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hi... is there any code for myspace so that when you place a video on your profile page the video will play automatically; viewers don't have to press play button? if so.. what is it?/ where/ what website can i copy from?
Thanx! Hot F.L.I.P.
well, that was a bit harsh... but thanks for your bias, i guess.. but before you slap this on my face, you havent heard my reason as to why i wanted the video to automatically play when my page is visited... "it's because i cant find the song on myspace music page so instead of having a music playing on my page, i placed a video in there (of that music).. thats why i want it to play automatically! so other than that... the only thing that i really wanted to know is the code to do that (does anyone know it or not?!)... and seeing this argument just made my mood(pardon my french) shittier than it already is!!!! Hot F.L.I.P.
I came across information that Albert Einstein had a son that lived in Greenville,SC. He is also said to have spoken at Furman University, and establishment rather close to Greenville. Is there a reason he's not listed as a signifigant person in the Greenville,SC page? And if not, i would appreciate someone adding it as I am not confident in my ability.
http://frontieregulator.blogspot.com/2005/06/history-of-greenville-county-sc-part_21.html
http://www.metrobeat.net/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A1061
These two reliable sources state that Einstein visited Greenville,SC because his son, Hans Albert Einstein, resided here for a portion of his life. ——————————————— Russell Quarles
were can i find the list of companies that part of major indecies like NASDAQ 100, S&P 500, other world markets. that can be downloaded to Excel with their relative weight in the index.
Does anyone know what happens to all the official World cup adverts that were in the host cities during the world cup? There were banners and flags everywhere and they must go somewhere.
If... Art is good. -Graffiti is art -Graffiti is vandalism -Vandalizing Wikipedia is graffiti -Vandalizing Wikipedia is art Then...Vandalizing Wikipedia is good! My questions: -What do you call this type of sequence of facts that leads up to a fun conclusion? -Is it true that "Vandalizing Wikipedia is good"? -- Chachacha333 11:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay Chachacha333 11:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
It's a (faulty) syllogism. If graffiti is art, and graffiti is vandalism, then art is vandalism. If people who make vandalism are criminals, and people who make art are artists, then artists are criminals (using previous conclusion). If criminals should be put in prison, then artists should be put in prison. — D a niel (‽) 19:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember this type of logic being called "chop logic". GAMES Magazine used to have a sample of it every once in a while. -- Joelmills 21:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I want to download all of the world flags at once, in one (free) download. Is there any way that I can download all of the flags that Wikipedia uses (the .svg file ones) all at once? I'd like it to be in a (rather) small download (a couple of megabytes maybe). I want them because I like flags and I wanna find some interesting ones so that I can get ideas for creating my own flags when I create my own country.-- Chachacha333 11:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd give you a link (290 flags / 1.43meg) on your user page, but you seem not to have one! -- Seejyb 19:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey Seejyb, I have a userpage, give me that link!-- Chachacha333 04:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I would like to use tampons, but really don't know much about how to insert them. Is there a certain way to put them in. Is sitting on the toilet the best way, or crouching down over the toilet the best way. I've tried them before and just couldn't seem to get them to work. Are they easy to remove? I don't want to leave them in too long and have toxic shock syndrome
inappropriate question
i agree, i also question the validity of this question as questionable in its integrity and would sugggest that the writer seek out a gynecologist if she has questions with regard to her menses.
Seeing the lack of helpful information, I asked my girlfriend what advice she had, and I hope her knowledge proves useful.
The best way to insert them depends on the person. Try standing and putting one foot on the edge of the sink or putting the tampon in while sitting on the toilet. If you have problems inserting it, you might try different angles of insertion. They're fairly easy to remove, especially if they aren't dry. It might irritate you a little if they are dry, but not too badly. You should remove them after 8 hours or when they start to leak. TSS isn't all that common, and people I know have accidently left tampons in for weeks or months without any serious problems. But it's best to be safe in situations like this. Crazywolf 23:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
OK completely *appropriate* question, although I agree that it's not necessarily the best place to get a good answer (as is evidenced by most of the replies).
1. First, StuRat, your stinky finger comment was *completely* inappropriate, and actually really really disgraceful. The last thing a young girl needs is to feel ashamed or stigmatised about touching her own genitalia, or afraid that it's gross.
2. Second, StuRat, no, there aren't any instructions on the box, they're in the box.
3. Third, DirkvdM I don't think you're much better than StuRat. If you want 'intimate details' about a young girl's first experience with tampons, I suggest you read the 'True Confessions' pages of Penthouse.
