I'm looking to start a simple wiki for my own purposes, and I need to choose software to use. MediaWiki's install process is scary, and most of the simpler options lack the features I need (free links and version history). Wikipedia-like syntax would be nice, but not required. I would prefer PHP, or maybe Python/ CGI; MySQL or flat files would both work.
Does such a thing exist? Thanks a lot. Eurleif 20:50, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
Do you have to run MediaWiki on your own server, or can it be set up on a webhost, if they have Apache, PHP and MySQL capabilities? Catherine - talk 04:54, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It is not clear to me why the blood group O is the more frequent around the world, when it is stated that either A or B alleles are codominant over i (O)allele.
Thanks. sleopoldo@tiscali.it
are rubber/plastic bullets still used in northern ireland?
Bible question - someone once tried to persuade me that (per biblical tradition) there were no surviving descendants of Cain, citing Noah as being descended only of Abel (and all postdilluvial humans being descended only of him). Neglecting the in-the-air provenance of 'er indoors (Naamah), does this theory, er, hold water (in a purely biblical sense)? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 02:00, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Is whistling a voiced sound; that is, are the vocal folds vibrating during the production of a whistle? Please direct answers/comments to mari65@optonline.net. Thank you.
02 May 2004 13:48
Hello,
Firstly, I just want to say, I'm hooked on Wikipedia! It’s sad! But in a good way! Now, to the question. I'm a Poly Sci major at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA) and I'm currently reading Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy and he makes reference to FDR's Four Policemen in Chapter 16. The Four Policemen is a term coined by FDR before D-Day that suggested that the US, UK, the Soviet Union and possibly China would be the only armed nations in the post WWII era that would restore and maintain peace, throughout Europe or so that’s what I get from it. I was wondering if any of you other learnt scholars could perhaps create a page about that, because I would like to learn more about this idea of the Four Policemen, and why it didn't work? Who gave up on it first? And why did Russia play for keeps, rather then simply liberating Eastern Europe. (Maybe I just answered my own question) So can someone make a page about the Four Policemen?
Thanks
Tony C. Anderson a.k.a. ConsensuOmnium
ConsensuOmnium@aol.com
imported from Village pump by IMSoP 18:40, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
It has been reported that there is significant delay in issuing these medals although I received mine without too much delay.
Why wait for applications? The M o D must have records of all those who served out there during the appropriate period. Army Navy RAF Records will also have such lists. Why not issue them based on these lists.? Many Veterans will have answered Roll Call elsewhere and their Descendants may not even be aware.
Maurice Scott ex 1 R Lincolns Mauricescott@Hotmail.com
[original submitter left no text]
I read the entry on light bulbs but still am confused about what makes the wattage of light bulbs different. For example, what is the difference in the light bulb between a 15 watt bulb and a 150 watt bulb that makes the 150 brighter? Is the filament thicker or does the bulb base reduce the voltage to it? Also if you drop a bulb, it often burns brighter for a short time before burning out. What causes that?
Why China is also known as zhong guo (mandarin pronunciation) ie.Middle Why its people were also called Hua ren? China was known as shen zhou or the God's Land, and why does this change and when was it changed. Thank you. --Anon
Sir,
I am a keen researcher on economic matters of current day relevance. Presently, I am working on a subject i.e. Economic track time, which essentially mean the effective time taken for the movement of logistics from one place to another and its implication on national economy.
Please refer to educative articles on the subject and if possible, a communication to my e-mail raktimdutta@rediffmail.com
I was reading the article of the day on prostitution and it mentioned in some cultures prostitutes where the only women allowed to sing publicly. I was wondering what cultures (and what time periods) these were.
I generally have difficulty in comprehending what people mean when they speak of cousins (especially the nth removed jargon). The article on Family says -
My question - If my grandparent is the great-grandparent of another, will that make us first cousins once removed (from my perspective) or second cousins once removed (from the others perspective)? How did this phrase come into common parlance? Around where I live, regardless of the "removal factor" - the elder is usually considered an uncle or an aunt to the younger person. And while we are at it, is there a "once added" clause too :) ? Chancemill 07:16, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks everybody :) Chancemill 12:42, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
Do you have a source for the names of Towns, Villages etc. in Bohemia in the years 1905-1906?
What was the name of proposed British plan to build a pontoon airfield off the French coast for use in Operation Overlord?
How many of the 92 early warning stations were put out of action in the NEPTUNE area of Operation Overlord?
