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October 22

Colin Firth's Siblings

Are either of Colin Firth's siblings married, single, divorced, living with a partner? Does Colin Firth have any nephews or nieces from either of his siblings? 22-10-15 151.226.199.226 (talk) 02:51, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Running An Old Game

With a 30-day code granting me access to a game download website, I got a game that requires me to open "CCD" and "SUB" files, neither of which will run on Windows 10.

Is there some way they can be run that I just don't know about?
If not, how do I run them?

There is also a "Disc Image File" that Windows says is corrupted. If I need that, perhaps I could download the game again?

If it doesn't work, I'll forget about that game for now, but advice is appreciated.Theskinnytypist (talk) 07:17, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

These are disc image files for CloneCD. See CloneCD Control File for a list of products you can use to open them. However, such disc images are intended to get round Digital Rights Management, so the provenance of the game must be considered rather suspect, and the risk of it not being legitimate and/or containing malicious software is high. I would recommend against trying to do anything with it. Tevildo (talk) 08:12, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Um, surely these tools can be used to circumvent DRM, but that's not the only reason they are used. Likewise Bittorent can be used to violate copyright, but it is also used for many legitimate purposes, e.g. distributing large collections from the library of congress. OP should indeed check the legitimacy of the site and files, but the format by itself doesn't mean that anything illegal or malicious is going on. SemanticMantis (talk) 18:35, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Running/batting in cricket

In baseball, if you hit the ball fairly, you're required to run for the base; if you run but don't reach it before the ball reaches the base (or if you don't run, for whatever reason), it's a force play, and you're out. In cricket, are you required to run if you hit the ball? I didn't see anything about this issue in Dismissal (cricket) (although I saw the bit about being run out if the ball reaches the other wicket before you do), the force play article doesn't address cricket (whether contrasting or comparing), and I'm not clear from Batting (cricket) what the case is. Batsmen may forgo attempts at run-scoring in an effort to preserve their wicket, but I don't know if this means "taking less-risky strokes that produce fewer runs" or "taking strokes that protect the wicket, even if no runs can be scored". Nyttend (talk) 22:42, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"A batsman is not required to play a shot; in the event that he believes the ball will not hit his wicket and there is no opportunity to score runs, he can "leave" the ball to go through to the wicketkeeper. Equally, he does not have to attempt a run when he hits the ball with his bat." (bold mine). --Jayron 32 22:46, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Used. Thank you. Nyttend (talk) 23:36, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wickets

OK, something that crossed my mind, which may be obvious, but I am not a cricket expert: When a fielder hits the wicket with the ball, and the bails fall, the batsman/runner nearest that wicket is out, right? Suppose the batsman smacks a line drive straight back toward the bowler, and that line drive manages to take down the other wicket. Does that also dismiss one of the batsmen/runners? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:37, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See exception 2 for Run out, in short - they can't be dismissed as 'run out' if the ball hasn't been touched by a fielder. Nanonic (talk) 06:45, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Very good. So if the hit ball glances off the bowler and takes down the wicket, then the non-striker is dismissed. But if the ball misses everyone and hits the wicket, then it's status quo, right? And I'm assuming it's also "dead ball", as obviously someone would need to reset the bails. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:59, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The non-striker would only be dismissed if he was out of his crease. No, not a dead ball either, the ball could ping off the stumps and assuming the non-striker wasn't run out, the batsmen could go for runs. The bails would be reset at the conclusion of these events. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:09, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Play could also continue in that scenario with the bails off and the fielder would have to remove one of the stumps (with the ball in his hand) to dismiss a batsman who was out of his ground. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the event that the bails are off the stumps, due to the above scenario or due to some other mishap such as a gust of wind, how would a runner be put out? Can't knock the bails off if they're already off. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lugnuts' answer immediately preceding your question explicitly answers that scenario - a member of the fielding team has to pull a stump out of the ground while also holding the ball. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 15:07, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, you're right. I misread it. And if, by some major mishap, the stumps were already out of the ground too, I would assume the official would have to use his best judgment to decide if a runner should be called out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:54, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, in that situation, the fielder has to put (one) stump back into the ground and then remove it (with the hand holding the ball). See Law 28.4(b). Tevildo (talk) 16:11, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, an occasional example of this at the amateur level is where the wicket-keeper makes a bit of a bish of things and completely knocks down the striker's wicket with his body. If he can get one stump back into the ground and out again before the striker regains his ground, it's a valid stumping. Tevildo (talk) 16:22, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Cricket can be complicated. But fun! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:07, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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