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Seismic activity poses increasing risk An official with the Meteorological Agency says seismic activity is increasing in Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures on Japan's southwestern Kyushu island after a major earthquake struck the region before dawn on Saturday. The agency held a news conference to...

I actually owned a Commodore 64, it was the height of computer tech in its' day.......sigh. Played SSI games on it mainly, games you can't even find now. You can build a very decent computer for little over a grand but do not upgrade your GPU without making sure you have a power supply to...

I don't want to hurt anyones feelings and voted anonymously. Both are pretty fine idols but even I had a favorite among the two.

Scores feared trapped as death toll from 2 Kyushu quakes hits 37 KUMAMOTO — Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu a day apart, killing at least 37 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides...

Updates: A famous landmark and cultural asset, the Kumamoto Castle was also damaged........ The quake struck the region where Japan's only online nuclear plant is located. Officials say there are no irregularities with the 2 reactors at the Sendai plant and they remain in operation.... Many...

Update: 9 dead, 860 injured in Kyushu quake; 123 aftershocks recorded Nine people have been killed and 860 others injured after a powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Japan on Thursday night, local police said Friday........ “We will do our best in ensuring the safety of residents,” Abe...

Update: The quake at 9:26 p.m. registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic scale in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued and no abnormalities have been detected at nuclear power plants in the area. Local authorities...

TOKYO — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck Kyushu on Thursday evening, collapsing walls and a number of houses. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake hit at 9:26 p.m. and was centered in Mashiki town in the...

Nicely said as well. Love intelligent discourse, it can be a rare commodity here. I think that, firstly, you are talking about a form a prejudice, that is, preconceptions that people form based on the information "at hand" (whether factual or fictional in basis). These are normal blindspots...

This is a very nice re-encode of a contemporary classic. Deadman Wonderland was one of the earliest torrents I shared in this section and I enjoyed watching it again. If you haven't seen this yet then don't miss it. My biggest complaint on this anime is there isn't enough of it. Too violent for...

Nice. “Strategical analysis can never give exact results. It aims only at approxima- tions, at groupings which will serve to guide but will always leave much to the judgment” (Another Clausewitz quote) I think, personally, that it is important to remember that while war is commonly waged by...

I find that I am entertained by shoujo anime. What can I say? I like variety. This is not exactly your average anime, mainly because of its' target audience, but alas it is not overly special either. I found it a pleasant distraction and mildy entertaining. This anime is okay for all members of...

"The basis for agression", what a lovely term but an argumentitive defintion. Agression is related to anger, which has its' roots in fear. Lust, greed, pride, envy and gluttony......the value of "self", (over ones fellow man), also contribute. In Archaeology, the earliest forms of war are...

Well I sure called that fight wrong. My hats off to Junior, he hasn't looked that good in years. It is rare to see a heavyweight dance around for five rounds, throwing a ton of leather to the body and head, all the time being chased after by a plodding lumbering opponent. Junior looked like...

Well....that is not quite the plotline here but I don't think you will be dissappointed. I have been meaning to share the tv live action version (english subbed only) but I haven't finished watching it yet.

UFC Fight Night 86 is coming up in the next 24 hours. As usual I am only somewhat familar with the combatants. Only one female fight on the card (unfucking believable) but I am kinda stoked about it. Maryna Moroz has looked great so far and is going up against undefeated newcomer Cristina...

Been to long since I have used it. There used to be plenty of tutorials around so you could try just searching for one and play around with it. I found this one without much effort (for example)...

Yeah. I hate when a game needs a different graphics card than the one I have installed. Replaying Far Cry 3 right now and my "new" GPU gets hot enough to cook rice. Mind you most of my game settings are maxed out but I just bought this card not long ago and this is an old game so fuck it.....let...

If you include drugs and womanizing you just described my youth. Too bad I didn't realize I could have made a living at it. Not that I would have remembered that much (memories and alcohol/drugs just don't go hand in hand) but those are expensive habits so writing them off as a business expense...

Child care is a hard job, but somebody, or something, has got to do it. Japanese researchers have developed androids to meet that need, which includes happily reading that fairy tale again and again and again. The androids, which were created by a team of education and robotics specialists at...

The word "transgender". The concept behind the word "transgender". The politically correct assumption that it makes any sense whatsoever. I don't care if someone is gay. It is really not my business who someone wants to fuck or who or what they are attracted to. The justification of the whole...

Well, not something I am capable of doing. That doesn't mean I can't help. https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/vnhooking

The last season of Banshee has started....going to miss that one but it was the writers choice for a change and not the networks. I thought the skipped the Bansee Orgins which are pre-show trailers/episode shorts that they releasxe on youtube but I had just missed them (watching them know and so...

Wow. Funny how all internet arguments seem to get personal. Here I thought we were attempting an intelligent conversation. My mistake. I should have known by the tone of your replies that you were showing little respect for mine. Pity...but no harm done. At least you took the time to learn...

