I, for one, embrace the popularization of anime. It makes more anime easily accessable for less money. Its a lot nicer then having a friend on a military base in japan ship you raw tapes off of tv.
I suppose I can be snobby and say "I remember back in the day.." but I dont wish for those days any longer. Holding a script in your lap while watching an anime is more difficult then it is often worth.
But, yes, just like anything else, 90% of anime is crap.
Miyazaki is a living national treasure. Everyone loves his films, but they are usually considered children's films.. and they are, but not stupid ones.
Using eva as an example is pretty poor, as that drew in _a lot_ of 'fans' of the show, that would not consider themselves anime fans.
Of course, miyazaki also dislikes the state of the anime industry.
Anime is japanese commercial art, target marketed to the japanese. The anime companies know this. One of the biggest reasons anime is popular is because it _is_ japanese. While there may be a handful of titles developed specifically with international audiences in mind, they have not lost sight of their market.
There is a very VERY negative stigma against anime fans in japan. In the US, anime fans are considered dorky social outcasts. In japan, anime fans are considered perverted child rapists and pedophiles. I would argue that the negative stimga against anime fans is much, much worse in japan then the states.
The reason anime has succeeded is due to creative freedom and the unique japanese perspective on copyright. The original manga-ka OWNS the characters. Not the publishing company.
It is unfortunate that people equate popular to bad. But this is obviously bullshit. You dont think starwars was popular back in the 80s? Hello? Most of the popular=bad stems from the ongoing stagnation of corporate media in the states. This hasnt happened in anime.
Besides, there is so much anime each year, that some of it is gaurenteed to not-suck. Although it does fit in to the 90% rule. 90% of anything sucks.
I scanned the article and saw no mention of the new ghost in the shell tv series, "Stand Alone Complex."
If you like anime, or liked the original movie. Go buy this on dvd. Now. Its simply the most remarkable anime I have seen in more then 5 years (and ive been doing this for more then a decade)
At a million-bucks-an-episode budget, this title is visually incredible. Almost movie-quality effects everywhere. The soundtrack is haunting and fits so well, as does all of yoko kanno's work.
The themes of the movie are better fleshed out, and the characters more developed. (and more accurate to the manga, by many accounts)
Oh yeah. The DTS track on the LE dvd blew my mind.
I was shocked to see this anime. Its the best Ive seen since Cowboy Bebop.
a 42 inch widescreen hitachi. Its been working wonderfully....but now I know why the workers there seemed so reluctant to actually SELL me the damn thing, when I flat out refused the warranty. (fyi, most warrantys are total scams. The product is expected to work anyways. The company is under obligation to sell you a working product. If it doesnt work, they have to replace it.)
Heck, they wouldnt even help me and my buds load the thing into the van. _WE_ lifted it onto the trolley bed. WE pushed it outside. WE loaded it onto the bed.
A wonder they gave me an evil eye when i shoved to trolley back into the store. There were SIX employees just watching me and my friends at work.
Yargh. Bestbuy sucks.
Heck, they used to have good deals on dvds, now they dont even have that anymore.
When I played through ff7 the first time, I did so in one of the college's theaters. I had the "in," so to speak, with the media folks. Getting a pass, the keys, and the connectors were trivial. Heck, half the time they would show up and want to play with us.
So, it was tekken 3, soul blade, and other games in the theater on the ps1.
But, let me tell you, finishing ff7 for the first time, in a movie theater, was pretty darn remarkable.
What kind of price/bandwidth ratio do you have?
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This would make a great slashdot poll.
I pay 35$~ish and normally I can pull down about 150Kbps, but ive hit 200 before. I felt a little jipped at first, but its been remarkably reliable, and it seems my isp actually cares about security.
Actually many foutain sodas are sweeter then their bottled equivalent, taking the ice-melt into account.
Of course, plenty of people muck with the settings on their foutains to minimize syrup use, thereby negating this standard./worked in restaurants for a while
Perhaps I should of specified and said access to all music at (very near) zero cost. Is that better?
There will still be professional musicians, assuming they are popular enough. Maybe there wont be any more huge mega-pop stars, like brintey spears, but thats a sacrifice im willing to make if it creates one more They Might Be Giants.