DirkvdM 06:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC) [unindenting] DirkkvdM, it's the oldest trick in the book for boorish, immature chauvanists to pass off inappropriate sexual comments as 'an innocent joke' and to try to make it the woman's fault for not taking it with good humour. Is that what you are? If not, now's the time to prove it.-- Anchoress 07:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
4. Fourth, CrazyWolf's and Notinasnaid's answers were thoughtful, appropriate and helpful. To their words I would add that you should make sure it's the smallest size of tampon, that you wait until your flow is heavy, that if you are still dry or tight you consider lubricating the applicator, that if it doesn't work give it a few months and try again, and that to protect against TSS ( Toxic Shock Syndrome) you always choose the smallest tampon appropriate for your flow, never use a tampon when you're not menstruating, and you change them often. And a last piece of advice; start NOW to ignore the dumbasses who can't answer a simple question without insulting you or bringing up their own sexuality. You'll be doing yourself a BIG favour.-- Anchoress 01:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
To StuRat and DirkvdM: we allow a bit of fun on the reference desk when people ask stupid questions, but please think twice before making fun of someone asking a serious question about a potentially sensitive issue.- gadfium 08:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to interject something here. Don't assume it was a young girl writing in. Often times questions like this will be posed like this as the writer obtains sexual satisfaction in the response. I've had patients actually write in to magazines and newspaper advise columns for such thrills.
for such response for their own personal pleasure.
I am a great fan of the erstwhile leading lady of Hindi Films, Zeenat Aman.I would like to correspond with her or atleast speak to her. How can I get her postal address/ phone number?Ihave tried the net and film magazines but no luck. Can anyone help me out? sumal 13:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Could someone please tell me who sang "it's got to be me?" Does anyone know the words? thanking you in advance.
thank-you for your help
the libs are always complaing that there isn't enough money going to public schools, wouldn't reducing the number of students actually be a BETTER thing then?-- Crbbydemds 14:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
the standard of education provided by parents is often not up to the standard of most schools. therefore the education recieved is inferior to that of publically schooled people. Also, home schooled pupils often get given miss leading information due to a parents views on a subject, where as in a classroom, they may hear the teachers views, but will also hear the views of the other ppupils and will get different views from different teachers. 193.115.175.247 15:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember reading an article (I think it was a stub) about a bizarre European cryptid. I can't remember much about it, except that it had a two-word name, was headless, and was very violent. It might also have been made of metal or something. It was very strange. I think it may have been from Finnish or Swedish folklore. Does this seem familiar to anyone? Bhumiya ( said/ done) 15:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I went to a conference and we received a toy everyone is calling a 'bendable'. It’s a small 3-4 inch stick figure that can be bent over and over again in any position but never breaks and the feet and hands have magnets in them. I found a company that produces something similar called 'bendables', (www.hogwildtoys.com).
I’m trying to figure out what they are made of, is it rubber, plastic, metal with a coating? I sent hogwild toys a note but never heard from them. I would love to find who manufactures this material and what it’s composed of.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Note that pipe cleaners have rather similar characteristics. StuRat 20:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
If one looks at history it is clear to see that on great civilization lasts forever as can be seen in the lost cities in south east asia, as well as south and central america. The Romans i am sure though thier culture and civilization would last forever, as did the egyptians. Now, some civilizations left monuments behind that would last for milenia. An example of this is the pyramids. Now noting this and how much knowlege can be lost though such a drop in a society, i propose we in the technilogical age leave something behind, not only to say: We were here. But also to try and preserve some of the knowlege we have gained. So, my question is how would you propose we save all our knowlege such as electricity, spirituallity ect ect ect. and have it last millenia. or just comment on my observation. I propose: thousands of stone tablets inscribed with various knowlege and buried along with a rosetta stone type artifact beneath a new pyramid build some where other than egypt. what is your sujestion? sorry for such a long question 193.115.175.247 15:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
