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= December 11 =
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= December 7 =
== If I ever opt to live in a ] for ]s, could my ] pay the rent and utilities? ==
== Which Songs Are These? ==
What is it like for mental health clients to live in group homes? What is paid out-of-pocket? What is paid by insurance?
I was wondering who sings the songs with the lyrics along the lines of 'NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH, HEY HEY HEY, GOODBYE' and 'HI HO, LETS GO'? Thanks.] 00:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
As a diagnosee of ] and other disorders, and being thought to still be on the ] by some therapists despite a rediagnosis to the above disorder, is there a group home near or in ] for anyone with my types of disorders?
The first song is ] by ], and the second song is ] by the ]. ] 00:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Could my Medicaid ] ] pay for all expenses associated with living in the group home?
== soccer fan stuff ==
I hope to no longer have to pay $450/month in rent and over $100/month in energy bills as well as $70/month in ] at 1 GBPs if I move into a group home and have health insurance pay for it all.
where can i get these soccer fan stuff? {{unsigned|74.14.32.228}}
I would only intend to live there until all of my debts are paid off and once I have substantial investments saved up, including ] so I can live off of a ] that pays for basic living expenses in a normal residence again.
: Perhaps you could be more explicit about what exactly you are asking. If you are looking to buy soccer gear in Canada you could try or of you would like fan merchandise you could ship from here . ]<font color="black">e</font>] 01:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
And lastly, what freedoms might I possibly be giving up if I were to ever move into a group home? Thanks. --] (]) 04:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
== Drivers who hit people and don't stop. ==
:The ''only'' people who could possibly answer this are KanCare Sunflower health insurance. Look at the terms of your agreement or ask them directly on their help line. ]|] 09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
I'm trying to find out roughly what percentage of drivers don't stop after they've hit someone. I can't seem to find anything on wikipedia or the rest of the internet. Can anyone help? ] 02:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:See ] as a start. That's the official term, so things should be easier to find now. ☢ ]<span style="font-size:120%">⌇</span>] 02:06, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
: I already looked there, and it didnt have any percentages.] 02:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
= December 12 =
::You don't say whether you're interested in the stats for the whole world, a particular country, or a local jurisdiction. It would probably vary from place to place within a country, and from country to country, not to mention over time. For a particular country and a particular year for which stats are available, you could make a reasonable estimate by finding the number of all hit-run drivers, divide it by the number of road accidents involving injured pedestrians or bike riders, and multiply by 100. ] 02:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== How to revert a company ==
:: I was mainly thinking about the UK, but any information, especialy about a western country would be good.] 02:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Googling "hit and run capital" yields ] as hit and run capital of the US and 2/3 of the drivers don't stop. See . --] 05:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
My wife got rear-ended in Miami, while on business. They switched the driver before the police came, and they didn't have insurance. I'm sure they would have ran, if their car still worked... --] 13:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I received an unsolicited email soliciting a contribution to an upcoming issue of a biomedical journal. My contribution, they assured me, coming from an eminent researcher like me, would greatly enhance the quality of said issue. This may well be true, but, since my knowledge of biomedical issues has largely been formed by doing research to answer questions at the Reference desk, this does not bode well for the quality of this issue, even with my eminent contribution. I don't want my name to be associated with low-quality journals, so I'll refrain from contributing.
:Some from ] - scroll down to the tables. There are also some words on the difficulty in getting statistics. Per annum, at 2001, there were about 24,000 reported hit-and-runs, on a rising trend. And I'm sure I heard some news in the last month that London police were concerned about the rising trend ... but I can't find the story right now. --] ]
The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,
== Sophie Karp ==
:{{small|{{color|#888|BioMed Grid LLC, California, USA. If you do not wish to receive this email, revert us.}}}}
I indeed do not wish to receive this email and would like to unreceive it. But I can't figure out how to revert this company. Can anyone help me? (There are some more companies I'd also like to revert.) --] 09:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:I guess it means block them or tag it as spam. I assume you've read '']''. ]|] 11:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages has a copy of a poster of Sophie Karp from 1893. She was a very prominent performer in the Yiddish Theatre and would be my Great Great Aunt if she were still alive. I am trying find out if I can procure actual reproiductions of that poster for some of Sophie's ancestors, my mother, her two sisters and a cousin as well as myself. I was referred tothis program to inquire about the poster reproduction. Thank you. Alan Pedoldsky
:I believe it's just corporate talk for "email us back". See definition 14 in ]. ] (]) 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:The image we have should be good for printing at about 5x7 size. You could try contacting the New York Public Library who owns the poster. They could probably hook you up with a higher quality photo that could be printed at a larger size but it would probably be expensive. See ] 04:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Definition 14 has the label '']'', while the spotted use has a transitive sense. --] 10:03, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:: The image is in the ], so it should be fine (legally) for you to print your own poster - but this can be expensive (A0 posters usually more than £15). The image on the page is from ] on ]. The goes to ], which has a link to buy posters on it. --] 13:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::I was about to add that it's Indian English - but the Wiktionary entry says it is now global. ] (]) 21:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
:::But is it? I'd never seen this before. Our article on the journal states that the publisher, Biomedgrid LLC, was first registered in California in 2018 by Sasidhar Vontethina and Sushma Manchikanti, both Indian (more specifically ]) names. --] 08:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:::: I also question this. I'd be befuddled if I was asked to revert a company. But then, I always wince when I hear "write me" rather than "write to me" (other than "write me a letter"). -- ] </sup></span>]] 19:27, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::: Or, reverting to before the Internet, mail and maybe even speech a request to "reach out." All the best: ''] ]''<small> 12:33, 20 December 2024 (UTC).</small><br />
== Geography==
= December 13 =
== LUFS meter vs. Audiosurf algorithm ==
Am trying to find which is closer to the South Pole, Australia or Africa. When measureing the distance they are to close to call. Thank You <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 04:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
What are similarities and differences between ] meter (especially momentary) and ]'s audio analysis algorithm (when comes to how tracks are colored in particular way depending on the song intensity)? Considering the color (when "fancy coloring" mode is enabled) of momentary LUFS bar on my own when fed with the same song as the video, lines up with the color of the blocks and the tracks on and/or sometimes and at other times, it doesn't line up assuming they somehow sync with the video. ] (]) 03:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
: Well, the most southernly point in Africa is ] at {{coor dms|34|50|00|S|20|00|09.15|E|}}. If you consider Tasmania as part of Australia, ] is at {{coor dm|42|52|S|147|19|E|type:city(245,000)_region:AU-TAS}}, meaning Australia is further south. (Even if you don't count Tasmania, its still Australia, as ] on the mainland is at {{coor dms|37|48|50|S|144|57|47|E|}}). ]<font color="black">e</font>] 04:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:] about the Audiosurf game tells that the game engine analyzes an imported song to create and save its dynamics in an ASH file. ] these files to extract the generating algorithms is research that is beyond anyone here. This is proprietary information that the game creator Dylan Fitterer may choose to withold. Already as you look for correlation between your objective LUFS detector and the game screen, bear in mind that where the object of Audiosurf is more to entertain than analytical logging, some degree of randomity may be deliberately included. ] (]) 16:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
:Assuming you mean mainlands, and not islands, then Australia: ] is at 39°08′20″S while ] is only 34°50′00″S. Found using ]. ] 04:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::@] BTW, what's the difference between song intensity estimation algorithm (which ] probably uses it) and a ] meter (aka. a K-weighted RMS meter)? And are these two even interchangeable? ] (]) 02:47, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
:: The it gets tricky, though, if you do count parts of Africa or Australia off the mainland. South Africa's ] is at {{coor dms|46|54|45|S|37|44|37|E|}}, but even that is trumpted by ] (from 60 degrees south to the Pole.) Thats pretty hard to beat in terms of southernly co-ordinates! ]<font color="black">e</font>] 05:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
= December 15 =
:::Considering mainlands only, Australia is closer than South Africa. Extending the comparison to islands that are part of their respective countries, the southernmost are Tasmania (42 S 52) and Marion Island (46 S 54), so South Africa wins. Extending it to islands that are territories but not part of the country proper, Australia wins with ] (53 S 57) compared with Marion Island at 46 S 54. Including territory in Antarctica itself, SA doesn't have any but Australia does. So, take your pick. Australia 3, South Africa 1. (Sounds like the result of the next ] series). ] 05:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Meta physics ==
You didn't ask this, but the South American mainland extends farther south than either Australia or Africa, with ], ] at (53°53′46.70″S, 71°17′39.53″W). ] 15:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
about things beyond nature ] (]) 20:36, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
== ACT statistics ==
:See ]? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:Note that metaphysics is not about phenomena or entities that are ''beyond'' the ]. The usual term for these is "the ]". --] 07:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
:The word "meta" means “beyond” and “about”. The word “physics” means “nature”. Therefore, metaphysics can be regarded as the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality and existence. ] (]) 06:45, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::]The Ancient Greek preposition {{serif|]}} also means "next, after". It is generally thought that the title of Aristotle's book ] (Tōn metá ta phusiká), "Of the things after Physica", the etymon of our term '']'', was given to it (not by Aristotle but by the editor) simply because it was the next book in series, following Aristotle's book '']'', "Natural phenomena". --] 11:22, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 16 =
What are the national rankings for the ACT test by number of students? How many students get a 36, 35, 34, etc. every year? <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 04:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Have you read the article on the test, ]? It includes some rough statistical information with a reference to a much more detailed source. -- ] <small>(])</small> 05:18, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I read through the article and its sources but I still cannot find more precise numbers other than anything about 30 is in the 99 percentile. I was curious as to how each of the 30+ numbers differed by number of student. Perhaps that info isn't published?
