a slew of children after Cain and Able who, by the time Cain and Able duked it out, had already created their own civilization somewhere else (in which case, Cain married either a sister or a niece!). But the Book itself doesn't give a very straightforward answer -- it takes a good deal of interpretation no matter what approach one does. -- Fastfission 01:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The same problem comes when you think of the story that God had to mark Cain so that he would not be killed by those he encountered. If he and Abel were Adam and Eve's first children, who else would there be to kill him, his siblings? There are many other apparent difficulties with the bible, and it took me a long time to find our coverage of that, because it isn't even covered in the bible article itself, just as a see also. It's in the article Alleged inconsistencies in the Bible. Biblical inerrancy covers the belief in general, but not how the inconsistencies are resolved. Resolving them is the work of Apologetics, but our article on that doesn't cover much biblical apologetics. - Taxman Talk 15:32, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Just because Adam and Eve are the only people mentioned in the Bible as having been created from nothing, does not mean that God did not create other people in a similar fashion. The woman Cain married was not necessarily a child of Adam and Eve. The whole question of attributing genealogies to Adam and Eve is absurd anyway, so any contributions to this debate, including mine, are mindless hypothesising that can never ber proven. JackofOz 1 July 2005 03:09 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm doing research in Celtic mythology and I've come across a Japanese web page that describes the Brionac as a 5 bladed lance or spear that Lugh used to defeat Balor.
Unfortunately I can't find any English pages to confirm this. If anything it appears that there are quite a few variations to this myth, and none of them include any entries on Brionac.
Can anyone give me a hand and explain whether this information is true, and if not, what exactly Brionac is?
Thanks,
Celtic Mythology newbie
What is title of the (probably O. Henry) story that features a marshall handcuffed to a prisoner who pretends to be the prisoner? Superm401 | Talk 01:30, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
How about Hearts and Hands? [38] alteripse 17:33, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about 'Maloika'? As I understand it, it is a sort of magical curse. I have heard about this tradition from Italian-Americans from south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is also something involving a gold necklace with a pendant shapded like an animal's horn. Google turned up a very little information on this subject.
I know the pendant you are talking about. I'm not native to the area and associated it more with the good folks from Joisey rather than South Philly, but it's probably both and I suspect Arwel is correct about "malocchia." I will ask next time I see one, and let you know if I get a good answer. alteripse 14:04, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Please answer this question in detail...
You are given a plant tissue. Design an experiment to seperate the organelles. How to observe the structure of the organelles separated from your experiment. Your answer must include:
nett
Nettidlani 04:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I found the question rather hilarious, thanks to the "answer must include", part. ;-) -- Natalinasmpf 28 June 2005 19:11 (UTC)
I have some mp3/ogg files representing (probably) tracks from various CDs. I know the artist, but have no idea as to the album or track name. Is there any way I can systematically identify them? It occurs to me that some kind of hash or checksum would probably be a good way to determine whether the ogg file I have is the same as the ogg file someone else has. It also occurs to me that my radical ideas about mp3 identification have already occurred to others. Is there a database of these things? If not, it also occurs to me that some kind of fuzzy match on the audio data might narrow it down. Ideas? (P.S. there are no lyrics!') Jeeves 09:13, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I would like to know the pKa ( Acid dissociation constant) of the side chain amide group of asparagine. None of the sources on the internet mention it exactly - probably because the amide is a very, very weak base which doesn't accept a proton in physiological pH. One source said it is around 17. -- EnSamulili 10:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
And while we're at it, what about glutamine? -- EnSamulili 10:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was doing some research about two former chiefs of the passport office, Ruth B. Shipley and Frances Knight, and was to surprised to read in them of American passports having green covers and red covers. When did American passports take the current blue color? When were they red and green? PedanticallySpeaking 14:01, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Eshleman, lieutenant governor of California in the teens and namesake of a building at UC Berkeley, was born in Villa Ridge. But my atlas shows two different towns of that name, one in Madison County, Illinois, the other in Alexander County, Illinois. Does anyone know which Eshleman was from? PedanticallySpeaking 14:03, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Why does nobody seem to wear a tie in Iran? Jooler 19:46, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there an English word for cous-cous? What's the difference between farina and semolina? What is farina? Why is cous-cous so regional (i.e. it's a great idea, why didn't it spread?)? This is all sort of one question. -- Mothperson 22:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It did spread out of North Africa much sooner than the last half of the last century - even in medieval times, to West Africa and to Sicily. I suspect it took so long to get to the Anglophone world because Britain had no North African colonies. - Mustafaa 28 June 2005 20:52 (UTC)
I have two questions:
Thanks very much,-- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 06:03, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
Could someone please identify the following photos: First set is of a weird blue/green ant:
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Second set is of some kind of eucalyptus flower:
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Thanks in advance, -- Fir0002 09:05, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
Hello dear people of Wikipedia
I just have following question, when you go to following website,
http://www.swertcw.com/default.php?c=files&p=movies
and you see all movies that are listed here, these movies using most probably illegal mp3's and illegal tools to make them, can this be seen as copyright infringement??? All movies being hosted on that page include mp3 music(since all of these movies are made with expensive tools such as Adobe After Effects, Sony Vegas and others and mp3 clips are probably imported in these tools). Also music is being used without the hosters having to pay any kind of royalties to the music artists.
Also worth noting is the fact that most guys making these videos are younger kids(16-25y)and seeing as most of these video editing packages cost well over 1000$ I find it all dubious to say the least.
Lemme know under what category this falls ok.
thnx,
Johanssen
PS : also have a look at this page, http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1496&date=20050526
Ok thnx for the answer!!!!!!!!!!
We haven't had a question about citing wikipedia for a while.
I was wondering, if Intel invented the x86 code, then how could AMD and other processor manufacturers manage to make their processors compatible with the x86? Wouldn't it infringing upon Intel's patent/rights etc? After all, they share the exact same assembly language. Also, AFAIK Intel seems to be pretty cool about this. = Nichalp ( Talk)= 18:31, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
A new project to correct spelling mistakes just prompted me to install Mozilla Firefox. I know there's all sorts of extensions to make editing Wikipedia easier, but I can't find them. Could anyone point me into the right direction? Mgm| (talk) 19:55, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
I couldn't find "SpellBound" but ScrapBook looks positively amazing. Thanks for the tips guys. If you have another recommendation. Please let me know. Yes, I already have the wikipedia toolbar installed. Mgm| (talk) 22:24, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
Can someone translate the text in the bottom right panel of this web comic strip (edit:broken link?), please? Assuming that it is actually Russian, of course, not just a made up lot of letters... -- Fangz 22:12, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
How can I get acess to to cell phone password, today?
¤ - what's it used for?-- F.B. 14:27, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why couldn't the other currency symbol be displayed? Would it be used like "¤4.50" meaning "£4.50"?-- F.B. 14:49, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am preparing a website for a non-profit school. I need to know if it would be possible to use the photographs and other illustrations found in Wikipedia articles on this website. Are these materials considered public domain, or do I need to obtain permission to use them?
Also, when I cite the source for the illustrations should I cite each separate article, or would it be sufficient to simply cite the Wikipedia homepage?
Thank you, Anon
At least I assume Adblock is to blame. How do I whitelist a site or partial filepath?
Looking at a .txt file of someone's recommended setup I found no reference to Wikipedia, however, I did notice that some paths began with /\ (or \/, I forget).
Is that the secret? -- bodnotbod 19:46, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
I have ripped a dvd onto my harddisk (win2000) and want to compress it. I think I want to use .avi. Can anyone suggest: a) is avi the best format to use to store the video on a hard disk and view it on the disk without loosing too much quality but saving as much space as possible and b) what software I should use, prefferably free / open source? Thanks, Guttlekraw 08:23, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc dvd.vob -o dvd.avi
Anybody knows of a free (gratis) alternative to the MASM assembler for Windows? It should have a graphical interface and editor. = Nichalp ( Talk)= 09:06, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
I posted a question before about but it has been archived. Here is a link to it: [2] -- HappyCamper 15:28, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I know that elements with atomic numbers greater than 83 are radioactive, but can anyone tell me why technetium(43) and promethium(61) are also radioactive? Thanks. --Dimblethum
Radioactive is not about "heavy"; its about an "unstable" nucleus. There isotopes of EVERY element that are radioactive including hydrogen. 4.250.168.37 22:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Ok, so the coastline problem is well known-- Research_on_the_length_of_coastlines_and_borders and How Long Is the Coast of Britain?, basically that the length of a coast is fractal, and that measuring with different length "rulers" gives a different total length. So what length is actually used when preparing the standard (official?) statistics? Or is there no standard, so different answers could be had depending on the method? - Taxman Talk 20:33, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
I'm part of a disability issues committee. I'm fairly certain that a wiki style site could benefit the committee (at the moment we have far too much information floating around in email form).
I've just discovered PeanutButterWiki which has what I regard as the must have features of:
However, before I go any further down the road of considering that to be the perfect platform I thought I'd ask you good people for any recommendations. Please note that I'm perfectly comfortable using a wiki, but whichever I choose will be the first for the other members of the committee.
I have some doubts on PeanutButter due to:
Thoughts and suggestions please. -- bodnotbod 22:51, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for telling me about the peanut butter wiki. Interesting. I've added it to the list of "free wiki hosting" at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wiki_Science:How_to_start_a_Wiki . Mind if I move this discussion there? -- DavidCary 02:20, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi! I'm the guy who wrote / runs PeanutButterWiki. Thanks for noticing it and I hope folks find it useful. It's just meant to be a very simple tool for folks and obviously is light years behind MediaWiki in sophistication. While the styles are a little different, it should be relatively straightforward to make an importer/exporter that can transcode between wiki formats. As an FYI, you can grab a .ZIP backup of your whole wiki at any time - just click on the Admin button. So you could start off in PeanutButter an move to something else later if you wanted. Thanks again for noticing - email me if you have any questions or concerns. -- DavidWeekly 08:38, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there an example of a piece of hard rock music where the final chord is not in root position? -- HappyCamper 16:35, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What's a trans-shipment hub? How does it operate? What does it accomplish?
Well, hazarding a guess at what you're asking about, you could probably start here to listen to some examples of a french accent. We also have an article on Non-native accents. If you want to know more, you'll have to ask a more specific question. -- CVaneg 22:01, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Where do Microsoft Office applications store their own 3rd party plugins? I installed a trial copy of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. It automatically installs an tool icon on my Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I tried to remove it but it keeps coming back each time I restart the infected, poor and defenseless application. How do I remove it before the 7-day trial is up? I want a small victory before I uninstall the whole thing. I hate software that are invasive. Are they DLL files? -- My true identity: The Depth-Challenged Throat 02:42, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
I'm interested in what the "common" German names are for each of the following parts of an atomic bomb are -- how they would appear in a German book on atomic weapons, or in a German encyclopedia. (Not just translated with a dictionary, but how they are commonly called).