I heard somewhere that Washington (the state, I mean) was originally going to be called "Colombia" or "Columbia" or something like that. Is this true?
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been trying to track down an extremely rare (in 24 years I haven't found one person, Beatlemanic and or whomever that has ever heard of it?) recording done by a Belgian Pianist around 1979/1980/1981 of various Beatle Songs (this is all intrumental Piano) done up in the style of the Great Composers.
ie; Obladi-Obblada was performed by this Pianist as if he were interpreting a composition written by Mozart and so on. A Day in the Life was performed as if Rahmaninoff had written it and so on. This pianist covered Chopin/Bach/Shubert and most of the biggies?
I can't for the life of me remember his name? My father bought it for me as a Christmas present around 1980 I think? He purchased it through at that time what was called: "The Book of them Month Club" which at that point was also offering various LP's for sale.
I have never come across it anywhere? I have never seen any reference to it in even the foggiest details and I have been searching for 20 years. I lent it to a musician friend back in '82 and never got it back. Naturally, I lost track of him and have not been able to locate him either.
I would pay handsomely to find a copy of the LP (better yet on CD?) and or Cassette.
If you have any info on this and or could direct me to an internet url or what have you that might provide any clues what-so-ever, I would be grateful. Better yet, I would like to buy a copy, albeit from you and or one of your connections.
Thank You.
Sincerely,
Kip Long e-mail elangroup@hotmail.com 516-690-1206
His official website is : François Glorieux
In case you would ask : no, I don't possess any recordings of him. I still remember his performances on the VRT, the Flemish Television. A real remarkable man. JoJan 10:20, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Help desk#Wikipedia Talk and Google - the Reference desk is for factual/encyclopedic information, the help desk is for Wikipedia-specific/technical information. - IMSoP 17:28, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
To Wikipedia: I read your text about Bridget Riley, and I had a couple of questions for you. 1. Which of Bridget Riley's art pieces would you believe to be her masterpiece? Why? 2. How is Bridget Riley important to modern day life, and how has she effected the course of art and culture? Thank You.
I have come across this quote, at least twice at different sources, but wonder if the attribution to Thatcher is correct? -- Kaihsu 09:26, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.
The attribution is correct. She said it in 1986.
Mrs Thatcher was a snide conservative. Seems to me there is another word for her attitude, one that rhymes with "itchy", but it eludes me for the moment. (I am over the age of 26 and ride the bus to work, so I may perhaps be a bit POV.)
If you need an attribution, you can find it in refered to in the UK Hansard [1] on 2 July 2003 by Mr. Don Foster, MP for Bath. The exact time and place of the original speech I have not been able to identify, but my guess is that it is in the 1986 Hansards, which are not online. Diderot 09:49, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
I have made a tinyurl out of the above link: and will add her quote to Wikiquote. I hope to eventually locate the Hansard source (1986). -- Kaihsu 09:59, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
The earliest reference I can find is (with Factiva) in the "Observer", 26 July 1998, article by Joanna Walters, as "if a man finds himself a passenger on a bus having attained the age of 26, he can account himself a failure in life". Would love to see a photo of the Hansard page. Given the outrageousness of the quote I'm surprised it didn't make the press at the time, so feeling a bit skeptical. -- 2005-12-22
Writing in The Daily Telegraph 30.10.06 Philip Johnston states "it has been attributed to Thatcher, principally by people on the left who seek to give the impression that this is something that she would have said, when the oppostite is the case". It goes on to that this quotes like this are put out by cavalier Labour ministers with scant regard to the truth.
(from Village pump)
Dear Ms/Sir
Is Lindi the new name of the ancient city of Malindi in Tazania?
Some one had said that Malindi is the name of three ancient cities located in Kenya, Tazania and South Africa. Is this true?
Malindi has been mentioned in Zhenghe's navigation chart as the last port of call in East africa.
kk Tan
To my fellow Wikipedians, I'm researching a piece of fiction and stumbled upon a problem. I need to find info on a venomous snake, its venom highly neurotoxic to humans, causing death in about 5 seconds (preventing someone from making a quick defensive move). The catch is: this particular snake needs to handled by a skilled herpetologist and temporarily put in a briefcase - so its size is limited. Also, I'd like the signs of poisoning to be minimal, besides the bite marks. I have no clie where to start. Can anyone point me to some relevant info?
