When and why did the ancient olympics stop.
Is there any legal way to get the complete Olympics anywhere from the first recordings to current from opening to closing ceremony on media? --Brian
Our article says "Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations".. but searching around the net I've found numbers ranging from 17 to 29 countries boycotting! Argh, it was only 28 years ago, is it that hard for people to agree?
And while we're at it.. our All Blacks article says "many African Countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics" in protest at New Zealand not being excluded after allowing a tour by the South African rugby team - but I can't find any mention of anyone other than the Soviet bloc boycotting that one.
Can someone clear it up for me? — Stormie 11:49, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
my name is john carmack. I was trying to find a way to get in touch with "Carmack the Magnificent" to see if we are related. If you could help me my e-mail is JDC1954@yahoo.com. Or my sister Pamela Carmack at sissypp1@yahoo.com. Thank You
Hello, I'm currently researching atypical herd behavior in sheep and need information about individual noncooperation with flock coherence, factious imprinting, subversive malignancy of bellwethers, and competitive collaboration, especially as related to destructive interaction with herding or guard animals such as dogs, subvocalisation, and pathological predator emulation. Your help is appreciated.
~ V. Guillermina.
I recently moved The Fairly Oddparents to The Fairly Odd Parents, but I'm a bit unsure of my move now. I did a google search prior to my move, and "Fairly Odd Parents" gave me about 94.000 hits and the official site as the number one, while "Fairly OddParents" showed me around 66.000 hits with the official site on the second place. The title of the official site is "Fairly Odd Parents", while the text inside says "Fairly OddParents". IMDB lists it as "Fairly OddParents" again, so.. anyone knows for sure what notation is the right one..? -- Conti| ✉ 02:34, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)
I am a writer on the Fairly Oddparents. Oddparents is one word.
It's OddParents, capital P. Rick K 21:15, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
The Aftermath of World War I article claims,
"The optimism of 1900 was entirely gone and those who fought in the war became what is known as "the Lost Generation" because they never fully recovered from their experiences. This was especially acute in France where a huge number of their young men were killed or injured during the conflict. For the next few years the nation became obsessive in its mourning and thousands of memorials were erected, one for each village in France."
Is it in fact accurate to say that the French experience was more traumatizing than that of other countries with similar levels of casualties? Lets say Germany, Austria-Hungary, or Russia?
Peregrine981 02:41, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)
Peregrine981 02:45, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
I'm in the process of writing an entry for Sir Thomas Playford, who served as Premier of South Australia for nigh on 27 years, and referred to at Political families of the world as the "longest-serving Premier in Australian and British Commonwealth history". Does anyone know whether any nation/state/territory etc outside the Commonwealth has been led by someone for 27 years or more? -- Roisterer 03:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The alternating (two ways) current arrives at the consumer's home along one wire only (the " hot wire").
user:Ghitis, 17 Aug 2004, 10:20 (GT)
Hi, just wondering if anyone could help me with an assignment.
I'm having trouble finding information on this question:
"Mammals maintain a thermal homeostasis, but they do it only be expending considerable amounts of energy. Would you consider this a handicap?"
Thank you so much for your help, and i just want to say, thank you also for a great website!
Keep up the good work, ella.
On hearing an unlikely sounding word, some people will say it's not a real word because it's not in "the" dictionary. We often say we're going to check a word in "the" dictionary. Why do we say this, when we all know that there are thousands of different dictionaries out there, all with content that is different from all the others? Why do we profess to believe that the only dictionary there is, is the one on our desk or in our own library? Cheers JackofOz 14:59, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The phrase indicates a popular opinion of the role of dictionaries as defining normative language. People seek advice on usage from whatever authority has managed to persuade them of its sagacity. The OED has certainly done this quite successfully. Of course, many people these days are of the opinion that dictionaries should reflect usage.
This arose, likely because at one point, there was only one. Rhymeless 03:09, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
but I would say that dictionaries cannot have every word in the Language, any living language, because any new word will at some point, not have been added yet. Pedant 17:28, 2004 Aug 18 (UTC)
In the same way we say "I'm going to the shops" or "the library" or "the moon". In context it's clear what we mean, in general. "The dictionary" is special because we imply a sort of platonic ideal dictionary. Nontheless the following annoying phrases are common among columnists - "According to my biggest dictionary" and "at least in any dictionary I could find". Rich Farmbrough 20:47, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I doubt if anyone has the OED on their desk. With half a million words listed in 24 volumes at a cost of around £6,000 it's a highly specialised document. But even this one isn't complete. There are over 2 million life forms on earth each of which has its own name and virtually none of them are listed. A more interesting question about the definite article is why pub names don't use it but church names do; for instance we go to 'The Rose and Crown' at night but go to 'St Mary's' on Sunday.
I am writing from Illinois; I work for the McHenry County public defenders, who defend people with low income. I need to get someone's driving information. I need to know what I have to send and where to send it.
I'm not sure this is something we can legally obtain for you. Presumably if the subject does not have car insurance, it might be possible to find information from his credit, or by petitioning the state. Rhymeless 03:29, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was wondering, for no particular reason, what the last conventional surface action ever to be fought by the Royal Navy was? I seem to have a vague memory of once reading that it was some sort of night-time destroyer action against the Japanese navy in the Pacific towards the end of World War Two. Anyone able to point me at a helpful article? Angmering 19:54, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Falklands maybe? 1982? Alteripse 00:05, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
That's right. Midway isn't considered a "conventional" surface action, because the ships didn't make make "contact" with each other, but there were plenty of WWII battles in which ships did. Like the Battle of the River Plate and Sinking of the Bismarck to name two off the top of my head. Mintguy (T)
I can't think of a better way to word this question, so I hope it makes sense: What is the name of that piece of music that is used stereotypically or satirically for people falling in love on TV? For example, it was in the first episode of South Park, and it's in commercials all the time (I saw it on some car commercial recently). I hope this question is not too vague :) Adam Bishop 22:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Sounds (to me) like Percy Faith's " Theme from 'A Summer Place'". It appears (among countless other places) in the Buffy episode " Him" (a poor ripoff of the earlier episode " Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). If you're in the UK, you could always try shazaming the South Park pilot.
chocolateboy 01:00, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've had this idea for years that we ought to have a Music Google, where you just hum a few bars and it tries to match it to known songs. I'm sure there would be obscene amounts of copyright difficulty with implementing it, though. -- Wapcaplet 02:11, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was right! It is called "Hearts and Flowers". Go to http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/2002%2D1/thismonth/featurea.asp and scroll down the page a bit to hear a midi version. Mintguy (T) 03:29, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
There is a (sadly out-of-print) reference book called A Dictionary of Musical Themes which lets you look up classical compositions by theme... requires some musical knowledge to use in the same way that an English dictionary requires familiarity with English; you have to be able to correctly identify the notes of the theme, transposed to C (major or minor), and from there themes are listed in the book alphabetically, pointing you to suggestions of what they could be from. Often frustrating, but also quite useful. Wish there were some sort of comparable free online resource; then again, even this book's publishers could not include some entries because of copyright issues. 65.33.39.84 20:26, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Could it be the Love Theme from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet? That's played all the time in movies and tv, usually as two lovers run towards each other in slow-motion? PedanticallySpeaking 19:40, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I'm creating a logo for my Taekwondo club, and I was wondering if there was any specific configuration that I should use for arranging the eight I Ching trigrams. Currently, I have them corresponding to the 4 trigrams in the corners of the South Korean flag plus the 4 additional trigrams in the north, south, east, and west. So, starting from top left corner and proceeding clockwise: ☰ keon, ☴ seon, ☵ gam, ☳ jin, ☶ gan, ☷ gon, ☲ ri, ☱ tae. For comparison. imagine this image rotated such that 'heaven' is where 'lake' is ('wind' topmost, 'thunder' bottom, etc). Please leave your comments on my talk page. Thanks -- Wasabe3543 23:39, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What is a hispanic? I don't think that word should exist. I mean when you say hispanic is like saying european. There are many europeans with different cultures. The so called hispanics all look different and have different cultures. For example the Mexicans and Central Americans have dark skin and have an Indian heritage. The people from the Dominican Republic are black and have African heritage. And how about some of the South Americans like Argentina? People from Argentina are as white as Europeans and they look like Spaniards or Italians. So why are they called hispanic if they all look different?
Could you please point me to resources that can help me with common English phrases or words that originate or were popularised by W.S.? Thank you!
Thank you! That's what I wanted!
Please tell me what 'verae nomerosque modosque ediscere vitae' means. I can be contacted by email at peter.tuckfield1@btinternet.com. I hope you can help, thanks.
Nimirum sapere est abiectis utile nugis et tempestivum pueris concedere ludum, ac non verba sequi fidibus modulanda Latinis, sed verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae. Horace epistle 2
the phrase sort of means "to study the ways and numbers of the true life" but you can probably find a better english translation. Alteripse 12:20, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
-- Eequor 16:00, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Pixels | bpp | fps | ||||
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126,000,000 | × | 48 | × | 80 | = | 967.68 Gb p s per eye |
No sure I would be entirely eager to apply computer terminology to the visual system, it is not really analagous, and behaves very non-linearly. The number of 'bits' of information is not a very useful measure.
-- Eequor 16:00, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Looks to me like some assigments for an undergrad visual perception course - most of this could be found in a textbook on that subject, I could look it up for you, but don't have mine to hand right now. Out of interest, are you studying this? Are these questions that you couldn't find the answers to in a textbook? The answers to all of them are going to be relatively involved.
What is the most voluminous human-made object, and what is the heaviest? elpenmaster
See also: orders of magnitude (mass), orders of magnitude (volume)
To which you would have to add the electric power grid, parts of which are fed off oil pipelines, (artificial) rivers and dams, gas networks and tidal races. Plus those items whic are fed by these power sources. Rich Farmbrough 20:59, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I would propose that the largest agglomeration ever constructed would be the system of paved roads and highways; either the system in North America or Eurasia. It would surely weigh more than the telephone network. Whether it could be considered one object might depend on whether there is a single name for everything from freeways to asphalt-paved trails. The Interstate Highway System or Pan-American Highway alone might qualify even if smaller roads are not included. GUllman 19:32, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
How much space underground is typically used by cities? Is Mumbai the largest city? -- Eequor 17:09, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was going to say something twatty like the Golden Gate Bridge (which is rubbish compared to the Great Wall... but I saw a film the other day where the bridge seemed to go on forever... but I realise that won't wash with this forensic bunch. But I suppose I feel obliged to ask it as a supplementary question now. It would have been an American bridge. It wasn't suspended, very flat, 2-4 lanes... it just seemed to go off into the horizon. --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:26, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
Someone has asked on Talk:random access memory what a "matched pair" is. If anybody knows, perhaps they could add the answer to the DIMM or DDR SDRAM article? Thanks. -- Heron 08:29, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Thanks guys. I added a note under DDR SDRAM with Plutor's information. Adamsan's note probably belongs in a different article, but I'm not sure which one, not being a Mac person. Perhaps we need a new article on interleaved memory? -- Heron 21:13, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The illustration on Henry P. Baldwin, a Senator from Michigan, which is on the Bioguide site appears in my Oxford Companion to the U.S. Supreme Court as that of Justice Henry Baldwin. The illustration on the Supreme Court Historical Society site could be the same fellow. Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 17:31, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
What is the proper term for an underwater channel between locations which experience different levels of tide at the same time, causing a stream to flow through the channel at high speeds toward the endpoint with lower water level? -- Eequor 18:02, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, this is driving me nuts. When I was young I read a collection of short stories. The main character was a kid who wore overalls and chewed stalks of straw. He lived in a small midwestern town and worked at the local donut shop, where there was a jukebox that featured in several of the plots. The covers of the books were black and white illustrations (the books themselves may have been illustrated as well. I think that in one story he gets uncontrollable hiccups, and in another story the whole small town becomes obsessed with a song on the jukebox. I seem to think that the kid's last name was "Price", but I can't seem to find this on google anywhere. -- DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:58, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
In September of 1999 I saw an 'impossible' triple rainbow. The third bow was only a small arc inside the primary bow. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera available. Worse, having trained as a scientist, I've been kicking myself ever since for not at least documenting the features.
Now I have read much of Greenler's book on rainbows, so I understand how a rainbow is formed from reflections from near spherical raindrops. The first internal reflection produces the primary bow, the second internal reflection produces the fainter secondary bow, and the hypothetical third internal reflection would produce a rainbow in the opposite direction looking into the sun and so is not observed. I'm pretty sure that this sort of triple bow is not described.
Fortunately, I have just seen the another 'impossible' triple rainbow. Unfortunately I again didn't have a camera available. However, this time I did record the details:
When I saw the similar phenomenon in 1999, the tertiary bow was only a small arc of 5° although the primary and secondary were more or less full. On that occasion, I have the impression that the tertiary bow may have been more clearly separated from the primary bow, but it was definitely inside (below) the primary. I didn't make a note of the order of the colours, but now I have seen it again I would think the tertiary bow had the same order as the primary.
