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

[really]

More serious answer = spring break, the students are in bed still.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMLlMOYA17Q

Is this song originally from SimEarth, or is it a pre-existing song that the game creators found lying around somewhere and added to the game?

 

[TheAlamo]

If someone is born in America then they are a US citizen. [/discussion]

:facepalm: Way to miss the point. I'm aware of that. Does on a plane in American airspace count? Surely when jus soli laws were written aircraft weren't even conceivable. What if the aircraft is never scheduled to land at an American airspace, and is merely transiting through (ie. from Canada to Mexico)?

 

[useless]

Why do Furries deny any link to beastiality despite the fact that they're essentially getting off to animals, but with human like attributes

 

[Earthling]

rewrite that part of the Constitution.

What's that about Adult Diapers?

edit: and crud, just realized I forgot to do my real April fools avatar, and I can't change this one now anyway

 

[Zack]

:facepalm: Way to miss the point. I'm aware of that. Does on a plane in American airspace count? Surely when jus soli laws were written aircraft weren't even conceivable. What if the aircraft is never scheduled to land at an American airspace, and is merely transiting through (ie. from Canada to Mexico)?

You can ask yourself what if all day, but at the end of the day you'll only be asking yourself "What if I hadn't wasted my day?"

 

[Tani Coyote]

Why do Furries deny any link to beastiality despite the fact that they're essentially getting off to animals, but with human like attributes

Because they don't go and make love to normal, non-morphic animals?

And even if one has an attraction to anthro animals, and even if this is technically related to beastiality, the connotations of the term obviously means nobody's going to accept it. Connotation vs. denotation at work, the awesome one feels.

 

[BCLG100]

If a baby is born on a plane in American airspace to non-American parents, is that baby entitled to American citizenship?

Women of a certain months pregnancy are simply not allowed to fly so it is tough to answer this question, in theory yes. Land 'stretches upwards to infinity and downwards to the centre of the earth' however that theory was modified for the use of planes and mainly concerning actual property rights but I guess could be equally applied here.

 

[Brighteye]

Why do people not spell bestiality properly?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was washing my hands when there was a funny noise and now even when I turn the tap off, the water is still running. My mom's not at home and I don't know which plumber the landlord uses. The sink is not plugged so it won't overflow. What can I do for now?

The tap had been dripping before. my mom mentioned something about a washer, but the apartment building washing machine is downstairs and I'm not sure how that would affect it.\

EDIT: Also, there's no way to turn off the water. I don't know where the thing to turn it off is. My mom does, but she's not home.

 

[PeteAtoms]

Why do people not spell bestiality properly?

Either they don't because they don't google it often enough, or
they don't bother to spell it right because of Google's auto-spell-check thing.

When is lowercase "google" going to be put into the English dictionary as a verb? I'm tired of seeing the underlined red when I type it.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Why do people not spell bestiality properly?

I'm aware that it's spelled bestiality, but I ignore it in favor of beastiality, because I can actually SEE the meaning of the word automatically: "Beast", not "best." It just makes more sense to me, as you're clearly having a sexual relation with a beast, not a best, whatever the hell that is.

Just goes to show how silly the English language is.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

When is lowercase "google" going to be put into the English dictionary as a verb? I'm tired of seeing the underlined red when I type it.

Just add it to your browser dictionary.

 

[Quackers]

I use mozilal firefox..

I remember it would spell check for you. It doesn't for me now

How do i activate it?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Tools, Options, Advanced Options, General, Check my spelling as I type.

 

[PeteAtoms]

Just add it to your browser dictionary.

That works. Thanks for that.

What is that called when a products name becomes a generalized term/verb for all products in the same niche (a-la photoshop, google)? I could of swore there was a term for when that happens, and it's generally negative for the product in question.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was washing my hands when there was a funny noise and now even when I turn the tap off, the water is still running. My mom's not at home and I don't know which plumber the landlord uses. The sink is not plugged so it won't overflow. What can I do for now?

The tap had been dripping before. my mom mentioned something about a washer, but the apartment building washing machine is downstairs and I'm not sure how that would affect it.\

EDIT: Also, there's no way to turn off the water. I don't know where the thing to turn it off is. My mom does, but she's not home.

Mom came home and now the water's not running.

 

[Tani Coyote]

What is that called when a products name becomes a generalized term/verb for all products in the same niche (a-la photoshop, google)? I could of swore there was a term for when that happens, and it's generally negative for the product in question.

I dunno the exact verb for it, but the noun is "genericized trademark", where a trademark name has become so common that it's used to describe all similar devices; it may lose trademark protection as a result. Escalator is a good example of this occurring.

 

[Cutlass]

I was washing my hands when there was a funny noise and now even when I turn the tap off, the water is still running. My mom's not at home and I don't know which plumber the landlord uses. The sink is not plugged so it won't overflow. What can I do for now?

The tap had been dripping before. my mom mentioned something about a washer, but the apartment building washing machine is downstairs and I'm not sure how that would affect it.\

EDIT: Also, there's no way to turn off the water. I don't know where the thing to turn it off is. My mom does, but she's not home.

There's a shutoff valve under the sink. But probably the faucet needs a new washer.

 

[Karalysia]

I need a 15th-century (c.1400-1520) Italian painting from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to analyze. Preferably one thats easy to analyze, any recommendations?