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February 25

Identify this movie

Some years ago I remember watching a particular movie where a particular female character used a blonde wig to disguise her dark hair, and lived in a hidden room behind a brick wall, in order to evade detection. What was this movie called? 128.2.251.167 (talk) 04:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

V for Vendetta? I think Natalie Portman's character in the film uses a blond wig at one point. Dismas|^(talk) 19:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Sandman: a game of you / Neil gaimen

why cant wanda go to the land of dreams?

Barbies journey is supposed to resonate certain characteristics of other stories. what does it remind you of?

why does barbie stop having dreams?

try to explain the title. what is a game of you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by S00904165 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Have you even read the work? Your first question is answered explicitly, while your fourth has a few pages devoted entirely to discussing it IIRC. Algebraist 14:42, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Reference Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. --LarryMac | Talk 14:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

What school is this where homework is reading Neil Gaiman, and where can I sign up? (P.S. If you want maximum marks for your assignment, spelling the author's name right will help) DJ Clayworth (talk) 17:06, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

right behind you, DJ! Library Seraph (talk) 02:06, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

You haven't been to school lately have you? In any event, I'd at least expect to find these questions in the appendix of the "book club edition", which seems to be widely available. --LarryMac | Talk 13:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm 14. I was at school yesterday. In my english class we did shakespeare and Greek mythology. Library Seraph (talk) 15:38, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Um, I'm 14, and we didn't study that in my english class; we did Shakespeare (not that there's anything wrong with that) I would answer the OP's question, but my mom confinscated my Sandman comics until I was 15 because she was uncomfortable with the content Library Seraph (talk) 15:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Shoot, that dual post was an accident. sorry Library Seraph (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

recommendations for good school stories?

i am 18, m, from singapore —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.189.218.80 (talk) 15:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean primary (junior) school, secondary (high) school or university (college)? --Richardrj ^{talk email} 16:07, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

And do you mean stories about schools, or stories suitable for school-age people? DJ Clayworth (talk) 17:04, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Or are you writing a story and want ideas for what could happen in your story? Dismas|^(talk) 19:22, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia pages School story, School and university in literature, and List of fictional schools may help, assuming the questioner wants stories about schools. --Normansmithy (talk) 17:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

The Realoriginal Chullo Hat

I've seen chullo hats with different tassels hanging down from the ear flaps, and different pompoms or tassels from the top of the hat. Which is the original chullo hat? Some pages call them peruvian, if that is authentic at all.174.3.99.176 (talk) 16:18, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

See chullo. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 16:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

How to config a DualShock 2 on PCSX2 with Lilypad controller plugin?

I'm using PCSX2 to emulate the PlayStation 2 on PC. I have a DualShock 2 controller, and just bought a third-party USB converter to plug it into my laptop's USB port. I can config almost buttons by clicking the button name on the Lilypad's plugin configuration window and then push the corresponding button on the DualShock 2. But I cannot config the L3 and R3 button. After I click the button name L3 and R3 on the screen, I press the left and right analog buttons but the Lilypad doesn't seem to recognize these buttons. I have same problem when config the other games' gamepad control too. They react to all buttons except for L3 and R3. What should I do now? I cannot play God of War 2 w/o these 2 buttons. Don't tell me that I should set L3 and R3 to 2 keyboard buttons and then use both keyboard and gamepad to play. I would do it if I had 4 hands :((. -- Livy the pixie (talk) 16:20, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I have it work now. I just forgot to press ANALOG button. Without analog turn on, L3 and R3 will not work. Livy the pixie (talk) 00:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Origin of the "Animal House"-style epilogue with text, post-movie biographies?

At the end of the movies Animal House and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, there are a couple of minutes before the credits are displayed in which the major characters are each shown briefly, along with text on the screen explaining what happened to the character later. For example, in Animal House, there is a freeze frame of the character Doug Neidermeyer, and text appears saying "Douglas C. Neidermeyer. Killed in Vietnam by his own troops." What movie first established this convention? Is there a name for it? Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:31, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

It was done earlier in American Graffiti. Pepso2 (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

As for a term, how about "character biography"? Dismas|^(talk) 04:21, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Six Feet Under carried the concept to another level by projecting into the future with brief segments showing the deaths of the major characters. Pepso2 (talk) 04:36, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Agreeing with Pepso2, American Graffiti was the first time I had ever seen those character bios. Dayewalker (talk) 04:56, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

The French Connection did it earlier. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 05:27, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Good question. I'm sure this is intended as a parody of some of the films noir, but I can't bring to mind any specific titles at the moment.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:16, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

TV Tropes calls it the Where Are They Now Epilogue and lists American Graffiti as the earliest instance. French Connection not mentioned. (It's a wiki, be bold) 98.226.122.10 (talk) 11:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Excellent and thank you! I had assumed these would be rare by now because bigshot movie studio executives would think they preclude a sequel. Comet Tuttle (talk) 15:04, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

The 1969 film Z did something like this slightly earlier, and with a twist. As I recall (after 40 years), it's a docu-drama about contemporary political protest against, and repression by, the military junta that had taken over in Greece, and at the end a narrator is filmed alongside pictures of various characters saying what happened to them (mostly bad things) after the events already depicted. Partway through someone else takes over the narrator's role and the narrator himself is shown as another of the victims. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 16:16, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

