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Title: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on February 26, 2015, 06:57:05 AM
I have to say that I thought it was going to be as shitty as Glee but this really is the Black version of Dallas.....best shit around now!!    Best of all, Courtney Love is really being herself....a drunk wasted white woman BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Archer77 on February 26, 2015, 07:14:43 AM
I have to say that I thought it was going to be as shitty as Glee but this really is the Black version of Dallas.....best shit around now!!    Best of all, Courtney Love is really being herself....a drunk wasted white woman BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Bananas?  Racist post reported.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Marty Champions on February 26, 2015, 07:18:28 AM
I watched for 5 min they were doing some silly simpleminded rap and they ere like"oooh yeah that sound hot gonna be numa one hit my mans"  ::)
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Tapeworm on February 26, 2015, 07:28:56 AM
I watched for 5 min they were doing some silly simpleminded rap and they ere like"oooh yeah that sound hot gonna be numa one hit my mans"  ::)

Johnny!  Hep me, Johnny!

Can I input single phase power to a VFD and have it output 3 phase if I work on the assumption that it'll be basically 50% good?  I won't fry any diodes if I keep it running motors under half its rated power?  Pretty sure.  Srs q if you're knowing.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: mazrim on February 26, 2015, 07:34:51 AM
Previews are terrible. Trying way too hard. No desire to watch. Looks like written for simpletons.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Knooger on February 26, 2015, 07:41:33 AM
I watched for 5 min they were doing some silly simpleminded rap and they ere like"oooh yeah that sound hot gonna be numa one hit my mans"  ::)

Johnny!  Hep me, Johnny!

I've been eating a lot of kale lately. I buy the salad bag pictured below. My question is my wife said that eating kale can increase your risk of kidney stones. I've had one before and never want to do it again. Do you have any tips for eating kale and keeping the risk of kidney stones as low as possible? I already drink lots of water.

(http://www.taylorfarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/csk-kale-chopped-b.jpg)
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Hulkotron on February 26, 2015, 07:42:51 AM
Network television sucks fetid balls, HTH.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Marty Champions on February 26, 2015, 07:43:59 AM
Johnny!  Hep me, Johnny!

Can I input single phase power to a VFD and have it output 3 phase if I work on the assumption that it'll be basically 50% good?  I won't fry any diodes if I keep it running motors under half its rated power?  Pretty sure.  Srs q if you're knowing.
post this question on energeticforum.com im hard to see what the answer will be
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Tapeworm on February 26, 2015, 07:57:18 AM
post this question on energeticforum.com im hard to see what the answer will be

I like Practical Machinist.  Some clued in bros over there.  You'd dig it, even though I rarely post.


Johnny!  Hep me, Johnny!

I've been eating a lot of kale lately. I buy the salad bag pictured below. My question is my wife said that eating kale can increase your risk of kidney stones. I've had one before and never want to do it again. Do you have any tips for eating kale and keeping the risk of kidney stones as low as possible? I already drink lots of water.



Fuck man.  I bet.  Srs, look at your water hardness level.  I was reading about reverse osmosis filtration and there or a link talked about the flip side, high mineralization of tap water and cock rocks.  Seems like a pretty direct connect.  It was strictly a research thing.  I don't just spend all day reading about cocks, you understand.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Soul Crusher on February 26, 2015, 08:02:06 AM
I have to say that I thought it was going to be as shitty as Glee but this really is the Black version of Dallas.....best shit around now!!    Best of all, Courtney Love is really being herself....a drunk wasted white woman BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Its a good show.    His younger son gonna wind up dead at some point. 
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: The True Adonis on February 26, 2015, 08:05:30 AM
So much better stuff to watch than this garbage.

Shameless on Showtime is hilarious and is very good.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Soul Crusher on February 26, 2015, 08:06:03 AM
So much better stuff to watch than this garbage.

Shameless on Showtime is hilarious and is very good.

Criminal minds and Stalker are my two favs
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on February 26, 2015, 08:14:20 AM
That show is totaly swining from the vines yo!  Just totally ape!  it is crazy mudshark shit ya know!
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on February 26, 2015, 09:13:37 AM
So much better stuff to watch than this garbage.

