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= December 11 =
= December 11 =
== If I ever opt to live in a ] for ]s, could my ] pay the rent and utilities? ==
== Hedging by buying Stock 1 long and (in the same industry) Stock 2 short ==
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 understand that this means that either way, you are guaranteed not to lose all of your money because whichever way the market goes, one of your instruments has gains that approximately outweigh the losses of the other. However, I don't understand how this is a way to assure yourself long-term positive gain. My logic is thus: Because of random market activity/noise, half of the time you will make money because your "in-the-money" instrument has a greater gain than your "out of the money" instrument, but the other half of the time, the loss will slightly outweigh the gain. This has been bugging me for a while because it does not make intuitive sense; after factoring in transaction costs and spreads and such it doesn't seem to make sense! Why and how can so many firms and hedge funds use this strategy? Thanks so much! ] 00:05, 11 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?
:#First of all, it's not guaranteed. Period. The stock you're long can go down while the stock you're short goes up. Quickly. Or they could both go up or down which could create a gain *or* loss.
:#It doesn't work if you pick random stocks. You're looking to pick a strong stock to go long in and a weak one to short. Stock picking, by whatever means, "overcomes" randomness.
:#Transaction costs are nothing like they were thirty years ago. For practical purposes they are almost insignificant.
:#See the section "Against the box" at ]. You can think of this technique as if it were shorting against the box but instead of the same stock, the same industry. Being short against the box eliminates risk completely but also eliminates the possibility of further profit. (If you figure in transaction costs, including the spread, as you pointed out, it's guaranteed to be a slight loss from the starting position.) By picking different stocks in the same industry, the risk of loss is lessened compared to a naked short or long position, and the odds of gain are increased over a neutral position. The market is all about controlling risk. -] 00:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Could my Medicaid ] ] pay for all expenses associated with living in the group home?
You can also write covered calls which is similiar to against the box but involves holding the stock long and sell the long derivative call of the stock (instead of shorting the stock outright). An example would be XYZ company sotck is currently selling for $100 and the June XYZ $100 call is selling for $10. By 100 shares and sell the call for $10 and your break even position $90 (hedges against a $10 loss). The cost of this is your maximum profit per share is $10. You get the $10 per share immediately and your entire position is liquidated if the price of the stock is over $100 in June. --] 01:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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.
== Cruiser Craft Boats ==
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.
I need information about "Cruiser Craft Boats". Please do not confuse these with "Chris Craft Boats" ! Cruiser Craft boats were built in Dallas Texas back in the mid 1950's.
Thanks
:See and let us know if that is the one. --] 01:03, 11 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)
== YOU STOLE MY INVENTION! BANG! BANG! BANG! ==
: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 believe he just snapped': High-rise gunman became convinced attorney had stolen his idea, family says
: December 10, 2006
: BY ANNIE SWEENEY, STEFANO ESPOSITO AND ABDON PALLASCH Staff Reporters
: ... Jackson began shooting Friday at the group of West Loop attorneys he believed had stolen his dream invention -- a special port-a-potty for truckers.
: ... killed three people ... one was Michael R. McKenna -- a patent, trademark and copyright attorney who rented space there and was the man Jackson believed stole his idea.
: ... Jackson told his family that after not hearing from his attorney, he did research on the Internet and found what he believed was evidence the lawyer had patented the idea.
: ... If Jackson did see the name "McKenna" on a toilet-related patent, it may be from the Boston-based Cesari and McKenna firm that has no relation to Michael McKenna. The Boston firm has served as attorney/agent on 18 toilet-related patents, though none that appear too similar to Jackson's idea.
: A search of the U.S. Patent office Web database finds 84 patents for Michael McKenna, only two related to toilets: a decorative toilet handle and a toilet-paper dispenser that activates a music box and fragrance dispenser when used.
: Contributing: Felicia Dechter
I went to the USPTO (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html) and searched the issued patent and published application databases and I did not see the potty patent either. What went wrong? -- ] 00:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:Likely no patent has yet been granted. -] 01:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::People kill for the weirdest reasons. ''''']]]''''' 01:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Logically Defending Beliefs (cont.) ==
Another question, to do with ], that I want to ask you to is this: Are there any books, Internet websites, or articles that contain or are about their (''any'' of the people I've mentioned up there) statements and arguments to logically defend their faith and their responses to the criticisms of their beliefs?] 00:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:Re ; don't remove answers provided by other people, even if you don't like what they say. ] 03:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::Did you put it back, Ben? If not then please feel free to do so. --] 03:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Coincidentally, we are discussing setting proposed deletion policy on the RD ]. Both of your input is welcomed.
You might want to put on your thinking cap and read some of the stuff by ] and ]. Kantian philosophy is very good for people of faith and Hume's philosophy is great for pure scientists- and both sides of the argument do a great job of kicking the snot out of the other side, so it's good feelings all round. It's not exactly the most accessable reading material though, so grab some cliff notes or something before you try to tackle them --]<sup>'''] ]'''</sup> 21:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== headless chicken lifespan ? ==
NatGeo TV stated today that decapitated chickens can live for 18 months !!! Is this true or false ?
:See ]. He lived "happily" for 18 months and would probably have lived longer if not for an error on the part of the owner. He had sufficient brain stem to survive after a botched "beheading" --] 03:27, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::That is ridiculous! That someone on television can claim a chicken can live without a head for 18 months based on one single anomalous chicken that did happen to live 18 months after a botched beheading. According to the article, the chicken could have lived more then 18 moths, it only died because the owners didn't have the apparatus they normally use to save the chicken from choking. Pun not intended. They may as well have said that a chicken can live a healthy and normal life without a head. ] 23:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::It's not ridiculous. It's poppycock. I'd say it was asinine, but that's a whole other animal right there. ] ] ] 16:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::::But in all seriousness. It's fairly common for television shows to claim things like "can" and "could" when the average happenings of such a thing...uh...happening are much, much less. I wouldn't go so far as to get all flustered, but... ] ] ] 16:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== the sexpistols ==
hi.
whats the go with nancy being jewish???