The earliest example of that sort of thing I can think of is the TV show Dragnet. Each episode ended with a segment that told viewers what sentence the criminals received, if any. —Kevin Myers 21:19, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't be surprised if they did that on the earlier radio version also. It was a way to wrap up the investigation-and-arrest portion of the story without having to do the trial portion - kind of like of you took the first half of a typical Law & Order episode, and reduced the second half to a 30-second summary. The 1969 film Support Your Local Sheriff! concluded with Jack Elam facing the camera and telling the audience what happened afterward. Come to think of it, any story that ends, "And they lived happily ever after" kind of does this, albeit in a very generic way. But for a strictly Animal House style ending (in a serious way), it sounds like Z, as described, is a pretty good candidate. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Son of a bitch

What is the best known example of someone declaring "Well I'll be a son of a bitch!" in cinema? The Hero of This Nation (talk) 18:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

i want to make a wav of it and use it 4 someting awsom

Do you like any of these? -- kainaw™ 18:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

101 Dalmations??..hotclaws 19:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

February 26

Lady Antebellum - I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

I can find the song, the chords for the song, but I can't find the actual tab for the playing at the very beginning of the song. Any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.202.2 (talk) 02:03, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Most of the time, the melody line in a solo or vocal line consists of notes in the played chord; usually some combination of the root-third-fifth-seventh-octave or sometimes with a suspended third thrown in (i.e. a perfect second or major fourth interval) as a bridge between chords. If you can't find a tab, but have the basic chord progression, you can often work out the individual notes in the solo by playing around with the scales and arpeggios based on the notes in the chord itself. It can be daunting if you have to try to guess the notes at random, but if you narrow down the possible notes to only those in the chords, you can usually pick out the likely candidates, and play a "passable" version of the melody. There's an entire genre of musical literature based on working in this manner, their usually called "Fake books." --Jayron32 07:14, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Lyrical explanation

Does anyone know of a good source for either self-explained (by the lyricist) or "professionally"-explained (by a independent "professional") lyrics to well known songs, such as Good Riddance or I'm Yours? Sometimes lyrics are a bit esoteric and I would just love to find out what they are really trying to convey. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 04:43, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

You will often find that songwriters are usually very oblique when it comes to providing interpretations to their songs; most of the time they remain "mum" on their official meaning, prefering to let the listener make their own stories. When asked what "American Pie" meant, Don McLean famously said "It means I never have to work again." Sometimes, when a songwriter does try to explain what his songs mean, it doesn't necessarily make any more sense than before they tried. VH1 Storytellers is a show which features artists talking about the meanings behind their songs; the Bruce Springsteen episode is pretty interesting, but most of the time Bruce is more philosophical than concrete on the meanings behind his songs, and other than the really obvious stuff that I figured out already (Like the fact that, in his songs, he's "Scooter" and Clarence Clemons is "The Big Man") I didn't really feel like I learned all that much. However, your best bet is probably to watch as many episodes of Storytellers as you can. You may learn some things.--Jayron32 06:29, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Many times artists will write songs that can express double meanings in a clever ways. I have always interpreted Good Riddance to be a very dark song, in actually wishing the subject of the song has "had the time of" their life and the singer hopes they will never have that much happiness again since they are breaking up. I think many people see it differently, and look at it as a sad but sweet 'goodbye' song. One of the best examples of double or misinterpretation is Every Breath You Take . The article explains it quite well. cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 14:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Professional song lyric interpreter? where can I get that job. I'm sure a biography of an artist would have some details of that but two sites that allow people to accumulate interpretations or random facts are here and here where you can pick the interpretation that seems most coherent or if you prefer, submit your own theories. meltBanana 14:44, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

An Online Democratic Musical Influences Project

Is there a site or project that tries to determine the musical influences of various artists and bands in a democratic, balanced and/or wiki-esque way? For example, a wiki-project where users are encouraged to vote on their favourite bands influences, then the results are displayed graphically?

I've always thought that the internet has everything that I've ever thought was plausible before I thought it; does this exist somewhere?NByz (talk) 05:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Beach Volleyball tournament swimming diving 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics full videos

Where can I find full videos of the Beach volleyball tournament at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics? and also full videos of swimming competitions and diving competition at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.54.188 (talk) 16:15, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe the official Beijing 2008 website? It's still around even though the event's actually ended. There's videos on there, although I don't know whether they are the full events from start to finish. You could try YouTube although it's even less likely that you'll find full length videos on there. Chevymontecarlo. 08:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Actor in 'Ghost Dog'

Who is the actor that plays the mafia don that constantly watches cartoons on his t.v. in Jim Jarmusch's 'Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai'? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.111.102.76 (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I haven't seen the film, but the synopsis in our article suggests that you may be referring to Henry Silva. Is the guy on the right in this picture the one you mean? Deor (talk) 18:04, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Film Reviews

When professional film reviewers watch a movie for the first time, do they prefer to already know what the film is about (at least the general plot), or would they rather know absolutely nothing about it (and have a completely fresh experience)? Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 17:18, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Hard to tell. Some of them might prefer not knowing, some of them might prefer knowing. They're not an homogeneous crowd, after all. Did you have someone particular in mind? TomorrowTime (talk) 03:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Nobody in particular. I guess I'm interested in the movie goer in general, but then it wouldn't be a question appropriate for the Reference Desk. Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 04:50, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

As closely as they follow the film industry, it would be difficult for them to not know anything of what a given film is about. In fact, it seems like the typical critic walks into a film with certain expectations, and his review is based in large part on whether it lives up to or exceeds those expectations. Seems to me that Siskel and Ebert talked about this. The typical critic has seen so many films that often he can tell what's coming, so it gets to be about how well the film is executed. That's why they would often rave about something like My Dinner with Andre, because it was "different" from the usual fare. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

