Archive for May, 2009
Question Asked: What Is Pixar Like Inside?
Pixar is a pretty cool place, from what I can find online.
They do offer tours of “public” places throughout their studios, which you can see some of here.
The real stuff that people most likely want to see, is behind the scenes, and not the public stuff. Empire Online was lucky enough to get an exclusive tour a while ago. I’m sure things haven’t changed much since then.
You can check out their tour here: http://www.empireonline.com/features/inside_pixar/
Question Asked: Why Are Railroad Tracks Laid On Wood?
The wood that’s laid under the tracks doesn’t serve much of a purpose. It’s called a “sleeper”, in case you wanted to know the technical term.
Its only real purpose is to allow for the steel railroad tracks to be spiked down into it, to hold them in place.
They also offer a minimal amount of weight distribution across themselves. Though steel is strong, most railway cars are heavier than the steel can handle. Having the sleepers in place allows the weight of the train cars to be dispursed across all of them, instead of on the steel rails themselves.
Question Asked: What Excercise Games Are There For The Wii?
The Wii’s revolutionary interactive controllers are allowing more game makers to get people off the couch, and into the game.
Nintendo made exercising fun with the Wii Fit late last year, and had people all over the place getting up and hula hooping their pounds away.
In addition to the Wii Fit, a new game called Wii Active just came out earlier this week. I grabbed a copy from Best Buy, since I’m a video game lover, and gave it a shot. I’m on day 2 of the “30 day challenge”, and I feel like I’ve had my butt severely kicked.
The Wii Active game is much more of an exercise routine than a video game. Where Wii Fit allows you to select what you want to do during your workout, the “challenge” in Wii Active decides what games you do, and in what order. It’s a much more intense workout than Wii Fit offers.
Also, you may want to check out “Punch Out”, which is a reboot of Mike Tyson’s Punch Out from the mid ’80s, of course without Mike Tyson’s name on it this time. It’s just as you’d think – punching at bad guys. And Punch Out incorporates the Balance Board into it, so you can shift your weight to dodge punches from your opponent.
Question Asked: Can You Record YouTube?
I’m not really sure what you mean with your question. I think you mean that you want to be able to capture videos from YouTube, and keep them on your computer, or iPod, or whatnot.
If that’s the case, technically the answer is no. YouTube doesn’t allow a way to download the videos that have been uploaded to their site.
However, there are a number of sites available that have this functionality built into them, to allow you to download videos from YouTube.
The one I found that seems the most promising is KeepVid. You simply pop in the URL for the video you want, and it does the rest.
I hope that’s what you were looking for. If not, please let me know.
Question Asked: How Much Money Does The NBA Make Per Year?
According to Forbes Magazine, the average team in the NBA pulls in roughly $112 million per year, in ticket sales to their games.
While some make significantly more than others, it averages out to about $112 million, across all the teams.
Once you factor in the cost of paying all the employees, players, and coaches, the profit that the NBA makes from its franchised teams is very small.
Estimates say that it’s between $15 million and $20 million, however no exact number has been shared with the general public.