Don't worry, we don't care what you say to the hold music. The ones monitoring me to make sure I do my job correctly merely get a chuckle out of it ^^;
I come from a different school of thought - I've run into the artifacting issue only once or twice, but I rarely watch TV anyway... MTS TV has seemed to be OK in select areas (Read: Winnipeg St. James) but YMMV.
(And now for the offtopic, and the reason I post without Karma bonus: effin Bisons. They really gotta change their marketing strategy. Manitoba to MTS: The "Great bison (buys on) cell phones" joke died SEVEN EFFING YEARS AGO. For those not in Manitoba, they've been using bisons in their ads ever since then. Kinda like the Verizon Guy, but trust me - it's much more annoying being deluged by those effin MTS ads.)
On the linked download page, under the Dr. Divx/Divx Pro, in a normal text link it says "Download the DivX codec (no cost)" which is NOT the Adware version.
My question is this: Before doing Iron Chef USA, how much (if any) Iron Chef (Featuring Kaga Takeshi, Fukui-san and Ohta) have you seen, and what are your opinions on it?
Bonus Questions: Who is your favorite "Japan" Iron Chef? Favorite USA Iron Chef?
This whole "certification process" sounds a lot like how the "Nintendo Seal of Quality" worked - when you get right down to it - make sure the product does not have any obvious bugs (or in the case of FIPS - security holes), and that it worked - which basically made it something that looks nice yet means nothing.
Speaking strictly from a Transformers standpoint...
Transformers post TFTM had a RADICAL change of pace from the original 2 seasons. They changed too much - and a LOT of people didn't like it. Back then, when I was in Elementary, there were 2 kinds of people. People who liked pre-TFTM (Read: Optimus or Megatron) and post-TFTM (Read: Rodimus or Galvatron)... The series tanked because it was a cash cow... The storyline started to go downhill BECAUSE of the cash cow-ism.
Now, Simpsons was never merchandise-centric (it was not CREATED primarily to sell toys/shirts/etc) but quite frankly, by the time the 3rd movie comes out, it'd be a Made-For-TV Final Episode movie. Many people are sick of the Simpsons... and 3 movies is 2 movies too many. They'd make a decent-or-better first movie, a second one that kinda sucks, and the third - Death. Kinda like TMNT;-p
The other day on Kudlow & Cramer (CNBC), I happened to see Ms. Rosen along with someone from the EFF...
Among the usual FUD she spreads around, Ms. Rosen would poke at the person from the EFF. Quite frankly, it was the first time I saw her on TV... It was funny, the person from the EFF didn't poke fun at her, and Ms. Rosen ended up looking stupid;-)
Shows what happens when you channelsurf and just stop it on CNBC for a few seconds. The first words I heard her say were "everything for free foundation" and I almost fell off the couch laughing!
Tell me about it. I work for FedEx doin Tech Support, ya see... I can't even be BOTHERED to call 1800GOFEDEX when I need to speak to Customer Service... I simply call the support line I'd be reachable at when at work, then ask to be transfered. No fuss, no muss.
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He said Xanadu, not Faxanadu!
Don't worry, we don't care what you say to the hold music. The ones monitoring me to make sure I do my job correctly merely get a chuckle out of it ^^;
Also, it was to enable them to spot bootleg merchandise, etc. :-p
Yes, but what Shaw has over MTS is a much less annoying marketing scheme ^^;
First, to keep it on-topic:
I come from a different school of thought - I've run into the artifacting issue only once or twice, but I rarely watch TV anyway... MTS TV has seemed to be OK in select areas (Read: Winnipeg St. James) but YMMV.
(And now for the offtopic, and the reason I post without Karma bonus: effin Bisons. They really gotta change their marketing strategy. Manitoba to MTS: The "Great bison (buys on) cell phones" joke died SEVEN EFFING YEARS AGO. For those not in Manitoba, they've been using bisons in their ads ever since then. Kinda like the Verizon Guy, but trust me - it's much more annoying being deluged by those effin MTS ads.)
First Uematsu quits smoking as his new years resolution, then he quits Square Enix later this year.
