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==Requests==
== Unknown moth photos ==
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Time for some more photos...
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Image:Unknown moth.jpg|Unknown moth 01
Image:Unkown moth.jpg|Unknown (and ragged) moth 02
Image:Unkown moth02.jpg|Unknown (and ragged) moth 02
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Thanks for everyone's help in identifying my pix. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 00:22, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
===[[Căile Ferate Române]]===
:Are these moths from Australia? [[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 14:00, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
::Yes all my photos are from Australia --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 23:58, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
:::Before these lovely photos go into the archives, that's my Uncle Bert on the right and center.--[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 12:33 (UTC)
::::Since we are having so much difficulty identifying these moths, does anyone know of another community in Wikipedia that could help us? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 3 July 2005 19:05 (UTC)
::::On another note, I've been doing the archiving lately, and this post would probably stay here until the 10th. I'm trying to keep the Reference Desk to at most 100 active questions.--[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 3 July 2005 19:05 (UTC)
Featured article about Romania's national railway carrier. Comprehensive and interesting. If the lead below is too long, it can be shortened - in the article, it is divided into three paragraphs, so the last paragraph could be taken off so that it is two sentences shorter (last two sentences form last paragraph in the article lead. Thanks, [[User:Ronline|Ronline]] 12:21, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
== Are these ferns? ==
Hi, I was just wondering if these are actual ferns, I know "fern" has become pretty generic and all sorts of plant are called ferns when they're not so hopefully someone can positively identify these:
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Thanks, --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 02:01, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:CFR new sleeper.jpg|left|100px]]
:I suspect the first one isn't and the other ones are, but I'm no botanist. If you can go back to look at them, check for spores on the underside of the leaves. --[[User:Weyes|W]]([[User talk:Weyes|t]]) 02:06, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)
'''[[Căile Ferate Române]]''' (''Romanian Railways'', abbreviated as '''CFR''') is the official designation of the [[state]] [[railway]] carrier of [[Romania]]. CFR manages the fourth-largest railway network in [[Europe]], in terms of volume of passengers and freight. The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger and freight services. CFR as an entity has been operating since [[1880]], even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened in [[1854]]. Technically, CFR is divided into four autonomous companies: ''CFR Călători'', which is responsible for passenger services; ''CFR Marfă'', responsible for freight transport; ''CFR Infrastructură'', which manages the infrastructure on the Romanian railway network; ''Societatea Feroviară de Turism'', or SFT, which manages scenic and tourist railways. CFR is headquartered in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]], and has regional divisions in the following Romanian cities: [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Craiova]], [[Iaşi]] and [[Braşov]]. Its international [[UIC]] code is 53-CFR.
===[[Marshall, Texas]]===
:My mother (who has a degree in botany [though not a practicing scientist]) thinks they're probably all ferns. The larger ones may be [[tree fern]]s. It's a lot easier to know for sure if you see spores or [[fiddlehead]]s. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 03:05, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)
Self nom. This has been a featured article for over a year, I'd like to see it featured on the main page. I'd also like to request that it be featured on [[August 3]], as that is a date I can remember (my grandmother's birthday), and it gives me time to clean up the non-featured articles that are Marshall related. Thanks. -[[User:JCarriker|JCarriker]] 20:35, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
:I believe that they are all ferns. [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]] 04:00, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
::The first one I think is probably ''Blechnum nudum''; the other three look like ''Dicksonia antarctica'', but I'm not certain on that. - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 1 July 2005 09:58 (UTC)
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== Identifying types of clouds ==
[[Image:MarshallCourthouse.jpeg|none|100px|Norman Borlaug]]
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'''[[Marshall, Texas]]''', is a major cultural and educational center in [[Northeast Texas]], located near the [[Louisiana]] and [[Arkansas]] borders in the [[Ark-La-Tex]] region. As of the [[2000]] census, the city had a total population of 23,935. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]]{{GR|6}}. The city is known for its [[U.S. Civil War|Civil War]], [[railroad]], and [[American Civil Rights Movement|civil rights movement]] history, for holding one of the largest light festivals in the United States, the ''[[Holiday Trail of Lights|Wonderland of Lights]],'' and, as the [[List of city nicknames in the United States|self-proclaimed]] ''Pottery Capital of the World'', for its sizable [[pottery]] industry. It is also known variously as the ''Cultural Capital of [[East Texas]]'', the ''Gateway of [[Texas]]'', the ''[[Athens of Texas]]'', and the ''City of Seven Flags''.
Now a serious question. There are some IMO brilliant pictures of clouds at high altitude (which are actually pretty low for clouds, just high altitude in terms of perspective with ground human beings), which I don't know where to classify them in. I figured that it'd be good to put them in specific articles about cloud types, or perhaps weather fronts on some of the pictures, but I don't know how to classify clouds. What types of clouds/possible weather formations are these, and possible articles I could put them in?
===[[Norman Borlaug]]===
<s>Sure, it isn't a FA yet, but that's only because [[User:Raul654|Raul654]] is falling behind :)</s> Now it's featured. [[User:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">brian0918</font>]][[User talk:Brian0918|<font color="#000000">™</font>]] [[Image:MontyPythonFootLeftSmall.jpg|Ni!|20px]] 23:28, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 1.jpg|left|thumb|01]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 2.jpg|left|thumb|02]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 3.jpg|left|thumb|03]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 4.jpg|left|thumb|04]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 5.jpg|left|thumb|05]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 6.jpg|left|thumb|06]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 7.jpg|left|thumb|07]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 8.jpg|left|thumb|08]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 9.jpg|left|thumb|09]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 10.jpg|left|thumb|10]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 11.jpg|left|thumb|11]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 12.jpg|left|thumb|12]]
[[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 13.jpg|left|thumb|13]] [[Image:Mount Kinabalu Clouds 14.jpg|left|thumb|14]]
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[[Image:Norman Borlaug 1.jpg|none|100px|Norman Borlaug]]
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'''[[Norman Borlaug]]''' is an [[United States|American]] [[agricultural science|agricultural scientist]], [[humanitarian]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]], and the father of the [[Green Revolution]], often credited with saving over a billion people from [[starvation]]. During the mid-[[20th century]], he led the development and introduction of semi-dwarf [[yield|high-yield]], [[Phytopathology|disease]]-resistant [[wheat]] [[Variety (biology)|varieties]] and modern agricultural production techniques to [[Mexico]], [[Pakistan]], and [[India]]. As a result, Mexico became a net exporter of wheat by 1963. Between 1965 and 1970, wheat yields nearly doubled in Pakistan and India, greatly improving the [[food security]] in those nations. He was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[1970]] in recognition of his contributions to [[world peace]] through increasing food supply. More recently, he has helped apply these methods to [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. In [[1986]], he established the [[World Food Prize]] to recognize individuals who have improved the quality, quantity or availability of food around the globe. Borlaug has continually advocated the use of modern agricultural methods and [[biotechnology]] to decrease world [[famine]]. <s> although such work has faced environmental and [[Socioeconomics|socioeconomic]] criticisms, most of which he has repudiated.<s>
:I can't answer your question, but the pictures are stunning! [[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 19:12, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*Support with the last bit removed--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 05:47, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
:There's a guide to identifying clouds [http://www.invectis.co.uk/cloud/cloud.html here] with some photographic examples. I hope that helps. —[[User:Ghakko|Ghakko]] 23:17, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
**Alright with me. --{{User:Brian0918/sig}} 17:35, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
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: Hmm didn't help much, unfortunately. I was wondering because multiple descriptions of some cloud types seemed to fit some of the pictures, and I couldn't tell which type it really was. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 02:21, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
===[[The Ashes]]===
::It's hard to say really because you do have a little bit of a few different types in the pictures. Some are lenticular clouds, some are stratocumulous, etc. [[User:Dismas|Dismas]] 04:18, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Just promoted; the next Ashes series starts in England on [[21 July]]. -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 11:34, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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::: Hmm, but could you identify some of the pictures that prominently display a weather feature, like a front, or a definite type of cloud I could then place the article in? That would help a lot. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 28 June 2005 06:12 (UTC)
[[Image:Ashes_urn.jpg|100px|The Ashes urn]]
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'''[[The Ashes]]''' is a [[biennial]] [[Test cricket]] contest played between [[English cricket team|England]] and [[Australian cricket team|Australia]]. The series is named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn said to contain the burnt [[bail (cricket)|bails]] from an [[1882]] game at [[The Oval]]. Each Ashes series typically consists of five Test matches, and the series alternate between the two countries.
In the cricketing world, The Ashes is regarded as one of the sport's most famous and fierce rivalries. Notable Ashes series took place in 1932/33 (the [[Bodyline]] tour), 1948 ([[Donald Bradman|Sir Donald Bradman's]] "[[Invincibles]]" Australian side) and 1981 (in which an England team spearheaded by [[Ian Botham]] won a thrilling series). The [[The Ashes in England in 2005|2005 Ashes series]] starts today ([[21 July]]), in [[England]], and is widely expected to be one of the most closely contested of recent years.
Someone? Anyone? :-( Any meteorologists here? -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 3 July 2005 10:50 (UTC)
:'''Comment''': I would add a sentence from further down the article ('The Ashes Today') into the head section for a front-page featuring: change the last sentence of the first paragraph to 'The next Ashes series is due to start on [[2005-07-21]], in [[England]], and is widely expected to be one of the most closely contested of recent years.' --[[User:Ngb|Ngb]] 11:38, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:No [[cumulonimbus]] fronts in that set, sorry. They don't normally hang around mountains. Looks like in 7 and 8 you've got some cirrus at the top and maybe altocumulus at the bottom, but I'm no meteorologist. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 06:40 (UTC)
:'''Comment''': I think this article should definately become a featured article soon if not tommorrow. It is a good way to pay tribute to the Londoners after witnesses terrible events a week ago.[[User:Dagizza|Dagizza]]
== Technetium & Periodic Table ==
::Agreed; that sentence looks better at the end of the second paragraph, I think. See above. -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User_talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 11:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I have a question regarding the following information in the featured article [[Technetium]]:
:::Since we're asking for it to be on the front page on 21 July, I've tweaked the words slightly, [[User:Jguk|jguk]] 28 June 2005 22:48 (UTC)
:''For a number of years there was a gap in the periodic table between molybdenum (element 42) and ruthenium (element 44). Many early researchers were eager to be the first to discover and name the missing element; its ___location in the table suggested that it should be easier to find than other undiscovered elements. It was first thought to have been found in platinum ores in 1828. It was given the name polinium but it turned out to be impure iridium. Then in 1846 the element ilmenium was claimed to have been discovered but was determined to be impure niobium. This mistake was repeated in 1847 with the 'discovery' of pelopium.''
===[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]===
Now my question is this: How could all these people have been looking for an element in the gap of a periodic table that had not yet been proposed? There were of course precursors of Mendelejev like Meyer, Newman or Béguyer but to my knowledge even they published their work in the 1860s. So what exactly did the people who "found" polinium, ilmenium oder pelopium think they had found?
Self-nom. The article was originally created on 18 December 2001, but only recently has it been expanded to cover the 27 year history of the story in all its many adaptations and permutations. The article has passed peer review, and became a featured article with no objections. --[[User:JohnDBuell|JohnDBuell]] | [[User talk:JohnDBuell|Talk]] 11:40, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I already asked this question on the discussion page of the article in question but didn't get any response there, so I thought I try again here. Any answer would be appreciated. --[[User:Aglarech-en|Aglarech-en]] 19:47, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:I'd like to see this too. Suggest first two paragraphs for the text to be used, can be pruned if needed. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] - [[User_talk:Morwen|Talk]] 30 June 2005 15:01 (UTC)
Change 1828 for 1928 etc and you have a reasonable chronology of [[Irene Noddack]]'s claims to have discovered element 43. The proposed names don't ring a bell though. I will try and check it out, even though I am supposed to be on WikiVacation... [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 4 July 2005 08:36 (UTC)
:''Support'' I'd like to see this!!!--[[User:Zxcvbnm|Zxcvbnm]] 3 July 2005 03:16 (UTC)
:'''Support'''. Neat. [[User:Whig|Whig]] 04:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
*Support. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 11:29, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
===[[Anschluss]]===
== Dante's Divine Comedy dramatised: characters individiualised by dialects & languages ==
Self-nom. This article has just achieved feature article status, and its intro seems to meet requirements. [[User:Buffyg|Buffyg]] 12:23, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''. This article is a current featured article removal candidate. --[[User:Zantastik|Zantastik]] <font color=darkgreen size=1>[[User talk:Zantastik|talk]]</font> 22:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
===[[Common Unix Printing System]]===
I am in the final stages of writing an Italian/English dramatisation of Dante's ''Divina Commedia''. Naturally, it contains a lot of talk and it has occurred to me belatedly that the characters could be individualised with accents or an occasional word or phrase appropriate to their region, time and status. The dialects/languages are mostly of Italy but there is also Latin, French, Frankish, Aramaic and Greek.
Self-nom. Would mind seeing this on the front page. - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 10:42, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I can supply Dante's words (with English) for the character(s). Can anybody help me? All contributions will be responded to and contributors will ultimately be acknowledged in the dramatisations's Programme.
== Kambar Cremation ground ==
Hello All,
I want to know where is the Kambar's cremation ground in TamilNadu?
:I couldn't get any online reference for that. However, I've asked a couple of people who might know. Just curious, may I know in what context did you require this information? -- {{user|Sundar}} June 29, 2005 04:27 (UTC)
===[[Robert A. Heinlein]]===
== Priesthood ==
Self-nomination. This is a comprehensive article on a controversial author who is one of the two or three most important figures in science fiction. I think it will also be of interest to people who aren't science fiction fans, because Heinlein was a leader in bringing science fiction to a broader audience, and his novel [[Stranger in a Strange Land]] is one that many people have heard of. The image at [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:RAHeinlein.autographing.Midamericon.ddb-371-14-750px.jpg]
(used in the article at a lower resolution) is GFDL'd, and the detail of his face below should make a suitable main page image.
[[Image:Heinlein-small.jpg]]
What is the theological basis for the succession of Levitical Priesthood in the Eastern Orthodox Church?
--[[User:Bcrowell|Bcrowell]] 15:24, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== Science and Consciousness Review ==
:I second this. Excellent article! - [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]] 10:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
===[[Hero of Belarus]]===
<small> The following was written by 80.179.249.98 when he created the new page [[Science and Consciousness Review]]. [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <font color = brown> note? ]]</font color>| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk </small>]] 29 June 2005 21:47 (UTC) </small>
was promoted to a FA a few weeks ago, and just want to see it on the front page sometime soon. Though there were articles about other titles/orders/medals featured before, I believe we could do one on this title from a tiny country. Thanks [[User:Zscout370|Zscout370]] [[User_talk:Zscout370|(Sound Off)]] 00:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) (the author of the article and of this nom).
'''Please place new requests at the TOP of the list. The order should be newest requests (top) to oldest requests (bottom). New additions should be at the top, so they're easier to spot.'''
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==FormulasOld FA's==
Hey Raul, I have taken the liberty of making a list of the FA's that were not on the Main Page as of [[August 18]], 2004 and have still not been there, and are still listed. I sincerely hope you are giving priority to these.
Does someone have a formula for M<sub>w</sub> and M<sub>n</sub> in terms or W<sub>i</sub> and M<sub>i</sub>? This is in the context of polymers, thermodynamics, and the Flory-Huggens free energy formula. Thanks a lot! [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <font color = brown> note? ]]</font color>| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk </small>]] 30 June 2005 20:21 (UTC)
*[[Quatermass and the Pit]]
:Browsing through my copy of Young and Lovell, I'm not seeing anything right off the bat; leave a comment on my talk page in a few days and I'll remember to get back to it.--[[User:Polyparadigm|Joel]] 6 July 2005 05:07 (UTC)
*[[Louis Armstrong]]
*[[Miles Davis]]
*[[Roy Orbison]]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
*[[Marshall, Texas]]
*[[2004 Democratic National Convention]]
*[[Charles Graner]]
*[[Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.]]
*[[Privy Council]]
*[[Royal Assent]]
*[[Tynwald Day]]
*[[Ralph Yarborough]]
*<s>[[Schizophrenia]]</s> Introduction unsuitable; controversial section under discussion in talk page
*[[Hereditary peer]]
*[[Order of the Bath]]
*[[Order of the Thistle]]
*[[Olympic Games]]
*[[ASCII]]
*[[C programming language]]
*[[Computer security]]
*[[Java programming language]]
*[[Markup language]]
*[[Phonograph cylinder]]
*[[Quantum computer]]
*<s>[[Spam (electronic)]]</s> Used on July 4. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] July 6, 2005 10:14 (UTC)
*[[Telephone exchange]]
*[[Battle of Aljubarrota]]
*[[First Battle of the Stronghold]]
-- [[Image:Canada flag_large.png|20px]] [[User:Earl Andrew|Earl Andrew]] - [[User talk:Earl Andrew|talk]] 05:00, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:Are you talking about the [[weight average molecular weight]] M<sub>w</sub> and the [[number average molecular weight]] M<sub>n</sub>? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 7 July 2005 04:29 (UTC)
== Infamous computer glitch/error - "Identify #9"? ==
Some time ago I came across an article on Wikipedia that made reference to a supposedly infamous computer error (I believe it was something Unix related) that was named something along the lines of "Identify #9". This term or command either represented a supposedly famous self-referential computer error which related to a computer attempting to "identify" a process (I think it was #9) that represented itself, and caused a recursive loop.
Or perhaps it's something similar, a famous glitch or bug.
Whatever it was, it was interesting enough for me to grab the link, email it to my home PC, and then after reading it, slap the phrase into a song title.
Now, months later, I've lost the link, forgotten what it was, and no amount of searching on Wikipedia, Google, or Yahoo can turn it up. What is this mystical "Identify" error or loop or glitch I'm thinking of? Does anyone know?
Alright folks, I have more info I dug outta my brain.. .could this be a UNIX command, something like #identify() ? I've tried finding it and I cannot.
:I was thinking it could be a quote in a [[Fortune (program)|fortune]], but I couldn't find it in my fortune database. [[User:TresÁrboles|TresÁrboles]] 1 July 2005 17:30 (UTC)
::Hrm. That doesn't sound familiar. Thank you for trying to help, though. ... As I think more about it, it seems to me that the "identify" part represents some sort of error message output from a process, apparently a relatively well-known, common, or infamous one. It's all *right there at the tip of my brain*.
I don't know anything that exactly matches your description, but perhaps you are mis-remembering one of these:
* A [[quine]] perhaps the most famous kind of self-referential computer program ... and it rhymes with 9.
* Occasionally programmers accidentally write a program that recursively calls [[Fork (operating system)|fork()]], accidentally creating a [[Fork bomb]] / [[Wabbit]]. To kill a program normally requires knowing its [[process identifier]], which I suppose could be #9 (however unlikely).
* [[Revolution 9]]
== Source of information on National Institute of Health Recommendation ==
In the Wikipedia entry under "Omega-3 Fatty Acids" the following statement is made:
"US National Institutes of Health recommends 650 mg of EPA and DHA, 2.22 g/day of alpha-linolenic acid, all of which are Omega-3 fatty acids, and 4.44 g/day of linoleic acid, aka Omega-6."
I cannot find the US National Institute of Health recommendation for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. I can find their recommendations for total, saturated, unsaturated and trans fats, but I cannot find a specific reference to omega-3s and omega 6s. Please tell me where to find this information, as I do not see a National Institute of Health reference at the end of the entry.
Thank you,
Thomas Morton
[email, phone number removed]
:So far as I know, we never had [[Recommended Dietary Allowance|RDA]] values set for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, but now that we've switched to the [[Dietary Reference Intake]] they've added softer recommendations for the nonessentials. [http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/7/300/0.pdf This pdf] (linked to by the [[USDA]] [http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000105.html here]) lists the Adequate Intake for lenoleic (omega-6) fatty acids in the 14-17 g/day range for adult men, 11-12 g/day for adult women, while for alpha-linolenic (omega-3) the numbers are 1.6 g/day for adult men, 1.1 g/day for adult women.
:From this it looks like the article is overstating the recommendations, which isn't a big deal since no Upper Intake Limit has been set on them. Don't see any values on EPA or DHA specifically, but I am also very reluctant to wade through the full reports. Not every text by committee recommends that you [[be bold]].--[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 07:24 (UTC)
== Why is mercury liquid? ==
[[Mercury (element)|Mercury]] is the only metal element that is liquid at room temeratures. Why?
It's melting point is -37.9 °F (= -38.83°C), and its boiling point is 674.11 °F.
What is it about this element's atoms, and/or electron layers, that makes it different in this respect from other metails?
