| Revision as of 18:11, 4 December 2014 editDragons flight (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Extended confirmed users, Rollbackers, Template editors25,792 edits →the sentencing month: comment← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 11:06, 10 January 2025 edit undoViennese Waltz (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers13,496 editsmNo edit summary | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{Short description|Wikimedia Project Page}} | |||
| <noinclude>{{Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/header|WP:RD/M}}{{pp-move-indef}} | |||
| <noinclude>{{Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/header|WP:RD/M}} | |||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ]</noinclude> | |||
| </noinclude> | |||
| = November 28 = | |||
| = December 27 = | |||
| == Office cubicles; a US phenomenon? == | |||
| == ], Melissa Nathan,&U.S. presidential candidates == | |||
| Our ] article seems to be focussed mainly on the US (as sadly are many articles), but in this case I wonder if that is because the office cubicle is actually mainly a US phenomenon. Now, I work in academia in the UK, and all bets are off there, but I've never seen cubicles in a European office environment. Mind you, I haven't seen many commercial offices, so hence my question. Are cubicle offices common at all outside of the US? Maybe in Asia? ] (]) 16:40, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :What do you have instead of cubicles? A wide-open sea of desks? People seem to forget that cubicles were intended to be an improvement on that kind of environment. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 16:47, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Well, in one of my workplaces I'm in a small office with 8 desks or so, and in my second workplace with 2 desks. But yes, in general, I think that's what happens. That's why I'm asking the question, I don't know. I don't see however, why anybody would want to work in a cubicle, no chance of having a chat or even seeing someone else? Surely it's lethally boring? But I digress. ] (]) | |||
| I work in cubicle enviroment in Bulgaria, Europe. If you take the first picture in the article as reference- there are 7 of max 8 panels used to separate the space. Here 4 of 8 panels are used and cubicals are arranged into larger "cubicles" of 6-8 desk cubicles.] (]) 16:58, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm in the UK, and I've only once worked in an office with individual cubicles. It was an insurance company, we weren't allowed to talk to each other and we just kept our heads down and got on with our own work. Which meant that when the girl who opened the mail went off on maternity leave, nobody opened a single item of mail for several weeks. That's when they brought me in from the temp agency. I only lasted a couple of weeks. But I've never worked in a completely open-plan office either. Usually you would have sections divided off with standing partitions or banks of filing cabinets, inside which you'd have maybe eight or twelve desks, some of them back-to-back in groups, with the section manager usually having his/her own stand-alone desk. It's a decent compromise between individual cubicles and open-plan, more sociable and less dehumanising than either, and means people voluntarily pitch in to cover when others in their team are absent, because they know what everybody does and how much they depend on each other. My current employer tried to introduce rotation and hot-desking a few years ago (as part a misbegotten attempt to organise a service activity according to ]), but it didn't take. --] (]) 17:23, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *The IP geolocates to Cardiff. The UK certainly has cubicles in its more modern (London) office buildings, which you can see from simply watching British TV. ] (]) 17:29, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Black Cube has a wikipedia article, Melissa Nathan is mentioned in the article ]. Both are googleable. My question is if either Black Cube or Melissa Nathan were ever hired to discredit ] or ]? I realize that in Melissa Nathan's case, if she had been hired for that, it would probably have been before she formed The Agency Group PR.] (]) 06:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :: I've seen cubicles on only two UK sites, both intended for individual employee study/training rather than as an employee's fixed workplace, and one of them was more than ten years ago. (I have some little experience of German sites, but didn't see any cubicles there either.) | |||
| :The link should have been to ]. --] 19:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::What ''are'' extremely common in open-plan UK offices are the half-height dividing partitions between rows of desks and at the end of rows of desks. These are at approximately shoulder level when the employee is seated, so that the employee can converse with the person opposite them by looking straight across the partition; but will not see the person opposite them if they are looking down at work on their desk or at their computer screen (depending on placement). They're also soft-coated so they are effective in deadening noise, and you can stick printouts of ] cartoons (complete with portrayals of cubicles), or calendars or other appropriate items, to them. They also have the effect that whatever is on your desk is partially private, since no-one sees it unless they either walk up behind you (analogous to "entering" a cubicle employee's cubicle) or stand opposite you and peer over the partition (which would be an uncommon way to behave.) --] (]) 19:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Griggsville, Missouri? == | |||
| :::I thought shoulder-height barriers were what were meant by cubicles, not beehive chambers. Only on Seinfeld did Americans work in closets. ] (]) 19:55, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| The ] article claims (without a source) that he was born in ]. I can find no evidence whatever that such a place has ever existed. There is a ], which is about 20 miles northeast of the IL/MO border (which I think is the river, and presumably was in 1889). Was there really a Griggsville in Missouri, or is this a simple mistake? The only substantive author (to the biographical part of the article) is long departed Misplaced Pages. -- ]'''··–·'''] 20:12, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Shoulder-height partitions when ''standing'' is the (now slightly outdated) American way. Search "The Matrix Escaping from Work Scene HD" on YouTube to see what I mean. As I said, shoulder height or slightly below when ''sitting'', is the UK way, if partitions are used at all. --] (]) 03:51, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I can't find an obit for Fiske in Newspapers.com, and the Findagrave entry simply says he was born in Missouri. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:37, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| : I wondered if it might be something to do with the Mississippi changing its course, but it seems not. However, if Griggsville, Illinois is correct, he could be added to that article's '''Notable person''' section, doubling its complement! | |||
| :The 'Missouri' inclusion was (as you may have noted) in the article as created in 2005, so at least we know it's not the result of vandalism. | |||
| :I notice that the <u>Un</u>reliable sources IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and the Internet Broadway Database also state Griggsville, Missouri, which may of course have been taken from Misplaced Pages, and Find a Grave gives merely Missouri. However, The Movie Database does give Griggsville, Illinois. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 21:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Indications in Ancestry.com are that he was merely born "in Missouri", not a specific city that I've found. Even though the original article writer has been offline for over 9 years, maybe his email still works? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :: I'm wondering if there is some circular ] between ourselves, Findagrave, and IMDb. I too considered the "moving river" hypothesis, but it's much too far away. -- ]'''··–·'''] 22:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Whoever said "no one in the US builds cubicles anymore" must not have been in any US offices. Google "Steelcase cubicles" and you'll see a major cubicle-builder. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 22:59, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::: '''' (1977) confirms he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. No danger of citogenesis there. The search term "Griggsville, MO" throws up a few non-Fiske results on Google and Google Books, but I can't find precisely where it is. --] (]) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC) Ah, here we are, it's in ] . --] (]) 10:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Griggsville, IL, is also in ] and if you given on that web site you also land in Illinois. The two Pike Counties are direct neighbours, but there's no indication of any common history or even a shift in the state border. --] (]) 10:15, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::That sounds ominous. Also, the more of my Google and Google Books hits I follow up, the fewer check out. The evidence that this place ever existed outside of Fiske's say-so looks rather slight. is one cite from 1907, and there are one or two more from the 19th century, but confusion with Griggsville, IL can't be ruled out. --] (]) 10:46, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| : Thanks everyone. I'll flag the birthplace in the article is questionable (and the whole article as poorly sourced), but I think there's enough uncertainty for me to not "fix" it. And I'll refer to this discussion on the talk page, for the (probably very unlikely event) that some future person cares enough about this rather minor actor to do more thorough research. Thank you. -- ]'''··–·'''] 08:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::Well, that was a reliable source, not a vendor. I would agree, though, that many US businesses are still determined to try to use this method of control. While, at the same time, companies in most other continents avoid it. That's what the OP was asking about. --] (]) 01:46, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :: |
::One thing I noticed in Newspapers.com is that Missouri papers that referred to Griggsville usually made it clear that they were talking about the one in Illinois. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 14:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
| ], I just ran a ] search, and all three results were Illinois-related. GNIS sometimes misidentifies locations, e.g. many historic plantations in Tidewater Virginia are misidentified as unincorporated communities, but the concept of them outright omitting something as obvious as a settlement — which certainly would show up on USGS quads — is extremely unlikely. ] (]) 01:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| : Thanks for following up on this. This leads me to be sure enough that the rather poor source for this claim in the article is just wrong (whether Griggsville, Missouri, or both), and we're better off saying nothing than repeating a claim this weak. -- ]'''··–·'''] 18:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Every office you've ever worked in, Baseball Bugs, has been in the USA. Do you remember the OP's question? --] (]) 04:46, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Yes. Somebody was saying the US doesn't do cubicles anymore. That's false. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 04:48, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| = December 28 = | |||
| *I am surprised to learn I was really in London all this time, not New York. Not only was my cubicle shoulder high as I sat, I could raise the seat itself, and regularly communicated with the women surrounding me. ] (]) 02:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :*The OP didn't ask about New York. --] (]) 04:46, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::My hovercraft is full of eels? ] (]) 22:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That explains the problem - you can only see over the partition because you are afloat inside your own hovercraft. Mostly in/on a mixture made from jellied eels. | |||
| == Why do news reporters name the programme they are reporting for? == | |||
| ::::I am quite sure that using the interior of a hovercraft as office space is not especially cost-effective. --] (]) | |||
| is an example by BBC News. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 05:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Possible Burundi centenarian == | |||
| :You have linked to a BBC TV program where at 0:40 the presenter introduces "''Our science correspondent ]"'' who signs off his report "''Pallab Ghosh, BBC News''". His report includes statements by two experts each identified by name and affiliation. The video typifies the high standard of journalism where BBC emphasize distinction between source and editorial content. Incidentally, a good BBC TV reporter tends to become a ] (the likes of ], ], ], ], ], Michael Buchanan and more). <small>Edit: I apologise to Pallab Ghosh for initially misspelling his name and thank Antiquary for correcting me.</small> ] (]) 11:19, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| I have found an old article which says that Lazaro Busuku a 96 year old man from Burundi moved to Omaha in 2007. I would like to know is he still alive because now he would be 103 years old and probably first centenarian and oldest known person ever from Burundi. But if he has passed away is there any article or obituary about him? ] (]) 18:04, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::], but I'm sure he's used to it. --] (]) 11:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::As I understand the question, it is not why reporters identify <u>themselves</u>, but why for instance Ghosh does not sign off by simply saying "''Pallab Ghosh''", full stop. --] 10:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::It's a standard practice, which might even be in their contracts. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 11:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I seem to recall American channels using clips from the BBC. Such sign offs would serve to identify the source in these cases.--] (]) (]) 17:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: THat was my thinking, too. These days they tend to have on-screen watermarks, but reporters still sign off with "Jennifer Superior Bitch, Infinity News. Alex". -- ] </sup></span>]] 20:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Navigation lights == | |||
