The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VI

[Cutlass]

I think maple syrup is pretty much a US and Canada thing. Or at least the few times I've talked to people from other places about it, they had no idea what it was. And not even all of the US. Most places you can only get "maple flavored syrup." And the difference is like the difference between a good European beer and a cheep American beer.

 

[Phlegmak]

I don't eat syrup, and I live in old England

Then you're missing out.

 

[GoodGame]

yep its recorded, sadly as a lowly grunt I do not have access

Kind of makes it hard to file a report then. I wouldn't jump to conclusions at any rate...rumors are rumors. But I'd certaintly clarify the policy and protocol with the employeer if he decides to go that route. It's a reasonable policy in the way that if a waiter breaks a lot of dishes, then they have to pay for them, but not reasonable if they have resources for you to do the job, but withhold them and and your pay.

 

[Brighteye]

I think maple syrup is pretty much a US and Canada thing. Or at least the few times I've talked to people from other places about it, they had no idea what it was. And not even all of the US. Most places you can only get "maple flavored syrup." And the difference is like the difference between a good European beer and a cheep American beer.

I'm very sure that people here know what maple syrup is. But if you say syrup, they'll think either of golden syrup or else assume that you're deliberately being unspecific.

 

[Mowque]

I think maple syrup is pretty much a US and Canada thing. Or at least the few times I've talked to people from other places about it, they had no idea what it was. And not even all of the US.

I was under the assumption that sugar maples grow all over the USA?

 

[Captain2]

thanks for the info anyway, its nice to not have it gnawing at the back of my head.

 

[Cutlass]

I was under the assumption that sugar maples grow all over the USA?

Not all of it. And syrup production is also spring weather dependent, so cannot be made everywhere that the maples grow. I think that the price this year is expected to be as high as $60/gallon for grade A.

Production

Maple syrup production is centred in northeastern North America, and is commonly associated with Quebec in Canada; however, given the correct weather conditions, it can be made wherever maple trees grow such as Vermont in the United States. Usually, the maple species used are the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and the black maple (Acer nigrum), because of a high sugar content in the sap of roughly two percent. A maple syrup production farm is called a "sugar bush" or "the sugarwoods". Sap is often boiled in a "sugar house" (also known as a "sugar shack" or cabane à sucre), a building which is louvered at the top to vent the steam from the boiling sap.

Canada makes more than 80 percent of the world's maple syrup, producing about 26.5 million litres in 2005. The vast majority of this comes from Quebec: the province is by far the world's largest producer, with about 75 percent of the world production (24.66 million litres in 2005).[2] Production in Quebec is controlled through a supply-management system, with producers receiving quota allotments from the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec. The province also maintains it own "strategic reserves" of maple syrup, which reached its highest point in 2004, when it totalled 60 million pounds, or 17.03 million litres.[3]

The provinces of Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island produce smaller amounts. The province of Manitoba also produces maple syrup using the sap off the Manitoba Maple tree (acer negundo, also known as a "Box Elder"). Manitoba Maple syrup is much darker in colour and flavour than maple syrup made from a sugar maple, and the difference between the two is akin to that between golden brown sugar and dark brown sugar.

Vermont is the biggest U.S. producer, with 450 thousand US gallons (1,700 m3) in 2007, followed by Maine with 225 thousand US gallons (850 m3) and New York with 224 thousand US gallons (850 m3). Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut all produced marketable quantities of maple syrup of less than 100 thousand US gallons (380 m3) each in 2007.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup

 

[Mowque]

Cutlass, your a gold mine of info

 

[Cutlass]

Cutlass, your a gold mine of info

on a few subjects...

 

[cardgame]

LOL @ the pocket in South Dakota.

 

[kulade]

Cutlass, your a gold mine of info

When you say Cutlass, you mean Wikipedia?

 

[Cutlass]

When you say Cutlass, you mean Wikipedia?

I know some of the things I answer. But I also know where to go for confirmation.

 

[GoodGame]

Anyone now how to report phising fraud attempts to the Federal government? I got a ridiculous phishing call today from South Dakota.

