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Does anyone have any information about these names? Like famous people by these names, the meaning of these names, ect. They're Spanish names. Russian F 02:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
PS. I need the answers fast. Russian F 02:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Are there any known currently working notable assassins? I'm thinking along the lines of Carlos the Jackal and not mafia men or terrorists such as someone who worked specifically for a terrorist organization. You know, just your hired gun sort. Just curious, I'm not looking to knock over a gov't. Dismas| (talk) 02:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I imagine that most professinal killing these days are done by professional teams connected with a goverment *put on tin foil hat now*. Jon513 18:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
"Carlos the Jackal" was a terrorist, not an assassan in the way you're thinking about. There was a fictional "Jackal" (in the novel and movie of the same name). Carlos also appeared in a Robert Ludlum, but the real Carlos was a terrorist and not a contract killer. Kevin fraser 01:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Almost all employers in the United States give drug tests prior to or upon hiring. It is best to make a decision on which is more important to you... Continue taking drugs, or stop, clean out your system and pass the test in order to secure empoyment.
I'm applying for a fed job. What risks are there for me if they find I used illegal drugs? Jasbutal 04:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Avoid eating any baked goods with poppy seeds on them, since this supposedly can create a false positive on drug tests. Also breathing marijuana fumes second hand can supposedly create a false positive. If you get caught and later become a politician, radio commentator, or supreme court nominee you can say it was a "youthful indescretion" regardless of how old you were at the time. Edison 15:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Number of pitchers who have hit a home run in their own no-hitter-- 66.217.130.164 04:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why are some people attracted to incredibly repetitive beat intensive music that often lacks any of the melody/structure so common in most other types of music? freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ 06:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
what is success and how is it related to happiness?
Success as it relates to happiness has little to do with income. It is common for people to spend their money on things they do not need. Happiness is found more often with those who live far below their means. People who pay cash for a small or fixer upper house and a used car are much happier than people who are in debt with beautiful homes, cars and lavish possesions. Furthermore, people who manage to have enough food, water, and other necessities saved up for about a year or more are more likely to feel happy, successful, and near sress free. It is more about how one percieves happiness and success. It is a state of mind that is derived from being debt free, prepared for any personal disaster, and in service to others. People who are in service to others through volunteer work and donations are generally very happy people.-- JosephWisdom 20:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
If we try to correlate wealth with happiness, I suspect that somewhere between middle class and upper class would be optimal, with those living in poverty unhappy for obvious reasons, and those with extreme wealth unhappy due to the constant stalking of reporters, risk of kidnapping, and possible guilt over whatever they had to do to get all that money in the first place. StuRat 07:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Flow (psychology) causes happiness, it may also result in success if you enjoy your business, as I do.
Sidenote: regarding millionaires - in the UK I do not think the equivalent of one million US dollars is enough for a comfortable life without working, since its onle equivalent to about £500000. A modest house in southern england would cost at least £250000. The £250000 left over would only give you £6250 per year income if invested in inflation-proof gilts at 2 1/2 %. £6250 is less than a quarter of the average income. So if you were a US$1M, you'd be poor! Ha ha. 81.104.12.44 11:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Not to sound morbid, but is it possible the footage of Steve Irwin's death will be leaked and appear on sites like Youtube and Ogrish?
Some would say it's ghoulish or insensitive to want to see such a video, but I guarantee that if it became publicly available, there would be enormous interest in it from his admirers and others, which is hardly surprising. How often have we all seen the Zapruder film of JFK's head being shot away? It seems to be human nature to be attracted to horrific scenes, car smashes, shark attacks, death in any form etc. JackofOz 10:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
It would be no worse than the videos of police chasing cars ending in fatal crashes which are shown every day on TV, or the videos of car suicide bombings on the news. Edison 23:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I don't know where this question belongs, so I chose miscellaneous. There are some standards that seem virtually unchangeable, inspite of their relative inadequacy and inspite of improved suggestions at our disposition. I'm thinking of the QWERTY layout on keyboards, the hour/minute/second system, angular measurement, the calendar system etc. My question: Is there a word for these seemingly inefficient yet persistent standards? Thank you. Pat 83.77.215.216 09:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
For many things it's absolutely critical that there be a standard, but what the standard is is totally unimportant. For example, alphabetical order. It would be just as useful if the alphabet was arranged in any other order, but changing from the current order to another order would be extremely painful. The layout of the keyboard is one of these things. It might be slightly better if the keyboard was in alphabetical order, but dealing with the changeover would create all types of problems (for example, touch typists would need to learn to type all over). The French actually tried to change to digital time and dates during the French Revolution, but similarly found that the changeover was prohibitive. StuRat 10:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, all, for responding. Dismas asked about which inefficiencies in time measurement I was referring to. CambridgeBayWeather has basically answered this question. Simple operations, such as calculating my age expressed in days, take me forever. Figuring out which date and day of the week it will be 200 days from now makes my head hurt. I may be somewhat challenged, arithmetically, but I have no difficulty comparing or adding, subtracting, and multiplying prices in Euros or figures expressed in units of the metric