I bet a lot of them never watch the movies, or at least have it playing in the background while they are doing something else. I expect the people who compile the brief synopsis of films that you see in tv guides probably put something together by looking them up in film guides rather than watching them. 89.242.47.252 (talk) 17:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Comedy

In the shows,The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live, they usually have times when the actors laugh during the segments which I think is hilarious. Is there a name for this? --Reticuli88 (talk) 20:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, Breaking character. 10draftsdeep (talk) 20:27, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I can't speak for those shows, but actors laughing during performance (normally a bad thing e.g. during Hamlet) is referred to as corpsing. Oh, I read that that's UK-centric. Ah well, didn't know that. - Jarry1250 ^{[Humorous? Discuss.]} 20:28, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

This is nothing new. Check out a youtube of Jack Benny trying to keep a straight face during one of Mel Blanc's little shticks,[1] or maybe Red Skelton or any number of 1950s live shows when something would go wrong. Burnett was on tape, Benny was on film - but if it was good, they might keep it in - or at least save it for retrospectives and "outtake" shows, such as the famous outtake from Burnett (I think only part of it aired) where Tim Conway was going off on some bizarre shtick, and when they were about to resume the scripted part, Vicki Lawrence broke everyone up. [2] The actors falling out of character is part of the charm of a comedy show. Obviously, it's not so good if it's supposed to be a drama. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

February 27

Flintlock McClintock

Has there ever been a fictional character known as "Flintlock McClintock"? If so, what work did he or she appear in?--99.251.239.89 (talk) 02:26, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

All the McClintocks wikipedia editors have run across (and variant spellings) are on that list page. The best-known one is probably the John Wayne film McLintock!, which would have been a potential candidate, but his character is called "G.W." Have you tried Google? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe a minor Flintstones parody of McLintock? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Possbly. However, I couldn't find any reference in Google. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:12, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Nope, no matches at webrock. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:32, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

My Wife and Kids

Which episode has the game "Don't let me see it" in it ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.17.1 (talk) 15:25, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

It's in season two, episode one: Mom's Away Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Nrc2P7IhptI 217.44.34.25 (talk) 21:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Alternate Reality

Does anyone remember the game Majestic [3] for the PC? It would call you on the phone and send emails and all kinds of stuff.

Are there any games around anymore that are simalar to this with the instant messageing and phone calls etc.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.218.50.226 (talk) 16:39, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

The game of Life itself. See the game instructions at If-. Life only becomes a game when there are some goals that you are trying to achieve. Without those, Life is rather boring. 89.243.151.239 (talk) 18:58, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Alternate reality game and List of alternate reality games may be of interest. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 22:32, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Dance move < oo >

Resolved

 – — Michael J 21:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a term for the popular dancing action where the dancer moves his/her two fingers across his/her eyes like a > in one direction, then uses the other hand to move like a < in the other direction? — Michael J 17:18, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

You mean the thing they did in Pulp Fiction? Staecker (talk) 17:47, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

It's called the BATMAN. 86.148.249.231 (talk) 18:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Aha! Thank you! I never saw Pulp Fiction so I don't know that reference, but I've seen it done frequently in other films. And now knowing the reference, I realized that WHAAOE — It's the "Batusi" from the first episode of the 1966 Batman TV series. I actually remember it from that. I guess Adam West originated it ... as seen on this YouTube clip. Thanks again, 86! — Michael J 21:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

My Dinner with Andre

Does the film only show two men sitting at a restaurant table, or does it cut away to anything else? If yes, what else is shown? Are there any flashbacks, for example, or voice-overs of other scenes? Does it have any other scenes at the beginning or end? 89.243.151.239 (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

As I recall it has brief establishing scenes of Wally arriving at the restaurant at the beginning and leaving at the end, with a voiceover narration by Wally. The closest thing to a flashback that I can recall is when Andre shows Wally a snapshot of himself at the retreat that's the main subject of the discussion. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:49, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Real "live" programmes on UK terrestial television

Many apparantly live programmes are not live but are recorded previously. What UK terrestial TV programmes are genuinely live? Which are pre-recorded but put over as being live? Recently I heard the announcer warning viewers of swearing before a seemingly live tv show, which gave the game away. 89.243.151.239 (talk) 18:57, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't think a warning about swearing is necessarily a give away, since for some live programs it's almost guaranteed there will be swearing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.55.204 (talk) 22:36, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

THe programme is a regular weekly programme and on other weeks no warning about swearing had been given. 89.243.151.239 (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

What makes a show "apparently live"? Unless a show says it is live, or has a feature which must be live (eg. the results of a phone vote a few minutes after the lines closed), there is no reason to believe a show is live. Lots of talent shows are live, the news is live, but that's about it. Can you give an example of a show you aren't show about? --Tango (talk) 22:42, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

In the USA, even so-called "live" shows, such as sports broadcasts, often have a built-in delay nowadays. We have Janet Jackson to thank for that. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:53, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Many years before that, Saturday Night Live was fearful of what Richard Pryor might say, and tape delayed the supposedly-live show. Comet Tuttle (talk) 01:54, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that's just a few seconds delay and would generally still be considered "live". I'd take "apparently live" to mean the sort of show where if someone misspeaks or stumbles or something, they just continue, same as they've have to do if it was live. I've heard the term "live on tape" for shows of that type that are actually prerecorded. I believe this is typical of talk shows and many (not all) game shows. Some sportscasts are also done on a delayed basis (moving the show into prime time if it's a popular sport from a distant time zone, or into a late-night slot if it's less popular, say) with commentary recorded as the game is going on, so that's another sort of "apparently live", although the viewer might know better. --Anonymous, 22:57 UTC, February 27, 2010.

