The Official "Help me!" Thread

[LOC98]

I am currently looking for subs. files(any kind of subs files), so I was wondering is there's any place were you can get them??
(I would prefer AonE since they're the best but any fansub would do)

Hope somebody can help

[Buffalobiian]

I am currently looking for subs. files(any kind of subs files), so I was wondering is there's any place were you can get them??
(I would prefer AonE since they're the best but any fansub would do)

Hope somebody can help

Can you be more specific? What show are you looking for?

[LOC98]

Ups! Sorry
I'm looking for Naruto part 1, I love AonE's subs but there are little things I would like to change (Only for my pleassure)
so if either I could get it from AonE or second choice any other kind of fansub but there are no website that I could find were you can download them. So this is way I'm asking for help here.

[Buffalobiian]

Aone never released their srt or ass files, and were hardsubbed so ripping's impossible.

Generic srt files can be downloaded here:

http://subscene.com/subtitles/n/3/english.aspx

[LOC98]

But is it possible to ask AonE for the subs, if they still have them of course??

[Buffalobiian]

But is it possible to ask AonE for the subs, if they still have them of course??

Sure you can ask. Catch them on IRC if you can.

irc://irc.rizon.net/animeone

[LOC98]

But I'm not qiute sure who I should ask...

[Buffalobiian]

But I'm not qiute sure who I should ask...

Me neither. To be honest, I think your chances of finding those scripts are zero, but you're welcome to try. The only name that really rings a bell is Cazoo (if he is still around).

[LOC98]

I have sent a pm to an admin called AonE so let's se if he respond

[Buffalobiian]

I need something that's between 3-5mm (maybe up to 8mm) and soft so I can use it as cushioning material. (It needs to replace a vinyl tube that's been bent into a circle with a 28cm circumference. The vinyl tubing's too hard though, so I'll need something softer such as foam or some form of squishy plastic.

I don't know the name of such a thing though, if any exists. Does anyone have a clue?

[Kraco]

I'm in the process of building new armrests for my chair (a rather expensive office chair, so I don't replace the whole thing). For the cushioning part I went to a "rubber store", or rather an industrial hardware store, like they fancily advertise themselves, and bought what is called over here cellular plastic. It's different from the foamed plastic like polystyrene foam. I guess it's also called expanded plastic.



They sold this material either 10mm or 15mm thick. I got a piece of the 15mm variety. The roll width was 1.5m, though, so that was one minimum dimension, but they cut any length of it. So, my piece was 100mm x 1500mm x 15mm. This is kind of squishy material that's somewhat soft but when the pressure is remove, it will assume the original shape.

I don't know if you are looking for this sort material or the kind of gel stuff that's inside mouse pad wristrests? Or perhaps the memory foam inside fancier pillows?

Edit: (I noticed I named the image file cellularfoam.jpg, but "foam" is not a part of the material name. It's cellular plastic. My mistake.)

[Buffalobiian]

Hmm, and was this "industrial hardware" store one of those warehouses that sold things from timber to paints to gardening hoses and all that stuff? If so, then I've got a place like that nearby that I can have a look at. I went there for the tubing, and had a quick chat with a staff member about alternatives, but the best she could come up with was window seals.

I'm actually using as a "spacer" as per this mod:

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/...nd-comfort-mod

I've used 5mm diameter vinyl tubing instead of the coax cable, and was thinking to see if I could use a softer material to increase comfort. Even if it's sitting inside the pad, the vinyl tube's still pretty hard. I've adjusted the headhand so it's not clamping tight as a workaround, but ideally I'd like a closer-fitting, softer fit.

The other thing was that acoustically, the vinyl tube seems to make the inside of the headphones too airy. Not terribly much, but noticable. I liked the warmer, brighter sound it had before, so was going to experiment with other materials to see if it would change that for the better.

[Kraco]

Right. Now I understand. The material used in that mod behind your link is foam plastic (or foamed plastic). It's the same material used in the simplest of mattresses and various other fillings, such as the original earpads of the headphones. It's more widely available than the cellural plastic for that simple reason as well: It's used everywhere. Who knows, you might have some old mattress around that you could slice a bit with a knife... As a material it's not terrible pressure resistant, that is, it's quite soft indeed.

The industrial hardware store is not like the usual big hardware stores you find everywhere that sell all kinds of stuff for DIY folks and homeowners. It's probably called industrial because most of their customers seem not to be individual civilians but various other companies, contractors, and professionals that need lots of specialized stuff normal dudes and dudettes don't in their everyday life. According to my experience this cellural plastic was one such thing because the myriad hardware shops, no matter how big they were, offered nothing before I found this particular store.

But yeah, you might survive with the ordinary foamy stuff you can't help but find in endless forms.