First, they gave me a generic robocall promising improved interest rates on my credit card, with nothing more than a caller id of C Credit Service, no info on the issuing bank, and without providing the cardholder's name. My warning lights went on immediately, but it said press "1" if you were interested so I did. Not to mention about every single credit card company is "Credit Card Services" for the mailing address.

It then connected me to an operator. She basically repeated the comments of the robocall, but couldn't tell me: 1. who the call was for (I only answer with my last name as in "Last Name Residence"); 2. what bank issued the credit card in question; nor 3. whether it was Mastercard OR Visa (I didn't mention a card name, and she immediately volunteered it was for my Mastercard OR Visa). LOL Like they'd really operate in league.

So I googled their phone number, and apparently there's a list of complaints on some generic website. But I'd like to take it further. Does the Fed even care about getting a list of numbers of probable phishing scams, to investigate? I'd think they would given that it's an interstate matter.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

How do the accuracies of a railgun scaled to the size of an assault rifle, a laser rifle, and a current assault rifle compare?

 

[Turner]

Anyone now how to report phising fraud attempts to the Federal government? I got a ridiculous phishing call today from South Dakota.

First, they gave me a generic robocall promising improved interest rates on my credit card, with nothing more than a caller id of C Credit Service, no info on the issuing bank, and without providing the cardholder's name. My warning lights went on immediately, but it said press "1" if you were interested so I did. Not to mention about every single credit card company is "Credit Card Services" for the mailing address.

It then connected me to an operator. She basically repeated the comments of the robocall, but couldn't tell me: 1. who the call was for (I only answer with my last name as in "Last Name Residence"); 2. what bank issued the credit card in question; nor 3. whether it was Mastercard OR Visa (I didn't mention a card name, and she immediately volunteered it was for my Mastercard OR Visa). LOL Like they'd really operate in league.

So I googled their phone number, and apparently there's a list of complaints on some generic website. But I'd like to take it further. Does the Fed even care about getting a list of numbers of probable phishing scams, to investigate? I'd think they would given that it's an interstate matter.

I'd google "report phishing phone calls" and see if anything comes up. US-CERT has a website for phishing emails, so there's probably some kind of department set up for phone calls.

Since it was a phone call across state lines, you could probably report them to the FBI.

And don't place much confidence that they're in SD....they could very well be, but phone numbers are easy to spoof.

How do the accuracies of a railgun scaled to the size of an assault rifle, a laser rifle, and a current assault rifle compare?

Would a compact power source for that sized weapon even be possible?

 

[Flying Pig]

The American navy have one, it's basically a cannon, and I'm not sure how accurate it is (I would assume it's pretty good since electricity is more predictable, but there's probably not much difference relevant to whether it's powder or electricity)

 

[Mesousa]

It seems that in TV shows set in hospitals, sooner or later you get a storyline involving "drug seekers", addicts who fake medical problems, or even injure themselves on purpose, just to get drugs. Is this really that common a problem?

 

[Turner]

I'm pretty sure it is. However, not to the extent as shown in the TV shows. By that I mean, yeah, there are people out there like that, but not as many as you'd think.

Just a famous example, off the top of my head, Rush Limbaugh and Oxycotin.

 

[Brighteye]

There are enough drug addicts in hospitals to make it a very reasonable storyline. Addicts frequently do have real problems and come in a lot anyway, and will try to get drugs at the same time.
Also, a few addicts returning repeatedly can become quite a nuisance because they keep on coming back, even if they're a small proportion of the people who come and go.

Every hospital and many GP surgeries (possibly all) will experience these people.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

Electricity is made of electrons going around in a circuit. Electrons cannot be destroyed (by conventional means). Power must be applied to keep the electrons flowing in the circuit. So when you pay the electric company, you are renting their electrons; not buying power.

No, with Alternating Current, individual electrons do not move very far. You don't get any electrons from the power company, the electrons there just transfer energy to those already in your house (though the elections in the grid connecting you house to the generators, of course).