:The answer has partly to do with the electron configuration of Mercury, and also relativistic effects. The electron configuration of mercury is [Kr] 4d<sup>10</sup> 4f<sup>14</sup> 5s<sup>2</sup> 5p<sup>6</sup> 5d<sup>10</sup> 6s<sup>2</sup>. The last shell labeled 6s is completely full, and is noticibly closer to the nucleus than what would be expected if relativistic effects were not taken into account. The combination of these two factors results in rather tightly bound outer shell of electrons for mercury. Hence, mercury cannot form particularly strong metal-metal bonds. The result is an element which is liquid at room temperature. Contrast this with gold and thallium which are right beside mercury on the periodic table, but are solids. Let the reference desk know if you'd like a more detailed explanation, I hope this answers your question! --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 00:03 (UTC)
::Thanks HappyCamper for explaining more clearly than I usually manage! "Relativistic effects" occur in atoms of a high atomic number: the positive charge of the nucleus is so high that some of the electrons in the atoms are moving ''very'' fast—fast enough that [[special relativity]] has to be taken into account in predicting their movement. This causes a number of changes in the chemistry of the elements concerned, of which the fact that mercury is liquid at room temperature is perhaps the most striking. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 4 July 2005 08:46 (UTC)
:::You're welcome, Physchim62 :-) You do great edits on Wikipedia too! --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 7 July 2005 04:25 (UTC)
==VPN?==
For some reason I cannot seem to ever get my VPN client working correctly on my home connection. Or any connection for that matter. I've read on a number of sites that I have to make sure that VPN forwarding and IPSec or something like that are supported on my router. The company that makes my router seems to indicate that they are in their technical literature however I see no explicit setting in the router setup to enable or disable this. Does anybody have any advice on this? When I try to connect to my remote VPN server it tells me it cannot establish the connection. I don't think it is the cable modem company -- it used to work just fine at my old house using the same company's service (though a different router). Any suggestions? Would there be some trick to enabling it, or would it be listed under an alternative name in the settings? --[[User:Fastfission|Fastfission]] 30 June 2005 23:58 (UTC)
== Müller, Fritz, Maler und Graphiker in München *9.1.1879 Mainz, Schüler der Akad. München ==
Hi, my name is Tom Mintzer. I am an American Soldier currently stationed at Fort Irwin in California. Several years ago I was stationed in Germany where I purchased a painting by Fritz Müller. To date I have only been able to find very little information about this painter. I think he may have been a student at the Art Academy at Munich. I think he was born in 1879 and died several years ago. The painting I possess is of a bavarian man who is praying. It's signed Fritz Müller, München. Could you please direct me to more sources of information about this painter? Or, at least provide a bit more information? Please send response to: [email address removed]
Sincere thanks for your help.
tom mintzer
: We have an article on [[Fritz Müller]] the German biologist. There was also a Swiss physician by that name (but that is only on fr: at the moment). [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 1 July 2005 10:05 (UTC)
Well, from some quick research on google, it seems that there was a Fritz Muller who was born in 1814; and thus he would have at most died sometime during the early 1900's...not sure if this is your Fritz Muller though. Do you know what kind of painting style is it in? Is the colour very saturated? -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 1 July 2005 22:00 (UTC)
Probably [http://www.antikbayreuth.de/kuenstlerverzeichnis/Kunstler_H-_S/Muller__Fritz_1879_Mainz/muller__fritz_1879_mainz.html this one], but the only additional information I could find online is that he died 1944 or 1957 in Munich and is sometimes called Fritz Müller-Schwaben. -[[User:83.129.46.67|83.129.46.67]] 1 July 2005 23:17 (UTC)
== The Golden Era ==
I would LOVE an article about the Golden Era in America (I believe this would be maybe 1933 to sometime in the 1960's). Something that talks about music in that era (swing and other jazz), the rise of Hollywood and Old Time Radio and the typical American Family and what they were like. Also maybe how people handled WWII at home. THANKS!
I'm not exactly sure that's the golden era though. Economically speaking, unless you mean in terms of artistic and cultural achievement? -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 1 July 2005 00:57 (UTC)
Note that this "golden era" starts with the [[depression]], includes [[world war 2]], the [[Korean war]], the [[nuclear bomb]] and the worst of the [[cold war]], but the country apparently went to hell with [[rock n roll]], [[long hair]], and the [[civil rights movement]]. Might I venture a guess that our requestor is over 70? I suppose it might be my father... [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 1 July 2005 01:13 (UTC)
:Well, there was a [[Golden Age of Radio]], ([[1920s]] - [[1950s]]), [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] ( [[1930s]] - [[1950s]]), [[Golden Age of Television]] ([[1950s]] - [[1960s]]) as well as a [[Golden Age of Arcade Games]] ([[1980s]]). There's also a [[Golden Age of Film]] which IIRC roughly corresponds to the late [[1930s]] through the early [[1950s]], but we don't seem to have an article on it. So theoretically, you could span from 1920 - 1960 with various Golden ages if you were so inclined. On the other hand, if we wanted to maximize our temporal-auric potential, we'd probably be looking at the decade immediately following WWII, or the [[Greatest Generation]] as [[Tom Brokaw]] has deemed them. --[[User:Cvaneg|CVaneg]] 1 July 2005 17:59 (UTC)
:As alteripse points out, one must be wary of [[nostalgia]] being an accurate recollection of the past. Even in things like media -- the "Golden Age" of things is always a retrospective category applied by people who are for some reason dissatisfied with the present, encouraging more than a little bit of selective memory. --[[User:Fastfission|Fastfission]] 2 July 2005 19:53 (UTC)
:Not forgetting the "Golden Age of Science Fiction", which is often claimed to be "about 14". :) -- [[User:Arwel Parry|Arwel]] 5 July 2005 00:34 (UTC)
== Pix to Identify ==
Hi,
New batch of photos to identify:
<gallery>
Image:MG 2494.jpg|I think this is a cart, but I'm not positive
Image:MG 2495.jpg|I think this is a cart, but I'm not positive
Image:MG 2920.jpg|
Image:MG 3938.jpg|Some kind of albatross?
Image:MG 3985.jpg|this looks kinda like a legume flower
</gallery>
Hope you guys can identify them as in the past. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 1, 2005 01:03 (UTC)
* That fruit reminds me of [[longan]], but I'm not sure it's related to it. The leaves don't look right, and the rind looks sort of fuzzy. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 02:55 (UTC)
**To me it looks kinda like a sycamore. --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 1 July 2005 03:31 (UTC)
***I'm pretty sure this whole post is a joke. He obviously knows the first two are carts, and I think an Australian would recognize an [[albatross]]. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 1, 2005 04:35 (UTC)
***Well take a laugh and positively identify the above photos. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 1, 2005 06:34 (UTC)
****Please see my comment on your talk page. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 1, 2005 07:45 (UTC)
****Hmm...I think that might be jumping to conclusions. The reference desk is a great place to identify stuff like that. Here's an example of the sort of answers we're trying to seek for these pictures: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/June_2005#Identifying_Photos] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/June_2005#Identifying_Photos_2] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/June_2005#More_photos_to_identify] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/June_2005#Even_More_Unident_photos] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/June_2005#Identify_this_household_tool] For example, what species of albatross should the bird be classified as? The two carts: are they characteristic equipment found on early 19th century farms? What might someone with a background in anthropology say about them? Et cetera...--[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)
*****Thank you HappyCamper, I find it insulting to think that I would put these images up as a joke. I respect the time of wiki users, and only seek knowledge from the reference desk --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 1, 2005 06:34 (UTC)
******Hey Fir. I can see by your stars that you are a genuine contributor to Wiki (and along with the others, my thanks), although I guess in some ways being accused of making a joke in this instance was unavoidable. The cart is a [[cart]] by the Wiki definition, and if you'd read the article, you may not have felt the need to identify it any further. The fruit, I can say IMHO, is definately not a longan as I have seen them growing often here in NZ, and I can assure you, we can't grow longans here. As an aside, I have always referred to them as chestnuts, but I think that is just a colloquialism. The sea-bird is almost certainly juvenile given its plumage (few seabirds are brown as adults - brown doesn't camoflage well against sea or sky), and I'd hazard a guess, not an albatros as the wings seem to broad and short for the long slender things Albatros hang off of. As with the legume looking flower, more info would take the jokiness (or piss-take in antipodean) off of it. I.E; locations for the fruit and bird (and the ferns you placed above), a more wide angle photo of the plant would show the foliage and give a botanist a better idea of species and perhaps scale - bottom line, help us help you.[[User:L-Bit|L-Bit]] 1 July 2005 08:08 (UTC)
*******OK, I'll make a point of adding more info in the future, but as you've obviously seen my userpage, you'd probably know that I'm a 16 yr old (and therefore can't drive a car by myself) and live in East Gippsland. Nearly all my photos (except a couple taken at my grandparents in Melbourne) are taken in this area. I could name the actual point, but a. I don't think it'd mean too much, as this is a remote area, and b. I still want to hold onto privacy a little. So would you say that the bird is a seagull? It's a lot bigger than an ordinary white seagull --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 2, 2005 10:21 (UTC)
* Your photography is beautiful. I would guess that the flower is an [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&biw=794&q=evergreen+wisteria&btnG=Search evergreen wisteria]. —[[User:Ghakko|Ghakko]] 1 July 2005 08:55 (UTC)
:Thanks! Um, maybe I should have mentioned this, but it was found near the beach (Lakes Entrance). --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 2, 2005 10:21 (UTC)
**2920.jpg is a [[London Plane]] ''[[Platanus]] x hispanica''; 3938 is a juvenile [[Pacific Gull]] ''Larus pacificus''. The flower is something in the [[Fabaceae]], though I don't know what - but definitely not a [[Wisteria]].
***Ah ha! So I was right -- and this explains some confusion. We had a couple of trees in front of my house in San Francisco that I thought were London Plane trees, but my wife (who knows plants much better than I do) said they were sycamores -- and other people didn't correct her when she asked about a fungal infection that all the local sycamores seem to have. If I'd had Wikipedia back then, I'd have looked it up and discovered ''they are known as planes in the Old World, and as sycamores in North America''. --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 1 July 2005 15:20 (UTC)
== C programming question - extern and enum ==
I have a bunch of C files, and I have an enumeration in one file that I'd like to use in all the other files. I don't want to redefine the same enumeration in each of the other files. Is there a way to avoid this with the enum keyword? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 02:57 (UTC)
:You're probably best to put the enum in a header file, and include it in all of your C files. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-01 03:11:25 (UTC)
::Thanks, I did that and now my program works. I was trying to do "extern enum foo {a,b,c,d,e};" before. I don't understand why it doesn't work though. Could you please explain? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 05:45 (UTC)
:::C compilers translate each file individually (together with its included header files) into an object file before the linker links them together. The compiler simply cannot see the enum declaration in another file at compile time, but it requires that declaration in order to interpret any reference to that enum or its members. extern is used to give external linkage to a function or variable; it is not used with types or tags. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-01 06:11:20 (UTC)
:::Here's an example to illustrate what <tt>extern</tt> does:
::::<tt>void foo() { int a; a = 0; }</tt>
:::"Just after function <tt>foo</tt> starts, reserve for me 4 bytes of scratch space on the [[function stack|stack]] and let '<tt>a</tt>' refer to an <tt>int</tt>in that space. Then zero '<tt>a</tt>'."
::::<tt>void foo() { extern int x; x = 0; }</tt>
:::"''Elsewhere'', there's an <tt>int</tt>. Call it '<tt>x</tt>'. Assign zero to '<tt>x</tt>'."
:::In this case, the compiler will check to see if '<tt>x</tt>' is indeed defined elsewhere in the same file. If it is, '<tt>x</tt>' will refer to that. If not, the compiler just leaves a hole in the machine code where there should be a store instruction for '<tt>x</tt>'. It's then up to the linker to fill it in when it assembles your final program, where hopefully some other library or module containing '<tt>x</tt>' becomes available.
:::The <tt>enum</tt> you're declaring is not a reference to any particular data structure, so it makes no sense to declare it <tt>extern</tt>.
:::—[[User:Ghakko|Ghakko]] 1 July 2005 08:01 (UTC)
::::Is there a way to force the enumeration to act as if it were a data structure, perhaps with some witty C code? Maybe you can propose an alternative to this: right now, I have an enumeration, something like <tt>enum State {Ready, Debug, Flush, Start, Stop}</tt>. This is in <tt>AppMain.c</tt>. In this file, I also have a line <tt>extern void UpdateState(enum State newState)</tt>. Then, in a file <tt>StateManager.c</tt> I have the line <tt>void UpdateState(enum State newState)</tt>. Now, the compilation does not work unless I put in <tt>StateManager.c</tt> the enumeration declaration found in <tt>AppMain.c</tt>. Does the C parser internally replace the tokens "Ready", "Debug", ... , "Stop" with 0,1,...,4 before passing the result to the linker? Thanks for your help! --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 14:36 (UTC)
::::: Yes, they're integers (so much so that they're really not enums at all). As Ghakko says, enums are type definitions, not storage definitions. Logically shared ones should be in a shared header file. Personally I ''always'' use typedef enum and typedef struct (rather than plain enum and struct) as the resulting code is way easier to read. But most of all, remember that C enums are just a thin gossamer of lies over plain ugly integers - you can still assign -32843298 or whatever to a variable you declared with your enum type. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 1, 2005 19:26 (UTC)
== Identifying a second-hand German WW2 book of collected coloured stickers of wonders of the world ==
Please help me with Identifying a second-hand German WW2 era book of collected coloured stickers of wonders of the world which I got today: the title on the front page and a couple of captions are:
"Bauten"+"Beruhmte der Menschheit"
: Buildings and ''something'' of mankind.
caption examples:
"Der Flak-Turm Berlin-Zoo"
:''The [[Flak]] tower, [[Berlin Zoo]]'' ([[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 1 July 2005 10:01 (UTC))
"Die Mauern von Nurnberg"
:''The [[city walls]] of [[Nuremberg]]'' ([[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 1 July 2005 10:01 (UTC))
I am English and speak no German. The 40+ pictures are beautifully painted, 2 per page, approx. 6cm by 8cm each. One features 1930's cars and another shows an ornate gate-structure in Dresden.
What is it all about? Any ideas?
Legin
: First off it would be a good idea to get yourself a German pocket phrasebook. It's a Germanic language (obviously) but is quite like English in many respects. Generally you will only need to translate the words to get a feeling for what it's going on about. Use [http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Babelfish] to get rough translations, though it doesn't kown what ''Beruhmte'' means. I've added my translations above. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 1 July 2005 10:01 (UTC)
::It's ''berühmte'': famous. "Famous buildings of mankind"? [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 1, 2005 10:20 (UTC)
::Yes, "Berühmte Bauten der Menschheit" means "Famous buildings of mankind".
::A very good online German-English dictionary is at [[Leo.org|dict.leo.org]].
::Does your book bear a brand name like "[[Liebig Extract of Meat Company|Liebig]]" or "[[Reemtsma]]" (cigarettes)? These companies gave out collector pictures with their products for decades. These ''Sammelbilder'' albums were hugely popular and apparently are still in demand today. The German wikipedia has an article about them: [[:de:Zigarettenbild]]. See [http://www.ewetel.net/~norbert.fiks/columbus/sammelbild/sammel.htm here] or [http://www.dassammelbild.de/ here] for some examples (mostly before WW2). [http://home1.gte.net/noder/germancards.htm Here] is a large list with descriptions and prices of such albums, in English. [http://www.st-gertrude.com/sachgebiete.asp?Sachgebiet=Sammelbilder Here] one in German.
::A Google search for "Berühmte Bauten der Menschheit" turns out [http://www.buchanzeigen.de/189115.1.1.htm this] ad where somebody is selling a book with this title for 20 Euros.
::regards, [[User:High on a tree|High on a tree]] 3 July 2005 03:09 (UTC)
==Connecting to broadband when PC is nowhere near phone line==
Hi all. I have recently moved into a new house, and have set up a broadband account from [[Tiscali]] which is delivered over a [[British Telecom]] phone line. Unfortunately, the BT phone socket is in my front room and I would ideally like to situate my computer at the back of the house, some ten to fifteen metres away. What is the best way to achieve this? I have tried running a standard phone extension through the house, but this does not work. Can I (a) connect wirelessly, without needing any large piece of equipment near the phone socket?; (b) get some special type of extension lead which will work for broadband?; or will I need to (c) pay BT to fit a new socket next to where I want the PC? Or is there a (d) that I haven’t thought about? Please make replies not too technical! [[User:OpenToppedBus|OpenToppedBus]] - [[User talk:OpenToppedBus|My Talk]] July 1, 2005 10:23 (UTC)
:You could get a fairly small [[wireless router]]. It could be similar in size to [http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=601 this one]. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 1, 2005 12:17 (UTC)
::Somebody has lent us a wireless router but it appears, from all the instructions to set it up, that it needs to be directly connected both to the phone line and to the PC. That allows us to also access the network from other devices, such as a laptop, but the basic requirement to have PC and phone line directly connected seems to still be there. Is that wrong, or do we have the wrong type of wireless router? [[User:OpenToppedBus|OpenToppedBus]] - [[User talk:OpenToppedBus|My Talk]] July 1, 2005 13:12 (UTC)
:::Most wireless routers also accept a direct cable from an ethernet (network) card, which is probably what is confusing you. To connect wirelessly, you'll need to have a wireless card in your PC. I have the device (WRT54G) that [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] linked to above, and my desktops are plugged into it with cables, while my laptop and pda use it wirelessly. For security, my device is configured to accept only connections from computers with known MAC addresses (to stop any hypothetical neighbour from leeching my bandwidth), and will not accept an administrator logon except from a wired connection (so if someone spoofs a MAC address, they still cannot change the settings of the device). In setting up your device, you probably want to run without such security settings until everything is working properly, and then tighten up on security.-[[User:Gadfium|gadfium]] 1 July 2005 20:26 (UTC)
::::The wireless router needs to be connected to the PC only when you first configure it. Thereafter - as per the name - it is wireless and your computer can be, oh, ten to fifteen metres away quite happily. It is the solution you want for maximum portability of the PC. Hint: Get a wireless router with a couple or more ariels - I think PCW recommended some sort of Belkin router such as [http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=2235&CategoryID=269&ShopGroupID=38] or [http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=2074&CategoryID=80&ShopGroupID=38]. Me, I use Netgear routers (older models of [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TZ8Z8/202-6714145-5838216] and find them fine. --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]]
: B&Q will sell you a phoneline extension kit, and it's ''very'' easy to add a new socket yourself (it's only two wires). You don't need to pay BT to do it: you own all the cabling inside your house, past BT's point of demarcation (which is generally a junction box on the outside of your building, or in the basement of a block of flats). There isn't anything special about the BT socket, and adding a few metres of cable won't make any difference (the genius of ADSL is that it works at all on existing nasty spliced-together wiring). -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 2, 2005 00:01 (UTC)
== Free Market ==
What are the main arguments against the [[Free market]]? The article and links don't really go into any depth.
Compare a [[gift economy]]. Having stating that, an argument is it is more prone to having a worse [[poverty cycle]]. Principally speaking, the argument runs that the free market is "free" in the sense one is free to hoard wealth and power over his or her neighbour, and use it to exploit. That is the main crux of the argument against a free market; there's also the idea that the market economy restricts growth because hostile competition between companies destroys advancement, rather than foster an environment for it, and progress is lost through lack of cooperation. Of course, there are counter-arguments, and counter-counter-arguments as well. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 1 July 2005 22:10 (UTC)
== Rhythmic clapping ==
Just curious - I was at a concert yesterday evening, and experienced this "rare phenomenon" (in the words of my psychologist mother). I've searched for it on W'pedia, without success. What causes it? How come people suddenly decide to conform to one rhythm when applauding a much appreciated performance? [[User:JMBell|JM]][[User_talk:JMBell|Bell]][[Special:Contributions/JMBell|°]] 1 July 2005 11:04 (UTC)
N.B. My mom didn't answer this question, so it's no use asking her again. :)
It's sort of a form of entrainment-- slight adjustment by individuals to fit the rhythm makes the rhythm even more obvious and likely to be further reinforced. I think this is a relatively widespread natural phenomenon. I have heard that it occurs with fireflies of the south pacific-- a treeful can begin to blink in unison. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 1 July 2005 18:38 (UTC)
:Is it supposed to be rare in humans? I've heard that the topic took up a whole chapter in (a) psych. textbook(s). [[User:JMBell|JM]][[User_talk:JMBell|Bell]][[Special:Contributions/JMBell|°]] 1 July 2005 21:57 (UTC)
::I think this can be shown to be less of a rarity if we consider this a problem in the ___domain of [[synchronization]] and [[filtering]] and [[probability density function]]s. Given a rhythm, it's difficult to time one's clapping so it is always consistently slightly off, or more technically speaking, "out of phase". What's happening is sort of like what happens when you analyze [[phase locked loop]]s. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 22:04 (UTC)
:I remember hearing once that while western audiences tend to clap individualy, eastern audiences will tend to clap together... could it just be a cultural thing? --[[User:NeilTarrant|Neo]] July 1, 2005 22:11 (UTC)
::Can't be - the concert was in Germany, and the Germans are Westerners, right? What's more puzzling is how the audience tends to clap in rhythm while the performer is off stage, and then how the pattern breaks up again once he's back on stage and inflating his ego. :) [[User:JMBell|JM]][[User_talk:JMBell|Bell]][[Special:Contributions/JMBell|°]] 1 July 2005 23:24 (UTC)
:One other point of reference. If you listen to a broadcast of one of the more popular [[BBC Proms]] concerts from the [[Royal Albert Hall]], you are likely to hear applause punctuatuated by synchronised stamping that gradually accelerates before breaking into more general applause. This is a long established tradition at the Proms and the stamp is usually initiated by the season ticket prommers standing at the front of the arena, although most of the audience picks up on the idea quickly. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 2 July 2005 12:14 (UTC)
:: [[Audience wave]]. -- [[User:Toytoy|Toytoy]] July 6, 2005 00:13 (UTC)
== temperature and cloth ==
Is there any type of cloth which warm people more that others? Also, if there is, then why does that particular cloth warm other people more? And, is there any sort of thing that can provide a lot of warmth, not very big (30cm by 30cm), not very heavy, and does not run of electricity?
