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September 18

The Flintstones

Resolved

There was an episode concerning Fred and Wilma's Anniversary. A reoccurring Anniversary themed jingle was played throughout the show. The jingle is stuck in my head and is similar to the opening of William Tell Overture. Problem is I can't remember the lyrics. Any help here might let me get the jingle over with so I can move on with life. Thanks 70.177.189.205 (talk) 01:37, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's from the finale portion of the William Tell Overture. It's mostly the same thing over and over. "Oooooh... Happy Anniversary... Happy Anniversary... Happy Annivesary... HAAAA-ppy Anniversary!" I'll see if I can find it on youtube or something. If not, I've got it on my iPod and will transcribe it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 02:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is: [1] and the words: [2] Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 02:06, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is it, thanks, it was on indefinite replay while I tried to remember the words. It's been 3 days, hopefully I will now be able to get some sleep. 70.177.189.205 (talk) 02:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And when you wake up tomorrow, "rise and shine" to the original Flintstones theme that preceded the famous, "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones," etc. For extra credit, do you know what that tune was? Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 02:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Raggedy Ann dance step

Back in the late 1970's or early 1980's one of my daughters was dancing the "Raggedy Ann" and now she wants to teach it to HER daughter, but can't remember how it goes. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

Larry Usoff, USN Retired, Jacksonville, FL 71.203.171.27 (talk) 11:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These youtube videos (http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&q=%22Raggedy%20ann%22%20dance&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#) maybe of use. If you don't get any joy here you might want to try asking one of the people that's uploaded a video to Youtube if they have the steps. ny156uk (talk) 16:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 19

African-American musical artists

Who was the first African-American to have his/her face or image on the cover of his/her album and what was the naem of the album?

According to our Album cover entry, the first covers were designed by Alex Steinweiss. Steinweiss's entry cites this [3] site as a source, and the earliest record matching your description on that site is "The Famous Songs of Bert Williams" (1947). But there may be older ones... Tevildo (talk) 20:16, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

it is a question about actor jaishankar of tamil cinima

Do anyone know the year of his first film released?

senguttuvan of Tiruchengode- India

(I reformatted your signature to a standard type)

Is the actor this actor : Jaishankar? If so they have a page at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1126254/

If this is a full film listing the the first film was "Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum" in 1965. (Though I do not have enough experience of this topic to say if this is correct)83.100.251.196 (talk) 17:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 20

add a new application in orkuts application dictionary

How can i add a new application in orkuts application dictionary?

Mrs John Hollins

Does anyone know who the wife of John Hollins, and the mother of Chris Hollins, is? Neither of our articles says. --TammyMoet (talk) 10:12, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

music theory

Im on a piece (arabesque by debussey)on piano in the 95th measure there is a double breve meaning the note is held for two bars while there is a run which thoughout these two bars twice crosses over this note. How is this done when the note is supposed to be held? im self taught so i have no one to ask.

Play the run with one hand while holding the note with the other? --TammyMoet (talk) 14:25, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some of Debussy's work calls for a sostenuto pedal which would certainly help in this case. Sostenuto pedals are usually not found on upright pianos, however. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:46, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tammy and Sluzzelin thanks for responding so fast,when i said crosses over i meant that the run actually lands on the note twice while it is supposed to be being held down plus the run goes from left to right hand,sorry i didn't word the question too well

That is how I understood your question the first time. The sostenuto pedal would allow you sustain the note that "is supposed to be being held down" without actually holding it down. If you hit the sostenuto pedal while pressing the keys of the sustained notes, it will allow these and only these strings to oscillate undampened for as long as you keep the pedal down. You can hit the keys again and again: as long as the pedal is down it will have the same effect as hitting a note again and again while keeping down the regular sustaining pedal, except no other notes are affected by the sostenuto pedal.