Rest assured, I'm not intending to handle snakes or use them to kill someone. - MGM 12:24, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
Are we decided on snakes? I think there are types of sea creatures that are more poisonous - what about the Blue-ringed Octopus, or the Pufferfish? Mark Richards 03:12, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello! Last November03 I've visited some of the 100-yen shop Japan.I'm really interested to establish such type shop in Bangladesh. In this regard, I hope to get your assistance.Your experiance can guide our footsteps.I'm looking forward.Thank you. Major Rahman Bangladesh
Well, a brief look seems to show that 100 Japanese Yen = approx 56 Bangladeshi Taka, which would make the equivalent a '56-Taka Shop'. Of course, I'm not sure what the buying power of the Taka is in Bangladesh - it might be wise to set the value either higher or lower depending on the relative cost of living / earnings. Perhaps this is what Major Rahman needs advice on? Mark Richards 00:29, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Interesting, that may be a good approach for Major Rahman. A quick and crude estimate (Bangladesh's per capita GDP is 1,800USD, Japan's is 28,700USD), I calculate that a 6 Taka shop might be more appropriate - it's possible (although I don't know) that there is a 5 Taka note or coin, which might make a more convenient value. Bear in mind that there is 40% unemployment in Bangladesh, so a low value is probably better than a high. Best wishes, Mark Richards 15:30, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I think this would be the place to ask about translation - Bengali Wikipedia, but I can't read their main page to know where to ask... Mark Richards 19:45, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
I've merged this with the question it was a continuation of - please just edit a section to continue a discussion, rather than starting a new one. I've then moved the whole discussion to Wikipedia:Help desk#Wikipedia Talk and Google, as this page is for finding facts, whereas that one is for asking about Wikipedia itself. - IMSoP 17:33, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I would like to know how many languages the Wikipedia articles are available in and which ones they are.
In sociolinguistics, what is a lect?
anon
I feel we should extend the Wikilanguage to include a meta tag for specifying that a section is going to be a lexically sorted list, so that in whatever order Wikipedians add entries to the list, the list will always be rendered in a lexically sorted order.
I don't know if this is the right forum to ask this question.
Sundar 06:31, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
Of course it isn't. You're not even asking a question. Put it here. And make sure nobody else has already listed it or similar. -- bodnotbod 15:44, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, could someone familiar with entertainment industry terms give a short definition of dramatic programming? (as used in BBC World Service for example, we stumbled over it while trying to translate that entry into German.) I understand that it is sort of an umbrella term for comedy, sports, sitcoms, movies...? thanks, High on a tree 13:46, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I'll write a stub. -- Jmabel 19:08, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
The Church Temporalities Act of 1833 degraded the archdioceses of Tuam and Cashel to dioceses. It also merged ten dioceses with other dioceses: does anyone know which dioceses were merged together? -- Emsworth 22:43, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
The DVD-R article gives the capacity of DVD-R media as the commonly reported 4.7GB. Does anyone know the exact size in bytes? I want to burn an ISO 9660 filesystem with one file on it. What is the largest file size I can use?
thanks, WhiteDragon 18:05, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
According to
http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm a DVD has 4.7GB space. However, this is missleading as the manufacturers use the term GB differently to how Windows(tm) uses it (Windows is in the right for once).
DVD-R can apparently store 4,700,000,000 bytes, although there might be minor variations in this size depending on your media.
4,700,000,000 bytes == 4,589,843 kbytes == 4,482 Mbytes == 4.377 GB
But because the disks can hold 4,700,000,000 bytes, manufacturers (incorrectly) call thier disks 4.7GB when in fact they can only hold a max of 4.377GB
Anyone know about the derivation of the word tuberculosis? And about old children songs that include disease?
P.S. this won't be a huge rabling on commentary article, unlike the title! Please participate in this discussion! ==
So we all know who the ROmans were, but what is their relevancy to modern day technology and life? They certainly were interesting folk, letting the most part of their P.O.W.s actually become citizens of their empire, which lasted over 2000 years!!!! The aqueducs are another sign of their ingenuity and originality. So, what do YOU know about the Romans, who influenced our life today? Where would we be without them? Comments, please!
In linguistics, what do the terms semantax and layering mean?
Try a Google search on "Semantic layering" (over 500 hits), include the quote marks. Here's the top hit. It's all greek to me. -- bodnotbod 13:01, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
I'm looking to start a simple wiki for my own purposes, and I need to choose software to use. MediaWiki's install process is scary, and most of the simpler options lack the features I need (free links and version history). Wikipedia-like syntax would be nice, but not required. I would prefer PHP, or maybe Python/ CGI; MySQL or flat files would both work.