| :Have you searched for an obituary under his name, which is certainly not going to be common in Nebraska? You can also call the state coroner or whatever they call that position in NE. I only found my estranged cousin had died of complications from a brain tumor by calling the relevant dept. In Pennsylvania. ] (]) 20:02, 28 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Does the fact that aeroplane/ship navigation lights are green and red cause problems for pilots who are red-green colour blind? How do they deal with that? Can they even become pilots? ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 22:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::He's in the Omaha phone book for 2014. That doesn't mean for sure that he is still alive, but it suggests he probably is. Note though that ages for people from countries like Burundi are often not very well documented. ] (]) 15:45, 29 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I couldn't be a pilot because of my red-green colour blindness, but people with a mild version can apparently - is a link to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority's guidance on colour vision requirements. ] (]) 23:25, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::In NY State there is no legal right to maintain a local residential phone number listing under the name of a dead person; but so long as no one complains, and the bill is paid, or even if the bill is changed to the name of a third party, the listing will not change unless someone gives cause or complaint. For many decades, the name ''Howshall, Harry P.'' was listed in the Philadelphia white pages, but i have not been able to find a recent listing. ] (]) 02:54, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::How fascinating. Thanks. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 00:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Similarly, red-green colourblind people may not be able to become helmsmen. | |||
| :You might think it would have been more convenient to make those lights red and cyan, as far fewer people are red-blue colourblind, but when navigation lights on ships were introduced, bright blueish lights couldn't be made. That only became possible with ]s. Traffic lights and railway signals these days (often using ]s) use a slightly blueish green, so that most colourblind people can see the difference between red and green. ] (]) 11:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::They could have agreed (and still could agree) on assigning distinct flashing patterns, like •••'''——''' and '''—'''••'''—'''• . --] 20:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::Flashing patterns would be a very poor method for aircraft and probably ships also. Navigation lights are meant to give a quick indication of the relative position and heading of another aircraft/vessel. When seeing navigation lights a pilot instantly has an indication of the relative flight direction of the other aircraft based on which red/green/white lights are visible. Also there are already the ]s, red flashing beacon on the tail at least and white flashing strobes on the wingtips and tail. How could a pilot possibly decode flashing lights reliably enough and quickly enough to determine relative heading? ](]) 18:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wouldn't that be a problem because the sky/ocean is blue? I understand that the lights are used at night so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 22:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::It would involve more complex lighting circuits/equipment and massive world-wide retrofitting, which (I suggest) would be prohibitively expensive, to solve a relatively minor 'problem' more easily answered by simply not employing colour-blind people in the relevant positions. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 13:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Flashing lights have been used on lighthouses for a long time. They use an assembly of lenses and shutters rotating around a fixed light, using a low-friction bearing. This works fine for stationary lighthouses, but is more problematic on moving ships. There's more wear and the lens assembly could jam or rotate at variable speed. Better to use an electric light, switched repeatedly by a rotating switch powered by an electric motor (all available late 19th century), but both switch and lamp have to switch reliably at least a million times. No problem today, but there's still the issue of recognising a flashing pattern if it's intermittently obscured. It's considered acceptable for lighthouses and buoys, which are usually more or less where you expect them to be, but a moving ship may be a different matter. ] (]) 14:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :When I answered telephones and sold passenger tickets for Eurostar I had to pass an ], the same as ] and ]. ] (]) 21:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Depending on the signalling system, train drivers may also have to discriminate red from yellow/amber. This is less important for road users. And states of tracks and signals are colour-coded on the computer monitors of signalmen, but it should only take a simple software update to accommodate colourblind signalmen. (Yes, there're still some old-fashioned signal boxes in some countries; I've passed the one at ] on my way to Wales.) I don't see the objection against colourblind ticket sellers. ] (]) 11:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| = |
= December 29 = | ||
| == Domains == | |||
| == one website that advertises one's hobby and one website advertises one's assignment == | |||
| Are Eritrea's .er and Belarus's .by ever used in domain hacks? .er could be used in shortcut to Blogger, blogg.er, like goo.gl and youtu.be, and .by could be used in domains such as drive.by and in Nordic place namesmas ''by'' means "village" in Swedish and "city" in Norwegian and Danish. And can South Africa's .za and India's .in be used directly after the main part, such as in piz.za and drive.in? Also, can .pl, .cz, .sk and .hu addresses contain diacritics, such as gdańsk.pl, česko.cz, košice.sk and magyarország.hu? --] (]) 10:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| Is there a website that allows you to advertise your hobby for example photography and videography of female feet? also, is there a website that allows you to advertise your assignment for example assignment of female feet photos and videos as part of photography and videography assignment? just asking. nothing curious. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 16:33, 29 November 2014 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| : |
:See ]. ] (]) 11:30, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | ||
| :Plusimpavidus has only answered the last sentencee. | |||
| :The answer to the first part is entirely dependent on the policy of the controller of the ccTLD in question, and that controller may or may not publish a policy. Technically, of course they could be used: the government of Tonga sells ] domains to any interested party, as I presume you know. | |||
| :According to our article ] {{tq|The Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus allows for anyone (not only for those who reside in Belarus) to register a second level domain such as something.by}}, and it also says {{tq|he .by code is used for domain hack by institutions from the German state of Bavaria (German: Bayern), such as bayern.by, the Bavarian Tourism Agency. Since "by" means "town" or "city" in Norwegian, it's also used by some Norwegian newspapers, such as osl.by for an Oslo newspaper, and trd.by for a Trondheim newspaper}}, however, neither of these statements appear to be sourced. When I just tried it, trd.by seems to redirect to a Norwegian casino site. | |||
| :Our articles ] and ] say nothing about whether the ccTLDs are available to anybody outside Eritrea and South Africa respectively. ] doesn't explicitly address the question, but in talking about the use of subdomains it repeats "in India" several times. ] (]) 20:38, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Colored asphalt markings == | |||
| :And if you want something where specifically foot photography might be welcomed, you might try ]. ] (]) 15:49, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| What's the purpose of on street grounds? I've seen them in multiple places in ] (typically in non-traffic places, such as sidewalks) where they've stayed for several months or even years without being erased. From what I've read, those marks can be made for some roadworks, but I'm not sure. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| I might have made a mistake. What I mean was that I wanted models to be my foot models regardless of their ethnicity, religion and race, and I wanted to post that modelling as advertisement. Sorry. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 23:54, 2 December 2014 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| :I've seen them used for several purposes, mostly for marking the course of some underground pipe or cable, but also for marking a distance such as 500m from a given spot. In the first case, there is a sequence of similar markings, not too far apart from each other. In the second case the marking is usually accompanied by a number or some code. --] 20:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == state dept. == | |||
| ::See ]. --] (]) 22:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :In my experience (UK) they appear in preparation for invasive ground works, most recently in our road prior to the installation of the third set of broadband cables under our pavement. Apparently, existing suppliers and their customers get sniffy if new upstart suppliers not only add their own cables, but put a shovel through the existing cables in the process! Different colours may denote gas, water and telecommunication lines. | |||
| Do they offer visits to the public?] (]) 18:18, 29 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :There is also an occasional rash of markings that outline potholes; whether this is done to guide the repairers of potholes, or as a placebo to pacify local road users, is not always clear. It is possible that the process accompanies the calculation of a cost for the work; the expenditure may not be forthcoming.{{cn}} <span class="nowrap">] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></span> 21:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :They have (you have to register for a tour in advance). I imagine most of the rest of the place is just boring offices; a tour of them probably wouldn't be very interesting. ] (]) 18:34, 29 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks all. ]<sup>]</sup> 11:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :: <small> That's exactly what they want you to assume. Does the sinistry (sp: sinisterness? sinistrality? sinistrousness?) of their cunning know no bounds? -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 19:18, 30 November 2014 (UTC) </small> | |||
| :::<small>The BBC offers a virtual tour of the UK ], which they call In contrast, the (non-BBC) government's online presentation is The only shade of grey in all the minister and managers is in the one unphotographed guy, Googling to see any possible differences from , I found ] ] 21:54, ], ] (UTC)</small> | |||
| = January 1 = | |||
| =November 30= | |||
| ==Can I use this, and if so how?== | |||
| == Peugeot's rivalry == | |||
| This criminal trial transcript is available: | |||
| http://fg.j3224.co.uk/RvGParkJudgesSummingUp.pdf | |||
| Did Peugeot have any rivalry with other auto manufacturer that became famous or was famous but forgotten, like Lancia and Audi in 1983 and Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s? --Donmust90-- ] (]) 19:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Can it be used for the article: ]? If so, what citation guidelines do I need follow? | |||
| ] (]) 01:18, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :When does competition rise to the level of rivalry? ] was unexpectedly beaten in speed by ] in the ] race of June 1895. --] 00:07, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :No, it cannot be used in an article. The website hosting this material (fg.j3224.co.uk) does not qualify as a reliable source, the document claims to be subject to copyright (and not by the website hosting it), and we have no means to verify that it is authentic. (in future, please use the ] for such queries). ] (]) 01:24, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Peugeot, Citroën, Renault and ] were the big four French automakers post World War II - and therefore rivals. The first two have merged, Renault is still around, but Simca has disappeared. ] (]) 11:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Type of home design == | |||
| :::While the Simca brand, after having been acquired first by Chrysler and then PSA Peugeot Citroën, has disappeared, the factory in ] that Simca acquired from Ford France in 1954 is still in full operation. | |||
| :::The Lancia–Audi and Ford–Ferrari rivalries alluded to in the question were not about rivalry between companies, but rivalry between racing teams; see '']'' and '']''. --] 16:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| = January 3 = | |||