This is all assuming the other notes in the runs aren't allowed to resound sustained. I'm assuming you are talking about Debussy's first of his Deux Arabesques, "Andantino con moto". The runs you refer to are actually arpeggi played while a single note is sustained for one or two bars. It is perfectly acceptable to play these arpeggi softly while holding down the regular sustaining pedal. That way you only have to ~~hit~~ depress the sustained notes ~~once~~ briefly (and perhaps slightly more forcefully than the pp arpeggi) and can play the runs without your fingers getting in each others way or having to keep the keys depressed. I also listened to a couple of recordings, and to me it sounded like those bars are played with the regular sustaining pedal pressed down. ---Sluzzelin talk 11:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actor in Gilda

Has anybody a name for this actor in Gilda, who seems to be very impressed by Rita? Thanks in advance for your help. --César (talk) 12:18, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

George Macready? --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 19:20, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not Macready. I don't recognize him. Likely just an uncredited extra. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:51, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the trailer. [4] Go about 21 seconds in, and she calls him "Gabe", which would be Mark Roberts (actor). The frame pictured here is at the 28 second mark of that clip. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 23:00, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Duuh. I looked all over for photos of Roberts and the other minor credited actors and didn't think to look here. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:53, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Finding photos of the right Mark Roberts is difficult, as it's a fairly common name. The one that seems to come to the top is about some idiot streaker. The Mark Roberts that I know about is the WRAL-TV broadcaster. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 23:57, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way, that's Glenn Ford with his back to us. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 02:00, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name of the brunette money talks presenter

What is the name of the brunette money talks presenter? and also the blond girl? thanks

Which "money talks" - the film? TV?83.100.251.196 (talk) 18:31, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No. The pornographic serial on the website. there she[5]

The stars in that episode are Julia-James Jada Alexandria no image Carmen-Brown no image Havoc Kimberly no image any of these?83.100.251.196 (talk) 22:33, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

family estate affairs

When Barbara Hutton died in 1979, leaving $3,500 on deposit in her bank accounts, did her cousin, Dina Merrill, inherit the money? It's understood Barbara Hutton had made bequests to friends in her last will, and her remaining jewelry, furniture and other valuable items were privately sold or auctioned. (In November 1999, a single strand of 41 natural and graduated pearls was auctioned and sold by Christie's Geneva for $1,476,000. In 2006, a sing Imperial Qing Dynasty porcelain bowl was auctioned and sold by Christie's Hong Kong for the record-breaking price of $22,240,000.) Did Dina Merrill inherit all the money from the sales and auctions of her cousin's possessions?69.203.157.50 (talk) 22:46, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why are variations of this question being asked repeatedly? 218.25.32.210 (talk) 02:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I feel Dina Merrill has rights to the estate of her late cousin, Barbara Hutton. Both of their fathers were brothers. Barbara Hutton had no other living heirs since her son, Lance Reventlow was killed in a private airplane crash in 1972.69.203.157.50 (talk) 06:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then retain a lawyer and take it up with them, in court. This is a REFERENCE desk, not an attorney's office, nor a judiciary.218.25.32.210 (talk) 09:10, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stop scolding the questioner, please, just because you're not interested in answering his/her question. This question is not a repeat, it's slightly different. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't the answer to your previous variant of this question was that she had a will and left her estate to her friends? Did you find some evidence that this wasn't correct? Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I Am Not A Lawyer. Given that, what little, unqualified familiarity I have with western legal systems makes me personally very doubtful that, in the USA, a cousin would have any legal claim on a deceased's estate that was not specified in the deceased's will, unless said cousin had been either a dependent of the deceased at the latter's death, or had been the deceased's carer before death and could convincingly show that this care had been provided in the expectation of a bequest. Neither appears to apply in this case, any such question would be entirely Dina Merrill's business, and she (or anyone representing her) would seem to be someone capable of having sought and paid for informed legal advice (apologies if you are she/they and this is not so) sometime in the 3 decades since Barbara Hutton's death.

Anyone with a genuine personal interest (where interest means a potential legal claim, not merely curiosity) in such a case could easily get free or cheap legal advice about such matters, and should do so rather than fishing for uncorroborated advice from anonymous strangers on the Internet.

