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| ==Replacement for my My Yahoo page== | |||
| == China and Taiwan == | |||
| Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes. | |||
| Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most. | |||
| Officially, is China and Taiwan 1 country or 2 countries? ] 02:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Any suggestions as to a replacement? ] (]) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Short answer: Yes. | |||
| :MSN.com does that pretty well. --] 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using ]? --] 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::: would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --] 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed , some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there. --] 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :No modules, but there is ]. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. ] ] 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. ] (]) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. {{re|Card_Zero}} - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of ] #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. ] (]) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- ] (]) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019 == | |||
| :For the longer answer, see: ]. -- ] ] ] 02:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? ] (]) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::One country; two systems! After 1949 both countries considered themselves as part of the unitary state of China, but disagreed over who had the right to be considered as the official government. Even after ] left for Taiwan, following the Communist victory on the mainland, he continued to insist that he was the rightful head of all of China. Officially, Taiwan is still known as the Republic of China, in contrast to the mainland People's Republic of China. Taiwan lost its seat in the UN some years ago, and today is recognized by very few as the legal government of all of China. There have been moves recently to have Taiwan reconstituted as an independent state, though the mainland government have made it clear that they would take a very serious view of any such development. ] 02:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? ]|] 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --] 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::I found (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --] 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its ] is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 ], which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is. --] 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. ] (]) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. ] (]) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::According to the document linked by @], there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures and . ] (]) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::What's 'this decade'? There tends to be some controversy especially with 2020 and 2021 figures since reduced traffic due to COVID-19 whether from lockdowns or just changes in behaviour e.g. with more working from home are often cited as reasons for reduced fatalities the. ] (]) 10:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Neurodiverse dating site == | |||
| ::::Though despite the One China policy, it's worth noting that in the ] for the ], the ] did play ], as Taiwan is often referred to international sporting events, in a match at ]. The People's Republic won by 22 points to 19. -- ] (]) 14:22, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- ] (]) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| They both pretend it's one nation (China pretends because they hope to conquer Taiwan some day, and Taiwan pretends so they don't anger China and bring that day forward). However, there is almost no objective measure by which they can be considered one nation; they have different governments, militaries, etc. ] 07:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the ] and personal ] of each. --] 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Locate a fellow Vietnam Veteran == | |||
| ::Still I would expect a weak correlation, which may or may not be better than none. ] (]) 21:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| = January 8 = | |||
| Hello, | |||
| == Anthropology Misplaced Pages page == | |||
| My husband James E. Bowers has been trying to locate a buddie he was in Vietnam with in 1967-1968. He was in the Co. D 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th INF Division. | |||
| Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology | |||
| He can't remember his friend Brian's last name but if he could some how get a copy of a list of men in his Division. He feels he'd remember if he were to see it. | |||
| ] (]) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Probably just a glitch. Such things happen all the time. ]|] 09:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| If you are unable to help please point us in the right direction. We appreciate any help you can provide. | |||
| ::Previously, a spike for views of a particular page was due to some device or other (a digital assistant?) suggesting searching for the topic as part of its default demo or a tour of its features. Obviously I can't remember any specifics but it was along those lines. So a reasonable theory is that a lot of people got a device for Christmas that did something similar, although "try asking about anthropology" seems an unlikely way to show off a new phone's AI gimmicks, but maybe. Perhaps the spike was a side-effect of whatever the gadget really said. ] ] 11:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :<small>Clearly, this is a result of extraterrestrial aliens abusing this article as a source for humanoid porn. ] and relatives are depicted in full frontal nudity which may excite the libidinous erectiles in our solar system, the Milky Way or the Andromeda Nebula.</small> --] (]) 18:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Thanks, | |||
| ::<small> Who are you to call us humanoid porn addicts, Earthling? Besides, we were only doing research. Yeah, that's it. ] (]) 21:56, 13 January 2025 (UTC)</small> | |||
| :::<small>Pssst I've got polaroid snaps of nude bare-naked skeletons. What do you have to swap? ] (]) 17:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)</small> | |||
| = January 11 = | |||
| Kathy Bowers | |||
| Kelso, Washington | |||
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| == Young adult novel series called Blitzkrieg == | |||
| :Contact the Army. They should have records of who was in what where. Misplaced Pages does not. Good luck. -] 05:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Does anybody remember who was the author of a novel series, aimed at middle and high school students called Blitzkrieg? It was about a high school football team and I think it was or were published in the 1970s or 1980s. --Donmust90-- ] (]) 00:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Democrat and Republican == | |||
| :The series was actually called ''Blitz'' and was written by Paul Nichols (about whom we don't seem to have an article). There are some examples . --] 07:46, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::"Paul Nichols" is the pen name of Robert Hawks (b. 1961).<sup></sup> More about him . He has also published under his own name,<sup></sup> as well as young-adult horror under the pen name "M. T. Coffin" :).<sup></sup> In any case, neither the author nor the books appear to meet Misplaced Pages's notability criteria. --] 09:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| I was wondering since the page about the Democratic party did not say anything on the Immigration Issue, what are their view on the Immigration and BAMN (By any mean necessary) THank you ] 03:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Which ]? ] ] 11:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| = January 19 = | |||
| Current Democratic party ] 21:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I think CambridgeBayWeather meant, which of the '''84''' democratic parties listed on ] are you referring to? (Admittedly, only 38 of them are listed as simply 'Democratic Party'). --] 23:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I think it is pretty clear from the heading of "Democrat and Republican" and the fact that he/she is referencing ] in the post that he/she was referring to the ]. I understand that people should try to be specific in their questions but if it can be reasonably inferred what country someone is talking about — especially when most of the people on this site at from the United States — I don't see any reason to give people shit about it. --] 01:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :To answer the question... has some of the central party responses to the issue of immigration, though there are many different opinions held by individual politicians (immigration is a volatile enough issue that it isn't easy to assume there is a standard "party line" on it, whether Democratic or Republican). I am pretty sure that BAMN would be a little too out-there for the Democrats, and that BAMN would consider the Democrats to be a little too centrist for their tastes, but this is just extrapolation of mine. --] 01:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Why is it clear that they were referring to the US parties? I had not heard of BAMN as an entity until you provided the link. I looked at the ] article and ] party article and realized that they could be from any country that had both, such as Albania. ] ] 12:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == stock market == | |||
| is stock market addictive? If so, why? 04:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :For some people, playing the stock market is just like any other form of ]. It's the ] version of ]. -] 05:20, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::In short, the more you lose, the more you think your luck will change and when you win, that is an incentive to go on. So you never stop. Until your money runs out, that is. That said, there are two people on the stock market, those who know what they are doing and those who don't. The latter lose money and that is how the former make money. Take away the latter and stock markets might just collapse. ] 08:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Royal Victorian Order Medal == | |||
| My dad has a MVO medal with the number 39 stamped on the back he inherited it in a box with other canadian medals, can you help us figure out who in our past family received this medal. thankyou | |||
| cherie Nickel, ''Address Removed'' | |||
| ''E-mail removed'' | |||
| :See the article on ]. If they are sequentially ordered, there must be a record somewhere, it being bestowed by the Queen. -] | |||
| ::"MVO" suggests that the medal belonged to a '''Member of the ]'''. This award is different from the Royal Victorian Medal (which entitles the user to the postnominal "RVM"), although both are part of the Royal Victorian Order. ] 00:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Broken Amplifier == | |||
| I don't know which category this fits into, but I was using a 4-channel 1980's ''Realistic'' amplifier in my home theater system. All 4 audio channels were bridged into a subwoofer, but when I adjusted the balance control the fuse in the unit blew. A replacement fuse also blew immediately after I inserted it, meaning something must be broken. Does anyone know what the problem would be and how I would be able to fix it? ] 06:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Um How do you bridge 4 ch into 1 subwoofer? Can you draw a simple wiring diagram?--] 06:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
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| It's basically like this, with the same process for the negative. The important thing is to make sure it's a mono signal and not adjust the balance. Also, I had to split the preamp signal. | |||
| :Well, each channel expects a certain amount of resistance (ohms) per speaker. If you're plugging them all into a single subwoofer, no doubt it uses too much current. Just use one of the channels, not all four. - ] 06:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It was about a 500W speaker and each channel was only 120W, so it was the only way I could get sufficient volume. Even though I was told not to do it it all worked perfectly until the balance was adjusted. ] 03:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::The 4 channels may have slightly differing levels of amplification, due to drift in component values, so if channel 1 is trying to produce say a 100 hz signal at 120 watts in a 4 ohm load, it might produce 21 volts. Channel 2 might have slightly lower amplification and be trying to produce 18 volts in response to the same input. This can result in high current as the two channels each try to maintain different output levels at the same time with their outputs solidly in parallel. Result? blown fuse. Differing degrees of distortion can also produce high current. Paralleling power amplifiers is a chancy practice unless the gains are carefully balanced. ] 05:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Youre going to need some sharing ]s to stop the amp o/p looking into a ] of the other amp o/ps. This will of course mean you losing some power in these resistors. BTW what you have shown is not a ] but a ]ed connection of all 4 o/ps.(very inadvisable as unlimited circulating currents will flow)--] 22:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :But the amplification wasn't parrallel, as it was using a preamp signal, which is default for a subwoofer outlet. Because the signal was split into left and right and I assumed the output for for each channel would be exactly the same. Also, has anyone got ideas for cooling amplifiers? | |||
| ] 00:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Online visual of community == | |||
| Hi | |||
| A while ago I was sent a link that enabled me to see in my own backyard etc. It was a satelite view I think. | |||
| I have since got a new computer as the old one died and I can not find the same link to allow me to see that site. | |||
| I would appreciate the link if you have it. | |||
