If it could play DivX... how could it not have the CPU power to play OGG? It's probably a mistake on iRiver's part to not have included it in the supported formats list.
Yes, Sai's a dude, even though he DOES look very much like a girl, but it shouldn't take a genius to figure out he's a guy when in one part of the manga (if I recall correctly), where he flashes back to the time when he was alive and he was swarmed by people who -obviously- looked like women. Unless Sai was a lesbian, which is entirely possible in manga, Sai was male.
Because normal TV shows and movies just don't cut it for us who want something a little more abnormal.
When was the last time you saw giant girls shooting turds at people during World War II in a movie? (I have yet to actually find out where that came from)
Oh, and I don't know about you, but anime actually affects me as a person, unlike Hollywood movies that I watch and I go "Wow, that was cool." and move on with life. The more in-depth anime around make me think about various issues, and causes me to take a look at things from a different angle.
Also, you don't see much TV series where they're based on a particular subject in general, like for example, basketball. Or soccer. Or go. Or vampir- wait, scratch that. Or mountain-side import-car racing. Anime caters for almost every single hobby out there, whether it be basketball, soccer, or import-car racing. And the good thing is, anime makes it -interesting-, especially for a person who has probably never had interest before. I mean, they turned spinning random blades interesting, so why the hell not? (granted that BeyBladez or however you spell it DOES suck pretty bad)
And I almost forgot... the fact that quite a few anime were never meant for children in the first place might have something to do with it.
Yes, the translation factor of anime is what turns off most people. One short sentence in Japanese could turn out to be a long sentence in English, and if you're watching a dub, they'll have to butcher the meaning to bits just to make it lip-sync.
Also, most dubs -suck-. Really, really bad. I don't think an American voice actor can come close to emulating a Japanese anime character. It's like they don't put enough heart into it, and that makes the character seem dull and shallow. Personally, I always watch subs whenever possible, although I know some people prefer dubs anyway simply because they cannot read the subs fast enough.
And responding to the grandparent's post, yes. There are different categories of manga in Japan. Shounen, which is mainly for young male teenagers; Shoujo, mainly for young female teenagers.
And then there's Seinen, which is pretty much 'adult' manga. But don't think too far ahead; an adult manga doesn't necessarily mean nothing but tits and ass throughout, it just usually contains issues that don't interest the other two categories. That, or they do actually have T&A, or just a lot of gore (MPD Psycho comes to mind, known more for it's extreme detail in murder scenes). I probably missed some other categories, but those are the ones that come to mind.
I, on the other hand, love the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series. Government conspiracies, crazy Matrix-style action scenes, funky A.I. tanks, and hacking scenes. And don't forget the little insights into each character's personal lives.
Because- Hey, what are you doing? I'm using this thing!
No! I don't wanna go back there! I WANT TO BE FREE, NOT IN REHAB! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #@$@&(#$(*@#^# - NO CARRIER
The Nokia 6108 has a stylus that allows you to input Chinese characters simply by writing them. I suppose there should be a Chinese/Japanese capable version of this phone.
I actually own this phone, and it's pretty useful, although I never write messages in Chinese, it's still fun to play with.
For example, I stumbled upon a manga (Japanese comic) a while ago named Hikaru no Go, which was about this kid who plays Go. Apparently, it has a huge following in Japan, so I picked it up......... and I got hooked. I even started playing go myself. Hell, I even went down to the local club, and at least five people there started playing Go cause of HnG.
If they can make a board game like Go into a popular manga (also anime series)... they're probably capable of making -anything- interesting. In fact, most of the sports manga/anime take what I thought was a boring sport, and turns it into something completely out of this world.
Prince of Tennis is one of the more crazier ones. Think tennis, and add crazy moves that are almost impossible to do in real life. Backspin serves, shots where the ball just hits the grounds and stops, shots that curl from one side of the court to another... crazy.
Off the top of my head, there's a basketball one (Slam Dunk), and that's all I can remember. There's more, I can assure you.
I'm probably gonna be modded off-topic for this, oh well.
Actually, the whole thing has been on Japanese phones for a while, now. Remember the post on slashdot about Japanese's DoCoMo being able to stream DVD-quality videos already? Japanese cell-phone technology are far-far beyond what the rest of the world has at the moment.
