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November 5

Chess Free by Optime

Hi all,

how strong (I mean the approximate Elo rating) is the chess software Chess Free by Optime running on an I-phone?

Thanks!

193.205.224.196 (talk) 15:24, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

This question was cross-posted to the Computing and Misc desks as well. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 16:20, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

I removed the others. Please don't cross-post, as following a discussion spread out over 3 desks is rather difficult. StuRat (talk) 17:02, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Who is the Chris Martin in A Scause for Applause

Can anyone suggest whom the character named Chris Martin is in the most recent South Park episode. (No, he's not the Cold Play frontman. He's American with dark hair.) Asked this at the article but no suggestions there. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 20:48, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean who did the voice of the character? -Canley (talk) 02:03, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

No, I want to know who the character whose name is given as "Chris Martin", who shows up as a talking head in a parody of Charlie Rose, might be based upon. They don't normally give full names to characters with brief appearances for no reason. μηδείς (talk) 02:10, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Are you absolutely sure that he's not supposed to be the Coldplay guy (who has actually been interviewed on the Charlie Rose show)? The representations of celebrities' appearances and voices on South Park aren't exactly known for their blinding accuracy, and Martin has been rather outspoken on some public issues? Deor (talk) 14:00, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

The character has dark hair with grey in it, an American accent, and nothing suggesting he's the CP singer so far as I can tell. He appears at 4:30 in the episode.

Christopher Hitchens parodie maybe?

--84.114.77.242 (talk) 19:09, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Short story about a girl who finds out she is a construction.

I heard a short story years ago about a young girl who lives with her father alone in an old house. There's a room to which she is perpetually denied access, until one day she breaks into the room and finds an electronic version of herself being constructed. Shocked, she races out of the room, falls down the stairs and breaks part of herself off, realising that she herself is a robot. My question is... where does the story come from? I'm considering making it into a short film, but if it's written by an established, published author then I'm kinda stuffed. Whereas, if it's just something that's like an urban myth, then I'm good to go. I know it's a structure/formula/premise that has been done lots, (see I was a teenage werewolf, the princess and the pea, The sixth sense, etc) but it's whether this particular version is recogniseable from a specific writers work. IE: was it an episode of The Twilight Zone or a Bradbury short story that could be said to be stolen?87.112.119.126 (talk) 23:07, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you're concerned necessarily. Last fall I helped a friend of mine make a short film based on an H. P. Lovecraft story... And Lovecraft is somewhat well known! Dismas|^(talk) 01:08, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Because in the US and likely most everywhere the right to make derivative works is retained by the author. μηδείς (talk) 01:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

It's somewhat similar to The Twilight Zone episode "The Lateness of the Hour". Clarityfiend (talk) 05:52, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

There was a similar original Star Trek episode, where the girl was made by an immortal older man. She seemed to think of herself as more of a daughter, while he wanted her to be his wife. Then, when Captain Kirk saw her, he saw an opportunity to unzip his boots. :-) StuRat (talk) 23:08, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

I believe that episode is "Requiem for Methuselah", right? Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:57, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Correct. StuRat (talk) 21:37, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

It's actually very similar to the award-winning 2011 "light scifi" (WARNING: MEGASPOILER) Spanish film EVA, the details are different, but some specific incidents are identical—more are being built, the girl also discovers her being artificial by snooping when she was told not to, and she accidentally "breaks" herself when she flees in confusion after finding out. If I saw your idea made into film, I'd honestly find it unavoidable to compare the two.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 21:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)