| Today I saw a house of a design that I've seen before and I'd like to know what the design or roof type is called. It was a two story home. The roof was flat and the second story exterior was quite heavily sloped. The exterior only widened maybe a foot or so from the top of the house to where the eaves hung over the first story. Yes, there were eaves but, as I described, they were very small as far as horizontal distance goes. Is there a name for this design? Thanks, <span style="font-family:monospace;">]</span>|] 02:16, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :]? --]''''']''''' 02:34, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Not a saltbox, I know saltboxes. I realize now that I left out the fact that the second story exterior wall was slanted on all four sides. There were no gable ends. <span style="font-family:monospace;">]</span>|] 02:43, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I'm having a hard time visualizing exactly what you're describing. Something like a ]? ] (]) 08:21, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Yes, like that. But the top of the house was flat, from what I could see. And there was no upper pitch to it. It was all one pitch which was very steep. Though I did notice that that article says "''The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building.''" <span style="font-family:monospace;">]</span>|] 09:03, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Mansards are often like that, with a minimally-sloped roof up top, or the mansard forms a parapet that hides a roof at a lower elevation. '''<font face="Arial">] <small>]</small></font>''' 01:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == |
== British weather website == | ||
| Is there any British weather website which has daily data for stations in the United Kingdom? The starlingroot.ddns.net is not working anymore, it worked a few months ago. The "Historic station data" page on MetOffice's website has only monthly data, and the MetOffice WOW - Weather Observations Website has only hourly data. And is there any English-language website having weather observations for different cities and countries in Europe, similar to e.g. Infoclimat? --] (]) 13:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| In which US states is it illegal to let your child wait in the car?--] (]) 20:41, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :The 20 states which have such a law are marked on a map in a '']'' article from this year: "". You can click on each state for details. only lists 19 states (the list is at least two years old), but you can read the actual legalese text for each state. ---] ] 21:08, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::That's very interesting. I wonder if (and where) there is a distinction between ''locking the child in the car'' (similar to how, if one puts a dog in a car and then closes the door, the dog can't get out), and ''leaving the child in the car'' (the child is 6 or over, and can quite happily release the ], open the door and exit the vehicle, or assert its wishes in other ways, if it is determined to do so). | |||
| :You might find windfinder.com useful. Although primarily aimed at coastal leisure activities, it also covers inland areas. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 03:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Leaving an 11-or-so child "home alone" for extended periods of time (a week?) in the UK often leads to the parent being arrested. But "in car alone" for ten minutes while the parent goes into a shop for a pint of milk? For 20 minutes? For 30 minutes? --] (]) 21:48, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :wunderground.com used to have this. IDK about now. ] (]) 18:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::Apparently, it's dangerous to either leave an American kid locked in the car or You ''could'' take him into the mall with you, but Leaving him with a relative or family friend seems reasonable, until you hear they abduct Thankfully, there's a ] (although our article says it provides a "safe place", in "scare quotes"). ] ] 22:27, ], ] (UTC) | |||
| = January 4 = | |||
| ::::Imagine that the child refuses to come shopping and wants to stay in the car. Must the parents beat the child to obedience, that the parents can follow the law?--] (]) 22:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::If the kid is so big you have to resort to violence to control him, he's probably big enough to not be subject to that child-endangerment law. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 22:56, 30 November 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Not everyone who beats their kid does it a last resort. Often just the easiest. Black Friday sales encourage patience. ] ] 23:48, ], ] (UTC) | |||
| ::::: Koperspierre, if you think that any parent whose child displays obstinacy is somehow forced to use beating, then I hope you're not a parent. -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 03:28, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::I can't understand why you would ''let'' them wait in the car. Why would they want to do that? Surely you mean ''make'' them wait in the car? <span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml"><font face="MV Boli" color="blue">] (])</font></span> 10:48, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Sometimes (and this may be hard for you to understand, but trust me, it DOES happen) parents will ask their children what they wish to do from time to time. Some parents don't spend 18 years ordering their children around 24 hours a day. Some parents do, once in a while, ask their children for what they want to do, instead of commanding them to do everything during every waking hour. --]''''']''''' 12:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::When I was ten years old, I was locked in a car with my baby niece while mum and dad went to the pub. The kid couldn't stop crying, and I was, "What am I supposed to do with this thing?" We get along much better these days, however (30 years later). I just wouldn't recommend it. Also, I wasn't ''asked'' if I wanted to stay in the car with the baby. I was ''told'' to. If I had been asked what I wanted to do, I would have gone with them, so ''they'' could share the responsibility of little crying baby while I happily sipped a glass of coke. <span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml"><font face="MV Boli" color="blue">] (])</font></span> 15:18, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Yes, but there are parents who do ask their kids what they want to do. I know that doesn't match your experience. But your experience is not necessarily universal. See Deor's experience below. --]''''']''''' 15:28, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::As a child, I would have preferred going to the dentist to accompanying my mother while she shopped for clothes or food—and my attitude to shopping has not improved with the years (unless you count browsing in bookstores). I spent a lot of time reading in parking lots in those days, though I suspect contemporary children might prefer to play electronic games on hand-held devices. ] (]) 14:41, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: <small>OTOH, my mother, who's had 4 children so far (she's only 89), has always said she would prefer to go through childbirth than go to the dentist. :) -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 21:14, 1 December 2014 (UTC) </small> | |||
| == Goal number one == | |||
| *Back to the question at hand, and the side questions everyone seems to be asking: is the reason why it is illegal to lock a small child in a car while you go into the mall to shop. If even one of those articles doesn't fill you with rage and/or disgust and/or pity, you are a horrible person. --]''''']''''' 15:49, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| How do you forgive and forget? <small>(not sure if that's off-topic for the reference desk. if it is, sorry in advance.)</small> ]<sup><small>TM</small></sup> <small>(])</small> 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Incidentally, you need to be careful when looking up laws regarding stuff along these lines. For some reason, there are many rules of thumb out there regarding children left alone that people widely assume to be laws, but which have little or no basis in the law books. For example, as my daughter got older, we asked friends about when it was okay to start leaving her home by herself and were confidently told that kids could be left alone at 11, could babysit siblings at 10, babysit strangers at 13, and all kinds of self-contradictory stuff. ] (]) 16:44, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :By deciding to. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 06:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::One can decide to forget, but will it work? --] 09:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| : is an essay on the topic, by a practitioner of ], that you may (or may not) find helpful. More advice: , and (written from a Christian perspective) . --] 09:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :(], in that I have no published sources for this, though I was taught it by others): Forgiving does not necessarily mean forgetting - it also doesn't necessarily mean condoning. It means not carrying ill will. In my experience, once I see the cost (to me) of bearing the resentment, and how illusory are the apparent benefits of doing so, it is easy to choose to let it go. ] (]) 14:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Shall we forgive the OP for forgetting that we don't offer advice?] (]) 17:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| : It can get insanely hot inside a parked car and children die fairly frequently from parents and other care-givers stupidly shutting them inside. This US-centric article says: "''Since 1998 there have been at least 636 documented cases of heatstroke deaths of children in vehicles. This data and study shows that these incidents can occur on days with relatively mild (i.e., ~ 70 degrees F) temperatures and that vehicles can reach life-threatening temperatures very rapidly.''"...and for those who say "Well, it's only for 10 minutes"...take a look at the graph at the bottom of that article showing that even in 70 degF weather, the car can easily reach life-threatening temperatures within 10 minutes. We tend to use our own bodies as guidance here - but thermoregulation is nowhere near as good in small children as it is in adults - and their surface-area to mass ratio is much MUCH higher than in adults - so this is an incredibly dumb analogy. So is "I've done this loads of times and nothing bad happened". Since people are not too smart about reading statistics and looking at graphs (including at least one respondent here)...we have to pass laws. ] (]) 15:48, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :{{small|I'd suggest searching the web. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 17:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)}} | |||
| ::Even aren't above the laws of thermodynamics. ] ] 04:13, ], ] (UTC) | |||
| :The injunction does not apply to all advice, but is aimed specifically at giving <u>medical</u> or <u>legal</u> advice. --] 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| = December 1 = | |||
| ::<poem> NonStopGo | |||
| ==Where did the prick go?== | |||
| On my CD for prayer in C it just says 'lily wood',there's no sign of the prick and when they did the chart on radio 1,they didn't mention him.why not? <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:08, 1 December 2014 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| One of the reasons I hurt myself quite so much last May was to make sure | |||
| :Just in case anybody is as mystified as I was, the subject of the question is '']'' and ] (apparently a popular beat combo m'Lud). ] (]) 13:34, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| that I stopped for long enough to arrive at this particular point. For only | |||
| ::<small>], incidentally. ] (]) 01:26, 2 December 2014 (UTC)</small> | |||
| through understanding can we see how to forgive both ourselves and other | |||
| people. In forgiveness there is love ; and although we can accept forgiveness | |||
| from others, true forgiveness comes solely from within. And only if we | |||
| love ourselves can we hope to achieve that shining state of grace which | |||
| is our true birthright and to find, finally, the gate which leads out of this | |||
| vale of tears : and opens for ever into the realms of eternal light. | |||
| 7th July 2005 | |||
| :::Oh I am pleased. I thought it was a request for medical advice ;) ] (]) 11:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| </poem> | |||
| ::::Many apologies; I should know better than to use jokes that offshore readers might get the gist of. ] (]) 16:20, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ] (]) 05:42, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Really? I would think it's blatantly obvious why the full name wasn't used, given the meaning of 'prick' in English.] (]) 18:33, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Westminster Coroner's Court == | |||
| :<small>Is this a line from ''Prayer in C'' ? | |||
| I'm trying to research a sudden death that occurred in the London Borough of Merton. Please help me find information about ], also known as "Inner West London Coroner's Court". They appear to have no website, and publish no court listings. They claim that coroners records are closed to public access for 75 years. | |||
| ::printf('Dear God, please send me more sex buddies'); | |||
| But other coroners courts in the UK, for example "London Inner South Coroner’s Court", and say that inquests are public and anyone can attend. | |||
| :] (]) 18:48, 1 December 2014 (UTC) </small> | |||
| Why is there are difference? Why is "London Inner South Coroner’s Court" open to the public, but "Inner West London Coroner's Court" is not? Surely all coroners courts operate under the same laws? | |||
| == Orientation of Welsh Dragon flags on angled wall-mounted poles == | |||
| Thanks for your help ] (]) 12:41, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| --] (]) 16:04, 1 December 2014 (UTC)I would like an indication of correct or preferred orientation of the mounting of the Welsh Dragon on an angled wall-mounted pole, if possible by diagram !! | |||
