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July 28

Ron Catalano Page

Ron Catalano's last name needs to be CAPITALIZED in the MAIN HEADLINE of the page. It does not come up in the edit section. Can you help? Iplaysax (talk) 03:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. I moved the article to the correct spelling of the title. Though the article needs a lot of help... Dismas|^(talk) 04:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

It is being worked on by many associates and agents of Ron Catalano Iplaysax (talk) 05:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Ron Catalano: It might be a good idea to review Wikipedia's guidelines on autobiographies and conflicts of interest. —Whoville (talk) 14:05, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Come on Wikipedia people, Ron Catalano is as notable as anyone on here. Read some album covers or watch some movies for goodness sakes. He is famous...Period!

Virtual Console

Why did the Wii have to have backwards compatibility with the GameCube instead of the ability to have 'Cube games for the Virtual Console? After all, there are less 'Cube owners than Wii owners, and pretty much anyone could get some GameCube games if they were on the VirCon. Les Games (talk) 12:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's important to keep your core fans happy, and since the other two big players have BC it would be seen as a flaw if the Wii didn't. Backwards compatibility has the very real advantage of allowing customers to go to the store and find a large number of compatible games, even on launch day. (Remember, they couldn't know their sales numbers ahead of time. There was every chance that the Wii would be perceived as just a minor upgrade to the GameCube.)

More importantly, to make GC games available on the Virtual Console would require a much heavier duty hardware system. GameCube disks store a maximum of 1.5 gigabytes, that's three times the storage capacity of the Wii. APL (talk) 12:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Also a lot of people will still have (or had at the time) all their Gamecube games - if you had to download/buy them again from an online store that wouldn't be very good - but if you can just put the disc/cartridge in the machine and away you go then that would be perfect as you buy your Wii and you know you already have x number of games in your library you can play on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.221.133.226 (talk) 13:49, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Agreed with ^, most people would have them already and be hard-pressed to buy them AGAIN...it WAS only last generation. Of course, some of us still have our Nintendo 64s...and you can just download ROMs anyway ;) Avnas Ishtaroth (talk) 06:00, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Terry Pratchett quote

I just heard a quote "You're free to starve to death any way you choose or you can join the system and get a job" which are supposedly Terry Pratchet's words. The wording might be slightly different. I couldn't find it on any of the collections of Pratchett quotes around, such as wikiquote. Can any of the bright minds here at the reference desk perhaps tell me 1) whose this quote is? And 2) if this wording is correct? C mon (talk) 12:32, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Is it from "Going Postal"?, Vetinari to Moist? I've just lent mine out so can't check it.hotclaws 18:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Hotclaws! I used the Amazon online reader to discover that the sentiment of the quote is certainly in the discussion between Vetinari and Moist (p.15) of the book, but the wording is extremely different, for completeness sake I will include it here. Lord Vetinari has just offered Moist Lipwig a job which would replace his death sentence:

"The prospect of freedom" he said. "Exactly" said Lord Vetinari "there is always a choice." "You mean ... I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless" said Vetinari. "Or perhaps an alternative. (...)" - Terry Pratchett Going Postal

Not quite as quoteable as the "original" quote however. C mon (talk) 22:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I believe there's something elsewhere in Pratchett about 'freedom to starve' but I can't currently reall where. Algebraist 22:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

In Pyramids "It occurred to Teppic that the landless peasants down on the delta had more freedom than he did, although the seditious and non-kingly side of him said, yes, freedom to catch any disease of their choice, starve as much as they wanted, and die of whatever dreadful ague took their fancy. But freedom, of a sort." Nanonic (talk) 22:43, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

It's worth noting that the undertones and implied authorial opinion of the actual quotes are almost direct opposed to the meaning of the supposed quote. 79.66.124.253 (talk)

I just read a bit with a similar sentiment in Catch-22 about Milo:

With a devotion to purpose above and beyond the line of duty, he had then raised the price of food in his mess halls so high that all officers and enlisted men had to turn over all their pay to him in order to eat. Their alternative—there was an alternative, of course, since Milo detested coercion and was a vocal champion of freedom of choice—was to starve.

— Joseph Heller, Catch-22

the wub "?!" 22:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank The Wub! That's exactly the kind of quote I was looking for. BTW if any one knows additional quotes with involve this kind of freedom to starve. Keep them coming! C mon (talk) 23:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Backing music for video

I'm putting together a promotional video for the local cadet unit, and I'm doing a photo montage on animoto, and you can see a first draft/attempt here. However, I'm not happy with the backing music; does anyone have any ideas as to what I could possibly use? Many thanks for any suggestions! --86.136.163.99 (talk) 22:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

• How about Danger Zone? Exxolon (talk) 00:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Some sort of industrial music, I would recommend Static-X - some trance is always good too. At least something fast-paced albeit slightly ambient.Avnas Ishtaroth (talk) 05:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Big Mouth Strikes Again by The Smiths is brilliant - J Kaufman 21:51 18 December 2008