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Nathan's in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

What was the cost of a Nathan's hot dog in 1945 and 1955? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.77.147 (talk) 00:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

How about 1943? From the New York Times, June 27, 1943:[1]: "The hot dog that this resort has made a national institution is now 7 cents at Nathan's and 15 cents at Feltman's. Frozen custard is a dime. ..." I also found a NY Times article about Nathan's from May 9, 1956 [2], but the snippet available free does not include prices. You can purchase access from the paper at the cite linked, or any large library should have free access or at least microfilm copies, and the story might include the price at the time. Edison (talk) 03:15, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Looking for a website

It's about travelling to less well known places, and it had a black words on a white background. The only place that I remembered it featured was HAARP, and under it's listing for Singapore it only had one place, which was a bar of some sort (In Clarke Quay,probably) . Help? 218.186.8.254 (talk) 07:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

HAARP is usually the abbreviation for this (or perhaps this) research project. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 12:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

How would I Go about making my own hyperbaric chamber?

I am Just wondering how would I go about creating my own hyperbaric chamber. Also any relative website / people that have done this - a link to them would be fabulous. On a side note - any potential risks I should know about other then oxygen flammability and over use of high dosage oxygen? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.105.241.244 (talk) 08:52, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Are... you... serious?!?! 24.189.87.160 (talk) 09:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

(continued from my talk page) Well, it's just that of all the things I've heard of people wanting to build at home, a hyperbaric chamber is one that I've never heard as a suggestion, even as a joke. Any particular reason why you want to build your own hyperbaric chamber? Are you an aspiring scientist or something? 24.189.87.160 (talk) 09:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

See this article about hyperbaric chambers. Just two of the risks are that you kill yourself, the chamber bursts and/or Wikipedia gets blamed for what you did. Uh, that's three risks. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 12:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Amongst the risks are such diverse elements as ... Deor (talk) 14:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

It is used by diverse diver's. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 14:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Diverse diver's what? Or (*gasp*) that isn't an aberrant apostrophe there, is it, oh punctuationally hypercorrective one :-) ? 87.81.230.195 (talk) 21:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

It's an air bubble rising from the divers. Or a fish. No, it's an air bubble. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 07:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Depending on how high you intend to pressurise your chamber, you may want to add uncontrolled decompression to your list of risks. Wikipedia's account of the Byford Dolphin decompression accident could be instructive reading. Gandalf61 (talk) 15:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know why you would want to build one yourself, but I will note that mountaineering suppliers sell portable (and I would assume relatively inexpensive) hyperbaric chambers for use in combating/treating altitude sickness. (They're made of impermeable fabric, so aren't usually rated for more than a few atmospheres.) -- 174.24.200.206 (talk) 15:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

The first risk might be the trouble you'd have to go through to get a building permit, if building it yourself; or figuring out where to put it, if you buy one. A lot of places don't like people parking boats and RV's on their property, never mind hyperbaric chambers. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:55, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Beware of using 100% oxygen in your hyperbaric chamber when you get it built. Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 15:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

That goes without saying. You should be careful using 100% O2 for anything. Googlemeister (talk) 16:29, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Instead of building your own, you might be able to find one secondhand. Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 15:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Inclusive development and Inclusive finance

What is inclusive development ? What are its principles ? How to make development inclusive ? What is Inclusive finance ? What are its Principles ? Scope of inclusive finance ? what are the strategies to make inclusive finance ?Tularam giri (talk) 10:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

What is the subject? Corporate finance? Personal finance? Government finance? DOR (HK) (talk) 09:36, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Institution Building

What is institution building ? What are its opportunities and threats ?Note: this topic belong to development administration.I could not find its opportunities and threats in books.Tularam giri (talk) 10:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a homework question, a weird one at that. An institution building is a building utilised by a public institution (city council, ministry). It's hard to say what kinds of opportunities it has, but the threats are probably obvious: reels of red tape. --Ouro (blah blah) 13:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I read the question as asking about the construction of institutions. The UN has an interesting document on it here. Warofdreams talk 15:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

London Blank Cards?

Where can I find blank greeting cards with London themes to buy online? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.46.47 (talk) 13:14, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

There's some here themed around old London Transport posters. --Viennese Waltz ^talk 13:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Try performing a web search for "custom greeting cards" – there are many services (for example, Touchnote or PhotoBox) which will print cards using any photo you want. You'll be able to find a load of free London pictures here and at Commons. AJCham 17:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia know everything, Part I

Hi all! I'm doing a little informal study on whether Wikipedia knows everything, starting with a few random facts I've always been interested in but can't find or track down myself. I'll start with a (hopefully) easy one: What percentage of the American population needs to use corrective lenses, and what percentage actually uses them on a regular basis. Also how does this vary (if any) between males and females and different age groups. Thanks! 14:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.228.193 (talk)

This Ref. Desk is served by volunteers who are more likely to help you if you show what effort you have made in your study. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 14:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh this isn't for school or anything if that's what you're thinking (school is out, for a few weeks more anyway :( . This "study" is nothing more than me saying I want to know a bunch of interesting and trivial facts and see if Wiki can provide them. But I've done a few Google searches and looked at the most likely Wikipedia articles (like Eyesight, Eyeglasses, Corrective lenses) and haven't got anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.228.193 (talk) 15:10, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

You can bring your study to an early conclusion: Wikipedia does not know my height and therefore does not know everything. Sorry. --Sean 16:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sean is 5' 9"  ;-) Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sean is 6'2", I have a citation here. 67.136.117.132 (talk) 17:07, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

This is correct (!). --Sean 17:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't have the exact numbers you want, but Myopia#Epidemiology has some related statistics. You may be able to find similar statistics for other eye conditions and work out an estimate for the overall figures. --Tango (talk) 16:39, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I hereby announce my intention to remove any question whose topic is Does Wikipedia know everything?, if I spot it before anybody has responded. This is not what the Reference Desks are for. Looie496 (talk) 16:52, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not know the terminating digit of pi or the proven lack thereof, hence Wikipedia does not know everything. Googlemeister (talk) 14:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

How dare you libel Wikipedia in such a manner! ;) Proof that π is irrational. --Tango (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

In any case, Wikipedia does not know the value of the (1,432,997,473,881,988,003,147,947,124,099,322,482^7,414,911,300,453)+5th digit of pi (is that number prime?). Googlemeister (talk) 16:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

More importantly, Wikipedia does not "know about" the things it doesn't have articles on or the things that have been deleted. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 08:48, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia makes no claim to "know everything" - or to even attempt to do that. For example, we disallow (and actively delete) articles on things that are deemed "not notable". SteveBaker (talk) 11:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Indeed some may question the basic premise that wikipedia knows anything considering AFAWK, wikipedia hasn't yet achieve sen

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Vehicle Statistics Question

In the US, how many people die or are injured in rollover accidents?

What about in a non-SUV rollover?

How many people die or are injured when ejected from a vehicle?

How many people die or are injured in a one-vehicle accident?

I would appreciate an answer to any of these and will be super happy if all are answered.

67.168.170.122 (talk) 21:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

You might try http://www.nhtsa.gov/ - they should have this sort of data. Friday (talk) 21:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)