beautiful idea! diamond would last longer but are fragile and crumble easily and who would pay for it? come on people this is for ALL of us. 193.115.175.247 16:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I think a likely scenario is a nuclear war or pandemic that kills off almost the entire population. This would bring about the need to preserve all human knowledge until the population recovered enough to use it. I would think they would still speak a language close enough to modern languages that they could understand us. Preserving the knowledge where it could be accessed, but not destroyed, would be tricky. Perhaps a small nuclear reactor in a mine with the data could send power and info to terminals displaying the info on the surface. That way, if the terminals were destroyed, the data would still be safe until some future generation dug it up. StuRat 20:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Serious answer =D: They have recently made a material 10x stronger than diamond that's apparently pretty cheep. Wrap it in hundreds of layers of whatever kevlar we have at the time, and put a few layers of ultra-reflective foil around it. Don't ask me how you'd "encode" it onto the tablets, or allow alien civilizations tgo read it, but the ONLY place to reccoverably store something that you want to last forever is in in multiple orbits of multiple planets. Uranus would probably be a good pick, the solar system will continue to exist even after the sun has collapsed (in the beginning expanding, engulfing Earth and making Mars even a crappier place to live in the process). -- mboverload @ 07:29, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
ok, so marble tablets placed under a pyramid build in the Americas. But who would fund it? how would one go about organizing something like this? 193.115.175.247 16:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
i purchased a replacment starter motor for my motorcycle and found it was turning the wrong way, how do i change the direction of thr motor
thank you in antisipation dave tucker
Plug the battery in the other way round. Dear me... Philc T E C I 00:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Despite the plethora of data on orchids, I'm still having difficulty "typing" a couple of my orchid plants. Unfortunately, virtually all the visual references to orchids focus on the flowers, often to the exclusion of the stems and leaves. The thing that seems to distinguish these two plants is more in the basic plant and less in the flower. Can anyone point me to a source?-- 67.188.185.59 16:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)-- 67.188.185.59 16:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Thanks
Hello,
I am a campaign manager for a man running for municipal office in Toronto, Ontario. One of our opponents (Adam Vaughan) has a listing in Wikipedia and we want one too. I know that you can edit an entry, but can you add a new one? My candidate's name is Desmond Cole (www.desmondcole.to). I can be reached at [email removed per instructions at top of page].
Thank you, Geordie.
I live in Toronto and shall follow this with interest. An entry in the Wiki is a 2 edged sword, especially with politicians. -- Zeizmic 19:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Before you create the article, I would recommend you read the proposed policy Wikipedia:Candidates and elections and the sample articles linked to on that page. -- Mwalcoff 23:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Before Power Rangers became quite big, I used to watch a show (as a kid of course!) on French tv (TFI) : they would broadcast a lot of dubbed Japanese stuff. Of course I didn't understand much as I didn't know French at that time.
There was this japanese show (the actors looked Asian, and considering the Japanese genre it's safe to say it is Japanese) that was located near a rocky beach, and every episode a monster would pop up. Three teenagers (I think one was a girl) would always change in superheroes in red, black and yellow costumes. In the end, they would always (and I mean always!!) jointly aim a huge cannon at the monster and fire, however when the monster was nearly dead, he would always get a boost from his boss or something, making him grown into a giant as well. Then the heroes would always summon some robots/vehicles and with that they would crush the monster.
This may sound like Power Rangers, but it wasn't, and I am quite sure it isn't one of those Japanese shows the Power Rangers creators took footage from either. I do think that at some point in the series, they met two other guys (who also owned their own robots/vehicles) and they sticked around (I think all the robots could merge together).
So does anyone have an idea what this was? Thanks Evilbu 18:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I will give more information (this time I will really get into detail). As I said most actions took place near a rocky beach. In the beginning there were three heroes.
About the cannon : they would stand next to each other, and then the cannon would actually appear( being teleported) between them. First it was transparent and then ! it was there and they were holding it together.
About the vehicles : I think the three heroes had a separate vehicle, and those three could merge. However, I am not sure, it could also be that they one big vehicle in common.
However, in some later episodes, two other heroes would appear (I don't remember them having a true own colour), both male, and they definitely both had their own vehicle. I think those two new ones could fuse together, and that it was also possible to merge all of the heroes' vehicles as well. Those two heroes sticked around then. I remember when they were introduced one of them did something, and when he came out of his vehicle, the other new guy for some reason slapped him??
And now I am really going crazy : there is an episode where a lady joins them, and she didn't look asian, she looked European. I asked another guy, and he said he had seen that too, and he claimed it was actually Dorothée, the host from French television show Club Dorothée( which was the immensely long show in which all Japanese stuff on French television like DBZ was cramped together) making a cameo. I always found that weird, probably that show wasn't even made at the time of the French broadcast, and even still, a French host making a cameo in a Japanese action show for kids, I don't think so.