You can provide a full library of mp3s of every artists song to everyone for free, and people will STILL WANT TO BUY THE CD of groups they really like
1) Its better quality 2) Its better presentation 3) You get the warm fuzzies from helping the artist 4) You get a nifty booklet with piles of info 5) Its still better quality
Basically, what you are saying, is that no more music will be made if the people arnt paid for it.
Think about that statement for a bit. Do you really, honestly, truthfully think that no more music would ever be created if musicians didnt get the promise of fat paychecks coming their way?
Do you even KNOW any musicians, and the joy you get from making and playing a song?
Not all creative work is paid for. Look around the internet, there are piles, and piles, and piles of creative content that the artists are paid ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for. But, for some reason, you think that the only reason that artists create is to be paid money.
'At present, P2P software has too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.'
1) p2p has not been "hijacked," its being used to share things that are popular. 2) We are not "your consumers," we are "citizens." I had hoped that at least state attourny generals would get this. I guess I was wrong. 3) We are not being unwillingly exposed to anything. You have to voulentarily search for things. 4) The reason p2p is so popular is not because the people dont wish to be exposed to it, but because THE PEOPLE LIKE IT. Why wont they just ADMIT IT?! 5) Copyright infringement is a civil crime, not a criminal one. The gvt has no case in trying someone under criminal law for copyright infringement.
I am both angered and annoyed.
Remember, these are people that think free access to every bit of music ever made in human history to every single person is a BAD THING. Grar. Maybe I wouldnt be so annoyed if the public domain still existed. Well, since they decided to eliminate it, the people found another way to FORCE it to exist.
I understand the lack of default browser, but I couldnt figure out how to get xirc links to load w/ firefox instead of mozilla.
Drag and drop worked differently for every application i used. Sometimes it would simply put a file location/url into the toolbar, other times it would play/run the file. This needs to be consistent.
Gaim is actually one of the programs I have few problems with. I plan on using it, and xirc, and firefox, when i move back to w2k... heck, i was before i tried out linux.
Actually, one of the most annoying problems for me was my non-willingness to learn unix. Other then very simple navigational commands, I dont know much of it. Frankly, returning to the days of command lines scares the crap out of me. I just dont have the time or patience to deal with it anymore. (26, job, home, business, laziness and other such excuses. yay.)
I Wish I had mod points, so I could mod you insightful.
Oh, and for the record, my guy does both unix, linux and windows networking for the local public schools.
You arnt being serious, are you? Im not trolling, nor am I spouting lies. I am trying to provide constructive criticism here, and I am giving you as honest of a story as I can.
Hell. I HATE MS. I dispise them. (I also recognize that w2k is a pretty good OS. Also one they dont sell anymore. If I was getting paid by MS, dont you think I would support something they still make money on? XP blows.)
Okay, so I neglected to mention that this was all on a celeron 400. Slow ass computer. _BUT_ w2k ran fine on it.
All of my statements are true. I suggest not reacting with denial and trying to improve linux. I want it to succeed, badly.
Drag and drop never worked properly or consistently. (sometimes a drag and drop into firefox would toss a url, but the page wouldnt load? other time i would get an error, other times nothing would happen)
I tried installing that package, but mplayer still wouldnt play everything I wanted it to. Mostly pornography. I admit it:P Somehow another player got associated with firefox, and trying to point it to mplayer became an incredible chore.
Might I also add that i never figured out how to make firefox my default browser, or add it to menus. I could never get x-irc to work with firefox >_
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I, for one, embrace the popularization of anime. It makes more anime easily accessable for less money. Its a lot nicer then having a friend on a military base in japan ship you raw tapes off of tv.
I suppose I can be snobby and say "I remember back in the day.." but I dont wish for those days any longer. Holding a script in your lap while watching an anime is more difficult then it is often worth.
But, yes, just like anything else, 90% of anime is crap.
I said anime fans, not anime itself.
Miyazaki is a living national treasure. Everyone loves his films, but they are usually considered children's films.. and they are, but not stupid ones.
Using eva as an example is pretty poor, as that drew in _a lot_ of 'fans' of the show, that would not consider themselves anime fans.
Of course, miyazaki also dislikes the state of the anime industry.
Couple of issues with this anology.
Anime is japanese commercial art, target marketed to the japanese. The anime companies know this. One of the biggest reasons anime is popular is because it _is_ japanese. While there may be a handful of titles developed specifically with international audiences in mind, they have not lost sight of their market.
