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September 5

Do you know this song? (done)

Hi there.

Only one question, did anybody knows this song. I found it on youtube. Listen here.--93.128.158.97 (talk) 01:49, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

A Google search for the lyrics suggests that it's "Your Eyes" from Rent. Dismas|^(talk) 02:05, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, it didn't work. I searched for "Your Eyes" but no fitting hits. I'm sure I know this song. It's a soundtrack to a love film. Very well known. It drive me mad not to come up with it. --93.128.158.97 (talk) 02:18, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

By the way it's not "Your Eyes" from "La Boum 2". I suggested it in the first time. Second I guessed Love Story. Heck I know this song. --93.128.158.97 (talk) 02:26, 5 September 2009 (UTC).

Ehem, with 'Heck I know this song' I didn't meant I know the name or the singer? Just to make sure, you don't think my question is done. --77.183.212.49 (talk) 03:28, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

By putting it at the end of your response, I took "Heck, I know this song" to be a comment said in frustration over not being able to remember anything about the song. As in, "Who is that guy at the next table? Heck, I know him but I can't think of his name". Dismas|^(talk) 03:43, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

As Dismas suggested, it is "Your Eyes" from Rent. Starting at 1:29 in that video you'll hear the section that was used in the video linked to by the OP. 152.16.59.102 (talk) 04:16, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. As you maybe noticed I'm not a native speaker, and sometimes I'm just a bit confused. I read to fast. I didn't realize that [Rent] meant to be the group name. I guessed thats his user name. Sorry for this misconception. But now I'm ready for bed. I couldn't sleep without figured it out. By the way I didn't ask in my own wikipedia, because there's usually only a few people online at this time (6.30 a.m.), and I wanted the answer as fast as possible. Thanks. Oh, forgot my sign --77.183.212.49 (talk) 04:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC).

If you follow the link you'll see that Rent is not a group, it's a play. --Anonymous, 05:15 UTC, September 5, 2009.

I know. I wrote my recent comment without checking Rent before. I only listened to the music video. --77.183.212.49 (talk) 13:35, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Futurama stellar distances

In Futurama, do they ever make reference to the distance travelled on their deliveries? I am wondering what term they use. I have no memory of them ever stating that a location is a certain number of light years away. I assume they are using a different term. -- kainaw™ 14:12, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

On one of the Futurama Wikis I did find a transcript of "Love and Rocket" with the following sentences uttered by Leela "Um, sweetie? You see that giant quasar we're heading into? You might wanna scooch a few parsecs to the left." [1] Searching "light years" gives a number of hits [2], but I didn't go through them in detail to see whether they were direct quotes. ---Sluzzelin talk 14:55, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

It looks like they only used "light year" to refer to the distance to Omicron Persei 8. For reference, in case there is a sci-fi standard here... The Planet Express ship travels much faster than the speed of light. So, assume something is 100 light years away. It takes Planet Express maybe an hour to get there. They certainly wouldn't measure their speed in light years/hour. I assumed there would be some hyperspace unit of measurement such as 55 hypermiles/hour. -- kainaw™ 20:42, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

They could measure their speed in light years/hour if they wanted to. (Of course, it depends on how their fictional drive works on whether they actually have a well defined speed.) --Tango (talk) 20:54, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, according to the Timeline, scientists increased the speed of light in 2208. The Planet Express ship "is capable of traveling at 99% light speed (which is a lot faster than traditional light speed since the speed of light was increased in 2208), but in fact it does not move at all. Instead, its engines move the universe around it." :-S ---Sluzzelin talk 23:05, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

IIRC, the ship can reach the end of the universe in three weeks. ("We spent three weeks on a wild goose chase! They told us to go deliver a package at Dog Doo 8 - but the universe ends right after Dog Doo 7!"). I don't know if we can calculate a speed from that... Vimescarrot (talk) 00:04, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm quite certain that strict adherance (or even casual adherance) to any physical laws, or even internal consistancy, isn't exactly what is on the minds of the writers of Futurama. I am pretty sure making you laugh often enough to sit through the comercial breaks is their primary goal in writing for the show. I don't think there is any secondary goal beyond that. --Jayron32 00:35, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I fully understand that. However, geeks tend to take things like that very seriously. So, while writing a homework question about calculating the cost for a delivery on the Planet Express ship, I want to avoid some geek in the class complaining that I got the speed or time all wrong - completing missing the point that this is just a feeble attempt to keep them slightly interested in doing a little homework. -- kainaw™ 11:57, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I suspect you are trying in vain. You won't out-geek a true fan. I recommend instead replying to any criticisms by saying that a wizard changed the way the universe worked. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:48, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm less certain than Jayron32; a surprising number of people with math degrees have worked on The Simpsons and/or Futurama, and even if that were not the case I'd be very surprised if the writing had no "secondary goal" such as making sense in a way that amuses the writers and is not revealed. —Tamfang (talk) 19:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Title of a movie

When I was in grade school I saw a film about a teenager who got a job in a doughnut shop. I don't remember much about it, except the automated machine malfunctioned and ended up making thousands of doughnuts that piled up everywhere. This film was probably from the 1950s or 1960s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.223.130 (talk) 17:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Possibly The Doughnuts (1963)? ---Sluzzelin talk 18:27, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I loved that film when I was a kid. "They just kept on a-comin' and a-comin' and a-comin'...." Jwrosenzweig (talk) 05:01, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

And a jewelled bracelet got lost in the machine...? Funny, when I saw that movie in school (more than once) I'm sure it was called Homer [surname] (the above-mentioned teen), but IMDb shows no alternate titles. —Tamfang (talk) 19:24, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah, a user comment on IMDb says it's based on a chapter of a novel, Homer Price. —Tamfang (talk) 19:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Modjo - what i mean

I'm looking for an instrumental version of what I mean by modjo, It's apperantly faster and its instrumental .. It's not the mix , It was produced in early 2000s, 2000 - 2002 , and was much played on the radio ... it's not the original album version and not the "aloud mix".

Thanks for any help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.102.31 (talk) 20:58, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

can't anybody helpp meee! Í need to know abt this song.. 85.220.102.31 (talk) 07:49, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

NOBODY!!!??? 85.220.102.31 (talk) 23:13, 12 September 2009 (UTC)