Do does this misterious "Stupid Side" of the force apply (at least partially) to Han Solo as well? I mean, according to all the varied stuff I have read, he made the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs... because he was being chased... He drops into a cantina looking for a charter that will let him pay of Jabba,(why else is he on Tatooine anyway, it IS Jabba's stronghold...) who does he get? Ben and Luke... In Ep V he goes out into a freezing night on Hoth to find luke with NO way to find him except limited range sensors, kills his own Tauntaun from exposure, but still finds Luke and fortunately keeps him alive... Later he flies INTO an asteroid field... with odds of sucessfully navigating it very very high (forgive me, I dont remember the exact number, and don't have time to pop in one of the three cassetes I have.) So they survive... and he decides to hide in an asteroid... Where do they wind up... the belly of a gigantic space slug(what the heck does something that size eat anyway? Star Destroyers?) And as a final example (by no means the last one) As they run from the fighters that found them runnning from the slug, he decides to hide by latching on to the SD's command tower. (Hmmm... being chased by TIE's yet still manages to elude them, AND lands on a portion of the SD that has no windows... ok, I guess the Force protects the insane and the foolish... "\n WhatHTML\nI use C++";
Well one network did bring back the old Transformers episodes... only they added an annoying rotating "3d" CG box that appeared at every scene change and commercial... overall not an improvement. Lets hope if it is brought back again, that it is better done... "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." -Oscar Wilde
Check your geekiness at the door, for here we go. Losers populate Cons? I myself have been to very few of the respective types, and I don't classify myself or anyone else I met at them as a "loser" As for the supposed carnal activies, well, I keep wondering wether or not to bring the "blue movie industry" into this argument... So when was the last time you cruised the back room in your local Video Rental store? And, Anime is in no way centered on sex as its main attribute. Agreed that many have some kind of sexual byline in relation to the main plot, (Macross among others) and many have no connection whatsoever (Ghost in the Shell and Pokemon if it is actually decided to be Anime. There is a part of Anime as a whole that has sex as the main topic, but even these are better done with more plot behind them than almost any backroom rental. And may I remind you that the "Looney Tunes" characters and shorts were intended for ADULTS when they were first produced. Add to that the more adult themes from the Simpsons, you may be getting the picture here. Cartoons were meant to be entertainment for Adults, but were corrupted into the cheap laugh fest we get to see every saturday morning. Anime, King of the Hill, Futurama and The Simpsons continue the original intent of cartoons into the modern era. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the solar system!"
I take it that you reperesent the reactionary Japanese element that just hates the heck out of the US for anything and everything...
Let me take these in turn... "Merkan Servicemen are a shower of twats! They can't even aim." When was the last time you were in a standing army, and no, the Japanese Defense Forces (or whatever the title is) doesn't count, they are a "Defense Force" and have no business outside of Japan. In that little dust up we had back in 95... how many KIA personnel that were actually shot by Iraqis made CNN? And who were the guys who wound up surrendering to anything carrying a gun, and a few things that didnt? "The world would be a better place if America were nuked out of existance" Ok, no more millions of americans buying Sony TV's, Mitsubishi Motorcycles, Toyota Trucks, et cetera, et al. Ok... first thing Japanese economy suffers massive blow. Second UN loses a large portion of its peacekeeping forces. Third Russia, or more likely now, China decides they like that little archipeligo just off thier coast and annexes it post haste. Dare I contiune? "With its dumb fuck movie industry,..." How many US movies have won the grand prize at the Cannes Film festival again? "...MTV,..." Watch european TV lately? They have thier own version... and I am sure that you have seen karaoke bars in japan... theres the ultimate MTV. "... cultural imperialism,..." who is foisting whose cultural attributes on who again? Last I checked Sushi bars and karaoke clubs were making thier presence known over here...Although there are some japanese cultural tradiitions that the US could do well to adopt. "...pos army that thinks it can do whatever it wants," I think this refers to the incidents recently involving US service members, I can say that personally I think the people involved should never have volunteered, enough said. "...drug companies that try to change laws in other countries,..." And your problem is? It's called business, if they can persuade them to change for the companies benifit, great, they get to sell a few more bottles of chemical X. They don't, then they don't. "...polititions who think money > votes." This is probably the most apt of your points, yes the system is not entirely what it is supposed to be, BUT we can attempt to change it if it doesn't work, either way, not your problem, is it?
