Is London nearer to Paris or Newcastle upon Tyne? [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 00:39, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia;...I know this is really a stretch; but, I am at my wits' end. I have exhausted every avenue I could find, and been un-sucessful. Would you please forward this letter to Mr Al Davis; or send me an e-mail address where I might be able to reach him. It is the most important thing in my life; and the future of the Oakland Raiders. I will certainly remember you, when I reach my appointed destiny as Coach of the Raiders. R.J.Rooney...hm.# 323-753-8105...cell# 310-387-4926 ranchero50{ a t }netzero.net
I have a real problem when I read that "early voting" is going on in many states, when it clearly says in the Constitution that voting for President must take place on one day. Apparently there are new federal laws, but if they were going the change the Constitution, wouldn't that take an amendment? What's the deal? Mjklin 04:33, 2004 Nov 1 (UTC)
I don't suppose we have an entry on early voting? [[User:Rhymeless| Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss)]] 09:11, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
In editing Berti Vogts, it seems he comes from Büttgen (or is it Bottgen?) in Germany. We don't have an article about it, and the German language wikipedia redirects it to de:Kaarst. Can someone with some knowledge of that part of Germany tell what a sensible resolution for Büttgen would be in the english wikipedia?
Also, does anyone know in what position "Der Terrier" played? His scoring record reads like a midfielder.
Thanks in advance. - John Fader
What is the highest frequency of a electromagnetic wave ever reported?
What is the upper bound for the frequency of any EM wave, and what properties would such wave have? — Kieff | Talk 08:36, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)
I heard that cosmic rays are higher than gamma rays. [[User:Nichalp|¶ ɳȉčḩåḽṗ | ✉]] 19:38, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
A popular French saying I'm told that literally means "mind your onions" but I can't seem to trace it! Can you help?
I asked this question at Talk:Tooth but got no response :
In humans, does the first set have 20 teeth and the second set 12, or does the second set have 32 ? Do all the 20 teeth of the first set fall off ? Jay 04:23, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
How many teeth do you have, Jay? -- User:Juuitchan
Okay, here's the situation. The wife and I are tossing around the idea of moving to Canada. Before you draw out the guns though, I'd just like to point out that A) she's a Canadian already, B) I married her in 1998, before it was fashionable for lefty Americans to love Canada and C) we've been tossing around the idea of moving there since 1998. That said, our credit here in the US is pretty good, and her credit from 1998 in Canada is, shall we say, not so fantastic. Would credit translate across borders? If it doesn't usually, is there a way to get credit for our good credit? Thanks much.
sigh.... The reference desk is not a search engine. func (talk) 03:02, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi, this is a Maths Methods assignment for me. I have done sme planning, etc. But I'd just like to ask for some other people's opinions. Thank you!! =)
topics: data variance (statistics) & probabilty
A game shop decides to have a "sale with a difference"
To determine your percentage discount, you toss three six-sided dice and your discount is the sum of the uppermost faces. The faces of each of the dice are: 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15.
The accountant is concerned about how much this might cost the business.
Prepare a report setting out the expected overall discount from the sale if the games shop goes ahead with the idea...
Now, some of the things i will consider is, how much profit does each game make? assuming $100 to $250 per transaction.
The problem is, how do I assume what numbers will be rolled? Because each combination or each sum will have the same possibility as one another. Or perhaps i will make assumptions based on the AVERAGE percentage discount.
ohh....This is so stressful!
