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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#9251: Sep 13th 2016 at 5:42:14 PM

Why is it that some old fashioned biplanes have the pilot's seat BEHIND the passengers seat?

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#9252: Sep 13th 2016 at 5:56:11 PM

They're probably warplanes that had the pilot sitting behind the man operating the fixed gun. You do not want the pilot to sit in front of the gun that only points forward.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#9253: Sep 14th 2016 at 12:13:32 PM

Any word on how taking care of the avatar deletion bug is going?

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TroperNo9001 Dragon in Waiting from the Dollhouse (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: I turn to stone when you are gone
Dragon in Waiting
#9254: Sep 14th 2016 at 7:31:48 PM

Is it just me, or is there some kind of bug or new YouTube policy that's cutting off the last few seconds of videos on mobile?

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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#9255: Sep 18th 2016 at 12:59:49 PM

Okay, so, I'm planning on starting an online radio show soon and want to make a thread for it once I do. What subforum should I put it in, Music or New Media? (I considered Radio, but that subforum is used less than the discussion pages of obscure articles on this site.)

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#9256: Sep 18th 2016 at 1:02:26 PM

New Media, considering it's a medium not necessarily about the music itself.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#9257: Sep 18th 2016 at 1:05:36 PM

I mean, it's a music-focused radio show haha.

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#9258: Sep 18th 2016 at 1:13:21 PM

Yes, but the thread wouldn't be focusing on the music you'd be playing or whatever, is what I'm saying.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9259: Sep 20th 2016 at 3:09:46 PM

There's a kind of masks used in modern theater — deriving from earlier incarnations dating back as far as to Ancient Greek theater — where each mask is a simplified face (usually white-colored) that depicts a specific emotion through an expression that is stereotypical to that emotion;(typical ones are joy (smiling mouth, upturned eyebrows), sorrow (downturned mouth, upturned eyebrows), and anger (downturned/sneering mouth, downturned eyebrows).

What do they call these masks? I've seen them referred to as "tragicomic theater masks", but is that their actual name? Wikipedia doesn't turn up any results.

edited 20th Sep '16 3:12:16 PM by MarqFJA

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#9260: Sep 20th 2016 at 4:05:18 PM

During the early part of World War I the Germans used chlorine gas. However this was later phased out and replaced with the more well known mustard gas, because it was more effective. Why was mustard gas more effective?

war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9261: Sep 20th 2016 at 4:36:43 PM

[up][up]Possible misspelling of Tragic Comic Masks.

[up]Don't know, but it might be because it causes horrible blisters on exposed skin, sticks around for a long time and contaminates equipment.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9263: Sep 21st 2016 at 2:31:14 AM

Yeah, but not back then. The masks you are talking about are greek theatre masks, or as they called them, prosopon (lit., "face")

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9264: Sep 21st 2016 at 6:47:50 AM

The Greek theater ones are a lot more detailed than the ones I'm talking about.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9265: Sep 25th 2016 at 3:32:44 PM

Sportswear and beachwear count as "casual" under typical Western dress codesnote , right?

edited 25th Sep '16 3:33:21 PM by MarqFJA

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#9266: Sep 25th 2016 at 3:43:26 PM

Yeah absolutely.

Oh really when?
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#9267: Sep 25th 2016 at 3:44:05 PM

I think they would be somewhat less than casual. Outside of some fairly narrow contexts, they're indecent.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9268: Sep 26th 2016 at 12:01:03 AM

Yeah, well, according to Wikipedia's Western dress codes article, "casual" is often used as a catch-all term for "anything considered inappropriate for more formal occasions". One could make an argument that "casual" can be split into "home casual" and "ultra-casual", with sportswear and beachwear falling under the latter (alongside lingerie, incidentally).

For context, I'm asking this question because I'm working on a list of notable outfits for a character with an Unlimited Wardrobe that would do Padme Amidala proud; in order to make it easier for me, I've taken to splitting the wardrobe into broad categories of formality and function. It's then that I ran into the problem of how to classify sportswear and beachwear.

Note: "Beachwear" is technically not synonymous with "swimwear". That is, not all beachwear is designed for swimming. note 

edited 26th Sep '16 12:02:16 AM by MarqFJA

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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#9269: Sep 26th 2016 at 6:39:55 AM

There are some specific kinds of sportswear and beachwear that nobody would bat an eye at if you wore them to school or to run errands, mostly just the kinds that are similar in cut and fit to their non-beach/sporting counterparts. Yoga pants (in the case of women) and men's athletic shorts with a loose fit are some examples. I've seen people of both sexes wear shorts styled like basketball shorts to school and to go grocery shopping, and yoga pants also make pretty comfy loungewear.

But whether the character is the kind of person who would wear athletic shorts, yoga pants, tennis dresses, or terrycloth beachwear anywhere other than their workout or the beach is up to the character. If the character is also supposed to be up on fashion and isn't especially sporty, they might just restrict their activewear to their workout. If they don't live in a super-casual warm coastal area, they might not wear their beachwear anywhere other than the beach or to pool outings.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9270: Sep 26th 2016 at 8:05:53 AM

Good points. The character in question is mainly the kind of person who'd pick their outfit to be fitting for the purpose/setting.

On a different note, is there a term that I can lump both activewear and beachwear under as a distinct category from regular casual attire? Or should I just name the category "Active and beach attire"?

edited 26th Sep '16 8:06:07 AM by MarqFJA

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war877 Grr... <3 from Untamed Wilds Since: Dec, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#9271: Sep 26th 2016 at 10:00:06 AM

beachwear is a type of sportswear.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#9272: Sep 26th 2016 at 5:34:23 PM

[up]Swimwear is sportswear, but beachwear can include things like beach dresses.

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#9273: Sep 27th 2016 at 2:30:59 AM

Yeah, I pointed that out here in the note at the very end.

So... There's no catch-all term for those two, is there?

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Troper_Walrus Since: Sep, 2015
#9274: Sep 27th 2016 at 6:04:22 PM

Is Open Shot a good freeware video editor? Is it comparable to something like VSDC Video Editor?

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#9275: Sep 29th 2016 at 1:20:43 PM

I have two quick questions concerning transportation:

1. I read about a Driver's Ed course that you can sign up for online. How reliable is this course? And has anyone from the state of Ohio tried it?

2. Is there such a thing as DMV course where they loan you a car? I am not sure that actually exists but I heard it form my cousin.

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