I love fansubs. Sheesh, I wouldn't of ever gotten into most the anime I have without it.
But besides getting new Anime fast with fansubs, there's another reason I like it better then dub versions.
American dub versions usually suck dog shit. They will dumb the plot down, change stuff to fit "american kids". Not cool with that.
Of course, i rely on the fansubbers to give me an accurate translation of what is said, which doesn't seem to always happen. But it's free, and I forgive them.
I have a buddy who likes dubs, but i think it's because he has crappy eyesight and can't read what the fansubs say. or public school education, so he can't read too good. never can tell. But he stuck back some years behind what i'm watching. He's talking like Naruto Shippuden (sorry for bad spelling) episode 63, and I'm talking like episode 200.
Okay, i'm going to bust some truth about me here. I'm not really a consumer. I've always been happy with copies of stuff. Music? I used to make cassette tape copies of my friends stuff. Mp3 just made it easier and more convient (and better copies, oddly enough) for me. Would I buy all that music? Hell No. I'm cheap. Same for movies/video games/everything. If i can get it cheap, or free, count me in.
But that being said, i have a bunch of friend who have to own the item. They must own the DVD, or the CD, collectors edition? hell ya, they fork over the extra money for it. I don't know what's difference between them and me (besides probably $40k a year) because even when we were broke kids, they still had to own the shit.
And those peeps? I've introduced more Anime, music/movies to them over the years that they would of probably never found without me (until they have kids, lol) and my internet downloading ways.
In closing, I will say, thanks Fansubbers, you rock.
Oh, and this. What the fuck is up with all the god damn fluff episodes? Take bleach. You have a story. You then pause the current story, do some fillers, then do some back stories, start another mini story series, finally get back to the main story, start up some more back stories, throw in some fluff for good measure, then finally get back on the main story. wtf? And you tend to do that for other series, Bleach just seems to have it the worse. As an american who does NOT buy your stuff, please keep it on the stories please. thanks! =)
Your rant is spot on. Unfortunately, shouting about being "tough on crime" leads to getting elected, which leads to the "lock them in jail and make jail Hell on Earth" attitude.
Of course, that does nothing to actually rehabilitate criminals or actually reduce crime -- it just makes you look good come election time. Combine that with a prison system that mostly exists to increase its own profits (q.v. Arizona SB1070) and you've got a recipe for disaster.
Sorry, you mean the American Way there at the end, right?
"there have been documented cases of escape attempts, drug deals and conference calls coordinated via smuggled cell phones."
Not conference calls! Anything but that! Isn't it bad enough that they're in jail? Now they're being subjected to conference calls. That is surely a violation of an inmate's rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
While you joke, alot of times when leaders of gangs/mob goes to jail, they just keep working from inside.
If they think that cell phones are a problem, they need to consider this situation carefully. Most/all cellphones are much larger than say a balloon filled with heroin. If they think that a cellphone is a "problem" and smuggling in a handheld device is easy, I wonder what they think of the drug situation. Also, the profit margin on bringing in a walnut-sized heroin balloon is orders of magnitude more profitable.
So what if the inmates are getting drugs. Obviously you've never been addicted to herion, since you don't understand how hellish it would be.
You are in prison. You can't leave. The drugs cost way more then they do outside. So, if you get addicted to the dope, not only are you paying way more money then you would of been, your ways of making money are very, very smaller. In fact, chances are, you'll be sucking dick and getting fucked in the ass to get your dope.
And that's not even talking what you'll do when your dope sick. sheesh. Yes, Jail is fun place to kick dope in. Since you can't go anyways, your stuck for the ride.
Let the inmates do herion, because it's only going to be hell for them.
I'm sure legislation will fix the problem... after all, inmates are in jail because they FOLLOW laws! Politicians are morons.
Note that the summary says "prison guards, staff and vendors are cashing in". These suppliers are the weak link and are somewhat likely to respond to the legislation.
Capitalism at it's finest. Isn't that the American way?
... 5. The assets were distributed with a "you can do anything BUT SELL IT" license
While I would never do this, that statement says I can include your assets "free of charge" with my GPL'd build of the source code and not be in violation.
Saves aren't automatically forced to the cloud if you're someone who will be without internet access for a time. Also, they hopefully won't use this to deter piracy by holding people's save games hostage.
I went to an international school in Europe, where evolution isn't really up for debate. Not the high school level material anyway. So, one day, a girl from the US, a recent arrival, says "wait a minute, I've read that it isn't that way and my bible studies guy says it's different. The Earth isn't that old, etc..."
