Shocking, no one's mentioned Darker Than Black yet? Pizza Hut invaded that show around episode 13. There may have been more earlier, but I probably didn't catch them.
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Love how this one has a "Look!" sign.
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Complete with green haired girl with strange powers (although quite a few people have strange powers).
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That's only from 4 or so episodes, there have been more I'm sure.
Anyway, I'm sure you people have more Eva bashing to do, so carry on.
/slinks away again
Happy birthday to Casusby, RipfangDragon, & Speed-Speed DJ!
Happy Birthday Casusby,Ripfangdragon and Speed-Speed DJ
Hmm, late thanks to you two. Although it seems like you're doing this for everybody. Still, I'll feed my ego with the greetings anyway 
It was most delicious. Ending song and karaoke effects were excellent as well. Reminds me why I absolutely love this movie.
bows to crew
How can it be a spoiler for the chapter if the chapter is fully released…
@Le:
Best. Chapter. Ever.
Seconded. Totally blew me away. The plot twists, the comedy, the drama! It had it all and more!
@joekido:
If the Admin/Mods planned this, why did they get serious about it? Why could they be silent and never post anything?
Now that it's the past, I no longer need to stay angery at the leaders, I have now forgaven them. I wish they would not get serious.
I think it was because in part, being serious about it, was to propel the plan to make it believable, which is quintessential for any prank to work.
I am very much reminded of the "lesson" episodes from Arrested Development. Michael's attempts at teaching a lesson were never effective, as they were never believable due to various circumstances. George Sr. however, made you believe that each time, you had ripped off a man's arm.
If the same prank had been pulled, only it had gone according to their plan, but everyone was given enough blatant clues to know it wasn't real, would it have been as funny? Would it have been as epic? Can they really be faulted for trying to do something as a genuine prank and not a half-assed one?
(Yea, Michael did manage to teach a lesson eventually, but I'm making a point here! And referencing AD!)
Well it was certainly interesting to watch from the sidelines. Certainly showed aspects to people's personality that they would never show normally.
I don't find it all that hard to believe that up to a certain point, the people in charge believed that even though the plan had gone outside of the scheduled parameters, they were still in control. The reaction of some undoubtedly hastened their preemptive decision to stop the whole thing.
I would have been very upset if the joke had as many tells as people seem to have wanted, a good joke is always made at someone's expense, or at least I like to think so, and having people go up in literary and technological arms to save something they wanted to is certainly nothing to be ashamed of or to view as a vain effort.
Ah, but I'm rambling now.
Happy birthday fellow plank walker. salutes Have a good one o.o
I too am one of those people who stood up late at night to watch it on TV when young. They use to show it on Showcase and on PBS, and I've never stopped loving it. Quarantine, Meltdown and Backwards were among my favorite episodes. But the winner has to be Back to Reality.
I call my best friend "Ace" after Ace Rimmer because he's almost a shockingly mirror image of him in terms of personality XD
So many memories, the emo-hawk, the toaster, the Tounge-twisted song, curry and of course, smeg.
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Is over 100 GB really that shocking? I'll spare you the huge picture, unless you really want to know what the hell I actually have on disk.
Maybe people have corrupted my mind, people who hold a few TB of anime and manga >_>
have u seen the CPI for ur country?
and im pretty sure that they will ban the semis if anyone can think of a better option…that doesnt cost more money...
Consumer Price Index? I have no idea how to read it, but yes, I do know it. I'm not a business guy, just a logical guy. Tobacco taxes make up a part of their revenue, if they lose that part, they have to make it up somehow. Since they can't magically make up some new source of income, they have to start cutting. And it's definately not coming from their own paychecks.
There's plenty of alternatives for fossil fuels, yet they do nothing…why? Because oil is an industry, and it provides jobs and taxes. Trucks would be along the same veins of course, although admittedly on a smaller scale.
thats different… those things are needed within the economy...and it doesnt oppose as big of a threat than cigarettes...
well...the main reason why the government havent ban cigarettes yet is because the government get a lot of profit from its tax...
So wait, does the fact that governments take taxes from these things mean that's part of the economy now? Surely the government needs taxes to operate, I mean they are part of the economy of a country, are you saying that should give up their lucritive taxes from cigarettes and find the funding they need by cutting education, or health care, or other essential programs? It's like a gas tax, sure we should be weaning off of fossil fuels, but the incentive isn't there to cut these things from the economy, because they make money. Government is a business.