O, and as I said, very very repetitive. Really Power Rangers seemed full of variation compared to this (in Power Rangers, they would sometimes fight the putties unmorphed, they would sometimes beat the monster withot the monster growing, they wouldn't always use that Sword coming from heaven) Does this help? Evilbu 02:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Unless Dorothée has appeared in other series, I think it is safe to say it is that. [ [4]] is a link to that same site, containing more pictures. I seem to have been wrong about the colors of the three original heroes though. Can you make out which ones were the two vehicles of the two nex guys, because as I remember they were not animal robots, just vehicles. Isn't Wikipedia great. For like 11 years, more than half my life, I have been wondering whether or not that really was Dorothée. How bizarre! She just spoke French then as it was only intended for a French dub broadcast in France anyway? But wasn't that particular episode one of those in which the the transition from three to five heroes was being made, so that would make the episode relevant to the Japanese public as well wouldn't it? I didn't know any other Wikipedians were familiar with the Club Dorothée phenomenon:). Evilbu 12:17, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Where can I find the list of UN Security Council Resolutions that didn't pass. I know there's a lot of them that have been vetoed. CG 19:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, i would like to know if, and how, someone can raise the level of adrenaline(epinephrine) in their body, by some kind of drug or medicine?-- Captain ginyu 20:37, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
At my school, children from the age of 13 (year 9) in the CCF are trained in the use of rifles. We do not get to use any automatic weapons, and we are only allowed in the prone position (lying down). However, it strikes me that allowing children to use weaponry, even when in a controlled environment, is stupidly dangerous (not that I'm complaining...) What are the relevant laws (UK)? How can they do this? — D a niel (‽) 20:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I once saw a documentary showing Armenian kids in Nagorno Karabach, assembling weapons in class (each day!) to prepare for an Azeri return. I was quite shocked , and this is a war zone. So I think the idea is really weird, is your school unique in the western world concerning that matter? Evilbu 02:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
The CCF (Combined Cadet Force) is a part of the school, and everyone in year 9 has to go through it - after that it's optional. It is run after school ends, but it is not done by a seperate establishment. We are allowed to fire the weaker rifles (I don't know what they're called) in the school's range, but as someone said above we have to make an oath before and after (that we haven't taken any rounds etc.). — D a niel (‽) 14:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I was in the CCF as school and learned to fire a rifle at around age 13. It's not dangerous at all, if properly superpvised by trained adults. This is born out by the statistics of gun accidents in CCF corps, which is staggeringly low. I certainly never heard of one, then or later. One editor clearly pointed out that there is no absolute law against the user of firearms by children subject to appropriate controls. In addition children in the CCF are technically part of the Armed Forces (look it up - they are!) and as such are exempt from a number of regulations that would apply if they were not. In my experience CCF corps almost never do anything that would be illegal if they were not part of the military, but I doubt there would ever be an actual legal problem. DJ Clayworth 18:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
why do people always give the condition of "rape and incest" when talking about abortion? Is the "incest" in this case a subset of rape? I assume they're not referring to consentual-incest... -Steve
Some of the probably are talking about consensual incest too, incest (and more specifically inbreeding) can do nasty things to the genes of the poor child. Plus, the cultural view of incest is highly negative and the stigma would follow the kid forever. Emmett5 21:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, take it where you can get it is my motto =D -- mboverload @ 07:22, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
In the past few days I've received several chats that all go the same way (obviously a bott, although I didn't figure it out at first). The message says something like:
Then when I reply, they always say the same thing:
I'm somewhat paraphrasing. Obviously they're spam and after the first two times I figured it out and am just reporting them, but what's the point? The website, in its original (supposedly mis-typed) format is a dead end, and so is the amended version without the extra letters (which btw are always different). Anybody know what's going on?-- Anchoress 22:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
This is a question on polygamy. If someone from a country from a country where polygamy is legal moved to a country where it was not accepted, what would be the status of the wives? Would they all be wives? Would none of them be wives? Would only the first be a wife? In Britain, polygamy is illegal, but we do acknowledge that in other countries, particularly middle eastern ones, many men claim many women as wives and accept this as unusual but accepted. We would never question a ruler's (who was entertained by the Queen) right to take more than one wife; but is it legal in that respect, or is it just put up with?-- russ 23:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I have noticed that some Wikipedia pages have been withdrawn from editing due to vandalism, such as that on George Bush. Are there any subjects WP regards too difficult to allow people to edit, purely on the grounds that the edits may be difficult or sensitive? Clearly I understand that vandalism is one thing, but freedom of speech, backed up by citations and evidence is another (this does NOT directly relate to any one article but is a serious question) -- russ 23:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your insightful comments. It is good to hear that the exchange of knowledge is really impartial. We seem to have beaten the Orwellian view of current times -- russ 00:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
dear sirs IAM trying to find a site that i can post my 64 hillman conv super minx if you could help it would be very much help to me as i am new to this computer thing
Thank you Chris Sabatell-- 72.70.204.24 23:37, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Removed duplicate request. Note the comment at the top of the page: "Do not list your e-mail address. Questions aren't normally answered by e-mail. Be aware that the content on Wikipedia is extensively copied to many websites; making your e-mail address public here may make it very public throughout the Internet." Ziggurat 23:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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LarryMac: Thank you for looking, but I think you see what I mean.
hi... is there any code for myspace so that when you place a video on your profile page the video will play automatically; viewers don't have to press play button? if so.. what is it?/ where/ what website can i copy from?
