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April 4

What is this type of ride called?

I know with fairground rides owners give the same ride many names, but is there a generic name for this type of ride? I know it's called Miami Trip and there are many other similar rides but with different names, but I was wondering whether it just has a generic name like dodgems or ferris wheel. Thanks. Chevymontecarlo. 03:49, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed your link. Do you have a better image? It's hard for me to see what it is or what it does. Are those seats on the upper half that extend from the right side to a little way past the center of the image? Dismas|^(talk) 03:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think Miami trip is the "canonical" name. There is a ridiculous amount of information about it here. decltype (talk) 04:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I will try and find a better image, it was from a news article. In the meantime, basically what it does it that the whole row of seats move round and round, looping...it's really hard to describe...Chevymontecarlo. 04:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

this is a little clearer, because the row of seats are up in the air basically the row of seats go round and round on the two arms that you can see in the photo supporting the seats. Sorry about the first dodgy photo. Chevymontecarlo. 04:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oasis single

Which Oasis single was it that had Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher in a heated argument, making it into the charts?--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 13:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think you probably mean Wibbling Rivalry.--Michig (talk) 13:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC) It's also on Youtube [1]--Michig (talk) 13:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, sir or madam.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 19:05, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hockey teams of black

Which ~~hockey~~nhl teams have black jerseys (current)?96.52.92.106 (talk) 22:45, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you're talking specifically about the NHL, then the Boston Bruins are one. For the rest of the teams, you can just browse through this list. Each team's article should have an image of their uniforms. Dismas|^(talk) 23:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Los Angeles Kings. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tampa Bay Lightning Aaronite (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We had this question a few months ago. (And then one a few days later about players with black hair who have scored a goal in a CBC-televised game...not sure where this is going.) Adam Bishop (talk) 03:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you are interested in not just current teams but throughout the history of the NHL, I recommend going to the Hockey Uniform Database — Michael J 21:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That on e is about home teams. I'm including away teams.174.3.123.220 (talk) 01:47, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 5

Horror Movie From the 70s

I can't stand it when I do this to myself, but I saw a little bit of this horror movie last month, and I forgot the title! I'm searched all through IMDB and couldn't find anything, even searched out the plot, so, maybe someone might know it here. It's about a mute puppeteer who uses dead bodies to be his puppets. It seems to be a very, creepy movie, but I'm just curious on what it's called so I might know a little bit more about it. If this helps, the puppeteer seems to be a man that is in his late 50s, early 60s, and one of his "Puppets" is an older man. I thought the title WAS the Puppeteer, but it seems that it is not. Don't make fun of me if it is! ha, ha. Thanks. :)

Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 06:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did some searching, and the movie you're talking about is Shanks (1974). Here's the IMDb page. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 21:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I would have never remembered that name! Thanks again! * resolved*

Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 01:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Captains of FC Barcelona

Hello,

I'm trying to do some work on Barcelona, but having problems finding any information on past Captains anywhere. Help appreciated! Sandman888 (talk) 16:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found a category of all current and past FC Barcelona footballers with an article on Wikipedia (not captains sadly) - [here] It might be one step closer. Hope this helps. Chevymontecarlo. 07:29, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Children's books as a source of income

In the children's section at the library there are thousands of early readers, most of which are under 1/2" thick (including the hard cover). They typically have no more than one sentence per page, the rest being some sort of artwork. As a result there is very little written material. Do the authors of these books receive much in compensation (notwithstanding Dr. Seuss and H.A. Rey)? What does an unpublished children's author typically receive for their first work? Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It depends completely on the publisher. Some pay a flat fee, which won't be much. Other's pay a percentage of net profits, which is less than the flat fee if the book isn't very successful (also, the publisher has the ability to pad internal costs to keep money from the author). Some pay a percentage of actual sales, which can be profitable if and only if the book is successful. Only a very lucky few will make the big money in merchandising. The publisher will most likely not allow an author to retain merchandising rights. -- kainaw ™ 17:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As an aside, it's very difficult to write even the simplest children's material. Each word is worth far more than in an adult book. Aaronite (talk) 18:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See the Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market, or google "writing children's books". The author and illustrator typically split the publisher's advance. I have read that a typical advance for a first time author is maybe US$3,000. (So the author would receive US$1,500, minus the 15% agent fee.) This is an advance on a royalty of around 10%. (And again, that royalty is split between the author and the illustrator.) The author's agent typically sends in a manuscript only, and if it is accepted, there's a delay of a couple of years, and then the book appears on the shelf; usually the author and the illustrator do not collaborate. Comet Tuttle (talk) 21:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could make extra money from licensing. 195.35.160.133 (talk) 11:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC) Martin.[reply]

April 6

hey

what is lil waynes hotmail address? —Preceding unsigned comment added by XXrecklessXx (talk • contribs) 05:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Celebrities don't often disclose or tell anyone their contact details, because if they did they'd just be bombarded with fanmail and spam. It'd be hard to get your hands on it Chevymontecarlo. 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While it may not be possible to obtain his email address for you, you can send him written letters at his current address in prison as he serves out his sentence until November. He is not allowed internet access while being held at Rikers Island, ( so I doubt his hotmail address would be any good to you) but there is a website that gives you information for sending him letters. He reads them and has someone post updates on the site. look here: [2] 10draftsdeep (talk) 14:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

more heartgold/soulsilver

i've actually got two more questions about heartgold/soulsilver.

one, is it possible to beat all the gymleaders, and rival and elite four, while using one pokemon the entire time?

