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September 1

Insanity defense

Is it limited to murder or does it expand to other crimes too? Pass a Method talk 09:20, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's road rage which if you were to cause an accident, it may not necessarily kill anyone. Dismas|^(talk) 09:46, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As with all legal questions, it depends on jurisdiction. According to our article, in the USA, the defence is available "in federal court, and in the state courts of every state except for Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Utah." It's available to any crime that requires a mens rea in English law. Tevildo (talk) 12:48, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Price of sarcophagus setup like Tutankhamun's.

I know his is "priceless" and legally not for sale, but has anyone ever tallied what an exact replica would cost today (labour, materials or both)? Either the whole shebang, or any one of the coffins. Doesn't need to be in 2013 dollars. I've Googled a while, and failed, but I know it's a popular general topic, and figure the question must have crossed some author's mind over the years. Any clues? InedibleHulk (talk) 09:36, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And by "setup", I don't mean the surrounding tomb or pyramid. That's too expensive, even theoretically. Just the box. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:38, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good question and can be applied to all ancient artifacts. You could model an artifact in CADCAM and calculate cost of components. You could use prototyping software such as AliasStudio, CATIA Shape Design and Styling, NX Shape Studio, solidThinking, Rhinoceros 3D, none of which I have used. But you'd need to do it yourself.
Sleigh (talk) 14:44, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see myself doing that, but thanks for the info. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:23, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You've got me wondering how I would make a copy of King Tut's sarcophagus using a 3D printer now... --TammyMoet (talk) 08:42, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Music

Is there a specific name for when music is written in "C D E F G A B" rather than in standard musical symbols? 82.44.76.14 (talk) 18:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Letter notation. Or maybe you specifically mean ABC notation? ---Sluzzelin talk 18:55, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly what you were asking, but you might also be interested in some aspects of Tablature. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 212.95.237.92 (talk) 12:48, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]