The best answers address the question directly, and back up facts with wikilinks and links to sources. Do not edit others' comments and do not give any medical or legal advice.
Can someone here point me to a list of historical prices for McDonald's? I don't want stock prices. I want the year by year price of a hamburger, a cheeseburger, and a Big Mac. I know that prices vary location to location, but they advertise one national "standard" price. That is what I am interested in. I want to show the prices and then show them adjusted for inflation as an example of how to adjust for inflation. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 11:25, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The end of the Economist ref linked above has a link to their data but from the title I think it's only 2000 onwards [1]. Also while this may be better than nothing, I suggest the OP may want to read the data info carefully. I didn't find info on how they derive the US data but the 2018 figure is $5.28. I know they do a lot of weird things in the US due to the lack of sales tax inclusion in prices, but the US is not China and the price $5.28 seems a really weird price to advertise even in the US. I strongly suspect this is some attempt by The Economist to derive an actual everyday price in the US, not the advertised price. For example it could include some average sales tax and even ignoring sales tax, the average price nationally may not be well reflected by the national advertised price. Nil Einne (talk)
If you Google-Image "mcdonald's original menu" you'll see a number of examples, which include the basic hamburger at 15 cents, cheeseburger 19 cents, fries 10 cents, milk shake 20 cents. This was the mid-1950s, and long before there was such a thing as a Big Mac. ←Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→ 14:50, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Bear in mind that The Economist started the Big Mac index as a humorous effort to explain purchasing power, and not as a rigerous economic analysis. Also, the definition has changed over time, but in the US it has generally been an average of prices in cities where Economist journalists happen to have noted the price at a particular time.DOR (HK) (talk) 09:40, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Road taxes in Australia
Road tax#Australia says All states and territories require annual phone registration fee to be paid in order to use a vehicle on public roads; the cost of which varies from state to state and is dependent on the type of vehicle. Why must you pay a fee and register your phone annually? How is that one bit related to a road tax? Nyttend (talk) 23:01, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's vandalism. The original line was "require annual vehicle registration, until it was changed in the only ever edit from an unregistered contributor, in April last year. I've changed it. Rojomoke (talk) 23:12, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
When a bus reaches its terminus, it often simply turns round and starts going back the way it came, taking the same route in the opposite direction. Often, this turn-around time is a chance for the bus driver to rest up for a few minutes (something probably mandated by health and safety legislation and/or his/her contract of employment), or even for the drivers to change over as one goes off shift and another one comes on. My question is, how is this turn-around time affected if the bus is running late? Is the driver expected to shave a few minutes off his/her rest time in order to bring the bus into line with the timetable, or is the timetable allowed to continue to run late? The question is meant in generic, non-country-specific terms, but if you need a specific example, take Transport for London. --Viennese Waltz12:32, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In the UK it's generally 4.5 hours on, 45 minutes break, then another 4.5 hours. However in practice it's timed rather less in case of delays, otherwise the bus could be stuck en route if the driver runs out of hours. The driver is expected to keep to the timetable, which might or might not allow for a short break at the terminus. You can find the UK regulations here.--Shantavira|feed me14:57, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Neither the bus driver whose routine work shift cannot end until he delivers the bus to an end destination, nor the employer bus company whose reputation and contract performance is judged on punctuality to a published timetable, can be interested in letting time errors accumulate from one turn-around to the next. These are factors calling for rest periods to be flexible to the benefit of all. I have seen two examples of resistance to such flexibility: 1) one driver who refuses or only grudgingly opens the bus doors to allow passengers to take shelter from cold rain in his warm bus with engine idling at a terminus wait, and 2) another driver who is a practicing moslem. He shuts the bus doors after passengers leave, takes down a cardboard advertising placard to use as a prayer mat, is careful to align its direction, and performs Salah on the bus floor. DroneB (talk) 15:40, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think this largely depends on the bus company. A number of years ago, I was trying to get from Langley to the Birmingham Oratory. The bus was very late and we got as far as Bearwood, at which point the driver stopped and ordered everyone off the bus saying "That's the end of my shift." --TrogWoolley (talk) 11:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In London all buses with a particular route number run on a common route. Sometimes (not in London) there are different termini, which is reasonable because outlying areas may not require the same level of service. This makes it easy in London to turn a bus short of its destination when late. When a route ends at the garage a driver change is simple - when it doesn't changes occur at a stop near the garage where the route originates. This afternoon when I reached one of these stops I saw an unprecedented four buses full of people lined up. I jumped on the first in line but we were soon ordered to the next one for lack of a driver. Some years ago I was on a bus waiting at one of these stops and the driver ordered us all off because there was no replacement driver and he was going to take it into the garage (which he did). 2A00:23C0:8302:3A01:D9F2:509:9EC6:581E (talk) 19:57, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Driver hours are an item where there is frequently two truths: the one that gets reported to the government and the one that actually happened. Just as a quick semi-related example, the US recently mandatedelectronic logging of driver hours for commercial truckers, for the express reason that e-logs are much more difficult to fake than the previous paper ones. How big a difference could it make? The doom and gloom predictions here have mostly panned out. IOW, unless kept under a very careful watch, driver hours are often faked to meet requirements. Matt Deres (talk) 22:26, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
June 8
Seaching by acronym/abbreviation.