| Many thanks | |||
| :I believe you're looking for ] at http://maps.google.com/ ☢ ]<span style="font-size:120%">⌇</span>] 07:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Although you'd still have to know the exact latitude and longitude to find your backyard again. ] 07:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::(Unless you start from a nearby city and know where to go. –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 07:50, 26 November 2006 (UTC)) | |||
| :::: You can punch in your street adress in Google Maps and it pinpoints your house. ] 13:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == What do calls from 000-000-0000 mean? == | |||
| I've gotten them like three of them. I answered one. Someone asked for Tyrell something rather. That was it. | |||
| If I recall correctly it means somebody has called you from a computer, mostly its just spam or advertisement, I wouldnt give it to much thought if I were you. If you keep getting them you can get on the DNC list and they will block it for you. ] 08:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Found some additional information on it. "What is happening is telemarketers have found a way to NULL out the caller-id field on placed calls, so instead of using standard Caller Line Identity Restriction which will set outbound caller-id to anonymous they just make regular phone calls with a NULL from field. This was meant as a way of getting past people who have Anonymous Call Rejection. " ] 08:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I get a number of calls at work from "123456789" or "3456789". Most of them are "free magazines". I did get one call from a newspaper reporter which showed "382" as the caller ID — he must have had a caller-ID spoofer. — ] | ] 14:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Anyway to sum it up, phonenumbers that dont seem like real phonenumbers are most likely just spoofs from telemarketers that want to get past your anynoumous call rejection. ] 10:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :] information is often generated by the ] and this information must be correctly programmed within the PBX or errorneous information will be transmitted. I learned this years ago when I was getting telemarketing calls that appeared to be coming from a ] that claimed to not have implemented the exchange code that was showing up on my Caller ID box. I finally actually got to answer one of the calls and with the help of the calling party, we tracked the problem back to exactly such a misprogramming of their in-house PBX. | |||
| :Of late, the illegal ] telemarketing calls that were made in ] originated from a variety of fake Caller IDs including '''000-000-0000'''. It must have been an innocent mistake, of course. ;-). After all, it was only last year that various officials in the state party were convicted of telephone hijinks relative to the 2000 election cycle. | |||
| :] 18:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Overenthusiastic article == | |||
| What kind of tag can I apply to an article (]) I consider way over the top and biassed? ] 08:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :<nowiki>{{neutrality}}</nowiki>, I believe. Also, next time, put these Misplaced Pages-related questions on the ]. ☢ ]<span style="font-size:120%">⌇</span>] 08:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I thought I did. Must have pressed the wrong link. ] 00:47, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Scientology == | |||
| How come the Scientology page doesnt say that it was banned in Germany for being a dangerous cult? ] 08:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Because that would be inaccurate. As the ] says: "In Germany Scientology is not considered a religion by the government, but a commercial business." That means it doesn't get the privileges religious organisations have under German law. But it's hardly the same thing as being "banned". It is still legal to restore the free will of one's ]s. ] 10:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Did you read the section ]? If you feel further information would enhance the article, ]! ] 10:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Germany's "government and societal discrimination against minority religious groups" shows up as a Human Rights problem in the US State Department's on Human Rights Practice for 2005. <blockquote>The government does not recognize several belief systems, such as Scientology, as religions; however, it does not prevent them from engaging in public and private religious activities. Federal and state authorities classified Scientology as a potential threat to democratic order, a status that led to employment and commercial discrimination against Scientologists in both the public and private sectors.</blockquote> Thanks for the reminder, I really need to do some editing there. --] 17:30, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Heroin and cocaine== | |||
| Are there any countries in the world where it's 100% legal to purchase, possess and 'consume' Heroin and/or cocaine? Not planning my next holiday or anything, just curious... ;) --] 08:48, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Netherlands? ] 08:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Nevermind just checked only "Soft" drugs are allowed in Netherlands, but I think you could reasonably assume drugs were allowed in most african countries, if nothing else then because of lack of restriction. ] 09:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I don't think it's reasonable to assume anything when the consequence could be death! African nations are cracking down, particularly on trafficking - Nigeria is recognised as a major transit point for trafficking from Asia to Europe , and South African heroin use is on the increase . Heroin is legal in the UK and Switzerland if you have a precription, possession of 1g of either heroin or cocaine is legal in Colombia, and possession of unprocessed coca is legal in Peru and Bolivia. Both are also legal, pretty much anywhere in the world, if you happen to be a research chemist, surgeon or anaesthetist, or producer of legal heroin or cocaine. ] 09:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Note that, without a prescription, drugs that are illegal in most countries are usually also illegal in the Netherlands, including weed. It's just that in the case of weed the police can't be bothered, unless it's sold to minors or in bars (combining drugs is always a bit iffy). See also ]. ] 19:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Crazy Sunglasses == | |||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/WP:RD/M | |||
| Most of us have seen this commercial on TV already, but what I want to know is what kind of sunglasses are those? I have been told those are Aviator glasses, but I don't agree because Aviators aren't perfectly circular like this pair. I've seen Ozzy and John Lennon wear similar (or identical) pairs of sunglasses, but I can't find out the name or brand. Anybody with any info would be a lot of help. | |||
| ] 09:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC)Mouseman | |||
| :That link you have there doesn't go anywhere useful but you seem to be describing what I would call "round hippie glasses" like or . --] 18:55, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==How to Rescue a Friend from a Ponzi Scheme== | |||
| I have a friend who has gotten entraped by a ] called 13dailypro<dot>net. I've tried explaining the general principle of a ponzi scheme, but they have been unmoved. Is there any reliable source I could point this person to that mentions this site in particular as a problem? In general-- how do I talk them into getting out while they still can-- or at least not putting any more money in!?--] 11:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)Z | |||
| *One of the external links in our article should help. Especially the US Gov site. - ]|] 12:38, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| *:My concern would be that just telling the "mark" about ponzi schemes in general wouldn't be enough to convince him to quit. I wonder if there's anything about that site in particular. --] 14:43, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::There is an interesting interview (and analysis) with the head of the site at . --] 15:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : gives a "blueprint" of an autosurf program operating as a Ponzi scheme. --]] 18:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| If the Ponzi scheme gets shut down, that'd stop anyone putting more money in. My inclination is to talk to the police, although of course Internet-based frauds may pose jurisdictional problems. It's also possible that the fraudster's ISP may be persuaded to shut them down, although that would likely be temporary. --Anonymous, 06:45, November 27. | |||
| == Removing sticker residue from car window == | |||
| Okay, a ''very'' off-beat question for the wizards of the reference desk: A few months ago, someone stuck a large sticker on the window of my car (advertising something or other, I can't remember). It was a very persistent little blighter, and took me several minutes of scraping and peeling to get off. Now the sticker is off, but I can still see its outline whenever it rains on said window (the drops form a different pattern where the sticker once was, I imagine that residue is interacting with the water to change the droplet size). Despite numerous car washes, scraping and yelling obscenities, I can't seem to get the remaining residue off. Now, it's not amazingly critical that I do (it's on a side window and pretty much transparent), however, I was hoping that maybe someone here might have a suggestion as to something else I could try to get the stuff off....? :) — ]<i>]</i> 12:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I would try a solvent such as white spirit, meths, or isopropyl alcohol. Make sure it doesn't run onto the seal or the paintwork though.--] 13:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::There is a product called, I kid you not, "Sticky Stuff Remover". I guarantee it works everytime. I always keep two bottles in the shed and I buy it from one of those catalogues a local guy delivers to your door. It is always filled with everything you never knew you needed but you always buy something anyway. But on this occasion, Sticky Stuff Remover was a surefire winner. I recently sprayed my decking with weather protective wax sealant and it blew in the wind onto my house windows. Nothing would shift it until - you guessed it. And now they are sparkling again. | |||
| :::There are a few products like this on the market which work well. is another well-known one. --] 01:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Remember ] - thats usually good for removing sticky glue when water and detergent has failed. | |||
| ::I have cleaned a lot of stickers off plastic, not glass, and used 91% isopropyl alcohol (as already mentioned) but have also found to work well. You can find it easily on eBay if your local hardware store doesn't carry it. --] 16:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::] is another product that should work, but WD40 would be my first resource. | |||
| :::] 18:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :If even yelling obscenities doesn't work, there's only one thing left - turpentine. I once had to remove some glue, tried everything, nothing worked, until I tried turpentine, which worked instantly. Of course there are loads of types of glue, but so far it has always worked for me. That is, if it's glue. If it isn't visible normally it migh be something else, but I can't think what. Maybe you removed some protective layer? Just a wild guess. ] 19:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions, I will go ahead and try some of them! Cheers muchly! :) — ]<i>]</i> 05:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Another possibility is to try sticking and then quickly removing another sticker of similar type or some thick heavy duty tape like parcel tape or gaffer tape. The peeling off of that tape will often take a lot of the original tape's sticky off with it. Another thing which is just about guaranteed to work is a wonderful lubricating oil from CRC Industries called CRC 5.56 (not sure whether or not it is known by that name worldwide, or just in Australia & New Zealand). Spraying some of that on and then rubbing it off will remove just about any stickiness from sticky labels. ]...''<small><font color="#008822">]</font></small>'' 12:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == wy? == | |||
| why have all the articles on wikipedia been cut short? I typed in wii and the article is only a fifth of the size as it was before. Is this something wikipedia does every year? | |||
| :Can you provide us with a link or screenshot? Is it still loading up like that? Have you tried another browser, or is your internet connection timing out too early? ] 13:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::All the articles have not been cut short. ] looks fine to me. Try rebooting your computer.--] 14:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Could be the Firefox bug? ] 16:09, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Me too - articles are sometimes truncated - usually after a space | |||
| like this. I'm not using firefox - any clues?] 16:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :on some internet connections dont pages cut off after 30kb or something? ] <sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 16:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::The 30 - 50kb limit bit on ] has more to do with "attention span" but there is mention of former problems editing long pages (not reading them). --] 17:17, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It could be a bug in your browser - try reloading the page (click the "refresh" or "reload" button in your browser's toolbar). It sometimes happens to me when I'm using an old version of Internet Explorer, the connection cuts out (for whatever reason) and the browser assumes the page has been fully loaded. A refresh always fixes it. — ]<i>]</i> 05:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Palm reading - left or right hand? == | |||
