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Questions and Answers - Part 3

 
  

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Baz Auckland
10:45 / 22.02.07
In Wikipedia's maps of presidential election results, the Democrats are red until 2000, when Gore is blue, and Bush red...
 
 
Evil Scientist
12:21 / 22.02.07
Question...

How's the tooth Quants?
 
 
doozy floop
13:54 / 22.02.07
South London people: how long does it take to walk from Waterloo to Vauxhall?
 
 
Closed for Business Time
13:57 / 22.02.07
Depends where in Vauxhall you're going to - but roughly half an hour, or a little more. You can always catch a bus - check out www.tfl.gov.uk for options.
 
 
doozy floop
14:01 / 22.02.07
Interesting.

Is there any sane way to get from Stoke Newington to Vauxhall without tubes and trains? tfl.gov.uk recommends changing buses at Monument but Journey Planner not always entirely sensible in its solutions.
 
 
Saveloy
09:40 / 23.02.07
Question: Are all USB ports and cables the same, or are there different types? And if there are, are they ever incompatible with each other?

I'm thinking of buying a peritheral that connects to my PC via a USB cable. It mentions "Hi-Speed USB type B" and a "4 pin USB connector". I have no idea what sort of USB port I have on my PC, I only know it has one. Could it be a problem?
 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
12:52 / 23.02.07
This page is quite good at explaining USB 2.0 vs. 1.1.
 
 
Saveloy
12:54 / 23.02.07
Brilliant, thank you!
 
 
luminocity
13:09 / 23.02.07
As well as 1.1/2.0, there are different usb connectors to consider.
You can get type A or type B: link
They also come in min-A and mini-B, for small devices like cameras.
 
 
Closed for Business Time
13:20 / 23.02.07
doozy flop: the furthest you'll get from stoke newington towards vauxhall without changing is to get either the 76 or the 341, which goes to waterloo/county hall and lower marsh/baylis road respectively. it's walkable from there, or if you get the 76 you can get off closest to st thomas hospital (I think that'd be the lower marsh stop - ie. the last stop) and get the 77 towards Tooting to Vauxhall station from st thomas' hospital. oh wait, you can also get the 344 from lambeth road/kennington road (a stonethrow from the imperial war museum) towards Clapham.
 
 
Closed for Business Time
13:21 / 23.02.07
whoops - I reversed the end stop on the 76/341..
 
 
doozy floop
13:38 / 23.02.07
Interestinger and interestinger, thank you handy London Transport expert!
 
 
Closed for Business Time
13:42 / 23.02.07
Just a coincidence really that I know that route so well... I live in the Kennington area + I've a mate who lives on Stoke Newington Street. Glad to be of service!
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
14:10 / 24.02.07
Wow, I'm going to America. In October. For a week. Do I need a Visa? My passport is pretty old (issued in 1998) but it's machine-readable. Can I join the Visa waiver programme, or will I need to get a Visa?

I'm going to need a Visa aren't I. I'm going to need a huge ton of incredibly complicated paperwork and I'm going to get something wrong and be turned back at the airport and everything will go horribly wrong.

I AM NOT PANICKING.
 
 
petunia
15:39 / 24.02.07
BREATHE!

Are you going to work in the US? Is your passport GB? I don't think you'll need a visa.

This page has some info about the visa waiver thingy. As far as i can tell, you don't need to join anything - if your passport is British, you're already a part of it (and if it's Spanish, i think you're fine too). I can't spot anything that suggests you'd have any problem with your passport, either.

If you're going to do work over there, you might need to do some visa stuff, but it's dead easy. I promise.

BREATHE!
 
 
Blake Head
16:38 / 24.02.07
No idea about the visa stuff MC but have a good time!

Anyone know where the phrase being "waited upon hand and foot" originates?
 
 
Jack Denfeld
11:33 / 25.02.07
Can I add my own song to myspace or do i have to just pick from their music stuff?
 
 
Olulabelle
11:44 / 25.02.07
Absolutely you can add your own song. It's much more like what it was originally created for.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
18:14 / 25.02.07
*breaths*

calmblueoceancalmblueocean

Thanks, .tramp. As far as I can make out, you're right; I get on the Visa waiver programme. I have an older passport, so it just has to be machine-readable rather than digitised and biometric. I think I should be okay...
 
 
Essential Dazzler
18:24 / 25.02.07
Does anyone know a good internet/mail-order place for Anime merchandise in the UK? Ebay hasn't been helpful.

In particular I'm after the mecha from Eureka Seven, but only if they Transform (if such things exist).

Things that transform, rock hard.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
19:42 / 25.02.07
I've bought a couple of bits and bobs from Otaku.co.uk before now and been fairly pleased with the service. Never tried to get anything from them that they didn't already have in stock, though, so I don't know how they fare there. they've not got any Eureka Seven merchandise available right now and they're a bit erratic about what they do and don't sell.