Shameless on Showtime is hilarious and is very good.


Come on Adonis....even you have to laugh at all the blatant stereotypes portrayed. 
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: BB on February 26, 2015, 09:39:44 AM
I like Practical Machinist.  Some clued in bros over there.  You'd dig it, even though I rarely post.


Practical Machinist is pretty awesome, I also pop into Garage Journal (Garagejournal.com). Also https://www.youtube.com/user/oxtoolco and 
https://www.youtube.com/user/mrpete222/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 .

Also the Popular Mechanics and Popular Science archives at google books -

 https://www.google.com/search?q=popular+mechanics&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=popula&gws_rd=ssl

https://www.google.com/search?q=popular+mechanics&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=popula&gws_rd=ssl#q=popular+science&tbm=bks .

I can't believe how many hours I've wasted there on purpose, and by accident.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: 240 is Back on February 26, 2015, 09:58:31 AM
I tried to get into Empire.   Terrence Howard is one of my favorite actors.

too much like Glee I guess, the musical arrangements annoy the piss out of me.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: BB on February 26, 2015, 10:00:53 AM
.

For fans of "The Wire", this fellow -
, has uploaded all of "The Corner". It's the middle of David Simon's Baltimore trio (Homicide, The Corner, and The Wire). It's an interesting watch, between Homicide and this one, you can see the molding of what would become The Wire.

I don't think any of the streaming services carried it after HBO ran it. An edited version was played on BET for a bit, but it's sorta faded from memory for some folks.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Competitor 9 on February 26, 2015, 10:01:12 AM
I tried to get into Empire.   Terrence Howard is one of my favorite actors.

too much like Glee I guess, the musical arrangements annoy the piss out of me.

I heard it was foxs way of getting their foot in the black community. Any truth to this? Are they trying to hard?
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Leatherneck on February 26, 2015, 02:32:57 PM
Fox has been in the lack community since show  like NY Undercover, Martin and Living Single. As for Empire, my wife and have been watching it and like it so far. Taraji Henson in lingerie makes any show better.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 02:55:32 PM
White people being able to watch an all black TV series/movie died with Martin and Friday.

Now, it just seems pathetic.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: BB on February 26, 2015, 03:08:22 PM
White people being able to watch an all black TV series/movie died with Martin and Friday.

Now, it just seems pathetic.

It depend on the show. The Wire, Treme, etc.... were majority black and excellent. NY Undercover was pretty good, and I have a soft spot for Living Single.

It's when they shoehorn or soft peddle things in regards to race that things really go bad. Haven't seen Empire, but this thread has me curious.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 03:29:21 PM
It depend on the show. The Wire, Treme, etc.... were majority black and excellent. NY Undercover was pretty good, and I have a soft spot for Living Single.

It's when they shoehorn or soft peddle things in regards to race that things really go bad. Haven't seen Empire, but this thread has me curious.
Lol!!! Yes I watched living single too, along with Family matters.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Parker on February 26, 2015, 03:34:02 PM
I have to say that I thought it was going to be as shitty as Glee but this really is the Black version of Dallas.....best shit around now!!    Best of all, Courtney Love is really being herself....a drunk wasted white woman BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Power on STARZ is better, way better.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 03:39:26 PM
Power on STARZ is better, way better.
Why do you guys have channels Starz Black and BET? Sometimes I feel that black people segregate themselves.

Smart People like Morgan Freeman do not want specific months, or specific channels "set aside" for them.

You would never hear the end of it, if the WET (not a porn channel, white entertainment t.v.) network ever came out.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: That_Dude on February 26, 2015, 03:42:20 PM
Johnny!  Hep me, Johnny!

Can I input single phase power to a VFD and have it output 3 phase if I work on the assumption that it'll be basically 50% good?  I won't fry any diodes if I keep it running motors under half its rated power?  Pretty sure.  Srs q if you're knowing.

Yes you can use a vfd as a phase converter. The output will be 3 phase 240 V
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: BB on February 26, 2015, 03:54:32 PM
Why do you guys have channels Starz Black and BET? Sometimes I feel that black people segregate themselves.

