May 29, 2012
Vile
Hey spammers.
If you really want to develop utter hatred for your product, you might try spamming an obituary post.
If you really want to develop utter hatred for your product, you might try spamming an obituary post.
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May 28, 2012
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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Oh...Goody
For the longest time I thought that one of the reasons that US kit was so expensive is because we insisted on producing the components here where its much more expensive rather than overseas.
Silly me...
Now it looks like at least some computer chips used in US Military hardware have Chinese installed back doors in them. via
For the longest time I thought that one of the reasons that US kit was so expensive is because we insisted on producing the components here where its much more expensive rather than overseas.
Silly me...
Now it looks like at least some computer chips used in US Military hardware have Chinese installed back doors in them. via
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Aniplex Announcements
Crunchyroll has a report on a bunch of recent Aniplex announcements.
There is a bit of good news in that Sentai did indeed get UlBW. They have announced a Bang Zoom dub which speaks well of their finances and confidence in the market.
However, In the rest of the announcements I note the continued trend in avoiding dubs. While this is of little direct concern to many of our readers it means that the current plan does seem to be to skip the US Distributors and simply release Subtitled Japanese Blue Rays at... Japanese prices.
US Anime is doomed!...must..tweet...everybody!
Ubu saw this coming a while back, and while it is indeed a big FU to the US fans it is not entirely out of the blue.
The Japanese prices are insane and, I believe, counter-productive even to their domestic market in the long term, but they are, in part, a response to the huge piracy issue, the shrinking domestic market (which the prices help to shrink) and the fact that the Japanese companies have the additional overhead of producing the product (US and other overseas distributors just have licensing, distribution and occasionally dubbing ).
I would be very surprised if a lot of the licensing was not discontinued in favor of just the subtitle track. The total sales would drop but a few hundred or a couple of thousand sales total would make what they'd get from licensing with an option for more if it was a runaway hit. If there is licensing in the future it might well be restricted to dub only in the future to kill re-imports.
Of course they'll also kill off most of the legit market here because 700 dollars (350 per season) for a series is stark raving cuckoo for cocoa puffs.
The Japanese prices also make clear one reason why collector Otaku are thought of poorly in Japan. The hobby there takes as much money as a heroin habit. Someone who indulges in it there is either rich beyond the dreams of Avarice or has some seriously screwed up priorities.
- Sentai Filmworks is confirmed as the licensor for Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works
- Aniplex will take pre-orders for the second volume of Fate/zero on Blu-Ray starting June 1st for release on September 9th simultaneously with the Japanese release
- Bakemonogatari will be receiving a new sub only boxset release this Fall on Blu-Ray with no plans to dub either it or the sequel series Nisemonogatari. Unfortunately, there are also no plans to stream Bakemonogatari.
- Aniplex does not have plans to go back and dub either Blue Exorcist or Fate/Zero
- OreImo will be re-released later this summer in a lower-priced DVD edition
- Baccano will be re-released following its previous limited Blu-Ray box release
- Kara no Kyoukai/Garden of Sinners will be released in a new limited edition DVD boxset this Fa
There is a bit of good news in that Sentai did indeed get UlBW. They have announced a Bang Zoom dub which speaks well of their finances and confidence in the market.
However, In the rest of the announcements I note the continued trend in avoiding dubs. While this is of little direct concern to many of our readers it means that the current plan does seem to be to skip the US Distributors and simply release Subtitled Japanese Blue Rays at... Japanese prices.
US Anime is doomed!...must..tweet...everybody!
The Japanese prices are insane and, I believe, counter-productive even to their domestic market in the long term, but they are, in part, a response to the huge piracy issue, the shrinking domestic market (which the prices help to shrink) and the fact that the Japanese companies have the additional overhead of producing the product (US and other overseas distributors just have licensing, distribution and occasionally dubbing ).
I would be very surprised if a lot of the licensing was not discontinued in favor of just the subtitle track. The total sales would drop but a few hundred or a couple of thousand sales total would make what they'd get from licensing with an option for more if it was a runaway hit. If there is licensing in the future it might well be restricted to dub only in the future to kill re-imports.