| :As you can see from coroners' courts are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. I can assure you, however, that inquests held by the Westminster coroner are as public as inquests held by any other coroner. ] (]) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :The ] is styled ], on the ], which means that the dragon is walking dexter (which means to the right, from the perspective of the ''wearer'' of a ], so a passant beast faces to the ''viewer's'' left-hand side). Of course most flags have two sides, and if the dragon is facing dexter on one side he will be facing sinister on the other. I'm not sure how ]s sort that out, but ] mentions that some flags are "through-and-through," whereas others are mirrored so that the beast could face left when viewed from either side. Anyway, the dominant mounting seems to be with the dragon facing the pole when mounted at an angle on a wall, somewhat like this . See also ] ] (]) 16:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Where can I find unmarried men list in Science/Maths? == | |||
| ::Agreed. Our ] article says: "Flag illustrations generally depict flags flying from the observer's point of view from left to right, the view known as the obverse (or "front"); the other side is the reverse (or "back")". If I understand the question correctly, the pole and flag are going to be fixed flat against the wall rather than projecting outwards from it; in which case, the pole should be on the observer's left and the dragon, '']'', should be looking to the left, towards the pole. | |||
| Like ], ], ], ]. | |||
| ::The Welsh flag (and nearly every other one) is a mirror image, so the dragon faces the pole on both sides, however the one facing left is the front. The ] is NOT a mirror image, because it would be a bit rude to have God's name written backwards; so they have to make two flags and sew them back-to-back. But I digress. ] (]) 18:51, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| I want to ] ] due to his ], ] as he have ] and ] who has ] out of wedlock. ] (]) 14:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Too many meetings? == | |||
| :Do you have any reason to suppose that such a list exists, @]? ] (]) 14:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| There are a lot of humorous or too-true-to-be-humorous "laws" used in business, such as the ]. Is there a commonly identified one along the lines of no work being done because the more important you are, the more you're called into meetings and the less time you have to do the work? I scanned through ], but many/most of those are "legitimate" scientific laws. 16:37, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Just to encourage ] ] (]) 14:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::So, you've come here to ask people how to remove from a list that doesn't exist, some names that would probably belong only the list if it existed, because you have some private meaning of "unmarried"? ] (]) 12:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::If some men don't (appear to) have sexual relationships with women, they're not necessarily demonstrating celibacy - they might be otherwise inclined. ] (]) 11:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| : Why did you pipe the correctly-spelled "Isaac" Newton to the incorrectly-spelled "Issac" Newton? -- ] </sup></span>]] 18:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :A good example was an incident where my brother was told to ignore the customer calling in, to attend a meeting on the importance of being responsive to the customer. :-) ] (]) 19:45, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::And do the same strange thing to Nikola Tesla? ] (]) 23:03, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Champagne explosion == | |||
| :Somewhat related: I seem to recall a law that the intelligence of a committee can be determined by dividing the lowest member IQ by the total number of members. ] (]) 19:49, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| I had an unopened bottle of cheap champagne (Barefoot Rosé if that matters) left over from NYE, and about 10 minutes ago the thing spontaneously exploded. It had been just sitting there at room temperature. No serious damage but there is champange and broken glass all over the place now, and I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Are these explosions a usual occasional occurrence? I'm used to champagne bottles being thicker than regular wine bottles for obvious reasons, but this one seems on the thin side in retrospect, maybe as an economy measure. Could that be? I'm surprised it doesn't happen on store shelves if it happens at home. Thanks. ] (]) 18:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :: Ah, committees. Meetings with DNA. "A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but collectively decide that nothing can be done". -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 21:06, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::That way they spread the blame around. (As per ''Dilbert''.) ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:47, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I does happen.<sup></sup> Sometimes a cause can be identified. When a bottle of champagne is stored in a freezer, or a fridge whose temperature setting is too low, the contents may freeze, causing it to expand. This can lead to minute cracks in the glass, weakening its strength. Thawed in a relatively warm environment, the pressure of the gas can then result in fracture. Another potential cause is premature bottling, when fermentation has not run its fill course ands the wine still contains yeast and sugar. (Almost all wine sold as "champagne" in the US, also when labelled "Brut", contains residual sugar to accommodate the local taste.) When warmed up, fermentation resumes and pressure increases. Finally, a small fraction of bottles is damaged in handling or comes with production defects, not detectable through visual inspection. --] 22:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| It's easy to find examples, but does anyone know the answer to the OP's question? And to the associated question of why otherwise seemingly intelligent people still hold so many meetings? ] (]) 22:55, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks. No idea about refrigeration before I bought it, but I got it off the shelf at a big supermarket, carried it home, and it sat in the exact same place in the room for several days before going kablooie. All I can think of is that carrying it home might have bumped it around or something. Oh well, no big deal in the scheme of things. ] (]) 01:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :I've never heard a name for it, and it's not at all clear that the OP's premise is true. The purpose of meetings is to inform and to make decisions about the work to be done. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 03:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::The traditional method of making ] requires freezing it in the bottle, so I suppose most bottles are designed to handle that – although freezing from the bottom up is safer than top-down, as it creates no plug of ice between the liquid and the gas. If not using the traditional method, or if the wine doesn't come from the Champagne region, many countries (including all of the EU) forbid selling it under the name Champagne. The US however hasn't got that restriction. | |||
| :: However, many working people could confirm that sometimes it seems impossible to find the time to get any work done because virtually all one's time is taken up with meetings. Planning is of course an essential part of any project, and the views of "key stakeholders" need to be considered, but sometimes it seems that consultation and planning take up 95% of the time and actual achievement is only allowed 5% - but it needs far more than that, otherwise we end with rushed and botched projects that have to be redone, but that only happens after yet more endless meetings involving more key stakeholders and far more $$ than was ever envisaged. -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 03:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wines freeze around -5°C, so accidental freezing in a fridge set too cold seems unlikely. ] (]) 11:15, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::One ironic side effect of "too many meetings" is how difficult it can become to schedule a needed meeting and have everyone there who needs to be there. That kind of thing certainly adds time to projects. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 04:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::In this case the bottle had not been opened, but the cold liquid carbonated contents of a closed bottle may freeze upon opening due to cooling by ] of the CO<sub>2</sub>. --] 13:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Once upon a time ] used to come in ] glass bottles, and I read somewhere that this would happen from time to time with the larger sizes. And indeed, sometime around 1980 a large bottle of Coca-Cola, probably 1.5 liters, exploded while sitting in my cupboard. --] (]) 02:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Ammunition drums for submachine guns == | |||
| == Organizations == | |||
| Some famous submachine guns use round ammunition drums, rather than straight box magazines (e.g. The Thompson). It is easy to see how a box magazine "feeds" ammunition into the firing chamber area: a simple metal folded spring does it. How is the ammunition from a round drum fed or pushed into the firing chamber area?] (]) 16:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Good question. There are various designs, but generally they work on a spiral arrangement with a spring supplying tension. We don't have a real good image or diagram here, but I found which, if one can stomach the self-cocking presentation, shows the innards of a drum and gives some information on loading and feed. --] (]) 17:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks for your help : ) ] (]) 20:24, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Are there any international organizations headquartered in Australia, similar to UN and World Bank are headquartered in the US? --] (]) 22:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Why aren't domesticated cats afraid of dogs? == | |||
| :We have a ]. --] 23:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Isn't this more or less ]? ]|] 09:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::An international organization is a completely different thing from a multinational company. --] 11:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::yes but both questions are easily answered with even the most cursory research and 40bus here seems to have a habit of asking research questions. ] (]) 17:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| = January 6 = | |||
| I've been thinking about this for a few years and I just can't figure it out. I've repeatedly observed small domesticated cats holding their own in the face of large dogs being walked on leashes. One would think that small cats would at least step back or show some kind of deference; after all, small things generally give way to larger things for obvious reasons. However, this does not seem to be true with the domesticated cat. I have seen cat after cat remain immobile, except for raised hair and hissing, while defending their territory in the face of extremely large dogs. How can this be? Why are they so confident in their defensive posture? Is it because they know they can strike quickly and run up a tree? What exactly is going through their mind? Do they think that dogs are just too dumb to present any danger? ] (]) 21:49, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ==Replacement for my My Yahoo page== | |||
| :It would depend on the temperament of the individual cat. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:55, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes. | |||
| Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most. | |||
| ::. I think there is something more than just temperament going on here. ] (]) 22:00, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Any suggestions as to a replacement? ] (]) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :True, and many just instinctively know what they can do to a dog's muzzle, if they need to. Size isn't everything, and they know it. ‑‑] ] 21:57, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :MSN.com does that pretty well. --] 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using ]? --] 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::: would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --] 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed , some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there. --] 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :No modules, but there is ]. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. ] ] 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. ] (]) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. {{re|Card_Zero}} - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of ] #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. ] (]) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- ] (]) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019 == | |||
| ::Probably due to their '''.''' ] (]) 22:02, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? ] (]) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::. Come on, there's something more than temperament going on here. ] (]) 22:03, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? ]|] 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --] 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::I found (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --] 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its ] is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 ], which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is. --] 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. ] (]) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. ] (]) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::According to the document linked by @], there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures and . ] (]) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::::What's 'this decade'? There tends to be some controversy especially with 2020 and 2021 figures since reduced traffic due to COVID-19 whether from lockdowns or just changes in behaviour e.g. with more working from home are often cited as reasons for reduced fatalities the. ] (]) 10:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Neurodiverse dating site == | |||
