Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2008 February 8

= February 8 =

Card trick?
My friend did this really incredible majic trick the other day, he shuffled a deck of cards than spread them over the table face down. Then he told me to pick what i think is a two then he told me to pick what I thought was a 5. Then he said that he'll pick what he thinks is a king.When he flipped the cards the cards were a 5,2 and king. HOW DID HE DO THAT!!!! (99.226.110.16 (talk) 02:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC))


 * There are several ways of performing such a trick. He might have been using sleight of hand or a trick deck, but probably it was magic.--Shantavira|feed me 10:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * One way that I can think of requires knowledge of what all the cards are, so would require a false shuffle that doesn't affect the order of the cards (tricky, but doable with practice). Then, when he told you to pick a 2, you actually picked a 5. When he asked you to pick a 5, you picked a king. Finally, when he said he was picking a king he picked a 2, and brought the three cards together so you didn't realise that they were being shown to you in a different order to how they were picked. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!) 05:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Sim City 4 cheats
how do you get the cheat box to appear in sim city 4? i've been trying a lot of buttons but it dosn't show up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.104.188.211 (talk) 02:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ctrl+x should do it.--ChesterMarcol (talk) 02:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think it's Alt+f4 schyler (talk) 03:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * It's Ctrl+X. Schyler appears to have fallen for the Alt+F4 scam.  --M @ r ē ino 19:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Why do you need the cheat box? I have Sim City 4(the real name is Sim cities Societies), and I can help you with it. Plus, the instruction manual is SOhelpful, it's weird.--Princess Janay (talk) 15:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Midna's Desperate Hour
I would really appreciate it if someone could find me a music sheet for Midna's Desperate hour from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Could somebody do it for me, please.--76.176.130.141 (talk) 03:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't know where to find VG music sheet music, but I have a knack for playing video game tunes by ear, except accurately unlike many people (sorry to sound cocky, lol).
 * So if anyone can recommend to me the best music notation software, I can -easily- make sheet music for Midna's Desperate Hour — or any other VG theme I know. I specialize in Mario and Zelda themes, also lots of Megaman X, Street Fighter II, Sonic, Kirby, etc. Basically the retro-VG-music classics.


 * I've used a program called Harmony Assistant before, which I liked well enough, but it's made by a small French company and lacks some features, and feels a bit 'constricted' sometimes; also, when you go to print, what you've been seeing in "Page view" ends up being slightly different, with text tags possibly extending off of the page or some weird stuff like that...


 * I'm pretty sure I've also tried Finale and couldn't figure out how to use it, or didn't like it, or something. I may have also tried Noteworth Composer.. or that may be the one I was just thinking about.


 * Anyway, ideally, I'm looking for something that, if I need to, enables me to do things like —


 * A) writing runs made up of mini-notes all connected in a group of 17 or whatever, like you see in Chopin / Liszt sheet music all the time.


 * B) able to use additive meters (for example, 4/4+5/8 time).


 * C) able to notate in "free-form" mode optionally, by which I mean no time signatures, and there are barlines as well as dotted-barlines (pseudo-barlines?) here and there, placed manually.


 * Basically I want freedom, and it to be intuitive to use as well (but without that meaning it lacks features). I've read the comparison page and others on Wikipedia, and done some Google searching too, but I don't personally know anyone else in real life who ever publishes or otherwise creates digital music notation.


 * Whatever the major sheet-music companies (like Dover) use — THAT'S what I wanna use. Probably. tehmikuji (talk) 11:02, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Extra "stuff" in headers - RD:E
The Entertainment page has the following between the instructions box and the contents listing:

Music

James is a singer/actor,songwriter... (and much more)

Yes, I want it gone, but even more I want to know where the source is, 'cause I can't find it! -SandyJax (talk) 20:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * (Sorry; this should have gone on the discuss page) -SandyJax (talk) 20:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The top thing on this page (after the header) is the last view days of archives, transcluded. In this case Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2008 February 2 had been changed. Algebraist 21:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Video game name
What's the name of that late eighties video game where the main character is a little blond boy that looks like Tarzan? he gets to throw an axe and ride a skateboard. Thanks in advance.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 23:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you by any chance recall the system the game was on? NES, Atari? Wisdom89 (talk) 03:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Wonder Boy --Bavi H (talk) 04:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The only game I can think of that has a little boy that looks like Tarzan is Bonk's Adventure, but he's bald. 64.236.121.129 (talk) 17:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)