== My habit of feature requests scared a developer? ==
== Interesting non-fiction books? ==
Reading these posts ( and ) on a thread about foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer in ] forum about my doings that "scared" off a developer of foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer and foo_loudness_peakmeter components for ] player and yet, the developer of a for ] did implement my feature requests into this plugin despite I've not have written fanon wiki pages about future version of CoolEdit Nostalgia (like I did and before). So, why would they? ] (]) 18:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
What's an interesting non-fiction book I could read? Yes, I'm aware that this question is asking for opinions, and that it ''probably'' doesn't belong here. I'm just asking for some odd and interesting suggestions. Cheers. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 04:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Perhapsanyoftheworksin]?-- ] <small>(])</small>05:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:What has this got to do with wikipedia or finding references for anything? ] (]) 19:34, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
::{{ping|Nanonic}} perhaps finding a reliable reference for what some bad habits when comes to feature requests that are likely to made software developers quit their job. ] (]) 21:20, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
::What are your main interests? History, geography, music, arts, politics, science, society, etc? Pick a category or two and it will be easier to recommend something. --] ]] 09:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Your questions are scaring off the Reference desk respondents. --] 09:57, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:Whatever drama you're involved with on that board, I suggest you keep it there and don't post about it here. --] 10:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 17 =
::The best non-fiction book of all time must surely be The Bible - Old and New Testaments. All human life is there. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 12:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
::: Or indeed any religious text (see ]). Reading about many religions, especially if they're not your own religion, can help with understanding of different cultures and attitudes of people all around the world. --] 13:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Futures contract ==
:Some of my favourites, in no particular order (and with a bias towards science): '']'' by ]; ''Longitude'' and '']'' by ]; ''The Book Nobody Read'' by ]; '']'' by ]; anything by ]; '']'' by ]; and (perhaps stretching the boundaries of "non-fiction") '']'' by ]. ] 13:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I don't understand finance, so I thought I'd ask. If I buy a ] for say a ton of corn at a specific price, and I hold it until the delivery date, will someone literally deliver a ton of corn to me? Thanks. ] (]) 00:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Two non fiction books that have recently sold by the boatload in the UK include '']'' and '']''. Both deal with topics you wouldn't normally associate with popularity in book sales - engineering and punctuation respectively. I recently enjoyed ''Why girls can't throw'', which is a great "toilet read". And perhaps the funniest book I've ever read is also non fiction ''The Timewaster Letters'' (there's an excerpt here though I think there are funnier examples). --] 13:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:The contract is likely to read "FOB Kansas City," or something like that. You'll probably have to move it from whatever transportation it is on (train, ship) yourself. Or, arrange (pay for) delivery. ] (]) 01:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
::At the delivery date, the current buyer will have become the proud owner of a ton of corn ''somewhere''. The identity of the buyer of the contract almost always changes, so the seller drawing up the contract does not know the identity of the eventual buyer at the delivery date. Therefore, wherever the "somewhere" may be, you as the buyer can be reasonably sure it will not be delivered to your doorstep. --] 09:54, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:Oil futures have even been known to have a negative price, when the producers' local storage was full and demand was low. At that point the buyer of the contract is being paid to take it away. --] (]) 20:30, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:Most futures contracts are cash-settled and there is no physical transfer of the underlying asset. ] (]) 06:31, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::True, but this depends on both parties agreeing to a new or modified contract. If the buyer does the unexpected and just sits it out, as suggested in the original question, and also does not agree to a new contract, the seller is obligated to produce the asset to the buyer, even if this means they need to go and buy it on the market. --] 10:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:Yes, a futures contract is ultimately for purposes of delivery of the specified contract in accordance with its terms. A standard corn futures contract is for 5000 bushels (although there is also a mini corn future for only 1000 bushels). A bushel of corn (maize) weighs 56 pounds, so at settlement the buyer owns 140 tons of corn (or, for a mini corn future, 28 tons).
:But that is not going to be you. You are a retail investor and would trade through a ], who is probably not going to be willing to accept physical settlement on your behalf. ] (]) 00:41, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
== Which Political Bloggers are Former Programmers? ==
:Here are two modern lists ], http://www.listsofbests.com/list/10362. As for pre 20th C try '']'' '']'', '']'' and '']''. <small><font color="#000000">]</font></small> 15:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Such as ] and ]. ] (]) 13:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
A treatise on cosmic fire by Alice Bailey.
:Why do you ask that? I don't think the answer to this question can help you. ] (]) 01:15, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::Maybe the OP wants to find out how many other former programmers aren't very bright. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 13:46, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 19 =
*Anything whatsoever by ]. --]<sup><small>]</small></sup> 17:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Who is the following unknown? ==
*'']'' and '']'' by ] (for stories about inner-city Baltimore), or for something completely different, '']'', about trivia. <span style="font-family:Verdana;">''']]]''' <small>{]}</small></span> 19:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
When asked '''<span style="color: orange">"WHO IS YOUR X?"</span>''' (X still being unknown to me but is known to the respondents), here are the answers I get:
Bill Bryson is a good recommendation. I really liked '']'', which is a history of the English language. And I'm really glad I read '']''. --] 23:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
To sum up, the special phenomenon here is that, everybody has their own X (usually), and if any respondent points at another respondent as the first respondent's X, then the other respondent '''must''' point at ''themself'' as their X.
]'s compilation ''Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History''. ] 01:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I wonder who the unknown X may be, when I only know that X is a ''natural example from everyday life''. I thought about a couple of examples, but none of them are satisfactory, as follows:
I'm reading through articles for the books you guys have mentioned, many of them seem quite interesting. I'd actually also appreciate recommendations for books on music -- not particular bands, but mixing/performing/production/anything at all, really.
:
X is the leader of one's political party, or X is one's mayor, and the like, but all of these examples attribute some kind of ''leadership'' or ''superiority'' to X, whereas I'm not interested in this kind of solution - involving any ''superiority'' of X.
:
Here is a second solution I thought about: X is the ''first (or last)'' person born in the year/month the respondent was born, and the like. But this solution involves some kind of ''order'' (in which there is a "first person" and a "last person"), whereas I'm not interested in this kind of solution - involving any ''order''. ] (]) 12:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:Drummer? ] ] 14:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:It's not about music, but I almost forgot '']'' by Jon Ronson. --] 16:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::The OP also posted this question on the Math desk. What if everyone says "I'm Spartacus!" ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 14:30, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::I forgot to add an important point (so I've just added it, thanks to your response): Everybody has their own X (usually). ] (]) 14:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::What do you mean by "everybody has an X"? A lot of folks have an "ex", but is that what you mean? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 15:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::I mean that everybody has their own X (usually), whether X is one's mayor, or X is the leader of one's political party, and so forth. Additionally, keep in mind that if any respondent points at another respondent as the first respondent's X, then the other respondent must point at ''themself'' as their X. ] (]) 15:21, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::(ec)The statement "everybody has their own X" makes no sense to me, and I'm a native English speaker. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 15:36, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::X is the usual symbol denoting an unknown (as in mathematical equations), but here the unknown is a person, like "a mayor", and the like. ] (]) 15:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:There are too many possible answers that still don't involve order or superiority.
:- Translator
:- Publisher
:- Spokesperson
:- Copyeditor
:- Cleaner
:- Keyholder (person who closes a shop and responsible for turning up in cases of property related emergencies - sometimes it's a manager but sometimes it's merely someone who is willing to stay late or be early)
:- Scribe
:- Accountant
:- Driver
:Basically anything where there's a "role" in a group but usually only one (barring circumstances).
:What are you hoping to accomplish by asking a question like this? ] (]) 15:34, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thx. {{resolved}} ] (]) 15:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I don't believe it. A publisher doesn't have necessarily a publisher, because it normally is not an author. A keyholder could be a trusted neighbour,who doesn't work at the shop and is therefore not its own keyholder (at least in relation to the shop). Of course in relation to its own living quarters mostly everybody is a keyholder, but that was not part of the definition. Even a translator doesn't translate itself when it expresses itself in the foreign language. At least not necessarily. Even a cleaner doesn't necessarily cleans up after itself. I know one! Personally!