| :{{ec}}1) ], since we didn't exactly make an effort to breed them for the role of rat-catchers as much as they just conveniently evolved in that direction. | |||
| :2) It depends on the cat's exposure to dogs previously, and how confident a fighter they are. | |||
| :2a) My (indoor) cat, whose passivity borders on Buddha-hood, gives roaches the right of way, used to run terror from stuffed animals, and will still have a conniption if another cat can be seen from the window. She's even scared of the "room with no ceiling" (i.e. outside, specifically the sky; not the ground, not trees, but the sky). The best possible reaction to a dog she could have would be to assume it's another human (new people she doesn't mind for some reason), but I still suspect that her reaction would be to run for my while huffing/mewling. | |||
| :2b) Other cats I've seen, who are more confident, are probably just trying to let the dog know they're not worth the trouble. They don't actually have to win the fight, just make it not worth the dog's while to eat them. | |||
| :2c) Some cats I've seen assume that dogs are just another form of "big dumb cat," only they don't give food. That or the cat starts to think that it's one of the dogs. | |||
| :] (]) 22:14, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- ] (]) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Looking at the video where the cat saved the lady, that lady was part of the cat's "family" in its mind. We don't have as much context for the other video, but that cat didn't look like it was trying to be a big, bad, and macho so much as it was just letting the dogs know "I'm too much trouble to eat" (because the cat could not read, so far as I could tell, that the dogs' interest was "is this another dog? Does it play?" -- {{small|though I'm not as good at reading dogs}}). ] (]) 22:19, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the ] and personal ] of each. --] 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Having lived around cats my whole life, I believe what they're displaying is nothing more or less than defense of their home ]. A predator's territory is their life and livelihood and the incursion of another ] is not one that should be tolerated. It seems to me that the strategy they employ is the "hawk" side of the so-called "]" - at the outset. They can afford to play the game that way because their excellent short bursts of speed and ability to climb trees give them a viable ] if things go south. Speaking more hypothetically, there is some evidence suggesting that cats and humans form an odd parent-child relationship (per ]) where in some aspects we play one side (e.g. providing food) and in other times we play the other (e.g. being presented with wounded birds to practice our hunting skills on). It's not outside the realm of possibility to me that house cats can be particularly ferocious because they (partly) view us as offspring that should be defended above almost all else. ] (]) 00:32, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| = January 8 = | |||
| ::My understanding is that the birds actually aren't for us. The cat got it for him/herself, then remembered he/she has delicious kibbles in a bowl. ] (]) 00:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Anthropology Misplaced Pages page == | |||
| :::I disagree. they will leave a dead mouse of bird on your pillow, which makes it quite clear it's a gift for you. (A gift you wish you could return.) ] (]) 04:36, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology | |||
| :If you run from a dog you can set off their prey response, but if you stand up to them, they might back down. It's not a 100% effective strategy, but cat's ability to puff up their fur seems to indicate that's a strategy they use. And if they are cornered and do have to fight, they are in much better position if facing the threat than with their backside to it. ] (]) 04:43, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ] (]) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| = January 10 = | |||
| :: Presumably related to puffing up is kittens' habit (I haven't seen it in cats over about four months) of approaching any strange object crabwise, to maximize their apparent size. | |||
| *I am not sure if this supports the "territoriality" theory above, but it's worth the watch anyway. ] (]) 05:51, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I live with a lot of cats and a few dogs, and can attest that it depends on the cat. Some are ], some are ]. Like StuRat says, if you have to fight, aren't a mule, porcupine or skunk, and can't rely on a referee or owner to save you, Ever. A dog isn't likely to catch a rear-naked choke, but quite likely to yank a tail or heel. | |||
| :Also right about the power of puffing up and screaming. Even bears and sharks can be bluffed away by puny things. Not without reason, either. Have you ever tried to pick up a tiny, crazed cat? If you were half your size, would you want to try doing it with your face? You'd be more inclined if it looked like a ] ] 06:55, ], ] (UTC) | |||
| == Wikipeida Question == | |||
| {{hat|close request for opinion}} | |||
| Why does everyone on wikipedia say that they want to improve wikipeida. They say they want to expand articles and improve the wikopedia. But all they do is improve their user pages with userboxes and take ages doing arrbitration elections, and talking on talk pages, and answering questions like these. If wikipedia really wants to improve, they should stop making silly things and focus on actually improving articles. Am i right? ] (]) 22:37, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Please create a user account and work on your user page. There are a list of userboxes you can choose from. ] (]) 22:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :What if ]? Also, actually check user contributions before making the blanket statement that accounted users only work on their user pages. Except for draft areas, most users who bother staying here for long spend very little time editing their user pages. Experienced editors are just really good at making fancy looking pages that look like they spent a lot of time on it. ] (]) 23:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| *Please feel free to make a request for factual material. As for opinions and debate, see the top of the page. ] (]) 23:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| {{hab}} | |||
| = December 2 = | |||
| ==On Siamese twins== | |||
| Perhaps I've been eating too much blue cheese,but whilst watching a documentary on Siamese twins,a couple of thoughts wandered into my brain.. | |||
| 1.Is it only possible to have Siamese twins or it is theoretically possible to have Siamese triplets,quadruplets etc? and are there any recorded examples? | |||
| 2.If you were to have sex with Siamese twins and one gave consent and the other didn't,would that be classified as rape?-who actually gets to give consent for their body to used? | |||
| ] (]) 12:00, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Read about ], the original, and literal "Siamese" twins. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 14:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :: Chang and Eng were distinctly two people joined at the chest but with separate lower bodies. More pertinent as an example might be ] who are much more conjoined and in the lower body have only one set of organs. I think you'd need a unanimous decision - but it is a pretty bizarre question. ] (]) 15:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| : This is the reason we have judges in law courts. The law certainly won't have been written about that...any more than if one twin steals a chocolate bar in a supermarket and whether both of them go to jail for shop-lifting - or if one twin assaults the other causing actual bodily harm. Judges have the power to interpret the law, to look at the nuances of what happened and to decide how (if at all) the law applies. The tougher decisions get passed on to appeal courts and ultimately to supreme courts...and if the final decision of those courts is not something everyone likes, then the law can be modified by governments. If a judge were to make a decision in a case like this, that decision would tend to be taken into consideration in future cases of a similar nature - at which point it becomes ] and most judges will decide the same way in future cases. | |||
| : Just recently, here in the US, a man who had been saying on Facebook that he'd kill his estranged wife was hauled through the courts because they couldn't agree on whether it's an exercise of free speech or an actual death threat...the law is vague on this - so it's being taken up by the US Supreme Court who will have to set some kind of a limit on what constitutes a threat to murder - and what is free speech. Once they do that, future case will undoubtedly follow what they said - even though the law is silent on the matter. | |||
| : In this case, it's hard to guess what they'd say. My bet is that both twins would have to consent. Happily, I'm not a judge - so who knows? ] (]) 15:29, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :: Of course if this question didn't mention sex someone would have very quickly said "Sorry can't you read, we don't give legal advice", but there you go, Avery's Law on RD responses to questions of opinion or advice - the more bizarre or sexual or gruesome the less responders can resist answering. ] (]) 19:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::I don't want to start an argument, and as an IP editor I usually stay out of these disputes, but I do feel that your interpretation of this as being "legal advice" is mistaken. There is no hint that the OP is asking about anything he/she or anyone else is actually involved with, and the question seems to me to be only about legal ''information'' pertaining to a hypothetical situation. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 20:25, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::<small>Sorry 212 I forgot to put a :-)) st the end of my post ] (]) 13:08, 3 December 2014 (UTC)</small> | |||
| :::::<small>No probs – work stress was lowering my humour-detection sense. I wish everybody would agree to introducing an ironic font such as 'backwards italics', as someone once suggested. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 13:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)</small> | |||
| As for question (1), it's really just a question of the geometry of embryological development. If an early blastula becomes partially split along a plane, each half will develop somewhat normally distally from the plane of intersection. For this to happen in a three way split, it is virtually impossible, since it would require two separate incomplete divisions that happened to have the same orientation, but happened separately. One might imaging causing a head to head split mechanically in a lab, then causing the twins to split lengthwise, like cutting a square piece of paper into square quarters, but leaving them | |||
| attached at the center. But the difficulty of this and getting the fetus viably to term is outweighed only by the sheer vileness of the notion. Actually conjoined triplets are , and not cute minature montypythonian three-headed knights.] (]) 20:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I am aware of a case in Australia of triplets where two of them were conjoined. The conjoined pair were joined at the abdomen and were successfully separated soon after birth. All three are now healthy young adults. ] (]) 23:52, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::That's interesting, can you give a link. I will predict they were not coinjoined accordian-like, but asymmetrically. ] (]) 04:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Ooops, I misunderstood. The third was not conjoined at all? That's a big grey animal with floppy ears and tusks. ] (]) 04:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::: is a link to an example of what HiLo48 was talking about. ] (]) 04:40, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::HiLo spoke of three surviving to adulthood after two were separated, this sad article says the conjoined twins died soon after birth. ] (]) 04:44, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: is probably the case he was talking about. ] (]) 04:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Yep. That's them. ] (]) 07:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :<small>There's an ongoing, ''fictional'' case of Siamese twins with various crime-related consent compatibility issues on '']''. New episode tomorrow. Probably won't answer your questions, but may have clues. It's ''loosely'' ]. At the very least, it's an interesting role for ]. ] ] 05:57, ], ] (UTC) </small> | |||
| ''''']'''''. ] (]) 02:47, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == How does a "Frame by Frame" film analysis seminar work? == | |||
