Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2008 December 2

= December 2 =

US homeownership rates by age AND income?
I can find all sorts of US homeownership statistics - by race, by age, by income, etc etc. For example, it's easy to find the US homeownership rate for people age 20-29 or 25-34, or for people with annual income between $50K and $75K.

But I have not found any statistics for homeownership by age AND income. For example, I would love to locate the homeownership rate for people age 50-59 AND income $50K - $75K, but I cannot find that sort of data.

I imagine that there would be some very interesting numbers in such a grid, but alas I can't find one.

Fear Cause Seizure
Could fear cause a seizure in a person who suffers from epilespy? If so, how great does the fear have to be? [Writing a ghost story and need accuracy]

Thank You

Always   Cardinal Raven (talk) 17:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven


 * I'm no expert, but I once had a friend who would have an epileptic seizure if he was embarrassed by something someone said to him. So not much, it would seem.--Shantavira|feed me 18:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Well then the next question then would be: How great of a seizure? Would the person who is having a seizure have a different kind of seizure for different fears? Does fear affect the seizure in any way?

Thank You

Always  18:37, 2 December 2008 (UTC)~Cardinal Raven
 * Unfortunately, epilepsy is a wide spectrum of poorly understood neurological disorders. We can understand and treat the symptoms, but there is little understanding as to why or how it manifests itself in different people.  I have 2 friends with epilepsy, and neither had any known triggers.  Seizures for them were random in both occurance and severity.  One eventually stopped having seizures, and is now off medication, the other must remain on medication and changes it every few years as one med or another wears off.  Lots of people DO have "triggers" that can reliably bring on seizures, however there is no real rhyme or reason to these triggers.  For some people it is sensory (such as loud noises, or flashing lights, or things like that) and for others it is emotional.  There is simply no way to make broad statements about the kinds of triggers people will have, or the possible connection between the severity of the trigger and the severity of the seizure.  Each person's case is completely unique, and each person, in conjuction with their doctors, need to find coping and medication strategies which work in their unique situations.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  20:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

160 GB iPod, older charger
Hello, I have a 160 GB iPod and I also have an Apple brand charger from one of the older Firewire iPods. Is it safe for me to use the older charger with the newer iPod? I haven't tried doing that yet. Thank you, Loves  Macs  (talk) 17:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know of a reason why it wouldn't work. Nothing really changed between the last couple iPod generations as far as the charging port.  And Firewire has remained the same.  If it were me, I'd give it a go.  Don't blame me if it bricks it though.  It's your iPod.  :)  Dismas |(talk) 03:58, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree that it's probably pretty safe - but I would check to make sure that the charger doesn't get really hot - that might indicate that the new iPod consumes much more power than the old one did. But it's certainly a bit of a gamble...you can never be sure what changed from one generation of hardware to the next. SteveBaker (talk) 06:03, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

HOw do i shot web
I've seen this said on many forums and websites

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
 * Does the UrbanDictionary entry answer your question? Also, always check urbandictionary for questions about slang.--droptone (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I did check that, but it really didn't explain much to me


 * Looks like it's a question someone (may have) asked about the spiderman game and it ended up becoming an Internet meme. It's basically an example of something a newbie would say when they really don't understand what's going on. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 21:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * And can't spell - "shot" appears to be a spelling mistake for "shoot". --Tango (talk) 21:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * i thought it was a bad translation problem in a comic book. 71.223.209.11 (talk) 02:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Possible Canadian Government Coalition
Hello! Here in Canada, there is a possibility that the Conservative party government will be defeated in a confidence motion on Monday. The Official Opposition (the Liberal Party) and The New Democratic Party signed an accord yesterday to try and form a coalition government. I was just wondering whether Wikipedia would have an article on this. I tried searching but didn't come up with much. Also, is this the right place to ask this? Thanks,  Genius  101 Guestbook  20:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * 2008 Canadian political crisis. Yes :) --Tagishsimon (talk) 20:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much!  Genius  101 Guestbook  20:53, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

The correct answer to this question is "Meh". --Dweller (talk) 15:58, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

SUprisingly, that's actually kind of funny. Thanks for the link!  Genius  101 Guestbook  20:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Lawful reasons for termination of a job in united states of america
Whoop, Wrong area, this belongs in humanities 66.216.163.92 (talk) 01:19, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Publishing a Book
I have a whole lot of material lying around from various projects, so I was thinking about writing a book. More specifically, I was thinking about writing a small book designed to improve higher order thinking with questions, examples and analysis (sort of like a brain teaser book that also teaches). I know that it's pretty hard finding a publisher and editing and what not, so I want to make sure that there are sufficient rewards for doing so. So what would be a reasonable return on a book of this nature?

Also I've written for and edited other's books many times over, but have never actually published a book of my own. So if anyone has any advice on the problems I may encounter that would be great.

Many thanks. Guycalledryan (talk) 23:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you going to self-publish or submit your work? In POD publishing you bear the costs, the profits and the distribution load; a publisher will give you 10% – see the article Publishing, this section and the rest. For all kinds of articles on the ins and outs of POD, the guy behind Foner Books (google it) is prolific. Julia Rossi (talk) 06:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)