It's great and all that CN is showing new episodes of (butchered) Dbz, but for those of us with DirecTV and have the Action Channel, there's plenty of better anime showing all day today. Probably all dub, but still...
As for DVD, I'm slowly waiting on Eva, and now Cowboy Bebop (addict in one day, since I bought Session 1). Apparently there's something tough about putting Eva to dvd, since ADV is really getting delayed. I only hope it means it'll be better. Tenchi on dvd... already got the Tenchi Muyo! DVD boxed set, not gonna bother with the others...
CN did not do the translations, Funimation did. Cartoon Network is very lax on their censorship. They hate having to do it, and apparently they're willing to bend the rules by showing less censored stuff on the Midnight Run. Now Funi does have the subtitled DVDs, which are being done by one of the people at toriyama.org, who has pushed really hard to get them to use the actual names, and aside from "foul language" which Gen Fukunaga for some reason won't let in (maybe they will with ratings), the subs are near 100% accurate. While good, CN won't be able to cover most of the truly GOOD anime, because the cuts would likely be too massive.
Yeah, Funi did a bad job and painted all the blood out, rather poorly, considering they did the same thing on the daytime Gundam Wing run, but you couldn't really tell. The cigarette, by the way, is from Buruma's father in his scenes in DBZ. And of course, Japanese language with English subtitles is the only way to watch NGE!
One never realizes how bad the cartoons you used to love are until you're older. I'm 17 now, I absolutely loved Thundercats. About a week ago, i watched it, and it shocked me how horribly bad of an actor the lead character's voice actor is.
Funimation, the people who did DBZ, are responsible for a lot of the ultra-shoddy quality in the animation, the (excessive) grunting, and utterly stupid lines (and music!). I seriously hope they don't get any more series, for fear they'll do to it what they did to DBZ. Their only saving grace is releasing the new Dub+Sub DVDs, which are quite good, from what I hear, though they're quite expensive (at $25/disc, and 291 episodes in DBZ, at 4 episodes a disc, it would take roughly 72 discs and $1,800 dollars for the whole series, not counting boxed sets).
But what am I saying, I spent $126 on the Tenchi Muyo! OVA set, and $81 on Kite, Patlabor1 and Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:1, and $114 on the last 8 novels of the Battle Angel Alita series (screw the Battle Angel anime!!)
The grunting was brought to you by Funimation, the non-wonderful people who dubbed it for english audiences.
As for the fact that it seems to take forever is because people forget that most everything is happening at the same time. If not for the fact that they have parts where they jump to other stories, and that you have to wait a day, it's not really that long. It's just odd like that.
The Dragonball Manga is FAR better than the TV show.
It actually came out at the same time as another game that did the same thing, unfortunately, it was nowhere near as fun as Battlezone. Battlezone was absolutely one of the BEST games I have ever played.
The expansion pack was The Red Odyssey, which on easy was TOO easy, and you'd break from the script, and on normal was so hard it was damn near impossible. I eventually gave up on trying to beat it, or even play it. The original Battlezone missions were never that hard.
Battlezone2 was sort of a killjoy, because it was so rushed by Activision that it to this day (was released just before new years in '99) is incredibly buggy, and has many flaws, none of which can be fixed because activision will not permit Pandemic to work on it or release ANY patches. I hear that while it works, it's a beautiful game, but suffers from many flaws.
As much of a fan as Anime, I have to agree, plastering it up on Slashdot is a bit odd, seeing as how it really is something that one would consider a hobbyist thing, like building model rockets, ham radio, or flying remote control airplanes (or even being in the Jerry Springer fanclub, which you know has to exist!)
Rob, please stop. You know well more than half are derisive comments, and it simply isn't worth posting here. OK? -_-;;
That's right! Gamers and CG people! Really, the more we can dump on hardware for those who need it, the more useful everything is. Useful, that is, to those who want/need it.
I want hardware based disk compression (do any hds do this already?)!
Drawing a parallel between Nazism and a widget set is a bit extreme.
But apparently, you're willing to subject yourself to a more extreme version of DLL Hell, seeing that you now have N times more files to track, N times the duplicated code, and G more wasted time tracking it all, where N is the number of widget sets, and G = N * Time wasted on each.
