That is why you have translators working in teams. We always made sure we had someone who was a natural english speaker working on the translation team. That is assuming of course that the actual translator wasn't just bilingual. When they weren't, the translator would discuss the best way to translate things with the english person, so they would finally agree upon a translation that stayed as true to the japanese as possible, while still making complete sense to the viewer. If that wasn't possible, as in the case of some cultural/language jokes, we'd put notes in small type somewhere on the screen to explain. In fact, MANY fansubbing groups do this, and it teaches you something about japanese culture instead of just staring blankly and not getting a joke.
"More seriously, this is a good time to look at how to model DNA computers on "normal" computers so that we can start abstracting the tools and techniques needed to design (breed?) the really complex patterns we'll need to exploit DNA technology."
I disagree. I believe that if we want to fully exploit DNA technology we should be researching how to build a new computing paradigm out of it. Why model it off of current computers when we have the possibility to create computers that are wildy different and capable of much different things?
"2) I can't afford one because I'm too lame to have a good job"
Right. Because you MUST be lame if you don't have a good job. I mean...who cares that you might be a college student putting the money towards your education.....or the fact that the economy is in the gutter and you'd be lucky to get a crappy retail job at this point.....or that not every good job pays a lot, and not every well-paying job is good.
I hope you meant all of that in jest, because that was a pretty ignorant comment to make.
Many people have said that since the cat is now out of the bag with P2P usage that the labels need to use them to their advantage instead of fighting them. What do you think about the use of P2P as a free form of advertising? Is technology and society at the point where people will no longer pay for their music? Should mp3s and the like be used as promotional tools to try to get people to see concerts and buy other merchandise? Do you think this business model would have the same earning potential as the previous one of selling CDs?
"and the compulsory online subscription will be $9.95 per month, with game prices ranging from $2.99 to $50."
Now this is what is pissing me off. You KNOW this will be like BuyMusic.com. There will be one or two crap titles at 2.99 and the rest at 50. What I want to know is what does that cost get me? Can I download the game as many times as I want while I still use the service? Or do I have to pay for it each time I download it? What happens when the HDD runs out and I have to start deleting games, but later want to download them again...I'll bet I have to pay full price to do so.
This sounds almost exactly like the new cellphone my little brother just got. He paid a couple hundred for the phone, has an ungodly monthly fee for service, will pay $7/month for web access once his 3 free months run out, and he has to pay for individual games and ringtones. But guess what, once he ran out of space for the games, he deleted some...and then had to pay full price to redownload them. This is yet another consumer device which will feed off the masses and attempt to sucker people in with underhanded marketing techniques.
"And thats when the college student with a couple of semesters of Japanese over what ever he's learned from watching other shows gets the translation correct... When I started getting into anime, the VHS fansub groups actually hired professional translators to do the work. The digisub generation has decided that doing it right isn't worth not being the first to the servers ("mass naked child events" ring a bell to any AnimeJunkies fans?)"
Well, as a member of the old Anime Fury team, I can tell you that we work very hard to get top of the line translators. We ONLY look for people who are fluent in japanese. You'd be surprised how many fansubbing groups will turn down a translator who knows japanese pretty well just because he's not fluent. And we typically had more than one translator to check the script. Now....some groups like Anime Fury were determined to put out high quality, rather than high quantity...like Anime Junkies. It really varies group to group, and once you're in the scene for a while, you tend to pick up on who puts out decent stuff and who doesn't.
"leaves you wondering if "officials" have any clue how SPAMMERS operate..." "
There is no wondering here, we all know they don't have a clue in the world. But whats being done about that? I don't see any huge initiatives to educate our law makers into how these things really work. So what can Slashdot do to educate these people as to how spam really works?
I sure as hell don't want to see this website creators next sexual foray in to the Star Wars Universe....I think I can speak for all of us at/. when I say:
"But what will looks of your desk help"...."I think I would throw them it out imediatly if my employer asked me to use one of thoose."....."It is so many errors with the workspace that I don't even what to go into it."
