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July 14

Which form of entertainment introduced haptic simulation of objects to the general public?

Which form of entertainment introduced the simulation of the sense of touching something that's not really there to the general public?

Although the 1959 movie The Tingler had buzzers which were activated by theater projectionists to make people think the titular creature from the film was attacking them, these buzzers were only meant to be wired to a few seats. It was the intention of the film's director, William Castle, for only "certain" people, as he states in the film's prologue, to feel the physical jolt of these buzzers.

I don't think I'm gonna count arcade racing games, because they intend to simulate the sense of the player's vehicle, not the player himself/herself, touching (or should I say colliding with) other cars. Similarly, the 4-D movie Captain EO apparently intends to simulate the sense of the viewer's vehicle, rather than the viewer, being hit by whatever is thrown at the viewer.

In the 4-D movie Muppet*Vision 3D, Fozzie unleashes a snake in a can into the audience, and the viewer is hit with a burst of air to simulate the snake hitting the viewer's face. The 4-D attraction at Sanrio Puroland, The Time Machine of Dreams, apparently first opened after 1994, which was when Monster Planet of Godzilla, the attraction it replaced, first opened: http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2014/05/14/remembering-quot-monster-planet-of-godzilla-quot-that-theme-park-attraction-which-put-you-toe-to-toe-with-the-tokyo-terror.aspx

In 1994, Aura Systems released the Interactor, a haptic vest, which monitors an audio signal and uses Aura's patented electromagnetic actuator technology to convert bass sound waves into vibrations that can represent such actions as a punch or kick.

In 2006, Novint released the Falcon, the first consumer 3D touch device with high resolution three-dimensional force feedback, allowing haptic simulation of objects, textures, recoil, momentum, and the physical presence of objects in games.

As of right now, touchable holograms are being developed: http://phys.org/news/2009-08-touchable-hologram-reality-video.html

So, the form of entertainment that introduced haptic simulation of objects to the general public could be Muppet*Vision 3D. I really don't know. What do you guys say? NPham2005 (talk) 06:10, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Our article on 4D film lists The Sensorium from 1984 as the first. Rmhermen (talk) 16:19, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Haptic_technology#History lists a haptic telephone patent from 1973, not sure if it ever saw wide use. SemanticMantis (talk) 21:10, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 15

Online source for biographical information?

Does anyone have suggestions for a good free online source (or sources) for biographical information about celebrities? I usually end up doing newspaper searches for obituaries, but that is a hit-and-miss type of activity. It would be nice to have one source to which I could go regularly to obtain information if I am writing an article or verify information if I am editing. (Of course, it needs to be reliable enough to use for Wikipedia citations.) Eddie Blick (talk) 13:06, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB is good for film and television, Allmusic is good for musicians. --Jayron 32 03:12, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sci-Fi Horror Film circa 1990s

In the 1990s I caught the end of a very strange looking science fiction horror film which starred Vincent Schiavelli. The part I saw was a woman strapped to a table near a subway tunnel and a contraption was hooked to her head preventing her from moving, connected to a conveyor belt on which a face sucking alien was slowly being lowered to attack her as a form of torture. Schiavelli's creepy demeanor certainly made the scene. Does anyone know the name of this film?? -O.R.^Comms 16:21, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure it was a film OberRanks? If you check out his filmography for the 90's there are a batch of TV listings for horror/sci fi series that are possibilities. Unfortunately I don't have the time to search further at the moment so hopefully someone else will find the answer for you. MarnetteD|Talk 16:36, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was on TV, but I have never been able to figure out which show or episode. I've always wondered... -O.R.^Comms 18:40, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 16

Boardroom location from Mr. Robot episode two

Where is this location[1]? This is from the second episode of Mr. Robot. All I can tell is that it's somewhere in Manhattan, looking south. My other car is a cadr (talk) 12:47, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know, but I bet it sounds like an echo chamber, with nothing soft to absorb sounds. StuRat (talk) 14:33, 16 July 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Golf shot into the wrong hole

