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December 7

elder scrolls

can you make a bussiness on elder scrolles, and if yes, wat kind of bussiness? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.130.147.158 (talk) 00:36, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Could you be more specific? Scrolls are used in a lot of games and many of them likely refer to certain scrolls as "elder scrolls". If you're talking about ElderScrolls.com, they have forums where you may get a better response. Dismas|^(talk) 06:20, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

[Elder scrolls] 70.130.147.158 (talk) 16:56, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

There are a lot of mods that have been released for the ES series that allow players to start and run a business. The current Elder Scrolls game is Oblivion, but a lot of people still play Morrowind. The best way to find what you're looking for is to go to Planet Edler Scrolls and choose the link for the version you're playing. You can search that site for mods and download the ones you want for free. 152.16.59.190 (talk) 02:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Food Friendzy Facebook application

How do you win money on the Facebook Food Friendzy application? I've seen people who have hundreds of dollars in winnings? How do they do that? iS there some sort of strategy involved in playing this game? It seems its all predetermined. I never win anything!

67.194.159.149 (talk) 02:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Nintendo

Why isn't the Nintendo Entertainment System ever referred to as simply the Entertainment System? Why isn't the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ever referred to as simply the Super Entertainment System? 60.230.180.175 (talk) 05:58, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Do you have any reason for why society would use a vague phrase such as "Entertainment System"? At the time, Atari and Sega also had game systems out, so by referring to the NES specifically as simply "Nintendo", it keeps any confusion out of the conversation. And Nintendo themselves probably had a large influence in that. They wanted their company name out there on people's lips and not some vague term such as "Entertainment System". To that end, their marketing/advertising always referred to the system as "Nintendo". Dismas|^(talk) 06:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

"Entertainment system" is a very vague term used at least the 1980s to refer to audio or audio-video equipment with many functions. As a term in wide use it would probably not be trademarkable. Nintendo would want to insist on the trademarked name being used. As to why they chose the name in the first place, you'd have to ask them - it was of course the Famicom (family computer) in Japan, which is just as vague. It's possible they wanted a similar short abbreviated name for western markets; in Japan it's common to abbreviate by taking the first part of words but in English it's more usual to take initials and maybe FC or NFC don't sound sufficiently euphonious; maybe they were playing on the popularity of the term "entertainment system"; they probably didn't want to associate themselves with earlier video game consoles (a market which had crashed badly); also at that time they also may not have wanted anything too Japanese sounding, but I'm getting into wild speculation here. --Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 13:14, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps somewhat related, the Playstation 2 is technically called the "PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system." Would anyone consider calling it just the "Computer Entertainment System"? The Atari 2600 was also called the "Atari 2600 Video Computer System". Would anyone consider calling it just the "Video Computer System"? I don't think so. --70.167.58.6 (talk) 21:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Soundtracks: Australia, the movie

What is the name/composer of the classical music that is borrowed and used in the movie soundtrack in the last scenes of the movie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Babyitscoldoutside (talk • contribs) 18:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

It's "Nimrod", Variation #9 from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations. I have a theory about why this was used. Nimrod was a musical portrait of Elgar's friend Alfred Jaeger, and he chose the name Nimrod in reference to the Biblical figure Nimrod, who was "a mighty hunter", and "Jaeger" is the German word for hunter. But it gets more interesting. The Enigma Variations were based on a theme that has been the subject of endless speculation for over a hundred years. There are many theories, but the one that rings true with me is the "never, never, never" part of "Rule, Britannia!" - Rule, Britannia, Britannia rule the waves, Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. It's right there large as life in the opening two bars of the piece, but transposed to G minor. Elgar was asked to explain the theme, but would never do so; however he did say: "So the principal Theme never appears ... the chief character is never on stage". Years later, his friend Dora Penny took him aside and quizzed him about it, and all he would say was "You of all people should have guessed it by now". Why Dora Penny of all people? Well, because the character on the obverse of the British penny of the time was Britannia. So, what's the connection with Australia? The last scene shows the Aboriginal character King George, who was a hunter, and he lived in the Never Never. When I heard this music at the end of the movie, my immediate reaction was "that's a bit odd", but then I twigged to the connections and it all made sense. That's my theory, and I'm sticking with it. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:35, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Hancock DVD

I am working on the article for the film Hancock, and I was wondering if either the DVD or Blu-ray had closed captioning or English subtitles for the featurettes they offered. It would help to know before I sought the disc. —Erik (talk • contrib) 21:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Reporting any such information about the DVD based upon having seen it is original research. You'll need to find a reliable sources to cite that information. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 22:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Original research encompasses "unpublished facts, arguments, speculation, and ideas; and any unpublished analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position". How does reporting details of production as shared by the featurettes constitute original research? If you are talking about what happens in the film, WP:PSTS says, "For example, an article about a novel may cite passages from the novel to describe the plot, but any interpretation of those passages needs a secondary source." The film can be cited to provide a basic description of the film. Anything that is interpreted would not be permitted, obviously. Anyway, hope that there is still an editor out there who can help answer my question about the featurettes! —Erik (talk • contrib) 22:32, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the DVD is itself a publication; so any material on its own content is assumed to be cited to itself. As long as the content of the DVD is not critically reviewed, but merely listed in a dispassionate and factual manner, there is no need to have an outside source report the content of the DVD before you do... ---Jayron32.talk.contribs 05:33, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Also, according to WP:V, sources are only needed for material that's "likely to be challenged". Zain Ebrahim (talk) 11:08, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Question

Are the events in Lego Batman: The Video Game based on any actual Batman publication? 60.230.180.175 (talk) 23:40, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Anyone? 58.165.14.208 (talk) 08:32, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Question 2

Out of Sierra's main series (Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, and Quest for Glory), what is the order of popularity? 60.230.180.175 (talk) 23:40, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

First, you must define "popular". Do you mean "most sales"? Do you mean "highest rated"? Do you mean "Most news articles written about it?" Since the word "popular" is a matter of opinion, it is impossible to answer what is most popular. -- kainaw™ 23:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I mean all three. I'd like to see the orders for all three. 60.230.180.175 (talk) 01:12, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Huh? Anyone? Can I please have an answer? 58.165.14.208 (talk) 08:30, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Ditto

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In the article on the Pokemon Ditto it says "Ditto is able to rearrange its cellular structure into anything at will". Now, I was under the impression that a Ditto could only transform into another Pokemon of similar size or a mini-version of a large Pokemon. Which is it? Can a Ditto become anything, like water, a dog, fireworks etc or only another Pokemon? FireSkater (talk) 23:10, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

There's a Pokemon manga in which the Ditto can apparently take on human form(if a small human form), but I don't know if that's considered canon. 69.224.113.5 (talk) 01:27, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it can transform into anything except another Ditto. (Yep, that's what I get from playing Pokemon way too much when I was a kid) flaminglawyer^cneverforget 07:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Ironically (or perhaps not) our OP is a sock puppet of a previous indefinitely banned user who has used sock puppets in the past. Ditto...hahahaha. SteveBaker (talk) 17:09, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Which user is he a sock of? 58.165.14.208 (talk) 08:33, 13 December 2008 (UTC)