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= December 11 =
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== If I ever opt to live in a [[group home]] for [[mental health client]]s, could my [[health insurance]] pay the rent and utilities? ==
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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?
= October 30 =
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?
== Onions ==
Could my Medicaid [[KanCare]] [[Sunflower health insurance]] pay for all expenses associated with living in the group home?
Are onions (typical white onions that you would buy in a grocery store in the US) less strong / pungent (both in terms of taste and smell) than they were approximately 15 years ago? Are children more sensitive to onions? Or is there some other explanation for the weak onions I have observed? [[Special:Contributions/184.98.189.222|184.98.189.222]] ([[User talk:184.98.189.222|talk]]) 03:31, 30 October 2011 (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 [[Cox Communications|Cox internet]] at 1 GBPs if I move into a group home and have health insurance pay for it all.
:Are you sure you didn't luck out with some nice [[Vidalia onion]]s, which are noticeably milder and sweeter than the regular ones? Onions being Texas's major crop, the [[Texas A&M]] website has [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/onions/onionhis.html a detailed history of the development of onion varieties] over the past century. If that doesn't answer your question, you might email the good folks at the [http://onions-usa.org/all-about-onions/colors-sizes-seasons-and-flavors National Onion Association], who do a lot of public education. Or perhaps easiest of all: next time you are in the grocery store, ask to speak to the produce manager, who likely has vast knowledge of the particular onions being sold in your locality. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 13:45, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::Without making rude assumptions about the age of the OP, this article: [http://www.laurenscharff.com/courseinfo/SL99/effectage.html The Effect of Age on Taste] says, ''"Scientists have known that as a person's tongue ages, it will naturally lose [[taste buds]]. Hendricks, Calasantiand Turner (1988) noted that the number of taste buds on the tongue do stay constant until the age of fifty when their numbers begin to decline. When this happens, any certain number of taste buds could be lost, thus causing a decrease in taste ability."'' Another article: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18677645 The association between smoking and smell and taste impairment in the general population] says, ''"Heavy smokers of 20 or more cigarettes per day had significant increased risks for impairment in both senses"'' (ie sense of smell and taste). May I suggest that you discount these factors before you blame the onions. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 14:51, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
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 answer is mainly economics. Farmers have been steadily increase the amount of potash fertiliser to increase yields and shorten growing time. Grow them in the garden with ''low-potash organic fertiliser'' and they'll make you weep. Plant early and leave them in longer and they can still reach the same size. See section here on Feeding Onions for the reason why.[http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/onion-shallot/grow-onion-seed.php] This applies to a lot of crops, even apples orchards are best fertilised by sheep alone, since too much potassium leaves the apples tasting very bland because they grow too fast without taking up the other minerials that boosts the flavour. Also, I now remember from personal observations, that even heavy smoking (circa 60/day) does not provide protection against [[syn-Propanethial-S-oxide]]. ''Conflicting interests: I have grown onions – organically.'' So blame the supermarkets for putting profit before flavour. --[[User:Aspro|Aspro]] ([[User talk:Aspro|talk]]) 15:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
And lastly, what freedoms might I possibly be giving up if I were to ever move into a group home? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3|2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3]] ([[User talk:2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3|talk]]) 04:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
:There's several possible reasons I can think of for an objective change in pungency. First off, there's been a rise in the popularity of [[sweet onion]]s (low sulfur onions) over the years. When I was growing up, you could get them occasionally, but they were much more expensive than regular onions. Now with modern shipping practices, you can find them much more readily and cheaply. Another issue is location. I don't know if you've moved in the past 15 years, but I did to Washington state (home of the Walla Walla Onion) and here about half the onions in the supermarket are sweet onions, which cost about as much as the "regular" onions, so if you aren't paying attention you can easily pick up sweet onions instead of regular onions. (Sulfur content in the soil has an effect on onion strength, so even if it's the same variety, being grown in a different soil could change pungency.) A final point, you mention "white" onions. There is typically a distinction between "[[white onion]]s" and "[[yellow onion]]s". The more common yellow onion typically has a much stronger flavor than the white onion. So if you grew up using yellow onion, but are now using white onions, that may account for the change. -- [[Special:Contributions/174.24.217.108|174.24.217.108]] ([[User talk:174.24.217.108|talk]]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 18:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC).</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: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. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
== Could I get any compensation for filming crimes in progress? ==
= December 12 =
You see, if the world doesn't end by [[December 21, 2012]], I'll give society a 1-week grace period, in case they try to put off self-destruction in order to wait for a lot of us to crawl out of [[bomb shelter]]s, or something.
== How to revert a company ==
Once that grace period ends on December 28, if my life isn't improving the way I'd hope, then I may go to [[Quindaro]] street or its vicinity; the worst part of [[Kansas City, Kansas]], and try to film crimes in progress from my cameraphone as I either drive past, or am parked from a curbside.
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.
If a perpetrator notices and shoots in my direction, I'll still attempt to flee, but if they make a successful hit, I will either get injured and race to the hospital, or have died a hero. Maybe my family will be compensated well.
The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,
But if I survive regardless, could turning in video evidence of crimes earn me a reward for every crime I turn in? (What other results would occur, and after I upload them onto YouTube?) The idea here is to resort to catching crimes on video in order to pay off big college debts with the rewards, because in this economy, it's harder to have access to a "normal" type of income. --[[User:Geroya Riskami|Geroya Riskami]] ([[User talk:Geroya Riskami|talk]]) 06:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:{{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.) --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 09:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:I guess it means block them or tag it as spam. I assume you've read ''[[American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research]]''. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 11:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
<sub>PS: The Lord wouldn't confine me to hell for knowingly taking a life-threatening risk in order to turn my life around, would he? If so, what passage of the Bible and/or any religion's scriptures backs it up? --[[User:Geroya Riskami|Geroya Riskami]] ([[User talk:Geroya Riskami|talk]]) 06:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</sub>
:I believe it's just corporate talk for "email us back". See definition 14 in [[wikt:revert#Verb|Wiktionary]]. [[User:AndrewWTaylor|AndrewWTaylor]] ([[User talk:AndrewWTaylor|talk]]) 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Definition 14 has the label ''[[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|intransitive]]'', while the spotted use has a transitive sense. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 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 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]) names. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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"). -- [[User:JackofOz|<span style="font-family: Papyrus;">Jack of Oz</span>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%; font-family: Verdana;"><sup>[pleasantries]</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: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]''<small> 12:33, 20 December 2024 (UTC).</small><br />
= December 13 =
:Ya know, bud, I think your chances of winning the lottery are probably as good as this dream scheme. You'd be almost certain to make more money, and make your family a lot happier, by mowing people's lawns or shoveling snow off their driveways, IMO. PS - I checked my email and God says, listen to good advice when you hear it. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 07:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::I am already 9 years along in college. I wanted to quit long ago but I was already over my head in college debt. The last event I wanted was for it to come back early and overtake the little income I have after rent. --[[User:Geroya Riskami|Geroya Riskami]] ([[User talk:Geroya Riskami|talk]]) 07:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:::You've been in college for 9 years and still haven't graduated? You need to learn when to quit! Drop out of college (you clearly aren't getting anywhere with it and are just building up more debt) and get a job. I know the job market isn't great the moment, but there are still jobs out there if you look for them and are open-minded about what you do. --[[User:Tango|Tango]] ([[User talk:Tango|talk]]) 12:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
== LUFS meter vs. Audiosurf algorithm ==
:Generally speaking the only way you're going to make money fighting or filming crimes is if there is a reward, or if you are in some form of law enforcement. I'm also a little confused by your conjunction of what appears to be Christianity and Mayan [[eschatology]]. Why don't you just become a police officer or something directly useful, if that's what you're interested in doing? --[[User:Mr.98|Mr.98]] ([[User talk:Mr.98|talk]]) 14:28, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::Bizarre question. '''DO NOT ATTEMPT''' (This borders on medical advice) The only crime you are likely to find going on in broad daylight in that part of KC is drug dealing. Violent crime is too rare to catch on film without weeks of work (unless you bring it on yourself), even in the most dangerous neighborhoods. The police aren't going to give you money for videos of drug deals (insufficient evidence to make an arrest anyway). Drug dealers don't like to be filmed, believe it or not and if you carry out this plan the only result I can imagine is that you will become the victim of a crime. If you get your ass kicked for filming someone with their "custies," no one is going to call you a hero. As for the biblical legality of this "plan", I'd take a look at the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]] and think about how it might apply. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 15:45, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::: <small>Medical advice?! So what's the illness, what are the signs and/or symptom? Nah, I think you mean legal advice. Whacky ideas don't have disease classification AFAIK. [[User:Richard Avery|Richard Avery]] ([[User talk:Richard Avery|talk]]) 16:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