"Yeah, well I find it offensive that the US works the way it does. And that they have so much throw on the rest of the world." And who would you rather have in our place??
Now back to the topic, hopefully the rest of this didn't wander TOO far off the beaten trail... "The fact is that the majority of anime is better than any of the shite that the US as a whole puts out on a daily basis. " And your basis of comparison is what? Sure we don't have series like Ranma 1/2 and Tenchi Muyo, but if you run Tenchi alongside the Simpsons, your audience will split along several different lines, first those that only understand American of Japanese culture will stick with Tenchi, while those that understand both will tend to watch both. Those that find the situational comedy of the Simpsons funny will watch, those that find the comedy of Tenchi funny will watch that... As far as "majority" of anime being better than anything the US puts out... do you actually watch it, or do you just post uninformed opinions?
Profanity is a club. Reasoned discourse is a scalpel. Which would you want your surgeon to use?
Yes there were casualties in WWII. Yes many of these were inflicted by Japanese soldiers, sailors, and airmen, who were, just as we were, fighting for what they believed was right. As an American Service Member I can say that both sides had thier share of heroes. The servicemen of both sides didn't choose the issues, the politicans did, and the servicemen just did thier jobs. And I ask you to remember that all this took place 50-60 years ago. Yes we fought, people died, and eventually we won. Get over it. Do you picket a BMW dealership where you live just because 60 years ago a short, dark haired politician with a funny moustache managed to rile up his countrymen and blame all thier troubles on one religous sect? If you seriously find discussion of cultural subjects of former (and I stress FORMER) enimes offensive, let me say this, I find that brand of closemindedness offensive and request that you stop posting your opinions on them. Since you have to read this "offensive" material to post an opinon on it, the problem should take care of itself from there. Stop living in the past or give up the benifits of the present.
As far as Legend of the Overfiend goes, (so I watched it dubbed and its easier than the romanji to spell) I watched it because I was told it was a good screen... Ok so the best part was the laugh factor on the "1st peice in 3000 years" line... but for a movie its essentially shock value. Yeah naked chicks sell big in the US, but naked chicks (apologies to all you ULTRA PC people) being chased by demons with prehensile wangs goes on my list of watch (once) laugh and leave. Plastic Little was more interesting for content (mostly the whole relationship between the two lead characters), and had about the same quality plot. Everyone I know who has watched this gives it about the same rating... dunno if thats just the people I know though. By the way, if anyone can explain the proliferation of anime that seems to be the start of a series, and ends with the first tape... enlighten us, ok? "A little knowlege is a dangerous thing... does that make universities terrorist training camps?"
Don't know about you guys (girls too, if any) but I am just one of your normal run of the mill, steet level, just know enough about programming and system design to get myself in lots of trouble and stay there, and here's how I see this. (and I imagine I am gonna get roasted for this, anyway) The people who just HAVE to be the guy with the biggest machine at any given time are more than welcome to pony up the $500+ for the top of the line cards. Me, I am going to upgrade to a cheaper card, something that delivers everything I will need for the next year or three, and pay less than 1/3rd the cost of the top of the line cards. Granted the machines that run the top of the line cards deliver better graphics... but do you truly NEED a frame rate higher than your dog's IQ, or are you just attempting to win "Snap On Toolman of the Year" ? In short: if you need it for some purpose and have the cash to burn, go for it, but if you can make do with a cheaper card, I would say save the $150 that you knock off the price between the two, and buy something even bigger next year... or maybe invest it and get enough to finance a whole new system....
And those of you who are truly serious about having the biggest machine... why arent you saving up for a Cray tied to a T-1, with whatever programming you would need to make that work?