Would there be any type of cloth that takes the longest to heat up from body heat, and doesn't get sticky when there is sweat? Also, is there any sort of thing that can provide cold for a long time, not run of elctricity, not very big, and not very heavy (this does not include those ice pads)? --anon
:This question is sort of related to [[insulation]]. A cloth with better insulation means it will keep you warmer, because it prevents less heat loss. To not get sticky, the cloth also needs to be slightly porous. What do you want to use these cloths for? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 1 July 2005 14:44 (UTC)
:Note that due to its insulating characteristics, [[flannel]] tends to be warmer than flatter woven cloth, so flannel sheets feel warmer. Layering also helps. Reflective metal foil coverings are also available, but are not cloth. ([[User:SEWilco|SEWilco]] 1 July 2005 20:37 (UTC))
I'm thinking [[silk]] is one of the best, albeit kind of expensive. It warms up very nicely, but doesn't make one feel sticky. One of the beauties of silk when you consider its molecular structure. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 1 July 2005 22:47 (UTC)
:When people are pulled out of cold water by the coastguard they are put in some sort of tinfoil bag. Presumably this is the best material for the job. [[User:Theresa knott|Theresa Knott]] [[User talk:Theresa knott| (a tenth stroke)]] 2 July 2005 12:44 (UTC)
::This looks like a homework question... but in any case, I would have thought the warmest cloth would be a modern man-made material such as [[Polartec]] [http://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation.php] used to make many clothes for outdoor activities. I not sure what the standard measure of insulation would be.
::At a guess, the (30cm x 30cm) item being hinted at is a [[survival blanket]] such as [http://www.preparedness.com/blanandheat.html these], as it seems a little small to be a packed up [[sleeping bag]]. As [[User:SEWilco|SEWilco]] says a survival blanket (or space blanket) is usually made from metal foil or foil backed plastic. However, it may be refering to a device like the charcoal [[hand warmer]] (eg [http://www.the-outdoor.co.uk/ishop/853/shopscr285.html]).
::We are not doing very well with articles on these outdoor topics. The simple redirect at [[fleece]] is also a bit disappointing, given its popularity as the name of a style of outdoor jacket. I guess the folks who know about them are all out climbing mountains instead of editing Wikipedia. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 2 July 2005 12:49 (UTC)
But hey, I climbed a 4000 metre mountain. Once. (And no one still can identify the clouds in my photos from the trip :[ ).-- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 2 July 2005 20:09 (UTC)
Oh lets see, I think [[Thinsulate]] brand insulation really does have a very high insulation factor, but it is not durable enough for making cloth of its own, only as a stuffing. It is pretty useless when wet as is cotton and most other cloth. Wool actually retains the most insulative capacity when waterlogged, but does not dry as quickly as many synthetic cloths. As far as not getting sticky from persperation, there is a significant industry of high tech cloths that "wick" persperation out to the outer layers where it can ideally evaporate. Fleece and [[polypropylene]] fiber clothing do that some, but some of the more advanced cloths do it better. Since keeping dry is important for insulative capacity, those wicking layers (often the middle or first layer) are important in that. Also important are the outerlayers that are highly water resistant, but still allow water vapor to escape. [[Gortex]] does that, and there are others that are good but I'm forgetting the brand names. They can even keep you dry from a light rain and allow perspiration to evaporate. Pretty neat and a lot more comfortable than something waterproof and not breathable. And last, anything that could provide cold for a long time would either be through a chemical reaction (maybe one you could add water to onsite) or would have a very high heat storage capacity, which I think is called either [[specific heat]] or [[latent heat]] capacity, and would have to be physically cooled in a freezer or similar. Usually anything but the chemical one would be very heavy such as a liquid or gel or some such, so the first one may be the only thing that meets your criteria. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 6, 2005 20:56 (UTC)
== slang word/phrase ==
what is the slang word/phrase for "when you lock all of your car doors at once"?
Thanks for your help. This is for extra credit on a test.
Margaret
:Um, "central locking" is the only term I know of, but technically that's not ''really'' slang. I really cannot think of another... [[User:Master Thief Garrett|Master Thief Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Master Thief Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 1 July 2005 22:32 (UTC)
:da bang down (not really) [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 1, 2005 22:47 (UTC)
:If the keys are inside, its: <many expletives deleted>. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 2, 2005 22:04 (UTC)
== Question on copyright law ==
I posted a similar question on [[WP:VPM#Image:IN-N-OUT_BURGER_MENU_BOARD.JPG|Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)]] concerning [[:Image:IN-N-OUT BURGER MENU BOARD.JPG]], but I think the general subject is worth discussing here too: If you take a photo of a copyrighted sign or poster, to what extent can you claim your photo as public ___domain or some other copyleft licence? [[User:Zzyzx11|Zzyzx11]] [[User talk:Zzyzx11|(Talk)]] 1 July 2005 23:56 (UTC)
*IANAL, but as I understand it you took the photo so you can license it however you like. Obviously someone could get in trouble for cutting the in&out logo out of the photo and using that somewhere, but that's something entirely different. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 2 01:13 (UTC)
*IANAL. If your image is substantially based on the sign, it is a derivative work of it. This would not apply if, for example, the sign was only partially visible in the background. However, this image is centered around and focused on the sign. Therefore, it is a derivative work and requires permission of the original copyright owner for publication. It can not be licensed at whim. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 2, 2005 02:03 (UTC)
*There are two issues here that I know of:
:*First is the fact that you are photographing a two-dimensional object. See [[Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.]] for some food for thought on whether this constitutes enough creativity to register as a new work, one which would trump the copyright claims of the original creator. I don't think it does.
:*Second is the problem of the logos and soforth, which are problems with [[trademark]] law, not copyright law.
:So my basic answer is... it probably would ''not'' hold up in a court of law ''unless'' it fit under the various legal uses of copyrighted material (i.e. [[fair use]], parody, critique, etc.). But people have threatened legal trouble for far less -- see Lessig's note on [[Jon Else]]'s problems in getting permission to use a tiny snippet of ''The Simpsons'' in the background of one of his documentaries in [[Lawrence Lessig]]'s book ''[http://free-culture.org/freecontent/ Free Culture]'' (a good primer for thinking about copyright questions, very easy to understand, a very quick read). (I am not a lawyer) --[[User:Fastfission|Fastfission]] 2 July 2005 19:26 (UTC)
**See also [[Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ#Derivative works]], I think as best you could use as fair use providing it is used the the right context for fair use to apply.--[[User:Petaholmes|nixie]] 7 July 2005 11:29 (UTC)
== Radio Canada ==
Back in the 1960s-80s (and maybe longer, if not still) there was a program on CBC radio every evening (or maybe Monday - Friday) called ''As It Happens''. A man and a woman were the anchors, and they would have telephone conversations with sundry newsmakers. The news stories ranged from politics to - oh - something like someone discovering a 100-lb. puffball in their back yard (not really, but like that). I would still recognize the voices of the anchors, but their names escape me. Does anyone remember? --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 1 July 2005 23:59 (UTC)
*Our ''[[As It Happens]]'' article has the information your looking for. You're probably thinking of [[Barbara Frum]] and [[Alan Maitland]], who were the hosts for most of the period you are referring to. - [[User:SimonP|SimonP]] July 2, 2005 01:56 (UTC)
**That's it! Alan Maitland and Barbara Frum. Thank you. What a great article to read, too. That show enlivened many a dull car trip. Must listen to again. Thanks. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 2 July 2005 13:32 (UTC)
== Music score for Gabriel Faure's ''Pelleas et Melisande: Sicilienne'' ==
Just for the piece entitled ''"Sicilienne"''. Is there a place where I can find the score online for this, and print it out? Google only reveals music books I have to pay for...seeing how as it seems his works are over 70 years after his death, the scores reproducing Sicilienne shouldn't be copyrighted right? (Would that include recordings of recitals as well? I have this particular recording I recorded at a show, is it permissible to upload it?) Anyhow, is there a place where I can find the score for free? Or don't tell me the plutocrats have already an information monopoly on Sicilienne? :-( It's such a hauntingly beautiful piece, with a subtle ironic melody in it...alas. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 2 July 2005 02:26 (UTC)
*Well, a quick Google search for gabriel faure scores shows on the first page [http://www.sheetmusicdirect.us/search/productDetail.do?itemId=1000019701] where you can download it for $3.95. Sure does look like a pretty tune. --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 2 July 2005 17:27 (UTC)
:I've used [http://www.musicnotes.com MusicNotes.com] in the past, and they offer both downloadable scores and print scores. It seems like they have Sicilienne in a print score for $6.75. Also, SheetMusicPlus (www.sheetmusicplus.com) offers the piece for $6.00. Hope this helps! [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <font color = brown> note? ]]</font color>| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk </small>]] 2 July 2005 21:28 (UTC)
== When a quadratic has 2 real solutions, what does this mean with respect to the graph of the quadratic? ==
[[Image:Polynomialdeg2.png|thumb|right|200px|Graph of ''f(x) = x<sup>2</sup> - x - 2'']]
When a quadratic has 2 real solutions, what does this mean with respect to the graph of the quadratic?
:I assume it's a standard quadratic graph (qy=ax^2+bx+c) right? Anyhow, that will give you a vertical parabola, and the graph should cross the [[x-axis]] twice when you have two real solutions. For example, if the solution is -3, and 1, it means that the graph will cross the x axis at (-3, 0) and (1, 0) respectively.
:If you had only one solution, it will only touch the x axis, then quickly go back down or up (to either positive or negative infinity) again...this depends on whether q was negative or positive in the first place. You could also have a horizontal parabola, where it is x=ay^2+by+c, which then the graph will cross the y axis twice instead.
:If you have [[complex conjugate|imaginary conjugate]]s for the solution, the approach is entirely different. I won't elaborate on it too much here, because it's entirely another problem.
:Anyway, if you look at the image to the right, there are two real solutions to the equation, ''y = x<sup>2</sup> - x - 2'' (you can work it out): -1 and 2 respectively. Thus, the graph crosses the x axis at -1,0 and 2,0 (because when you set the y axis to zero [x,0] you get a quadratic equation in standard form).
:Hope this makes sense. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 2 July 2005 02:44 (UTC)
:Just wanted to add this: if it has two real solutions, the vertical parabola has either been shifted up or down. If it has been shifted up, the parabola must open down. If the parabola has been shifted down (as in the graph), it must open up. Hope that helps as well. [[User:Flcelloguy|Flcelloguy]] |<small> [[User talk:Flcelloguy|A <font color = brown> note? ]]</font color>| [[User:Flcelloguy/Desk|Desk </small>]] 2 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)
:For the full range of answers: 2 real solutions means that the curve is cut into by the x-axis at two distinct points; 2 equal solutions (=1 solution in effect), the curve is [[tangent]]ial to the x-axis; no real solutions, the curve never touches the x-axis. [[User:smoddy|smoddy]] 2 July 2005 21:30 (UTC)
== tring to find a song from the 70's ==
I am trying to find a song from the 1970s...but I can't remember the name or the singer...but I do know some of the words...here they are:<br/>
''J John Jones hey there rich boy the law's going to lay your body down''
I think it might be Country and I do know that it was a woman<br/>
Any help will be great and thank you
:[http://missmarieskids.com/biography.htm There is] one '''Marie Hardway''' (born as '''Sylvia Marie Owen'''), a singing teacher formerly living in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] who claims to have had a top-40 country hit entitled "J. John Jones". Judging from her other claims, that must've been late 1960s or early 1970s ("You Gave Me A Mountain" was released in 1969). However, I have not been able to verify her claims, and I have no idea what her stage name was. Do the names ring any bells? [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 4, 2005 10:18 (UTC)
::Ok, her stage name was most likely '''Marie Owens''', see [http://www.worldofgramophones.com/45rpm34.html this list of vintage 45rpm singles] and [http://www.countryworks.com/artist_full.asp?KEY=FOSTERJ a brief mention here] (search for "Owens"). [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 4, 2005 10:58 (UTC)
::: This Marie Owens ''[http://members.home.nl/eddyhogendijk/origineel.htm did]'' indeed sing ''[http://www.originals.be/eng/main.cfm?c=t_upd_show&id=5717 Someone Loves You, Honey]'' in [[1975]]. [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 4, 2005 11:13 (UTC)
== London Geography ==
What county is [[London]] considered to be part of? --[[User:CGP|CGP]] July 2, 2005 08:50 (UTC)
:[[Greater London]]. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 2 09:44 (UTC)
::Used to be [[Middlesex]]. — [[User:Chameleon|''Chameleon'']] 2 July 2005 09:47 (UTC)
:::Note that the traditional counties were never abolished as such, they just ceased to correspond to the boundaries of local government in many areas. So it's legitimate to say that much of London is still part of Middlesex, it's just that Middlesex doesn't have a county council these days. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:04 (UTC)
The city of London covers parts of the [[Traditional counties of England|traditional counties]] of [[Middlesex]], [[Essex]], [[Kent]] and [[Surrey]]. London is governed as the administrative area of [[Greater London]], so it's not part of any [[administrative county]]. However, Greater London is a [[ceremonial county]]. See [[Counties of England]] for a discussion of the several kinds of county in England. [[User:Gdr|Gdr]] 2005-07-02 11:29:22 (UTC)
*The City of London is so tiny that it is colloquially referred to as the "Square Mile". Before 1974 there was a London County Council which covered much of what is now Greater London: it was abolished at the same time as Middlesex and both were merged into Greater London (with bits of other historic counties). As of 2005, county powers are shared between the boroughs and the Greater London Authority (have I got the name right?) in a system which is unique in the United Kingdom. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 4 July 2005 08:53 (UTC)
**I think you'll find that the LCC was abolished and the GLC created in 1965.. -- [[User:Arwel Parry|Arwel]] 5 July 2005 00:39 (UTC)
== Tovine/help ==
I have a oil painting by Tovine
I would like to know who tovine is
How old the painting is or print
Icant seam to find anything about
tovine anywhere.
thank you
stacy
== Evolution of man ==
I have a talk page entitled [[user talk:Monami]] on Wikipedia. How do I get people to view it and ad teir comments,thougts and knowledge?
Amritash
:Go to <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[human evolution]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>, click "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human_evolution Discuss this page]", and put a comment there. Don't forget to add a link to your talk page. --[[User:Heron|Heron]] 2 July 2005 16:33 (UTC)
and make your title above into a wikilink and attract thousands of the idle and curious [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 2 July 2005 16:38 (UTC)
== German tongue twisters ==
I would like to find a list of [[German tongue twister]]s based on as many [[phoneme]]s of German as possible. Is there a list somewhere that you know of? --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 2 July 2005 16:27 (UTC)
:Did you try the German Wikipedia? -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 2 July 2005 16:55 (UTC)
::More specifically, try http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zungenbrecher -- what a lovely word! Tongue-breaker! --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 2 July 2005 17:14 (UTC)
::Ooh, and that has a link to http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ -- tongue twisters in 107 languages! --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 2 July 2005 17:17 (UTC)
:::How fun! We used to always do ''In Ulm, um Ulm, und um Ulm herum,'' from which I've determined by trial and error that it is scientifically impossible to pronounce ''um'' and ''Ulm'' distinctly at any speed. The second site has some real doosies though with the dialects. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 07:39 (UTC)
== How do I request an article? ==
Hi. Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but I'm having a terrible time figuring out how to request an article after going to your requested articles page, reading your FAQs, etc. I'm trying to request an article on political scientist/historian [[M. I. Finley]].
http://www.nybooks.com/authors/5783
Thank you very much.
Eddie
:Added him to [[Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Social_Sciences_and_Philosophy#People_2]] for you. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 2 20:20 (UTC)
:But if you have verifiable information on Finley, please just go and create the article, and include what you know. The only way the article is going to get created is someone like you doing some research and adding what they find. At a minimum try to create a [[Wikipedia:Perfect stub]]. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 2, 2005 22:01 (UTC)
:Also just fyi this sort of question is more appropriately asked at the [[Wikipedia:Help desk|Help desk]], not here. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 2 22:06 (UTC)
Ask and ye shall receive. The link is now blue, but anyone know what the MI stands for? [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 2 July 2005 23:20 (UTC)
:It's a sickness, this need to find stuff out. I'd never heard of the man, I'm now embarrassed to admit. Sir Moses I. Finley, born Moses Israel Finkelstein, reportedly. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 4 July 2005 00:45 (UTC)
==Parlarver? ==
When people say "what a palarver" (palava?, parlarva?) - what actually is it?, I can't find anything with Google, with various spellings. (This might be a British only expression). [[User:Jooler|Jooler]] 2 July 2005 23:39 (UTC)
I don't know the British expression but is the word "palaver"-- an old slang term for a negotiation between parties who have difficulties understanding each others' languages? Used as both noun and verb. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 2 July 2005 23:46 (UTC)
:The term's "palaver", pretty much British only, but apparently from Portugese -
::Palaver comes from the Portuguese ''palavra'' (talk), which is ''palaver'', a council of African chiefs.
"Comparisons are odorous: ''palabras'' [words], neighbour Verges." - Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing, iii. 4.
:(Brewer's, 1898)
:Now it essentially means a mild farce, misunderstanding, &c. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray (logged out)]]
We ''do'' seem to be talking about the same word with the same root, but there is apparently a distinctly american usage which perhaps diverged from the british usage. I do not recognize the sense of "farce or misunderstanding" but palaver was not rare in American usage from late 19th to mid-20th century. It was used as an informal or slang term (especially frontier western) for formal speaking or negotiating in a language not ordinary to the speaker, and implied a tone of dimissiveness. Imagine [[John Wayne]] saying, "we'd better go have a palaver with the chief about those missing horses," or reporting on a dinner party at the Spanish embassy, "just a lot of palaver." I didn't know it was originally Portugese, but it is obviously cognate with ''parler'' and ''parliament''. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 3 July 2005 18:20 (UTC)
NOTES:
*[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=palaver Urban Dictionary/palaver] "O what a palaver"
*[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22what+a+palaver%22 Google Search: "what a palaver"] about 703 results
*"[[Palaver]]" simply means "idle talk", so if someone says, "What a palaver!", they mean that someone else is talking [[non-sense]] or things that are too obvious, or something similar.
*"Palaver" is derived from [[Old Greek]] "parabola", which also gives place to English "[[parabola]]".
*You can look up "palaver" on [[Wiktionary]] ([[Wiktionary:palaver]]). 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 3, 2005 18:50 (UTC)
::I must admit I thought you were making that up when you said it came from "parabola", but checking http://www.etymonline.com (which I really recommend) I get:
:::1733 (implied in palavering), "talk, conference, discussion," sailors' slang, from Port. palavra "word, speech, talk," traders' term for "negotiating with the natives" in W.Africa, metathesis of L.L. parabola "speech, discourse," from L. parabola "comparison." Meaning "idle talk" first recorded 1748.
::— [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 19:00 (UTC)
==[[Lawrence Kudlow]]==
Could someone please help expand the [[Lawrence Kudlow]] article? The article does not state accurately when Kudlow was working at certain jobs. For example, the article says that Kudlow worked at [[Freddie Mac]], but it doesn't say when. 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 3, 2005 02:46 (UTC)
== Beatles Album named "File Under Beatles" ==
I bought this Album and can't find any information on it. Can you Help with any Infomation? It has 2 Records enclosed. Thanks! Have a Happy 4th of July Weekend. Judy Devine---JDEVINE@AUSTIN.RR.COM.
:Take a gander at this [http://www.aboutthebeatles.com/misc_theroadtosessions.html AboutTheBeatles.com] page! "''The tape was played in 1980 at a Beatles convention, and eventually released on
a bootleg entitled File Under: Beatles.''". So there you have it, you've got a (probably) rare and (possibly) valuable bootleg. Congratulations! :) That also explains why it's not on any release list--because they never released it! [[User:Master Thief Garrett|Master Thief Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Master Thief Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 3 July 2005 05:43 (UTC)
==Jello Belt==
According to our [[Jello Belt]] article, Mormons are supposed to like Jello - it appears to be a kind of stereotype. Why is this? Is it true? Do they really eat it with ''shredded carrots''?! I have a minor fascination with Mormons (I'm not in the US so it's always seemed like an exotic and unfamiliar form of Christianity to me) and was intrigued when I came across this little fact. And on another note, does the term Jello Belt even exist? Someone on the talk page of that article claims it's a neologism spread by Wikipedia, in which case it's probably VfD time. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:38 (UTC)
:According to WP's [[Gelatin dessert]], Jell-O ''is'' the official state [[snack food]] of [[Utah]]. ;-) [[User:Hydnjo|hydnjo]] [[User talk:Hydnjo|talk]] 3 July 2005 12:29 (UTC)
:I agree with you about the neologism, and I've listed it for VfD [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jello Belt|here]]. — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk</FONT>]] 3 July 2005 12:56 (UTC)
::Jello is called a [[salad]] in much of the U.S. It's often made with added ingredients like shredded carrots, so it's not eaten ''with'' them as much as turned into a strange aspic. Marshmallows and fruits are also popular. I would be surprised if there weren't a lot of Mormon recipes for jello salads with marshmallows. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:05 (UTC)
Interesting, thanks. If I'm ever in Salt Lake I'll be sure to order the jello salad! Still, I'm puzzled about why Mormons particularly would be associated with jello? Was it invented in Utah maybe? — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 13:20 (UTC)
:I don't think there's a truly definitive answer out there, but there sure are a lot of jokes about green jell-o and Mormons. Also theories about big families, talk about the notorious Mormon sweet tooth, and some really frightening "salad" recipes (some [[Spam]] and olives with those shredded carrots?). Jell-o was not invented in Utah. I'll make another guess but it's a wild one, based on a memory I have of seeing a full-page, color picture of a Mormon pantry ca. 1940 in an old Life magazine. The story said Mormons were required to have a full year's supply of food stockpiled at all times. I don't remember why. I also don't remember seeing jell-o in the picture, but it certainly would make sense to have a lot of it on hand as its shelf life has got to be well over a year. But we need a Mormon to answer here. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 23:23 (UTC)
::I had also heard rumors about stockpiling food, but I agree that needs to be confirmed. I think the Jello connection has more to do with Mormons' [[white bread]] public image. Also, as a [[presbyterianism|presbyterian]]*, I can say that Jello shows up very often at church pot-luck dinners. During a lifetime of social functions in a congregation without much culinary daring, I imagine a few of the more common dishes would get very old. *a denomination known for eating at church --[[User:Polyparadigm|Joel]] 6 July 2005 05:45 (UTC)
:::I just confirmed that the food storage thing is a strong recommendation from the LDS church, though of course some people can't afford it. I asked the resident LDS member in my office and he said of course it was. A year's supply is the recommendation. I didn't ask about the reasons why, I thought that might be rude. Our LDS article doesn't include anything about it, but I suppose there are a lot of little details about LDS the article does not include. I'm not sure the food stockpile has anything to do with the popularity of Jello among Mormons though. Maybe it just has more to do with the church's recommendation against candy and other pure sugar sweets, but Jello is allowed and still tastes sweet. My coworker didn't have a solid reason about the Jello proclivity, so maybe it is just one of those things where a certain group takes a liking to one particular thing. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 6, 2005 20:35 (UTC)
:I don't know about Mormons and Presbyterians, but we at the [[Disciples of Christ|DOC]] can find a reason to have a church dinner in any situation. I haven't seen much Jello, but if I have to eat another pound of potato salad, I'll sprout "eyes."
