Search results

New release. OqukxFUGJRk

Just my opinion, but I think research into alternative display mechanisms (such as OLED, AMOLED, e-ink, etc) would do more for image quality than simply adding color filters to existing displays. Existing RGB displays have been improved by refining the technologies for controlling contrast...

Yes, it was Sharp. The technology is called Quattron. And a lot of people are saying it's just a marketing gimmick, because it only adds a color (yellow) which can already be produced with the three standard channels (RGB). Probably at first, yes, but researchers are already working on...

"Signed copy on sale starting Jun 10"

The term you're looking for is "mutually assured destruction". But most people consider it as a byproduct of nuclear proliferation, not a method of leveraging power.

Just my two cents: I agree that North Korea will not take any action against any of its neighbors. Despite its oppresive regime, it simply doesn't have the proper infrastructure to sustain any amount of warfare. The question isn't what North Korea might do, but when the regime will collapse...

About staged JAVs, there was one particular title that was pretty notorious a few years back: The idea behind the series (裸の大陸, "Naked Continent") is that a Japanese girl goes to a tribal village in Africa and has sex with the villagers. The title became somewhat infamous for its shock...

AO: now more like Twitter than ever before! :evillaugh:

Here are the stars I'm using. They're small though, since I use them for the thread ratings. 299128 Also, instead of having to type out every individual star, you could just have pre-made images and use BB smileys as such: :5stars: (one image with five full stars) :3stars: (one image with three...

At the top of the page, above your first post, you will see the list of tags. At the top right you can click "edit tags" and add/remove accordingly.

When you create a new post, first upload your images. Then next to the post edit box, you will see a section on the lower right, "My Photos". Click on [Insert] There you can choose photos from your albums (uploaded in your profile) or from attachments (uploaded into the post), and choose...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_japan#Censorship_laws It's worth mentioning that censorship (mosaic) isn't always consistently applied. For instance, genitals are censored, but anatomically-correct dildos are not. And in many chaku-ero videos, male genitals that are covered with...

I know this isn't a helpful reply, but I can't resist: 297461 Note that ~84Mbps is the theoretical point-to-point bandwidth. In reality, virtually all single connections will never reach full bandwidth saturation. However, combine multiple connections together, such as with bittorrent...

I'll just leave this here... XP5lz2CYNR4

But you're in Korea; returning to Japan is quick and easy.

Yep, it's pretty useless on open trackers. But then is there a particular need for proper ratio reporting? Even if you ban hit-and-run users, they can just load another open tracker to their torrents to connect to other peers. Although this is long, it provides some good insight to the pros and...

Meanwhile, I'm still (；Θ_Θ)ゝ”

Although in theory you could be correct, this is very rarely the case. Also, you may want to be careful about some of the math going on in your example. For John's torrent, let's assume the swarm size stays at a constant 100 peers. In order for everyone to download the file completely, the...

A couple points (or skip to 3 for the most important point): 1) These hypotheticals should all be based on the assumption that you're connected to only one tracker. Once you're connected to multiple trackers, how do you handle differing reported ratios? (For example: you've been connected to...

Chinese eating rats is no more true than Japanese eating dolphin/whale or Koreans eating dogs. It may be true for some people, but that doesn't mean everyone eats it. In the English vernacular, the word "curry" is most commonly associated with Indian curry (or rather, curry of the Indian...

Download at P2P-DB: http://p2p-db.net/

That's the first that I've heard of it. Mandatory (or "guaranteed") education only includes elementary and junior high school. Although most students also end up going to high school, I believe it is not technically mandatory, so it would only seem appropriate that part time jobs are available...

It is possible to perform speech-to-text analysis and reconstruct each syllable, but it is extremely difficult to accurately convert those syllable sounds into the kanji necessary to correctly identify separate words (and the grammatical particles in between). Take the following two sentences...

I'll just leave this here...

I use JDownloader. It's a java-based app, so it might run a little slow on Windows, but it's virus-free and does its job well. When installed, open up the menu Premium > Rapidshare, then add your login info. Then just copy your rapidshare links, and it will automatically download them for you.

Depends on the location. Generally it's not bad in terms of personal safety. But your unit might not have any amenities that make day-to-day living more comfortable. For instance, some cheap places don't offer air conditioners or heaters, space for a proper kitchen (only for a half-height fridge...

Yes, but you can occasionally find apartments that have "0yen key money" and "no deposit". The catch is that those apartments are typically in much older condition, far from public transportation (or local businesses), or any other inconvenience that would normally deter people from choosing it.