Not sure where you get the idea that reporting facts can be interpeted as glamourizing and the scale of deeds had no relevance. It is not glamourizing the Yakuza to say they are an integrated part of Japanese society, which in itself is unique among any organized crime syndicates in the world...

When it comes to art, as pertaining to cinema, the rules of content change in accordance with the deftness of the artist. Sex and nudity do not always equate to fanservice. Violence and gore become integral instead of gratutious. Good, Evil, right, wrong, innocent and corrupt all become foreign...

That is a bit of a stretch. There is no parallel to a natural disaster such as what happened in Japan in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and random acts by American mobsters. You are comparing general scratches and scrapes to a specific maiming. As far as "That does not prevent any...

So. You don't need to know what you are talking about in order to say something about it?!? Okay, fine.

The concept might be foreign to you but I think, according to what I have garnered of Japanese tradition, the Yakuza did not act thusly because they were indebted to the people. It was a matter of duty and honor. Yakuza are criminals but they are not exactly thugs per se. They are not Mafia...

I am actually pretty hard to please when it comes to porn but even I have least favorites: Scat, Vomit etc., Gay, even most lesbian scenes are usually a turn off for me but two grown men is worse than scat to me Masturbation is usually a turn off but if it is part of a story then sometimes...

Second season of Bosch is out on Amazon (produced by Amazon Studios). I don't read Michael Connely anymore but I read most of the series, always enjoyed them too. The first season was okay so I thought I would give the second season a go. You might want to as well.

Sad story but I have heard worse. Personally it sounds like either a misunderstanding or someone just trying to scam a bike. Nobody was really hurt though, just frightened, so it is not all that unsurprising the police didn't take the matter all that seriously. If the male and female she...

This one is a bit corny but sometimes I like corn. The animation is acceptable although not necessarily very imaginative. The strength of this anime lies in its' battle scenes and the anime girls (who were the true stars of the show). I have been known to watch an anime for the fanservice alone...

It amazes me how many leechers are out there. You can always tell when people aren't sharing back but sometimes that is due to other seeding priorities as determined by their bittorent client, so I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. But when you find a number of hit-and-run...

Was he now? Just having a little fun was he? Animals have feelings too.

Love Joe Bob! Of course he specialized in "B" movies. I miss Elvira too..... So, I guess I can see why other like Gotham. I had to get over the bastardization of some of the characters from the comic series (no need to go into details, either you know what I am talking about or you don't). The...

Knowing the problem is half the battle (to quote GI Joe American Hero, sry but my kids used to love that show). Don't let Chomps sit on his haunches, you guys keep him motivated to the upgrades. Thx as always for all your hard efforts in keeping this forum afloat.

So I am trying "Gotham", because so many seem to like it but so far I have only struggled through the first episode. I will give it the old college try but no promises. I have a lot of preconceptions as I actually used to read Batman and Detective comics as a youngling, so I am going to be...

Personally, I would suggest taking my opinions with a "grain of salt" but that might sound ungrateful. Instead I will just say thanks. I have never read the books, my brother has but we don't talk much. I have always found that you will be disappointed in either the cinema or the book, as you...

This is based on an ongoing manga by Nakaba Suzuki and a second anime season is scheduled for release this year but I haven't heard of anything for certain as to when.

So I watched UFC Fight Night 85....the fights were pretty good but the judging and referee work was pretty horrible in general. Seo Hee Ham, from South Korea, got robbed in her bout, with the ref allowing unanimous decision winner Bec Rawlings, who was clearly rocked and dead on her feet, to...

Both seasons are in dual-audio but the movie is Japanese audio with English subtitles. Great series and the first season can already be found in this section. Plenty of action, good story telling, nice graphics and a good pace all add to a very pleasurable watch. This series just doesn't have a...

Confusing? Well, it is based on a series of novels so the story is pretty linear. However they tell the story from multiple viewpoints which many authors are fond of doing. This isn't really new in cinema though, any daytime soap opera does the same thing and has been for decades. The only thing...

And another thing that pisses me off: English subtitles for english spoken parts and worse, getting the subtitles wrong!!! I understand that these english spoken parts were originally subtitled in Japanese and then the whole subtitles were then batch translated to english but doesn't anyone...

thx. I have a small set or two I will upload (about 25mbs) but after that I think I will take a break until Chomps can get a few terabytes of storage added. I wouldn't think that would cost that much but what do I know? Give us a head up when the storage problems are taken care of. Storage had...

Not able to upload image files at the moment.....

It is Bushido.

Pong Fu. So why watch an anime that is centered around ping pong? Hell, I was even going to give this a pass. I am glad I didn't. This anime is very good, from storyline to the interesting visual artform used in the animation. I am a sucker for unusual artwork in anime, I think it shows both...

does heartbreak count?