The other is, the team of pokemon i was going to get was typhlosion, lugia, tyranitar, scyther (preferrably scizor, but i dunno how to evolve it), amphoros, and dragonite. I know how to get typhlosion, (level up my quilava to 36) and mareep (ampharos) but how do you get scyther to evolve, at what point can I catch Lugia (I've got soulsilver), and where can i find larvitar (tyranitar) and dratini (dragonite)? Jds500 (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your first stop should be one of the GameFAQs FAQs about these games. Does that answer your questions? Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your first question is quite interesting. It would be clearly be difficult, but it may even be fundamentally impossible because of HMs. Surf (HM05) is needed to complete the game and Totodile (and his evolutions) is the only starter that can learn it. I am not sure which other HMs are strictly required, but because Totodile can learn most of them, it might actually be possible. Note that Totodile cannot learn Fly, which means you would have to walk everything. You rather than me.

As for some your other questions:

Scyther evolves upon trade (with Metal Coat attached).
Lugia is caught quite far into the game, between the 8th badge and Victory Road.
Dratini and Larvitar can both be found in the Johto Safari Zone. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After which city, progressing through the game, is the Johto safari zone? Thanks for answering the other questions.Jds500 (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is north-west of Cianwood City, but note that you cannot enter it when you first reach that town: you first need to get the SecretPotion in Cianwood and take it back to Jasmine in Olivine. I don't think you actually need to beat the Cianwood gym leader first, so that would be after the fourth badge then. However, the fourth badge allows you to use Fly outside of battle, so without it you would have to go back to Olivine and back to Cianwood again by sea. Therefore, it seems more practical to beat the Cianwood gym first. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 17:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As for your original first question, I found out that there is a actually term for what you are suggesting: "solo run". This page proposes some rules for this, but note that they allow you to use other Pokemon for outside-of-battle (HM) moves like Surf, so I think it simply cannot be done with exactly one Pokemon. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 18:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!! Jds500 (talk) 22:24, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

German chord chart

This sort of comes under both music and language really... I've just started to play the German Waldzither Mandolin and the only good information is in German and was hoping I could get some help from here. I was wondering what this chart http://www.waldzither.de/noten/Matrix%201-6.pdf means when in it's talking about Begleitakkorde, Nebenakkorde and Mollakkorde? Also the headings Tonika 1. stufe, Dominant-Septime der Moll- Subdominante Parallele , Tonika-Gegen Akkord 3. Stufe, etc?.. I've also noticed that the H is B and The B is Bb but on the first page it mentions both B and Bb, is it the same?.. And finally what is the 's' and 'is' found next to the notes? Thanks to anyone who can shed any light on this. 85.242.154.48 (talk) 18:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See the article Note. There's a chart partway down the page, compare the "English name" section with the "Northern European name" section. It should help. --Jayron32 20:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's some other translation guesses:

I put Begleitakkorde, Nebenakkorde, and Mollakkorde into Google Translate and played around with breaking the words with spaces or not ("Begleitakkorde" vs "Begleit akkorde"). They seem to mean something like "accompanying chords", "secondary chords", and "minor chords".
From the various dictionary translations Google provided, Stufe probably means degree, as in scale degree.
If you already knew about English scale degree and chord names, some of the words have obvious English equivalents: Tonika is tonic, Sub-Dominante is subdominant, and Dominant-Septime is dominant seventh.
I'm not sure what "Tonika-Gegen Akkord 3. Stufe" translates to in English, but it seems to just be a minor chord built from the third scale degree of the particular key in question.
In the key of F major, F is the tonic (first scale degree) and English B flat/German B is the subdominant (fourth scale degree). I don't know if the "b" in the Bb on the first page is significant. In the fingering diagrams on page 4, the corresponding cell in the table shows just B without the "b". --Bavi H (talk) 01:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou so much for your help... Absolutely invaluable 82.154.225.62 (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Begleitakkorde			Nebenakkorde			Mollakkorde
Tonika	Sub- Dominante	Dominant-Septime	Dominant-Septime	Dominant- Septime der Moll		Moll- Subdominant	Parallel- Moll- Akkord	Tonika- Gegen Akkord
Tonika	Sub- Dominante	Dominant-Septime	Dominant-Septime	Subdominante	Parallele	Moll- Subdominant	Parallel- Moll- Akkord	Tonika- Gegen Akkord
1	4	5				2	6	3
C	F	G7	D7	A7	E7	d	a	e

