User:Loadmaster/Proposed articles
The following sections are ideas I've come up with for new pages, but which I'm not sure meet the basic requirements of Wikipedia. (These might be considered original research.) This page is a temporary place where I can develop and edit them until they are worthy of adding to Wikipedia.
My personal sandbox: User talk:Loadmaster/Scratch
Proposed: Extra Mass (Science Fiction)
- See: Film and television clichés or On-screen clichés: Science fiction and fantasy
- Deleted: 2007-05-03T20:22:04 Stephen (Talk) deleted "On-screen clichés" (csd r1)
- AfD discussion at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 April 27
- Previous AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/On-screen clichés (Apr 2006)
Explores the phenomenon common in science fiction whereby an object or entity grows larger and larger, seemingly acquiring extra mass and volume, or perhaps extra energy, from nowhere.
This occurs in many SciFi stories, and is even more common fantasy stories. However, the latter genre is not constrained to obeying physical laws (fictitious or otherwise), and most fantasy phenomenon can simply be explained away by the existence of magic.
Examples
- The Incredible Hulk
- Star Trek, multiple examples
- Apollo in Who Mourns for Adonais?, the alien god on Pollux IV grows to about four times his normal size
- Martia (memory-alpha.org), the shape-shifter in Star Trek VI
- Akira, Kaneda grows into a monstrous blob of flesh
- Superman Returns, the crystal-generated island, now in space, presumably still growing
Exceptions
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the model T-1000 could reform into various shapes but was limited to the same volume and mass
Proposed: Crank Mathematical Beliefs
A short sampling of crank mathematical beliefs.
- Accepted value of pi is wrong
- Cantor's set theory is wrong
- Infinite sets do not exist
- Potentially infinite sets exist, but actually infinite sets do not
- All infinite sets are the same "size"
- Infinite sets are "unbounded" but finite
- Transfinite numbers do not exist
- Set theory (ZFC) is inconsistent
- Division by zero (x/0) is well-defined
- Infinity is an arithmetic number
- Circle squarers
- Angle trisectors
Proposed: File timestamp
In computing, a file timestamp is the date and time that a file was last modified. Data files reside within a file system, which keeps tracks of various attributes of each file, including the time it was last modified. Some file systems also record the creation time and time the file was last accessed.
See also
REDIRECT Links
- File access time
- File creation time, Creation time
- File modification time, Modification time
- File time
- File time-stamp
Proposed: Display (computer science)
A display is a special kind of call stack implemented by programming languages that support nested subroutines.
Proposed: Jing-song Chung
Jin-Song Chung is an 8th dan Korean Tae Kwon Do martial arts master living in Carrollton, Texas. He held the title of national Tae Kwon Do champion in South Korea for five years in a row (date? — date?), and later immigrated to the United States. Chung held positions in the Texas chapter of the U.S. Tae Kwon Do Union (USTU) (dates?).
(Incomplete)
See also
[[Category:American taekwondo practitioners]]
John Derbyshire: Quotes
From www.imao.us
- Journalists are scum.
- Cry Havoc! And let slip the appropriate dogs.
- I don't see how you can ever have enough nukes.
- I do have some opinions that aren’t very respectable.
- Like any honest reactionary, I loathe the New York Times.
- For most people, college education is a waste of time and money.
- The ducks aren't ever going to line up. The ducks are trying to kill you.
- American society is increasingly a conspiracy of the smart against the dumb.
- Marriage is one of those things that works best when people don't think about it too much.
- The Middle East contains three hundred million people, and most of them are crazy as coots.
- Carve into your mind in great stone letters: This nation is the hope, and the conscience, of the world.
- Let's face it, in the great 20th-century struggle between the state and the individual, the state has won, game, set, and match.
- Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.
- I want to live among people who can read, write, give correct change and name the capital of their state. Beyond that, I think education is a luxury that people should pay for themselves.
- Stereotypes are, in fact, merely one aspect of the mind's ability to make generalizations, without which science and mathematics, not to mention much of everyday life, would be impossible.
Add to: C syntax
- Created 2007-02-13
A chart showing favorite datatype sizes for various CPU word sizes:
| CPU word size | char (8) |
short (16) |
int (16) |
long (32) |
long long (64) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| 12 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 72~96 |
| 16 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| 8 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
| 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 64 | |
| 20 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 80 |
| 24 | 8~12 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 72~96 |
| 32 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 64 | |
| 36 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| 40 | 8~10 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| 8~10 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 80 | |
| 64 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| 8 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64~128 |
Notice that every CPU word size combination (each row) has two identical datatype widths (shown underlined).
Proposed: Category:Usenet personalities
Add to: Talk:Heroes (TV series)
| Hero power | Person(s) |
|---|---|
| Alchemy | ? |
| Control of electronics | Mica, ? |
| Empath | Peter |
| Foretell future | Isaac |
| Freezing | Sylar |
| Heat/radiation | ?, Peter |
| Healing | ? |
| Invisibility | ?, Peter |
| Illusion | ? |
| Levitation/flying | Nathan, Peter, Sylar |
| Lethal virus | Maya |
| Matter transparency | D.L. |
| Metal melting | ?, Sylar |
| Mind control | ? |
| Mind reading | Matt |
| Power cancellation | Haitian |
| Remote viewing | Molly |
| Self-healing | Claire |
| Super hearing | ?, Sylar |
| Super strength | Niki |
| Teleportation | Hiro, (Peter) |
| Time travel/suspension | Hiro, (Peter) |
Proposed: Star Trek music
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- This article lists the major leitmotifs used in Star Trek (TOS).