| Eminent film critics sometimes host "frame by frame" analysis seminars, where other film critics, cinema industry professionals, students, and interested members of the general public can attend. An important film will be analyzed in depth by the group. Since films are shot at twenty-four (24) frames per second, however, won't these seminars be interminably long if they literally pause on every frame, as the name implies? How do these seminars actually work? Thanks. ] (]) 14:22, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Probably just a cute way of saying "in-depth analysis". Do you have any examples? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 14:45, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :They don't really go through the entire movie frame-by-frame. They may choose to do that to explain or discuss some tiny nuance - but the term is generally just a way of saying that they break the film down into it's fundamental parts and analyze each part in detail. Questions like: Why was such-and-such actor lit this way when the person standing next to them was lit that way? Why was that particular camera angle chosen? Why did they cut back and forth between the two protagonists during this conversation when they panned between them in that conversation and held them both in shot for this other conversation?....that kind of thing. They could spend 20 minutes discusssing a single frame of the video - then skip 20 minutes of the movie without even watching it. ] (]) 15:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :The point is that they are not watching the movie. That would require paying the distributors for the right to show the movie, which would require charging for tickets. For it to be free and legal, they are just sampling bits of the movie to critique. ] (]) 17:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::There are "]" provisions in the copyright act that allow for using material in an educational setting and specifically for "visual art educators". ] (]) 20:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm pretty sure "frame by frame" refers to the most notable scenes. It's not a literal use of the term. ] (]) 06:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :] is a notable example of a "frame-by-frame" analysis done with a large group of people. Not actually frame by frame of course (though they call it that), more like "shot-by-shot". ] (]) 12:51, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Most effective study strategy for exam with a choice of questions == | |||
| I'm studying for an exam. I know what could be asked in each of the 4 questions, and there is no overlap. ''I can choose which 3 of the 4 questions I will do ''. Is it better to use my limited study time as if I had to do all 4 questions, or prepare for 3 questions and ignore 1? We have obviously done all of the material covered in class so I am already somewhat familiar with them all. Kind regards ] (]) 21:14, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Assuming you spend equal amounts of time studying for each, and the same amount of time studying under both approaches: | |||
| :Study 3: You dedicate 20 minutes per study hour to each question, and will choose either 100% or 66% of the questions correctly. | |||
| :Study 4: You dedicate 15 minutes per study hour to each question, and are guaranteed to choose 100% of the questions correctly. | |||
| :Studying all four would not be much of a reduction in time (and so possibly quality), but a undeniably safer bet in terms of coverage. Another option would be roughly study all four, and then go back and focus on the three you're least sure of. You'd average out to about 17 minutes for every study hour overall, and still effectively choose 100% of the right questions. However, a complete pyramid approach (study, knock the most sure off, repeat) would probably be a ''bad'' idea unless you're absolutely sure about the first two you drop. ] (]) 21:27, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::Sorry, I wasn't clear. I can choose which of the questions I want to do. Updated my initial post--] (]) 21:31, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Oh, in that case, why would you study the question you're not going to answer? ] (]) 21:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I haven't in the past, but I thought maybe there was some statistics that show learning all the questions is more effective. Maybe I'm likely to forget things and if I'm prepared for everything I can choose what I remember better. I'm asking because I've never seen any statistics about it.--] (]) 21:47, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::::No, the main reason I suggested study 4 above was because of the risk of not choosing the right questions with study 3. If that is not an issue, the only issue is how much time you get to devote to each question, which makes study 3 the best option. ] (]) 21:52, 2 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :For clarity, do you mean you know the precise question (or possible questions), or simply what the question will cover? If you don't know the precise question, it can sometimes be an advantage to study all 4 in case the precise question of one of the 3 you did study turns out be something you find yourself struggling with for whatever reason. ] (]) 05:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| In the UK, this is called "question spotting". If you constrain yourself to 3 only, you're absolutely stuck if one of the questions is put in a way you find difficult to answer, despite your preparation, for example, you're not quite sure what the examiner is after or it demands knowledge of an aspect you've inadvertently overlooked. I'd suggest you prepare all 4, even if, as Ian suggests above, one of them is prepared more sketchily. Don't forget, the way exams are structured, it's relatively straightforward to pick up the first mass of marks with even a rudimentary knowledge, which will help lift your overall average in a disaster. Think of it this way: getting 100 marks on each of 2 questions and 0 for the third is 200 marks. Getting 90 for the first 2 and just 50 for the third is 230. --] (]) 09:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| = December 3 = | |||
| == Sony's hack moments == | |||
| Through some news articles about ] being hacked while they didn't have access to the internet, the hackers distributed movies online and then they caused other damage to the box office. I'm guessing the article of Sony needs some information about such hacks they've made.--] (]) 07:51, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :You would need proper sourcing. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 08:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm quite spectical this belongs in the Sony article. Sony is a massive company with involvement in many different areas and in the end it's not clear that this is any more significant to Sony the massive company than the ] which also isn't mention in our Sony article, and probably shouldn't be. The recent hack is mentioned in ] just as the PSN one is mentioned in ] which is probably right since these hacks do seem significant enough for the respective subsidiaries. ] (]) 12:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == the sentencing month == | |||
| Prison sentences in These United States are often (I gather) stated in months. Is that a common calendar month, so that the length in days depends on when the sentence begins, or a constant month defined for the context? —] (]) 21:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :You know, I never would have guessed at how complex a question this is. Even assuming we're exclusively talking about federal law (this certainly varies between states), I would have expected to have found a definition for the word "month" either in the federal sentencing guidelines, in the US Code, or in the Bureau of Prisons regulations: I found nothing like that. The impression I get from the treatises (such as ''Federal Procedure, Lawyer's Edition'') is that the date of release would probably be set on the earlier of two conflicting dates if there was ambiguity as to what a month means. As an example, ''Federal Procedure, Lawyer's Edition'' states that if the date of release would otherwise fall on a weekend or federal holiday, the date of release is usually bumped back to the weekday before. —/]/<sup><small>]</small></sup>/<sub><small>]</small></sub>/ 02:18, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Let me understand. Are you asking, Tamfang, whether prisoners get released on the 29th of whatember in leap=years, and on the 28th of leapless years? And does your question apply to common-law countries, Napoleonic code countries, those governed by Sharia, or elsewhere? ] (]) 02:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Read the actual question before moaning, it clearly states it's about the US. (Kudos to the questioner, most people don't bother with that.) ] (]) 08:23, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::On the other hand, googling "calendar month unless otherwise" + "sentencing" appears to show a number of states that define "month" as '' calendar month'' (unless otherwise expressed). Googling it without "sentencing" indicates that "month" is defined this way in other legal areas as well. I also found ''older'' texts where "month" is defined as "lunar month" in legal context, but as calendar month in commercial context. , 1890 ('']''). ---] ] 02:56, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| ::In googling, I found some estimated release date calculations published by the state of Nevada that unambiguously used month = 30 days. That said, I don't know whether that was an official standard for jail terms in Nevada or just an approximation used for the estimation. ] (]) 18:11, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| = December 4 = | |||
| ==Cats== | |||
| My cat doesn't like people, it just comes in, eats, then goes back out. What can I do? ] (]) 00:26, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Your cat is people, not "it". What sort of things keep you from eating and running? Engaging conversation? Games? A good rub? The sense that your host also likes you? You can't just get a cat and expect she owes you friendship, by default. Way less demanding than a human relationship, but still a give and take sort of thing. | |||
| :Here's a you might want. ] ] 00:56, ], ] (UTC) | |||
| ::Your cat may just be a dick. ] (]) 01:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :::Dick, Hack, or Pussy? | |||
| ::::Stop opening the door and leaving your windows open. ] (]) 02:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == How do they get photorealistic paint jobs on vans? == | |||
| Or other types of autos for that matter? Are they covering the side of the van with a thin film that has the image and then covering it with some kind of clear equivalent of powder paint job that gets baked to form a protective coat over the film image? ] (]) 14:37, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :] is the Misplaced Pages page on the subject, although it has "multiple issues". shows the process of transferring the film with the image on it to the vehicle. ] (]) 16:07, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == Contribution == | |||
| I will be happy to MAIL a check to fundraiser, if you will supply me an address <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 14:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| :There's a "Donate to Misplaced Pages" link near the top of the sidebar of every page: this will tell you all the ways you can donate. --] (]) 17:46, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| == donations == | |||
| I have several times recently been asked to donate to Misplaced Pages. I have done this in the past but am now so suspicious I need to make sure how to donate safely. ] (]) 15:50, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
| :Please see the answer immediately above. --] (]) 17:46, 4 December 2014 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 11:06, 10 January 2025
Wikimedia Project Page
of the Misplaced Pages reference desk. skip to bottom Select a section: Shortcut Want a faster answer?
Main page: Help searching Misplaced Pages
How can I get my question answered?
- Select the section of the desk that best fits the general topic of your question (see the navigation column to the right).
- Post your question to only one section, providing a short header that gives the topic of your question.
- Type '~~~~' (that is, four tilde characters) at the end – this signs and dates your contribution so we know who wrote what and when.
- Don't post personal contact information – it will be removed. Any answers will be provided here.
- Please be as specific as possible, and include all relevant context – the usefulness of answers may depend on the context.
- Note:
- We don't answer (and may remove) questions that require medical diagnosis or legal advice.
- We don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate.
- We don't do your homework for you, though we'll help you past the stuck point.
- We don't conduct original research or provide a free source of ideas, but we'll help you find information you need.
How do I answer a question?
Main page: Misplaced Pages:Reference desk/Guidelines
- The best answers address the question directly, and back up facts with wikilinks and links to sources. Do not edit others' comments and do not give any medical or legal advice.
December 27
Black Cube, Melissa Nathan,&U.S. presidential candidates
Black Cube has a wikipedia article, Melissa Nathan is mentioned in the article It Ends with Us. Both are googleable. My question is if either Black Cube or Melissa Nathan were ever hired to discredit John Kerry or Hillary Clinton? I realize that in Melissa Nathan's case, if she had been hired for that, it would probably have been before she formed The Agency Group PR.Rich (talk) 06:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- The link should have been to It Ends with Us (film). --Lambiam 19:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
Griggsville, Missouri?
The Robert Fiske (actor) article claims (without a source) that he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. I can find no evidence whatever that such a place has ever existed. There is a Griggsville, Illinois, which is about 20 miles northeast of the IL/MO border (which I think is the river, and presumably was in 1889). Was there really a Griggsville in Missouri, or is this a simple mistake? The only substantive author (to the biographical part of the article) is long departed Misplaced Pages. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 20:12, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- I can't find an obit for Fiske in Newspapers.com, and the Findagrave entry simply says he was born in Missouri. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 21:37, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- I wondered if it might be something to do with the Mississippi changing its course, but it seems not. However, if Griggsville, Illinois is correct, he could be added to that article's Notable person section, doubling its complement!
- The 'Missouri' inclusion was (as you may have noted) in the article as created in 2005, so at least we know it's not the result of vandalism.