Thanks in advance. My German is a bit too poor for this. Basically, I'd like to know what they call the "core", "tamper", "pusher", and "explosive lens". -- Fastfission 04:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Was there ever a town in Ireland called Mackin?. I have heard of a " battle of Mackin" between Protestant and Catholic forces.-- 211.29.118.137 06:07, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)John Mackin
I'm looking for a comparison of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe and their works. Thanks in advance -- 67.15.54.16 11:49, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You can make biographical comparisons from the articles, but I've read both and will offer you a literary critical comparison. HPL was an early 20th century "one song artist." He can do one type of horror story very well, but all his stories taste the same and he knew how to evoke exactly one response in his reader. There was no evolution or growth during his career. His books mostly appeal to adolescents, and none of them deal with any human relationships and none of his human characters grow or change or have depth. Think of H. R. Giger or Frankie Valli:-- very distinctive and recognizable, relatively narrow and adolescent in its appeal. Poe was early 19th century. He wrote poetry as well as fiction, and a wider range of fiction. His work has a wider range of appeal, and you may appreciate different aspects of it at different ages. In my opinion it requires a bit more effort and response from the reader (i.e., if you will pardon the oversimplification, reading level 18 as opposed to 13 years). Finally, I will also offer you a gratis, worth what you pay for it, psychological comparison: I can much more easily imagine HPL writing for wikipedia (ouchh!) alteripse 14:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Moved from Bidwell-Bartleson Party:
Moved to Talk:Welfare economics
Does the common argument "if you don't like it you must not understand it" have its own name or classification of some kind, similar to the short labels most logical fallacies have? JRM · Talk 20:44, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
Thank you all for your responses. I never dreamed it could be evaluated in so many ways. :-) JRM · Talk 14:39, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
I came across this interesting question on Talk:Golf ball...How does one make a golf ball with 333 dimples? I am thinking that 333 = 3*3*37, so one can interpret this as distributing 37 points evenly on a sphere and clustering 9 dimples around these points in a symmetric manner. Is this how they do this in real life? -- HappyCamper 23:00, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is the largest search engine? Patricknoddy 13:10 June 5, 2005 (EDT)
Reading Wikipedia articles didn't answer the following question, so I'm posting it here: from the equation of a parabola, how can you tell its focus, vertex, and directrix?
I'm interested in knowing some borrowings in Hebrew from English and other Western languages, for instance otomatik ("automatic"), terminal ("terminal"), helikopter (" helicopter"), etc. Roman transliterations wouldn't be bad.
Alright, you know that stupid little Arbor Day commercial with the annoying cardinal and all the little filthy children that sing along with him?
Here's a link:
http://www.nationalarborday.org/media/tat/tat60.MOV
I LOVE that commercial.
I know this is a stupid request, but I need the chord progression to that song, honestly, Carly is my hero. I already worked out the lyrics, so that's a start:
Trees are terrific!
The birch is on the branches, Lives among the leaves, Friendly Carly Cardinal, Talking about trees.
"Sometimes people take for granted, About the best things ever planted, But they should be enchanted, should appreciate their trees!"
Could you have a forest parade, Build a treehouse where you played, Could you make your lemonade, If you didn't have the trees?
If you need a tree to climb, That's where squirrels spend their time, "Oh, it's practically a crime, When someone damages a tree."
When you think about a tree, It's as plain as it can be, To some it's just a tree, But it's a home to me.
Trees, trees, Carly's Arbor Day Foundation, Spreads the word across the nation about trees!
Trees are terrific!
67.160.39.151 02:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello - I've provided the notes to the individual syllables as well as the chords. Some of the words are not sung to pitch, but the notes I have given are as close to the original as I can get it to be. I have assumed that the bottom note is the tonic, since I can't hear the entire chord on my poor computer speakers. This very likely isn't the case, but I'd need better to speakers to figure it out. (It doesn't help that the singers are not in unison either.)
Intro: Chromatic scale starting from A...goes down 3 octaves The key of the piece is in A-major, likely 4/4 time with a slight swing to it. A major Trees are ter-ri-fic! A E A C# E A major F# minor The birch is on the bran-ches, C# E C# E C# F# F# B major D E major D Lives am-ong the leaves, D C# D E C# C#-minor F# minor Friend-ly Car-ly Car-din-al, C# E E C# F# F# B D E major Talk-ing about trees. D D E c# B Transition: Sounds somehting like A D E F# D A G#... D major D major "Some-times peo-ple take for gran-ted, D E F# F# F# D G# G# C# minor F# minor Abou-t the best things ev-er planted, G# E G# G# G# B A A B dominant seventh (B,D#,F#,A)-(B,D,F#)-(A,C#,E)-(ends in A major) But they should be enchanted, should appreciate their trees!" (Practically impossible to assign notes to the spoken verse here) A major F# Could you have a for-rest glade, C# D E C# E C# F# B D E major D Build a treehouse where you played, F E D C# D E E C# F# Could you make your lemonade, C# D E C# E C# F# B D E If you didn't have the trees? (can't figure it out) D D If you need a tree to climb, D E F# F# D G# G# C# F# That's where squirrels spend their time, G# E G# E G# B A Dominant seventh (B,D#,f#,A)--then (B,D,f#)---(A,C#,E) "Oh, it's practically a crime, When someone damages a tree." (can't figure out the notes here) D E When you think abou-t a tree, C# D E C# E C# F# C# F# It's as plain as it can be, F# E D C# D F# B To some it's just a tree, (can't figure it out) C# F# C# But it's a home to me. (can't figure it out) D E C# F# Trees, trees, Carly's Arbor Day Foundation, F# G# G# F# D C# D D# E D B E A Spreads the word a -cross the na-tion abou-t trees! F# E D C# D E F# D G# E A A major Trees are ter-ri-fic! A E A C# E
Note how some of the base chords seem dissonant with the notes that are sung. This really isn't the case in the music - The dissonant notes are only in passing. I haven't written out the notes and times.
The ending is the typical 2-5-1 chord progression. Hope this helps! HappyCamper 03:14, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS WEBSITE. You are my hero, Thanks! 67.160.39.151 00:47, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Our article on thallium claims that the metal reacts with water to form thallium hydride, but it has been suggested that the actual reaction product is thallium hydroxide. Do we have a chemist in the house? -- Smack ( talk) 05:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How do I use the word "don" in Italian? In Spanish, "don" goes with a noble man's first name, e.g. Don Juan. The same rule goes with many other titles such as the British sir. But why do people call Vito Corleone Don Corleone? How do we call today's living New York Mafia family heads? -- Toytoy 14:15, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
According to IMDB ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/trivia):
Mario Puzo goofed! -- Toytoy 01:49, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
In German phonology, it says that: "the obstruents /b d ɡ z ʒ/ are voiceless [b̥ d̥ ɡ̊ z̥ ʒ̊] in the Southern varieties." I'm unable to reproduce this. I was under the impression that the difference between /b/ and /p/ is that /b/ is voiced and /p/ isn't, likewise with /d/ and /t/, and so on. In that case, what is the meaning of symbols like [b̥] and [d̥]? How does a [z̥] differ from a [s]? — Trilobite ( Talk) 19:52, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
To what extent did the success of The Battle Of El Alamein effect the strategic balance of World War II?
anon
I appreciate any info someone might be able to give me. I've read the info on this site and at the uspto, and I can't figure out how there can be so many trademarks of the same saying and they can still be protective.
I went to the USPTO website, and under "Search" typed in the words "Support our troops." There were 21 entries, and most had the single phrase "Support our troops." Shouldn't the very first person who submitted their trademark of this saying be the only one listed? Is it that easy to list your own, just by changing the color of your magnet, put a little red, white and blue at one end, or make it all black, and you get a trademark? That doesn't seem right. From what I've read, I thought the trademark office 'searched' to make sure your trademark hadn't been used before issuing it. Or are sayings such as this not that easy to protect? Or is it possible that the first listed trademark person is suing the others and down the road only one will be listed after all the court battles?
And what about the most recently listed trademark under that group that reads "Support our troops bring them home"? How protected is this person? The reason I ask is, I've thought of a phrase that includes "support our troops" but also adds a few more words. Suppose it caught on, am I wasting my time and money trademarking it? Am I even allowed to trademark it if it includes part of someone elses pharse? How specific do I have to be to 'protect' it (I have four different ways of writing my saying, but they all say the same thing, only one word added or subtracted on the two lines).
Thank you to anyone who can help me.
Hi,I really enjoy your well researched list of masts,they've always fascinated me,hower I know of 2 Michigan additions for ya that we'rent listed,the WPBN in HARRIETTA AT 1130 FT. and the WPHN in ATLANTA at 1001 ft. thanks Pat
Hello wikipedia
I have recently been given a present by a friend just returned from holiday in majorca, which i believe is a strategy game/puzzle, however no play instructions have been included and i haven't got a clue how to play it.
The game is a three quarter circle with a large red dot positioned in the space where the missing quarter is, almost identical in outline to the tulip logo used by wikipedia at the bottom of this page (blue circle/red dot, although there are no green leaves on the game). There are 3 equidistant holes on the circumference of the circle and 1 in the middle, 5 in total and there are 4 small pegs two of each separate colour in the circumference holes.
Does anyone know or recognise this. Any guidance would be useful and much appreciated.
Thank you.
Peter -- 195.92.67.77 07:03, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
hello, i became a member here about 4 or 5 days ago. i joined wikipedia when i was at school. when i went online today at my home computer the site said i had a new message. when i checked the messege it said something about me making vandalsim. if this has something to do with my compters ip address can someone tell me what to do, i would never create vandalism on a site that helped me get information for a reserch paper which i got a good grade on.
Thanks.
-- Chris 23:32, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, but I really don't think my dad actually knows about this site. Is it possible that there could be another computer with my same IP address? Chris 18:09, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If your ISP gives uses dynamic IP addresses, then every time you dial in you get a different IP address from their pool, and so it is near 100% probability that somebody else had the IP address before you. If you have a home network, then it is likely that every computer on that network has the same IP for Internet purposes (see Network Address Translation(NAT)). Thryduulf 19:28, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I want to know the formula for the position of a satellite as it goes along its elliptical orbit. I want it as a function of TIME, and it needs to have a parameter for the shape (eccentricity?) of the planet's orbit. I want to make an almanac and I don't want anything too hard to use.