Does anyone know what is going on? -- Solipsist 19:45, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This rang a bell for me -- I know I have never seen a third rainbow, but I had read about it. So I tried to look it up, and found a sentence about it in my physics book. In a caption to a picture of a double rainbow, it says (translated from swedish) "Triple rainbows can also be seen, but under very special conditions. This is very rare.". So, as I suspected, you don't have to seek any disturbance to explain your sight. (By the way, a Google search turned up this: [4] [[User:Sverdrup| ❝Sverdrup❞]] 23:32, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The word exists only once on the internet and that was on a website called god wars. If this is not allowed can someone tell me the term used to refer to alien-based religions. Xeno is the latin word for stranger so I don't know if it fits totally. --metta, The Sunborn 03:14, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
xeno and theos are both greek, not latin. Yrs truly, nitpicker patrol.
Theos means " god," by the way. If you want a neologism for " worship of extraterrestrials," how about exobiolatry? Exobiology is the study of life beyond Earth ( Greek -logia, "study," from logos, also meaning " word," from legein, "to speak"). Your neologism would be composed of exô, "outer," + bios, "life," + latreia, "worship."
Does anybody have any information on Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve, Taiwan? I can't find any info on it at all! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:43, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone know the backstory behind this? - Ta bu shi da yu 05:27, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This week the newspaper Los Angeles Times replaced the comic strip The Wizard of Id with a comic strip called Brewster Rocket: Space Guy. Does anybody know why this was done? Why would the LA Times stop running such a funny and classic cartoon as The Wizard of Id? -- elpenmaster
There was a note in the LA Times saying that The Wizard of Id was being replaced, but it didn't say why. The LA Times has replaced several comics recently, swapping them with different comic. Untilthe replaced The Wizard of Id, however, all of the comics they had replaced hadn't been particularly funny ones. I had thought that the cartoons were being replaced because polls had found them to not be very funny. But obviously The Wizard of Id is a very funny comic, so it's replacement with a lesser-known cartoon like "Brewster Rocket: Space Guy" seemed rather strange. If there is a major trend of dropping comics in newspapers, I am deeply saddened. I read the LA Times almost every day, and the comics section is one of my favorite parts! -- elpenmaster
I am wondering if someone at Wikipedia could point me to good resource for men's wardrobe. I'd like to know especially:
I am currently working as a system administrator, but I was accepted as a part-time prosecutor trainee. So you could imagine how this will affect my fashion habits, and how puzzled I am. Only thing I decided so far, is that I should propably wear black suit and tie for sworn-in ceremony.
In exchange for help, I declare that I'll create Fashion tips for men or any other fashion related article. Przepla 19:18, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I am looking for a list of the delegation sizes for each country participating in the 2004 summer olympics (I think they showed it on TV for the opening ceremony when each country entered). Also, are delegation size and number of athletes competing the same thing? Or does delegation size include coaches and trainers? Thank you, -- 68.60.164.27 20:49, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
If you click
here you can view every team by athlete. coach, manager and olympic committee. Delegation as far as I am aware includes every from the athletes to the physios.
Scraggy4 21:13, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone got any more information on the inventor of Mr. Potato Head? - Ta bu shi da yu 09:48, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find the previous best number of medals won by country by single day of an Olympiad. Without manually having to add them all up. As I would like to know when Great Britain last won as many gold medals in one day as they have already and will later today. I can't remember us winning four golds in one day before as well as having the individual eventing gold awarded to us in the Court of Arbitration for Sports. What a refreshing change. Scraggy4 15:19, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I found this geometric shape in one fo those scinece and miysticism houses which gave courses in relativity theory and acunpunture. It was a poster for something else.
They told me that this symbol is also present in rosicrucian books
There they told me that this figure represent the alchemic squaring the circle method. That I doubt as after reading those articles, it seems that they have nothing to do.
and that in ancient (old egypt? old india? middle ages? renaissance? I don't know, old times that's it) architechts would wander around with this shape and it would serve as a tool to make measures about the sizes and proportions of things, something as a shape that had all the golden ratios used to construction.
And that's a really interesting point , because it's plausible that there was a tool who incorporated all the divine mathematics of architechture, and this kind of things inspire legends of divine inspired architechs.
Anyone knows anything about it, so it could be a fact in somewhere? (it's hard to do a google search for something that has no name) -- Alexandre Van de Sande 19:20, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I see this symbol a lot in the windows of cars. Black with silver markings -- a square decal, with a circle, and inside the circle a triangle. What's going on there? Rick K 06:28, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody remember a film that may have been by Disney that was on TV in either the late 80s or early 90s. It dealt with a lake monster that turned out to be a steam shovel called a Donkey Engine. I also think there was some old aborigine in it.
Hey all. I watched Shrek 2 some time ago, and there's one thing I'd like to know. About halfway through the movie, Shrek the human stops a stagecoach and takes the clothes from one of the passengers. As he rides off after saying some words of thanks, Puss is thrown off the horse, and walks after it, muttering something in what is probably Spanish. What does he say? -- inks 02:53, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The square of 88 is 7744. This number is said to be the only known square number with no isolated digits; what exactly does this mean? -- Eequor 17:10, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Base | Square |
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88 | 7744 |
880 | 774400 |
8800 | 77440000 |
74162 | 5500002244 |
88000 | 7744000000 |
105462 | 11122233444 |
741620 | 550000224400 |
880000 | 774400000000 |
1054620 | 1112223344400 |
2973962 | 8844449977444 |
7416200 | 55000022440000 |
8800000 | 77440000000000 |
10546200 | 111222334440000 |
I've seen several of the maps on Wikipedia and they looked like they must have been drawn electronically. Where in the Internet can one freely get data files for country/region boundary outlines? [[User:Poccil| Peter O. ( Talk)]] 17:19, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
What do British people mean when they say "New England"? I know that the northeastern region of the United States is called New England, but I wasn't sure if that's what they meant across the pond/lake. Ilyanep — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ , cοηtrιbs) 17:59, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
You know those questions kids ask and you think... "buggered if I know the answer to that". Well here's one that got me the other day.
Sometimes you get a double yoke in an egg. If an ostrich egg (she needs to know for ostriches although I guess this applies for any bird) had a double yoke could it mature and produce two ostrich chicks inside the one egg, or would one or both of the chicks die in the egg or what? Mintguy (T)
Anyone got anthing else to add to the above? I can't imagine two chicks growing large enough within one ege and not causing problems with each other. Mintguy (T)
ALmost never hatch acording to http://www.backyardchickens.com/media/L-5323.pdf. This was ref from http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2003-10-13-wonderquest_x.htm which claims "Yes but rarely. The two chicks are always tiny and usually hatch from a double yolk egg. Often only one embryo survives and sometimes neither does." and that "Ordinarily they aren't identical twins but fraternal. "A double yolker forms when one egg follows another down the shoot a little too closely and they both get wrapped in the same shell," " Rich Farmbrough 18:01, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
There's a refernce here to Siames Twin Chicks http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/10/20/beware_the_threeyolk_egg.htm and some general info here Rich Farmbrough 18:05, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What year did the O'Hagan Family come to America? I am a decendent of the O'Hagans from Ireland. I would like to learn more about my family's history. Can anybody help me?
How's that? I see the birth of a new book in the "For Dummies" series. Rhymeless 09:31, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What are the bounds of (standard deviation divided by mean), given that there are no negative samples? — Rajasekaran Deepak 06:30, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
Am I missing something here? Won't it depend on how your data is distributed? If your mean is low but your sd is high you could get very high values.
And there are long-tailed distributions where the variance (and hence standard deviation) is ill-defined or tends to infinity, whilst the mean remains well-defined and finite, so I don't think there is any theoretical limit to the standard deviation/mean ratio. -- The Anome 10:38, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The greatest lower bound is zero. I'm going to have to think about the least upper bound.... Michael Hardy 01:55, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, simple example: the Pareto distribution whose probability density function is 1/x³ for x > 1, and zero elsewhere, has a finite expected value, but infinite standard deviation. So the least upper bound is infinite. You can't narrow it down more than that. Michael Hardy 01:59, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What are the differences between the Southern Dravidian and Central Dravidian languages? — Rajasekaran Deepak 18:00, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
What was the battle of Troy? I know part of the answer: It was a battle by the Greek. -- Patricknoddy 20:56, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Patricknoddy -- Patricknoddy 20:56, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC) User talk:Patricknoddy 16:56 August 23, MMVI (EDT)
Say, I have something of a hypothetical question here: If food colouring was introduced to a freshwater aquarium, how damaging would it be to the fish? Rhymeless 00:26, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Where can I find a free downloadable aquarium screensaver for Mac OS X? -- Gelu Ignisque
I'd like to find a comparable one, but free. :-\ -- Gelu Ignisque
I'm completing a registration form for a Logitech video game controller, and the bottom of the form says:
I've seen this in the past too, but let it slide as a bad joke. But it keeps cropping up. Is this a slap in the face to Canadians? -- Diberri | Talk 02:35, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
It's to get around gambling laws. If it is simply a draw, it comes under different regs to if it is a test of skill. Mooo! 07:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I suspect that it is a question of scale. Nothing, in principle, stops the lottery scratchcard people from doing this, but, while Logitech doing it on a registration probably does not attract the ire of anti gambling folks, these sorts of things not really being the ojbect of gambling laws anyway, the UK National Lottery circumventing lottery laws probably would attract lawmakers to change the law and get rid of the loophole. While the effect of people using the loophole is small, no one will bother to change it, since these things dont intutively look like gambling anyway. If things that did look like gambling started doing it, I think legistaltors would change it.
I'm glad this wasn't just an example of a joke gone awry; it's good to know that we Americans have some limits when it comes to bad taste :-) Thanks for the explanation! -- Diberri | Talk 21:47, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
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Recently, I've been finding spam containing nonsense with the subjects "hi" or "how r u?", using random addresses and names. This is the first I've seen to use both subjects. -- Eequor 14:20, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is not the mean of the standard Cauchy distribution zero? The Cauchy distribution page says: "The Cauchy distribution is often cited as an example of a distribution which has no mean, variance or higher moments defined". — Rajasekaran Deepak 15:58, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
Michael Hardy 23:52, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Where did the expression "happy campers" come from? I'm working on a Summer camp article and I'd like to incorporate this tidbit, of which I am unaware. Rhobite 16:17, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
Apparently, he united China out of the warring states phase it was in, and abolished feudalism, instead dividing it into 36 provinces. See Shi Huangdi for more. [[User:Meelar| Meelar (talk)]] 19:25, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
What are the differences between polytopes, polygons, polyhedra, and polychora? In particular, how would the latter three be mapped to the n-topes? -- Eequor 22:32, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Who is he/she? What were they arrested for? --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 22:27, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
What is the etymology of alpidem? -- Gelu Ignisque I don't know? -- Patricknoddy 20:03, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Patricknoddy User talk:Patricknoddy 16:03 August 25, 2004 (EDT)
I came across this riddle - many people are struggling to answer it:
There is also a hint: "The author's initials are C.S."
Any ideas? Dmn / Դմն 22:00, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is this for something from a contest? I found several results on Google for the same question:
Rick K 22:46, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Why do so many American radio stations have four letter names beginning with a K? And what does the K mean?
I mean, look at this... how do you keep track of it all in your head? (I'm British, by the way). --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:14, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
You can look up callsigns here: [10]. Marnanel 04:35, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Most stations have a catchy phrase associated with their call letters, e.g., KLIV might be "LIV(E) radio" or KBAY for the san francisco bay area, or the letters are already well known, e.g., KCBS, CBS is already a well-known TV network. So it's not all that bad to sort out once you're familiar with the stations in your area. Elf | Talk 00:31, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Some time ago I mentioned about the "two envelope problem" on the talk page for the Monty Hall problem, hoping it might elicit a response from some clever mathematical genius, but it hasn't. There are several sites explaining this problem but I've found that either I'm too thick to understand them because the maths gets hard very quickly or they are hopelessly wrong anyway. It would be nice if someone could help me out and write an explanation of it? A two envelope problem article would be a good start. Mintguy (T) 02:12, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What is the mode of inheritance called, where the last surviving member of a group inheirits? I remember there was a specific name for it... Rhymeless 03:33, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The entry for Henry Watson Fowler says he was born in Devon, but my Cambridge Biographical Dictionary says Tonbridge, Kent. Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 15:25, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
I'm having trouble finding hard refernces for this entry.
Can anyone provide me with a copy (scan?) of the alleged interview with Pedro Lopez in the (USA) National Examiner/ Jan 12 1999/ Page 6-7?
Can anyone provide any contempory references to the arrest, interrogation, investigation, trial, release and deportation?
Are there any independant references to his life before his arrest (other than his own disclosures to police)?
Any information from Peru, Ecudor or Columbia particularly aprciated. Where did his appelation "monster of the Andes" originate? Rich Farmbrough 16:05, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find used out of print children's books in new york city? I'm specifically looking for any book in the " ValueTales" series, by Ann D. Johnson. I seem to find several of these used on Amazon and Barnes and Noble's website but I need it on fairly short notice. Also, if there are any wikipedians in New York city that would be willing to sell a copy of theirs, contact me via my e-mail link or on my talk page. -- DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:53, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
I've got 2 CD drives. One of them won't open. It has one of those holes, and I stuck an unfurled paperclip in. Didn't open it.
Oh, and I also did (cos I've got Windows, I know you all hate that) do a software right-click eject.
Bugger won't move.
