Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/May 2006May 2006

= May 1 =

Today's Buffalo-Philly game
What did Mike Grier do to deserve third-star status in today's NHL playoff game between the Sabres and Flyers? --138.88.121.77 00:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

embedded videos
what is the wikipedia policy towards embedding video files into articles pages?


 * Questions about Wikipedia policy should be asked Help desk, not the reference desk. Thank you. --Robert Merkel 05:14, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Policy is don't. A short animation from a series of photographs in okay, but videos take too long to load on a some internet connections. - 131.211.210.16 10:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I would definetly not recommend videos in artices.. maybe a sub-page containing the video is a better option... and BTW Visakhapatnam has a video thing Coming Up on it for a long time now... Anyone know about it?? Jayant, 17 Years, India  • contribs 15:28, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Origin of name Chaligoj
Does anybody know how the surname Chaligoj came about? I have looked through every page of Google hits and found no clues as to its ethnic origin. I found no records for Chaligojs immigrating to the United States. In the 1920 census the name was confined to Missouri.
 * Its a complete mystery. My recommendation: cold call every Chaligoj you can find in the phonebook (how many can there be) and ask them. If this is too weird for you, pay a little kid to do it and pretend his/her name is Chaligoj and its for his/her homework. If you are actually a little kid anyway, get a grown-up to supervise your cold calling (that means to phone up someone you don't know and start chatting with them) Bwithh 16:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Er, does WP:BEANS apply to the reference desk? :-) Sandstein 19:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Herm, okay, how about if you're a kid, you really better go get mum or dad to supervise you before you make the calls, or else Bwithh 22:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd venture that it's a Slovenian name. Go to http://www.ellisisland.org and try to search for Chaligoj. You won't find it -- but you'll find Caligoj, Celigoj, Coligoj, Celigaj, and so on. Most of them seem to come by way of Trieste, which would indicate Slovenian and/or Italian; and looking at the records, some of them actually say Italian-Slovenian. --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 23:44, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Slight correction -- Trieste could also imply German-speaking. Quite a multicultural neck of the woods. --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 00:21, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Through Googling the most common modern Slovenian spelling appears to be Čeligoj (the first letter is pronounced like "ch"). --Cam 05:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

sports journalist Mr. Goutam Bhattacharyya
I want to know the detail of a sports editor Mr. Goutam Bhattacharyya of Ananda Bazar Patrika of Kolkata, India.Specially information including his birth day, career etc.Please help me out.
 * Did you mean Gautam Bhattacharyya?  Tijuana Brass ¡Épa! - E@ 09:32, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Florida Musicians
Do you know any Spanish musicians from Florida
 * Do you mean a person of Spanish nationality, Hispanic ethnicity, a Hispanophone, someone who sings exclusively in Spanish, or some combination of the factors? GeeJo  (t)⁄(c) &bull; 18:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

animal ethics
hi, firstly, i know this is a bit disgusiting so i apologise but me and my housemates have been thinking -whats the justification for criminalisng beastiality? i mean,obviously the animal can't consent but then again, cows don't consent to being made into burgers or being pumped full of steroids but thats perfectly ok. is it just becuase it scores pretty highly on the yuck-factor and, if yes, what kind of a justification is that?
 * Check out Zoophilia for more information --Maelwys 21:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * In my opinion, the killing of animals IS sickening. But yey again, without the killing of animals we would not have protein which is healthy. Even though we are against animal killing it provides protein. General Eisenhower 21:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes it is a justification. General Eisenhower 21:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Baked beans. HenryFlower 21:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

You can kill an animal relatively painlessly and without needless suffering. Many sexual acts with animals, on the other hand, can cause pain and suffering to the animal that's completely avoidable by not abusing it. It's considered animal cruelty, as well as a moral crime. Night Gyr 21:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * But bestiality is (in many places) illegal even if you're a gentle, considerate lover. Looking at the Zoophilia article, it seems remarkably short on mainstream moral judgments (it only seems to cover Old Testament-style condemnations and fringe supporters).  I suspect that's because there is no coherent mainstream moral position- just "it's icky". HenryFlower 21:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I can't believe I'm responding to this, but I do have some thoughts. 1) Traditionally, most people expect others to be attracted to members of the opposite sex.  Finding out that some guy likes to screw shetland ponies makes you wonder if he's crazy (because most men would rather have sex with a woman) or if he's so undesirable he has to screw the pony. 2)  Animals are used for food and labor. Maybe the taboo "don't shit where you eat" applies. Most people don't want human bodily fluids, especially those from "down there," in their food, and lots of us look at certain kinds of animals as food. You'd wonder about a guy who masturbates on a piece of pizza instead of eating it, wouldn't you? 3) Some people may erroneously think that a human can impregnate an animal and vice versa. 4)  Crazy behavior disturbs people. It strikes a lot of people as completely insane to want to have sex with an animal. Brian G. Crawford 01:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Poop
What does it taste like? 72.145.188.234 21:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC) (Sorry if I posted this twice, but it doesn't show up on my computer.)