| Which hand should be used in palm reading? No info on the palm reading page in Misplaced Pages about it. I'm left handed and this is my dominant hand in writing, sports etc. So should my left palm be read because it is my dominant hand? ] 13:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : Just found out that it's the dominant hand that is read if you're curious ] 14:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::According to our ] article, ''In some traditions of palmistry, the other hand is believed to carry past-life or karmic information, as well as hereditary traits.''--] 14:38, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I'd go for the one with the longest life line. ] 19:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Creation of Misplaced Pages == | |||
| Does anyone know the exact time Misplaced Pages was founded, I.e., the moment it went online? ] 15:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :] doesn't have what you're looking for? —] 00:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::That article has information on what day it was founded but I'm interested in the time as well. ] 01:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Otter - Sea or River? == | |||
| ]I can't seem to truly determine whether this ] is a ] or a ]. I took this photo on the Pacific coast of Washington, In Olympic National Park. Thanks! <font style="background:#7FFF00">]</font><sup><font style="background:#00ff7f">]</font></sup> 16:46, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Wow, nice close-up shot! I'd love to get that close to one in the wild. (I should upload a closeup I got at the aquarium recently.) I'm going to have to say river otter, as its tail appears to be longer, thicker at the base and more tapered than the sea otter, and the face is different from the sea otters I've seen. to compare to for a sea otter, and (a rather cold river otter, I'd say). ] <small>]</small> 00:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I'd say it is a river otter as well. --] 05:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == hotwiring == | |||
| How do you hotwire a car? what wires do you cross and so on? thanks for the help | |||
| :If the car is yours, you are best getting a locksmith to make you a key for it as you will do significant damage to the car hot-wiring it. If not yours, then I ain't tellin' ya. --] 17:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I think it's the blue and the red, but don't trust me on it. <font style="background:#7FFF00">]</font><sup><font style="background:#00ff7f">]</font></sup> 18:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :]. No, wait; cut the RED wire. --] 18:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Hotwiring isn't very easy anymore because too many cars used to get stolen that way. If you happen to find a classic 60s-era Mustang and don't mind a few years in the penitentiary then go ahead and try whatever methods you uncover, but it's cheaper and easier and less (you know the jokes) to just buy the durn car. <font face="Verdana">]<sup>'']]''</sup></font> 18:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Why does everyone assume intentions of theft? I'm curious too, although I believe Durova is right in that it's no longer that easy. ] 19:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Of course we are all curious as to the answers to these questions; I have decided that I am a "knowledge buff". Just that this one looks suspicious to me; but that is just me and my "spidey-sense". --] 19:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::] --] ] | |||
| ::::] - Hahaha. I think that needs a bit of something! --] 23:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Maida-A type of flour == | |||
| Can anybody please let me know what is Maida-a type of flour used in India,made of????????? | |||
| :We have ]; says wheat there (and possibly ]). --] 18:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Organizational Theory == | |||
| What are some of the relationships between organizational theory and management practice? How do you think a knowledge of organizational theory would help managers work more effectively and efficiently on the job? Would this information be of greatest benefit to lower, middle, or upper managers? What is the value of studying organizational theory?] 18:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)Steve De Chellis | |||
| :At the risk of being wrong; this sounds like "Do your own homework"; see above "How to ask a question". --] 18:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::In very simple terms a knowledge of organizational theory would hopefully benefit managers at all levels, but one would expect the 'upper' manager to be able to bring about the most improvements as they could cascade their learnings down the chain. Not know exactly what organizational theory is (unless it is very much a self explanatory term) understanding how your sector fits into an overall organisational strategy would, again, be beneficial to all managers. The pitfalls will be that theories can often be taken literally and few (if any) theories will simplistically work in a real-life situation. Management must balance the desire to find new ways of working and the reality of the way in which their staff work best: Sometimes the management technique that works for team X won't work for team Y. Treat each as individual and you will be making a good start. ] 19:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Organizations as Open or Closed Systems == | |||
| Why should organizations strive to function as an open system? | |||
| :More of the same. --] 18:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::At the risk of doing your work for you I shall note this is a very unspecific question. What defines an 'open' system? Are we to believe an open system is one that has no secrets from shop floor to boadroom, and a closed one has many secrets? Is the system open in that Joe Public know what is going on in every aspect of you business, or that everything is made public no matter how good/bad? As always in business (as in life) there are no definites. Sometimes information needs to be kept secret from the boardroom, others from the shopfloor. Sometimes Joe Public should be invited to find out more about how wonderful you are as a business, other times it can harm your business model if too many competitors can see how you work. ] 19:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Resource Dependency Theory == | |||
| This has many applications in organizations. According to resource dependency theory, what motivates organizations to form interorganizational linkage? What is the advantage of strategic alliances as a way of exchanging resources? | |||
| :Is this ALL due on Monday?? --] 18:48, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: Don't know the academic business name, but it all boils down to Symbiotic Survival. | |||
| == OMG PS3! == | |||
| 1)When will sony be releasing a new batch of ]'s without bugs? | |||
| 2)If I don't have a high-def TV, will all the games look like crap? ''']''' 18:49, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :2) Even if you do not have High-definition TV, as long as you have a decent digital TV, the graphics should still look better than 6th generation console graphics. ] 22:05, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I think it will look better than PS2 on any TV. ] 09:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Film in Jane Austen style. == | |||
| ::Help. I have been watching a load of Jane Austen type re-runs (the acting, the diction, the style, the settings) - they are all so impeccable, and the storylines are not too difficult to follow. But there is one, and it may not actually be a Jane Austen, that is eluding me. It's not Pride and Prejudice, and I don't think it is Sense and Sensibility or Mansfield Park. The one scene I can clearly recall is where one of the females is introduced to a young dark-haired and darkly handsome Duke of ?????. But he has an obsession with dismantling and fixing period clocks and I think instead of bedding the girl, he climbs into the sack with one of his servants. Any ideas please? Thanks ] 19:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::It's definitely not Austen. That's all I can say. ] 23:06, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Bedding the girl? In the sack with the servant? These things ''simply do not happen'' in the world of Jane Austen! The Austen milieu, moreover, is largely that of the landed gentry, rather than great aristocracy, like dukes and earls. The scenario you describe is not one that is familiar to me from any of her novels. It may of course be something 'in the style' of Jane Austen, though, I do have to stress, displaying very modern standards of behaviour. Unfortunately, I cannot be any more specific than that. Sorry. ] 23:17, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks Clio (for nothing). I suppose your analysis of Austen leaves us serene in the confident knowledge that Mr. Wickham's relationship with the young Miss Bennett was entirely non-sexual and purely platonic?????????????? ] 01:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::That is all in your mind. ''Pride and Prejudice'' is full of latent sexual tension, but all feeling is expressed in purely conventional terms; in terms that would have been understood, and accepted, by Austen and the world of Regency England. Your interpretation is absurdly out of place and time, and I seriously doubt that you have actually ''read'' any Austen. If you have, you most certainly have not understood. No need for thanks. I will not be responding to any more questions from you. ] 01:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks anyway. Your non-response is an anticipated relief. BTW, if you come across anything resembling the answer to the question I actually posed, I would not consider that a response in the context you set out above, and would be grateful for it. ] 01:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :CasualWikiUser, please remember to be ] and to ] of your fellow editors in your pursuit of an answer. None of us are obligated to go out of our way to respond to questions, please keep that in mind. On another note, your description reminds me vaguely of a period drama that I was ''sure'' starred ], but looking at her IMDB profile, I guess not. It was a little bit different though, it was about an impoverished gentleman whose lands were all entailed (so he couldn't sell them), but whose income was insufficient to support them. A youngish housekeeper (Stevenson) with one or two children came to care for him, and expected him to engage in an affair with her (he seemed to want to), but he preferred the bottle. The story was kind of a ] type story, showing how exposing the housekeeper's children to a refined life (via the surrogate fatherhood of the drunken lord) made their lives challenging in ways we (in our age) wouldn't expect. Doubt it's your story, but anyways... | |||
| :The 70s-90s were thick with original BBC period dramas (not based on books), and those based on pulp romance novels, like ], ], and others. They would have featured more relaxed sexuality. ] 01:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| *Gormenghast by Peake? ] 12:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == HP == | |||
| Where can I find more information on the 7th book in the HArry Potter series? :-) | |||
| :Have you already looked at ]? –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 19:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Try here. http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/redir?urn=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jkrowling.com%2Fen%2Fthankyou.cfm&source=ttf&searchType=TTF&query=J%20K%20Rowling&area=UKW_10540 | |||
| == The Yoruba and how they adapt == | |||
| How do the Yoruba of Africa adapt to their environment? | |||
| ] 19:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm not sure that is a good question. There are about 40,000,000 ], they live throughout West-Africa, some in villages, others in cities, many in a ] (]). Presumably these groups all adapt to their environments in different ways. ] 19:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == General Theory of Jobs, Property and Money == | |||
| If an updated approach to reform inspired by Maynard Keynes to reflect the information revolution we have experienced since his death were to be attempted, which texts already written would be appropriate beginnings for a colaborative or sole author effort? | |||
| :Hello, anonymous user. Please forgive me for saying so, but I think your question is, perhaps, a little too ambitious, and may not elicit exactly what it is you are looking for. Anyway, have a look over ], ] and ] and see if this helps to clarify the position. Perhaps then you might consider some more specific questions. ] 00:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| . | |||
| Dear Clio, it has been a long while since I wrote to wikipedia. | |||
| I was logged on as Johngelles -- but did not remember how to make that known to a reader. | |||
| I do agree with you that "a theory of jobs, private enterprise, and public money", (or near to such categorical terms), to bring Keynesian thought on monetary systems of production up to date -- to reflect the worldwide absence of a gold standard and the power of modern information systems to identity and record for logictics purposes anything and everything that anyone can articulate, such as the universal product code suggests, and the further power to compute a useful cost price with far more accuracy than was imagined in WWI and WWII -- is a bridge too far for quick results. | |||
| But I am sure some existing texts have started this project already. | |||
| :I have read your suggested wikipedia entries. They were new to me. I believe they were created after I first got interested in wikipedia. I will have to read them several more times. They seem to be relatively accurate. But they also seem, at first blush, to avoid any instrumental purpose (beyond saying what some history might reveal). | |||
| :It is obvious that we do not have full employment or full investment in the promises of the various technological revolutions in progress. The fact that there is not money enough to fully employ our human resources speaks for itself. History is not a prescription for future reform. | |||
| . | |||
| I am a particular fan of www.wikispaces.com , as a tool for wiki collaboration that is little bit easier to use than other wikis I've seen. | |||
