User talk:Loadmaster/Archive 6



Cosmic Clock
Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking you about something not directly wikipedia related. I was reading the talk page for Graham's number (which is possibly even more interesting than the article itself!), and I followed the link in one of your comments to your website page "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" wherein you describe a 'cosmic clock' comprising a series of granite spheres and a bird. I was uncertain about something: as you describe it, the bird erodes the first sphere (the 'ones' sphere) until it's completely worn away, and then moves on to take a swipe at the next sphere (the 'tens' sphere). Would I be correct in assuming that this means that the bird only takes ONE swipe at the 'tens' sphere, before the 'ones' sphere is replaced, and the bird then goes back to eroding the 'ones' sphere - i.e. it one takes a single swipe at the 'tens' sphere each time it has completely eroded the 'ones' sphere? The article made it sound like the bird possibly erodes the first sphere, then the second, then the third, etc. - but this doesn't tie in with your description of the concept of the clock working like an odometer. Sorry if I'm just being a bit dumb here! It was a really well written article and a brilliant metaphor. AliasMe (talk) 03:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, the blocks are like the digits in an odometer. So once the "ones" digit is gone, it is replaced with a new one (i.e., a "zero" digit), and we "carry" with a single swipe on the "tens" digit. At the next tick, the "ones" digit is swiped again, continuing the whole process. I suppose I could have written it to be a bit clearer. Thanks for the feedback. — Loadmaster (talk) 19:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Switched-On Bach 2000
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Soylent Green image
I see that you removed the image File:SolyentGreen28d.png from the Soylent Green article. What is it about the image that does not meet the fair use criteria? As far as I can tell, it meets the WP requirements you cited (specifically items (1), (3), and (8)), unless you have a freely available replacement image in mind. — Loadmaster (talk) 20:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The image illustrates the wafers as described in the film, but its use within the article is decorative. We usually do not include non-free images in the plot to support the information there. Rather, non-free screenshots are better used for sections such as the themes, critical reception, or production section of the article. There needs to be critical commentary within the article specifically talking about the image in order to include its use. For examples of non-free images that meet the criteria, see some of the recent FAs such as Changeling, Star Trek: First Contact, Tropic Thunder, or Fight Club. If you need further clarification, please let me know. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 00:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Signpost Article
Hi Loadmaster. WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Java for a Signpost article to be published February 22. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? -Mabeenot (talk) 20:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds interesting. What sort of questions are going to be asked? — Loadmaster (talk) 16:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The interview questions can be found here. Answer as many as you feel comfortable answering. If there is anything else you'd like mentioned in the article, feel free to leave a note at the bottom of the interview page. Thanks for participating in the WikiProject Report interview. -Mabeenot (talk) 00:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Java WikiProject and Portal
Hi again David. Time passes by, and I see that your last meaningful contribution to this project seems to date back from more than 3 months ago... Not to be pushy, but as a charter member, and a guy interested in Java, wouldn't you like to get more implicated in the project? There's a lot to do as we are a fairly new project. We tried to establish all the significant automated IT BP (project banner tagging, WP1.0, cleanup detection, new articles detection, AFD detection, non-categorized article detection) and at this point, nothing will replace human heads for improving the Quality ratings of Java articles. Hope to hear from you soon, -- AlainR345  Techno-Wiki-Geek  20:43, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * For the time being, I am busy with other things. I just got laid off from my last job, so most of my time for the next few weeks will be looking for another. Sorry, but if you feel I'm not pulling my weight sufficiently, you can always remove me from the list. — Loadmaster (talk) 03:44, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SolyentGreen28d.png
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File:Alamo-Map-5399e7.jpg
Hi Loadmaster, I saw that you just added File:Alamo-Map-5399e7.jpg to the Battle of the Alamo page. I don't think that this image is appropriately public domain. From my understanding of the copyright law, when photographing three-dimensional works of art, we have to rely on the copyright status of the work of art. Do you know when the plaque was created? Karanacs (talk) 15:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I managed to read the print on this version of the plaque, and it looks like it was made/dedicated in 1986. I'm going to open a deletion discussion of the two images on Commons to see whether I'm interpreting the criteria appropriately.  Your input is welcome. Karanacs (talk) 15:25, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Alamo-Map-5399e7.jpg. Karanacs (talk) 15:49, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

thx for the "binary-coded decimal" link
sorry it took me a year to notice...

Y'know about CobTree, right?

Ynohoo (talk) 01:50, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Replies in Talk:COBOL
Along the same lines, this is a bit late in coming, but the replies you gave to my questions about COBOL data types are outstanding! --Dmh (talk) 22:09, 14 August 2010 (UTC)


 * No prob. Like you, I also tend to respond to some talk page threads months after the fact. That's both the beauty of, and the downside to, interactive media like Wikipedia. — Loadmaster (talk) 16:54, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Places of worship near Dallas, Texas


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 * That is okay by me (the creator of the article), but see the article's talk page for other similar existing pages that I based the article on. Perhaps those articles also need to be deleted? — Loadmaster (talk) 18:19, 25 October 2010 (UTC)