User talk:Alteripse

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Contents 1 Archives 2 IRC 3 Article Licensing 4 cyt p450 pic 5 He who shall not flush 6 HGH ducks 7 Alternative medicine 8 Thanks 9 Je vous pensais pourriez aimer... 10 Lungs 11 Jumping bacteria on skin 12 Great answer! 13 *Gold Star of Truth* 14 Quack 15 TamPax Romana 16 Image copyright problem with Image:Red room at Versailles.JPG 17 Omenta aside... 18 Thanks 19 Thanks 20 Medicine Collaboration of the Week 21 looks like you hit a nerve 22 Reference Desk 23 Long time no see

[edit] Archives

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[edit] IRC

How to set up IRC:

• I'm assuming you have administrative priveleges on your computer; that'll make things easier to install.
  1. Go to http://gaim.sourceforge.net, and click on downloads.
  2. Get Gaim-0.79.exe and install it. (It's Free Software, so you can copy it anywhere you like.)
  3. When it's done installing, it'll ask you to sign in. You'll see an accounts window.
     1. Click "+ Add".
     2. Change the protocol to IRC.
     3. Give yourself a screen name and password.
     4. Make sure the server is irc.freenode.net.
     5. Click save. Gaim will sign you in automatically.
  4. In the Buddy List window, do Buddies->Join a Chat.
  5. Channel:#Wikipedia. That's where I am at the moment.
  6. Type stuff. Everyone will see it.  :-)

--Ardonik 20:02, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

When I tried to connect, my norton internet security blocks the connection. Even when I tell it to permit it, it immediately gives me a messages saying I was disconnected.

• I don't know how to use Norton's products. IRC uses port 6667; see if you can configure Norton to unblock the port manually. --Ardonik 20:33, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)
  • Suggestions are coming in from #Wikipedia. Did you perhaps get a popup from Norton asking whether to approve a connection by gaim.exe or something like that? That's how Sygate's firewall works. --Ardonik 20:42, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

This is based on Sygate firewall, not Norton. I would guess that the firewall is blocking gaim. Does gaim work at all? If not, this will likely be why.

There should be something in the firewall software which lists blocked and permitted apps. Windows firewalls generally work on a per-application basis. Sygate works by seeing when an app tries to use the net, then pops up asking you whether to allow or deny. I am assuming (that's ass-u-me) that Norton would work similarly.

So: first go into the Norton firewall and see if you can find a list of permitted and denied apps. Make gaim permitted. If that doesn't work, see if you can find a list of permitted and denied ports, and try unblocking ports 6650-6669 - David Gerard 20:45, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] cyt p450 pic

To be honest, I'm not really sure. However, I should emphasize that I downloaded the sequence in PDB format (PDB code is shown in image description), openned it in Deepview, played with the color, oriented the protein until it looked cool, copied it over to a paint program and then saved it as png. All of the pictures I uploaded were really made by me. According to an NCBI disclaimer, sequences are public domain, as far as they are concerned. Where it gets muddy is whether or not the protein sequences I used were patented by or copyrighted to the submitter. I haven't seen notices while I was making the pics. Even then, I'm not sure if creating a picture from a copyrighted sequence would make it illegal/copyright infringement. I was wondering about that myself earlier, so I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter. As for Hexokinaseglucokinase, if you're interested in making your own pics, I can give you tips to figure out how to display proteins (with the colors and ribbons) with Deepview (it took me a few moments). Otherwise, I'll do it a bit later -- it takes about 12 seconds. --jag123 02:28, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

If you did that much to make it, it's yours and not someone else's. Please show me how to do that for glucokinase. alteripse 02:35, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

(I'll assume you use the Windows version. Shift + click may be different for other versions) I get the PDB number from here, under IUMB Enz class and then PDB link (First in list is 1BDG). In Deepview, click on File->Import, enter the PDB id, and click the second PDB file button (under Grab from server). It'll load (and should give you an error about missing AA). You can close the status window but keep the control panel window open. Click on Display->OpenGl, Display->Solid 3D. In the control panel window, press Shift and click on a v in the Show column (they should all get unchecked) and then Shift + Click in a blank space under the Ribn column (they should all get checked). Click on the black arrow/triangle under R (complete right and top of Control Panel window) and select Ribbon from the drop down menu. Then go to Color (Main program) and click by secondary structure succession (that's what I use). Orient the protein and then save it. (I just did a Print Screen and paste into paint since it was faster than saving as tga and reopenning and resaving into png.) Good luck! Just to let you know, I plan to add pics to all the proteins; I've got all the oxidoreductases done so far. --jag123 02:57, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] He who shall not flush

An amazing link for everything you don't want to know and then some: --allie 22:54, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Every search engine known to mankind

[edit] HGH ducks

I've just stumbled on the HGH quackery article, and as I review the history, it seems you're primarily responsible for its current condition. Congratulations. I think it's an example of just what WP should be producing, though not quite a traditional encyclopedic sort of thing. We're breaking new ground here in that respect. I've also noted your admin nomination and endorsed it, though after the (tardy) fact. Congratulations on that as well... Good work. ww 19:18, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative medicine

