Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 February 6

= February 6 =

Wii Memory Cards
My friend transferred some save data from his Wii to an SD memory card. We put it in my Wii, and under Data Management it showed that there was a card inserted and all the data he had saved on his card, but when we actually went to play the game, it didn't show his data. How can we play the game with his save data? Nick4404 yada yada yada What have I done? 00:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, first things first, "have you Googled it?" If not, do that.
 * I've read that the Wii won't accept memory cards over 2gb, so. Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 06:52, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That is obviously not the correct answer. He says right there that the Wii recognised the card.
 * I belive that some games will not allow you to move saved games over. Other games' save data may also depend on the Mii that created the save.
 * Sorry I don't have more concrete advice.  You might try calling Nintendo's support line, I've found them to be reasonably helpful in the past, if you don't mind waiting a while to get a human. APL (talk) 03:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, some games (most wifi games for example) do not allow you to transfer data to SD cards because I believe the save files are tied to a specific Wii. Xenon54 / talk / 03:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Panasonic DVD recorders
I've had 2 different Panasonic DVD recorders and both have had problems with the DVD recorder drive. Often discs (whether DVD-R or DVD+RW, old or new-out-of-the-cellophane) are not recognised, and it seems that often once one disc is said to be faulty, no others will work either. Are Panasonic DVD recorders particularly susceptible to disc quality problems, particularly fragile, or prone to random faults? It's not like Panasonic products are particularly cheap to buy. Astronaut (talk) 00:56, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * All I can say is that I also had exactly the same problems with two Panasonic DVD recorders. I've given up on them now.  Which is a shame, as DVD-RAM is a great format. --Richardrj talkemail 10:12, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * With my first DVD recorder, seeing the "U61" and "U88" errors were a prelude to a total failure. I had it repaired twice under warranty, but the third time it was out of warranty and I was fed up with its unreliability I replaced it.  Now my new recorder has similar problems but at least this one seems to be able to recover somewhat.  I'm now reluctant to return the new recorder for repair under warranty in case they simply provide a new replacement and I lose the stuff recorded on the hard disk that is also in the recorder and that I want to copy to DVD.  Astronaut (talk) 16:56, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Song in "Bill Nye the Science Guy's Stop the Rock"
There was a video game that came out in the '90s called "Bill Nye the Science Guy's Stop the Rock". I was an educational game where the player used science to solve riddles presented by a rouge supercomputer in order to get the supercomputer to stop a meteor from striking the Earth. In the game, there was elevator. The elevator had some very unique elevator music: it was a choir "singing" an upbeat tune. There were no (or very few) instruments and no real lyrics (just "ba ba ba ba ba ba..."). I have been unable to find name of the song or identify who sang it. The website for the game and the back cover of the CD offer no clues. I also heard the same song in a documentary about skyscrapers. Can anyone here at the RefDesk identify this song? - SigmaEpsilon → Σ Ε 03:09, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you looked for it on youtube? If it's there, someone might be able to figure it out even if they never actually saw the show (like moi). ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:59, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your suggestion. I have tried searching both YouTube and Google for varying combinations of "Bill Nye" "Stop the Rock" and "elevator music". I have been totally unable to find the song I'm looking for. As far as I can remember, this song never occurred in the TV show; just this game. - SigmaEpsilon → Σ Ε 20:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't suppose you still have that game and could capture a sound bite? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:58, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Here's a YouTube link for the soundbite. — Jeremy  00:43, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Good find! The elevator music plays for about 15 seconds starting at 9:19 and then again for about 14 seconds starting at 11:25.  There are fourteen more videos in that 2012 "Let's Play Bill Nye: Stop the Rock!" series, and the music plays continuously and uninterrupted by sound effects for over a minute and a half as the credits roll in the final video], starting at 2:26.  Mike Green is credit for Music. -- ToE 04:53, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

VH1 CLASSIC
For the past 4 days VH1 Classic has had all of it's programs titled as "VH1 Special." Why isn't it changing?

Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 05:57, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It might be a problem with your pay-TV provider, because it looks fine for me. Xenon54 / talk / 03:53, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Lost question
In the storyline, approximately how long are they supposed to have been on the island as of this point in the last season? If it's longer than a few months, do they ever explain how Hurley could not be losing any weight, living on coconut milk or whatever they found on the island? 71.168.0.41 (talk) 15:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * In the second season, Hurley was in charge of the food distribution. See "Everybody Hates Hugo". Pepso2 (talk) 16:07, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * They were on the island for 108 days before being rescued. They were off the island for 3 years and then they returned.  With all the time travel, I'm not sure how long they've been there the second time.  A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 16:47, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not very long - only a few days so far (the group that never left were there about three years, subjectivel) DJ Clayworth (talk) 16:51, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * In the show itself, they showed that Hurley was eating a lot of food (not coconuts) and noted that he did lose weight. Since then, the "Why is Hurley still fat?" jokes sort of fall flat. -- k a i n a w &trade; 21:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Cats
Hi, do you know the plasticine music video from the late 70's? There is a black cat singing and other is playing piano. Later a white cat comes and it falls in love with the singer. A bodyguard throws him away but the white cat doesn't want to stop. I think the artist's name is Simon. What is the title of this song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Nina Simone, My Baby Just Cares For Me video created by Aardman Animations who make Wallace & Grommit  meltBanana  17:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thank you so much! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks, that was wonderful! --jpgordon:==( o ) 17:08, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Cyanide and Happiness Comic Numbers
In the webcomic Cyanide and Happiness, the html for every comic is just the name of the site followed by a number. However, early on in it's run the numbers jump around a lot. It starts at 15, then moves to 39. It slips 44, then goes from 48 to 90. Any idea why it is like this? I didn't see anything mentioned on the site. 134.126.192.188 (talk) 18:17, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know about Cyanide and Happiness, but a number of web comics started out as hard-copy comics, and then were scanned and put on the web. If the author didn't have/want to scan and post some of the bad early ones, there might be holes from those missing comics. The other, frequent alternative is that before the comic became full-fledged, the author may have been using a blogging system to post both comics and standard blog fare, so the "missing" numbers were the personal blog posts of the author which are no longer available, as it is a comic site, and not a personal blog. The numbering might not have changed, though, so as not to break inward pointing links/redirects. Ultimately, you may need to contact the author in order to figure out why some early ones are missing. -- 174.21.224.109 (talk) 19:09, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Getting a wiki listed on Wikia Entertainment
How do I get http://memorysorrowthorn.wikia.com/wiki/Memory_Sorrow_and_Thorn_Wiki listed on Wikia Entertainment. Thank you very much.

Fatidiot1234 (talk) 20:37, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Library Seraph (talk) 00:55, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Edward Gorey
I'd like to read Edward Gorey's books. What's the best place to start? Library Seraph (talk) 22:06, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Our article on Edward Gorey notes that several anthologies of his work have been published, each containing a number of his short illustrated books. Perhaps it would be useful to obtain one of these anthologies, which would let you sample a variety of works in one handy volume?  Ka renjc 23:56, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Actually, just after I posted this question I looked at his bibliography and realized that most of his works were published in Amphigorey omnibus editions. Thank you for you speedy replie.