(I hope this does not verge too near to giving legal advice, but if another user thinks otherwise, I would not contest deletion.) 87.81.230.195 (talk) 17:28, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, given the fact Barbara Hutton, like Dina Merrill, was an only child, she lived with her cousin and her family for a time. They could've been friends. Lance Reventlow was Barbara Hutton's only child. Dina Merrill had quite a few children, two of them are now deceased. She now has some grandchildren. They could be beneficiaries of Barbara Hutton's estate. I wasn't seeking legal advice to tell the truth.69.203.157.50 (talk) 21:01, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They would normally only be so if Barbara Hutton's will had so specified. Neither they, nor Dina Merrill herself, would be automatic heirs by any usual legal principle because she and they were not blood descendents of Barbara, but rather of a common ancestor two generations earlier. The only possibility that springs to mind is if Barbara Hutton had inherited any property subject to the now rare condition of fee tail (sometimes known as an entailment), which (as that linked article indicates) has been abolished in all bar 4 states of the USA. Otherwise, property claims other than some (by no means many) European noble titles, or royalty, are not traceable 'up and over' through generations preceding the deceased - I think.

You might get some more authoritative answers, though you would be advised to ask in more general terms (i.e. without specifying these individuals), from a specialist legal affairs blog, forum or print journal. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 22:52, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If, as the original poster said, Hutton left a will, then that will would determine to whom Hutton's cash went. But suppose Hutton had not left a will. In that case, Dina Merrill might well have inherited Hutton's cash (or at least part of it). Apparently Hutton was not survived by a spouse (she was divorced), a descendant (her son died before her, and apparently he didn't have any children), a parent (her parents died long before she did), a sibling (she never had any), or a descendant of a sibling (obviously). In that case, depending on the applicable state law, the next heirs in line might be her grandparents or their descendants -- which could include a first cousin such as Dina Merrill. (This is not legal advice.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:58, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 21

What's this film?

At the start a man dips his arm into a pool of liquid LSD. The title may be something like SW19 but not necessarily. Drogonov 10:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well some contenders are SLC Punk!, 1969 and J.C.. But it would really help if we had more info such as how old the film might be, who was in it, if it was an English speaking film, etc.Popcorn II (talk) 19:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Monk guest star name

I'm trying to find the person who played the bathroom attendant on Mr. Monk and the Critic. He reminded me of "The Professor" (Russell Johnson). However, looking at current photos of Russell, there is no similarity. I checked the standard sources (ie: IMDB), but this character, which had multiple scenes and many lines, it not listed. They do list many characters with one (or no) lines. Odd. -- kainaw ™ 12:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Was it (uncredited) Bernie Kopell? Character name: Gilson [6] ---Sluzzelin talk 14:46, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was. Thanks. I wonder how I got the Professor mixed up with the Doc. -- kainaw ™ 15:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

UFC Elbow Rule

Is the UFC no downward strikes with the point of the elbow arbitrary? How is it different from a punch, or the downward strike with the point of the knee? Is the point of an elbow a process/condyle?174.3.110.93 (talk) 14:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not abitrary. According to our page it's a foul. It's different from a punch because it's such a small, hard point and therefore has a much more concentrated impact. You can do a great deal of damage to someone by elbowing down onto the top of their head. Trying to do a downward strike with the point of the knee is not likely to be very effective just because of the physical logistics (a knee to the head of a grounded opponent is also a foul). I don't think it's got anything to do with whether it's a process or not.Popcorn II (talk) 13:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are not the first person to ask if it's arbitrary, I've heard this discussed by commentators before. To clarify, you are allowed to elbow your opponent as long as it isn't a "12-6 motion" (i.e. bringing the elbow straight down as opposed to a sideways elbow strike) and as long as he isn't "grounded" (although our page doesn't mention this part). But I don't know why they would specifically ban the downward elbow and not, say, hyperextending someone's elbow or grabbing the back of someone's head and kneeing them in the face. Maybe it was too easy to break people's noses that way. Recury (talk) 18:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

movie in Anchorage

I am looking for a mainstream movie that is set in Anchorage Alaska, can you name me some of them? Googlemeister (talk) 19:45, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to use IMDB's advanced search. I'm not sure how to narrow it down to "mainstream movies" though. --LarryMac | Talk 20:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think that just gives you filming locations. (Star Trek VI, obviously, did not take place in Anchorage.) Adam Bishop (talk) 02:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Films set in Alaska would be a good place to start. --Jayron32 02:56, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot summaries. There were no hits at all on real movies, but there was one hit on a TV-movie from 2000 called Personally Yours, which apparently takes place partly in Anchorage and partly in a rural location.