Thanx! Hot F.L.I.P.
well, that was a bit harsh... but thanks for your bias, i guess.. but before you slap this on my face, you havent heard my reason as to why i wanted the video to automatically play when my page is visited... "it's because i cant find the song on myspace music page so instead of having a music playing on my page, i placed a video in there (of that music).. thats why i want it to play automatically! so other than that... the only thing that i really wanted to know is the code to do that (does anyone know it or not?!)... and seeing this argument just made my mood(pardon my french) shittier than it already is!!!! Hot F.L.I.P.
I came across information that Albert Einstein had a son that lived in Greenville,SC. He is also said to have spoken at Furman University, and establishment rather close to Greenville. Is there a reason he's not listed as a signifigant person in the Greenville,SC page? And if not, i would appreciate someone adding it as I am not confident in my ability.
http://frontieregulator.blogspot.com/2005/06/history-of-greenville-county-sc-part_21.html
http://www.metrobeat.net/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A1061
These two reliable sources state that Einstein visited Greenville,SC because his son, Hans Albert Einstein, resided here for a portion of his life. ——————————————— Russell Quarles
were can i find the list of companies that part of major indecies like NASDAQ 100, S&P 500, other world markets. that can be downloaded to Excel with their relative weight in the index.
Does anyone know what happens to all the official World cup adverts that were in the host cities during the world cup? There were banners and flags everywhere and they must go somewhere.
If... Art is good. -Graffiti is art -Graffiti is vandalism -Vandalizing Wikipedia is graffiti -Vandalizing Wikipedia is art Then...Vandalizing Wikipedia is good! My questions: -What do you call this type of sequence of facts that leads up to a fun conclusion? -Is it true that "Vandalizing Wikipedia is good"? -- Chachacha333 11:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay Chachacha333 11:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
It's a (faulty) syllogism. If graffiti is art, and graffiti is vandalism, then art is vandalism. If people who make vandalism are criminals, and people who make art are artists, then artists are criminals (using previous conclusion). If criminals should be put in prison, then artists should be put in prison. — D a niel (‽) 19:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember this type of logic being called "chop logic". GAMES Magazine used to have a sample of it every once in a while. -- Joelmills 21:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I want to download all of the world flags at once, in one (free) download. Is there any way that I can download all of the flags that Wikipedia uses (the .svg file ones) all at once? I'd like it to be in a (rather) small download (a couple of megabytes maybe). I want them because I like flags and I wanna find some interesting ones so that I can get ideas for creating my own flags when I create my own country.-- Chachacha333 11:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd give you a link (290 flags / 1.43meg) on your user page, but you seem not to have one! -- Seejyb 19:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey Seejyb, I have a userpage, give me that link!-- Chachacha333 04:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I would like to use tampons, but really don't know much about how to insert them. Is there a certain way to put them in. Is sitting on the toilet the best way, or crouching down over the toilet the best way. I've tried them before and just couldn't seem to get them to work. Are they easy to remove? I don't want to leave them in too long and have toxic shock syndrome
inappropriate question
i agree, i also question the validity of this question as questionable in its integrity and would sugggest that the writer seek out a gynecologist if she has questions with regard to her menses.
Seeing the lack of helpful information, I asked my girlfriend what advice she had, and I hope her knowledge proves useful.
The best way to insert them depends on the person. Try standing and putting one foot on the edge of the sink or putting the tampon in while sitting on the toilet. If you have problems inserting it, you might try different angles of insertion. They're fairly easy to remove, especially if they aren't dry. It might irritate you a little if they are dry, but not too badly. You should remove them after 8 hours or when they start to leak. TSS isn't all that common, and people I know have accidently left tampons in for weeks or months without any serious problems. But it's best to be safe in situations like this. Crazywolf 23:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
OK completely *appropriate* question, although I agree that it's not necessarily the best place to get a good answer (as is evidenced by most of the replies).
1. First, StuRat, your stinky finger comment was *completely* inappropriate, and actually really really disgraceful. The last thing a young girl needs is to feel ashamed or stigmatised about touching her own genitalia, or afraid that it's gross.
2. Second, StuRat, no, there aren't any instructions on the box, they're in the box.
3. Third, DirkvdM I don't think you're much better than StuRat. If you want 'intimate details' about a young girl's first experience with tampons, I suggest you read the 'True Confessions' pages of Penthouse.
