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October 22

ford mazda motors

Can I fit a mazda 3.0 Vulcan motor in my 1994 Ford Ranger.

If you have the know-how, the tools, and the money, you can put nearly any engine in any vehicle. I've seen motorcycles with 454 Chevy motors.--Shuttlebug 05:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

     I need to know if the mazda motor is compatible with my Ranger

Football

How are points awarded in a league? And how are points awarded in a tournament group stage? Can someone tell?--203.124.2.16 08:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

That depends on the league and the version of football you are discussing, I gather. Skittle 11:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You can probably use algebra to work it out, assuming points are awarded only for wins and draws, and that you know how many of each a team has. In modern soccer, it's almost always 3 for a win and one for a draw.  sʟυмɢυм • т • c  15:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

radio code

I bought a new Dacia Logan 1.4 but I don't know How to enter the code ( Radio Code ) help me please

Check the user manual that came with your car - it's probably in the glove compartment. Failing that, go ask your dealer (or whoever you bought the car from!). — QuantumEleven 11:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

please tell me which fossil is this .

please tell me which fossil is this . i found it near a empty ground in jaisalmer. i am attaching picture,video of this. i have many more similar to this. i think that it is a skull of an reptile contact me by mail <EMAIL DELETED>

Where are the pic and video ? StuRat 11:00, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I think you have to contact by email so the person can send it to you. --WikiSlasher 11:30, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

No thanks, that's not how the Reference Desk works. Imagine calling up a library reference desk and telling them they need to contact you to get the pic that you need help to identify. StuRat 15:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I've also deleted your email address; posting it can result in spamming. Please read the guide at the top. 65.96.181.140 01:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

cost to play one song over the radio?

how much does it cost to play the no.1 song on the charts once over the radio in Australia? Is it more to play it over internet radio? thanks for you knowledge!

Which costs do you mean ? Here are some possibilities:

• Royalties to the artist/record label.

• The cost of the transmitter, antennae, and other fixed equipment prorated by the number of songs expected for the life of those items.

• The cost for the DJ and production staff, so prorated.

• Maintenance costs, so prorated.

StuRat 15:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You could ask the Australasian Performing Right Association about fees/royalties for licensing a particular song for broadcast. --Canley 03:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

1944

Can you tell me on what day did the 18/09/1944 fall.

Monday. Dismas|^(talk) 12:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

use the "cal" or "gcal" utility that comes with unix. --GangofOne 04:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

-> cal 09 1944
   September 1944
 S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
                1  2
 3  4  5  6  7  8  9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Or if you use Windows and Excel, =TEXT(WEEKDAY(DATE(1944,9,18)),"dddd") Laïka 16:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The nix way is actually easier for once --froth^{T C} 19:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

How do I get a job as a caretaker of a sexily luxurious hotel?

How could I get a job as a caretaker of a sexily luxurious hotel, like Jack Nicholson did in The Shining? What duties would that person have to perform? I would love to have his job.

You need to look in the trade journals, and have experience in a variety of practical maintenance jobs, as it will mostly entail building maintenance, with possibly some janitorial work. I don't think The Overlook Hotel is very typical (most hotels can't afford to close for a season), and don't expect your accommodation to be sexily luxurious either.--Shantavira 13:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I assumed the caretaker would reside in one of the hotel rooms for the season.

Just take care not to go crazy and attempt to kill your entire family with an axe. Яussiaп F 14:16, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

What weapon should you use to kill your entire family ? :-) StuRat 15:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thus speaks someone who's never worked in the hotel industry.The job sucks,the hours and pay are lousey.The luxury is for the guests,you get to sleep in a broom cupboard.P.S. you did realise it was a movie and not real life?(hotclaws**== 15:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC))

I assumed it was a reality show. I'd heard stories about Jack Nicholson's temper before, but jeez...