// {{PD}} #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <iomanip> using namespace std; const double min = 100, max = 250; // Range of purchase amounts double percent_discount() { const int faces[6] = { 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 }; int percent = faces[rand() % 6] + faces[rand() % 6] + faces[rand() % 6]; return double(percent) * 0.01; } struct { double sale_price; double discounted_price; double percent_discount; } total; int main() { const int trials = 100000; total.sale_price = total.discounted_price = total.percent_discount = 0; for (int trial = 0; trial < trials; ++trial) { double current_price = min + double(rand() / RAND_MAX) * (max - min); double current_discount = percent_discount(); double current_discounted_price = current_price - (current_price * percent_discount); total.sale_price += current_price; total.discounted_price += current_discounted_price; total.percent_discount += current_percent_discount; } cout << "Simulated " << trials << " purchases\n"; cout.precision(2); cout << "Total sales were $" << total.sale_price << "\n"; cout << "Total sales with discounts were $" << total.discounted_price << "\n"; cout << "Average percent discount was " << total.percent_discount / double(trials) << "%\n"; cout << "Expected revenue loss: $" << total.sale_price - total_discounted_price << "\n"; cout << "END OF REPORT" << endl; }
I would imagine the kind of answer your teacher is expecting is dependent on your current educational level. If this question is intended for an audience more advanced than a university Freshmen (and maybe not even that) then I have no idea. Otherwise, I would say that your assumption is correct and the expected value of each (presumably fair) die is (0 + 3 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 15)/6 or 7.5, and since they are all independent events, the expected sum of the three dice should be 22.5 Of course, maybe there's something strange going on with the variance there that has some adverse impact that I'm not aware of, and you should listen to someone who took more than a sememester of statistics in university. -- Cvaneg 20:34, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Yes, I've set up an excell worksheet with all the possible combinations of 3 uppermost faces. Since there are 3 dice, 6 sides, there should be 6x6x6=216 different combinations. I'm not sure if this is necessary. I worked out the average of the data, created a frequency table, made a histogram & polygon on it. From this graph, I can see that the most common score is 21% dicount and 24% discount. Do you think I'm on the right track? Now, I have worked out the central tendency and will go into details in terms of probability.
~from cindy. thanks heaps!
I was wondering about the origins of Itsy Bitsy Spider, a popular nursery rhyme which exist in many languages. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 07:09, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
Whilst the origin may be obscure, it surely cannot be true that the history can't be traced - within living memory, at least, and further back if it ever appeared in print (I'm assuming that it's quite old). One merely has to ask people where and when they first remember hearing it. I'm 49, and I'm fairly sure I heard it as a small child in southern England, so that dates it to the 1960s in England, at least.
Hmmm, and what is your question? [[User:MacGyverMagic| Mgm| (talk)]] 08:59, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
What was the medium ( ink) and tool ( stylus) used in ancient Pergamon on parchment after the invention of parchment by the shepherds as a result of the embargo of papyrus by the Egyptians?
I hope my understanding of the fact and assumptions above are correct.
Thanking you in advance.
David G. Puckett, AIA -- 64.12.116.137 21:24, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I wrote the article on Lowell Thomas and the sources I used say he graduated from the University of Northern Indiana in 1911. That institution is now known as Valparaiso University and the article there says it was called Valparaiso College in 1900. Can anyone clarify when it changed its name? PedanticallySpeaking 22:54, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
I need some pictures of events that happened during the French Revolution. How do I go about to getting them???
Ronnie -- 207.62.11.21 00:18, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia-
I have noticed that there are two seats vacant in the House of Representatives. One in Nebraska and one in Florida. However, I can not seem to find the areas that these seats represent. Any chance I could be pointed to a map or description of the areas not represented.
Thank You -Chad
P.S. GREAT site, thank's again
What major towns and cities are located in the North Carolina Sandhill region and is Sanford, NC located in the Sandhills region?
Could you please provide me with information on the effects of co2 on bananas during storage and or transportation. Also what effect it has on the ripening process.
In a controlled environment with high co2 buildup over a period of days will it cause cell damage to the peel which would compromise normal ripening or yellowing of the product.
If you can help me or lead me to someone that can I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance,
Mike Digioia
Mdigioia77{ a t }verizon.net
I would like to inquire if someone has a cross-distribution of US population by religion and age. Any input will be highly appreciated. Please, send your reply to tanyapolyak{ a t }yahoo.com
Does this saying refer to late in the afternoon or early in the morning? I searched under "yardarm" but only found specific sailing info. Thanks Marie
A person from Texas is a Texan, a person from New York is a New Yorker, so what is a person from Massachusetts called? Is there even a word for it? [[User:Livajo| 力伟| ☺]] 06:54, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
what about a person from conneticut?
My favorite from all of these people's names is that a person from Liechtenstein is known as a Lillipudlian. Our team won a quiz competition because a guy on our team knew that. I can't find any reference now to back that up though. - Taxman 21:31, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
If you dive from a good height into a deep pool of water, you'll sink on it quite a lot. When you're that low, the water pressure increases certain amount, but not much since it's density is so low.