| I know we need an update of Keynes if we are to finance nationally the things California is attempting to do locally: infrastructure, energy, environment, education, and health. | |||
| And, ideally we must finance these projects globally. | |||
| Keynes recognized that we were demand constrained (moneywise) as well as supply constrained (thingwise or logictically). | |||
| We all know this too. But we are not, as Americans, Nato-allies, or UN members, looking for the match that is missing between our global supply potential and our global demand systems. | |||
| Somehow or other I believe we need a dialectical starting point to approach the problems of poverty and war from a jobs, property and money perspective. | |||
| Johngelles ... | |||
| . | |||
| :Hello, Johngelles; nice to know you by name. You could open a Misplaced Pages account, if you wished; it's a fairly simple process. | |||
| :Anyway, you clearly see the Keynesian model as the solution to domestic and international macro-economic problems. It's certainly a reasonable position to take, though not one, I have to confess, that I share. Taking a libertarian approach to these issues, I still believe that government intervention in the economy creates more problems than it solves; that state expenditure sucks life out of the real economy, leads to unacceptably high levels of taxation, fuels inflation and rarely, if ever, creates the conditions at which it is aimed. As an economic tool Keynsianism was showing real strains by the 1970s, when 'stagflation' was becoming an established condition in many industrial economies, particularly the United Kingdom, the one country most wedded to the paradigm. I believe in more economic freedom, not less; and I believe government should keep the lowest possible profile in these matters. Low taxation, maximum incentive and the free distribution of resources create the conditions for freedom. However, despite our differences, it is a pleasure to be able to exchange views. ] 09:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| . | |||
| Dear Clio, | |||
| I agree with all you say. My emphasis is always on Keynes without debt and without taxes (except for anti-hyperinflation taxes -- if necessary). | |||
| I do not want government intervention -- only government responsibility for financing needs beyond the reach of the market for private investment -- (as when government as the money monopoly printer, finances procurement for war, but does not operate production facilities unless such operations are for historical reasons better then private operations would be: certain arsenals and shipyards come to mind). | |||
| See Keynes without debt, an article by Morrison in the Post Autistic Economics Review. | |||
| I have long had a wikipedia account -- but have forgotten how to use the system. Did you check out the wikispaces facility ? I believe it is offered from the UK. | |||
| Thank you for your kind help. | |||
| John | |||
| . | |||
| :You are very welcome, John. ] 00:29, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| . | |||
| Just added keynes-21.wikispaces.com | |||
| John | |||
| == Slave Zero == | |||
| It will not run on Windows XP. I have an emulator that does not work (DOS box - I don't know how to run games on it). | |||
| Any ideas? Please NOTE: I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPLY SO DO NOT POST ANY QUESTIONS. {{unsigned|82.46.182.142}} | |||
| :Slave Zero was made for Windows, not to be run in an emulator. If you are on a windows machine it should work out of the box. | |||
| ] 04:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :The game doesn't work on Windows XP, only Windows 98. I'd suggest picking up the Dreamcast version off eBay or something, I believe the PC version's a conversion of the DC version to begin with. ] (]) 13:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Nicorette Gum == | |||
| I have some Nicorette stop-smoking gum at home (2mg Nicotine gum). Some of the warnings on the gum include: | |||
| -Do not take if you are a non-smoker | |||
| -Do not take if you are under 18 | |||
| However, I am 16, and a non-smoker, and I'm wondering what'll happen if I take the gum anyways. Is it safe? Thankyou.--] 21:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :You have a higher risk of nicotine poisoning. Symptoms include : | |||
| **Nausea and vomiting | |||
| **Salivating | |||
| **Diarrhoea | |||
| **Abdominal pain | |||
| **Cold sweats | |||
| **Weakness | |||
| **Disturbed hearing | |||
| **Headache | |||
| **Breathing difficulties | |||
| **Weak, rapid or irregular pulse | |||
| **Loss of consciousness. | |||
| :] 21:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It's a poison. I would not reccomend it (just as I would not reccomend smoking for a non-smoker). If you have never smoked and you take some of this gum it is likely that you would at least vomit, if not something worse. - ] 21:31, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :It's about as good of an idea as starting smoking. --]<font color="red">]</font>] <small>] ]</small> 01:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :The gum will taste very bitter and you'll wonder why people would ever want to start smoking in the first place if that's how they have to quit. You'll probably have to go to the bathroom. That's probably about it. I'm assuming you weren't going to try chewing the whole pack at once, of course, which would probably induce those other symptoms. Or you could suffer one of those statistically improbable side-effects, I suppose, but I wouldn't put my money on it. It's basically the equivalent of smoking a cigarette, except not smoking it, and just mainlining the nicotine into your stomach, which will probably make it somewhat upset but I doubt would do much else. I'm not saying you should do it — it's really not the best use of your time — but I doubt any of the scarier things cited above would happen, given my experience with it. --] 01:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Read ] and ] and seriously consider not playing around with such an addictive drug. -] 12:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I dunno. Nicorette is probably the least fashionable way to be exposed to nicotine. It tastes like crap, the dosage is limited, it is extremely expensive, it will make your stomach upset, and it utterly lacks any "cool" factor. More than can be said for cigarettes. --] 14:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::So instead of nicotine without cigarettes, we need cigarettes without nicotine. ] | ] 14:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Or find something more sensible to be "cool". Or is that an oxymoron? --]<sup>'''] ]'''</sup> 05:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Okay, thankyou for telling me this. I am not going to try the gum. (Nor will I ever smoke).--] 23:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Your My World == | |||
| I am looking for an Italian singer who sang Your My World | |||
| :: It's actually titled, 'You're my World' as in 'You are my World', and was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick (US) but her version was beaten to the music stores by Cilla Black (UK) who made a very succesful cover version that was released before Warwick's. No Parliamo Italiano. | |||
| :::"]" was covered by ]. ] 21:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Car clanking sound == | |||
| Why is there a metal clanking sound when large cars such as Pick-up truck, SUV's and vans after they are parked? This usually happens in freshly parked cars and continue for about 30 mins. Is this due to the tension of the parking brakes or something? Thanks. ] 22:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I imagine it is the noise made by the fixings of things like radiators & engine parts, as they contract as they cool down. --] ] | |||
| ::It is the engine cooling down. When things heat up they expand and the opposite happens when they cool down. The clacking is metal contracting back into shape. You can hear it in many places where metal heats up and cools down fairly rapidly, my radiator does it when the thermostat turns it off, tin roofs can do it when the sun goes down. ] 23:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::We tend not to get that in the UK, though since the introduction of intermittent thermostatically controlled cooling fans (as opposed to the previously installed permanently driven belt ones), the heat in the engine compartment is often dissipated by the fan operating long after the ignition is switched off, the effects, as alluded to earlier, will be much more distinctly heard in hot environments than in our sub-Arctic climate in the UK. ] 01:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Exhaust systems experience radical changes in temperature from off to hot to off again. In particular, the ] operates very hot. So the exhaust system often clanks as it cools back down again. (It probably clanks warming up too, but there's too much othe rnoise to hear it.) | |||
| :::] 18:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| = November 27 = | |||
| == Turducken == | |||
| I believe the first paragraph of the "]" article has been edited in a vulgar way. I am not sure what it should say, only that I assume it is incorrect. Please see for yourself and tell me if I am wrong. | |||
| :Looked at it; don't see anything wrong. What is it you object to? Cavities being stuffed? --] 02:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Likewise. Perhaps the wording is just too fowl? ] 02:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think it's all the talk of 'de-boning' and 'stuffing'. --] 02:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :You know what I think? I think there should be a new "how to ask a question" tip up there saying "Do not report article vandalism here" and then explaining why not. ] 14:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Sounds good; you should be able to edit the template. Don't know how much of it gets read though. --] 15:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I don't know how. Heheheh... hurr. ] 18:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == I've Seen Pencils....... == | |||
| I've seen pencils that say that they have a clutch action device or clutch-action device, for example, | |||
| . What does that mean? Do those pencils work like a clutch pencil? But these pencils can use leads smaller than, say, 2mm? Like, for example, 0.3? Thanks.] 03:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think these look like regular ]s. In Australia we commonly call them a ] but as stated in the article, that is a ]. They generally only work with the size insert they are designed for, but 2mm sounds very large, I think 0.5mm is the most common but the article says 0.7mm and 0.3mm are available. ] 04:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I would imagine "clutch" refers to grapping and letting go of the lead. The clutch is only designed to hold lead of one specific diameter; usually 0.7 or 0.5 mm. --] 04:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I am using a 2mm leadholder of clutch pencil right now. The link that I posted, if you look to the box on the right:{{quotation|...Clutch-action...|}}. So that is one of my questions: what does it mean? Does it WORK the same way as a clutch pencil?] 07:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes, in South Africa "clutch pencil" is Standard English, but most persons would know what a pacer is. The sizes vary from 0.3 to 0.7mm for standard leads, the fine ones being made of a hightech composite to reduce breaking. Thicker leads (up to a few mm) are becoming popular for art. Colured leads are available, but do not seem to be popular. ] 05:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think that "clutch pencil" is the pencil used by architects and draftsman that hold a thickish piece of lead that you have to put a point on using a sandpaper pad or a sharpener. The mechanical pencils such as your link hold a thin piece of lead that you don't have to "point" and the term "clutch action" simply refers to the mechanism inside to hold and feed the lead. But they are mechanical pencils, not clutch pencils. --] 14:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Help!? == | |||
| Where did the saying, "Here's pie in your eye," come from? And what does it mean? | |||
| :It doesn't seem to be that popular a saying. --] 05:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::If I were to hazard a guess, here would not be an innapropriate time to say "Here's pie in your eye." ;) ] 05:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::You're probably thinking of "Here's mud in your eye", which is used as a toast. Don't know the origin of it, though. You might get a better response over at the ]. --] ]] 08:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I guess it could be because it's easier to say than, "Here's 3.142857142 recurring in your eye"?? | |||
| :::That's 22/7. ] is 3.1415926... ] 07:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Sounds like a mixture of "pie in the sky" (an empty promise or wish) and "Here's mud in your eye". You could always combine the two: "Here's mud pie in your eye". ] 11:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Mmmmm, ] --] 14:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I think there are ''three'' different expressions being confused here: 1. "Pie in the sky", 2. "Here's mud in your eye", and 3. "Pie-eyed" - the latter meaning ''"besotted, blind drunk, blotto, pissed, plastered, sloshed, smashed, etc"''. Both "Here's mud in your eye" and "Pie-eyed" are associated with drinking alcohol. "Pie in the sky" is entirely different. There is no such standard expression, afaik, as "Here's pie in your eye". ] 23:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Snow at nighttime == | |||
| It's been snowing here all day, and around six in the evening the power went out for about a 25-square mile area. This time of year the sun goes down and it gets dark right quick around five pm. So why is it so light outside after a snowfall, when it should be pitch black? The nearest city is at least ten miles away. This area is very rural, even with the power on there wouldn't be much light. But right now (9pm) it's brighter outside than it is during a full moon, and the sky is overcast, but clearly lit from somewhere. On a typical winter night it's utterly pitch black out here if I don't turn on any outside lights. I guess having snow covering a large area reflects light from cities or towns and makes the night seem brighter but- how far away can the cities or towns be and still contribute? ] 9:15pm, 27 November 2006 (PST) | |||