The Japanese prices also make clear one reason why collector Otaku are thought of poorly in Japan. The hobby there takes as much money as a heroin habit. Someone who indulges in it there is either rich beyond the dreams of Avarice or has some seriously screwed up priorities.
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In Defense of the Indefensable
I have a confession to make.
I...
I...
I actually liked High School of the Dead.
I may be the only human being for whom that is true.
Allow me to defend this most indefensible of opinions.
First, it must be acknowledged that most of the criticisms of this show have valid points. The fan service is a bit over the top. I sure as hell could have done without the damned panty shots. It is a grim show. It is aggressively and flamboyantly excessive. It is disrespectful to physics.
The early episodes in particular do a better job than many zombie movies (even Romero's own) of conveying the actual horror of the whole zombie apocalypse situation. They handle that bit really well. This is all the more remarkable because of the breakneck pacing of the early episodes. The show manages to combine non-stop action with a sense of genuine dread as the characters realize just what is going on and the implications of it.
It is a horrific show, and at times hard to watch, but the admittedly excessive fan service actually mitigates this somewhat. It is sufficiently silly to act as comic relief and thereby break some of the tension.
In fact, the two most gratuitous episodes regards cheesecake, 6 and 7, (where the show managed to work in sort of a bathhouse episode), were in some ways the saving grace of the series. Both actually had some neat, even thoughtful, character bits. They also added a bit of humanity and decency that saved the show from becoming the nihilistic exercise so many stories in this genre are.
From that point the show becomes not so much a horror show as a show about retaining ones humanity in the midst of a societies collapse. The cheesecake is somewhat toned down in later episodes as well.
In any event the show is never boring.
For all that, I probably would not have liked it had I not first seen the dub, which is superb, and is delivered with the staccato pacing of a Howard Hawks film and with just a bit of snark. The voice acting is really well done Mark Laskowski and Maggie Flecknoe in particular do a superb job. The nurse in the dub has a voice that can grate cheese...but that actually fits. As I type this there's a 12 minute spoileriffic excerpt from ep2 of the dub here which gives a good overview of the pacing of the early episodes.
The show is indeed aggressively and flamboyantly excessive.
It is also, despite it's exceedingly grim nature, a show that manages to be surprisingly upbeat and I frankly found it rather fun.
...and now
Well, now you know that about me.
#Regards...that .gif
The bullet is traveling in the vicinity of 2700 feet per second.
The bosoms in question transit back and forth during the time that the projectile passes through the area of interest and thus are moving at least twice as fast as the bullet itself. This gives a breast speed of at least 5400fps.
The speed of sound at sea level is roughly 1100fps. 5400 fps is just under 5 times that or approximately Mach 4.8-Mach 4.9 so a conservative reading of the available evidence would indicate that in addition to her levelheadedness, well developed sense of ethics, athleticism and general competence, Saeko possesses hypersonic tits.
The above analysis was originally posted here....where spoilers and snark dance the tango together.
I have a confession to make.
I...
I...
I actually liked High School of the Dead.
I may be the only human being for whom that is true.
Allow me to defend this most indefensible of opinions.
First, it must be acknowledged that most of the criticisms of this show have valid points. The fan service is a bit over the top. I sure as hell could have done without the damned panty shots. It is a grim show. It is aggressively and flamboyantly excessive. It is disrespectful to physics.
Physics and her friend Anatomy called...They're pissed!#
All that being said this show has some real strengths. The early episodes in particular do a better job than many zombie movies (even Romero's own) of conveying the actual horror of the whole zombie apocalypse situation. They handle that bit really well. This is all the more remarkable because of the breakneck pacing of the early episodes. The show manages to combine non-stop action with a sense of genuine dread as the characters realize just what is going on and the implications of it.
It is a horrific show, and at times hard to watch, but the admittedly excessive fan service actually mitigates this somewhat. It is sufficiently silly to act as comic relief and thereby break some of the tension.