The news on most terrestrial channels is live for the majority of program. --Phydaux (talk) 21:26, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

As Anonymous wrote, I believe some UK tv shows are recorded "as live" and minor errors are left in. It may I suppose be done in one take but just not at the time it is shown. I expect it saves staff overtime rates and is easier for the guests to get there and return. Because there is only one time zone in the UK, live shows are more common. Its rather odd that Americans feel that they can contribute to a question about UK tv channels which they've probably never seen in their lives. 89.243.151.239 (talk) 00:04, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, what is live? I can be watching a football match on television, shown live, and then go into another room in the house and turn the radio commentary on - same match, also "live", and find there's a 30 second delay from what I hear on the radio to what I see on TV! Yet both are broadcast live. --TammyMoet (talk) 11:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

There's also the actual time it takes to process the feed and transmit it, which might take a few seconds for it to travel from the transmission source to the television to factor in —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.55.204 (talk) 15:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

A 30 second delay seems unlikely. Most of the delay you get in that kind of situation is due to the time taken to convert digital TV signals into picture - digital TV is delayed by a second of two from analogue TV of the same program. --Tango (talk) 19:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

A non-live programme would be recorded some time before it was broadcast, which has the incidental effect that any serious blunders or disasters could be edited out or re-filmed. A live programme may be delayed for a few seconds because of the time the technology takes to process it, or to enable anything offensive to be muted in the case of live phone-ins for example, but cannot be re-done before broadcast. I'm surprised I have to explain this. 89.242.47.252 (talk) 17:40, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. The key difference is that the transmission starts before the filming has finished. --Tango (talk) 19:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Why can't AC/DC change their setlist?

AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour sometimes goes months without a change to the setlist, which is annoying some fans. The only response so far from the band is this interview with Brian Johnson. Basically he said that the lighting people and technicians need to know what's happening if they change the setlist. Which is very true, but why does this mean they can only change one song every few months? Can someone explain it slightly better than he has? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.238.176 (talk) 20:28, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Isn't the idea of a tour that you play to different people each time? What would be gained by changing the set? --Tango (talk) 22:43, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

There are some fans who follow a group from city to city. Naturally, they could get tired of hearing the same songs over and over. They should ask themselves how tired the group itself might get from doing the same songs over and over. I have a vague recollection that at one point Paul McCartney expressed disdain at Yesterday because he had had to perform it so many times it had lost its appeal for him. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Dude, it's not just AC/DC, it's any artist/band on tour. All or most of them perform the same setlist consistently on every tour. This reminds me of Muse fans causing a shitstorm awhile back because they were performing the same songs on the European leg of their tour. I think that had to do more with the fact that their favorite songs weren't included on the list. Anyway, I agree with Brian, performing different songs at random intervals throughout your tour means having to a) rehearse the song, if it's one that's seldom performed or too difficult to afford fucking up by randomly playing it with no practice, b) some songs are harder to perform when you're older. AC/DC are no spring chickens. And c) depending on the band, different songs have different lighting/stage sets. So more to Brian's point about stage technicians. Especially when you take into account the people responsible for mixing the sound. It is annoying for bands to perform the SAME songs in the SAME manner every night for months on end, and with every concert they have to play those songs with the same enthusiasm. They can't appear bored or tired, because they're never playing for the exact same group of fans. There will always be someone attending an AC/DC concert for the first time in their lives. The band has to make it an unforgettable experience, even if they personally wish they could take the night off. If some people make it a mission to follow the band on every date on their tour, then too bad. Most people don't do that, so if the obsessive fans get sick of hearing "Highway To Hell", then they should probably limit themselves to just one or two shows per tour. And who the hell has the time and money to follow a band on tour? Even if I had tons of cash at my disposal and it was my favorite band I wouldn't do that! 24.189.90.68 (talk) 03:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

24.189 pretty much nails it. The biggest exception to the norm that I can think of is Bruce Springsteen, who mixes up the setlist every night, precisely because he wants to keep the E Street Band on their toes and make it an exciting show for all concerned. He doesn't tell the band what the set is going to be until about an hour before showtime. As if that wasn't enough, there's a section of the show where fans at the front write their requests on placards, which he goes around collecting. Then he chooses two or three from the requests to play. These could be anything from his vast back catalogue or some classic cover song, and the band just has to play it as best they can. Because they're consummate musicians, they never screw it up. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 09:32, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

David Gilmour said once that he became very bored (my word, from memory) of performing the Wall shows. During those shows, a wall was physically built up between the band and the audience. In order for various pieces of the wall to be in place at just the right times in the set list, the songs had zero room for deviation. The only exception was for the solo during "Comfortably Numb". It's likely this way for many bands. They have elaborate light and video set ups for the songs, so changing that very often can lead to errors being made. Going back to the Pink Floyd example, many times their shows have not deviated much from night to night with the exception of the encores. Each song has a set video to go along with it shown on Mr. Screen, plus lighting set ups, smoke machines, etc. And let's not forget the guitar techs who have to know what song is coming up and have whichever guitar is needed by the band members properly tuned for that song. Dismas|^(talk) 04:22, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