] 03:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:Could you rephrase that question please? I have no idea what you are asking. --] 03:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::I imagine this question to be apropos of ], the girlfriend of ], the ] for the ]. The Spungen article provides that she was ''from a ] ] family in the Huntingdon Valley area of ], ]'', and, whilst such assertion doesn't appear to have a particular source, —situated in ]—would seem to suggest her to have been of Jewish heritage. If the question is as to (a) how others construed Spungen's Jewishness or how she identified herself or (b) why Sid might have dated someone of Jewish heritage (I suppose one might mean to suggest that Vicious wasn't particularly religious, about the veracity of which suggestion I'm not altogether sure), I don't know that one could offer any good answer. ] 04:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Keir Dullea and Brave New World? ==
I see in his credits and various places on the web that Keir Dullea(bowman from 2001 a space odyssey) was in a film version of the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I used to have a paperback copy of the novel with pics of the film inside. Yet i can find no information about it and I have never seen it. Did it actually get released ever? If it did...what happened to it and if it didn't why not? Any info helpful
:He played Thomas Grambell in a 1980 TV version of the movie . ] 04:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Jump Scenes? ==
I was curious to see if there was a uniform phrase used to describe 'jump scenes' in feature films. I suppose the best way to define them is that they a quick moments in a scary film that make the audience 'jump.' Things seem very quiet (the music even cutting out sometimes) and then something scary happens. An Example might include the dead facehugger falling onto Ripley in Alien. This would be different from scenes which are inherently scary (.e.g., the raptor in the kitchen scene in Jurassic Park), in that the audience usually doesn't expect the scary to happen.
I've seen the scene called 'jump scenes' on various websites marketed towards parents wanting to check up on movies before their children see them. I have also seen them refered to as 'cat in the 'fridge' scenes due to that stchick. Hope you can help, and thanks in advance...
--] 05:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:I always thought of them as "Make the audience yell and throw their popcorn/drink in the air" scenes. (SPOILER WARNING!)In ] one was where the dead guy's face plopped down through the hole in the bottom of his boat. In ] a bad guy who is supposed to be dead jumps out of the darkness. People in the theater actually did as I described. These scenes seemed carefully crafted and great fun except for the flying popcorn and drinks. They could also had the effect of a girl throwing her arms around a guy for protection. ] 16:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:It's not just horror movies. For example, I recently saw ] (Mad Max 2), and there's a scene where Max casually opens the door of a recently crashed big truck and a corpse falls out. But I can't think of a general name for this sort of scene. ] | ] 20:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::I've never heard a definitive name for the effect either, but it's quite widespread. I nearly wore my popcorn in one scene of ], to be honest... ] <small>]</small> 16:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::In Spiderman there was a bit where there was a flashback that flashed across the screen so fast that people didn't even have time to scream. Everyone just kinda flinched and gasped. ] 21:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== how to find my question again ==
Hi,
I'm new to this and asked a question last week, only to find that I can't locate it again. I look in contents but the list is only for about 6 days of questions and answers and I guess my question was prior to the first day listed in contents. Your advice is to wait for answers and check back for at least 30 days, but I don't know how to locate it after the contents page no longer displays my question?? Thank you all. {{unsigned|Graceyjo}}
: Check ] --] 07:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::Also, I think 30 days is optimistic. Once the question is archived, you're unlikely to get any additional responses. I'd check back every day while it's here, both for answers and, in case we don't understand the question, to offer clarifications. ] 09:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::You might also click on "my contributions". The Cheverolet headrest question got no answers but the itchy ear question had several. You might try reposting the Chevrolet question again. -] 10:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::::The Chevrolet question is here: ]. (The itchy ear posting was an answer, not a question.) ] 03:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Hemi ==
How much does it usually cost to put a HEMI engine in a muscle car? {{unsigned|70.115.14.36}}
:That would depend on several factors:
#Are you doing it or a shop?
#Which HEMI engine are you putting in?
#How many modifications to the car will you have to make to get the engine to fit?
#Where are you getting the engine from? Crate engine or from a junkyard?
:There may be more things to consider but that's just off the top of my head. <tt>]</tt>|] 08:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::So, based on the above, maybe $500 if you find a decent or rebuildable junk engine, and can do all the fabrication work yourself, to perhap $15,000 or more to have a shop do it all for you with a fairly mildly tweaked engine. If you give us more details on your idea we can help you more. --] 16:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::This may be the kind of question that's better answered by asking for quotes from garages than by asking at the reference desk. Assuming you're referring to one of Chrysler's famous line of hemi engines, you can find an encyclopedia article about them at ]. A discussion of the general idea of hemispherical combustion chambers can be found at ]. ] ] 18:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Facility Management & Employee Services ==
Dear All,
I wish to find out best practices and trends in Facility Mgt and Employee related services across BPO's & IT companies in India.
Regards
A M
:] might be a good place to start. I see there's an ]; their website might be helpful. ] 08:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== hiv test ==
is getting a hiv test while poor and unable to afford treatment paramount to asking "will i die in the next decade?"? Thankjs -DON
:No, because there are various ways to get free treatment. ] 09:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:If you tell us where you live we might be able to point you in the right direction. Remember, taking the test does not affect your HIV status, it just tells you your existing status. You may find that you are negative. It is possible to be exposed many times without being infected. -] 10:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
There is a more general issue here, as well, that doctors frequently have trouble persuading people to take a test for a condition if they have no treatment for it. In the case of AIDS, there may be a treatment, and it's also important to know your status to avoid infecting others. However, diseases do exist (like some genetic diseases), which are neither infectious nor in any way treatable. In those cases, I tend to agree, the cost of the test, however low, would seem to outweigh the benefit, which is none. ] 10:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Pragmatic question on CDS (accounting question) ==
Hi all,
I got some CDS ( on single names and on index ) and I've to calculate everyday the MtM and the accruals.
My question is the following one : If I calculate my fund in D-1, at which date should I calculate the accruals and the MtM ?
I heard that I've to use a curve in D-1 but that the interest and MtM should be calculated at D !!! ( Markets convention ?? ) Is there a written convention which define such rules ?
Many thanks
David
:Please expand your acronyms, and then maybe we can help you. ] ] ] 17:03, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== medicine ==
<small>Frequent refrence desk responders may wish to review hidden comments below What user alleged these things?</small>
where do i get the tablet APHRODISIAC, please give me the address, i need it urgently, you can send me a mail to the following email id.
''<email removed>''
its very urgent please. waiting for your reply {{unsigned|59.92.164.125}}
: The reference desk cannot help you acquire narcotics. However, we have excellent articles on ] and ]. <small>I had previously deleted this question in the interest of the encyclopedia. It was restored by ]</small> ] - ] 15:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::]s are not tablets – instead, it is a general term for agents causing the arousal of the mood of sexual desire. Try ] or ]s, for example. The only known synthetic aphrodisiac is a nasal spray called ]. The drug is currently in the testing phase. –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 15:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::There are foods and natural herbal substances (see ]) that are considered by many to act as aphrodisiacs. See the article on ] already mentioned for some ideas and you should be able to purchase them at your local health foods store or at online health food vendors. --] 15:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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::::] 17:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:I don't think any good end is served by answering this question, for those of us (skeptics) who tend to be incredulous about the efficacy of purported sexual stimulants to do so on a site devoted to scholarly pursuits is really just helping someone throw their money away on chicanery. But since the OP asked specifically for an 'aphrodisiac '''pill'''', s/he can feel free to spend their hard-earned dosh on one of ] 16:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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::Anchoress, never discount the ] effect, especially on something as subjective as ]. --] 16:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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:::Chocolate is said to have aphrodiastic properties but I imagine it works best suitably wrapped and presented with flowers. --] 16:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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::::In the immortal words of ], "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." ](]) 16:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:Please clarify your question. Are you asking about how to obtain an ] or an illegal ] similar to ]? -] 18:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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== Coke machine keys ==
Do coke machines all have the same ACE style lock / tumbler key set? Are they interchangable? Ie... if I buy 10 coke machines that all take ACE (round) cylinder keys, will I need to rekey them all to a central key, or will my ACE key automatically work on all of them?
