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January 13

What type of 3D glasses would I need to view this image?

I was wondering about different types of 3D glasses. I don't like the color distortion caused by wearing red-cyan glasses, but I wanted a way to view 3D images on my computer or non-3D television. I was intrigued when I heard about row-interleaved 3D, but I didn't know what kind of glasses I would need to view images such as this one. Can these images be viewed with some type of passive 3D glasses? 98.18.147.106 (talk) 00:57, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the previous gallery page that image is on, it advises using Liquid Crystal Shutter (LCS) glasses or some Head Mounted Displays to view the 3D row-interleaved GIF format. --Canley (talk) 23:46, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You could use passive 3D glasses if you had a 3D monitor or 3D TV supporting such passive 3D glasses. (Normally because the display itself has row interleaved polarisation.) Nil Einne (talk) 15:34, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since we don't have an article or redirect, (passive 3D glasses) here's a source: "What Are the Different Types of 3D Glasses?". Lifewire. --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:C03A:9D20:31EF:82F7 (talk) 19:06, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Another option (not for that image, but in general) is to have two separate images, one for each eye. Cell phones often use this split-screen method. It's a bit annoying to use on a computer, because you would need a physical barrier extending from the center of the screen to your face, and you would need to stay in the same position while viewing. But, no special electronic equipment is needed and it would avoid any color distortion or flickering. Google "dual 3D images" for some examples you can try. StuRat (talk) 18:58, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

song name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVnhAOYs7s thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Money is tight (talk • contribs) 04:52, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Traum" ---Sluzzelin talk 05:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thnx, found the remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukwI2fA4Y0E — Preceding unsigned comment added by Money is tight (talk • contribs) 06:21, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Poker Set

What is a "Poker Set"? I've just found some information about the most expensive "Poker Set" and I wonder what is that. Is that used for playing Poker? — Ark25 (talk) 11:49, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a case containing poker equipment (playing cards, poker chips, dealer button). ---Sluzzelin talk 12:03, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Funny. Depending on how many chips there are of each denomination, their face value is somewhere around the actual cost ($7.5 million) of the set. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:27, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've made the redirect - Poker set to Poker equipment. — Ark25 (talk) 09:42, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of curiousity: I followed the link you gave and I'm not sure what was confusing you. There are multiple pictures there; it's clearly a set of equipment meant for playing poker. The chips, while fancy, are pretty clearly similar to the ones in the poker article you linked to. I'm in no way denigrating your decision to ask the question here - there are no dumb questions - but as a frequent contributor and editor I'm genuinely curious about what things cause confusion and what things allow for understanding. Matt Deres (talk) 13:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 14

Help identify a song from half remembered lyric

Resolved

I am trying to identify a song.; it's probably from the 1940s/1950s (judging by the age of the lady who used to sing it when she was doing the housework). The only thing that I can remember is one line "like a pack of hungry wolves on parade". It's probably a long shom but maybe somebody in wikipedialand will recognise this line. Thanks! --TrogWoolley (talk) 16:42, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently one Colin Everett used to sing a song that included the line

On through the hail, like a pack of hungry wolves on the trail, we are after you...

You'll find the full lyric here (p. 36), together with the claim (p. 1) that Everett wrote the lyrics. It looks like he came along too late to be singing in the 40s or 50s, but I'm not sure he is the author at all. It looks like the same song, or part of it, was sung on a Goon Show in 1956 to the tune of the Song of the Mounties from Rose Marie. Does any of this sound familiar? --Antiquary (talk) 19:10, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: the song I've been talking about actually is The Song of the Mounties from Rose Marie. If only the speakers on my computer worked my YouTube link would have told me that. --Antiquary (talk) 19:29, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much everybody. It is indeed The Song Of The Mounties, as sung by Nelson Eddy. The lady concerned used to sing The Indian Love Call too - Rose Marie might well have been her favourite film. --TrogWoolley (talk) 12:41, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 16

Discontinued series with cliff hangers endings

I mean it can be all of entertainment.

I for one I still don't just get it why this happens more and more over this past decade and half. With the advent of beyond either of of competition, copykat, and reality tv. Especially, I'm referring to ones that beyond either got cancelled for network having lack of money (in all forms of it) and exces of the network not liking it for whatever reason.--Jessica A Bruno (waybeyondfedup) 03:03, 16 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessicaabrunowaybeyondfedup (talk • contribs)

The most obvious explanation is that they filmed the final show hoping there would be another season, but there wasn't one. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:38, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I asked a similar question on this topic a couple of years ago, which elicited some interesting responses. You can read the discussion here. --Viennese Waltz 13:37, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They might still hope to revive it in the future, if only as a webcast, etc. Another potential issue is if they just couldn't resolve all the convoluted plot lines satisfactorily. Many would argue that Lost (TV series) would have been better left open than with the way they tried to end it. StuRat (talk) 18:50, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lost was left open. All of the important questions were unanswered. What is the island? Where did the original inhabitants come from? How did the lighthouse work? Who built it? Who built all the Egyptian stuff? Why did the statue have four toes? What made the numbers so important? etc... There used to be a wiki of questions that would get answered as the series went on. It ended with more open questions than answered ones. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:31, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you describing Lost or Gilligan's Island? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:34, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The original writer dies and it is not believed that the replacement writers can do it justice. Even makes for a good conspiracy theory when it happens in a spy series, see The Sandbaggers#Series creator. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MK Legacy