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Do does this misterious "Stupid Side" of the force apply (at least partially) to Han Solo as well? I mean, according to all the varied stuff I have read, he made the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs... because he was being chased... He drops into a cantina looking for a charter that will let him pay of Jabba,(why else is he on Tatooine anyway, it IS Jabba's stronghold...) who does he get? Ben and Luke... In Ep V he goes out into a freezing night on Hoth to find luke with NO way to find him except limited range sensors, kills his own Tauntaun from exposure, but still finds Luke and fortunately keeps him alive... Later he flies INTO an asteroid field... with odds of sucessfully navigating it very very high (forgive me, I dont remember the exact number, and don't have time to pop in one of the three cassetes I have.) So they survive... and he decides to hide in an asteroid... Where do they wind up... the belly of a gigantic space slug(what the heck does something that size eat anyway? Star Destroyers?) And as a final example (by no means the last one) As they run from the fighters that found them runnning from the slug, he decides to hide by latching on to the SD's command tower. (Hmmm... being chased by TIE's yet still manages to elude them, AND lands on a portion of the SD that has no windows... ok, I guess the Force protects the insane and the foolish... "\n WhatHTML\nI use C++";
Well one network did bring back the old Transformers episodes... only they added an annoying rotating "3d" CG box that appeared at every scene change and commercial... overall not an improvement. Lets hope if it is brought back again, that it is better done... "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." -Oscar Wilde
Check your geekiness at the door, for here we go. Losers populate Cons? I myself have been to very few of the respective types, and I don't classify myself or anyone else I met at them as a "loser" As for the supposed carnal activies, well, I keep wondering wether or not to bring the "blue movie industry" into this argument... So when was the last time you cruised the back room in your local Video Rental store? And, Anime is in no way centered on sex as its main attribute. Agreed that many have some kind of sexual byline in relation to the main plot, (Macross among others) and many have no connection whatsoever (Ghost in the Shell and Pokemon if it is actually decided to be Anime. There is a part of Anime as a whole that has sex as the main topic, but even these are better done with more plot behind them than almost any backroom rental. And may I remind you that the "Looney Tunes" characters and shorts were intended for ADULTS when they were first produced. Add to that the more adult themes from the Simpsons, you may be getting the picture here. Cartoons were meant to be entertainment for Adults, but were corrupted into the cheap laugh fest we get to see every saturday morning. Anime, King of the Hill, Futurama and The Simpsons continue the original intent of cartoons into the modern era. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the solar system!"
I take it that you reperesent the reactionary Japanese element that just hates the heck out of the US for anything and everything... Let me take these in turn... "Merkan Servicemen are a shower of twats! They can't even aim." When was the last time you were in a standing army, and no, the Japanese Defense Forces (or whatever the title is) doesn't count, they are a "Defense Force" and have no business outside of Japan. In that little dust up we had back in 95... how many KIA personnel that were actually shot by Iraqis made CNN? And who were the guys who wound up surrendering to anything carrying a gun, and a few things that didnt? "The world would be a better place if America were nuked out of existance" Ok, no more millions of americans buying Sony TV's, Mitsubishi Motorcycles, Toyota Trucks, et cetera, et al. Ok... first thing Japanese economy suffers massive blow. Second UN loses a large portion of its peacekeeping forces. Third Russia, or more likely now, China decides they like that little archipeligo just off thier coast and annexes it post haste. Dare I contiune? "With its dumb fuck movie industry,..." How many US movies have won the grand prize at the Cannes Film festival again? "...MTV,..." Watch european TV lately? They have thier own version... and I am sure that you have seen karaoke bars in japan... theres the ultimate MTV. "... cultural imperialism,..." who is foisting whose cultural attributes on who again? Last I checked Sushi bars and karaoke clubs were making thier presence known over here...Although there are some japanese cultural tradiitions that the US could do well to adopt. "...pos army that thinks it can do whatever it wants," I think this refers to the incidents recently involving US service members, I can say that personally I think the people involved should never have volunteered, enough said. "...drug companies that try to change laws in other