:[http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1263642 Fictionpress.com] has some good conjecturing on the subject, and a site called [http://mormonsfordean.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_mormonsfordean_archive.html Mormons for Dean] refers to the "Jello Bowl." I'm convinced! -- [[User:Essjay|Essjay]] · [[User_talk:Essjay| Talk]] July 6, 2005 06:12 (UTC)
::It's 5 to 4 in favor of deleting this cultural institution over at [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jello Belt]], so if you're in favor of keeping, go vote now! If you're favor of deleting, here - relax, and have some green jello with pears and some nice cottage cheese. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 7 July 2005 20:52 (UTC) (from the mysterious land where plain cottage cheese is considered a "salad" at church suppers)
==Popularity of Shinto==
According to our article on [[Japan]], 54% of Japanese profess Shinto beliefs. However, it also notes that this is often about family background or some nominal affiliation (similar to the way large numbers of people in Britain put themselves down as Christians on the census, but the proportion who really accept Christianity's major teachings is a great deal smaller). I know that syncretism is important in Japan, with lots of people having Christian-style weddings etc, so roughly what proportion can be said to be Shinto "true believers" who take their religion seriously? I imagine it's quite small these days. What about amongst the young? How common is it to encounter Shinto teenagers or young adults who might be described as religious? — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:38 (UTC)
: Rare. A majority of Japanese would probably visit a shrine a few times a year (especially at New Year), but Shintoism that "might be described as religious" is usually associated with unusually nationalistic politics. One moniker is that the Japanese are "born Shinto, marry Christian and die Buddhist", describing the religions most associated with the ceremonies at these stages of life. Most of the sects associated with overt religious observance or piety in Japan (in the sense that an American or a Brit might understand this) are based on Buddhism. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 4 July 2005 09:01 (UTC)
:: Unlike Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Asian religions are generally not that exclusive. It's usually buddhism + shinto in Japan and buddhism + taoism in China. Some Christians learned to co-exist peacefully with their buddhist family members. People develop their own ways to deal with unavoidable systemic conflicts. -- [[User:Toytoy|Toytoy]] July 4, 2005 09:55 (UTC)
==German and Japanese rock==
Not a factual question but a matter of opinion. Can any Wikipedians recommend me a really good rock or indie band that sings in German (and is popular enough that it won't be too much trouble for me to track down some of their music)? Likewise with Japanese-language rock (and any other language for that matter if you happen to be passing and have a recommendation). I like to think I have diverse musical tastes already, but looking through my collection I find terrible and shocking omissions! Thanks in advance! — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:38 (UTC)
:For German, you might seek out [[Nina Hagen]], who sometimes sings in her native German (although more in English). I happen to like [[Udo Lindenberg]], but he's a bit dinosaurish for someone who singles out "indie". Oh, and while she wasn't rock, I can't resist mentioning [[Lotte Lenya]].
:And I'll take any excuse to plug my favorite Romanian-language bands: [[Spitalul de Urgenţă]] and [[Taxi (band)|Taxi]] from Romania, and from Moldova [[Zdob şi Zdub]]. Judging again by your mention of "indie", [[Spitalul de Urgenţă]] would probably be most to your taste.
:And, while I'm at it, in Spanish, an amazing hip-hop group from <s>[[Monterrey, Mexico]]</s>[[Sinaloa]], Mexico]], by way of Los Angeles: [[Akwid]]! (OMG, we don't have an article on them, I'll put that on my to-do list.) -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] July 3, 2005 06:16 (UTC)
::Excellent Jmabel, thanks. I will look into those suggestions. And dinosaurish is very welcome, perhaps I shouldn't have singled out indie. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 06:21 (UTC)
::I second [[Zdob şi Zdub]]. They were in Eurovision :p [[User:Hedley|Hedley]] 3 July 2005 23:17 (UTC)
:::[[Melt Banana]]??!!!?????! <small>[[User:MeltBanana|MeltBanana]]</small> 4 July 2005 22:20 (UTC)
:::BTW, [[Taxi (band)|Taxi]] (also Eurovision vets: see article, amusing story) have a ton of free downloads on their web site. And Dan Teodorescu of Taxi was actively helpful in our writing an article about them, even giving permission to quote lyrics extensively. -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] July 4, 2005 22:50 (UTC)
== After Leon Trotsky's death, was Frida Kahlo for or against Stalin? ==
Hi Wikipedians!
I have been learning about Frida Kahlo, and it seems that there is an inconsistency b/w the descriptions of Frida's political affiliation after the death of Leon Trotsky within the entry for Frida Khalo and the entry for Diego Rivera.
Diego Rivera entry says:
"Following Trotsky's Death Rivera and Kahlo both became Anti-Revisionists/Anti-Stalinists."
Frida Khalo's entry says:
"Sometime after Trotsky's death, Frida denounced her former friend and praised the Soviet Union under Stalin. She spoke favorably of Mao, calling China "the new socialist hope". Her home was decorated with socialist art, including portraits of Marx, Engels, Stalin, and Mao."
...uh, which is it?
thanks!
--David Knight
== Body warmth ==
I was just wondering where all our body warmth come from? And is there any place on our body which is the best place to put heat into our body?
Here are two possible explanations.
FIRST [[Heat]] is sort of the frequency at which all the [[molecule]]s that make up your body [[vibration|vibrate]]. In all but very unusual circumstances, you don't put heat into your body, you export it. You have little tiny things called [[mitochondria]] inside your [[cell]]s. They "burn" (literally, [[oxidize]]), the foods you eat which can serve as fuel. This process is called [[metabolism]]. Some of the food goes into building new molecules, some goes into providing energy for the function of your body, some of the fuel gets stored (as [[fat]] in [[adipose]] tissue), and some gets released as increased vibrational energy (that is, heat) within the cells. This is your body heat and it is carefully maintained at about 37<sup>o<sup> [[Celsius]] or 98.6<sup>o<sup> [[Fahrenheit]] (unless you happen to be a [[lizard]] of course).
So normally you make your own heat from the food you eat. If it is very cold out and you are trying to stay warm putting hot food in your stomach helps some, but what helps even more is reducing heat loss to the environment. Heat loss from limbs can be reduced by slowing the amount of [[blood]] flowing through them and [[insulation|insulating]] them from contact with cold air with clothes and gloves. You also lose much heat from your head, and you really don't want to reduce the blood flow there, so wearing a hat greatly reduces the rate of heat loss in a very cold place.
Finally, there is a situation where we actually put heat into a body rather than trying to generate it within or limit loss. If someone has gotten so cold that their body temperature is way down (like 5 or 10 degrees down), various body processes begin to fail and the body itself may not be able to generate enough heat to restore normal temperature. This is called [[hypothermia]]. Doctors use a combination of prevention of further loss and putting in heat by immersing the body in a warm bath, and/or giving the person warm liquid to drink depending on consciousness. So, finally, you can put more heat in faster by immersion of the body in warm water than by drinking hot water.
SECOND, heat is indeed something called [[phlogiston]] that flows in and out of things. The most efficient way to put the most phlogiston back into your body is by carefully pouring it into your... Oops, we are out of time and will have to leave alternative theories to another day. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 3 July 2005 11:57 (UTC)
This next reference will help you decide which explanation to believe:
: Take a look at [[Thermoregulation#Heat_production_in_birds_and_mammals]]. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 3, 2005 11:32 (UTC)
Although it's generated by all living cells in your body, the largest source of heat (per capita wise) comes from the [[liver]]. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 4 July 2005 16:32 (UTC)
Don't you think it would be heat ''per iecura'' rather than ''per capita''? [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 4 July 2005 19:51 (UTC)
== ''X'' Rules Ok ==
What is the origin/meaning behind the common grafiti "''X'' rules ok," as in "Arsenal rules ok"?
And is it
* "Arsenal rules ok"
* "Arsenal rules, ok?"
* "Arsenal rules, ok!"
...I've seen all three, though the first seems silly ("Arsenal rules ok, you know, but it's not ''that'' great...").
:I think "Arsenal rules ok" makes the most sense, as it states the point that Arsenal rules, but the writer is too cool to get very excited about it. So the exclamation point would be over the top, and the question mark would be out of the question. But this is just my opinion. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:14 (UTC)
:Whenever I've come across X rules ok I haven't really interpreted it like that. Saying something "rules ok" suggests quite a bit of enthusiasm. The question mark is a later development I'd guess, and it's logical to include the exclamation mark even though there isn't one a lot of the time. I'm not sure about the origin though. I've always thought it was a bit of an odd phrase. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 13:30 (UTC)
::I didn't mean to imply that the phrase didn't indicate quite a bit of enthusiasm. I believe it most assuredly does. And I think it's a great phrase. Layered. Subtle. Okay. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:46 (UTC)
:::Just like a Wikipedian? :-) --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 3 July 2005 16:02 (UTC)
::::Exactly. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 16:29 (UTC)
It seems to me that it should be "rules, ok!" by analogy with similar tags expressing enthusiasm like "hurrah!" and "¡ole!". [[User talk:Gdr|Gdr]] 3 July 2005 16:03 (UTC)
== Start menu ==
My programs list in my Windows XP Start menu is too long. How do I rearange it into a better structure? Chnging the folder arrangement in C:/Program Files doesn't seem to work. Thanks, --Mike
''I asked my question tithout a heading and people replied above. Someone moved my question to a new heading, so I'll move the parts of the replies from above.'' --Mike
:As for your XP programs list problem, I haven't figured that out myself, sorry. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:14 (UTC)
:As for the Windows XP start menu, it doesn't take its arrangement from the structure of Program Files, in fact it's possible you'll break some of the shortcuts in your start menu by moving things around there. The contents of the start menu are shortcuts stored in your Documents and Settings folder. Click right button on your start menu and in the context menu you should see "open" and "explore" commands, which will bring you up the folder where all the shortcuts are. Some are specific to you and some are in an "all users" section elsewhere. There should also be "open all users" and "explore all users" commands. What can I be thinking of, still using Windows most of the time? It has crashed on me twice today.... — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 13:30 (UTC)
Ok, I've got that now, thanks. However, now I need to know how to re-arrange my folders in the Start menu. It seems to only place things in chronological order. Also, creating horizontal lines to separate off blocks of folders would be great if it were possible. Thanks, --Mike
:Hmmm, I'm not sure about this. I seem to be able to change the order of folders in the start menu by just dragging them up and down, but you have to drag the actual folder icon and not the text. If your "all programs" section is getting a bit crowded it is surely possible to go into edit mode and make overall category folders like "graphics" and "games" and shove subfolders in them. My start menu is looking quite a mess itself actually. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 17:15 (UTC)
Thanks, I've basically sorted it out now (I doubt there's any way I can add horizontal breaks). I had thought of dragging, but it didn't seem to work on my first attempt.
The other confusion is that, though there's only one user on this computer, half the items in the start menu are in the "Me" Documents and Setting folder and half are in the "All Users" folder, with no apparent rhyme or reason between them. I've thrown everything into the All Users folder and that seems to work.
Thanks all!
:Yes, I found exactly the same pattern with mine. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 17:38 (UTC)
You can also get an alternative shell for Windows (by default it is explorer.exe) - then you can ''really'' change things. Wouldn't be much hassle either. ;-) -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 5 July 2005 23:53 (UTC)
== Erased entries. ==
To: Wikipedia
Is there a way of preventing others from erasing my entries in Wikipedia? The protoscience catagory where my writings were are erased. Others should not be able to erase entries by others, only add to them.
:No, this is an integral part of Wikipedia. If you think it was not appropriate, however, you can revert the changes - just be careful not to start an edit or revert war with someone, as this is frowned upon. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 3 21:43 (UTC)
[[Special:Contributions/Belfroy|Your edits]] reveal a significant misunderstanding of the [[Wikipedia:Category|category system]]. [[:Category:Time Travel Experiments]] contains article text and uses categories the wrong way round.
Oh, and people are continuously getting their work deleted. Wikipedia is a wiki, which means that everybody can edit everything, including your work. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 3 July 2005 21:50 (UTC)
:Just in case you haven't read through the [[Wikipedia:Category]] article, the basic idea is that a category is a grouping of individual articles, not an article itself. This page for instance, the ''Wikipedia:Reference Desk'', is in the categories [[:Category:Wikipedia help forums|Wikipedia help forums]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers|Wikipedia resources for researchers]], as you can see at the bottom of the page.
:Your article, by the way, is covered in depth at the [[Time travel]] article. You should be editing that or its sub-articles if you think there's anything missing in them. — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk</FONT>]] 3 July 2005 23:42 (UTC)
== Physics involved in cymbals? ==
I skimmed through most drums- and cymbals-related articles, but couldn't find any discussion of the physics involved in the acoustics of cymbals: what gives the cymbal its specific sound? what are the influences of shape, material, size, thickness, position of the hit?
Is there already such an article on Wikipedia? I see very detailed articles about how cymbals are manufactured and what materials are employed, it would be a pity if there was no article about a physical description of cymbal acoustics... --[[User:Ma Baker|Ma Baker]] 3 July 2005 23:46 (UTC)
:I don't know the technical aspects of cymbals/drums but I am a drummer (although not a good one - I've only been playing for about 3 yrs off and on) and so know a little about them. The larger the cymbal the deeper the tone (much like a bell). Small cymbals give a higher pitched sound. Also it depends where you hit the cymbal, if you hit the cymbal on the raised part (right in the middle) you will get a real PING sound (at least that's how I'd describe the high pitch sound). If you hit it right on the outside edge you get a deeper sound, and the cymbal vibrates longer and produces sound longer. If you hit the cymbal with part of the stick as will as the tip (hold it at an angle) you will get a nice crash sound. Another thing is the sticks themselves - if you use a mallet (drumstick with a soft large white tip) you can make a great crescendo by rapidly beating the cymbal in increasing strength. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 5, 2005 09:15 (UTC)
I don't know what your background is, but there's a reasonably good writeup [http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/membran.htm here]. There's also a rather mathematical treatment followed by a few photos [http://flame.cs.dal.ca/~spiteri/students/circmemF.ps here]. I've definitely seen better images of the sand-on-a-drum experiments elsewhere though, but it does illustrate the various modes of vibration on a drum. The possible modes are all determined by the size of the drum, which sets the [[boundary condition]] as the edges are held down.
Different types of strikes to the drum will stimulate a different set of [[mode]]s of vibration, producing different sets of frequencies and in the end a different sound. The material choice and design will affect the natural frequency of the object due to the effective [[Hooke's law|spring constant]], which can depend on material properties such as [[Young's modulus]], the [[shear modulus]] and the [[density]]. I suspect that cymbal shape is chosen so that the inner region can act as it's own cymbal that's simply coupled to the outer disc, producing louder high pitches than from a large flat disc. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 08:52 (UTC)
== Indiana Covered Bridge Makers and Politicians ==
Hi: I am attempting to research Indiana Rush County Bridge Makers and politicians. I have done some research with Google successfully. Your search engines are not showing me information I assume you might have or new ones I was hoping to get.
Can you please tell me how to use your search engine for a search to include 1800's Rush County Indiana politicians, Archibald. M. Kennedy for politics and bridge building? I would also like to see if I can trace his family history back to North Carolina. I would also like to trace his children Emmet L. Kennedy and Charles Kennedy and their children who were bridge builders as well.
Can you help me to use your site more effectively. I would appreciate your help.
Sincerely,
K. Kennedy
433 Corte Madera Town Center
#687
Corte Madera, Ca. 94925
Sorry, you are not likely to find additional info here except our [[covered bridge]] article. Our wikipedia search engine is extremely rudimentary except for article titles. Try google or others for better internet-wide surfing. We would be happy to have you expand our article or write more for us. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 4 July 2005 02:04 (UTC)
== Barack Obama ==
I have read Barrack Obama's book and numerous articles about him. In the most recent issue of Time magazine (July 4, 2005) again it refers to his mother being from Kansas. I would like to know what city in Kansas? I live in Wichita so I am just curious. On a few websites it gives her name as being S. Ann Dunham and is a distant descendant of Jefferson Davis. She is also part Cherokee Indian. Please help -- thanks!
:Our article on [[Barack Obama]] lists his mother as being from Wichita. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 4 July 2005 04:28 (UTC)
== Statistics from the Second Battle of El Alamein ==
I was wondering about the statistics arising from the Second battle of El Alamein. Aspects such as number of causualties, number of tanks lost, number of soldiers captured or that surrendered from both The Axis army and the Aliied Army.
== Lyrics sites ==
Does anyone know of any external sites which would enhance the quality of our [[lyrics]] article? Specifically, the article is missing links to academic sites which analyse lyrics for their political, economic, social or aesthetic value. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 4 July 2005 05:45 (UTC)
Are you a college student? Do you have access to jstor? (you can check you college library's "electronic journal database" or some variant link to confirm). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lotsofissues lots of issues] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Lotsofissues&action=edit§ion=new leave me a message] 6 July 2005 02:05 (UTC)
== Getting external image working in < gallery > tag? ==
On my mediawiki site, an simple external image code like <code><nowiki>http://example.com/example.jpg</nowiki></code> works, but the gallery tag <code><nowiki><gallery>http://example.com/example.jpg</gallery></nowiki></code> doesn't work. How do I do it? My problem is that I already have a hundred file on the server but outside the wiki system and I dont't want to upload them one by one to the wiki again.
Thanks
[[User:60.234.144.135|60.234.144.135]] 4 July 2005 10:32 (UTC)
:You can't get external images to work on wikis, simply because it's too easy to abuse. You could ask someone to write you a bot to do an automatic mass upload, though. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] July 4, 2005 16:40 (UTC)
:: No, I think you can get it to work on most wikis, but it's switched off on [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects, to avoid stealing other's bandwidth. User needs to go to http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org and report it as a bug there. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 16:57 (UTC)
::: See http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2697 [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)
== How to calculate the conductance of a capacitor in a RC mesh? ==
A resistor in series with capacitor and a voltage source.
How to find node voltages by Nodal Analysis?
Problem is in calculation of Conductance of a capacitor since "Imaginary part-j" comes in picture.
Kindly reply to this query immediately.
:Just so you know, Wikipedians tend to work on their own schedule. :-)
:Your question sounds rather like an introductory homework question which you should be able to find more accessible resources from your classes or textbook, instead of the reference desk here. :-)
:Nevertheless, first of all, the [[conductance]] of a capacitor is jωC. Its [[impedance]] is 1/(jωC).
:For good measure, for an inductor, the conductance is 1/(jωL) and its impedance is jωL. So, to do nodal analysis whenever you are working with a circuit in the frequency ___domain, just replace all capacitances in your circuit with 1/(jωC) and all inductances with jωL. Then you just do nodal analysis with these values. It's just a lot more messier because of the imaginary quantities, but it's exactly the same method.
:Having said that, it sounds like your question involves a voltage source operating at a particular frequency ω . Let's say, for simplicity that this frequency is fixed (and for the purposes of this question, we'll draw out your circuit like this:
R
X---\/\/\/\/--Y
| |
----- |
| + | ----- C
| - | V~ -----
----- |
| |
-------Z-------
:This circuit has 3 nodes, labeled X,Y, and Z. The voltage source V is an AC source, but to solve these types of problems it's much easier to "pretend" as if the voltage drops as you go from X,Y and back to Z. In [[nodal analysis]], pick one of the nodes to be your reference node, and for simplicity, you define this node as having 0 volts. Any node can be assigned to 0, but some nodes are better than others because they can simplify the problem more. Let's pick Z to be the reference node.
:In this case, the voltage at X becomes V(t). Hence, the only unknown voltage is at Y. The resistor R and the capacitor C in series now acts as voltage divider on V, and as a result, Y = V(C/(C+R)). This formula I think you should know already, so I won't explain why that is. (Some other kind Wikipedian might). The impedance of a capacitor is given by 1/(j ω C) (which you should also know), and if the resistor R has a resistance of "r", its impedance is also just "r".
:So, this means that
:<math>Y = V \frac{C}{R+C} =V \frac{\frac{1}{j \omega C}}{R+ \frac{1}{j \omega C}} = V \frac{1}{1 + j \omega RC} </math>
:The last quantity is more or less the answer. We have articles on [[RC circuit]], [[low-pass filter]] to help you out, but these articles are really in need of more development. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 4 July 2005 12:01 (UTC)
If you want to get rid of the [[complex number|complex]] part of the answer, you could express it instead in [[phasor (electronics)|phasor]] form by determining the magnitude and phase of the answer:
:<math>
|Y| = \frac{V}{\sqrt{1 + (\omega{}RC)^2}}
\mbox{ and }
\angle{}Y = \tan^{-1}(-\omega RC)
</math>
so
:<math>Y = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + (\omega{}RC)^2}}\angle\tan^{-1}(-\omega RC)</math>volts.