I think I've seen a subtitle in the Scorpion/Sub-Zero episode from Mortal Kombat: Legacy saying its plot is set in the 13th century (1200s), but after watching can't find such an indication. Am I confusing something or just missed it somewhere? Brandmeister^talk 18:18, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything in our article either way, but our list of episodes has summaries for each show and I see the first episode contains a reference to a robotics shipment. Given our article's frequent mentions that this series is meant to look and feel more like the real-world than a fantasy one, its hard to reconcile the word "robotics" with anything earlier than the 20th century. The machine guns in the article's infobox are also kind of a giveaway. Why not just re-watch the episode confusing you and confirm what you thought you read? Matt Deres (talk) 13:37, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

digression about another MK

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Due to today's date, I assume I'm not the only one who assumed from the title of this section that this was about a different MK's legacy. †dismas†|^(talk) 18:41, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, today it's not January 15, but January 16 already. Brandmeister^talk 18:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC) [reply]

This year, MLK Day is the 16th. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's MLK day, Observed. StuRat (talk) 20:04, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As described in Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:12, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What is the significance of the word "observed" in the name of the day? --Viennese Waltz 15:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It means it's the day his birthday is observed in the US. Since it's the third Monday in January and his birthday was on January 15, in some cases the holiday will coincide with his actually birthday like next year, but other times like this year it will not. See our article linked above for more details. This isn't uncommon with holidays marking birthdays. Perhaps the confusion arises because the day is generally called MLK day, but as our article says the official name for the federal holiday is "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr." and it's intended to mark his birthday. Nil Einne (talk) 15:48, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I read the article but didn't see anything on the exact question of why the word "observed" has to be tacked onto the end. Why not just call it Martin Luther King Day? --Viennese Waltz 15:51, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The "Observed" means it's the legal holiday, as opposed to the actual day of the event, which may still be commemorated in other ways. For example, should Christmas fall on a weekend, the nearest weekday is "Christmas Observed", but we still open presents on December 25th. StuRat (talk) 16:15, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

But it should be clear that when we say "Martin Luther King Day" we are talking about the legal holiday, not his actual birthday. --Viennese Waltz 16:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We could refer to one as "MLK's birthday", and the other as "MLK Day", but how is that better than "MLK Day" and "MLK Day, Observed" ? StuRat (talk) 16:45, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Because "MLK Day" doesn't mean "MLK's birthday", so the first part of the second option doesn't work. --Viennese Waltz 20:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See Uniform Monday Holiday Act prior to 1968, most Federal holidays in the U.S. were observed on the day they fell. --Jayron 32 16:41, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it does, as per the article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:34, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This really bothers me when a user comes to the Reference Desk with a specific question and editors use it in a completely irresponsible way. Do any of you have the answer for Brandmeister? At first sight from the undue weight of misdirected conversations, no editor visiting this page will answer the original question. Maineartists (talk) 17:39, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, that's a huge offtopic by now unfortunately. Looks like nobody knows... Brandmeister^talk 18:18, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

- I added a subhead to make it perhaps a bit easier to put in answers to the question and distinguish them from the clutter. —Tamfang (talk) 08:36, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - And I've hatted it. Matt Deres (talk) 13:37, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 17

German comedy skit with Hitler

I'm looking for a sketch made by a German comedy group, I think during the mid-1990's. It took the form of a talk show, with the guest being Adolf Hitler. He appears in a brown uniform with a smiley face symbol on his armband instead of a swastika. I don't remember much about the skit, except that Hitler talks a lot about dogs and German jokes. Hitler makes a barking sound, and I recall the phrase "kerndeutsche Witz" being used. Does anyone know who created this sketch? LANTZY ^TALK 03:12, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was part of RTL Samstag Nacht, in particular "Zwei Stühle – Eine Meinung" (Two Chairs – One Opinion). Olli Dittrich played Hitler (interviewed by Wigald Boning). Using these search terms, you'll find it on youtube. ---Sluzzelin talk 16:01, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! LANTZY ^TALK 18:40, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

<Lateral irrelevant bit of trivia> Dittrich's show Dittsche is also worth seeing, though, sadly, Franz Jarnach aka Schildkröte passed away two days ago and won't be asking Dittrich to shut the fuck up anymore. And only now, via obituary, did I learn that Jarnach had been keyboarder for Lee Curtis and Tony Sheridan. </irrelevant bit of trivia> ---Sluzzelin talk 11:50, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

License to kill without remorse?