But, what if you dived in a pool of mercury? Since the density is what, more than 10 times bigger, would you sink the same amout? If so, wouldn't the pressure of the same depth be too much for the body to take? — Kieff | Talk 07:49, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)
There's also an interesting article at NewScientist about which substance you could swim the fastest in (due to buoyancy). here Terrapin 20:27, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I today got an update for my windows media program. but now when i try to put it in full screen mode, the video doesnt take up the entire screen, as it used to. is there any way to change this, and if not, is there any way to revert to my old version of windows media player? elpenmsater
Nope, that doesnt work. It appears that the new version of windows media player just doesnt allow for a real full screen. It has a full-screen mode, but even then the video only takes up about 2/3 of the screen. -- elpenmaster
If I were you, I'd post the question to the applications section of Experts Exchange. You'll probably get a dialogue going fairly quickly with technical people trying to solve your problem. Salasks 06:12, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
What does 'missed stays' mean in a nautical sense?
From http://stevebriggs.superb.net/stanrogers/songs/tony.html: The Antelope was slow. It takes her two whole days to catch up to "a bloody Great Yankee" that is described as "broad and fat and loose in stays". Merchant ships were wide and stable cargo carriers, and they were commonly described as broad. They were not notably fast.
The many novels of Patrick O'Brian, which are set in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Wars, and contain many nautical terms, provide a relatively painless introduction to nautical history. The stays are the heavy ropes that run from the masts to the hull. Stays run from the top of the mast (or topmast, or topgallant pole) forward, as opposed to backstays, which run towards the stern, and shrouds, which run port-and-starboard. They support the masts. Several staysails are hung from the stays, and these sails often provide angular forces useful in turning and tacking.
O'Brian notes that some vessels would "miss stays" which from context seems a sign of poor design or poor seamanship. Some vessels are praised as "quick in stays." A ship had to "make stays" as it changed direction while tacking into the wind. If it missed stays, it would have to wear about, which involves sailing around to change direction, which was a waste of time. It was necessary to take in sails and set other sails as a vessel changed directions, and this took a coordination among many sailors and the helmsmen. A badly sailed vessel missed stays, or made them slowly and hesitantly, losing ground in a chase.
If I understand this correctly "missing stays" refers to not responding to a change of wind so you can catch it while sailing. -- [[User:MacGyverMagic| Mgm| (talk)]] 22:41, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)
On reading news reports of the Ufton Nervet rail crash, I'm curious as to why modern trains aren't fitted with a Cowcatcher, to flip a car with which the train is unfortunate enough to collide out of the way (rather than its getting tangled up under the train's nose, lifting the loco and forcing it to derail). Worse, it looks like the shape of the nose of an Intercity 125 (the locomotive in question) looks particularly prone to this (even when compared with other modern fast trains like the TGV or the Eurostar. I suppose I can see an aerodynamic argument, but is that the only reason? - John Fader
i would love to know more about plumbing systems and their historical role- what form they took, civilizations that had advanced systems or came up with inventions. basically where has all the shit and piss gone? I'd assume it wasnt just left in the street to build up, smell and cause disease. im sure the river waters were used for drinking and people wouldnt particularly want to make it unsuitable for drinking (althought i know that this was the case in England and some of western Europe during the early industrial era but that seemed like a new phenomenon which was remedied shortly after people started getting cholera and dying). anyway any information that you could provide me with would eb great. thanks -Ella
The Romans were latecomers. The Cretans had elaborate plumbing and flush toilets at least in the palace of Knossos around 1500 years earlier. (just do a search on Knossos and plumbing if you want more) Alteripse 18:51, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
If you do, please help resolve the dispute at Yaasiin Jaamac Nuux, an alleged president. We (well, mostly I :-) can't figure out whether it's a hoax, a partisan article on a pretender, a vanity page or Goddess knows what else. The few WWW pages on Somaliland are, unfortunately, mostly in Somali. Resident expertise is direly needed. I thought the reference desk was the most appropriate place to ask (it's already listed as disputed) but if you think there are other good locations for this question, please copy it. Thanks. JRM 15:53, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)
Hi, I was ask to answer a question which I don't know,the question is;what is the largest sex organ in our body?It will be very appreciated if I can get a fast reply.Thank you for your time & service..