So teacher says something ala "Don't be ridiculous! That stuff you've been told isn't science, in fact it's all lies, and you won't pass the exams saying things like that."
The exchange went on for a bit, but in the end we ended up having a bubbling, tearful American girl crying her eyes out. Come to think of it, I didn't give bio teacher as much credit at the time as I should have. She truth, while painful, is good for you.
See in America you either get a crappy Public Education, that might teach you the truth, though probably not teach you how to write. Or a Private Religous school which will give you a better education, but teach you shit that isn't true.
first off, you took way too many photo's. You trying to remember the trip, or relive the trip?
Never ever use harddrives are backup. Never.
You might think that 1TB drive is good and all, till you go to plug it it and your computer doesn't recognise it. And I don't know about you, but I've been seeing that happen alot more with the 500+gb drives these days then I was seeing before.
another thing, and I've fell victim to this, and will again, is you do NOT need to keep everything.
You aren't ever going to go thru all the pictures you take, and since we took the cost of developing out, you take way too many.
Slashdot Mirror
What ever happened to IPv5?
And how do we know v7 or v8 won't be better?
Population - Population that will die = Chances of them making an algorithm that predicts Health Problems Correctly for Individuals.
I love fansubs. Sheesh, I wouldn't of ever gotten into most the anime I have without it.
But besides getting new Anime fast with fansubs, there's another reason I like it better then dub versions.
American dub versions usually suck dog shit. They will dumb the plot down, change stuff to fit "american kids". Not cool with that.
Of course, i rely on the fansubbers to give me an accurate translation of what is said, which doesn't seem to always happen. But it's free, and I forgive them.
I have a buddy who likes dubs, but i think it's because he has crappy eyesight and can't read what the fansubs say. or public school education, so he can't read too good. never can tell. But he stuck back some years behind what i'm watching. He's talking like Naruto Shippuden (sorry for bad spelling) episode 63, and I'm talking like episode 200.
Okay, i'm going to bust some truth about me here. I'm not really a consumer. I've always been happy with copies of stuff. Music? I used to make cassette tape copies of my friends stuff. Mp3 just made it easier and more convient (and better copies, oddly enough) for me. Would I buy all that music? Hell No. I'm cheap.
Same for movies/video games/everything. If i can get it cheap, or free, count me in.
But that being said, i have a bunch of friend who have to own the item. They must own the DVD, or the CD, collectors edition? hell ya, they fork over the extra money for it. I don't know what's difference between them and me (besides probably $40k a year) because even when we were broke kids, they still had to own the shit.
And those peeps? I've introduced more Anime, music/movies to them over the years that they would of probably never found without me (until they have kids, lol) and my internet downloading ways.
In closing, I will say, thanks Fansubbers, you rock.
Oh, and this. What the fuck is up with all the god damn fluff episodes? Take bleach. You have a story. You then pause the current story, do some fillers, then do some back stories, start another mini story series, finally get back to the main story, start up some more back stories, throw in some fluff for good measure, then finally get back on the main story. wtf? And you tend to do that for other series, Bleach just seems to have it the worse. As an american who does NOT buy your stuff, please keep it on the stories please. thanks! =)
You're right that it won't affect pirates, but that's actually because (so far) PSN games aren't being pirated.
You mean PSN games that haven't been released yet.
Your rant is spot on. Unfortunately, shouting about being "tough on crime" leads to getting elected, which leads to the "lock them in jail and make jail Hell on Earth" attitude.
Of course, that does nothing to actually rehabilitate criminals or actually reduce crime -- it just makes you look good come election time. Combine that with a prison system that mostly exists to increase its own profits (q.v. Arizona SB1070) and you've got a recipe for disaster.
Sorry, you mean the American Way there at the end, right?
"there have been documented cases of escape attempts, drug deals and conference calls coordinated via smuggled cell phones."
Not conference calls! Anything but that! Isn't it bad enough that they're in jail? Now they're being subjected to conference calls. That is surely a violation of an inmate's rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
While you joke, alot of times when leaders of gangs/mob goes to jail, they just keep working from inside.
So ya, conference calls makes sense.
If they think that cell phones are a problem, they need to consider this situation carefully. Most/all cellphones are much larger than say a balloon filled with heroin. If they think that a cellphone is a "problem" and smuggling in a handheld device is easy, I wonder what they think of the drug situation. Also, the profit margin on bringing in a walnut-sized heroin balloon is orders of magnitude more profitable.