system. These challenges in calculating time keep our synapses busy and may be desirable. I was mainly curious on whether there was a word for this kind of standard. Pat 83.77.215.216 12:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, days are the length they are, and so are years, not much anyone can do about that. It's built into fundamental astronomical facts about the Earth's rotation and orbit. I suppose hypothetically you could opt for a 100-day year, or a 1000-day year, but then you'd completely break the correspondence between the time of year and the weather/length of day. -- Trovatore 20:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Dismas, about the inadequacy of our timekeeping and other units and some possible solutions, see my user page. The keyboard layout could easily be personalised by mapping the keystrokes to characterfs differently. After all, some mapping has to be done, so why not give several options or even let people build their own preferences? A problem is that if you use a computer elsewhere you'd also have to be able to access that or you wouldn't be able to type anymore. But the mapping is done by the operating system, so if the major ones (Unix, Mac, msWindows) incorporate it (plus an option to download a personal layout) that solves that problem. It would be a minor adaption, I assume. The dvorak keyboard appears to be usable with the three big ones, so why not this? I use Ubuntu and it has an enormous amount of layouts, all organised by country (lots of redundancy, I suppose). Dvorak is under the US and UK versions. Not the best way to organise them. I suppose that's because it's a little known phenomenon. Do Mac and msWindows have this? DirkvdM 07:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I would like to ask the help of anyone in trying to trace my grandad's service in the war. His name is Septimus Craggs and he served the whole war in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you. --"""
I'm doing a speech on MySpace for my class, and I'm having trouble finding the following facts;
-On average, how many hits a day does MySpace have?
-Where is it ranked among website in terms of popularity?
Thanks, Tyler
I'm currently working on a challenging crossword puzzle and I'm hoping for either an answer or directions towards finding the answer. My question is what would complete this clue: Before, to a poet. Three letter answer E E with the middle letter missing. Any idea?
Thanks 68.226.188.185 17:33, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Ellen
Ere. -- Rallette 17:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Any help?
There were documents on how to set up a unit investment trust on this site. Now i cannot find them. Please tell me where to go to locate that information.
Please reply to me at (email address redacted)
Thank you
Serious question
Since October 1, 2005 Harvey and Bob Weinstein left the Walt Disney Company to make their own independant company taking Dmension films with them. Disney still has rights to join in for sequels to Scary Movie, etc.. but does Disney still own the rights to the rest of Dimension Film's Movies (Sin City, Brothers Grimm...)?
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Does anyone have any information about these names? Like famous people by these names, the meaning of these names, ect. They're Spanish names. Russian F 02:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
PS. I need the answers fast. Russian F 02:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Are there any known currently working notable assassins? I'm thinking along the lines of Carlos the Jackal and not mafia men or terrorists such as someone who worked specifically for a terrorist organization. You know, just your hired gun sort. Just curious, I'm not looking to knock over a gov't. Dismas| (talk) 02:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I imagine that most professinal killing these days are done by professional teams connected with a goverment *put on tin foil hat now*. Jon513 18:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
"Carlos the Jackal" was a terrorist, not an assassan in the way you're thinking about. There was a fictional "Jackal" (in the novel and movie of the same name). Carlos also appeared in a Robert Ludlum, but the real Carlos was a terrorist and not a contract killer. Kevin fraser 01:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Almost all employers in the United States give drug tests prior to or upon hiring. It is best to make a decision on which is more important to you... Continue taking drugs, or stop, clean out your system and pass the test in order to secure empoyment.
I'm applying for a fed job. What risks are there for me if they find I used illegal drugs? Jasbutal 04:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Avoid eating any baked goods with poppy seeds on them, since this supposedly can create a false positive on drug tests. Also breathing marijuana fumes second hand can supposedly create a false positive. If you get caught and later become a politician, radio commentator, or supreme court nominee you can say it was a "youthful indescretion" regardless of how old you were at the time. Edison 15:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Number of pitchers who have hit a home run in their own no-hitter-- 66.217.130.164 04:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Why are some people attracted to incredibly repetitive beat intensive music that often lacks any of the melody/structure so common in most other types of music? freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ 06:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
what is success and how is it related to happiness?
Success as it relates to happiness has little to do with income. It is common for people to spend their money on things they do not need. Happiness is found more often with those who live far below their means. People who pay cash for a small or fixer upper house and a used car are much happier than people who are in debt with beautiful homes, cars and lavish possesions. Furthermore, people who manage to have enough food, water, and other necessities saved up for about a year or more are more likely to feel happy, successful, and near sress free. It is more about how one percieves happiness and success. It is a state of mind that is derived from being debt free, prepared for any personal disaster, and in service to others. People who are in service to others through volunteer work and donations are generally very happy people.-- JosephWisdom 20:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
If we try to correlate wealth with happiness, I suspect that somewhere between middle class and upper class would be optimal, with those living in poverty unhappy for obvious reasons, and those with extreme wealth unhappy due to the constant stalking of reporters, risk of kidnapping, and possible guilt over whatever they had to do to get all that money in the first place. StuRat 07:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Flow (psychology) causes happiness, it may also result in success if you enjoy your business, as I do.