It'd be a lot easier for everyone to work (newbies, *nix gods, and developers) if there was a little more consistency in the UI.
He's not asking for dumbing down. He's asking that when we make our file dialogs, they act like windows, in that THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. Any program in windows that lets the user open files will use the same file dialog, regardless of the app. Every program uses the same buttons, same widgets, same hotkeys, same code. No dumbing down, just eliminating redundancy, and increasing a users ability to get using and understanding a system FASTER.
Your command line will always be there. But wouldn't it be nice to have One widget set, with apps that looked similar enough that you wouldn't get lost because one guy likes to have his buttons on the left, with the cancel default, and one guy likes his on the left, with the OK default? Simple things like that frustrate users, whether new, which will turn them away, or advanced users, on whose nerves it grates.
Having total freedom tends to lead into anarchy, people generally would do things properly on their own, but not everyone can be trusted. What MacOS and Win32 do try to do is what Unix does, basically do what you want but don't eat the system. In the end they don't restrict you any more than Unix (in most cases), but they do ASK that you follow guidelines as to your UI, and provide an interface to make that easier (the widgets, at least, are relatively consistent in win32).
One advantage for both newbies AND experienced admins is that across ALL applications, the UI is consistent. This is a major complaint I hear about *nix. There is little to no consistency in UI layout between applications. Hell, there isn't even a common clipboard that supports more than just plaintext.
You aren't restricted to their toolkits, though. If you wanted in both OSes you could use alternate widget sets (GTK is available for Win32). But then you run into the problem that your UI is somewhat out of place (ie, it doesn't follow the user selected color scheme at times), and duplicating code unecessarily. What Win32 and MacOS are famous for, GUI wise, is the consistency of the UI. Makes life easier for everyone, including end users and developers.
And if we're lucky, we won't run into what we have with TI, where to use the flashrom on your calculator to store (and run) programs, you have to spend $200+ for a dev kit, which lets you get 10 programs "signed"
The point is that the fact that software X has a flaw doesn't mean that it could never be useful (or even that it isn't useful). And if 90% is your cutoff for where further development on a project should be abandoned, take a look at the stuff on Freshmeat.
Unlike some flawed software, Censorware is never truly useful. It is only a hindrance devised by people who feel that their precious morals should be everyone elses too. Most Censorware, although "developmentally complete," is technically defective, and of lower quality than some unfinished software on freshmeat. Hell, they sell this software that doesn't work, while people give pretty good software that DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES for free.
That's not what they're saying. That's not even what you're saying. You're saying, "WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN." What are these filters parents are supposed to use? The ones where anyone who develops them is an evil censoring monster?
You're right. I take that back. People, instead of using filtering software, should be with their kids when they surf, and try to educate their kids on where not to go and why. Just leaving it up to dumb software will solve no problems. What do the YRO and Peacefire people know works better than filtering software? Discussion and participation. THAT is the best "filter" you can create.
That's why they're campaigning against the existence of censorware and why when a rabbinical court in Jerusalem advised parents to restrict their childrens' net access, Michael wrote a bigoted, sneering spew against them (which disappeared from/. a few days later.)
Would it suprise you if Michael realized that what he said was wrong, probably unecessarily harsh, if not, as you say, bigoted, and then took it down?
Look, real censorship and "book burning" are when a society is broadly denied access to something. Saying that for a library to restrict its web browsing is "as bad as book burning" is as absurd as saying that because the library doesn't have a subscription to Hustler.
Browsing through the web with a filter is not like your library not having a subscription to Hustler. It's like finding huge sections of books missing because someone decided to go through the shelves with something obscuring their eyes, look at the titles from 2 feet away, and say "this is offensive material." As far as some of the organizations who want filtering are concerned, they want it all over, and then yes, it will be like broadly denying peope access (only instead of it being "This Book" it will be "this word" or "this subject" or "this opinion that the filter writers didn't like"
It's getting tougher to find an office or school who isn't wired to the net. But the way our society works, companies, with little exception, cannot afford to let people run around wild on the net.