Can anyone guide me to research about the effect of this stuff and it's dissociation in the digestive system (particularly the intestines)? I already know it's a complex of a mineral with the non-essential amino acid taurine and what illnesses they are involved in. Chemfinder didn't know the compound and Google is returning too many sales pitches. -- Mgm| (talk) 08:16, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Trace amounts of taurine are now added to some infant formulas. As for anything else with potential bioactivity, as you change the dose along several orders of magnitude, you get shifting sets of entirely distinct effects, and all substances are toxic in large enough amounts. That is especially true with amino acids that have neurotransmitter properties. Most acids conjugated with magnesium are completely dissociated in stomach acid and in large amounts have cathartic properties: e.g. magnesium citrate and magnesium sulfate. alteripse 00:11, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Which is it, cowardry, or cowardness? I am almost certain that cowardness is "wrong", but why does it yield 5000 google hits as opposed to 90 for cowardry? Is cowardness specifically American English? dab (ᛏ) 10:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
OK words here would be 'cowardice' or 'cowardliness'. 'cowardness' is definitely wrong, because 'ness' indicates a noun derived from an adjective, while 'coward' is a noun. Just because it's wrong doesn't mean you won't find it used on the internet a lot. DJ Clayworth 14:07, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In fact, Googling for "cowardry" yields this interesting link: http://www.takeourword.com/Issue038.html, which suggests that cowardness and cowardry were once used as synonyms some seven centuries ago. I doubt the other Internet occurrences are conscious attempts at reintroducing these obsolete variants. :-) JRM · Talk 14:19, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
I believe Ghakko's example from Anacreon is not using a true noun form of coward. This is a substantive, meaning an adjective with the noun implied. War spares not the brave (people), but the cowardly (people). Brave and cowardly are both adjectives, but they lost their nouns -- this is rare in English but common in some other languages (as well as in archaic English, such as blessed are the meek). Tuf-Kat 00:38, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
What countries have no extradition treaties with the United States?
Here are three Wikipedia accounts related with Adam Lopez:
And this is from the official Guinness page:
Do we need to modify the pages? Or is this record too new to be officially recognized? It is also currently discussed on Talk:Adam Lopez. Sorry, I know almost nothing about singing. I am totally clueless. -- Toytoy 13:59, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
I want a machine for my bicycle to keep knowing that where my bicycle is.
Has there ever been a show which had a character that was deaf as a regular on the show? I mean to exclude recurring characters such as Marlee Matlin on The West Wing. PedanticallySpeaking 19:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
There was, until just recently, an American show called Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye in which the lead character was a deaf FBI agent. DJ Clayworth 04:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"Gil Grissom" of CSI has been losing his hearing and should supposedly end up deaf - but who knows whether (1) it'll ever really happen (2) his character will remain when it happens. ¦ Reisio 15:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Torrance High School supplied exteriors for Sunnydale High on Buffy the Vampire Slayer until Sunnydale High was blown up at the end of the third season. The final season featured the "new" Sunnydale High. Anyone know where those exteriors were shot? PedanticallySpeaking 19:07, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
Does pernod contain citric acid? If it does, what alcoholic drinks don't? 212.139.28.37 21:40, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Try fusel oil. alteripse 19:34, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
There is a new website with hundreds of hebrew books in text format and PDf format. Is it possible for Wikipdeia to link to this following site http://tshuvos.com/
Thank You G Whitman
As I understand it, the GFDL—to which Wikipedia adheres—allows for commercial redistribution, which means it is probably a bad idea (likely illegal) to use any text provided at that website in a Wikipedia article. ¦ Reisio 11:50, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)"Use of the texts and PDF files is designed for private and educational use, but does not permit storing them in any form for public use. Printing small sections is permitted on condition that it is not sold. All the seforim and texts found here are copyrighted by Halacha and international law, which will be strongly enforced."
Hello Would you please be kind to delete the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan This is because there is some information on there which is not correct. For example I forgot to say that this person was a co-producer within the user name. Delete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan, so that I can recreate the webpage, but this time saying that he is a co-producer within the user name. Please let me know how long it will take for you to delete the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehan page from Wikipedia at
Thanks for your time. Sincerely Rehan Vaid
I am a student and am currently doing a project on Japan’s vending machine. I hope you can help me to answer a few of my questions.
Why does the Japan’s government implement the use of vending machines instead of shops? What is the main purpose of implementing vending machines? I have done some research and found that one of the reasons is that vending machines can help to conserve land in Japan. However, I couldn’t find reliable sources to prove my stand that vending machines can help to conserve land. Do you know of any policies or website of Japan’s government that mention the use of vending machines?
I sincerely hope that you can help me. Thank you for your time.
Where did the number symbols 0 to 9 that we use in United States and other nations originate? I have tried for a long time researching in books and websites including this website. Please help me, I'm desperate? I just want to know where these number symbols originate at.
I am pediatric resident from Airlangga University, Surabaya , Indonesia
I looking for PROCEEDINGS 1st international conference on tetanus, Bombay, 1963.
I'll waiting for your reply
Thank you
Three suggestions, depending on whether you want to acquire a copy permanently, or need a copy of a single article:
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Tetanus, Bombay 8–10 November 1963, JC Patel, ed. Study Group of Tetanus, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay, pp. 239–249. It doesn't seem likely that text from something that old would be online, but you should go through these hits if you haven't.
Impressive work shimgray. I do suspect personal contacts might turn up copies, especially if the authors can be located. alteripse 21:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How much chloral hydrate would need to be diluted in ethanol to work as a "Mickey Finn"? What is the possibility of accidentally inducing the knockout effect by combining the two (as in the case of someone who may drink while having a prescription for chloral hydrate).
No one has prescriptions for chloral hydrate. It is used in single doses for light sedation for procedures like MRIs.
You did a terrific job at answering the query.
Obviously that could have been answered in several ways. The questioner could have been researching a thriller... he coulda been! Chloral hydrate is an old hypnotic (sleep inducer), and has the potential for liver toxicity in repeated doses. I doubt many, if any, doctors in the US are prescribing it for repeated dosing as an hypnotic and if they were, I would suspect an unethical service to someone with leverage or lots of money. We have had questions like this in the past and I will continue to put an uncharitable construction on them when that seems probable to me. Speaking of which, how do you think someone would have the practical knowledge to answer his original question? You sure won't find it in a medical textbook. Call me a curmugeon if you wish (you wouldn't be the first), but there are some things we have no business publishing. alteripse 18:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
So in the 150+ years of the existence of Chloral Hydrate, there's no way that theres a single case report of the medical profession encountering someone who ingested this? Interesting.
I have to say that I'm not sure I get your drift. I said no such thing. Many of us have prescribed it for in-hospital sedation, but not in combination with alcohol. I am sure there are loads of tox studies and overdose reports, but I doubt you will find a specific answer to the question about safe but "effective" dosage in combination with alcohol. For obvious reasons, exact dose info for either the alcohol or the chloral hydrate are not likely to be available in ER visits for overdose. I certainly didn't go looking for it. alteripse 21:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The pilot of the ABC show "Grey's Anatomy" had a track that sounded like the Swingle Singers. I Googled both terms and got nothing. Anyone know if it was the Singers? PedanticallySpeaking 14:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
According to ABC.com, the following records were included in the pilot of Grey's Anatomy:
I think perhaps what you heard were the
a cappella parts of "They" by
Jem. Here are some clips:
Jem-They.clip1.intro.ogg,
Jem-They.clip2.bridge.ogg.
If this is what you're referring to, we have but to find out who is responsible for that part of the recording. ¦
Reisio 17:54, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I happened to see Shania Twain's video for "Party for Two" today and it's shot in London. (One scene has her prancing in front of the Royal Albert Hall). Is country music popular in Britain? PedanticallySpeaking 14:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
"...it's rarely omitted". Is today an omission (hear it here) or is it regularly omitted?-- 62.253.64.15 17:24, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I started an article on nondimensionalization a while ago, and I have sort of run out of ideas for pictures for the article. Could someone here suggest something creative I could try? -- HappyCamper 17:35, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Someone at some point said that diesel expires after a while. The diesel article does not mention any expiration date. Does it?
I am looking for a program which allows one to write all the "special characters" in German without having to press the "Alt" button. I think the program was called "Umlaut" - it was a very simple program which runs on Windows, and if you double click on it, you'll get 7 square buttons which show up on your screen. When you click on these buttons, the appropriate symbol is inserted into your text. Does anyone know what this is? Thanks for your help! -- HappyCamper 20:59, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why don't you ask this question on the German Wikipedia de:Wikipedia:Auskunft? I'd like to know the solution too. -- Toytoy 15:51, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
The cancer article claims that cancer is now the leading cause of death in the UK and the USA. I have been able to source the USA bit, but the UK numbers are from a BBC Health page - a site I have learnt to distrust.
Does anyone know where UK cancer and mortality statistics are published? JFW | T@lk 21:46, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi email-experts —
I've received an email, supposedly from ebay, saying that I need to "update" my billing information and account information.
I'm assuming phishing for the moment, but am not certain how to tell.
The link that they direct me to leads to https://signin.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll, which looks legit, though for some reason I can't connect (it says I can't connect to cgi1.ebay.com) — I don't know if that's related.
The relevant details in the "Full Header" option of my email are
Return-Path: <aw-confirm@ebay.com> . . <== my email details . Received: from [212.118.20.124] (helo=aa) by server2.fourhosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) <=== What's fourhosting.com? A search for 'fourhosting ebay' returns no results id 1DbtLS-0002Sv-7T; Sat, 28 May 2005 00:54:47 -0400 From: "aw-confirm@ebay.com" <aw-confirm@ebay.com> Subject: eBay Confirmation Center To: sfcm@afcm.com.au <== not sure who this is, it's not me Content-Type: text/html;iso-8859-1 Reply-To: aw-confirm@ebay.com Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 21:54:56 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-Library: Indy 8.0.25 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server2.fourhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - wesleyan.edu X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ebay.com
So what should I conclude? It may be a moot point since I can't connect, though they claim my account will be suspended... I'm just going to assume phishing for now unless someone thinks it's legit.
Thanks, — Asbestos | Talk 23:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there any difference between seaweed and kelp? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
A big WikiThanks to all who make this page a great and interesting place in Wikipedia! Thanks for the great questions and answers :-) -- HappyCamper 00:49, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have a very promising lightly raced 3 year old gelding, 6 starts for 1 win and 3 placings, which was barred on the 8 June from further racing in Australia because it bled externally for the second time.
Are horses that have bled allowed to race in Macau.
I would appreciate an answer from you.
Thank you.
Frank McDonald, Australia.
Look at the article on Raleigh. I am sure, that the National Weather Service did not issue a warning after a tornado touched down west of Raleigh, destroyed many homes and many large businesses like K-Mart and there are Google searches on Raleigh F4 tornado.
Former resident of Raleigh, NC.
If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link. You don't even need to log in, although there are several reasons why you might want to. Wikipedia convention is to be bold and not be afraid of making mistakes. If you're not sure how editing works, have a look at How to edit a page, or try out the Sandbox to test your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 03:44, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Was it even a F4? "Copyright 1988 McGraw-Hill, Inc. Engineering News-Record
December 8, 1988
SECTION: NEWS; Vol. 221, No. 23; Pg. 14
LENGTH: 374 words
HEADLINE: Tornadoes strike Raleigh
BODY: A series of severe, F-3-level tornadoes struck sections of North Carolina and Virginia early last week, causing about $ 100 million in structural damage to hundreds of residential and commercial buildings. According to state officials, only draconian building codes could have prevented the amount and cost of damages.