| :I don't know where you live exactly, but lights from cities can refract for quite a distance through the atmosphere (it's one of the reasons ] is such a problem, you don't need to be particularly near to a city to feel its effects. I don't have any hard numbers to give you, but I know I could see the entire southern horizon lit up when I was a good fifty miles north of London, for instance. Snow on the ground is a spectacularly good reflector, so ''any'' stray light around will seem to be strongly amplified to you. — ]<i>]</i> 05:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Snow is the most reflective stuff around. It has an ] of 90%. And there is always light, even when it is pitchblack. Pitchblack just means the available light falls below your perception threshold, even after your eyes have adapted to the light. If almost all the light gets reflected the incoming light is doubled, and it may only just fall above the threshold. With adapted eyes that will make all the difference. You say it is comparable to moonlight, which is a point in case. ] is extremely faint compared to sunlight. According to the article 500 000 times fainter. ] 06:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Cool, thanks for the answers. After thinking about it more, I'm also going to guess that the solid overcast sky also contributes. Is it possible that light can be reflected between the clouds and the snow, and so illuminate a large area? If the storm passes tonight and the skies are clear I'll get some empirical observations! ] 10:10am, 27 November 2006 (PST) | |||
| :::According to the albedo article, cloud albedo's vary wildly (for obvious reasons). Do your empirical observations with a camera, though. Don't rely on your eyes, because they adapt. Take photos with with different skies with the camera settings (aperture, exposure, ASA and white balance) fixed. Keep us posted. ] 04:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == help im stuck == | |||
| is it possible to proform sexual acts to yourself with mouth actions?? | |||
| from andy | |||
| :Well did you read ] or ]? ] ] 11:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Of course. Why do you have to ask? Are you incapable? -] 12:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Of course, sucking your thumb is always possible.--] 12:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Soaking in ] can soften up the bones sufficiently. Or does that just work with eggs?? --] 13:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I feel a thread deletion coming on! 8-)--] 13:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes, it is -- at least for men. It's easier if you lie on your back, push your legs out straight and then flip them back over your body while curving your back. --Anon. | |||
| ::And for women, ]. Hope you're not stuck! –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 16:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Here's a question... if you tried to perform autofellatio, and now you're stuck, then how did you manage to type anything here? That must be quite an uncomfortable position to be stuck in! --] 15:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: You could always talk dirty to yourself............ | |||
| :Only ]. -] 16:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Actually there is a pic on the net somewhere of a young guy giving himself a blow in front of his computer. Cant remember the website just ATM....--] 21:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Actually there are many, many porn videos/DVDs available of guys performing autofellatio, and I'm sure there would be much more than just one website. They all seem to have extremely nimble bodies and are better than averagely endowed. It would seem to be beyond the physical capacity of most men to achieve this (but not for want of trying in many cases). ] 23:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Hence the pop tune of the early sixties: ]--] 02:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That's a redirect to ]... (actually, I like that image... @_@ ) ] 12:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == I am a camera n00b == | |||
| ] | |||
| ])]] | |||
| ])]] | |||
| As usual, I don't know whether to place technology topics in the Science or Miscellaneous desk. I have two old cameras that were my grandfather's. One of them lets you do a bunch of settings, and since I don't know much about cameras, I could use some help interpreting them. (The other one is a bit automatic so, without a battery, it's even more difficult to know what it will do when you push the…er…trigger(?).) In the attached images, I have labeled some of the moving parts and here are my thoughts on what they might be for: | |||
| <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"> | |||
| <li>'''Focus'''. One scale is labeled from "1 m" to "≈" and that's fine, but what is the other one (on black background)? Some kind of measure of how blurry things will be on different distances?</li> | |||
| <li>'''Shutter speed'''. If it says <math>x</math>, it means <math>(1/x)\,\mathrm{s}</math>, right? And "B" is for "as long as you hold the…um…GO button(?) pressed".</li> | |||
| <li>'''Aperture size'''. The numbers on the scale is apparently the focal length (<math>45\,\mathrm{mm}</math>) divided by the aperture diameter. Why is this relation of interest?</li> | |||
| <li>Something with the '''flash'''. (And the connector next to it I guess is for the flash as well.)</li> | |||
| <li>Something with '''light sensitivity''' (it says "ASA" and "DIN"). | |||
| <li>Seems related to E. | |||
| </ol> | |||
| Oh, and the light sensor is a cool thing. The needle on the top is driven by the light energy! :-) | |||
| Do you think you can help me fill in the gaps? Thanks in advance. —] 14:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Sounds like you need a basic . Then check out ] (f-stop) and ] (for E). Oh, and shutter speed is probably the other wheel on top, not on the lens. BTW, very nice work on the pics! --] 14:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: Nice to hear you like the images! :-) I had some trouble with sharp highlights that made the numbers hard to read. I ended up moving the light source (a table lamp) during exposure (mabye about a second, automatic camera, so I don't know). Once on the computer screen, I realised that the bulb must have been brown or something, was rather dull. :-( But after correcting the colours, ]! OK, I might have overdone it and exaggerated the shininess of reality a little. ;-) Thanks for you links. Actually, I am familiar with the principles of photography, I just don't know the traditions and conventions of cameras, as I tend to approach a subject from a theoretical viewpoint. I have read the f number article. :-/ Those notations make me wanna cry! —] 15:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :(after edit conflict)Oooh, nice camera. Let's fill in the gaps (let me state first that I'm native German and that while I know quite well how cameras work, I am not sure I am using the correct English technical terms...I hope you can understand everything I am trying to explain): | |||
| :*The numbers on the black scale next to the focus indicate the depth of field, depending on the aperture. A wide-open aperture will let in a lot of light, allowing for a shorter exposure time, but it will have a smaller depth which basically means that whatever you focus on will be sharp but objects behind and in front will be blurry (which is an effect often used in portrait photography). A smaller aperture will require a longer exposure time but will give you a larger depth. The numbers on the scale give you a rough approximation of how far away from your focus the image will be sharp. | |||
| :*You are correct about exposure times being measured in 1/x and B being "as long as you keep the trigger pressed". | |||
| :*The aperture size influences the depth of field, as outlined above. Smaller numbers mean a larger aperture opening, and vice versa. | |||
| :*I am not sure about the flash symbols, haven't seen those on any camera I own. | |||
| :*On the top dial, E is for setting the camera for the type of film you have installed. As a rule of thumb (although there are lots of subtle variations), films with a larger ASA number are more sensitive to light but also more grainy. For indoor portrait photos, 800 or even 1600ASA films are a good choice because they are sensitive enough for indoor photography without a flash (and flashes are evil, especially when doing portraits) and the grainy effect may be just what you want with a black-and-white portrait. For outdoor photography, you will usually use a film with 50 or even 25ASA to get your photos a sharp as possible (200ASA is a common compromise between sharpness and sensitivity). The camera has to know how sensitive a film you are using so that the light meter works correctly. | |||
| :*Dial F is where you set the exposure time. | |||
| :Hope you have fun with the camera, ] ] 14:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Good job above. It is also very possible that the light meter does not "interact" with the camera, i.e. you use the meter reading to set the shutter speed and aperture manually. The film speed dial (ASA/DIN) is more so you remember what you put in the camera and does not control the camera in any way. --] 14:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::: I think you might be correct, and would like to extend it. I think that E and F are acting as a ] (aren't those cool?!) for doing calculations rather than really ''doing'' anything. | |||
| :::# Set E to the light sensitivity of the film. | |||
| :::# Take the reading from the light meter, either with the lid closed (brigth conditions, light still coming in through small holes) or with the lid open. | |||
| :::# Turn F to point at the reading you got. It has a scale that first reads "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" (on black background) and then continues with "2 3 4 5 6 7 8" (on green background). Probably, black is for ''lid open'' and green for ''lid closed'' (there is actually a green mark showing when you close the lid). | |||
| :::# On E and F are printed scales we haven't used so far. On E, it reads "2,8 4 5,6 6 11 16 22" so it's probably aperture sizes (or rather focal length divided by aperture diameter). On F, we have "300 100 50 25 10 1/5 1/2 1 2 4 8 15", which I guess i shutter speed. (They probably mean "1/300 1/100 1/50 1/25 1/10 1/5 1/2 1 2 4 8 15".) These two scales line up against eachother and provide combinations of aperture size and shutter speed that give the same exposure (I think). We are free to choose which combination we want and we dial it in with B and C. (Btw, B is heavy to turn in both directions and you can hear it crunch inside the camera when you do. Why is that?) | |||
| ::: Even if this is correct, there is still a question. In the cut-out of F, there is a black arrow (in the image, it's pointing at the "8" with black background), but there is also a red "2" (pointing approximately at the "2" with green background) and a red "4" (pointing even more approximately at the "3" with green background). What's that? —] 16:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: Thanks for the info. As far as I could tell, there was never any problems with English terms. Actually, I'm Swedish, so I would probably have understood you anyway. :-) —] 15:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Just in case you don't already know. The camera seems to be a model of the Zeiss-Ikon Contina. There are a couple of similar on ebay (though perhaps not so nice condition as yours). You could probably locate a manual for it on ebay or elsewhere. Have fun! --] 16:08, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::: Ah, I never thought anyone would know about this camera, but I was wrong. I found a for a similar model. (username: "free", password: "manuals") —] 16:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Very cool! That's going to help a lot. --] 17:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: There's still the problem of what the "2" and the "4" is doing next to the arrow on the ''computor ring'', as the manual calls what we call ''F''. —] 17:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Left. Does it relate to f2.8 being a "snapshot setting"? No, that is f8. --] 17:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| By the way, the reason the symbol for an "as long as you keep the shutter button pressed" time-exposure is B is that it stands for "bulb". Not a light bulb, but a rubber squeeze-bulb, which you could operate without shaking the camera. This stopped being an essential attachment for ordinary exposures as films got faster, but some cameras continued to be made with a fitting for it, and the B symbol stuck even when there was only a button. --Anonymous, 18:45 UTC, November 27. | |||
