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= September 29 =

Japanese film？
What is 黎明前夕最黑暗04 in English? THis is a chinese transcription of a Japanese film. I found it at http://video.baidu.com/v?word=%C0%E8%C3%F7%C7%B0%CF%A6&ct=301989888&rn=20&pn=0&db=0&s=0&fbl=1024. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.78.167 (talk) 01:29, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The Japanese title (I'm assuming you mean this video) is "いちばん暗いのは夜明け前", Ichiban kurainoha yoake mae, "It's darkest right before sunrise". According to the the ja.wiki article, it's a dorama that's been aired on TV Tokyo from July to September 2005. Not sure about an English title, but you could try searching the English internets using the transcription of the title for more info. TomorrowTime (talk) 07:25, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, one more thing, the 04 in the title you gave just means it's the fourth episode. TomorrowTime (talk) 07:26, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Disney buying Pixar
When Disney bought Pixar for some $7B, where does the money go? I mean to say, if the people who were Pixar remained, they didn't really give anything up, so they were bought out so they could continue doing what they were doing before...and now Disney gets the proceeds? Perhaps I'm just overthinking this, but it just seems strange that the head of Pixar remain when they are bought out.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 04:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * In a corporate merger of this type, what gets bought is the stock of one company by the cash of another company. Typically what happens is that the stockholders of the acquired company are compensated by either stock in the merged company, cash payments, or some combination thereof.  It should be noted that this merger was essentially Pixar forcing Disney to buy it, and then to place the major stakeholders of Pixar into very high positions in the new, merged company.  Post-merger, Steve Jobs became the largest single shareholder of Disney, and John Lasseter became the Chief Creative Officer of Disney.  Disney was the larger company, pre-merger, so technically it bought Pixar, but it was Pixar who initiated the move and Pixar who ultimately "won".  CNBC has a done a semi-regular series of documentaries (the name of the series escapes me) on major American corporations and their history (Like Coca Cola, WalMart, etc).  If you can find the one they did on Pixar, it really explains how it grew and eventually took over Disney.  -- Jayron  32  05:01, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Here is the CNBC program I referenced. Oddly enough, though I had seen it some months ago, it aired most recently last night.  -- Jayron  32  05:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Such things do happen and sometimes it's even stranger. The company I used to work for was acquired by a much smaller (but cash-rich) competitor for $4.6 billion.  Our CEO became CEO of the merged company and got a big boost in his pay and share portfolio, but for the rest of us nothing much happened.  During the inevitable Q&A session with the CEO, I asked if the smaller competitor had paid a lot for the 'privilege' of merging with the market leader in the industry; he said that could be another interpretation of the acquisition.  Astronaut (talk) 10:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * To reiterate something that can stand to be stressed : The money doesn't go to the company being bought, the money goes to the people who own the company being bought. (That is : The buyers pay the sellers.)
 * In a publicly traded company this is complicated and involves buying a whole bunch of stock like Jayron explained, government approval, and who knows what else. APL (talk) 19:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Cool rock song
The other day, I heard some older, likely 80's, rock song on the radio, and I think the lyrics were "Snorting whiskey/drinkin' cocaine". This alone would probably identify who it is, but who sings it, and what's it really called? 75.73.225.224 (talk) 11:32, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Pat Travers' "Snortin' Whiskey". -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 11:39, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Damn you Finlay, beat me to it! DuncanHill (talk) 11:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Name of song
Ok this is probably gonna be a hard one. Im looking for a song (electronic dance or something like that really upbeat) but all I know about it is this: Anyone? --81.23.48.100 (talk) 18:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Its a woman singing; I dont think its inna but I guess its the same sort of style
 * The lyrics start with "I am _ _ _" where that last part is a word (or maybe more than 1 word) but definitly 3 syllables
 * And then the only other lyrics I can remember I think are "tell me what you want (want)"
 * Wannabe (song)? Staecker (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope that's not it --81.23.48.100 (talk) 18:02, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Any vague idea of age? I'm assuming if it's dance it will be 90's onwards, but there are earlier styles that could losely fit your description... Did you hear it recently or one that's just on your mind? gaz hiley .co.uk  12:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Peta Todd
In series 15, episode 1 of Top Gear, Peta Todd is referred to as "Peta 23 from Essex". Why? What's the joke here? Dismas |(talk) 21:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That form of description is often used on Page Three. Rojomoke (talk) 22:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh! 23 is her age!!  Got it.  Thanks,  Dismas |(talk) 23:22, 29 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Also (for any Americans puzzled by this) see Essex girl and Essex.--Shantavira|feed me 08:15, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I oten wonder if Top Gear's American guest stars understand who or what they've just beaten (or lost to). Vimescarrot (talk) 09:04, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

World television
Worldwide, what is the most watched television channel? Procrastinatus (talk) 23:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * CCTV-1, due to China's huge population. Xinwen Lianbo draws daily audiences upwards of 130 million, and the CCTV New Year's Gala is reported to draw 700 million viewers or more. For comparison, the most watched program in a Western country, CBS' coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, was seen by an average of 106.5 million people. Xenon54 (talk) 00:27, 30 September 2010 (UTC)