I also tried an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot keywords. There was one hit on a movie, a 1998 one called Permanent Midnight. Neither the IMDB plot summary nor the Wikipedia page says anything about where the story takes place, but the title could be alluding to the Arctic's dark winter days. (But if meant literally it would not be correct for Anchorage, which is south of the Arctic Circle and therefore has sunrise and sunset every day.)

--Anonymous, 07:20 UTC, September 22, 2009.

According to TCM, Permanent Midnight is set in Los Angeles. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:02, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So either the IMDB keyword is wrong, or maybe there is just a part of the movie that's set in Anchorage. Thanks for checking there. --Anonymous, 04:20 UTC, September 24, 2009.

Offside

What's the point of football's offside rule? Vimescarrot (talk) 19:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I assume from the bluelink, you do not mean American football? Because I could answer if you mean American football. Googlemeister (talk) 20:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You assume correctly. Association football/soccer. Vimescarrot (talk) 20:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It makes for a more interesting game because you can't have a player standing next to the goal who receives a long pass and scores. A player has to actually dribble the ball past the opposition. --Tango (talk) 20:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are similar laws in other sports, such as hockey. I never played hockey, but there is some rule against passing the puck directly from one end to the other end of the rink. The purpose of the rule is, as Tango said, to make the game more interesting by ensuring that play progresses through the field and doesn't jump from one end to the other. Some sports, such as American Football, promote the ability to pass from one end of the field to the other. It is exceedingly difficult to do, so it is exciting when it actually works. -- kainaw ™ 20:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you're referring to is icing (hockey). Dismas|^(talk) 00:18, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Specifically, yes. Icing is not offsides as such, but it has an offsides component to it. It most often comes from a desparate attempt to clear the puck out of the attacking zone. That's a defensive strategy. However, the attacking team can ice the puck also, by shooting from their own side of the center line across the goal line. Either way, it's typically called back for a faceoff. That part of the rule is intended to slow the offense down a bit. Oddly enough, you can do the same thing from the other side of the redline, and it's fine - provided the attackers don't precede puck into the attack zone. →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 00:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To state the obvious - in American Football the ball may never touch the ground, so heaving it the length of the field and having someone catch it in stride is quite challenging. In ice hockey & soccer/futbol, long passes are not difficult and thus somewhat restricted. 61.189.63.208 (talk) 23:00, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It has to do with balancing offense and defense. In ice hockey, there are several related rules, the most obvious being that no one on your team can precede the puck into the attacking zone. That's fairly similar to the soccer offside rule, and for the same reason, otherwise soccer games might be very high-scoring, and I might even watch. Oops. In basketball, there is a similar rule called a "lane violation", or 3-second rule: An offensive player not holding the ball cannot be in the painted "lane" near the basket for more than 3 seconds, to prevent the offensive team from ganging up - actually very much like the soccer situation. In American football it's different, because it's not continuous action, it's a series of scrimmages. Without the offsides rule, and hence without scrimmages, the game would probably look a lot more like its ancestor, Rugby. →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 00:10, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The difference in ice hockey, of course, is that the offside line is actually painted on the ice. In soccer there is a just a guy with a flag, so it looks a lot more arcane. Adam Bishop (talk) 02:23, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer's offside rule is actually really easy to understand, its just stubborn Americans who think that everything soccer must be stupid, and so refuse to "get it". No one on the attacking team can precede the ball past the last defender (not counting the keeper). It's not a line on the ground that defines it, its the position of the backmost defender. Other than that little difference, its pretty much identical to the hockey offsides rule. Look, I'm a dumb American who lives and breathes American football, and I never found soccer's offsides rule all that tough to "get". --Jayron32 02:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that's not quite right. Any number of players may precede the ball past the last defender, they just may not participate in the play should action move that way. There are several set-piece tactics designed around intentionally leaving a man offsides to cause misdirection whilst another player meets a through-pass after initially starting in an onsides position. However, the effectiveness of these tactics depends greatly on the competence of the linesman. He must not be jumpy and flag the play immediately when it appears that the offsides man is involved, because the reality is he is not, and holding the flag a moment longer will reveal the (legal) ruse. 218.25.32.210 (talk) 03:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert on this, but if a referee thought that a player was deliberately being placed in an offside position to cause misdirection then couldn't that player be considered to be 'involved in the play', even if they never touched the ball?