Finally, you will eventually want to determine the -3dB cutoff point for the circuit. This is defined as <math>\omega</math> such that:
:<math>|Y| = \frac{V}{\sqrt 2}\mbox{ or }|Y|^2 = \frac{1}{2}</math>
which, after some algebra gives the famous expressions:
:<math>\omega_c = \frac{1}{ RC}</math>[[radian]]/s
or
<math>f_c = \frac{1}{2\pi RC}</math>[[Hz]].
== origins of the names Niger and Nigeria ==
[[Image:Niger river at Koulikoro.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Niger river at Koulikoro]]
I was using your website to look up some imformation about the origins of "race" and racial terminology. I noticed that the racial catergory of "Negroid" comes from the word negro (Spanish & Portuguess for "black"), derived from the Latin word niger. I was wondering if this had anything to do with how the countries [[Niger]] and [[Nigeria]] were named, since they were both probably named by Europeans and not by Africans themselves.
:Good question, but the etymology of the name is explained in the [[Niger River]] article page as follows: There is an opinion that the name of the river '''Niger''' came from the [[Tuareg]] language ''gher n gherem'' = "river of rivers", not from the [[Latin]] or [[Portuguese]] word for "black". The West African nations of [[Nigeria]] and [[Niger]] are named after the river. However, it is speculated that the name '''Niger''' came from the [[Danubion]] word for 'flow'. So there you go. --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]]
:: I'm pretty sure Niger comes from Latin. The Tuareg word for river is ''eghazar''. And for sure it doesn't come from any kind of Danubian word! - [[User:Mustafaa|Mustafaa]] 4 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)
:::I've also always read it comes from the Latin word for black, but our [[list of country name etymologies]] disagrees. Interestingly the name Ethiopia comes from the Greek word for black, Sudan means the same in Arabic, as does Guinea in Berber, so seven countries in Africa are named for the colour of their inhabitants' skin. (Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau) - [[User:SimonP|SimonP]] July 5, 2005 02:07 (UTC)
== Mark Chmura ==
What is he doing now?
:Former NFL footballer [[Mark Chmura]] hosts a weekly radio program on [http://espn1510.com ESPN Milwaukee radio]. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 5 July 2005 02:10 (UTC)
== Animation style ==
Is there a name for the style of animation where the borders of characters and objects in general are very shaky, as in [[Ed, Edd n Eddy]] ? I believe the shaking and moving borders are intentional rather than being a limitation of hand-drawn animation. [[User:Jay|Jay]] 4 July 2005 17:08 (UTC)
: ''[[Roobarb]]'' calls it the "Roobarb and Custard effect". -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 4, 2005 17:13 (UTC)
== land for sale in Michigan ==
Yes, since the [[United States]] is a [[capitalist]] country, the purchase land in [[Michigan]] is most probably possible. You should probably speak to an [[estate agent]]. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 21:32 (UTC)
:...on the other hand... oh, never mind. [[User:Hydnjo|hydnjo]] [[User talk:Hydnjo|talk]] 5 July 2005 00:43 (UTC)
== American Independence ==
:Yes, what [[Independence Day (United States)|about it]]? ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 5 03:13 (UTC)
== RAM Type ==
What is the fastest RAM compatible with the motherboard (I don't know the name) of a HP Pavillion 522a computer. I want to replace the original 256mb PC2100 chip with a 512mb PC2700. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 5, 2005 09:05 (UTC)
Usually a motherboard can only accept one type of RAM (by type, I mean things like SDRAM, DDRAM, RDRAM, not size), right? IIRC, this would mean only DDR. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 5 July 2005 10:38 (UTC)
Your motherboard will also have a limit on the speed the RAM runs at and also how much can be used. Looking [http://www.memoryx.net/hewpacpav522.html here] , I see that it takes up to 2GB but doesn't go faster than PC2100. Of course, the website might not be accurate. -[[User:Robmods|Robmods]] 6 July 2005 18:40 (UTC)
== Russian translation ==
Can anyone translate this:
товарищ, у вас какая система?
а какйо у вас словарь?
:I don't understand all of this, but the first sentence asks what system (computer?) you are using, and the second asks if you have a dictionary. [[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 12:11 (UTC)
:The first word is "Tovarisch" (sp., "Comrade". -- [[User:Arwel Parry|Arwel]] 5 July 2005 23:14 (UTC)
: The second sentence seems to contain a typo. какой is a Russian word (meaning "which?"), but I'm not aware of any such word as какйо. If it really is какой, the sentence means: "But which dictionary do you have?" The context will dictate how the sentences would be translated into idiomatic English - without the context it's not really possible to be confident. Cheers [[User:JackofOz|JackofOz]] 6 July 2005 03:07 (UTC)
== The Movie Patton ==
IN the movie Patton, Gen. Patton, had a prayer written for the wheather
before they were to invade Germany.
what was the prayer.??
:According to http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html, it goes like this:
::''Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.''
:The full story is at the link. --[[User:Khaosworks|khaosworks]] July 5, 2005 12:53 (UTC)
== daily weather for Paris France for years 1938 - 1942 ==
how can I find what the daily weather was for Paris, France for the years of 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942?
thank you
from bob godfrey
:[http://www.meteo.fr Météo France] is always a good bet for French weather. Looking around the site I found a link to 250 years of weather in Paris [http://www.alertes-meteo.com/vague_de_froid/paris_250ans.htm]. There's so much documented here that I'm sure you can find what you are looking for. --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 17:26 (UTC)
== Peniel vs. Penuel ==
I am contacting you with the simple question of telling me why the same word is spelled in two different ways.
Why, as in today's readings, was the word first given as "Peniel" when, a few sentances later it's spelled as "Penuel"? Is there a difference, or are they both the same word with two different spellings.
Thanks for taking the time to look at this!
:We have a very short article on [[Penuel]], it appears as ''Peniel'' only in Genesis 32.30-31, and appears to be the same name. In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], ''Penuel'' is פנואל, wheras ''Peniel'' is פניאל, only one letter different. Both mean the same thing, and the difference is perhaps down to a scribal error. --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 17:45 (UTC)
::Er, perhaps I'm in over my head here, but I was under the impression that [[semitic language]]s don't emphasize vowels. Ancient hebrew didn't have written vowels at all, unless I'm mistaken, which would mean that it was a systemic omission in the entire body of literature, not an isolated scribal error: for generations, they wrote PNL, and then figured out two different ways to make the word pronouncible again. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to be a case where a jot or twittle has passed from the law...[[User:Polyparadigm|Joel]] 6 July 2005 05:54 (UTC)
:::To say that there are no written vowels is an over-simplification. The Hebrew I have written above could be written out (without vowels) as PNW'L and PNY'L - where the apostrophe represents a [[glottal stop]], and either W or Y represents a long vowel (see [[matres lectionis]] for a discussion of this). --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 6 July 2005 20:35 (UTC)
== How do you find the Auther of a certain article? ==
Hey Im doing a ncea History internal assesment, and i need to referance an article from this web site and in order to do so i need to find who the Auther of the page called Benito Mussolini was if anyone knows this information or knows how to find the information it would be greatly appreciated if you would let me know.
Many Thanks,
Emma
: Information about how to cite a wikipedia article in your assignment's biblography can be found at [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]]. As almost all articles are written by lots of different people, we recommend you cite the author as "Wikipedia contributors". -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 6, 2005 00:23 (UTC)
:Emma, I wonder if you could answer a question for us. Questions about citing Wikipedia are fairly common, and we'd like to make it easier for people to find this information. Obviously there's a disconnect between where we place this information, and where people look for it. Could you please tell us where you looked first, or where you would have expected to find it before you got to the point of posting a question to the Reference Desk? Thanks, [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 00:41:19 (UTC)
::That's a good question; it isn't very easy to find. Mathworld and Britannica have the citation info right on the page itself (although mathworld's is rather objectionable, and doesn't cover multi styles). I think there's a bug in bugzilla asking for similar support here. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 6, 2005 00:57 (UTC)
:::See [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=800 bug #800]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 01:30:35 (UTC)
Smart question, are we all feeling "duh" now? She is right, we should build the answer into bottom of each article a little more explicitly. It would sure beat answering it here every other day! [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 6 July 2005 01:44 (UTC)
:We do have a big notice at the top of this page directing people who have this common question to the page on [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia|citing Wikipedia]]. While this may be considered harsh and unwelcoming to newcomers, if I was the god-king of Wikipedia I would just remove messages like these from people who can't follow simple instructions. Having said that, a link in the page footer on each article taking readers to a page of automatically generated citations for various common formats would be a good idea in my opinion. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 6 July 2005 05:40 (UTC)
::I know it sounds stupid, but I think in many cases the problem is the word "cite". I suspect a lot of people aren't linking it to "reference"; if nothing else, a lot of the requests I see are for "how to site". This wouldn't be a problem verbally, but written it can pose one... no idea how to handle this, though. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 6 July 2005 14:30 (UTC)
I had a very pesky situation when my teacher rejected the my bibliography for "Wikipedia contributors", however...in the end I had to explain the entire concept of what a wiki was. Still didn't get it. In the end, even though it was proposterously inaccurate, I wrote, "Jimbo Wales". -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 6 July 2005 06:22 (UTC)
:Wow, that is amazing that teachers supposedly concerned about facts and proper citing of sources would prefer nonsensical formulations like that over the simple truth! — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 6 July 2005 06:47 (UTC)
== Reference page on U.S.S. HENLEY ==
<small>(''preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment by'' [[Special:Contributions/70.21.138.99|70.21.138.99]] 2005-07-05 21:08:44 CDT)</small>
Erm, did you try [[USS Henley]]? What was the question? [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 04:03:36 (UTC)
== Name of US Ambassador to Mexico and Mexican President ==
This is of an urgent nature. My son and his girlfriend are missing. They were last seen in Puerta Vallarta Mexico. I would like to know how to contact the American Ambassador to Mexico, how to get a phone #, e-mail address, as well as a phone # and e-mail to the President of Mexico. Your most immediate reply is greatly appreciated. My e-mail address is sarahsunshine@earthlink.net. Thank you. Sarah Chevaucher
:The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico is Antonio O. Garza, Jr. The address of the Mexican embassy is
:Embajada de Estados Unidos
:Paseo de la Reforma 305
:Col. Cuauhtemoc
:06500 Mexico, D.F
:From the U.S., you can reach the embassy at
:Embassy Mexico
:P.O. Box 9000
:Brownsville, TX 78520-9000
:I would think that if you mailed the ambassador at those addresses, the mail would eventually reach
:him or, more likely, an aide representing him.
:Phone numbers for the embassy are:
:From Mexico: (01-55) 5080-2000
:From the U.S.: 011-52-55-5080-2000
:Fax numbers follow:
:From Mexico: (01-55) 5511-9980
:From the U.S.: 011-52-55-5511-9980
:Email: ccs@usembassy.net.mx
:CCS is citizens' consular services
:For this information and more, see http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/contact_us.html , the site for the U.S. embassy embassy in Mexico.
:I wasn't able to find contact information for the president. It probably doesn't matter, because I doubt anything you sent to him would be read.
:According to the site I referenced, the best course of action for you now is to call the embassy. :If you can call between 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (U.S. central time) , call
:011-52-55-5080-2000 Ext. 4780
:If you can't call during those hours, call
:011-52-55-5080-2000 and ask to speak to the duty officer.
:I am forwarding this to your email. Good luck. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 6, 2005 03:01 (UTC)
*Try checking out this link here [http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/citizen_services.html] as a start.
:You'll probably have better luck contacting the American consulate general in Puerto Vallarta.
::http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/guadalajara/Vallarta.htm
:U.S. Consular Agency Puerto Vallarta
:Zaragoza 160 - 2nd. Floor, Office 18
:Phone 01-322-222-0069
:Fax 01-322-223-0074
:E-Mail: consularagentpvr@prodigy.net.mx
:Educational lesson for today: Embassies are for one government to talk to another, consulates are for helping a nation's citizens who are in another country. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 6 July 2005 09:12 (UTC)
::Got an email, said missing people are on their way home. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 7 July 2005 02:09 (UTC)
:::That's great. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 7, 2005 23:24 (UTC)
== Identification of a bird ==
Does anyone has an ideea of what sort of bird this might be ?
<gallery>
Image:Oiseau-zarb-1.jpg
Image:Oiseau-zarb-2.jpg
Image:Oiseau-zarb-3.jpg
</gallery>
Thank you very much in anticipation ! [[User:Rama|Rama]] 5 July 2005 12:46 (UTC)
:My stamp-collecting history made my mind throw up the name [[Rock Wren]] the moment I saw these pictures (also see [http://vancouverislandbirds.com/kxrockwren3js.jpg this photo]). However upon closer inspection it might not be. I'm not sure about the colouration range of this species, and the tail arrangement seems different. Well, a guess is better than silence anyway, which is what you've gotten so far... :) [[User:Master Thief Garrett|Master Thief Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Master Thief Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 6 July 2005 21:00 (UTC)
*It would help a lot with these wonderful "identify the photo" postings if the questioner would provide some hints as to where the photographs were taken. [[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 7 July 2005 16:11 (UTC)
== Office of Special Plans article...about the annexe to the Committee Report ==
In the Wikipedia article about the Office of Special Plans, it mentions an annexe to the Report of the Subcommittee on Pre-war Intellgence about WMDs. However, I have not been able to find this annexe on the internet. Could you provide a link where this information can be found?
== Robert Wangila ==
''Moved from [[Robert Wangila]]'':
:Was Robert Wangila the only person in olympic history to knockout 5 people???
In case it's not clear, Wangila was a boxer who won an Olympic gold for Kenya in the welterweight division in Seoul. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 6 July 2005 04:43 (UTC)
== 1948 London Olympics - photo of Duncan White ==
Hi
someone posted a photo of Duncan White winning Sri Lanka's (Ceylon's) only olympic meddal on here.
Duncan White is my husbands grandfather. I'd really like to get a copy of the picture for him, but it is too small a file size to simply print from wikipedia.
How can I get photos of him for my husband?
Thanks
Sirajade
sirajade@tiscali.co.uk
*I have left a note for [[User:Carolaman|the user who uploaded the image]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 13:40:44 (UTC)
== Forest Management in the United States of America ==
Is there any reference to Forest Management in the United States of America?
I am a Professional Forester and I am interested in land area, growth and harvest statistics.
Is there any reference to these by States?
Would appreciate it if such is available.
Richard Wheeler
Sacramento, California
:I would be really surprised if the [[United States Forest Service]] in all its statistics available [http://www.fedstats.gov/key_stats/FSkey.html here] and [http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00public.html here] didn't have that information somewhere. [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 6, 2005 15:38 (UTC)
== Who is the Violinist ==
[[Image:PP4.jpg|frame]]
Does anybody know who this is? I found it in article, it only said "Violinist Joaquin 'Chino' Gutierrez" and then says he was the only one accepted into Munich's Musikhochschule in Summer of 2004, but no background info. And does anyone have info on the teacher, called Jens Ellermann, who was allegedly teacher of [[Gil Shaham]] and [[Midori]] (accdg. to article). Searched both names on Wiki, no results. Thanks. [[User:Don Diego|Don Diego]] 6 July 2005 16:23 (UTC)
*Well, it's Joaquin 'Chino' Gutierrez. A quick Google search shows that he's a 12-year-old Filipino math and music prodigy. Another quick search shows lots of mentions of Jens Ellerman. Always helps to try Google first -- it takes manual labor to get stuff into Wikipedia, so a lot of information (most information, actually) isn't here yet. --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 6 July 2005 21:21 (UTC)
:And I thought Wikipedia was a "complete" encyclopedia. Pity, that it isn't. Still, thanks a lot. [[User:Don Diego|Don Diego]] 6 July 2005 22:32 (UTC)
:: i seriously hope you aren't serious about that remark, as a "complete" encyclopedia is kinda impossible. i doubt many others contain the ammount on info wikipedia currently has. [[User:Boneyard|Boneyard]] 7 July 2005 08:28 (UTC)
::What you mean like articles on classes of Star Trek ship that were only mentioned once on the TV series? :-) [[User:DJ Clayworth|DJ Clayworth]] 7 July 2005 17:37 (UTC)
== Mrs. Bennet ==
Adam Gopnik's article on [[William Dean Howells]] in [[The New Yorker]] described Mrs. Howells as a "Mrs. Bennet". From the context, I gather it means shrewish, but what is the allusion to? My Brewer's fails me. [[User:66.213.119.98|66.213.119.98]] 6 July 2005 18:23 (UTC) (aka [[User:PedanticallySpeaking]])
*Try [[Pride and Prejudice]], which says "Mrs. Bennet is determined to see each of her five daughters successfully married to a gentleman of sufficient fortune." [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 18:38:36 (UTC)
[[Jane Austen]] sums up Mrs Bennet's character like this:
:She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
[[User talk:Gdr|Gdr]] 7 July 2005 00:03 (UTC)
== Motto ==
A while ago I came across a certain motto along the lines of "foreign to this land, native to the world." Unfortunately I don't remember the source or context. I was wondering if anyone around here has seen it before too and whether a Latin translation exists (if not, could someone try to translate it?). Many thanks. -- [[User:Rune.welsh|Rune Welsh]] [[User_talk:Rune.welsh|ταλκ]] July 6, 2005 19:37 (UTC)
:Could it be "[[Socrates|I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world]]"? [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/sci.lang/messages/1e9bc804eb7a808a,3d75140cb0095a20,d588e5efbff611ea,df5812d5c451d024,0030828ffb25fb2a,1a2171cad4f72369,89e28472cba7ea42,1e8da43350ce9e5a,e6ea7e7d21495839,e5f5494185ddc53d?hl=en&thread_id=6b3c7be872501e5f&mode=thread&noheader=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fsci.lang%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F6b3c7be872501e5f%2F1e9bc804eb7a808a%3Ftvc%3D1%26#doc_d588e5efbff611ea]
:[[User:Chocolateboy|chocolateboy]] 6 July 2005 22:06 (UTC)
:Or could it be "All lands are our home; all people are our kin" - the one in the infobox in [[Tamil people]] - a translation of the opening line of a poem by the classical Tamil poet Kanian Poongundranaar. -- [[User:Sundar|Sundar]] <sup>\[[User talk:Sundar|talk]] \[[Special:Contributions/Sundar|contribs]]</sup> July 7, 2005 08:14 (UTC)
== How to find good doctors and hospitals in Mexico? ==
'''In the U.S. you can check hospitals with the following web site:
www.qualitycheck.org You can order JCAHO's performance reports
(on a particular hospital) free of charge by calling 630-792-5800.
To Rate hospitals in your Zip- use http://www.leapfroggroup.org/home,
but how do the get similar information on hospitals in Mexico?
Also, to get information on doctors in the U.S. one can use these web sites
Licensed Doctors in all states-- http://www.fsmb.org/members.htm
Board certified U.S. and Foreign Specialists certified in U.S. http://www.abms.org/,
but again how do you get similar information in Mexico?'''
Ed
There are lots of dimensions to "good", and it sort of depends on the problem as well: 2 important dimensions are speaking the same language and being familiar with the diagnoses and way of thinking of American medical culture (so doctor and patient share ways of thinking and talking about the body and disease). If I were looking for a doctor there I would try to make contact with Americans over 40 who have lived or worked in the city where you are for more than a few months. They have likely had personal experience or would have heard reputations or would have contacts that could point you in the right direction. Hotel concierges are at least likely to know those who speak English and want to provide you service, which would be a start if you have no contacts at all. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 11:09 (UTC)
:American consulates keep lists of doctors who claim to speak English (I use the term ''claim'' from experiance...). '''These are not recommendations''', but it is a good a place to start as any. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
== Rainbow Monkey ==
How can I get one of this for my daughter?
I'm writing from Cyprus. Can I buy one from internet? Pls advise
:[[Rainbow Monkeys]] are a fictional product and cannot be purchased. Sorry. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 7 July 2005 17:52 (UTC)
== Significance test between two sets of data ==
I've got two sets of data which, when plotted as a scatter graph, show two lines with a negative gradient, one slightly above the other. What statistical test can I perform to show whether one is significantly higher than the other?
i.e my graphs, when plotted with their trend lines, looks something like
|
|
| \
| \ \
| \ \
| \ \
| \ \
|___________________________
...and I want to show that the line on top is significantly different from the line on the bottom. Note that the lines may not be exactly parallel (or even exactly straight...).
Thanks!
:Well I slept through a lot of that part of my stats classes, but I think that is just an [[ANOVA]] problem. At most, translate the data along one of their regression lines so that they are essentially vertical, then do the ANOVA on their mean X values. Off the top of my head that's the only way to do it to avoid the complication of [[MANOVA]]. Our anova article doesn't give you anything about how to do it, but you should be able to find lots of info on the web or in a decent practical stats or data analysis textbook. Hopefully someone else can provide a more definitive answer. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 7, 2005 16:13 (UTC)
There's an [[ANOVA]] Applet [http://socr.stat.ucla.edu/Applets.dir/AnovaApplet.html here] that does the calculation for you (I've never been forced to do one by hand in any stat class), but I think you don't need to do an ANOVA test if your data has error bars. A weighted [[linear regression]] should produce error values for your slope and intercept. If your slopes are within error of eachother but the intercepts are two or more σ apart, then that's something like 95% confidence that they're different as most weighted regressions assume a [[normal distribution]] for each point. That's how a physicist rather than a statistician would do it. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 18:00 (UTC)
:Using the intercepts in that way without translating the data is very non-robust. Small changes in the slopes can change the intercepts by a lot depending on the data. Your method basically involves trying to decide based on one point, while ANOVA basically gets information from the whole dataset. I'm still not sure there's not a more standard way than what I proposed, but sorry, I know your's isn't good. :) I'll see if I can't ask a friend of mine who is a statistician what he would do if no one else gets to it. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 7, 2005 20:36 (UTC)
== Disabled people and how they cope ==
Hi. I was just wondering about what therapies they used for people in wheelchairs. Also, are there any specially made houses for them. And what is the biggest size for a wheelchair.