Primary chords			Secondary chords			Minor chords
Tonic	Subdominant	Dominant seventh	[Secondary] dominant seventh	Dominant seventh of the minor		Subdominant parallel	Tonic parallel	Tonic counter parallel
Tonic	Subdominant	Dominant seventh	[Secondary] dominant seventh	Subdominant[?]	Parallel[?]	Subdominant parallel	Tonic parallel	Tonic counter parallel
I	IV	V	[V/V]	[V/ii]	[V/vi]	ii	vi	iii
C	F	G7	D7	A7	E7	d	a	e

Stufe = Scale step or diatonic function

Hyacinth (talk) 07:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Identify current song

I heard this song at the mall, I assume it's a recent or current pop song. One distinctive part is someone singing "wuh wuhh wuh" roughly like mi ti do (first note, down 5 -- or 6? -- semitones, and then sliding up a semitone). I think the main singer is a woman. Thanks! 198.161.238.18 (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, that is probably not quite enough information for someone to identify the song. The vocals/lyric pattern you are describing could fit a number of songs from a variety of time periods and genres. Any more information you could provide might help, such as the tempo,type of music, geographical area where you heard the song, etc. 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could be right. But songs have been identified with less. I assumed this song was current and popular enough to be easily identified because other store patrons were singing along -- just not the kind of stuff I listen to. I heard it in Canada. I doubt it's Canadian. The "wuh wuh wuh" part is a recurring theme sung as to mimic a muted trumpet (at least that's how I would mimic such). The best description I can give you is pop... it all sounds similar to me. how about obnoxious? It struck me as particularly obnoxious. But that's just me. My next stop is Yahoo Answers...don't make me do it, refdeskers. 198.161.238.18 (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am going go with a couple of possibilities here, based more on the fact that other patrons were singing along and these artists are currently popular. (and may be considered by some to be "obnoxious" as you say.) It could be Blah Blah Blah (song) by Kesha or perhaps something by Lady Gaga. 10draftsdeep (talk) 20:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestions. The Blah Blah Blah song is indeed obnoxious but I'm pretty sure it was more of a "wah". The hook "wuh wuh wuh" seemed to be like:

wuh (8th note, pitch of E) wuh (quarter note, pitch of B below the E) wuh (quarter note, pitch of C halfstep up from B)

Starting on the "and" of 2nd beat in 4/4 time. 198.161.238.18 (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could this be it? [3]99.154.241.62 (talk) 06:53, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Solved -- thanks, 99! The song is indeed Spy by Shakira. 198.161.238.18 (talk) 14:57, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Bale

why has a moderator not ruled on the additon of information regarding the alleged assault by actor christian bale on his mother and a sister? 2 information entries about this have been removed. someone working for christian bale is believed to be responsible. the christian bale site may need to be made to be uneditable, as the steven segal site is, to name one. thanks.189.200.1.1 (talk) 19:13, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Section title added. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I clicked the "history" tab at the top of the Christian Bale article and saw that the editor who reverted your addition to the article asked, in his edit summary, that you see the talk page archives for why. I then clicked the "discussion" tab at the top of the article, and saw "Archives: 1", so I clicked the number "1", and rapidly found Talk:Christian Bale/Archive 1#Accused of assault by Mum and Sister which is a lengthy discussion from 2008 of the allegations. It appears that the allegations are not sufficiently established. By the way, the paragraph you added did not have an inline citation of a reliable source, which is especially required on articles which are biographies of living persons — editors are particularly sensitive about crime allegations in these articles, because some innocent individuals out there have been slandered on Wikipedia by anonymous and pseudonymous editors; see the Wikipedia biography controversy article. If you do have a good reliable source you can cite in detail, then I would add the information in the article along with your citations, and add backup support information if needed on the discussion page. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't have moderators. We have admins, but they only can do things about editor conduct, not article content. Article content is basically a free-for-all where the editors with the loudest voices and most free time on their hands tend to win content disputes. In any case, Wikipedia has specific policies about biographical material about living people and that all contentious material be verifiable by reliable sources. I don't really know much about Bale or his Wikipedia article, but a quick Google search finds many reliable sources about the incident[4][5][6] so it seems to me that some mention - with appropriate care - might be justified. However, a quick skim of that talk page archive mentioned above does have some legitimate concerns about weight. Basically, that means that you can't take one aspect of an article topic and blow it out of proportion. Weight issues are tricky to resolve because they often require editors to have a deep understanding of the topic. This incident may not be as significant as say, Roman Polanski's legal problems. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think AQFK is misrepresenting the ideal nature of Wikipedia. Yes, sometimes people can make themselves loud and obnoxious, and that will tend to drive people away; however the way Wikipedia is supposed to work is for the editors to let the sources do the talking. It is somewhat unfair to characterize the entire of Wikipedia as being run by bullies, and people who behave as though that were the case often create the very conditions that their paranoia has led them to believe exist. If you have something you wish to have added to an article, collect some reliable sources and let everyone see and evaluate those sources. That having been said, sometimes there is some information which is irrelevent or trivial even if one can find it mentioned somewhere, there are editorial concerns as well; and being published previously is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for including some information. Wikipedia isn't really a gossip rag, so sometimes true statements about people aren't included in articles for stylistic reasons. Have a reasoned discussion, and arrive at a consensus with people. And Wikipedia is not for everybody. If it is very important that what you write gets published, and that you have complete freedom over your writing, you could perhaps start a blog of some sort. --Jayron32 20:30, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Information on The Wildflowers' (x Snake of Eden) Landeberg Triplets

