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April 5

Canadian music video?

There was a music video a while back that had been shown on Muchmusic, I suspect on the Countdown, and it was probably a hit. The music video was an electronic song and the music featured a male robot and and female robot. They were chopping up vegetables and in the kitchen. These "robots" were humans but were not smiling, and the makeup was made so they looked like robots, so in the humanoid fashion. The kitchen palette was black tile, the island (if memory serves) they were cooking at's surface was black tile with white grout (the, colors, if memory serves). They were moving in robot like (dance) motions. They were not moving in beat. Does anyone know what this music video was?68.148.145.190 (talk) 00:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HBO Movies Closing Music

Does anyone know what the music is called that plays over the credits of HBO movies? Also is there anyway I can view it on youtube? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.79.227 (talk) 05:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Answer me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.79.227 (talk) 17:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yelling won't help to get an answer sooner. And doesn't every HBO movie have different music playing over the end credits ? If you give us the name of a particular HBO movie, we may be able to help. StuRat (talk) 17:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Screaming

Is there a way to scream like in "B.Y.O.B." by SOAD with out hurting your voice? (When I try doing it, my throat, (my anatomy may be off) hurts)68.148.145.190 (talk) 07:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The song, sorry, is B.Y.O.B..68.148.145.190 (talk) 07:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WikiHow has an article How to Scream Sing without Damaging Your Voice. 152.16.16.75 (talk) 00:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Back in the day when I used to read a lot about Pink Floyd, I read where someone asked a similar question about Roger Waters screaming during "Careful with that Axe, Eugene". The answers that were given (sorry, don't recall the sources) said that he was actually inhaling while constricting his throat. Give it a go and you'll get at least a little something similar to a scream. With a little practice, it's possible to make it sound more scream-like. Dismas|^(talk) 03:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How does it called?

I'm searching the word for the upper clothing of Aladdin? 84.109.145.213 (talk) 13:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The fictional character Aladdin has been portrayed wearing various things, but he often wears a waistcoat. Did you have a particular image in mind?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well... here [1]. 84.109.145.213 (talk) 16:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know it as a bolero. Our article bolero jacket gives a different definition, as being a short jacket with sleeves, but I have a knitting pattern for a short waistcoat which is called a bolero on the pattern. It dates from the 1960s. I might have a go at editing the article when my cold gets better! --TammyMoet (talk) 17:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, the correct phrasing of the Q is "What is it called ?". StuRat (talk) 17:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

harry potter - an auror?

i just have this question: after voldemort died, the death eaters must also have vanished. i mean, servants are of no use without their master. so, if there are no death eaters to capture, how come harry became an auror? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.50.129.139 (talk) 14:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1: Why would the death eaters literally "vanish"? They're likely to be around.

2: Per our Auror subarticle, Aurors were concerned with "dark wizards" generally. Unless there's a good reason why all evil dies with Voldemort, why would this office lose business? — Lomn 14:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If someone knows

What is the book that spent the most time in no. 1 in New York Times Best Seller list non fiction? 84.109.145.213 (talk) 14:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, we currently only have info on Wikipedia from 2000. In that time it looks like Tuesdays with Morrie closely followed by Marley & Me. You could try and work it out for yourself from historical lists. Our List of best-selling books might also be of interest. Rockpocket 23:28, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the "Contact Us" link at NY Times? Here's the URL": http://nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/infoservdirectory.html Timcollardey (talk) 12:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To boldly go where many law firms have gone before...

I've noticed that certain TV ads are used in multiple cities, but are advertising a different company in each location. For example, there are ads for law firms featuring William Shatner, but the name of the law firm changes in each city. Is there a name for this ? How do they actually market such ads ? Does some advertising agency say they are making the ads, then various law firms sign up to be included ? Or is the ad actually created by an association of lawyers who hire the ad agency ? StuRat (talk) 17:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing here, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was some kind of a Boston Legal licensing thing, wherein they license the same ad package (that is to say, the right to advertise your own law firm with the image of Denny Crane) to numerous people in various cities. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 23:53, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt that, because there was an earlier incarnation that had an actor from Man from UNCLE in it, Robert Vaughn, before Shatner. StuRat (talk) 15:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Its pretty commonplace for other applications too, such as radio station ads. You shoot one ad over one day, and just shoot the actor saying the different names of the law firms/radio stations/whatever. I am sure there are networks of lawyers all using the same advertising service, so they all chip in for one ad. You only have to pay the actor once for what ends up being dozens of different commercials. Much cheaper for everyone than highering an actor for your own law firm... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

piano technique

As a German user I would be grateful to learn if in the field of piano technique there exists an terminological (and hence practical) difference between "crossing hands" and "interlocking hands" or if these terms may be used synonymously. Thank you for answering. Uka (talk) 17:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, they're different. Sometimes the hands need to be crossed, which means, for example, the right hand is playing the bass notes usually played by the left hand, while the left hand continues to play a melody so as not to break legato, for example. That's fairly commonly required, even in relatively easy pieces. But interlinking is where the hands are so close together as to be more or less one on top of the other, but playing different notes. That is required far less often, is a lot harder to master than crossing hands, and is usually required only in quite advanced pieces. -- JackofOz (talk) 23:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So, basically "interlocking hands" means "crossed fingers", not just "crossed hands". StuRat (talk) 15:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, basically. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

quantum of solace friend code

I have 007 quantum of solace for wii and i was wondering if it is safe to post my wifi friend code on a web site so people can add me and then i will add them. I was woried that if i did do this people might be able to give my wii a virus or something bad like that. thanks--76.235.213.11 (talk) 22:39, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, they can't do that, you're quite safe. (Or, perhaps more to the point: theoretically, the might be able to do that, but theoretically, they can do it just as well even if you don't post the code anywhere, as long as your Wii is connected to the internet. In practice, though, it's not going to happen, don't worry about it.) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 23:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure that there are no known viruses for the Wii. The purpose of keeping friend codes secret is to protect you from child predators. APL (talk) 15:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks but that rased another question. If it is to protect from child preditors what could a child preditor do? There is no wii speak on it you cant comunicate in any way so i see no reson for this. thanks--76.235.213.11 (talk) 18:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not a lot. These things are blown way out of proportion, anyway -- not to belittle the actual issue, but to hear some people describe it, you'd think that the moment a child accesses the internet in any way, there are filthy perverts lined up from pole to pole, ready and eager to heap horrible abuse on the poor victim. That's hardly the case. That said, you're wrong about there being no communication -- the Wii friend code can be used to communicate with you, even if the Quantum of Solace game doesn't support that. There's the Wii Message Board, for example, and other games may allow other communication options. But seriously? No one can really hurt you through that unless you go ahead and tell them your actual address or something, and even then it's unlikely that you'll ever run into anyone malevolent like that. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 09:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]