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Windows annoyance

I want to adjust a setting, but when i open the window to adjust it, the "apply" or "ok" button is hidden under the bar at the bottom, so I can't ever reach it. It looks like this. Any help? Thanks, Яussiaп F 00:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

There are several things you can do; a) You can hide your taskbar temporarily, if that would give you enough room. b) You can use the 'tab' key to move to the button you want, and then hit 'enter' to enact it, even if you can't see it (that assumes familiarity with the dialog box). c) You may be able to move the dialog box by using the 'ALT+M' or right-click, 'Move' command. and d) You can (temporarily or permanently) adjust your screen resolution. Anchoress 01:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks :D Яussiaп F 02:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Or you can left-mouse-drag on an empty patch on the taskbar and pull it over to either side or the top of the screen. SteveBaker 02:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

3D pictures

A few days ago on youtube i saw someone left a 3D picture of two middle fingers pointing up(made entirely out of periods and underscores) as a comment . I was wondering if there are pictures people have made using a large amount of symbols , numbers or words. If so please paste here .Thnx 4 ur time.(Wookiemaster 02:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC))

No. Do not post them here. Read ASCII art and follow the links. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Psp

i type on wii, so briefly: is psp like ps2 in hardware/gaming power or better or worse--71.185.138.232 02:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Worse in both aspects. --antilived^{T | C | G} 05:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Evolution history of W 650cc KAWASAKI Twin cyl Motorcycle's from early 1960'sto 1975

Dear "To whom it may concern/ of Interest,
I seek means by which I may add to my present knowledge of the Planning, Design & Manufacture of the Historic KAWASAKI "W" -series MOTORCYCLES, Made at AKASHI Factory in JAPAN from Early '60's to W3A -RS of >1975!
Thanking You, DesmondA

It seems you already know more than most, even identifying the factory that manufactured the motorcycles. Kawasaki W650#History gives a very general overview of the W series history. A google search turned up some other general-information sites [1] [2], but few specifics. If you read Japanese, you might try this site, or write to the folks at Kawasaki. 152.16.59.190 07:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Liberal Hollywood

Why is Hollywood often associated with, and criticised for being associated with, liberals? 71.31.151.220 04:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know. Ask (lobbyist/actor) Fred Thompson. Neutrality^talk 05:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know either, but check out: Hollywood Left, Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show, or the external website THEHOLLYWOODLIBERAL. They might answer your questions. Anchoress 06:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

And THIS ARTICLE is also quite interesting. Anchoress 06:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Off the top of my head:

• Hollywood was founded by entrepreneurs who did not come from the upper, more conservative class.
• The acting profession and movie business were looked down upon by the upper class, further adding a bias towards liberals.
• The movie business tends to reward thinking unconventionally (though you wouldn't know it from all the sequels), so liberals are more likely to do well.
• The religious right (and possibly the rural right) tends to go to fewer movies on average, so movie producers cater to a more liberal audience.
• Teenagers, a big market segment, want excitement, violence and sex, which movies of a liberal bent are more likely to provide. Clarityfiend 07:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Interesting points, but your items seem to support the reality that Hollywood is liberal, while the questioner is wondering where the idea (real or imagined) originated, and why that makes Hollywood a target of criticism. In fact, a couple of the links I provided suggest that it's a useful myth perpetuated by various political forces. Anchoress 07:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

What I'm contending is that Hollywood is associated with liberals simply because it is more liberal than the mainstream due to cultural and economic reasons. Not everybody of course (Jimmy Stewart, Ronald Reagan, etc.), but on average. Clarityfiend 16:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Hollywood produces many movies that feature sex outside of marriage and other behavior condemned by religious conservatives. Hollywood produces these movies because they are extremely popular and therefore highly profitable. Hollywood executives need not be liberal to produce such movies; in the capitalist system, which most conservatives support, it is simply their job to produce whatever will maximize profits. It is demonstrable that not everyone associated with Hollywood is liberal. Consider the careers of Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Clint Eastwood, among others. However, conservative politicians can score points with religious conservatives by attacking Hollywood. When conservative politicians follow up on these attacks by enacting laws such as the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005, which threaten Hollywood's profits, Hollywood executives and actors will inevitably respond by backing more liberal politicians who will more effectively represent their interests in government. This gives conservatives yet another reason to attack Hollywood and to accuse it of liberalism. Marco polo 14:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