Along the 33-mile path of destruction, the city of Raleigh suffered the greatest amount of damage. Four people were killed and more than 150 others were injured, according to city officials."
lots of issues | leave me a message 04:36, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You might also want to leave an edit summary with that edit so people understand why you made the change. Mgm| (talk) 05:02, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia is not a school but it is a open-content encyclopedia. Patricknoddy 8:09 June 10, 2005 (EDT)
What is an authoritative source for measured values of physical constants? On Thermal conductivity, the values given for Silver and Copper (and possibly other elements too) differ from the values given on these elements' own pages.-- Drhex 13:16, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
“Explain how spy satellite technology/concept works and how it can be designed and used for:
I have look at the Arabic Numeral page of Wikipedia website, I still could not find where the current Arabic number symbols of numbers 0 to 9 originate at. Please help me or suggest another source that can. Thank you.
I've had a look at Massage, but it's just a load of details about different types of massage (Swedish, Chinese, etc.) What's missing is any sort of medical or scientific explanation of massage.
I mean, why does massage feel good? Why is it relaxing? How can it relieve muscle pain? What evolutionary advantage is there in experiencing rubbing as pleasurable? — Chameleon 19:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Who is the Patron Saint of Georgia (state)? Patricknoddy 8:07 June 10, 2005 (EDT)
Hi there. Here's one for all you MySQL database gurus. How does one efficiently select a random row from a table? -- 210.49.207.223 12:12, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (table)
). Call this value X.SELECT * FROM (table) LIMIT X, 1
.SELECT * FROM (table) ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1
.SELECT * FROM (table) WHERE (field)>(value) LIMIT 1
is executed. This returns an article.WHERE (indexed_field)=(value)
instead of LIMIT
, provided you can either generate the value of an indexed field from the row number, or you use auto-numbering somewhere. If you can hide them, you also have to make sure you don't get an empty result. --
Pidgeot
(t)
(c)
(e) 21:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)old
table of the
Homestar Runner Wiki (I have a database copy from when I helped out with some technical problems). Counting the rows in the table (68241) takes virtually no time (the command-line client reports 0.00 sec), but the LIMIT takes a long time, since it will read in all rows.ORDER BY RAND()
that's causing the full table scan.SELECT @a := MIN(id) + RAND() * (MAX(id) - MIN(id) + 1) FROM mytable
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id >= @a LIMIT 1
If I boil vegetables, such as kale, in a soup for, say, an hour, will it lose it's vitamin properties? I've heard that veg that have been cooked for a while lose their vitamins, but don't know whether, say, they'd go into the water and still be usable.
Thank you.
I remember there used to be an article on Wikipedia which had a table of Fourier transform properties, but I cannot seem to find it anymore. In particular, I am looking for an extention to the duality property - I recall an entry in a table which said something like F3{f(t)} = -F{f(t)}. Does anyone know where this is? HappyCamper 20:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
About 4 years ago I made a Total IgE count. The result was aprox. 2500 kU/L (kilounits per liter), and the reference value for my age was 140 kU/L. So, this is VERY HIGH. I went to a immunologist right away, and she gave me ketotifen (constant use) and hidroxizin (no longer than three months to avoid affecting the liver) to put that number down. Thing is, I took it for 4 years without good results, and the least it got was 1200 kU/L. Also, the medication was making me sleepy and affected my memory.
So I stop taking it. A few months ago I went to another (in fact, the only other) immunologist in my city and he said I shouldn't be taking those stuff.
Anyway, let me get to the point. The first doctor said the high total IgE was dangerous, since it could develop to some form of blood disease (cancer?) that would render my immune system very weak forever (anaphylactic shocks with everything and stuff). The second doctor said "well, if you don't feel anything bad right now, it's nothing to panic about".
These two doctors are the only ones availabe in this city, and I'm not sure which I should trust. To avoid regrets, I'm trusting the first one... Just to be sure, you know.
Now, I know Wikipedia is no place for this, but hey, I just want to know from someone else out there... Is a high total IgE like this reason to panic? What sort of problems this can bring to me in the future?
Both doctors recommend me to take vaccines, but they're way too expensive for me... — Kieff | Talk 05:30, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
I am not going to diagnose you but you need to press at least one of the doctors for the answers to the questions I suggested. If you got clear answers with enough information to confirm it from available info on the internet they wont be contradictory. It is certainly possible that one or both don't know what it means but have 2 different opinions on what to do. If they really can't answer them or give you irreconcilably vague answers, I would suggest seeing an immunologist at a university and telling him/her that you mainly want help understanding what the high IgE means and whether it is possible to answer the questions. I would not be offended by someone asking me those questions and if I couldn't answer them I would try to send them to someone who could. I would not trust a doctor who would not try to give me intelligible answers to those questions, but I have no idea how much difference there is between braz & american medicine.
Also, for an example of a genetic immunoglobulin disorder with high IgE, look for info on the disorders similar to Job's syndrome. I am not an immunologist, so I am not asking you for more info nor am I going to identify some obscure condition for you; I am telling you what kind of answers you should be seeking and how to get them. I am also assuming that your understanding that your level is orders of magnitude above typical allergy levels is correct and not mistaken because of misunderstanding or inappropriate scales or units or irreproducibility, etc. Borderline test abnormalities in a healthy person are often hard to explain but completely insignificant. A strikingly abnormal test, if real and reproducible, is likely to have been seen in other people, and been investigated and published and the information is out there. It is not unusual for a primary doctor to think an abnormality of a hormone test is "VERY high" when an endocrinologist would not be especially impressed and would know exactly what were the likely causes, some of which might require no treatment at all. I suspect the same is true for Ig levels of various sorts-- maybe yours is well within the usual allergic range, but you need an immunologist rather than an endocrinologist to confirm this. alteripse 21:28, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I second the above, but would add that another person (besides an immunologist) to consider consulting would be a hematologist/oncologist: that specialty also deals with this problem. You need to find out if you have a monoclonal or a polyclonal gammopathy, and what the cause of it is: that is, what you need to insist on is an actual diagnosis, rather than a treatment. - Nunh-huh 22:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) While I agree it's in the differential, I assumed it improbable on basis of presumed age of Wikipedia reader who would ask for medical advice here coupled with apparent prolonged duration of condition without obvious trouble. I would still strongly recommend a clinical immunologist over hem/onc for the initial diagnosis. alteripse 06:02, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone direct me to a detailed plot of the above Doctor Who episode, like the ones WP has produced for the previous episodes?--anonym 06:26, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
From http://boardgames.about.com/library/faqs/bl-faq-monopoly-buildevenly.htm
I want to develop a model as follows;
An Object in the space (in this case inside a glass box) and the images of its (object's) projections (Front view, Top view, Right view) on the glass box's surface. The sides of the glass box should be rotatable. (Like a window with hinges)
Now I am confronted with the task of making these sides rotatable. I have explored every possibility to come out of this matter but miserably failed. (I have attached what I completed so far) I contacted SolidWorks too but they could not help me either.
Please contact me through: naveentim@hotmail.com
-- 159.148.116.211 13:19, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
If SolidWorks themselves can't help, then your only hope is a forum site. I found this but there may be others. DJ Clayworth 03:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Could anyone direct me to sources detailing the causes of the great socio economic inequality in India?
Moved from Monarch Bottling Company by Samw 02:04, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC):
hi i have to wrighta history projecton the plains indians due in in 2 weeks time but the encyclopidia dosent have enough info can u suggest any sites i dont know where ese to go plz help!!!! ?????????///
In researching the Bambara language, I found a link to an article on Olmec language. If, as the article states, "Olmec people spoke a Manding 'Malinke-Bambara' language," which is an African language family, why is there such resistance to the theory that the Olmecs were of at least partial African ancestry?
Anon,
What's the difference between a Parliament and a National Assembly? 500LL 18:18, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
I'm analyzing a piece of music in the key of Ab (A-flat). One chord has the notes Bb and Eb in the treble clef and G and C in the bass clef (with C as the bass note). How would I notate this in Roman numerals? Hermione 1980 20:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've got a project to work on where I need to program in Fortran 77. Are there any good integrated development environments out there that you'd recommend? Good compilers for Windows? Linux? Thanks in advance! -- HappyCamper 00:28, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Two little questions...
What database tools are most popular for searching the literature in history and politics? (Access to a Research university library) Guettarda 04:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I did go to the French Wikipedia, but I couldn't figure out where the reference desk was, so I must pester this one. I do not have access to a decent French dictionary. The word is "dragée", i.e. the sugared (Jordan) almonds, or chocolate shaped to look like almonds with a sugar coating, or the little silver balls of sugar. I want need to know how they became known as dragées in French. The Italian confetti is a lot easier to divine. Please help me! I am googled out. --
Mothperson 19:39, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Are there any good estimates of the historical marketshares of Apple Macintosh computer? I mean from 1984-now, U.S. and world, Mac v. DOS/Windows. Where do we get the best available information? -- Toytoy 02:29, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
That it has nothing to do with Wicca or WitchCraft on the page for the book The Witches? This is of great concern for me as it says that: "One child a week equals fifty-two a year, squash them and squiggle them and make them dissapear." That is the motto of all witches in the world. The word witches links you to the page that decribes people who are Wiccan or practice WitchCraft. I would like to see that it is mentioned that Witches are not evil as described in this book. Thank you.
RiuMaki 02:56, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What is the title of that song "Its the hidi ho man thats me"? -- elpenmaster
WHo is their agent??
I know their publisher was Random House; was it always Random House? I particularly wanted to know their agent, because I've sent my book to many agents, all telling me they are too busy to take on new clients at this time, and to check back. HELP???
I'm looking to find the percentage of Mac users on the internet who use IE 5 (vs. Safari vs. Firefox vs. various versions of Netscape, etc). Does anyone have any idea where I might find this info? I can find IE 5 usage overall, but lumping IE 5 for PC and IE 5 for Mac together is rather misleading, since IE 5 for PC wasn't as much of a ball of bugs as IE 5 for Mac.
Thanks :)
Is it true that there is abundant ground water wherever termite colonies are sighted? Also, how deep can termites go below ground level to seek moisture? -A.H.Khan,India
I need to go fast, really, really fast. What is the best thing? Speed demon 03:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Let's say a friend I both have iBooks with AirPort Extreme cards. One of us has connection to a wireless router; the other cannot connect directly to the router for whatever reason. Is there any way I could use the fact that I can initiate a Computer-to-Computer connection with his computer to "share" the connection to the wireless router? (that is, port the wireless router connection through the computer-to-computer interface) -- Fastfission 05:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to find online references to two documents relevant to the recent conflict resolution in Papua new Guinea and Bougainville. Specifically, I'd like to be able to find the PNG constitutional amendment Part XIV (Bougainville Government and Bougainville Referendum) of the National Constitution. There is also a new 'Organic Law on Peace-Building in Bougainville". Extensive googling has not helped me find the docs. Thanks if you can help. - anon -
I have read most of the Wikipedia articles relating to copyright and I still am not clear on what exactly is copyrighted when you make an "artifact"--be it a book, a Word file, an mp3 file, or what have you. Specifically, I want to know what the status is if I wanted to record myself reading a book that is currently in copyright. Since I have created a new artifact, what kind of rights do I have to distribute it?
