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I'm looking for a torrent site or link to download 90's mainly new jack swing or early 90's rnb videos. i have all the audio tracks but videos are the hardest. Anyone with a good link i'd really appreciate. I have tried all sites pirate bay, iso hunt to no avail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.201.218.216 (talk) 07:48, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Not that we approve of pirating, but if it isn't on Isohunt, I don't think you'll find it to torrent. 86.180.52.43 (talk) 00:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Astra 1H blackout

Which consequences has a blackout of the satellite Astra 1H? --84.61.165.65 (talk) 12:12, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Astra 1H suggests that satellite will be replaced by Astra 1N in 2011. Until then, you can find out which TV (and radio) channels are broadcast from 1H using the listings available at Astra TV search. Unfortunately, you can't filter the search by specific satellite, but you can pick just those originating from 19.2°E; you will then need to visit each channel's page (there are ober 800 of them!) to see if it is on 1H - so, for example, german language channel 3Sat is on 1H while flemish language channel 2BE is on a different satellite at the same 19.2°E position. Astronaut (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Astra satellites have built-in redundancy, so a blackout of one should be of little consequence.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 17:13, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Wheel of Fortune (US game show)

I would like to know what information is in Sajak's hand (he looks at it) just before the contestant makes his/her final spin of the wheel in Wheel of Fortune. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.73.42 (talk) 19:34, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't he have a card before every puzzle? Presumably it has the answer, maybe the letter distribution too. Adam Bishop (talk) 14:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

And a reminder of whatever big prize is out on the wheel. Dismas|^(talk) 16:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

And a reminder of the contestant's name, no doubt.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 17:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I used Google to search for Wheel of Fortune Pat Sajak card and found this Pat Sajak interview. In a question about how much preperation is involved, Sajak mentions "[T]here's really nothing for me to prep. Literally, before every round they hand me a card with the puzzle on it."

I also found this forum post, where a past contestant says Sajak's stack of cards contains contestant info, puzzle answers and categories. That contestant and another contestant lower down the page say new puzzles were assigned after Sajak accidentally exposed or dropped his cards. So that seems to confirm at least the puzzle solution is on the cards.

99.230.73.42, when you say "just before the contestant makes his/her final spin of the wheel", do you mean when the contestant spins the small bonus prize wheel in the bonus round? In the forum post, some people guess Sajak's card in the bonus round lists the location of the top prize, but others suspect he is is told this by someone backstage as needed. I'll have to pay attention the next time I watch Wheel of Fortune. If Sajak really does look at his card before the contestant spins the bonus prize wheel, that makes you wonder what's on the card that he needs at that time. --Bavi H (talk) 01:24, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I found some videos of bonus rounds on YouTube: 1, 2, 3. After the contestant spins the bonus wheel, Sajak looks at (a card in) his hand while the bonus wheel is still spinning. --Bavi H (talk) 02:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)