When did you last see a Hollywood movie or TV show when somebody actually had an abortion, let alone had one for non-medical reasons and felt happy about it? [3], [4] The simple fact is, that Hollywood is the freest of markets in the US, and its product reflects more precisely than any political platform what Americans not only want to see, but are willing to pay money to see. Gzuckier 18:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The image of Hollywood largely is controlled by its more vocal actors, but that does not mean that Hollywood is controlled by one political ideology or another (business is more important than the show part of show business). At present, the liberal voice of Hollywood seems to receive more press. I believe that in the 1940s and 1950s, the conservative voice of Hollywood received more press. Once that voice reaches too far left (perhaps when they have their own McCarthyism type efforts), it probably will move back towards a conservative voice. The United States essentially works similarly - when conservative efforts get too far off center (e.g. the Iraq war), liberals are elected; when liberal efforts get too far off center, conservatives are elected (see, e.g., United States House elections, 1994). Eventually, each group (Republicans/Democrats) becomes complacent in power, uses too much of it, and they are replaced with the other group (Democrats/Republicans). Basically, that how the United States generally remains centered over time (at least that's how I see it). -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 16:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Here is an example of that association. Billboard Blitz to Blast Hollywood was a billboard blitz "thanking" liberal Hollywood for the reelection of President Bush. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 16:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It has been argued that movie stars tend to lean toward welfare-statism out of a kind of guilt, because they know that it was largely chance that made them rich and not others. —Tamfang 16:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Some would argue that "liberal Hollywood" is a code word that has replaced the now-socially unacceptable Jews in Hollywood antisemitic stereotype (see secular Jewish culture, Neal Gabler's An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), and Harold David Brackman's The Attack on Jewish Hollywood: A Chapter in the History of Modern American Anti-Semitism [5] The ADL has spoken about this [6].

In terms of the culture wars, there are also deep anti-Jewish sentiments. When Republicans talk about "Hollywood culture" they mean "Jewish" culture...When Republicans talk about the "coastal elites" they mean Jews. When they talk about "intellectuals" with disdain, they mean Jews. [7]

Neutrality^talk 19:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Good one, Neutrality!! Anchoress 23:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

option open interest data of NSE ( INDIA)

i want option open interest data ( stocks & indices ) of indian stock market.where cn i get it? i know it is available on NSE website but its not very convinient for analytical work.i have tried some intertional financial data vendor as FACTSET but they dont provide data for indian stock market.can you please tele me where can i get open interest data on stocks and indices in option segment of NSE (National Stock Exchange, INDIA)?Please reply me via e-mail on manumzp@yahoo.com

Indian stock market option open interest data

i want option open interest data on stocks and indices of NSE (India).i know it is availabe on website but it is not in a convinient format for analytical work.can you tele me where can i get option open interest data on stocks and indices of NSE (India)?

DD or KK

What are the valid suggestions in that Dunkin' Donuts is superior over Krispy Kreme and vice versa? This may be incorporated into the article somehow.--SS420 13:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Define superior. Superior is a subjective term unless you're talking about figures that you can tie to reliable sources. If by superior, you mean which company made more profit, then that can be looked up in each of the companies stock reports. Though I doubt that's what you are going for. Are you looking for restaraunt critics' opinions? They generally don't write critiques on donut shops. Dismas|^(talk) 13:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is based on WP:RS. There may be enought WP:RS to create a Dunkin Donuts vs. Krispy Kreme article. As a similar concept, check out Cola wars. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 16:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

dress code

what is meant by "planters order" when in context of a dress code. 62.244.184.66 13:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC) mrbeowolf

According to this link it seems to be a term that is used in the British military to describe a certain level of dress though I was unable to find a specific description of it. This link (to an MS Word document) says that it is a long sleeved shirt and tie. The specific mention of it that I see is "Working dress in Kathmandu is civilian clothes, but uniform is worn in Pokhara. In the spring, autumn and monsoon, “planters order” is worn (long sleeved shirt and tie)." Dismas|^(talk) 14:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The term is global. It simply describes what should be worn at a particular time and/or place. i.e. Dress code for the evening is black tie (ie tuxedo in American)86.216.122.39 14:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)petitmichel

This "global" term seems not to have reached the United States. Corvus cornix 21:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Nor Australia. I agree that "dress code" is a universal term, but I've never heard of "planters order". -- JackofOz 01:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

"Global" as in <relating to or embracing the whole of something, or of a group of things>86.209.157.219 14:13, 15 June 2007 (UTC)petitmichel

I wonder whether that usage will survive when civilization is interplanetary, i.e. when the universe of what matters is no longer a sphere. —Tamfang 02:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

So you're saying that "planters order" means nothing more than "dress appropriate for the occasion"? —Tamfang 02:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

"Planter's Orders" is a dress code derived from a military term. In hot climates, a commanding officer could order "Planter's Orders" and the men were permitted to remove jackets and ties (usually - this varies) and roll shirt sleeves up. There would be a required sleeve rolling technique, usually 4 neat turns, possibly ironed, so that the rolled fabric formed a neat band around elbow length. So in a non-military sense, Planter's Orders is neat trousers (i.e suit trousers or similar), long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves neatly rolled up, without a jacket or tie.