::::<small>No I meant medical advice. I was joking, but the scheme is likely to land the OP in the hospital. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 16:34, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
:::::<small>Prevention is better than cure! [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 16:55, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
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 [https://codepen.io/TF3RDL/pen/gONWJby multichannel peakmeter] when fed with the same song as the video, lines up with the color of the blocks and the tracks on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YLetFU9bg this video] and/or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpV4jFzOXj4 this] sometimes and at other times, it doesn't line up assuming they somehow sync with the video. [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|talk]]) 03:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/world/asia/in-south-korea-where-digital-tattling-is-a-growth-industry.html Move to Korea] [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 16:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:[[Audiosurf|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. [[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]] ([[User talk:Philvoids|talk]]) 16:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]] BTW, what's the difference between song intensity estimation algorithm (which [[Audiosurf]] probably uses it) and a [[LUFS]] meter (aka. a K-weighted RMS meter)? And are these two even interchangeable? [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:E1D7:6927:DCA6:924C:1623|2001:448A:3070:E1D7:6927:DCA6:924C:1623]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:E1D7:6927:DCA6:924C:1623|talk]]) 02:47, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 15 =
:Thank-goodness that some people want to get off their **** and explore the real world. Whilst one has a moral and legal duty in many countries not to withhold evidence which may be useful in the solving of crimes (for no reward), it is the normal day job for many free lance photo-journalists to work on the fringes of normal society to earn their honest dollar. 'Compensation' is in loose legal terms, a remedy for a loss suffered, which is not applicable in this scenario – so if your going into journalism, a good dictionary would also be of asset. News only has a sort life, so you might want (really need) to find organizations that can syndicate you footage both quickly and for the best price. [[Citizenside]] is one organization that comes to mind. Also, choose some suitable equipment. WiFi cards now exist so that even if you get the Camera stolen the footage can still be sent as it is recorded to a recorder securely bolted in the trunk or some place. Get and keep receipts for everything you spend so that you can claim it back against tax. Good luck and if it does work out badly, make sure your family lets us know where to sent the flowers. --[[User:Aspro|Aspro]] ([[User talk:Aspro|talk]]) 17:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
== Meta physics ==
::Best case scenario if you try this is to receive a sever beating and earn the ire of the local cops. Worst case is getting killed. Bad idea, don't do it. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 18:15, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
about things beyond nature [[Special:Contributions/105.113.11.194|105.113.11.194]] ([[User talk:105.113.11.194|talk]]) 20:36, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:::<small>Then you can't be the same [[Zaphod_Beeblebrox#Achievements| Beeblebrox]] that was voted "Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe" (seven times). Yeah, but maybe he's right Geroya Riskami. Stay under your rock and don't poke your head out. Remember that old adage: ''born under a rock, died under a rock''. It's a dangerous world out here. So I'm going to treble-bolt my doors and blast away at anyone that tries to enter. Quick! Where's the bleach -there's a spider in my bath!--[[User:Aspro|Aspro]] ([[User talk:Aspro|talk]]) 21:03, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
::::<small>Aspro, there might be slight difference between hiding in your house shooting anyone who knocks and making a unauthorized documentary about your local dope spot with the intention of showing it to the police. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 21:42, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
:Note that metaphysics is not about phenomena or entities that are ''beyond'' the [[Scientific law|laws of nature]]. The usual term for these is "the [[supernatural]]". --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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. [[User:Stanleykswong|Stanleykswong]] ([[User talk:Stanleykswong|talk]]) 06:45, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::[[File:Aristotle Metaphysica page 1.png|thumb|120px|{{small|{{serif|Των μετά τα φυσικά}}}}]]The Ancient Greek preposition {{serif|[[wikt:μετά|μετά]]}} also means "next, after". It is generally thought that the title of Aristotle's book [[Metaphysics (Aristotle)|{{serif|Των μετά τα φυσικά}}]] (Tōn metá ta phusiká), "Of the things after Physica", the etymon of our term ''[[wikt:metaphysics|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 ''[[Physics (Aristotle)|Physica]]'', "Natural phenomena". --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 11:22, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 16 =
:::::If you find you have hours to spare, want to do some work and earn money without being able to get a proper job, have you considered trying magic, learn something like telekinesis in your spare time. much less dangerous, and potentially greater rewards. My reccomendation would be to get two rather small plants, same species, same size, put them in the same pot, give them a couple of days to get settled in, then pick one of them and sit watching it, trying to induce it to grow faster. It may take some weeks to pick the trick up, perhaps a couple of hours a day at it, maybe more, not that long compared to some full time jobs. Then, once you have finally managed to persuade something to grow an extra few inches more than the other, I suggest switching over, trying to make the smaller one catch up, to effectively double check your results. My theory is that if you can do something three times in a row, and I would count that as two, then surely you must be having some effect (If it doesn't catch up the result may have been contaminated, so start again, though with all that experience to make it quicker). Having made that start, then you can move onto larger projects, but don't mke the mistake of trying them out for a month or so, finding that nothing much is happening and, having forgotten by then about the plants, just assume it is all a waste of time. [[Special:Contributions/148.197.80.214|148.197.80.214]] ([[User talk:148.197.80.214|talk]]) 19:20, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
== Whydowesaveoldkeys? ==
== My habit of feature requests scared a developer? ==
Reading these posts ([https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,115912.msg1047396.html#msg1047396 this] and [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,115912.msg1051731.html#msg1051731 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 [https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39765.135 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 [https://fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Enhanced_Spectrum_analyzer_2.0.0.0 this] and [https://fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Loudness_Peakmeter_2.0.0.0 this] before). So, why would they? [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:EA0F:F1A2:31A3:43A5:587B|2001:448A:3070:EA0F:F1A2:31A3:43A5:587B]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:EA0F:F1A2:31A3:43A5:587B|talk]]) 18:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
The other day one of the door knobs at work was changed. The contractor keeps the original and cut ten for our use. On one keyring we have the truck key and two door keys. I went to use the door key and found it didn't work. I assumed that the key hadn't been cut properly and went to get another. I then noticed that there was an extra key on the ring that was for the new lock. The person putting the new key on had left the old key on even though the old lock had been thrown out. I realised that we had lots of useless keys around, including some that are for buildings we no longer use and now belong to others. I'm not exempt from this and have about a dozen outdated keys of my own but why do we do it? [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] ([[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|talk]]) 07:42, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:What has this got to do with wikipedia or finding references for anything? [[User:Nanonic|Nanonic]] ([[User talk:Nanonic|talk]]) 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. [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:EA0F:A59D:BE84:1D03:3CD|2001:448A:3070:EA0F:A59D:BE84:1D03:3CD]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:EA0F:A59D:BE84:1D03:3CD|talk]]) 21:20, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Your questions are scaring off the Reference desk respondents. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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. --[[User:Viennese Waltz|Viennese Waltz]] 10:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 17 =
:Cannot say WHY, but you are definitely not alone in this. I used to keep many old keys, keys I found, keys for places I no longer live at, keys from lost padlocks and suchlike. Okay, now that I wrote this sentence I kind of thought of a reason for this, though it's stupid: A large set of keys looks nicer (in what quantifiable terms I do not know) than a small one. This used to really piss of my ex-girlfriend, who said the constant jingling used to drive her crazy. Maybe it's a psychological thing: having keys means you can get access to places, or you feel secure because you have a tangible connection to your home, i. e. a place you go to that you can lock and keep safe from the outside?
:Counterexample: my folks had bought a house in the country three years ago, and they, in principle, only have ONE front door key, which stays in the door most of the time anyway, because there's literally always someone home. So, they don't actually have a set of keys, they have ONE key. Now that's weird for me. --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 08:25, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
== Futures contract ==
:<small>In [[chastity belt|olden days]] having lots of keys was of evolutionary benefit, increasing the number of descendants of collectors of obsolete unlocking devices. The relevant genes of compulsive-obsessive key-savers thusly survived.