I know their names are Calle, Nisse and Pelle; better know as Kelii, Izzy and Rock. They were on "Daisy of Love" and in Lady gaga's "Paparazzi" Video. The band name was originally "Snake of Eden" and is now "The Wildflowers" after one of their songs. The live in Japan and travel back to their homeland of Sweden.

Does anybody have an information on them;

-such as who is the oldest and youngest triplet;

-how tall are they; any other siblings;

-and the reason Gaga picked them for her video (their purpose in it).

Any other info would be appreciated.

ThanksWideeyed10001 (talk) 21:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 7

Scrabble board in Steptoe and Son

During an episode of Steptoe and Son, a scrabble board was briefly shown. It had lots of rude words in it. Is a picture or diagram of the board available to see online anywhere? Thanks. Update: The episode was Men Of Letters, series seven, 1972. 92.29.111.79 (talk) 00:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Visible at 1:30 meltBanana 01:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, another place where you can find Dirty Scrabble depicted in a visual medium is the 1978 movie Foul Play. The game is being played by two old ladies who don't notice Gloria (Goldie Hawn) standing on their balcony and trying to attract their attention after escaping from captivity, and the scene is shot in such a way that the nature of the game is not made explicit. --Anonymous, 21:57 UTC, April 7, 2010.

If I recall correctly, one of the sweet old ladies creates a 12-letter word that starts with "mother-". How lovely. :) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 11:44, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Western card games with "Eastern" scoring?

I enjoy playing Eastern games. One such game is Koi-Koi. The scoring seems different from that I have read of in Western card games. In terms of scoring method, the closest Western card game I can think of to this is Cribbage-- actually, I am a bit surprised that Cribbage actually is Western. Are there any other such popular Western card games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.210.250.70 (talk) 01:13, 7 April 2010

Well, Mastermind also uses pegs to keep score, but then, the whole game is played with pegs. StuRat (talk) 01:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are some versions of dominoes that use non-numerical scorekeeping, not pegs per se, but IIRC, I have played versions where the score is kept by drawing a "house" for each player with line segments, and the game is won when someone completes their "house". Its been about 15 years since I played this version (in Chicago IIRC) so I don't remember the details, but I do remember the weird non-numerical scorekeeping, much like Cribbage. --Jayron32 04:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, no, no!! I do not mean how the score is physically kept, but rather how points are earned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.42.156.169 (talk) 01:43, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and what method of earning points are you looking for, exactly ? StuRat (talk) 02:33, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I gave examples, because I am not quite sure how to describe it. What I mean is that, instead of individual cards being worth points, combinations of cards are worth points. Please see the relevant articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.35.96.50 (talk) 04:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pinochle is a notable example of scoring via combinations (as well as scoring through more traditional trick-taking means). Our stub on melds may be of use, as that's the term used in Pinochle. — Lomn 14:45, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bridge has two methods of scoring; points for tricks and for "honors", that is holding certain cards in yoru hand before the trick-taking portion start. Honors are essentially points awarded for good bidding. --Jayron32 04:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Pagat.com web site contains an index of card games classified in various ways, which may be useful, although it's clear that such classification is difficult. For example, cribbage is classified as an "adding game", but I looked under a couple of other categories for it before I thought of trying that one. Although the site contains a large number of games from many countries, koi-koi is not among them. The game is mentioned in the category of Games played with flower cards, but presumably you would not find any "western" games there. --Anonymous, 00:09 UTC, minor edit 02:51, April 10, 2010.

Most intelligent card games?

