StringJunky

The colour we see, when considered objectively, should be more towards purple but our eyes have more sensitivity in the blue than violet, so, coupled with our brain's evolved tendency towards maximising visual differentiation for a survival advantage it is seen more as blue. Rather than being a perfect reflector of the world around us our brain constructs its own reality in a way that suits it best.

This seems sensible because it has been repeatedly reviewed and affirmed as just. I imagine one needs prodigious recall of past cases to be a good judge or lawyer.

Very interesting Imatfaal. If a High Court judge accepts a precedent to decide a case against the defendant and they subsequently decide to appeal to an Appeal Court, would a successful appeal by them tend to set a new precedent in that type of case?

Most furniture polishes and car polishes etc contain silicone which can migrate into the finish over time (lacquer and paint) and you can't remove it unless you Nitromors the whole paint lacquer job off. You have most likely put silicone traces over it with your rags. This is not a problem until and if you want to repair a damaged area with new finish; the wet finish will probably 'fish-eye' like in this image: Believe it or not, the solution is to add some pure silicone to the paint\lacquer before spraying! I've put silicone on my hand-built guitar in ignorance but I don't care ...it can wear it's scars and still make music. Unless your instrument is or is potentially a museum piece carry on with your rags! Knowing what I know now and if I got a new guitar, I would just use warm water with a bit of pure detergent, wipe the whole thing down free of grease marks, let it dry it off and buff to a shine with a clean soft cloth on the glossy bits. At the end of the day, the finish is the protection and doesn't need another layer of stuff that is only going to turn into a gunky layer. I'd also lemon-oil the fretboard sparingly every year or two.

Elixir strings have a very thin plastic-type covering (name escapes me) and they last months compared to 2-4 weeks with uncoated. The reason is that crud can't get in between the windings to damp winding interfaces that rub against each other and give that chimey metallic sound. A guitar is plucked and released; the tone is reliant on the sustained freely vibrating note. A violin bow is in constant contact and drawn so it naturally kills that sustaining metallic ring characteristic of guitars. I don't think that 'ring' is an expected feature of violins. I think of bowed instruments as dry and earthy compared to guitars with metal strings. Putting anything on the string alters it's mass and especially in various random amounts along the string will adversely affect it's vibrational charcteristics and tuning ability. Chapstick dries semi-waxy and apart from gunking the strings up will collect in the fretboard/fret joints. If the OP wants slick then I suggest Elixir Polys.

Sounds like the fastest way to kill the strings. and crap up the guitar. That stuff will get pressed into the windings and kill the tone.

IIRC this stopped working properly after IE10 so I went back to it. Got a new laptop with IE11 and it's still not fixed now you mention it. A workaround is to click the top left icon next to the eraser icon and then hit the quote button. This will give you the quote in the coded form. Do what you want to do answering and whatever then click that top button again so it's off and the quote boxes should show. If the cursor is stuck in the quote box, take to it to the end of the quote and double-click. If you are going to do multiple quotes keep it in coded form until you have finished them all.

Ignorant can also mean wilfully not paying attention: "Listen to me! Why are you being ignorant?". It can imply wilfulness as well as naivete.

If in doubt get it checked out. It's far too easy for people like you and us to fit symptoms to a particular ailment and be completely wrong.

...standing on the shoulders of giants.

I just thought I'd give a heads up in case the trend hadn't been noticed. I did wonder if the the sites' spam-filters might not be set up for that forum in some way although I'm not familiar with these things..

I've noticed nearly all the spam I see and report is from the Philosophy forum. Any significance in this?

I agree with CharonY. Until we understand all the important interconnecting relationships in our own weather system and can tinker with it purposefully and successfully, planetary terraforming is out of reach.

It seems that there is a Historical Method

I didn't choose anything because how can one confidently choose a point in a continuum and say "It starts here"?

You can't define a point in a continuum - which is what the development of an organism is - without it being arbitrary. Leave that definition to people that need to define it for the purposes of their argument or profession.

Yes, on that point it's not relevant.

I imagine quite a few feel empowered, thinking their anonymity and physical separation from their targets gives them immunity from retribution.

I was going to say that the US seems to be quite an anomaly amongst the general trend globally.

Will this do? There does seem to be an inverse correlation between wealth and religiosity from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_religion

The OP was referring to Indian culture and my answer was specific to that but it is, as you say, manifest elsewhere. A lot of it and religious customs as well seems to stem from the collective male desire to keep women down a peg or two I agree.

From what I've read in the past, it's just a long-entrenched taboo that during this time women are dirty and should be avoided until they are finished. The sad fact is that the covert behaviours Indian women have to go through to deal with it means that their personal hygiene routines are likely much less than optimal which reinforces the idea that they are dirty.

Agreed, it's trying to crack the hard nuts that refines and consolidates our debating skills not the easy ones. We learn more from our failures than our successes. One thing we can do though is suggest to lock a thread when it clearly starts to become circular.

Seems odd that nobody thought of it before. I can see plenty of scope for arguing discussing the veracity, interpretation and timeline of past events.