:Those who discarded useless keys snuffed it without progeny and became extinct.</small> --[[User:Incognito.ergo.possum|Incognito.ergo.possum]] ([[User talk:Incognito.ergo.possum|talk]]) 11:57, 30 October 2011 (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. [[User:Therapyisgood|Therapyisgood]] ([[User talk:Therapyisgood|talk]]) 00:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
::<small>Almost spilled my tea giggling. --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 12:07, 30 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
: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. [[User:DOR (HK)|DOR (ex-HK)]] ([[User talk:DOR (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. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52350082] --[[User:Amble|Amble]] ([[User talk:Amble|talk]]) 20:30, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:Most futures contracts are cash-settled and there is no physical transfer of the underlying asset. [[User:Stanleykswong|Stanleykswong]] ([[User talk:Stanleykswong|talk]]) 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. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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 [[commodity broker]], who is probably not going to be willing to accept physical settlement on your behalf. [[User:John M Baker|John M Baker]] ([[User talk:John M Baker|talk]]) 00:41, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
== Which Political Bloggers are Former Programmers? ==
:::<small>Spilled your tea while reading about someone trying to get a bit of [[crumpet]] ? How apropo. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 19:33, 31 October 2011 (UTC) </small>
Such as [[Curtis Yarvin]] and [[Ruan Xiaohuan]]. [[User:Saedeer|Saedeer]] ([[User talk:Saedeer|talk]]) 13:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:Interesting question, Cambridge Bay. I think this tendency is widespread. Perhaps part of the answer will be found at hoarding? (Oh too weird - I went to check the link before saving, and found that what I wanted was [[Compulsive hoarding]], whereas what I had almost directed you to, [[Hoarding]], comes up on Google Search with the first line "A Thule culture food cache near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Canada", its image caption.) [[User:BrainyBabe|BrainyBabe]] ([[User talk:BrainyBabe|talk]]) 12:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:Why do you ask that? I don't think the answer to this question can help you. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 01:15, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::Maybe the OP wants to find out how many other former programmers aren't very bright. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 13:46, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 19 =
:I keep them because I can't remember what they're for after awhile, and every once in awhile — one or twice in a decade — I find some lock and say, "how do I open this?", and sure enough, I find the key on my "giant old key ring". --[[User:Mr.98|Mr.98]] ([[User talk:Mr.98|talk]]) 14:29, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:Do we really know the key is for the lock that was thrown away, better keep it just in case. [[User:MilborneOne|MilborneOne]] ([[User talk:MilborneOne|talk]]) 15:04, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
== Who is the following unknown? ==
:Privilege and power are very closely connected. There does appear a strong psychological drive to hold on to keys because they can continue to serve as symbolic reminder to ''privileges of access'' once held. One friend, was a little puzzled (but felt honoured never the less) to be given a pocket book from his Grandfather, that contained all the old combination filing cabinet codes that were once in his charge. Not only were all the combination changed on his grandfather’s departure, but the cabinets themselves were long since deposed of. Yet they were a very important keep-sake 'witness' to the responsibilities Grandpa once held. This to me, explains why they have value beyond their current usefulness. One might ask: why keep old photographs. They are 2 D visual connections with their past that people use, to give themselves the feeling of continuity in an ever-changing world. Primitive societies (savages to use the old term) have only their oral tradition to tell of important happenings and individuals who was once very important. --[[User:Aspro|Aspro]] ([[User talk:Aspro|talk]]) 18:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
When asked '''<span style="color: orange">"WHO IS YOUR X?"</span>''' (X still being unknown to me but is known to the respondents), here are the answers I get:
::Thanks for all the replies. I think we all compulsively hoard stuff to a certain extent so that may account for it. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] ([[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|talk]]) 19:57, 30 October 2011 (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.
:::Isn't a noun missing there somewhere, or something else? --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 06:38, 31 October 2011 (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:
:::: Parse it as: I think we all compulsively hoard stuff to a certain extent, so ''that'' may account for it. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<font face="Papyrus"><sup>[your turn]</sup></font>]] 09:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:
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''. [[Special:Contributions/79.177.151.182|79.177.151.182]] ([[User talk:79.177.151.182|talk]]) 12:11, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Oh, right, sorry about that. Thank You, Jack. --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 09:45, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::The OP also posted this question on the Math desk. What if everyone says "I'm Spartacus!" ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 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). [[Special:Contributions/79.177.151.182|79.177.151.182]] ([[User talk:79.177.151.182|talk]]) 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? ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 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. [[Special:Contributions/79.177.151.182|79.177.151.182]] ([[User talk:79.177.151.182|talk]]) 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. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 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. [[Special:Contributions/79.177.151.182|79.177.151.182]] ([[User talk: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).
:What are you hoping to accomplish by asking a question like this? [[User:Komonzia|Komonzia]] ([[User talk:Komonzia|talk]]) 15:34, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thx. {{resolved}} [[Special:Contributions/79.177.151.182|79.177.151.182]] ([[User talk:79.177.151.182|talk]]) 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. [[Special:Contributions/176.0.128.31|176.0.128.31]] ([[User talk:176.0.128.31|talk]]) 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: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]] [[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]''<small> 21:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC).</small><br />
:::::::<small>We live in a small Arctic community where all perishable items, fruit, milk, punctuation, etc, has to be flown in. The weather was poor and the plane didn't make it in. Thus we ran out of commas and bananas by Saturday. A new supply was flown in today. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] ([[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|talk]]) 23:03, 31 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
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?
:::::::Old keys serve a psychological function, connecting us to days gone by. We save them to retain a connection to psychological states of mind that were dominant yesterday but just memories today. [[User:Bus stop|Bus stop]] ([[User talk:Bus stop|talk]]) 11:21, 31 October 2011 (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? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 17:54, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:In your particular case, the person putting on the new keys likely didn't feel it was their job to remove the old ones, since you could just as easily do that as them. And, in general, not having a key you need is a far more serious problem than having an extra key. Myself, I tend to remove old keys from my key ring, but then keep them in a junk drawer. This is because the "old key" is invariably one I can no longer identify, not one I am certain is useless. On a side note, do you really want the contractor to have unlimited access to your office by retaining a key ? That would worry me. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 19:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Here is some info: [[Google Street View in Asia]] There are some places in China where they have it. As to future predictions, Wikipedia can't do that. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 19:07, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::This wasn't our office but was the [[hydrogen]] generating shed. We only go there twice a day so it's easier for the contractor to have a set of keys for when work needs doing. He is [[Hindenburg disaster|well aware]] of hydrogen's interesting properties and takes the necessary precautions. Also, it's a small place, and everybody knows everybody, and what they are doing at 3:00 am going into her house. Actually it was a co-worker who put the building key on the ring. And it turns out the [[:File:Celular 004.jpg|door knob used]] was a safety issue and it has been [[:File:Door Handle.JPG|replaced again]]. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] ([[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|talk]]) 23:03, 31 October 2011 (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. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 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. --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 06:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::"[[If wishes were horses, beggars would ride|If wishes were horses...]]". ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 07:13, 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} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk: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. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk: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} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 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, [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 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. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 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. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 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. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 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". [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 12:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Considering [[Restrictions on geographic data in China]], it seems correct to mention the Chinese Government as a cause. [[Baidu]] and [[Tencent]] have presumably obtained authorization, because they're not foreign organizations. This incidentally functions as protectionism. I tracked the piano thing down to [[Brendan Kavanagh#St. Pancras Station piano dispute]], and I suppose there ''is'' a tenuous connection since it involves the [[UFWD]] and image rights. [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;"> Card Zero </span>]] [[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 03:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Google's use of GCJ-02 coordinate data and WGS-84 sattelite images has led to [https://i0.wp.com/www.kronkeling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-12.40.51.png?resize=1024%2C655&ssl=1 weird results] in the past. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 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 [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 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. [[User:PiusImpavidus|PiusImpavidus]] ([[User talk:PiusImpavidus|talk]]) 19:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:Why Somalia, Venezuela and Cuba do not have Street View yet? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 23:38, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::This question can be answered by chatgpt or similar. Or by reading the Wikipedia articles about those countries. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 01:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 21 =
This is driving me nuts, and says something about the limitations of Google's news archive search.
== Britannica ==
Earlier today I came across an article in the archives. Later, I tried to find the article again using about a million different search techniques, but couldn't find it.
Why [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] 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? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 07:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
1) It was in either the Milwaukee Journal or Milwaukee Sentinel.
:{{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. [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 07:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
2) Federal prohibition agents, "dry agents," got parking tickets in Milwaukee for taking up all the spaces near a post office. They did this all the time, but finally were ticketed.
::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? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 08:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
3) The police chief, Jacob Laubenheimer, refused to fix the tickets. The paper did a "humorous" bit about this, comparing Laubenheimer to Sitting Bull and saying "no fix 'em, no fix 'em" (20s or 30s stupid stereotype).
:::No. Go be bored somewhere else. [[User:Nanonic|Nanonic]] ([[User talk:Nanonic|talk]]) 09:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
4) In the bit, the paper called the chief "implacable" and "inscrutable."
5) It was toward the second half of the prohibition era, not the first. No earlier than April 1924, and probably after 1927 or 28.
:::If all else fails, you could try ''asking them''. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 16:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
You'd think with all that, I'd be able to find the article again via Google news archives. But nooooo.
== Webpages ==
Would appreciate help.[[Special:Contributions/76.218.9.50|76.218.9.50]] ([[User talk:76.218.9.50|talk]]) 09:05, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:And something as simple as trying your browser's browsing history didn't help? --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 09:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:::I had cleared it without thinking.[[Special:Contributions/76.218.9.50|76.218.9.50]] ([[User talk:76.218.9.50|talk]]) 23:44, 30 October 2011 (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? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 07:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
::Google News didn't work for me, strangely enough, but after a few false tries, I googled this up on the regular Google page using "Laubenheimer agents 'post office'" - [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19320227&id=Zl5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4177,4251395 "Police Tags Bloom at Federal Building," The Milwaukee ''Sentinel'', Feb. 27, 1932, p. 1]. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 13:28, 30 October 2011 (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 {{tq|2,879 websites established before 1995}}, so no, it wasn't common. [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;"> Card Zero </span>]] [[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 09:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Wow, thanks. The mistake I made was using search terms in Google news ONLY (for more than an hour) -- I should have tried regular Google too. I won't forget that![[Special:Contributions/76.218.9.50|76.218.9.50]] ([[User talk:76.218.9.50|talk]]) 23:44, 30 October 2011 (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? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 11:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Are you just randomly asking questions? [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 12:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Take the effort to read the first sentence of [[List of websites founded before 1995]] and you will have the answer to your question. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 10:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
== Did [[Donald Trump]]'s father, ==
::::You're welcome. Yeah, I've run into that problem before too. It's a very odd bug in the system. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 03:43, 31 October 2011 (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.[[User:Richard L. Peterson|Rich]] ([[User talk:Richard L. Peterson|talk]]) 22:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
== Can people spread a venereal disease, if they have never had sexual contact? ==
:"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>[https://globalnews.ca/tag/donald-trump-is-a-shape-shifting-lizard/]</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. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 10:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Note: I use the term "sexual contact" to cover all types of sexual intercourse -- anal, vaginal, and oral. Can people spread a venereal disease, if they have never had sexual contact?
