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Proposed articles (works in progress)

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:

Typical integer datatype widths
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
32	8	16	32	64	64
36	9	18	36	36	72
40	8~10	20	40	40	80
40	8~10	20	40	80	80
64	8	16	32	64	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

See Usenet celebrity

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.

File:Trek-Main-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Spock-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Ritual-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Spock-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Spock-Theme-1.png

Empire Theme. Audio file "Trek-Empire-Theme.MID" not found. The theme for the Klingons and other militant races, suggesting power and force.

File:Trek-Empire-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Love-Theme-1.png

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.

File:Trek-Scotty-Theme-1.png

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.