:No, ACE keys come in gazillions of combinations. You can get them all different or keyed alike. There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. -] 18:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:They certainly don't work like the locks on computer cabinets. Believe me. I've tried. ] ] ] 16:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Disturbing movies ==
I remember being extremely disturbed, back when I was about four years old. I was watching a movie at home on the television, in the early 80s. There was a scene where the passengers aboard an airplane were experiencing turbulence. First, the movie showed actual people in plane seats. Then, it showed dummies in the same plane, being shaken around as a special effect.
In my four-year-old brain, I concluded that being on a plane could turn somebody into a lifeless, blank-expressioned dummy. I was severely creeped out!
Anyone remember what this movie might have been? I'm guessing it's theater release was around 1975-1982. I cannot recall any other details, except there being flight turbulence, and there being dummies. ] 18:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:] ] - ]
:: No, don't think it's that one. Millennium was released in 1989. ]
:]? -] 20:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:: Funny, that was exactly my instinct as well, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I couldn't remember for certain if such a scene was indeed part of the movie (though it certainly sounds like something that they'd do). Really odd to think of Airplane! as a "disturbing movie" though... ;-) --] 20:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::It is indeed ]. ]<i>::</i><small>]</small> 12:03, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Hotel management ==
How can I find any schools that teach people to start a new job in this area?
:It's all in the terminology. See ] for a few suggestions. -] 21:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::Sigh. Which country are you in? --] ]
== Nice Scarfs and headdressings ==
How do people tie their neck scrafs in so many different knots? I also have no idea how middle eastern guys tie those headdressings ether, what do they call them Kaffiahs? Thanks a bunch
:Well I googled and got a bunch of results, why not try checking some of the links? ] 21:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Post Orgasm problem ==
After i had an orgasm i felt like i needed to pee really bad. I went pee but the feeling did not go away for about an hour. This has happened to me 3-4 times now. It's really uncomfortable and i have to stand over the toilet for an hour or else i feel like im going to pee my pants. No lubrication used, so it wasn't a reaction. What is this?? Help! {{unsigned|68.7.0.44}} I AM A MALE. AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS AFTER I ORGASM. NOT DURING PLEASURE.
:Are you male or female? Were you able to void normally? Is it only after coitus? Probably you should talk to a urologist if you're male or your gynecologist if you're female. It's not always a problem but it could be. Do you have the feeling during intercourse as well? When exactly does it start? -] 21:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:Medical questions are one area where the reference desk is particularly ill-equipped to give the necessary help. I would suggest asking this question to a doctor, or check a medicine-specific website such as webmd.com. Good luck. ] ] 21:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::Definitely talk to a doctor, I'm NOT one but it could be a mild thrush or non specific urethritis. In any case, I wouldn't be too worried, most of those things are trivial to clear up but will need to be identified and treated. ] 21:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the additional info. It's not an unusual feeling but it normally does not last so long. There is no need to panic, but you do need to see a doctor and if your sexual partner has any symptoms or if your doctor diagnoses you with an infection he or she should see a doctor as well. It is not unusual for someone with an asymptomatic infection to reinfect their partner repeatedly. You might try emptying your bladder prior to intercourse as well. It could just be from irritation, there are many possible causes. Let us know how everything turns out. -] 23:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Read ]. During sex (or orgasm), urination is prevented to allow ejaculation. This is my speculation, but don't take my word to seriously. ''''']]]''''' 01:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Heeeeeey...didn't I ask this question a while ago? (As it turns out...yes, ]. At the beginning of the year. Funny how things like this come full circle.) ] ] ] 16:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Gambling ==
Is online gambling legal in California and where are the sites licensed or registered usually?
:] is generally held to be illegal under U.S. federal law. See more deatil in link. ] 01:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::As far as I know, it is legal to play poker (and I assume casino games as well) online in the U.S., except in a few states, e.g. Washington, where it is specifically banned. Bush recently signed the ] in which an ] made it illegal for banks, credit card companies and ] to deposit money for you to a gambling site, but if you already had a balance there, you could still play. You can also deposit money other ways that are not so convenient, but still legal, e.g. money order. Check out ], ], etc. for info about where they are registered. ] 02:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Fountain Speed ==
I always hear about "60 gallons per minute" or such numbers for a fountain, or generally any type of water spout like a bathtub, but is this fast or not?
For example, what is the speed of a single small one inch diameter water jet that comes out of a fountain at moderate (normal) speed? I assume that this, multiplied by the number of such water jets, would result in the total output (as above, 60 gpm) of the fountain? Or is there some exponential factor because more fountains dilutes the pressure?
possible answer: from what i have learned, it simply means the amount of water that passes through a system within a given time period. increased pressure increases the amount, as does increased tube diameter. if your talking about a simple home zen fountain, 60gpm is crazy, but the fountain in front of the plaza royale is about that amount.
:A water-conserving toilet uses 1.6 gallons per flush. A water conserving shower uses about 2.5 gallons per minute. So 60 gallons per minute would be like flushing an efficient toilet 37.5 times in a minute or 24 efficient shower heads flowing at once. -] 23:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::This is a question in ]. If you know the size of the jet and the height you want it to reach, you can calculate the needed pump capacity. --] 23:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Two good links for you: a tutorial in fountain design and a cascade nozzle spec sheet that gives flow rates. --] 00:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== the definition of triple action. ==
i am looking for a definition of a "triple action weapon". from what i can tell it means one of two things.
1)a three barreled gun, but i doubt it. that would be too cool
2)a weapon that shoots three rounds with one trigger pull.
:Automatic weapons like an ] often have ]; single shot, full ], and ]s with burst being three shots. --] 23:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
:See ] for info on "double action" and "single action". I've never heard of anything called "triple action" but maybe it was made up by someone who didn't understand what "double action" and thought it sounded one better. ] ] 23:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
There is no such thing. A single action weapon, is one where, to simply put it, pulling the trigger causes the hammer to drop from the cocked position, striking the firing pin against the primer, and shooting the round. A double action weapon is one where pulling the trigger first cocks the trigger, then fires the weapon. The difference is that a single action weapon requires that the hammer be cocked prior to trigger pull, and a double action one does not. Some weapons are Double Action/Single Action, in which the first trigger pull is double action, and subsequent ones are single action (after the first shot, the hammer recocks itself). Others are double action only (DAO), in which the hammer remains in the down position after every shot until the next trigger squeeze. Hope that helps. ] ] ] 23:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
== Sonic Advance 2&3 Final Zones ==
Why are the final zones for Sonic Advance 2 and 3 called "True Area 51" and "Nonaggression" respectively?
