Know why gas went to $3/gal in the US?? Because PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO PAY IT. They griped, they whined, they complained, but everyone still went down to the gas station once or twice a week and filled up.
Can you believe they were whining about the price? I mean it's like them whining about how much the air companies charge for air. $3/cubic foot. I mean if people are willing to pay it then that justifies the price. I myself have refused to buy air and am perfectly fine with not breathing.
My heart goes out for the minority that can't afford it, but businesses are in business to make money, not provide charity work.
I know! My heart goes out tho those minorities who are suffering too. It's not like everyone needs to drive to work. I mean doesn't everyone have easy access to public transportation?
The funniest thing I heard was someone whining about Exxon's record profits. I didn't hear anyone offering to give them money several years ago when their profits were in the crapper.
I did my civic duty back then. I bought as much gas as I could to help them out with their massive suffering and complete lack of money which led to such a tremendous hardship for them.
My daughter, bless her heart, wanted a new car. She went out and bought a Yaris and now gets 40MPG. Toyota can't keep them on the lot. I bought a motorcycle a year ago and get 50MPG, so there are already means to reduce consumption.
See alternatives. Just like I was saying. Instead of buying gas you can buy less gas... and die in a motercycle related mishap.
As for those 'cheaper alternatives', where are they. Ethonal?? I've read mixed reviews, some claiming it's the answer to everything, some claiming that the resulting agribusiness pollution might be worse than what comes out of our tailpipes now. Hybrid cars?? First, they cost more. Maybe their effective MPG makes up for some of it, but the anlysis I've seen says they are still more expensive in the long run once you start swapping out batteries. Biodiesel?? There is only so much french fry oil in the country.
Yeah there's no solution right now so we definitely shouldn't try to find one!
It's been Toonami for years. It's their japanese animation and anime-esque block. I think most people knew what the pun was and those who didn't probably didn't care because it was a cartoon block.
First off I have to say that I am a big anime fan. I wouldn't consider myself a fanboy in the sense that I don't have posters or a collection of toys or other items. So I am enthusiastic but not obsessive.
Here's what I think is good about anime...
Besides the artwork which is often amazing, anime breaks from american animation entertainment in a number of ways. Anime covers a large number of genre's. We tend to get the magic and sci-fi imported the most, but it explores many subjects. The target age groups for anime are much wider, from children to young adults (possibly even older). This allows anime writers to have more sophisticated plots. It also allows them to explore violence and sexuality much more than american animation. I could go on, but I want to relate this back to the "american penetration issue".
So here's what I think is limiting the american market growth. As mentioned above anime is very different from american animation so right out of the gate anime has to contend with american expectations. Most adults and young adults don't think anime is aimed at them and some would be embarrassed to let others know that they enjoy it. So the good stuff (the more sophisticated, adult oriented) titles get overrun by the kiddie stuff which muddies the perceptions more.
The overdubbing for most anime (excluding Miazaki and Cartoon Network) is god awful. It ruins the experience of watching. Bad acting can easily ruin a perfectly good title. This has let to the popularity of subtitles with fans. Unfortunately during the VHS era of anime distribution the subtitled versions were more expensive to purchase despite their lower production costs. In the DVD age the titles (which contain both sub and dub) are often more expensive than average american DVDs. So the perception is that the distributers are screwing their fans.
Couple the above situation with the lack of availability and delays of importing new titles, a vibrant fansub culture has arisen. My limited experience (in the VHS era) with fansubbing has shown that the majority of them follow these simple rules. Don't make a profit off the sale of tapes. Discontinue sale of titles that have distribution. Now I haven't studied the numbers and statistics about fansubbing but I find it hard to believe that these people are causing the death of anime. Their purpose is to make available to non Japanese sepaking people the titles which may never get imported. I am sure that there are the fileswapping types who are ignoring those rules, but that is a given with or without fansub. So I will make a minor plea to not vilify fansubbers as fileswappers because there is a distinction.
Of course there exist all the pro file swapping arguments, "they wouldn't have bought anyway", "its good advertisement", "fans will buy it even if they get it for free too". I won't go there because it's been done before.
So here's my conclusions. I think there is a huge market in the US for anime that hasn't been tapped. A large marketing effort needs to be made which helps the average american understand that anime is more "adult" and varied in subject. Titles need to be imported faster and cheaper. Fansubbers are not killing the market.
I think security measures are always going to be necessary because we will never live in a world where everyone is happy and content not to steal something from someone else.
is the abbreviation for geographic information system. GIS are special-purpose digital databases in which a common spatial coordinate system is the primary means of reference. GIS contain subsystems for: 1) data input; 2) data storage, retrieval, and representation; 3) data management, transformation, and analysis; and 4) data reporting and product generation. It is useful to view GIS as a process rather than a thing. A GIS supports data collection, analysis, and decision making and is far more than a software or hardware product. Other terms for GIS, and special-purpose GIS, include: Land-Base Information System, Land Record System
I found that all the Star Wars prequels focused on acting out things which we already knew the result of, showing younger versions of characters or parents of characters, and ruining our personal concept of what went before.
Are there any instances where "prequels" were successful and expanded the narrative?