DirkvdM 06:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC) [unindenting] DirkkvdM, it's the oldest trick in the book for boorish, immature chauvanists to pass off inappropriate sexual comments as 'an innocent joke' and to try to make it the woman's fault for not taking it with good humour. Is that what you are? If not, now's the time to prove it.-- Anchoress 07:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
4. Fourth, CrazyWolf's and Notinasnaid's answers were thoughtful, appropriate and helpful. To their words I would add that you should make sure it's the smallest size of tampon, that you wait until your flow is heavy, that if you are still dry or tight you consider lubricating the applicator, that if it doesn't work give it a few months and try again, and that to protect against TSS ( Toxic Shock Syndrome) you always choose the smallest tampon appropriate for your flow, never use a tampon when you're not menstruating, and you change them often. And a last piece of advice; start NOW to ignore the dumbasses who can't answer a simple question without insulting you or bringing up their own sexuality. You'll be doing yourself a BIG favour.-- Anchoress 01:00, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
To StuRat and DirkvdM: we allow a bit of fun on the reference desk when people ask stupid questions, but please think twice before making fun of someone asking a serious question about a potentially sensitive issue.- gadfium 08:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to interject something here. Don't assume it was a young girl writing in. Often times questions like this will be posed like this as the writer obtains sexual satisfaction in the response. I've had patients actually write in to magazines and newspaper advise columns for such thrills.
for such response for their own personal pleasure.
I am a great fan of the erstwhile leading lady of Hindi Films, Zeenat Aman.I would like to correspond with her or atleast speak to her. How can I get her postal address/ phone number?Ihave tried the net and film magazines but no luck. Can anyone help me out? sumal 13:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Could someone please tell me who sang "it's got to be me?" Does anyone know the words? thanking you in advance.
thank-you for your help
the libs are always complaing that there isn't enough money going to public schools, wouldn't reducing the number of students actually be a BETTER thing then?-- Crbbydemds 14:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
the standard of education provided by parents is often not up to the standard of most schools. therefore the education recieved is inferior to that of publically schooled people. Also, home schooled pupils often get given miss leading information due to a parents views on a subject, where as in a classroom, they may hear the teachers views, but will also hear the views of the other ppupils and will get different views from different teachers. 193.115.175.247 15:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember reading an article (I think it was a stub) about a bizarre European cryptid. I can't remember much about it, except that it had a two-word name, was headless, and was very violent. It might also have been made of metal or something. It was very strange. I think it may have been from Finnish or Swedish folklore. Does this seem familiar to anyone? Bhumiya ( said/ done) 15:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I went to a conference and we received a toy everyone is calling a 'bendable'. It’s a small 3-4 inch stick figure that can be bent over and over again in any position but never breaks and the feet and hands have magnets in them. I found a company that produces something similar called 'bendables', (www.hogwildtoys.com).
I’m trying to figure out what they are made of, is it rubber, plastic, metal with a coating? I sent hogwild toys a note but never heard from them. I would love to find who manufactures this material and what it’s composed of.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Note that pipe cleaners have rather similar characteristics. StuRat 20:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
If one looks at history it is clear to see that on great civilization lasts forever as can be seen in the lost cities in south east asia, as well as south and central america. The Romans i am sure though thier culture and civilization would last forever, as did the egyptians. Now, some civilizations left monuments behind that would last for milenia. An example of this is the pyramids. Now noting this and how much knowlege can be lost though such a drop in a society, i propose we in the technilogical age leave something behind, not only to say: We were here. But also to try and preserve some of the knowlege we have gained. So, my question is how would you propose we save all our knowlege such as electricity, spirituallity ect ect ect. and have it last millenia. or just comment on my observation. I propose: thousands of stone tablets inscribed with various knowlege and buried along with a rosetta stone type artifact beneath a new pyramid build some where other than egypt. what is your sujestion? sorry for such a long question 193.115.175.247 15:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