:(This refers to the videogame series ].) ] 01:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Because the game designer is obviously CRAZY. I wouldn't know; I haven't been that far yet. ] ] ] 16:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
= December 12 =
= December 12 =
== Album ==
== How to revert a company ==
I'm looking for the title of an album I have, I'm pretty sure its a store-bought, not a mix
the songs, in order, are
1. Presidential Speech Montage - Various Presidents
2. The Pledge of Allegiance - Children of America
3. America the Beautiful - United We Sing Chorus
4. Amazing Grace - Lee Greenwood
5. God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
6. Made in the USA - The Wright Brothers
7. America - The Wright Brothers
8. The Star Spangled Banner - Sarah Austin
9. God Bless America - Hope's Temple
10. Alleluia - The Wright Brothers
--] 00:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:An American Collection or God Bless The USA. Are these homemade compilations? --] 00:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Crumpers ==
Just tell me this if you know. Why do the big crumping farts leave more impression on the underwaer than the silent emissions.
:Umm...maybe this is regional slang, but would you mind explaining what "crumping" is? ''''']]]''''' 01:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Its like Kerrr- ummpp sound Tair
:::Is it like "hydrated flatualation" on this list: ? That's the way I understood it but apparently there is some confusion. -] 03:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. -] 02:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:This would be the kind of fart you associate with the standard fart "sound." And it probably has something to do with the fact that there may be little bits of fecal matter in your...uh...fart gas. I don't know; IANAD. ] ] ] 16:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Easy access songs on the Internet ==
After reading this ], I became hooked by its easy access over a funny website . Now, whenever I'm editing, I play this song in another tab and I get all hyped up. Is there any other equally easily accesible songs from ] and others out there? --] 01:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:The i-Tunes store has plenty of their stuff. -] 10:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Sharing Weed pipes ==
Are there any risks of contracting diseases, infections, illnesses by sharing metal/wood marijuana smoking pipes with someone else? ] 01:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
: ] 01:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:No more so than ] everyone you're sharing them with. -] 02:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Some pastors/priests and altar guild ladies in churches believe that wiping a communion chalice with a linen napkin between people sipping wine from it reduces the chance of catching the previous 100 persons' colds or other pathogens. Seems like it would operate on much the same basis and with as little efficacy with respect to spreading disease. ] 06:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::That would be considered quite rude unless you made a big joke about someone slobbering all over the shared drug delivery device. -] 10:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Design question - Looking for a specific typeface ==
I am trying to recreate a screen from an old vector-based videogame. Does anyone know of a typeface that replicates the look of text in Asteroids or Tempest? --] 02:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Could you provide us with links to examples of the fonts you listed? ] 02:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Try (actually, try "Alien" there too) or continue from . --] 02:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::One problem you'll encounter is that the old vector-generated typefaces tended to not be "constant brightness". That is, near the end of the strokes, the electon beam often moved more slowly, creating a higher intensity of light on that portion of the stroke. To truly replicate the effect, you'd probably need fonts that are not just black/white but include grey-scale effects. Noise on the deflection systems also tended to make the strokes of the characters wander a little bit. And, of course, the entire image flickered based on how quickly the vector system was able to refresh the entire image. For these reasons and more, true vector graphics are still very distinguishable from all but the very best raster-graphics simulations of vector graphics.
:::] 15:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::::I'd recommend simply drawing them by hand, providing you only have to write the odd "1UP" or "GAME OVER". Alternatively, the font looks vectorish in capital letters, although you would need to tweak the odd letter pixel by pixel. ]]] 16:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Here's an example I found. I'm not looking for pixel perfection, just something close. --] 17:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry, no can see image (work cybernanny says no games). --] 17:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::You'd almost certainly have to add the bright spots by hand; I don't know of any fonts with those sorts of corners. ]]] 19:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Smurrayinchester raises a good point above. OCR A extended (and its monospaced friends OCR A and OCR B) all make good sort of 80's computer game font simulations like you're looking for. Using the right options in a program like Photoshop, you could easily get them to look like something from Asteroids; try varying your font width and height. ] ] ] 13:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
==Courbet==
:Why is there an image of a famous Courbet painting at the articles on Susan Sarandon and Jake Gyllenhall? It seems out of place. -] 04:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Follow-up: Would that be considered to be pornography even if the original painting is not considered to be pornography? -] 04:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::There's been some problem over the past few days with sneaky vandalism to templates; nudie pics etc. If it's not gone very soon you should report it to ] or the help desk. ] 04:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Vandalism of this type is intellectual pornography. ] 05:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
No vandalism is intellectual, in my opinion (no acronyms for me!). ''''']]]''''' 05:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Well, Susan Sarandon is my favorite actress so it seemed an appropriate homage there but on Jake Gyllenhall the pic of him in the article has him with a sort of beard and mustache so it looked a bit like him and was humorous in a disturbing way. Of course, I'm sure none of that was intended by the vandal. -] 10:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Repairing Damaged Cash ==
I have a Canadian 5 dollar bill with some tears here and there. I used some tape to fix it up a bit. I wondered if this was even legal? I'm going to try to see, just for fun, whether someone will accept it tommorow. It's not in horrible condition or anything but you can see the tears and you'll see the tape keeping things together with just a second of investigation. - ] 05:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
*The US government, anyway, is extremely liberal about accepting damaged currency. I remember some story about a cow eating hundreds or thousands of dollars, and the farmer recovering it from the cow's stomach to mail it in to the Mint. Amazing, he was compensated in crisp new bills.--] 06:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:If nothing else, you can take it to a bank and they'll trade you for a nice one. As long as it's legal tender (and not a ''half'' a bill), the government will buy it from the bank and recycle it. Go Canada! ] 06:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Like the first respondant, I'm not aware of the Canadian laws but I would think that the U.S. laws are similar. In the U.S., as long as you have the serial number portion of the bill, I think a bank is required to give you a new bill. I know someone who cut the grass for my town's parks. He sometimes would see bills as they exited the mower. He'd grab the biggest parts he could find and turn them into the bank for a new bill. Didn't happen often but it did happen. <tt>]</tt>|] 08:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:You might contact the ] for more info. The page they have on mutiliated currency: doesn't specify, but in the U.S., you must have over 50% of the bill to redeem it. Even if repairing a bill is a crime, I think it unlikely that you are charged. -] 10:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::The U.S. law concerning the tearing or whatever of bills and coins can be found here . <tt>]</tt>|] 10:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Under Canadian law, there's actually no specific reference to defacing notes. Instead, the law (as written) refers only to 'coins', the defacing of which ''is'' illegal: . (Mind you, the Bank of Canada ''appreciates'' it if you don't deface banknotes, just because it shortens the notes' lifespan and makes more frequent replacement necessary: .) In any event, making an effort to maintain or repair a damaged note certainly shouldn't be a problem. Wherever you spend the note, the merchant will deposit it with their bank; the bank will then pull the note from circulation for replacement with a fresh one from the Bank of Canada. ](]) 13:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I would reccomend taking it to a bank and asking the cashier.