Any advice? (You're going to make me open up my computer, aren't you?) --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 02:14, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
I think the pin-hole is a mechanical release (rather than an electrical one) so yes, the power would have to be off. Maybe the pulley came off the eject motor or something, which would explain it. -- Wapcaplet 18:31, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was reading an issue in Neil Gaiman's " Sandman" series -- specifically, "The High Cost of Living", issue #1. One character asks another for the location of something, and the other replies that perhaps it is hidden "In a duck's egg, inside a duck, inside a well, in a castle, on an island, surrounded by a lake of fire, guarded by a hundred dragons each larger and more ferocious than the last..."
I recognized this as something I'd read before as a child, but couldn't pinpoint it. Some Googling turns up a reference to an evil wizard named Koshchei from Russian myth (who is himself mentioned in the Sandman series, as the article says). This is undoubtedly where it ultimately comes from, but can someone confirm that this exact configuration (in a duck's egg, inside a duck...) turns up in a derivative story, and the details of that story? I'd like to know the original source I got it from. --- JRM 07:53, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This was placed on a sign on a building in my community. What does it mean? "gurdwara sahib dashmesh darbar new jersey" My adress is sylvia.albrecht@twp.woodbridge.nj.us
Thank you in advance for any ass8istance.
Recently, the sister of my family's cat died, which put our remaining cat, Harry, into a state of depression. Then I (his nominal owner) had to leave for a few days. During that interval, we brought back a long-lost brother of Harry's (Jacob). Harry is neutered; Jacob is not. Now the problem is, Jacob wants (or seems to want) to be friends with Harry. Harry, on the other hand, growls whenever he sees Jacob, and if they're close enough, they will fight. They can't even be in the same room with each other. How can we get them to accept each other so we don't have to run for cover when one runs into the other? Johnleemk | Talk 17:48, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've recently become convinced, despite my fears of becoming a hypochondriac, that I have some sort of mental disorder. I've been browsing through the autism article, which generally matched my symptoms (only to a much lesser extent), and I've found that the following three seem to be likely problems of mine:
I'm almost 100% sure I have Tourette's — my friends have mentioned that my mouth moves even after I'm done talking, and I often repeat myself when talking, sometimes unconsciously. Beyond that, I discuss things so obscene at so inappropriate times that even your typical sex-talking adolescents are now afraid of me (I'm not kidding, sadly). When I was younger I also exhibited echolalia, but I eventually learnt to control it around the age of six. If Tourette's is hereditary, my younger brother may have it too, because he enjoys scatological humour rather a lot for a guy aged only nine. (He's also dsylexic)
As for alogia, I think I have a mild form of it, as I often dislike talking to others. I will try to talk as least as possible, and when I do, this leads to the tics I mentioned above — unconscious movement of my lips.
Asperger's is something I'm not really sure about, as I could easily just be too anti-social, but I've noticed that I often have trouble picking up non-verbal cues or in some cases telling emotions from a person's face. I also have trouble tailouring my words to a situation, often leading to a misinterpretation of what I'm trying to convey.
Beyond that, there's another issue I'd like to address — is there a specific mental problem with a general lack of emotion? I do not express my emotions much, except anger in a few cases. Most of the time I just brush off any insults I get with a really bad joke. I am never extremely depressed nor extremely elated, and in the rare cases when I am, I don't show it. I almost never exhibit any emotions I have, except anger, and only when I'm extremely pissed off.
Last but not least, I find I seriously cannot relate to women. I blame this on my mother and sister, both of whom are [censored]. They will whine and bitch about tiny infractions, and do it so often that I just don't care when they do it anymore. All it does is piss me off, and I think I transfer that to other members of the female gender. When girls cry, whether or not there's a reasonable reason, whether or not it's my fault, I just don't care. I just ignore them. Often I feel like I'm lacking in conscience, because I seriously cannot empathise with women. I just couldn't care less about them.
Of course, whether or not these are just the ramblings of a hypochondriac, I don't know, but whether or not, I don't think I can seek treatment for them. My family has a history of psychological problems. My younger sister is a control freak who screams and yells when you move something on her desk one millimetre out of place. My younger brother is dyslexic. My youngest sister has been diagnosed with global developmental delay. Malaysia is not an accomodative nation for people with mental problems, and if I do have Tourette's, I fear the backlash from my conservative parents, especially my mother, when they find out the nature of my discussions with my friends.
Well, this probably sets a record for the longest question(s) on the reference desk, which can be boiled down to: What should I do? Have fun cracking it. =) Johnleemk | Talk 18:26, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Are the words north, south, east, west, Virginia, Pacific, Atlantic, united, capital and states all come from Latin words or are Latin words? Please tell me. Thanks!
Word ......
Origin
North ......
English
South ...... English
East ...... English
West ...... English
Virginia ...... a
Latin element and a
combining form found in Latin and
Greek; the word was formed in English
Pacific ...... Latin
Atlantic ...... Latin, from Greek
united ...... Latin plus an English
derivational affix of
Germanic origin
capital ...... Latin
states ...... an element that went from Latin through
French plus an English derivational affix
Hope this helps! -- Gelu Ignisque
I know baking soda is good for cleaning but does baking soda kill germs? Thanks! -Anon
Polyethlyene glycol: What is the easiest way to isolate it, and from what? Rhymeless 07:09, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I heard that Brussels International Airport was built during World War II by the German occupying forces in Zaventem (on the outskirts of Brussels), after they asked Belgians what was the best place to build an airport. Belgians then pointed them this location because they knew it was an often foggy place. Is that true? -- Edcolins 22:10, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)
Are there other free wiki projects to build an online encyclopedia or dictionary? -- Eequor 00:07, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is this the first time that this event has been won by a team not featuring a single participant from either the 100m or 200m individual finals? Angmering 00:27, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What does derivational affix means?
A derivational affix is a term in linguistics for a word formed from another word and a particle affixed to one end (prefix) or the other (suffix). Affix in latin is a derivational affix (ad+fingere, I think) but I am betting you would rather have some english examples like: online, kindness, plentiful... Alteripse 03:37, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) [13]
When a team win a medal at the Olympics is one given to the team's coach too? I'm pretty certain they don't get one, but that seems rather unfair. --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 02:13, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
From WIkipedia:Village Pump#US Navy Sea Bees
I'm trying to find out more information about the SeaBees and the different units. I have found the page that shows the emblem but I'm looking for more. My uncle and father were both with the SeaBees. My uncle was stationed with the Marines during WWII and my father was in the Aleutian Islands. I have the units where my uncle was stationed. They were the 25th and the 53rd Naval construction Battalion. My father was with the 12 NCB, 2 NC Brigade, 7th NC Regiment and the 112th NC Battalion.
Can anyone help me?
vicki.poates@verizon.net
You could start with the official Navy site at http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/personnel/seabees/seabee1.html Rick K 22:36, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Whatever happened to that new IP version where the IP's would look something like 199::15: etc. or something like that (it's been a long time since I've seen it). Does wikipedia have an article on this? I think it's called something like IPv6, but I'm totally clueless. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 05:56, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Hmm, in this edit, User:213.249.242.25 added the following text to Novosibirsk:
I've never heard of such a thing, and can't find any reference to it anywhere. That IP's contribution history is so varied I'm inclined to believe it's a dynamic IP. I know this sounds like another Granita / Loch Fyne Oyster Bar incident - does anyone know anything about this "Novosibirsk Agreement"? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:32, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
That's the kind of remark I would cut from the article, move to the talk page, indicate where it came from, and say that citation is needed before it should be restored to the article. -- Jmabel 19:15, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Someone stated that Yassir Arafat was born a Christian in that his mother was a Christian. Is this correct? Is there any factual data as to his birth religion available? If he is, in fact, a Christian, did he convert to Islam?
I know his wife is a Christian. Rick K 22:31, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
(Part the first) Is there a specific word for the speech impediment in which the English speaker pronounces Rs as Ws? (Part the second) Is there specific term (other than "lying") for the marketing strategy in which an established company trades on their familiarity to customers by falsely claiming they are scrapping either a product or part of their brand identity? (e.g. HMV claiming they're scrapping "Nipper" whenever they want a bit of free publicity, or Heinz' similar claims re: "Beanz Meanz Heinz" and salad cream) Bonalaw 16:29, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The word for Part I is rhotacism, although it doesn't specify how you pronounce the R, just that you pronounce it wrongly. -- Heron 18:13, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Another good example of part II is Pepsi continually claiming they will drop Mountain Dew Live Wire. Rhymeless 04:37, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
For the second part, I would go with 'obnoxious mendacious lying' myself. Or maybe 'pernicious manipulation'. 'Bait and switch' isn't quite right. What they're producing is, of course, bumph or bushwa. And the people in charge are at best twits. I know of nothing more specificly on target. ww 19:20, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
-- Eequor 18:58, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Easy. Thai restaurants use peanut sauces or pieces on over 50% of the menu items. Peanuts are the number one serious food allergy. Alteripse 19:09, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Eggs, milk, peanuts, soy, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, and wheat are some common examples of food allergens that are implicated in allergic reactions to foods and are confirmed in well-controlled blinded food challenges. Investigations of near-fatal or fatal anaphylactic reactions following food ingestion are mainly secondary to peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish. (I just copied these lists from emedicine.com and inserted them in our food allergy articel) Alteripse 19:59, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
As far as I understand it, people can be allergic to anything. Personally, I'm allergic to peaches. Never heard anyone being allergic to citrus, although it's certainly possible; they would probably be allergic to all citrus though. Rhymeless 04:34, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Are there any health risks associated with ingesting freshly ground coffee?
Are you talking about drinking the coffee or eating the grounds? As for all other material substances on earth, the risks are in the amounts. Alteripse 20:04, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I have a very vague recollection of seeing a short story a long time ago, which I'd like to know the title and author of. What I remember of it is the following (likely distorted by memory). The protagonist enters a mysterious dark tower with a specified number of steps on its staircase (it was 1000 or something). He/she goes up to the top of the tower, counting the steps out loud as he goes (one, two, three ... etc ... 998, 999, 1000). There is nothing but an empty room at the top of the tower. So the protagonist goes back down, getting more and more scared, also counting the steps (one, two, three, etc). The surprise twist is that out of some evil magic, the stairs continue going down past the original number of steps (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003...).
Anyone know where this comes from? I've never been able to find it anywhere. I'm starting to wonder whether I didn't just make it up. -- Shibboleth 00:17, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The latter is presumably a 1960s science fiction story called "Descending", I believe by Thomas M. Disch. In the story, the central character is broke and somewhat distracted, shopping on credit in a department store. I don't remember too many details (I read it over 30 years ago) but the unstoppable "descent" is clearly a metaphor for his mood and his finances. But I don't know the original story with the tower. -- Jmabel 15:53, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
What is the origin of the term sphenic number? -- Eequor 05:55, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Sphenic means wedge-shaped. Perhaps the connection is deeper though than the mutual three-ness of a wedge and a sphenic number. mat_x 13:19, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'd like to break up the existing Robert Bennett article, which presently covers three gentlemen (him, a senator from Utah, and a governor of Kansas). Can anyone tell me Mayor Bennett's middle name or birth/death dates so I can differentiate him from the others? Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 15:51, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
I believe that the satire magazine Monocle had a much earlier use of " radical middle" than any we cite (1963 vs. 1970s), but no library anywhere near me has a copy. I've added a list of North American libraries with Monocle in their collection at Talk:Monocle, and I've also raised the question at Talk:Radical middle. Does anyone who lives near one of these libraries want to take on a rather fun piece of research reading 40-year-old satire? Also, I suspect you could greatly enhance the article on Monocle at the same time. -- Jmabel 18:45, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
I notice that there is not much mention of the other two products on each of the articles for each product. Are these Microsoft products not at all related to one another? - [[User:Bevo| Bevo]] 23:26, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'm looking to improve our Mona Lisa article, and was wondering if any art history buffs know the answers (or non-answers, if these are secrets) to the following questions. Thanks, • Benc • 02:52, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone knows what is the origin of the symbols used universally for "play", "stop", "pause", "eject" and etc? I mean these things http://winamp.com/nsdn/winamp/skinning/classic/images/cbuttons.gif — Kieff 07:59, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
Pause dates to early reel to reel tapes. It is stopping the tape movement without dismounting the heads.
Could somebody explain this concept to me? Why is it a primitive for secure communication? (BTW: There is an article oblivious transfer but it is only a stub. So maybe write your answer right there.) Thanks a lot in advance. Simon A. 09:05, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the book where the whale falls through the air and dies? Thanks! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:03, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
It just took me quite a long time (in net search terms) to find Allen key because I was raised by people that said Allum with an M sound at the end.
I wonder if this is a common British pronounciation or whether it's just my parents exhibiting signs of neurological indaquacy again.
Admittedly 34,000 hits for Allen key v er... 20 for allum key and 124 for alum key seem to be pointing in the direction of the latter... but I thought I'd check - particularly with British Wikipedians - to see if a Redirect was worthwhile. (Actually, as you'll have guessed, this is far more about trying to guage my own sanity...) --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 21:47, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
I have always been mystified by the symbol I see on food products, the one with the U inside a circle. What does this symbol stand for? [[User:Poccil| Peter O. ( Talk)]] 22:11, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
iRiver?