beautiful idea! diamond would last longer but are fragile and crumble easily and who would pay for it? come on people this is for ALL of us. 193.115.175.247 16:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I think a likely scenario is a nuclear war or pandemic that kills off almost the entire population. This would bring about the need to preserve all human knowledge until the population recovered enough to use it. I would think they would still speak a language close enough to modern languages that they could understand us. Preserving the knowledge where it could be accessed, but not destroyed, would be tricky. Perhaps a small nuclear reactor in a mine with the data could send power and info to terminals displaying the info on the surface. That way, if the terminals were destroyed, the data would still be safe until some future generation dug it up. StuRat 20:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Serious answer =D: They have recently made a material 10x stronger than diamond that's apparently pretty cheep. Wrap it in hundreds of layers of whatever kevlar we have at the time, and put a few layers of ultra-reflective foil around it. Don't ask me how you'd "encode" it onto the tablets, or allow alien civilizations tgo read it, but the ONLY place to reccoverably store something that you want to last forever is in in multiple orbits of multiple planets. Uranus would probably be a good pick, the solar system will continue to exist even after the sun has collapsed (in the beginning expanding, engulfing Earth and making Mars even a crappier place to live in the process). -- mboverload @ 07:29, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
ok, so marble tablets placed under a pyramid build in the Americas. But who would fund it? how would one go about organizing something like this? 193.115.175.247 16:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
i purchased a replacment starter motor for my motorcycle and found it was turning the wrong way, how do i change the direction of thr motor
thank you in antisipation dave tucker
Plug the battery in the other way round. Dear me... Philc T E C I 00:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Despite the plethora of data on orchids, I'm still having difficulty "typing" a couple of my orchid plants. Unfortunately, virtually all the visual references to orchids focus on the flowers, often to the exclusion of the stems and leaves. The thing that seems to distinguish these two plants is more in the basic plant and less in the flower. Can anyone point me to a source?-- 67.188.185.59 16:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)-- 67.188.185.59 16:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Thanks
Hello,
I am a campaign manager for a man running for municipal office in Toronto, Ontario. One of our opponents (Adam Vaughan) has a listing in Wikipedia and we want one too. I know that you can edit an entry, but can you add a new one? My candidate's name is Desmond Cole (www.desmondcole.to). I can be reached at [email removed per instructions at top of page].
Thank you, Geordie.
I live in Toronto and shall follow this with interest. An entry in the Wiki is a 2 edged sword, especially with politicians. -- Zeizmic 19:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Before you create the article, I would recommend you read the proposed policy Wikipedia:Candidates and elections and the sample articles linked to on that page. -- Mwalcoff 23:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Before Power Rangers became quite big, I used to watch a show (as a kid of course!) on French tv (TFI) : they would broadcast a lot of dubbed Japanese stuff. Of course I didn't understand much as I didn't know French at that time.
There was this japanese show (the actors looked Asian, and considering the Japanese genre it's safe to say it is Japanese) that was located near a rocky beach, and every episode a monster would pop up. Three teenagers (I think one was a girl) would always change in superheroes in red, black and yellow costumes. In the end, they would always (and I mean always!!) jointly aim a huge cannon at the monster and fire, however when the monster was nearly dead, he would always get a boost from his boss or something, making him grown into a giant as well. Then the heroes would always summon some robots/vehicles and with that they would crush the monster.
This may sound like Power Rangers, but it wasn't, and I am quite sure it isn't one of those Japanese shows the Power Rangers creators took footage from either. I do think that at some point in the series, they met two other guys (who also owned their own robots/vehicles) and they sticked around (I think all the robots could merge together).
So does anyone have an idea what this was? Thanks Evilbu 18:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I will give more information (this time I will really get into detail). As I said most actions took place near a rocky beach. In the beginning there were three heroes.
About the cannon : they would stand next to each other, and then the cannon would actually appear( being teleported) between them. First it was transparent and then ! it was there and they were holding it together.
About the vehicles : I think the three heroes had a separate vehicle, and those three could merge. However, I am not sure, it could also be that they one big vehicle in common.
However, in some later episodes, two other heroes would appear (I don't remember them having a true own colour), both male, and they definitely both had their own vehicle. I think those two new ones could fuse together, and that it was also possible to merge all of the heroes' vehicles as well. Those two heroes sticked around then. I remember when they were introduced one of them did something, and when he came out of his vehicle, the other new guy for some reason slapped him??
And now I am really going crazy : there is an episode where a lady joins them, and she didn't look asian, she looked European. I asked another guy, and he said he had seen that too, and he claimed it was actually Dorothée, the host from French television show Club Dorothée( which was the immensely long show in which all Japanese stuff on French television like DBZ was cramped together) making a cameo. I always found that weird, probably that show wasn't even made at the time of the French broadcast, and even still, a French host making a cameo in a Japanese action show for kids, I don't think so.