There is a very VERY negative stigma against anime fans in japan. In the US, anime fans are considered dorky social outcasts. In japan, anime fans are considered perverted child rapists and pedophiles. I would argue that the negative stimga against anime fans is much, much worse in japan then the states.
The reason anime has succeeded is due to creative freedom and the unique japanese perspective on copyright. The original manga-ka OWNS the characters. Not the publishing company.
It is unfortunate that people equate popular to bad. But this is obviously bullshit. You dont think starwars was popular back in the 80s? Hello? Most of the popular=bad stems from the ongoing stagnation of corporate media in the states. This hasnt happened in anime.
Besides, there is so much anime each year, that some of it is gaurenteed to not-suck. Although it does fit in to the 90% rule. 90% of anything sucks.
Just be careful, and youll get the good stuff.
Those 4 eps are bootlegs. Macross Zero has not been released in the states yet.
Wait till it is though, the disks will be awesome.
I scanned the article and saw no mention of the new ghost in the shell tv series, "Stand Alone Complex."
If you like anime, or liked the original movie. Go buy this on dvd. Now. Its simply the most remarkable anime I have seen in more then 5 years (and ive been doing this for more then a decade)
At a million-bucks-an-episode budget, this title is visually incredible. Almost movie-quality effects everywhere. The soundtrack is haunting and fits so well, as does all of yoko kanno's work.
The themes of the movie are better fleshed out, and the characters more developed. (and more accurate to the manga, by many accounts)
Oh yeah. The DTS track on the LE dvd blew my mind.
I was shocked to see this anime. Its the best Ive seen since Cowboy Bebop.
Like linux distributions? ..wait a second!
Well, back in 1955 there were no emergency response EMTs. (redundant!)
Ambulances were owned and operated by FUNERAL HOMES.
No, Im not kidding.
Dont get me wrong, gvt wastes a metric crapload of money, but to say there has been no more state provided services since 1955? C'mon.
a 42 inch widescreen hitachi. Its been working wonderfully.. ..but now I know why the workers there seemed so reluctant to actually SELL me the damn thing, when I flat out refused the warranty. (fyi, most warrantys are total scams. The product is expected to work anyways. The company is under obligation to sell you a working product. If it doesnt work, they have to replace it.)
Heck, they wouldnt even help me and my buds load the thing into the van. _WE_ lifted it onto the trolley bed. WE pushed it outside. WE loaded it onto the bed.
A wonder they gave me an evil eye when i shoved to trolley back into the store. There were SIX employees just watching me and my friends at work.
Yargh. Bestbuy sucks.
Heck, they used to have good deals on dvds, now they dont even have that anymore.
When I played through ff7 the first time, I did so in one of the college's theaters. I had the "in," so to speak, with the media folks. Getting a pass, the keys, and the connectors were trivial. Heck, half the time they would show up and want to play with us.
So, it was tekken 3, soul blade, and other games in the theater on the ps1.
But, let me tell you, finishing ff7 for the first time, in a movie theater, was pretty darn remarkable.
This would make a great slashdot poll.
I pay 35$~ish and normally I can pull down about 150Kbps, but ive hit 200 before. I felt a little jipped at first, but its been remarkably reliable, and it seems my isp actually cares about security.
here:
t company&CIK=0001288776&owner=include
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=ge
The S files are the interesting ones.
Actually many foutain sodas are sweeter then their bottled equivalent, taking the ice-melt into account.
/worked in restaurants for a while
Of course, plenty of people muck with the settings on their foutains to minimize syrup use, thereby negating this standard.
2nd place in worldwide sales, actually.
They have stated, many times, that they build systems to play games, and thats IT.
Good games.
Good, high quality, fun, games with recognizable characters.
People line up for the next "mario" game because the last 20 have been fantastic. It sells systems, and has a great track record.
I mean, have you played windwaker? Its a friggin work of art!
Ah, so now we are arguing semantics?
Perhaps I should of specified and said access to all music at (very near) zero cost. Is that better?
There will still be professional musicians, assuming they are popular enough. Maybe there wont be any more huge mega-pop stars, like brintey spears, but thats a sacrifice im willing to make if it creates one more They Might Be Giants.
Uhm
Actually I'm running mandrake 10 at home. System install was fantastically easy, and didnt require the command line at all!
And, yes, there are plenty of things you need the command line for.
Installing flash on firefox, for example.