Vince McMahon bringing back WCW as a new WWE brand

Does anyone know when Vince McMahon would bring back World Championship Wrestling as a new WWE brand? User:Ericthebrainiac Thursday, June 14 2007 11:36 AM

Is this in real life or on a fictional island? Recury 20:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Can't answer the question, but Eric, could you use the standard four tildes ~~~~ to sign your posts? No sense in making redlinks of the date and time. --LarryMac | Talk 20:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I would suspect this is unlikely. The current WWE brand division essentially performs this service. If you like, RAW is the old WWF/WWE, Smackdown does the job of WCW, and ECW, is well, I suppose ECW. Given the lack of success of ECW since its rebirth last year, I'd say it's unlikely they would try the same with WCW; the most likely thing if it did occur would be renaming Smackdown as WCW, but I'd doubt they'd do that. One of the big problems they are facing at the moment is a shortage of top-end talent. I doubt they'd want to make the situation worse by attempting to reopen WCW as well. --jjron 15:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Difference between Tuscan and French Provencal Architecture

Can somebody advise me of the main features that differentiate these two types of architecture. I have recently built a house which is "obviously" tuscan, but to be different from everybody else in the neighbourhood need to be able to substantiate a claim that it is in fact Provencal !--Dr snoobab 18:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps Tuscan order, Category:French architecture, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture might assist. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 19:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

What is the meaning of this ?

Can anybody identify, or provide the meaning of this symbol and numbers which appeared painted on a rock in my garden one day ?

File:1010 411.jpg

--Dr snoobab 18:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe it's a phone thing. As in, "Call 1010-411 and then your number, and get SUPER LOW RATES!!11!". See Feature group. Friday (talk) 18:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

PS. As for the symbol.. I dunno, somebody's got crosshairs on your rock? Do you know if it owes somebody money? Friday (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll guess at a topological survey mark. Maybe we could have more context - are we talking private garden or common space outside your house? Can you think of any reason why there might be a survey going on? Any sign of such? --Tagishsimon (talk)

Further on Tagishsimon's post. Perhaps one of the contractors working on your home painted the survey mark on your rock, thinking "It's just a rock" or not giving it any thought. If true, you might ask them to replace the rock with they are through. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 19:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks like a white power symbol to me. I call graffiti. Have you got any Aryan skinheads living nearby (they're always painting that, the SS runes and swastikas on walls where I live)? --62.136.36.110 19:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like a particularly elaborate survey mark. Is there some construction work being planned nearby? Depending which country you live in, the number may be the height in metres (or decimal feet) above sea level. Does that check out? However, when I was a surveyor, we would never paint the actual height on the stone, just jot it down in our notebook. (In the UK, you can sometimes see similar survey numbers painted under railway platforms.)--Shantavira|^{feed me} 19:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd opine that the numbers are just a reference to whatever data was collected at the point. To build castles in the air, if this is so, then we might postulate that the survey is large, since it requires large reference numbers. Perhaps your garden has been nominated as the site of a forthcoming international airport? --Tagishsimon (talk)

Looks like a chalk mark that burglars use to mark a victims property to identify whether the owner of the house is either worth robbing or not. But don't worry it most likely isn't. Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 20:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd be suspicious if thieves would ever leave chalk marks like that. Sounds like an urban legend to me. Why would a thief want to help other thieves? If they want to signal to someone in particular about a particular house, telling them the address would be a million times more efficient and a million times less conspicuous. It doesn't make any sense, and it sounds more like an old-wives-tale version of burglary than the reality. --24.147.86.187 21:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd guess it is a surveying or construction mark of some sort. Maybe geotagging (compare), though it only has one value, from what I can tell. Or pranksters. Hard to know. --24.147.86.187 21:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks way too big and sloppy (but then we don't have a ruler for scale) to have been put there by a surveyor. The ones I have seen at work cut an intersecting pair of lines in rock or concrete with a scribing tool or grinder, then usually spray some red paint on it. Found "1010-411 American Express Travel Related Services" which is "US CALLING CODES FOR DIAL AROUND