What name for this discipline is the most commonly used by scientists? I've heard 'astrobiology' and 'xenobiology' as well. We have separate articles under two of these names, and they should be merged, but I can't figure out what the correct name is. -- Smack 03:48, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hello, My name is Rebeca and am currently with a case in which a young man is involved. He is Mormon. He had a sexual encounter, and is the victim really since it was SHE that came on to him, she is older than he and he did not know it at the time, but she was married. He offered her a ride because she claimed to need a ride to work and he picked her up (weather was 40 degrees and she was not wearing sweater and flagged him down) not knowing this would almost ruin his life. He was not only young but stupid to have fallen into her game, the issue is that he is innocent of the claimed charge of the woman 'rape' . Medical report does not show sign of any force and she has changed her story 3 times, while the poor guy is incarcerated now. After their encounter, she told him to told him to get her to work (She has totally forgotten where she worked and who were her supervisors, co-workers, etc) or that he would have to pay her for the day. He gets nervous and speeds according to her directions, and runs red light. Police car sees this and he sees that officer is behind car and signals him to pull over, so he does. He gets out of the car to go to Officer, but the woman comes out and starts yelling "He wants to kill me", so Client panics gets in car and flees. She goes 14 years and does not pursue case, now it comes up as an old case and old warrrant. Young man is contacted and he waives extradition and asks to be taken to California to clear up issue. Woman accepts to come to California, all expenses paid and gives new version of what occurred 14/15 years ago. And lies about spelling of name. DA is pushing against young man because he fled and does not understand Mormon PreMaritial Delicate Issue and reason he fled aside from her lie yelled to officer.
Question: Has any body conducted a study where religion guiltiness is so strong for having had sex that individual flees for solely having committed such a grave sin according to religious upbringing, and not because rape was committed. I totally believe Client, woman has given different stories, and even states that Police Officer would not open his car door to help her when she ran to the Police Car. She is trying to save face with husband (could be she has done this before due to other info but cannot prove immediately). Information is vital, need help from anyone with research , it is not right for this innocent man to be incarcerated because of fleeing, he fled because of religious guilt but not because he committed rape, and need any info to help and see DA and court see this.
URGENTLY AWAITING ANY AND ALL HELP
Kind Regards, Rebeca
In my opinion and IANAL, this story doesn't make human or legal sense. He "fled scene" before or after officer could give him a traffic ticket? If officer didn't pursue, was it because he made immediate judgement it was not warranted? It's hard to imagine warrant for 14 years for rape unpursued if they had his car info. If he got away from a pursuit (doubtful) it is unlikely that anyone had enough info to even i.d. him and track him down after 14 years unless he and she had more of a relationship than an anonymous quickie. What is statute of limitations? DAs rarely pursue unwinnable 14 year old cases that didn't impress police at the time. If facts are as you state about her this seems unlikely to be prosecuted. Subjective guilt can have a hundred causes and be disporportionate to the offense, but religion as cause of his embarrassment seems irrelevant here. It's offensive to suggest that somewhow a rape charge is even more "Delicate" for Mormons (like the rest of us who don't play in the NBA consider it no big deal?). I suspect you are leaving out or misunderstanding some legally important pieces of information, or have not been told all the truth. Obviously, he needs a lawyer if there is really a warrant or charge. If this is nonsense made up to explain a current legal predicament, be careful. If he is currently behind bars, be very careful. And always remember, advice here may or may not be worth what it costs you. Alteripse 12:46, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Rebeca I may be presuming too much but if you are in any way emotionally involved with this man please please be very very careful. You must consider the possibilty that there is a whole heap of stuff he isn't telling you. Theresa Knott (Nate the Stork) 11:39, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for any help in finding the meaning of the baseball slang word eef or maybe Eef. I know that this term is quite old. It was used as far back as the early 50's I know.It was used as a nickname for some players sometimes and I think it derived from something that happened in a game---maybe not.Thanks for any info. This is very important to me. Earl Wilson, Jr.
I really appreciate your timely help to me!! It has been 35 years since I had last heard of the "Eephus pitch". I had completely forgotten about it or where I read about it. Thank you so much for the info. Earl
I much enjoyed the information you have published on Eisenach but was there a reason why Eisenach is not recognized in your article as the home of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, wife of Landgrave Louis/Lewis?
Inspired and greatly by Francis of Asissi she was canonized and brought much fame to the town before she moved to Marburg where a cathedral has been erected to mark her contribution to the German people.
She was canonized 27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy and for many years was considered by the common people of Germany as the patron saint of the country. Many make pilgrimages to Eisenach on her account even today.
Submitted only for research purposes the following two sites will yield more accurate information.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/05389A.HTM
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte01.htm
I am submitting this only in the interests of greater accuracy.
The 1612 Deaths list contains the name of John Napier. Yet if one follows up on the notes concerning this eminent gentleman they suggest that he died in 1617. Can the date be verified and corrected, please?
Bruce Savage
Dunedin
New Zealand
2 September 2004
If you sum all the money currently in circulation (or at least what every country claim to have), how much it'd be? — Kieff | Talk 06:27, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
It's difficult to value the world's total assets, because the act of trying to buy them changes their value. Were an alien species to come to earth and say "How much do you want for it?" it would be sort of difficult to say "well, 120tn would pretty much cover it."
Yes, accountants have ways of assessing an 'official' value for something, but the actual price at which people are willing to sell it is a very different thing. The only 'real' value is what someone is willing to accept, and someone else willing to pay - that changes very much depending on context. 213.206.33.82 06:26, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Who in the US is entitled to a flag-draped casket. What are the specific guidelines? -- Jia ng 09:18, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I have been reading up on the Irish War of Independence (and I recently watched Michael Collins), and am curious, from where were the Black and Tans recruited? The tam o'shanters they wore suggest Scotland, but I have no idea.
I thought for a minute that perhaps they were Irish, but would Irishmen commit such atrocities against their own people? [[User:DO'Neil| DO' И eil]]
It looks from here as if they were mainly recruited in England. However given the nature of the conflict it would be surprising if there weren't some Welsh, Scots and probably Irish in there too. DJ Clayworth 17:39, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Yeah, WWI veterans. Remember sectarianism is rife in Scotland too, especially so in those days. My great-grandparents had to move from Scotland to England because my great-grandfather was a coalminer who couldn't find work because he was Catholic. So protestant Scots would probably be the most motivated too. Dunc_Harris| ☺ 20:17, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC) btw, were you aware that "black and tan" was a railway livery used by IE?
question moved from Wikipedia:Village Pump by User:Finlay McWalter
i don't clearly know what is the most qualified source rock for generating natural gas? -- User:221.4.249.5
I just wanted to make my fellow Wikipedians aware of a wonderful new web-site on the theatre, the Internet Broadway Database. There have been full page ads in "The New York Times" in recent days touting it and I finally tried it today in writing an article; very useful site--like the Internet Movie Database, but it appears more professionally done. It's here. PedanticallySpeaking 14:30, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
I've just written up an article on Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who brought the coelacanth to light. The sources I found conflicted on where she was born. Some say East London, South Africa, others say Aliwal North, South Africa. (Some say she went to school in the latter.) Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 17:23, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
Can somebody find out the names of Gabrielle Anwar's parents for me? I can't find their names, just that her father was a Persian director and her mother an English actress. Rick K 05:33, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)
I have a question about redirects in Moin Moin. When I make a page called notfoo that is:
#REDIRECT ["foo"]
and click on the page, I get:
<!>This page redirects to page "[foo]"
but it does not actually redirect there. What am I doing wrong? I can find no documentation on this... Thanks, 213.206.33.82 08:11, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Thanks - I got it - I think there is a bug where redirects in ["foo"] format do not go properly. I will investigate on the site you gave me! Thanks! 213.206.33.82 13:03, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
The other day I was trying to explain this phenomenon but failed utterly. When you are watching a TV show and they have a video of a computer screen on it, you often get the effect of a dark band moving up or down the videotaped screen at various speeds (though the speed is constant for each shot).
I have a vague, general understanding of how this works. The cathode ray tube repeatedly shoots electrons in a path across the screen, top to bottom and left to right. This happens over a period of time, so it exhibits wave properties. Next, video recorders work by recording an image several times a second — also exhibiting wave properties. Wave interference occurs sometimes, and stuff happens.
I'd like to integrate this material into the CRT and/or interference articles, but like I said, I only have a vague understanding. Could a knowledgable Wikipedian please:
Thanks, • Benc • 09:24, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Moiré is a kind of spatial interference, whereas the dark stripe effect is a kind of temporal interference. Mathematically they are similar, but in one case the independent variable is distance and in the other it's time. I would go for "merely related". -- Heron 10:51, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
This is a strange question for sure...but I have wondered for years how the city of Venice handles sewage. With the constant shifting of buildings wouldn't any sewage pipes be cracked or broken. On dry land this is a problem at times..but when the pipes are under water this must be very difficult. Then again I'm wondering if there are sewage pipes under the water for this purpose. If someone could satisfy my curiosity I would appreciate it. vincemckune@yahoo.com
I have been doing HTML for a while now (like 5 years) so imagine my surprise when I find the <font> tag is deprecated. What replaces it (I guess 'div')? How do Div tags work? Are there any other deprecated tags I should know about? — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 22:25, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
"Viridity."] Quite frankly, the <font> tag is embarassingly inferior to using CSS styles on inline elements. I think the only reason the font tag is so prevalent around here is because Wikipedians can't currently use the canonical inline tag, <span>, so remember to make your voice heard in the span tag poll. --[[User:Ardonik| Ardonik( talk)]] 23:43, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)
Wait...if I want to do something like This what non-block element can I use to color it? <div> and <p> both start new lines, so it would be like
. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 14:43, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
As you can see, span
is currently unsupported in Wikipedia. Unless there's a structural reason for altering the appearance of the text (the text is emphasized, represents a code snippet, etc.), it's considered bad form to use presentational markup; span
might encourage using it for that. --
Wapcaplet 15:54, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
span
. The best way (especially if you want to the this more than once) would be to define a class in your stylesheet. It would look something like this: .highlight {color:#FF0000; font-family: times}
and then when you put it around your text it would look like this
. This seems like a lot more work, until you realize that you only have to put it in your stylesheet once and then you can use it as many times as you like on as many pages as you like! CSS, once you have learned it, is a great time-saver; you can remodel your entire site by changing just one file. --[[User:Aranel|
Aranel ("
Sarah")]] 21:31, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)pseudocode: this is a level one heading: Font Tag deprecated this is a paragraph: HTML is not meant to markup the (emphasize this:)appearance of text but the (emphasize this strongly:)meaning of the text.
instead of :
pseudocode: (Make this big and fancy looking:) Font Tag deprecated (make this small and normal looking): HTML is not meant to markup the (italicize this:)appearance of text but the (bold this:)meaning of the text.
Well, are they? The College Board's website is rather ambiguous about this, although the Harvard and MIT sites seem to imply that if you take one, you can't take the other. Johnleemk | Talk 13:41, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
You can choose which tests to send after you get the results. For example, I took writing twice and chose to have only the second (higher) score sent to colleges. This doesn't work for the regular SAT, though, which is why you should be prepared before taking it - most colleges only want you to take the SAT a maximum of 3 times. Then again, most students don't want to take the SAT at all, so usually it works out. Salasks 21:24, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)
Dorothy Parker once wrote:
Can anyone tell me about which book she was writing? -- Graham ☺ | Talk 21:35, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I thought that "Tonstant Weader fwowed up" was her line about Pooh. Rick K 06:21, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
HOW DO YOU SPELL (MALONE) IN ARABIC? THANKS
I would like to know where can I find United Kindom driving regulations.
I looking expecially for the meaning of the yellow lines paint along the sine of the street to indicate no parking rules AnyFile
Late design forts or castles seem to often be in the form of stars, and I was wondering why this is so? I seem to recall this possibly originally being a French design having something to do with gunpowder and cannons, but I forget precisely why it was done. What are the advatages of star shaped fortification design? And does it have an original architect? -- Senca 01:57, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Very useful info. Thank you all. -- Senca 20:59, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
http://www.duke-nukem.hpg.com.br/voice.ogg
The first part is from a song from the game " Command & Conquer" The second is from Cowboy Bebop (the song "American Money")
In both songs there's that guy saying "reaching out" something (I guess). I couldn't understand what he's saying, and since both things are unrelated I suppose this is a famous quote.
So, can anyone tell me what he's saying? And if you know where that's from, I'd be glad to know also.
Thanks — Kieff | Talk 07:25, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
A question that arose lately in an argument...
Perhaps some of the Portuguese colonies that were abruptly granted independence in 1975. The Spanish Sahara and parts of New Guinea among them, and East Timor, maybe. I don't really know the details. Michael Hardy 21:35, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hong Kong is the clearest example. It was also a close call in Newfoundland. DJ Clayworth 14:19, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Yet another attempt at settling an argument.
You describe Azrael, in this encyclopedia, as follows; "Azrael is a personification of death appearing in the Biblical Book of Tobit and in the Qur'an. He is depicted as an angel under the command of God. In Islam, he is an archangel." This seems to be a direct quote from Webster Dictionary. I have read every book of Tobit that I can find and followed many references of this subject to many sites and have not found a single reference to Azrael being the Angel of Death. Where did you find this information?
