Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 November 17

= November 17 =

What band is this?
Does anyone know this band? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=511321732219046&set=a. 190103194340903.46065.113665825317974&type=1&theater — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.214.112.249 (talk) 04:50, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It's apparently Seraphim, a Taiwanese power metal band. I found out by doing a Google Reverse Image Search, where you can put in an image's URL, and it finds similar pictures and tells you what keywords are related to them. Hope that helps! Chris Larkin (talk) 18:05, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Was Mike_Judge born to Ecuadorian parents, was Yeardley_Smith born to french parents and was Bruce_willis born a German citizen?
Neptunekh94 (talk) 05:45, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No, no, and no. The first two are clear in the articles you linked, though the third I had to look up whether citizenship was acquired by birth or from parents (no). Mingmingla (talk) 16:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Caveat: While it is overwhelmingly likely that the answers to the first two are no, it is not explicitly stated in the articles what nationalities Judge's and Smith's parents were. Their names are not typical Ecuadorian or French, but we can't just jump to the conclusion they weren't citizens of those countries without further corroboration. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

People from Ohio
Why doesn't this site contain Roland James(pro football) Xenia, Oh and Curtis Symond(B.E.T.)Wilberforce, Oh listed in professionals from Ohio? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.148.206.66 (talk) 08:52, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's Roland James' article. No one's got around to writing about Curtis Symonds yet.  Why don't you?  Rojomoke (talk) 10:25, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Vacuum-Sealed Canopic Jar - Stargate SG-1: Moebius (08.19 & 20)
In the SG1 two-parter Moebius (08.19 & 20), there was a reference to a vacuum-sealed canopic jar containing a camcorder that was found in a ancient Egyptain tomb. My question is, how effective would vacuum-sealing that canopic jar in preserving the camcorder for thousands of years ? 80.254.146.140 (talk) 14:22, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Vacuum sealing would _reduce_ the life of the camcorder very considerably from just leaving it in the open air - under hard vacuum, a typical piece of domestic electronics wouldn't last more than a day or so. Hermetic sealing would be better - it would prevent any metal parts of the camcorder from rusting out - but it would still be very unlikely for a camcorder to survive more than a few decades.  The main issue would be the drying out of electrolytic capacitors, and the embrittlement/deterioration of the Mylar magnetic tape.  Leaving the battery in, with consequent leakage of various nasty corrosive fluids, would be similarly fatal.  Tevildo (talk) 14:40, 17 November 2012 (UTC)