In fact, the two most gratuitous episodes regards cheesecake, 6 and 7, (where the show managed to work in sort of a bathhouse episode), were in some ways the saving grace of the series. Both actually had some neat, even thoughtful, character bits. They also added a bit of humanity and decency that saved the show from becoming the nihilistic exercise so many stories in this genre are.
From that point the show becomes not so much a horror show as a show about retaining ones humanity in the midst of a societies collapse. The cheesecake is somewhat toned down in later episodes as well.
In any event the show is never boring.
For all that, I probably would not have liked it had I not first seen the dub, which is superb, and is delivered with the staccato pacing of a Howard Hawks film and with just a bit of snark. The voice acting is really well done Mark Laskowski and Maggie Flecknoe in particular do a superb job. The nurse in the dub has a voice that can grate cheese...but that actually fits. As I type this there's a 12 minute spoileriffic excerpt from ep2 of the dub here which gives a good overview of the pacing of the early episodes.
It is also, despite it's exceedingly grim nature, a show that manages to be surprisingly upbeat and I frankly found it rather fun.
...and now
Well, now you know that about me.
#Regards...that .gif
The bullet is traveling in the vicinity of 2700 feet per second.
The bosoms in question transit back and forth during the time that the projectile passes through the area of interest and thus are moving at least twice as fast as the bullet itself. This gives a breast speed of at least 5400fps.
The speed of sound at sea level is roughly 1100fps. 5400 fps is just under 5 times that or approximately Mach 4.8-Mach 4.9 so a conservative reading of the available evidence would indicate that in addition to her levelheadedness, well developed sense of ethics, athleticism and general competence, Saeko possesses hypersonic tits.
The above analysis was originally posted here....where spoilers and snark dance the tango together.
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May 27, 2012
Another One
Erick Erickson has just been SWATed.
This stuff matters.
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Chekov's Zodiac
This episode of Bodacious Space Pirates started out as a bit of a mess.
It muddled along as a moderately enjoyable collection of random events until suddenly...
It all began to come together.
Every random bit is there for a reason, either to ad to the plot, or distract from it or provide nice character continuity.
This episode is a rollicking good time but it is has a much darker edge than earlier ones. This is a real battle and in the worst possible circumstances.
This show really exemplifies why Japanese kids shows are sometimes more satisfying than many American live action dramas. These kids are striving to be adults. They don't always succeed at that (they are kids) but they have goals and dreams and they generally behave as young adults. They take their responsibilities seriously. In a lot of contemporary shows here the adults are trying desperately to avoid responsibility, whine a lot and generally act like kids.
Also this show has space battles, dogfights...and silly pirate hats that make perfect sense in context.
I'll call this one a win.
It muddled along as a moderately enjoyable collection of random events until suddenly...
It all began to come together.
Why is she wearing her pirate hat in the dingy?.Oh never mind..
Every random bit is there for a reason, either to ad to the plot, or distract from it or provide nice character continuity.
This episode is a rollicking good time but it is has a much darker edge than earlier ones. This is a real battle and in the worst possible circumstances.
Also this show has space battles, dogfights...and silly pirate hats that make perfect sense in context.
I'll call this one a win.
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May 26, 2012
Derp
HT Siergen in the comments.
We are NEVER going to get the bottom of my dads boat painted.
HT Siergen in the comments.
On the upside...Georgia is FINALLY going to get some rain.
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Why it Matters
Yesterday was BLOG ABOUT BRETT KIMBERLIN DAY! . However, my schedule has not permitted any blogging from here since the last Kimberlin post.
This is of little concern as...well, that is one impressive gaggle of bloggers there!
Nevertheless, I do think it is important to talk a bit about WHY this is a big deal.
First, I....
This really isn't politics...it's domestic terrorism.
Nevertheless, below the fold we go....
more...
This is of little concern as...well, that is one impressive gaggle of bloggers there!
Nevertheless, I do think it is important to talk a bit about WHY this is a big deal.