:::When you're satisfied by these examples that don't match your description, then I would like to see the real description. ] (]) 08:24, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:So this is interesting linguistically and socially - the use of the word "usually" lets in a lot of the examples given, at least in some societies. However mathematically you are looking for something impossible. Lets assume that everyone has an X (or equivalently ignore those people without an X, who are also no-one's X). The relation partitions the set into subsets (i.e. the subsets include all the elements, and each element is in one and only one subset). Each subset has one self-X call it C for centre, and all the other elements (0 or more of them) point to C. Example, whole numbers under the relation "what is the remainder if you are divided by 5". 5 subsets with C=0, 1, 2, 3, 4. In every case there is a "privileged" centre, whether it would be considered superior, inferior or just special is open to interpretation. You can only have no centres in the case where there are no elements at all. All the best: ''] ]''<small> 21:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC).</small><br />
== Street View ==
::Right now, I am re-reading '']'' for probably the 10th time. A first-person account of a man whose life was fascinating from childhood to death, and inflential even today. — ] 20:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Why Googlehas not launched Street View in mainland China? There do exist several user-submitted photos, mostly from landmarks and historical cities, but why Google cars have not traveled there yet? How likely is that in 2034, mainland China will have photos by Google cars if Street view is launched there?
== question about boats ==
And, why South Korea, a country with a large economy and almost no bans, still has large unphotographed areas with most minor cities and major freeways are not photographed entirely? And could North Korea ever get Street View by Google cars? --] (]) 17:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
I was trying to look up information on crew quarters and amenities in modern day naval ships, but I found very little information after a massive scour through articles. I have a couple questions... If someone already answers a question, but you have something to add I would love the extra info. I am hoping I can use this information when when I have to write (for fun not school) a little about a group of people living on ships. ] <sup>]</sup> 05:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Here is some info: ] There are some places in China where they have it. As to future predictions, Misplaced Pages can't do that. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 19:07, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:{{ping|40bus}} https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/160276 (and see also my comment below). {{tq|could North Korea ever get Street View by Google cars}} That is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future, and anything beyond that is unforeseeable. ] (]) 01:12, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
# Ships have to cram a ton of people on board, so what are the sleeping quarters like? ''Depends on the size of the ship/boat.''
::My dream would be every country in the world having full coverage. Is that likely in next 20 years? At least Belarus's lack of Street View should be corrected. I would like to see views from every country. --] (]) 06:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
# How many people bunk per room? ''Depends on the Size.''
:::"]". ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 07:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
# What happens when two people don't like each other? Can they be moved? ''I guess people could talk to each other and swap.''
# What are the beds like? Are they cots or hammocks?'' Hammocks went out with Steam engines, cots are usually camping matterases and so quite comfortable.''
# Do you get any private space like a nightstand or wardrobe? ''Depends on the size.''
# How many pairs of clothes do you have? ''As many as you take with you.''
# How many bathrooms are there per person? Do they use salt water? ''Usually its people to bath rooms and no they don't use salt water.''
# How much nicer are officer's cabins? Do they get special stuff or their own rooms? ''Officer's cabins are usually "nicer" in spacial allowance.''
# Do officers get any other special amenities? ''They might get small shaving sinks, depends on a multitude of factors.''
# What are the mess halls like? ''Clean, warm and relaxed as in you don't have to worry to much when you are in there.''
# How do you get your food and where do you eat it (i.e. and benches?)? ''You collect it and eat in the mess.''
# Is the food good? Do officers get better food? ''Everybody gets the same food.''
# What do people do for fun? ''Watch TV , DVDs , read chat and drink when allowed.''
# Is there a dedicated "fun" space, like a lounge, or do people just set up stuff impromtu? ''the mess is usually the lounge, some posters are allowed so long as no1 is really offended by them.''
# Do people decorate with posters or are people strict about that? ''If its in your space you can do what you like.''
# If you have been at sea for a long time and have gotten to know everyone pretty well, are military protocols relaxed any? (like salutes, knicknames...) ''knicknames are allowed only when not in the presance of an officer. Salutes are never relaxed except in the mess.''
# What are the good chores (assuming you do chores) and what are the really crummy ones? ''Good chores? I'm sure thats an oxymoron. Bad chores = Cleaning the heads.''
:Though a multinational, Google is at base an American company, or at least is perceived as such.
: from AskMetafilter answers some of your questions. ] 09:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Think about the political tensions between the ], and the West in general and the USA in particular. Now ask yourself – how ''might'' the ] feel about American-controlled spy-cars driving around the whole of China, photographing everything visible? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 20:51, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::That is (obviously) not the reason; your tin foil hat is malfunctioning. The USA does not require something as lowtech as a 360 camera mounted on a car to drive through an area to spy on that area. The reason is that Google does not want to waste its money. And China has a habit of creating local state-owned alternatives to foreign services, allowing those to rip off the foreign tech, and then massively disadvantaging the foreign company. They have done this many times before. ] (]) 01:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I'm not suggesting that the ''US'' would ''want'' (or need) to do this. I'm asking how the ''Chinese'' Government would welcome the ''appearance'' of it, particularly in the perception of their own people. International relations and management of internal perceptions are all about opinions, beliefs, and what can be spun, regardless of truth.
:::Recently, in my own country, Chinese visitors and personnel from an ostensible language school fomented a totally spurious 'incident' at a London railway terminus, by approaching a well-known busker and YouTuber filming his and others' performances on a public piano, and then insisting that he stop filming, complaining to police present that he was violating their rights by filming them. This was not done for any valid reason, but (presumably) to try to manipulate public opinion within China, and create a spurious 'grievance' to use in diplomatic discussions. Such games go on all the time. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 01:36, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::{{tq|I'm asking how the ''Chinese'' Government would welcome the ''appearance'' of it}} I have answered the original question; please don't hijack this thread to ask a vaguely related question and then bring up unrelated stuff (which was not recent but a year ago, and a storm in a teacup, and your conspiracy theory is not supported by evidence). There are plenty of diplomatic incidents between China and the UK; neither side has a need to manufacture one. If you want to ask a new question, please post it in a new section. Thank you, ] (]) 01:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Telling a user "your tin foil hat is malfunctioning" is offensive, and is by itself a "hijacking" of this section. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 02:20, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Incorrect (on both counts). And posting 2 conspiracy theories in 1 thread is a clear sign of a malfunctioning tin foil hat. ] (]) 02:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::If you love the Chinese government so much, maybe you should have your own "tin foil hat" checked for malfunctions. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 02:49, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks for proving my point. The CCP killed insane numbers of people through brutality and incompetence. But we should still call out tin foil conspiracy nonsense. The idea that all conspiracies about the "other" must be true, just because we don't like them, is a very very dangerous one. Just like the idea that everyone who points out that some conspiracies about the "other" are false must be an "other". ] (]) 12:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Considering ], it seems correct to mention the Chinese Government as a cause. ] and ] have presumably obtained authorization, because they're not foreign organizations. This incidentally functions as protectionism. I tracked the piano thing down to ], and I suppose there ''is'' a tenuous connection since it involves the ] and image rights. ] ] 03:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Google's use of GCJ-02 coordinate data and WGS-84 sattelite images has led to in the past. ] (]) 12:12, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::The Surveying and Mapping Law led to 14 companies being given exclusive rights to map China. All local companies. Google Maps applied and was denied. https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/63636/ https://medium.com/@anastasia.bizyayeva/every-map-of-china-is-wrong-bc2bce145db2 ] (]) 12:27, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:Relations between Google and the Chinese government have been difficult for years. China wants its citizens to see only a censored version of the internet, requiring Google to filter results from its search engine. In case of Street View, the Chinese government is concerned about what their own citizens can see (and I suppose they also want to know who views which streets). Google isn't very eager to comply with all China's request, as that could be quite expensive and bad for their image in less authoritarian states. ] (]) 19:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:Why Somalia, Venezuela and Cuba do not have Street View yet? --] (]) 23:38, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::This question can be answered by chatgpt or similar. Or by reading the Misplaced Pages articles about those countries. ] (]) 01:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 21 =
== extra terrestrial interest ==
== Britannica ==
I heard from some unknown source that a space shuttle(or rocket i can't remember particularly)which has capability of converting its exhaust smoke again into fuel and thus goes on for an infinite period, was left into space on a mission to find the extra-terrestrial life and it was engraved with these words on all languages "whoever found this ship at any part of this universe can send it back to us ..so that we can find you out"..first language on it was sanskrit..and i also heard that this one recently crossed the solar system..and my question was is this all believable or its just a myth.. sorry if i made you bored.... ] 09:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Why ] uses imperial units in its articles, ever for things that are measured in metric in UK such as temperatures, if it is based in UK and read by people in metric countries? --] (]) 07:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:Not a myth. See ] and ]. However, neither can go on for an infinite period. --]<font color="red">]</font>] <small>] ]</small> 09:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:{{u|40bus}}, it is not based in the UK despite its British sounding name. The Encyclopaedia Britannica has been published in the United States since 1901. That's two years before the first human piloted airplane flight. ] (]) 07:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
::Why it is not based in the UK? And if it is read and edited by people in metric countries, why many of its articles use imperial units first? It even uses British English spelling. And are there any similar UK-based online encyclopedias? --] (]) 08:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::No. Go be bored somewhere else. ] (]) 09:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::If all else fails, you could try ''asking them''. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 16:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
::What's that famous picture that was included on some space probe or other? IIRC it had a naked man, woman and child on it, some kind of map of the solar system, and (this might be what the OP had in mind) some text in various languages. It was intended to explain, to anyone out there who might see it, who we are and where we come from. Anyone know what I'm talking about? --] ]] 09:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Webpages ==
:::] or ]?] 10:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanksverymuch!ItwasthePioneeroneIwasthinkingof, buttheVoyageronelooks a lotnicer. --] ]] 11:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Are there any web pages from late 1980s and early 1990s that are still in their original address, rather than on Internet Archive? Was it common for a company or person to have website in early 1990s? --] (]) 07:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:We have a ]. The IN2P3 site from 1992 can still be visited, where you may enjoy seeing the French National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics's contact details, a small picture of the building, and five hyperlinks. The article says there were {{tq|2,879 websites established before 1995}}, so no, it wasn't common. ] ] 09:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Note that no ship has a method for converting exhaust into fuel, but they don't need a continuos fuel supply, as inertia alone will carry them on forever, or at least until they hit something or are pulled in by gravity. Although, if the speed is less than the escape velocity for the galaxy, then it won't ever leave the Milky Way. ] 14:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::Were there any websites around in 1990? This year feels still relatively recent. And are there any saved TV broadcasts from that time in the web, from any country? --] (]) 11:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Are you just randomly asking questions? ] (]) 12:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Take the effort to read the first sentence of ] and you will have the answer to your question. --] 10:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
== OldSchoolTies ==
== Did ]'s father, ==
Fred, know ]'s father, who is said to have been a mob contract killer? I'm asking because I've heard rumors somewhere that both Donald and Fred had mob contacts in New York City.] (]) 22:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Which school wa the first to have an Old School Tie?