And incorrect on another detail: offside is judged at the time the ball was last played, so (as it says in the article) "Therefore a player who runs from an onside position into an offside position after the ball was touched or played by a team-mate is not penalised because a team-mate is no longer touching the ball." DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Placing a player behind the last defence player during a set piece does not make him offside until the ball is kicked and then only if the ball is directed to the player who was in an offside position, hence the possible dummy tactic. Richard Avery (talk) 18:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And, technically speaking, it isn't always the last defender. If, for example, the "last defender" was closer to his own goal-line than his goalkeeper, then it is the goalkeeper ("second last defender") that determines off-side

May I just point out that the offside rule is changed every season by UEFA or FIFA (whichever is the higher up) so you are all probably correct in your definitions, just not regarding the current version of the rule... Gazhiley (talk) 10:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good grief. A sport that's at least a century and a half old, and they're still tinkering with one of their basic rules? Well, what da ya expect from a sport where the officials are the only ones in the stadium who know how much time is left? →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 11:01, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And if you speak to old "Sparky" Hughes even though they say what time is left, what is actually left doesn't always tally... ;-) Gazhiley (talk) 11:08, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 22

john anderson harmonica tabs

can anyone show me the tablature for the song swingin by john anderson. and if possible dance little jean by nitty gritty dirt band? its for a diatonic harmonica

Fantaisie-Impromptu

Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66

Problems playing this file? See media help.

Okay, so I've been listening to the recording in the article a couple of times now, and I can't help but think that the player misses a few notes here and there. I was hoping someone with a more intimate knowledge of piano/classical music could shed some light on this...is it a subpar performance? Thanks, decltype (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there's definitely some major fumbling going on there; even right at the start, where he misses one of the bottom C#s in the introductory LH arpeggio figure. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 12:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response! I see that there's a different recording at commons that I'm considering replacing it with: File:Muriel-Nguyen-Xuan-Chopin-fantaisie-impromptu-opus66.ogg. However, this too sounds a bit off in some places, for instance around 3:58. Opinions appreciated. Regards, decltype (talk) 12:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well at least your version is in tune! This piece is actually one of the demo pieces that came with my Casio keyboard. I just can't figure out how to export it....--Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're right again about the fumbling at 3:58, but in general that is a much more accurate rendition. Shantavira - it's a demo piece on my Yamaha P80 too, but I think manufacturers usually try to arrange things so that the demos can't be exported: they don't come through the MIDI ports, for example (and in any case they are surely not redistributable). AndrewWTaylor (talk) 19:01, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded a free midi version here. Of course there's no fumbling, but it sounds a bit "mechanical" to me, for lack of a better word. Would much appreciate a human-made version. decltype (talk) 19:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My Zune problem

My sister and my mom are complaining at me cause I have all this music on the computer and it's nearly 500 songs and the computer is really slow so I thought I would get a flash drive but I have the zune software and this is where the problem is cause if I have a song on the computer and then put it on my zune and then delete the song on the computer the next time I sync my zune up to the computer the song that I put on there will be gone from my zune and then I thought if I put all my songs on a flash drive and delete all the songs from my computer, could I just listen to the music as soon as I put the flash drive in the computer or would I have to put all the songs back on to the computer and when I sync my zune to the computer would all the songs on my zune be deleted or would they stay on there because their all on the flash drive? Would that work or is there other stuff I need to know about it?

This may be better asked at the Computing reference desk. Regards, decltype (talk) 12:36, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever we do, we must not let JackofOz see this! Adam Bishop (talk) 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Too late. My spies are everywhere. -- JackofOz (talk) 19:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to learn to use periods and write in sentences. This will make your writing much easier to read and you will also be more likely to get an answer. There are also spelling and grammar errors, but the total lack of periods is the worst problem. StuRat (talk) 20:13, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Look I didn't come here for a stupid grammar lesson, I just need an answer.

