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June 28

culture

is culture basically anything or only certain things? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.151.57.97 (talk) 09:30, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't understand the concept from reading the article to which you yourself have linked, it's unlikely that anyone can explain it to you. Moreover, as in your previous query, your wording verges on being too vague to be satisfactorily answerable.

Perhaps in future you should think longer about formulating your queries more clearly: we have so far assumed your good faith, but we are all volunteers and none of us is obligated to answer what might (perhaps wrongly) be perceived as time wasting.

Please also remember in future to sign off your queries (and any other non-article edits) with four tildes (i.e. ~~~~) to add your IP address (or Username if you choose to create an Account here) and Time/Date stamp – it helps everyone to keep the conversations straight from the outset. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.177.55 (talk) 10:59, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean are any values culturally independent, sure. For example, a person randomly killing people in their community is wrong in every culture. On the other hand, what, if anything, justifies non-random killings will vary widely with culture. SinisterLefty (talk) 14:15, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The word culture has several uses as noted at Culture_(disambiguation). DroneB (talk) 21:30, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"The only culture around this house is bacterial." SinisterLefty (talk) 10:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC) [reply]

Dodge Magnum Windshield Size

I found something that I can't Google. I want to know what the size (width and height) of a Dodge Magnum windshield is. It looks overly large, but I think that is because it is tilted. Everything I try in Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo... returns thousands of results for buying sun visors, buying windshield replacements, buying windshield wipers, etc... Now, I want to know two things. First, what is the width/height of a Dodge Magnum windshield? Second, what phrase can I type into Google to get that information? 199.15.144.250 (talk) 11:59, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note that increasing the tilt should increase the height of the piece of glass, unless the roof is lowered and/or the hood/cowl is raised. I did the following Google search:

"Dodge Magnum" "windshield" "dimensions"

One of the returns was:

Dodge Magnum Sun Shades & Windshield Snow Covers — CARiD.com
https://www.carid.com › All Products › Interior Accessories › Sun Shades › Dodge
Products 1 - 30 of 188 - Dimensions: 58" L x 27.5" W. For Full Windshield.

Those dimensions are for the sun shade, not the windshield, but it does say "for full windshield", and the pics look like they fit pretty close, so those dimensions should be close. It's also possible that the dimensions vary with year or even package (for example, if it has a convertible option). Also note that windshields aren't exactly rectangular. They are rounded at the corners, and may have a bit of an inverted keystone shape. SinisterLefty (talk) 12:25, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keystone.

To explain a bit why I did the Google search the way I did, "Dodge Magnum" should all be in quotes together, or I would risk finding returns like "Watch Magnum dodge bullets on tonight's show". The other terms are also in quotes, showing that they are absolutely required, but not in quotes together, as the specific order is not important there. I chose the word "dimensions" as opposed to "width" and "length", as they might well be abbreviated W and L (or W/H, or L/H), and single letters aren't good for search terms, since there are way too many results. If "dimensions" didn't work, I might try "size". SinisterLefty (talk) 12:45, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I checked Glass Masters and it looks like 27.5" is a smaller windshield. I'm not sure why it looks larger on the car. 199.15.144.250 (talk) 13:24, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Palm Beach County computers in the 2000 Presidential Election

Hi, to this end I will be speedy. The computers of all the counties that used Votomatic perforated ballots were programmed in the same way. But since in Palm Beach the names of the candidates were printed on both sides of the ballot, did the respective computers in that county undergo changes in this regard? I mean, the lights that revealed the hole were in a different order, why were these machines programmed differently? Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 19:19, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, but I have posted here a picture of the so-called "butterfly ballot" on the right. The problem was that this is poorly designed ballot, leading to user confusion and error. There is no significant change in computer programming, per se, only how the punch card readers were tallying the votes. If you read the ballot correctly (and this is how the Palm Beach computers were reading the votes), the first hole is for Bush/Cheney/Republican Party, the second hole for Buchanan/Foster/Reform party, and the third hole for Gore/Lieberman/Democratic Party. But many people only looked at the first, left page before punching in their choice, assuming that the second hole was for Gore, not Buchanan. And in many of those cases, the arrows pointing to the holes were either overlooked by these voters or were not aligned correctly to the holes.

If what you are really asking is why Palm Beach County was the only one using these butterfly ballots, here's the answer: it was designed by Palm Beach County's Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore because she wanted to accommodate what was then a large number of presidential candidates, with the font size and spacing you see in the picture. Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:25, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, see the link below? The number two hole is for the Ticket Gore-Lieberman, in the county of Broward, then the others come; the order is different, so the Palm Beach computer software had to be programmed differently, wasn't it? Unless the photo is a fake, but I doubt it. Thanks a lot. https://www.google.it/search?q=broward+county+ballot+votomatic&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA1LLEoJHjAhXLTBUIHT7OA9MQ_AUIEigD&biw=1768&bih=887#imgrc=HyhxFv1Rwx1RcM: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 13:02, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

45 degree view

Is any maps site still offering something like Google Maps's old 45 degree bird's eye view? 93.136.35.170 (talk) 23:31, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Google Maps on Android 8.0.0 (Oreo) seems to display that way. Google Maps on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) does not; it's the standard top (map) view. SinisterLefty (talk) 02:09, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I didn't specify, I mean 45 degree satellite view on the website, they probably filmed it from a helicopter or something, it was a feature from before drones were a thing. It was accessible in classic view or whatever it was called on the website until a couple years ago but now I can't find it. Please don't suggest commercial apps, only websites. 93.136.35.170 (talk) 02:23, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For locations where the imagery is available, Google Maps now provides overhead views at almost any angle, not only 45 degrees. You just don't access it through a separate menu item or whatever it used to be. Using Firefox on Linux (I don't know about other environments), after selecting Satellite you hold down the Control key and click-and-drag with the mouse to find the angle you want. If the angled-view imagery is not available for the area you're looking at, you will still see the angle of the ground change, but buildings and things on the ground will look as though they are flat. --76.69.117.113 (talk) 05:41, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give it a try. I was hoping there was someone else, even the Google Maps website slows down my browser horribly. 93.136.35.170 (talk) 05:47, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what you'e asking is a lot for any computer to handle, so I doubt if any will do this without noticeable lag. SinisterLefty (talk) 10:37, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]