:"Said to have been"; is there a reliable source that claims this? It has also been said that Donald Trump is a shape shifting lizard.<sup></sup> Harold Giuliani was at the bottom of the low end of shady dealings in the Italian immigrant community. It seems extremely unlikely that Fred Trump, a high-profile successful real-estate developer from the German immigrant community, would have a reason to meet him. --] 10:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 09:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:::Well, that's what the OP is asking. You're just repeating the OP's question using different words. --] 10:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::::The OP did not ask whether it was plausible but whether it was true. Even if the mob contract killer story should prove more than randomly created innuendo, there is still nothing to suggest the two fathers ever met. The suggested mob contacts would not make this more likely than two random New Yorkers (like Henri who sometimes ordered pizza and Freddy who sometimes delivered pizza) knowing each other. It is very difficult to prove a negative, but the question implied the OP thought it was at least plausible, which, as I tried to point out, it is not. --] 01:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
::{{small|No insult intended to shape-shifting lizards. ] (]) 10:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)}}
::(it's easy for you to google that the rumors are out there, Lambiam.] (]) 18:59, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I did not dispute the rumours exist, but IMO they are irrelevant to the question whether the two fathers knew each other, so I ignored them. --] 01:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
:Giuliani gave a eulogy and he probably would have mentioned it if they knew eachother, but it doesn't seem like he did. https://nypost.com/1999/06/30/trump-patriarch-eulogized-as-great-builder/ ] (]) 18:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thanks for finding this, Polygnotus. But are you sure Rudy would have mentioned it in his eulogy, being possibly embarrassed about his father's occupation? And mentioning an acquaintance with his father would not make Fred seem more illustrious, which eulogies are meant to do. ] (]) 19:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:::No, I haven't found definitive proof. ] (]) 12:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 22 =
:It could be that you're specifically interested in ties, but generally (in the UK at any rate), the term "Old School Tie" refers to the ] (and indeed ] redirects there). It's a euphemism for the social networking and other advantages that can be gained from having attended a certain school. As it's an intangible, your question cannot be answered, because the name was created in response to an existing and fairly widespread phenomenon. If however, you are interested in an actual physical tie, someone else will need to help you. --] 10:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== makingmyowncountry ==
== Policy related to places ==
i was wondering how i would go about making my own country.
thanks <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 11:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
As I understand it, all you need to do to "make" your own country, is to declare independence. The tricky bit is establishing a legal basis for your claim and gaining recognition from the international community. Not least, there's the dicey process of getting agreement, and taking control from whichever country currently claims the bit of land you no doubt have an excellent claim to. There's a hilarious treatment of the subject in the classic British comedy, '']''. --] 11:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:In ], the two most common schools of thought for the creation of statehood are the ] and ] theories of state creation.
:One set of criteria for statehood under international law is defined by the ]. This asserts that a defined territory, permanent population, government and the capacity to enter into relationships with other sovereign states are the only foundation requirements for a sovereign state.
:see also ]. ] 12:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
See also ] ''] ]'', 12:26 ] ] (GMT).
:If you have any ]s worth a damn, you'll also need to work out how you will interact with certain bigger countries (who may have opinions about how your natural resources should be exploited, and by whom). You might want to see '']'', ], and ] for several alternative views of how this could play out.
:] 13:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
One way is to create some new land. In areas of shallow international waters, that may be fairly easy, just hire some barges to bring in the appropriate fill, dump it, and plant your flag. ] 14:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:or wait for a volcano to create a new island. Could be a bit dicey at first, but excellent geothermal potential! --] 14:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::So look for the next ], but try to assure it's in ]. (Wasn't a new island just in the news in the last few weeks?)
::] 16:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
i was thinking more along the lines of what Danny Wallace did - making a country in his own flat. i was wondering if there was any proper instructions on doing that?
:Did you try looking at the ] article yet? That's what you're talking about. --] 18:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::] simply declared himself the Emperor of the United States and lived pretty well, issuing currency etc, as people played along with his delusion or scam. He did not have to find a volcanic island. It may be easier to assume governance of an existing country than to establish a new one, with many of the same rewards. Emperor Norton I was unsuccessful in his attempts to get ] to direct the U.S. Army to disperse Congress, a clear attempt at the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, but his proclamations that the nations of the world should unite in a ] and that San Francisco and Oakland should be united by a suspension bridge (the ]) and a tube railway all actually came to pass in the century after his death. He was noted for dispersing an anti-Chinese race riot. ] 18:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:::He should have called himself the Emperor Norton, rather than Emperor Norton I... unless and until succeeded by Emperor Norton II (at which point he would retrospectively have become Norton I). Then again, if he was potty enough to declare himself Emperor of the USA, he was certainly of the frame of mind to ignore naming conventions! --] 12:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
"Prince Leonard" tried it in 1970 with Hutt River Province, which he's since upgraded to the ]. He's tolerated by the Australian Government, presumably as a source of tourism revenue, but no country recognises his claim. ] 01:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
==Drug testing Fortune 500==
What percentage of Fortune 500 companies test employees for drugs, including pre-employment testing? Source? Thanks--] 14:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Next superpower ==
Which country will be the next superpower? (India/China)
16:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Books could be written on this subject. Try checking out ]- China and India both have articles on them as emerging superpowers. ] ] 16:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::Go on then i'll throw my opinion in to the ring. The next world superpower will be a multinational organisation of governments rather than a single nation. Until such a time I don't believe any nation has the desire, nor abilty to be able to replace the Usa. China/India (or ]) may end up having economies as strong and powerful as the Usa, but few nations can compete with the exportation of culture and lifestyles that Usa does. I think most would question my choice of multinational orgainsations since the ones in place are so powerless and regularly overruled, but I believe that in the future more and more power will be centralised into organisations of this nature and as globalised business practices and increased communication make the world smaller and more similar (on a high level scale) then so to will political and economy boundaries blur until such a time that world-policy will be dominated by multi-naitonal organisations.
