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October 5

Water polo results

As Google searches seem to be getting me nowhere, does anyone know a decent site where I can find results of European pro-league water polo matches? Joefromrandb (talk) 01:01, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Well, we have a page on the FINA Water Polo World League and there are results pages on that page. Is there a specific league you know about or a time frame you are looking for? Livewireo (talk) 07:47, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

The day I posted this, I was searching for the mens' Adriatic League. I occasionally wager on water polo matches, Greek and Croatian leagues most commonly, and finding results often proves to be quite challenging. Joefromrandb (talk) 13:31, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Simon Cowell reference

I don't get this -- what was the insult and why was Simon upset? DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 05:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Simon is associated with the Teletubbies (and Il Divo)?! Clarityfiend (talk) 06:37, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Star Trek: The Animated Series on Blu-Ray?

Hello, does anyone know if

Star Trek: The Animated Series

will ever come out on Blu-ray?

Because I'm thinking about

buying the DVD's but if they are

going to come out on Blu-ray,

I'll wait.

65.66.126.217 (talk) 21:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

As far as I can tell they have not announced a blu-ray edition. However, they typically don't announce that sort of stuff very far ahead, for that exact reason : They don't want to stop people from buying the DVDs. (There are exceptions to this rule, but in general.) APL (talk) 02:01, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

This may have been the first Ref Desk question to have been asked in verse. How poetic! --Jayron32 02:16, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Just wondering, is there any advantages to having an animated show on bluray rather then DVD? I mean is animation of high enough quality that high def would be noticeable? Googlemeister (talk) 13:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I used to wonder that exact thing. In fact I used to scoff at people who bought animated stuff in HD. But I've since realized that Hi-Def can actually make more of a difference in animation. Traditional 2d animation has a lot of sharp black lines that really emphasize the difference between standard-def and hi-def. APL (talk) 23:23, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Wish they would make more of the animated series. All but Scottie are still alive, no? μηδείς (talk) 03:21, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

DeForest Kelley is also dead. Adam Bishop (talk) 07:29, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Anyone with such a monumentally politically incorrect given name could not have come from any of the past few generations, so it stands to reason he'd be at least getting on a bit. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 10:15, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. As he approached the late 70s, I overhead some Trekkers talking about DeForest-agin'. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:36, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes, and Nurse Chapel/Computer as well...Majel Barrett. μηδείς (talk) 18:01, 9 October 2011 (UTC)