If one guy's voting on the Tits of the Week (towview.com), he's creating a potentially "hostile" work environment for which the company can be responsible. And that means big bucks.
That's controlling corporate resources, nowhere near as bad as forcing a library to do what most have fought so strongly against.
I think most of us hate the idea of censorship.. but it's a reality we can't ignore.
No it's not. We hate it, and therefore we must fight it. Just giving in is the WORST thing you can do because it means you're willing to let yourself be CONTROLLED by those who think that THEY KNOW BEST FOR YOU.
I guess my point is to think about investing in some of these companies, like Websense (on the Nasdaq), even if their software is so shitty and it pisses you off.
NO. We should fight them to the point that they no longer have any business. We should not support them at all. One thing ethics tells you is that YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THOSE YOU DISLIKE. In my case, that's Rambus and any company that creates Censorware.
Instead, why not spend that money you'd waste on censorware companies, and help fund the ACLU and the EFF, the primary organizations that help protect our rights?
What's wrong with filtering software that it is more often WRONG than not. Their claims have often been proven to be outrageous, if not totally wrong.
Uh, yeah. I got a 404 error a few minutes ago -- clearly these so-called "web servers" are a waste of everyone's time.
Unlike censorware, webservers do their job 90% of the time. A 404 error is the worst example you could have used, because that's a webmaster's fault, not the software.
Face it, what Peacefire and the YRO crew are opposed to is the possibility that anyone could sit down at any computer and be prevented from accessing anything. If that's what they think, fine. But say that instead of, "Look! A chicken breast recipe is blocked! What a bunch of morons!"
They are saying that. And they're pointing out the utter crappiness of the software by showing that IT BLOCKS THE VERY ORGANIZATIONS WHO DEMAND IT'S USE, among other valuable informational resources.
The fact is that filterware is going to be used.
WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. The day that you just accept the fact that "YOU WILL BE CENSORED, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD" is the day that they can say "YOU WILL DO AS WE SAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU."
No matter how many (+5 insightful) posts we get declaring "When I have kids, I"ll let them view all the porn they want."
No one says that. They say that as parents, THEY themselves will be responsible for what their children see. They won't simply use iron fist control, they'll make reasons, they'll discuss it, and they'll do it BY THEMSELVES for THEIR children. Parents can use filters all they want. Libraries should never be forced (IMO, should never be permitted) to use bad, innacurate, filtering software.
And when those filters suck, and can't be configured to support what parents think is or isn't appropriate for their children, the tech community will have its own self-absorbtion and smugness to blame.
The filters suck. They're not very configurable now. And the only people we will have to blame is ourselves for letting their use become mandatory.
Censorship is bad. In libraries it's worse, in my opinion, it's as bad as book burning.
Wouldn't it be hell, that after surviving the heat and intense radiation of space, they land on earth only to die because some fool spilled soap on the thing?
Nope. My mouse has 3 buttons, and two wheels (vertical and horizontal). I wouldn't mind having more (on the opposite side, or thin ones under the main ones), if they performed special functions.
But then, that's me. I'm not exactly the person Apple is aiming for.
Mozilla only takes up 19Mb on NT4. After heavy browsing, IE takes up just as much, not including what was loaded before (since they can integrate theirs into the OS.) It's only fast when it's already half loaded. I'm pretty sure that if Mozilla had a preloader that started most of it when your computer booted (moz-daemon?), it'd be pretty fast too (and no less stable that IE, with it's random MSHTML crashes, which are serious system killers.)
I expect when that happens we won't be far from a time where the riaa can report a single violation, the police will drive to your house, barge in, and shoot you in your chair.
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It's great and all that CN is showing new episodes of (butchered) Dbz, but for those of us with DirecTV and have the Action Channel, there's plenty of better anime showing all day today. Probably all dub, but still...
As for DVD, I'm slowly waiting on Eva, and now Cowboy Bebop (addict in one day, since I bought Session 1). Apparently there's something tough about putting Eva to dvd, since ADV is really getting delayed. I only hope it means it'll be better. Tenchi on dvd... already got the Tenchi Muyo! DVD boxed set, not gonna bother with the others...