First, I....
This really isn't politics...it's domestic terrorism.
Nevertheless, below the fold we go....
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May 22, 2012
Holy Crepe!
I don't do politics much anymore and out of respect for my readers I
usually put it below the fold when I do, but this has jumped the line from politics to something much more worrisome and needs
to be out in the open.
I've been busy, but I've caught a little of this creepy story. However, while I was distracted it's gotten really serious.
Short version. A blogger was getting harassed for telling the truth about a convicted left wing terrorist, who like so many left wing terrorist got off light and is now a darling of the professional Left. There's more on this here, here and here.
Blogger R.S. McCain posted an informative post on this here.
As a result of that post R.S. McCain has now has to flee his home with his family. More here.
His tip Jar is here.
I'm just a Z-list blogger but this is nasty, it is vile and it needs to be shouted to the four winds. I'll be damned if I'm not going to do what I can.
I've been busy, but I've caught a little of this creepy story. However, while I was distracted it's gotten really serious.
Short version. A blogger was getting harassed for telling the truth about a convicted left wing terrorist, who like so many left wing terrorist got off light and is now a darling of the professional Left. There's more on this here, here and here.
Blogger R.S. McCain posted an informative post on this here.
..and that's when things well and truly escalated.
As a result of that post R.S. McCain has now has to flee his home with his family. More here.
His tip Jar is here.
I'm just a Z-list blogger but this is nasty, it is vile and it needs to be shouted to the four winds. I'll be damned if I'm not going to do what I can.
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Summer Sessions
Due to a variety of issues (Hospitalization, taking care of my mom after her stokes, kidney stones ) I had to drop most classes last semester. In order to catch up, I'm taking 9 credits in the first summer session at ODU, since this is one of the two short sessions this means 3x2.5 hour classes a day plus getting up at 3AM for work. I'm also studying for a placement test in July and working towards my online TESOL certificate on weekends.
Posting will be light and largely restricted to weekends for at least the next month.
As partial compensation here is Rin...
Posting will be light and largely restricted to weekends for at least the next month.
As partial compensation here is Rin...
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May 20, 2012
Oh..So There's a Fetish for That
I probably could have led a happy, prosperous and productive life and never known that....but didn't so I do.
Mysterious Girlfriend X is a perversely engaging show. I'm not sure I'll be able to get past the squick factor, but I laughed out loud several times.
Certainly it delivers at least part of what it promises in that there is a girlfriend and she is sure as hell mysterious.
Urabe is the quintessential mysterious transfer student and seems to have a rather traumatic past...
She's a bit odd; not a typical space cadet in that she seems to be aware and a decent student, just not very sociable, a little awkward and apparently sleep deprived. She's really kind of interesting in the same way our hero protagonist is not...
Souvlaki here is well named as he appears to be just a random piece of animated meat whose job is to be enough of a cypher that salivapheliacs of all walks of life will be able to relate to him.
"Excuse me. My name is Tsubaki."
Anyway...
The two end up sitting next to each other and after a while romance blossoms oozes between them.
It is a very off-beat and rather cute show.
There is also drool...rather a LOT of drool.
I nearly wretched twice.
I laughed out loud 4 times..once while almost wretching.
Thus I find myself conflicted but holding at 2 to 1 in favor of continuing the series.
Mysterious Girlfriend X is a perversely engaging show. I'm not sure I'll be able to get past the squick factor, but I laughed out loud several times.
Certainly it delivers at least part of what it promises in that there is a girlfriend and she is sure as hell mysterious.
Not Pictured: Her exceedingly sexy voice.
Urabe is the quintessential mysterious transfer student and seems to have a rather traumatic past...
She's a bit odd; not a typical space cadet in that she seems to be aware and a decent student, just not very sociable, a little awkward and apparently sleep deprived. She's really kind of interesting in the same way our hero protagonist is not...
Souvlaki here is well named as he appears to be just a random piece of animated meat whose job is to be enough of a cypher that salivapheliacs of all walks of life will be able to relate to him.