In the UK its still legal so long as you have both serial numbers IN FULL and the queens face with the number attached to one or more of these bits. As Canada is ex-empire I would hope that it is the same.
HTH
] 18:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== preseason football 1966 ==
you'd think it would be on the web somewhere but i'm drawing a blank...
need a site with preseason results for NFL and AFL games 1966,
preferably with dates the games were played...thanx ---stolf
I don’t know of any one site that has preseason scores. But if you go to individual teams’ websites, you might be able to find them. I looked up 1966 for you. (For regular season scores, go to .) — ] 06:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
====]====
''Monday, August 1''
::] 9, ] 7 (at ])
''Wednesday, August 3''
::] 35, ] 0 (at ])
''Friday, August 5''
::] 38, ] 0 (at ])
''Saturday, August 6''
::] 16, ] 14 (at ])
::Philadelphia Eagles 40, ] 21 (at ])
::] 6, ] 6 (at ])
::] 20, Atlanta Falcons 10 (at ])
::] 16, ] 6 (at ])
''Sunday, August 7''
::] 24, ] 13 (at ])
''Thursday, August 11
::St. Louis Cardinals 28, Detroit Lions 14 (at ])
''Friday, August 12''
::Chicago Bears 13, Green Bay Packers 10 (at ])
''Saturday, August 13''
::New York Giants 14, Atlanta Falcons 7 (at ])
::Dallas Cowboys 20, Los Angeles Rams 10 (at Los Angeles)
::Baltimore Colts 31, Philadelphia Eagles 17 (at New Orleans)
::New York Jets 31, Miami Dolphins 14 (at Jacksonville)
::Kansas City Chiefs 31, San Diego Chargers 21 (at Anaheim, Calif.)
::Buffalo Bills 28, Houston Oilers 16 (at ])
''Wednesday, August 24''
::Denver Broncos 28, Miami Dolphins 16 (at ])
''Saturday, August 27''
::San Diego Chargers 31, Boston Patriots 13 (at San Diego)
::New York Jets 34, Buffalo Bills 17 (at ])
::Kansas City Chiefs 31, Houston Oilers 20 (at ])
''Sunday, August 28''
::Oakland Raiders 52, Denver Broncos 21 (at ])
''Thursday September 1''
::New York Jets 41, Boston Patriots 3 (at ])
== Crabs ==
I think i have crabs, butdo not want to go to the doctor. further more there are no pictures of them along with the article, so i cant be sure so...
1 is there an easier way to get rid of them other than going to the doctor and
2 wether the answer to question 1 or by going to the doctor, will the treatment damage the hair?
3 if i have it in underarm hair, and dont seem to have it anywhere else, does that mean it is only underarms or that it is everywhere and i just cant see it
: Please review our article on ] ] - ] 16:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:You can do a Google image search for "crab lice" : but remember that they are very small and best seen with a magnifying glass. Most people don't go to a doctor for treatment and use ]. However, some lice are ] and in that case there are indeed ]s available. You would have to read the label to see if the medication damages hair. If you have hair anywhere else on your body including your eyebrows and head you might have lice there as well. The over-the-counter medication usually comes with a comb to remove the eggs which are attached to the base of the individual hairs as well as instructions on cleaning bedding, etc. -] 16:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:If this is a recent question...why is it archived? Someone needs to go kick the archive bot in the arse. ] ] ] 16:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Archive bot has nothing to do with it, that was ]'s addition. --] 16:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Then, for the love of sanity, it shall be ]'s omission. ] ] ] 17:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much, that is much appreciated, and how much would it cost? Uk prices? :-)
:Sorry, someone from the UK will have to answer, in the US, no more than the equivalent of 7 or 8 pounds. -16:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::If you go to the article ], you will find that there are (at least) three species of lice that infest humans. If you really have crabs, or ], they are unlikely to live in the hair on your scalp. Pubic lice tend to stick to the pubic area, where they tend to arrive via sex with an infected partner. They may also live in armpits, beards, and eyebrows, however. Other kinds of lice are more wide-ranging. ] 17:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::] used to recommend ]. But he was a musician, not a doctor. --] ]
:Why not just shave? Or is that too simple a solution? ] 22:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::I thought that was supposed to not work... ] 23:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Maybe. What do I know, I've never had them, lol. It just seems logical that if you have bugs living in your armpit hair, shave your armpits. ] 00:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Home made ==
Are there any narcotics that can be made easily at home?