- I notice that the Unreliable sources IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and the Internet Broadway Database also state Griggsville, Missouri, which may of course have been taken from Misplaced Pages, and Find a Grave gives merely Missouri. However, The Movie Database does give Griggsville, Illinois. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 21:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- Indications in Ancestry.com are that he was merely born "in Missouri", not a specific city that I've found. Even though the original article writer has been offline for over 9 years, maybe his email still works? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 21:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm wondering if there is some circular WP:CITOGENESIS between ourselves, Findagrave, and IMDb. I too considered the "moving river" hypothesis, but it's much too far away. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 22:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- Who Was Who on Screen (1977) confirms he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. No danger of citogenesis there. The search term "Griggsville, MO" throws up a few non-Fiske results on Google and Google Books, but I can't find precisely where it is. --Antiquary (talk) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC) Ah, here we are, it's in Pike County, Missouri . --Antiquary (talk) 10:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Griggsville, IL, is also in Pike County, Illinois and if you look up the zip code (62340) given on that web site you also land in Illinois. The two Pike Counties are direct neighbours, but there's no indication of any common history or even a shift in the state border. --Wrongfilter (talk) 10:15, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- That sounds ominous. Also, the more of my Google and Google Books hits I follow up, the fewer check out. The evidence that this place ever existed outside of Fiske's say-so looks rather slight. Here is one cite from 1907, and there are one or two more from the 19th century, but confusion with Griggsville, IL can't be ruled out. --Antiquary (talk) 10:46, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Griggsville, IL, is also in Pike County, Illinois and if you look up the zip code (62340) given on that web site you also land in Illinois. The two Pike Counties are direct neighbours, but there's no indication of any common history or even a shift in the state border. --Wrongfilter (talk) 10:15, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Who Was Who on Screen (1977) confirms he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. No danger of citogenesis there. The search term "Griggsville, MO" throws up a few non-Fiske results on Google and Google Books, but I can't find precisely where it is. --Antiquary (talk) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC) Ah, here we are, it's in Pike County, Missouri . --Antiquary (talk) 10:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm wondering if there is some circular WP:CITOGENESIS between ourselves, Findagrave, and IMDb. I too considered the "moving river" hypothesis, but it's much too far away. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 22:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks everyone. I'll flag the birthplace in the article is questionable (and the whole article as poorly sourced), but I think there's enough uncertainty for me to not "fix" it. And I'll refer to this discussion on the talk page, for the (probably very unlikely event) that some future person cares enough about this rather minor actor to do more thorough research. Thank you. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 08:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- One thing I noticed in Newspapers.com is that Missouri papers that referred to Griggsville usually made it clear that they were talking about the one in Illinois. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 14:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Finlay McWalter, I just ran a GNIS search, and all three results were Illinois-related. GNIS sometimes misidentifies locations, e.g. many historic plantations in Tidewater Virginia are misidentified as unincorporated communities, but the concept of them outright omitting something as obvious as a settlement — which certainly would show up on USGS quads — is extremely unlikely. Nyttend (talk) 01:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for following up on this. This leads me to be sure enough that the rather poor source for this claim in the article is just wrong (whether Griggsville, Missouri, or both), and we're better off saying nothing than repeating a claim this weak. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 18:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
December 28
Why do news reporters name the programme they are reporting for?
This is an example by BBC News. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- You have linked to a BBC TV program where at 0:40 the presenter introduces "Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh" who signs off his report "Pallab Ghosh, BBC News". His report includes statements by two experts each identified by name and affiliation. The video typifies the high standard of journalism where BBC emphasize distinction between source and editorial content. Incidentally, a good BBC TV reporter tends to become a "household name" (the likes of Clive Myrie, Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth, Reeta Chakrabarti, Steve Rosenberg, Michael Buchanan and more). Edit: I apologise to Pallab Ghosh for initially misspelling his name and thank Antiquary for correcting me. Philvoids (talk) 11:19, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Pallab Ghosh, but I'm sure he's used to it. --Antiquary (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- As I understand the question, it is not why reporters identify themselves, but why for instance Ghosh does not sign off by simply saying "Pallab Ghosh", full stop. --Lambiam 10:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- It's a standard practice, which might even be in their contracts. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 11:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- I seem to recall American channels using clips from the BBC. Such sign offs would serve to identify the source in these cases.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 17:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- THat was my thinking, too. These days they tend to have on-screen watermarks, but reporters still sign off with "Jennifer Superior Bitch, Infinity News. Alex". -- Jack of Oz 20:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- I seem to recall American channels using clips from the BBC. Such sign offs would serve to identify the source in these cases.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 17:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's a standard practice, which might even be in their contracts. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 11:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Navigation lights
Does the fact that aeroplane/ship navigation lights are green and red cause problems for pilots who are red-green colour blind? How do they deal with that? Can they even become pilots? ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- I couldn't be a pilot because of my red-green colour blindness, but people with a mild version can apparently - this is a link to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority's guidance on colour vision requirements. Mikenorton (talk) 23:25, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- How fascinating. Thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- Similarly, red-green colourblind people may not be able to become helmsmen.
- You might think it would have been more convenient to make those lights red and cyan, as far fewer people are red-blue colourblind, but when navigation lights on ships were introduced, bright blueish lights couldn't be made. That only became possible with gas discharge lamps. Traffic lights and railway signals these days (often using LEDs) use a slightly blueish green, so that most colourblind people can see the difference between red and green. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- They could have agreed (and still could agree) on assigning distinct flashing patterns, like •••—— and —••—• . --Lambiam 20:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- Flashing patterns would be a very poor method for aircraft and probably ships also. Navigation lights are meant to give a quick indication of the relative position and heading of another aircraft/vessel. When seeing navigation lights a pilot instantly has an indication of the relative flight direction of the other aircraft based on which red/green/white lights are visible. Also there are already the anti-collision lights, red flashing beacon on the tail at least and white flashing strobes on the wingtips and tail. How could a pilot possibly decode flashing lights reliably enough and quickly enough to determine relative heading? fiveby(zero) 18:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Wouldn't that be a problem because the sky/ocean is blue? I understand that the lights are used at night so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- It would involve more complex lighting circuits/equipment and massive world-wide retrofitting, which (I suggest) would be prohibitively expensive, to solve a relatively minor 'problem' more easily answered by simply not employing colour-blind people in the relevant positions. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 13:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- Flashing lights have been used on lighthouses for a long time. They use an assembly of lenses and shutters rotating around a fixed light, using a low-friction bearing. This works fine for stationary lighthouses, but is more problematic on moving ships. There's more wear and the lens assembly could jam or rotate at variable speed. Better to use an electric light, switched repeatedly by a rotating switch powered by an electric motor (all available late 19th century), but both switch and lamp have to switch reliably at least a million times. No problem today, but there's still the issue of recognising a flashing pattern if it's intermittently obscured. It's considered acceptable for lighthouses and buoys, which are usually more or less where you expect them to be, but a moving ship may be a different matter. PiusImpavidus (talk) 14:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- It would involve more complex lighting circuits/equipment and massive world-wide retrofitting, which (I suggest) would be prohibitively expensive, to solve a relatively minor 'problem' more easily answered by simply not employing colour-blind people in the relevant positions. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 13:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- They could have agreed (and still could agree) on assigning distinct flashing patterns, like •••—— and —••—• . --Lambiam 20:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- When I answered telephones and sold passenger tickets for Eurostar I had to pass an Ishihara test, the same as signalmen and train drivers. DuncanHill (talk) 21:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- Depending on the signalling system, train drivers may also have to discriminate red from yellow/amber. This is less important for road users. And states of tracks and signals are colour-coded on the computer monitors of signalmen, but it should only take a simple software update to accommodate colourblind signalmen. (Yes, there're still some old-fashioned signal boxes in some countries; I've passed the one at Severn Bridge Junction on my way to Wales.) I don't see the objection against colourblind ticket sellers. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
December 29
Domains
Are Eritrea's .er and Belarus's .by ever used in domain hacks? .er could be used in shortcut to Blogger, blogg.er, like goo.gl and youtu.be, and .by could be used in domains such as drive.by and in Nordic place namesmas by means "village" in Swedish and "city" in Norwegian and Danish. And can South Africa's .za and India's .in be used directly after the main part, such as in piz.za and drive.in? Also, can .pl, .cz, .sk and .hu addresses contain diacritics, such as gdańsk.pl, česko.cz, košice.sk and magyarország.hu? --40bus (talk) 10:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- See URL#Internationalized URL. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:30, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- Plusimpavidus has only answered the last sentencee.
- The answer to the first part is entirely dependent on the policy of the controller of the ccTLD in question, and that controller may or may not publish a policy. Technically, of course they could be used: the government of Tonga sells .to domains to any interested party, as I presume you know.
- According to our article .by
The Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus allows for anyone (not only for those who reside in Belarus) to register a second level domain such as something.by
, and it also sayshe .by code is used for domain hack by institutions from the German state of Bavaria (German: Bayern), such as bayern.by, the Bavarian Tourism Agency. Since "by" means "town" or "city" in Norwegian, it's also used by some Norwegian newspapers, such as osl.by for an Oslo newspaper, and trd.by for a Trondheim newspaper
, however, neither of these statements appear to be sourced. When I just tried it, trd.by seems to redirect to a Norwegian casino site. - Our articles .er and .za say nothing about whether the ccTLDs are available to anybody outside Eritrea and South Africa respectively. .in doesn't explicitly address the question, but in talking about the use of subdomains it repeats "in India" several times. ColinFine (talk) 20:38, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
Colored asphalt markings
What's the purpose of such blue, green, pink marks on street grounds? I've seen them in multiple places in Warsaw (typically in non-traffic places, such as sidewalks) where they've stayed for several months or even years without being erased. From what I've read, those marks can be made for some roadworks, but I'm not sure. Brandmeister 20:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- I've seen them used for several purposes, mostly for marking the course of some underground pipe or cable, but also for marking a distance such as 500m from a given spot. In the first case, there is a sequence of similar markings, not too far apart from each other. In the second case the marking is usually accompanied by a number or some code. --Lambiam 20:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- In my experience (UK) they appear in preparation for invasive ground works, most recently in our road prior to the installation of the third set of broadband cables under our pavement. Apparently, existing suppliers and their customers get sniffy if new upstart suppliers not only add their own cables, but put a shovel through the existing cables in the process! Different colours may denote gas, water and telecommunication lines.