I think semi-exhaust is a big threat to the air in general around us, I mean how many of the toxins they expel do you want to be breathing everywhere you go? They're not suddenly dissapearing, they're building up in our air.
No one under the age of eighteen will actually read that article. That is why 4KIDS is pushing the show and cards during their broadcast timeslots with codes to use on their main site and etc. That will get children interested in the show and game.
Ok, either you were using teasing in a weird context or you're going off into a new tangent. Yes it's true they're trying to pull in more buyers by offering an extra use for the cards that they purchase, but children are not inticied by multi-function products unless it blinks, flashes and makes 7 different types of noises. The idea of codes and web play is hardly something the average young 6-11 would be interested in, maybe 10 - 11's, but that's really playing to a fraction of their demographic.
Look at Nintendo with the new console, they created a demand for the system and sadly, here in American, they are not fully living up to the original release supply that they said that they would have. That makes more of a demand for the console. A small but not noticable supply and demand chain is now formed. If 4KIDS could do the same thing by over hyping the show and game, then not having enough supplies to make everyone happy, an increase in demand would happen and then an price increase on say every pack of cards would occur to make 4KIDS even more profit.
There is no way you can compare the demand Nintendo generates and the demand that 4kids can generate. It's David vs Goliath here. If you took a survey of youth, and ask them if they knew what Nintendo is, and what 4kids is, what do you think the results would be?
Unless you've heard something about them taking a new direction in advertising and selling their brands, their currently declining brands would serve to show that they can not maintain a steady interest in whatever they acquire.
Off topic, what is going on with your signature and avatar?
What do you mean? Like where are they from? They are from Dan Kim's delightfully disturbing comic strip "Momoka Corner" from his Clone Manga site. His drawing skill is amazing, but his writing is twisted. Not for children.
Business is always a gamble, the thing that 4KIDS is correctly doing is that they are teasing the market to make consumers want more.
Uh-duh, of course it's always a gamble, but you don't tell people it's a gamble. It affects stock, it affects stock-holders, it affects profit. You want to people to believe that the money they've invested in you is in your total and complete control.
You can't tease the kiddies into wanting more by telling people it's a gamble in an online USA Today article. I don't know many CCG players under the age of 13 who will read such articles on a business.
If enough material is pushed behide the show, them the gamble will pay off because children will believe that the cards are a must have item.
Create supply and you create demand? I don't know man. I think you need to have demand first before supply. They'd need extensive advertisement and a primo timeslot and network to run whatever show is associated with this product. Which I'm up in the air about, they might not be able to pull enough of it.
"Whether (kids) will buy these things in droves, who the heck knows?" 4Kids CEO Alfred Kahn says.
I really really love this quote. He's stating flat out that it's a gamble, which is kind of interesting.
Of course we all know that they're driving away from licenses, and clearly they have to keep doing business, pulling the kind of numbers they use to, they can't just go quietly into the night. It seems like a very clear cut "get moderately rich for a while" plan, which probably would have worked better a 5 or 6 years ago when Pokemon cards were still the rage. But you know, it seems like a number band-aid to me. Something to prove to share-holders that "Hey, we're not dead yet, don't sell out now! We're doing something!".
But really, how much longer do we have to pay attention to this company?
And how many times do I have to feel like I'm a broken record.
It looks stretched to me, I find it hard to tell without a WS version to compare it to. But here are some screenshots so you can tell for yourself.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/Casusby/snapshot20061107001954.png
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/Casusby/snapshot20061107002231.png
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/Casusby/snapshot20061107002509.png
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/Casusby/snapshot20061107002925.png
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/Casusby/snapshot20061107003044.png
So believe it or not, but 208 has been released. I don't have a BT link for you because the K-F tracker is currently down, and the WS release is not out yet, but is coming down the pipe. But if you're eager to watch, it is released in the DVD-quality FS version. So hop onto IRC and get the episode. NOW. (If you want)
Igalsfy; Good.
I don`t even want your opinion.
So what was the point of this thread again? Just for you to tell us your glorious opinion on current anime? In the vein of the Cosmic; why do you need a whole thread to state your opinion that you know that people will disagree with? If you're not even willing to listen their opinions and just want to bluntly force or try to uphold your own one there isn't much point to the thread.
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Whole lot of not caring going on in this thread, where's the love?
Casusby, I thought hijack this was just to get info on whats running.
It can also remove anything that's running. But since it can't distinguish between what's good and what's bad, you have to be careful about it.
