Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 April 30

= April 30 =

Copyright with Movies
Yo, Are past movie posters still bound under copyright, because Wikipedians still use them in articles. You see, I'm making a website for a school project and my group and I were planning to use a scene from the Kingdom of Heaven movie poster. The Updater would like to talk to you! 03:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Movie posters are under copyright. We use low resolution copies of movie posters under the Fair use rationale in US copyright law. Rockpock  e  t  04:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

TRIVIA QUESTION
AMAN IS BORN IN 1955 HE IS 18TH YEARS OLD HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE
 * HE WAS BORN IN WARD #1955 OF THE HOSPITAL OF THE SCREAMING SAINTS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sluzzelin (talk • contribs) 12:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC). ... ok, maybe he was born in room #1955, not in ward #1955, though that hospital is gigantic.

The riddle was written in 1973? Down M. 13:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * He was born on February 29 (i.e. the leap-year day)? If you 'only' count the years when he has a 'birthday' (i.e. there is a february 29th) it might come out at 18...can't be bothered to do the figuring for sure but I suspect this is it. ny156uk 17:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * No, it would be around 13. StuRat 22:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't have to think a lot to figure out that 1955 was no leap-year... A.Z. 23:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, 1955 was not a leap year! --Anonymous (born 1955), April 30, 2007, 23:08 (UTC).


 * That was my first edit conflict that I was actually happy to "win"! A.Z. 23:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

He was totally frozen at the age of 18 and all the activity of his body almost stopped so he has only "lived" through 18 years, because it's like he wasn't living the rest of the time.

...A variation of this is that he died at the age of 18 and you could do some sort of semantic game to mean that he is 18 years old. Five minutes to eight(19;55) on the 24 hour clock?hotclaws**== 09:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC) There is travelling close to the speed of light as well... He built a spaceship and so he went travelling abroad and he returned now, but time was different for him...

Oooor... He means "saturnal years" or maybe "jupiterian years" or years of another planet that take more time than the years of our own. A.Z. 23:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Or... some people would write the time 19:55 (7:55 pm) as 1955. In that case the correct usage would be "at 1955", but maybe the puzzle was composed by someone whose English is poor (note also the "18th years old"). --Anonymous, April 30, 23:08 (UTC).


 * Wow! That's probably it! I didn't take into account the poor English. If you spoke it, it would be "nineteen fifty-five", just like the time. But it would be "at" instead of "in", so the trivia doesn't work in English anyway. A.Z. 23:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The original poster included the answer, if no-one noticed: he was born in room 1955, not the year 1955. Down M. 08:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, 69.1.39.65 and I are not the same user. ---Sluzzelin talk  08:02, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't know what ward meant. A.Z. 08:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Albums released in Japan
Hello. I'm just wondering: why are there often "Japanese bonus tracks" on European/American releases. Why Japan? Why bonus? --88.193.241.224 19:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm speculating but i'm guessing that the Japanese versions of the album/single have these tracks on and that some places will sell that version outside offering the extra songs as a 'bonus' since they aren't part of the european-released piece. I guess that many bands have a big following in Japan and released versions for that market, as well as Europe/America. No doubt in Japan they have 'european release' versions with different 'bonuses' (though I couldn't verify that!). ny156uk 20:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

A magician never reveals their secrets. lol. it is probably because as in Europe many people speak English unlike Japan where the main language is Japanese. it keeps the Japanese still in our markets. we can't very well translate all our songs into Japanese. Why bonus?....idk....maybe because it is kind of a surprise for the Japanese. it makes them feel good? i dont know. again..i think it comes down to the markets just as they use English words there and it seems abnormal in some places.--Kittycat rox 22:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The reason is because due to taxes and whatnot, Japanese albums are more expensive -- even in Japan, and sometimes the albums are released later. To combat lost sales from the cheaper US/Euro Imports, the Japanese labels (or, more often, Japanese divisions of major labels, like Warner Brothers) will put on exclusive bonus material.  I suppose it doesn't hurt that not only does it help to get Japanese people to buy the domestic versions of the albums, but it also gets Overseas Collector Nerds like me to buy the Japanese version as well! - Rev. Syung Myung Me 15:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)