To what extent (if at all) was Tom Clancy's novel Without Remorse influenced by Ian Fleming's License to Kill? Because I've read Without Remorse and seen License to Kill, and I noticed a lot of similarities: the nature of the antagonists (in both cases it's the drug cartel); their characterization (in both cases they're not only drug dealers and murderers, but also abusers of women -- in License to Kill, Sanchez horse-whips his girlfriend for cheating on him, whereas in Without Remorse, the bad guys keep a harem of kidnapped women whom they systematically rape, torture and force into prostitution); the main plot (in both these works, an elite agent goes on a rogue mission to kill the drug dealers to avenge a loved one or a close friend); the characterization of the protagonist (in both these works, the protagonist is single-mindedly focused on revenge, willing to give up everything else for it, and at the same time plans it very cleverly and leaves nothing to chance, like in a military operation); one character's name (in License to Kill, the pilot and James Bond's main love interest is named Pam Bouvier, whereas in Without Remorse, John Clark's girlfriend whom the drug dealers murder is also named Pam); and even some plot elements (the presence of an infiltrator in law enforcement who works for the drug cartel; the need to go low-class -- in License to Kill, James Bond needs to meet with Pam Bouvier in a seedy low-class bar, whereas in Without Remorse, John Clark actually needs to impersonate a homeless person; the bad guys' hideout on a ship; the use of aquatic fauna by the drug dealers for disposal of enemies -- in License to Kill, they feed Felix Leiter to the sharks, while in Without Remorse, there's a scene where they feed an informer to the crabs; the use of a decompression chamber as a torture device; and the fact that in both these works, part of the protagonist's plan is to incite infighting within the cartel, which succeeds to some extent in both cases). So was it just a matter of thinking alike (which I don't think it was), or did Fleming serve as Clancy's inspiration? 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 05:25, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One thing to keep in mind is that while Clancy's 1993 book is a singular novel, Licence to Kill was not a finished work by Fleming (who died in 1964), but a 1989 film which used "elements of two Ian Fleming short stories and a novel, interwoven with aspects from Japanese Rōnin tales" [to quote our article]. Any influence on Clancy would therefore come as much or more from the scriptwriters Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum as from Fleming.

That said, the timeline certainly makes influence by the film on Clancy possible, and your analysis makes it seem plausible, though coincidences abound in literature. Clancy might have been consciously inspired by the movie, in which case only a statement by him could confirm it (and I'm not saying that such a statement doesn't exist – I'm not a Clancy scholar); he might instead have been unconsciously influenced, which would be much harder to establish (consider some of the unacknowledged influences on certain elements in J. K. Rowling's Potterverse, which caused some controversy after the first book appeared).

If the former, it might (here I baldly speculate) have been a deliberate hommage, looking at a similar set of events and actions from a different moral perspective than had Fleming and/or the scriptwriters, a not uncommon literary trope. Perhaps there's a thesis in this question. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.62.241 (talk) 10:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hommage = license to "borrow" without remorse. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:44, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mortal Kombat: Legacy [Original Question]

Re-instating the original question here for Brandmeister from above:

"I think I've seen a subtitle in the Scorpion/Sub-Zero episode from Mortal Kombat: Legacy saying its plot is set in the 13th century (1200s), but after watching can't find such an indication. Am I confusing something or just missed it somewhere?"

Hope someone can help him/her out. Maineartists (talk) 17:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has an article titled List of Mortal Kombat: Legacy episodes which may lead you places. --Jayron 32 18:42, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What are some TV dramas centred around a conservative/religious family?

Like Big Love. 2.102.186.137 (talk) 22:44, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would look at Last Man Standing and 7th Heaven. uhhlive (talk) 23:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I'm not looking for sitcoms or family-friendly shows. 2.102.186.137 (talk) 23:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since you just added the restriction for "no family friendly shows", are there any more guidelines that you would like to add? †dismas†|^(talk) 23:34, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well Big Love is an adult drama series centred on a fundamentalist Mormon family. So not sitcoms, family-friendly shows or Conservapedia-approved shows. Like hard-hitting adult dramas just centred on a conservative/religious family? Maybe Big Love is the only one. 2.102.186.137 (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Depeending on what you mean by "conservative" and "religious", the crime drama Blue Bloods might qualify. --69.159.60.210 (talk) 03:11, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

? : "Essay:Greatest Conservative TV Shows". www.conservapedia.com. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:185C:A689:C3A8:9F8 (talk) 23:38, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oranges are not the only fruit. --TammyMoet (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 18

Traditional chesses

How many Western chess players? What traditional chesses have very many players? I think Xiangqi and Shogi? Also what make a game a traditional chess? Example why Go is not a traditional chess? --Curious Cat On Her Last Life (talk) 10:11, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

All the chess variants feature a number of different pieces on each side, each with different movements and powers. They're all believed to be based on the ancient Indian game chaturanga. Go is completely different, with only one type of piece that doesn't move at all once it's been placed. Rojomoke (talk) 10:26, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Overdramazing

Is it fair to have creators, producers, beyond overdramazing stuff as opposed to sticking to accuracy? I mean nonfiction of course and not fiction in which can be historical of course.--Jessica A Bruno (waybeyondfedup) 00:02, 19 January 2017 (UTC)