:] --] 16:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Oh, please. Coffee is not a narcotic. The answer is no, unless you can get your hands on some marijuana seeds and a couple of fluorescent lights. ] ] ] 16:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, if you look at ] that refers to opium derivatives or, less formally, any illegal ]. Since we will not address illegal drugs (I hope) we are "converting" the question to one on legal drugs and in that context ] is most definitely a drug - a ]. So set me up, Joe. I got my ] right here. --] 17:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Touché. ] ] ] 17:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:] is perfectly legal to grow in most countries. The seeds are frequently found on bagels and other baked goods. -] 16:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Overall, if you want to know which drugs are easiest to grow or make, simply look at the price. Generally, the lower the price, the easier to make or grow, and the higher the price, the more difficult it is to make. Economics can answer many questions not asked of it. -] 17:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
: Please do not provide innacurate information on the Reference Desk, as you have done above. Econometric studies have made it very clear that the major driving factor in the price of drugs is the cost of capture. Review "Economic Aspects of Illicit Drug Markets and Drug Enforcement Policies," ADAM WAGSTAFF, Addiction Volume 84 Issue 10 Page 1173 - October 1989, among numerous others. ] - ] 17:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::A friend once gave what he thought was chemistry ebook. It turned about to be a guide how to make recreational drugs. I read the introduction, but I didn't have the chemistry background to understand the rest (hence I need a real chemistry ebook). The author basically said that you shouldn't try to make drugs unless you have a strong chemistry background and a few thousand dollars to spend on quality lab equipment. So to answer you question - NO, you can make drugs at home but it is costly and difficult. ] 17:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::], which is an ], can be made using ordinary kitchen and laundry chemicals. –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 19:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Maybe its a bad idea to be taking drugs, anyway... Taking drugs can kill you. They're a bad idea. Anyone agree with me? ] 21:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Ilikefood, please note that "'''The Reference desk is not a soapbox'''" (see the guide to answering questions above). - ]</small> (]) 22:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Please note: the questioner did not ask about narcotics that could be made '''legally''' or '''economically'''. The question said '''easily'''. (I don't have an answer, but some of the answers above did not relate to the question.) — ] 22:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:The answer to the original post is is that the only "easy" drug to produce would be ] and ], as per THB. Anything more would require a very good knowledge of chemistry. Poppies grown for flowers are not the type used for opium production, but some do still contain it. The cost of the product is low (in my country less than 1$ per gram for ] powder), due to the relative ease of production, no development or patent expenses, and no illicitness. ] is synthesised from morphine, so it works out to be ''more'' expensive, though less controlled and considered "safer". Eating a few poppy seed rolls can cause qualitative blood tests for opioids to turn up positive. THB's point is well made, scientific and valid. --] 22:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::] is legal in some places, was made illegal in Australia and some states of the US, there is a list in the above article. I've had it and enjoyed the experience, if it isn't illegal where you are I recommend you try it before it is made illegal.. If you are into that kind of thing;). ] 23:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::::I've known of a bunch of idiots who made ] in their homes without high priced lab equipment. This satisfies the low technical knowledge and "at home" standards. <tt>]</tt>|] 01:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Acutally, I agree with ]. I don't think we should be answering questions like this. A little "WP: soapbox" rule does not preclude common sense. Providing people with information on which drugs they can grow the most easily is irresponsible. By the same argument you could say that we should be giving people advice on what the most painless way is to commit suicide. ] 02:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:Rope tied to a tree, then around the neck, then you stomp on the gas and start driving as fast as possible. Wait, was that a question? "Common sense" is anything but common, and it sounds like you're advocating censorship. Misplaced Pages is international, so if you're concerned about legalities, then perhaps you should keep in mind that there are other countries than where you reside. If it's a moral issue, then I look forward to reading your explanation on why you know The One True Way. Please provide references. - ]</small> (]) 02:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::Oh I'm sorry! You're right, let's contribute to an international problem. How silly of me. ] 11:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:I suggest any people following the legality thread here take a look at the ] lawsuit in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and the book ] which sparked it. The full text is easily found with a google search or through the link from our article on the publisher. This came up in one of my university courses titled The (U.S.) First Amendment and the Internet. —]•] 03:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::I looked, but I didn't understand. Could you summarise it or link to a news item? ] 03:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Guy writes book "How to be a hit man"; another guy follows instructions and kills three; family of victims sues publisher and publisher settles for millions. Implication being, I imagine, that we should not give advice that can get wikipedia in trouble. --] 05:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Is the further implication of that that you should not have mentioned that book? --] 05:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Grow ]. Cheap, little specialized knowledge required, legal in many countries, (and best of all) plenty of info available on Misplaced Pages. I think the encyclopedia itself has sidestepped the issue of Reference Desk gatekeepers. ] 17:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
==Supermarket/Retail psychology==
I'm looking for resources that explain shop design/retail science, ideally free online content but if not some links to good books. I remember reading somewhere about how supermarkets organise the layout of their stores, or how many shops do not put clocks in-store as it is a trigger for people to think 'oh i must go'. I also heard that most stores organise their layout to make it easy to get 'deep' into the store where the high-profit produce is and much harder to leave. Anything that looks at things like this in greater detail would be very welcomed. ] 17:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
: You may wish to review ] which links to "Henry Petroski, Shopping By Design: Supermarkets, like other inventions, didn't just happen; they were designed, developed—and patented., American Scientist Volume: 93 Number: 6 Page: 491" - http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/47364 ] - ] 17:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:Try this Google: . -] 17:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
An aside: like all things, reading a book is not going to help you much in becoming an expert in store layout design. It's a matter of good sense; a book cannot confer good sense, no matter how well-written it may be. ] 18:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Most large stores have instore bakeries, the smell of freshly baked bread makes you hungry and thus buy more or atleast thats the idea, this is probrably done deliberatly but I can't prove it.] 19:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Thanks the responses, proving most valuable. ] 19:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::If you've ever been to ], you'll know just what a nightmare this psychology can be: the main route through the store is long and windy, taking you through every showroom whether you want to go there or not; the short cuts are always behind so they seem like long cuts, the lack of natural light and twisty path disorientates you, and by the time you get to the tills, you are exhausted/disoriented that you'll buy some extra stuff at the tills (sweets, light bulbs, screws, meatballs) just as a "reward" to yourself for succeeding. And yet people will stampede their way into the shops to experience this! Now that's psychology! ]]] 19:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::N156uk, you might also look briefly at casino design. It has some overlapping characteristics and some of them are taken to extremes. -] 20:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Using your web site on a work cited page ==
I am writing a paper on Gian Lorenzo Bernini and I used your web site as one of my sources. I am having trouble finding the name of the editor of the page I viewed, the electronic publication and the name of the sponsoring institution. Do you have that information?
