Ask the Man in Red

[Wuggy]

1) What is your name?

2) What is your quest?

3) What is the average flying speed of an unladen swallow?

So close Python head, but the question you meant to ask was; "What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

You still get +1 Internets for the reference though.

Gah! I knew I should've checked it. I wrote that from memory. Thanks, I'll fix it!

 

[CleverCover]

How is it possible to pull an all-nighter and not pass out around noon the next day?

 

[000Ronald]

How is it possible to pull an all-nighter and not pass out around noon the next day?

Something like this, but with an addendum; I can stay up a whole day and be pretty much unaffected, and my dad can't sleep every day, he sleeps every other one, and only for a few hours. Do these things mean anything?

EDIT

Some more questions I thought of

1) What are three of your favorite games? What is it about them that you enjoy so much, if you know?

2) Are there any upcoming titles that you're excited about? Why?

3) What was the main console you played as a child?

4) Why did you take the form of a pregnant fish? Just the eww factor, or was there some symbolic statement you were making?

 

[Chalacachaca]

ManInRed, I'm terrible at posting stuff here, how can I post a video or an image directly? as in, something more than just showing this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJCXpFy0E5s and more like giving you the chance to play the video instantly (as an above poster did by linking directly a scene from Pulp Fiction).

Many thanks in advance, and are you related with the Crimson King?

 

[Quantum Star]

Just what IS IT about Minecraft that makes you never want to stop playing?

 

[Quantum Star]

Also, what is it with the Escapist and these stupid double posts?

 

[ipop@you]

1) What is your name?

2) What is your quest?

3) What is the average flying speed of an unladen swallow?

So close Python head, but the question you meant to ask was; "What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

You still get +1 Internets for the reference though.

The question we should really be asking ourselves though is African or European?

To the Man In Red, How many bears could Bear Grylls grill if Bear Grylls could grill bears?

 

[O maestre]

who are you? and why did you make this thread? and finally why is your opinion warrant so much attention?

 

[njrk97]

i doubt youll be able to awnser this
so where can i stream the entir season of crush gear turbo english dubbed
also why have 3D adventur platformers died out?

I am unable to answer that first question, as it goes against forum rules.

The better question is why 2D platformers went away, I think platforming makes more sense from a 2D perspective. Still, these aren't completely dead... unless you mean adventure adventure. In which case I'll say most recent games don't do adventuring right, as its very low in the list of priorities they think gamers want.

This can be blame in part on 'casual gamers' who find puzzles and exploration boring or difficult, and think immersion is having action thrown in your face every minute. But I think casual gamers don't know what they really want, so developers ought to ignore this opinion. The Halo style life bar and lack of powerups also removes any reason for exploration in most platformers. People have almost gotten tired of this though, so we might see a shift back into adventuring soon enough, if publishers get the message. There's a reason Link and Mario games always sell, after all. People like the gameplay they offer, not the shallow characters.

i mean 3d adevtur paltfomres like donkey kong 64 and super maio 64
also regarding my first question do you know where they stream it and you cant tell me or do you just not know

 

[General Twinkletoes]

Why my bum hurt?

Seriously, though - when will the recession actually end? DEAR GOD, WHEN??

Nice avatar, i'm watching that show right now! Anyway, o man in red, why do dogs walk in a circle before lying down?

 

[ManInRed]

I'm inviting some friends over on Monday for an all-out movie night, what are some good flicks?

For the sake of optimum assistance and expeditiousness, I will merely remind you of a few movies you have woefully forgotten, rather than trying to make a list of the greatest movies of all time organized in every category. Depending on your audience one of these should give you some ideas.

Batman: Under the Red Hood
Red Dragon
(alright, no more movies with Red in the title)
Fong Sai-yuk
The Big Lewbowski
Shawshank Redemption
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Paradigm
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dr. Strange Love
The Fifth Element
The Host
Dark City
Patton

 

[ManInRed]

avatar is related?

My avatar is a man wearing red. Good of you to point that out, others might have missed it otherwise. Actually made the picture myself, but if you pay attention real close you might see the character I based it off of, usually known for wearing black. And my last avatar was a shadowy image of Alucard.

 

[ManInRed]

What 4 principles of relativity can a Geologist use to ascertain an approximate age for a bad of rock when no, authorative/measuring equipment is available to him.

If you cannot measure the radioactive decade, the main principal is to measure low layers of rock as older than higher layers. This is called the law of Superposition. The other principals refer to common changes to the layers of rocks that might confuse what layers are highest. Erosion may remove a layer of rock in some locations, causing unconformities. Quakes may shift the layers of rocks, and lava flow may insert layers of igneous rock into the mixture. Iridium only occurs naturally in meteorites, so a layer of that metal will tell you an asteroid hit, like the large layer of Iridium seen worldwide around the end of the Cretaceous period. Of course, of all these measurements only tell you relative age, you need to have some kind of time stamp to base how old a layer actually is, but once you know one layer's age you can match it in more locations.