Smart People like Morgan Freeman do not want specific months, or specific channels "set aside" for them.

You would never hear the end of it, if the WET (not a porn channel, white entertainment t.v.) network ever came out.

BET comes as standard, with cable around here. I don't mind it, They were pretty good at picking re-runs and B-movies.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 03:56:53 PM
BET comes as standard, with cable around here. I don't mind it, They were pretty good at picking re-runs and B-movies.
Its the concept that bothers me.

Is it too far to suggest that it is reverse racism?
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: BB on February 26, 2015, 04:05:53 PM
Its the concept that bothers me.

Is it too far to suggest that it is reverse racism?

Ah, there are big things to be annoyed about. I sort of understand why they want their own station, especially when it was  first developed in the early 80's. And it's lost most, if not all of any militancy it once had. I don't find it more offensive than the 20+ spanish stations, or the 2 Polish, or the 5+ plus Asian ones.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on February 26, 2015, 04:06:20 PM
Why do you guys have channels Starz Black and BET? Sometimes I feel that black people segregate themselves.

Smart People like Morgan Freeman do not want specific months, or specific channels "set aside" for them.

You would never hear the end of it, if the WET (not a porn channel, white entertainment t.v.) network ever came out.


BET is owned by Viacom you big dummy.  It comes as a cable package with everything else they own
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 04:13:04 PM

BET is owned by Viacom you big dummy.  It comes as a cable package with everything else they own
No shit. I wasnt implying that only black people have access to those networks.

I just think its time to have a name change. Why do they have to preface it with black?

Its makes wholesome white folk embarrassed to watch.

Mom: what are you watching dear?

Me: BET mom

Mom: is that some type of gameshow network?

Me: No mom, its black entertainment television.

Mom: (blank stare)
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: DanielPaul on February 26, 2015, 04:19:51 PM
I tried to watch it but couldn't get into it, to much monkey business  ;D
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: TestDummy on February 26, 2015, 06:19:57 PM
I watched most of the first episode, it was stupid, black shows are fucking retarded
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 06:21:50 PM
I watched most of the first episode, it was stupid, black shows are fucking retarded
They have a show called Blackish on one of the main networks. How did that pass the screen test?
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Archer77 on February 26, 2015, 06:22:24 PM
I watched most of the first episode, it was stupid, black shows are fucking retarded

A lot of yelling and jumping up and down
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 06:24:09 PM
A lot of yelling and jumping up and down
Funny they call the show "Empire". I don't think they ever had one.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Archer77 on February 26, 2015, 06:26:54 PM
Funny they call the show "Empire". I don't think they ever had one.

From the previews, which I know don't say much, it reminded me of a gay hustle and flow.  Maybe that's why Goodrum likes it
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 26, 2015, 06:30:30 PM
From the previews, which I know don't say much, it reminded me of a gay hustle and flow.  Maybe that's why Goodrum likes it
Speaking of Goodrum, I wonder why LOGO did not just call the network GAY instead? Would be the same concept as BET in my opinion.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: DanielPaul on February 26, 2015, 06:32:35 PM
Funny they call the show "Empire". I don't think they ever had one.
don't tell wiggs cause apparently they built a bunch of fucking pyramids and maintained an advanced civilization like 10,000,000 years ago but haven't done shit since, must have hit a evolutional slump.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Archer77 on February 26, 2015, 06:34:22 PM
Speaking of Goodrum, I wonder why LOGO did not just call the network GAY instead? Would be the same concept as BET in my opinion.

What does LOGO even stand for? 
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Princess L on February 26, 2015, 06:54:29 PM
Why do you guys have channels Starz Black and BET? Sometimes I feel that black people segregate themselves.

Smart People like Morgan Freeman do not want specific months, or specific channels "set aside" for them.

You would never hear the end of it, if the WET (not a porn channel, white entertainment t.v.) network ever came out.

OWN is becoming another BET.  She should probably rename it the Tyler Perry Network.