Is there any website that supports searching of "things" by abbreviation - in the hope of identifying them as a group.
Eg "KAA TPD HAT ATCF" are all books by Jeffrey Archer (Kane and Abel, The Prodigal daughter, Honour Among Theives, etc"
Eg "PPM WTB AHDN RS R" are all Beatles albums (Please Please Me, With the beatles, etc)
Eg "JA TJ JQA ZT USG" are all POTUS (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc)
I Have bolt action rifle that i have been told is a 6.5X 54 Mann-Schoen it is marked on left side of barrel/ reciver Hemberg 1916 the serial number is 9313 CC how can i be sure of the Proper idenfication of the rifle and caliber. Thank you for any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikethemailman (talk • contribs) 22:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at this page of stamps from the US Postal Service, I was struck by the fact that many of the stamps have "USA Forever" printed on them. Why is "Forever" struck out? DuncanHill (talk) 23:46, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see, thanks. I thought perhaps it was some sort of "Lo, all our pomp of yesterday, Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!" moment. DuncanHill (talk) 00:50, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but they have "1st" and "2nd" on them, for 1st and 2nd class postage (Do we have an article on postage class?). Other stamps have the price in pence on them. Rojomoke (talk) 05:53, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If you scroll down that page you will notice that the $1, $2 and $5 dollar stamps also have lines through the values. This is to make is difficult for people to copy those images from the website, then print them and try to use their homemade versions to pay postage. Wymspen (talk) 15:06, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Before the "Forever" stamps came to be, an illustration of a stamp would typically have had a diagonal line striking through the value, like this: . → Michael JⓉⒸⓂ01:02, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
According to the article on the Greyhound, to which you linked, "The C-2 has four vertical stabilizers, of which three are fitted with rudders. A single vertical stabilizer large enough for adequate directional control would have made the aircraft too tall to fit on an aircraft carrier hangar deck. The four-stabilizer configuration has the advantage of placing the outboard rudder surfaces directly in line with the propeller wash, providing effective yaw control down to low airspeeds, such as during takeoff and landing. The inner-left stabilizer lacks a rudder, and has been called the "executive tail", as it has nothing to do compared to the other three." DuncanHill (talk) 10:12, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's called a "stabilizer" for a reason. As with almost any stabilizer/rudder design, only a portion is used as a rudder. The fixed portion keeps the aircraft from yawing. My guess is those two aircraft split the stabilizer function like that to reduce the height in order to fit the plane on the hangar deck. -Arch dude (talk) 17:12, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok here is where the problem starts I have contacted the local government to find out if this Island in the middle of the lake was named due to my son asking me the same question? Ok now here is the problem its not on any maps that i can find it has not been named so I have tried to claim the right to name the island as Coruscant Island after the starwars planet and now after there pushing my letter from one Minsters office to another I have decide that i will declare it as a territory and make a micro nation would i be with in my rights to do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.14.53.132 (talk) 15:13, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to do that would eventually reveal the actual owners, but I think the Western Australia Environmental Protection Authority might contest your right to an island in their conservation area. Dbfirs15:29, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
WA has a "Torrens system" of land registration (first introduced next door in South Australia). You could ask to see the relevant Index Map which may lead you to the relevant title certificate. All land in WA which is not owned by some person or organisation is, I believe, owned by the Crown. You could follow the lead set by Leonard Casley in 1970 but be warned - you are a lot closer to the seat of government. The government of Western Australia is fiercely protective of its territory - it has checkpoints on its borders with NT and SA. Oh - I see you work for the state government. 86.131.233.241 (talk) 14:52, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Belmont Stakes
