Miscellaneous desk
< September 2	<< Aug \| September \| Oct >>	September 4 >

Welcome to the Wikipedia Miscellaneous Reference Desk Archives
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages.

September 3

Legality of public nudity worldwide

Hello. In which countries in the world, if any, is it legal to go completely naked in public? Note that this is NOT a request for legal advice; it is a general inquiry about laws relating to public nudity. Freeknowledgecreator (talk) 07:18, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clothing laws by country might be a place to start. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 07:36, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Where would you carry your wallet, in case a cop asks for some ID? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:50, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In completely free countries, one doesn't have to carry ID, though that doesn't mean one if free to go completely unclothed! Dbfirs 11:21, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you're suspected of violating the law, you'd better be prepared to present an ID. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:14, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't own any ID on paper. Dbfirs 14:49, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Which seems to highlight a contradiction. You say "In completely free countries, one doesn't have to carry ID, though that doesn't mean one if free to go completely unclothed", but someone from Germany where national IDs are the norm albeit don't have to be carried, or maybe elsewhere List of national identity card policies by country someone may feel in completely free countries, one should have the right to go completely unclothed in many public places, but carrying an ID is hardly an issue. Nil Einne (talk) 09:17, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can still carry a bag as well, you know. --Viennese Waltz 09:55, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) That could give new meaning to a Fanny pack as well as more rude connotations. MarnetteD|Talk 10:01, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So I guess it depends on what the OP means by "completely". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How often is this quote relevant? Anyway, Forbin : Naked as the day I was born. Are you satisfied now? Colossus : You were not born with a watch. Colossus: The Forbin Project. Someguy1221 (talk) 10:41, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's unlikely you were born carrying a purse. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:13, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a coinpurse ? :-) SinisterLefty (talk) 02:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC) [reply]

How to bypass an electric eye ?

I have a portable ice maker that's almost useless, because the ice forms a "ladder", with each piece frozen to the previous piece, up to the electric eye, that makes the machine think it's full:

             OOOOO <-
|            O+------
|            O|
|            O|
|            O|
|            O|
+-------------+

I have another ice machine (same model) where the electric eye has failed in such a way that it always thinks there's more room. This works much better in that it fills the ice bucket. There is some risk it may overflow, but I put a water-proof tray under it to catch any fallen ice and can also keep that from happening by limiting the amount of water I pour in.

So, if I were to take it apart, would there be two wires I could cut and shunt together to bypass the electric eye ? One potential problem is that presumably the wattage going into the sending side is considerably more than that coming out of the receiving side, so just connecting those two wires directly might not work. Would some type of dimmer switch be in order to address this ? (Would a rheostat generate too much heat ?) I haven't opened it up yet, as I want to know if I have a reasonable chance of success or I won't make the attempt. So, will I find one wire going in and one going out on each side, or will there be a large nest of wires on each side ? And what color wires should I shunt together ?

The ice maker is made in China, which may explain the poorly tested design. SinisterLefty (talk) 14:59, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The bucket should have a slanted side, which breaks the ice apart as it descends into the bucket. Have you considered placing a wedge below the ice to force it to break? 135.84.167.41 (talk) 11:50, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I tried slanting the entire ice-maker, which helped a little. I get a small triangle of ice now. I can't slant it more or it won't make ice. I'm reluctant to put anything in the ice tray, as that would be more parts I'd need to sterilize. The other ice-maker keeps pushing ice past the ice ladder, knocking it down, which works out fine. Note that the ice is not frozen together until it sits together for a while. Thus the formation is something like a lumpy stalagmite. SinisterLefty (talk) 16:37, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. I checked my current ice maker. It has a plastic bin for the ice. Inside the bin is a triangular plastic wedge. It just directs the ice to the other side of the bin. Further, the bottom of the bin is not flat. It is angled away from the back so the ice naturally slides to the opposide side. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 18:26, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Shorty in Scary Movie 1

Hi, when the killer calls him and he says in front of the TV "just watching the game", what sport is he actually watching? ? Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 16:14, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If it's not evident in the movie, how would anyone know? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:21, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DRE voting system (Danaher Shouptronic 1242)

In the USA, there has always been electronic voting. I wonder in touch screen systems (DRE) if the memory cards are inserted in the central computer in the precicnt or these memory cards must be transported to a more distant place. I mean in polling place do you vote only and are the votes counted elsewhere? Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 20:52, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

There has ALWAYS been electronic voting ? Back to the 1700's ??? SinisterLefty (talk) 20:25, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, going clear back to the Electrical College. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:53, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, sorry; my fault, all my fault, only my fault. Call it a mistake, an inappropriate expression, gaffe or whatever. I just wanted to say that the electroinic vote in the US has long been consolidated, and I hope I haven't played a chance to answer. Forgiven?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 21:02, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Although the federal government has some laws that create a framework that the states must work within (for federal offices like the president, senators, and representatives in Congress), each state has it's own laws and policies that differ significantly from state to state. So there is no one answer.

One factor is that many people are anxious to learn the results before they go to bed on election night. So transporting a machine for 15 or 30 minutes would be tolerable, but driving a machine for several hours would make the voters unhappy, so is unlikely. Jc3s5h (talk) 21:16, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note that some states which have a history of trying to deny blacks the vote were under Federal oversight, but that recently has been weakened and/or ended. SinisterLefty (talk) 01:59, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I used to hate driving those machines for hours, starting late in the evening! And then one day, they invented the telephone. Thank god for that. Mathglot (talk) 01:47, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]