:::Well, that's what the OP is asking. You're just repeating the OP's question using different words. --[[User:Viennese Waltz|Viennese Waltz]] 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. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 01:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
::{{small|No insult intended to shape-shifting lizards. [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 10:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)}}
::(it's easy for you to google that the rumors are out there, Lambiam.[[User:Richard L. Peterson|Rich]] ([[User talk:Richard L. Peterson|talk]]) 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. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 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/ [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 18:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:[[User:Richard L. Peterson|Rich]] ([[User talk:Richard L. Peterson|talk]]) 19:30, 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. [[User:Richard L. Peterson|Rich]] ([[User talk:Richard L. Peterson|talk]]) 19:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:::No, I haven't found definitive proof. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 12:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 22 =
Let's imagine a hypothetical case. Person A and Person B never have sexual contact before for whatever reasons. They fall in love; they marry; they copulate to procreate young. Can Person A spread a venereal disease to Person B, or vice versa, upon first sexual contact with his or her significant other? Can Person B die or become gravely ill from the venereal disease? [[Special:Contributions/75.185.79.52|75.185.79.52]] ([[User talk:75.185.79.52|talk]]) 14:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:I suppose it may be possible to spread [[syphilis]] in this situation, if one of the partners has [[congenital syphilis]]. --[[User:TammyMoet|TammyMoet]] ([[User talk:TammyMoet|talk]]) 15:12, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:: Some STI's are not exclusively transmitted sexually. Like [[herpes]].[[Special:Contributions/124.170.121.252|124.170.121.252]] ([[User talk:124.170.121.252|talk]]) 15:25, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:::There's also a remote chance that one partner could get infected via a freak accident, like receiving an unscreened blood transfusion. But if both people remain totally monogamous forever, the likelihood is very low. There is no [[spontaneous generation]] of VD bacteria, if that's what the OP is worried about. Disease results from infection, not from sex itself. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 15:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
: Yes (see below). [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 15:20, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
== Policy related to places ==
What are all the conditions needed to maintain a 0% chance or near 0% of spreading a venereal disease? [[Special:Contributions/75.185.79.52|75.185.79.52]] ([[User talk:75.185.79.52|talk]]) 15:46, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:Complete isolation from humans. A number of venereal diseases such as [[herpes]] and [[HPV]] can be spread through non sexual contact. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 15:48, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::In short, you'd have to dig a hole, completely disinfect it, shield it from any contaminated air and live there until you die. Good luck with your food-supply. [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 16:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Can a person still spread a venereal disease, if he or she fulfills these conditions?
I want to add an article for a place in delhi cantonment. However, i am unsure about the relevant Wikipedia policies on this topic. I tried searching on DuckDuckGo to no avail And the results of Wikipedia search gave unrelated things. What are the relevant policies? [[User:KhubsuratInsaan|KhubsuratInsaan]] ([[User talk:KhubsuratInsaan|talk]]) 11:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
-the person's mother has never been infected by any known disease, and the person in question has never faced such an illness in childhood. The person may have had illnesses like chicken pox, cold, flu, pneumonia, but that's it.
:You may find [[Help:Your first article|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.
-the person donates blood, but never receives blood
:It looks like you're new to Wikipedia. (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! -- [[User:Avocado|Avocado]] ([[User talk:Avocado|talk]]) 14:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::And the place for new editors to ask questions is the [[Wikipedia:Teahouse]] (although we're happy to help here too, especially with references). [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 15:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
-all blood donations use needles that have been sterilized, as required by law
== Indian city classification ==
-the person maintains absolute abstinence from all sexual behaviors and feels perfectly fine with this lifestyle, because it is his or her personal choice to remain healthy and live as long as possible
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. [https://doe.gov.in/orders-circulars/32] 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. -- [[User:Parnaval|Parnaval]] ([[User talk:Parnaval|talk]]) 17:13, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
-the person is obsessed about a cleaniness
:That circular by the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Department of Expenditure]] 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. --[[User:Askedonty|Askedonty]] ([[User talk:Askedonty|talk]]) 21:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
-the person does not use finger-genital contact
= December 26 =
Now, if these conditions apply two both partners in marriage, then can the couple still spread a venereal disease? Also, can chicken pox, cold, flu, and pneumonia spread sexually?
[[Special:Contributions/75.185.79.52|75.185.79.52]] ([[User talk:75.185.79.52|talk]]) 16:20, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:I think ''"complete isolation from humans"'' and the dig-a-hole story already answered that. If you're seeking more detailed medical advice, please consult a doctor or licensed practitioner. [[User:Seb az86556|Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556]] <sup>[[User_talk:Seb_az86556|> haneʼ]]</sup> 16:29, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
::Some of the conditions that the OP mentions are likely to decrease the chances of contracting an STI, but the fact remains that STIs can be transmitted without sexual contact. The non sexual infections you name are spread through physical contact, so it is certainly easy to spread them to your sexual partner, but they aren't sexually transmitted diseases as such. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 16:54, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:[[Herpes|HSV]] can technically spread via a handshake (see PMID 15623779) and [[hepatitis C#Transmission|hepatitis C]] can spread on shared razors or toothbrushes. [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 15:20, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
I realise that HIV is not a venereal disease as such, but isn't it possible to acquire it non-sexually and spread it sexually? -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<font face="Papyrus"><sup>[your turn]</sup></font>]] 19:01, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:Last time I checked, the HIV virus is transmitted by contact with another person's blood, semen, vaginal fluid, or breast milk; the virus is also detectable at extremely low levels in saliva, sweat, and spinal fluid, but - again, last time I checked, some years ago - no cases of infection via those fluids had been documented. So yes, doctors, nurses, lab workers, etc., who come in contact with the first four and have a skin tear that allows the virus to get into their bloodstream, can indeed be infected non-sexually. See [[HIV#Transmission]]. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 03:38, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:: Also via an infelicitous blood transfusion or a pre-loved drug syringe. Having got it this way, a person can then spread it sexually. Or vice-versa. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<font face="Papyrus"><sup>[your turn]</sup></font>]] 09:28, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::Not just drug syringes: there was an article in [[the Guardian]] just this week that claimed the number of deaths due to infection from reused needles was higher than the deaths from mosquito-borne infection, and pointed out the discrepancy between number-of-injections and number-of-needles-imported in many developing countries. Stories of parents being asked to choose a pre-used needle to be used on their child from a tray of them. It should be noted that this isn't generally true for vaccines, as the organisations that run global vaccine programmes generally send out preloaded syringes. [[Special:Contributions/86.163.1.168|86.163.1.168]] ([[User talk:86.163.1.168|talk]]) 12:08, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
According to [[Origin of AIDS]], it looks like that the origin of AIDS comes from eating bushmeat. So, it may be possible that SIV is transformed to HIV, when a person, who has eaten bushmeat, copulates with another person. [[Special:Contributions/75.185.79.52|75.185.79.52]] ([[User talk:75.185.79.52|talk]]) 19:53, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
:''can chicken pox, cold, flu, and pneumonia spread sexually?'' I suggest you read the articles [[common cold]], [[Chickenpox]], [[influenza]], and [[pneumonia]]. Most spread via the air, though pneumonia has a wide range of causes. --[[User:Colapeninsula|Colapeninsula]] ([[User talk:Colapeninsula|talk]]) 09:58, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, but just as easily through non-sexual close contact. [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 15:20, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:[[Guatemala syphilis experiment]] is a pretty nasty case of sexual disease being spread deliberately and very probably some of those spreading it were obsessed with cleanliness and never engaged personally in risky behaviour. 17:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
= October 31 =
== contractor in need ==
I'm a general contractor in need of customers. I specialize in kithcen and
bathroom remodels, we do everything from electrical, plumbing to wall additions.
I need to bring in customers, i've tried many avenues. I'm asking for advise.