As I recall, Springsteen doesn't do much with the lights that's very fancy, which probably makes it easier for him to improvise. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:14, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Side note: The Wall Tour was 31 shows only. Comet Tuttle (talk) 07:10, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

The Black Crowes are known for almost never playing the exact same set twice. 10draftsdeep (talk) 18:16, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

February 28

Football scores

I do not know much about football or its scoring, so I am asking my question here. I was looking at some high school football game scores. In some games, the final score was listed as a tie score between both teams. And, in other games, the final score was listed as one team winning in overtime. All of these games were games between the same exact high schools (their annual Thanksgiving Day rivalry), so I am not comparing different schools in different leagues (or whatever the divisions are called). For example, the score might state: In 2005, High School X tied High School Y with a score of 14-14. And in 2006, High School X beat High School Y by a score of 21-14 in overtime (or something similar to that example, with the exact score numbers not being important). So, my question is ... why do they "allow" ties to stand in some games? Yet in other games, they do not allow a tie to stand and they need to break the tie with overtime play? Again, these are all the same exact type of game (regular season play) ... and not any "special" type of game such as end-of-the-year state championships or semi-finals or finals or what have you. So, any insights into this? I am asking about such football scores in general, whether it be high school, college, or professional NFL game scores. Thanks in advance. (64.252.68.102 (talk) 16:01, 28 February 2010 (UTC))

Overtime for tied regular-season games is a fairly recent innovation. The NFL, for example, used to have quite a few tied games before the overtime rules were put in. Since then there have been many fewer ties. At the amateur level, I think they keep playing "shootouts" until someone wins, at least at the college level. Not sure about high school, but there's not much point in playing overtime if it can still end in a tie (outside the NFL). And if a game is a championship game, obviously there are no ties. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:12, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. These are the games that I am talking about: Notre Dame High School (West Haven)#Green Bowl. I notice that there was OT in 1980 ... (and there may be other OT scores that simply are not listed as such). However, there were several tie scores after 1980 ... some in the 1990's and such. So, at least in this instance, it seems that there are tie scores allowed even after there is an OT system in place ... no? This is confusing. Any insights? Thanks! (64.252.68.102 (talk) 16:24, 28 February 2010 (UTC))

I don't follow high school football. It's possible there were various rule changes. Maybe they played an overtime period like the NFL rather than having a shootout. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:48, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

• Is a shootout even possible in football? It doesn't seem to make sense. I think the posters mentioning that possibility may have bene thinking of soccer. The mention of the NFL in the original question makes it clear what meaning of "football" was intended. --Anonymous, 21:00 UTC, March 1, 2010.

Yes, it could very well be a change of regulations within that league / division. But, the change certainly seems to be going in the "wrong" direction. I would think that progressive changes would be implemented to avoid ties, not to maintain them. But, I concede that I know little about football and its scoring practices. Any other thoughts? Anyone? Thanks. (64.252.68.102 (talk) 18:15, 28 February 2010 (UTC))

I'm not familiar with the rules of Conn. high school football but it could be they have or had a system similar to that of the NFL, in which a game is declared a tie if no one scores after a certain amount of overtime is played. That would allow an overtime victory one year and a tie the next. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:43, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

This is what I was about to suggest. I seem to remember from my high school days a rule of this sort. There was just one overtime and if it was still a tie, then it was a tie for good. I think it has something to do with keeping the games from running too late. The thinking being that due to the score being tied, the teams must be rather evenly matched and a tie can be dealt with. There's also the possibility that it has something to do with having kids playing for that long. Some teams may not have very many players for a particular position, such as quarterback. So by having the same one or two people playing that position for hours on end, it starts to smell a bit like a child protection issue. Dismas|^(talk) 01:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

That's a good point. As I recall, high school games also have just 12-minute quarters instead of 15 as college and NFL do. But the physical stress factor I expect is part of the reason regular season NFL games only allow for one overtime period. You don't want to expend excessive energy on just one game, unless it's a playoff with "no tomorrow", hence a tie would not work. Baseball and basketball are different - they can go on forever, even during the regular season. Japan has a 12-inning rule. There could be some merit to that. Meanwhile, to find the specific answer to the original question, I suspect he would have to resort to tracking down newspapers on microfilm for the given games and find out what was up. I say that because it's been tough enough to try to find the chronology of NFL and college football rules. Finding the evolution of 50 individual states rules, or even one, could be a serious challenge. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

From personal experience, most highschool and other pre-college community leagues do indeed tend to let ties stand in the regular season and force overtime in the playoffs.NByz (talk) 05:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks to all for the above discussion. It was very helpful. Thank you! (64.252.68.102 (talk) 14:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC))

Radio Bob and 9Live

Why can't Radio Bob continue the ADR signal after the shutdown of the analog satellite signal of the German TV channel 9Live? --88.76.18.70 (talk) 16:42, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

March 1

Router/Modem for Xbox Live

I always thought I couldn't get xbox live without high-speed internet, but I just read something online and it said I don't even need a computer to play xbox live. This is exactly what the guy said "You dont even need a computer to play on Live. Just get an ethernet cable (costs about $15 depending on the length of it) and plug it into your Xbox and your router (or modem) and you are all set". Now is what the guy said true, cause I have been waiting a long time to get high-speed internet so I can play xbox live and then this guy says I don't even need a computer. I live in a rural area and I have dial-up internet and I'm about to move to another house closer to town and get high-speed internet in 2 or 3 months, but could I have had xbox live this whole time. I always thought I knew what I needed in order to get xbox live, but what this guy said, I just don't know anymore. If the answer on this question is yes, can you explain step-by-step what I'm supposed to do and how I'm supposed to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.15.129 (talk) 00:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