::No stats or nothing interesting to back this up, just my opinion, and the question seems to suggest that is what you wanted (well not mine specifically but you get the point). ] 17:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
: This isn't by any chance related to the recent post about ], is it? —] 19:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
USA can be replaced. I cant vehemently support the above argument, as the US is not the only superpower. The same as with the exportation of cultures and lifestyles as the east can easily compete and accept the lifestyles of the west but the west cant follow in suite. So there is no written mandate that supports the above opinion, just because the US has resources and access to the superior quality of life or the so called american dreams. People are becoming self sufficient in India & china The Gdp is on the rise, its just a matter of time. 21:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)~
Again, just my opinion, but I would be shocked if China doesn't move quickly into what is commonly thought of as a 'superpower' in the next 10 years. Combine rising economic growth, a huge population base, and increasing technological capability with local powers who aren't so keen on doing what China wants (Russia, Japan, India, Taiwan - the list continues) and you'll begin to see some nice cold-war tension coming back to the fore. Russia could make a resurgence, and India is on the rise as well (with many of the factors listed for China). The EU could have some radical shift and end up a 'proper' superpower but I doubt it, at least not in the next 10 years. No, the real place to put your money for future tension between 2 superpowers in the 10-20 year term would be the declining USA vs. the rising China. Plenty of sparking points come to mind - North Korea, Japan, Taiwan, world trade and competition for resources... ] 01:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:] is worth a read. I'll put my money on China; not least, their foreign policies look a lot saner than those of the US/UK. Other articles of interest are ] and ]. --] ]
::This is a hard decision, since China manufactures much of the goods purchased in the U.S. and holds much of the debt of the U.S., while India provides most of the computer tech support for the U.S. ] 05:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== mcse ==
hey guyz am doing i have just cleared my a+ certification n i intend to know sit for the international examz.i wanted a site where i can do some practice sets n their marked there n then. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 16:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
Hello and welcome to Misplaced Pages. I assume from your post that English is not your first language. It would help us if you explained a little more about what international exams you would like information about. I'm not familiar with "a+ certification" either. Finally, please sign your posts here by typing this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end of your messages on this page. Thanks. --] 17:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:A+ Certification is a computer hardware certificate (showing a certain level of understanding with computer hardware). The international exams he's referring to are probably the MCSE referred to in the subject (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, another computer-field certification). To answer the original poster: The best place to find that information is probably on the Microsoft site itself, they have a lot of links there to resources to preparing for and taking the tests. --] 19:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Works of the United States Government ==
When they say that ] are free from copyright, does "government" include its agencies? More specifically, I would like to know if this is why NASA material is not copyrighted. —] 17:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
: Works ''wholly'' produced by the US Federal Government, or their agencies (including NASA) are not copyrighted. Buuut: some of the national labs are managed by other institutions (such as universities), so it's not always clear what the copyright status of their work is. And a lot of work NASA does is in cooperation with other agencies, particularly ESA - for those joint ventures the other agency still owns copyright, even if NASA doesn't. -- ] | ] 18:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:The very link you've linked to above discusses this in some detail. Read the part about contractors. --] 18:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I think I am being misunderstood here. I know that involvement of others may render works copyrighted. Still, many things ''are'' free from copyright. My question is whether it is the law that talks about ''works of the government'' that is the reason for many NASA works being free from copyright. Put differently: Is ''agencies'' included when that law talks about the ''government''? —] 19:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. ] 19:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Broadly speaking, yes, but only again if you are talking about the ''federal'' government (''not'' state governments and ''not'' government-owned, contractor-operated facilities). --] 03:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:: Yes, the law is talking about the federal government. I just didn't know if agencies were considered a part of the federal government. —] 13:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::: Agencies (NASA, CIA, NIST, etc.) are all branches of the executive. The only agency-like thing that I can think of that isn't is the Federal Reserve. -- ] | ] 13:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== cost of postage ==
hello, how much postage do I need to send 6 pieces of printer paper from IL to IA? Thanks. -STeve <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 19:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Six standard 8.5"x11" 20# letter-sized sheets of paper probably will require only one stamp. Larger or heavier paper may require an extra $0.24 stamp. <span style="font-family:Verdana;">''']]]''' <small>{]}</small></span> 19:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Houston/Spring, Texas White Pages ==
I have been unable to access a telephone directory from Houston/Spring, Texas without paying People Search a charge for this. I am trying to find my brother, who I understand now lives in Spring, TX. If you can access a phone directory that covers this area, I will appreciate your sending me the phone and address so that I may contact him. Thank you for your help. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 19:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Did you try switchboard.com? If he is listed you can get it free, otherwise you will have to pay. --] 21:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::You can also try whitepages.com, anywho.com, and my favorite, google.com. I work customer service for a gift company and we use those sites very often to find addresses and such for people who mis-type their own addresses and those of their friends and family. Google is very handy since the other two may not list a certain address or phone number. Just last week, I was able to determine that an order wasn't fraudulent by googling someone's address and I found a copy of the minutes of a town meeting that verified that the person lived at that address. It was the only link and whitepages and anywho didn't list the person at all. <tt>]</tt>|] 21:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:::What is his name? ] 05:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Copying ==
I found a page thats been directly copied of "CIA World factbook" is that allowed? ] 20:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes! It's in the public domain. See ] for further information. Is the page you found in Misplaced Pages? If so, please point it out - while the Factbook may be in the public domain we can do better than copy and paste. ] 21:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::And we have to identify material taken from the public domain as such (we can't claim it is copyrighted, even under the GDFL). --] 03:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== looking for a college friend ==
Hello,
Hello,
My name is Yelena Devyatova and live in San Francsico. I have a brother, Eduard Pel, who lives near Moscow, Russia.
He is trying to locate a long lost friend. Her name was Lilya Vainberg (Wainberg). Eduard and Lilya met in Tashkent. They both were students at the University of Tashkent in 1957-1960. He studied physics, and she studied math/physics (?)
She left Russia long ago, and supposedely live in New York. She has some affiliation with Russsian newspaper "Jewish World".
Would you suggest how to approach this situation? I wasn't able to contact "Jewish World".
Thank you very much for your time and assistance,
Yelena Devyatova <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 20:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Yahoo's People Search didn't locate anyone by that name, but did. ] 06:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== college rankings ==
I need to find the top 20 universities in the U.S. by enrollment. I only see a top 10 list on your site. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 20:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:The external links at the bottom of this article: ] have that info. -] 21:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
== Know what this is from? Lost? Anime? ==
Does anyone know where is from? I had it as a website layout about 3 years ago. I thought it was called "Lost" but I can't seem to find it. --] 21:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Looks like ] to me. I remember another anime character that looks similar to her, with hair hanging down both sides of the face and tied in a similar fashion, but I forgot the name of that one. --] (]) 03:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::Ah! Yeah that's it :D Thank you very much. --] 12:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Sex & Playmate ==
Do playmates engage in constant sex?? Minimum how many times or to what extent is there a self moral control? Is there a difference between playmates and sex addicts?
22:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC)~~ {{unsigned|Kjvenus}}
:(ec)Did you read the article ]? There's no reason to think that their ]s are different from those of other people. -] 22:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::You may also wish to read ]. -] 23:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::::I thought nymphomania was the same as sex addiction, but I see ] is something completely different. ] 00:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:::You may also wish to read ]. But only for the articles, of course. --] 23:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Possibly the questioner might have meant the term . ] 00:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Of course, they do. They become positively irrational when they think about π. I hear they do it 3.14159 times a night. ] 01:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I thought friday removed this thread.. --]<sup>'''] ]'''</sup> 07:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Are we talking about the playmates, as in playboy girls? Watch ]. You can learn more about what they are ''really'' like! <FONT FACE="Calibri">]]]<sup>]</sup></FONT> 15:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
How good is the girls next door TV Series? What goes on in the lives of some irresponsible playmates? How does one differentiate between the Girls Next door TV Series and the Nip Tuck series? 20:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)~~
== tire valve core and fitting ==
]
What is the <i>name<i> of the tire value that uses this type of core and fitting? ] 23:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
:Interesting. What is it from? How do you get the air in and out? --] 23:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::There is a lock cap which slides over and engages the core to secure it inside the stem. The core is hollow about 3/4 of the way down where it is tapped on the sides and covered with tubing. The tubing both seals the seat of the core inside the stem when the lock nut is tightened <i>and<i> covers the holes that tap the hollow core such that it forms a one way valve by allowing air to enter under excess external pressure but does not allow air to escape under excess internal pressure. The valve comes from China (those clever devils!) and the fitting may actually be ]. ] 00:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Nope, not a Presta. It's a , aka Dunlop valve. In Finland, and presumably in some other countries as well, it's still quite common on your basic/ordinary/plain bike tyres.--] 07:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::::No I meant the threads appear to be ]. Actually the reference you made says a Presta pump will fit them. ] 12:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
= December 8 =
== Naruto ressembalnce ==
Does this person look alot like Naruto?http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/Baku-Aoki/ME0000484000_1.jpg. It's been all over the internet on forums and with stuff like forums and message boards;whats true and whats not?His nickname is Nazoto(a combination of "Nazo" meaning "mystery" and "Naruto".I've heard that they're brothers or something,cant be true can it?And who is this "Nazoto" <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 00:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
== job in history and geography ==
is there a job/career that deals with history and geography together? <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 02:07, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:Well, there are definitely ways of doing history that emphasize geography. And there is a small field of the history of geography. In either case your best bet is to cling to the academy. --] 03:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:::I interpret that last response to mean that teaching history would likely be the best way to combine the two. ] 08:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::There is also ] for you to look over. ] 03:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
A career in the military would be greatly enhanced by sound background in those humanities. --] 12:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Or a career in diplomatic service, international journalism, or, less glamorously, reference or textbook publishing. ] 19:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== ragtime guitar music ==
To whom it may cocern ,I would like to know if there is available in either music or guitar tab form the following ragtime songs.
