The Bitching Thread

[complich8]

The trick is, if you know he's going to make you fall, make sure to land on him. Then you can at least share in the pain, and maybe cushion your fall a little bit in the process .

Also, the latest version of pidgin (formerly gaim) has a slow memory leak, and I was about to watch the final episode of an anime series on the commute home from work, only to discover that the reencoded version of that ep (and only that ep) was badly cropped, losing the subtitles. Now I've gotta reencode it again and watch the ep on the way to work tomorrow instead.

[Shi_No_Shikaku]

I got BioShock for the PC back when it came out, in fact I pre-ordered it. But still haven't been able to play past the second level because the damn thing crashes. I have more then what I need in a computer. It's just the damn game, but they still haven't put out a patch to fix it.... GAH I WANT TO PLAY MY DAMN GAME. >_<

[python862]

Bitch: Websense

I don't know whose idea it is, but someone put this little thing called 'Websense' on the interwebs at Lakewood, and it's really frickin retarded. Now, this 'Websense' wasn't around till some retards had to go check out their rape site (myspace for those of you simple fucks) in the middle of class. Now, the rest of us can't see certain sites banned by Websense.

Infact - The whole school went on internet lockdown when some unfortunate sap (I say unfortunate because of the punishment he probably recieved) found a circumventor that ACTUALLY WORKED against Websense, and went (where else) to check his myspace.

Next time: Myspace

[Jaitne]

Bitch: Websense

I don't know whose idea it is, but someone put this little thing called 'Websense' on the interwebs at Lakewood, and it's really frickin retarded. Now, this 'Websense' wasn't around till some retards had to go check out their rape site (myspace for those of you simple fucks) in the middle of class. Now, the rest of us can't see certain sites banned by Websense.

Infact - The whole school went on internet lockdown when some unfortunate sap (I say unfortunate because of the punishment he probably recieved) found a circumventor that ACTUALLY WORKED against Websense, and went (where else) to check his myspace.

Next time: Myspace

Thank god for mstsc... and admin powers, those work, too.

[complich8]

Thank god for mstsc... and admin powers, those work, too.

vpn or rdesktop out = win

[Death BOO Z]

well, my parents are out for the weekend.
Usually its a good thing, but...
the girl i wanted to meet is also out.
most of my friends aren't coming home this weekend.
I haven't seen my parents since two weeks ago, and it'll be two more weeks before next time.
I'm stuck doing all the house chores and cooking.

This weekend is going to be a lousy one, it'll end with my stuffing food, manga and anime down my throat for two complete days, and then i'll go back to the army feeling like shit becuase I didn't do anything.

diffrent weekend, same story.

[Shi_No_Shikaku]

Death Note on Cartoon Network Thats what I have to bitch about.

[XanBcoo]

Death Note on Cartoon Network Thats what I have to bitch about.

I'm actually really glad it's on Adult Swim. Means I can finally watch it without having to download it. It's pretty ok so far, aside from being realllllly goth. I can see why it's so popular among anime fans.

[Yukimura]

I too have bitches about the Death Note dub, most notably VA Brad Swaile...he sucks as Light. Watari's voice also gives away something about him that I don't remember being able to hear from the original VA. Basically I'm pissed that the English cast is changing the attitude of the show by making characters sound either more or less mature then they did in the original. Next thing you know Misa will sound like a 40 year old smoker and Aizawa will sound like an black guy from the inner city.

[Abdula]

I too have bitches about the Death Note dub, most notably VA Brad Swaile...he sucks as Light. Watari's voice also gives away something about him that I don't remember being able to hear from the original VA. Basically I'm pissed that the English cast is changing the attitude of the show by making characters sound either more or less mature then they did in the original. Next thing you know Misa will sound like a 40 year old smoker and Aizawa will sound like an black guy from the inner city.

I don't get why you're pissed because that is exactly what they always do and I know you don't require examples it used to piss me off back in 90's maybe, but now it is to be expected and accepted because it is inevitable.

[XanBcoo]

I haven't watched Death Note in Japanese, but when I watched it on Adult Swim, I didn't hear any glaring problems. I'm not lying, I really don't understand what you guys are complaining about.

I missed the second episode, so maybe there's something I didn't hear, but I don't think Light's "maturity" sounded inappropriate at all. Everything sounded completely natural to me. I guess that's just because I have nothing to compare it to?

[Spiegel]

I haven't watched Death Note in Japanese, but when I watched it on Adult Swim, I didn't hear any glaring problems. I'm not lying, I really don't understand what you guys are complaining about.