LONG DISTANCE SERVICES" at http://www.quantometrix.com/long_dis2.htm . Is there an AM radia station in your area? 411 is an information service, so that could be some publicity ploy. Edison 23:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The circle/+ symbol is a common sign for an exact location or a coordinate - and two numbers could represent some sort of North/East offset from that. I wonder if it was something left by geocachers - they sometimes set puzzles like this by giving you rough Latitude/Longitude coordinates to lead to a hidden 'treasure' - then have you look around to get the last few digits that you add or subtract from the published coordinate that'll lead you to the exact location. If you could tell us your country and ZIP code, it would be easy to test that theory - of if you prefer not to do that, locate your home in lat/lon coordinates and enter them in www.geocaching.com to see if there is a find nearby - check out the clues on that find's website and maybe you'll see whether there are instructions relating to finding marks on a rock...you could also look for a geocache that was 'planted' around about the time when your rock was attacked. SteveBaker 23:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Different perspective but looks to me like a "native american" medicine wheel coupled with a date that all pot smokers rever. I could be wrong & never claimed infallibility but i think your looking at graffitti courtesy of a couple potheads. CHEERS 24.226.90.6 00:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)Rana sylvatica

Eh? Why potheads? —Tamfang 02:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd say something to do with the Nazis too. That symbol is also an Aryan rune, IIRC. Stormfront use it as their logo, for exammple. --Kurt Shaped Box 00:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it stands for "oihih" (multiply 1010 x 411 = 41410 and apply Calculator spelling) and is a message from Huhubiu Oihih, where the symbol represents his hair. Could be a devil worship thing. The cement drippings over the symbol might be a clue as well. It might be a hobo sign, meaning here you will find food, work, and money, or here live generous people.[8] The cross appears within a circle, touching the circumference, and extending beyond the circumference. This link says it signifies oil in alchemy. This symbol is close. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 01:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Try calling the number and seeing what happens. --Candy-Panda 08:23, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there some thing where people can mark certain symbols around their house to tell people stuff :@ HS7 14:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Well...it could be just the work of neighborhood vandals. -Zacharycrimsonwolf 14:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe warchalking or Hobo#Hobo_code. A.Z. 19:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Sperm count!!!

Hello.....What are ways 2 increase sperm count and will the increase make my shooting more powerful if you know hat i mean...Please guide me through this

Sperm is basically protein, so apparently having more protein in your diet will increase it, but don't quote me on that, I'm not qualified by any means.

That said, there isn't really any reason to increase it unless it is very low, in which case I'm sure that a doctor could help. Daniel (‽) 19:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[Sigh]. See sperm count and WebMD [9]. But of course we're not doctors and we do not give medical advice. See a real medical professional (mind our Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer). Neutrality^talk 19:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Well thank you for the advice but...how can i shoot sperm?

Do it the WikiSex way. bibliomaniac15 Join or die! 23:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I think you're more interested in the volume of semen in your ejaculations, rather than the number of sperm in each ejaculation. Semen is mostly water. -- JackofOz 01:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

You should ask Peter North. But i think his ability is more of a God given 'talent', rather than anything to do with the suppliments he advertises. Willy turner 09:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

And again, as God as my witness I can't think why it would matter how far you can ejaculate, unless you're planning to make a million dollars by starring in gay porn that is. --Charlene 03:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Closing a door with a window open/closed

When the window in the bathroom is open, the door shuts easily. When it's not, the door seems harder to shut. Why is this.--71.185.138.232 20:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

You're pushing air around with the door. If the air can easily move through the window, it does. When it can't, there could be more air resistance. Friday (talk) 20:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Or, put another way, when the window is closed, you're trying to compress the air and/or force it out of the room through the crack that is left as the door shuts. When the window is open, you merely push the air out of the way through the window. As Friday says, it is a matter of air resistance. --Tagishsimon (talk)

No no no, it's not air resistance so much as it is pressure. When the window is shut and you try to close the door you are overpressuring the bathroom, which takes additional force to overcome. --Cyde Weys 22:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

It's both. You are overpressurizing the bathroom, which sets up an airflow outwards around the sides of the doors, which creates air resistance. (This assumes the door opens outwards from the room. If it opens inwards, you are reducing the pressure and the airflow is inwards. But the effect is the same.) --Anonymous, June 14, 2007, 22:39 (UTC).

Actually its the less than infinite compliance of the air in the room that causes the increase in pressure and the apparent increased difficulty.