[Buffalobiian]

Just to clear up any misunderstandings, I'm thinking of using something instead of the vinyl tubing (eg a full foam cushion), rather than padding the vinyl tube with softer material.

Other alternative materials that came to my mind include doughnut-shaped felt (sewing many layers?) from a textile shop, or nylon rope (if it seems soft enough) from a camping store.

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edit: Man, now that Kraco mentions DIY, it's amazing what you can come up with.

Since I wanted to use my headphones tonight, I ended up testing (and very much liking), this:



Cut one tissue in half down its height (to achieve to desired rolled diameter). Roll it up. Seal it with duct tape tabs sparingly. Repeat using other half of tissue. Slot rolls into earcup.

I even had a mini-pack so I could achieve just-short-of-perfect fit using 2x large and 1x mini tissue halves to line the inner circumference of the cups.

The tissue's not only softer, but acoustically more desirable. The vinyl tube must have been reflecting sound off its surface because it just sounded off and roomy. On the other hand, tissues (though compacted, since it's not covering the entire driver) are much more acoustically transparent.

So, who wants 10m of tubing? :P

[Death BOO Z]

I need help. for a university project.

We're conducting an experiment on music, and I need two songs by the same artist, one song that has 'social' lyrics, or something that promotes help, codependency, and general niceness. the other song should be the opposite in it's content, anger, hate and violence- 'anti-social'.

any ideas? it doesn't matter who the artist is

[Animeniax]

The subwoofer on my Logitech X-560 4.1 set makes rumbling noises even when no audio is fed to them. I set the bass knob all the way to high and that stopped it temporarily, but then the rumbling came back. Any idea how to get it to stop? It makes it sound like it's going to thunder and rain outside, which is a tease since we're in a severe drought.

[Buffalobiian]

I have no idea what is going on, but some other things to clarify would be:

1) You say it hums when there's no audio feed. Do you mean it hums when there's no audio cable attached, or that it hums when the volume from the source (PC?) is set to zero?

2) Does the hum increase/decrease/go away depending on the speaker's volume?

The only hum I know of is to do with grounding, and a quick search reveals this possible fix that may or may not apply to you.

http://www.youritronics.com/logitech...er-hum-solved/

It's no longer under warranty, I'm guessing?

edit: just realised you said rumbling, not humming. :S. How loud is this rumbling?

[Animeniax]

It's a low rumble that can be heard over ambient noise including my computer fans and the TV. It sounds like rumbling thunder outside from a storm that's still a few miles away. Thanks for the link, I'll take the sub apart and see if I can isolate the problem. Usually I'm willing to take things apart and see what I can find, but in this case I was ready to get a new set of speakers, since this Z-560 system is about 10 years old. The rumbling problem started out of nowhere, so I wasn't sure where to start troubleshooting beyond checking all external cable connections.

[enkoujin]

I always considered other people to be selfish if they ran in marathons or participated in fundraisers for cancer (or any other common life-threatening diseases) if they've been affected by it, had family members who are suffering or who have family members who have already died from it. The selfless people, I believed, in these organizations would be the people who had sincere hearts and volunteered themselves for events like these without anything in return (including networking, information, references, letter references).

1. Is this opinion self-justified? What is the common perception by the general public on this issue?

Now recently, I'm in a situation where a family member/relative of mine has last stage terminal cancer.

2. After my family member/relative's death, how will others perceive me if I reversed by above opinion (i.e. be a hypocrite for what I've believed in for the last seven years of my life) and started participating in the above marathons and fundraisers so that other families would avoid as much suffering and distress as my family had (i.e. do something in honour of my family member/relative's legacy)?

Again, thanks in advance. I greatly appreciate it.

[Animeniax]

I always considered other people to be selfish if they ran in marathons or participated in fundraisers for cancer (or any other common life-threatening diseases) if they've been affected by it, had family members who are suffering or who have family members who have already died from it. The selfless people, I believed, in these organizations would be the people who had sincere hearts and volunteered themselves for events like these without anything in return (including networking, information, references, letter references).

1. Is this opinion self-justified? What is the common perception by the general public on this issue?

Now recently, I'm in a situation where a family member/relative of mine has last stage terminal cancer.

2. After my family member/relative's death, how will others perceive me if I reversed by above opinion (i.e. be a hypocrite for what I've believed in for the last seven years of my life) and started participating in the above marathons and fundraisers so that other families would avoid as much suffering and distress as my family had (i.e. do something in honour of my family member/relative's legacy)?

Again, thanks in advance. I greatly appreciate it.

I used to give my friend shit for working at a soup kitchen and helping homeless people because she didn't do it out of genuine empathy and concern for their well-being. She did it to feel good about herself and to seem like a caring person. But another friend convinced me that no matter her reasons for doing it, be they selfish or selfless, in the end the bums were getting their soup, and that's what mattered most.