HELP!!! <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Mibebita|Mibebita]] ([[User talk:Mibebita|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Mibebita|contribs]]) 04:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Well, we won't directly help you bring in new customers, but we can give some advice on [[advertising]], [[marketing]] and things like that (right?). So, tell us what you've tried already and we'll see what we can do. --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 06:36, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Depending on where you are located, there may be a local [[small business association]] (no article!) of one type or another that you can ask questions of. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 09:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:I'd advise building up a good reputation in your locality. Have you some satisfied customers who would be willing to provide a reference or be willing to have their names mentioned? Have some flyers printed and go round your locality ''in person'', speaking to householders and leaving a flyer. Stress that you will be able to do work at a time convenient to the householder and that you will not go away to another job leaving their kitchen or bathroom half-finished (assuming that these promises are achievable). Supply your name, address and contact details so that potential customers know how to get in touch with you if there is a problem. Stress that you are a local and reliable contractor. [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 09:14, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::The [http://www.sba.gov/ Small Business Administration] has some programs to advise or mentor small business owners, and there's probably an office near you. I have no experience with them, but it wouldn't cost you anything to give them a call or email and see what they could help you with. I'm sure a lot of other contractors are feeling the economic pinch these days too. Good luck to you. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 10:51, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::<small>Administration!! <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 10:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
:The problem likely has to do with the economy. In uncertain times people are loathe to spend money on "optional" things like remodeling. The key to overcoming this might be in the way that you market your services. Viewed alone, they can be seen as an "unnecessary expense", but viewed as an alternative to buying a better (and more expensive) home, this alternative may compare favorably. Another thought, if you can find a backer, is to buy cheap homes and remodel them, with the hope of reselling them later for a profit, once real estate prices recover. Or, perhaps they could be rented out, possibly subdivided into apartments. So, you need to "think outside the (tool)box". [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Here in the UK, we have a TV show called [[Homes Under the Hammer]], which airs once every weekday. At least twice a week one of the people buying a house at auction for renovation explains that they are in the same position as you - a specialist contractor where the work is drying out. They have decided to buy a property at auction and renovate it, so that they can sell it on at a profit and keep their staff in work. Might be worth trying, although obviously I have no idea what the property market is like in other parts of the world. --[[User:TammyMoet|TammyMoet]] ([[User talk:TammyMoet|talk]]) 19:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
== The Black Adder TV Series ==
Listings show episodes 2 Born To Be king & 4 The Queen Of Spain's Beard----but they are shown differently in the introduction of each episode( for example--The Queen Of Spain's Beard is displayed as episode 2).Were these programs aired in the correct order? Very Confusing.[[Special:Contributions/94.9.66.170|94.9.66.170]] ([[User talk:94.9.66.170|talk]]) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 12:03, 31 October 2011 (UTC).</span><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:See [[Talk:The Black Adder#Episode Order]]. ---'''''— [[User:Gadget850|<span style="color:gray">Gadget850 (Ed)</span>]]<span style="color:darkblue"> '''''</span><sup>[[User talk:Gadget850|''talk'']]</sup> 12:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
== Another landlubber question - the Channel crossing ==
[[File:France manche vue dover.JPG|thumb|The [[White Cliffs of Dover]] as seen from France: so near, but yet so far.]]
Students of English history know that for centuries, down to the age of steamships and even beyond, the Channel crossing was dreaded by nearly all travellers, high and low alike. Letters, diaries, biographies, and histories are full of innumerable examples [http://books.google.com/books?id=HtvB-qc2gi4C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=etiquette+%22court+of+st.+james's%22&source=bl&ots=VrtsoPPdx_&sig=2nA6ykd4GRsOsJwpCq8WICiP004&hl=en&ei=SDSuTp_oFeGasgLpp6nSDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q&f=false like this one (p. 7)] of otherwise butch, brave men being reduced to quivering lumps of jelly by it - to say nothing of what the crossing did to the, um, weaker sex, as it was then supposed to be. Even the mere contemplation of the journey was fearsome, and many times affairs of state had to wait for days or weeks because somebody just couldn't make that short hop. The question in the back of my mind for a long time has been - WTF?? It's only 20 miles from Calais to Dover, and even on the slow sailing ships of the time, that wouldn't take more than what, two, three hours at most, right? Even a rough, choppy trip would be over very quickly. What could be so bad about that? [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 12:12, 31 October 2011 (UTC) <small><---- whose main seagoing experience was in a large canoe on a small creek</small>
:The English prince [[William Adelin]] thought exactly the same as you, and look what happened to him! --[[User:TammyMoet|TammyMoet]] ([[User talk:TammyMoet|talk]]) 12:41, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::Judging by the state of the sea depicted in [[:File:Joseph Mallord William Turner 024.jpg|Turner's ''Calais Pier'']], the journey could be very rough. I've also experienced a very rough crossing some years ago onboard a large and fast catamaran... the bar closed, the alcohol shop closed and a lake of mixed spirits leaked out from under the door, people were vomiting everywhere - I've taken to calling that trip ''the rivers of puke'' and have never crossed by sea since. [[User:Astronaut|Astronaut]] ([[User talk:Astronaut|talk]]) 14:40, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::<small>The [[Hoverspeed]] catamaran from [[Folkestone]] to [[Bolougne]] was known to locals as the "Vomit Comet". [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 23:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)</small>
:::Textorus, as we saw with sailing routes out of Venice, early modern or medieval sailing ships were capable of about 6 km per hour under the best conditions. From Dover to Calais is about 24 miles or 38 kilometers, so let's say at least 40 km accounting for slippage due to tide and currents (about which more later). That works out to a 7-hour passage, and that's how long the journey took under the very best conditions. One reason that this passage was treacherous was the action of the tidal currents. See [http://www.channelswimming.com/navQ&A.htm this page] on swimming the Channel for some background. Tidal currents in the English Channel often run at 3 to 4 knots (6–7 kph). As you can calculate, an early modern sailing ship would make no headway against such a current, even with a favorable wind. Of course, this was a cross current, and it changed direction every 6 hours, so a ship crossing the Strait of Dover would typically travel in a V-shaped course: east-southeastward during the flood tide (toward Belgium), then south-southwestward (toward Calais) during the ebb tide. Another issue is that when the prevailing westerlies blow against the ebb tide, the friction causes a harsh chop to develop. (These are short, spiky waves that would toss a ship of pre-industrial size and tend to cause seasickness.) With a less common easterly wind, the same phenomenon would happen during the flood tide. Finally, the English Channel is completely open and exposed to westerly storms and winds blowing in from the open Atlantic. As such, winds can be quite fierce and wave heights higher than you would expect in an enclosed body of water. The Strait of Dover is relatively (but only relatively) sheltered from such winds compared to other parts of the Channel. However, it wasn't always convenient, for political or other reasons, to cross the channel at Calais. Sometimes it was necessary to cross a broader, rougher part of the Channel, where the passage (involving a zigzag course due to tidal currents) could take more than 24 hours and where an unexpected storm could founder a ship out of the sight of land. [[User:Marco polo|Marco polo]] ([[User talk:Marco polo|talk]]) 14:58, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::And don't forget there's also the [[Goodwin Sands]] to contend with, where "more than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked", and [[Varne Bank]].--[[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 15:25, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::::Apparently these are just two of several banks or ledges that pose a shipping hazard in the Dover Strait alone. See [http://sailingalmanac.com/Almanac/Navigation/Resources/doverstraitsa.gif this chart] showing several others. [[User:Marco polo|Marco polo]] ([[User talk:Marco polo|talk]]) 16:33, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:The waves hitting the ship sideways caused rocking action that caused seasickness in lots of passengers. [[Henry Bessemer]], co-inventer of the Bessemer steel process, spent a large portion of his fortune as well as investments by others designing and building a ship to make the crossing smoother, the [[SS Bessemer]]. It had an internal passenger compartment which was able to swing port and starboard to cancel out the rocking and remain stationary. It did not address and longitudinal rocking, which was less of a problem. It was opersated by a hydraulic system powered by a steam engine. As tested, it was controlled by a seaman rather than an automatic gyroscopic system, but automatic operation was envisioned for later development. The ship was designed to be reversible, so no turn-around was needed in harbor. It would just "back" all the way back to England. On the maiden voyage, the anti-rocking system worked brilliantly, but poor design of the vessel's steering caused it to crash into the dock at the French harbor. Rather than perfecting the steering, the project was abandoned, which seems a shame. [[User:Edison|Edison]] ([[User talk:Edison|talk]]) 19:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
William Adelin should have checked with the Reference Desk first. Thanks for the great answers, y'all; I get the picture now. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 22:27, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Sometimes it is not the crossing that is the trouble, a while ago my ferry from France to Dove could not dock in Dover because the seas were too rough even in the harbour, so we had to return to France and come home by train thru the tunnel.[[Special:Contributions/85.211.229.139|85.211.229.139]] ([[User talk:85.211.229.139|talk]]) 08:28, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::But that troublesome stretch of water has (together with some vigourous defensive measures) saved us from all kinds of unpleasantness over the years: see [[Battle of Sluys]], [[Spanish Armada]], [[Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom]] and [[Operation Sealion]]. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 12:07, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::Yes, quite. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 23:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
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<small>"less happier lands". Tut tut. didn't 'whoever wrote the Shakespeare plays' learn grammar? ;-) [[User:AndyTheGrump|AndyTheGrump]] ([[User talk:AndyTheGrump|talk]]) 04:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)</small>
== Sink in Laundry Room ==
I am purchasing a new construction home and have the choice of purchasing an upgrade to a sink in the laundry room which is downstairs. This will be my first home, and am unsure of whether or not I will use a sink in the laundry room. I am most concerned about '''resell value''', and whether or not spending $1000 on a sink would be worth it.
