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==Looking for Wikipedia pages==
''(from the Village Pump)''
I'm looking for the page that directs the "Did You Know?" section on the front page. Who decides what we see there?

I also want to know if there's a New pages patrol, just like the RC patrol.

Anyone with info please contact me hear or at my talk page. [[User:MacGyverMagic|MGM]] 10:20, May 15, 2004 (UTC)


:[[Template:Did you know]] is shown in the main page, and [[Wikipedia:Recent additions]] is the history thereof. The rules are in the corresponding talk page [[MediaWiki talk:Did you know]]. [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol]] is for the new pages patrol, but it's rather quiet over there. -- [[User:Chris 73|Chris 73]] | [[User talk:Chris 73|Talk]] 02:01, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

==Lipoproteins==
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==School==
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== Egyptian cat ==

It's probably an odd question, but I'd really like to know. Ancient Egyptian could simply use the drawing of a cat to represent the word cat, but suppose they used the [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphs]] to represent the sounds of the ancient word for [[cat]], what glyphs would they use? [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 11:28, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

:The hieroglyphs for cat, miw,  combine the glyphs for m, i and w with a picture of a cat.  For a picture, see [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/egyptian.htm here] (search for "picture of a cat"). - [[User:Nunh-huh|Nunh-huh]] 01:58, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

*Thank you. Much appreciated! [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 10:07, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

::I thought I'd chip in that Wikipedia can deal with [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]s: the word for ''cat'' is: 
<hiero>mi-i-w-E13</hiero> 
which must have sounded remarkably like 'miaow'! --[[User:Garzo|Gareth Hughes]] 23:32, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

==Peer review discussions==
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== Dalek modulation ==

What kind of program do I need to use the plugin on? I think I can dig up a microphone to use... - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 13:34, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
:That's probably where you are going to have to experiment a little. The straightforward answer is pretty much any version of [[Cubase]], but they can get expensive. Cubase VST is available on a demo license. However, although the [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] plugin protocol was developed by Steinberg its now quite widely supported on Mac and PC music software. According to the [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] article there are even Linux based VST hosts now, but I don't know whether plugins always work accross platforms. 
:Basically all you should need is a simple recording environment that supports VST plugins. Record your voice, then experiment with applying the ring-mod plugin to it. A search for 'free VST host' leads me to [http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MiniHost/ MiniHost] which might do the job - it appears to have the right features, but the [http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1015.html screenshot] doesn't look like anything I would expect though it might be showing an example of hosting a synth plugin.
:There must be other alternatives too. You could probably find a free Ring Modulator for other plugin standards like DirectSound that should work with Windows sound programs such as MediaPlayer. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 15:07, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
::Yup, a Combination of MiniHost and the BJ Ringmodulation plugin works quite well. I had to also download the ASIO4All drivers mentioned in the MiniHost documentation to get my weird DSP microphone to work, and for some reason I only get a bunch of sliders instead of the pretty control panel for the Ring-mod, but it gets the job done. Now I can sound like a dalek in real-time and also record the results. To be honest I'm not sure whether I sound more like a dalek or a [[Cylon (Battlestar Galactica)|cylon]], but with a reference sample, a bit of tweaking and a bit of acting you can probably get quite close. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 18:01, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
I've got the program up, but it doesn't see any input channels. I've got an ancient mic that's labelled "MDE Uni-directional Dynamic Mic Impedence 600 Ohm DM - 202". Do you know of any drivers for the thing, or is it too old to be computer compatible. (No I don't have any manuals for the thing anymore). Thanks for the help so far! :) (Once we're done, please copy this to my discussions archive page ([[User:MacGyverMagic/Discussions]]), or leave it for a while so I can do it). - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:15, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
:I'm not sure. The mic itself probably doesn't matter so much. I guess you are plugging it in to the mic input on your sound card. So you really need the ASIO driver for that make of sound card. If it is a hi-tech sound card the manufacturers might produce their own ASIO drivers, but if it is a SoundBlaster or generic motherboard soundcard the ASIO4All driver will probably do it. There is a link to ASIO4All in the MiniHost documentation. Although even then it didn't work at first for me - I think I had to select the right input and output driver on the ASIO menu of MiniHost. 
:I also downloaded a simple VST instrument plugin so that I could generate sounds from inside MiniHost, which made it a little easier to tell when I had got the sound card/driver settings right. -- [[User:Solipsist|Solipsist]] 20:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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== Identifying child stage actor ==

Who starred as the [[Artful Dodger]] alongside [[Gwion Jones]] and [[Jodie Prenger]] in [[Children in Need 2008]]? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
:[http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=728392 This link] seems to suggest it was ''Robert Madge'' (a Google search of '''"Robert Madge" Oliver''' brings up a load of stuff).  I was browsing the Reference Desk roughly ten minutes ago and saw this question, but couldn't answer it.  I went onto the other (linked) site and suddenly saw the post!  [[User:Booglamay|<b style="color:#74AECF">Boo</b><b style="color:#4D97C1">gla</b><b style="color:#0B5A88">may</b>]] ([[User talk:Booglamay|<span style="color:#6699cc">talk</span>]]) - 20:13, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

==Stunt kids==
I'm not sure if it's even legal. Occasionally, kids perform their own stunts when they appear in a tv show or a feature film, but are there any kids employed as professional stunt performers anywhere in the world? And if so, who is the youngest one? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 19:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
:[http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2005/oct/20/scd-stunt-kid-is-hot-stuff/ This link] says that there's an 11-year-old in Australia who does stunt work.  [http://books.google.com/books?id=v4GQDYx_RnkC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22youngest+stunt+man%22&source=web&ots=J37Xw0g0Iz&sig=2O7fvrJH4lTKjAd8aJUuKksARTk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result This] claims that there was a 3-year-old stunt performer in the 40s and 50s in the US named [[Thom Bresh]].  <span style="font-family:Arial;">[[User:NurseryRhyme|<span style="color:darkblue;">Little Red Riding Hood</span>]]''[[User talk:NurseryRhyme|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]]''</span> 21:51, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

==Children in dangerous acts==
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