I missed the second episode, so maybe there's something I didn't hear, but I don't think Light's "maturity" sounded inappropriate at all. Everything sounded completely natural to me. I guess that's just because I have nothing to compare it to?

For you I recommend Death Note Direct Downloads. (If downloads are slow, I apologize, the host has been bitchy lately...)

And now my bitch, it is this damn school network. It is the most finicky, moody, and odd piece of crap i have dealt with.. almost as bad as a pregnant woman craving pickles ( No offense ). This whole fucking weekend a whole range of high end ports were just closed, no matter what. the basic ports seemed the only thing to be open, and now everything seems back the way it was before.... I just don't know.... but whatever.... screw University Internet.

[Yukimura]

@Abdula:
That's the kind of thinking that keeps things the way they are when they could be improved. I'm no revolutionary or anything, but I will stand up and voice my opinion when I feel things are being done poorly. I would hope that somewhere out there a person who is also unhappy but cares much more than me might see my anger as a sign that they are not alone and actually try and do something about it. Even if I say something it probably won't change, but if no one ever says anything it certainly will not change.

@ XanBcoo: The problem I have is that the tone of the series is different because of the VA's. How a person sounds can strongly affect how you percieve their intelligence and maturity, at least for me. The English Light does not sound as mature and composed as the Japanese one, which hurts both his character and the show as a whole because Light is supposed to sound competent and capable not petulent and bratty.

And another thing that ticks me off about it is the fact that the DN subbers got C&D orders and I had to watch a really crappy sub for the final episode. Of course, the licenser had every right to do what they did, but it's still sucks that those who own the rights to the show aren't willing/able to put out their product as quickly as the free fansubbing community. Viz did something fairly innovative in providing subbed episodes for download starting nearly right after the series finished in Japan but as of today they are only providing eps 1-24. Animanda was generally behind by 2-4 weeks with their subs but the Viz subs are about 17 weeks behind now. I would assume they didn't even start translating until after the original airing ended, which seems stupid, but still 17 weeks for 24 episodes implies 28 hours per episode per person involved, assuming a 40 hour work week.

The Viz people need 28 hours per person to get out an episode but kuro-hana could do it in a little bit more time with 6-8 people who also had some form of life/obligation outside of subbing. If a large cooperation can't get out subs faster than a group of part timers who all have lives of their own I think something is wrong.

[Abdula]

@ Yukimura:
I agree with you, I just think that a badly dubbed anime is par for the course and won't change until the masses refuse to accept mediocrity which cannot happen unless they are aware that quality exists. It's really not worth the fuss

[XanBcoo]

This band was looking for a bass player about a month ago on Facebook, and I replied to the ad but never got a response. Earlier this evening I randomly stopped by and listened to a performance of this same band without even knowing it. After 10 minutes I recognized the drummer (the sender of the ad) and smacked myself on the forehead.

Don't know whether I should be annoyed by this or not, since on the one hand they obviously found another bass player that wasn't me and they're music was really good, but on the other hand the guy they found was realllllly talented - much better and more experienced than I would have been. I ended up talking to their guitar player afterwards. Nice dude.


Also today this girl caught me drawing her. I'll probably never see her again on campus, but still...I don't like looking creepy. I was just doodling .

[Assertn]

My discount broker accidentally transferred $10,000 more in mutual fund shares than I was supposed to receive, but then took it back the next day.

What a bunch of indian givers

[Death BOO Z]

XanBcoo, just send her the drawing, and write her message saying you want to meet her.
it can't make things worse.

[masamuneehs]

as crazy as DBZ's suggestion is, it might just be crazy enough to work.

be like "listen, i know that must have felt weird, and I should have asked your permission first, but I really love drawing and saw you and..." embarrassed pause "i'm sorry if it freaked you out, I understand if it did. So, i am sorry, and I figure the least i can do is give this to you" and give it to her.

but make sure the drawing actually looks half decent (pics plz?)

my bitch: some fuck revived my birthday thread to troll in it. also, my sleep cycle is so fucked up right now... i get to sleep around 4am and wake up around noon at best. ugh.

[XanBcoo]

but make sure the drawing actually looks half decent (pics plz?)

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7...esgirl2bw6.jpg

I was actually in a building I don't usually hang around, so the chances of me seeing her are next to nil. If I ever do, I'm thinking I should definitely scrawl "I see you whenever I close my eyes" in big letters across any drawing I give her. Why not have fun with it?

[Jaitne]

I did not finish PE online this week Because I continue to procrastinate and not take the final exam.