Some simple card games may be no more than a mechanical playing out of simple rules. Which games have intellectual depth, like chess? Poker may be one such game, because of the uncertainty involved, but are there others? The important aspect of chess may be that moves made now can have difficult-to-predict results in the future. This may not apply so much to poker, but what about other games? Side-question - are there any intelligent patience or other single-player games without opponents? Thanks 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Canasta and euchre spring to mind. DuncanHill (talk) 10:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some games may have complicated rules, but which ones have true depth? I'm not a card player so I don't know where Canasta or Euchre would be. 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:47, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contract bridge. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 10:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bridge involves lots of mechanically playing out rules, they just aren't simple rules and the rules aren't part of the game but rather part of your chosen bidding system. --Tango (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The question was which card games have intellectual depth. If bridge doesn't have that then I don't know what does. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 13:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think people's problem with contract bridge is that the game is usually reduced to a memorized set of "bidding conventions" with little attention paid to actual strategy. During the bidding phase, if everyone correctly uses the bidding conventions, all 4 players know the hands of each other, and the hand pretty much plays itself. I prefer other games of the Whist family, for example auction bridge plays exactly like contact bridge, but with a scoring system that has greater penalties for being "set", and less penalty for underbidding, which as a result turns bidding into actual bidding and not just a complex code for telling everyone your cards suriptitiously. Bid Whist and Spades and Forty-fives also come from this same family, and have similar levels of strategy and depth. --Jayron32 15:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To say that "the hand pretty much plays itself" is a serious mischaracterization of contract bridge. (Of course it is true sometimes, but that applies to any card game.) You usually have only partial information about people's hands, and to play the game well you have to make inferences from things like what bid someone did not make, what card someone did not play, your opponents' mannerisms (but not your partner's), the probability of different layouts of the cards, and which card someone discarded eight tricks back when diamonds were last led. In tournament bridge (duplicate bridge), on top of all that you also also have to think about what is likely to happen when other people play the same cards, and this in relation to the particular form of scoring in use. It is certainly not easy.

The word "surreptitious" is also a mischaracterization; full disclosure of bidding agreements, whether conventional or natural, is required. If you find it distasteful that a bid in hearts may sometimes by agreement show spades rather than hearts, that's your prerogative, but there's nothing surreptitious about it.

I'm not saying a word about the other games Jayron mentioned, because I've played them much less or not at all, and I'm certainly not saying that Jayron ought to like bridge because I do. I am saying that he's giving bridge a bum rap to say it's anything but deep.

Further, the existence of complicated bidding systems (which people aren't required to use, by the way, although it's certainly helpful to be able to understand the implications of your opponents' bidding) is another way in which contract bridge is a deep game. Not only are there sometimes deep tactics involved in the play of the hand, there is also deep strategizing involved before you ever touch the cards, in the choosing -- or if you're inclined that way, the designing -- of the bidding methods you'll use. Of course, you will typically start by playing a standard bidding system, so that part's already been done for you, but you don't have to stay with it. --Anonymous, 22:39 and 22:43 UTC, April 7, 2010.