When and why did the ancient olympics stop.
Is there any legal way to get the complete Olympics anywhere from the first recordings to current from opening to closing ceremony on media? --Brian
Our article says "Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations".. but searching around the net I've found numbers ranging from 17 to 29 countries boycotting! Argh, it was only 28 years ago, is it that hard for people to agree?
And while we're at it.. our All Blacks article says "many African Countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics" in protest at New Zealand not being excluded after allowing a tour by the South African rugby team - but I can't find any mention of anyone other than the Soviet bloc boycotting that one.
Can someone clear it up for me? — Stormie 11:49, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
my name is john carmack. I was trying to find a way to get in touch with "Carmack the Magnificent" to see if we are related. If you could help me my e-mail is JDC1954@yahoo.com. Or my sister Pamela Carmack at sissypp1@yahoo.com. Thank You
Hello, I'm currently researching atypical herd behavior in sheep and need information about individual noncooperation with flock coherence, factious imprinting, subversive malignancy of bellwethers, and competitive collaboration, especially as related to destructive interaction with herding or guard animals such as dogs, subvocalisation, and pathological predator emulation. Your help is appreciated.
~ V. Guillermina.
I recently moved The Fairly Oddparents to The Fairly Odd Parents, but I'm a bit unsure of my move now. I did a google search prior to my move, and "Fairly Odd Parents" gave me about 94.000 hits and the official site as the number one, while "Fairly OddParents" showed me around 66.000 hits with the official site on the second place. The title of the official site is "Fairly Odd Parents", while the text inside says "Fairly OddParents". IMDB lists it as "Fairly OddParents" again, so.. anyone knows for sure what notation is the right one..? -- Conti| ✉ 02:34, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)
I am a writer on the Fairly Oddparents. Oddparents is one word.
It's OddParents, capital P. Rick K 21:15, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
The Aftermath of World War I article claims,
"The optimism of 1900 was entirely gone and those who fought in the war became what is known as "the Lost Generation" because they never fully recovered from their experiences. This was especially acute in France where a huge number of their young men were killed or injured during the conflict. For the next few years the nation became obsessive in its mourning and thousands of memorials were erected, one for each village in France."
Is it in fact accurate to say that the French experience was more traumatizing than that of other countries with similar levels of casualties? Lets say Germany, Austria-Hungary, or Russia?
Peregrine981 02:41, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)
Peregrine981 02:45, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
I'm in the process of writing an entry for Sir Thomas Playford, who served as Premier of South Australia for nigh on 27 years, and referred to at Political families of the world as the "longest-serving Premier in Australian and British Commonwealth history". Does anyone know whether any nation/state/territory etc outside the Commonwealth has been led by someone for 27 years or more? -- Roisterer 03:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The alternating (two ways) current arrives at the consumer's home along one wire only (the " hot wire").
user:Ghitis, 17 Aug 2004, 10:20 (GT)
Hi, just wondering if anyone could help me with an assignment.
I'm having trouble finding information on this question:
"Mammals maintain a thermal homeostasis, but they do it only be expending considerable amounts of energy. Would you consider this a handicap?"
Thank you so much for your help, and i just want to say, thank you also for a great website!
Keep up the good work, ella.
On hearing an unlikely sounding word, some people will say it's not a real word because it's not in "the" dictionary. We often say we're going to check a word in "the" dictionary. Why do we say this, when we all know that there are thousands of different dictionaries out there, all with content that is different from all the others? Why do we profess to believe that the only dictionary there is, is the one on our desk or in our own library? Cheers JackofOz 14:59, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The phrase indicates a popular opinion of the role of dictionaries as defining normative language. People seek advice on usage from whatever authority has managed to persuade them of its sagacity. The OED has certainly done this quite successfully. Of course, many people these days are of the opinion that dictionaries should reflect usage.
This arose, likely because at one point, there was only one. Rhymeless 03:09, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
but I would say that dictionaries cannot have every word in the Language, any living language, because any new word will at some point, not have been added yet. Pedant 17:28, 2004 Aug 18 (UTC)
In the same way we say "I'm going to the shops" or "the library" or "the moon". In context it's clear what we mean, in general. "The dictionary" is special because we imply a sort of platonic ideal dictionary. Nontheless the following annoying phrases are common among columnists - "According to my biggest dictionary" and "at least in any dictionary I could find". Rich Farmbrough 20:47, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I doubt if anyone has the OED on their desk. With half a million words listed in 24 volumes at a cost of around £6,000 it's a highly specialised document. But even this one isn't complete. There are over 2 million life forms on earth each of which has its own name and virtually none of them are listed. A more interesting question about the definite article is why pub names don't use it but church names do; for instance we go to 'The Rose and Crown' at night but go to 'St Mary's' on Sunday.
I am writing from Illinois; I work for the McHenry County public defenders, who defend people with low income. I need to get someone's driving information. I need to know what I have to send and where to send it.
I'm not sure this is something we can legally obtain for you. Presumably if the subject does not have car insurance, it might be possible to find information from his credit, or by petitioning the state. Rhymeless 03:29, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was wondering, for no particular reason, what the last conventional surface action ever to be fought by the Royal Navy was? I seem to have a vague memory of once reading that it was some sort of night-time destroyer action against the Japanese navy in the Pacific towards the end of World War Two. Anyone able to point me at a helpful article? Angmering 19:54, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Falklands maybe? 1982? Alteripse 00:05, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
That's right. Midway isn't considered a "conventional" surface action, because the ships didn't make make "contact" with each other, but there were plenty of WWII battles in which ships did. Like the Battle of the River Plate and Sinking of the Bismarck to name two off the top of my head. Mintguy (T)
I can't think of a better way to word this question, so I hope it makes sense: What is the name of that piece of music that is used stereotypically or satirically for people falling in love on TV? For example, it was in the first episode of South Park, and it's in commercials all the time (I saw it on some car commercial recently). I hope this question is not too vague :) Adam Bishop 22:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Sounds (to me) like Percy Faith's " Theme from 'A Summer Place'". It appears (among countless other places) in the Buffy episode " Him" (a poor ripoff of the earlier episode " Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"). If you're in the UK, you could always try shazaming the South Park pilot.
chocolateboy 01:00, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've had this idea for years that we ought to have a Music Google, where you just hum a few bars and it tries to match it to known songs. I'm sure there would be obscene amounts of copyright difficulty with implementing it, though. -- Wapcaplet 02:11, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was right! It is called "Hearts and Flowers". Go to http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/2002%2D1/thismonth/featurea.asp and scroll down the page a bit to hear a midi version. Mintguy (T) 03:29, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
There is a (sadly out-of-print) reference book called A Dictionary of Musical Themes which lets you look up classical compositions by theme... requires some musical knowledge to use in the same way that an English dictionary requires familiarity with English; you have to be able to correctly identify the notes of the theme, transposed to C (major or minor), and from there themes are listed in the book alphabetically, pointing you to suggestions of what they could be from. Often frustrating, but also quite useful. Wish there were some sort of comparable free online resource; then again, even this book's publishers could not include some entries because of copyright issues. 65.33.39.84 20:26, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Could it be the Love Theme from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet? That's played all the time in movies and tv, usually as two lovers run towards each other in slow-motion? PedanticallySpeaking 19:40, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I'm creating a logo for my Taekwondo club, and I was wondering if there was any specific configuration that I should use for arranging the eight I Ching trigrams. Currently, I have them corresponding to the 4 trigrams in the corners of the South Korean flag plus the 4 additional trigrams in the north, south, east, and west. So, starting from top left corner and proceeding clockwise: ☰ keon, ☴ seon, ☵ gam, ☳ jin, ☶ gan, ☷ gon, ☲ ri, ☱ tae. For comparison. imagine this image rotated such that 'heaven' is where 'lake' is ('wind' topmost, 'thunder' bottom, etc). Please leave your comments on my talk page. Thanks -- Wasabe3543 23:39, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What is a hispanic? I don't think that word should exist. I mean when you say hispanic is like saying european. There are many europeans with different cultures. The so called hispanics all look different and have different cultures. For example the Mexicans and Central Americans have dark skin and have an Indian heritage. The people from the Dominican Republic are black and have African heritage. And how about some of the South Americans like Argentina? People from Argentina are as white as Europeans and they look like Spaniards or Italians. So why are they called hispanic if they all look different?
Could you please point me to resources that can help me with common English phrases or words that originate or were popularised by W.S.? Thank you!
Thank you! That's what I wanted!
Please tell me what 'verae nomerosque modosque ediscere vitae' means. I can be contacted by email at peter.tuckfield1@btinternet.com. I hope you can help, thanks.
Nimirum sapere est abiectis utile nugis et tempestivum pueris concedere ludum, ac non verba sequi fidibus modulanda Latinis, sed verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae. Horace epistle 2
the phrase sort of means "to study the ways and numbers of the true life" but you can probably find a better english translation. Alteripse 12:20, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
-- Eequor 16:00, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Pixels | bpp | fps | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
126,000,000 | × | 48 | × | 80 | = | 967.68 Gb p s per eye |
No sure I would be entirely eager to apply computer terminology to the visual system, it is not really analagous, and behaves very non-linearly. The number of 'bits' of information is not a very useful measure.
-- Eequor 16:00, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Looks to me like some assigments for an undergrad visual perception course - most of this could be found in a textbook on that subject, I could look it up for you, but don't have mine to hand right now. Out of interest, are you studying this? Are these questions that you couldn't find the answers to in a textbook? The answers to all of them are going to be relatively involved.
What is the most voluminous human-made object, and what is the heaviest? elpenmaster
See also: orders of magnitude (mass), orders of magnitude (volume)
To which you would have to add the electric power grid, parts of which are fed off oil pipelines, (artificial) rivers and dams, gas networks and tidal races. Plus those items whic are fed by these power sources. Rich Farmbrough 20:59, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I would propose that the largest agglomeration ever constructed would be the system of paved roads and highways; either the system in North America or Eurasia. It would surely weigh more than the telephone network. Whether it could be considered one object might depend on whether there is a single name for everything from freeways to asphalt-paved trails. The Interstate Highway System or Pan-American Highway alone might qualify even if smaller roads are not included. GUllman 19:32, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
How much space underground is typically used by cities? Is Mumbai the largest city? -- Eequor 17:09, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was going to say something twatty like the Golden Gate Bridge (which is rubbish compared to the Great Wall... but I saw a film the other day where the bridge seemed to go on forever... but I realise that won't wash with this forensic bunch. But I suppose I feel obliged to ask it as a supplementary question now. It would have been an American bridge. It wasn't suspended, very flat, 2-4 lanes... it just seemed to go off into the horizon. --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:26, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
Someone has asked on Talk:random access memory what a "matched pair" is. If anybody knows, perhaps they could add the answer to the DIMM or DDR SDRAM article? Thanks. -- Heron 08:29, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Thanks guys. I added a note under DDR SDRAM with Plutor's information. Adamsan's note probably belongs in a different article, but I'm not sure which one, not being a Mac person. Perhaps we need a new article on interleaved memory? -- Heron 21:13, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The illustration on Henry P. Baldwin, a Senator from Michigan, which is on the Bioguide site appears in my Oxford Companion to the U.S. Supreme Court as that of Justice Henry Baldwin. The illustration on the Supreme Court Historical Society site could be the same fellow. Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 17:31, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
What is the proper term for an underwater channel between locations which experience different levels of tide at the same time, causing a stream to flow through the channel at high speeds toward the endpoint with lower water level? -- Eequor 18:02, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, this is driving me nuts. When I was young I read a collection of short stories. The main character was a kid who wore overalls and chewed stalks of straw. He lived in a small midwestern town and worked at the local donut shop, where there was a jukebox that featured in several of the plots. The covers of the books were black and white illustrations (the books themselves may have been illustrated as well. I think that in one story he gets uncontrollable hiccups, and in another story the whole small town becomes obsessed with a song on the jukebox. I seem to think that the kid's last name was "Price", but I can't seem to find this on google anywhere. -- DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:58, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
In September of 1999 I saw an 'impossible' triple rainbow. The third bow was only a small arc inside the primary bow. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera available. Worse, having trained as a scientist, I've been kicking myself ever since for not at least documenting the features.
Now I have read much of Greenler's book on rainbows, so I understand how a rainbow is formed from reflections from near spherical raindrops. The first internal reflection produces the primary bow, the second internal reflection produces the fainter secondary bow, and the hypothetical third internal reflection would produce a rainbow in the opposite direction looking into the sun and so is not observed. I'm pretty sure that this sort of triple bow is not described.
Fortunately, I have just seen the another 'impossible' triple rainbow. Unfortunately I again didn't have a camera available. However, this time I did record the details:
When I saw the similar phenomenon in 1999, the tertiary bow was only a small arc of 5° although the primary and secondary were more or less full. On that occasion, I have the impression that the tertiary bow may have been more clearly separated from the primary bow, but it was definitely inside (below) the primary. I didn't make a note of the order of the colours, but now I have seen it again I would think the tertiary bow had the same order as the primary.
