FYI, there are a total of 6 DVD's which comprise the U.S. Cowboy Bebop release.
Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 are already released. Volumes 5 and 6 are going to be released
soon.
The English language dub of Akira had no plot. It was basically unwatchable.
The Japanese version, however, actually made a lot of sense.
Ghost in the Shell is in basically the same situation. The Enlish language
version makes almost no sense. The Japanese version does make sense.
For some reason, when you translate Japanese into English, it only makes
sense if it's written down. Otherwise it's jibberish.
Princess Mononoke is an exception to this rule. However, most people who
can read English prefer the Japanese dialogue version, since the English
voice actors for Princess Mononoke were horrid.
You're right. Usually all the information on the stripe is exactly what
is on the front of the card. It is just on the stripe so that store
clerks don't have to type the information in. Store clerks have a much
higher bit error rate than magnetic stripes. Also, magnetic stripes have
redundant error coding, so they can do bit error correction. Store clerks
don't.
My newsserver limits/throttles connection speeds... however, you can have
multiple connections open, so I open 3-5 parallel downloads when i'm doing
things like downloading binaries.
As far as I know, there is only one jukebox software out there
which supports Ogg Vorbis encoding natively. That software is
the
PhatMan music manager from
PhatNoise, Inc.
The software also supports MP3 and WMA encoding. Unfortunately, the
software is currently Windows only.
Sharp still pays licensing fees to Sony for use of the technology.
Other than that, I agree with you. Portable CD players are ridiculous these days. Right now you can buy a MD player with a 40 hour battery life.
I for one would be happy if they made MD-Data players (600MB) and then made MD-Data drives for computers (transcode 5-6 albums to one MD-Data disc). Unfortunately the MD-Data disks are expensive, but that would change if they increased production.
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Ghost in the Shell is in basically the same situation. The Enlish language version makes almost no sense. The Japanese version does make sense. For some reason, when you translate Japanese into English, it only makes sense if it's written down. Otherwise it's jibberish.
Princess Mononoke is an exception to this rule. However, most people who can read English prefer the Japanese dialogue version, since the English voice actors for Princess Mononoke were horrid.
The U.S. bastardization is targeting younger audiences, specifically the sub-teen crowd.
From the article:
It's not a cube. NOT a cube.
This gets sent at the start of every scan. No matter what the item is. I think it's definately a serial number. I'm not surprised one bit though.
My newsserver limits/throttles connection speeds... however, you can have multiple connections open, so I open 3-5 parallel downloads when i'm doing things like downloading binaries.
The software also supports MP3 and WMA encoding. Unfortunately, the software is currently Windows only.
Ironically enough, I live in America.
Fucking stupid idea, btw.
Yikes, if that were the case, we would all have to live under Amerika's fucked up laws.
Hovercraft are considered aircraft, and thus are regulated by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). So you need a pilots licence to drive one.
Kaplan had it in for Garbus. Garbus is a moron.
There's an upcoming 10/100 Ethernet NIC for DC coming soon.
Other than that, I agree with you. Portable CD players are ridiculous these days. Right now you can buy a MD player with a 40 hour battery life.
I for one would be happy if they made MD-Data players (600MB) and then made MD-Data drives for computers (transcode 5-6 albums to one MD-Data disc). Unfortunately the MD-Data disks are expensive, but that would change if they increased production.
And it's relatively inexpensive compared to other Japanese releases, JPY2700 for episode 1, JPY3700 for episode 2.
I'm going to look for the Japanese Gainax site now...
BTW, you're right, we anime fans certainly are suckers.