Name of a synthetic material
Alright. I quit. What's the english name of the white foam-like material that comes in packages to protect the content from shocks? I'm talking about the solid molded things that hold the stuff in the box, they're made out of thousands of little spheres put together. What's the chemical and informal name for that material in the various forms english (if there's a difference)?
Here in Brazil it's called isopor. Check those images if necessary. — Kieff | Talk 03:37, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Other than rigid Styrofoam, there's a similar packaging material that's white, pliable and has a smooth texture. How do we call that material? -- Toytoy 05:55, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
This has always confused me. -- Natalinasmpf 03:58, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- What? I don't know that! AAAAAAAaaaaarggghhh! Radiant_ >|< 21:03, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Coleco Emulator for Zaurus 5500?
I now have a Sharp Zaurus 5500, and a while back i had a neat idea for a pocket colecovision. The other day i thought, why not just get an emulator for my Zaurus? Does this handheld have enough power for this? Is there already an emulator for it, or would one have to be ported? -- Phroziac (talk) 04:05, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Las Vegas
I've got a question about Las Vegas, but not about the place (or places, if you count the one in New Mexico) itself. What does the word "vegas" mean in Spanish? It's obviously a plural noun, given the "las". I've also heard of a place called La Vega, which was a Spanish town in Jamaica prior to the British conquest. DO' И eil 06:16, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
Ya, I'd always heard it meant The Cactus , I think I first heard that in the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . Although, considering the forementioned movie, I was probably a bit out of sorts while watching it. I'll go along with The Meadows . Though I may look into this a bit deeper. BTW, I live in Las Vegas. 68.104.69.70 22:51, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Lazy Sheep
I googled for a song called "O Lazy Sheep", the tune intended for the Bagme Bloma poem by JRRT (see Songs for the Philologists). The only thing I could find was this. If you know anything about it, please come to the Talk:Songs for the Philologists page. dab 13:45, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Abbott Willtraud 1401/Corvey by Hoxter
Where can i look for the Abbott Willtraud 1401??
mousepads
Is there anyway of making the mousepad on my laptop faulty? Cos its really annoyin having the pad there cos whenever i touch it accidentally, it moves the cursor. I'm on windows 2000 if that helps --Expurgator t(c)
Bright-line rule
I notice that in Kelo v. New London, the court mentioned that "Petitioners' proposal that the Court adopt a new bright-line rule that economic development does not qualify as a public use is supported by neither precedent nor logic." What is a "bright-line rule"? - Ta bu shi da yu 04:48, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
tudo sobre a eurasia
This apparently means "everything on the eurasia" in Portuguese language. pt:Eurasia doesn't exist, though pt:Europa and pt:Ásia do. Dunc|☺ 28 June 2005 16:59 (UTC)
Anti-nuclear Anti-virus
Please can you give me more information about Anti-nuclear Anti-virus disease. My sister is 24 and just lost her 4 baby during her pregnancy. If it's possible can you give me more information about this disease. And explain it so that a person like me can understand it
Thank you Lizelle van Heerden
Estimating distance of lightning from me.
I remember, as a child, being told to count in seconds - after seeing lightning - until I heard the thunder. I was told that each second counted meant the lightning was that many miles away.
However, light - as we know - travels bloomin' fast. Sound travels at around 330 m/s. A mile is about 1600m (here in the UK).
So, 1600m / 330 m/s = 5 (rounded to nearest full number).
So, if I count 5 seconds, does that mean the lightning is around a mile away?
Or is any kind of "I've seen the lightning, and now I'll start counting" method of estimating the distance completely futile due to other factors?
--bodnotbod June 28, 2005 18:57 (UTC)
other origins of NO
whats the difference between nitrate and nitrite? And how does it affect the body?
Nitric oxide has become an extremely hot area of physiology and medical research in the last decade. NO is a vasodilator and an important regulator of blood vessel narrowing and relaxation, resulting in increasing and decreasing blood flow through various organs. See for example,
Annual Review of Physiology Vol. 67: 99-145 (Volume publication date March 2005) (doi:10.1146/annurev.physiol.67.060603.090918) CHEMICAL PHYSIOLOGY OF BLOOD FLOW REGULATION BY RED BLOOD CELLS: The Role of Nitric Oxide and S-Nitrosohemoglobin David J. Singel and Jonathan S. Stamler alteripse 28 June 2005 22:44 (UTC)
Gosh, are scientific documents always in ALLCAPS? It made me think there was an uncivil poster for a while there. -- Natalinasmpf 29 June 2005 02:36 (UTC) That citation happened to be as is and I just cut and pasted without retyping in lower case. Your ears must be pretty sensitive if it bothered you. Normally I speak softly. alteripse 29 June 2005 07:01 (UTC)
Football
Does anybody know how Football (soccer) was started?
edit links broken on this page
The side edit links by each heading on this page are broken, they're out by about two, somewhere. Can anyone fix it? Dunc|☺ 28 June 2005 23:48 (UTC)
A Wikipedia joke involving coffee rolls
A little bird has pointed out to me some sort of joke on Wikipedia involving coffee rolls. Could someone tell me what it is all about, and what makes it funny? Thanks :) --HappyCamper 28 June 2005 23:51 (UTC)
Help identifying an incredibly large moth
Good morning/day/afternoon/evening ladies, gentleman, and et ceteras. This question, as one would guess from the headline, is directed at our resident biologists and/or, applicably, lepidopterists.
On more than one occasion some five or six summers ago I spotted the single largest moth I have ever seen. While I am not a lepidopterist, it was quite obvious that this animal was exceedingly large by any measurable standard. At the time, I was employed at a movie theatre in a mall in Rochester, New Hampshire. Due to the nature of the business, work would end usually around midnight. At least three times during this time period I spotted the aformentioned insect, simply lying on the ground with it's wings spread out (unlike the other more common moths hovering near the bright lights above the back parking lot).
Needless to say, the moth was instantly noticable, in part because it was so huge. Spread out, imagine a triangle with a hypotonuse of six to eight inches. The creature, whatever it was, was that large in a resting position. Also of note was that I never saw it move - it simply laid there. I assumed it was alive as 1) It got there somehow, and 2) On two occasions when I returned to the scene it had either folded it's wings or was simply gone.
The characteristics of the moth, besides it's incredible size, are, also of interest, it's color - it had none. The parts of the moth visible to me (the top) were completely white, with zero markings anywhere on the top of it's wings. It's body, from what I can remember, was white, as well, or at least very light grey. I cannot guess it's weight, however it appeared to have bulk to it. I'd imagine anyone observing this creature flying (if one could - as I only saw it at night, it may have been nocturnal) would easilly mistake it for an oddly shaped and clumsy bird.
The environment in which the moth lived was, I would assume, the environs outside of the mall there in New England. The mall was built just outside of a densly brushed and wooded area with small swamplands nearby. The time of year was in the height of summer, and the time of day was always around midnight.
I am making this far too long query off of an old memory - but my mind is not playing tricks on me as I was instantly wogboggled by the thing at the time, and it has stuck with me since. Searching has found nothing, and wikipedia seems to turn up nothing. Any help would cary many thanks. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! 29 June 2005 03:01 (UTC)
North Africa watershed maps
I was wondering: where would one find maps showing drainage basins for each river in North Africa, specifically Algeria? - Mustafaa 29 June 2005 04:27 (UTC)
Identify this lizard? salamander?
Is it possible to identify this creature using this picture? I'm not a herpetologist, and it seems using field guides or the Internet (except now
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