It's clear that neither Tango nor Jayron32 have in-depth knowledge of bridge. Both bidding and playing take a great deal of skill. It's a pretty telling sign that newspaper bridge columns are stilling going strong after all these years, dissecting the intricacies of both. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:36, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I started playing bridge at 7 or 8 years old, and played it along with many other card games, such as the ones I mentioned above, along several other games, pretty regularly (weekly to monthly) from that age until today. My extended family (mom came from a family of nine, so aunts, uncles, cousins, dozens of us) would get together every few weeks and play cards, most often bridge. Be careful when you say "its clear that..." I don't know what I am talking about. --Jayron32 04:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but what about Anonymous' response to your comments? --Richardrj ^talk ^email 05:16, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous said nothing wrong or inaccurate or made any attempt to spread falsehoods about my knowledge of cardplaying merely because I expressed a preference for some card games over others. He said I am free to like or dislike any game, as is he. I agree with his analysis 100% insofar as it involves defense of his opinion of contract bridge, and it is well thought out and well reasoned and an excellent analysis of all of the good points of contract bridge. His comments are great and informative for people trying to pick up the game. He didn't try to tell me I didn't know how to play a game I have played regularly for almost 30 years, as others did. --Jayron32 05:23, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I still don't quite understand how you can say that "Anonymous said nothing wrong or inaccurate" when his analysis of the game differs fundamentally from yours. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 08:04, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous explained aspects of the game that made it enjoyable or challangeing or intellectually satisfying for him. I explained aspects of the game that I found to be annoying or bothersome. His description of elements of the game was factually correct, and is not in dispute. His feeling that the game was enjoyable is also not in dispute because that is his opinion, and thus is beyond criticism. I am not a mind reader, so I cannot say if he is lying about his own opinion, I must assume he is telling the truth about his feelings towards the game. So he said nothing wrong. Clarityfiend said that I was inexperienced in a game I have been playing since the early 1980's, which is a falsifiable statement of (supposed fact). Having 25-30 years experience at something is almost never described as "inexperienced" under any reasonable definition of the word, so that statement is something one can raise an objection about. --Jayron32 19:29, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my defense, when you say "if everyone correctly uses the bidding conventions, all 4 players know the hands of each other, and the hand pretty much plays itself", what else am I to conclude? It is impossible to know everybody else's hands just from a few rounds of bidding, no matter how sophisticated your bidding system is. As for hands playing themselves, oy vey. Hundreds of bridge writers would beg to differ. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:16, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is, the level of knowledge you have about the cards at the start of a hand of contract bridge is greater than the level of knowledge you have about the cards at the start of a hand of Spades or Auction bridge. In both contract and auction bridge, you can see 50% of the deck (your hand and the dummy's hand); however in contract bridge the bidding conventions allow you to communicate additional information about your hand that you could not otherwise communicate. If you pay attention to the bidding, you can reliably know, say, if another player is long in a suit, or has honors, or has lots of face cards, or none. That additional information makes your array of options, as a player, much easier to choose from. In auction bridge, I know a) 50% of the cards and b) what suits the opponents are strong in, if they even bid; it is not uncommon in auction bridge for both partners to pass the opening bid, revealing absolutely NO information about their hands. In contract bridge, because the scoring system places higher rewards for making the contract exactly and places less penalaties on getting "set", there are more opening bids, and thus more opportunities for extracting information about your opponents hand. This additional information is where some players find additional "intellectual depth"; i.e. interpreting how the bids give that extra information. The thing is, because of bidding conventions, I find that this information is too specific. For example, in auction bridge, if I open with a two club bid, it means "I think I can make 8 tricks, and I want trump to be clubs" and nothing else. I am bidding exactly what I say, and I reveal nothing else about my hand; I have a strong hand in clubs. If I make the same bid in contract bridge, I am saying "Hey partner, I have a really strong hand. Why don't you tell me what you have, and we'll chat back and forth and come up with a strategy on how we should play this hand, before anyone even plays a trick." By making several additional bids, my partner and I have placed more bits of information into public knowledge. Yes, there is something to learning the code, but once you know the code, its just table talk. It's just you and your partner saying, in the end "Hey, I got Ace and King of Spades. Do you have the other face cards? Good. And your short in another suit? Even better! Lets bid spades!" I prefer to make my strategy on the fly, I find it much more intellectually stimulating, as a matter of personal preference, to interpret the hands as cards are played; rather than hashing it out beforehand. Which is why I prefer games like auction bridge or spades... --Jayron32 19:29, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Free cell solitaire seems like a somewhat complex single player game. StuRat (talk) 11:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tarock, when played seriously, includes a lot of strategy and thinking. TomorrowTime (talk) 12:13, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't really help you much, but there is one game I know of that is 100% skill: snap. --Tango (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another way of asking the question is: for what card games is it difficult to program computer players that can beat skilled humans? Poker I believe, what else? Thanks 78.144.248.81 (talk) 23:49, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cripple Mr. Onion..hotclaws 12:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hemidemisemiquaver

Which musical compositions have hemidemisemiquaver notes or hemidemisemiquaver rests? -- Wavelength (talk) 18:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
[I am wikifying "hemidemisemiquaver rests". -- Wavelength (talk) 18:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)][reply]

I think you'd probably find examples of both of them in J S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor! --TammyMoet (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The note sequences with four beams in the image at Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565#Toccata confirms the presence of such notes.

-- Wavelength (talk) 19:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Giulio Regondi's Reverie (Opus 19) for guitar. A review of one recording here contains the line "A slow introduction is followed by clusters of gossamer-like hemidemisemiquavers (64th notes) before the tremolo section is heard." Ka renjc 22:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They are not that uncommon. The first examples that came to mind were: Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 (see, for example, the first complete score at [7], page 13), JS Bach's Partitas, BWV 825-830 (see [8], page 15), and Bach's Goldberg Variations (see complete score at [9], page 37). There must be many hundreds of other well known examples. Pfly (talk) 11:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for your answers. -- Wavelength (talk) 19:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 8

S you in your A's

What does "S you in your A's, don't wear a C, and J all over your B's" mean? I can figure out the last three, but what about "S you in your A's"? It's a quote from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, if that helps. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:37, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard of this sitcom, but I just googled your phrase and apparently it's "F you" not "S you," which might make sense as "fuck you in your ass". 213.122.49.53 (talk) 11:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Screw you in your asses, don't wear a condom and jizz all over your boobs" caknuck _° needs to be running more often 00:27, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 02:13, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't mean anything. There's a running joke throughout the series that Charlie is braindamaged and makes no sense. I think the line after that is even "He makes less and less sense as the days go by." 202.10.91.173 (talk) 09:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name this game