== loratadine ==
Is loratadine safe for dogs'allergies?
:Ask a [[Veterinarian|vet]] (and realize that most drugs are not completely safe). ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 7 14:03 (UTC)
I would be very careful giving dogs [[antihistamine]]s without first asking a vet. I know that [[benadryl]] in particular acts completely differently in dogs than humans; my vet has told me it's actually more effective against motion sickness for dogs than [[dramamine]] because of the difference in pathways between the species. Even over the phone your vet may be able to recommend something.
I don't know what type of allergies you're dealing with here, but I used to have a [[Golden Retriever]] with bad skin and ear allergies. They're vastly improved by switching to a food with fish (the essential fatty acids such as [[omega-3]] are important for skin and immune system health). I know that [[Iams]] and [http://www.canidae.com Canidae] both produce lines with a balanced diet including fish. I also avoid foods that list any animal byproducts as ingredients. Some people also swear by switching to an oatmeal shampoo, but in my experience the food that goes in is more imporant than any treatment you can apply externally including prescription ear drops and such. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 18:15 (UTC)
== communion ==
why the use of unleavened bread in your [[eucharist|communion]]?
Not knowing what "your" refers to, it is hard to give a denomination-specific answer. While there has been much controversy and disagreement in past centuries over the nature of the [[eucharist]] and its relationship to Christ, the form of the bread is generally considered [[adiaphora]] theologically. Adiaphora is a useful greek word used in [[theology]] to indicate something of "indifference" from a doctrinal perspective. In other words, it is a matter of local church custom not worth disputing. A simple practical reason some churches use unleavened hosts is that they keep longer than baked bread. Does that answer your question? [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 12:50 (UTC)
Actually there is a theological reason too. Communion derives from the Jewish [[Passover]] - Jesus was celebrating passover when he instituted communion. The part of the Passover that most resembles a Christain communion involves unleavened bread. But as Alteripse said, practice varies. As a rule Catholics use wafers, Protestants use regular bread and Anglicans vary, but there are a lot of exceptions even to that. [[User:DJ Clayworth|DJ Clayworth]] 7 July 2005 17:32 (UTC)
:I know that many Orthodox churches use leavened bread as a sign of the Resurrection, and some Protestant groups use leavened bread for adiaphora reasons. However, the [[Roman Catholic Church]] uses unleavened bread universally, and it is forbidden to use any other substance. (There are very clear rubrics on Eucharistic matters, which must be followed to the letter.)
:The reason for using unleavened bread is usually cited as the [[Last Supper]]. Most churches see the [[Eucharist]] as instituted at the Last Supper (when Christ said "this is my body" "this is my blood"), and the Gospels record that the Last Supper was the [[Passover]] meal. Part of the Passover custom is to remove all leaven from the home, and leavened bread is not present during Passover meals. Jesus would therefore have used unleavened bread for the first Eucharist, and in light of that, the tradition continues in many Churches. -- [[User:Essjay|Essjay]] · [[User_talk:Essjay| Talk]] July 7, 2005 17:36 (UTC)
== Lotto in Germany ==
Can someone please explain how the lottery in Germany works? I want to bet but I don't know how it works. --anon
:You get poorer. They get richer. --[[User:Heron|Heron]] 7 July 2005 19:33 (UTC)
== Is Wikipedia's Political Slant Left? ==
I happened upon Ann Coulter's page within the Wikipedia site and after reading it, it seemed to really point out lots of negative details of her past. I then chose to go to see how Al Franken's page compared. Compared to Ann's, Al's page is very stripped down and streamlined, clean, no controversies highlighted. I then went to several other pages including both conservative and liberal subjects and noticed the same trend. Why is that?
:From an American political standpoint a lot of Wikipedia editors probably lean left, but there are lots of editors on the far right end of the spectrum too. American politics leans very far to the right. So centre- to right-of-centre Europeans are, by American definitions, liberals. Wikipedians also tend to be young and literate, a demographic which leans further to the left than do older and less literate demographics. But you pick a bad pair of article to contrast - Al Franken doesn't spend his time making such obviously ridiculous statements as Coulter. Coulter is basically a troll, only she does it in old media. So of course she is surrounded by controvery - she goes out looking for it. To leave that out of an article would be whitewashing it. I am unaware of similar controvery surrounding Franken. Sure, he's a partisan, sure his book titles are inflammatory...but FOX News ''sued him'' for using the words "fair and balanced". His controversies don't leave him looking ridiculous, hers do. Moore is treated in a similar way to Coulter because he is also inclined to make outrageous statements. [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]] 7 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)
::To clarify a bit: Wikipedia's official editorial policy is to provide a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]]—one that represents all reasonable points of view fairly and does not exhibit bias on matters of opinion. That is, we aim not to have a political slant at all. It's difficult for writers to see their own biases; perhaps we just have more liberal editors writing on political figures. If you have suggestions for making these articles more neutral, start or join a discussion on the talk page. Coulter is a more controversial figure than Franken, from what I've seen, so in an effort to make all sides happy with the state of the article, every last point has to be taken out and discussed, and it looks like that's still going on. [[User:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]] [[User talk:Mindspillage|(spill yours?)]] 7 July 2005 17:48 (UTC)
:::To comment a bit further: Wikipedia explicitly supports only the concept of NPOV - or "neutral point of view". If you find an article that is not written in a neutral point of view, please feel free to discuss about it on the talk page, get involved, and edit it! The idea is, articles on Wikipedia are always work in progress. They might not be perfectly neutral when you first encounter them, but hopefully with a series of goodwilled edits, they improve and approach the ideal NPOV. Granted, this might not be realizable immediately, but you've got to admit, it's a pretty noble cause to achieve over time. Sometimes, you'll encounter articles that are slightly leaning left, then 3 months later, slightly leaning to the right, and maybe a year later as neutral as humanly possible :-) --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 7 July 2005 17:51 (UTC)
:Maybe you're experiencing a [[hostile media effect]]. I think Wikipedia, in general, is pretty good in terms of bias. Most articles that have NPOV problems are labelled as such. I have seen various talk pages asserting bias from the left and the right, which inclines me to think that Wikipedia is pretty much where it should be. The one place where Wikipedia may have a [[liberal bias]] is in it's insistance on being completely secular. Wikipedia strives to be [[moral relativism|morally relativistic]] which probably puts us at odds with some religious fundamentalists on the right. --[[User:Cvaneg|CVaneg]] 7 July 2005 18:36 (UTC)
Folks, just go look at the pages I spoke of before you start telling me that I'm "experiencing a hostile media effect". I'm not interested in having anyone on the left or right tell me where I stand, I know where I stand. And allow me to apologize for not clarifying the political scale of American left and right.
There is also an unmistakable slant toward "cultural" rather than political progressivism. You can find arguments from political right and left on many pages, but no one here speaks up for the majority of human societies which support/have supported non-progressive views on gender and sexuality issues. If they do, they are quickly reverted or driven away with self-righteous hostility. It is so all-pervasive, like in modern western, urban culture, that most of the editors don't even realize it is a minority perspective and quite controversial in a global perspective. See for example the discussion in [[talk:gender role]] and the article. So I agree that wikipedia is very much a product of western, liberal, city, progressive editors and that is the dominant perspective. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 19:48 (UTC)
I <u>do</u> have the impression that Wikipedia is politically slanted to the left. Take a look, for example, at the [[Lawrence Kudlow]] article I mentioned [[#Lawrence Kudlow|above on this same page]]. There are few people who want to edit the article, probably in part because Kudlow has conservative tendencies.
Then you can look at the history of the article about [[Paul Krugman]], who has quarreled on [[CNBC]] with [[Lawrence Kudlow]] on [[Bullseye (CNBC)|Bullseye]] and with [[Bill O'Reilly]] on [[Tim Russert]]'s program. You see that, before, the article did not even mention an iota of his liberal viewpoints.
But despite of that, you see that, since, the Paul Krugman article has been modified a bit. So I suggest that you do the same to articles you don't agree with, or at least discuss what you don't like on the talk pages. You can edit the [[Ann Coulter]] or the [[Al Franken]] article, for example.
What [[User:Guettarda]] from [[Trinidad and Tobago]] said above on this section ("So centre- to right-of-centre Europeans are, by American definitions, liberals") is nonsense. [[Gerhard Schröder]], for example, is from a left party, and I don't think that Americans with conservative tendencies would perceive him as pro-American or "conservative". That is absolute nonsense and "Quatsch".
What is true is that Wikipedia is edited by many people from different countries, and many of those people have [[Anti-American]] tendencies, so in many cases you are going to feel like articles are "left-leaning". That many people around the world are Anti-American is a fact, and there are always gonna be those kind of people. I take it for granted. It's a reality. 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 7, 2005 20:26 (UTC)
I think it should be noted that Wikipedia is often left and often right. There is a quite a bit of controversy around Al Frankten but if you look at [[Answers in Genesis]] there is no controversy there either. Wikipedia is by no means perfect however the goal is NPOV. [[User:Falphin|Falphin]] 7 July 2005 20:48 (UTC)
== General Black Jack Pershing, Vs, Quealling of the Muslims in Philippines 1909 - 1910 ==
Can you give any account on the actions of General
Black Jack Pershing ? 1909 as miltery Governor of the
Moro province and the insurection of the Muslim
Terrorist, How did it end ? {{unsigned|Alertjoe.@midtel.net|2005-07-07 13:12:08 CDT}}
I assume you've looked at [[John J. Pershing]]. It doesn't seem to answer your question. You might try asking on that article's [[Talk:John J. Pershing|talk page]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-07 18:26:01 (UTC)
== Hertfordshire geography ==
I recently read on a website that there is either a town or village in Hertfordshire that is called "Owles". I cannot find any other information on it. Does anyone know anythng about it?
Elizabeth
==Popularity of Shinto==
According to our article on [[Japan]], 54% of Japanese profess Shinto beliefs. However, it also notes that this is often about family background or some nominal affiliation (similar to the way large numbers of people in Britain put themselves down as Christians on the census, but the proportion who really accept Christianity's major teachings is a great deal smaller). I know that syncretism is important in Japan, with lots of people having Christian-style weddings etc, so roughly what proportion can be said to be Shinto "true believers" who take their religion seriously? I imagine it's quite small these days. What about amongst the young? How common is it to encounter Shinto teenagers or young adults who might be described as religious? — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:38 (UTC)
: Rare. A majority of Japanese would probably visit a shrine a few times a year (especially at New Year), but Shintoism that "might be described as religious" is usually associated with unusually nationalistic politics. One moniker is that the Japanese are "born Shinto, marry Christian and die Buddhist", describing the religions most associated with the ceremonies at these stages of life. Most of the sects associated with overt religious observance or piety in Japan (in the sense that an American or a Brit might understand this) are based on Buddhism. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 4 July 2005 09:01 (UTC)
:: Unlike Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Asian religions are generally not that exclusive. It's usually buddhism + shinto in Japan and buddhism + taoism in China. Some Christians learned to co-exist peacefully with their buddhist family members. People develop their own ways to deal with unavoidable systemic conflicts. -- [[User:Toytoy|Toytoy]] July 4, 2005 09:55 (UTC)
==German and Japanese rock==
Not a factual question but a matter of opinion. Can any Wikipedians recommend me a really good rock or indie band that sings in German (and is popular enough that it won't be too much trouble for me to track down some of their music)? Likewise with Japanese-language rock (and any other language for that matter if you happen to be passing and have a recommendation). I like to think I have diverse musical tastes already, but looking through my collection I find terrible and shocking omissions! Thanks in advance! — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 05:38 (UTC)
:For German, you might seek out [[Nina Hagen]], who sometimes sings in her native German (although more in English). I happen to like [[Udo Lindenberg]], but he's a bit dinosaurish for someone who singles out "indie". Oh, and while she wasn't rock, I can't resist mentioning [[Lotte Lenya]].
:And I'll take any excuse to plug my favorite Romanian-language bands: [[Spitalul de Urgenţă]] and [[Taxi (band)|Taxi]] from Romania, and from Moldova [[Zdob şi Zdub]]. Judging again by your mention of "indie", [[Spitalul de Urgenţă]] would probably be most to your taste.
:And, while I'm at it, in Spanish, an amazing hip-hop group from <s>[[Monterrey, Mexico]]</s>[[Sinaloa]], Mexico]], by way of Los Angeles: [[Akwid]]! (OMG, we don't have an article on them, I'll put that on my to-do list.) -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] July 3, 2005 06:16 (UTC)
::Excellent Jmabel, thanks. I will look into those suggestions. And dinosaurish is very welcome, perhaps I shouldn't have singled out indie. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 06:21 (UTC)
::I second [[Zdob şi Zdub]]. They were in Eurovision :p [[User:Hedley|Hedley]] 3 July 2005 23:17 (UTC)
:::[[Melt Banana]]??!!!?????! <small>[[User:MeltBanana|MeltBanana]]</small> 4 July 2005 22:20 (UTC)
:::BTW, [[Taxi (band)|Taxi]] (also Eurovision vets: see article, amusing story) have a ton of free downloads on their web site. And Dan Teodorescu of Taxi was actively helpful in our writing an article about them, even giving permission to quote lyrics extensively. -- [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] | [[User talk:Jmabel|Talk]] July 4, 2005 22:50 (UTC)
== After Leon Trotsky's death, was Frida Kahlo for or against Stalin? ==
Hi Wikipedians!
I have been learning about Frida Kahlo, and it seems that there is an inconsistency b/w the descriptions of Frida's political affiliation after the death of Leon Trotsky within the entry for Frida Khalo and the entry for Diego Rivera.
Diego Rivera entry says:
"Following Trotsky's Death Rivera and Kahlo both became Anti-Revisionists/Anti-Stalinists."
Frida Khalo's entry says:
"Sometime after Trotsky's death, Frida denounced her former friend and praised the Soviet Union under Stalin. She spoke favorably of Mao, calling China "the new socialist hope". Her home was decorated with socialist art, including portraits of Marx, Engels, Stalin, and Mao."
...uh, which is it?
thanks!
--David Knight
== Body warmth ==
I was just wondering where all our body warmth come from? And is there any place on our body which is the best place to put heat into our body?
Here are two possible explanations.
FIRST [[Heat]] is sort of the frequency at which all the [[molecule]]s that make up your body [[vibration|vibrate]]. In all but very unusual circumstances, you don't put heat into your body, you export it. You have little tiny things called [[mitochondria]] inside your [[cell]]s. They "burn" (literally, [[oxidize]]), the foods you eat which can serve as fuel. This process is called [[metabolism]]. Some of the food goes into building new molecules, some goes into providing energy for the function of your body, some of the fuel gets stored (as [[fat]] in [[adipose]] tissue), and some gets released as increased vibrational energy (that is, heat) within the cells. This is your body heat and it is carefully maintained at about 37<sup>o<sup> [[Celsius]] or 98.6<sup>o<sup> [[Fahrenheit]] (unless you happen to be a [[lizard]] of course).
So normally you make your own heat from the food you eat. If it is very cold out and you are trying to stay warm putting hot food in your stomach helps some, but what helps even more is reducing heat loss to the environment. Heat loss from limbs can be reduced by slowing the amount of [[blood]] flowing through them and [[insulation|insulating]] them from contact with cold air with clothes and gloves. You also lose much heat from your head, and you really don't want to reduce the blood flow there, so wearing a hat greatly reduces the rate of heat loss in a very cold place.
Finally, there is a situation where we actually put heat into a body rather than trying to generate it within or limit loss. If someone has gotten so cold that their body temperature is way down (like 5 or 10 degrees down), various body processes begin to fail and the body itself may not be able to generate enough heat to restore normal temperature. This is called [[hypothermia]]. Doctors use a combination of prevention of further loss and putting in heat by immersing the body in a warm bath, and/or giving the person warm liquid to drink depending on consciousness. So, finally, you can put more heat in faster by immersion of the body in warm water than by drinking hot water.
SECOND, heat is indeed something called [[phlogiston]] that flows in and out of things. The most efficient way to put the most phlogiston back into your body is by carefully pouring it into your... Oops, we are out of time and will have to leave alternative theories to another day. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 3 July 2005 11:57 (UTC)
This next reference will help you decide which explanation to believe:
: Take a look at [[Thermoregulation#Heat_production_in_birds_and_mammals]]. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 3, 2005 11:32 (UTC)
Although it's generated by all living cells in your body, the largest source of heat (per capita wise) comes from the [[liver]]. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 4 July 2005 16:32 (UTC)
Don't you think it would be heat ''per iecura'' rather than ''per capita''? [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 4 July 2005 19:51 (UTC)
== ''X'' Rules Ok ==
What is the origin/meaning behind the common grafiti "''X'' rules ok," as in "Arsenal rules ok"?
And is it
* "Arsenal rules ok"
* "Arsenal rules, ok?"
* "Arsenal rules, ok!"
...I've seen all three, though the first seems silly ("Arsenal rules ok, you know, but it's not ''that'' great...").
:I think "Arsenal rules ok" makes the most sense, as it states the point that Arsenal rules, but the writer is too cool to get very excited about it. So the exclamation point would be over the top, and the question mark would be out of the question. But this is just my opinion. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:14 (UTC)
:Whenever I've come across X rules ok I haven't really interpreted it like that. Saying something "rules ok" suggests quite a bit of enthusiasm. The question mark is a later development I'd guess, and it's logical to include the exclamation mark even though there isn't one a lot of the time. I'm not sure about the origin though. I've always thought it was a bit of an odd phrase. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 13:30 (UTC)
::I didn't mean to imply that the phrase didn't indicate quite a bit of enthusiasm. I believe it most assuredly does. And I think it's a great phrase. Layered. Subtle. Okay. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:46 (UTC)
:::Just like a Wikipedian? :-) --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 3 July 2005 16:02 (UTC)
::::Exactly. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 16:29 (UTC)
It seems to me that it should be "rules, ok!" by analogy with similar tags expressing enthusiasm like "hurrah!" and "¡ole!". [[User talk:Gdr|Gdr]] 3 July 2005 16:03 (UTC)
== Start menu ==
My programs list in my Windows XP Start menu is too long. How do I rearange it into a better structure? Chnging the folder arrangement in C:/Program Files doesn't seem to work. Thanks, --Mike
''I asked my question tithout a heading and people replied above. Someone moved my question to a new heading, so I'll move the parts of the replies from above.'' --Mike
:As for your XP programs list problem, I haven't figured that out myself, sorry. --[[User:Mothperson|Mothperson]] 3 July 2005 13:14 (UTC)
:As for the Windows XP start menu, it doesn't take its arrangement from the structure of Program Files, in fact it's possible you'll break some of the shortcuts in your start menu by moving things around there. The contents of the start menu are shortcuts stored in your Documents and Settings folder. Click right button on your start menu and in the context menu you should see "open" and "explore" commands, which will bring you up the folder where all the shortcuts are. Some are specific to you and some are in an "all users" section elsewhere. There should also be "open all users" and "explore all users" commands. What can I be thinking of, still using Windows most of the time? It has crashed on me twice today.... — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 13:30 (UTC)
Ok, I've got that now, thanks. However, now I need to know how to re-arrange my folders in the Start menu. It seems to only place things in chronological order. Also, creating horizontal lines to separate off blocks of folders would be great if it were possible. Thanks, --Mike
:Hmmm, I'm not sure about this. I seem to be able to change the order of folders in the start menu by just dragging them up and down, but you have to drag the actual folder icon and not the text. If your "all programs" section is getting a bit crowded it is surely possible to go into edit mode and make overall category folders like "graphics" and "games" and shove subfolders in them. My start menu is looking quite a mess itself actually. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 17:15 (UTC)
Thanks, I've basically sorted it out now (I doubt there's any way I can add horizontal breaks). I had thought of dragging, but it didn't seem to work on my first attempt.
The other confusion is that, though there's only one user on this computer, half the items in the start menu are in the "Me" Documents and Setting folder and half are in the "All Users" folder, with no apparent rhyme or reason between them. I've thrown everything into the All Users folder and that seems to work.
Thanks all!
:Yes, I found exactly the same pattern with mine. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 3 July 2005 17:38 (UTC)
You can also get an alternative shell for Windows (by default it is explorer.exe) - then you can ''really'' change things. Wouldn't be much hassle either. ;-) -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 5 July 2005 23:53 (UTC)
== Erased entries. ==
To: Wikipedia
Is there a way of preventing others from erasing my entries in Wikipedia? The protoscience catagory where my writings were are erased. Others should not be able to erase entries by others, only add to them.
:No, this is an integral part of Wikipedia. If you think it was not appropriate, however, you can revert the changes - just be careful not to start an edit or revert war with someone, as this is frowned upon. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 3 21:43 (UTC)
[[Special:Contributions/Belfroy|Your edits]] reveal a significant misunderstanding of the [[Wikipedia:Category|category system]]. [[:Category:Time Travel Experiments]] contains article text and uses categories the wrong way round.
Oh, and people are continuously getting their work deleted. Wikipedia is a wiki, which means that everybody can edit everything, including your work. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 3 July 2005 21:50 (UTC)
:Just in case you haven't read through the [[Wikipedia:Category]] article, the basic idea is that a category is a grouping of individual articles, not an article itself. This page for instance, the ''Wikipedia:Reference Desk'', is in the categories [[:Category:Wikipedia help forums|Wikipedia help forums]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers|Wikipedia resources for researchers]], as you can see at the bottom of the page.