Is London nearer to Paris or Newcastle upon Tyne? [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 00:39, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia;...I know this is really a stretch; but, I am at my wits' end. I have exhausted every avenue I could find, and been un-sucessful. Would you please forward this letter to Mr Al Davis; or send me an e-mail address where I might be able to reach him. It is the most important thing in my life; and the future of the Oakland Raiders. I will certainly remember you, when I reach my appointed destiny as Coach of the Raiders. R.J.Rooney...hm.# 323-753-8105...cell# 310-387-4926 ranchero50{ a t }netzero.net
I have a real problem when I read that "early voting" is going on in many states, when it clearly says in the Constitution that voting for President must take place on one day. Apparently there are new federal laws, but if they were going the change the Constitution, wouldn't that take an amendment? What's the deal? Mjklin 04:33, 2004 Nov 1 (UTC)
I don't suppose we have an entry on early voting? [[User:Rhymeless| Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss)]] 09:11, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
In editing Berti Vogts, it seems he comes from Büttgen (or is it Bottgen?) in Germany. We don't have an article about it, and the German language wikipedia redirects it to de:Kaarst. Can someone with some knowledge of that part of Germany tell what a sensible resolution for Büttgen would be in the english wikipedia?
Also, does anyone know in what position "Der Terrier" played? His scoring record reads like a midfielder.
Thanks in advance. - John Fader
What is the highest frequency of a electromagnetic wave ever reported?
What is the upper bound for the frequency of any EM wave, and what properties would such wave have? — Kieff | Talk 08:36, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)
I heard that cosmic rays are higher than gamma rays. [[User:Nichalp|¶ ɳȉčḩåḽṗ | ✉]] 19:38, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
A popular French saying I'm told that literally means "mind your onions" but I can't seem to trace it! Can you help?
I asked this question at Talk:Tooth but got no response :
In humans, does the first set have 20 teeth and the second set 12, or does the second set have 32 ? Do all the 20 teeth of the first set fall off ? Jay 04:23, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
How many teeth do you have, Jay? -- User:Juuitchan
Okay, here's the situation. The wife and I are tossing around the idea of moving to Canada. Before you draw out the guns though, I'd just like to point out that A) she's a Canadian already, B) I married her in 1998, before it was fashionable for lefty Americans to love Canada and C) we've been tossing around the idea of moving there since 1998. That said, our credit here in the US is pretty good, and her credit from 1998 in Canada is, shall we say, not so fantastic. Would credit translate across borders? If it doesn't usually, is there a way to get credit for our good credit? Thanks much.
sigh.... The reference desk is not a search engine. func (talk) 03:02, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi, this is a Maths Methods assignment for me. I have done sme planning, etc. But I'd just like to ask for some other people's opinions. Thank you!! =)
topics: data variance (statistics) & probabilty
A game shop decides to have a "sale with a difference"
To determine your percentage discount, you toss three six-sided dice and your discount is the sum of the uppermost faces. The faces of each of the dice are: 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15.
The accountant is concerned about how much this might cost the business.
Prepare a report setting out the expected overall discount from the sale if the games shop goes ahead with the idea...
Now, some of the things i will consider is, how much profit does each game make? assuming $100 to $250 per transaction.
The problem is, how do I assume what numbers will be rolled? Because each combination or each sum will have the same possibility as one another. Or perhaps i will make assumptions based on the AVERAGE percentage discount.
ohh....This is so stressful!