I am trying to remember the name of a computer game I played about 10 years ago on a Mac (may well have been a PC port). It is an flying first person shooter not unlike Terminal Velocity with the exception that the player only controls the ship in two dimensions (although the game itself is in full 3D). The story involves the player attempting to repel an alien invasion of earth in the near future using a fictional high tech fighter plane of some sort. Many of the alien enemies were tripod like walkers. It featured live action cut scenes which I remember as being fairly high quality for the time. It also had a sequel which I played which was nearly identical in game play and style. Any thoughts as to what this game might be called. --Leivick (talk) 07:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blind guess: Descent (video game)? Zunaid 08:27, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No definitely not Descent. The ship couldn't be flown up or down, it was limited to 2D. It also took place only on Earth (the sequel might have involved other planets). --Leivick (talk) 09:24, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please help me find this movie about a pair of undercover detectives dressed as blonde twin gals

At first, the two agents start out in New York and after receiving a delivery of what they believe to be drugs, the agent fights the alleged drug dealers, then when they're done, he opens the contents and realizes that it's vanilla ice cream. He then asks, "Where are the drugs?!" The deliverers assert that they didn't have any. They eventually realize that they made a massive mistake.

They're reassigned to the L.A. area and made to go undercover as a pair of blonde twin gals. A football star gets attracted to one of them. Also, a thief snatches a purse from one of the agents, but thanks to the agent's sprinting ability, he's able to overtake, assault the thief, and take the purse back.

Toward the end, when their true natures are revealed, the friends they've made said, "We liked the (name of) Twins better when YOU were them!"

I can't remember the title, and Google hasn't been forthcoming after I submitted a few of that movie's quotes, so please enlighten me here. Thanks. --70.179.176.30 (talk) 20:26, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

White Chicks. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:34, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 9

What's The Back gournd Music

An ad played for a pub advertised as a pub where the girls of Sex in the city would drink at 5:33pm or 5:32pm in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, today on the 91.7 Bounce radio station.

My question is what is the backround music playing?

This pub is located on Jasper Avenue. And the ad is narrated by a female sounding voice. The ad says that downtown is lively again, I think. I believe the pub is Hat.

Ok, searching a bit more, it might be this bar (well pub as advertised on the ad).

What is the background music that was playing (during this ad)?174.3.123.220 (talk) 02:11, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wangju

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Is the first line "Tour Farther"?174.3.123.220 (talk) 02:12, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. It is "Your Partner". -- kainaw ™ 02:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Truth in Numbers: The Wikipedia Story - What's the hold up??

Truth in Numbers watch trailer Anyone know when this film is finally going to be released? or why it's taking so long to come out? -- œ ^™ 09:57, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Their own description has not been updated since 2007 with a planned release of 2008. If it was still planned to be released, they wouldn't be claiming that it will be released in 2008. -- kainaw ™ 13:03, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The IMDB shows a planned US release date of 2010. As there is only a year and no actual date, presumably this is still tentative. --Anonymous, 22:58 UTC, April 9, 2010.

So I guess it's unknown as to why the delay? Has anyone bothered to ask the creators? I would but I'm not sure how to contact them, is there an email address to contact someone involved in the making of the film? I'll see if I can't get a definite answer.. -- œ ^™ 05:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress and Wikipedia:There is no deadline. Maybe the work ethic of the encyclopedia has become also the work ethic of the film, at least to some degree. -- Wavelength (talk) 15:02, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Consensus#Consensus can change. -- Wavelength (talk) 15:19, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can watch for contact telephone numbers at the end of this short video (about 3:50). -- Wavelength (talk) 16:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Excerpt from "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis.

I read this a few years ago, and I've been looking for an excerpt from it. I've spent an hour looking through my copy and Googled for another hour, but I just can't find the full version. I'm beginning to wonder if I hallucinated it. Can anyone who's read the novel tell me roughly where in the book Patrick says something along the lines of "If she has a soul, if souls exist, then all men must have souls, and I can assure you, I do not"? 202.10.89.143 (talk) 13:51, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not in the book. It's hard to prove a negative, but the only places the word "soul" is used, is in a description of Huey Lewis and the News and their hit single "Heart and Soul", and when Bateman recalls an "incident" with a girl named Alison (Not a soul could've possibly heard about that lovely, horrible afternoon). decltype (talk) 13:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other bands are in wiki pedia yet when I enter a band page it was removed

A while Ago I wrote an article about a band called beef supreme. http://www.beefsupreme.ie is their site so the band exists. Other bands articles are written in wikipedia. Why was mine removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xual235 (talk • contribs) 15:05, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because they're not notable. In order for there to be an article on them, there needs to be already some references to them in other professional publications such as books, magazines, newspapers and reliable professional music websites. Those references can then be used to construct the Wikipedia article. Without that media coverage, sorry but there's no place for Beef Supreme in Wikipedia. --Richardrj ^talk ^email 15:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The notability criteria for bands are here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:22, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latin "Te Deum" by Stanford