Does such a thing exist? Thanks a lot. Eurleif 20:50, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
Do you have to run MediaWiki on your own server, or can it be set up on a webhost, if they have Apache, PHP and MySQL capabilities? Catherine - talk 04:54, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
It is not clear to me why the blood group O is the more frequent around the world, when it is stated that either A or B alleles are codominant over i (O)allele.
Thanks. sleopoldo@tiscali.it
are rubber/plastic bullets still used in northern ireland?
Bible question - someone once tried to persuade me that (per biblical tradition) there were no surviving descendants of Cain, citing Noah as being descended only of Abel (and all postdilluvial humans being descended only of him). Neglecting the in-the-air provenance of 'er indoors (Naamah), does this theory, er, hold water (in a purely biblical sense)? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 02:00, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
Is whistling a voiced sound; that is, are the vocal folds vibrating during the production of a whistle? Please direct answers/comments to mari65@optonline.net. Thank you.
02 May 2004 13:48
Hello,
Firstly, I just want to say, I'm hooked on Wikipedia! It’s sad! But in a good way! Now, to the question. I'm a Poly Sci major at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA) and I'm currently reading Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy and he makes reference to FDR's Four Policemen in Chapter 16. The Four Policemen is a term coined by FDR before D-Day that suggested that the US, UK, the Soviet Union and possibly China would be the only armed nations in the post WWII era that would restore and maintain peace, throughout Europe or so that’s what I get from it. I was wondering if any of you other learnt scholars could perhaps create a page about that, because I would like to learn more about this idea of the Four Policemen, and why it didn't work? Who gave up on it first? And why did Russia play for keeps, rather then simply liberating Eastern Europe. (Maybe I just answered my own question) So can someone make a page about the Four Policemen?
Thanks
Tony C. Anderson a.k.a. ConsensuOmnium
ConsensuOmnium@aol.com
imported from Village pump by IMSoP 18:40, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
It has been reported that there is significant delay in issuing these medals although I received mine without too much delay.
Why wait for applications? The M o D must have records of all those who served out there during the appropriate period. Army Navy RAF Records will also have such lists. Why not issue them based on these lists.? Many Veterans will have answered Roll Call elsewhere and their Descendants may not even be aware.
Maurice Scott ex 1 R Lincolns Mauricescott@Hotmail.com
[original submitter left no text]
I read the entry on light bulbs but still am confused about what makes the wattage of light bulbs different. For example, what is the difference in the light bulb between a 15 watt bulb and a 150 watt bulb that makes the 150 brighter? Is the filament thicker or does the bulb base reduce the voltage to it? Also if you drop a bulb, it often burns brighter for a short time before burning out. What causes that?
Why China is also known as zhong guo (mandarin pronunciation) ie.Middle Why its people were also called Hua ren? China was known as shen zhou or the God's Land, and why does this change and when was it changed. Thank you. --Anon
Sir,
I am a keen researcher on economic matters of current day relevance. Presently, I am working on a subject i.e. Economic track time, which essentially mean the effective time taken for the movement of logistics from one place to another and its implication on national economy.
Please refer to educative articles on the subject and if possible, a communication to my e-mail raktimdutta@rediffmail.com
I was reading the article of the day on prostitution and it mentioned in some cultures prostitutes where the only women allowed to sing publicly. I was wondering what cultures (and what time periods) these were.
I generally have difficulty in comprehending what people mean when they speak of cousins (especially the nth removed jargon). The article on Family says -
My question - If my grandparent is the great-grandparent of another, will that make us first cousins once removed (from my perspective) or second cousins once removed (from the others perspective)? How did this phrase come into common parlance? Around where I live, regardless of the "removal factor" - the elder is usually considered an uncle or an aunt to the younger person. And while we are at it, is there a "once added" clause too :) ? Chancemill 07:16, May 4, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks everybody :) Chancemill 12:42, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
Do you have a source for the names of Towns, Villages etc. in Bohemia in the years 1905-1906?
What was the name of proposed British plan to build a pontoon airfield off the French coast for use in Operation Overlord?
How many of the 92 early warning stations were put out of action in the NEPTUNE area of Operation Overlord?