Its not going to be ready for the home desktop until you can get usability, including installs, without having to type any command line stuff.
Thats what I am waiting for.
To do so is to get rid of all the artists.
Are you really this short sighted?
You can provide a full library of mp3s of every artists song to everyone for free, and people will STILL WANT TO BUY THE CD of groups they really like
1) Its better quality
2) Its better presentation
3) You get the warm fuzzies from helping the artist
4) You get a nifty booklet with piles of info
5) Its still better quality
Basically, what you are saying, is that no more music will be made if the people arnt paid for it.
Think about that statement for a bit. Do you really, honestly, truthfully think that no more music would ever be created if musicians didnt get the promise of fat paychecks coming their way?
Do you even KNOW any musicians, and the joy you get from making and playing a song?
Not all creative work is paid for. Look around the internet, there are piles, and piles, and piles of creative content that the artists are paid ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for. But, for some reason, you think that the only reason that artists create is to be paid money.
Disgusting.
Civil tort, actually.
I was angry when I wrote that. Said something dumb.
check this out, it provides some good info
'At present, P2P software has too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.'
1) p2p has not been "hijacked," its being used to share things that are popular.
2) We are not "your consumers," we are "citizens." I had hoped that at least state attourny generals would get this. I guess I was wrong.
3) We are not being unwillingly exposed to anything. You have to voulentarily search for things.
4) The reason p2p is so popular is not because the people dont wish to be exposed to it, but because THE PEOPLE LIKE IT. Why wont they just ADMIT IT?!
5) Copyright infringement is a civil crime, not a criminal one. The gvt has no case in trying someone under criminal law for copyright infringement.
I am both angered and annoyed.
Remember, these are people that think free access to every bit of music ever made in human history to every single person is a BAD THING. Grar. Maybe I wouldnt be so annoyed if the public domain still existed. Well, since they decided to eliminate it, the people found another way to FORCE it to exist.
No, but the citizens should have free access to the INFORMATION gathered via that rocket.
Just like they are not saying that the public should have free access to the drugs made via this research, but the INFORMATION gathered via it.
because it wont run on my c400.
I understand the lack of default browser, but I couldnt figure out how to get xirc links to load w/ firefox instead of mozilla.
Drag and drop worked differently for every application i used. Sometimes it would simply put a file location/url into the toolbar, other times it would play/run the file. This needs to be consistent.
Gaim is actually one of the programs I have few problems with. I plan on using it, and xirc, and firefox, when i move back to w2k... heck, i was before i tried out linux.
Actually, one of the most annoying problems for me was my non-willingness to learn unix. Other then very simple navigational commands, I dont know much of it. Frankly, returning to the days of command lines scares the crap out of me. I just dont have the time or patience to deal with it anymore. (26, job, home, business, laziness and other such excuses. yay.)
I Wish I had mod points, so I could mod you insightful.
Oh, and for the record, my guy does both unix, linux and windows networking for the local public schools.
You arnt being serious, are you? Im not trolling, nor am I spouting lies. I am trying to provide constructive criticism here, and I am giving you as honest of a story as I can.
:P Somehow another player got associated with firefox, and trying to point it to mplayer became an incredible chore.
:(
Hell. I HATE MS. I dispise them. (I also recognize that w2k is a pretty good OS. Also one they dont sell anymore. If I was getting paid by MS, dont you think I would support something they still make money on? XP blows.)
Okay, so I neglected to mention that this was all on a celeron 400. Slow ass computer. _BUT_ w2k ran fine on it.
All of my statements are true. I suggest not reacting with denial and trying to improve linux. I want it to succeed, badly.
Drag and drop never worked properly or consistently. (sometimes a drag and drop into firefox would toss a url, but the page wouldnt load? other time i would get an error, other times nothing would happen)
I tried installing that package, but mplayer still wouldnt play everything I wanted it to. Mostly pornography. I admit it
Might I also add that i never figured out how to make firefox my default browser, or add it to menus. I could never get x-irc to work with firefox >_
You arnt helping, just living in geeky denial.
-sigh-
Why did i even reply to this?
No.
:(
I just wanted a firewall, and file transfer between windows and linux.
Finally we both said "Fuck it" and just got all the pcs behind linux online, and that was enough. Thats why it took so long.
Might I also add that reading your post was like reading pig-latin. Im not much of a networking guy