countries,..." And your problem is? It's called business, if they can persuade them to change for the companies benifit, great, they get to sell a few more bottles of chemical X. They don't, then they don't. "...polititions who think money > votes." This is probably the most apt of your points, yes the system is not entirely what it is supposed to be, BUT we can attempt to change it if it doesn't work, either way, not your problem, is it? "Yeah, well I find it offensive that the US works the way it does. And that they have so much throw on the rest of the world." And who would you rather have in our place?? Now back to the topic, hopefully the rest of this didn't wander TOO far off the beaten trail... "The fact is that the majority of anime is better than any of the shite that the US as a whole puts out on a daily basis. " And your basis of comparison is what? Sure we don't have series like Ranma 1/2 and Tenchi Muyo, but if you run Tenchi alongside the Simpsons, your audience will split along several different lines, first those that only understand American of Japanese culture will stick with Tenchi, while those that understand both will tend to watch both. Those that find the situational comedy of the Simpsons funny will watch, those that find the comedy of Tenchi funny will watch that... As far as "majority" of anime being better than anything the US puts out... do you actually watch it, or do you just post uninformed opinions? Profanity is a club. Reasoned discourse is a scalpel. Which would you want your surgeon to use?
Yes there were casualties in WWII. Yes many of these were inflicted by Japanese soldiers, sailors, and airmen, who were, just as we were, fighting for what they believed was right. As an American Service Member I can say that both sides had thier share of heroes. The servicemen of both sides didn't choose the issues, the politicans did, and the servicemen just did thier jobs. And I ask you to remember that all this took place 50-60 years ago. Yes we fought, people died, and eventually we won. Get over it. Do you picket a BMW dealership where you live just because 60 years ago a short, dark haired politician with a funny moustache managed to rile up his countrymen and blame all thier troubles on one religous sect? If you seriously find discussion of cultural subjects of former (and I stress FORMER) enimes offensive, let me say this, I find that brand of closemindedness offensive and request that you stop posting your opinions on them. Since you have to read this "offensive" material to post an opinon on it, the problem should take care of itself from there. Stop living in the past or give up the benifits of the present.
As far as Legend of the Overfiend goes, (so I watched it dubbed and its easier than the romanji to spell) I watched it because I was told it was a good screen... Ok so the best part was the laugh factor on the "1st peice in 3000 years" line... but for a movie its essentially shock value. Yeah naked chicks sell big in the US, but naked chicks (apologies to all you ULTRA PC people) being chased by demons with prehensile wangs goes on my list of watch (once) laugh and leave. Plastic Little was more interesting for content (mostly the whole relationship between the two lead characters), and had about the same quality plot. Everyone I know who has watched this gives it about the same rating... dunno if thats just the people I know though. By the way, if anyone can explain the proliferation of anime that seems to be the start of a series, and ends with the first tape... enlighten us, ok? "A little knowlege is a dangerous thing... does that make universities terrorist training camps?"
Don't know about you guys (girls too, if any) but I am just one of your normal run of the mill, steet level, just know enough about programming and system design to get myself in lots of trouble and stay there, and here's how I see this. (and I imagine I am gonna get roasted for this, anyway) The people who just HAVE to be the guy with the biggest machine at any given time are more than welcome to pony up the $500+ for the top of the line cards. Me, I am going to upgrade to a cheaper card, something that delivers everything I will need for the next year or three, and pay less than 1/3rd the cost of the top of the line cards. Granted the machines that run the top of the line cards deliver better graphics... but do you truly NEED a frame rate higher than your dog's IQ, or are you just attempting to win "Snap On Toolman of the Year" ? In short: if you need it for some purpose and have the cash to burn, go for it, but if you can make do with a cheaper card, I would say save the $150 that you knock off the price between the two, and buy something even bigger next year... or maybe invest it and get enough to finance a whole new system.... And those of you who are truly serious about having the biggest machine... why arent you saving up for a Cray tied to a T-1, with whatever programming you would need to make that work? "Never underestimate the ability of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge."