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MCA question paper

Can any one tell me any web site where i can find MCA entrance question paper(it should be free downloadable) Or any one can send me the question paper. just send me the clickable link through which it can be download directly. thanks i will be very thank ful. one imp point I am an indian so the question paper should be for india —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.145.188.130 (talk) 03:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

Cows

Are there more cows in Vermont or Michigan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythagoraspanda (talk • contribs)

According to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, there are an estimated 1,060 thousand head in Michigan and 265 thousand head in Vermont.—eric 05:34, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Singer

I am a 19'yr old guy who simply lovs singing and music'I try to create a musical atmosphere of the song just with my voice and then gets lost into it.After singing to myself for a fe minutes I start studying but what I hae sung rverberates in my mind and I involuntarily start humming what Ihave sung.This posing a prblem to my concentration.I cant altogether sop singing because I am addicted to my own voice.What should I do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.210.53.45 (talk) 13:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

When you study, read the words in your books out loud. That will probably make the singing voice in your head disappear. Skarioffszky 15:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I guess you might try tricking your brain into listening to other music - try listening to music on headphones. Maybe pick something in a style you wouldn't normally sing to - classical maybe. SteveBaker 17:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Avianca airlines

Does Avianca airlines (or did it ever) have any flight from Rome, Italy to Vienna, Austria? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.139.109.140 (talk) 13:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

According to our article on Avianca destinations, it has never flown to either of those places.--Shantavira 15:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

No, the article makes no such statement: it does not claim to be a complete list of places that the airline has ever flown to (and given that this is Wikipedia, I wouldn't trust it if it did). However, in this case it seems very unlikely that there was ever such a flight, simply because airlines based in one country don't typically get permission to fly between points in two other countries, especially not when the countries aren't even closely related ones. See Freedoms of the air#Eighth freedom. --Anonymous, April 9, 2007, 03:08 (UTC).

Note Freedoms of the air#Fifth freedom (the beyond and intermediate bits) are relevant here as well. Nil Einne 22:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Are there other free sites besides Pogo.com?

The answers to my last question are good, but...are there any other sites to try for money than Pogo.com? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

Sexuality

Do girls find gay guys as enticing as guys find lesbians? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.13.132.232 (talk) 18:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

The article on Shōnen-ai (see also Yaoi) offers a weak, uncited argument that at least in some cases, the answer might be "yes". Sorry that's not a very general answer. -Haikon 18:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the supposition of the question; are you talking about actual lesbians or stereotypical lipstick lesbians? jnestorius^(talk) 23:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Fag hags do. Rockpocket 00:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Some women are, some aren't. This might shock you, but women aren't all cookie-cutter identical on the inside. --Charlene 02:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I think your premise is flawed. Not all guys (even straight ones) find lesbians enticing. JackofOz 02:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

If it helps, the common wisdom is that men like to watch lesbians have sex, and women like to have gay friends. If you want something more solid than stereotype, I'm afraid I can't help you. I've never heard of anyone doing an in-depth controlled study of the subject. Black Carrot 07:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Plenty of women on 4chan say that they would find a straight guy doing homosexual stuff attractive/sexy, though of course there are no women on the internet. Plus that's original research. -Wooty Woot? contribs 07:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Ironically, considering the variety of prejudices and pre/misconceptions about the scope (or lack thereof) of female sexuality, I read a study recently where men and women were studied for their sexual response to different visual sexual stimuli. What they found was that men were very 'monogamous'; straight men were aroused by hetro sex and female gay/bisexual. Gay men were aroused by gay male sexuality. But women... Well, regardless of sexual orientation, we were turned on - if not equally, then to an unexpected degree - by hetro, gay men, gay women, dogs going at it, three-ways, masturbation, people sticking their fingers in and out of donut holes (OK the last one I made up), you name it. So it seems it's women who are really broad-minded about sex: men just like to joke about it. ;-))) Anchoress 07:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Where is this "study" you speak of? I'm female and I find this reply questionable... --124.181.241.101 08:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't remember where I saw it or what it was called. I read it at least 14 months ago. Sorry. ;-) If I feel 'in the mood' I'll go look for it. Anchoress 08:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this must be what you're referring to [1] (well not a link to the actual study but a news report with an outrageous title). The report does mention a key issue from the study which is it's impossible to actually say whether the reseachers were measuring arousal (or sexual interest) effectively. (and that men might just be more effective/succesful at supressing their arousal) I actually seem to remember a study which found most participants (male or female) found animals having sex arousing and even the most seemingly heterosexual men found gay porn arousing to some degree. But I too can't remember where I read it. Nil Einne 21:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Personally I find campness in a man (even a hint of it) a total turn off. Those women that I have spoken to about it feel much the same way. Gay but not camp is different. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:28, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