The Haves and the Have Nots
Love Thy Neighbor
Raising Whitley
For Better Or For Worse
Welcome to Sweetie Pies
If Loving You is Wrong
Deion’s Family Playbook
Houston Beauty
6 Little McGhees
Mom’s Got Game
2 Fat 2 Fly

Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Tapeworm on February 26, 2015, 07:00:57 PM
Practical Machinist is pretty awesome, I also pop into Garage Journal (Garagejournal.com). Also https://www.youtube.com/user/oxtoolco and  
https://www.youtube.com/user/mrpete222/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 .

Also the Popular Mechanics and Popular Science archives at google books -

 https://www.google.com/search?q=popular+mechanics&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=popula&gws_rd=ssl

https://www.google.com/search?q=popular+mechanics&tbm=bks&tbo=1&oq=popula&gws_rd=ssl#q=popular+science&tbm=bks .

I can't believe how many hours I've wasted there on purpose, and by accident.

I haven't looked at the Popular Mechanics/Science stuff before.  Just never got around to googling it up.  Thanks for the links.  Good to know they've got it all archived.

Yep, Tubalcain is wonderfully curmudgeonly!  Been meaning to get back to Ox some more.  Don't know him well but looks like a very skilled dude.  Also spent many an hour in awe of Keith Fenner.  One of these days I'll figure out how to download YouTube vids and save them.  I hate to think of this stuff blinking out of existence.


Yes you can use a vfd as a phase converter. The output will be 3 phase 240 V

Right on, Dude.  I gambled with a $100 bid at auction yesterday and came home with a 22kw rated unit.  Literature advised 3 phase input required, so I figured at the very least I'd have a nice controller between the generator and milling machine, but was hopeful it would open doors for me with single phase domestic supply.

If you wanted to be able to run it off domestic supply or 3-ph generator (I don't even know what the mill out there will draw but it's going to be at least 10 kw, so I figure I might have to feed that with the genny), would you just put a 3 phase male plug on the VFD and then adapt a single phase extension cord with a 3 phase female plug, then swap to the generator's 3 phase cord when needed?  

The manual is talking about the importance of grounding, earth leakage, etc.  I don't plan to remain clueless but I am at the moment so want to make sure grounding needs would be accommodated with a single phase cord's ground.  Also not sure if a male plug on the VFD would be really dumb if capacitors can discharge back through the supply plug and kill me.  I could opt to just hardwire, forget about putting the generator through the VFD (or this particular VFD), if plugging in invites disaster.

Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: That_Dude on February 26, 2015, 08:01:12 PM
Assuming you have a 230v 3 phase 22kw vfd if you supplied it with 230 single phase you would de-rate the power by half. This would work ok at lower freq. Once you go higher (to speed the motor) the ripple voltage will be too high on the DC bus due to caps discharging faster than they can recharge to make maximum output possible, however you should still get about 90% of the max output frequency wise. If you are pla.ning to supply 120v your 230v unit would not work for you.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: SaintAnger on February 26, 2015, 08:26:52 PM
Black people need to get their own media, their own business sector, and a code of conduct.

They never will.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Tapeworm on February 26, 2015, 08:38:46 PM
Assuming you have a 230v 3 phase 22kw vfd if you supplied it with 230 single phase you would de-rate the power by half. This would work ok at lower freq. Once you go higher (to speed the motor) the ripple voltage will be too high on the DC bus due to caps discharging faster than they can recharge to make maximum output possible, however you should still get about 90% of the max output frequency wise. If you are pla.ning to supply 120v your 230v unit would not work for you.

I'm in Aus so single phase input would be 230v.  3ph is 415v here so I'm hoping that's what will come out the other side.  The sticker on the unit says both input & output are 230v-480v so maybe it's something I program.  Obvious newb.  

I got the rating from a chart for different models (mine's a PDL electronics/Schneider Electric Microdrive Elite ME-46, 27kg weight) giving 22kw at 415v.  Stay away from the top 10% on the speed range?

PS - Except for the big mill most of my equipment is low draw.  2 lathes and a small mill ranging from 1.5HP-5HP.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Obvious Gimmick on February 26, 2015, 10:41:37 PM
Sounds like youre going ape over it
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: CalvinH on February 27, 2015, 05:50:28 AM
Sorry, I'm to busy watching Vikings :)
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: DanielPaul on February 27, 2015, 07:17:05 AM
Sorry, I'm to busy watching Vikings :)
whens the new season out?
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: CalvinH on February 27, 2015, 07:46:41 AM
whens the new season out?