:Your article, by the way, is covered in depth at the [[Time travel]] article. You should be editing that or its sub-articles if you think there's anything missing in them. — [[User:Asbestos|Asbestos]] | [[User talk:Asbestos|<FONT COLOR=#808080>Talk</FONT>]] 3 July 2005 23:42 (UTC)
== Physics involved in cymbals? ==
I skimmed through most drums- and cymbals-related articles, but couldn't find any discussion of the physics involved in the acoustics of cymbals: what gives the cymbal its specific sound? what are the influences of shape, material, size, thickness, position of the hit?
Is there already such an article on Wikipedia? I see very detailed articles about how cymbals are manufactured and what materials are employed, it would be a pity if there was no article about a physical description of cymbal acoustics... --[[User:Ma Baker|Ma Baker]] 3 July 2005 23:46 (UTC)
:I don't know the technical aspects of cymbals/drums but I am a drummer (although not a good one - I've only been playing for about 3 yrs off and on) and so know a little about them. The larger the cymbal the deeper the tone (much like a bell). Small cymbals give a higher pitched sound. Also it depends where you hit the cymbal, if you hit the cymbal on the raised part (right in the middle) you will get a real PING sound (at least that's how I'd describe the high pitch sound). If you hit it right on the outside edge you get a deeper sound, and the cymbal vibrates longer and produces sound longer. If you hit the cymbal with part of the stick as will as the tip (hold it at an angle) you will get a nice crash sound. Another thing is the sticks themselves - if you use a mallet (drumstick with a soft large white tip) you can make a great crescendo by rapidly beating the cymbal in increasing strength. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 5, 2005 09:15 (UTC)
I don't know what your background is, but there's a reasonably good writeup [http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/membran.htm here]. There's also a rather mathematical treatment followed by a few photos [http://flame.cs.dal.ca/~spiteri/students/circmemF.ps here]. I've definitely seen better images of the sand-on-a-drum experiments elsewhere though, but it does illustrate the various modes of vibration on a drum. The possible modes are all determined by the size of the drum, which sets the [[boundary condition]] as the edges are held down.
Different types of strikes to the drum will stimulate a different set of [[mode]]s of vibration, producing different sets of frequencies and in the end a different sound. The material choice and design will affect the natural frequency of the object due to the effective [[Hooke's law|spring constant]], which can depend on material properties such as [[Young's modulus]], the [[shear modulus]] and the [[density]]. I suspect that cymbal shape is chosen so that the inner region can act as it's own cymbal that's simply coupled to the outer disc, producing louder high pitches than from a large flat disc. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 08:52 (UTC)
== Indiana Covered Bridge Makers and Politicians ==
Hi: I am attempting to research Indiana Rush County Bridge Makers and politicians. I have done some research with Google successfully. Your search engines are not showing me information I assume you might have or new ones I was hoping to get.
Can you please tell me how to use your search engine for a search to include 1800's Rush County Indiana politicians, Archibald. M. Kennedy for politics and bridge building? I would also like to see if I can trace his family history back to North Carolina. I would also like to trace his children Emmet L. Kennedy and Charles Kennedy and their children who were bridge builders as well.
Can you help me to use your site more effectively. I would appreciate your help.
Sincerely,
K. Kennedy
433 Corte Madera Town Center
#687
Corte Madera, Ca. 94925
Sorry, you are not likely to find additional info here except our [[covered bridge]] article. Our wikipedia search engine is extremely rudimentary except for article titles. Try google or others for better internet-wide surfing. We would be happy to have you expand our article or write more for us. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 4 July 2005 02:04 (UTC)
== Barack Obama ==
I have read Barrack Obama's book and numerous articles about him. In the most recent issue of Time magazine (July 4, 2005) again it refers to his mother being from Kansas. I would like to know what city in Kansas? I live in Wichita so I am just curious. On a few websites it gives her name as being S. Ann Dunham and is a distant descendant of Jefferson Davis. She is also part Cherokee Indian. Please help -- thanks!
:Our article on [[Barack Obama]] lists his mother as being from Wichita. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 4 July 2005 04:28 (UTC)
== Statistics from the Second Battle of El Alamein ==
I was wondering about the statistics arising from the Second battle of El Alamein. Aspects such as number of causualties, number of tanks lost, number of soldiers captured or that surrendered from both The Axis army and the Aliied Army.
== Lyrics sites ==
Does anyone know of any external sites which would enhance the quality of our [[lyrics]] article? Specifically, the article is missing links to academic sites which analyse lyrics for their political, economic, social or aesthetic value. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 4 July 2005 05:45 (UTC)
Are you a college student? Do you have access to jstor? (you can check you college library's "electronic journal database" or some variant link to confirm). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lotsofissues lots of issues] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Lotsofissues&action=edit§ion=new leave me a message] 6 July 2005 02:05 (UTC)
== Getting external image working in < gallery > tag? ==
On my mediawiki site, an simple external image code like <code><nowiki>http://example.com/example.jpg</nowiki></code> works, but the gallery tag <code><nowiki><gallery>http://example.com/example.jpg</gallery></nowiki></code> doesn't work. How do I do it? My problem is that I already have a hundred file on the server but outside the wiki system and I dont't want to upload them one by one to the wiki again.
Thanks
[[User:60.234.144.135|60.234.144.135]] 4 July 2005 10:32 (UTC)
:You can't get external images to work on wikis, simply because it's too easy to abuse. You could ask someone to write you a bot to do an automatic mass upload, though. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] July 4, 2005 16:40 (UTC)
:: No, I think you can get it to work on most wikis, but it's switched off on [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects, to avoid stealing other's bandwidth. User needs to go to http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org and report it as a bug there. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 16:57 (UTC)
::: See http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2697 [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)
== How to calculate the conductance of a capacitor in a RC mesh? ==
A resistor in series with capacitor and a voltage source.
How to find node voltages by Nodal Analysis?
Problem is in calculation of Conductance of a capacitor since "Imaginary part-j" comes in picture.
Kindly reply to this query immediately.
:Just so you know, Wikipedians tend to work on their own schedule. :-)
:Your question sounds rather like an introductory homework question which you should be able to find more accessible resources from your classes or textbook, instead of the reference desk here. :-)
:Nevertheless, first of all, the [[conductance]] of a capacitor is jωC. Its [[impedance]] is 1/(jωC).
:For good measure, for an inductor, the conductance is 1/(jωL) and its impedance is jωL. So, to do nodal analysis whenever you are working with a circuit in the frequency ___domain, just replace all capacitances in your circuit with 1/(jωC) and all inductances with jωL. Then you just do nodal analysis with these values. It's just a lot more messier because of the imaginary quantities, but it's exactly the same method.
:Having said that, it sounds like your question involves a voltage source operating at a particular frequency ω . Let's say, for simplicity that this frequency is fixed (and for the purposes of this question, we'll draw out your circuit like this:
R
X---\/\/\/\/--Y
| |
----- |
| + | ----- C
| - | V~ -----
----- |
| |
-------Z-------
:This circuit has 3 nodes, labeled X,Y, and Z. The voltage source V is an AC source, but to solve these types of problems it's much easier to "pretend" as if the voltage drops as you go from X,Y and back to Z. In [[nodal analysis]], pick one of the nodes to be your reference node, and for simplicity, you define this node as having 0 volts. Any node can be assigned to 0, but some nodes are better than others because they can simplify the problem more. Let's pick Z to be the reference node.
:In this case, the voltage at X becomes V(t). Hence, the only unknown voltage is at Y. The resistor R and the capacitor C in series now acts as voltage divider on V, and as a result, Y = V(C/(C+R)). This formula I think you should know already, so I won't explain why that is. (Some other kind Wikipedian might). The impedance of a capacitor is given by 1/(j ω C) (which you should also know), and if the resistor R has a resistance of "r", its impedance is also just "r".
:So, this means that
:<math>Y = V \frac{C}{R+C} =V \frac{\frac{1}{j \omega C}}{R+ \frac{1}{j \omega C}} = V \frac{1}{1 + j \omega RC} </math>
:The last quantity is more or less the answer. We have articles on [[RC circuit]], [[low-pass filter]] to help you out, but these articles are really in need of more development. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 4 July 2005 12:01 (UTC)
If you want to get rid of the [[complex number|complex]] part of the answer, you could express it instead in [[phasor (electronics)|phasor]] form by determining the magnitude and phase of the answer:
:<math>
|Y| = \frac{V}{\sqrt{1 + (\omega{}RC)^2}}
\mbox{ and }
\angle{}Y = \tan^{-1}(-\omega RC)
</math>
so
:<math>Y = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + (\omega{}RC)^2}}\angle\tan^{-1}(-\omega RC)</math>volts.
Finally, you will eventually want to determine the -3dB cutoff point for the circuit. This is defined as <math>\omega</math> such that:
:<math>|Y| = \frac{V}{\sqrt 2}\mbox{ or }|Y|^2 = \frac{1}{2}</math>
which, after some algebra gives the famous expressions:
:<math>\omega_c = \frac{1}{ RC}</math>[[radian]]/s
or
<math>f_c = \frac{1}{2\pi RC}</math>[[Hz]].
== origins of the names Niger and Nigeria ==
[[Image:Niger river at Koulikoro.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Niger river at Koulikoro]]
I was using your website to look up some imformation about the origins of "race" and racial terminology. I noticed that the racial catergory of "Negroid" comes from the word negro (Spanish & Portuguess for "black"), derived from the Latin word niger. I was wondering if this had anything to do with how the countries [[Niger]] and [[Nigeria]] were named, since they were both probably named by Europeans and not by Africans themselves.
:Good question, but the etymology of the name is explained in the [[Niger River]] article page as follows: There is an opinion that the name of the river '''Niger''' came from the [[Tuareg]] language ''gher n gherem'' = "river of rivers", not from the [[Latin]] or [[Portuguese]] word for "black". The West African nations of [[Nigeria]] and [[Niger]] are named after the river. However, it is speculated that the name '''Niger''' came from the [[Danubion]] word for 'flow'. So there you go. --[[User:Tagishsimon|Tagishsimon]] [[User_talk:Tagishsimon|(talk)]]
:: I'm pretty sure Niger comes from Latin. The Tuareg word for river is ''eghazar''. And for sure it doesn't come from any kind of Danubian word! - [[User:Mustafaa|Mustafaa]] 4 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)
:::I've also always read it comes from the Latin word for black, but our [[list of country name etymologies]] disagrees. Interestingly the name Ethiopia comes from the Greek word for black, Sudan means the same in Arabic, as does Guinea in Berber, so seven countries in Africa are named for the colour of their inhabitants' skin. (Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau) - [[User:SimonP|SimonP]] July 5, 2005 02:07 (UTC)
== Mark Chmura ==
What is he doing now?
:Former NFL footballer [[Mark Chmura]] hosts a weekly radio program on [http://espn1510.com ESPN Milwaukee radio]. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 5 July 2005 02:10 (UTC)
== Animation style ==
Is there a name for the style of animation where the borders of characters and objects in general are very shaky, as in [[Ed, Edd n Eddy]] ? I believe the shaking and moving borders are intentional rather than being a limitation of hand-drawn animation. [[User:Jay|Jay]] 4 July 2005 17:08 (UTC)
: ''[[Roobarb]]'' calls it the "Roobarb and Custard effect". -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 4, 2005 17:13 (UTC)
== land for sale in Michigan ==
Yes, since the [[United States]] is a [[capitalist]] country, the purchase land in [[Michigan]] is most probably possible. You should probably speak to an [[estate agent]]. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 4 July 2005 21:32 (UTC)
:...on the other hand... oh, never mind. [[User:Hydnjo|hydnjo]] [[User talk:Hydnjo|talk]] 5 July 2005 00:43 (UTC)
== American Independence ==
:Yes, what [[Independence Day (United States)|about it]]? ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 5 03:13 (UTC)
== RAM Type ==
What is the fastest RAM compatible with the motherboard (I don't know the name) of a HP Pavillion 522a computer. I want to replace the original 256mb PC2100 chip with a 512mb PC2700. --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] July 5, 2005 09:05 (UTC)
Usually a motherboard can only accept one type of RAM (by type, I mean things like SDRAM, DDRAM, RDRAM, not size), right? IIRC, this would mean only DDR. -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 5 July 2005 10:38 (UTC)
Your motherboard will also have a limit on the speed the RAM runs at and also how much can be used. Looking [http://www.memoryx.net/hewpacpav522.html here] , I see that it takes up to 2GB but doesn't go faster than PC2100. Of course, the website might not be accurate. -[[User:Robmods|Robmods]] 6 July 2005 18:40 (UTC)
== Russian translation ==
Can anyone translate this:
товарищ, у вас какая система?
а какйо у вас словарь?
:I don't understand all of this, but the first sentence asks what system (computer?) you are using, and the second asks if you have a dictionary. [[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 12:11 (UTC)
:The first word is "Tovarisch" (sp., "Comrade". -- [[User:Arwel Parry|Arwel]] 5 July 2005 23:14 (UTC)
: The second sentence seems to contain a typo. какой is a Russian word (meaning "which?"), but I'm not aware of any such word as какйо. If it really is какой, the sentence means: "But which dictionary do you have?" The context will dictate how the sentences would be translated into idiomatic English - without the context it's not really possible to be confident. Cheers [[User:JackofOz|JackofOz]] 6 July 2005 03:07 (UTC)
== The Movie Patton ==
IN the movie Patton, Gen. Patton, had a prayer written for the wheather
before they were to invade Germany.
what was the prayer.??
:According to http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html, it goes like this:
::''Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.''
:The full story is at the link. --[[User:Khaosworks|khaosworks]] July 5, 2005 12:53 (UTC)
== daily weather for Paris France for years 1938 - 1942 ==
how can I find what the daily weather was for Paris, France for the years of 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942?
thank you
from bob godfrey
:[http://www.meteo.fr Météo France] is always a good bet for French weather. Looking around the site I found a link to 250 years of weather in Paris [http://www.alertes-meteo.com/vague_de_froid/paris_250ans.htm]. There's so much documented here that I'm sure you can find what you are looking for. --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 17:26 (UTC)
== Peniel vs. Penuel ==
I am contacting you with the simple question of telling me why the same word is spelled in two different ways.
Why, as in today's readings, was the word first given as "Peniel" when, a few sentances later it's spelled as "Penuel"? Is there a difference, or are they both the same word with two different spellings.
Thanks for taking the time to look at this!
:We have a very short article on [[Penuel]], it appears as ''Peniel'' only in Genesis 32.30-31, and appears to be the same name. In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], ''Penuel'' is פנואל, wheras ''Peniel'' is פניאל, only one letter different. Both mean the same thing, and the difference is perhaps down to a scribal error. --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 5 July 2005 17:45 (UTC)
::Er, perhaps I'm in over my head here, but I was under the impression that [[semitic language]]s don't emphasize vowels. Ancient hebrew didn't have written vowels at all, unless I'm mistaken, which would mean that it was a systemic omission in the entire body of literature, not an isolated scribal error: for generations, they wrote PNL, and then figured out two different ways to make the word pronouncible again. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to be a case where a jot or twittle has passed from the law...[[User:Polyparadigm|Joel]] 6 July 2005 05:54 (UTC)
:::To say that there are no written vowels is an over-simplification. The Hebrew I have written above could be written out (without vowels) as PNW'L and PNY'L - where the apostrophe represents a [[glottal stop]], and either W or Y represents a long vowel (see [[matres lectionis]] for a discussion of this). --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 6 July 2005 20:35 (UTC)
== How do you find the Auther of a certain article? ==
Hey Im doing a ncea History internal assesment, and i need to referance an article from this web site and in order to do so i need to find who the Auther of the page called Benito Mussolini was if anyone knows this information or knows how to find the information it would be greatly appreciated if you would let me know.
Many Thanks,
Emma
: Information about how to cite a wikipedia article in your assignment's biblography can be found at [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]]. As almost all articles are written by lots of different people, we recommend you cite the author as "Wikipedia contributors". -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 6, 2005 00:23 (UTC)
:Emma, I wonder if you could answer a question for us. Questions about citing Wikipedia are fairly common, and we'd like to make it easier for people to find this information. Obviously there's a disconnect between where we place this information, and where people look for it. Could you please tell us where you looked first, or where you would have expected to find it before you got to the point of posting a question to the Reference Desk? Thanks, [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 00:41:19 (UTC)
::That's a good question; it isn't very easy to find. Mathworld and Britannica have the citation info right on the page itself (although mathworld's is rather objectionable, and doesn't cover multi styles). I think there's a bug in bugzilla asking for similar support here. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] July 6, 2005 00:57 (UTC)
:::See [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=800 bug #800]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 01:30:35 (UTC)
Smart question, are we all feeling "duh" now? She is right, we should build the answer into bottom of each article a little more explicitly. It would sure beat answering it here every other day! [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 6 July 2005 01:44 (UTC)
:We do have a big notice at the top of this page directing people who have this common question to the page on [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia|citing Wikipedia]]. While this may be considered harsh and unwelcoming to newcomers, if I was the god-king of Wikipedia I would just remove messages like these from people who can't follow simple instructions. Having said that, a link in the page footer on each article taking readers to a page of automatically generated citations for various common formats would be a good idea in my opinion. — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 6 July 2005 05:40 (UTC)
::I know it sounds stupid, but I think in many cases the problem is the word "cite". I suspect a lot of people aren't linking it to "reference"; if nothing else, a lot of the requests I see are for "how to site". This wouldn't be a problem verbally, but written it can pose one... no idea how to handle this, though. [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] 6 July 2005 14:30 (UTC)
I had a very pesky situation when my teacher rejected the my bibliography for "Wikipedia contributors", however...in the end I had to explain the entire concept of what a wiki was. Still didn't get it. In the end, even though it was proposterously inaccurate, I wrote, "Jimbo Wales". -- [[User:Natalinasmpf|Natalinasmpf]] 6 July 2005 06:22 (UTC)
:Wow, that is amazing that teachers supposedly concerned about facts and proper citing of sources would prefer nonsensical formulations like that over the simple truth! — [[User:Trilobite|Trilobite]] ([[User_talk:Trilobite|Talk]]) 6 July 2005 06:47 (UTC)
== Reference page on U.S.S. HENLEY ==
<small>(''preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment by'' [[Special:Contributions/70.21.138.99|70.21.138.99]] 2005-07-05 21:08:44 CDT)</small>
Erm, did you try [[USS Henley]]? What was the question? [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 04:03:36 (UTC)
== Name of US Ambassador to Mexico and Mexican President ==
This is of an urgent nature. My son and his girlfriend are missing. They were last seen in Puerta Vallarta Mexico. I would like to know how to contact the American Ambassador to Mexico, how to get a phone #, e-mail address, as well as a phone # and e-mail to the President of Mexico. Your most immediate reply is greatly appreciated. My e-mail address is sarahsunshine@earthlink.net. Thank you. Sarah Chevaucher
:The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico is Antonio O. Garza, Jr. The address of the Mexican embassy is
:Embajada de Estados Unidos
:Paseo de la Reforma 305
:Col. Cuauhtemoc
:06500 Mexico, D.F
:From the U.S., you can reach the embassy at
:Embassy Mexico
:P.O. Box 9000
:Brownsville, TX 78520-9000
:I would think that if you mailed the ambassador at those addresses, the mail would eventually reach
:him or, more likely, an aide representing him.
:Phone numbers for the embassy are:
:From Mexico: (01-55) 5080-2000
:From the U.S.: 011-52-55-5080-2000
:Fax numbers follow:
:From Mexico: (01-55) 5511-9980
:From the U.S.: 011-52-55-5511-9980
:Email: ccs@usembassy.net.mx
:CCS is citizens' consular services
:For this information and more, see http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/contact_us.html , the site for the U.S. embassy embassy in Mexico.
:I wasn't able to find contact information for the president. It probably doesn't matter, because I doubt anything you sent to him would be read.
:According to the site I referenced, the best course of action for you now is to call the embassy. :If you can call between 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (U.S. central time) , call
:011-52-55-5080-2000 Ext. 4780
:If you can't call during those hours, call
:011-52-55-5080-2000 and ask to speak to the duty officer.
:I am forwarding this to your email. Good luck. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 6, 2005 03:01 (UTC)
*Try checking out this link here [http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/citizen_services.html] as a start.
:You'll probably have better luck contacting the American consulate general in Puerto Vallarta.
::http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/guadalajara/Vallarta.htm
:U.S. Consular Agency Puerto Vallarta
:Zaragoza 160 - 2nd. Floor, Office 18
:Phone 01-322-222-0069
:Fax 01-322-223-0074
:E-Mail: consularagentpvr@prodigy.net.mx
:Educational lesson for today: Embassies are for one government to talk to another, consulates are for helping a nation's citizens who are in another country. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 6 July 2005 09:12 (UTC)
::Got an email, said missing people are on their way home. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 7 July 2005 02:09 (UTC)
:::That's wonderful. [[User:Superm401|Superm401]] | [[User_talk:Superm401|Talk]] July 7, 2005 23:24 (UTC)
== Identification of a bird ==
Does anyone has an ideea of what sort of bird this might be ?
<gallery>
Image:Oiseau-zarb-1.jpg
Image:Oiseau-zarb-2.jpg
Image:Oiseau-zarb-3.jpg
</gallery>
Thank you very much in anticipation ! [[User:Rama|Rama]] 5 July 2005 12:46 (UTC)
:My stamp-collecting history made my mind throw up the name [[Rock Wren]] the moment I saw these pictures (also see [http://vancouverislandbirds.com/kxrockwren3js.jpg this photo]). However upon closer inspection it might not be. I'm not sure about the colouration range of this species, and the tail arrangement seems different. Well, a guess is better than silence anyway, which is what you've gotten so far... :) [[User:Master Thief Garrett|Master Thief Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Master Thief Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 6 July 2005 21:00 (UTC)
*It would help a lot with these wonderful "identify the photo" postings if the questioner would provide some hints as to where the photographs were taken. [[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 7 July 2005 16:11 (UTC)
== Office of Special Plans article...about the annexe to the Committee Report ==
In the Wikipedia article about the Office of Special Plans, it mentions an annexe to the Report of the Subcommittee on Pre-war Intellgence about WMDs. However, I have not been able to find this annexe on the internet. Could you provide a link where this information can be found?