Hurrr ._. Safe mode, and use hi-jack this to remove it this time. If that doesn't work, go to a better suited board. I'm not smart enough to teach someone to mess with their registry.
(Casusby, I did run Spybot in safe mode now btw. Nothing detected)
Yea, could use a new log, to see if the shim.exe is still there and is just not being detected or it's something else.
sighs they are back but not as bad as they were, I only got one thus far. I'll try scanning again cause I did do something earlier I think got me hit.
Did you scan and delete in safe mode? I said that last time, but you haven't mentioned if you did that.
Yea, if it gets really problematic, just take it in. Rather than getting help by yourself online, deleting various registry entries.
Uhh, by the way, anything wrong with my log? Sorry I didn't notice anyone commenting ^^.
I did, and there was something wrong.
Hard drive freezing programs are a real hassle if you're trying to do any actual work or have you know, actual settings you want to save.
really. I was told it was fine. Ok then, what about zone alarm then?
I guess though, if a firewall doesn't do much…it doesn't matter anyways.
It is fine to have a firewall, completely fine. I'm not against anyone having one, but it's just that your computer won't go to hell if you don't have one. Zone Alarm is good, it's a perfectly good software firewall. It's not that it doesn't do much, but what it does is a great help if you need/want that kind of control/protection.
I htought firewalls were to prevent hackers from getting into your pc?
Yea….unless they're a government spy, the chances of a hacker getting into your computer through pure internet manipulation is low. Even then a program or something of that effect would need to be loaded onto your computer which the scanners should catch; unless you really are a spy or something and the hackers are really pro, then you might need something more specialized.
btw, why do you say a firewall is not needed?
Hm well, if you have a good anti-virus (I use avast! but AVG is good too) and registry protection (Spybot S&D, again) then the only thing that a firewall is going to do for you is prevent certain programs from accessing the internet. Sure it's going to stop the simple spyware that doesn't root itself, but that stuff is non-intrusive and can easily be wiped out of existance. I've been firewall-less for a long time, with no problems.
But I say again, if you want the extra protection, by all means, use the firewall, but you don't have to have it.
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Casuby is right.
Moving on…
I'm not uninstalling McAfee. I paid for it a few years back but its antivirus updates expired and I can't renew. It virus scanner now no longer finds any infected files but it still has that firewall which I'm not ditching.
AVG handles my virus scanning.
Hey, if you want to do that, it's your choice, but I'm telling you that sometime down the road, when AVG updates itself, it will find conflict with McAfee and won't run the way you want it to. That and a software firewall isn't exactly..well needed. But it's your choice.
Refi: What exactly is the problem that you have? Spyware as well I assume? It's the VVSN. Restart in safe mode, and using the tools in Spybot S&D (linked previously) remove it from Windows start up.
Ah, the evidence of MessengerPlus! and a "shim.exe" file leads me to believe you have lop.com.
Also, Having 2 or more anti-virus scanners will mess one or the other up. Uninstall McAfee if you're going to use AVG, seriously.
As for lop.com, restart in safe mode and run and scan with the latest updated version of Spybot S&D.
If you still have it after that, or if I'm wrong, well…remove McAfee and post again.
Oh geez, I thought you were getting pop ups that just by pass the Firefox prevention, but if you're getting them where you're not suppose to, then yea, go back and do what I said in the previous post.
It sounds like it's hidden in the registry, if it is spyware, download this dianoustics tool, run it, and paste or link the log file it gives you the option to create (which you should, the button will be the same one that you clicked to scan). It'll tell us what's running on your computer.
EDIT: Wait, is this happening in Firefox, and only Firefox? If so, disregard everything I said >_>
Oh, it's not a rumor anymore, more awesomeness then. Too be honest, I didn't like Brave New World, nor really D-51. Maybe they're shifting to change the opening more often. Would certainly stop us from growing tired of them over time, like Believe (didn't like that either)
Interesting, very interesting. Certainly would be the quickest change to the opening if it did happen, although that fact seems to be the greatest opponent against it happening. But hey, Tackey & Tsubasa, could always use more of them.
Nah, J-rock is not the answer. J-pop will always fit better than J-rock for One Piece.
Some of my choices would be; dream, TiA(if she wasn't signed under Sony) for openings, and Jukai for an ending.
I'd love to say ROUND TABLE feat. Nino for either of them, but they wouldn't fit One Piece. Well maybe they could pull off an ending.
Here is the tester roster. It includes time zones for some people, those who have gotten in contact with HolyGorge and told him.