It is a nice stainless steel sink with a granite counter top and cabinet underneath (downgrading to a cheap sink is not an option).
Do you kind folks value having a sink being in a laundry room? Is it something that would impact your buying of a house?
Many thanks, [[User:TheGrimme|TheGrimme]] ([[User talk:TheGrimme|talk]]) 14:11, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Not having a sink in a laundry makes no sense to me. IMHO it is an absolutely essential item, not an optional "upgrade". A sinkless laundry is terriby impractical. [[User:Dodger67|Roger]] ([[User talk:Dodger67|talk]]) 14:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::I use the sink in the laundry room for cleaning boots, garden tools, etc. that my wife would not want me to use the kitchen sink for. There is an entrance to the laundry room from the garden and I also use it a s a "mud room" to wash hands and clean myself up before going into the rest of the house. To me a sink is pretty well essential - though any sink would do this is not one of our "fine" rooms where we would bring guests (except for muddy kids who have been playing in the garden!). -- [[User:Q Chris|Q Chris]] ([[User talk:Q Chris|talk]]) 14:26, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::I get by just fine without a laundry sink. If something is really dirty, the hose outside does the job. For anything else, the bathroom sink or bathtub works. So I don't think it's a necessity. If you like the idea of a laundry sink, I would do a little research and see if you can have something functional installed for less than $1,000. The granite counter top for a messy laundry room sink just sounds excessive. Unless you are in a very upscale neighborhood where buyers expect luxury in every corner of a house, I doubt that ordinary buyers would care enough about fancy fittings in the laundry room to bid more for the house. [[User:Marco polo|Marco polo]] ([[User talk:Marco polo|talk]]) 14:36, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::Might be worth checking that, if you reject the $1000 sink, the builders will at least leave you with the plumbing for a sink in case you later decide you do need a sink. [[User:Astronaut|Astronaut]] ([[User talk:Astronaut|talk]]) 14:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::: '''(OP)''' I thought about rejecting the $1000 sink and having a contractor put in a sink. The plumbing is directly behind the wall, but I figure to have them put in a decent sink it will probably cost at least $600. At that point, it makes sense to spend more and get a premium sink that matches the rest of the house. [[User:TheGrimme|TheGrimme]] ([[User talk:TheGrimme|talk]]) 15:19, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:I suspect what you ought to do is call a real estate agent and ask them if laundry room sinks generally affect the re-sale value of a home. They probably know better than we do whether there's a lot of demand for that sort of thing amongst buyers — whether it's the sort of thing that will really be important to someone out there. It may well be; I haven't the foggiest idea. As to whether it is practical or necessary or not, that depends on your habits. I've lived in places with sinks and without them. One can easily adapt to either situation. Personally, I think every additional sink you add also adds a significant chance you'll have to call a plumber, someday! ;-) --[[User:Mr.98|Mr.98]] ([[User talk:Mr.98|talk]]) 15:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:$1000 sounds high. Can you break that down by parts and labor? If there is already laundry room plumbing, I would think the installation would cost much less. [http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-install-a-countertop-and-sink/index.html This how-to guide] says $500-$1,000. [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 15:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:I recently had a bathroom sink and counter installed for $550: $250 for a very nice sink with a fancy real marble countertop and stainless steel fixtures and $300 for labor using a licensed plumber in expensive Massachusetts. Of course, we had a vanity in place which we kept. Still, even adding the price of a vanity, which you could have installed by a handyman for much less than the plumber would charge, I think you could get a basic sink and counter installed for no more than $600. Of course if you are buying a premium home, $400 is probably trivial. [[User:Marco polo|Marco polo]] ([[User talk:Marco polo|talk]]) 16:42, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Addressing the OP's questions: 1) Yes, I would like a laundry sink. 2) But it wouldn't make-or-break my buying a house. 3) However, a laundry sink is a "feature" that realtors and prospective buyers will be impressed with, whether they need one or not - how much reward you get at resale time is hard to say, fluctuations in the RE market might outweight that one item's value - but if the $1000 isn't keeping you from buying groceries this month, do it up pretty and relax. 4) Make sure your spouse agrees and likes it, or you may never hear the end of it. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 18:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:I only use my laundry sink for one thing, to receive the drain hose from the washing machine. If you don't get the laundry sink, make sure you at least have a drain suitable for use with a washing machine. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:36, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:If I may, what kind of sink are we talking about here? The OP mentions a marble counter and such but I can't think of any laundry sink that has been that elaborate. [http://www.lowes.com/pd_56972-10882-MF10000FM.001_0__?productId=3448686&Ntt=laundry+sink&pl=1¤tURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dlaundry%2Bsink&facetInfo= This] is what I think of when I think "laundry sink". My parent's house had one and it came in handy. And I'd really like to have one in my current house. I'd have put one in already but other things keep needing the money more (like the mortgage to have the house in the first place). It wouldn't make or break the purchase of a house for me (obviously as I don't have one now) mostly due to the low amount of trouble it is to put one in. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 01:25, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:I would think the general expectation that there be a sink in the laundry room would depend on where in the world you are talking about, as well as the general price-range/overall quality of the house. Of the two houses I've lived in the longest, one in Buffalo and one in Seattle, neither has a laundry room sink. In fact in both the "laundry room" seems to have been almost an afterthought--crammed into whatever extra space there was. It's possible my experience is unusual, but I would find a sink in the laundry room a welcome plus, but not at all something expected as the norm. [[User:Pfly|Pfly]] ([[User talk:Pfly|talk]]) 09:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::<small>Who needs a laundry tub in Seattle ? If you need to soak your clothes, just hang them outside. :-) [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC) </small>
== Changing plea = perjury? ==
I was watching one of those many, many legal shows on TV (can't remember the title but this one starred Kathy Bates). The story raised for me an interesting point. The accused had pleaded not-guilty and had undergone cross-examination in front of the jury. Some way through, the accused said he wanted to change his plea to guilty. The prosecution asked why he didn't plead guilty earlier. That got me thinking: could the accused then have [[perjury]] added to his charges and potentially ended up with a stronger penalty (jail time or file)? After all, earlier in the trial he must have lied under oath in order to try to make himself seem innocent. [[User:Astronaut|Astronaut]] ([[User talk:Astronaut|talk]]) 15:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:Unless there are lawyers watching this page, your best bet would be to read some wikipedia articles about [[plea bargain]] and such stuff as that. Something to think about, though: How often do you ever hear of someone who is found guilty, also being charged with perjury just because he claims he's innocent? I'm thinking, not often, or maybe never. Now, if a ''witness'' lies, that's another matter. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 16:16, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::This isn't legal advice and probably a lawyer will laugh at it for being too simplistic and inaccurate. But as our article notes, you can only be charged with perjury for lying under oath or affirmation to tell the truth. So if you just plead not guilty (which isn't under oath) or say your innocent in public or whatever, this doesn't mean you're guilty of perjury even if you're guilty. The problem only arises when you testify in your defence, which isn't required and [[Right to silence|can't be forced]] in a criminal trial in the US and quite a number of countries. And while I don't know how true this is, my impression is people are often advised not to testify in their defence, particularly if their lawyer believes they're guilty (partially because they know it's easily possible they'll be caught lieing which even if they aren't charged with perjury isn't going to help their defence and even if you don't caught in a lie it's still hard to sway a jury in your favour but easy to push them against you). And as anyone who's watched enough legal shows know, your lawyer can't [[Subornation of perjury|subborn perjury]], so can't encourage you to testify if they know you're going to lie, or encourage testimony which they know to be a lie (so they can't for example tell you what to say if they know it's not the truth) although this is a complicated issue (see our article for example) that also involves ethics, see [[http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~idjlaw/PDF/18-2/18-2%20Asimow.pdf] for example.
::Anyway [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174154] and [http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php/78532-A-question-about-perjury] and [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=85823] (see last post by Danimal) suggests in the US even when the defendent does testify in their defence and is later found guilty they're almost never charged with perjury, as it's generally going to be seen as a waste of the everyone's time since the original sentence is likely to be far longer then any perjury conviction and you still need to prove the person commited perjury and the sentence may end up being concurrent anyway. They also suggest if the person is found not guilty but it later becomes clear they perjured themselves in their testimony it's more likely.
