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[edit] January 30

[edit] Age of Empires 3: Asian Dynasties

When I try to load the game it says the handle is invalid. What does this mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.119.61.7 (talk) 01:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

While I recognize that you are trying to get some entertainment from this game, you are really asking a computer question "What's going wrong with this program?" It's been a couple of days now with no answer here on the Entertainment Desk, so you may want to try asking this question at the Computer Desk. -SandyJax (talk) 14:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
He or she did. --LarryMac | Talk 15:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Yep, I just found it, and came back here to find....Damn, people move too fast here! -SandyJax (talk) 15:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UB40 lyric help

Just listening to "1 in 10" by UB40, I was struck by the line "I'm another teenage suicide in a street which has no cheese". Now, life would indeed not be worth living in a world without cheese, but I think I may have misheard the line. Anyone know what it actually says? DuncanHill (talk) 06:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

For "cheese" substitute "trees" and you have it. No doubt a comment on urban deprivation or some such. --Richardrj talk email 06:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you - that makes much more sense! DuncanHill (talk) 06:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
An excellent mondegreen, regardless! Poechalkdust (talk) 19:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Not as good as What a friend we have in cheeses.  :) -- JackofOz (talk) 23:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Farperoo series by Mark Lamb

Kindly provide author information i.e. Mr. Mark Lamb author of Farperoo series (Book 1 and Book 2 starring Lucy Blake) Why there is no Wikipedia entry for this author 06:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Himanshu Prasad

http://www.darkinventions.com/author.htm Feel free to start the article. Cheers, Mooney 12.146.184.9 (talk) 21:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old nes game I can't remember the name of.

Hey retro gaming friends! Do any of you remember the name of an old nes action game in which you flipped little tiles (cards?) to push monsters into walls or some such thing? I think the protagonist was female and there was a mission select with little castles. Thanks!

24.88.103.234 (talk) 07:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)Timmy

Pengo (arcade game) maybe? Clarityfiend (talk) 07:45, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Mendel Palace is exactly the one you're thinking of. One of my favorite games from that era! Some screenshots at [1] [2]. Poechalkdust (talk) 19:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Poe thanks a bunch man! That was exactly the one, and you even included screenshots! Much appreciated.

TimmyDefense (talk) 05:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Timmy

[edit] Tweenies

Do the characters in the childrens television series The Tweenies take their name from the characters in Isaac Asimov's short stories Half-Breed and Half-Breeds on Venus? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.93.205 (talk) 12:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

As you can see from the articles you've linked, only one name is common (Max) out of many listed. "No", then, is the answer you're looking for. — Lomn 15:11, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I think the OP is referring to the name Tweenies itself rather than the names of any individual characters. As the articles say, in the stories, Tweenies are some kind of race or group. The answer is still probably "no", though, since it's scarcely believable that the makers of the TV show had the Asimov stories in mind when they chose the name. --Richardrj talk email 14:00, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
The children's show probably takes the name from the word "tween". APL (talk) 14:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is there a name/article for novels made into films?

I can't seem to find one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.102.55 (talk) 19:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Answered
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.102.55 (talk) 19:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
For anyone else wondering, there's the Novel adaptations and fidelity section in the article Film adaptation. List-wise, there's List of fiction works made into feature films, and Category:Lists of films by source contains several relevant lists. / edg ☺ ☭ 20:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
So, what was the answer? We're all dying to know. -- JackofOz (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Looks like the answer was yes. :-)--Shantavira|feed me 13:38, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Judge Judy and the law

I happened to catch it the other day and it seems some of her assertions, rulings, and such were actually not legal. Altho she will not accept heresay she will assume things about a person and rule that way when there is no legal basis. My question is...can she do this? And if they are not legal can the defendants then appeal to a correct court? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.220.2.13 (talk) 22:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

its only a small claims court, and yes they can appeal etc. When the money is this small, she is allowed to simply be a judge of who is lieing and who isn't.--155.144.251.120 (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
It’s a TV show, it isn’t an official legal ruling. See Judge Judy#Structure. You might call it a form of private arbitration. Her decisions on the show cannot be appealed. --Cinematical (talk) 23:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Except for this[3] by the look of it, when she overstepped her jurisdiction by making findings for family court matters. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
That just illustrates my point. Her decisions are not official legal rulings; her decisions cannot be appealed. Rather, a court will just ignore her decision -- that is quite different from overturning a decision on appeal. --Cinematical (talk) 17:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
It appears the issue is arbitration which is a legal procedure. The courts will not just ignore it. You would have to appeal the arbitrator's judgement which I understand is more difficult. Rmhermen (talk) 23:31, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Technically it's not an "appeal" from arbitration, because the lawsuit hasn't started yet. In order for someone to tell you the exact extent to which Judge Judy's arbritration decisions are binding, they would need to review a copy of the agreement that the participants sign before going on the show. As a general matter, though, if Judge Judy does a somewhat competent job and does not do something unethical (like rig the results), the court will uphold her arbitration because the parties have a signed contract in which they agreed to that resolution. --M@rēino 00:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
This point is *exactly* why I cannot watch her program. Despite only limited experience in American courtrooms, it is clear that her methods could never be proper or be upheld in any other court. If she were attempting to run a qualified courtroom, I see disbarment in her future. Freedomlinux (talk) 22:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
She can't be disbarred; she retired in 1996 from being a "real" judge. She's an arbitrator. --M@rēino 18:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)