Insulting people is not going to get you an answer any faster.195.128.251.157 (talk) 22:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, you have to meet us half-way. If we can't read your post, we're not going to answer it. StuRat (talk) 04:09, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unless the Zune specifically can't do it for some reason, storing your music on a flash drive instead of a hard drive should be fine (as long as the flash drive is plugged in whenever you update your Zune). However, unless your computer is very old (eight or ten years at least), 500 songs take up only a very negligible amount of hard drive space. They're almost certainly not related to any computer problems you're having. -Elmer Clark (talk) 04:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Best offensive game in MLB history by one player

So, I was looking through the List_of_Major_League_Baseball_hitters_with_three_home_runs_in_one_game the other day and then looking up the box scores for some. One I noticed is the game on May 23, 2002, when Shawn Green went 6 for 6 with 4 home runs, a double and a single, and ended up with 6 runs scored and 7 RBIs. This seems to be as close to perfect as any batter has ever been. I thought to myself this is probably the best single best stat line in MLB history for one player. 6 hits is rare, 6 runs is rare, 7 RBIs is rare, 4 home runs is rare. Lots of people get one of these without all the others. Although awesome, Mike Cameron's 4 for 5 with 4 home runs, 4 RBIs and 4 runs on May 2 of the same year is not very good in comparison.

So, my question is, do you know of any other games that could compare with this one or beat it? We have A-Rod's recent game on April 26, 2005 with 3 home runs and 10 RBIs, but he's 4 for 5 and only scored 3 times. Awesome, seems not as good though. StatisticsMan (talk) 15:31, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a really slippery question, for at least two reasons. One is the subjectivity of "best". Another is possibly the issue of whether it not only helped his team win, but was arguably the difference in the game. The Shawn Green game was a blowout.[7] What comes to my mind is a day in 1976 when Mike Schmidt had stats close to Green's in 2002. He hit four home runs against the Cubs, including the clincher in an 18-16 win. [8] →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 16:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the first step in answering the question is to precisely define why Green's line is "best" (or at least "better than A-Rod's"). What formula should be used? Total bases + runs + RBIs? (That would be Green 32 to A-Rod 26ish) Something else? Does the team's success need to factor in? Do you favor a player whose teammates were otherwise good offensively? Do you favor a player whose teammates were otherwise bad? At that point, you can apply the vast quantity of statistics that baseball has to offer. On the other hand, you should make sure there's some reasonable real-world rationale for why the formula is the way it is. Sporting events are rife with utterly meaningless statistical trivia along the lines of "this is the first game ever where a batter has gotten 5 hits where the count summed to a prime number on the action pitch". Truth does not imply relevancy. — Lomn 16:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The most important thing a player can do is to create runs, because winning is the most important stat there is. So in theory, "runs created" should be the first criterion. Then it gets into the question of whether 4 homers is "better" than 3 homers if the 3 homers drove in more runs than the 4 homers did, and so on. If you can define precisely what "best" means, then there is no problem finding the stats. The problem is in the definition of "best". I think that's been mentioned in all responses so far. :) "Members of the faculty; faculty members; students of Huxley; and Huxley students - I guess that covers everything." →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 16:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That and in a game, a player can hit 6 singles with 0 RBIs and end up with 6 runs because his team was able to get him around the bases, so runs by itself is not a good measure of a single player's offensive contribution. Googlemeister (talk) 18:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, "creating runs" in a sabermetric sense almost certainly includes getting hits without RBIs per your example. However, you still have to quantify what all those plate appearances (note: not "at-bats", walks are valuable, too) are worth. How do six singles stack up against two homers and four strikeouts, for example? — Lomn 18:27, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What puts Shawn Green's ahead of A-Rod's is that Shawn Green did everything he could do, in a sense. 4 home runs ties the MLB record. 6 runs ties the MLB record. Hits record is 7 which has only been done once since 1892. He got 6, one shy of that, which is still rare. The link you provide mentions that he also set the MLB record for total bases at 19 (and found it elsewhere also). And, on top of that, he gets 7 RBIs which is something that happens every season but is rare. So, he does all these very rare things all in the same game. A Rod just got lucky and had 1 guy on, 2 guys on, and 3 guys on when he hit his 3 home runs. Green had 0 on for 3 of his home runs and a total of 3 on for all 6 of his at bats. It's not like Shawn Green's teammates had to do much to let him score 6 runs. He knocked himself in 4 times and was in scoring position right away a 5th time. Most singles would score him. A Rod's stat line is nothing except he had lots of RBI chances. Shawn Green's is amazing no matter how his team did, except possibly for the fact that he may have only hit 4 or 5 times if they were not doing well.

