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October 15

Eurovision twice in a row

Is it permissible for a country to win the Eurovision twice in a row (if it produces another top-voted song) or the rules prohibit that?--46.205.57.85 (talk) 00:48, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's already happened, three times in a row for Ireland from 1992-1994. Considering that the host country automatically reaches the finals along with the Big Four/Five (if Italy is present), it would seem that there'd be nothing wrong with it, if the song were good enough. --McDoob AU 93 01:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"..if the song were good enough"......... ???!!! Since when did that have anything to do with it ??? Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:55, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That winning run of Ireland's led to a running joke that they were going to enter a really terrible song so that they did not win it, since they had been bankrupted by putting on three contests (since the winning country hosts the following year's contest). See, for example, My Lovely Horse. --Viennese Waltz 07:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A movie depicting the Technological Singularity please?

It seems not to be mentioned in any sci-fi film I've seen or heard of. What would be some notable films that depict a Technological Singularity happening to the world?

And what happens after said Singularity happens? --70.179.174.63 (talk) 08:33, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In 1973, the advent of the 16 bit microprocessor decoupled real wages from productivity.[1] How about Night of the ATM or Vending Machine Zombies? Dualus (talk) 09:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another film not mentioned in our article, but mentioned in TV Tropes' article "The Singularity", is Forbidden Planet. ---Sluzzelin talk 10:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Terminator and Matrix franchises are premised on the fact that the singularity has occurred and some men have survived it. The movies Virus (1999 film) and Screamers (1995 film) (which I think is particularly good) show the first stages of the singularity. And how about A.I. Artificial Intelligence? μηδείς (talk) 17:39, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:18, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Megazone 23 and Tron: Legacy (in a roundabout way, the Grid and the ISOs collectively form the Singularity) are probably closer to what many Singulitarians imagine the Singularity to be like. The problems in those stories are not the result of the singularity, but petty and smaller minds. The Terminator is more in line with the John C. Lilly's Solid State Intelligence. Outside of movies, the games Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War can both end with the singularity taking place, and Frank Herbert's novel The Jesus Incident depicts the rule of a more totalitarian Singularity. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:46, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As the concept's inventor, Vernor Vinge, envisioned it in ~~The Peace War~~ Marooned in Realtime and to a certain extent in A Fire Upon the Deep, a Singularity occurs when a species has advanced so far (Clarke's third law) that, as a consequence, its motivations/fate become difficult or impossible to understand by lesser beings. Arthur C. Clarke anticipated Vinge with Childhood's End and The City and the Stars. The other film suggestions, with the exception of Forbidden Planet, seem to set the bar too low. I almost forgot the most famous example, the Starchild at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarityfiend (talk) 17:18, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What? The end of that film was opaque and the meaning of the giant space baby image is deliberately unclear. You can't say it's a post-Singularity creature or machine. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The kid's and monoliths creators' motivations/fate are difficult to fathom, no? And they can do extremely advanced things in mysterious ways. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:59, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Super Scribblenauts

It a sign of the end. Why the hell Super Scribblenauts was Rated B 12 and up in Japan when the first one was rated A all ages? I look at GamesFAQs and saw the boxart and it there the letter B. Am I curse and something bad will happen if I get a Game that have a rating higher then a A all ages. What would happen if there was a six year old Japanese child that like the first one and want this one but he or her found out that was Rated B and the child can not get it? Can a Japanese child get a B 12 and up rated game like The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess if their mom and dad let him or her? I have this game and noting bad happen to me. Is this curse all in my head?69.131.127.178 (talk) 15:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes.--TammyMoet (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes to what? I want answer to everything I put here.69.131.127.178 (talk) 16:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your last question "Is this curse all in my head?". --TammyMoet (talk) 20:18, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The CERO A rating of the original Scribblenauts may be a mistake, since it contains such items as a VAMPIRE, a CORPSE and a LOVER [2] and those count as horror, violence and romance [3] which are all B rated. That page also says "NOTE: The degree of content included in any category will be factored into the CERO Rating", so perhaps Super Scribblenauts, which offers the ability to create a "Scary weapon" and a "Psychotic teen", and at some point sends the player character Maxwell on a date [4], made the B rating just because it has more of these things (mainly more horror, by the look of that FAQ). Card Zero (talk) 02:37, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have to tentatively agree that the CERO A on the first Scribblenauts was a mistake; it is easy to summon all sorts of enemies and then summon weapons to kill them. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Otis Redding

hello,

what voice type did he had? For me he sounds like tenor but I need a reference. Please help :/!--♫GoP♫_T ^C _N 21:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Classic voice types (soprano/alto/tenor/baritone/bass) don't always translate well to popular music. He shows a fairly wide range, both in terms of note range AND in terms of timbre; he can go from a soft and tender tenor ((Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay) to a baritone growl (his cover version of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction) and sometimes both in the same song (Try a Little Tenderness). But its really difficult to classify him into any one of them. He's not a Smokey Robinson tenor, but he's also not a Barry White bass. He's somewhere in the middle. --Jayron32 23:48, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! But now I need a reference; I could write it like that, but this is original research :P. --♫GoP♫_T ^C _N 11:15, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not perfect but this describes him as a baritone, but not in a perfectly RS way. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:23, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wut the fuck is that, lol. Can you find a better reference :/.--♫GoP♫_T ^C _N 12:32, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why can't you? -- kainaw ™ 16:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a Music Video.

I remember this music video from sometime from 1995 - 2006. It was about a guy.. driving his car.. in a town. He stops at a cafe and then continues. it was either raining or snowing. it was night.. He continues and something goes in his way, a ball or a cat or something and he escapes it and continues... then there are railroads and he continues and gets hit by the train. then it repeats!!! He is driving.. stops at the cafe.. stops for a longer time or something... then the other thing happens again.. something goes in his way.. he slows down or something. Then continues and again gets hit by the train.... then the last time... He drops something in the car? (i think) and then drives to the cafe.. stops a longer time there. He drives on and sees the thing / person / animal and stops!!! and then passes on... just to stop for the train. and then thinking something before going on....

It's just so sad... please help me find it! It happened in a rainy night.. i think it was American. and it was pretty modern 1990s - 2000s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.39.8 (talk) 22:11, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My daughter says she can remember the video - probably around 2005 or 2006. Can't remember the song or the artiste though. So not really helpful--Elen of the Roads (talk) 00:57, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ooh, well! Thanks anyway... this proves it does exist atleast. I hope i find it again. I can remember it ... It's probably from 2005-2006 but it might be older. Thank you. 157.157.39.8 (talk) 01:57, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]