CN did not do the translations, Funimation did. Cartoon Network is very lax on their censorship. They hate having to do it, and apparently they're willing to bend the rules by showing less censored stuff on the Midnight Run. Now Funi does have the subtitled DVDs, which are being done by one of the people at toriyama.org, who has pushed really hard to get them to use the actual names, and aside from "foul language" which Gen Fukunaga for some reason won't let in (maybe they will with ratings), the subs are near 100% accurate. While good, CN won't be able to cover most of the truly GOOD anime, because the cuts would likely be too massive.
Yeah, Funi did a bad job and painted all the blood out, rather poorly, considering they did the same thing on the daytime Gundam Wing run, but you couldn't really tell. The cigarette, by the way, is from Buruma's father in his scenes in DBZ. And of course, Japanese language with English subtitles is the only way to watch NGE!
One never realizes how bad the cartoons you used to love are until you're older. I'm 17 now, I absolutely loved Thundercats. About a week ago, i watched it, and it shocked me how horribly bad of an actor the lead character's voice actor is.
Funimation, the people who did DBZ, are responsible for a lot of the ultra-shoddy quality in the animation, the (excessive) grunting, and utterly stupid lines (and music!). I seriously hope they don't get any more series, for fear they'll do to it what they did to DBZ. Their only saving grace is releasing the new Dub+Sub DVDs, which are quite good, from what I hear, though they're quite expensive (at $25/disc, and 291 episodes in DBZ, at 4 episodes a disc, it would take roughly 72 discs and $1,800 dollars for the whole series, not counting boxed sets).
But what am I saying, I spent $126 on the Tenchi Muyo! OVA set, and $81 on Kite, Patlabor1 and Neon Genesis Evangelion 0:1, and $114 on the last 8 novels of the Battle Angel Alita series (screw the Battle Angel anime!!)
Too much, heh.
The grunting was brought to you by Funimation, the non-wonderful people who dubbed it for english audiences.
As for the fact that it seems to take forever is because people forget that most everything is happening at the same time. If not for the fact that they have parts where they jump to other stories, and that you have to wait a day, it's not really that long. It's just odd like that.
The Dragonball Manga is FAR better than the TV show.
It actually came out at the same time as another game that did the same thing, unfortunately, it was nowhere near as fun as Battlezone. Battlezone was absolutely one of the BEST games I have ever played.
The expansion pack was The Red Odyssey, which on easy was TOO easy, and you'd break from the script, and on normal was so hard it was damn near impossible. I eventually gave up on trying to beat it, or even play it. The original Battlezone missions were never that hard.
Battlezone2 was sort of a killjoy, because it was so rushed by Activision that it to this day (was released just before new years in '99) is incredibly buggy, and has many flaws, none of which can be fixed because activision will not permit Pandemic to work on it or release ANY patches. I hear that while it works, it's a beautiful game, but suffers from many flaws.
No, if it hasn't occurred to you yet, you can ONLY be president/senator/representative if:
a.) You are rich
b.) You are willing to pander to some extreme special interest groups.
c.) You are a christian (just TRY being agnostic/athiest/anything else).
Or you could work your way up in a corporation and gain more power than you could in politics.
Looks like the MPAA's investment was worthwhile. We're all fucked now.
As opposed to simply NEVER seeing them, i'd like to have a section devoted to anime.
As much of a fan as Anime, I have to agree, plastering it up on Slashdot is a bit odd, seeing as how it really is something that one would consider a hobbyist thing, like building model rockets, ham radio, or flying remote control airplanes (or even being in the Jerry Springer fanclub, which you know has to exist!)
Rob, please stop. You know well more than half are derisive comments, and it simply isn't worth posting here. OK? -_-;;
And that's where the high powered cpus everyone claims no one needs come in.
:)
For everything that no one needs, it has a complement that everyone says the same about
No because they're already compressed. Can't compress a compressed file, you won't get anything out of it!
And guess who it's geared for?
That's right! Gamers and CG people! Really, the more we can dump on hardware for those who need it, the more useful everything is. Useful, that is, to those who want/need it.
I want hardware based disk compression (do any hds do this already?)!
Are we having fun yet?