COINCIDENCE?
I heard about that - I also heard that the same thing is happening with a few more of the major video game designers - Capcom, Sega, Konami...
Two words: Prior Art.
The Gameboy emulator for PalmOS will do nicely for this.
You say that like working in a bar in Roppongi is a /bad/ thing....
(and for you DBZ fans) ...that Goku, Gohan and Goten are all voiced by a woman as well?
The same woman, I might add, that also voiced the 1960's Astroboy, Urashima Hina in Love Hina, and Tetsuro in Galaxy Express 999.
I thought Concrete Road was owned by Ghibli and thus part of the Disney deal ;-p
On the linked download page, under the Dr. Divx/Divx Pro, in a normal text link it says "Download the DivX codec (no cost)" which is NOT the Adware version.
Acually, if you write it in all caps, you are infringing on a Hormel Foods trademark, SPAM.
You know, the canned lunch meat?
They should change it to "offensive content", then we can edit Jar Jar out all we want ^_^
My personal favorite is "Mocap Boxing".
This is one where you put on two rubber "boxing gloves" and punch and dodge.
That's right - DODGE. Machine reads the position of your head and shoulders. If you've seen Police 911 (Police 24/7) it's the same sensor overhead.
Although nothing beats a workout like trying to pass MAX300 on Heavy. Crezzy man, crezzy.
The obligatory ICUSA question... ah...
My question is this: Before doing Iron Chef USA, how much (if any) Iron Chef (Featuring Kaga Takeshi, Fukui-san and Ohta) have you seen, and what are your opinions on it?
Bonus Questions: Who is your favorite "Japan" Iron Chef? Favorite USA Iron Chef?
The RedOctane pads are among the best non-Konami pads you can get.
I'd recommend them for DDR any day of the week, and many others would too.
And you know what they say about a man who represents himself in court!
This whole "certification process" sounds a lot like how the "Nintendo Seal of Quality" worked - when you get right down to it - make sure the product does not have any obvious bugs (or in the case of FIPS - security holes), and that it worked - which basically made it something that looks nice yet means nothing.
Speaking strictly from a Transformers standpoint...
;-p
Transformers post TFTM had a RADICAL change of pace from the original 2 seasons. They changed too much - and a LOT of people didn't like it. Back then, when I was in Elementary, there were 2 kinds of people. People who liked pre-TFTM (Read: Optimus or Megatron) and post-TFTM (Read: Rodimus or Galvatron)... The series tanked because it was a cash cow... The storyline started to go downhill BECAUSE of the cash cow-ism.
Now, Simpsons was never merchandise-centric (it was not CREATED primarily to sell toys/shirts/etc) but quite frankly, by the time the 3rd movie comes out, it'd be a Made-For-TV Final Episode movie. Many people are sick of the Simpsons... and 3 movies is 2 movies too many. They'd make a decent-or-better first movie, a second one that kinda sucks, and the third - Death. Kinda like TMNT
At least, that's my opinion.
The other day on Kudlow & Cramer (CNBC), I happened to see Ms. Rosen along with someone from the EFF...
;-)
Among the usual FUD she spreads around, Ms. Rosen would poke at the person from the EFF. Quite frankly, it was the first time I saw her on TV... It was funny, the person from the EFF didn't poke fun at her, and Ms. Rosen ended up looking stupid
Shows what happens when you channelsurf and just stop it on CNBC for a few seconds. The first words I heard her say were "everything for free foundation" and I almost fell off the couch laughing!
Nausicaa... Butchered? Naw... I've never seen Nausicaa released.
;-)
Although, I have seen a movie that looks a LOT like Nausicaa, with very terrible dubbing. Can't remember the name though
And I thought /I/ was going through sleep deprivation...
Tell me about it. I work for FedEx doin Tech Support, ya see... I can't even be BOTHERED to call 1800GOFEDEX when I need to speak to Customer Service... I simply call the support line I'd be reachable at when at work, then ask to be transfered. No fuss, no muss.
I think they meant the MUSIC GROUP Tokio, who sings the opening theme to the "Kodomo no Omocha" anime ;-p