Does anyone know what is going on? -- Solipsist 19:45, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This rang a bell for me -- I know I have never seen a third rainbow, but I had read about it. So I tried to look it up, and found a sentence about it in my physics book. In a caption to a picture of a double rainbow, it says (translated from swedish) "Triple rainbows can also be seen, but under very special conditions. This is very rare.". So, as I suspected, you don't have to seek any disturbance to explain your sight. (By the way, a Google search turned up this: [4] [[User:Sverdrup| ❝Sverdrup❞]] 23:32, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The word exists only once on the internet and that was on a website called god wars. If this is not allowed can someone tell me the term used to refer to alien-based religions. Xeno is the latin word for stranger so I don't know if it fits totally. --metta, The Sunborn 03:14, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
xeno and theos are both greek, not latin. Yrs truly, nitpicker patrol.
Theos means " god," by the way. If you want a neologism for " worship of extraterrestrials," how about exobiolatry? Exobiology is the study of life beyond Earth ( Greek -logia, "study," from logos, also meaning " word," from legein, "to speak"). Your neologism would be composed of exô, "outer," + bios, "life," + latreia, "worship."
Does anybody have any information on Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve, Taiwan? I can't find any info on it at all! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:43, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone know the backstory behind this? - Ta bu shi da yu 05:27, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This week the newspaper Los Angeles Times replaced the comic strip The Wizard of Id with a comic strip called Brewster Rocket: Space Guy. Does anybody know why this was done? Why would the LA Times stop running such a funny and classic cartoon as The Wizard of Id? -- elpenmaster
There was a note in the LA Times saying that The Wizard of Id was being replaced, but it didn't say why. The LA Times has replaced several comics recently, swapping them with different comic. Untilthe replaced The Wizard of Id, however, all of the comics they had replaced hadn't been particularly funny ones. I had thought that the cartoons were being replaced because polls had found them to not be very funny. But obviously The Wizard of Id is a very funny comic, so it's replacement with a lesser-known cartoon like "Brewster Rocket: Space Guy" seemed rather strange. If there is a major trend of dropping comics in newspapers, I am deeply saddened. I read the LA Times almost every day, and the comics section is one of my favorite parts! -- elpenmaster
I am wondering if someone at Wikipedia could point me to good resource for men's wardrobe. I'd like to know especially:
I am currently working as a system administrator, but I was accepted as a part-time prosecutor trainee. So you could imagine how this will affect my fashion habits, and how puzzled I am. Only thing I decided so far, is that I should propably wear black suit and tie for sworn-in ceremony.
In exchange for help, I declare that I'll create Fashion tips for men or any other fashion related article. Przepla 19:18, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I am looking for a list of the delegation sizes for each country participating in the 2004 summer olympics (I think they showed it on TV for the opening ceremony when each country entered). Also, are delegation size and number of athletes competing the same thing? Or does delegation size include coaches and trainers? Thank you, -- 68.60.164.27 20:49, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
If you click
here you can view every team by athlete. coach, manager and olympic committee. Delegation as far as I am aware includes every from the athletes to the physios.
Scraggy4 21:13, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone got any more information on the inventor of Mr. Potato Head? - Ta bu shi da yu 09:48, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find the previous best number of medals won by country by single day of an Olympiad. Without manually having to add them all up. As I would like to know when Great Britain last won as many gold medals in one day as they have already and will later today. I can't remember us winning four golds in one day before as well as having the individual eventing gold awarded to us in the Court of Arbitration for Sports. What a refreshing change. Scraggy4 15:19, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I found this geometric shape in one fo those scinece and miysticism houses which gave courses in relativity theory and acunpunture. It was a poster for something else.
They told me that this symbol is also present in rosicrucian books
There they told me that this figure represent the alchemic squaring the circle method. That I doubt as after reading those articles, it seems that they have nothing to do.
and that in ancient (old egypt? old india? middle ages? renaissance? I don't know, old times that's it) architechts would wander around with this shape and it would serve as a tool to make measures about the sizes and proportions of things, something as a shape that had all the golden ratios used to construction.
And that's a really interesting point , because it's plausible that there was a tool who incorporated all the divine mathematics of architechture, and this kind of things inspire legends of divine inspired architechs.
Anyone knows anything about it, so it could be a fact in somewhere? (it's hard to do a google search for something that has no name) -- Alexandre Van de Sande 19:20, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I see this symbol a lot in the windows of cars. Black with silver markings -- a square decal, with a circle, and inside the circle a triangle. What's going on there? Rick K 06:28, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody remember a film that may have been by Disney that was on TV in either the late 80s or early 90s. It dealt with a lake monster that turned out to be a steam shovel called a Donkey Engine. I also think there was some old aborigine in it.
Hey all. I watched Shrek 2 some time ago, and there's one thing I'd like to know. About halfway through the movie, Shrek the human stops a stagecoach and takes the clothes from one of the passengers. As he rides off after saying some words of thanks, Puss is thrown off the horse, and walks after it, muttering something in what is probably Spanish. What does he say? -- inks 02:53, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The square of 88 is 7744. This number is said to be the only known square number with no isolated digits; what exactly does this mean? -- Eequor 17:10, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Base | Square |
---|---|
88 | 7744 |
880 | 774400 |
8800 | 77440000 |
74162 | 5500002244 |
88000 | 7744000000 |
105462 | 11122233444 |
741620 | 550000224400 |
880000 | 774400000000 |
1054620 | 1112223344400 |
2973962 | 8844449977444 |
7416200 | 55000022440000 |
8800000 | 77440000000000 |
10546200 | 111222334440000 |
I've seen several of the maps on Wikipedia and they looked like they must have been drawn electronically. Where in the Internet can one freely get data files for country/region boundary outlines? [[User:Poccil| Peter O. ( Talk)]] 17:19, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
What do British people mean when they say "New England"? I know that the northeastern region of the United States is called New England, but I wasn't sure if that's what they meant across the pond/lake. Ilyanep — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ , cοηtrιbs) 17:59, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
You know those questions kids ask and you think... "buggered if I know the answer to that". Well here's one that got me the other day.
Sometimes you get a double yoke in an egg. If an ostrich egg (she needs to know for ostriches although I guess this applies for any bird) had a double yoke could it mature and produce two ostrich chicks inside the one egg, or would one or both of the chicks die in the egg or what? Mintguy (T)
Anyone got anthing else to add to the above? I can't imagine two chicks growing large enough within one ege and not causing problems with each other. Mintguy (T)
ALmost never hatch acording to http://www.backyardchickens.com/media/L-5323.pdf. This was ref from http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2003-10-13-wonderquest_x.htm which claims "Yes but rarely. The two chicks are always tiny and usually hatch from a double yolk egg. Often only one embryo survives and sometimes neither does." and that "Ordinarily they aren't identical twins but fraternal. "A double yolker forms when one egg follows another down the shoot a little too closely and they both get wrapped in the same shell," " Rich Farmbrough 18:01, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
There's a refernce here to Siames Twin Chicks http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/10/20/beware_the_threeyolk_egg.htm and some general info here Rich Farmbrough 18:05, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What year did the O'Hagan Family come to America? I am a decendent of the O'Hagans from Ireland. I would like to learn more about my family's history. Can anybody help me?
How's that? I see the birth of a new book in the "For Dummies" series. Rhymeless 09:31, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What are the bounds of (standard deviation divided by mean), given that there are no negative samples? — Rajasekaran Deepak 06:30, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
Am I missing something here? Won't it depend on how your data is distributed? If your mean is low but your sd is high you could get very high values.
And there are long-tailed distributions where the variance (and hence standard deviation) is ill-defined or tends to infinity, whilst the mean remains well-defined and finite, so I don't think there is any theoretical limit to the standard deviation/mean ratio. -- The Anome 10:38, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The greatest lower bound is zero. I'm going to have to think about the least upper bound.... Michael Hardy 01:55, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, simple example: the Pareto distribution whose probability density function is 1/x³ for x > 1, and zero elsewhere, has a finite expected value, but infinite standard deviation. So the least upper bound is infinite. You can't narrow it down more than that. Michael Hardy 01:59, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What are the differences between the Southern Dravidian and Central Dravidian languages? — Rajasekaran Deepak 18:00, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
What was the battle of Troy? I know part of the answer: It was a battle by the Greek. -- Patricknoddy 20:56, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Patricknoddy -- Patricknoddy 20:56, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC) User talk:Patricknoddy 16:56 August 23, MMVI (EDT)
Say, I have something of a hypothetical question here: If food colouring was introduced to a freshwater aquarium, how damaging would it be to the fish? Rhymeless 00:26, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Where can I find a free downloadable aquarium screensaver for Mac OS X? -- Gelu Ignisque
I'd like to find a comparable one, but free. :-\ -- Gelu Ignisque
I'm completing a registration form for a Logitech video game controller, and the bottom of the form says:
I've seen this in the past too, but let it slide as a bad joke. But it keeps cropping up. Is this a slap in the face to Canadians? -- Diberri | Talk 02:35, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
It's to get around gambling laws. If it is simply a draw, it comes under different regs to if it is a test of skill. Mooo! 07:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I suspect that it is a question of scale. Nothing, in principle, stops the lottery scratchcard people from doing this, but, while Logitech doing it on a registration probably does not attract the ire of anti gambling folks, these sorts of things not really being the ojbect of gambling laws anyway, the UK National Lottery circumventing lottery laws probably would attract lawmakers to change the law and get rid of the loophole. While the effect of people using the loophole is small, no one will bother to change it, since these things dont intutively look like gambling anyway. If things that did look like gambling started doing it, I think legistaltors would change it.
I'm glad this wasn't just an example of a joke gone awry; it's good to know that we Americans have some limits when it comes to bad taste :-) Thanks for the explanation! -- Diberri | Talk 21:47, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
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Recently, I've been finding spam containing nonsense with the subjects "hi" or "how r u?", using random addresses and names. This is the first I've seen to use both subjects. -- Eequor 14:20, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is not the mean of the standard Cauchy distribution zero? The Cauchy distribution page says: "The Cauchy distribution is often cited as an example of a distribution which has no mean, variance or higher moments defined". — Rajasekaran Deepak 15:58, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
Michael Hardy 23:52, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Where did the expression "happy campers" come from? I'm working on a Summer camp article and I'd like to incorporate this tidbit, of which I am unaware. Rhobite 16:17, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
Apparently, he united China out of the warring states phase it was in, and abolished feudalism, instead dividing it into 36 provinces. See Shi Huangdi for more. [[User:Meelar| Meelar (talk)]] 19:25, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
What are the differences between polytopes, polygons, polyhedra, and polychora? In particular, how would the latter three be mapped to the n-topes? -- Eequor 22:32, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Who is he/she? What were they arrested for? --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 22:27, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
What is the etymology of alpidem? -- Gelu Ignisque I don't know? -- Patricknoddy 20:03, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC) User:Patricknoddy User talk:Patricknoddy 16:03 August 25, 2004 (EDT)
I came across this riddle - many people are struggling to answer it:
There is also a hint: "The author's initials are C.S."
Any ideas? Dmn / Դմն 22:00, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is this for something from a contest? I found several results on Google for the same question:
Rick K 22:46, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Why do so many American radio stations have four letter names beginning with a K? And what does the K mean?
I mean, look at this... how do you keep track of it all in your head? (I'm British, by the way). --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 01:14, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
You can look up callsigns here: [10]. Marnanel 04:35, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Most stations have a catchy phrase associated with their call letters, e.g., KLIV might be "LIV(E) radio" or KBAY for the san francisco bay area, or the letters are already well known, e.g., KCBS, CBS is already a well-known TV network. So it's not all that bad to sort out once you're familiar with the stations in your area. Elf | Talk 00:31, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Some time ago I mentioned about the "two envelope problem" on the talk page for the Monty Hall problem, hoping it might elicit a response from some clever mathematical genius, but it hasn't. There are several sites explaining this problem but I've found that either I'm too thick to understand them because the maths gets hard very quickly or they are hopelessly wrong anyway. It would be nice if someone could help me out and write an explanation of it? A two envelope problem article would be a good start. Mintguy (T) 02:12, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What is the mode of inheritance called, where the last surviving member of a group inheirits? I remember there was a specific name for it... Rhymeless 03:33, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The entry for Henry Watson Fowler says he was born in Devon, but my Cambridge Biographical Dictionary says Tonbridge, Kent. Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 15:25, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
I'm having trouble finding hard refernces for this entry.
Can anyone provide me with a copy (scan?) of the alleged interview with Pedro Lopez in the (USA) National Examiner/ Jan 12 1999/ Page 6-7?
Can anyone provide any contempory references to the arrest, interrogation, investigation, trial, release and deportation?
Are there any independant references to his life before his arrest (other than his own disclosures to police)?
Any information from Peru, Ecudor or Columbia particularly aprciated. Where did his appelation "monster of the Andes" originate? Rich Farmbrough 16:05, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find used out of print children's books in new york city? I'm specifically looking for any book in the " ValueTales" series, by Ann D. Johnson. I seem to find several of these used on Amazon and Barnes and Noble's website but I need it on fairly short notice. Also, if there are any wikipedians in New York city that would be willing to sell a copy of theirs, contact me via my e-mail link or on my talk page. -- DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:53, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
I've got 2 CD drives. One of them won't open. It has one of those holes, and I stuck an unfurled paperclip in. Didn't open it.
Oh, and I also did (cos I've got Windows, I know you all hate that) do a software right-click eject.