The Open Championship is being played at the Old Course at St Andrews, which has a number of double greens, i.e. greens shared by two different holes. What is the ruling if a golfer hits a shot into the wrong hole? For example, a golfer playing the 3rd Hole accidentally putts his ball into the cup for the 15th Hole, which is on the same green. What happens? → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 19:40, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to this and this, it's taken out of the hole and placed away from it without coming closer to the correct hole -- without penalty. The other hole treated like "ground under repair." Ian.thomson (talk) 19:53, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it placed or dropped? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:55, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"To take relief, the player must lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of, and not nearer the hole than, the nearest point of relief from the putting green." InedibleHulk (talk) 18:16, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

Or just go behind a tree. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:37, 18 July 2015 (UTC) [reply]

July 17

How can I obtain a autograph of the very little known voice actress Susan_Aceron

Please tell me. 204.239.8.205 (talk) 03:31, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried her twitter account? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:54, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter accounts. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:19, July 17, 2015 (UTC)

What piece did Hermann Göring play II

Hello here,

Two years ago I posted in this desk a question that bothered me at that time. The title was the same. I quote:

"I read history books. One of them just recently was a book on World War II. I do have many and cannot recall what it was. An episode is described there whereas two prominent German lawyers upset over Germany's declining fortunes in 1944 decided to approach Hermann Göring and ask him to influence Hitler to make peace with the Western Allies. They met at Carin Hall, had a dinner after which (or perhaps before) Göring played a composition. He was a very talented man, played violin and the piano. In the end he refused to mediate because his influence was in decline at that time and he rarely saw the Führer. I've become obsessed recently with finding out what composition Göring played. It is mentioned in the book but I cannot find it. I am wondering if anybody has this information."

Nobody had. Now I found the quote. The book is by Alan Clark "Barbarossa. The Russian-German Conflict 1941-45." It is a reprint by Perennial in 2002. On page 363 the episode is described. Göring played the improvisations from Der Freischütz. The whole episode also taught me a lesson. In fact the meeting was between Henriette von Schirach (the woman who claimed that Hitler tried to kiss her when she was twelve) and her husband Balder von Schirach, the founder of Hitlerjugend on the one hand and Göring and his wife Emmy on the other. There were a few others not mentioned. In fact it was in one of Vienna's restaurants, Gemütlichkeit, in a private room. No, the purpose of the meeting was more sinister. Schirach wanted Göring to talk to Hitler to convince him to step aside and for Göring to take over, perhaps by force. The rest of the information appears to be correct.

This is a typical episode showing how imperfect our long term memory is, among other things of course. Thanks, --AboutFace 22 (talk) 23:11, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 18

When a new song copies exactly the music of another song

What is it called in the music industry when a new song with different lyrics takes exactly the same nonvocal music from another song? Examples: Ice, Ice, Baby by Vanilla Ice taking the music of Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, and MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This taking the music of Super Freak by Rick James 75.75.42.89 (talk) 20:51, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In general, it appears to be under the umbrella of Cover version. If they didn't have permission, it's called a "copyright violation", as with the songs "My Sweet Lord" and "Blurred Lines". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:38, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See Sampling (music) and also Legal issues surrounding music sampling. Nanonic (talk) 21:45, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a subset of the concept. But the music to the song "Sweet Little Sixteen" was used in its entirety, with maybe just a few changes in isolated notes, for "Surfin' USA". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:54, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Musical plagiarism. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:54, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So Weird Al escapes this by virtue of the special concept of "parody" since the content of his lyrics are funny? The Gaye family went after Robin Thicke for Blurred Lines and got millions, but I haven't heard of them getting $$ out of Yankovic for Word Crimes. 73.147.123.98 (talk) 17:20, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Parody and Satire don't even have to be funny, or even intend to be funny. That's not what is at issue here, though. The deal is, Yankovic always a) gets permission for his parodies and b) always credits the original composers. The only time he hadn't been given permission was for Amish Paradise, and that was only a case of mistaken due diligence on his part: he thought he had permission, but due to miscommunications hadn't gotten said permission, and there was some friction which has since been ironed out. It should be noted, however, that Yankovic is not required to get permission, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. clearly established that the use of a piece of music for the purpose of parody does not require permission, though credit is still required. --Jayron 32 19:48, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here are eleven artists who (allegedly) said no. To be fair to Eminem, he only didn't want a video making him look silly, and was nice enough to grant Al an interview against his will. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:15, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

Weird Al also c) gives the original artists a share of the royalties (usually 50%, I think).