O, and as I said, very very repetitive. Really Power Rangers seemed full of variation compared to this (in Power Rangers, they would sometimes fight the putties unmorphed, they would sometimes beat the monster withot the monster growing, they wouldn't always use that Sword coming from heaven) Does this help? Evilbu 02:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Unless Dorothée has appeared in other series, I think it is safe to say it is that. [ [4]] is a link to that same site, containing more pictures. I seem to have been wrong about the colors of the three original heroes though. Can you make out which ones were the two vehicles of the two nex guys, because as I remember they were not animal robots, just vehicles. Isn't Wikipedia great. For like 11 years, more than half my life, I have been wondering whether or not that really was Dorothée. How bizarre! She just spoke French then as it was only intended for a French dub broadcast in France anyway? But wasn't that particular episode one of those in which the the transition from three to five heroes was being made, so that would make the episode relevant to the Japanese public as well wouldn't it? I didn't know any other Wikipedians were familiar with the Club Dorothée phenomenon:). Evilbu 12:17, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Where can I find the list of UN Security Council Resolutions that didn't pass. I know there's a lot of them that have been vetoed. CG 19:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, i would like to know if, and how, someone can raise the level of adrenaline(epinephrine) in their body, by some kind of drug or medicine?-- Captain ginyu 20:37, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
At my school, children from the age of 13 (year 9) in the CCF are trained in the use of rifles. We do not get to use any automatic weapons, and we are only allowed in the prone position (lying down). However, it strikes me that allowing children to use weaponry, even when in a controlled environment, is stupidly dangerous (not that I'm complaining...) What are the relevant laws (UK)? How can they do this? — D a niel (‽) 20:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I once saw a documentary showing Armenian kids in Nagorno Karabach, assembling weapons in class (each day!) to prepare for an Azeri return. I was quite shocked , and this is a war zone. So I think the idea is really weird, is your school unique in the western world concerning that matter? Evilbu 02:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
The CCF (Combined Cadet Force) is a part of the school, and everyone in year 9 has to go through it - after that it's optional. It is run after school ends, but it is not done by a seperate establishment. We are allowed to fire the weaker rifles (I don't know what they're called) in the school's range, but as someone said above we have to make an oath before and after (that we haven't taken any rounds etc.). — D a niel (‽) 14:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I was in the CCF as school and learned to fire a rifle at around age 13. It's not dangerous at all, if properly superpvised by trained adults. This is born out by the statistics of gun accidents in CCF corps, which is staggeringly low. I certainly never heard of one, then or later. One editor clearly pointed out that there is no absolute law against the user of firearms by children subject to appropriate controls. In addition children in the CCF are technically part of the Armed Forces (look it up - they are!) and as such are exempt from a number of regulations that would apply if they were not. In my experience CCF corps almost never do anything that would be illegal if they were not part of the military, but I doubt there would ever be an actual legal problem. DJ Clayworth 18:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
why do people always give the condition of "rape and incest" when talking about abortion? Is the "incest" in this case a subset of rape? I assume they're not referring to consentual-incest... -Steve
Some of the probably are talking about consensual incest too, incest (and more specifically inbreeding) can do nasty things to the genes of the poor child. Plus, the cultural view of incest is highly negative and the stigma would follow the kid forever. Emmett5 21:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, take it where you can get it is my motto =D -- mboverload @ 07:22, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
In the past few days I've received several chats that all go the same way (obviously a bott, although I didn't figure it out at first). The message says something like:
Then when I reply, they always say the same thing:
I'm somewhat paraphrasing. Obviously they're spam and after the first two times I figured it out and am just reporting them, but what's the point? The website, in its original (supposedly mis-typed) format is a dead end, and so is the amended version without the extra letters (which btw are always different). Anybody know what's going on?-- Anchoress 22:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
This is a question on polygamy. If someone from a country from a country where polygamy is legal moved to a country where it was not accepted, what would be the status of the wives? Would they all be wives? Would none of them be wives? Would only the first be a wife? In Britain, polygamy is illegal, but we do acknowledge that in other countries, particularly middle eastern ones, many men claim many women as wives and accept this as unusual but accepted. We would never question a ruler's (who was entertained by the Queen) right to take more than one wife; but is it legal in that respect, or is it just put up with?-- russ 23:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I have noticed that some Wikipedia pages have been withdrawn from editing due to vandalism, such as that on George Bush. Are there any subjects WP regards too difficult to allow people to edit, purely on the grounds that the edits may be difficult or sensitive? Clearly I understand that vandalism is one thing, but freedom of speech, backed up by citations and evidence is another (this does NOT directly relate to any one article but is a serious question) -- russ 23:30, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your insightful comments. It is good to hear that the exchange of knowledge is really impartial. We seem to have beaten the Orwellian view of current times -- russ 00:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
dear sirs IAM trying to find a site that i can post my 64 hillman conv super minx if you could help it would be very much help to me as i am new to this computer thing
Thank you Chris Sabatell-- 72.70.204.24 23:37, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Removed duplicate request. Note the comment at the top of the page: "Do not list your e-mail address. Questions aren't normally answered by e-mail. Be aware that the content on Wikipedia is extensively copied to many websites; making your e-mail address public here may make it very public throughout the Internet." Ziggurat 23:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)