== Robert Wangila ==
''Moved from [[Robert Wangila]]'':
:Was Robert Wangila the only person in olympic history to knockout 5 people???
In case it's not clear, Wangila was a boxer who won an Olympic gold for Kenya in the welterweight division in Seoul. --[[User:Robert Merkel|Robert Merkel]] 6 July 2005 04:43 (UTC)
== 1948 London Olympics - photo of Duncan White ==
Hi
someone posted a photo of Duncan White winning Sri Lanka's (Ceylon's) only olympic meddal on here.
Duncan White is my husbands grandfather. I'd really like to get a copy of the picture for him, but it is too small a file size to simply print from wikipedia.
How can I get photos of him for my husband?
Thanks
Sirajade
sirajade@tiscali.co.uk
*I have left a note for [[User:Carolaman|the user who uploaded the image]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 13:40:44 (UTC)
== Forest Management in the United States of America ==
Is there any reference to Forest Management in the United States of America?
I am a Professional Forester and I am interested in land area, growth and harvest statistics.
Is there any reference to these by States?
Would appreciate it if such is available.
Richard Wheeler
Sacramento, California
:I would be really surprised if the [[United States Forest Service]] in all its statistics available [http://www.fedstats.gov/key_stats/FSkey.html here] and [http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00public.html here] didn't have that information somewhere. [[User:Lupo|Lupo]] July 6, 2005 15:38 (UTC)
== Who is the Violinist ==
[[Image:PP4.jpg|frame]]
Does anybody know who this is? I found it in article, it only said "Violinist Joaquin 'Chino' Gutierrez" and then says he was the only one accepted into Munich's Musikhochschule in Summer of 2004, but no background info. And does anyone have info on the teacher, called Jens Ellermann, who was allegedly teacher of [[Gil Shaham]] and [[Midori]] (accdg. to article). Searched both names on Wiki, no results. Thanks. [[User:Don Diego|Don Diego]] 6 July 2005 16:23 (UTC)
*Well, it's Joaquin 'Chino' Gutierrez. A quick Google search shows that he's a 12-year-old Filipino math and music prodigy. Another quick search shows lots of mentions of Jens Ellerman. Always helps to try Google first -- it takes manual labor to get stuff into Wikipedia, so a lot of information (most information, actually) isn't here yet. --[[User:Jpgordon|jpgordon]][[User talk:Jpgordon|∇∆∇∆]] 6 July 2005 21:21 (UTC)
:And I thought Wikipedia was a "complete" encyclopedia. Pity, that it isn't. Still, thanks a lot. [[User:Don Diego|Don Diego]] 6 July 2005 22:32 (UTC)
:: i seriously hope you aren't serious about that remark, as a "complete" encyclopedia is kinda impossible. i doubt many others contain the ammount on info wikipedia currently has. [[User:Boneyard|Boneyard]] 7 July 2005 08:28 (UTC)
::What you mean like articles on classes of Star Trek ship that were only mentioned once on the TV series? :-) [[User:DJ Clayworth|DJ Clayworth]] 7 July 2005 17:37 (UTC)
== Mrs. Bennet ==
Adam Gopnik's article on [[William Dean Howells]] in [[The New Yorker]] described Mrs. Howells as a "Mrs. Bennet". From the context, I gather it means shrewish, but what is the allusion to? My Brewer's fails me. [[User:66.213.119.98|66.213.119.98]] 6 July 2005 18:23 (UTC) (aka [[User:PedanticallySpeaking]])
*Try [[Pride and Prejudice]], which says "Mrs. Bennet is determined to see each of her five daughters successfully married to a gentleman of sufficient fortune." [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-06 18:38:36 (UTC)
[[Jane Austen]] sums up Mrs Bennet's character like this:
:She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
[[User talk:Gdr|Gdr]] 7 July 2005 00:03 (UTC)
== Motto ==
A while ago I came across a certain motto along the lines of "foreign to this land, native to the world." Unfortunately I don't remember the source or context. I was wondering if anyone around here has seen it before too and whether a Latin translation exists (if not, could someone try to translate it?). Many thanks. -- [[User:Rune.welsh|Rune Welsh]] [[User_talk:Rune.welsh|ταλκ]] July 6, 2005 19:37 (UTC)
:Could it be "[[Socrates|I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world]]"? [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/sci.lang/messages/1e9bc804eb7a808a,3d75140cb0095a20,d588e5efbff611ea,df5812d5c451d024,0030828ffb25fb2a,1a2171cad4f72369,89e28472cba7ea42,1e8da43350ce9e5a,e6ea7e7d21495839,e5f5494185ddc53d?hl=en&thread_id=6b3c7be872501e5f&mode=thread&noheader=1&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fsci.lang%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F6b3c7be872501e5f%2F1e9bc804eb7a808a%3Ftvc%3D1%26#doc_d588e5efbff611ea]
:[[User:Chocolateboy|chocolateboy]] 6 July 2005 22:06 (UTC)
:Or could it be "All lands are our home; all people are our kin" - the one in the infobox in [[Tamil people]] - a translation of the opening line of a poem by the classical Tamil poet Kanian Poongundranaar. -- [[User:Sundar|Sundar]] <sup>\[[User talk:Sundar|talk]] \[[Special:Contributions/Sundar|contribs]]</sup> July 7, 2005 08:14 (UTC)
== How to find good doctors and hospitals in Mexico? ==
'''In the U.S. you can check hospitals with the following web site:
www.qualitycheck.org You can order JCAHO's performance reports
(on a particular hospital) free of charge by calling 630-792-5800.
To Rate hospitals in your Zip- use http://www.leapfroggroup.org/home,
but how do the get similar information on hospitals in Mexico?
Also, to get information on doctors in the U.S. one can use these web sites
Licensed Doctors in all states-- http://www.fsmb.org/members.htm
Board certified U.S. and Foreign Specialists certified in U.S. http://www.abms.org/,
but again how do you get similar information in Mexico?'''
Ed
There are lots of dimensions to "good", and it sort of depends on the problem as well: 2 important dimensions are speaking the same language and being familiar with the diagnoses and way of thinking of American medical culture (so doctor and patient share ways of thinking and talking about the body and disease). If I were looking for a doctor there I would try to make contact with Americans over 40 who have lived or worked in the city where you are for more than a few months. They have likely had personal experience or would have heard reputations or would have contacts that could point you in the right direction. Hotel concierges are at least likely to know those who speak English and want to provide you service, which would be a start if you have no contacts at all. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 11:09 (UTC)
:American consulates keep lists of doctors who claim to speak English (I use the term ''claim'' from experiance...). '''These are not recommendations''', but it is a good a place to start as any. [[User:Physchim62|Physchim62]] 7 July 2005 11:18 (UTC)
== Rainbow Monkey ==
How can I get one of this for my daughter?
I'm writing from Cyprus. Can I buy one from internet? Pls advise
:[[Rainbow Monkeys]] are a fictional product and cannot be purchased. Sorry. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|✎]] 7 July 2005 17:52 (UTC)
== Significance test between two sets of data ==
I've got two sets of data which, when plotted as a scatter graph, show two lines with a negative gradient, one slightly above the other. What statistical test can I perform to show whether one is significantly higher than the other?
i.e my graphs, when plotted with their trend lines, looks something like
|
|
| \
| \ \
| \ \
| \ \
| \ \
|___________________________
...and I want to show that the line on top is significantly different from the line on the bottom. Note that the lines may not be exactly parallel (or even exactly straight...).
Thanks!
:Well I slept through a lot of that part of my stats classes, but I think that is just an [[ANOVA]] problem. At most, translate the data along one of their regression lines so that they are essentially vertical, then do the ANOVA on their mean X values. Off the top of my head that's the only way to do it to avoid the complication of [[MANOVA]]. Our anova article doesn't give you anything about how to do it, but you should be able to find lots of info on the web or in a decent practical stats or data analysis textbook. Hopefully someone else can provide a more definitive answer. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 7, 2005 16:13 (UTC)
There's an [[ANOVA]] Applet [http://socr.stat.ucla.edu/Applets.dir/AnovaApplet.html here] that does the calculation for you (I've never been forced to do one by hand in any stat class), but I think you don't need to do an ANOVA test if your data has error bars. A weighted [[linear regression]] should produce error values for your slope and intercept. If your slopes are within error of eachother but the intercepts are two or more σ apart, then that's something like 95% confidence that they're different as most weighted regressions assume a [[normal distribution]] for each point. That's how a physicist rather than a statistician would do it. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 18:00 (UTC)
:Using the intercepts in that way without translating the data is very non-robust. Small changes in the slopes can change the intercepts by a lot depending on the data. Your method basically involves trying to decide based on one point, while ANOVA basically gets information from the whole dataset. I'm still not sure there's not a more standard way than what I proposed, but sorry, I know your's isn't good. :) I'll see if I can't ask a friend of mine who is a statistician what he would do if no one else gets to it. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Taxman|Talk]]</sup></small> July 7, 2005 20:36 (UTC)
== Disabled people and how they cope ==
Hi. I was just wondering about what therapies they used for people in wheelchairs. Also, are there any specially made houses for them. And what is the biggest size for a wheelchair.
== loratadine ==
Is loratadine safe for dogs'allergies?
:Ask a [[Veterinarian|vet]] (and realize that most drugs are not completely safe). ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 7 14:03 (UTC)
I would be very careful giving dogs [[antihistamine]]s without first asking a vet. I know that [[benadryl]] in particular acts completely differently in dogs than humans; my vet has told me it's actually more effective against motion sickness for dogs than [[dramamine]] because of the difference in pathways between the species. Even over the phone your vet may be able to recommend something.
I don't know what type of allergies you're dealing with here, but I used to have a [[Golden Retriever]] with bad skin and ear allergies. They're vastly improved by switching to a food with fish (the essential fatty acids such as [[omega-3]] are important for skin and immune system health). I know that [[Iams]] and [http://www.canidae.com Canidae] both produce lines with a balanced diet including fish. I also avoid foods that list any animal byproducts as ingredients. Some people also swear by switching to an oatmeal shampoo, but in my experience the food that goes in is more imporant than any treatment you can apply externally including prescription ear drops and such. --[[User:Laurascudder|Laura Scudder]] | [[User talk:Laurascudder|Talk]] 7 July 2005 18:15 (UTC)
== communion ==
why the use of unleavened bread in your [[eucharist|communion]]?
Not knowing what "your" refers to, it is hard to give a denomination-specific answer. While there has been much controversy and disagreement in past centuries over the nature of the [[eucharist]] and its relationship to Christ, the form of the bread is generally considered [[adiaphora]] theologically. Adiaphora is a useful greek word used in [[theology]] to indicate something of "indifference" from a doctrinal perspective. In other words, it is a matter of local church custom not worth disputing. A simple practical reason some churches use unleavened hosts is that they keep longer than baked bread. Does that answer your question? [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 12:50 (UTC)
Actually there is a theological reason too. Communion derives from the Jewish [[Passover]] - Jesus was celebrating passover when he instituted communion. The part of the Passover that most resembles a Christain communion involves unleavened bread. But as Alteripse said, practice varies. As a rule Catholics use wafers, Protestants use regular bread and Anglicans vary, but there are a lot of exceptions even to that. [[User:DJ Clayworth|DJ Clayworth]] 7 July 2005 17:32 (UTC)
:I know that many Orthodox churches use leavened bread as a sign of the Resurrection, and some Protestant groups use leavened bread for adiaphora reasons. However, the [[Roman Catholic Church]] uses unleavened bread universally, and it is forbidden to use any other substance. (There are very clear rubrics on Eucharistic matters, which must be followed to the letter.)
:The reason for using unleavened bread is usually cited as the [[Last Supper]]. Most churches see the [[Eucharist]] as instituted at the Last Supper (when Christ said "this is my body" "this is my blood"), and the Gospels record that the Last Supper was the [[Passover]] meal. Part of the Passover custom is to remove all leaven from the home, and leavened bread is not present during Passover meals. Jesus would therefore have used unleavened bread for the first Eucharist, and in light of that, the tradition continues in many Churches. -- [[User:Essjay|Essjay]] · [[User_talk:Essjay| Talk]] July 7, 2005 17:36 (UTC)
== Lotto in Germany ==
Can someone please explain how the lottery in Germany works? I want to bet but I don't know how it works. --anon
:You get poorer. They get richer. --[[User:Heron|Heron]] 7 July 2005 19:33 (UTC)
*If you don't know how it works, its probably a bad idea to bet in this lottery. I would not recommend trying it anyway. - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] July 7, 2005 21:27 (UTC)
I want information, not advice. What I do is my choice. Give me the rules of the US lottery then, bec. by analogy, if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. Please.
== Is Wikipedia's Political Slant Left? ==
I happened upon Ann Coulter's page within the Wikipedia site and after reading it, it seemed to really point out lots of negative details of her past. I then chose to go to see how Al Franken's page compared. Compared to Ann's, Al's page is very stripped down and streamlined, clean, no controversies highlighted. I then went to several other pages including both conservative and liberal subjects and noticed the same trend. Why is that?
:From an American political standpoint a lot of Wikipedia editors probably lean left, but there are lots of editors on the far right end of the spectrum too. American politics leans very far to the right. So centre- to right-of-centre Europeans are, by American definitions, liberals. Wikipedians also tend to be young and literate, a demographic which leans further to the left than do older and less literate demographics. But you pick a bad pair of article to contrast - Al Franken doesn't spend his time making such obviously ridiculous statements as Coulter. Coulter is basically a troll, only she does it in old media. So of course she is surrounded by controvery - she goes out looking for it. To leave that out of an article would be whitewashing it. I am unaware of similar controvery surrounding Franken. Sure, he's a partisan, sure his book titles are inflammatory...but FOX News ''sued him'' for using the words "fair and balanced". His controversies don't leave him looking ridiculous, hers do. Moore is treated in a similar way to Coulter because he is also inclined to make outrageous statements. [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]] 7 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)
::To clarify a bit: Wikipedia's official editorial policy is to provide a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]]—one that represents all reasonable points of view fairly and does not exhibit bias on matters of opinion. That is, we aim not to have a political slant at all. It's difficult for writers to see their own biases; perhaps we just have more liberal editors writing on political figures. If you have suggestions for making these articles more neutral, start or join a discussion on the talk page. Coulter is a more controversial figure than Franken, from what I've seen, so in an effort to make all sides happy with the state of the article, every last point has to be taken out and discussed, and it looks like that's still going on. [[User:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]] [[User talk:Mindspillage|(spill yours?)]] 7 July 2005 17:48 (UTC)
:::To comment a bit further: Wikipedia explicitly supports only the concept of NPOV - or "neutral point of view". If you find an article that is not written in a neutral point of view, please feel free to discuss about it on the talk page, get involved, and edit it! The idea is, articles on Wikipedia are always work in progress. They might not be perfectly neutral when you first encounter them, but hopefully with a series of goodwilled edits, they improve and approach the ideal NPOV. Granted, this might not be realizable immediately, but you've got to admit, it's a pretty noble cause to achieve over time. Sometimes, you'll encounter articles that are slightly leaning left, then 3 months later, slightly leaning to the right, and maybe a year later as neutral as humanly possible :-) --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 7 July 2005 17:51 (UTC)
:Maybe you're experiencing a [[hostile media effect]]. I think Wikipedia, in general, is pretty good in terms of bias. Most articles that have NPOV problems are labelled as such. I have seen various talk pages asserting bias from the left and the right, which inclines me to think that Wikipedia is pretty much where it should be. The one place where Wikipedia may have a [[liberal bias]] is in it's insistance on being completely secular. Wikipedia strives to be [[moral relativism|morally relativistic]] which probably puts us at odds with some religious fundamentalists on the right. --[[User:Cvaneg|CVaneg]] 7 July 2005 18:36 (UTC)
Folks, just go look at the pages I spoke of before you start telling me that I'm "experiencing a hostile media effect". I'm not interested in having anyone on the left or right tell me where I stand, I know where I stand. And allow me to apologize for not clarifying the political scale of American left and right.
There is also an unmistakable slant toward "cultural" rather than political progressivism. You can find arguments from political right and left on many pages, but no one here speaks up for the majority of human societies which support/have supported non-progressive views on gender and sexuality issues. If they do, they are quickly reverted or driven away with self-righteous hostility. It is so all-pervasive, like in modern western, urban culture, that most of the editors don't even realize it is a minority perspective and quite controversial in a global perspective. See for example the discussion in [[talk:gender role]] and the article. So I agree that wikipedia is very much a product of western, liberal, city, progressive editors and that is the dominant perspective. [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 7 July 2005 19:48 (UTC)
I <u>do</u> have the impression that Wikipedia is politically slanted to the left. Take a look, for example, at the [[Lawrence Kudlow]] article I mentioned [[#Lawrence Kudlow|above on this same page]]. There are few people who want to edit the article, probably in part because Kudlow has conservative tendencies.
Then you can look at the history of the article about [[Paul Krugman]], who has quarreled on [[CNBC]] with [[Lawrence Kudlow]] on [[Bullseye (CNBC)|Bullseye]] and with [[Bill O'Reilly]] on [[Tim Russert]]'s program. You see that, before, the article did not even mention an iota of his liberal viewpoints.
But despite of that, you see that, since, the Paul Krugman article has been modified a bit. So I suggest that you do the same to articles you don't agree with, or at least discuss what you don't like on the talk pages. You can edit the [[Ann Coulter]] or the [[Al Franken]] article, for example.
What [[User:Guettarda]] from [[Trinidad and Tobago]] said above on this section ("So centre- to right-of-centre Europeans are, by American definitions, liberals") is nonsense. [[Gerhard Schröder]], for example, is from a left party, and I don't think that Americans with conservative tendencies would perceive him as pro-American or "conservative". That is absolute nonsense and "Quatsch".
What is true is that Wikipedia is edited by many people from different countries, and many of those people have [[Anti-American]] tendencies, so in many cases you are going to feel like articles are "left-leaning". That many people around the world are Anti-American is a fact, and there are always gonna be those kind of people. I take it for granted. It's a reality. 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 7, 2005 20:26 (UTC)
I think it should be noted that Wikipedia is often left and often right. There is a quite a bit of controversy around Al Frankten that isn't represented here. On the other hand if you look at [[Answers in Genesis]] there is no controversy there either. Wikipedia is by no means perfect however the goal is NPOV. [[User:Falphin|Falphin]] 7 July 2005 20:48 (UTC)
== General Black Jack Pershing, Vs, Quealling of the Muslims in Philippines 1909 - 1910 ==
Can you give any account on the actions of General
Black Jack Pershing ? 1909 as miltery Governor of the
Moro province and the insurection of the Muslim
Terrorist, How did it end ? {{unsigned|Alertjoe.@midtel.net|2005-07-07 13:12:08 CDT}}
I assume you've looked at [[John J. Pershing]]. It doesn't seem to answer your question. You might try asking on that article's [[Talk:John J. Pershing|talk page]]. [[User:Bovlb|Bovlb]] 2005-07-07 18:26:01 (UTC)
== Hertfordshire geography ==
I recently read on a website that there is either a town or village in Hertfordshire that is called "Owles". I cannot find any other information on it. Does anyone know anythng about it?
Elizabeth
:Searching Multimap's [[gazetteer]] doesn't find anywhere - there's an Owlswick in nearby Buckinghamshire, but it looks like a minuscule hamlet. [[User:Warofdreams|Warofdreams]] 7 July 2005 21:08 (UTC)
:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=owles%20hertfordshire%20england ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] 2005 July 7 21:51 (UTC)
:: Search http:www.getamap.co.uk reveals nothing for "Owles"; "Owls", "Owl" reveals:
* [[Owlsmoor]], [[Bracknell Forest.]
* [[Owlet]], Bradford
* [[Owlswick]], [[Buckinghamshire]]
* [[Owl End]] [[Cambridgeshire ]]
* [[Owlcotes]] [[Derbyshire ]]
* [[Owler Bar]], Derbyshire
* [[Owlpen]], [[Gloucestershire]]
* [[Owlerton]], [[Sheffield]]
* [[Owlthorpe]], Sheffield
== [[Plame]] case ==
Being on the wrong side of the Atlantic, I haven't kept up-to-date enough on the case details. But why isn't [[Robert Novak]] facing jail time instead of Judith Miller? Has he ever said where the leak came from? Wasn't he the guy who broke the story in the first place?
== Reference desk duplication ==
Seems that some questions have been duplicated. I can't figure out how to fix it. Could someone please look into it? I thought I fixed it earlier, but apparently after my edit, some questions were still duplicated. --[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] 7 July 2005 22:36 (UTC)
== Etymology of "ten hut"! ==
What is the etymology of the military phrase, "ten hut"? We assume that it means "attention", but how did the actual spelling evolve?
== Format of "local part" of [[e-mail address]]es ==
Is there any kind of standard (e.g. an [[RFC]]) on the Interent that says how to create a "local part" (=identifier or username) of an [[e-mail address]]? For example, if a person is called "John Smith", then what should be the part of the e-mail address before the [[at sign]] (@)? Should it be "jsmith" or "smithj" or "johnsmith" or "smithjohn" or "jsm", or anything else? Is there a standard, or does it just depend on the taste of the "[[webmaster]]s" of Internet domains? 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 7, 2005 23:38 (UTC)
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