Memphis Rag by R.L.Watson And Josiah JOnes and a 2nd song titled ...Praying on the old campground and lonesome blues I don't know the composer or player of the 2nd song.If there is a source other than yourselves that you may direct me to I would appreciate it ... thank you for any assistance .. Don Peace
<small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 02:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:“Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis” Vol. 1 Various Artists. CD 385. CD upc: 096297038529. This also has Furry Lewis, the worlds best old time bottleneck guitar player, who recorded on the Edison label, and whom I had the priviledge to hear live. $13.89 at Overstock.com . Sheetmusic? Do you think the musicians worked from sheet music? I expect they used 'head arrangements.' ] 05:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== What on earth could this animal be? ==
A friend and I were at a playground. I thought I saw a patch of red fur, but it turned out to be leaves, but now I wonder if the creature was at that spot then hid behind a tree or bush. Then, my friend saw something that looked a bit like a fox, but bigger jump from a tree. I thought I heard a growl. Then I heard leaves rustling. Suddenly I realized that this might be a chupabraca! I told my friend to run, and when I looked back, I could have sworn I saw a rusty-furred thing were we were standing! It was about 2.5-3 feet tall, but I was about twenty feet away, so it must have been bigger up close. It had little bumps running down it's back . It's body was hyena-like but the rest of it was fox-like. If you saw this sighting on my talk page, I added a bit more detail and edited it. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 04:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
Sounds like a '''Pooka'''. ] 05:47, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Where do you live? That would help figure it out. Sounds exciting but a little scary. Maybe it was a ] or a ]. -] 08:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Sounds to me like a ]. They live in south Asia, and are visually a cross between a red fox and a dog. They're pretty cool to watch too, I've sat at the ] and watched them run around and communicate with each other for quite a while. --] 12:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Which country has the strongest military? ==
Which country has the strongest military?
:See ] or ] Not a total answer as many other factors than military play a part in the designation. --] 05:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Well, the ] of China is the largest...which doesn't mean strongest per se. - ] 06:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::Yes, America's is much stronger technologically --]<sup>'''] ]'''</sup> 07:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:One way to compare is by expenditure. See ]. Note that the U.S. spends about half of all the military expenditure of the whole world. A lot of that money is lent to the U.S. by other countries. -] 08:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes the USA does have the biggest expenditure and the most technalogically advanced military but I would suggest that is NOT the strongest, in fact I strongly deny that it is, referance the cockup in Vietnam , Afghanistan and now Iraq.
But lets not turn this into a political debate.
I don't think we have seen China's PLA in action so I wouldn't like to say, the Russians? whats their army like?
How about the British Armed Forces? Undefeted since the Hundred years war with France I believe.
IDF? up untill about 6 weeks ago they had never been defeted before, but can you really call them a Military?
Then there is the Swiss, always overlooked, stoped the Germans pretty quick in WWII. Which poses a question, did the Swiss military actually invent The Swiss Army Knife? ] 19:26, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Hot and cold ==
The article on ] says that taking a shower and changing it back and forth from hot to cold can be unhealthy. I've experienced this before (mostly with cold draughts and warm rooms) and it produces a violent sickening sensation in the pit of my stomach. Why? --]<sup>'''] ]'''</sup> 07:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Perhaps because the body suddenly shifts blood from peripheral blood vessels to more central ones. See ]. -]
== Youngest presenter ==
I asked this a week ago without any result, the answer got archived, so I'll try again. Who is the youngest television presenter in the United States? And who would get that title were the question worldwide? - ]|] 11:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:] says . I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but it might help! <FONT FACE="Calibri">]]]<sup>]</sup></FONT> 15:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::Will check that. - ]|] 18:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::Not entirely what I'm looking for. It said "Aged 28, John became the BBC's first full-time television correspondent in the United States and the youngest television foreign correspondent." News correspondents are markedly different from regular presenters. - ]|] 18:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you mean a regular presenter or a guest ? I believe I've seen kids news shows where they are the presenters. There are also segments in many kids shows, like ] where a kid or group of kids presents something, like "here's my dog, Spot". Kids are also featured on shows like ]'s, where they each present a science experiment. I would guess that the answer would be a 1 year old, as some 1 year olds may be mature enough to "present something", like their dog. ] 15:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::I specified television presenter, and I should've said I wasn't looking for segments in fictional shows. The kids on David Letterman would qualify if they were recurring. Thanks for trying to help anyway. Other suggestions are still welcome. - ]|] 18:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:::To clarify, ] has a segment in the middle where real kids (not cartoons) present something. ] 19:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Old western hanging scene ==
hi all,
I remember watching a film were the cowboy his set to be hung so he swallows a steel tube to re-enforce his windpipe so he won't die when hung. can someone please tell me the name of the film this scene belongs too.
thanks
] 12:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC) Eoghan
:Don't know, but that method wouldn't work, as hanging is designed to break the neck. There is a form of hanging (without the "drop"), meant to be more horrific, where the person slowly suffocates, but that's not what was typically used in the US. ] 14:53, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::This is bizarre. Even if it did work, and that he could somehow keep this tube in place without choking on it or swallowing it completely, what did he think would happen next? First thing they would do after hanging him is check he is dead.--] 15:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:::I had the thought about the neck too but it would not be the first time a movie got it all wrong (laff) so I do not doubt that there is such a film but I was not able to find it. --] 15:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::Not necessarily so. There is a pub on the Grassmarket (there are actually very many), but the one I refer to here is called, "Maggie Dickson's". In the days of yore and public hangings, poor and single Maggie had the temerity to hide from the City fathers the fact that she was pregnant (a local bye-law had earlier been enacted to prevent the many infanticides and abortions carried out by single women and prostitutes). The punishment (following the safe arrival and despatch of the alive child into the poorhouse), was the public hanging of the mother. Maggie was duly hanged "by the neck until ye be dead - and may God (certainly not the guid folk of Edinburgh), have mercy on your soul". But she was from a neighbouring town called Musselburgh. And it fell to that latter town to inter her remains. So the carters who cut her down and put her in a box and took her to Musselburgh to be buried in unconsecrated ground there, stopped for a thirst-quenching drink at a pub on the way, "The Sheep's Heid", still standing in Duddingston village. And when they emerged, Maggie was sitting up in the open topped box rubbing her sore neck. You see, in those days, the "drop" was not as scientifically prepared as in latter executions, in fact, most condemned people simply choked to death. In Maggie's case, the long journey over the cobbled roads of the time had revived her. And she couldn't be re-tried or re-hanged as she had already been pronounced dead. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 19:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
== Eric Moussambani Contact ==
Hi There...
I am trying to get in touch with Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani. He is from Equatorial Guinea and swam in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia. Any information to help me get a hold of him would be much appreciated, I would like to write his story.
:Ministerio de Educacion y Deportes MALABO , EQUATORIAL QUINEA:
:Tel.: +240 93326
:Fax: +240 93313
:E-mail: coge@intnet.gq
:::::-] 14:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Graphs using ARCHIM ==
Can someone please tell me how to draw the graph of a parabola?? i am using a software called ARCHIM (www.stochastic-lab.com for free download). every time I use the standard equation some innovative error comes up. Please hlp <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 14:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
(Someone please move to Computing IT or Math Desk, I'm not sure which is more appropriate. Thanks -] 14:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC))
:I would go with the Computer Desk. Can you tell us which equation you entered and what errors you got ? ] 14:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== mercats ==
could someone please assist me> in the show mercats, what happened to shakesphere? was he
ever seen again? why was one of the females forced out of the den?
any help would be appreciated...thank-you <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 14:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:], the ] ], has this:
:Shakespeare, Zaphod's courageous son. He survived two bites of a puff adder, but is now presumed dead after successfully saving Flower's pups from an attack by Big Cy of the Lazuli group. Shakespeare's death and/or disappearance at the end of the first series, with no closure, has been a matter of dispute among viewers.
:Sorry. Doesn't sound good. -] 14:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:Both Tosca and Mozart were kicked out for having pups, and in Tosca's case, also for trying to take over. Mozart was let back in, but Tosca is out for good. ] 20:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== Churchill ==
I was recently told a quote by Churchill,...The Years of the Locust...
To what was he refering?
sorry if this question is badly laid out <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 16:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:It's not badly laid out at all. the link to the text of that particular speech. Why don't you read it while waiting for one of the Churchill experts to explain? -] 16:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::I have nothing to add in response to the question - but I have to say, as an Englishman who loves his country and its history, how very grateful I am to Misplaced Pages as the medium, and to THB, the luminary above, who so knowlegeably and timeously in response to the question, not only drew on an obviously immense fund of Churchillian history and (his) speeches, but also pointed me to yet another fount of my country's history, of which I was previously entirely ignorant and unaware. Thankyou both. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 18:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you (] 2:25). I believe Churchill was refering to the years in which Nazi Germany rearmed, and England slept.] 19:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
<blockquote>Even before they were over, people started calling the 1930s "the locust years," Sir ], Britain's minister for coordination of defense at the time and a man who knew his Bible, first used the phrase, borrowing it from the Old Testament prophet Joel, who described a hard and ugly era as "The years that the locust hath eaten."