// {{PD}} #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <iomanip> using namespace std; const double min = 100, max = 250; // Range of purchase amounts double percent_discount() { const int faces[6] = { 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 }; int percent = faces[rand() % 6] + faces[rand() % 6] + faces[rand() % 6]; return double(percent) * 0.01; } struct { double sale_price; double discounted_price; double percent_discount; } total; int main() { const int trials = 100000; total.sale_price = total.discounted_price = total.percent_discount = 0; for (int trial = 0; trial < trials; ++trial) { double current_price = min + double(rand() / RAND_MAX) * (max - min); double current_discount = percent_discount(); double current_discounted_price = current_price - (current_price * percent_discount); total.sale_price += current_price; total.discounted_price += current_discounted_price; total.percent_discount += current_percent_discount; } cout << "Simulated " << trials << " purchases\n"; cout.precision(2); cout << "Total sales were $" << total.sale_price << "\n"; cout << "Total sales with discounts were $" << total.discounted_price << "\n"; cout << "Average percent discount was " << total.percent_discount / double(trials) << "%\n"; cout << "Expected revenue loss: $" << total.sale_price - total_discounted_price << "\n"; cout << "END OF REPORT" << endl; }
I would imagine the kind of answer your teacher is expecting is dependent on your current educational level. If this question is intended for an audience more advanced than a university Freshmen (and maybe not even that) then I have no idea. Otherwise, I would say that your assumption is correct and the expected value of each (presumably fair) die is (0 + 3 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 15)/6 or 7.5, and since they are all independent events, the expected sum of the three dice should be 22.5 Of course, maybe there's something strange going on with the variance there that has some adverse impact that I'm not aware of, and you should listen to someone who took more than a sememester of statistics in university. -- Cvaneg 20:34, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Yes, I've set up an excell worksheet with all the possible combinations of 3 uppermost faces. Since there are 3 dice, 6 sides, there should be 6x6x6=216 different combinations. I'm not sure if this is necessary. I worked out the average of the data, created a frequency table, made a histogram & polygon on it. From this graph, I can see that the most common score is 21% dicount and 24% discount. Do you think I'm on the right track? Now, I have worked out the central tendency and will go into details in terms of probability.
~from cindy. thanks heaps!
I was wondering about the origins of Itsy Bitsy Spider, a popular nursery rhyme which exist in many languages. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 07:09, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
Whilst the origin may be obscure, it surely cannot be true that the history can't be traced - within living memory, at least, and further back if it ever appeared in print (I'm assuming that it's quite old). One merely has to ask people where and when they first remember hearing it. I'm 49, and I'm fairly sure I heard it as a small child in southern England, so that dates it to the 1960s in England, at least.
Hmmm, and what is your question? [[User:MacGyverMagic| Mgm| (talk)]] 08:59, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
What was the medium ( ink) and tool ( stylus) used in ancient Pergamon on parchment after the invention of parchment by the shepherds as a result of the embargo of papyrus by the Egyptians?
I hope my understanding of the fact and assumptions above are correct.
Thanking you in advance.
David G. Puckett, AIA -- 64.12.116.137 21:24, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I wrote the article on Lowell Thomas and the sources I used say he graduated from the University of Northern Indiana in 1911. That institution is now known as Valparaiso University and the article there says it was called Valparaiso College in 1900. Can anyone clarify when it changed its name? PedanticallySpeaking 22:54, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
I need some pictures of events that happened during the French Revolution. How do I go about to getting them???
Ronnie -- 207.62.11.21 00:18, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia-
I have noticed that there are two seats vacant in the House of Representatives. One in Nebraska and one in Florida. However, I can not seem to find the areas that these seats represent. Any chance I could be pointed to a map or description of the areas not represented.
Thank You -Chad
P.S. GREAT site, thank's again
What major towns and cities are located in the North Carolina Sandhill region and is Sanford, NC located in the Sandhills region?
Could you please provide me with information on the effects of co2 on bananas during storage and or transportation. Also what effect it has on the ripening process.
In a controlled environment with high co2 buildup over a period of days will it cause cell damage to the peel which would compromise normal ripening or yellowing of the product.
If you can help me or lead me to someone that can I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance,
Mike Digioia
Mdigioia77{ a t }verizon.net
I would like to inquire if someone has a cross-distribution of US population by religion and age. Any input will be highly appreciated. Please, send your reply to tanyapolyak{ a t }yahoo.com
Does this saying refer to late in the afternoon or early in the morning? I searched under "yardarm" but only found specific sailing info. Thanks Marie
A person from Texas is a Texan, a person from New York is a New Yorker, so what is a person from Massachusetts called? Is there even a word for it? [[User:Livajo| 力伟| ☺]] 06:54, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
what about a person from conneticut?
My favorite from all of these people's names is that a person from Liechtenstein is known as a Lillipudlian. Our team won a quiz competition because a guy on our team knew that. I can't find any reference now to back that up though. - Taxman 21:31, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
If you dive from a good height into a deep pool of water, you'll sink on it quite a lot. When you're that low, the water pressure increases certain amount, but not much since it's density is so low.