Yes, key money is non-refundable. You're basically gifting the landlord (or owner) an extra one or two months' rent "for the privilege" of being able to rent the place. It's really a huge scam. On top of key money, you typically need to pay an extra 1-2 months' rent as regular deposit (as a...

Now that I think about it, I'm not actually sure if it's accessible outside of Japan. I always just assumed it defaulted to the Tokyo FM stations (whereby you can just click the "Listen now" button and tune into their internet broadcasts). It's possible that Radiko uses your geoIP to find the FM...

If you can read some (basic) Japanese, be sure to give Radiko.jp a spin -- it's what everyone in Japan uses for internet radio. http://radiko.jp/

There's a lot I could say about that, but I'll just keep it to two short points: 1) National economic strength is not necessarily an accurate measurement for overall quality of life. However economic performance may be a good indicator for the relative change in quality of life. For instance...

Speaking of compression, you might be interested in this article about "sparsity" and its obvious implications for data compression: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_algorithm/

Search terms "convert DVD9 ISO to DVD5". Some possible solutions: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/dvd9-iso-to-dvd5-question-t356580.html

Firefox on my main computer, because of its customizability. Chrome on my netbook, because of its sheer speed. IE, only for the odd Japanese site that only supports IE.

Unfortunately, for what you're asking, I personally think it just isn't feasible. You would either need to 1) impose so many limitations vis-a-vis "player on rails" as Vitreous suggested in order to get the video content to realistically correspond to any CG content, or 2) shoot so much video...

Okay. So go with 3D modeling rendered real-time, instead of video clips. :evillaugh: Seriously though, trying to manipulate movies in the way that you want sounds like way more trouble than it's worth. Besides, you might be able to figure it out for your computer, but as soon as you put the...

Read here: http://www.akiba-online.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41676 Also, as a brief reality check: being an otaku and cosplaying is a hobby, not a way of life. You cannot come to Japan and get a job as a professional otaku or cosplayer (except unless you're a girl and don't mind getting...

Well, you might not like the idea of Flash as a video container for your application, but you might actually find that alternative renderers might give you more of a headache than Flash itself. At the very least, the way Flash handles and outputs video on screen is standardized (though not...

Use portable (sandboxed) software, such as Portable Firefox. There should be a portable version of Opera as well.

What you're asking for doesn't seem to make much sense, so correct me if I'm mistaking what you're trying to do. You want to edit three separate video sources, so that at playback they remain as three separate, editable layers? I assume this is important because you want to change the...

Kakaku!

Yeah, but for every caucasian English teacher you've met, there are three southeast asian workers willing to take their place for almost half the salary. JET isn't a company, it's government sponsored, and you have to go through a lengthy (and somewhat difficult) application process to get...

The proper term you're looking for is "enjo kosai" (援助交際). A quick search on the internet will give you the information you're looking for (so long as you aren't looking for how to actually engage in enko).

Sorry, not true anymore. English teaching companies going bankrupt, boards of education laying off qualified teachers and hiring cheaper, underqualified migrant workers for what-ought-to-be-illegal wages.

The best system would be to use something similar to what jpopsuki uses for organizing their asian music shares. Basically, each album gets its own database entry number, and all "posts" which contain torrents are linked to that number. So when you choose a particular album to download, the site...

Here you go, the current official list of required kanji, classified by school grade (elementary school): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%A6%E5%B9%B4%E5%88%A5%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97%E9%85%8D%E5%BD%93%E8%A1%A8 For more advanced levels, you'll want to search for 日本漢字能力検定 (Japanese Kanji...

Keep in mind, that 5MB must also be handled by the browser, and when pages contain a lot of media (especially if you like to open multiple tabs), it can cause browsers to slow down or sometimes crash.

Check the "Log" tab for error messages. Make sure your computer time is properly syncd (use NTP servers). If you live in a region that observes daylight savings time, you may need to manually set your clock ahead or behind 1hr. If Share cannot determine that your clock is properly syncd, it...

From a recent 4chan thread: Open this link in one tab of your browser: http://www.rainymood.com/ Then open this in another tab: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9DB30F42CC0C5976 Sit back and relax.

Be careful with data roaming! Here in Japan, we local subscribers get access to the flat-rate APNs (for the all-you-can-use data plans). People who roam generally don't have access to these APNs (they're either SIM-locked or IMEI-locked), and will be charged a-la-carte for data usage -- which...