- There is also an occasional rash of markings that outline potholes; whether this is done to guide the repairers of potholes, or as a placebo to pacify local road users, is not always clear. It is possible that the process accompanies the calculation of a cost for the work; the expenditure may not be forthcoming. -- Verbarson edits 21:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks all. Brandmeister 11:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
January 1
Peugeot's rivalry
Did Peugeot have any rivalry with other auto manufacturer that became famous or was famous but forgotten, like Lancia and Audi in 1983 and Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s? --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 19:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- When does competition rise to the level of rivalry? Peugeot was unexpectedly beaten in speed by Panhard et Levassor in the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race of June 1895. --Lambiam 00:07, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Peugeot, Citroën, Renault and Simca were the big four French automakers post World War II - and therefore rivals. The first two have merged, Renault is still around, but Simca has disappeared. Xuxl (talk) 11:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- While the Simca brand, after having been acquired first by Chrysler and then PSA Peugeot Citroën, has disappeared, the factory in Poissy that Simca acquired from Ford France in 1954 is still in full operation.
- The Lancia–Audi and Ford–Ferrari rivalries alluded to in the question were not about rivalry between companies, but rivalry between racing teams; see Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia and Ford v Ferrari. --Lambiam 16:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Peugeot, Citroën, Renault and Simca were the big four French automakers post World War II - and therefore rivals. The first two have merged, Renault is still around, but Simca has disappeared. Xuxl (talk) 11:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
January 3
British weather website
Is there any British weather website which has daily data for stations in the United Kingdom? The starlingroot.ddns.net is not working anymore, it worked a few months ago. The "Historic station data" page on MetOffice's website has only monthly data, and the MetOffice WOW - Weather Observations Website has only hourly data. And is there any English-language website having weather observations for different cities and countries in Europe, similar to e.g. Infoclimat? --40bus (talk) 13:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- You might find windfinder.com useful. Although primarily aimed at coastal leisure activities, it also covers inland areas. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.84.253 (talk) 03:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- wunderground.com used to have this. IDK about now. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 18:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
January 4
Goal number one
How do you forgive and forget? (not sure if that's off-topic for the reference desk. if it is, sorry in advance.) TWOrantula (enter the web) 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- By deciding to. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- One can decide to forget, but will it work? --Lambiam 09:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Here is an essay on the topic, by a practitioner of mindfulness, that you may (or may not) find helpful. More advice: , and (written from a Christian perspective) . --Lambiam 09:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- (OR, in that I have no published sources for this, though I was taught it by others): Forgiving does not necessarily mean forgetting - it also doesn't necessarily mean condoning. It means not carrying ill will. In my experience, once I see the cost (to me) of bearing the resentment, and how illusory are the apparent benefits of doing so, it is easy to choose to let it go. ColinFine (talk) 14:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Shall we forgive the OP for forgetting that we don't offer advice?DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 17:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'd suggest searching the web. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 17:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- The injunction does not apply to all advice, but is aimed specifically at giving medical or legal advice. --Lambiam 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
NonStopGo
One of the reasons I hurt myself quite so much last May was to make sure
that I stopped for long enough to arrive at this particular point. For only
through understanding can we see how to forgive both ourselves and other
people. In forgiveness there is love ; and although we can accept forgiveness
from others, true forgiveness comes solely from within. And only if we
love ourselves can we hope to achieve that shining state of grace which
is our true birthright and to find, finally, the gate which leads out of this
vale of tears : and opens for ever into the realms of eternal light.
7th July 2005
MinorProphet (talk) 05:42, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Westminster Coroner's Court
I'm trying to research a sudden death that occurred in the London Borough of Merton. Please help me find information about Westminster Coroner's Court, also known as "Inner West London Coroner's Court". They appear to have no website, and publish no court listings. They claim that coroners records are closed to public access for 75 years.
But other coroners courts in the UK, for example "London Inner South Coroner’s Court", publish their court listings and say that inquests are public and anyone can attend.
Why is there are difference? Why is "London Inner South Coroner’s Court" open to the public, but "Inner West London Coroner's Court" is not? Surely all coroners courts operate under the same laws?
Thanks for your help Cylopi (talk) 12:41, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- As you can see from coroners' courts are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. I can assure you, however, that inquests held by the Westminster coroner are as public as inquests held by any other coroner. 2A00:23D0:54D:2001:7843:31E3:192B:798 (talk) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Where can I find unmarried men list in Science/Maths?
Like Brahmagupta, Issac Newton, Nicola Tesla, Arthur Eddington.
I want to exclude Archimedes due to his unknown marital status, Leonardo da Vinci as he have romantic relations and Galileo Galilei who has 3 children out of wedlock. HarryOrange (talk) 14:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Do you have any reason to suppose that such a list exists, @HarryOrange? ColinFine (talk) 14:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Just to encourage celibacy HarryOrange (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- So, you've come here to ask people how to remove from a list that doesn't exist, some names that would probably belong only the list if it existed, because you have some private meaning of "unmarried"? ColinFine (talk) 12:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- If some men don't (appear to) have sexual relationships with women, they're not necessarily demonstrating celibacy - they might be otherwise inclined. Chuntuk (talk) 11:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Just to encourage celibacy HarryOrange (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Why did you pipe the correctly-spelled "Isaac" Newton to the incorrectly-spelled "Issac" Newton? -- Jack of Oz 18:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- And do the same strange thing to Nikola Tesla? Cullen328 (talk) 23:03, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Champagne explosion
I had an unopened bottle of cheap champagne (Barefoot Rosé if that matters) left over from NYE, and about 10 minutes ago the thing spontaneously exploded. It had been just sitting there at room temperature. No serious damage but there is champange and broken glass all over the place now, and I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Are these explosions a usual occasional occurrence? I'm used to champagne bottles being thicker than regular wine bottles for obvious reasons, but this one seems on the thin side in retrospect, maybe as an economy measure. Could that be? I'm surprised it doesn't happen on store shelves if it happens at home. Thanks. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- I does happen. Sometimes a cause can be identified. When a bottle of champagne is stored in a freezer, or a fridge whose temperature setting is too low, the contents may freeze, causing it to expand. This can lead to minute cracks in the glass, weakening its strength. Thawed in a relatively warm environment, the pressure of the gas can then result in fracture. Another potential cause is premature bottling, when fermentation has not run its fill course ands the wine still contains yeast and sugar. (Almost all wine sold as "champagne" in the US, also when labelled "Brut", contains residual sugar to accommodate the local taste.) When warmed up, fermentation resumes and pressure increases. Finally, a small fraction of bottles is damaged in handling or comes with production defects, not detectable through visual inspection. --Lambiam 22:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. No idea about refrigeration before I bought it, but I got it off the shelf at a big supermarket, carried it home, and it sat in the exact same place in the room for several days before going kablooie. All I can think of is that carrying it home might have bumped it around or something. Oh well, no big deal in the scheme of things. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 01:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- The traditional method of making Champagne requires freezing it in the bottle, so I suppose most bottles are designed to handle that – although freezing from the bottom up is safer than top-down, as it creates no plug of ice between the liquid and the gas. If not using the traditional method, or if the wine doesn't come from the Champagne region, many countries (including all of the EU) forbid selling it under the name Champagne. The US however hasn't got that restriction.
- Wines freeze around -5°C, so accidental freezing in a fridge set too cold seems unlikely. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:15, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- In this case the bottle had not been opened, but the cold liquid carbonated contents of a closed bottle may freeze upon opening due to cooling by adiabatic expansion of the CO2. --Lambiam 13:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Once upon a time soda pop used to come in reusable glass bottles, and I read somewhere that this would happen from time to time with the larger sizes. And indeed, sometime around 1980 a large bottle of Coca-Cola, probably 1.5 liters, exploded while sitting in my cupboard. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 02:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Organizations
Are there any international organizations headquartered in Australia, similar to UN and World Bank are headquartered in the US? --40bus (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- We have a Category:International organisations based in Australia. --Lambiam 23:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Isn't this more or less the same question that you asked a month ago? Shantavira| 09:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- An international organization is a completely different thing from a multinational company. --Viennese Waltz 11:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- yes but both questions are easily answered with even the most cursory research and 40bus here seems to have a habit of asking research questions. 208.121.35.65 (talk) 17:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- An international organization is a completely different thing from a multinational company. --Viennese Waltz 11:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
January 6
Replacement for my My Yahoo page
Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes.
Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most.
Any suggestions as to a replacement? Mjroots (talk) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- MSN.com does that pretty well. --Viennese Waltz 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using MSN.com? --Lambiam 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --Viennese Waltz 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using MSN.com? --Lambiam 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed here, some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there. --Lambiam 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- No modules, but there is Neocities. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. Card Zero (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. @Card Zero: - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of WP:NOTWEBHOST #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. Mjroots (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- Avocado (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. @Card Zero: - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of WP:NOTWEBHOST #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. Mjroots (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019
In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? Shantavira| 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --Lambiam 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I found this document (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its estimated standard deviation is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 sigma, which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is. --Lambiam 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I found this document (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --Lambiam 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- According to the document linked by @Viennese Waltz, there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures here and here. Chuntuk (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- What's 'this decade'? There tends to be some controversy especially with 2020 and 2021 figures since reduced traffic due to COVID-19 whether from lockdowns or just changes in behaviour e.g. with more working from home are often cited as reasons for reduced fatalities the. Nil Einne (talk) 10:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- According to the document linked by @Viennese Waltz, there were 199 deaths in 2019, compared to 171 the year before. That's a 16% increase, not 20%. On the other hand, it's an extra 28 people - so more than the result of a single incident. It just looks like random variation in a decade (the 2010's) that saw about 200 people killed every year on Denmark's roads. This decade it's been more like 150 a year, so if they spent a lot of money in 2019 it was worth it. You can further eamine annual figures here and here. Chuntuk (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Neurodiverse dating site
Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the personality and personal value system of each. --Lambiam 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
January 8
Anthropology Misplaced Pages page
Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology 136.26.125.34 (talk) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)