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Is something like this what I need to, say, record a news segment on television and then put it on my computer? 71.213.56.214 ( talk) 02:08, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Suppose two fully armored (plate mail with chain mail underneath, swords, shield, helmet, etc...) medieval Knights with plate mail are fighting each other with one-handed swords. What would likely be the cause of death of the defeated knight? Would the sword be able to penetrate plate mail and inflict penetrative injuries? Or would death likely result from blunt-force trauma arising from repeated bashing of the head with the sword? Acceptable ( talk) 05:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
And then sometimes they didn't need to bother. One of the Book of Lists by the Wallace Family details the story of the unfortunate Fulk Fizwarne IV, who actually rode his horse into a bog at the Battle of Agincourt, the full weight of his armour forcing him to drown, in much the same way as Carver Doone did over 250 years later in R.D. Blackmore's novel. One of only a few English casualties that day. Once more into the breach ! The Russian.C.B.Lilly 12:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopher1968 ( talk • contribs)
In hand-to-hand combat the goal was not always to kill, but rather to capture. A high-ranking noble was worth far more alive than dead and therefore a killing blow was not always desirable. --- Medical geneticist ( talk) 14:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I remember reading about small weapons being carried to pierce armour weak points as a coup de grace, like dirks, but I forget the source. Also, don't forget crushing weapons, like the mace and its derivatives, that (with enough strength and leverage/swing) would happily kill straight through armour, plate or mail. They would be used by knights, particularly those in holy orders, IIRC. The ultimate plate-mail killer was perhaps the crossbow, but a knight wouldn't have used one. At the battle of Bannockburn, a good number of knights were killed by drowning. -- Dweller ( talk) 15:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I have traveled much of the Pony Express Trail and while in Nevada, at Rock Springs Pass, there was a sign that proclaimed that to be the highest point along the entire length of the trail. It was less than 8,000 feet and it seems likely that there are higher points along the trail elsewhere. I would like to confirm this to be truly the highest point or not. I have tried every resource I can think of and have never gotten an answer. I would like to know the location and elevation of the highest point along the Pony Express Trail. 143.69.88.3 ( talk) 05:59, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Why do all guitars have little dots painted on the fret board? 117.194.225.79 ( talk) 07:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Was also going to mention the fretless guitar link, but Adam Bishop beat me to it. Will mention that classical guitars generally don't have fret markers; I guess the supposition is if you're playing classical guitar music, you're sufficiently trained to have proper hand position and to keep your eyes off the fingerboard. Some jerk on the Internet ( talk) 19:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
The dots on the side of the fretboard are far more important. One of my instrument has no dots on top, just on the edge. A friend has been using the guitar for a few years now, and she didn't even notice the lack of fretboard dots until I pointed it out. -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 00:14, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, even though mine's a classical guitar (I just bought it a few days back, no idea how to play), it's got dots painted on the fretboard, as well as on the side...Thanks... I was wondering what they were for... Can anyone tell me whether playing electric guitars are any different from playing classical guitars? The sound maybe different, but isn't the method of playing both the same? OR at least very similar?? 117.194.229.56 ( talk) 12:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Oh no!! Oh no!! OH NO!!! I thought I was buying a classical guitar, but it's turned out that it's an acoustic guitar with steel strings, which means it's not classical. I bought it a few days back, and I've yet to start learning how to play it. I can't return it to the shop I bought it from. What do I do now??? Is there any way that the music people play on acoustic classical guitars can also be played on acoustic modern non-classical ones. To me, it seems that the sound quality if gut/ nylon strings are bound to be hugely different from the steel strings in my guitar (which, by the way, sounds exactly like the one in this . What do I do now?? 117.194.233.211 ( talk) 08:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
I recall watching the Australian Movie The Humpty Dumpty Man some years ago, and then a couple of weeks back, Enemy of the State, where Jon Voight tells his men to assemble a couple of Humpty Dumpties. I remember years ago that the term is used in espionage, in much the same way as honey trap , and the one who performs one, known as a swallow. What then is a humpty dumpty ? C.B.Lilly 12:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank You. That sounds more like it. That seemed to be the idea of the original Aussie film, where I believe the main character was being hunted down - rather like Will Smith 12 years later. I think I remember a lot of people getting offed. Makes sense. It is scary knowing someone is watching you. We have a spy base about 200 miles north of here that records things. Who knows what they get up to ? C.B.Lilly 12:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Say you want to rent a car. You need it for 4 days but you tell the person at the counter that you only need it for two days. Then you call the next day, while you have the rental car and you say you need to add two more days. Will they let you do that? Do you know if they charge extra? -- Reticuli88 ( talk) 16:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice that Arab World media has almost everything that U.S. has like singing idol contest, but I notice they don't have court tv like Judge Mathis, Judge Alex and Judge Judy. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.52.214 ( talk) 19:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
The source is http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/18/lkl.00.html. Thanks, 174.114.4.18 ( talk) 14:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
It says I need to contact her and her frequency is located on the back of the CD case. But this is a psp download. what is this codec? please do the needful. Thanks
142.176.13.22 ( talk) 22:18, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
