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May 11

contacting Sabine Singh

Recently, I wrote a notecard to Sabine Singh. The address I got came from her website. But the notecard was returned to me as undeliverable, unable to forward. Is there a new contact address for her?24.90.204.234 (talk) 04:37, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Try Liebman Entertainment, 12 East 46th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Good luck!--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Ad counts?

There are times when a total count of all the ads on television, by sponsor, would seem useful. For example, you know that gas is going to get cheaper when you see FOREX ads on TV, because it's only when the rigged game that governs currency rates has all the money fleeing that they get that desperate for suckers to take over their bad investments. Is such a thing available currently? Wnt (talk) 13:42, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Best Facebook-free news forums?

I like sites where you can read the news and comment on it. But I loathe this company Facebook and its pushy, anti-privacy, pro-CISPA business model. Recently Yahoo News has become a site where you can't even read the comments without enabling Facebook's script, so that's permanently off the menu. What's the best site you can think of of this type, which does not even have their vile little script on the page? Wnt (talk) 15:01, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

You might like to look at the British Guardian newspaper's website [1], in particular the 'Comment is free' section [2]. --Viennese Waltz 22:38, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

The BBC is similarly Facebook-free (except for the blue "f" in the "share this page" links at the foot of many pages - though I don't know if that is relevant to yoou). You certainly don't have to sign in to Facebook to comment on the "have your say" pages, the BBC has it's own membership system. Astronaut (talk) 12:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Late Eighties/Early Nineies Electronic Song

Does anybody know of a Late Eighties/Early Nineies Electronic Song called 'RIP IT'?

I believe that was the actual title of the song not just lyrics although it was in the lyrics as well.

Paul McKenzie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmckenzie (talk • contribs) 15:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Sure you don't mean Whip It? Wnt (talk) 16:14, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

No it isn't that one i'm thinking of, well i'm as sure as i can be — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmckenzie (talk • contribs) 16:24, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Maybe "Push It"? --Jayron32 17:19, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

"Rip It Up" by Orange Juice? Our article Rip It! is about a song from a 2007 album, so that's probably not it. Tevildo (talk) 11:14, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Think it must have been 'Whip It' but none of them sound like what I thought it sounded like. Thanks anyway — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulmckenzie (talk • contribs) 11:01, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Maybe it was a cover version? At the very bottom of this page are five officially released cover versions. Vespine (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

This doesn't fit the time frame (it was released in 1982) but the Dazz Band had a song called Let It Whip. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 12:46, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Maybe Herbie Hancock's Rockit? Not exactly late eighties but still a great electronic song. 138.16.42.247 (talk) 02:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Identify a Transformers character

I have recently got my hands on IDW Publishing's "prequel" issue of Regeneration One issue #80.5. Right at the first page there is a giant flashback featuring several characters dating back to the original Marvel Comics comic. I can identify every single one except the blond shirtless guy with cyborg parts, at the left edge between the Decepticon Powermasters and the text "COUNTERPOINT". Who the heck is he supposed to be? JIP | Talk 22:35, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

I haven't seen the issue yet, but I have the entire run of the original Marvel title. I don't believe that Buster Witwicky ever had any cyborg parts, but he was often depicted as blonde. His older brother, Spike, came into the title in time to become the head for Cerebro, so he had cyborg parts, but I believe he was always depicted with brown hair. It could be him with an incorrect hair color. I do not believe any of the Neo-Knights were blonde men with cyborg parts. Dynamo was a brown-haired, latin man. Thunderpunch (if I'm remembering his name right) was also shown with brown hair, and he was very large. Circuit Breaker was a woman, albeit blonde with an exoskeleton that could resemble cyborg parts. Medleystudios72 (talk) 13:19, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I can mostly concur with your theories. If it's supposed to be a character we've seen before, it's probably Spike Witwicky with an incorrect hair colour. Buster Witwicky was never binary-bonded to anything, but his older brother Spike was. Of the four Neo-Knights, the only one who had cyborg parts was Circuit Breaker, and she is a woman. On the other hand, it could be some male Nebulan who was binary-bonded to a Transformer, but I have no idea who. Unlike the TV series, the comic showed Nebulans looking pretty much exactly like humans. JIP | Talk 18:37, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I've seen it now and I'm stumped. He doesn't even look like the Spike they once drew. Of course, the inside cover says we would see nods to the old UK comic too, and I don't have all of those. So perhaps he's a UK comics character. Medleystudios72 (talk) 22:57, 18 May 2012 (UTC)