Winston Churchill picked the phrase up for ], his book on the prelude to World War II. For Churchill, it described the years 1931 to 1935, when in the great English statesman's memorable words, "the entire situation on the continent of Europe was reversed" for the worse. It was a "dismal period" when "horrors and miseries ... beyond comparison in human experience" became inevitable, Churchill wrote. {{cite journal |last=Goode |first=Stephen |journal=Insight on the News |volume=19 |year=2003 |month=April |title=Great Powers Paid Price for 'Peace'}}</blockquote>] 19:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
== xbox flight stick list==
there is a place that i can see a list of xbox flight sticks, i am planning to buy one??? <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 17:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
== what does god look like ==
I want to add an article for a place in delhi cantonment. However, i am unsure about the relevant Misplaced Pages policies on this topic. I tried searching on DuckDuckGo to no avail And the results of Misplaced Pages search gave unrelated things. What are the relevant policies? ] (]) 11:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
who come know one can describe god?
who created god?
is there another universe? <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 18:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:You may find ] a good starting point. Be sure in particular to study the section on notability. You may also want to look up articles about similar places (if those articles exist) and review them to get a sense of what does and does not go into such an article.
:(1) See ]. (2) Gods are not created. (3) No but see ] and ].--] 18:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:It looks like you're new to Misplaced Pages. (Welcome!) You may find it easier to write an article from scratch and get it past article review or new pages patrol if you spend some time here first editing other pages and getting to understand the culture. That's not a strict requirement, just something a lot of people benefit from when they first arrive! -- ] (]) 14:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
*Thatisbecauseaccording to the ] Godwas thefirst to existandcreate everything. We haven't proven He exists scientifically, soallyour questions are unanswerable. - ]|] 18:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
::And the place for new editors to ask questions is the ] (although we're happy to help here too, especially with references). ] (]) 15:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
== Indian city classification ==
::See ]. Questions about god are metaphysical questions and not addressed by ]. A religion, any religion, could be termed as a ] of agreements about metaphysical issues. Many of them describe god. Some do not. ], for instance, does not deal with that level of truth and states that one must come to his own understanding of god. I am sure other religions take the same tack. Basically you pick the one or none or many or whatever you like. Everything else is just opinion. I like my steak medium rare. --] 18:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I was looking at ]. In tier Y, there are more than 100 cities listed. But in the reference given there are only 88. I even looked what appears to be official website, there's no new circular of new list. Are there any other circulars or should I just remove extra cities. Also, as my main purpose to look for a tier classification, was to use it as approximation for urban (Tier X and Y) and rural districts (Tier Z). Is there any other department which does this kind of classification, please let me know. -- ] (]) 17:13, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
I believe there are some religions where gods create other gods, possibly in a finite or infinite loop. This just reminds me of "it's ]", however. ] 19:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
:That circular by the ] indicates that classification of cities depends on the latest census. Entities using the classification after yearly update seemingly are easy to find ( https://7thpaycommissionnews.in/classification-of-indian-cities/), regarding a specific source explicitly mentioning their is an update the department link to look for has to be related to the census. --] (]) 21:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
== Movie ==
What Kind of a movie is "Don't let your Meat Loaf"? made in 1995 <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 18:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
= December 25 =
::Apparently it is a comedy following 3 black comics trying to raise enough money to open a comedy club...see this link (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_let_your_meat_loaf/about.php) for more details. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 18:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
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What is it like for mental health clients to live in group homes? What is paid out-of-pocket? What is paid by insurance?
As a diagnosee of schizotypal personality disorder and other disorders, and being thought to still be on the Autistic Spectrum by some therapists despite a rediagnosis to the above disorder, is there a group home near or in Hutchinson, KS for anyone with my types of disorders?
I hope to no longer have to pay $450/month in rent and over $100/month in energy bills as well as $70/month in Cox internet at 1 GBPs if I move into a group home and have health insurance pay for it all.
I would only intend to live there until all of my debts are paid off and once I have substantial investments saved up, including dividend stocks so I can live off of a passive income that pays for basic living expenses in a normal residence again.
The only people who could possibly answer this are KanCare Sunflower health insurance. Look at the terms of your agreement or ask them directly on their help line. Shantavira|09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
December 12
How to revert a company
I received an unsolicited email soliciting a contribution to an upcoming issue of a biomedical journal. My contribution, they assured me, coming from an eminent researcher like me, would greatly enhance the quality of said issue. This may well be true, but, since my knowledge of biomedical issues has largely been formed by doing research to answer questions at the Reference desk, this does not bode well for the quality of this issue, even with my eminent contribution. I don't want my name to be associated with low-quality journals, so I'll refrain from contributing.
The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,
BioMed Grid LLC, California, USA. If you do not wish to receive this email, revert us.
I indeed do not wish to receive this email and would like to unreceive it. But I can't figure out how to revert this company. Can anyone help me? (There are some more companies I'd also like to revert.) --Lambiam09:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
But is it? I'd never seen this before. Our article on the journal states that the publisher, Biomedgrid LLC, was first registered in California in 2018 by Sasidhar Vontethina and Sushma Manchikanti, both Indian (more specifically Telugu) names. --Lambiam08:58, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
I also question this. I'd be befuddled if I was asked to revert a company. But then, I always wince when I hear "write me" rather than "write to me" (other than "write me a letter"). -- Jack of Oz19:27, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
What are similarities and differences between LUFS meter (especially momentary) and Audiosurf's audio analysis algorithm (when comes to how tracks are colored in particular way depending on the song intensity)? Considering the color (when "fancy coloring" mode is enabled) of momentary LUFS bar on my own multichannel peakmeter when fed with the same song as the video, lines up with the color of the blocks and the tracks on this video and/or this sometimes and at other times, it doesn't line up assuming they somehow sync with the video. 2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43 (talk) 03:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
The article about the Audiosurf game tells that the game engine analyzes an imported song to create and save its dynamics in an ASH file. Reverse engineering these files to extract the generating algorithms is research that is beyond anyone here. This is proprietary information that the game creator Dylan Fitterer may choose to withold. Already as you look for correlation between your objective LUFS detector and the game screen, bear in mind that where the object of Audiosurf is more to entertain than analytical logging, some degree of randomity may be deliberately included. Philvoids (talk) 16:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
The word "meta" means “beyond” and “about”. The word “physics” means “nature”. Therefore, metaphysics can be regarded as the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality and existence. Stanleykswong (talk) 06:45, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Των μετά τα φυσικάThe Ancient Greek preposition μετά also means "next, after". It is generally thought that the title of Aristotle's book Των μετά τα φυσικά (Tōn metá ta phusiká), "Of the things after Physica", the etymon of our term metaphysics, was given to it (not by Aristotle but by the editor) simply because it was the next book in series, following Aristotle's book Physica, "Natural phenomena". --Lambiam11:22, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
December 16
My habit of feature requests scared a developer?
Reading these posts (this and this) on a thread about foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer in HydrogenAudio forum about my doings that "scared" off a developer of foo_enhanced_spectrum_analyzer and foo_loudness_peakmeter components for foobar2000 player and yet, the developer of a spectrum analyzer plugin for MusicBee did implement my feature requests into this plugin despite I've not have written fanon wiki pages about future version of CoolEdit Nostalgia (like I did this and this before). So, why would they? 2001:448A:3070:EA0F:F1A2:31A3:43A5:587B (talk) 18:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
I don't understand finance, so I thought I'd ask. If I buy a futures contract for say a ton of corn at a specific price, and I hold it until the delivery date, will someone literally deliver a ton of corn to me? Thanks. Therapyisgood (talk) 00:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
The contract is likely to read "FOB Kansas City," or something like that. You'll probably have to move it from whatever transportation it is on (train, ship) yourself. Or, arrange (pay for) delivery. DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 01:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
At the delivery date, the current buyer will have become the proud owner of a ton of corn somewhere. The identity of the buyer of the contract almost always changes, so the seller drawing up the contract does not know the identity of the eventual buyer at the delivery date. Therefore, wherever the "somewhere" may be, you as the buyer can be reasonably sure it will not be delivered to your doorstep. --Lambiam09:54, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Oil futures have even been known to have a negative price, when the producers' local storage was full and demand was low. At that point the buyer of the contract is being paid to take it away. --Amble (talk) 20:30, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
True, but this depends on both parties agreeing to a new or modified contract. If the buyer does the unexpected and just sits it out, as suggested in the original question, and also does not agree to a new contract, the seller is obligated to produce the asset to the buyer, even if this means they need to go and buy it on the market. --Lambiam10:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Yes, a futures contract is ultimately for purposes of delivery of the specified contract in accordance with its terms. A standard corn futures contract is for 5000 bushels (although there is also a mini corn future for only 1000 bushels). A bushel of corn (maize) weighs 56 pounds, so at settlement the buyer owns 140 tons of corn (or, for a mini corn future, 28 tons).
When asked "WHO IS YOUR X?" (X still being unknown to me but is known to the respondents), here are the answers I get:
A answers: "A"
B answers: "C"
C answers: "C"
D answers: "F"
E answers: "F"
F answers: "F"
To sum up, the special phenomenon here is that, everybody has their own X (usually), and if any respondent points at another respondent as the first respondent's X, then the other respondent must point at themself as their X.
I wonder who the unknown X may be, when I only know that X is a natural example from everyday life. I thought about a couple of examples, but none of them are satisfactory, as follows:
X is the leader of one's political party, or X is one's mayor, and the like, but all of these examples attribute some kind of leadership or superiority to X, whereas I'm not interested in this kind of solution - involving any superiority of X.