:It is typical practice to only prosecute the most serious crime committed. It is obvious that during the commission of a murder, you are virtually certain to commit unlawful act manslaughter, assault (either technical or battery, probably both) probably occasioning grievous bodily harm (depending on how you killed them); you also could be found guilty of attempted murder (the attempt being successful!). So missing out perjury seems to fit this rule. <span style="color:#3A3A3A">'''Grandiose''' </span><span style="color:gray">([[User:Grandiose|me]], [[User_talk:Grandiose|talk]], [[Special:Contributions/Grandiose|contribs]]) </span> 17:49, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::I don't think that's really the same thing. Most of the stuff you're referring to is part of committing the same crime (and I strongly suspect you're wrong on the attempted murder and manslaughter bit). Commiting perjury when you are on trial for a crime isn't generally seen as part of the original crime. [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 17:53, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::There do seem to be some crimes where they "throw the book at them", and charge them with all the "lesser included offenses", as well. Where this actually matters is sentencing. If the sentences are served concurrently, then only the longer sentence matters (although I suppose they could be pardoned or paroled on that one, in which case the others might still matter). But, when sentences are to be served consecutively, then the lesser included offense can have a major effect on the total length, and may even (collectively) dwarf the sentences for the main crime. I've never really understood the decision process behind consecutive versus concurrent sentences. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::The lesser included offenses [[Lesser included offense|merge]] with the original crime. The perjury charge would be separate though. [[User:Shadowjams|Shadowjams]] ([[User talk:Shadowjams|talk]]) 02:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::::That's an incorrect interpretation. A person can't be convicted and sentenced for the lesser included offenses as if they were committed separately from the most serious offense. As Shadowjams notes, the merger doctrine precludes this outcome. (Among other things, it would violate prohibitions against [[double jeopardy]].) In situations where they 'throw the book at someone', each charge represents a unique crime that may have been committed at the same time as the major offense. Consider a bank robbery—there might be a charge of armed robbery, and another of possession of an unlicensed firearm, and another of dangerous driving (in the getaway car). The defendant could be independently convicted of, and sentenced for, all three offenses. On the other hand, if he were charged with larceny (a lesser included offense to robbery), he would have to be sentenced for one or the other, but not both. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 16:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::::I don't know what you're saying is incorrect. Charging an armed robber with possession of an unlicensed firearm, commission of crime using a gun, driving offenses, failure to stop, resisting arrest, etc., is exactly what I'm talking about. If all those are included and sentences are consecutive, then the prison term may be far longer than for armed robbery alone. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::::::The point is that those offenses (possession of an unlicensed firearm, dangerous driving, etc.) aren't elements of the offense of robbery and therefore aren't lesser included offenses. They're separate crimes that the defendant has also committed and for which he might also be charged. You're misusing or misunderstanding the specific term of art ''[[lesser included offense]]''; it would help a great deal if you read the articles that I and Shadowjams had linked, which explain these principles. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 20:16, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::::::But whether they are "elements of the offense of armed robbery" seems open to debate. Can you commit armed robbery without a gun ? Possibly, but it's not likely to succeed. Can you commit armed robbery without a car or using a car which is properly licensed and displaying the license plate as required ? Again, it's possible, but highly unlikely to succeed. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 20:26, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Elliptical philosophical digressions aside, you're being obtuse for obtuseness' sake. Go read ''[[term of art]]''. "Elements of the offense" are specific components of the legal definition of a particular offense—conditions that must be met for a particular offense to have been commmitted in the eyes of the law. "Elements of an offense" are not the same thing as "plot devices and props which must be present to satisfy a scriptwriter". That's as much time as I'm going to waste leading you by the nose. [[User:TenOfAllTrades|TenOfAllTrades]]([[User_talk:TenOfAllTrades|talk]]) 21:38, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::Thank you for Ten's extended explanation. As for the ad hoc "practical" lines of thought, they don't tend to fly on the bar exam or in court, although I realize that's how most people think of the law. [[Element (criminal law)|Element]] have very limited scopes of interpretation. [[User:Shadowjams|Shadowjams]] ([[User talk:Shadowjams|talk]]) 10:26, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
:The TV show is [[Harry's Law]], with [[Kathy Bates]] as "Harry". [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::That would be the one, yep. It occurs to me that if a guy changes his plea to guilty, why would the prosecutor do anything to try and dissuade the accused from doing so? ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 23:44, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
== microwave ovens ==
why does the inside plate holder rotate counter clockwise inside a microwave? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/97.78.56.25|97.78.56.25]] ([[User talk:97.78.56.25|talk]]) 16:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:They definitely don't all rotate counter clockwise. I've owned several that rotated clockwise. --[[User:Daniel J. Leivick|<span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Daniel</span>]] 17:03, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::I think most I've owned have reversed everytime you start them although [http://www.natscience.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/physics/43280/Microwave-turntable-reverses] and [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_a_microwave_oven_turntable_rotate_in_either_direction] suggests it's more commonly technically random (which may have been the case for mine too, I didn't pay that much attention). [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 17:48, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:::Mine alternates direction every time the door's been opened. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 17:56, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
::::Mine always rotates clockwise, though I think it sometimes used to rotate anti-clockwise about 20 years ago. The direction of rotation makes no difference to the heating, of course. This reminds me of older electric clocks that sometimes used to start going backwards after a power-cut. In theory, synchronous motors can run either way, and starting direction "ought" to be random, but the starting-position is critical to the direction, and wear will probably determine a pattern for the position of the motor when it stops. [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 22:21, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
:And to answer the question that the OP might have been going for... The plate rotates to provide even cooking for your food. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 01:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Ding ding ding, we have a winner! [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 02:10, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::<small>Huh? Mine just goes 'Ding' [[User:Richard Avery|Richard Avery]] ([[User talk:Richard Avery|talk]]) 08:12, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</small>
::::<small>Whereas mine goes "Beep. Beep. Beeeeep." Also, like Textorus's, it reverses the direction of rotation every time it's restarted: I conjecture that this is because many microwaveable products specify a pause, with or without stirring, during the heating period, and the reversal may further contribute to the evening-out of the cooking process, though I don't immediately see how. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.197.66.254|90.197.66.254]] ([[User talk:90.197.66.254|talk]]) 12:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</small>
:[[Coriolis_effect#Draining_in_bathtubs_and_toilets|Coriolis effect]] - which way it spins depends on which hemisphere you're in. ;-) However that brings me to another question, if anyone would like to chime in. Why don't manufacturers have it so that the plate returns to the same position each time (e.g., when you put a cup in you put it at the front - wouldn't it be nice if it ''always'' returned to the front when the time was up to make it easy to get out)? Surely this would be easy enough to program? Has anyone ever seen a microwave with this function? --[[User:Jjron|jjron]] ([[User talk:Jjron|talk]]) 14:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Usually there is a set number of seconds per revolution - if you wish the cup handle to end up in a given place, either place the cup in the proper position for the amount of time you wish, or adjust the amount of time to get an integer number of revolutions. [[User:Collect|Collect]] ([[User talk:Collect|talk]]) 14:32, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::: <small>...not to mention a huge 'geek credibility' increase ;-) [[User:Richard Avery|Richard Avery]] ([[User talk:Richard Avery|talk]]) 19:26, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</small>
::::That would be nice though at some point, you'd have to program it not to spin at all because the cook time was too short. Imagine if you put something in for five seconds and it took ten seconds to go through one full rotation at normal speed. If the object has to now spin around in half the time, you might spill your coffee or whatever you're heating. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:24, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::::And people can stop it early, too, say when it starts to boil over. I just wait 'til the time is almost up, then stop it when the object is near me. (Or add an extra few seconds when it stops on the far side.) [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 20:32, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::::::Guffaw. This rather elite sub-discussion over the extremely minor inconvenience of extending your hand a mere couple of inches further reminds me of a counter-Occupy poster I saw a few weeks ago: "To the rest of the world, ''you'' are the one percent." It doesn't come up in a Google image search, can anyone else find it? [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 23:44, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::::::The good thing about our microwave is that it keeps turning after it stops cooking. Though, that does mean I can't calculate the time in sets of 6 seconds to make sure it always ends up back in the right place at the end. [[Special:Contributions/148.197.81.179|148.197.81.179]] ([[User talk:148.197.81.179|talk]]) 08:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Ha, I do like the concept that others have thought about this somewhat nerdy problem. Yeah, I had considered the problem of too short cook times making it spin too fast, but the above IP's comment raises the possibility that it could be programmed to continue to spin ''after'' the time is up in order to return it to the starting position (i.e., spinning without cooking), which would be an elegant solution to this dilemma. Re calculating the cook time to return it to the front, or stopping it early or adding extra time at the end, well maybe I'm a bit lazy, but that seems like too hard work to me :). The point is I put something in, wander off to do something else, then come back when it's finished and I'd like it at the front - I don't want to have to manually monitor the machine, and I have ''very'' precise cooking times for various things (and to be honest I'm not sure any of the ones I regularly use spins at a consistent speed, as despite starting things at the same spot and using the same time they don't always end up at the same spot). And I think this has real practical considerations; consider my cup example - when the cup finishes in the wrong spot, it's not just a matter of inconvenience to have to reach to the back of the oven, but the handle is on the wrong side to grab, potentially leading to injuries such as burns (perhaps a lawsuit would set the manufacturers straight!). --[[User:Jjron|jjron]] ([[User talk:Jjron|talk]]) 12:49, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
= November 1 =
== face vail ==
I was told that at my birth I was born with a vail over my face. have you ever heard of such a case before? And what does it mean if anything. Thank You ''<e-mail and full name removed>'' <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.248.34.124|67.248.34.124]] ([[User talk:67.248.34.124|talk]]) 00:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:A little Googling with the more likely correct spelling for "''born with a'' '''veil'''" takes me to the [[Caul]] article. The line from there that you will probably most appreciate is "''In medieval times the appearance of a caul on a newborn baby was seen as a sign of good luck''". [[User:HiLo48|HiLo48]] ([[User talk:HiLo48|talk]]) 01:12, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Right. In the US, [[Vail,_Colorado|Vail]] is most commonly thought of as the location of several fine ski resorts. In that context, any reference to 'birth' and 'vail' in the same sentence probably means your mother didn't get off the slopes in time!
