I have that one. It's the worst criterion laserdisc ever. They put the disc flips in exactly the wrong places EVERY TIME. The scene when Deckard is chasing Zhura through the glass, right in the middle of that scene, there is a disc change. What the fuck. I was so pissed.
I'd like to see a lot of these also. However, BGC2040 is not available anywhere on DVD format, not even in Japan.:-(
Old-skool Dirty Pair is being re-released on DVD in Japan however. Hopefully it will see a U.S. release as well. It was only very very recently that they were even published at all in the U.S.
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AFAIK, most of the Japanese anime companies are not members of the MPAA. The only exception I can think of right now is Disney (who is the U.S. publisher for many of Miyazaki's films, most of which are still unreleased in the U.S.).
On a region-encoding note.. Gianax, the company that made Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gunbuster is now releasing their newest series on dvd in japan w/ english subtitles. Wonder what that could mean?:)
I assume you're referring to Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou. The first Karekano DVD (op. 1) does NOT have English subtitles. I wish it did, it would make understanding it (for me as a non-native Japanese speaker) quite a lot easier. Karekano is an amazingly beautiful and amazingly dramatic and emotional show, BTW.
Consumer copies of Japanese movies sell for much higher prices in Japan than they do in the U.S.
Example: The retail price of the Japanese "Princess Mononoke" llaserdisc is JPY7800, or about $70. The DVD's are expected to carry the same price tag.
Movies on laserdisc in the U.S. used to sell for about $40. Movies on DVD have been selling for about $20-30.
In Japan, movies sell for about $70-100 on LD, and about $40-100 on DVD. (companies have only just started experimenting with lowering prices). Most people think that this is due to the mass home piracy that occurs in Japan. Hardly anyone will buy movies on tape or DVD or LD. Rather they will rent it from a store and make a VHHS copy.
Of course, in the U.S. the whole anime industry is based on the fact that you can't find 99% of the anime at a Blockbuster or Hollywood video So basically, if you want it, you have to buy it.
This strategy is going to kill itself however. . "Free Piracy" will continue to rise. (By "Free piracy", I mean fansubbing, borrowing from friends, downloading off of alt.binaries.multimedia.anime, etc). "Free Piracy does not support criminal organizations like the various Chinese mafia organizations, so it is morally "less wrong" than buying a pirated VCD.
I too will buy the Japanese import DVD. I will not buy the U.S. version if it lacks Japanese dialogue. Here's what you should do Disney: Don't even bother releasing the U.S. version. It will only annoy fans in the U.S. Release the Japanese version (at the $120 price), but include English subtitles . That way, American fans can buy the import and not have to fasnub it.
Probably because someone at Caldera, Inc. convinced somebody at IBM that Caldera's Linux was the easiest to install and configure and do tech-support for.
Or maybe IBM got them to provide tech-support for the Linux laptop users.
Allow me to recommend something like GQview for browsing and viewing images. It is not quite as fast as xv, and lacks the color space tweaking utilities, but its interface is better, I think. And it's free.
Just for your information, the PS/2 sucks. And yes, I have one. And I've played all the top new games for it (Ridge Racer V, Tekken Tag Tournament, Dead or Alive 2, etc). The graphics quality sucks compared to the Sega Dreamcast.
Who moderated this up? This comment is just plain stupid. This isn't a crypto device. You're thinking of the Playstation 2 marketing media scam. They (like Apple) use the restrictions on "supercomputers" to promote their product.
The Playstaion 1 isn't a powerful machine. It's got a 33mhz processor and a graphics chip that can do floating point matrix multiplies and non-perspective-correct texture mapping. That's it.
Anyone want to bet on whether this model too is modchip compatible or not?
In case anyone didn't know, Sony has released something like 10 or 15 versions of the Playstation, all of which have been able to be modified. (Modding enables playing out of region games and CDR discs).
Not quite. Network sockets are not files per se. They can be written to and read from via read() and write(), but they are not opened using an open() call. Instead they are created using a socket() call.
you left out an important one...
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People are getting married less. You have a girlfriend or boyfriend, and it can be semi-permanent. It's serious, but non-binding.
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I have that one. It's the worst criterion laserdisc ever. They put the disc flips in exactly the wrong places EVERY TIME. The scene when Deckard is chasing Zhura through the glass, right in the middle of that scene, there is a disc change. What the fuck. I was so pissed.
I just think that it's ironic that the largest non-free country will have the largest number of users of free software.
Old-skool Dirty Pair is being re-released on DVD in Japan however. Hopefully it will see a U.S. release as well. It was only very very recently that they were even published at all in the U.S.
AFAIK, most of the Japanese anime companies are not members of the MPAA. The only exception I can think of right now is Disney (who is the U.S. publisher for many of Miyazaki's films, most of which are still unreleased in the U.S.).
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Example: The retail price of the Japanese "Princess Mononoke" llaserdisc is JPY7800, or about $70. The DVD's are expected to carry the same price tag.
Movies on laserdisc in the U.S. used to sell for about $40. Movies on DVD have been selling for about $20-30.
In Japan, movies sell for about $70-100 on LD, and about $40-100 on DVD. (companies have only just started experimenting with lowering prices). Most people think that this is due to the mass home piracy that occurs in Japan. Hardly anyone will buy movies on tape or DVD or LD. Rather they will rent it from a store and make a VHHS copy.
Of course, in the U.S. the whole anime industry is based on the fact that you can't find 99% of the anime at a Blockbuster or Hollywood video So basically, if you want it, you have to buy it.
This strategy is going to kill itself however. . "Free Piracy" will continue to rise. (By "Free piracy", I mean fansubbing, borrowing from friends, downloading off of alt.binaries.multimedia.anime, etc). "Free Piracy does not support criminal organizations like the various Chinese mafia organizations, so it is morally "less wrong" than buying a pirated VCD.
I too will buy the Japanese import DVD. I will not buy the U.S. version if it lacks Japanese dialogue. Here's what you should do Disney: Don't even bother releasing the U.S. version. It will only annoy fans in the U.S. Release the Japanese version (at the $120 price), but include English subtitles . That way, American fans can buy the import and not have to fasnub it.
The windows link will completely crash a stock Win95/98 machine.
So, how exactly does a screenshot demonstrate that a game is "real-time"?
Or maybe IBM got them to provide tech-support for the Linux laptop users.
There are also the ImageMagick utilities.
Sorry for calling your comment stupid. It was early in the morning (about 6am) when I posted that message.
IBM also has a trademark on PS/2. And OS/2.
And yes, I have one. And I've played all the top new games for it (Ridge Racer V, Tekken Tag Tournament, Dead or Alive 2, etc). The graphics quality sucks compared to the Sega Dreamcast.
193mm x 38mm x 144mm (W,H,D)
weight: 550g
The Playstaion 1 isn't a powerful machine. It's got a 33mhz processor and a graphics chip that can do floating point matrix multiplies and non-perspective-correct texture mapping. That's it.
In case anyone didn't know, Sony has released something like 10 or 15 versions of the Playstation, all of which have been able to be modified. (Modding enables playing out of region games and CDR discs).
Me, Final Fantasy IX, a mobile PlayStation with LCD screen. That would rule.
Not quite. Network sockets are not files per se. They can be written to and read from via read() and write(), but they are not opened using an open() call. Instead they are created using a socket() call.
People are getting married less. You have a girlfriend or boyfriend, and it can be semi-permanent. It's serious, but non-binding.
They're also in English, and thus are not haiku.
Not to mention that they lack a seasonal reference.
Well, maybe you should have graduated from college.