| : My little compact camera lacks such a connector, but it has a mode where there is a two second delay between the moment when you press…er…fire(?) and the shot, so you have time to take your hand off the camera and the camera can stop shaking. At least that's what I use it for. —] 18:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Oh, and regarding that "crunch"; the camera may need to be serviced (cleaned and oiled). You can probably find out to disassemble it and clean/oil it or take it (or ) to a pro. But you probably want to do that before using it much. --] 19:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Really? I thought it was perhaps supposed to do that. Apparently, it was for setting the exposure time. I don't know how the timer for that works, so I don't really know what needs to be moved around inside to change the time. Do you? —] 19:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::OK, but you set exposure time on top. I thought it was the focus or aperture ring that made noise? BTW, those links I gave above are stinky - you can do better; , for instance, shows some photos taken with "your" camera. --] 19:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: Ah, nice! Thanks. It's actually not exactly the same camera, but really close. A is focus, B is exposure time, C is aperture size and E and F is for computing suitable combinations of exposure time and aperture size (which are then dialled in with B and C). —] 19:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Oh, that's different. My dad was a camera buff and had some nice old cameras. Do you think that protrusion near "B" is for the bulb mentioned above? It looks like a hollow tube so it could have a pressure/vacuum trip to trip the shutter. --] 19:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::: Yes, "B" is for "as long as the button is pressed". Even if a remote trigger would comprise an air-filled bulb, on the camera side, I'd say it's purely mechanical – a little pin extending into the hollow thing you saw. —] 20:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Left. Actually, I looked again at the manual. You attach the remote cable to the threaded hole on top of the shutter button. My guess is the peg on the ring is just to make it easy to turn or to distinquish which ring is which without looking? --] 20:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == German language DVD purchase == | |||
| I want to buy some German language DVDs. I live in the UK. Any good websites? --] 18:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Oh and they need to accept UK payments (so Amazon is out 'cos they won't accept ] cards in the German version) --] 18:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Plenty of German language films (like ], ], and countless others I'm sure) will be available on amazon.co.uk. You can just turn off the English subtitles. -] 03:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :] (particularly ebay.de) is another good bet, and you can pay through PayPal which is international. Just make sure that the seller is willing to ship to the UK, and that the DVD you're interested in has a German soundtrack. — ]<i>]</i> 12:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :: You should be able to buy via cheque or postal order everywhere in the EU from Amazon. As an austrian I have no problems ordering DVDs from amazon.co.uk, so it should also be possible to buy from amazon.de via postal order from england. ] 17:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Government relations == | |||
| how do the state the county and the city interact with eachother? | |||
| :Where? In ]? Please sign your name using four ]s. -] 21:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == sick dreams == | |||
| hi. im generally a good person. for some reason, i've recently been having dreems of sexually assaulting my sister. when i realize later on what i dreamt it makes my stomache churn. what can i do to stop them.{{unsigned|209.53.181.63 }} | |||
| :Try taking 100-200 mg of ] daily, preferably early in the day (right after breakfast) as it may keep you awake (wikipedia not for medical advice, etc. - so consult a ].) you see that one symptom of B1 deficiency is sleep disorders - follow that link for general advice. B1 deficiency can be caused by drinking alcohol, fasting, or any activity that burns a lot of "mental energy" (editing on wikipedia, for example). --] 18:41, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I wouldn't concern yourself with the strange things you dream about, they are not a reflection of your personality or character and have no basis in reality. There are many, i'm sure, who will give you indepth meanings and so on, but I would be weary of believing them, they are quite an unexplainable working of the mind. Read the ] article for more indepth information. ] | |||
| :: Interesting. How does B1 work in this case? —] 18:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I added a bit more above. --] 18:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::And remember; thoughts are thoughts and deeds are deeds. You do not have control over what you dream and we all have dark impulses. I would tell you ] those impulses live but a few here seem to think I proselytize (laff). --] 19:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I can find little literature on such links. It's more likely that what you're suffering from are ''just dreams'', such as everyone has. They're always fairly random, and rarely under our control. You can gain some control over dreams by mentally applying yourself to it (i.e. ]), but you might just have to ride the dreams out. If they're really persistent and disturbing, something more may be at play, in which case you should likely see a sleep specialist. -- ] <small>(])</small> 19:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Everyone has strange dreams from time to time. You may be reassured by reading some of the classic studies of dreams, such as Freud's ]. If your dreams are persistent and start disturbing your sleep patterns or causing you anxiety in your waking life, then you should consult your doctor. Do not worry about shocking them - they will have heard much stranger things. ] 09:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :]. -] 21:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : has a little info. IANOP but I imagine it upsetting you so much in the way it does increases the chances you'll dream it again, because you're worrying about it. What you think and what you do are very different things, and the automatic, unconscious thoughts we have can be unrelated to what we would choose to think about. What you choose is what matters. After all, if someone thought to themselves that slavery was wrong, but still owned slaves, you would judge them by their actions and not their thoughts. Equally, judge yourself by your actions and not your thoughts. Know that you choose not to do anything like your dreams, and never will, then try to relax :-) After all, you can imagine yourself smashing the computer screen. Does that mean you're going to? Does it even mean you want to? ] 01:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think it would be doubtful that the Misplaced Pages Reference Desk has the capability of addressing your concerns satsifactorily. You might find talking to a real person more meaningful than getting responses from people on Misplaced Pages. Wikipedians are humans all right, but this question is the sort that extends beyond the capbilities of the Wiki to help adequately. --] 18:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Changing rooms at school == | |||
| About 15 years ago,when I was at primary school the boys and girls got changed together for PE even in the last year. | |||
| Even at secondary school every now and then one changing room would be unavailable and so we'd all pile in together or they'd just open one changing room for the lunchtime swim.That was still going on to about 10 years ago when they stuck a roof on the pool and changed the changing rooms around. | |||
| Nowadays I never hear of any other schools that do this-and with girls developing earlier and worries about sexual harassment and that kind of thing I would imagine they would not be able to. | |||
| So was ours the last school to do this or are there any other schools that still allow mixed changing? ] 19:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I went to primary school about twenty years ago in Australia and we definitely had separate change rooms, mind you I did go to a catholic primary school so maybe that has something to do with it. You don't live in France by any chance do you? They have unisex bathrooms in some places. ] 21:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Is that why the French are more sexually liberated?--] 21:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I go to ]. We have all gender bathrooms and showers in our ]. This extends to showers as well.—]•] 03:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I hope you count yourself lucky, it sounds like an amazing place: ''Oberlin students have a reputation for being radically liberal and/or progressive. Oberlin has a thriving LGBT community, and most students are well informed as to the intricacies of gender politics.'' ] 04:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Sorry should have said,our school was in England and wasn't a particularly liberal one-just a regular independent public school. | |||
| I can't imagine any of the state schools doing it still. | |||
| ] 10:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :You probably need to mention that public schools in England are the ones you have to pay to attend. :) ] 14:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Beatlemania the trivia == | |||
| I am looking for the rules to "The Trivia Game Beatlemania the Illustrated Treasury." | |||
| It was produced in Canada in 1984, by P & R Enterprises. I have a copy of the game, but no rules. | |||
| Thank you. | |||
| :Check this out . Looks like the scoresheet and instructions are one page. Maybe if you ask nicely they will scan it for you. --] 21:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Where can I buy a University of Southampton academic scarf? == | |||
| I want to buy an ] for an ] friend who is a member of the ]. Where should I ask? The university? SUSU? Some third party robemaker as you do in Cambridge? Google finds me nothing. Thanks in advance. ] 19:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Soton themselves sell various bits of clothing , but it doesn't seem to encompass scarves. SUSU they sell a selection of clothing, and they may be your best bet. ] | ] | 19:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == help me please == | |||
| I would like to start by saying that this is an incredible web site and I find it most helpfull, My question to you is, how can I get further information on getting peoples contact email. I have done some searches on key persons, art collectors and you have alot of information on them, however I would like to know how I can access their emails so that I can contact them. | |||
| Thank You | |||
| Doron Arie | |||
| :In many cases, we don't have contact information for the individuals about whom we've written articles. You may be able to find contact information through corporate or personal web sites listed in a given article's ''External links'' section. In general, even if we did have a given person's email address, we wouldn't add it to a Misplaced Pages article. This is because having an email address on a publicly-accessible site would expose those individuals to a great deal of spam and potentially other sorts of harrassment. If you would like contact information for a few specific individuals, there may be editors at the Ref Desk here who can help you with your search—particularly if you can explain why you're hoping to contact those people. Best of luck, ](]) 21:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Hmmmm (why do we shake hands with the right hand, not the left?)== | |||
| Very quick question, and this is just a thought. Why do we shake hands using our right hand and not the left. hmmmmmm. | |||
| :Isn't the classic reason that the right hand would normally hold the weapon and by offering your right hand bare you are signifying friendship (or at least non-aggression)? See . --] 19:34, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Must have been great for left-handed backstabbers. ] 20:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Indeed, we have ]! ] 20:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Besides the whole weapon thing, people used to wipe their bottoms with the left hand. -] 21:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Yeah but that was in the days before toilet paper 8-)--] 21:51, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::There are many places in the world where toilet paper is not available (or unknown) and the left hand is still used for that purpose. Also, many cultures (eg. India, Sri Lanka) do not generally use eating utensils but eat with their hands. The right hand is always used, even where toilet paper has replaced the left hand in the toilet. Even though their left hands are probably just as clean as their rights, to eat with their left hand is a serious social disaster in those places. For the rest of the world, hand shaking with the right hand has become the accepted tradition, if for no other reason than because for 90% of people the right hand is the dominant hand and this is the most "natural" hand to proffer. But the ] shake with their left hand (or they did back in the Dark Ages when I was a boy scout - but our articles seem to make no mention of this, so I wonder if that is still the case). ] 00:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Yeah - when I was a ] ten years ago, we were told that we shook hands with the left because in order to do that you had to put down any shield you were holding. Putting down a weapon signified friendship, but lowering your shield whilst allowing the other person to retain their weapon signified trust. --]]] 00:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :First, holding out the right hand indicates you aren\'t holding a weapon (the probable origin of handshaking), and second, the left is the sinister hand, the hand associated with the devil, Judas, sin and evil. Not the hand you want to put forward. :-) ] 00:16, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :] is Latin for left.--] 00:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yeah, but according to Merriam Webster, the English word is derived from the Latin one. ] 00:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Yeah thats what I was pointing out.8-)--] 01:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Most people are right-handed. ] 01:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :But the more intelligent are left handed 8-))--] 01:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Do they wipe their backsides with their right hand? ] 01:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::I couldnt say what the majority of the intelligent people do. THey probably have a machine to do it. (I dont have one)--] 01:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::AHHH! Revelation. Ive just realised where the term '] handed' for LH people comes from!!--] 01:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Your folk etymology turns out to be spot on. But I could have told you this years ago, if only you'd asked. ] 02:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Heres a LH link --] 02:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::: Damn, that means I am a sinister backstabber, because I am left-handed and wipe with the right? Well at least a good excuse for my world domination plans :D ] 17:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Air in the bloodstream == | |||