Sidenote: regarding millionaires - in the UK I do not think the equivalent of one million US dollars is enough for a comfortable life without working, since its onle equivalent to about £500000. A modest house in southern england would cost at least £250000. The £250000 left over would only give you £6250 per year income if invested in inflation-proof gilts at 2 1/2 %. £6250 is less than a quarter of the average income. So if you were a US$1M, you'd be poor! Ha ha. 81.104.12.44 11:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Not to sound morbid, but is it possible the footage of Steve Irwin's death will be leaked and appear on sites like Youtube and Ogrish?
Some would say it's ghoulish or insensitive to want to see such a video, but I guarantee that if it became publicly available, there would be enormous interest in it from his admirers and others, which is hardly surprising. How often have we all seen the Zapruder film of JFK's head being shot away? It seems to be human nature to be attracted to horrific scenes, car smashes, shark attacks, death in any form etc. JackofOz 10:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
It would be no worse than the videos of police chasing cars ending in fatal crashes which are shown every day on TV, or the videos of car suicide bombings on the news. Edison 23:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I don't know where this question belongs, so I chose miscellaneous. There are some standards that seem virtually unchangeable, inspite of their relative inadequacy and inspite of improved suggestions at our disposition. I'm thinking of the QWERTY layout on keyboards, the hour/minute/second system, angular measurement, the calendar system etc. My question: Is there a word for these seemingly inefficient yet persistent standards? Thank you. Pat 83.77.215.216 09:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
For many things it's absolutely critical that there be a standard, but what the standard is is totally unimportant. For example, alphabetical order. It would be just as useful if the alphabet was arranged in any other order, but changing from the current order to another order would be extremely painful. The layout of the keyboard is one of these things. It might be slightly better if the keyboard was in alphabetical order, but dealing with the changeover would create all types of problems (for example, touch typists would need to learn to type all over). The French actually tried to change to digital time and dates during the French Revolution, but similarly found that the changeover was prohibitive. StuRat 10:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, all, for responding. Dismas asked about which inefficiencies in time measurement I was referring to. CambridgeBayWeather has basically answered this question. Simple operations, such as calculating my age expressed in days, take me forever. Figuring out which date and day of the week it will be 200 days from now makes my head hurt. I may be somewhat challenged, arithmetically, but I have no difficulty comparing or adding, subtracting, and multiplying prices in Euros or figures expressed in units of the metric system. These challenges in calculating time keep our synapses busy and may be desirable. I was mainly curious on whether there was a word for this kind of standard. Pat 83.77.215.216 12:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, days are the length they are, and so are years, not much anyone can do about that. It's built into fundamental astronomical facts about the Earth's rotation and orbit. I suppose hypothetically you could opt for a 100-day year, or a 1000-day year, but then you'd completely break the correspondence between the time of year and the weather/length of day. -- Trovatore 20:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Dismas, about the inadequacy of our timekeeping and other units and some possible solutions, see my user page. The keyboard layout could easily be personalised by mapping the keystrokes to characterfs differently. After all, some mapping has to be done, so why not give several options or even let people build their own preferences? A problem is that if you use a computer elsewhere you'd also have to be able to access that or you wouldn't be able to type anymore. But the mapping is done by the operating system, so if the major ones (Unix, Mac, msWindows) incorporate it (plus an option to download a personal layout) that solves that problem. It would be a minor adaption, I assume. The dvorak keyboard appears to be usable with the three big ones, so why not this? I use Ubuntu and it has an enormous amount of layouts, all organised by country (lots of redundancy, I suppose). Dvorak is under the US and UK versions. Not the best way to organise them. I suppose that's because it's a little known phenomenon. Do Mac and msWindows have this? DirkvdM 07:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I would like to ask the help of anyone in trying to trace my grandad's service in the war. His name is Septimus Craggs and he served the whole war in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you. --"""
I'm doing a speech on MySpace for my class, and I'm having trouble finding the following facts;
-On average, how many hits a day does MySpace have?
-Where is it ranked among website in terms of popularity?
Thanks, Tyler
I'm currently working on a challenging crossword puzzle and I'm hoping for either an answer or directions towards finding the answer. My question is what would complete this clue: Before, to a poet. Three letter answer E E with the middle letter missing. Any idea?
Thanks 68.226.188.185 17:33, 6 September 2006 (UTC)Ellen
Ere. -- Rallette 17:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Any help?
There were documents on how to set up a unit investment trust on this site. Now i cannot find them. Please tell me where to go to locate that information.
Please reply to me at (email address redacted)
Thank you
Serious question
Since October 1, 2005 Harvey and Bob Weinstein left the Walt Disney Company to make their own independant company taking Dmension films with them. Disney still has rights to join in for sequels to Scary Movie, etc.. but does Disney still own the rights to the rest of Dimension Film's Movies (Sin City, Brothers Grimm...)?