"Excuse me. My name is Tsubaki."
Anyway...
The two end up sitting next to each other and after a while romance blossoms oozes between them.
It is a very off-beat and rather cute show.
There is also drool...rather a LOT of drool.
I nearly wretched twice.
I laughed out loud 4 times..once while almost wretching.
Thus I find myself conflicted but holding at 2 to 1 in favor of continuing the series.
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May 19, 2012
SUDDENLY!!1!
That was unexpected...
Just all of a sudden it was there.
This is essentially a reverse nor'easter and we'll be in the happy quadrant so it's not a worrisome wind/surge problem at all, but it might be a major rain event depending on its actual track. I just gassed the car and made sure SQUID-UNIT 1 was in there.
Just all of a sudden it was there.
This is essentially a reverse nor'easter and we'll be in the happy quadrant so it's not a worrisome wind/surge problem at all, but it might be a major rain event depending on its actual track. I just gassed the car and made sure SQUID-UNIT 1 was in there.
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May 16, 2012
For Those Days When .308 Just Doesn't Cut it
General Dynamics has announced a new machine gun at the current NDIA conference. It's an interesting weapon, weighing in at just over 3 pounds less than the army's current 7.62 mm machine gun the M-240B. However, it's about a pound heavier than the recently fielded M-240 L (lightweight). Its overall length is slightly longer and it's rate of fire is slower.
Oh, and it's chambered for .338 caliber (8.58mm).
Oh, and it's chambered for .338 caliber (8.58mm).
The .338 Lapua Magnum, an exceedingly powerful round of Finnish origin, has gained a fearsome reputation in the current unpleasantness. The new machine gun is actually chambered for the .338 Norma a new round that is slightly shorter and fatter so that it can accommodate an even longer, more aerodynamic bullet. It's also optimized for belt feed. One interesting feature of the round is that the high ballistic coefficient means that at very long ranges its ballistics approach that of the .50 caliber BMG round. Reportedly, current weapons chambered for .338 Lapua can be adapted to fire this weapon via a barrel change.1
Anthony G. Williams has some thoughts.2
There's more at the Firearm Blog and on Anthony Williams forum.
I wonder how much 600 rounds is going to weigh.
Anthony G. Williams has some thoughts.2
I’ve just been examing the gun at NDIA and talking to the GD people there (including the ammo designer, Jimmie Sloan). The gun isn’t based on the FN MAG / M240, it’s actually based on the .50 cal XM806. It uses the same soft-recoil technology, in that the gun fires as the barrel group is moving forwards. This smoothes out the recoil dramatically, allowing the gun to weigh about the same as the M240 (24 lbs) and to use a lightweight tripod. I’ve been watching a video of it firing and it doesn’t move – most impressive.
The 338NM was chosen to keep the length down with long, heavy bullets. The loading used for the MG is a 300 grain FMJ at 2,650 fps.
- .338 Norma Magnum
- 24 Pounds
- 49 inches
- 500 rounds per minute
- .338 Norma Magnum
- 300gr Sierra HPBT, FMJ, AP
- Muzzle Velocity 2650 FPS
- 24 inch barrel
- 1700 meters effective range
- 5642 meters maximum range
- uses M192 tripod
There's more at the Firearm Blog and on Anthony Williams forum.
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May 15, 2012
A Truly Malevolent Biddness Plan
Pixy has found one.
Like the other commenters there, I'm a tad confused. On what basis do spammers file DMCA complaints? Why are they doing that? What are they trying to accomplish? What IS their desired outcome here?
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May 13, 2012
Apocalypse Watch
Friday night, for some reason, I went to 4-chan.
I noted that they had a new board. I clicked to see what it's topic was and to my utter astonishment and not inconsiderable dismay it was devoted entirely to...
I noted that they had a new board. I clicked to see what it's topic was and to my utter astonishment and not inconsiderable dismay it was devoted entirely to...
The end times: they are neigh.
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One of THOSE Weeks.