Anyway…it's not like you're missing much, and until a lot more features get put in, a small group of testers is best, it's not like they're doing a server stress test.
And I need a video capture card. BAD!
I agree, you shaky cameraman. I was expecting more commentary too.
The dub overall was quite enjoyable, as someone who's first exposure to Bleach was tonight's airing, it certainly interested me.
I too must say that I am a fan of this series. Shana fans might get a kick out of Rie Kugimiya (Louise in ZnT and Shana in SnS) and Satoshi Hino (Saito in ZnT and Yuuji in SnS) reprising similar roles to those that they had in Shana. Also the show is great for animated gifs XD
Oh wow, that Franky is awesome. But pales in the more awesomeness of that Crocodile. It looks like a portrait for some sort of live-action One Piece adaptation. Very well done.
Pastels, I definately couldn't do. Markers are a maybe if I get more confident. I can atleast blend in a different color if I screw up on a color choice with pencil crayons.
Anyway, here's a second attempt. This time I tried a lot more blending, and lighter strokes as to not reduce the pencils to stubs. (Clicky Clicky)
Mmm, thanks for the encouragement. I think I'll go out and buy my own set of pencil crayons instead of relying on someone else's (sister =p) and try again.
Now I'm not an artist, I have trouble with stick figures. But I loved coloring books when I was little, and I still love coloring till this day. Becoming a computer geek and learning all about code and stuff, I never practice coloring. Anyway, I got a new printer 3 months ago, and I haven't really used it since then. So I printed out a nice xxxHOLiC chapter cover and colored it in. Then scanned it back in and did small touch ups on it in Fireworks. (The printer is also a scanner)
(Clicky Clicky)
There are various things I'm not happy with (like visible white spots, weren't even my pencil crayons) which I could have fixed by spending more time on it, and I'm not too sure about the dress color. Should have probably gone with something more contrasting, but you arts people can tell me more of what I should have done. Then maybe I can try a One Piece cover.
4 days this time. I now have a sudden fear that if K-F goes any faster, we'll all be going at the speed of light without realizing it and we'll be out in like around Jupiter, suddenly without oxygen or anything else, only with seconds to live and then we'll explode in the cold darkness of space..MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEE!
runs around like a chicken without it's head
http://tracker.kaizoku-fansubs.com/torrents/%5BK-F%5D_One_Piece_202_%5BD062282C%5D.mp4.torrent
or IRC.
Hahaha yes. Excellent, infect these people with Steve's work. Good work Chuixupu
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They didn't purchase it. They would have to buy rights to the music in order to issue cease-and-desist orders.
Who's giving out incorrect information? Me? I never said the music was purchased. I wish you would quote people =p
How do 4Kids in any way have the rights to the openings and ending videos of the Japanese/Subbed One Piece?
Dude, this was explained already. When 4kids bought the license for One Piece, that included the opening and ending animations, as they're part of the episodes. They simply chose to chop them off when they started airing them and put in their own things.
Yea, sadly UNZONEDPILE, we're not having an intimate private conversation, so I need to stress certain things for other readers. Nice masterpiece though. Love the hair.
They dumped "We Are!", Cacusby. They didn't decide to use it and thus are not paying royalties. If they start using it it'll start licensing the music.
Then that would support my argument that they don't hold the license to any of the music, UNZONEDPILE. Which if I hadn't made clear in the past, I make clear now. Opening and Ending music. Sheesh, have to go in and make it super clear.
no youre just not making yourself clear. When I hear BGM to the songs.. background music to the songs? What is that?… isn't that background music... yeah sorry but you just aren't being quite clear tonight, Steve.
and I think 4kids does have the right because again, they made that "we are" song with no probs. They just don't want to use it so they can "Westernize it"... I mean wouldn't Toei rather sell the whole package to someone who's going to pay for all of One piece and pay more then? Im pretty sure 4kids has the rights cause they put in the highest bid for it all.
Not making myself clear? I said BGM to the song not to the show. Two different words there. All the songs have a background to them, be it a single beat or full orchestration. Vocals = foreground.
Just because they bought and tried to use the background music from "We Are!" with new lyrics, doesn't mean they bought all of it. Toei doesn't hold rights to the music…the recording companies do, or the artists.
I always thought that the BGM to the show came with the whole package. And just that openings and endings were something that you had to get through different companies.
I said BGM to the songs, like the voiceless tracks. What's with people missreading me? Is this some sort of amazing phenomenon? Does this explain why my name is always misspelt?