Drawing a parallel between Nazism and a widget set is a bit extreme.
But apparently, you're willing to subject yourself to a more extreme version of DLL Hell, seeing that you now have N times more files to track, N times the duplicated code, and G more wasted time tracking it all, where N is the number of widget sets, and G = N * Time wasted on each.
Standardization != Dumbing down
It'd be a lot easier for everyone to work (newbies, *nix gods, and developers) if there was a little more consistency in the UI.
He's not asking for dumbing down. He's asking that when we make our file dialogs, they act like windows, in that THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. Any program in windows that lets the user open files will use the same file dialog, regardless of the app. Every program uses the same buttons, same widgets, same hotkeys, same code. No dumbing down, just eliminating redundancy, and increasing a users ability to get using and understanding a system FASTER.
Your command line will always be there. But wouldn't it be nice to have One widget set, with apps that looked similar enough that you wouldn't get lost because one guy likes to have his buttons on the left, with the cancel default, and one guy likes his on the left, with the OK default? Simple things like that frustrate users, whether new, which will turn them away, or advanced users, on whose nerves it grates.
Having total freedom tends to lead into anarchy, people generally would do things properly on their own, but not everyone can be trusted. What MacOS and Win32 do try to do is what Unix does, basically do what you want but don't eat the system. In the end they don't restrict you any more than Unix (in most cases), but they do ASK that you follow guidelines as to your UI, and provide an interface to make that easier (the widgets, at least, are relatively consistent in win32).
One advantage for both newbies AND experienced admins is that across ALL applications, the UI is consistent. This is a major complaint I hear about *nix. There is little to no consistency in UI layout between applications. Hell, there isn't even a common clipboard that supports more than just plaintext.
You aren't restricted to their toolkits, though. If you wanted in both OSes you could use alternate widget sets (GTK is available for Win32). But then you run into the problem that your UI is somewhat out of place (ie, it doesn't follow the user selected color scheme at times), and duplicating code unecessarily. What Win32 and MacOS are famous for, GUI wise, is the consistency of the UI. Makes life easier for everyone, including end users and developers.
And if we're lucky, we won't run into what we have with TI, where to use the flashrom on your calculator to store (and run) programs, you have to spend $200+ for a dev kit, which lets you get 10 programs "signed"
The point is that the fact that software X has a flaw doesn't mean that it could never be useful (or even that it isn't useful). And if 90% is your cutoff for where further development on a project should be abandoned, take a look at the stuff on Freshmeat.
/. a few days later.)
Unlike some flawed software, Censorware is never truly useful. It is only a hindrance devised by people who feel that their precious morals should be everyone elses too. Most Censorware, although "developmentally complete," is technically defective, and of lower quality than some unfinished software on freshmeat. Hell, they sell this software that doesn't work, while people give pretty good software that DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES for free.
That's not what they're saying. That's not even what you're saying. You're saying, "WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN." What are these filters parents are supposed to use? The ones where anyone who develops them is an evil censoring monster?
You're right. I take that back. People, instead of using filtering software, should be with their kids when they surf, and try to educate their kids on where not to go and why. Just leaving it up to dumb software will solve no problems. What do the YRO and Peacefire people know works better than filtering software? Discussion and participation. THAT is the best "filter" you can create.
That's why they're campaigning against the existence of censorware and why when a rabbinical court in Jerusalem advised parents to restrict their childrens' net access, Michael wrote a bigoted, sneering spew against them (which disappeared from
Would it suprise you if Michael realized that what he said was wrong, probably unecessarily harsh, if not, as you say, bigoted, and then took it down?
Look, real censorship and "book burning" are when a society is broadly denied access to something. Saying that for a library to restrict its web browsing is "as bad as book burning" is as absurd as saying that because the library doesn't have a subscription to Hustler.
Browsing through the web with a filter is not like your library not having a subscription to Hustler. It's like finding huge sections of books missing because someone decided to go through the shelves with something obscuring their eyes, look at the titles from 2 feet away, and say "this is offensive material." As far as some of the organizations who want filtering are concerned, they want it all over, and then yes, it will be like broadly denying peope access (only instead of it being "This Book" it will be "this word" or "this subject" or "this opinion that the filter writers didn't like"
It's getting tougher to find an office or school who isn't wired to the net. But the way our society works, companies, with little exception, cannot afford to let people run around wild on the net.