You'll need a broadband (high-speed internet) connection of some sort, unfortunately - it's just that you don't need a computer _as well_ - you don't have to connect anything to your broadband apart from the Xbox. Your problem is the other way round - you have a computer (which you don't need), but you don't have broadband (which you do need). Tevildo (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

You are supposed to have a broadband connection. It's true you don't need a computer; you can plug your Xbox directly into your router or your cable modem or DSL modem (but not a dialup modem). I'd be interested, though, to find out if anybody has ever tried having a Windows PC with dialup Internet service share its Internet connection via an Ethernet cable. Windows may allow this. If this workaround did work, it would be horribly slow, of course. Comet Tuttle (talk) 02:07, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

See Internet Connection Sharing. It just requires a crossover Ethernet cable. However, I doubt that even 56.6 would be fast enough for online gaming. Tevildo (talk) 02:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Undoubtedly this rig would be a disaster for online gaming — no publishers test their games' Xbox Live performance at such slow speeds, much less optimize performance at such a low bandwidth number — but it could let a 360 owner sign up for an Xbox Live account, log Achievements, text chat, and (very slowly) download Xbox Live Arcade games. Comet Tuttle (talk) 04:07, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Ice hockey strategy

One thing I don't understand about hockey is the importance (or comparable lack thereof) of strategy in the game.

In baseball and (American) football and to some extent basketball, the coaches are constantly making decisions on what plays to run. In hockey, there don't seem to be a lot of set plays -- everything seems (to my untrained eye) to be kind of spontaneous.

So what do the coaches do during a game? Do they do anything other than decide who's on what line and make broad tactical pronouncements (as in "let's forecheck aggressively")?

Also, when they're playing four-on-four, which position is removed (LW, RW, C, LD or RD)? -- Mwalcoff (talk) 04:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Strategy in basketball, soccer (football), and hockey are very similar. The game is too fast for a coach to step in and say, "OK guys, lets get in formation X and try to do Y." The players must be trained to know what formation the other players will go into. They must be trained to know who will be where at any time. So, there is a lot of strategy, but there is little time to change strategy in the middle of a game. That doesn't mean that the coach can't start yelling some keyword from the sidelines to cause his team to suddenly change strategy. It just means that the coaches don't plan to be in the position to try and change a strategy in the middle of a game. -- kainaw™ 05:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The positions (forgot you asked) are center, goalie, wing, and defense. Those are rather general positions. All it really means is you have a goalie, a guy on each end, and one in the middle. -- kainaw™ 05:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

When speaking of a "4 on 4" in hockey, the goalies are not counted. --LarryMac | Talk 12:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The biggest strategy during play is determining which lines (left and right wingers + centre) and defence pairs will play next. The home team has last change (substitution) at stoppages, so they may try to create favourable line matchups, or have specific defensemen on the ice in certain situations. (Players may also change when the puck is in play, but whether players will change depends where the puck is). Additionally, they may decide to mix up the lines -- take a winger or centre from one line and play him on another. They are also suggesting specific strategies to players not currently on the ice. Typical shifts are less than a minute in a professional game. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 05:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Further strategic considerations involve when to let the opposite team have the puck, whether to aggressively pursue the puck or to fall back defensively, whether to trust your goalie to stop the puck or to prevent shots in the first place. Playing to hit or playing to avoid being hit are all things to think about. Hockey is fast, especially compared to any other team sport, so it appears random to spectators unfamiliar with the game.

And, contrary to what Kainaw said above, coaches can change strategy in the middle of the game, though it's easier between periods than during the play itself. Aaronite (talk) 18:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I think Kainaw meant that coaches get to set general approaches such as 'be more aggressive" or "guard against the breakout" rather than in baseball or football where they get to say "walk this batter" or "run pattern 23 now". For those of you watching the gold medal game last night, also note that the coach gets to decide when the goalie gets pulled. DJ Clayworth (talk) 18:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Teams do run (or attempt to run) some set plays during power plays or on face-offs. You may have seen in yesterday's gold medal game that, when the coaches called time-outs as time was running out in the third period, they both had boards in their hands showing diagrams of set plays. The idea is: "if we win this face-off, here's what I want you guys (or gals) to do". To get back to the 4 on 4 question, most teams will play 2 defensemen, a center and a winger in these situations, pulling the other winger. In rare cases, a coach will keep a regular forward line with only one defenseman. --Xuxl (talk) 19:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks all. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Not sure if the OP is still checking in, but Category:Ice hockey strategy may be a useful starting point for research. Such topics as the 2-1-2 Forecheck and Neutral zone trap may also be helpful. --Jayron32 17:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Kate Nash

In her cover of "I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance" by Black Kids, how is it played?