I heard somewhere that Washington (the state, I mean) was originally going to be called "Colombia" or "Columbia" or something like that. Is this true?
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been trying to track down an extremely rare (in 24 years I haven't found one person, Beatlemanic and or whomever that has ever heard of it?) recording done by a Belgian Pianist around 1979/1980/1981 of various Beatle Songs (this is all intrumental Piano) done up in the style of the Great Composers.
ie; Obladi-Obblada was performed by this Pianist as if he were interpreting a composition written by Mozart and so on. A Day in the Life was performed as if Rahmaninoff had written it and so on. This pianist covered Chopin/Bach/Shubert and most of the biggies?
I can't for the life of me remember his name? My father bought it for me as a Christmas present around 1980 I think? He purchased it through at that time what was called: "The Book of them Month Club" which at that point was also offering various LP's for sale.
I have never come across it anywhere? I have never seen any reference to it in even the foggiest details and I have been searching for 20 years. I lent it to a musician friend back in '82 and never got it back. Naturally, I lost track of him and have not been able to locate him either.
I would pay handsomely to find a copy of the LP (better yet on CD?) and or Cassette.
If you have any info on this and or could direct me to an internet url or what have you that might provide any clues what-so-ever, I would be grateful. Better yet, I would like to buy a copy, albeit from you and or one of your connections.
Thank You.
Sincerely,
Kip Long e-mail elangroup@hotmail.com 516-690-1206
His official website is : François Glorieux
In case you would ask : no, I don't possess any recordings of him. I still remember his performances on the VRT, the Flemish Television. A real remarkable man. JoJan 10:20, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Moved to Wikipedia:Help desk#Wikipedia Talk and Google - the Reference desk is for factual/encyclopedic information, the help desk is for Wikipedia-specific/technical information. - IMSoP 17:28, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
To Wikipedia: I read your text about Bridget Riley, and I had a couple of questions for you. 1. Which of Bridget Riley's art pieces would you believe to be her masterpiece? Why? 2. How is Bridget Riley important to modern day life, and how has she effected the course of art and culture? Thank You.
I have come across this quote, at least twice at different sources, but wonder if the attribution to Thatcher is correct? -- Kaihsu 09:26, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.
The attribution is correct. She said it in 1986.
Mrs Thatcher was a snide conservative. Seems to me there is another word for her attitude, one that rhymes with "itchy", but it eludes me for the moment. (I am over the age of 26 and ride the bus to work, so I may perhaps be a bit POV.)
If you need an attribution, you can find it in refered to in the UK Hansard [1] on 2 July 2003 by Mr. Don Foster, MP for Bath. The exact time and place of the original speech I have not been able to identify, but my guess is that it is in the 1986 Hansards, which are not online. Diderot 09:49, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
I have made a tinyurl out of the above link: and will add her quote to Wikiquote. I hope to eventually locate the Hansard source (1986). -- Kaihsu 09:59, 2004 May 5 (UTC)
The earliest reference I can find is (with Factiva) in the "Observer", 26 July 1998, article by Joanna Walters, as "if a man finds himself a passenger on a bus having attained the age of 26, he can account himself a failure in life". Would love to see a photo of the Hansard page. Given the outrageousness of the quote I'm surprised it didn't make the press at the time, so feeling a bit skeptical. -- 2005-12-22
Writing in The Daily Telegraph 30.10.06 Philip Johnston states "it has been attributed to Thatcher, principally by people on the left who seek to give the impression that this is something that she would have said, when the oppostite is the case". It goes on to that this quotes like this are put out by cavalier Labour ministers with scant regard to the truth.
(from Village pump)
Dear Ms/Sir
Is Lindi the new name of the ancient city of Malindi in Tazania?
Some one had said that Malindi is the name of three ancient cities located in Kenya, Tazania and South Africa. Is this true?
Malindi has been mentioned in Zhenghe's navigation chart as the last port of call in East africa.
kk Tan
To my fellow Wikipedians, I'm researching a piece of fiction and stumbled upon a problem. I need to find info on a venomous snake, its venom highly neurotoxic to humans, causing death in about 5 seconds (preventing someone from making a quick defensive move). The catch is: this particular snake needs to handled by a skilled herpetologist and temporarily put in a briefcase - so its size is limited. Also, I'd like the signs of poisoning to be minimal, besides the bite marks. I have no clie where to start. Can anyone point me to some relevant info?