If one guy's voting on the Tits of the Week (towview.com), he's creating a potentially "hostile" work environment for which the company can be responsible. And that means big bucks.
That's controlling corporate resources, nowhere near as bad as forcing a library to do what most have fought so strongly against.
I think most of us hate the idea of censorship.. but it's a reality we can't ignore.
No it's not. We hate it, and therefore we must fight it. Just giving in is the WORST thing you can do because it means you're willing to let yourself be CONTROLLED by those who think that THEY KNOW BEST FOR YOU.
I guess my point is to think about investing in some of these companies, like Websense (on the Nasdaq), even if their software is so shitty and it pisses you off.
NO. We should fight them to the point that they no longer have any business. We should not support them at all. One thing ethics tells you is that YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THOSE YOU DISLIKE. In my case, that's Rambus and any company that creates Censorware.
Instead, why not spend that money you'd waste on censorware companies, and help fund the ACLU and the EFF, the primary organizations that help protect our rights?
The TLD would not be a bad idea, since it would simplify the finding of sites for both those who wanted it, and those who want to block it.
BUT. The concept of voluntary ratings is a dangerous one, seeing that anyone could:
a.) Intentionally misrate their page.
b.) Refuse to use the rating system and
c.) Could be forced off their ISP/Forcibly shut down for either A or B.
What's wrong with filtering software that it is more often WRONG than not. Their claims have often been proven to be outrageous, if not totally wrong.
Uh, yeah. I got a 404 error a few minutes ago -- clearly these so-called "web servers" are a waste of everyone's time.
Unlike censorware, webservers do their job 90% of the time. A 404 error is the worst example you could have used, because that's a webmaster's fault, not the software.
Face it, what Peacefire and the YRO crew are opposed to is the possibility that anyone could sit down at any computer and be prevented from accessing anything. If that's what they think, fine. But say that instead of, "Look! A chicken breast recipe is blocked! What a bunch of morons!"
They are saying that. And they're pointing out the utter crappiness of the software by showing that IT BLOCKS THE VERY ORGANIZATIONS WHO DEMAND IT'S USE, among other valuable informational resources.
The fact is that filterware is going to be used.
WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. The day that you just accept the fact that "YOU WILL BE CENSORED, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD" is the day that they can say "YOU WILL DO AS WE SAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU."
No matter how many (+5 insightful) posts we get declaring "When I have kids, I"ll let them view all the porn they want."
No one says that. They say that as parents, THEY themselves will be responsible for what their children see. They won't simply use iron fist control, they'll make reasons, they'll discuss it, and they'll do it BY THEMSELVES for THEIR children. Parents can use filters all they want. Libraries should never be forced (IMO, should never be permitted) to use bad, innacurate, filtering software.
And when those filters suck, and can't be configured to support what parents think is or isn't appropriate for their children, the tech community will have its own self-absorbtion and smugness to blame.
The filters suck. They're not very configurable now. And the only people we will have to blame is ourselves for letting their use become mandatory.
Censorship is bad. In libraries it's worse, in my opinion, it's as bad as book burning.
Wouldn't it be hell, that after surviving the heat and intense radiation of space, they land on earth only to die because some fool spilled soap on the thing?
Nope. My mouse has 3 buttons, and two wheels (vertical and horizontal). I wouldn't mind having more (on the opposite side, or thin ones under the main ones), if they performed special functions.
But then, that's me. I'm not exactly the person Apple is aiming for.
Mozilla only takes up 19Mb on NT4. After heavy browsing, IE takes up just as much, not including what was loaded before (since they can integrate theirs into the OS.) It's only fast when it's already half loaded. I'm pretty sure that if Mozilla had a preloader that started most of it when your computer booted (moz-daemon?), it'd be pretty fast too (and no less stable that IE, with it's random MSHTML crashes, which are serious system killers.)
I expect when that happens we won't be far from a time where the riaa can report a single violation, the police will drive to your house, barge in, and shoot you in your chair.