I can hear her guitar fine, and the chords appear to be F G C A7 but what about the second guitar that comes in? Is it playing the same progression with different strumming? Double speed? Is it the same but moved up an octave?

second guitar comes in at 0:21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4ysfwpC4U —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.151.159 (talk) 08:05, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Why don't you send a message to the uploader of the video and ask them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 11:11, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Bangin' Piano Choons

I'm in the mood for listening to some fast classical piano, something in the vein of Chopin's Revolutionary Study. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks 195.60.13.52 (talk) 14:02, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Well they don't come much faster than this. (Or do they? And is it classical or long enough)?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:49, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Did you pick Chopin because it's his 200th birthday today, or just at random? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, here's a fast one - Liszt's Gnomenreigen. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Flight of the Bumblebee? Our article has a sound file. --Dweller (talk) 21:22, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know the big chap was 200 today, unless my internal musical clock is getting RSS from somewhere 195.60.13.52 (talk) 10:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

There are other etudes from that same opus that are played at fast tempos and are fun to listen to. For example , nos. 4 and 5. The Hero of This Nation (talk) 21:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

A bit more modern: the 1st and 3d movements of Islamey, the 3d movement, "Scarbo", from Gaspard de la nuit. Quite a bit more modern, and insanely fast: just about any of Conlon Nancarrow's studies for player piano. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Dusapin, Scriabin, Pasternak!, Ligeti, Lutoslawski not always fast, but bangin' meltBanana 23:50, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

March 2

Thomas & Uber Cup (Badminton)

Friends, i am a resident of India and an aspiring badminton pro. I wish to watch the thomas & Uber Badminton Cup on TV or computer. can you please inform me as in which indian channel or web tv or any other medium is it being shown, its timings, etc. Bye. Kvees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.100.1.97 (talk) 05:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Maybe try searching google. No one here is really that inelegant, we just use google to find answers. Cut out the middle man and do it yourself and safe all the time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 11:11, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Olympic medals ceremony

Are there some nations that do not have a national anthem? I assume "yes", but I am not sure. If so, what song do they play at the Olympics medal ceremony if that nation's athlete wins the gold medal? Also, what national anthem (or what song) do they play if the gold medal is awarded to athletes from, say, a mixed-nation team? Thank you. (64.252.68.102 (talk) 14:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC))

As I recall, during games that were played soon after the CCCP broke up and before they fully re-established themselves as just "Russia", there was some kind of generic anthem played - possibly an Olympic-related song. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:30, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the Unified Team used the Olympic Anthem for their medals. Nanonic (talk) 14:45, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

The key question would be whether it was their choice or the IOC's choice. For example, let's suppose Sealand had won the hockey tournament and had no anthem. They might have opted for "We Are the Champions", or "Celebration", or maybe even "Hey, Jude". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:12, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

My understanding is that countries that are members of the IOC advise it of what their anthem is, and that is what is used. However, some teams do not represent member countries, such as the previously-mentioned Unified Team in 1992. In this case the Olympic Anthem is used. I believe that Taiwan (which competes under the name Chinese Taipei in the Olympics) falls in the same category. Some countries have borrowed another country's anthem: at the Lake Placid Games, Liechtenstein used "God Save the King" as their anthem at the time, since they did not have a "national" anthem (not sure if that has changed). At the FIFA World Cup, Scotland (and presumably Northern Ireland and Wales, although they haven't qualified for a finals for a while) does not have an anthem of its own. --Xuxl (talk) 15:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Liechtenstein's anthem, Oben am jungen Rhein, has the same melody as "God Save the King/Queen" but different words. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 17:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

The really are my favourite country: Britain's anthem, Haiti's flag, and you can rent the whole country for a business conference (the government website used to say this more explicitly). 86.177.121.239 (talk) 03:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Neither of our article, National anthems and List of national anthems, spend any time talking about countries which don't have them. Although it is noted that the Spanish national anthem has no words. Rmhermen (talk) 16:13, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I would be interested to know why exactly it is the OP assumes there even are countries with no national anthem. I'd instantly assume the opposite, and would be surprised to find a country with no anthem. TomorrowTime (talk) 08:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

There are probably nations without official national anthems. Even the USA was in that category when the Olympics started. But a song doesn't need an official mandate from the government to be the National Anthem. If everyone assumes that it is the anthem then it is.

Perhaps really new or recently reorganized countries might not have a current anthem? Even if they were in that situation, it'd be easy enough for that country's Olympic committee to pick some vaguely patriotic tune and hand it over to the IOC. APL (talk) 15:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

To TomorrowTime – I am the OP. I had assumed that most countries do indeed have a national anthem. But, I was thinking that — throughout history, not necessarily today — there might be several reasons that a country might not have a national anthem. The map is constantly changing and new countries are being "added" and "subtracted" all the time. (That is, countries overtake other countries ... or, some countries break apart from others, thereby establishing themselves as a "new" country ... and the like.) Sometimes, I assume that there might be a very brief window between these events and the actual holding of the Olympic Games of that particular year. Thus, the "new" country (or newly-formed or newly-recognized or newly-reorganized country) might not have had quite enough time to pick a national anthem. In the midst of political upheaval and restructuring, I'd think that they would have bigger fish to fry than worrying about a song. That was the underlying basis of my original question as the OP. Also, as pointed out above, sometimes a country might not have an official national anthem ... and therefore, technically at least, they have no national anthem. So, I was not sure how the Olympics powers-that-be handle these unusual circumstances as they popped up throughout history. Thanks. (64.252.68.102 (talk) 17:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC))

