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December 2

Backyard Sports series analyst

Why do I have a feeling that the analysts of Backyard Sports series are based on real life analysts like for Basketball-Barry Dejay based on Charles Barkeley or whatever his name goes; hockey analyst is based on Don Cherry; football analyst is based on Madden? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.154.112 (talk) 00:09, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NBA assist research

I'm in need of stats detailing a breakdown of "most frequent recipients" of NBA career and yearly assist leaders. For instance, I'm sure if you traced John Stockton's assist distribution, Karl Malone would be his "top assist recipient."

I realize this is incredibly detailed info, but do you know of any way I can find or filter info like that? I appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.36.108 (talk) 01:29, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You'll want to contact Elias Sports Bureau, the official record keeper of all things statistical in all of the major American sports. When you're watching a game, and the broadcaster says "Derek Jeter has hit more homeruns on a Tuesdays in June than any other shortstop in history", you can bet it was Elias that produced that stat. I am not certain how one gets Elias to do research for you, presumably it costs money. If you are doing the research for your job, then your employer may be able to assist in this. --Jayron32 04:13, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help identifying guest on Conan

Hi all. Does anyone know who the long-haired guest is on this Conan O'Brien GIF (SFW): [1]? Thanks - Akamad (talk) 01:51, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's Andrew W.K.. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Sluzzelin. - Akamad (talk) 02:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to copy from computer to play on a DVD player?

Hi, I am from India and recently i copied a film on a CD-R from my computer using Realplayer. But, when i tried to play on my DVD player, it did not respond at all. Could u please tell me the reason for this? If u want to play in ur DVD player, then what should i do to copy from my computer? Bye, Signeed Kvees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.100.1.97 (talk) 10:45, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So if I understand it, you have a movie file that you can play on your computer using RealPlayer, something like an .avi file or an .rm file, yes? Unfortunately these files cannot be read by DVD players. You need a software like Nero to convert the movie file into a DVD. --Viennese Waltz 10:58, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you need a DVD-R, not a CD-R to play on your standard DVD player. Googlemeister (talk) 21:14, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As a side Q, what do they call the format on a standard DVD ? I call it "VOB format" since the actual video is a series of files with that extension. There are also BUP and ISO files that have to do with the menu logic, and occasionally a few image files with cover art. Also, what's the name of the BluRay format ? StuRat (talk) 04:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name of song

I remember the tune and some words to a song I heard when I was younger. The song is old and definitely not a recent one. The lyrics go "Where are we going, I don't know / When are we going to get there, I ain't certain / All I know is, we are on the way." Anyone know this song? Eagles 24/7 (C) 22:43, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. The opening number from one of my favorite movies, Paint Your Wagon (film), which includes Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin attempting to sing, and Harve Pressnell belting out a great rendition of "They Call the Wind Mariah". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's it! Thanks, Eagles 24/7 (C) 22:57, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the audio: [2] A great rendition by a male chorus. Actually, I'm teasing about Eastwood and Marvin. They did fine with their numbers. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:59, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I just listened to it. I mistook the "I"s in the song for "we"s. Eagles 24/7 (C) 23:03, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They kind of jump around between "I" and "we" in that song. Here's Harve Presnell's big number:[3] Lots of good songs in that film, and "Mariah" is probably the best-known. When you listen to "We're On Our Way", you have to shut out the weird images on that youtube and instead imagine a watercolor of a wagon train which "comes to life" near the end of the song. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:05, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You'd think that when someone uploads a song to YouTube they accompany it with related images, like the cast or the movie poster, but that's just plain stupid what that uploader did. Presnell had a great voice, wow. Eagles 24/7 (C) 23:19, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If they had uploaded the video because they were a huge fan of the film and wanted to share that, maybe. Clearly, they are instead a fan of Sunderland FC, and know the song due to its strong association with Sunderland, and its use as a victory song. So, they have uploaded the song/video for Sunderland fans, and Sunderland fans are more likely to want to look at Sunderland-related pictures than pictures from the film. If you upload a video, you can add pictures that express what you associate with the song. 86.161.108.241 (talk) 15:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I did not know that the song is associated with Sunderland FC. I figured it may have something to do with it, but I think it would still make more sense to include more pictures associated with the film in the video. Eagles 24/7 (C) 00:50, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It never would have occurred to me that a soccer team would have adopted it as a theme. That explains the pictures, anyway. At least they included a picture of the movie poster, as a hint of where the song came from. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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