::--[[User:DaHorsesMouth|DaHorsesMouth]] ([[User talk:DaHorsesMouth|talk]]) 02:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::Ouch, that was rude. [[User:Textorus|Textorus]] ([[User talk:Textorus|talk]]) 23:45, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
== HEY READ THIS!!! (how to make a wikibot) ==
How do you make a wikibot,I'm doing it for the Sonic News Network?~Tailsman67~ <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.71.52.26|98.71.52.26]] ([[User talk:98.71.52.26|talk]]) 14:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Maybe [[Wikipedia:Bots]] will be helpful? --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 15:15, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Cool thanks.:) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.71.52.26|98.71.52.26]] ([[User talk:98.71.52.26|talk]]) 15:29, 1 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::Please don't SHOUT, especially not to get attention. --[[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 23:41, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::::But he got to his senses later, didn't he (it's the brackets, they're like a mild sedative for the mind). --[[User:Ouro|Ouro]] <small>([[User_talk:Ouro|blah blah]])</small> 06:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
== Why is Indian yogurt so delicious? ==
A couple years ago, I was traveling in India for a couple months. What I remember most about the food there was the dairy products, particularly the delicious yogurt. Is there anything in particular that makes Indian yogurt so delicious? Is it just a matter of people eating it just after it is prepared? Or that it is probably raw milk fresh from the cow? If I made yogurt in my house, would it taste as good? Any other tips? Thanks! [[User:Calliopejen1|Calliopejen1]] ([[User talk:Calliopejen1|talk]]) 16:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:Context can matter. Check [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=of-flash-mobs-and-four-loko ''this''] out. [[User:Bus stop|Bus stop]] ([[User talk:Bus stop|talk]]) 16:10, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Yeah, but I'd be the first to admit that there was a decent amount of crappy food there too - e.g. the ubiquitous mixed veg curry, which could be pretty bad when longhaul buses stopped at stalls along the road, or really bland (but hearty) food typical of the far north... I swear that it wasn't just context--the dairy stuff really stood out! :) Also, somehow I thought all the dairy products I ate in Varanasi were particularly good, and I was later informed that Varanasi is known for its dairy... I'm not sure how one city could have better milk than all the other cities, but who knows! [[User:Calliopejen1|Calliopejen1]] ([[User talk:Calliopejen1|talk]]) 16:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:Could it be unpasteurized? Many people believe unpasteurized milk products taste better (see e.g. [[United States raw milk debate]]). --[[User:Colapeninsula|Colapeninsula]] ([[User talk:Colapeninsula|talk]]) 16:34, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::Yeah, like I said above, I bet that it was raw milk. I'm not sure if that's where the taste difference came from, though. If someone from India passes by, they could chime in, but I doubt that any of the silver containers of milk being transported around town had been pasteurized... [[User:Calliopejen1|Calliopejen1]] ([[User talk:Calliopejen1|talk]]) 16:42, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:::Indian yogurt frequently is made from full-fat mik or even cream, with about 10% of fat content. Most "yogurt" in the US, by comparison, is made from water, [[gelatin]], starch, sugar, whitening agents, acidifiers, and homeopathic amounts of pasteurised reconstituted Ersatz skim milk ;-). Seriously, check the fat content. It makes a lot of difference for yogurt. --[[User:Stephan Schulz|Stephan Schulz]] ([[User talk:Stephan Schulz|talk]]) 16:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
: Have you had [[Greek yoghurt]]? That redirects to Strained yoghurt, and mentions India. Greek yoghurt is usually live, although that article doesn't mention it and [[yoghurt]] only has a sentence about live cultures. (It's apparently ''low'' fat. I am surprised by that.) [[Special:Contributions/213.122.59.44|213.122.59.44]] ([[User talk:213.122.59.44|talk]]) 17:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
::I believe many yogurts in the US also contain "active yogurt cultures" (live bacteria). [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 18:04, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:Indians generally sweeten their yogurt, if I remember correctly. [[User:Dualus|Dualus]] ([[User talk:Dualus|talk]]) 08:35, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
== Date of publication ==
Can someone identify the actual date of publication (not July 7 - that doesn't make sense as it didn't lash the Carolinas until the evening of July 9) for [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dVIQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-4oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6415%2C490039 this]? Thanks. '''[[User:Hurricanefan25|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #AC0000">HurricaneFan</span>]][[User talk:Hurricanefan25|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #35628F">25</span>]]''' 21:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
:Um, the page bears the date "Thursday, July 9, 1959" (click and drag the page to see it at the top). [[User:Deor|Deor]] ([[User talk:Deor|talk]]) 22:14, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
HOW DO I GO ABOUT GIVING YOU INFORMATION TO BE ADDED ON A PARTICULAR PERSON THAT IS ON WIKIPEDIA
REGARDIND A FAMOS MUSICIANS FAMILY TREE.
THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP.
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:Before information can be added to a Wikipedia article, it needs to have been published elsewhere first in a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]. That is because, in order to be trustworthy, everything in Wikipedia needs to be [[WP:V|verifiable]]. If the information you wish to add has been published in a book, magazine, journal, website, etc. and said source is reasonably accessible, then you may add it to an article, so long as you [[WP:CITE|properly cite the source it came from]]. If you are adding this information solely from your own personal knowledge, or your own [[WP:OR|original research]], and the information is not accessible elsewhere, Wikipedia cannot accept it. If you are having trouble with the technical aspects of adding the information, you can provide the sources on the article's talk page (click the "discussion" tab when viewing the article) so that someone with more experience may help. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 03:02, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
== Red Star Belgrade tickets ==
Can someone please advise me on how to buy advance tickets for the home matches of [[Red Star Belgrade]]? The English version of their website is [http://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/en/index.php here] but I don't see any information there on how to buy tickets (the 'Shop' section is just for merchandise). Thank you, --[[User:Viennese Waltz|Viennese Waltz]] 08:43, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
:Maybe the embassy can advise you?
:They are at: Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro in Austria, Address: Rennweg 3, A-1030 Wien, Phone: +43 1 713 25 95, 712 12 05. That is close to the Lower [[Belvedere, Vienna|Belvedere]], if you contact them in person. --[[User:Incognito.ergo.possum|Incognito.ergo.possum]] ([[User talk:Incognito.ergo.possum|talk]]) 10:37, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
::Red Star Belgrade's website has email contact details and the phone number to buy tickets[http://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/en/kontakt.htm] (probably they have an English or German speaker there) or you could email Belgrade tourist information[http://www.tob.rs/en/index.php]. Also check out the TripAdvisor forums, e.g.[http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g294472-i6206-k4356284-Red_Star_Belgrade_ticket_advice-Belgrade.html]. I gather that attendances aren't high, unless it's a local derby against Partizan, so it should be easy to get a ticket. --[[User:Colapeninsula|Colapeninsula]] ([[User talk:Colapeninsula|talk]]) 13:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
== How did this seller make a profit? ==
I recently purchased NBA 2k12 online from a site called "eCrater". It didn't look extremely reputable, but it was selling a brand new game for $40, free shipping, when all the other major online retailers were selling it for $60. I was a bit hesitant to buy from this source at first, but seeing as it had by far the best price on the net that I could find, and that the seller accepted Google Checkout and PayPal, I felt it was a safe enough purchase.
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Abysmally slow shipping aside, I'm overall very happy with my purchase; the item was exactly as described, and I saved a cool $20. I'm confused as to how this seller is making any profit, though. The seller included an invoice with the game, and when the invoice stated that the seller had purchased the game from walmart.com and had it shipped directly from me: for $59.97!
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How is the seller making money by charging my card $40 and buying the game for $60, then having it shipped to me? Is something fishy going on? If it helps, the return address for the shipper was Canadian. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Mtzen|Mtzen]] ([[User talk:Mtzen|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Mtzen|contribs]]) 13:50, 2 November 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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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|feed me09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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 Oz[pleasantries]19:27, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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. [1] --Amble (talk) 20:30, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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).[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
"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.[2] 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
I want to add an article for a place in delhi cantonment. However, i am unsure about the relevant Wikipedia policies on this topic. I tried searching on DuckDuckGo to no avail And the results of Wikipedia search gave unrelated things. What are the relevant policies? KhubsuratInsaan (talk) 11:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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 Wikipedia. (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)[reply]
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. [3] 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)[reply]
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