How do the weight carried and times compare for Secretariat and the Justify in the Belmont Stakes? That is to say, how many lengths would the four odd second advantage of Secretariat imply? How far back in the 1973 pack would Justify’s 2018 time place him? Edison (talk) 15:22, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding 1. – You may want to check your terminology: Ares was/is a Greek god (whose Roman counterpart was Mars), while Hercules was/is a Roman semi-divine hero (whose Greek counterpart was Herakles). While there was considerable cross-fertilization between the Greek and Roman mythologies (particularly from the former to the latter), one should not conflate them and play 'mix-and-match' between their discrete elements.
Regarding 2. – we don't know, and there's nothing that in modern terms could be accepted as evidence for it.
Ancient Rome, riven by civil war and its aftermath, was prone to political rumours, propaganda, smear stories and 'fake news' even more vicious than, say, today's USA (where, for example, the Clintons have been accused of involvement in a completely fictitious paedophilic kidnap/rape/murder ring operating out of a pizza parlour).
The modern popular reputation of Livia as a multiple murderess stems largely from media adaptations of 20th-century novelsbyRobert Graves, which he based on writings by Plutarch, Tacitus and Suetonius, but they were compiling the aforementioned rumours, etc. and incorporating them into their works half-a-century or more after the actual events. Moreover, they were writing in a less-than-neutral milieux and presumably had their own personal agendas. (Compare Shakespeare's accountofMacbeth, King of Scotland produced under a Stuart dynasty supposedly descended from MacBeth's enemies.) If there had been any reliable documentation and solid evidence of such crimes by Livia they would certainly have made use of them, but could not because there were none.
Regarding 3. – a partial answer can be found explicitly mentioned in our article Julius Caesar. Bear in mind that in his era crucifixion was a standard punishment in Roman law for certain crimes. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.220.215.83 (talk) 06:05, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I once found a video on Youtube that was "about" a saint. Maybe a St Sebastian? There were no words or story telling or anything. It was just pretty, serene music while the camera panned over images of the saint and of cathedrals. There was a dreamlike quality to it. The video was like what you'd see if you just searched youtube for "relaxing." I guess it was some kind of devotional/prayer aid and you would watch this video while saying Catholic stuff? I don't know.
Hello, are you a real person or are you a robot? It's a question we all ask, right. Like when you get a phone call, there is either a recorded voice or a real person. Sometimes the person sounds like they are real when they really aren't. Just don't trust anyone unless you know them. Am I the only person who asks this question? I don't know, but I need answers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.34.144.150 (talk) 02:00, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You're not the only person who wonders that. Broadly speaking, lack of faith in the truth of existence has popped up many times in philosophy; see, for example, simulation hypothesis and Solipsism. Or, if you prefer the more concrete, there's brain in a vat. There's some neat stuff here. If you prefer the psychological to the philosophical, there's Solipsism syndrome and Derealization. We're not robots here on the RefDesk, though we may or may not be dogs. Matt Deres (talk) 03:08, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The Turing test is not specifically to determine whether a computer is able to fool an interrogator into believing that it is a human, but rather whether a computer could imitate a human. CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test to determine whether or not a respondent is human. DroneB (talk) 10:31, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
CAPTCHA typically seems to be a test to determine whether I visualize things or interpret images (or questions) the same way as whoever designed the CAPTCHA. Iapetus (talk) 08:26, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 01:02, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
