The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XVIII

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

What is the reason why Buddhism and Hinduism declined in Indonesia and Islam became the major religion?

Interestingly , Bali is 97% Hindu while Lombok , a stones throw over the water , is 97% Muslim .

 

[meromorph]

Yea, I talked to my father [applied math major] and he put linear #1 and apde #2, so I'm leaning linear at this point.

Yeah those are the best two choices. The PDE class will be useful for quantum chemistry (i.e. orbitals and such are found by solving PDEs), and linear algebra is used all over, especially if you might do something related to programming or simulation.

Real analysis and complex variables are very interesting subjects, but they are better suited for math and physics students. These subjects are not directly used in chemistry, but they are useful if you want to understand the math on a deeper level.

 

[Civciv5]

What is Tiiis Tseba?
It is the capital of the Apache in Civ4:Col.
According to the internet,it doesn't exists.
Is that a real city,or as it fictional?

 

[Cutlass]

The Apache really didn't have cities. The permanent settlements they did have, names may well be unknown or in dispute. So it's likely a name picked on little and obscure evidence.

 

[W|M]

It could be the name of a tribe, or the name of a specific area given by the Apache

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Why do the figures for life expectancy of Botswana vary so much? I've seen them as low as in the 30s and has high as 62. What is the correct figure?

 

[Civciv5]

What if Hitler or Mussolini invaded Vatican City and captured the Pope?
Oh,and can the Pope still declare war against "heathens" and ask other Christian countries to join?

 

[say1988]

Why do the figures for life expectancy of Botswana vary so much? I've seen them as low as in the 30s and has high as 62. What is the correct figure?

Either inconsistent data or they are reporting different versions.
I would say that the 30s is probably the life expectancy at birth and the longer ones are life expectency if they reach a particular age to factor out infant mortality.

Just a guess, though.

 

[Cutlass]

What if Hitler or Mussolini invaded Vatican City and captured the Pope?
Oh,and can the Pope still declare war against "heathens" and ask other Christian countries to join?

Then they would likely have faced mass resistance from the Italian people. It was of no use and potentially undermine their regime.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Question: I have been trying to decipher something for a long time and I dont know exactly what it means. In your opinion what does this mean:
"Tell me why you wanna lay there and revel in your abandon"

Seriously, Ive been trying to figure this out since 2007...

 

[Tee Kay]

Why do the figures for life expectancy of Botswana vary so much? I've seen them as low as in the 30s and has high as 62. What is the correct figure?

Either inconsistent data or they are reporting different versions.
I would say that the 30s is probably the life expectancy at birth and the longer ones are life expectency if they reach a particular age to factor out infant mortality.

Just a guess, though.

The data may have been from different years. Botswana used to have a life expectancy at birth of 64 in the early 90s. This dropped to 49 in the early 2000s, and now it's 59 for males and 62 for females according to WHO (absent AIDS, Botswana's life expectancy would probably be in the mid-70s)

The healthy life expectancy (HALE) is much lower; something like 33 - 36 years. The main culprit is of course AIDS, which incapacitates but doesn't always kill you quickly, especially if you get treatment.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Is it even possible to beach a supercarrier? What would that even look like?

 

[Cutlass]

Is it even possible to beach a supercarrier? What would that even look like?

Anything man can build, man can screw up and destroy. What it would look like depends on the nature of the beaching. It could go like that cruise ship and land on its side, or could be stranded upright. But it would be much harder to put a hole in the hull and sink than that cruise ship. They aren't built cheap.

 

[bhsup]

Is it even possible to beach a supercarrier? What would that even look like?

They aren't super carriers, but the tsunami in Japan put some ships on land.

http://www.thejournal.ie/in-picture...japans-earthquake-and-tsunami-304201-Dec2011/

The USS Enterprise, while not really beached, was aground on a sandbar in the 80s until high tide and tugs could float/pull her off.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

What is a "grainy baritone"?

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Baritone is a male vocal range between tenor and bass. So not very low, but not high for a man's voice either.

Grainy could mean like gravelly, like their voice sounds like maybe they've smoked a lot or as if they have a sore throat. Examples of famously gravelly voices are Tom Waits and Capt. Beefheart.

 

[madviking]

Calling Tom Waits' voice gravelly is like calling an ocean a puddle.

 

[Civciv5]

Are there still living descendants of the ancient Pharaohs of Egypt?

 

[Traitorfish]

In the most literal sense, there are millions, but we can't trace any genealogies if that's what you're asking. There are various Arab and African tribal nobilities that claim descent from the Pharoahs, but there were also people who claimed to be descended from Odin, so, y'know, it's a bit tenuous.

 

[mayor]

I want to ask which Lineage but I don't think that matters much..

The Ptolemaic dysnasty died out when Octavianus executed Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar). But I wouldn't know about the earlier Lineages.

EDIT: The Pharaohs probably had some bastard offspring so I guess there might be some descendants because of that...