Looking at the satelite maps of the ocean it looks like you can see the contour of the ocean floor.
Is this from the satelite photos or is this generated artificially?
It looks like the resolution of the ocean photos are lower than the land mass areas.
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Can you believe they were whining about the price? I mean it's like them whining about how much the air companies charge for air. $3/cubic foot. I mean if people are willing to pay it then that justifies the price. I myself have refused to buy air and am perfectly fine with not breathing.
I know! My heart goes out tho those minorities who are suffering too. It's not like everyone needs to drive to work. I mean doesn't everyone have easy access to public transportation?
I did my civic duty back then. I bought as much gas as I could to help them out with their massive suffering and complete lack of money which led to such a tremendous hardship for them.
See alternatives. Just like I was saying. Instead of buying gas you can buy less gas... and die in a motercycle related mishap.
Yeah there's no solution right now so we definitely shouldn't try to find one!
It's been Toonami for years. It's their japanese animation and anime-esque block. I think most people knew what the pun was and those who didn't probably didn't care because it was a cartoon block.
First off I have to say that I am a big anime fan. I wouldn't consider myself a fanboy in the sense that I don't have posters or a collection of toys or other items. So I am enthusiastic but not obsessive.
Here's what I think is good about anime...
Besides the artwork which is often amazing, anime breaks from american animation entertainment in a number of ways. Anime covers a large number of genre's. We tend to get the magic and sci-fi imported the most, but it explores many subjects. The target age groups for anime are much wider, from children to young adults (possibly even older). This allows anime writers to have more sophisticated plots. It also allows them to explore violence and sexuality much more than american animation. I could go on, but I want to relate this back to the "american penetration issue".
So here's what I think is limiting the american market growth. As mentioned above anime is very different from american animation so right out of the gate anime has to contend with american expectations. Most adults and young adults don't think anime is aimed at them and some would be embarrassed to let others know that they enjoy it. So the good stuff (the more sophisticated, adult oriented) titles get overrun by the kiddie stuff which muddies the perceptions more.
The overdubbing for most anime (excluding Miazaki and Cartoon Network) is god awful. It ruins the experience of watching. Bad acting can easily ruin a perfectly good title. This has let to the popularity of subtitles with fans. Unfortunately during the VHS era of anime distribution the subtitled versions were more expensive to purchase despite their lower production costs. In the DVD age the titles (which contain both sub and dub) are often more expensive than average american DVDs. So the perception is that the distributers are screwing their fans.
Couple the above situation with the lack of availability and delays of importing new titles, a vibrant fansub culture has arisen. My limited experience (in the VHS era) with fansubbing has shown that the majority of them follow these simple rules. Don't make a profit off the sale of tapes. Discontinue sale of titles that have distribution. Now I haven't studied the numbers and statistics about fansubbing but I find it hard to believe that these people are causing the death of anime. Their purpose is to make available to non Japanese sepaking people the titles which may never get imported. I am sure that there are the fileswapping types who are ignoring those rules, but that is a given with or without fansub. So I will make a minor plea to not vilify fansubbers as fileswappers because there is a distinction.
Of course there exist all the pro file swapping arguments, "they wouldn't have bought anyway", "its good advertisement", "fans will buy it even if they get it for free too". I won't go there because it's been done before.
So here's my conclusions. I think there is a huge market in the US for anime that hasn't been tapped. A large marketing effort needs to be made which helps the average american understand that anime is more "adult" and varied in subject. Titles need to be imported faster and cheaper. Fansubbers are not killing the market.
Now we get to listen to more half-hearted monotone voice acting in all our video games.
It's scary how often the work Iraq appears in that file...
Can you just block the whole site with Robots.txt or do you have to block each directory?
I would love to see what they are not blocking. Promotional stuff, i suspect. Kissing babies, Happy Soldiers...
I think security measures are always going to be necessary because we will never live in a world where everyone is happy and content not to steal something from someone else.
Call me pessimistic.From google "define gis"
is the abbreviation for geographic information system. GIS are special-purpose digital databases in which a common spatial coordinate system is the primary means of reference. GIS contain subsystems for: 1) data input; 2) data storage, retrieval, and representation; 3) data management, transformation, and analysis; and 4) data reporting and product generation. It is useful to view GIS as a process rather than a thing. A GIS supports data collection, analysis, and decision making and is far more than a software or hardware product. Other terms for GIS, and special-purpose GIS, include: Land-Base Information System, Land Record System
What is the real motivation behind this failure to work together?
Is it competition for licensing revenue?
Is it purposeful hindering of format adoption to slow media copying (like with dvds)?
Are there really technological advantages to the formats that the other wouldn't benefit from more than a unified format?
Besides the fact that it runs on this OS, what is different between this version of Firefox and any other? Why was it so difficult?
Is the whole concept of "prequels" flawed?
I found that all the Star Wars prequels focused on acting out things which we already knew the result of, showing younger versions of characters or parents of characters, and ruining our personal concept of what went before.
Are there any instances where "prequels" were successful and expanded the narrative?
Looking at the satelite maps of the ocean it looks like you can see the contour of the ocean floor. Is this from the satelite photos or is this generated artificially? It looks like the resolution of the ocean photos are lower than the land mass areas.