[Please feel free to move this award to a different place if you prefer, Alteripse.] Axl 16:22, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your comments. You are at once kind and fair. I love to write just to write, and even debate about the angels on a pinhead; but I do not like personal strife and conflict, and my wife even less so. It's not that I need 100% agreement; it's just we both feel so overwhelmed with the utter disdain and contempt for our work, work that is seen by so many as being something entirely different than what we intended it to be, namely, to recoginze someone we thought had merit and to find appropriate references. Anyway, thank you for your sweet disposition. icut4u

• Thanks. Can I save your last line as ammo in my next edit war? alteripse 06:41, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Je vous pensais pourriez aimer...

Your answer (amusing, as always) to the problem of le mannequin pis leads me to suspect you might enjoy the writings of "Sir Charles Grandiose, Bt", who is one never to let the French forget that they smell garlicky.... All The French One Needs To Know, part II Part Trois. Best taken in small doses. - Nunh-huh 20:58, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lungs

Thanks for the laugh on lung placement at the Reference Desk. -- Kodos

[edit] Jumping bacteria on skin

Alteripse, you rhetorical question about jumping bacteria made me laugh so hard, I had one of the best laughs I've ever had in a long long time. Thank you, thank you so much!! :-) --HappyCamper 01:46, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I had a big laugh, too. It's on BJAODN for some reason (here). As long as we have a sense of humour, we have the Wiki. JFW | T@lk 18:36, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Great answer!

Thanks for lightening my day. Your answer yesterday on WP Ref Desk regarding the ant parasite life cycle had me in (circular, of course) stitches. Thanks...

Clearly, I'm going to have to pay more attention to my education and to the Ref Desk. It'll be good for my cardiovascular system as well -- the laughter, I mean. ww 22:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] *Gold Star of Truth*

- for a particularly wry and apt history of slavery. -Nunh-huh 04:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I accept with pleasure. Next I'll have to devise a star for "consistently amusing and informative".... - Nunh-huh 21:35, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quack

[edit] TamPax Romana

That phrase could only be the product of a truly diseased mind. Not that there's anything wrong with that.... JamesMLane 08:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. I was rather proud of it myself but it seemed to drop unnoticed like a pearl into the depths... alteripse 11:30, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Red room at Versailles.JPG

Thanks for uploading Image:Red room at Versailles.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. (er, and sorry this template is so patronizing.)  — TheKMan^talk 11:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Omenta aside...

Omenta aside, I encountered another little bit of drollery that I thought you might enjoy: Dr. Tom Cruise's Medical Forum - Nunh-huh 23:35, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

thanks, best laugh I have had in days. alteripse 03:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

[edit] Thanks

A bit of an atypical barnstar, but you helped me with a question on the HD four days before my subspecialty exams in gastroenterology (which I've passed, woohoo!). Wanted to say thanks so much! -- Samir धर्म 06:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Saw your message on Samir's talk page. Are you calling me a idiot sir? — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 11:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Of course not. Any friend of Harry is a friend of mine. alteripse 11:51, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh. That was a joke message left on Samir's talk page. He's not blocked really. I hope he gets a good shock when he opens up his talk page. :D — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 11:55, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Really? And it could have been the start of an entertaining feud. alteripse 11:59, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

You bet! — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 12:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Medicine Collaboration of the Week

WS 21:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] looks like you hit a nerve

Neutrals Stmrlbs 21:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I would rather have hit his conscience. His blog suggests the wages of pretend science are far better than mine for honest work, though, so he has little incentive to make the switch. alteripse 03:23, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

yes, there is a lot of money in this. and he talks about it (indirectly) here Tired Concept

what is interesting about the "Neutrals" blog, is that he says::

One of the things I like best about the Wikipedia concept is that the knowledge base is additive; we all can add information to entries on the site. If we disagree with the biased point of view of an entry, we can contest it. In general, it is better with technical stuff, but some of the pop culture information is pretty good as well. One of the best concepts put forth over there is the idea of the Neutral Point of View (NPOV), the ideal of representing all majority and significant-minority views fairly and without bias. The article on the BTD is missing some NPOV.

and yet, instead of contesting here, at Wikipedia, whatever it is that he thinks is biased, he writes about it (and you) in his blog- which does not allow comments. This demonstrates a rather biased view of NPOV, imo ;)

Stmrlbs 07:56, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference Desk

Thank you for your attempt to answer my question Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science#Antagonism_vs_Inhibition_.7C_Enzymes_.26_Neurotransmiters.

--Parker007 06:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Long time no see

It must be me, but it seems like we haven't met on Wikipedia for ages. You haven't been away, have you? Anyway, I've been working hard on coeliac disease. It's now a featured article candidate. Please vote! JFW | T@lk 20:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)