YesAsia are a more professional outfit, but they have a habit of including thigns in their catalogue that they can't actually get hold of - I've been let down with them once when I ordered a pretty obscure Japanese PS2 game from them and Seth just recently had the same problem with a DVD order. You can normally tell, though - if their 'usually ships within' estimate is over seven days, you can guarantee that they don't have the item in stock and may well eventually email you to say that they've had to cancel your order. They've got one Eureka Seven model/toy on the site, but the thirty day shipping estimate makes it look unlikely.

Oh, and while I've always had a bit of trouble with their site in Firefox - it freezes for a couple of seconds after you've loaded the main page, but then kicks back into life - the latest version of the browser crashes every time I try and visit it.

Otaku are UK-based. YesAsia aren't but ship frieght so you avoid customs charges.

Outside of the UK, there's also NCSX.com. I've ordered a load of things through them in the last few years and they've always come through with the goods. They're in the US, but you can request that they put a lower price down on the package so that it gets through UK customs unmolested.

Play-Asia are well-known and popular, but, again, not UK-based.

And none of those are specifically anime or anime merchandise suppliers, but they all cover them to some extent.

But you know how you were saying that you couldn't find anything on eBay?

Dude.

Two time.
 
 
Triplets
03:19 / 26.02.07
Two completely unrelated questions.

1. There's a quasi New Latin term for Jack of All Trades which is "Johannes Factotum" (lit. Johnny Do-It-All) can anyone come up with a term for Johnny Say-It-All?

2. This is for var. parental lithers in the main but, when someone is pregnant when do they usually starting showing?

Chairs, dudes.
 
 
Olulabelle
09:40 / 26.02.07
Trips, that entriely depends on who they are, their body shape, whether they've had kids before, things like that so if you're wanting to know for an "Aha, so you're NOT pregnant!" moment, then it won't work. But as a guide, you start to show at about four or five months, all depending on whether you're having an elephant, or twins or whether you were a skinny minny to start with.
 
 
Jack Fear
09:44 / 26.02.07
It varies wildly from woman to woman, of course, depending on her pre-pregnancy body shape, how she dresses, et cetera: all that being said, you'll most commonly start to see a noticeable bump at around 18-20 weeks.
 
 
Jack Fear
09:44 / 26.02.07
(cross-post, sorry)
 
 
Jack Fear
09:49 / 26.02.07
Also: If "facere":"make"::"dicere":"speak", then "say-it-all" would be "dictotum," wouldn't it?
 
 
Spaniel
10:40 / 26.02.07
Trips, we started to feel kicking at 21 weeks.

Twere crazy.
 
 
doozy floop
10:57 / 26.02.07
To continue in agreement with the above posts, one colleague of mine was quite obviously pregnant after about 12 weeks (and must be having at least five toddlers, judging from her current size) while another was barely showing when she went on maternity leave with only about a month to go.

'Tis indeed crazy.
 
 
Triplets
11:42 / 26.02.07
Thanks, guys. One of my friends bumped into S the other night and did think it noticeable that she's the same size. I thought I'd just ask because although I've read up on foetal development I wasn't sure what the 'stages of showing' are.

Johannes Dictotum.

Super Cop!
 
 
Spaniel
11:47 / 26.02.07
On the "same size" thing, is this about the possibility that she might not be pregnant - that it might be a put on?

Haven't you guys had a scan?
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
11:54 / 26.02.07
Mordant: As far as I can make out, you're right; I get on the Visa waiver programme. I have an older passport, so it just has to be machine-readable rather than digitised and biometric. I think I should be okay...

That's the kind of UK passport I have of about the same age, and it's been no problem going to the USA. They will take your fingerprints (digitally) and photograph you at immigration though.

The new UK passports have RFID chips on them as well as the machine-readable page as per the older type, but they currently only put that same information and a digital version of the scanned photo of the passport holder on the chip. The scary stuff comes next year, but even if someone renews their passport now, the chip on it means all the biometric data can be added at a later date.
 
 
Jack Denfeld
11:55 / 26.02.07
what are we supposed to do with our lives? have fun? learn stuff? help people? help ourselves? all of the above? none of the above?
 
 
Jack Denfeld
11:57 / 26.02.07
another question. i know you shouldn't wash colors and whites together, but isnt that more for bright colors like bright blue and red? is there any problem washing black and white together? not like a brand new black, but like black socks and hoodies with white dress shirts?
 
 
Papess
12:03 / 26.02.07
For myself, my breasts grew before anything else in the first trimester. Then my tummy caught up with them. Then my butt...but that is another story.

I used to know a woman when I was pregnant who was pregnant at the same time. Being much taller than I, and very thin, she didn't show at all until her third trimester, and even then, just barely. People didn't believe her when she said she was pregnant. BTW, her baby was born very healthy.
 
 
Spaniel
12:10 / 26.02.07
My fiance (to be pronounced fi-ance, as in finance without the first n) is very slim and didn't show for quite some time, and even when she did the bump was never very big. Needless to say the Bosun weighed in at around 8 pounds - a very healthy size.
 
  

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