I just found the RBI record on baseball-almanac.com, which is 12. Mark Whiten was 4 for 5 with 4 home runs and 12 RBIs. So, that beats A Roid's game. Another guy got 12 RBIs as well but you can not view the box score because it was in 1924. And, Schmidt's game was in extra innings so that maybe takes something away from it. But, sure it was great.

Any way, I'm not trying to pick an answer everyone will agree on. I'm just asking for great games that could be considered for best ever. StatisticsMan (talk) 20:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not that you asked, but the best performance on the mound seems to be begged by such a discussion as well. Mark Buehrle, just this past season, set the Major League record for batters retired, an astounding 45 up/45 down, a performance that featured a perfect game in the middle of the streak. In 1988 Orel Hershiser pitched 59 consecutive scoreless innings. Both of those stretched across multiple games, but we need some criteria since there have been thousands of shutouts, dozens of no-hitters, and 18 perfect games, these performances stand out for their longevity. --Jayron32 03:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you can say with very little debate that the best inning of all time belongs to Fernando Tatís, who hit two grand slams (thus 8 RBI) in one inning (only 13 players have ever hit two grand slams in a game) -Elmer Clark (talk) 04:13, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On July 3, 1966, Tony Cloninger, a pitcher, hit two grand slams in one game, adding another RBI for a total of 9, in a 17-3 romp over the Jints at the Stick.[9] →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 07:13, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

True, what I like about these two grand slam stats is that only two NL batters have ever hit 2 grand slams in a game and they are both very special. One did it in one inning. One was a pitcher. No one else has done either.

The best pitching game I ever saw was in the movie, The Scout. Brendan Frasier struck out all 27 batters in 81 pitches, or so we are led to believe. He also hit a home run. Amazing stuff. StatisticsMan (talk) 13:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The reincarnation of Roy Hobbs, who would have been the greatest ever, if some babe hadn't shot him, mistaking him for Billy Jurges or Eddie Waitkus. Speaking of Babe, he never hit more than 3 homers in a game. Lou Gehrig hit 4 one time, and nearly got a fifth but for a great catch. I'll have to look for the retrosheet on that one when I have time. →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 13:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The thing with 2 grand slam games is, while impressive in terms of RBIs, its still only 2 home runs, of which there are thousands of 2-homer games. In order to have 2 grand slams, you need lots of things to go "right" for you, including having teammates who get on base just ahead of you. In Shawn Greene's game, he literally did everything he could do to maximize his value for the team, without needing teammates to make his performance memorable. With the 2-grand slam guys, if the players batting ahead of them had struck out, they would still just be relatively prosaic 2-homer games. Shawn Greene's 6 for 6, 4 homer game is impressive even if he were the only player to reach base safely during the whole game. --Jayron32 19:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Giants fans like to pretend that that game never happened. 99.166.95.142 (talk) 19:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The would probably just as soon forget the Cloninger game as well, assuming any of them are old enough to remember it. In both at-bats, the preceding batter was walked. It doesn't indicate whether the walks were intentional, but with the pitcher coming up, it would be a reasonable strategy - the first time, anyway. The second time, you'd have to wonder. All of these are great offensive performances. It's hard to say one is objectively "better" than another, since there are many possible criteria. FYI, Gehrig's 4-homer day came on June 3, 1932, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, in a 20-13 win for the Yanks over teh A's.[10] →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 23:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jeremy Clarkson TV program

Roughly 2002.