:See ]. Pay particular attention to the cautionary statements. -] 21:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::For the newer folks who may be reading this, ] is a shortcut for ] --] ] 21:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
== Best way to eat a lot ==
After Christmas, on the 26<sup>th</sup>, my friends and I go out to eat. We always hold a little contest to see who can eat the most ], or something like that. I am curious--is there a way to prepare for this, without radically changing my diet? Can I use a stratedgy while eating to maximize the amount of wings I can eat? Thanks for any suggestions. --] 23:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:] mentions training with water but I would also imagine that you would want to start training by eating large quantities of food too. --] 23:12, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::Hmmm... 2 weeks? I don't think there's enough time for that. I think the best you could do would be to just not eat for a day or so before the contest. I doubt there's any stomach stretching training you could do to practice. What I understand is that competitive eaters have an advantage partly because they lack fatty layers between their organs, so their stomachs can stretch more. So maybe instead of practicing by ''overeating'', you should go on a diet. ] 23:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Ahhh. I've always been surprised at how trim and fit champion eaters are. That always struck me as counter-intuitive. --] 23:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:As disgusting as it may sound, if you are serious about competitive eating, you need to learn to prevent yourself from expelling ]. Competitive eating has been a topic here before. If you allow vomitus to escape your mouth, you're disqualified. -] 23:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Well thats pretty clear othervise bulimics would be the worlds best super eaters. ] 23:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
::I think skipping a day of eating is a bit extreme, depends how serious you are taking it I guess! I used to have these types of contests with my friends too and I think skipping one meal before is almost as good as skipping any longer amount of time. Your stomach will be practically empty just from skipping one meal. Also, if there is no time limit, pace your self, do not eat quickly even more importantly CHEW very well. Chew until you think you have chewed enough and then chew a little more, literally until you can feel the food as paste in your mouth. That way you'll get the biggest amount of food in the least volume into your stomach. ] 23:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::I think that if you started stuffing yourself with one large meal each day from now to Christmas and then just a light breakfast on the big day, that you will have conditioned yourself as much as you can in that period. --] 23:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:::@Vespine: You might be right about the time of not eating, but I disagree with you about eating slowly. After 20 minutes of eating your brain gives the signal to stop being hungry, so it's better to try to beat that clock. That's why they tell people on reducing diets to eat slowly. Ditto on the chewing thing; you feel fuller when you really chew your food. ] 23:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your responses! This has really been enlightening. This isn't too serious, just a little contest my buddies and I have, mainly for bragging rights and a free meal. Again, thanks a bunch. --] 23:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
What you're hungry for will depend on what your body wants. If you crave turkey, it's because you want turkey enzymes and proteins and so on. Really, the best way to binge would be to binge on something you haven't had in a long long time. ] 00:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you really want to skip Christmas dinner just to win the day-after contest? Sounds like cutting off your nose to spite your face. ]|] 19:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Just eat as much as you can, as quickly as you can. The hard part is keeping it in afterwards... | ] <small><sup><font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font> | <font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font></sup></small> 19:39, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
=December 13=
== 1999 Euro Coin ==
I have a 2 Euro euro coin from France i think and it is dated 1999. But per ], physical coins and bills were only released in 2002. Can someone explain this? Thanks. ] 00:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:I cannot explain the discrepancy but there are plenty of 1999 Euro coins: . -] 00:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
The article ] states:<blockquote>The year featured in the coins can date back to 1999, when the currency was formally established (only on French, Spanish, Belgian, Finnish and Dutch coins). These countries traditionally put on the coin the year when it was minted rather than the year in which it was put into circulation.</blockquote>
] 01:03, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
According to this site the Euro was a valid currency from jan 1, 1999. http://www.24carat.co.uk/eurocoinsframe.html ] 01:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes, but the coins and banknotes hadn't yet entered public circulation. ] 03:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== finding a website ==
Anyone know the name of the site that is like this:
-In the site, there was a message that said to the user of the site think about a thing.
-then the site ask questions like this thing is yellow, and there are answers to you choose, like yes, no, almost...
-then he maked another question, and then another and sometime he would discover what you was thinking what is the name of this site??
:. (Apperas to have been updated since I was there...) ] 01:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Dungeons & Dragons for academic credit?! ==
I read in a book from the 1980s that a version of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' has been played for academic credit in some US high schools. I'm intrigued. Is this true? For what subject, and as what proportion of the course? Where can I find out more? Is it done in Canada? ]] 01:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:I don't know about high school, but you might be interested in a program at ] called the . Students and community members can teach and take for credit courses on just about anything. Recent courses include a course on ] and one on competitive ], which I will be teaching in the upcoming spring semester.—]•] 03:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:In high school in Canada, a bunch of us played wargames for a math class...until the teacher wised up and realized we weren't learning anything. ] 07:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::When I was in high school (also in Canada) there was a group of us that regularily played ] in our ] class once the teacher was done with the lesson. We convinced him that we were studying the probabilities of drawing certain good hands, and things like that... ;-) --] 13:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:It's quite possible; a lot of high schools offer credit for intramural activity participation. I know mine did, but it was only for sports-type stuff. ] ] ] 13:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
==Image problem==
]
The image above won't load, at least not on my computer.
However .
Is there something I did wrong? I traced a image (to produce above image) in ] in ]. --<font color="green" face="Berling Antiqua">hello, i'm a ]</font> | ] 03:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:I've fixed the image. It may have been the original GIF you forgot to remove from the SVG. –]<font color="#FF0099">]</font> 05:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Paul McCartney ==
I've heard many rumors about many people being dead or some other ridiculous, untrue facts. But one I happened upon a few days ago was that Paul McCartney was dead! Now I'm a huge Beatles fan and now for a fact that he's been performing forever! That person said that he died after they first got their success in the U.S. in a terrible car accident. They said that his close family tried to cover it up and quickly replaced him with a look-a-like. They claim to see another guy's name on the back of the CD, and he said, just listen to Come Together. All those words do make sense to say that one of their members died, and I know it was recorded before Lennon got shot. Please help me tell this guy he's nuts! Is it really true? What is the evidence? Thanks so much guys!
: See ]. ]<font color="black">e</font>] 04:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::I just read the lyrics to "Come Together", man they must have had some great drugs!] 05:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Since when has he been "dead"? | ] <small><sup><font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font> | <font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font></sup></small> 19:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== information about advertisement industry ==
I need some informations about advertisement indutry in India and also the details about opportunities in this field
: Review our article on ], ] and ]. ] - ] 13:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::That would be a start, but the Misplaced Pages articles do not specifically cover the advertising industry in India. You might want to explore the links on . ] 14:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Extraterrestrials in different cultures ==
Our article on "]" (a supposed kind of extraterrestrial being) says that the greys "make up approximately 75% of all aliens reported in the US, 20% of all aliens reported in Mainland Europe, and 12% of all aliens reported in Britain." So, this begs the question: What is the most common type of extraterrestrial being seen in continental Europe and in Britain? What about other parts of the world? — ] 13:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:Without reliable data, we can't provide an answer. Since there haven't been any verifiable sightings of extraterrestrials, making a determination on the racial breakdown of the invaders is tricky. Usually, ] data would be useful in determining this type of information, but the success at collecting relevant data for alien visitors has been spotty at best. - ]</small> (]) 16:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::Chairboy, it is clear they are asking about what people report seeing, not what aliens there actually are... ] 17:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:::Do people actually believe this stuff? L(aughing)O(ut)L(oud)! | ] <small><sup><font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font> | <font face="Times New Roman" color="Tan">]</font></sup></small> 19:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Australia's military dependence on the USA ==
It's common knowledge that Australia is greatly dependent on the USA to help defend Australia in the event of an invasion, but I can't seem to find a specific quote for that. Google and Misplaced Pages have failed to turn anything up. Can anyone help me? ] 14:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
: Review ] specifically, ], ] as additional points of info. ] - ] 14:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::Mmm...lessee here. may help. While it doesn't make SPECIFIC mention, it does dance around a bit. ] ] ] 14:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::: I don't know how far I trust some guys blog. I'd definently read our articles and the sources they cite before relying on a blog. ] - ] 14:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::::Now now. Blogs are an important part of political commentary. Without blogs, CNN would have nothing to run in the spare time they often end up with. (Har har.) In all seriousness, though, he's a university student, and this may be something he is doing for an essay, so it's a good idea to have something to either try to prove or refute. I'm not saying trust it, I'm saying it might help. ] ] ] 14:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
The US is the only remaining superpower with a major high-seas navy, so everybody either depends on them, or lives in fear of them. The exact actions in various war-planning scenarios (China vs. Taiwan, etc) probably change from day to day, and are only known to a select few. --] 17:39, 13 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.