Keeping the place clean would be a priority, so I would assume they would close off all areas that don't need to be accessed for normal maintenance. Also, I would think security would be a major part of the job, with a large part of the day spent watching security monitors. StuRat 15:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Investing

What are the pros and cons of investing in two competing companies such as Home Depot and Lowe's or Target and Wal-mart? Dismas|^(talk) 13:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Here's one: Pro: if the two companies are an oligopoly, market share lost by one is picked up by another (thus protecting you from a loss). Con: if something happens in that companies' market that drops sales across the board (e.g. retail sales tank because of low consumer confidence). you're going to take a hit that would be twice as much as opposed to investing in 2 different companies that work in two different markets. —Mitaphane _talk 14:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Right. In stock market terms, you are limiting your risk exposure while reducing the maximum possible return. If one appears to be a better investment than the other, you may also be reducing your average return by investing in both. StuRat 15:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Rush Hour 2

When I was watching Rush Hour 2, the tv. network said it contains nudity. Which part of the movie had nude scene?

They might be refering to partial nudity (e.g. scantily clad women), because most TV networks don't show nudity during the day. If I remember, wasn't there some scene in a massage palor with skimpy dressed girls? I'm betting that's what was referred to. —Mitaphane _talk 13:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

A sneaky trick of keeping innocent viewers for the entire movie, I'd say... 惑乱 分からん 14:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

There's the scene where Carter and Lee runs through the streets covered only by trashcan lids and newspapers.

There is a web site that collates reports from people who seem to live for seeing attractive celebrities less than fully clad. It's called the Celebrity Nudity Database, and you can look this movie up in it. --Anonymous, 04:35 UTC, October 23.

CNDB lol, running down the highway nude for Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 06:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Aaahh, CNDB is a classic. You could get time estimates on where in the movie to stop, as well as ratings for the actors' nudity. 惑乱 分からん 14:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Micronation website

Is there a good website on micronations, secession, and that kind of thing? The ones I find with a google search seem really shitty. Thanks! --216.164.249.1 16:40, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Did you check out the article, Micronation? There's a number of external links and references in that article. —Mitaphane _talk 16:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I checked it out, they're bad too. (This IP is probably different than my other one because I use dialup internet. --> )--216.164.200.189 18:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, what's "good"? What are you looking for, specifically? —Mitaphane _talk 20:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Not a website, but I believe one of the latest books in the Lonely Planet series devotes itself to micronations. Confusing Manifestation 04:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Real-life CTU equivalent

What is the real-life equivalent of CTU, from the TV show 24? If a nuclear/biological/whatever attack was threatened on a city, what specific agency would be assigned to try to stop it? Another question: what kind of agency would deal with it if it occured in Australia? I'm more interested in that one, since it's where I live.

For terrorist activities within the United States, FBI generally has jurisdiction. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 21:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

And United States Department of Homeland Security. --Fastfission 01:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

In Australia, counter-terrorism is the responsibility of the Australian Federal Police[1]. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) would also be involved[2], as would the police force of the state in which the incident occurred or was threatened. The Australian Defence Force could also be involved if requested[3]. For more information see http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ --Canley 03:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Salary of secret service

What would an average annual salary of a US Secret Service Presidential bodyguard be? What about a USSS Sniper? Jamesino 20:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

USSS employees are paid according to their General Schedule grade. The Washington area payscale is here. I've not managed to figure out what grades those jobs are (they don't, unsurprisingly, seem to advertise them), but they do advertise a CSI [4] at GS-9 to GS-13. GS-13 is a pretty senior rank - US Army Regulation 210–50 says it's roughly the equivalent of O-5, a Lieutenant Colonel. If we were to assume (and for sure it's a big assumption) that a presidential bodyguard is roughly equivalent to the most senior CSI, that means they'd earn between $77353 and $100554. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and this notes that they'll also get LEAP, which gives them another 25% to account for the large amount of overtime they'll end up doing. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

If I understand the structure correctly, GS-13 is the highest grade of Special Agent, and GS-14 is Supervising Special Agent. I think the guy in operational charge of the detail will be a SSA, the rest SAs of GS-13 or lower. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks al ot =) --Jamesino 23:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Average Temperature

I need to find the average temperature in the midwest United States during summer (June, July, August) I haven't found anything like this on wiki, so some help would be appreciated. I need: the average temperature during those months (separate night/day temperatures would be nice) as well as the average precipitation during those months in the summer. Thanks - Ridge Racer 20:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The Midwest is a large region. People disagree about which states are included in the region, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, it stretches from North and South Dakota and Nebraska in the far west to Ohio in the east, and from North Dakota and Minnesota in the north to Missouri in the south. The summer climates at different extremes of the region vary considerably. Northern Minnesota is much cooler than southern Missouri. Western Nebraska and South Dakota are much drier than Ohio or Michigan. If you have a particular city in mind, you can look it up at this site. Or you can search cities in different parts of the Midwest on that site to get a sense of the range. Marco polo 23:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much! That was just what I was looking for. - Ridge Racer 23:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Drunk Driving Laws

I am trying to find when the it first became illegal to drink and drive and how the law came about. Can anyone assist?