Already two shows in.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: MCWAY on February 27, 2015, 08:11:11 AM
Why do you guys have channels Starz Black and BET? Sometimes I feel that black people segregate themselves.

Smart People like Morgan Freeman do not want specific months, or specific channels "set aside" for them.

You would never hear the end of it, if the WET (not a porn channel, white entertainment t.v.) network ever came out.

The argument goes that most of TV is, by default, white entertainment TV.

Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: MCWAY on February 27, 2015, 08:13:54 AM
Its the concept that bothers me.

Is it too far to suggest that it is reverse racism?

I wouldn't say that. I've heard a similar argument when people discuss historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Archer77 on February 27, 2015, 08:31:32 AM
The argument goes that most of TV is, by default, white entertainment TV.



The argument is problematic.  They are by default white but not intentionally white.  They are simply marketing to the largest demographic for monetary not racial reasons.  So you have a difference of intent and design.

These default white networks are experiencing pressure to include minorities while race based networks like BET are not.  BET is intentionally exclusionary and allowed and even encouraged to be so. NBC is not intentionally exclusionary and is pressured to be inclusive.  
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Parker on February 27, 2015, 08:39:15 AM
No shit. I wasnt implying that only black people have access to those networks.

I just think its time to have a name change. Why do they have to preface it with black?

Its makes wholesome white folk embarrassed to watch.

Mom: what are you watching dear?

Me: BET mom

Mom: is that some type of gameshow network?

Me: No mom, its black entertainment television.

Mom: (blank stare)
Here is the bigger questions: 1) Why is your mom questioning what you are watching? 2)And why
is a 30 something having this discussion with his mother, unless he lived with her?
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: King Shizzo on February 27, 2015, 09:52:53 AM
Here is the bigger questions: 1) Why is your mom questioning what you are watching? 2)And why
is a 30 something having this discussion with his mother, unless he lived with her?
It was a joke scenario. One Im sure that has played out in countless white suburban homes.

We will never truely be equals until we stop focusing on black and white.

I want to know Parker as a man, not as a black man.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: That_Dude on February 27, 2015, 02:39:06 PM
I'm in Aus so single phase input would be 230v.  3ph is 415v here so I'm hoping that's what will come out the other side.  The sticker on the unit says both input & output are 230v-480v so maybe it's something I program.  Obvious newb.  

I got the rating from a chart for different models (mine's a PDL electronics/Schneider Electric Microdrive Elite ME-46, 27kg weight) giving 22kw at 415v.  Stay away from the top 10% on the speed range?

PS - Except for the big mill most of my equipment is low draw.  2 lathes and a small mill ranging from 1.5HP-5HP.


I wouldn't say stay away from the top end frequency wise but you would definitely want to monitor your motors temperature near the upper end. With the voltage being somewhat unstable the motor will draw more current at the upper frequency. This in turn creates a lot of heat which is your motors enemy. As far as the vfd you would have to program the desired output in its parameter set.   Good luck, let me know how you make out.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Tapeworm on February 28, 2015, 05:35:33 AM
I wouldn't say stay away from the top end frequency wise but you would definitely want to monitor your motors temperature near the upper end. With the voltage being somewhat unstable the motor will draw more current at the upper frequency. This in turn creates a lot of heat which is your motors enemy. As far as the vfd you would have to program the desired output in its parameter set.   Good luck, let me know how you make out.

Thanks for the advice, Dude.  I can't decide if this thing will transform or not, so will just have to see and possibly screw with wye/delta configurations if it doesn't.

Will definitely keep an eye on motor temps.  Got a 3 speed one from the 40s original to the lathe that I don't want to fuck up.
Title: Re: Damn, that Empire show on Fox is bananas!!!
Post by: Parker on February 28, 2015, 05:38:33 AM
It was a joke scenario. One Im sure that has played out in countless white suburban homes.

We will never truely be equals until we stop focusing on black and white.

I want to know Parker as a man, not as a black man.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_%28character%29 (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_%28character%29)