| Is air in the bloodstream lethal? I mean, what would happen if a person accidently got 1cc of air into their artery via an ] (if the IV was running low and a few air bubbles got into the blood). How would the body get rid of the extra air? I'm asking because I once ALMOST got some air bubbles into my bloodstream when I had an IV in a hospital, and the IV had almost ended and I just noticed at the last minute that there was air in the tube going into my IV site along with the last drops of IV fluid above it.--] 23:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :As I have understood it, it's not particularly dangerous in small quantities... ] 23:27, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::See ] --] 23:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Okay, thankyou for the link to "air embolism". I didn't know what it was called. I found a link on that page to the answer, which is on this website: www.dplylemd.com/Questions/archive/airbubble.htm | |||
| --] 23:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == could the Vatican become part of the EU == | |||
| I was watching CNN.When they talked about the popes trip to turkey.I was just wondering could the vacatcin become part of the EU.i got the idea for that question when i heard something turkey becoming a part of the EU. | |||
| :I know of no reason why it couldn't become a member, but the ] has preferred to remain somewhat aloof from most international organisations. For example, it has permanent observer status with the ] but has never been a member. ] 00:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I doubt the Pope's status as absolute monarch would be compatible with the EU constitution --] 00:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::The Pope is elected. The position isn't passed by family membership like a monarchy... ] ] 03:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::And then there are human rights issues, like using a type of absolute rule (well, it is to true believers) to get people not to use condoms. ] 04:18, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Actually, the pope is an elected ] and the Vatican is a theocratic absolute monarchy. -] 04:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Also, ] has no ], and its ] is not elected but appointed by the ''Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City'' (the Pope) and is all-male. I imagine the EU would require some reforms before accession negotiations could start. --]] 10:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::] are the official conditions that have to be fulfilled by a prospective member country. In addition to lacking democracy and rule of law, I doubt the Vatican economy could be considered a "functioning market economy", either. Of course, full EU membership is not realistic for a statelet with less than a thousand citizens--they probably don't even have enough bureaucrats to handle EU accession negotiations and membership procedures. ] 18:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| It seems to me that much of the above has little real relevance to the actual status and character of the Vatican, which operates more like a corporation rather than an independent state. The ] of 1929 were less a 'declaration of independence', and more a way of regulating the process of political exchange with the secular state. Economically, despite 'Peter's Pence', the Vatican would not be viable without Italy, and in practical terms enjoys the same benefits as its 'host' nation draws from the EU. It even issues its own euros. ] 11:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Link problem - webmaster issue == | |||
| I am trying to link to the excellent article at http://en.wikipedia.org/Maison_Carrée, from my site, http://latrouvailledesanilhac.com/region.html. However, the accented 'e' in Carrée is not being read by your (or mine?) server correctly, and, if you go to my site and click on the linked text, "Maison Carrée", you get sent to a error page on wikipedia. | |||
| This was done with 'cut & paste' from the page. any idea on how to correct it? | |||
| Thanks for the help.{{unsigned|24.145.159.158}} | |||
| :If you go to the page ], and look at the address bar in your browser, you will see http://en.wikipedia.org/Maison_Carr%C3%A9e (at least that is what I see in my browser). URL's have a limited (defined) set of characters, and anything else must be replaced by hex codes as in that example. | |||
| :Please sign your contributions with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) --] 01:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Or you could be lazy and just link to http://en.wikipedia.org/Maison_Carree which will work just fine.--] 10:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == T-shirt under Buttoned down == | |||
| Why do people wear t-shirts underneath a buttoned down shirt? ] 01:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Men wear ]s to keep their shirt clean by absorbing skin secretions, to make a white shirt appear whiter, to prevent the body from being visible through shirts made of thin material, because sometimes they are more comfortable against the skin than a shirt, and because it shows a lack of good breeding not to do so. -] 01:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Breeding?? Anyway ]s are for ]s--] 01:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I believe the custom of wearing undershirts (now better known as t-shirts) without a buttoned down shirt began with ]'s performance in '']''. The reverse custom of wearing a button down shirt without an undershirt began nearly two decades earlier with ] in '']''. <font face="Verdana">]<sup>'']]''</sup></font> 01:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Is a button down shirt the same as a button up shirt?--] 01:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I assumed that a buttoned down shirt is a shirt that has a button down ] -] 02:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Wait... is the shirt buttoned down or is open with just a shirt underneath. Either way, the answer, like all your style questions, are not known. They are just fads and trends... why do guys have long hair right now? What's with the skater look? Many questions, no real answers. ] 01:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Why? Because I'm generally uncomfortably cold without a flannel shirt on over my t-shirt. <tt>]</tt>|] 02:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :In England it is unusual to see a t-shirt or t-shirt style undershirt (which we call a vest) worn underneath a shirt. For most of the year, this would be uncomfortably warm in a home or office environment. My impression is that this is a US style. ] 11:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Popping collar == | |||
| Why do people "pop their collar"? Do women find this more attractive? ] 01:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :People "pop" their collars because they believe it influences the way other people think about them in a positive manner. No doubt some women find it attractive and others do not. If you are considering "popping" your collar, think about which kind of women you wish to attract. You might also look the phrase up at to see what some other people think about the practice. The average user profile there is likely different from the one here. According to one of them, young men in ] "pop" their collars to hide the ] they got from their fraternity brothers. -] 01:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is a fashion trend.... it's preppy... it's like ] and ] and ], just some fad. It's just something that we (teenagers) do, we rarely give explanations other than "it looks cool" or "everybody's doin' it." ] 01:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :LOL. My first thought was that that was slang for pulling back the foreskin. :) ] 04:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Ah good morning/afternoon/evening Dirk. What an interpretation. You are obviously thinking of the condition known as ]. Get a bag ready!--] 04:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is a fashion trend.... it's preppy... it's like ] and ] and ], just some fad. It's just something that we (teenagers) do, we rarely give explanations other than "it looks cool" or "everybody's doin' it." ] 01:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :For those of us ignorant of this practice, could anyone say what it actually involves and which nationalities do it? For instance , do the Spanish do it? 8-|--] 16:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is fairly obvious that this refers to turning the collar of one's shirt up rather than letting it lie flat at the neck, presumably in an attempt to look cool. It was a bad eighties fashion trend that people with any sense know is more silly than cool. Of course the teenagers don't remember how silly it was the first time around, so in their blissful ignorance, they probably think they invented it. ] | ] 17:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::AH! just shows that what is obvious to one is not obvious to everyone. THats obvious. Anyway I only do it when Im cold. Is that allowed?--] 17:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::You may wear the collar of your shirt any way you wish. ] | ] 17:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : Because it's cold! - ] 18:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == does any one know of how to start a religion? (or following?) == | |||
| Hello, I want to save the world, I believe I know all of life's' questions (no, really I do) | |||
| and I need to shear my ideas with others. | |||
| If I start preaching my ideas will I get arrested? (I live in New Zealand) | |||
| They are really good ideas and really nice beliefs, | |||
| would I get a following? | |||
| thank you, much app. {{unsigned|222.155.2.130}} | |||
| :You may know all the questions; but do you know the answers? Why not try writing in a paper or magazine first?--] 01:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I agree with LC, but if you have ], ], and ]; then you can start preaching. ] 01:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :See ], ], and ] -] 01:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Firstly,I would think all of us know life's questions.It's the ANSWERS we could do with.Secondly,does your knowledge of such matters extend to ] and use of the ]? ] 10:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Actually these days its probalby better to start your own website for your ideas. They will not stand on WP 8-)--] 02:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I do not know about NZ but many countries have a tradition of ]. I do not see why you should not be able to start and if your ideas are good and your delivery is good; why, you might end up with a following. Good luck! I created a religion myself about 35 years ago; ''The Church of the Magnanimous Flow''; my friends got a big kick out of it (especially when we were, well, you know) so there is always that. --] 03:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Okay, I'll bite. Tell me all of life's questions. -- ] 17:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Reminds me of ]. Except he figured out the question first. Smart! --] 18:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::If you sincerely believe you are a chosen instrument of God (or some other divine being) and you want to start a religion, it would help if you were charismatic and a good public speaker. A few followers and financial backers would be most useful. Then you can start a website, rent a storefront to have services in (free food and social opportunities also highly advisable). Put notices of your services in the local paper, have your followers hand out flyers telling them all the benefits they will derive from attending your service. Nice music can be very useful as part of the service. Services in the language of an immigrant group which they cannot find elsewhere is often a big draw. ] 18:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Music question == | |||
| Does any body here know what a composer of Ragtime or a performer of Ragtime is called. I just have a hard time imagining ''Rager'', ''Ragist'', ''Ragtimer''. This is not a question that must be answered ASAP...I am just curious.__] ] 04:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :"Ragtimer" is indeed the informal designation. -] 04:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == mordern day philsophers == | |||
| What do news commentators like Bill O`Reilly,Sean Hannity,Tucker Carlson etc. have if anything in common with the philsophers of the anicent world. | |||
| :], ] and ] are seen as ] ]. In that sense they follow on from the philosophical tradition of ], ] in the 1800s. Look at ] for a list of ancient philosophers. As opponents of the hyper rationality of ] and ], you might want to also look at ], the Ancient precursors to modern day ]. Hope that helps, ]] 12:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == how do i report inapropriate items posted? == | |||
| I was looking at the naruto episode list and someone wrote innapropriate items in it (sexual in nature). Since I'm not a member I was wondering who to talk/to write to directly. Here is the link to the abuse | |||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/The_enemy_is_%22Shinobazu%22 | |||
| :Fixed. -- ] ] ] 06:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :You don't have to be a "member" to edit Misplaced Pages. Just ] and your on your way.—]•] 12:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Number of alcoholics in the UK == | |||
| Is it possible to provide a rough estimate of the number of people in the UK who suffer from alcoholism? --] ]] 08:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :According to ]: "In the United Kingdom, the number of 'dependent drinkers' was calculated as over 2.8 million in 2001." ] 09:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::Many thanks. --] ]] 09:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == AOE3 == | |||