Lisa

There were laws against public intoxication before there were cars, so I suppose that if the driver of the first car had been roaring drunk, he could have been arrested regardless of the driving. Laws later made it illegal to have open liquor in a car, or to drive with even fairly small amounts of alcohol in the system, like .08, which would probably not have resulted in an arrest for public drunkenness. You might find someone in a law office with Westlaw on their computer who could look it up. Edison 23:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Note that Edison's answer is country-pecific. My guess is it's the US again. (sigh) DirkvdM 06:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

You mean there are laws outside of the US? ;-)

Wan't drunk driving outlawed in Rome during the dictatorship of Sulla, after his beautiful but somewhat dimwitted granddaughter Pompeia (the later wife of Julius Caesar) had almost been run over by a lorry with a drunken driver? Or am I confusing several incidents now? In any case it was not something one should do in most Medieval European towns, if being drunk in public was allowed at all.  --Lambiam^Talk 16:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

A law stating the amount of blood in alcool needed the testing device. And in was found only in 19xx (try Wikipedia, the free contributing encyclopedia). -- DLL ^{.. T} 18:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

NFL

Why isnt there a Sunday night NFL game tonite? Is it because of the World Series? 72.70.12.167 22:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)moe.ron

Perhaps. Maybe ratings would be low for that particular game because of the World Series, as you said. --Proficient 22:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The Providence Journal says it's a "gentleman's agreement" between the NFL and MLB not to have a football game on at the same time as the World Series. Note that tomorrow night (Monday) is scheduled to be a travel day in the Series, so Monday Night Football will air as usual. -- Mwalcoff 00:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• They're going to change the days the World Series is played next year because of this schedualing clash I believe(hotclaws**== 16:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC))

Jews

Can you help me to find the page where the Jews of New York do not believe there should not be an Israel.

Also I have seen the documenteries concerning the holocaust since the end of the fifties and the beginning of the sixties.I have books and books to report the Holocaust. I would like to know if there was a camp run by a woman who made things out of the skins of the prisioners. maybe there was not such a camp?

Mary xxxxxx Maryxxxx@xxxx xxxxxxxx

As our Zionism article notes, some Jewish people believed "any attempt to re-establish Jewish rule in Israel by human agency was blasphemous, since (in their view) only the Messiah could accomplish this." -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You may be thinking of Neturei Karta or Satmar (Hasidic dynasty) see also http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ MeltBanana 23:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I removed your personal info. BTW, there it is impossible to say what "the Jews of New York" believe. -THB 01:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

As for your other question it is uncertain but not impossible although a factory is probably unlikely http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040604.html See also Anthropodermic bibliopegy MeltBanana 01:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The woman you are thinking of is probably Ilse Koch. --Fastfission 01:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Making the camp in question Buchenwald concentration camp. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 07:41, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Their may many left leaning secular jews, who are anti isreal, and have allingned themselves with palestian intrests. Many of them are attach to groups such as move on and the national lawyers guild.

Computer Games

I have heard rumours that one will be able to play computer games on the play station three. Do these rumours have any credibility? Musli Miester 22:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

If you mean PC games, that seems unlikely. The PS3 has a Cell microprocessor rather than the Intel architecture microprocessors that PCs have, so it certainly couldn't run PC software natively. In theory (particularly given how popular we're told the Cell is) someone could write an emulator (with a fancy dynamic translator), but it's very hard to see how they'd really make enough money to justify that, and it's very hard to imagine Sony allowing them to release it anyway. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't say anything in the PS3 article about PC games. Яussiaп F 00:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)