" "You didn't really want to make that choice, did you? Of course not... let me fix it.""
Or on webpages!
"I noticed you checked that you didn't want to receive special offers from us and every spammer under the sun......errr affiliates. I have fixed your selection and checked all available interests for you. This is what you really want. Might as well check the boxes, we're gonna spam you anyway."
"Just wait till someone finds a living creature that can withstand several hundred degrees..... it'd have a real chance of surviving a fire..... now that would be scary."
No it wouldn't be....we'd just be one step closer to being able to create a REAL dungeon with REAL fire resistant monsters. It will give me a chance to practice my lightning bol........err..........nevermind! Don't mind the little D&D geek. Nothing to see.
If I'm not mistaken, there was a mutant in the marvel universe named Cannonball who flew by continuosly causing his lower half to explode, thus forming a continual form of propulsion. Cool stuff.
" If past performance is any indication, it's because Kaspersky takes multiple strings from harder to modify areas and also supports wildcards - the guy who started it (Eugene Kaspersky) is a badass at assembler and has generally produced some of the best virus analysis in the industry. "
"Or conversely, blame an ordinary accident on terrorists if they needed all the sheep to orient their asses toward Washington for some more PATRIOT style legislation."
"but I'm sure terrorists will be delighted to know that they can throw five major cities into utter chaos by taking out one substation and getting an assist from the domino effect."
Or simply just take credit for it and make everybody THINK they did it to scare people, as well as plant the seed of doubt that the government might be trying to coverup an actual terrorist attack. No I'm not paranoid, this is probably not a terrorist attack, I'm just saying, I wouldn't put it past our government to try to coverup something like this just because it would show how useless all the things they've done really are.
"A subscription component keeps the action up to date with events in the real world (news - Y! TV). The initial PC game, due out in February, will come with eight to 12 missions in a traditional retail package for about $40. After that, players can choose to download an additional mission every week for a monthly fee of about $10."
Anybody else get outraged at the audacity of that pricing? I'm sorry, I will NOT pay $10 a month for a new fucking level. This isn't even a MMORPG. This would be the equivelant of asking people to pay $10/month for a new mod for halflife or bf1942.
And what if you signed on after a few missions had been released. Does the $10 entitle you to all the old missions? What if you don't want a certain months mission, do you still have to pay for it? Aside from the fact that charging a large fee for a new mission is insulting and will not work, I think what would stand a better chance is charging a VERY LOW fee, like $1-$2 per new mission. That way you could get the ones you want, and avoid the ones you don't want. But fact is, with every other FPS game out there (that will always be a step above this made-for-marketing crud) giving free updates and levels away fairly frequently, and extensive modding communities, this game won't stand a chance.
" And how long before a mod so that you can play as Iraqi soldiers who participated in a raid in which there were U.S. casualties ? My point being, it is all "fun and games" until one takes a different perspective on the situation. Mod me down as flamebait or offtopic if you please."
Very good point, wish I had mod points for ya. I don't think people would be very happy if someone made a mod where you had to take planes hostage and crash them into buildings (although I have to admit, a mod like that would be very intriguing). Whoops, I'm probably gonna show up on Carnivore or w/e for saying that.
But anyways, the point is....if you make a game like this that has an inherently political view, someone will mod it, and fight political fire with fire. This game would be begging for it.
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I disagree. I believe that if we want to fully exploit DNA technology we should be researching how to build a new computing paradigm out of it. Why model it off of current computers when we have the possibility to create computers that are wildy different and capable of much different things?
Right. Because you MUST be lame if you don't have a good job. I mean...who cares that you might be a college student putting the money towards your education.....or the fact that the economy is in the gutter and you'd be lucky to get a crappy retail job at this point.....or that not every good job pays a lot, and not every well-paying job is good.
I hope you meant all of that in jest, because that was a pretty ignorant comment to make.