 * We can not tell you what it tastes like because none of us Wikipedians have tasted it. But you can try the links at this disambig page "Poop." General Eisenhower 21:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a fairly bold claim. Wikipedia has a wide-ranging coverage of sexual fetishism, so our editors probably cover a wide range of sexual backgrounds. However, I wouldn't like to speculate on which particular editors know what faeces tastes like. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Though come to think of it, if you ask a vandal, many of them will tell you that recent changes patrollers and administrators ingest faeces on a regular basis. Often they feel this is so significant that they must insert this information into random articles, and update the relevant userpages when the coprophiliac vandal-fighters in question have inexplicably neglected to mention their taste for the brown stuff themselves. If you can catch one of them, they might be able to point you in the right direction. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:08, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Having observed my niece and nephew grow up I'd venture to guess a large percentage of people have tasted poop. Toddlers try to taste everything they can get their hands on, and poop is certainly easily accessible to them... Weregerbil 23:23, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The human sense of taste is mostly smell. I.e. when you think you are tasting something you are really mostly smelling it. So poo (as most things) probably mostly tastes the way it smells! Weregerbil 21:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, kinda like durian? --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 23:27, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Do your own homework :) 199.201.168.100 20:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

my cat's poop tastes like cat food

...thank you Ralph. --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 02:03, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

From a bad past experience I can tell you that it tastes really bitter. It's the most bitter thing that you can ever taste. --anon

Nashville, TN Public Safety Communications
I was wondering what The Nashville Police and fire departments use for communication? I went to Nashville 5 years ago and brought a handheld scanner and heard communications on the regular frequencies. However, I just got back from Nashville and i entered the frequencies i listend to last time and i heard nothing at all. I even tried 800 megahertz Trunking frequencies and heard nothing.
 * Hm. http://www.nashville.gov/gsa/RadioShop.htm says they use 800 MHz trunking. Here is some more info; let us know what you find! --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 23:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

song Wayward wind
Was this the song wayward wind ever used in a movie


 * A quick googling suggests a handful of movies using a song by that name (Varsity Blues, The Right Stuff, ...), check the google results for more. Weregerbil 23:28, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Computer Problem
Hello, I am trying to get files off of my hard drive and put them on another computer (I got a new pc) But it tells me that access is denied. How do I fix this problem. Thanks!! --Zach 22:59, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Could you give us a little bit more information? How are you transferring the files? By cable or by CD? Is the old or new computer which is telling you access is denied? I would do this by connecting the two PCs with an Ethernet crossover cable and turn on "Sharing" on the old PC. --Canley 03:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If you are using Windows are you logged in with administrator rights on both computers? CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I did some searching and found the site: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8914.html which helped me with my problem. Some clarification: the hard drive was in my new pc. I needed to change the security in safe mode. Thanks for all your help!! I really appriciate it. 69.168.172.11 20:27, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Copyright
what is the copyright of Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is used for research, and is copyrighted under Jimbo Wales (I think). If you wish to cite an article from Wikipedia, go to a page and click "Cite this Article". The Ronin 23:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is copyrighted under the GFDL, see Copyrights. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Will you review my article "Oglebay Park/Temp"?
Does it need improvement? What would you rate it on a scale of 1-10? Feel free to edit the page or add information that I may have missed. Thanks, Morganismysheltie
 * I haven't really looked at the Oglebay Park/Temp but I did review the Oglebay Park. I saw that only part of the page wa a copyright violation so I reverted it as per Copyrights. You can now merge your temp in with the original article. Let me know on my talk page when you're finished with the temp page and I'll delete it for you. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

article refrence
how do i put up a bibliografy of one of wikipedis's articles that i used in my school papper?
 * There is a link at the very top of this page that takes you to Citing Wikipedia.--Andrew c 00:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)