- It is modeled after the Star Wars music article.
The music of the original television series of Star Trek consists of the scores written for all three seasons between 1965 and 1968 by a total of eight composers: Alexander Courage, George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky, Joseph Mullendore, and Fred Steiner. All of the composers conducted their own music. Of these composers, Steiner composed original music for the largest number of episodes totalling eleven.
For budgetary reasons, this series made significant use of "tracked" music, or music written for other episodes that was re-used in later episodes. Of the 79 episodes that were broadcast, only 31 had complete or partial original dramatic underscores created specifically for them; the remainder of music in any episode was tracked from a different episode. It was primarily the decision of Robert H. Justman, credited as Associate Producer during the first two seasons, as to which episodes would have new music.
Some of the themes used are now widely recognized among television audiences, having infiltrated western culture over the last few decades primarily through constant syndicated airplay on cable TV stations.
Principal leitmotifs
- Main Theme (all episodes). Alexander Courage (1966). Audio file "Trek-Main-Theme.MID" not found.
- Originally scored under the title Where No Man Has Gone Before. The main title theme for the series easily its most recognizable melody, the main theme is usually associated with the starship USS Enterprise. It is usually heard after commercial breaks, typically accompanying a shot of the starship orbiting a planet. A short instrumental arrangement of the theme composed by Fred Steiner is also heard at the end of many episodes. Since the original TV series, this theme has become immediately recognizable, even by many people who have never seen the program. Portions of it have been used in subsequent Star Trek series and motion pictures.
- Fight Theme (Amok Time). Gerald Fried (date?). Audio file "Trek-Fight-Theme.MID" not found. Heard during most hand-to-hand combat scenes, typically involving a conflict between Kirk and one or more aliens. One of the more recognizable themes, it was featured in the 19xx film The Cable Guy as parody. Performed by multi-piece orchestra, it features parts played on brass, percussion, tambourine, and bass guitar.
- Ritual Theme (Amok Time). Gerald Fried (date?). Audio file "Trek-Ritual-Theme.MID" not found. A slower, less intense variation of the Fight theme, this is generally heard whenever characters march by as during the wedding precession in Amok Time, or in a ritualistic duty as during the feeding of Val in The Apple. Performed by multi-piece orchestra, it features parts played on clarinet, percussion, tambourine, and bass guitar.
- Danger Theme (The Doomsday Machine). Audio file "Trek-Danger-Theme.MID" not found. Heard when imminent danger or catastrophe is about to occur, perhaps the most memorable being during the appearance of the doomsday machine. Performed by multi-piece orchestra, it features parts played on brass and percussion.
- Spiraling Theme (The Naked Time). Audio file "Trek-Spiraling-Theme.MID" not found. Heard when imminent danger is about to occur or when some force or incredible power is transpiring. Performed by multi-piece orchestra, it features parts played on brass.
File:Trek-Spiraling-Theme-1.png
- Spock's Theme (Amok Time). Audio file "Trek-Spock-Theme.MID" not found. The theme for Mr. Spock, usually heard when he is dealing with strong emotions or concentrating on a difficult task. A slow, plaintive motif, it is played on an electic bass guitar with reverb and alternating to a mourning cello.
- Empire Theme. Audio file "Trek-Empire-Theme.MID" not found. The theme for the Klingons and other militant races, suggesting power and force.
- Love Theme. Audio file "Trek-Love-Theme.MID" not found. Generally heard whenever a female love interest for Kirk (or Spock) appears. A slow, romantic piece, the melody of the first stanza is played by a flute, and the more mournful bridge is played by a violin, recapitulating again to the main theme on flute.
- Ancients Theme. Audio file "Trek-Ancients-Theme.MID" not found. Typically heard when a character describes history and events that occurred thousands of years ago. A soft piece, both triumphant and sad, evoking feelings of heroic glory in ancient days, such as when Apollo is relating the tale of the ancient Greek gods in Who Mourns for Adonais?. Performed by solo trumpet accompanied by harp.
File:Trek-Ancients-Theme-1.png
etc.
Minor leitmotifs
- Scotty's Theme. (By Any Other Name) Audio file "Trek-Scotty-Theme.MID" not found. Mr. Scott's scottish motif, generally heard when he is doing something humorous yet true to his Scottish heritage.
- Finnegan's Theme. (Shore Leave) Audio file "Trek-Finnegan-Theme.MID" not found. Accompanies the character of Finnegan, an upperclassman who taunted Kirk during his time as an underclassman at the Academy.
File:Trek-Finnegan-Theme-1.png
- Paradise Theme (The Paradise Syndrome). Audio file "Trek-Paradise-Theme.MID" not found. Featured during idyllic scenes, this motif was featured Mirimani's theme. Played by INCOMPLETE.
File:Trek-Paradise-Theme-1.png
etc.
External links
- Original soundtracks album list at Memory Alpha
- See dirent.h for a prototypical example.
- Also see C POSIX library.
Proposed: Category:Music groups named after locations
- This article lists music groups (bands) whose name includes a geographic location.
This category includes groups such as:
- Alabama (band)
- Asia (band)
- Bay City Rollers
- Bayside (band)
- Beach Boys (?)
- Beach House
- Berlin (band)
- Boards of Canada
- Boston (band)
- Chicago (band)
- John Denver (?)
- Kansas (band)
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Miami Sound Machine
- Ohio Players
- Sugar Hill Gang
(See Category:2000s music groups)
Proposed: Screeching inversion
- See plumbbobblog.com (2008-02-18)
- See Day by Day [1]