| I know that in Age of Empires III, the only cards that you could send are the 1st tier resource cards. But in Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs, there are other cards that can be sent a infinite number of times. I was wondering if this was due to a patch, or due to the expansion; in that I mean is this a Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs feature. Thanks.] 12:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :There are cards that can be sent an infinate amount of times without the Warchiefs expansion, too. ''']''' 13:00, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == ? == | |||
| How do you make friends?] 11:48, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Find people with similar interests to yourself (preferably not over a computer), and talk to them. It helps if you ensure you are not rude, and that you are clean and presentable. If you are having trouble finding people with similar interests to you, try something new. Join an evening class, a book club, a sports team, if you're old enough to drink, go to the same bar / pub over and over, say hello to people when you start to recognise them. Try dating, and make friends with your date's friends. Talk to the people you work with. If you are still in school, join school clubs, learn music, write a school paper, whatever - mainly, be open and friendly. If you're fat, lose weight, as it is still easier for thin, attractive people to make friends. ]<i>::</i><small>]</small> 12:13, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::My after my sis's boyfriend broke up with her, he stopped hanging out with her friends. I always thought it was a form a betryral; my sister's friends never knew this person existed until he started dating her, & hung out with them. Is my thinking wrong?] 12:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Betrayal by who to whom? ] 12:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I would not go so far as to call it betrayal on his part (although I get your point). Sounds like he never really formed a link with her friends as himself but rather did mostly in the persona of "the boyfriend". So, when he no longer had that identity, he was likely ambivalent about hanging out with them. If they feel that they truly were his friends then they should make the first step to restore the relationship; they should make it clear to him that he was valued as an individual, not just as "the boyfriend". --] 14:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ''(moved from the Humanities RD)'' | |||
| ::Most people make friends by finding people with the same interests and pursuing those interests together. Just decide what you like doing and find groups of people that do the same things.--] 13:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Actually, most people make friends by being stuck in the same place as them, and being forced to go through the same experiences together. School and work, mostly, but other places as well. Of course, "finding people with the same interests" may or may not be related to this aspect. ☢ ]<span style="font-size:120%">⌇</span>] 15:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::]. That will make you a friend, or ]. ]]] 16:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Someone said, I forget who, something like "you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in 2 years by trying to get other people interested in you". I think a positive outlook on life makes it easier for you to become friends with people. People don't mind their friends moaning but someone who on first meeting you is very negative would, for me at least, make less change of a blossoming friendship. ] 17:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Navajo Silversmith Paul Johnson == | |||
| I am seeking information related to Mr Paul Johnson, Navajo Silversmith who started producing in 1972 | |||
| He is listed in "Hallmarks of the Southwest" | |||
| Do you have any further information? | |||
| Thank you | |||
| Pamela Coates | |||
| Rio Rico, Az | |||
| == Jimmy Wales == | |||
| What is the name of Mr Wales? Is it ] or ]? Thank you. | |||
| --] 12:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Either. ''']''' 12:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Jimbo is the ] he goes by.—]•] 12:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::His full name is Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales. I don't know if Jimmy's short for James or not. ]<i>::</i><small>]</small> 13:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Sexuality Drawings == | |||
| What is the name of the Danish student that does the drawings, the artist and student? | |||
| :What are you talking about? Which drawings? Several "Sexuality Drawings" on Misplaced Pages are drawn by the artist ], but he appears to the French. If you don't specify any more details, we can't help you. ] 15:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Createable== | |||
| Having wandered somewhat randomly onto the topic at work I wondered whether there was anything (beyond lack of consumer demand) that would prevent someone from opening a ] airline? I'm thinking there are rules and regs about naturism and that wandering around an airport in the altogether is not allowed, but wondered whether it would actually be allowable. Purely something we discussed at work and wondered if people had any input on the idea. ] 17:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : Aside from common sense, which dictates that it's a poor idea to be nude around unfathomably large and powerful machines? Nope, not as far as I know. Though the FAA might take exception to it. -- ] 17:56, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think the FAA only cares if you "wear" a seatbelt. --] 18:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :::Most naturists don't want to do ''everything'' naked, except the very few like ]. Good grief! I just stumbled across the .--] 18:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Of stings and just desserts == | |||
| Hypothetically, if some virulent disease or parasite devastates the ] population to the point where it is in danger of becoming extinct, would conservation societies aim to re-introduce it to the wild and build their numbers back up to present-day levels? Or, cognisant of how dangerous the little blighters are, would they only keep small populations around in protected areas, or would they just let them pass into the history books altogether? ] <sup>]</sup>⁄<sub>]</sub> <small>• 17:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)</small> | |||
| ::An excellent question. I would say the group would be divided. The benefits would far outweight the pitfalls, but a hardline conservationist (who presumably wants to stop any kind of human influenced extinction) would potentially want the species to continue to exist. The question would be whether enough conservationists agreed or not. I understand that ] now only exists in controlled labs, so maybe it would go the same way? I'm pretty certain that the public mood would be in favour of its irradication if it was plausible, but then I must note that I believe the public tend to favou the saving of fluffy-cute animals much more than the ugly insecty things we co-exist alongside. ] 18:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| What nation ? I don't think insects get protection under the US ], as that only applies to vertebrates. ] 18:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :If that's true, then who organised the new habitats for the ]? (which was what set me off on this train of thought in the first place) ] <sup>]</sup>⁄<sub>]</sub> <small>• 18:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)</small> | |||
| == Oldest Public University in USA == | |||
| Can someone tell me the name of the oldest public university in the United States, when it was founded, issued degrees? | |||
| == Forbes List of $ Billionaires (2006) == | |||
| ::The Misplaced Pages (Forbes) List of (US Dollar) Billionaires (2006), numbers 275. How many of them are Jewish? | |||
| == Word for Jewish "]" == | |||
| I was just talking to someone and searching for the word that describes the minimum number of Jewish worshipers needed for some services. I seem to recall that is sounds like "minion"?? --] 19:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Duh, I should try searching for myself first. Google of "Jewish quorum" led right back to ] and then to ]. --] 19:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
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January 6
Replacement for my My Yahoo page
Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes.
Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most.
Any suggestions as to a replacement? Mjroots (talk) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- MSN.com does that pretty well. --Viennese Waltz 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using MSN.com? --Lambiam 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --Viennese Waltz 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using MSN.com? --Lambiam 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed here, some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there. --Lambiam 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- No modules, but there is Neocities. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. Card Zero (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. @Card Zero: - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of WP:NOTWEBHOST #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. Mjroots (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- Avocado (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. @Card Zero: - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of WP:NOTWEBHOST #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. Mjroots (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019
In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? Shantavira| 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --Lambiam 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I found this document (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its estimated standard deviation is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 sigma, which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is. --Lambiam 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I found this document (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --Lambiam 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- According to the document linked by @Viennese Waltz, there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures here and here. Chuntuk (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- What's 'this decade'? There tends to be some controversy especially with 2020 and 2021 figures since reduced traffic due to COVID-19 whether from lockdowns or just changes in behaviour e.g. with more working from home are often cited as reasons for reduced fatalities the. Nil Einne (talk) 10:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- According to the document linked by @Viennese Waltz, there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures here and here. Chuntuk (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Neurodiverse dating site
Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the personality and personal value system of each. --Lambiam 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Still I would expect a weak correlation, which may or may not be better than none. —Tamfang (talk) 21:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
January 8
Anthropology Misplaced Pages page
Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology 136.26.125.34 (talk) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Probably just a glitch. Such things happen all the time. Shantavira| 09:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Previously, a spike for views of a particular page was due to some device or other (a digital assistant?) suggesting searching for the topic as part of its default demo or a tour of its features. Obviously I can't remember any specifics but it was along those lines. So a reasonable theory is that a lot of people got a device for Christmas that did something similar, although "try asking about anthropology" seems an unlikely way to show off a new phone's AI gimmicks, but maybe. Perhaps the spike was a side-effect of whatever the gadget really said. Card Zero (talk) 11:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Clearly, this is a result of extraterrestrial aliens abusing this article as a source for humanoid porn. Homo erectus and relatives are depicted in full frontal nudity which may excite the libidinous erectiles in our solar system, the Milky Way or the Andromeda Nebula. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 18:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Who are you to call us humanoid porn addicts, Earthling? Besides, we were only doing research. Yeah, that's it. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pssst I've got polaroid snaps of nude bare-naked skeletons. What do you have to swap? Philvoids (talk) 17:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
- Who are you to call us humanoid porn addicts, Earthling? Besides, we were only doing research. Yeah, that's it. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
January 11
Young adult novel series called Blitzkrieg
Does anybody remember who was the author of a novel series, aimed at middle and high school students called Blitzkrieg? It was about a high school football team and I think it was or were published in the 1970s or 1980s. --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 00:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- The series was actually called Blitz and was written by Paul Nichols (about whom we don't seem to have an article). There are some examples here. --Viennese Waltz 07:46, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- "Paul Nichols" is the pen name of Robert Hawks (b. 1961). More about him here. He has also published under his own name, as well as young-adult horror under the pen name "M. T. Coffin" :). In any case, neither the author nor the books appear to meet Misplaced Pages's notability criteria. --Lambiam 09:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)