So what if the inmates are getting drugs. Obviously you've never been addicted to herion, since you don't understand how hellish it would be.
You are in prison. You can't leave. The drugs cost way more then they do outside. So, if you get addicted to the dope, not only are you paying way more money then you would of been, your ways of making money are very, very smaller. In fact, chances are, you'll be sucking dick and getting fucked in the ass to get your dope.
And that's not even talking what you'll do when your dope sick. sheesh. Yes, Jail is fun place to kick dope in. Since you can't go anyways, your stuck for the ride.
Let the inmates do herion, because it's only going to be hell for them.
I'm sure legislation will fix the problem... after all, inmates are in jail because they FOLLOW laws! Politicians are morons.
Note that the summary says "prison guards, staff and vendors are cashing in". These suppliers are the weak link and are somewhat likely to respond to the legislation.
Capitalism at it's finest. Isn't that the American way?
...
5. The assets were distributed with a "you can do anything BUT SELL IT" license
While I would never do this, that statement says I can include your assets "free of charge" with my GPL'd build of the source code and not be in violation.
They didn't really use such loose terms did they?
Now that's a reality show I could enjoy.
...
Why is it so many government employees seem to lack a basic understanding of the Constitution?
Public School Education would be my guess.
Sweet, new age is making a come back.
Not only does sony (think they) own your hardware (PS3), they also want to own your save games info.
Where will it stop?
Saves aren't automatically forced to the cloud if you're someone who will be without internet access for a time. Also, they hopefully won't use this to deter piracy by holding people's save games hostage.
They will.
Man,most the high rated posts are post on how cool we are because we don't care.
Yet everyone one of them people who "dont' care" have a facebook account. So you must care some, to have the account, right?
Ha, just messing with ya. I have an account, and I don't care about it either.
Friend me, unfriend me. foe me, like me. poke me, sex me up. It's all cool. I don't care about you, nor will I. Mainly if we sex it up. thanks!
The younger generation will always depress you.
It's called, "getting old"
sorry.
wtf!
I just typed a nice replay, and the whole fucking text just disappeared.
seriously this new design, sucks badly.
You can't even tell where the fucking links are, can't tell what is quoted.
fuck you slashdot, you are totally sucking now.
"Carmack Says NGP Is a 'Generation Beyond' Smartphones"
Which means it probably has a price to match. Sadly.
Plus the generation beyond Smartphones don't apparently make any phone calls.
I went to an international school in Europe, where evolution isn't really up for debate. Not the high school level material anyway. So, one day, a girl from the US, a recent arrival, says "wait a minute, I've read that it isn't that way and my bible studies guy says it's different. The Earth isn't that old, etc..."
So teacher says something ala "Don't be ridiculous! That stuff you've been told isn't science, in fact it's all lies, and you won't pass the exams saying things like that."
The exchange went on for a bit, but in the end we ended up having a bubbling, tearful American girl crying her eyes out. Come to think of it, I didn't give bio teacher as much credit at the time as I should have. She truth, while painful, is good for you.
See in America you either get a crappy Public Education, that might teach you the truth, though probably not teach you how to write. Or a Private Religous school which will give you a better education, but teach you shit that isn't true.
Some choice, eh?
Of course the moon has military value.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Madness
Also a good place to keep prisoners.
Who even owned scanners at the time, though? I think the only printer I even owned back then was a daisy wheel.
Only took 1 person with a scanner to get it scanned then share it with friends, who would share it with friends. And it would get on the BBS boards.
sheesh, BBS boards. I suck.
Who even owned scanners at the time, though? I think the only printer I even owned back then was a daisy wheel.
Only took 1 person with a scanner to get it scanned then share it with friends, who would share it with friends. And it would get on the BBS boards.
We also didn't have the internet or torrents in the 80's. Times have changed.
We had BBS systems, copy floppy parties.
first off, you took way too many photo's. You trying to remember the trip, or relive the trip?
Never ever use harddrives are backup. Never.
You might think that 1TB drive is good and all, till you go to plug it it and your computer doesn't recognise it. And I don't know about you, but I've been seeing that happen alot more with the 500+gb drives these days then I was seeing before.
another thing, and I've fell victim to this, and will again, is you do NOT need to keep everything.
You aren't ever going to go thru all the pictures you take, and since we took the cost of developing out, you take way too many.
Instead, you can catch it on alt.com