How can a Meteorologist determine the temperature at which cloud forms (at any given pressure) without physically measuring the temperature?

Meteorologists do measure pressure, so this is kind of a tricky question. Still, based on the location (altitude) and the shape of the cloud, you can approximate the temperature it is for formed in. The color of a cloud can even held you determine what it is made of, which is helpful for determining temperature ranges and specific heat of the substance of the cloud.

How can the spread of Democracy throughout the 2nd and 3rd world be seen as a negative phenomenon?

The spread of Democracy throughout all the world has been also mark with the blood of an age of unprecedented conflicts and war. A single man is peaceful, Monarchs tend to avoid unnecessary engagements, but democracies allow mob mentality to ignite further escalating conflicts. While Democracy does provide certain freedoms and the ability to adapt that can be view as a reward for the struggles the world has gone through, it cannot be view as an entirely good thing until mankind learns to be as moral as a man.

 

[ManInRed]

Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

In the past, obviously. I just wish I knew why everyone is always trying to kill me. It's like I'm caught in some no win situation, and no one believes I'm losing my mind.

Will games ever be tied to specific consoles or online accounts as PC games are now?

Online accounts appear to be the wave of the future, and for online and smaller games I think this will be the method of distribution. However, the cost of hardward continues to drop and it is still cheaper to burn a game on a disc than run a server, so I think there will always be a place for a gaming console with discs or cartridges.

 

[ManInRed]

How do I get a girl I've liked for an extremely long time to like me back?

Don't obsess over it. (Easier said than done, I know.) She is probably already aware of your feelings, but nothing can force your relationship to become romantic. Just keep hanging out with her and act natural, if it works out it won't feel like you had to do anything to make it happen. Both of you will know when it feels right, and if that never happens at least you'll have something together you both enjoy without any pressure to make it something more or end it.

As for making a person like you, well, show interest in them and the things they like, have a good sense of humor, be forgiving and undemanding. Unfortunately, I know of no way of making someone love you. But I do know that it will never happen unless you trust each other.

Also, how do you dance?

Like no one's watching.

 

[ManInRed]

What is best in life?

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

At least that's what you'd expect me to say. What's truly best in life?

All the questions.

 

[ManInRed]

Game related: ¿ Will there be a Starwars Battlefront 3 soon ?

Everyone expects me to know the future, but all I know is the future can change, and revealing the answer to you may change the outcome. So I am giving the answer I feel will make Battlefront come as soon as my answer can possible make it come out. You're welcome.

¿Is the U.N. going to have Contact with offworld creatures this year?

This already happen with NASA back in May, though we did sort of plant the animal's parents in outer space back in 2007. That might not sound impressive, but we left the original animal in the vacuum of space orbiting Earth, for that many years, and now it has living offworld offspring. Odd little creatures, we call them Tardigrades. They can survive temperatures from 0 to 424 Kelvin, pressure from a vacuum to 1,200 astrospheres, 5,000 Gy of gamma radiation (humans start dying past 5 Gy), having 97% of the water in its body extracted, and can survive without oxygen or in poisonous gas. I'm glad we maintain peaceful relations with them.

Unfortunately, modern biology has redefine life to be something that almost certainly evolved from Earth, making true aliens ranked on the same level we are preemptively putting machines that have gain consciousness. So as it stands now, the UN policy is not to communicate with aliens from an origin other than Earth. It will be two decades before this will be ratified, hopefully no intergalactic wars before then.

 

[ManInRed]

To do or not to do?

That is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to die, to sleep, no more.

Also, there is no try.

Still, there's a time for thinking and a time for doing, and this my friends is no time for thinking.

 

[ManInRed]

ManInRed, I'm terrible at posting stuff here, how can I post a video or an image directly?

Asked and answered already, though rather poorly. No clue.

Also, where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? based on your shared fashion sense, i can only assume you are siblings,

Oddly enough the color of one's clothing is not determined by genes, this is an old fashion and rather fascist belief. That being said, the last time I saw Carmen it was in California.

Many thanks in advance, and are you related with the Crimson King?

Clothing color is not an accurate phenotype for determining lineage. Crimson King is related to Steven King, as the surname suggest. Lot more Dark Tower fans on the Escapist than I would have thought. Did not expect that to be the most reference Man in Red incarnation.

 

[ManInRed]

Wait...this is like darktower, right?

This is nothing like darktower. At least, that's what I want you to think.

should i kill with my gun? i feel like i'm forgetting something...

Short answer yes with a if, long answer no with a but. I hope this has been enlightening. Personally, I never kill with my guns, but I'm a very good shot and don't need to.