Here is a second solution I thought about: X is the first (or last) person born in the year/month the respondent was born, and the like. But this solution involves some kind of order (in which there is a "first person" and a "last person"), whereas I'm not interested in this kind of solution - involving any order. 79.177.151.182 (talk) 12:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
I mean that everybody has their own X (usually), whether X is one's mayor, or X is the leader of one's political party, and so forth. Additionally, keep in mind that if any respondent points at another respondent as the first respondent's X, then the other respondent must point at themself as their X. 79.177.151.182 (talk) 15:21, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
X is the usual symbol denoting an unknown (as in mathematical equations), but here the unknown is a person, like "a mayor", and the like. 79.177.151.182 (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
There are too many possible answers that still don't involve order or superiority.
- Translator
- Publisher
- Spokesperson
- Copyeditor
- Cleaner
- Keyholder (person who closes a shop and responsible for turning up in cases of property related emergencies - sometimes it's a manager but sometimes it's merely someone who is willing to stay late or be early)
- Scribe
- Accountant
- Driver
Basically anything where there's a "role" in a group but usually only one (barring circumstances).
I don't believe it. A publisher doesn't have necessarily a publisher, because it normally is not an author. A keyholder could be a trusted neighbour,who doesn't work at the shop and is therefore not its own keyholder (at least in relation to the shop). Of course in relation to its own living quarters mostly everybody is a keyholder, but that was not part of the definition. Even a translator doesn't translate itself when it expresses itself in the foreign language. At least not necessarily. Even a cleaner doesn't necessarily cleans up after itself. I know one! Personally!
So this is interesting linguistically and socially - the use of the word "usually" lets in a lot of the examples given, at least in some societies. However mathematically you are looking for something impossible. Lets assume that everyone has an X (or equivalently ignore those people without an X, who are also no-one's X). The relation partitions the set into subsets (i.e. the subsets include all the elements, and each element is in one and only one subset). Each subset has one self-X call it C for centre, and all the other elements (0 or more of them) point to C. Example, whole numbers under the relation "what is the remainder if you are divided by 5". 5 subsets with C=0, 1, 2, 3, 4. In every case there is a "privileged" centre, whether it would be considered superior, inferior or just special is open to interpretation. You can only have no centres in the case where there are no elements at all. All the best: RichFarmbrough21:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC).
Street View
Why Googlehas not launched Street View in mainland China? There do exist several user-submitted photos, mostly from landmarks and historical cities, but why Google cars have not traveled there yet? How likely is that in 2034, mainland China will have photos by Google cars if Street view is launched there?
And, why South Korea, a country with a large economy and almost no bans, still has large unphotographed areas with most minor cities and major freeways are not photographed entirely? And could North Korea ever get Street View by Google cars? --40bus (talk) 17:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
My dream would be every country in the world having full coverage. Is that likely in next 20 years? At least Belarus's lack of Street View should be corrected. I would like to see views from every country. --40bus (talk) 06:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Though a multinational, Google is at base an American company, or at least is perceived as such.
Think about the political tensions between the Peoples Republic of China, and the West in general and the USA in particular. Now ask yourself – how might the Government of China feel about American-controlled spy-cars driving around the whole of China, photographing everything visible? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 20:51, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
That is (obviously) not the reason; your tin foil hat is malfunctioning. The USA does not require something as lowtech as a 360 camera mounted on a car to drive through an area to spy on that area. The reason is that Google does not want to waste its money. And China has a habit of creating local state-owned alternatives to foreign services, allowing those to rip off the foreign tech, and then massively disadvantaging the foreign company. They have done this many times before. Polygnotus (talk) 01:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
I'm not suggesting that the US would want (or need) to do this. I'm asking how the Chinese Government would welcome the appearance of it, particularly in the perception of their own people. International relations and management of internal perceptions are all about opinions, beliefs, and what can be spun, regardless of truth.
Recently, in my own country, Chinese visitors and personnel from an ostensible language school fomented a totally spurious 'incident' at a London railway terminus, by approaching a well-known busker and YouTuber filming his and others' performances on a public piano, and then insisting that he stop filming, complaining to police present that he was violating their rights by filming them. This was not done for any valid reason, but (presumably) to try to manipulate public opinion within China, and create a spurious 'grievance' to use in diplomatic discussions. Such games go on all the time. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 01:36, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
I'm asking how the Chinese Government would welcome the appearance of it I have answered the original question; please don't hijack this thread to ask a vaguely related question and then bring up unrelated stuff (which was not recent but a year ago, and a storm in a teacup, and your conspiracy theory is not supported by evidence). There are plenty of diplomatic incidents between China and the UK; neither side has a need to manufacture one. If you want to ask a new question, please post it in a new section. Thank you, Polygnotus (talk) 01:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for proving my point. The CCP killed insane numbers of people through brutality and incompetence. But we should still call out tin foil conspiracy nonsense. The idea that all conspiracies about the "other" must be true, just because we don't like them, is a very very dangerous one. Just like the idea that everyone who points out that some conspiracies about the "other" are false must be an "other". Polygnotus (talk) 12:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
Relations between Google and the Chinese government have been difficult for years. China wants its citizens to see only a censored version of the internet, requiring Google to filter results from its search engine. In case of Street View, the Chinese government is concerned about what their own citizens can see (and I suppose they also want to know who views which streets). Google isn't very eager to comply with all China's request, as that could be quite expensive and bad for their image in less authoritarian states. PiusImpavidus (talk) 19:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
40bus, it is not based in the UK despite its British sounding name. The Encyclopaedia Britannica has been published in the United States since 1901. That's two years before the first human piloted airplane flight. Cullen328 (talk) 07:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Why it is not based in the UK? And if it is read and edited by people in metric countries, why many of its articles use imperial units first? It even uses British English spelling. And are there any similar UK-based online encyclopedias? --40bus (talk) 08:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Are there any web pages from late 1980s and early 1990s that are still in their original address, rather than on Internet Archive? Was it common for a company or person to have website in early 1990s? --40bus (talk) 07:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
We have a List of websites founded before 1995. The IN2P3 site from 1992 can still be visited, where you may enjoy seeing the French National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics's contact details, a small picture of the building, and five hyperlinks. The article says there were 2,879 websites established before 1995, so no, it wasn't common. Card Zero (talk)09:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Were there any websites around in 1990? This year feels still relatively recent. And are there any saved TV broadcasts from that time in the web, from any country? --40bus (talk) 11:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Fred, know Rudy Giuliani's father, who is said to have been a mob contract killer? I'm asking because I've heard rumors somewhere that both Donald and Fred had mob contacts in New York City.Rich (talk) 22:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
"Said to have been"; is there a reliable source that claims this? It has also been said that Donald Trump is a shape shifting lizard. Harold Giuliani was at the bottom of the low end of shady dealings in the Italian immigrant community. It seems extremely unlikely that Fred Trump, a high-profile successful real-estate developer from the German immigrant community, would have a reason to meet him. --Lambiam10:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
The OP did not ask whether it was plausible but whether it was true. Even if the mob contract killer story should prove more than randomly created innuendo, there is still nothing to suggest the two fathers ever met. The suggested mob contacts would not make this more likely than two random New Yorkers (like Henri who sometimes ordered pizza and Freddy who sometimes delivered pizza) knowing each other. It is very difficult to prove a negative, but the question implied the OP thought it was at least plausible, which, as I tried to point out, it is not. --Lambiam01:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
I did not dispute the rumours exist, but IMO they are irrelevant to the question whether the two fathers knew each other, so I ignored them. --Lambiam01:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for finding this, Polygnotus. But are you sure Rudy would have mentioned it in his eulogy, being possibly embarrassed about his father's occupation? And mentioning an acquaintance with his father would not make Fred seem more illustrious, which eulogies are meant to do. Rich (talk) 19:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
I want to add an article for a place in delhi cantonment. However, i am unsure about the relevant Misplaced Pages policies on this topic. I tried searching on DuckDuckGo to no avail And the results of Misplaced Pages search gave unrelated things. What are the relevant policies? KhubsuratInsaan (talk) 11:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
You may find this guide a good starting point. Be sure in particular to study the section on notability. You may also want to look up articles about similar places (if those articles exist) and review them to get a sense of what does and does not go into such an article.
It looks like you're new to Misplaced Pages. (Welcome!) You may find it easier to write an article from scratch and get it past article review or new pages patrol if you spend some time here first editing other pages and getting to understand the culture. That's not a strict requirement, just something a lot of people benefit from when they first arrive! -- Avocado (talk) 14:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
I was looking at Classification of Indian cities. In tier Y, there are more than 100 cities listed. But in the reference given there are only 88. I even looked what appears to be official website, there's no new circular of new list. Are there any other circulars or should I just remove extra cities. Also, as my main purpose to look for a tier classification, was to use it as approximation for urban (Tier X and Y) and rural districts (Tier Z). Is there any other department which does this kind of classification, please let me know. -- Parnaval (talk) 17:13, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Resolved 79.177.151.182 (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
