Recent questions tagged standards

Description : Are we allowed to ask a question about why a longtime member was banned?

Last Answer : I was hoping to reach the mansion before I hit my expiration date. I don’t see how that is possible with the mansion crumbling before my eyes. Sigh.

Description : When did it become acceptable for a man to eat at a restaurant while wearing a hat?

Last Answer : June 12th, 1993.

Description : If the government can regulate religious practice such as polygamy, logically could they not regulate other religious practice and dress also?

Last Answer : answer:It's not only polygamy. Any religious activity that is against the law is illegal, period. Think of human (and sometimes animal) sacrifice, or denying your kid life-saving medical care. If ... , religious or not. Now, whether or not polygamy should be against the law is another question.

Description : Is there a breast size that women generally regard as "just right"?

Last Answer : 36C

Description : Should there be or are there necessary physical requirements to hold a job as a firefighter?

Last Answer : answer:It is by the area the Fire Department covers. It is a requirement to get the job. It is tested. Here are the American firefighter standards.

Description : Did I flag someone right out of ask-public?

Last Answer : No, your flagging didn't directly ban a member, and it never will. It will always be a choice made by the gods Mods. But your flags do alert us to the problem. Blatant racism and ... spamming are one-way tickets to banville. Other offenses require some warning PMs, and require other mods' approval.

Description : Does this mean that fat is the new "normal"?

Last Answer : answer:That petite person was an adult on standby where the obese person is a teenager who had a reserved seat for that particular flight. That’s one aspect of it. If anyone is to “blame” for not getting enough seating to accommodate the teen, it’s the teen’s parents.

Description : Does repeatedly careless spelling and total disregard of grammar justify criticism?

Last Answer : I guess as long as it is constructive criticism, and it is sent in an email, instead of pointing it out to the person on the discussion board. No need to embarass someone over it. I mean, if it really bothers one that badly, then that is how I would handle it.

Description : Can you ever leave high school? Do humans ever grow up?

Last Answer : After attending both my husband's and my twentieth class reunions, I would say some people still are living back in 1987 Or at least they were that night. We graduated from different highschools ... same city. The cliques were still the same, and the gossip flowed freely about the same people.

Description : Liters, meters, grams: Do you use the metric system when communicating with an international audience?

Last Answer : i never switch to metric when communicating with an international audience, which i do every day at work (i'm an english teacher to mostly university-aged or older students). i guess i just think, ... in hell i could ever convert all those numbers in real time to make any of it meaningful anyway.

Description : Can you think of any culture in history, at any point in time, where rape was less prevalent or more aggressively prosecuted than it is in Western societies today?

Last Answer : Yes. A quick search might have helped you. Death as a punishment is pretty common. As far as I’m concerned, I’m cool with that.

Description : Do you have an opinion on "America's Next Top Model" casting models 5'7" and under this season?

Last Answer : Hum… how many actual “top models” are under 5’7”? I’m not questioning if the industry’s standard of beauty should be changed

Description : different types of standards

Last Answer : 1) International standards: a. International standards are fixed and develop by international agreement. b. These standards are maintained at International Bureau of Weights and Measures ... check components and calibrating laboratory instruments to achieve good accuracy and better performance.