About 30 years ago I sang a piece of choral music in a concert at school. It was a version of the "Te Deum" in latin and I'm sure it was by Charles Villiers Stanford. Now I cannot find any reference to a "Te Deum" in latin by him and have been told that he did not write one. I've searched sites listing his works and also listened to online music sites, without success. It would, I assume, be either a separate piece or part of a morning service.91.110.143.151 (talk) 23:59, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Te Deum is listed in Stanford's article here, and here is an external link [11]. What is your actual question? Cheers. Winston365 (talk) 00:15, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Winston, the Te Deum you pointed to was an organ work. The OP was interested in a work for choir. Stanford did write a Te Deum for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, his Op. 66, but it wasn't listed in our article; I've just now rectified this. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 01:10, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh. I saw it listed under choral works in the link I gave (as Op 115) and thought it was the same thing. I stand corrected, nice work! Winston365 (talk) 01:25, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I sang Stanford's Te Deum when I was about 8 years old. The title is in Latin but the text is from the Book of Common Prayer so that it could be used in Anglican worship - it is part the office for Morning Prayer; "We praise thee oh God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord, All the world doth worship Thee, The Father everlasting....". Alansplodge (talk) 08:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And is it long and boring, as in tedium ? StuRat (talk) 13:17, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's actually rather jolly. Traditionally associated with celebrations - when Shakespeare's Henry V wins the Battle of Agincourt he says "Let Te Deum be sung". Alansplodge (talk) 15:00, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Me again - I put some links in, and found that CVS wrote several Te Deums. The one I sang was I think this one[12] in B Flat Major which I believe is part of Opus 10. The Te Deum page also lists Te Deum in C, Op. 115; and Te Deum in A by him. The Charles Villiers Stanford page lists these as part of musical settings for Morning Prayer, which are going to be in English. However, I think I would go with the Te Deum, Op. 66 (recomended by Jack of Oz above) although I couldn't find any more details. Alansplodge (talk) 21:35, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great minds etc. I've just queried (at Talk:Te Deum) whether he did in fact write more than one, because my source mentions only the Op. 66. The Opp. 10 and 115 are called "Morning, Communion and Evening Service". -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:49, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

April 10

Ear worm!

Hello Wikipedians,

I have a song stuck in my head, and I only know a bit of it, and google isn't helping at all! I think it's a dance remix, I don't think it's new. It goes "eh eh-ehoh eh" I don't really know how to show what the tune is through writing, I hope you can help! Thanks 65.255.185.142 (talk) 08:38, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think you're going to have much luck unless you can record yourself humming or scatting it. 202.10.89.143 (talk) 10:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Cancelled" [13] by Milk & Kisses. I'm reminded of Clarence Frogman Henry's "Ain't Got No Home" -- but that's "woo woo", not "eh oh". Pepso2 (talk) 11:14, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tune from Mickey Mouse cartoon

What is the name of the tune played in this Mickey Mouse cartoon at around 7:37?--99.251.239.89 (talk) 17:35, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The Girl I Left Behind". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:45, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It has many variations. Here's one mentioned in the article.[14] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:50, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first one that came to mind, which I finally found, is this[15] from the opening credits of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, a great western classic from John Ford and John Wayne. "The Girl I Left Behind" starts about 1 minute in. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have heard this song in several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, and I looked up the name several years ago -- which I had forgotten since then. The only cartoon I can remember off the top of my head that has an example of this song is 1940's A Wild Hare. (I didn't see this cartoon mentioned in the song's article, perhaps it would make a good candidate for addition.) Bugs Bunny walks off at the end of the cartoon playing an arrangement similar to the O.P.'s Mickey Mouse cartoon on a carrot. Often the song is used in an American Revolution setting -- which makes me think Bunker Hill Bunny uses it as well -- although that is not the case here. Xenon54 / talk / 18:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, at about 7:55.[16] It's an old song with an Irish flavor and more variations than I can count. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:30, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One big reason why particular songs got used over and over again in the cartoons, aside from fitting the scene: They were public domain, hence no royalties had to be paid. Other songs that were used frequently were songs that WB already owned the rights to, such as songs written for films they had produced. "The Lady in Red" would be an example of the latter. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:33, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What anime was this?

THere is an anime that I have seen that has a part or episode where a spacecraft heads towards the Earth and transforms into a space shuttle upon entering its atmosphere. It then transforms into a boeing 747 to land in some airport. All while the charcters inside get changed and masqueraded in some wierd digital-like way by some evil guy. Ive seen this a long time ago and I didn't manage to see or find out what it was called. Do you know what anime is this?