But, what if you dived in a pool of mercury? Since the density is what, more than 10 times bigger, would you sink the same amout? If so, wouldn't the pressure of the same depth be too much for the body to take? — Kieff | Talk 07:49, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)
There's also an interesting article at NewScientist about which substance you could swim the fastest in (due to buoyancy). here Terrapin 20:27, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I today got an update for my windows media program. but now when i try to put it in full screen mode, the video doesnt take up the entire screen, as it used to. is there any way to change this, and if not, is there any way to revert to my old version of windows media player? elpenmsater
Nope, that doesnt work. It appears that the new version of windows media player just doesnt allow for a real full screen. It has a full-screen mode, but even then the video only takes up about 2/3 of the screen. -- elpenmaster
If I were you, I'd post the question to the applications section of Experts Exchange. You'll probably get a dialogue going fairly quickly with technical people trying to solve your problem. Salasks 06:12, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
What does 'missed stays' mean in a nautical sense?
From http://stevebriggs.superb.net/stanrogers/songs/tony.html: The Antelope was slow. It takes her two whole days to catch up to "a bloody Great Yankee" that is described as "broad and fat and loose in stays". Merchant ships were wide and stable cargo carriers, and they were commonly described as broad. They were not notably fast.
The many novels of Patrick O'Brian, which are set in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Wars, and contain many nautical terms, provide a relatively painless introduction to nautical history. The stays are the heavy ropes that run from the masts to the hull. Stays run from the top of the mast (or topmast, or topgallant pole) forward, as opposed to backstays, which run towards the stern, and shrouds, which run port-and-starboard. They support the masts. Several staysails are hung from the stays, and these sails often provide angular forces useful in turning and tacking.
O'Brian notes that some vessels would "miss stays" which from context seems a sign of poor design or poor seamanship. Some vessels are praised as "quick in stays." A ship had to "make stays" as it changed direction while tacking into the wind. If it missed stays, it would have to wear about, which involves sailing around to change direction, which was a waste of time. It was necessary to take in sails and set other sails as a vessel changed directions, and this took a coordination among many sailors and the helmsmen. A badly sailed vessel missed stays, or made them slowly and hesitantly, losing ground in a chase.
If I understand this correctly "missing stays" refers to not responding to a change of wind so you can catch it while sailing. -- [[User:MacGyverMagic| Mgm| (talk)]] 22:41, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)
On reading news reports of the Ufton Nervet rail crash, I'm curious as to why modern trains aren't fitted with a Cowcatcher, to flip a car with which the train is unfortunate enough to collide out of the way (rather than its getting tangled up under the train's nose, lifting the loco and forcing it to derail). Worse, it looks like the shape of the nose of an Intercity 125 (the locomotive in question) looks particularly prone to this (even when compared with other modern fast trains like the TGV or the Eurostar. I suppose I can see an aerodynamic argument, but is that the only reason? - John Fader
i would love to know more about plumbing systems and their historical role- what form they took, civilizations that had advanced systems or came up with inventions. basically where has all the shit and piss gone? I'd assume it wasnt just left in the street to build up, smell and cause disease. im sure the river waters were used for drinking and people wouldnt particularly want to make it unsuitable for drinking (althought i know that this was the case in England and some of western Europe during the early industrial era but that seemed like a new phenomenon which was remedied shortly after people started getting cholera and dying). anyway any information that you could provide me with would eb great. thanks -Ella
The Romans were latecomers. The Cretans had elaborate plumbing and flush toilets at least in the palace of Knossos around 1500 years earlier. (just do a search on Knossos and plumbing if you want more) Alteripse 18:51, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
If you do, please help resolve the dispute at Yaasiin Jaamac Nuux, an alleged president. We (well, mostly I :-) can't figure out whether it's a hoax, a partisan article on a pretender, a vanity page or Goddess knows what else. The few WWW pages on Somaliland are, unfortunately, mostly in Somali. Resident expertise is direly needed. I thought the reference desk was the most appropriate place to ask (it's already listed as disputed) but if you think there are other good locations for this question, please copy it. Thanks. JRM 15:53, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)
Hi, I was ask to answer a question which I don't know,the question is;what is the largest sex organ in our body?It will be very appreciated if I can get a fast reply.Thank you for your time & service..