Something that is overly dynamic (such as an FPS, RPGs, etc), it's not easy to represent an enviroment with static 2D images, whereas other game genres that don't require dynamic graphics like visual novels/hgames where things are always some sorta restrictions to the storyline, I have to agree that (good) 2D images far surpass 3D.
Having tried both forms of H-Games (IPVR and
That said, it's possible to combine both 2D and 3D together. In a not-so-recent example, Ragnarok Online combines 2D sprites with a 3D enviroment to bring the best of the two types together, although apparently there were some 3D monster models in the data paks that they were testing, but it's mostly 2D sprites.
I listen to whatever sounds good to me, and that could range from funky jazz, rock, trance, dance, techno, maybe even some classical. Pop, however, is not on the list.
I assume you haven't seen the first couple of volumes of Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface?
Beautiful artwork, excellent colouring, 'eyecandy' (various panty shots here and there, heh), what else could you ask for? Oh, yeah, plot. It's got that too.
Also, what you're thinking about is the low-quality ones which are cheap so people can easily throw them away after they're done with them, but the good ones, i.e., collector editions, are printed uber-high quality paper, colour where applicable. They're called 'graphic novels', too.
While I'm on it, I think comics are more of a one-shot thing, each issue containing one topic, starting off with normality, complication, then (usually) ending with normality again. It usually never ends. And stuff that never ends usually sucks (i.e., DBZ). I like my manga where stuff follows a deep linear plot, where all aspects of a character are developed, and eventually has a (good) ending.
Wake me up when 'comics' can rival the art and plot of manga.
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Common sense is required here.
If it could play DivX... how could it not have the CPU power to play OGG? It's probably a mistake on iRiver's part to not have included it in the supported formats list.
Yes, Sai's a dude, even though he DOES look very much like a girl, but it shouldn't take a genius to figure out he's a guy when in one part of the manga (if I recall correctly), where he flashes back to the time when he was alive and he was swarmed by people who -obviously- looked like women. Unless Sai was a lesbian, which is entirely possible in manga, Sai was male.
1337: becomes. I 'becomes 1337'?
31337-31338: Redeeming brothels.
666: easy workers?
The next step.
Found on Wikipedia.
Damn straight, this IS a killer feature!
No need to add in the extra "hentai" keyword in the query... A9 automatically adds it in for you!
I'm soooooooooooooooo ditching google now!
20 pounds a month for 512/256? Aren't you guys lucky. Down in Australia here, we get 512/128 for $80 AUD per month, and that's with bandwidth caps.
And pfft, coverage-wise, Australia is far bigger and less dense than both.
Don't complain.
No. Turn it back on.
Because normal TV shows and movies just don't cut it for us who want something a little more abnormal.
When was the last time you saw giant girls shooting turds at people during World War II in a movie? (I have yet to actually find out where that came from)
Oh, and I don't know about you, but anime actually affects me as a person, unlike Hollywood movies that I watch and I go "Wow, that was cool." and move on with life. The more in-depth anime around make me think about various issues, and causes me to take a look at things from a different angle.
Also, you don't see much TV series where they're based on a particular subject in general, like for example, basketball. Or soccer. Or go. Or vampir- wait, scratch that. Or mountain-side import-car racing. Anime caters for almost every single hobby out there, whether it be basketball, soccer, or import-car racing. And the good thing is, anime makes it -interesting-, especially for a person who has probably never had interest before. I mean, they turned spinning random blades interesting, so why the hell not? (granted that BeyBladez or however you spell it DOES suck pretty bad)
And I almost forgot... the fact that quite a few anime were never meant for children in the first place might have something to do with it.
Yes, the translation factor of anime is what turns off most people. One short sentence in Japanese could turn out to be a long sentence in English, and if you're watching a dub, they'll have to butcher the meaning to bits just to make it lip-sync.
Also, most dubs -suck-. Really, really bad. I don't think an American voice actor can come close to emulating a Japanese anime character. It's like they don't put enough heart into it, and that makes the character seem dull and shallow. Personally, I always watch subs whenever possible, although I know some people prefer dubs anyway simply because they cannot read the subs fast enough.
And responding to the grandparent's post, yes. There are different categories of manga in Japan. Shounen, which is mainly for young male teenagers; Shoujo, mainly for young female teenagers. And then there's Seinen, which is pretty much 'adult' manga. But don't think too far ahead; an adult manga doesn't necessarily mean nothing but tits and ass throughout, it just usually contains issues that don't interest the other two categories. That, or they do actually have T&A, or just a lot of gore (MPD Psycho comes to mind, known more for it's extreme detail in murder scenes). I probably missed some other categories, but those are the ones that come to mind.