Rest assured, I'm not intending to handle snakes or use them to kill someone. - MGM 12:24, May 5, 2004 (UTC)
Are we decided on snakes? I think there are types of sea creatures that are more poisonous - what about the Blue-ringed Octopus, or the Pufferfish? Mark Richards 03:12, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Hello! Last November03 I've visited some of the 100-yen shop Japan.I'm really interested to establish such type shop in Bangladesh. In this regard, I hope to get your assistance.Your experiance can guide our footsteps.I'm looking forward.Thank you. Major Rahman Bangladesh
Well, a brief look seems to show that 100 Japanese Yen = approx 56 Bangladeshi Taka, which would make the equivalent a '56-Taka Shop'. Of course, I'm not sure what the buying power of the Taka is in Bangladesh - it might be wise to set the value either higher or lower depending on the relative cost of living / earnings. Perhaps this is what Major Rahman needs advice on? Mark Richards 00:29, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Interesting, that may be a good approach for Major Rahman. A quick and crude estimate (Bangladesh's per capita GDP is 1,800USD, Japan's is 28,700USD), I calculate that a 6 Taka shop might be more appropriate - it's possible (although I don't know) that there is a 5 Taka note or coin, which might make a more convenient value. Bear in mind that there is 40% unemployment in Bangladesh, so a low value is probably better than a high. Best wishes, Mark Richards 15:30, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I think this would be the place to ask about translation - Bengali Wikipedia, but I can't read their main page to know where to ask... Mark Richards 19:45, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
I've merged this with the question it was a continuation of - please just edit a section to continue a discussion, rather than starting a new one. I've then moved the whole discussion to Wikipedia:Help desk#Wikipedia Talk and Google, as this page is for finding facts, whereas that one is for asking about Wikipedia itself. - IMSoP 17:33, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I would like to know how many languages the Wikipedia articles are available in and which ones they are.
In sociolinguistics, what is a lect?
anon
I feel we should extend the Wikilanguage to include a meta tag for specifying that a section is going to be a lexically sorted list, so that in whatever order Wikipedians add entries to the list, the list will always be rendered in a lexically sorted order.
I don't know if this is the right forum to ask this question.
Sundar 06:31, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
Of course it isn't. You're not even asking a question. Put it here. And make sure nobody else has already listed it or similar. -- bodnotbod 15:44, May 6, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, could someone familiar with entertainment industry terms give a short definition of dramatic programming? (as used in BBC World Service for example, we stumbled over it while trying to translate that entry into German.) I understand that it is sort of an umbrella term for comedy, sports, sitcoms, movies...? thanks, High on a tree 13:46, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
I'll write a stub. -- Jmabel 19:08, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
The Church Temporalities Act of 1833 degraded the archdioceses of Tuam and Cashel to dioceses. It also merged ten dioceses with other dioceses: does anyone know which dioceses were merged together? -- Emsworth 22:43, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
The DVD-R article gives the capacity of DVD-R media as the commonly reported 4.7GB. Does anyone know the exact size in bytes? I want to burn an ISO 9660 filesystem with one file on it. What is the largest file size I can use?
thanks, WhiteDragon 18:05, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
According to
http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm a DVD has 4.7GB space. However, this is missleading as the manufacturers use the term GB differently to how Windows(tm) uses it (Windows is in the right for once).
DVD-R can apparently store 4,700,000,000 bytes, although there might be minor variations in this size depending on your media.
4,700,000,000 bytes == 4,589,843 kbytes == 4,482 Mbytes == 4.377 GB
But because the disks can hold 4,700,000,000 bytes, manufacturers (incorrectly) call thier disks 4.7GB when in fact they can only hold a max of 4.377GB
Anyone know about the derivation of the word tuberculosis? And about old children songs that include disease?
P.S. this won't be a huge rabling on commentary article, unlike the title! Please participate in this discussion! ==
So we all know who the ROmans were, but what is their relevancy to modern day technology and life? They certainly were interesting folk, letting the most part of their P.O.W.s actually become citizens of their empire, which lasted over 2000 years!!!! The aqueducs are another sign of their ingenuity and originality. So, what do YOU know about the Romans, who influenced our life today? Where would we be without them? Comments, please!
In linguistics, what do the terms semantax and layering mean?
Try a Google search on "Semantic layering" (over 500 hits), include the quote marks. Here's the top hit. It's all greek to me. -- bodnotbod 13:01, May 7, 2004 (UTC)