I recently discovered when trying to add a course to the second summer session that that there is a 14 credit per semester limit on what I can take at ODU now. There is a 6 credit limit on summer classes. As I had already signed up for 9 summer credits this left me worried that I would be dumped out of the classes I had enrolled in. Additionally this complicates my plan to graduate next spring. My own illnesses as well as the time I took off to deal with Mom's strokes caused me to drop multiple classes and the summer sessions were key to my making good on part of that.
My ODU G-mail account soon provided me with some clarification on this matter. It seems that the limit was imposed because of the fact that I'm on academic probation.
Well this is logical. It makes sense to limit the number of...
...wait....
Acade...
Acade...
I'm sorry, WHAT!?
more...
My ODU G-mail account soon provided me with some clarification on this matter. It seems that the limit was imposed because of the fact that I'm on academic probation.
Well this is logical. It makes sense to limit the number of...
...wait....
Acade...
I'm sorry, WHAT!?
more...
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May 07, 2012
Palate Cleanser
Sort of...
The last post was High octane nightmare fuel so here is something that is...merely wrong.
Beware, NSFW language.
The last post was High octane nightmare fuel so here is something that is...merely wrong.
Beware, NSFW language.
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Servants of Moloch
Browsing through the Green Room I encountered a link to this....
Emphasis mine.
"Obviously.."I thought to myself "This headline must be somewhat misleading."
Alas no....
Health authorities in Asia are concerned that if the powdered foetus trade is allowed to continue the capsules will find their way onto the internet and be sold to gullible or sick desperate people in other parts of the world.
Emphasis mine.
"Obviously.."I thought to myself "This headline must be somewhat misleading."
Alas no....
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May 05, 2012
Earnestly Paving The Road to Hell
Magical girl shows:
Someone has given ENTIRELY too much thought to the concept.
I'd long heard that Puella Magi Madoka Magica was good.
But...
It's a magical girl show
I'm 42.
I'm a dude.
To say I have little interest in the genre is an understatement. It was, therefore, rather far down on my to watch list.
I was particularly afraid that it was going to be a creepy underage cheesecake vehicle.
Oh my!
It's not. It's creepy in an entirely different way! Six episodes in I'm finding this to be an an intelligent, albeit rather disturbing show that raises a lot of questions. Those include hard questions about ethics as well as questions about who the HELL the target audience is.
The character designs and animation are nothing to write home about but the art direction and writing is really inspired. Set in the near future (as envisioned by Corning it would seem) the backgrounds are gorgeous and imaginative. This contrasts jarringly with moments of frightening otherworldlieness that come off as downright Lovecraftian.
The story is excellent thus far and is consistently surprising. This show has quite important things to say....Be advised though, it goes to some very dark places.
I'm hoping against hope that they can keep this up for the last half of the show. At the midway point I'm inclined to recommend it highly.
UPDATE: Wow...
more...
Someone has given ENTIRELY too much thought to the concept.
I'd long heard that Puella Magi Madoka Magica was good.
But...
It's a magical girl show
I'm 42.
I'm a dude.
To say I have little interest in the genre is an understatement. It was, therefore, rather far down on my to watch list.
I was particularly afraid that it was going to be a creepy underage cheesecake vehicle.
Oh my!
It's not. It's creepy in an entirely different way! Six episodes in I'm finding this to be an an intelligent, albeit rather disturbing show that raises a lot of questions. Those include hard questions about ethics as well as questions about who the HELL the target audience is.
The character designs and animation are nothing to write home about but the art direction and writing is really inspired. Set in the near future (as envisioned by Corning it would seem) the backgrounds are gorgeous and imaginative. This contrasts jarringly with moments of frightening otherworldlieness that come off as downright Lovecraftian.
The story is excellent thus far and is consistently surprising. This show has quite important things to say....Be advised though, it goes to some very dark places.
I'm hoping against hope that they can keep this up for the last half of the show. At the midway point I'm inclined to recommend it highly.
UPDATE: Wow...
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