Now this is what is pissing me off. You KNOW this will be like BuyMusic.com. There will be one or two crap titles at 2.99 and the rest at 50. What I want to know is what does that cost get me? Can I download the game as many times as I want while I still use the service? Or do I have to pay for it each time I download it? What happens when the HDD runs out and I have to start deleting games, but later want to download them again...I'll bet I have to pay full price to do so.
This sounds almost exactly like the new cellphone my little brother just got. He paid a couple hundred for the phone, has an ungodly monthly fee for service, will pay $7/month for web access once his 3 free months run out, and he has to pay for individual games and ringtones. But guess what, once he ran out of space for the games, he deleted some...and then had to pay full price to redownload them. This is yet another consumer device which will feed off the masses and attempt to sucker people in with underhanded marketing techniques.
If you want to kill the chance of anything happening in a short amount of time, ESPECIALLY in marketing, send it to commitee.
Well, as a member of the old Anime Fury team, I can tell you that we work very hard to get top of the line translators. We ONLY look for people who are fluent in japanese. You'd be surprised how many fansubbing groups will turn down a translator who knows japanese pretty well just because he's not fluent. And we typically had more than one translator to check the script. Now....some groups like Anime Fury were determined to put out high quality, rather than high quantity...like Anime Junkies. It really varies group to group, and once you're in the scene for a while, you tend to pick up on who puts out decent stuff and who doesn't.
Silencing Jar-Jar
There is no wondering here, we all know they don't have a clue in the world. But whats being done about that? I don't see any huge initiatives to educate our law makers into how these things really work. So what can Slashdot do to educate these people as to how spam really works?
STEP AWAY FROM THE EWOK!
Geeks......please don't drink and post.
Commander: "That's it, everybody, shut down Kazaa, the RIAA has found our base!"
Or on webpages!
"I noticed you checked that you didn't want to receive special offers from us and every spammer under the sun......errr affiliates. I have fixed your selection and checked all available interests for you. This is what you really want. Might as well check the boxes, we're gonna spam you anyway."
No it wouldn't be....we'd just be one step closer to being able to create a REAL dungeon with REAL fire resistant monsters. It will give me a chance to practice my lightning bol........err..........nevermind! Don't mind the little D&D geek. Nothing to see.
Is that kinda like the little rings that blew out the back of all the ships in the Jetsons?
Either that or they wrote the virus.
*cough*stinger missle raid*cough*
Great...now we've done it. We Slashdotted the East Coast power grid. We're gonna get modded down BIG TIME for this.
Or simply just take credit for it and make everybody THINK they did it to scare people, as well as plant the seed of doubt that the government might be trying to coverup an actual terrorist attack. No I'm not paranoid, this is probably not a terrorist attack, I'm just saying, I wouldn't put it past our government to try to coverup something like this just because it would show how useless all the things they've done really are.
Do you suffer from anxiety attacks when you do not read/post to Slashdot for more than a day?
Anybody else get outraged at the audacity of that pricing? I'm sorry, I will NOT pay $10 a month for a new fucking level. This isn't even a MMORPG. This would be the equivelant of asking people to pay $10/month for a new mod for halflife or bf1942.
And what if you signed on after a few missions had been released. Does the $10 entitle you to all the old missions? What if you don't want a certain months mission, do you still have to pay for it? Aside from the fact that charging a large fee for a new mission is insulting and will not work, I think what would stand a better chance is charging a VERY LOW fee, like $1-$2 per new mission. That way you could get the ones you want, and avoid the ones you don't want. But fact is, with every other FPS game out there (that will always be a step above this made-for-marketing crud) giving free updates and levels away fairly frequently, and extensive modding communities, this game won't stand a chance.
Very good point, wish I had mod points for ya. I don't think people would be very happy if someone made a mod where you had to take planes hostage and crash them into buildings (although I have to admit, a mod like that would be very intriguing). Whoops, I'm probably gonna show up on Carnivore or w/e for saying that.
But anyways, the point is....if you make a game like this that has an inherently political view, someone will mod it, and fight political fire with fire. This game would be begging for it.