And a follow-up question: If the issue is that I'm quoting the text verbatim, what if I instead used the text as a sort of inspiration, a la Wizard People, Dear Reader? Or is there any clear answer at all at this point? Mjklin 12:37, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
In most dictionary sources the origin of the word "jiffy" is listed as unknown. However a few sources mention the possible link to Yiddish. Where can I search to confirm or rebut this possible link? If "jiffy" does indeed have a Yiddish origin, where can I find the original word's meaning?
Thank you very much. Friend from Florida
I was just writing to let you know that whoever is writing your information for you is obviously biased to a few things. I'm an avid Widespread fan and there are somethings in the information giving that I would like to see the sources for what was written. Like critics who apparently say they lack improvisational skills?? I'm not being an asshole fan, I'm just a music lover, and a musician and I like a lot of bands, like moe., phish, the dead..etc. They seem to all have pretty fair write ups and nothing negative, but you guys make the rules. I guess just I'm asking for a fair write up. But anyway thank you guys a lot for all the information on this site you guys do a great job, thanks so much
Peace
Kevin
e-mail: <email removed>
Kevin go to the page in question, click the "edit this page" link and rewrite the article so that it is to your liking. Anyone can edit a page here. If you think something is biased or unfare just go ahead and fix it.Cool or what? Note however that people will edit your words too, and will do so without mercy. Theresa Knott (ask the rotten) 23:44, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Kevin, in addition to the above, keep in mind that a fair write up does not mean not writing anything negative about a topic. Check out the WP:NPOV policy. - Taxman Talk 15:41, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
If Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album is the number 2 best selling album of all time worldwide, what album is number 1?
I opened my Gmail this morning and was greeted by the screen you see here (edit:the image has been deleted as the issue is resolved). It looked fine yesterday and I can't remember downloading anything suspicious. Can anyone explain what happened or tell me if there's more people with this issue? -
Mgm|
(talk) 04:47, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
Now that it's over, can the image be deleted? -- Sundar ( talk · contribs) 09:11, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
You know how you can't store petrol and you can't seal off drugs properly, allowing sniffer dogs to detect the cocaine strapped to your body? Because the molecules are small enough to get through the containing medium.
How come alcoholic drinks don't lose their alcoholicness? Ethanol is pretty darn small. Is it because the ethanol is dissolved in water? And how come water doesn't evaporate from a steel container when petrol does - petrol is a much bigger molecule?
What article talks about molecules migrating through their containers? Josh Parris ✉ 05:37, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Your amazement should evaporate when you rememember (1) how few molecules it takes to provide a scent, and (2) that ethanol molecules are several times heavier than water molecules, so it doesn't preferentially evaporate out of solution. For many things, evaporation of 0.0001 percent a day is more than enough to provide an odor, yet it would take 3 years to lose 1% of the substance. alteripse 11:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Where can I find in impartial source on where the US ranks in aid-giving nations?
Personally I have a bias to whatever Franken says, but I wouldn'yt mind seeing where everybody's getting their figures from.
"(a) to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale,"
This comes from the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. What does it mean?--anonym
WHat are the risks of GM food? Could the herbicide get into weeds? Could the pesticide somehow get into the pests? I need in depth information on these subjects ASAP please. Thank you for your time :)
There are no demonstrated health risks to eating genetically modified food. The most rational fears are related to the global economic consequences for traditional agriculture, and the potential reduction of biodiversity in favor of a few "optimized" food species. Of course, when people are hoping for a way out of the Malthusian bind, we always imagine some order of magnitude step up in our food supply rather than a reduction of our needs and intakes. It's hard not to wonder if this isn't it. We pays our money and we takes our choice... alteripse 20:32, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello, My name is Kenneth H. Young from Canada. I would like to know if HRH Prince Charles was on a military maneuver in Gagetown, NB. Canada in 1971 called excursive, Running Jump II.
Thank you in advance.
Kenneth H. Young <address deleted>
I have a watercolor, signed S. Wilhite. The painting came into my family's posession when purchasing a home and some of its contents in 1954. The home had been owned by a NYC socialite, and the contents were of the highest quality.
We have always been curious about this small watercolor of a sailing ship, signed "S. Wilhite".
Any assistance you can offer will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Dan Baker
Scientology -- Leader? Who is in charge?Who is the leader of the Church of Scientology? If there is not one head, then what is the system by which it is run? By a board? By a president/manager/CEO? What are the names of these people? What is their history?
In a lot of b-movies radioactive substances are glowing green. Where does the choice of colour come from? From an early movie or maybe a comic book? -- EnSamulili 22:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Easy. The most familiar type of radioactivity to most people in the first half of the 20th century was a radium watch dial, which was always green. Add the connotations of illness that green carries and Hollywoord never needed any other color. alteripse 02:49, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I want to just second alteripse's assessment. From the 1880s through the 1930s, "radiation" meant radium (uranium is not very radioactive in its natural state, most people did not care about it) -- think Madame Curie. The ability for just a very tiny bit of it to glow was a very potent metaphor for the early ideas of what "atomic power" would be (which had nothing to do with fission, mind you). -- Fastfission 20:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for a blueprint to build an easy replica of an old west jail. Maybe not even a blueprint - simply plans to show me how to go about it.
I would have thought an old photograph was the way to go. If this is for a play or a movie, then looking at other movies might be a good idea. They may not be accurate, but will create the right feel. DJ Clayworth 17:37, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
For example, people from Monterrey are called regiomontanos in Spanish. Is there an equivalent of this word or any other of this type in English?-- Fito 02:36, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
What you would have to worry about is translation to languages like Russian, Chinese & Hebrew, which use very different characters; for which I would suggest disregarding the demonym and just translating "a person from Monterrey"—but mentioning the word in its native tongue/written form, imo, should always be done. ¦ Reisio 12:48, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)"...people from Monterrey are called regiomontanos..."
Ok, thanks a million!-- Fito 16:55, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Where exactly is Syllaeum located (in modern terms)? The Battle of Syllaeum article didn't clarify this. Yuber (talk) 04:12, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
So, I'm pretty sure I remember this period in my life where I typically left iTunes running pretty much all the time on my iMac, and turned the volume all the way down on my external speakers when I wanted some quiet. Nowadays, however, when I turn the volume all the way down on my external speakers, I can still hear the music, so I turn down the volume through the system preferences, but I can still hear the music when a loud song is playing, so I have to also turn down the volume through the iTunes program itself. My question is: does anybody know of a setting I can change so that I can just use the external speaker volume control? Why do I need three volume controls? Tuf-Kat 05:43, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
I can't find any evidence that would support such a claim. Wikipedia thought so, I removed his name from the list of polydactyl of ppl 2 months ago. I seek confirmation. If he didn't, then we spread misinfo. here for 14 months.
lots of issues | leave me a message 09:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I read Nicholas Kristof's column in The New York Times about Pakistan and wanted to write General Musharraf a letter. I can't find a mailing address for him on-line. Can anyone help?
Hello:
In reference to the Department Store web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_department_stores
I live in Southern California. What ever happened to the following stores?:
Thank you for the time and consideration, R. Dewey Mullins e-mail: <address removed>
Is there any reference to Sir William Stapleton of Thurlsbeg, Co Tipperary, Ireland, serving with the Irish Confederates during Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland in 1649?
He was in Newgate prison in London for murdering an English officer, and was pardoned by King Charles II and sent to Montserrat. Stapleton later became Governor of Montserrat, and then Governor of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean from 1672 to 1685. He lived on the island of Nevis and built the largest mansion in the colony, and his family retained several sugar estates until the late 19th century. He was probably the best Governor the colony ever had, and distinguished himself in battle in the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1666/7. I am thinking of writing a book about him and I reside in Nevis.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Vincent K. Hubbard <address removed>
I know I could probably work this out but it's hard and I'm lazy :'(
I was just thinking
1/prime produces an irrational number in base 10 - except where 'prime' is a coprime of 10. Is it so that in other bases, 1/prime produces an irrational number except where 'prime' is a coprime of the base?
--Zegnar
I may be mistaken, but if you can represent the number as then wouldn't the resulting number have to be rational because you just expressed it as a fraction/ratio? -- Think Fast 00:49, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
Of the following process, which takes the least amount of power (wattage).
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 2800+ (120nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (90nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (90nm)
Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (90nm)
My guess would be the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000+, but I want to make sure as a I want to build a laptop with the longest battery life that still uses AMD processors.
Who was the female vocalist who sang "Horse to the Water"? I think it may have been Joe Brown's daughter Sam Brown but I'm not sure. Thank you, hydnjo talk 22:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't, probably, really need an answer to this question, but I'm terribly curious. I live in the middle of nowhere, and am on dial-up modem, and suddenly, in the last couple of hours,wiki has gone from inaccessible to turbo. I understand new servers were coming, but why does that affect me? -- Mothperson 01:30, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How many cities are there in the United states of America?
Any idea how I can get independent information about the for-profit company mainting http://www.thehungersite.com at Seattle? I have tried Google and US news archives but found no hard facts. I am preparing an English version of [16]. Thanks! -- 172.181.1.28 02:59, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hope that helps. Rhobite 03:29, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. I am not very familiar with such data. Is there any chance to find out how much money CharityUSA is making and which part is given to the charities? -- 172.181.1.28 03:48, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
More about Charity USA: From The Hunger Site FAQ:
Who owns and operates The Hunger Site? Tim Kunin and Greg Hesterberg bought The Hunger Site in mid-August 2001 and with your help, work to maintain its position as a leader in online activism and in the fight to end world hunger. In addition to The Hunger Site, Tim and Greg own and operate The Breast Cancer Site (where visitors help fund free mammograms for underprivileged women), The Rainforest Site (where visitors' clicks (where visitors' clicks help save endangered rainforest), and GreaterGood.com, the cause-related shopping portal where up to 15% of every purchase goes to charities at no extra cost to the shopper.
Since taking ownership of The Hunger Site, Tim and Greg have also launched The Animal Rescue Site (where a click helps feed an abandoned animal), and The Child Health Site (which empowers Internet users to fund basic but critical health services for impoverished children living in developing countries.
From the Washington State Department of Revenue (State Business Records Database Detail) (public information located here):
Mailing Address & Business Location: 600 University Street, Suite 1000 Seattle, Washington 98101-4107
Washington's business records search seems to be rather finicky (I've never used it before); you can't search for "CharityUSA," you have to search for "Charity" and then browse the result. CharityUSA is on the second page of results at the link above. -- Essjay · talk 04:20, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Is there any type of interesting information I could get from a government agency about this limited liability company outside the data mentioned above? See also [18] -- 172.181.1.28 04:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. How can I find out if there is a position Thehungersite in the annual reports of the both charities THS is supporting? Are the reports published and can I find them online? Sorry for these stupid questions. -- 172.181.1.28 05:35, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Excellent help! If Second Harvest receives 30 percent of the amount then in 2004 the Hungersite.com gift to the both charities were between $167,000 and $330,000 (average $ 250,000). Counting with the average this would be 0,05 percent from the total revenue in 2004 ($ 486,642,000). Is that right? Any hint to find out how much a Hungersite cup of food costs? I would also like to know whether there is any possibility to find out nearly the traffic costs for a website with Google PageRank 0.8 or 3.5 million unique visitors each month? And another stupid question: what is a royality payment? Thanks -- 134.130.68.65 14:25, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Out of my own stupidity, I marked my LCD monitor with some blue pen, right near the middle of the screen. The mark is about 1 cm in length. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get rid of the pen mark? Ideally, I'd prefer if the finishing on the monitor wasn't damaged. Thanks in advance! -- HappyCamper 03:22, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia and was wondering about a new topic idea that I have. I am a futures trader so I did a search for "futures" "trading" and "traders" and found that there wasn't very much information there. There was lots of information about professional terms in the futures market but nothing about how to go about trading the futures market. My new topic would be "Futures Trading". The reason why I decided to ask the help desk about this issue is because I don't want to do anything wrong with my first article on your website.
If you have any more tips or information please feel free to tell me about them.
thanks again for listening to a newbie
-- Ddg 06:56, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
I'm just wondering if this should be an issue:
Option 1: By this time, so-and-so manages to find his food.
Option 2: By this time, so-and-so has found his food.
From experience and reading, present tense speech (Option 1) is not the way to write an article, but past tense speech (Option 2) should be used, as is in reporting speech.
I've noticed a lot of these present tense speeches on Wikipedia, and I am wondering what the stance Wikipedia takes on this. Edit or no edit?
-- x42bn6 10:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I bought this seafood at the market last week in France - its called Noix St Jacques, and they're loads of little balls of seafood. They were really really delicious, and cost about 25Euros per kilogram. Even my biggest 70Euro dictionary couldn't tell me what that is in English, and the guy in the stall laughed at me when i asked him what it is in English. Any poisson experts can drop me a line? -- Wonderfool t (c) e) 13:18, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi, all:
I was looking at the wikipedia entry for Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who is widely regarded as the founder of physical anthropology and who originated the five-races-of-humanity categorial scheme. I noticed that there is a claim made in that article that I have not seen anywhere else. I quote:
"Later in life Blumenbach encountered in Switzerland 'eine zum Verlieben schönen Négresse' ('a negro woman beautiful enough to fall in love with'). Further anatomical study led him to the conclusion that 'individual Africans differ as much, or even more, from other individual Africans as Europeans differ from Europeans'. Furthermore he concluded that Africans were not inferior to the rest of mankind 'concerning healthy faculties of understanding, excellent natural talents and mental capacities'.
Unfortunately these later ideas were far less influential than his earlier assertions with regard to the perceived relative qualities of the different so-called races."
Anybody know where this story of the "negro woman" comes from? I'd like to cite a reputable source in a paper.
Harvey Cormier
Unfortunately, this was written by an anonymous user [21], who hasn't contributed enough to assess how trustworthythis edit is. — Sebastian (talk) 23:45, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
Could I please have a list of the 10 most poisonous plants that grow in the UK, in order of most to least toxic. Thanks,-- J.B. 14:34, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Been puzzling over this for some time:
From the GCHQ recruitment website, a past question:
Any ideas? The problem appears to be a random walk, but the article doesn't seem to be much help on this particular problem. -- Fangz 15:55, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Apart from Clint Eastwood and Glenda Jackson, has any other Oscar winner ever been elected to public office? User:PedanticallySpeaking
I'm an electronics dummy but I need a component to modify my Linksys NSLU2 ( http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ForcePowerAlwaysOn) so that it powers itself up after a power failure. Where can I obtain an MCP120-450DI or equivalent product in the UK. Maplin's are useless. The only supplier I've found for this that ships to the UK is one based in the US. For a chip costing 24p they wan't to charge me a £10 handling fee and £12 to ship it to the UK. Jooler 18:45, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC) (sorry for earlier typos but I had to rush out to the pub)
What's the oldest word in the English language that's in reasonably common use? That is, what's the furthest back one could go in time, hear a word in whatever the language was, and say, "hey, I recognize the word foo, meaning bar!", and be reasonably accurate---that is, not just doing a French Erotic Film? What is the language, the place, and the word? grendel| khan 21:17, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
What is the language of the original message I received via Email?
Kgus
How can I install linux on a palm 505? Grtu 23:49, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am not exactly sure if this is the place to put this under attention, but here it goes. The word terrorist is one of the most controversial and misused words in our vocabulary. I feel that "terrorist" isn't in line with the NPOV policy, because "terrorist" is a very emotional negative word. Afterall: one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. One could even kick a little controversy by simply asking what is a terrorist? I feel that such a vague, emotion stricken term shouldn't be used in an encyclopedia. Reuters has already adopted this policy. -- anon
I was writting an article on Tullio Campagnolo but I ran out of time and wanted to save the uncompleted entry and work on it the next day. However, when I got back, the article was marked as copyright infringement and my page is now gone. WHile it is true that I did use another web page for info, I did have the author's permision. How can I prevent this and how do I save without publishing?
Eric campagnollo2002
Hi, I'm looking to translate my site, and have many volunteers. I figured the best means of translation is a Wiki (with registered users only) but am undecided on what to use.
Mediawiki is not great because you cannot simultaeneously view the original and translate.
Is there any Wiki created with translation in mind, or suitable for translation? Or is there a relatively simple hack that I could use on the Mediawiki software?
Thanks,-- Stepheno 11:27, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Have you seen multilingual advice and " How To Write On Multilingual Pages" ? They are running the OddMuse software. -- DavidCary 17:44, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Can someone tell me whether there is a comprehensive list of those awarded the MBE available on the internet, together with a short description of what the MBE was awarded for? If so, please could you tell me the URL.
J Fuller
The Honours Lists are published online by the London Gazette [26], and the only way to make a comprehensive list would be to compile one from each of the two annual Lists. (The online archives only go back to 1900, but the Order was established in 1917 so that isn't a problem.) Proteus (Talk) 13:20, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How exactly experts measure the weight or mass of a planet or even a star? Roscoe x 18:35, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Since this worked so well last time I'll try again. The following is an unindent stick insect:
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Thanks again to those who help out. -- 144.139.163.207 11:16, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sorry that was me -- Fir0002 01:37, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
I had created some data disks (JPEG, HTML, ...) in the ShrinkWrap IMG format on a Macintosh several years ago. Some of them were compressed disk image files. How do I open these HFS-compatible disk images on my Windows computer? -- Toytoy 11:29, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
The article for the Doolittle Raid states that the raid occurred on 18 April 1942.
Under the heading "Aftermath" it states "Following the Tokyo Raid, the crews of two planes were missing. On August 15, 1942, it was learned from the Swiss Consulate General in Shanghai that eight American flyers were prisoners of the Japanese at Police Headquarters in that city."
There's a problem with dates there.
- and I think Wikipedia is better than Google for research!
I would like to know how many books publish in the world in 1 year time.. and..how about in a country? Where can I check it? thanks.~coral
i have a bust of christ dated 1628 thats was my grandmothers. it states on the back of the bust which is in a frame and the head and neck come away from the main portion of the sclupture..it is one of six from an english collert of art.. the original carving was of wood by a artist otto reinvoldt i belive. from 1628.. the last name is hard to see. anyway the other five were destroyed and thisis the last peice. how do i fing out its authenticity.. deb wells
What's the first day of the 2005– 2006 academic year in New York City public schools, specifically Stuyvesant? --anon.
I've got some Mexican jumping beans and they're happily moving around in a box I put them in. Is there a proper way to take care of them so they continue jumping longer? -- HappyCamper 18:29, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I think this is the last series of photos I've currently got on my hdd which need identifying. This time its a wierd fly thing:
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As you can see it is very well camouflage on the wood planks. -- Fir0002 10:35, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
I think it's some sort of stonefly, but then I still suck at determining insects, so you should probably ignore me. :-) JRM · Talk 02:15, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
Looks like a dobsonfly, but that isn't found in Australia, apparently. Could be something similar. Tuf-Kat 16:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
It's a dead ringer for one of these - right continent too :) DopefishJustin (・∀・) 20:58, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I sometimes hear the phrase "it's the works" in a conversation. What does this phrase mean, and where did it originate from? What is its proper usage, and in what context does one use it? Thanks in advance. -- HappyCamper 12:58, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was browsing the Q without U section of the Hasbro Scrabble site and it got me wondering, aside from qwerty whose spelling is dictated by the placement of keys of the keyboard, how did these words make it into the English language? Is there some odd phoneme between K and Q that does not occur in the english language, or were they just anglicized oddly? -- CVaneg 20:05, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have always been told that the number of instruments (I believe different kinds of instruments) in an orchestra is 32. Where does that number come from?
Thank you, Gary
The number of instruments in an orchestra varies greatly. Standard orchestra has approximately 20 instruments, but the number can vary because of the different amounts of percussion. Here is a list taken from the article on orchestra:
In addition, most orchestras have a harp, and may also have different variations of wind instruments (Trumpet in Bb, Trumpet in F, etc). Also, some "odd" instruments- saxophone, euphonium, etc. may be used. Thus, the number varies. Hope this helps. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:31, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I ask help from the researchers for information on Citric Acid. I wish to know a neutralising agent for the citric acid present in Lemon If anybody can provide me with the information I would be really grateful to him
Hum. I can print to most types of paper or thin card, easily enough, by using a laserjet or inkjet printer - standard desktop stuff. However, what options are available if I was to want to print to thick card - perhaps of a millimeter or two thickness? I suspect this'd cause most domestic printers to choke... thoughts? Shimgray 23:17, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hope that helps. -- DavidCary 00:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
When and where was Chuck Behler, former Megadeth drummer, born? Bandleader Dave Mustaine mentions Gar Samuelson, their previous drummer, had selected Behler "from the Detroit area" in the liner notes to the re-released version of So Far, So Good... So What!, but that doesn't necessarily mean Behler was born in Detroit.
I'll ask on the the official Megadeth forum as well. Mustaine himself won't answer now as he is on tour, but perhaps a moderator will. Not much is generally known about Behler. -- slonDFW 00:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
As the title suggests, does it snow in Australia? What is the weather like in the wintertime? -- HappyCamper 01:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes, but you have to have lived somewhere where you have gotten 4 or more feet of snow to truly appreciate that :). I remember once when I was small getting over 5 feet. We weren't allowed outside the house for worry we would get lost. Now of course there are areas that get that all the time, but man can you have some fun building snow forts and digging tunnels when a lot of snow gets piled up. - Taxman Talk 01:11, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I remember there was a strange chair sold in the 1980s or 1990s. You did not sit on that chair, your body is supported on your knees and you have to keep your upper body straight using your back muscles. What was the name of that chair? -- Toytoy 03:57, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know when the phrase, " mangosteen, queen of fruit" was first coined, and in what media was it recorded? It was not David Fairchild. And in a similar vein, does anyone know if there is any actual written document from the 19th century that records the specific rewards that Queen Elizabeth allegedly offered for the mangosteen?
Iwould like a map of douglas county, Mo. I am trying to do research on a family (Freemam) and need to know how to get around so I can visit the cemetaries in the county. If you can't help do you know where i may get one. thank you svw@mchsi.com
Alright, I own a Yamaha portatone PSR-230 synth keyboard, alright? It's specs can be found here:
http://achamilton.co.uk/PSR280.htm
Now, this is my problem, would it be possible for me to record something, then play it back on my keyboard, at the varying pitches? Here's an example, I didn't explain it very well.
http://www.archivestowearpantsto.com/tracks/0047_kazookazookazookazookazoo.mp3
So, tell me, could my synth do that? and if it can, tell me how, tell me what I need to buy, where I hook it up, anything, It's just so cool. English helps too, if for any reason, you think I wouldn't be able to understand something, write it out in laymans terms, I'm a sort of "Plug in and play" sort of guy, you know? Thanks in advance!
- 67.160.39.151 03:20, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Say you connect the keyboard to the computer with MIDI cables. Then, you record your sample into the computer and load it into some MIDI-based sampler. You set the Sampler program to receive on MIDI channel 1, and set the Portatone to transmit on MIDI channel 1. Then, when you play keyboard notes, the Portatone will tell the computer program to play the sample at the appropriate frequency. I can't give you precise examples of software to try, since I don't use Windows systems, but I own a Portatone, and I use it to control a couple of drum machines sometimes, so it shouldn't be too hard to make it control a sampling program. Oh yeah, and you asked about equipment you'd need. A microphone (for recording), a set of MIDI cables (they come in pairs), and a soundcard that has MIDI ports. If your sound card has a joystick port, you can buy a set of MIDI cables that plugs into that instead. If you don't want to use your computer at all, you can instead get a real sampler (a piece of hardware which does exactly what you want), but they're expensive and sometimes tricky. Jeeves 03:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
PERFECT, thank you so much for that very punctual response, I understood every word of it, my dad is buying me a soundcard within the next... eventually, so I guess I'm more or less set, ah, this is going to be great! I'm giddy just thinking of the possibilities!
- 67.160.39.151 03:48, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
God, thank you so much, in a couple of months, with a new soundcard and after I record some samples, I'll be able to pull a Ferris Beuller without even trying! :) Thanks!
67.160.39.151 00:43, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I heard this melody from a beautiful 19th century music box:
Any ideas what it could be? (I hope I remember it correctly.) — Sebastian (talk) 03:59, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
The
Musicpedia musichound search using Parson's code "*DUDDDUDDUUUUUD" finds only one EXACT hit, and a cursory glance at the many other "possibles" doesn't look promising, though you may want to have a look yourself. (There may be fewer if you include the keyword WALTZ in the search. -
Nunh-huh 08:07, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the link — it's a great idea to simplify it like this. I entered the whole code ("DUDDDUDDUUUUUDrdudddduduududd") but didn't see anything in the music they showed. As for waltz: It doesn't really have the waltz feel (actually I considered 6/8), but that may be because it's a music box. — Sebastian (talk) 08:24, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
It bears a very striking resemblance to the famous duet "Verranna a te sull' aure" from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor:
I'd put money on it being that. If you wanted to check further, you could probably find a sample of it on some CD retailer's website.
My image is almost certainly not in the right key, and possibly not in the right time signature, by the way (I agree 6/8 is about as likely as 3/4)--I just did it like this so the resemblance to your original is more obvious (and also because I'm too lazy to find a score).-- Camembert 16:46, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks a lot - this is it! (Interesting, how it mutated in my brain. Make that a party game: Chinese hums ;-) — Sebastian (talk) 21:37, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC)
In the Bowie song The Man Who Sold The World (song), what is the annoying instrument that goes in the background and sounds kinda like a duck? I've heard it in quite a few songs, and each time I think the song would sound better without it. Nirvana's version is better than David's, methinks -- Wonderfool t (c) e)
Dear editors, I am a college student in China,and now I am working with a project to compile a book about World Cutural Heritage.Now what we possess are some translated Chinese editions of this topic.So I am curious if you are kind enough to give me some help or rather some hint on this in the form of Websites or so.Very appreciated.
I found this, left by the previous tennant of my apartment. It looks like a can opener, it's about the size of a can opener, but it can't open cans. I found it in a drawer with a can opener and aluminium foil, etc. I have no idea what it is, does anyone? I put a quarter on the scanner bed just so you can get an idea of the size. Thanks! -- Robojames 14:47, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It absolutely can not open cans. There's nothing sharp to pierce the can. And it's not a nutcracker, although it could be used to crack nuts. And it doesn't look like a garlic press... there's no sieve-like thing on it. (I need to get a better picture of this) The functional part seems to be at the top (left in photo) it's got these small flat metal bits on the top... one of them lifts up when you open the handle, and the other two stay put. It's like the following:
Open Closed ] ] [ [ ] ]
It looks like it could be used to press buttons on something, but i don't know. -- Robojames 15:53, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That little thingamabob with the holes - the round thingy - that's what I meant by the sieve. You put the clove in there, and then your ] [ ] action presses the garlic into mush. Mothperson 15:58, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I swear this is what it is. I have one. I didn't immediately recognize it because I haven't used it for years. Mincing with a nice knife is more satisfying. Mothperson 16:02, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Some sort of riveter? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:19, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have a crimping tool that wraps flat metal bands around wire fence panels to hold the panels together. Based on the description of the "head" piece open and closed, this may be some type of crimping tool. But what do you crimp in a kitchen?
All wild birds seem to have uniform coloration. Ravens are always black, robins always have red breasts. But with pidgeons no two are ever alike. What's up with that? -anon
How do you sign your name after adding a comment on someones talk page?
I've made a small edit to the above for clarification. Mgm| (talk) 19:11, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
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for me, will you? thanks.
The thing that makes such a large number hard to factor is that it has two factors, both of which are very, very large primes. As far as cryptology goes, a company can publish the product of the primes and keep the two prime factors secret so that anyone can send an encrypted message but only the company can decode it. This is especially useful for things such as credit card numbers on the internet. -- Think Fast 13:54, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
this link which suggests that the number be factored to cure some boredom. -- HappyCamper 20:09, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The web (as brought to us by google [29]) is full of contradictory information about whether or not Windex (or other ammonia based glass cleaners) are safe to use on a CRT or TV screen. The screen's just glass, right? Is the anti-glare coating really likely to come off? My fiancé just windexed my TV, and there seems to be no harm done - are the effects cumulative? Any experts out there? Key45 22:14, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Though it is possible to use 'Search engines' to discover the mathematical use of these concepts, there seem to be no clues available as to how they are being used in a psychological/philosophical sense. Are they Freudian? What is the link with mathematics? Where and when were they derived and first used?
Harold Bloom in his book 'Shakespeare - the Invention of the Human' constantly uses the concepts e.g p. 407 'Hamlet will not do anything prematurely; something in him is determined not be be over-determined.'
There is clearly some meaning at work here - but what? -- User:Jeffrey_Newman
You are correct that Bloom, a literary critic, uses it in a psychoanalytic sense. Psychoanalysis was a "school" of theoretical concepts intended to help us understand normal and abnormal behavior and to provide tools and methods for treating mental illness. Freud was the principal originator, but many others contributed. It was very influential in psychiatry in the first half of the 20th century, but has been largely discarded among practicing psychiatrists in the last 40 years with the advances in understanding the brain and the evidence that most severe "mental illnesses" represent biological disease of the brain, and that for more minor degrees of psychological or social dysfunction, one "talking treatment" works about as well as another. Critics say that nothing in psychoanalysis was testable or falsifiable, so that it should not have been considered a branch of "science" in any form.
Psychoanalysis lived on in literary theory where there is less need for reality testing or usefulness, although among the younger generation of literary critics structuralism has largely replaced psychoanalysis in favor.
All that is background. A simple definition of overdetermination in a psychoanalytic or literary sense is that there are additional motives for a person's behavior which arise from unconscious conflicts and motivations. Thus a person may have a conscious reason for doing something, but a psychoanalyst may claim that there was one or more additional unconscious motivations, thus "overdetermining" the behavior in question. One may recognize that in its orginal, most powerful form, this concept fails the Occam's razor test (as well as falsifiability and perhaps common sense).
Note that in this sense there is no such thing as underdetermined behavior--- psychoanalysts will always come up with an "explanation", although in a logical sense it might make sense to use the term for anything you do "just because." alteripse 18:07, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am looking for the name of the country music artist and the lyrics to the song. The song contains the words "I thought that you were gone forever, but it's nice here we stand" in it.I sure would appreiate somebodies help. Thank you kindly.-- Rick1960 05:15, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Every time I've tried to burn a bunch of old receipts in my apartment, I end up ruining the pot I do it in. Since I'm burning private stuff, I can't just go out to a BBQ grill.
Is there anyway to make a controlled fire inside an apartment on my stove?
How about acid? Palm probss 02:26, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You could just eat the stupid things, come on, who hasn't eaten paper? Well, I guess I'm alone there. 67.160.39.151 03:24, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
-- Phroziac ( talk) 03:57, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Such as this one of Ángel "The Railroad Killer" Reséndiz, for example. Any idea what their copyright status is? Shem (talk) 02:21, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You guys must be getting sick of me, but anyway:
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Thanks for your kind help --
Fir0002 09:05, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
Ok, I've been wondering all along, what is Unident anyway? And that thing certainly is a mothy looking butterfly. Except the antennae are signature butterfly ones and you see it during the day, which according to Difference between a butterfly and a moth is another butterfly characteristic. That's all I've got for you without seeing it opened to see the wing markings. Well, that in addition to the fact I only know North American insects for the most part. - Taxman Talk 18:09, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
In India at present the purity of gold is being mentioned as "91.6 KDM". I would like to know what exactly these words mean.
Thanks Srinivas
Is there any way that being on Wikipedia can help in a career? Has anyone put down their Wikipedia sysophood or bureaucracy down on a CV? Would jobs be interested if I held a position of power in the Wikimedia ladder? Could you say that this counts as charity work or volunteering? And would the employer care? -- Wonderfool t (c) e) 12:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for a destop publisher that can be used by a group of six, or so, people to produce a community magazine. As it's a community venture, we are not interested in paying a lot of money for software licences. However, it has to be easy to use (some are not too confident), and preferably able to run on different systems (Linux, Mac OS and MS Win). I know it's asking a lot, and I don't expect that there is a piece of software that is perfect for us, but is there anything that comes close? -- Gareth Hughes 12:37, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Amy. I use OO-Writer as my main wordprocessor, but I've never used it to deal with layouts, maybe I should have a play with it. Do you have any thoughts about which version to use? The beta version uses OpenDocument file formats. -- Gareth Hughes 15:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, all. Scribus is my favourite for this kind of thing. However, most of my colleagues are still locked in by Windows, and that makes Scribus and LyX both either very difficult or impossible. I think we shall try Amy's solution, OO-Writer, mainly because of its cross-platform support. Gareth Hughes 22:34, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Anybody know the correct name of this german fellow Hans Zwieidneck von Sudenhorst and Hans Zwiedeneck von Sudenhorst. He needs merging in one von Sudenhorst but I don't know if one is a spelling error or merely the vagaries of german translation. Google doesn't help as it is a hall of mirrors. MeltBanana 13:57, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have worked in a hospital operating room for 25 years and have heard this phrase used to describe hemorrhage, but no one has ever been able to explain the origin of the phrase. Any input would be appreciated.
Thank you, marija
Probably. adamsan 20:59, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'm looking for an online MIDI or WAV version of Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos in G. I found one at [36], but it downloads the music to your computer, so the file has no real URL (unlike [37]). The reason I want the file to be locatable by URL is that that way I'll be able to set it as the background music on my Xanga Weblog. Could anyone try to procure a rendition satisfying my criteria? Thanks in advance, anon.
To Whom It May Concern: What is the fax number and addess for the Prime Minister of Russia Victor Khristenko (Unsigned question posted to Wikipedia:Help desk by User:170.213.132.252.
It looks as if 'over and undetermined' (presently question 3) is soon to disappear. Where will it go? I am looking to find a worthwhile discussion in Wikipedia on the search for meaning and truth in discussion between scientists and non-scientists. Can anyone help? Jeffrey Newman 05:37, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know whether the popularity of Harry Potter had an effect on the sales of magic kits and the general interest in this performance art by people like David Copperfield, David Blaine and all the others? (I'm not about interest in paranormal events) - Mgm| (talk) 16:02, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
A lot of different sites give different numbers on the boiling points of various elements, particularly Rhenium and Tungsten. I was trying to figure out which element had the highest boiling point, and found that sites disagree as to whether it's rhenium or tungsten. This site gives Re's as 5627 and W's as 5660 Kelvin. Wikipedia currently has Re at 5869 and W at 5828 Kelvin. Chemicalelements.com has Re at 5900.15 °K, W at 5933.15 °K. So who do we believe? There's a disagreement that ranges almost three hundred degrees Kelvin here. Mr. Billion 23:15, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) (Question also posted on Talk:Boiling point)
Could some kind Wikipedian solve this equation for x or l in terms of the other variable? It comes about from the talk page on Heim theory, and I'm hoping to graph the result of this equation and place it in the article. C of course is an arbitrary constant, and can be on any side of the equation without loss of generality. Thanks in advance!
-- HappyCamper 00:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not me. For sure. Yeah. Just a wikipedian. Mothperson 01:24, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Both sides integrate cleanly in terms of square roots and logs, so it would just be some algebra after that, which I haven't figured out how to get Maxima to hand me and I am lazy at the moment. I think that actually means there may not be a closed form solution in terms of x, but that wouldn't stop you from being able to graph it. I'll try to figure out the tex to lay out the solutions if someone doesn't beat me to it, but you could just type it all into any computer algebra system and get your solution. Tell me you have maple or mathematica avaialable? Actually my internet connection finked out before I could post any response, and I can't install any software on this computer. Maxima is open source so you can get it here and get the solutions pretty easily, and also wx maxima here which adds a better GUI I think, but I haven't tried that. - Taxman Talk 03:55, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
I can't get it to format right, so I hope the text stays formatted in the edit window. Hope that's a start at least. - Taxman Talk 03:46, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia have articles which cover good posture, seating habits, and ways to set up a computer terminal so that it's ergonomic? Where can I find these articles? -- HappyCamper 00:56, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What date would you give for the birth of Adam, the first human? What about the birthdate of Eve?
Thank you,
Lori Harasta
Neither were ever "born", they were both "created" (him out of dust, her out of his rib). So "birth" isn't quite the right word, I don't think. They were manufactured. -- Fastfission 02:33, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I believe a "day" as referenced in Genesis, is 1,000 earthling years.-- Phroziac ( talk) 03:56, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It's a non-question; both are fictional characters jamesgibbon 29 June 2005 17:57 (UTC)
(cross-posted from Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)#identifying someone)
I have heard. or read, that Juana D'Armagnac, Princess of Aragon, who married Matthieu de Foix did not, after all, die childless but that there was a son, nicknamed "Juan Franchos", who left for Scandinavia and produced two daughters there.
Is there any verifiation of this highly romantic event?
It is highly conceivable that an heir from the first marriage for political reasons may have been hidden, or other-wise disposed of, in favor of expected heirs from the second marriage with Violant de Bar.
The only information on this that I have found has come fom Finn Asbjorn Wang of Norway but I have lost contact with this source.
The commercials for Brach's Rocks candy featured a dinosaur character who ate these pieces of mineral candy. I can't remember whether his name was Rocky B or Rocky D. Does anybody know the name? Wiwaxia 04:26, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
After Cane killed Abel and left his home with Adam and Eve, he went to "the land of Nod," where he met the woman he would marry. Where did she come from?
Dunno, but he's spelled Cain. - Mustafaa 18:06, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The question has no definite answer -- different sects of the Abrahamic religions have different answers, and the question has often been used to attack literal interpretations of the Bible's story of Creation. If you do a Google search for "Cain's wife" you'll see there are around 40,000 pages devoted to this question alone. One approach (I believe generally out of favor today) is the "multiple creations" interpretation -- God made Adam and Eve first, but may have also made other people later in different places. Another (I believe the more common one) is that Adam and Eve had a slew of children after Cain and Able who, by the time Cain and Able duked it out, had already created their own civilization somewhere else (in which case, Cain married either a sister or a niece!). But the Book itself doesn't give a very straightforward answer -- it takes a good deal of interpretation no matter what approach one does. -- Fastfission 01:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The same problem comes when you think of the story that God had to mark Cain so that he would not be killed by those he encountered. If he and Abel were Adam and Eve's first children, who else would there be to kill him, his siblings? There are many other apparent difficulties with the bible, and it took me a long time to find our coverage of that, because it isn't even covered in the bible article itself, just as a see also. It's in the article Alleged inconsistencies in the Bible. Biblical inerrancy covers the belief in general, but not how the inconsistencies are resolved. Resolving them is the work of Apologetics, but our article on that doesn't cover much biblical apologetics. - Taxman Talk 15:32, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Just because Adam and Eve are the only people mentioned in the Bible as having been created from nothing, does not mean that God did not create other people in a similar fashion. The woman Cain married was not necessarily a child of Adam and Eve. The whole question of attributing genealogies to Adam and Eve is absurd anyway, so any contributions to this debate, including mine, are mindless hypothesising that can never ber proven. JackofOz 1 July 2005 03:09 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm doing research in Celtic mythology and I've come across a Japanese web page that describes the Brionac as a 5 bladed lance or spear that Lugh used to defeat Balor.
Unfortunately I can't find any English pages to confirm this. If anything it appears that there are quite a few variations to this myth, and none of them include any entries on Brionac.
Can anyone give me a hand and explain whether this information is true, and if not, what exactly Brionac is?
Thanks,
Celtic Mythology newbie
What is title of the (probably O. Henry) story that features a marshall handcuffed to a prisoner who pretends to be the prisoner? Superm401 | Talk 01:30, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
How about Hearts and Hands? [38] alteripse 17:33, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone know anything about 'Maloika'? As I understand it, it is a sort of magical curse. I have heard about this tradition from Italian-Americans from south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is also something involving a gold necklace with a pendant shapded like an animal's horn. Google turned up a very little information on this subject.
I know the pendant you are talking about. I'm not native to the area and associated it more with the good folks from Joisey rather than South Philly, but it's probably both and I suspect Arwel is correct about "malocchia." I will ask next time I see one, and let you know if I get a good answer. alteripse 14:04, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Please answer this question in detail...
You are given a plant tissue. Design an experiment to seperate the organelles. How to observe the structure of the organelles separated from your experiment. Your answer must include:
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Nettidlani 04:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I found the question rather hilarious, thanks to the "answer must include", part. ;-) -- Natalinasmpf 28 June 2005 19:11 (UTC)
I have some mp3/ogg files representing (probably) tracks from various CDs. I know the artist, but have no idea as to the album or track name. Is there any way I can systematically identify them? It occurs to me that some kind of hash or checksum would probably be a good way to determine whether the ogg file I have is the same as the ogg file someone else has. It also occurs to me that my radical ideas about mp3 identification have already occurred to others. Is there a database of these things? If not, it also occurs to me that some kind of fuzzy match on the audio data might narrow it down. Ideas? (P.S. there are no lyrics!') Jeeves 09:13, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I would like to know the pKa ( Acid dissociation constant) of the side chain amide group of asparagine. None of the sources on the internet mention it exactly - probably because the amide is a very, very weak base which doesn't accept a proton in physiological pH. One source said it is around 17. -- EnSamulili 10:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
And while we're at it, what about glutamine? -- EnSamulili 10:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was doing some research about two former chiefs of the passport office, Ruth B. Shipley and Frances Knight, and was to surprised to read in them of American passports having green covers and red covers. When did American passports take the current blue color? When were they red and green? PedanticallySpeaking 14:01, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Eshleman, lieutenant governor of California in the teens and namesake of a building at UC Berkeley, was born in Villa Ridge. But my atlas shows two different towns of that name, one in Madison County, Illinois, the other in Alexander County, Illinois. Does anyone know which Eshleman was from? PedanticallySpeaking 14:03, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
Why does nobody seem to wear a tie in Iran? Jooler 19:46, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Is there an English word for cous-cous? What's the difference between farina and semolina? What is farina? Why is cous-cous so regional (i.e. it's a great idea, why didn't it spread?)? This is all sort of one question. -- Mothperson 22:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It did spread out of North Africa much sooner than the last half of the last century - even in medieval times, to West Africa and to Sicily. I suspect it took so long to get to the Anglophone world because Britain had no North African colonies. - Mustafaa 28 June 2005 20:52 (UTC)