I, on the other hand, love the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series. Government conspiracies, crazy Matrix-style action scenes, funky A.I. tanks, and hacking scenes. And don't forget the little insights into each character's personal lives.
This is Man-Faye.
Yes, it's a hairy man cosplaying Faye from Cowboy Bebop.
...... gotta be End of Evangelion, folks.
Because- Hey, what are you doing? I'm using this thing!
No! I don't wanna go back there! I WANT TO BE FREE, NOT IN REHAB! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #@$@&(#$(*@#^# - NO CARRIER
The Nokia 6108 has a stylus that allows you to input Chinese characters simply by writing them. I suppose there should be a Chinese/Japanese capable version of this phone.
I actually own this phone, and it's pretty useful, although I never write messages in Chinese, it's still fun to play with.
It all depends how they show it.
For example, I stumbled upon a manga (Japanese comic) a while ago named Hikaru no Go, which was about this kid who plays Go. Apparently, it has a huge following in Japan, so I picked it up......... and I got hooked. I even started playing go myself. Hell, I even went down to the local club, and at least five people there started playing Go cause of HnG.
If they can make a board game like Go into a popular manga (also anime series)... they're probably capable of making -anything- interesting. In fact, most of the sports manga/anime take what I thought was a boring sport, and turns it into something completely out of this world.
Prince of Tennis is one of the more crazier ones. Think tennis, and add crazy moves that are almost impossible to do in real life. Backspin serves, shots where the ball just hits the grounds and stops, shots that curl from one side of the court to another... crazy.
Off the top of my head, there's a basketball one (Slam Dunk), and that's all I can remember. There's more, I can assure you.
I'm probably gonna be modded off-topic for this, oh well.
So, why would a linux user run this as root?
Sure, you could tell them to run the command as root...
The Bank, an Australian movie, is about a mathematician, who utilises the Mandelbrot fractal to predict stock-market movement.
Actually, the whole thing has been on Japanese phones for a while, now. Remember the post on slashdot about Japanese's DoCoMo being able to stream DVD-quality videos already? Japanese cell-phone technology are far-far beyond what the rest of the world has at the moment.
Something that is overly dynamic (such as an FPS, RPGs, etc), it's not easy to represent an enviroment with static 2D images, whereas other game genres that don't require dynamic graphics like visual novels/hgames where things are always some sorta restrictions to the storyline, I have to agree that (good) 2D images far surpass 3D.
Having tried both forms of H-Games (IPVR and
That said, it's possible to combine both 2D and 3D together. In a not-so-recent example, Ragnarok Online combines 2D sprites with a 3D enviroment to bring the best of the two types together, although apparently there were some 3D monster models in the data paks that they were testing, but it's mostly 2D sprites.
It's a conspiracy against OGG!
..... now, where's my pizza?!
I listen to whatever sounds good to me, and that could range from funky jazz, rock, trance, dance, techno, maybe even some classical. Pop, however, is not on the list.
(yay for Yoko Kanno and The Pillows!)
... Upgrades.
*cue martial arts fighting scenes*
I assume you haven't seen the first couple of volumes of Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface?
Beautiful artwork, excellent colouring, 'eyecandy' (various panty shots here and there, heh), what else could you ask for? Oh, yeah, plot. It's got that too.
Also, what you're thinking about is the low-quality ones which are cheap so people can easily throw them away after they're done with them, but the good ones, i.e., collector editions, are printed uber-high quality paper, colour where applicable. They're called 'graphic novels', too.
While I'm on it, I think comics are more of a one-shot thing, each issue containing one topic, starting off with normality, complication, then (usually) ending with normality again. It usually never ends. And stuff that never ends usually sucks (i.e., DBZ). I like my manga where stuff follows a deep linear plot, where all aspects of a character are developed, and eventually has a (good) ending.
Wake me up when 'comics' can rival the art and plot of manga.
.... considering how much Google gave out to drop the prices on eBay.
:p
I suggest better prizes. Y'know, like a girlfriend? I'm sure lots of us Slashdotters would like to have one over a Gmail account
Yeah, toss one this way. chendo # myrealbox dot com.
Uh... Why don't you roll back one day and copy all your work to another computer? Problem solved.
Or am I missing something here?