But, for a permanent place in a collection, the better produced DVDs with extra content are much preferable.
I buy the DVDs of the shows I like as soon as they are released.
Pirated stuff isn't good enough to be a "keeper".
Not actually true in my experience. I've found that, at least for content released in the US, you can usually find a fansubbing group who did a magnificently better job than whatever group got the US license. There's still worth in buying the US versions to support the industry, but the industry is often producing in months or years a worse product than you can get for free hours after the episode airs in Japan.
Good fansubbing groups are much more conscientious about typography, timing, translation, and explanation than I generally see from the industry. AND I get the whole thing in an easily portable, easily convertible format with neat soft subs. What's not to love?
Buy the DVD and if you're not subjected to horrible voiceovers from the same five people who seem to do every anime ever produced in the US* then you'll have horrible, solid yellow or white, aliased, blocky, poorly-wrapped subtitles that make all kinds of weird decisions about what to translate and how.
And I've never seen a U.S. industry release that will translate signs, messages on cell phones, blackboards, notes, etc., much less in the right location on screen and in a font that matches the spirit of the original writing.
If the anime industry in the US ever wants to complain about sales these are the things they should fix.
*Disclaimer, there may be some slightly irate exaggeration and/or hyperbole in this statement. Viewer discretion is advised.
Maybe they have lots of SMS traffic because their networks don't charge $0.20 per message? Many of my friends I'll call simply because that cost is fixed to them if they don't run over their plan's minutes, whereas the cost of an SMS is not.
This is true, but don't even get me started on Objective-C. It has its good points, some of which I even miss when programming in other languages—but it's on the whole a mediocre language propped up by some amazing libraries.
I think this guy said it best.
<rant>
I mean, requiring the programmer to explicitly allocate and de-allocate each member of a class? Explicit allocation and destruction of your super class? It can FAIL and you have to check that in the constructor of every class you write?
</rant>
I also hear that Windows 7 unpacks itself, even if it has to levitate across the room to do it.
Windows 7 installs are often accompanied by unicorn sightings and transcendent feelings of goodwill towards all men.
At least that's what I think they told me... I may have a few of my details crossed. Microsoft wouldn't lie to me though, so it's probably close enough.
Regarding your sig: I prefer to use the Konami code in my sigs but then deliberately make an error somewhere. It's funny because people can't help but correct you:D
No. Power users don't use the... "mouse?" That strange dangly appendage is far too slow. It has it's place, but doing things like opening a font dialog isn't one of them:P
A power user would just hit Alt, F, F or whatever the mnemonics for the Format and Font are. Most likely there's some other faster, easier way of doing it as well, like Ctrl + Alt + F. The key to good user interfaces is providing multiple ways to do the same thing. The beginner can peer myopically about the menu items, sampling from them with the mouse. The power user already knows how to do instantly anything that he needs to do, with at most two or three keystrokes.
Yeah, NASA needs to get right on that. Reminds me of the story of how NASA spent all that money developing a special gel, pressurized cartridge, etc. so that they could have a pen that works zero gee. You can buy them (or something like it) at any museum of flight now.
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My $0.02 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asp_(reptile) What could possibly go wrong?
I was looking for this post :) Everyone should at least have an understanding of the argument.
Even better. ;)
Don't get it? Here's the reference.
But, for a permanent place in a collection, the better produced DVDs with extra content are much preferable. I buy the DVDs of the shows I like as soon as they are released. Pirated stuff isn't good enough to be a "keeper".
Not actually true in my experience. I've found that, at least for content released in the US, you can usually find a fansubbing group who did a magnificently better job than whatever group got the US license. There's still worth in buying the US versions to support the industry, but the industry is often producing in months or years a worse product than you can get for free hours after the episode airs in Japan.
Good fansubbing groups are much more conscientious about typography, timing, translation, and explanation than I generally see from the industry. AND I get the whole thing in an easily portable, easily convertible format with neat soft subs. What's not to love?
Buy the DVD and if you're not subjected to horrible voiceovers from the same five people who seem to do every anime ever produced in the US* then you'll have horrible, solid yellow or white, aliased, blocky, poorly-wrapped subtitles that make all kinds of weird decisions about what to translate and how. And I've never seen a U.S. industry release that will translate signs, messages on cell phones, blackboards, notes, etc., much less in the right location on screen and in a font that matches the spirit of the original writing.
If the anime industry in the US ever wants to complain about sales these are the things they should fix. *Disclaimer, there may be some slightly irate exaggeration and/or hyperbole in this statement. Viewer discretion is advised.
If everything was public, everyone would realize everyone else is just as weird as they are and we can get over it.
Except for those very few, very strange individuals who really just don't know...
Well played sir :)
Maybe they have lots of SMS traffic because their networks don't charge $0.20 per message? Many of my friends I'll call simply because that cost is fixed to them if they don't run over their plan's minutes, whereas the cost of an SMS is not.
How about when kids born during are old enough to play? Seems like a safe bet ;)
when you're in high school you dread the busy work, as do your parents who are forced to do your homework for you
Where did they learn to do it?
This is true, but don't even get me started on Objective-C. It has its good points, some of which I even miss when programming in other languages—but it's on the whole a mediocre language propped up by some amazing libraries.
I think this guy said it best.
<rant>
I mean, requiring the programmer to explicitly allocate and de-allocate each member of a class? Explicit allocation and destruction of your super class? It can FAIL and you have to check that in the constructor of every class you write?
</rant>
No thanks.
There's still slavery in lots of places in the world. Even in the US.
Citation needed.
Seriously though, what do you mean? Slavery in the US? Now? Where? How?
Hegemony?
You'll never get rid of the myth. People love it too much. Thanks for trying though...
I also hear that Windows 7 unpacks itself, even if it has to levitate across the room to do it. Windows 7 installs are often accompanied by unicorn sightings and transcendent feelings of goodwill towards all men. At least that's what I think they told me... I may have a few of my details crossed. Microsoft wouldn't lie to me though, so it's probably close enough.
Very good! I like this explanation. No mod points today, unfortunately :(
Regarding your sig: I prefer to use the Konami code in my sigs but then deliberately make an error somewhere. It's funny because people can't help but correct you :D
While I don't care for that idea, either, somehow the idea of a bunch of nerds with no lives watching me isn't all that terrifying.
You really, really ought to rethink that. Just for a minute.
Pictures or it didn't happen ;)
But seriously though, I'm curious.
No. Power users don't use the... "mouse?" That strange dangly appendage is far too slow. It has it's place, but doing things like opening a font dialog isn't one of them :P
A power user would just hit Alt, F, F or whatever the mnemonics for the Format and Font are. Most likely there's some other faster, easier way of doing it as well, like Ctrl + Alt + F. The key to good user interfaces is providing multiple ways to do the same thing. The beginner can peer myopically about the menu items, sampling from them with the mouse. The power user already knows how to do instantly anything that he needs to do, with at most two or three keystrokes.
Stallman... is a great guy and a visionary, that most of us wouldn't be doing what we're doing without.
Stallman, is that you?
Thanks for that, I deserved it :D
Yeah, NASA needs to get right on that. Reminds me of the story of how NASA spent all that money developing a special gel, pressurized cartridge, etc. so that they could have a pen that works zero gee. You can buy them (or something like it) at any museum of flight now.
The Russians used pencils.
This deserves a +5, "Pure Genius" :D
You didn't pay very much attention, did you?