== Unjust Reservist Salaries ==
The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,
:{{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)
:I believe it's just corporate talk for "email us back". See definition 14 in ]. ] (]) 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Definition 14 has the label '']'', while the spotted use has a transitive sense. --] 10:03, 17 December 2024 (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 />
= December 13 =
I am writing in regards to a television report that I viewed over the summer. It suggested that there are over 30,000 reservist who were paid monthly salaries to report to their tour of duty and did not report but yet collected their pay as if they were on active duty.
== LUFS meter vs. Audiosurf algorithm ==
I am aware of such a person. He was to report to Puerto Rico in Jan. of 2004 along with his entire barrack. He did not report as the others had and yet collected his monthly salary for the following two years. I would like to know if there is a department that would actually follow this up. I find it awlful that people would do this (collect money and not report) especially at a time like this when our country is in such need for military assistance and our soldiers are overseas earning their pay. Any information that you could give me is greatly appreciated.
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)
Thank you
:] 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)
Cynthia Querry
::@] 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)
= December 15 =
:Sounds like you could probably contact his commanding officer and report him AWOL, but that would probably get him put in jail. ] ] ] 15:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Piles ==
== Meta physics ==
about things beyond nature ] (]) 20:36, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
I heard that excessive coughing can cause 'piles'. can anyone confirm or deny that?
: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 =
: Review our articles on ] for some causes. ] - ] 17:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::Our article does not mention coughing. But one does.<blockquote>Heavy lifting or a chronic cough from asthma, smoking or any chronic lung disease causes hemorrhoids because of increased intraabdominal pressure. This increased pressure is just like straining at stool in that the pressure obstructs the flow of blood through the veins causing them to swell.</blockquote>--] 17:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== My habit of feature requests scared a developer? ==
== Departments ==
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)
Who are the (current) secerataries of Justice, Agriculture, and Interior in the U.S.? Thanks. ] 17:53, 13 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)
:::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 =
:See ]. ''']''' 18:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== Australianculture ==
== Futures contract ==
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)
The aussie culture is primarily dominated by what culture? Are the ancestors primarily british?
: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)
17:55, 13 December 2006 (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? ==
: You may wish to review our article on ]. ] - ] 17:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::Thesedays,aussiecultureis mostly dominated by ].--] 18:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Such as ] and ]. ] (]) 13:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
: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 =
==Secretary of labor==
== Who is the following unknown? ==
Who is the secretary of labor and health and human services?{{unsigned|Jjohnson 55}}
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:
: Our articles on ] and ] should prove helpful. ] - ] 17:58, 13 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.
::.. always assuming you mean in the United States...--] 18:19, 13 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:
== Where is Saddam now? ==
:
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)
Where and when will Saddam be hanged? Is there going to be public viewing? I would doubt it but a friend says it may.
::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 ==
: You may wish to review our article on ], which states that "According to the New York Times, Saddam Hussein's verdict and sentence would "come under review by the nine-judge appellate chamber of the trial court. There is no time limit for the appeal court's review, but Iraqi and American officials who work with the court said that the earliest realistic date for Saddam Hussein's execution, assuming it stood up to review, would be next spring." Iraqi law requires executions to take place within 30 days of the end of the appeal process; however it also forbids the executions of people aged over 70 years old, a status Saddam Hussein acquires on 28 April 2007. {{unsigned|Hipocrite}}
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?
==The Salem Witch Trials==
Question moved to Humanities Reference Desk by ]. See link at top of page. -] 18:39, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
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)
== Abuser ==
: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)
::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)
:::"]". ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 07:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:Though a multinational, Google is at base an American company, or at least is perceived as such.
Russian F keeps putting different pictures on my page? How do i report him?{{unsigned|Jjohnson 55}}
: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 =
:Try ]. -] 18:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
== rally driver coarse ==
== Britannica ==
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)
I am an engineering student currently doing engineering from bhopal,India.I want to become a rally driver so I wanted to know about what to do for it.where are the driving schools in india providing this courses , what it costs,what are its future prospects and related all the things that you can provide.
:{{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)
THANK YOU.
::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)
== Webpages ==
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)
== Animal Face Off ==
: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)
In a theoretical battle, would a male leopard in his prime be able to kill a male rottweiler in his prime?
::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)
== Did ]'s father, ==
:You may wish to review ] for a history of animal fighting. One of the listed references may discuss such a fight - you should probably go to the library and check them out. ] - ] 19:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
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)
:According to the article on ], they prey on ]s. From my personal experience with rotweilers and wild pigs, I would have to say yes, it would not be a difficult task for a leopard to be able to kill a rottweiler. Wild pigs can be quite large and viscious. -] 19:44, 13 December 2006 (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.<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)
== websense ==
:::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 =
Can you guys give me a list of websites that allows me to play games that are not blocked by websense, besides uneekonline.com or giosphere.com? Thanks.
== Deletedquestion ==
== Policy related to places ==
Hello,
Excuse me, I dont know if this is the right place to comment, but a short time ago I helped my 6yr old daughter ask a question about Santa. Shes been bugging me for days with it. I decided to introduce her to ways of asking others. Ive just checked back and see its been deleted labeled a 'troll' or something.
Is this the sort of response a young child can expect from Misplaced Pages? If so, you really need to review your procedures.
:Sorry, we are going through a bit of a rough patch here in deciding how to handle what might be inappropriate questions posted solely to disrupt the desk. When you followed a question about piles with a somewhat poorly worded question about Santa Clause, one of us assumed that you were "having us on". I will restore your daughter's question. --] 19:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
::As a note, while it's great to see people treating Misplaced Pages as a whole and the Reference Desk as a good place for questions, make sure that your daughter is aware that not everything on the Reference Desk (or Misplaced Pages, or indeed the Internet as a whole) should be trusted implicitly. Always question what people tell you, and try to judge whether it seems likely that it is true. —]<font color="green">]</font>] ] 19:53, 13 December 2006 (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? ] (]) 11:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
==Santa problem (question asked by a child)==
how dos santa get all the childerns present give out on crismas eve
: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.
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== Indian city classification ==
However, ] is mythical - the figure he is molded after, ], died in the 4th century BC. ] - ] 19:48, 13 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)
That's a great question. I remember wondering about that myself when I was six or seven. How many children do you think he has to visit ? If he was ''really'' quick - say 10 seconds per child - how long would it take ? Maybe he can't do it on his own - what if he had lots of helpers ? How many would he need ? What if he had a time machine ? Does he actually need to ''go'' to every house ? What if he had a ] ? What if he had lots of transporters ? How many would he need ? How much energy would they use ? ] 19:56, 13 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)
:] tracking of Santa is on line . --] 20:03, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but the gets very theoretical and Dad will probably have to explain it to you:
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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)
