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March 26

can you tell me the name of the somg that chance in "sweet bird of youth" sings in the bar when he returns to town and when he goes to the black side of town.and who orignally sings it. I have heard it before but I cant quite place it.

Any lyrics/words? I'm pretty adept at finding songs based on a few words from the song so could potentially help if this you know any. ny156uk 21:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Music Industry

Hye guys,my name is and I want to make in a career in the music industry as a music producer and in the artiste and repertoire department.Can you help me out?What do I have to do to get into this industry?Any courses that I can do in a college or an institute?I live in Inida and there is no such course for this sort of thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.93.86.13 (talk) 15:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

Do you mean more of the technical side, like working in a recording studio mixing tracks, or more in terms of management ? StuRat 16:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Stu, read again: he said artists and repertoire. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 06:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Twister/Child in Time

Hey I was just wondering about Deep Purple in the movie Twister. Now, you hear the song Child in Time but the actual concert (California Jam 1974) which exists on dvd, says that the song list on it has no Child in Time performance. That's actually funny itself because when you look very briefly at Ritchie Blackmore's fingers on the neck of the guitar, it fits the song. In this concert, he's really playing one of the last two songs because that's where he changes his clothes to what you see briefly see on Dusty's TV. I'm just wondering why would the movie crew put that song as a recording to that little footage?Jk31213 15:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Factual errors like that are actually quite common in films. In Forrest Gump, for example, there's a USA Today article clipping with a publish date that's actually before USA Today was actually a newspaper. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 10:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Flamethrowers in video games

Even early WWI era flamethrowers shot out like 70 feet, so how come in every video game I've played that has flamethrowers, they throw flames about as far as a bottle of no-stick cooking spray throws no-stick cooking spray? The ones in the Grand Theft Auto games have a max range of about 5 feet for example. Speculation? Thedoorhinge 21:02, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

This would most likely be due to the requirement of games to balance skill with realism. If the weapon is 'too' effective it would likely be dominant in your arsenal during gameplay and thus lower the skill required to make the game enjoyable and challenging. If you have Half Life 2 Episode One it is worth playing the game with the 'commentary' on. It is very interesting seeing what the designers do inorder to 'push' you to make specific decisions/prevent you doing specific things. Also the risk/reward they discuss in the commentary is interesting. ny156uk 21:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

That sounds like a good explanation, I'll buy that one. I want my half-kilometer river of fiery death though. Game designers take notice. Thedoorhinge 01:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, there might be limitations on the ability to draw a huge flame on the screen. StuRat 21:51, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Were the real flamethrowers really that effective? I know the tank mounted ones had that kind of range, but I wasn't aware that hand-held types did. But even then, flamethrowers in games usually are effective weapons at short ranges only, with a good deal of power. Oh, and there's at least one game I can think of that had flamethrowers reaching 75-125 meters, but the mechs are also rather large, so the end effect is that it's like all other 5' type flamethrowers. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Some of the disadvantages of a flame-thrower were the heavy tanks you had to carry, the total lack of ability to hide your position while using one, the lack of ability to use it if any friendly forces are between the flame-thrower and the enemy, the relatively low speed of the flame front (which might allow an enemy soldier time to duck behind a wall), and the vulnerability of soldiers using them. As being hit with flames was a rather horrific death, enemy soldiers might well selectively target soldiers with flame-throwers, occasionally hitting their tanks and causing an explosion. For these reasons, they tended to only be used for "cleanup", after the area was mostly cleared, to make sure no enemy soldiers were hiding in caves or rubble. StuRat 23:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition, they were useful in clearing up bunkers. The fire would seep into the tiniest holes and consume the oxygen inside, suffocating the dwellers within. bibliomaniac15 04:41, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

the flamethrower in red faction only reaches 2 feet in front of your character, although it is still fun to watch people run around screaming on fire.--Lerdthenerd 09:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Did you mean something like this boat-mounted napalm launcher? bibliomaniac15 05:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

no i think he/she meant a hand held flamethrower--Lerdthenerd 10:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

There was a flamethrower in Red Faction there wasnt in RF2 OMG JIPPED.no i don't have usfull info i think everything required is above ;D.1337 H4XZ0R 10:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Music's influence on war times

How is today's current war issue similar to that of the previous wars in terms of the music influence to end or start war? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.108.126.135 (talk) 21:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

I'm not exactly sure what you are asking, but check Category:Anti-war songs and the article anti-war song. − Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 06:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Look Magazine Film Awards

I am trying to find more information on Look Magazine Award winners, especially a list of winners of the 1940s. The Look Awards ceremonies were hosted by Bob Hope, as far as I can tell. Incidentally, Look Magazine would also give television awards later. --PhantomS 22:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)