Population

I'm trying to find out the population of each of the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres. I checked all four articles but surprisingly, none of them give a simple indication of it's population. I'm looking for current population estimates based on the geographical definition (half-ball, by the equator and 0°/180° longitude), not the political concept of Western World or any other definition. If you can list all four population numbers here that would be greatly appreciated. 209.53.181.65 20:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The Northern and Southern hemispheres are fairly well defined, the dividing line being the Equator. However, the populations are not easy to calculate because there are a number of countries that span the Equator, and their populations north vs. south of the equator are probably not recorded in easily accessible documents, if at all. The Eastern and Western hemispheres are not well defined, because it's completely arbitrary where the dividing line is. -- JackofOz 01:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

No, they're perfectly well defined. And while the boundary has no particular relation to anything else, it certainly was not an arbitrary choice: the International Meridian Conference chose the prime meridian so as to pass through the Greenwich Observatory because that was where it already was on the majority of world's maps used by seafarers.

However, Jack's essential point is valid. Basically, the job of census bureaus worldwide is to determine the population of political units, and smaller areas that political units might be assembled from (i.e. to provide data for redistricting). The boundaries of these units are not likely to follow the equator or the prime meridian (one obvious example is Greater London, which the prime meridian obviously divides), and census bureaus are quite busy enough without tabulating populations by hemisphere.

On the other hand, there aren't all that many countries that have significant populations in two hemispheres, either on a N/S or an E/W split. So you could derive a pretty good figure by taking a list of countries (and other places) with their populations, and just assigning each country to one side of the line or the other: treat the UK as being entirely in the Western Hemisphere, France in the Eastern, Brazil and Indonesia in the Southern. Then just add them up. (You might want to use a, what do you call it, oh yeah, a computer for that.) Some of the errors will cancel out, and what's left will probably be less than the errors in the populations you're adding up anyway.

--Anonymous, June 15, 2007, 06:12 (UTC).

Tactile feel to the keyboard

When I type into Microsoft Word in bold characters, the keys on my keyboard seem harder to press than when I type those same letters in non-bold characters. What do you think causes this? (Note: I've experienced this on several keyboards on different computers.) -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 21:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I recommend the following test: blindfold yourself, and have a friend alternate between bold and not-bold. See how successful you are at telling the difference by feel. I suspect you'll find that the difference is all in your head. Friday (talk) 21:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's not a real effect outside of your own head. I've never heard of a keyboard that could affect the difficulty of pressing keys for any reason. If you take a keyboard apart you'll see it is just a button, a little plastic "spring" (really more of a hinge, but it has a spring effect), and at the bottom a little pressure-sensitive switch that closes the circuit when you press the key. While I could imagine very complicated ways to construct a keyboard whereby the hinge would become more rigid on a single given from the computer, to my knowledge no one has done this, for the simple reason that there isn't much utlity to it. --24.147.86.187 21:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Penis looks bigger in mirror

I've noticed that when I look down at my penis, it looks very small, but when I look at it in the mirror, it looks normal-sized. Why is this?--Paraguayan1 22:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Scientists can probably give you a technical explanation, but I think it's the same syndrome that occurs when you're standing at a urinal and you surreptitiously sneak a look at the equipment on the the guy standing next you, and you think "Wow, he's got a biggie", while that guy is also sneaking a peek at yours and thinking exactly the same thing. -- JackofOz 22:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Why, is it some kind of a vantage point issue going on? --Cyde Weys 22:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Perspective. --Carnildo 22:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

You may want to read Objects in mirror are wider than they appear. It seems to be a marketing thing. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 01:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Things are always bigger when you look athem Cyde Ways!

Things look shorter when you look down at them. --124.181.180.104 07:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Here is a page with some interesting discussion on size perception (in general, not specifically penis related). It refers to the Ponzo illusion, for which we have an article. --LarryMac | Talk 12:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

It could be because it's facing away from you, look at anything that shape from the end and it looks smaller than from the side :] HS7 14:37, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

E.E.U.U.

Why is it E.E.U.U. and not E.U.? (in spanish[im not actually paraguayan])--Paraguayan1 22:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This google answer explains. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

(incase someone reading was wondering, the E and U stand for Estados Unidos, i.e. the USA, not the European Union). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Ohh, more movie help.

So, I'm at the local Internet-Game Cafe. There's a big plasma screen that the owner and the other cashiers/players waiting for a open PC/Game Tournament to watch. There's this freaky movie about a family moving into a house, and a ghost starts to try and contact them. The father digs in the basement until he uncovers a corpse. It's revealed the ghost was raped (duh, a female) by two men. I wasn't paying attention (Garry's Mod does get your goat), until I hit another download screen. The movie ends with the two men "visiting" the house, attempting to kill the family, only to get shot by the man who nearly shot the father.

What is it? Mr. Raptor 23:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

If my memory doesn't fail me, I believe it's Stir of Echoes. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Yep, that is correct Donald Hosek 00:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)