Bugger won't move.
Any advice? (You're going to make me open up my computer, aren't you?) --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 02:14, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
I think the pin-hole is a mechanical release (rather than an electrical one) so yes, the power would have to be off. Maybe the pulley came off the eject motor or something, which would explain it. -- Wapcaplet 18:31, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was reading an issue in Neil Gaiman's " Sandman" series -- specifically, "The High Cost of Living", issue #1. One character asks another for the location of something, and the other replies that perhaps it is hidden "In a duck's egg, inside a duck, inside a well, in a castle, on an island, surrounded by a lake of fire, guarded by a hundred dragons each larger and more ferocious than the last..."
I recognized this as something I'd read before as a child, but couldn't pinpoint it. Some Googling turns up a reference to an evil wizard named Koshchei from Russian myth (who is himself mentioned in the Sandman series, as the article says). This is undoubtedly where it ultimately comes from, but can someone confirm that this exact configuration (in a duck's egg, inside a duck...) turns up in a derivative story, and the details of that story? I'd like to know the original source I got it from. --- JRM 07:53, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This was placed on a sign on a building in my community. What does it mean? "gurdwara sahib dashmesh darbar new jersey" My adress is sylvia.albrecht@twp.woodbridge.nj.us
Thank you in advance for any ass8istance.
Recently, the sister of my family's cat died, which put our remaining cat, Harry, into a state of depression. Then I (his nominal owner) had to leave for a few days. During that interval, we brought back a long-lost brother of Harry's (Jacob). Harry is neutered; Jacob is not. Now the problem is, Jacob wants (or seems to want) to be friends with Harry. Harry, on the other hand, growls whenever he sees Jacob, and if they're close enough, they will fight. They can't even be in the same room with each other. How can we get them to accept each other so we don't have to run for cover when one runs into the other? Johnleemk | Talk 17:48, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've recently become convinced, despite my fears of becoming a hypochondriac, that I have some sort of mental disorder. I've been browsing through the autism article, which generally matched my symptoms (only to a much lesser extent), and I've found that the following three seem to be likely problems of mine:
I'm almost 100% sure I have Tourette's — my friends have mentioned that my mouth moves even after I'm done talking, and I often repeat myself when talking, sometimes unconsciously. Beyond that, I discuss things so obscene at so inappropriate times that even your typical sex-talking adolescents are now afraid of me (I'm not kidding, sadly). When I was younger I also exhibited echolalia, but I eventually learnt to control it around the age of six. If Tourette's is hereditary, my younger brother may have it too, because he enjoys scatological humour rather a lot for a guy aged only nine. (He's also dsylexic)
As for alogia, I think I have a mild form of it, as I often dislike talking to others. I will try to talk as least as possible, and when I do, this leads to the tics I mentioned above — unconscious movement of my lips.
Asperger's is something I'm not really sure about, as I could easily just be too anti-social, but I've noticed that I often have trouble picking up non-verbal cues or in some cases telling emotions from a person's face. I also have trouble tailouring my words to a situation, often leading to a misinterpretation of what I'm trying to convey.
Beyond that, there's another issue I'd like to address — is there a specific mental problem with a general lack of emotion? I do not express my emotions much, except anger in a few cases. Most of the time I just brush off any insults I get with a really bad joke. I am never extremely depressed nor extremely elated, and in the rare cases when I am, I don't show it. I almost never exhibit any emotions I have, except anger, and only when I'm extremely pissed off.
Last but not least, I find I seriously cannot relate to women. I blame this on my mother and sister, both of whom are [censored]. They will whine and bitch about tiny infractions, and do it so often that I just don't care when they do it anymore. All it does is piss me off, and I think I transfer that to other members of the female gender. When girls cry, whether or not there's a reasonable reason, whether or not it's my fault, I just don't care. I just ignore them. Often I feel like I'm lacking in conscience, because I seriously cannot empathise with women. I just couldn't care less about them.
Of course, whether or not these are just the ramblings of a hypochondriac, I don't know, but whether or not, I don't think I can seek treatment for them. My family has a history of psychological problems. My younger sister is a control freak who screams and yells when you move something on her desk one millimetre out of place. My younger brother is dyslexic. My youngest sister has been diagnosed with global developmental delay. Malaysia is not an accomodative nation for people with mental problems, and if I do have Tourette's, I fear the backlash from my conservative parents, especially my mother, when they find out the nature of my discussions with my friends.
Well, this probably sets a record for the longest question(s) on the reference desk, which can be boiled down to: What should I do? Have fun cracking it. =) Johnleemk | Talk 18:26, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Are the words north, south, east, west, Virginia, Pacific, Atlantic, united, capital and states all come from Latin words or are Latin words? Please tell me. Thanks!
Word ......
Origin
North ......
English
South ...... English
East ...... English
West ...... English
Virginia ...... a
Latin element and a
combining form found in Latin and
Greek; the word was formed in English
Pacific ...... Latin
Atlantic ...... Latin, from Greek
united ...... Latin plus an English
derivational affix of
Germanic origin
capital ...... Latin
states ...... an element that went from Latin through
French plus an English derivational affix
Hope this helps! -- Gelu Ignisque
I know baking soda is good for cleaning but does baking soda kill germs? Thanks! -Anon
Polyethlyene glycol: What is the easiest way to isolate it, and from what? Rhymeless 07:09, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I heard that Brussels International Airport was built during World War II by the German occupying forces in Zaventem (on the outskirts of Brussels), after they asked Belgians what was the best place to build an airport. Belgians then pointed them this location because they knew it was an often foggy place. Is that true? -- Edcolins 22:10, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)
Are there other free wiki projects to build an online encyclopedia or dictionary? -- Eequor 00:07, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Is this the first time that this event has been won by a team not featuring a single participant from either the 100m or 200m individual finals? Angmering 00:27, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What does derivational affix means?
A derivational affix is a term in linguistics for a word formed from another word and a particle affixed to one end (prefix) or the other (suffix). Affix in latin is a derivational affix (ad+fingere, I think) but I am betting you would rather have some english examples like: online, kindness, plentiful... Alteripse 03:37, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) [13]
When a team win a medal at the Olympics is one given to the team's coach too? I'm pretty certain they don't get one, but that seems rather unfair. --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 02:13, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
From WIkipedia:Village Pump#US Navy Sea Bees
I'm trying to find out more information about the SeaBees and the different units. I have found the page that shows the emblem but I'm looking for more. My uncle and father were both with the SeaBees. My uncle was stationed with the Marines during WWII and my father was in the Aleutian Islands. I have the units where my uncle was stationed. They were the 25th and the 53rd Naval construction Battalion. My father was with the 12 NCB, 2 NC Brigade, 7th NC Regiment and the 112th NC Battalion.
Can anyone help me?
vicki.poates@verizon.net
You could start with the official Navy site at http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/personnel/seabees/seabee1.html Rick K 22:36, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Whatever happened to that new IP version where the IP's would look something like 199::15: etc. or something like that (it's been a long time since I've seen it). Does wikipedia have an article on this? I think it's called something like IPv6, but I'm totally clueless. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 05:56, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Hmm, in this edit, User:213.249.242.25 added the following text to Novosibirsk:
I've never heard of such a thing, and can't find any reference to it anywhere. That IP's contribution history is so varied I'm inclined to believe it's a dynamic IP. I know this sounds like another Granita / Loch Fyne Oyster Bar incident - does anyone know anything about this "Novosibirsk Agreement"? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:32, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
That's the kind of remark I would cut from the article, move to the talk page, indicate where it came from, and say that citation is needed before it should be restored to the article. -- Jmabel 19:15, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Someone stated that Yassir Arafat was born a Christian in that his mother was a Christian. Is this correct? Is there any factual data as to his birth religion available? If he is, in fact, a Christian, did he convert to Islam?
I know his wife is a Christian. Rick K 22:31, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
(Part the first) Is there a specific word for the speech impediment in which the English speaker pronounces Rs as Ws? (Part the second) Is there specific term (other than "lying") for the marketing strategy in which an established company trades on their familiarity to customers by falsely claiming they are scrapping either a product or part of their brand identity? (e.g. HMV claiming they're scrapping "Nipper" whenever they want a bit of free publicity, or Heinz' similar claims re: "Beanz Meanz Heinz" and salad cream) Bonalaw 16:29, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The word for Part I is rhotacism, although it doesn't specify how you pronounce the R, just that you pronounce it wrongly. -- Heron 18:13, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Another good example of part II is Pepsi continually claiming they will drop Mountain Dew Live Wire. Rhymeless 04:37, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
For the second part, I would go with 'obnoxious mendacious lying' myself. Or maybe 'pernicious manipulation'. 'Bait and switch' isn't quite right. What they're producing is, of course, bumph or bushwa. And the people in charge are at best twits. I know of nothing more specificly on target. ww 19:20, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
-- Eequor 18:58, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Easy. Thai restaurants use peanut sauces or pieces on over 50% of the menu items. Peanuts are the number one serious food allergy. Alteripse 19:09, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Eggs, milk, peanuts, soy, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, and wheat are some common examples of food allergens that are implicated in allergic reactions to foods and are confirmed in well-controlled blinded food challenges. Investigations of near-fatal or fatal anaphylactic reactions following food ingestion are mainly secondary to peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish. (I just copied these lists from emedicine.com and inserted them in our food allergy articel) Alteripse 19:59, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
As far as I understand it, people can be allergic to anything. Personally, I'm allergic to peaches. Never heard anyone being allergic to citrus, although it's certainly possible; they would probably be allergic to all citrus though. Rhymeless 04:34, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Are there any health risks associated with ingesting freshly ground coffee?
Are you talking about drinking the coffee or eating the grounds? As for all other material substances on earth, the risks are in the amounts. Alteripse 20:04, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I have a very vague recollection of seeing a short story a long time ago, which I'd like to know the title and author of. What I remember of it is the following (likely distorted by memory). The protagonist enters a mysterious dark tower with a specified number of steps on its staircase (it was 1000 or something). He/she goes up to the top of the tower, counting the steps out loud as he goes (one, two, three ... etc ... 998, 999, 1000). There is nothing but an empty room at the top of the tower. So the protagonist goes back down, getting more and more scared, also counting the steps (one, two, three, etc). The surprise twist is that out of some evil magic, the stairs continue going down past the original number of steps (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003...).
Anyone know where this comes from? I've never been able to find it anywhere. I'm starting to wonder whether I didn't just make it up. -- Shibboleth 00:17, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The latter is presumably a 1960s science fiction story called "Descending", I believe by Thomas M. Disch. In the story, the central character is broke and somewhat distracted, shopping on credit in a department store. I don't remember too many details (I read it over 30 years ago) but the unstoppable "descent" is clearly a metaphor for his mood and his finances. But I don't know the original story with the tower. -- Jmabel 15:53, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
What is the origin of the term sphenic number? -- Eequor 05:55, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Sphenic means wedge-shaped. Perhaps the connection is deeper though than the mutual three-ness of a wedge and a sphenic number. mat_x 13:19, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'd like to break up the existing Robert Bennett article, which presently covers three gentlemen (him, a senator from Utah, and a governor of Kansas). Can anyone tell me Mayor Bennett's middle name or birth/death dates so I can differentiate him from the others? Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 15:51, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
I believe that the satire magazine Monocle had a much earlier use of " radical middle" than any we cite (1963 vs. 1970s), but no library anywhere near me has a copy. I've added a list of North American libraries with Monocle in their collection at Talk:Monocle, and I've also raised the question at Talk:Radical middle. Does anyone who lives near one of these libraries want to take on a rather fun piece of research reading 40-year-old satire? Also, I suspect you could greatly enhance the article on Monocle at the same time. -- Jmabel 18:45, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
I notice that there is not much mention of the other two products on each of the articles for each product. Are these Microsoft products not at all related to one another? - [[User:Bevo| Bevo]] 23:26, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I'm looking to improve our Mona Lisa article, and was wondering if any art history buffs know the answers (or non-answers, if these are secrets) to the following questions. Thanks, • Benc • 02:52, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Anyone knows what is the origin of the symbols used universally for "play", "stop", "pause", "eject" and etc? I mean these things http://winamp.com/nsdn/winamp/skinning/classic/images/cbuttons.gif — Kieff 07:59, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
Pause dates to early reel to reel tapes. It is stopping the tape movement without dismounting the heads.
Could somebody explain this concept to me? Why is it a primitive for secure communication? (BTW: There is an article oblivious transfer but it is only a stub. So maybe write your answer right there.) Thanks a lot in advance. Simon A. 09:05, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the book where the whale falls through the air and dies? Thanks! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:03, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
It just took me quite a long time (in net search terms) to find Allen key because I was raised by people that said Allum with an M sound at the end.
I wonder if this is a common British pronounciation or whether it's just my parents exhibiting signs of neurological indaquacy again.
Admittedly 34,000 hits for Allen key v er... 20 for allum key and 124 for alum key seem to be pointing in the direction of the latter... but I thought I'd check - particularly with British Wikipedians - to see if a Redirect was worthwhile. (Actually, as you'll have guessed, this is far more about trying to guage my own sanity...) --[[User:Bodnotbod| bodnotbod » .....TALKQuietly)]] 21:47, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
I have always been mystified by the symbol I see on food products, the one with the U inside a circle. What does this symbol stand for? [[User:Poccil| Peter O. ( Talk)]] 22:11, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
iRiver?
