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πŸ”— WGA screenwriting credit system

πŸ”— Film πŸ”— Law πŸ”— Film/American cinema πŸ”— Film/Filmmaking

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) writing credit system for motion pictures and television programs covers all works under the jurisdiction of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW). Since 1941, the Screen Writers Guild and then the WGA has been the final arbiter of who receives credit for writing a theatrical, television or new media motion picture written under their jurisdiction. Though the system has been a standard since before the WGA's inception, it has seen criticism.

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πŸ”— Nicaraguan Sign Language

πŸ”— Languages πŸ”— Deaf πŸ”— Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de SeΓ±as de Nicaragua) is a sign language that was largely spontaneously developed by deaf children in a number of schools in western Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. It is of particular interest to the linguists who study it because it offers a unique opportunity to study what they believe to be the birth of a new language.

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πŸ”— Design rule for Camera File system

πŸ”— Computing πŸ”— Photography πŸ”— Computer graphics

Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) is a JEITA specification (number CP-3461) which defines a file system for digital cameras, including the directory structure, file naming method, character set, file format, and metadata format. It is currently the de facto industry standard for digital still cameras. The file format of DCF conforms to the Exif specification, but the DCF specification also allows use of any other file formats.

The latest version of the standard is 2.0 (2010 edition).

πŸ”— Gay Bomb

πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military science, technology, and theory πŸ”— Military history/Weaponry πŸ”— LGBT studies

The "gay bomb" and "halitosis bomb" are formal names for two non-lethal psychochemical weapons that a United States Air Force research laboratory speculated about producing. The theories involve discharging female sex pheromones over enemy forces in order to make them sexually attracted to each other.

In 1994 the Wright Laboratory in Ohio, a predecessor to today's United States Air Force Research Laboratory, produced a three-page proposal on a variety of possible nonlethal chemical weapons, which was later obtained by the Sunshine Project through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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πŸ”— Wikipedia blocks T-Mobile's entire IPv6 /32 from editing

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πŸ”— George PΓ³lya: How to Solve It (1945)

πŸ”— Mathematics πŸ”— Books πŸ”— Systems

How to Solve It (1945) is a small volume by mathematician George PΓ³lya describing methods of problem solving.

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πŸ”— Vasili Arkhipov – Soviet Navy Officer Who Prevented Nuclear Strike in 1962

πŸ”— Biography πŸ”— Soviet Union πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military biography πŸ”— Biography/military biography πŸ”— Military history/Maritime warfare πŸ”— Military history/Cold War πŸ”— Cold War πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Russia/history of Russia

Vasily Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Архипов) may refer to:

  • Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) (1926–1998), Soviet Navy officer credited with casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike
  • Vasily Arkhipov (general) (1906–1985), Commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade of the Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union


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πŸ”— List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users

πŸ”— Internet culture πŸ”— Telecommunications πŸ”— Websites πŸ”— Websites/Computing

This is a list of notable active virtual communities with more than 1 million registered members.

Defunct

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πŸ”— Strowger Telephone Switch (1891)

πŸ”— Telecommunications

The Strowger switch is the first commercially successful electromechanical stepping switch telephone exchange system. It was developed by the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company founded in 1891 by Almon Brown Strowger. Because of its operational characteristics it is also known as a step-by-step (SXS) switch.

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πŸ”— Toast sandwich

πŸ”— Food and drink πŸ”— United Kingdom

A toast sandwich is a sandwich made with two slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of toasted bread, which can be heavily buttered. An 1861 recipe says to add salt and pepper to taste.

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