It's not clear that Weird Al's "parodies" would qualify as fair use. In many cases he doesn't comment on the original work or artist at all, he merely writes new and unrelated lyrics while slavishly copying the sound of the original (e.g. "The Saga Begins"). Even when he clearly makes fun of the original (e.g. "Smells Like Nirvana"), the extent of the copying is so large that it wouldn't obviously pass a fair use test. -- BenRG (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to inform the Supreme Court of the United States that they are wrong then, because they seem to disagree with you. --Jayron 32 22:14, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is parody, if not needing to relate to the target or being or even trying to be funny? 75.75.42.89 (talk) 02:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 20

Did Aerosmith cover R L Burnside?

An obituary of R.L. Burnside claims: "Aerosmith came out to “Baby” [Let My Baby Ride] every night on their last tour [ Honkin' on Bobo Tour?]." I can't find a quick verification. Can you? What do you think of this claim? trespassers william (talk) 02:27, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Berridge nude scene in Amadeus

I remember watching the whole movie of Amadeus but I don't remember seeing the topless scene where Elizabeth Berridge was topless in front of Murray Abraham. Which scene preceded before this nude scene? Is it a deleted scene? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.35.192 (talk) 03:07, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

According to the horndogs at CNDB, it's a deleted scene, and about a hour into the Director's Cut. It wasn't in the version I saw, either. Just watched the clip, and must say, it really adds some depth to the original. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:05, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

The character whose voice most closely matches Mel Blanc's real one

In this video you can watch an interview of Mel Blanc and hear his real voice. The voices that he can do sound nothing like his own, but listening to it I realized that his real voice sounds the same as or similar to one of the Looney Tunes. I can't figure out which one it is, though. Anyone have any ideas? — Melab±1 ☎ 12:40, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think he used to say that Sylvester (minus the slobbering) was the closest to his real voice. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:08, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that Sylvester is probably closest. Deor (talk) 16:11, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I hear Foghorn Leghorn most. But yeah, Sylvester, too. A bit of the Abominable Snowman. ~~Someone else closer that I can't put my finger on.~~ It was Barney Rubble, but he's not a Looney Tune. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:10, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

Leghorn's voice varies from raucous to low-pitched asides, but sometimes he sounds kind of like Blanc's natural voice. The 1960s H-B character Barney Rubble's voice is kind of similar to the 1940s WB character Cecil Turtle (the tortoise who kept defeating the hare, Bugsy). Foghorn Leghorn is a takeoff on Kenny Delmar's "Senator Claghorn" from the Fred Allen radio show, although the rooster's raucous voice is more like Yosemite Sam than Delmar's Senator. What they have in common is catch phrases like "I say..." and "That's a joke, son." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:55, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's definitely some Yosemite Sam in Blanc's "real" voice, too. Not exactly, of course, but some. That guy would have been fun to drink with. I remember that turtle, but don't know the senator. That's still how I imagine all Southern politicians talk, even though I know they don't. Thanks, cartoons! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:24, July 21, 2015 (UTC)

Perry Mason re-runs

Who get the royalties or residuals since all the actors but Barbara Hale are dead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3711:D690:B4D7:C934:EAC2:C501 (talk) 19:55, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably their heirs. All except William Talman's share. I understand he lost his to Raymond Burr. Nyuk nyuk nyuk. Dead people can still earn lots of money for their beneficiaries, e.g. Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:14, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A distinction has to be made between the reruns of the 57 to 66 TV show and the 80s and 90s TV films. When the TV show was made contracts only included payment for a minimum of (or no) repeats since there weren't many in that day and age. After that the studio got all the money from any repeats. By the time of the TV films contracts (what happened to James Garner and the money which he didn't get from repeats of The Rockford Files was sort of a watershed) include some payment for repeat airings. As Clarityfiend mentions payments today will go to heirs depending on what is in the will of those who have died. MarnetteD|Talk 01:34, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To have a football team

What does it mean to have a football team in the 1970s? Or today as well? I've read a few places that Pink Floyd had a football team in the 1970s but I've never really understood what that meant in the English way of things. Not too surprising since I'm American. Anyway, if you need a quote to get context, from the new Newsweek special edition magazine "Pink Floyd were avid sports fans, with the group even having their own soccer[sic] team during the 70s". Do the people that "have" the team usually play on the team? Or is it more of a managerial sort of thing? Do they put up the money for it? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 01:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]