What name for this discipline is the most commonly used by scientists? I've heard 'astrobiology' and 'xenobiology' as well. We have separate articles under two of these names, and they should be merged, but I can't figure out what the correct name is. -- Smack 03:48, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hello, My name is Rebeca and am currently with a case in which a young man is involved. He is Mormon. He had a sexual encounter, and is the victim really since it was SHE that came on to him, she is older than he and he did not know it at the time, but she was married. He offered her a ride because she claimed to need a ride to work and he picked her up (weather was 40 degrees and she was not wearing sweater and flagged him down) not knowing this would almost ruin his life. He was not only young but stupid to have fallen into her game, the issue is that he is innocent of the claimed charge of the woman 'rape' . Medical report does not show sign of any force and she has changed her story 3 times, while the poor guy is incarcerated now. After their encounter, she told him to told him to get her to work (She has totally forgotten where she worked and who were her supervisors, co-workers, etc) or that he would have to pay her for the day. He gets nervous and speeds according to her directions, and runs red light. Police car sees this and he sees that officer is behind car and signals him to pull over, so he does. He gets out of the car to go to Officer, but the woman comes out and starts yelling "He wants to kill me", so Client panics gets in car and flees. She goes 14 years and does not pursue case, now it comes up as an old case and old warrrant. Young man is contacted and he waives extradition and asks to be taken to California to clear up issue. Woman accepts to come to California, all expenses paid and gives new version of what occurred 14/15 years ago. And lies about spelling of name. DA is pushing against young man because he fled and does not understand Mormon PreMaritial Delicate Issue and reason he fled aside from her lie yelled to officer.
Question: Has any body conducted a study where religion guiltiness is so strong for having had sex that individual flees for solely having committed such a grave sin according to religious upbringing, and not because rape was committed. I totally believe Client, woman has given different stories, and even states that Police Officer would not open his car door to help her when she ran to the Police Car. She is trying to save face with husband (could be she has done this before due to other info but cannot prove immediately). Information is vital, need help from anyone with research , it is not right for this innocent man to be incarcerated because of fleeing, he fled because of religious guilt but not because he committed rape, and need any info to help and see DA and court see this.
URGENTLY AWAITING ANY AND ALL HELP
Kind Regards, Rebeca
In my opinion and IANAL, this story doesn't make human or legal sense. He "fled scene" before or after officer could give him a traffic ticket? If officer didn't pursue, was it because he made immediate judgement it was not warranted? It's hard to imagine warrant for 14 years for rape unpursued if they had his car info. If he got away from a pursuit (doubtful) it is unlikely that anyone had enough info to even i.d. him and track him down after 14 years unless he and she had more of a relationship than an anonymous quickie. What is statute of limitations? DAs rarely pursue unwinnable 14 year old cases that didn't impress police at the time. If facts are as you state about her this seems unlikely to be prosecuted. Subjective guilt can have a hundred causes and be disporportionate to the offense, but religion as cause of his embarrassment seems irrelevant here. It's offensive to suggest that somewhow a rape charge is even more "Delicate" for Mormons (like the rest of us who don't play in the NBA consider it no big deal?). I suspect you are leaving out or misunderstanding some legally important pieces of information, or have not been told all the truth. Obviously, he needs a lawyer if there is really a warrant or charge. If this is nonsense made up to explain a current legal predicament, be careful. If he is currently behind bars, be very careful. And always remember, advice here may or may not be worth what it costs you. Alteripse 12:46, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Rebeca I may be presuming too much but if you are in any way emotionally involved with this man please please be very very careful. You must consider the possibilty that there is a whole heap of stuff he isn't telling you. Theresa Knott (Nate the Stork) 11:39, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for any help in finding the meaning of the baseball slang word eef or maybe Eef. I know that this term is quite old. It was used as far back as the early 50's I know.It was used as a nickname for some players sometimes and I think it derived from something that happened in a game---maybe not.Thanks for any info. This is very important to me. Earl Wilson, Jr.
I really appreciate your timely help to me!! It has been 35 years since I had last heard of the "Eephus pitch". I had completely forgotten about it or where I read about it. Thank you so much for the info. Earl
I much enjoyed the information you have published on Eisenach but was there a reason why Eisenach is not recognized in your article as the home of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, wife of Landgrave Louis/Lewis?
Inspired and greatly by Francis of Asissi she was canonized and brought much fame to the town before she moved to Marburg where a cathedral has been erected to mark her contribution to the German people.
She was canonized 27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy and for many years was considered by the common people of Germany as the patron saint of the country. Many make pilgrimages to Eisenach on her account even today.
Submitted only for research purposes the following two sites will yield more accurate information.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/05389A.HTM
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte01.htm
I am submitting this only in the interests of greater accuracy.
The 1612 Deaths list contains the name of John Napier. Yet if one follows up on the notes concerning this eminent gentleman they suggest that he died in 1617. Can the date be verified and corrected, please?
Bruce Savage
Dunedin
New Zealand
2 September 2004
If you sum all the money currently in circulation (or at least what every country claim to have), how much it'd be? — Kieff | Talk 06:27, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
It's difficult to value the world's total assets, because the act of trying to buy them changes their value. Were an alien species to come to earth and say "How much do you want for it?" it would be sort of difficult to say "well, 120tn would pretty much cover it."
Yes, accountants have ways of assessing an 'official' value for something, but the actual price at which people are willing to sell it is a very different thing. The only 'real' value is what someone is willing to accept, and someone else willing to pay - that changes very much depending on context. 213.206.33.82 06:26, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Who in the US is entitled to a flag-draped casket. What are the specific guidelines? -- Jia ng 09:18, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I have been reading up on the Irish War of Independence (and I recently watched Michael Collins), and am curious, from where were the Black and Tans recruited? The tam o'shanters they wore suggest Scotland, but I have no idea.
I thought for a minute that perhaps they were Irish, but would Irishmen commit such atrocities against their own people? [[User:DO'Neil| DO' И eil]]
It looks from here as if they were mainly recruited in England. However given the nature of the conflict it would be surprising if there weren't some Welsh, Scots and probably Irish in there too. DJ Clayworth 17:39, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Yeah, WWI veterans. Remember sectarianism is rife in Scotland too, especially so in those days. My great-grandparents had to move from Scotland to England because my great-grandfather was a coalminer who couldn't find work because he was Catholic. So protestant Scots would probably be the most motivated too. Dunc_Harris| ☺ 20:17, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC) btw, were you aware that "black and tan" was a railway livery used by IE?
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i don't clearly know what is the most qualified source rock for generating natural gas? -- User:221.4.249.5
I just wanted to make my fellow Wikipedians aware of a wonderful new web-site on the theatre, the Internet Broadway Database. There have been full page ads in "The New York Times" in recent days touting it and I finally tried it today in writing an article; very useful site--like the Internet Movie Database, but it appears more professionally done. It's here. PedanticallySpeaking 14:30, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
I've just written up an article on Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who brought the coelacanth to light. The sources I found conflicted on where she was born. Some say East London, South Africa, others say Aliwal North, South Africa. (Some say she went to school in the latter.) Can anyone clarify? PedanticallySpeaking 17:23, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
Can somebody find out the names of Gabrielle Anwar's parents for me? I can't find their names, just that her father was a Persian director and her mother an English actress. Rick K 05:33, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)
I have a question about redirects in Moin Moin. When I make a page called notfoo that is:
#REDIRECT ["foo"]
and click on the page, I get:
<!>This page redirects to page "[foo]"
but it does not actually redirect there. What am I doing wrong? I can find no documentation on this... Thanks, 213.206.33.82 08:11, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Thanks - I got it - I think there is a bug where redirects in ["foo"] format do not go properly. I will investigate on the site you gave me! Thanks! 213.206.33.82 13:03, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
The other day I was trying to explain this phenomenon but failed utterly. When you are watching a TV show and they have a video of a computer screen on it, you often get the effect of a dark band moving up or down the videotaped screen at various speeds (though the speed is constant for each shot).
I have a vague, general understanding of how this works. The cathode ray tube repeatedly shoots electrons in a path across the screen, top to bottom and left to right. This happens over a period of time, so it exhibits wave properties. Next, video recorders work by recording an image several times a second — also exhibiting wave properties. Wave interference occurs sometimes, and stuff happens.
I'd like to integrate this material into the CRT and/or interference articles, but like I said, I only have a vague understanding. Could a knowledgable Wikipedian please:
Thanks, • Benc • 09:24, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Moiré is a kind of spatial interference, whereas the dark stripe effect is a kind of temporal interference. Mathematically they are similar, but in one case the independent variable is distance and in the other it's time. I would go for "merely related". -- Heron 10:51, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
This is a strange question for sure...but I have wondered for years how the city of Venice handles sewage. With the constant shifting of buildings wouldn't any sewage pipes be cracked or broken. On dry land this is a problem at times..but when the pipes are under water this must be very difficult. Then again I'm wondering if there are sewage pipes under the water for this purpose. If someone could satisfy my curiosity I would appreciate it. vincemckune@yahoo.com
I have been doing HTML for a while now (like 5 years) so imagine my surprise when I find the <font> tag is deprecated. What replaces it (I guess 'div')? How do Div tags work? Are there any other deprecated tags I should know about? — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 22:25, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
"Viridity."] Quite frankly, the <font> tag is embarassingly inferior to using CSS styles on inline elements. I think the only reason the font tag is so prevalent around here is because Wikipedians can't currently use the canonical inline tag, <span>, so remember to make your voice heard in the span tag poll. --[[User:Ardonik| Ardonik( talk)]] 23:43, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)
Wait...if I want to do something like This what non-block element can I use to color it? <div> and <p> both start new lines, so it would be like
. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 14:43, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
As you can see, span
is currently unsupported in Wikipedia. Unless there's a structural reason for altering the appearance of the text (the text is emphasized, represents a code snippet, etc.), it's considered bad form to use presentational markup; span
might encourage using it for that. --
Wapcaplet 15:54, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
span
. The best way (especially if you want to the this more than once) would be to define a class in your stylesheet. It would look something like this: .highlight {color:#FF0000; font-family: times}
and then when you put it around your text it would look like this
. This seems like a lot more work, until you realize that you only have to put it in your stylesheet once and then you can use it as many times as you like on as many pages as you like! CSS, once you have learned it, is a great time-saver; you can remodel your entire site by changing just one file. --[[User:Aranel|
Aranel ("
Sarah")]] 21:31, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)pseudocode: this is a level one heading: Font Tag deprecated this is a paragraph: HTML is not meant to markup the (emphasize this:)appearance of text but the (emphasize this strongly:)meaning of the text.
instead of :
pseudocode: (Make this big and fancy looking:) Font Tag deprecated (make this small and normal looking): HTML is not meant to markup the (italicize this:)appearance of text but the (bold this:)meaning of the text.
Well, are they? The College Board's website is rather ambiguous about this, although the Harvard and MIT sites seem to imply that if you take one, you can't take the other. Johnleemk | Talk 13:41, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
You can choose which tests to send after you get the results. For example, I took writing twice and chose to have only the second (higher) score sent to colleges. This doesn't work for the regular SAT, though, which is why you should be prepared before taking it - most colleges only want you to take the SAT a maximum of 3 times. Then again, most students don't want to take the SAT at all, so usually it works out. Salasks 21:24, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)
Dorothy Parker once wrote:
Can anyone tell me about which book she was writing? -- Graham ☺ | Talk 21:35, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I thought that "Tonstant Weader fwowed up" was her line about Pooh. Rick K 06:21, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
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I would like to know where can I find United Kindom driving regulations.
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Late design forts or castles seem to often be in the form of stars, and I was wondering why this is so? I seem to recall this possibly originally being a French design having something to do with gunpowder and cannons, but I forget precisely why it was done. What are the advatages of star shaped fortification design? And does it have an original architect? -- Senca 01:57, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Very useful info. Thank you all. -- Senca 20:59, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
http://www.duke-nukem.hpg.com.br/voice.ogg
The first part is from a song from the game " Command & Conquer" The second is from Cowboy Bebop (the song "American Money")
In both songs there's that guy saying "reaching out" something (I guess). I couldn't understand what he's saying, and since both things are unrelated I suppose this is a famous quote.
So, can anyone tell me what he's saying? And if you know where that's from, I'd be glad to know also.
Thanks — Kieff | Talk 07:25, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
A question that arose lately in an argument...
Perhaps some of the Portuguese colonies that were abruptly granted independence in 1975. The Spanish Sahara and parts of New Guinea among them, and East Timor, maybe. I don't really know the details. Michael Hardy 21:35, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Hong Kong is the clearest example. It was also a close call in Newfoundland. DJ Clayworth 14:19, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Yet another attempt at settling an argument.
You describe Azrael, in this encyclopedia, as follows; "Azrael is a personification of death appearing in the Biblical Book of Tobit and in the Qur'an. He is depicted as an angel under the command of God. In Islam, he is an archangel." This seems to be a direct quote from Webster Dictionary. I have read every book of Tobit that I can find and followed many references of this subject to many sites and have not found a single reference to Azrael being the Angel of Death. Where did you find this information?