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Is something like this what I need to, say, record a news segment on television and then put it on my computer? 71.213.56.214 ( talk) 02:08, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Suppose two fully armored (plate mail with chain mail underneath, swords, shield, helmet, etc...) medieval Knights with plate mail are fighting each other with one-handed swords. What would likely be the cause of death of the defeated knight? Would the sword be able to penetrate plate mail and inflict penetrative injuries? Or would death likely result from blunt-force trauma arising from repeated bashing of the head with the sword? Acceptable ( talk) 05:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
And then sometimes they didn't need to bother. One of the Book of Lists by the Wallace Family details the story of the unfortunate Fulk Fizwarne IV, who actually rode his horse into a bog at the Battle of Agincourt, the full weight of his armour forcing him to drown, in much the same way as Carver Doone did over 250 years later in R.D. Blackmore's novel. One of only a few English casualties that day. Once more into the breach ! The Russian.C.B.Lilly 12:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopher1968 ( talk • contribs)
In hand-to-hand combat the goal was not always to kill, but rather to capture. A high-ranking noble was worth far more alive than dead and therefore a killing blow was not always desirable. --- Medical geneticist ( talk) 14:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I remember reading about small weapons being carried to pierce armour weak points as a coup de grace, like dirks, but I forget the source. Also, don't forget crushing weapons, like the mace and its derivatives, that (with enough strength and leverage/swing) would happily kill straight through armour, plate or mail. They would be used by knights, particularly those in holy orders, IIRC. The ultimate plate-mail killer was perhaps the crossbow, but a knight wouldn't have used one. At the battle of Bannockburn, a good number of knights were killed by drowning. -- Dweller ( talk) 15:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I have traveled much of the Pony Express Trail and while in Nevada, at Rock Springs Pass, there was a sign that proclaimed that to be the highest point along the entire length of the trail. It was less than 8,000 feet and it seems likely that there are higher points along the trail elsewhere. I would like to confirm this to be truly the highest point or not. I have tried every resource I can think of and have never gotten an answer. I would like to know the location and elevation of the highest point along the Pony Express Trail. 143.69.88.3 ( talk) 05:59, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Why do all guitars have little dots painted on the fret board? 117.194.225.79 ( talk) 07:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Was also going to mention the fretless guitar link, but Adam Bishop beat me to it. Will mention that classical guitars generally don't have fret markers; I guess the supposition is if you're playing classical guitar music, you're sufficiently trained to have proper hand position and to keep your eyes off the fingerboard. Some jerk on the Internet ( talk) 19:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
The dots on the side of the fretboard are far more important. One of my instrument has no dots on top, just on the edge. A friend has been using the guitar for a few years now, and she didn't even notice the lack of fretboard dots until I pointed it out. -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 00:14, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, even though mine's a classical guitar (I just bought it a few days back, no idea how to play), it's got dots painted on the fretboard, as well as on the side...Thanks... I was wondering what they were for... Can anyone tell me whether playing electric guitars are any different from playing classical guitars? The sound maybe different, but isn't the method of playing both the same? OR at least very similar?? 117.194.229.56 ( talk) 12:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
Oh no!! Oh no!! OH NO!!! I thought I was buying a classical guitar, but it's turned out that it's an acoustic guitar with steel strings, which means it's not classical. I bought it a few days back, and I've yet to start learning how to play it. I can't return it to the shop I bought it from. What do I do now??? Is there any way that the music people play on acoustic classical guitars can also be played on acoustic modern non-classical ones. To me, it seems that the sound quality if gut/ nylon strings are bound to be hugely different from the steel strings in my guitar (which, by the way, sounds exactly like the one in this . What do I do now?? 117.194.233.211 ( talk) 08:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
I recall watching the Australian Movie The Humpty Dumpty Man some years ago, and then a couple of weeks back, Enemy of the State, where Jon Voight tells his men to assemble a couple of Humpty Dumpties. I remember years ago that the term is used in espionage, in much the same way as honey trap , and the one who performs one, known as a swallow. What then is a humpty dumpty ? C.B.Lilly 12:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank You. That sounds more like it. That seemed to be the idea of the original Aussie film, where I believe the main character was being hunted down - rather like Will Smith 12 years later. I think I remember a lot of people getting offed. Makes sense. It is scary knowing someone is watching you. We have a spy base about 200 miles north of here that records things. Who knows what they get up to ? C.B.Lilly 12:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Say you want to rent a car. You need it for 4 days but you tell the person at the counter that you only need it for two days. Then you call the next day, while you have the rental car and you say you need to add two more days. Will they let you do that? Do you know if they charge extra? -- Reticuli88 ( talk) 16:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I notice that Arab World media has almost everything that U.S. has like singing idol contest, but I notice they don't have court tv like Judge Mathis, Judge Alex and Judge Judy. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.52.214 ( talk) 19:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
The source is http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/18/lkl.00.html. Thanks, 174.114.4.18 ( talk) 14:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
It says I need to contact her and her frequency is located on the back of the CD case. But this is a psp download. what is this codec? please do the needful. Thanks
142.176.13.22 ( talk) 22:18, 22 December 2009 (UTC)