A study published in Psychological Science is generally pretty readable; here is a link to the 10-page pdf: A Sex Difference in the Specificity of Sexual Arousal (2004). The later study, which found that heterosexual women show small arousal increases in response to films of chimpanzee sex, while heterosexual men do not, does not seem available online except for the abstract: A sex difference in features that elicit genital response. --Mathew5000 07:12, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I asked the same question on an Internet forum once. One woman replied that if she had her way, sex would have nothing to do with women at all (apart from herself). I had to reply that I have the exact same wish, only with the sexes reversed. JIP | Talk 17:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

As someone has already mentioned Shōnen-ai, which is manga depicting non sexualised romatic relationships between males which is evidentally predominantly targeted at a female audience. Note however I agree this premise is flawed. It is very likely true that quite a number of men find lesbians having sex arousing and lesbian erotic is aimed at predomanantly a male clientale (Lesbianism in erotica). However it's difficult to say for sure what percentage of males do find such work arousing. So how can you compare the two if you don't even know what percentage one is? Note also that it's important to remember most erotica targeted at men has 'lipstick lesbians'. I'm doubtful whether more butch and femme type persona are as arousing in general to heterosexual men Nil Einne 21:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, exactly which premise is flawed?100110100 13:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes a long time later but I meant The premise of the original question "Do girls find gay guys as enticing as guys find lesbians?". You can't answer the question since you have no idea how many guys finds lesbians enticing Nil Einne (talk) 08:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

And, I question whether 'lesbianism' even factors into it: I assert that 'girl on girl' is popular because it is women having sex with each other, NOT because it's actual lesbians (I'm not talking about the sexual orientation of the actresses, but rather the socio/politico/sexual motivations and backstory of the characters). All the men I've been with have been captivated by the idea of girl-on-girl, but it was the idea of straight women getting it on; they had no interest, real or fantasy, in actual lesbians. Anchoress 20:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

A big 'thank you' to Nil Einne and Mathew5000 for digging up the study; you did what I could not! I devoted more time than I cared to looking for it, to no avail. Cheers! Anchoress 20:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, Anchoress. As far as I can tell, that series of studies hasn't been written up in any Wikipedia article; I put a note about it at Talk:Sexual orientation. --Mathew5000 02:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

question

Have there ever been any questions on here which haven't been answered? 147.197.215.15 22:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, many. And there are many more that are answered poorly. We used to keep a list of unanswered questions (see Wikipedia:Reference Desk archive unanswered 2005) but now they are simply archived with the answered ones. Rockpocket 23:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

The best answers are when we can point to a non-obvious article, or external source. The worst are when people are just gabbing... --Zeizmic 13:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I did a quick-and-dirty analysis of the questions on the Science Ref Desk back in January. Of the 144 questions that were more than a day old, all but one had received a response of some sort. Of the 21 questions posed on the final day, only the four most-recently asked questions had not received a response.

I cannot comment on the other Desks, and I did not attempt to evaluate the quality of the answers given. The data set that I used is here, and the summary is here. My own impression of the Science Ref Desk is that the vast majority of questions are answered rapidly and correctly. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)