Disabled athletes at the Olympics

I already asked this question on German Wikipedia, I'll ask also here: is there a list of all athletes with disability who ever participated in the Olympic Games? Here "disability" means any disability, be it bodily or intellectual. So far I have only 4 on my own list (McKeever, du Toit, Partyka, Parkin). Does somebody know more? I'm "collecting" high achievements by disabled people.--Alexmagnus2 (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Disability can cover a lot of conditions, and a lot of athletes may not want to publicize their disabilities, especially if they're not relevant to the sport they are practicing. McKeever will be the first athlete to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the same year. I recall hearing the story of a Hungarian shooter who won gold both before and after World War II, even though he lost an arm in the conflict. Someone may know the name. (found him: Karoly Takacs) --Xuxl (talk) 17:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Didn't du Toit and Partyka participate in Olympic and Paralympic Games 2008?--Alexmagnus2 (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, although selected to the provisional team, Brian McKeever did not compete in the Men's 50 km classical. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 17:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I found one more: Marla Runyan--Alexmagnus2 (talk) 21:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Any disability, like asthma for instance? Not necessarily a disadvantage though, see Marit Bjørgen#Asthma medications use controversy. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 23:41, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Does asthma officially count as a disability? Never heard...--Alexmagnus2 (talk) 00:27, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Terence Parkin is a South African deaf swimmer who swam at the two previous Olympics, winning silver in 2000. Zunaid 09:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

I mentioned Parkin in my original post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexmagnus2 (talk • contribs) 10:53, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

March 3

Broadcast

Do governments allow individuals to set up their own broadcast stations? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 02:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

In most cases the answer is yes, if you purchase the appropriate license from the government's communications regulator. The huge cost of running a full-powered TV/FM/AM/shortwave station, though, often prevents most individuals from starting one (with maybe a very few exceptions on AM). Equipment alone probably runs into the tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention power and programming costs. Most individuals interested in broadcasting experiment with ham radio or amateur television - these, too, require government licensing in the vast majority of countries. Xenon54 / talk / 02:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

In the UK I participated in the running of a community radio station. It got a temporary special license for a few weeks and broadcast using borrowed (and fairly cheap) equipment which would be well within the price range of an individual. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:41, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Intresting, thank you. DJ Clayworth is there any special requirements for what you can broadcast? Obviouly noting illegal but could someone get a radio licence and broadcast themself talking 24/hours a day and nothing else? If they had the money of course. Or are there strict content requiremnets —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 14:44, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

This seems to be standard for Shortwave radio. APL (talk) 15:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Individuals can and do set up their own liscenced broadcast radio stations. See Ham radio. Ham radio stations which are unlicened are called pirate radio stations. In terms of what can be broadcast, as long as you don't violate local copyright law, you can broadcast anything you want. So, you could just ramble on about whatever you feel like speaking; however in most cases you aren't (legally) allowed to pull out your CD collection and start broadcasting music without specific permission from the copyright holders of that music. --Jayron32 17:15, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Blu Ray Discs.

can blu-ray discs be played on pc dvd drives ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.48.11 (talk) 02:39, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Does a regular, TV-based DVD player play Blu-Ray discs?

Unless you bought a computer recently and specifically added a Blu-ray drive, the answer is "no". Xenon54 / talk / 02:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

If your drive can play a blu-ray, it will state so right on the drive. Every blu-ray player I've seen has a blu-ray logo on the front. I seriously doubt anyone would make one that didn't have the logo because that is the selling point and marketing wants everyone to see it. -- kainaw™ 03:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

It's on there because that's the name of the technology. It's not a generic name, so it's not just a selling point but a requirement. Blu-Ray is proprietary of Sony.Aaronite (talk) 04:51, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

The answer is no. The diodes are compleastly different it's like asking a VCR to play a DVD —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 11:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

The answer is indeed no, but Delvenore's analogy is pretty poor, because while DVD players can't play VCR tapes, Blu-Ray discs can read DVD discs. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

2010 WInter olympics wardrobe malfunction

I am surprise that you guys didn't mention about Great Britain's wardrobe malfunction at bobsleigh competition. Here's the video: [4] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.116.81 (talk) 04:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

It wasn't at the Olympics, that's why.Aaronite (talk) 04:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Here's a link to the story: Split pants —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronite (talk • contribs) 04:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you should add it to the artcile —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delvenore (talk • contribs) 11:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Not to the Winter Olympics article as it happened during a World Cup run. --TammyMoet (talk) 12:56, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Rugby Union popularity

It is often said that the sport of rugby union is the second most popular sport in the world. Is that true? The Six Nations, the Tri-Nations, Argentina, and Oceania, the countries where the sport is most popular, make up only a small percentage of the world's population... -hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 05:52, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Who says that? It seems very unlikely. What the most popular sports actually are will depend on your definition of "popular". Do you mean the most players? The most spectators at matches? The most TV spectators? The most money involved in the sport? --Tango (talk) 06:04, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

You may be thinking of a UK poll in 2003 that showed Rugby Union as the second most popular sport in the UK, with 18% of Brits having an interest in the sport. Previous polls, before England's World Cup success that year, had Rugby in eighth place. See Rugby union in England#Popularity. This site[5] has cricket as the second most popular sport in the world.Alansplodge (talk) 12:54, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Hipsters

What are they? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redigrey (talk • contribs) 14:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean Hipster (1940s subculture) or Hipster (contemporary subculture) or Low-rise (fashion) (which a style of clothing, or rather the 'cut' of the way the clothes are made so they hang off your hips if my memory is any good). 194.221.133.226 (talk) 14:54, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

For the modern use of the term, this [Cat and Girl strip http://catandgirl.com/?p=559] gives you some clue as to how it's normally used. APL (talk) 16:15, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Question

Do siamese twins pay for one ticket or two tickets when they go to movies and concerts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dendalonger (talk • contribs) 16:06, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

2010 Winter Olympics

I'm currently at a computer which disallows browsing any websites except educational ones, like wikipedia. I need to find out all the performers at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Could someone please list them here for me? Many thank yous