To review a car, he placed something small (roughly acorn-sized) on the road and drove over it to illustrate how hard the suspension was. When he drove over it he grasped his back in pain.

Anyone recognise it? I watch Dave religiously and I've not seen it on any episode of Top Gear, but series 1 isn't shown on Dave. Or perhaps it was a different Jezza motoring show? Vimescarrot (talk) 20:10, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure but he had a show called Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld so it could've been on that rather than Top Gear. ny156uk (talk) 18:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who was Jodi Wexler and what happened to her?

I recently watched the movie The Love Machine, and one of John Phillip Law's costars was a girl named Jodi Wexler. She only has one credit on the Internet Movie Database and there's no info about her. She played a fashion model and might have been one in real life (just a guess). Does anyone know anything about her, such as where she came from and what happened to her? Entheta (talk) 21:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/realestate/13living.html?_r=1 Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:31, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

numerous guest-stars

I read the article about Fantasy Island. That show had an array of guest-stars on a weekly basis. I can only remember a few. I know Michelle Phillips, Charo, Randolph Mantooth, Mickey Gilley, Tom Wopat, and several others (I can't remember off the top of my head) guest-starred. So if anyone could create an article with a list of guest-stars on Fantasy Island, that would be fantastic, so to speak.69.203.157.50 (talk) 22:43, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are anyone, aren't you? --Jayron32 23:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. But I don't know how to start an article about the list of guest stars on Fantasy Island. I would like some help, please. Thank you.69.203.157.50 (talk) 02:50, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and this. DJ Clayworth (talk) 13:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the IMDB, and found there was a ton of guest stars. But I was hoping the Fantasy Island guest list would be made into an article of its own, about identical to the List of The Love Boat guest stars.69.203.157.50 (talk) 21:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We know what you hope but if this goes undone, it's likely because none of us here have the desire to put the work into such a long list. Don't take that personally, because transcribing such a list would take a bit of time. Dismas|^(talk) 03:35, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's alright. Feel free to take whatever time that's necessary.69.203.157.50 (talk) 06:06, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 23

True Crime NYC ps2 - editing

I own it on ps2 , is there a way to mod it by using some kind of software or an application? I really want to choose another player model to play as. 85.220.102.101 (talk) 15:24, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Beck on The Wire?

Did anyone else notice Glenn Beck on the last episode of The Wire? In a scene where Carcetti and his wife are in their house, it cuts for a few seconds to their television set, showing a reporter with a newsbar reading "PLANET HOLLYWOOD". I'm sure it's him! --AdamSommerton (talk) 16:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

imdb lists him as uncredited in the episode Clarifications where they used archive footage. Which is a pity as, apart from that, it's a very good tv series. Nanonic (talk) 16:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Surreal Eminem video; not a high priority, just wondering

A few years ago I was watching Top of the Pops and I saw a really surreal Eminem promotional video. It involved a man in a club whose nose falls off, and people kick it about the dance floor, so he has to chase it down. I vaguely remember the guy having a hole in his face where the nose was, and he also enters a bathroom where some bald guy vomits all down his front. If somebody could get me an answer I would be delighted.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 21:15, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Just Lose It.Popcorn II (talk) 22:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article on song at Just Lose It - contains brief description of promo video. Exxolon (talk) 22:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

September 24

New season of Human Wrecking Balls

Does anyone know if there will be a 2nd season to Human Wrecking Balls and if so does anyone know when it will come out?

In November: [11]. --jh51681 (talk) 06:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neil Gaiman appearance: should I attend?

The facts are these: Neil Gaiman is making at appearance at the Cleveland Public Library, which is four hours from where I live. I'd happily drive four hours to hear him speak- but I wouldn't like to drive four hours to get shut out because the space was full, and this is a non-ticketed free event, first-come first-seated. I need information:

What is the seating at the facility where he will be speaking?
What's the average number of people who attend a Gaiman appearance?
How early would I want to arrive in order to be sure of a seat?

Any information the masses have would be appreciated. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:59, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't a call directly to that library be most likely to get answers to your questions? →Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 03:30, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]