Quickie Questions

I looked up "catwalk walk" and then clicked on "improve your catwalk walk" in the related search at the bottom, and most of the pages on the first page seem to treat "catwalk" as the name of the walk. I only actually looked at one page, though, but it was from The London School of Modelling website.

edited 24th Aug '14 8:03:02 PM by thekikoperson

Does anyone have any clue what the legal status of Rosenkreuzstilette would be if it were to be picked up by an official English localizer? Like, does its similarity to the Mega Man series present any legal problems, especially in US copyright law?

I knew it! I can't believe I forgot that that was the name. Thanks!

Well, I was referring to lateral forces when I was talking about balance — and the lateral-forces thing still stands true during walking, BTW. Sure, someone who's used to the "catwalking" (No, I didn't invent this) would be very unlikely to lose their balance on their own mid-walk, but any lateral push and they will find in just as much trouble as someone who is merely standing in their same posture, simply because they're just as unbraced against lateral forces.

Say, if I wanted to ask a question about politics and/or political systems that isn't specific to a particular country or region (e.g. a question about US politics would go to the "General US Politics thread", a question about Europolitics would go to the "European Politics thread"), where should I go?

Maybe you should start a thread for that question.

"How is a bicameral system different from a unicameral system?" would work better as a thread than as a Quickie Question. (Well, assuming that you want an answer more specific than just a pair of definitions with the differences highlighted.)

Yeah, I'll do that.

... As soon as I remember what the heck the question I had in mind was, that is. -_-;

When MTV played music videos, what did the schedules look like? Was it divided into multi-hour blocks of "Top 40", "Rock", "Rap", "Pop"? Did VJs have programming blocks named for them?

Shit, I need to go find my mom for that question.

Usually they'd break it into shows which devoted some time to a particular genre of music, and for some it would just be showing the top 40 for an hour or similar.

It may for example late at night be hip-hop for two hours showing artists like De La Soul or A Tribe Called Quest and similar, then after that it would be 'club hour' where you'd have students who were up until 3 AM doing actual work, then you'd often have until 6 AM less popular acts which still deserved some time on the air.

Ok, this is serious. My Malwarebytes Anti Malware won't start and I tried the Chameleon that came with it and it didn't do shit about this. I know it's some sort of malware, but I need a link to a free scanner than can fix this problem.

Is there an adjectival or attributive form for the word "fuchsia" (the color)? As in, is "fuchsian" an actual word?

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Fuschia is already an adjective. I don't think you can make, like... super-adjectives.

edited 27th Aug '14 6:30:16 PM by Mukora

I'm not sure, but I think that Mukora is likely correct. That said, I could see uses for which it could be argued that an additional form is called for; take for example the following:

"This food affects me in the way that the colour fuchsia does."

That might be rewritten as:

"This food affects me in a fuchsia manner."

I could see one arguing for "fuchsian", or some similar construction, in that latter case.

Funnily enough, the word "fuchsian" does appear to exist—but not to describe the colour. Instead, it seems to be a mathematical term named after a fellow named "Fuchs".

Let's say you have a pane of bullet proof glass and a pistol. You put one bullet in the glass, then you fire a a second shot so that it hits the exact same spot as the first bullet. Would the second bullet go through the glass and hit something on the other side? Basically, I'm asking if this is possible. You know, minus the whole high speed chase part.

The first bullet would probably shatter the glass, losing a lot of speed but still making it a few feet inside. Even if the window is safety glass, there would still be a pretty big hole for the second bullet to go through unimpeded.

If you had enough speed on the first bullet to make a cartoon-style hole just big enough for it to get through, it would probably go on quite a bit further.

Depends on the grade of glass and the pistol/caliber.

Usually if a bullet gets stopped properly it'll flatten into a little hunk of nothing.

For those of you who speak German:

Is the correct pronunciation of jagdhund "ya-hk-hoont" or something like that?

edited 4th Sep '14 7:41:51 PM by dRoy

Pretty sure it's Jag Hound.

Google Translate pronounces it as 'yahkt-hoond'.

[jɑːkthʊnd]

Necessary explanation here.

edited 6th Sep '14 7:16:37 PM by Lock

Is the Music Media-mix Market (known as M3) and Comitia allow foreigners to enter the events? As far as I know, Comiket and Anime Japan do welcome foreigners. If yes, what I should I prepare beforehand when I have arrived in Japan?

edited 7th Sep '14 5:29:53 AM by murazrai

Does anyone know if this is just a drawing to symbolize Yandere, or if the girl's from an actual Anime: https://twitter.com/SlayerOfTears/status/509041439590715392/photo/1

Edit: I just found out who it is, sorry about that. Please disregard this post.

edited 8th Sep '14 1:27:18 PM by DarkDeceiver

Is there a difference between a research institute and a think tank? And are they mutually exclusive categories, or can an organization be both at the same time?

Think thanks are usually far more into advocacy than a pure research institute.

A think tank is largely there to advocate on particular issues and policies - for example foreign policy, or healthcare in a nation. You can usually tell what they're focused on by name - see for example The Council on Foreign Relations in the US.

A research institute is a publicly funded body aimed at furthering research either in an area in a nation, or generally within many branches. Some for example may be specifically funded for one branch of science, while others are more general and will deal with lots of research over a year from many different individuals.