lala81 wrote:

erm rmvb has excellent compression. ive seen 300mb files tat contain a 2hr movie. realmedia files is a real asian ting not really the westerners. taiwanese n china rippers luve rm. but theres 1 major flaw imo, if there is any little error the rest of the entire show is screwed. u get distorted images, unsynced sound. artifacts all over the dam shop. much less likely to happen in avi files using divx or xvid encoding. this is my experience with RM files

I was experimenting with the real easy convertor to convert fr mpeg to rm, but always errors here and there. And the DVD2Mpeg does work to convert mpeg to avi (divx encoding). Can share what softwares you used for maximum compression? thanks.

offtopic: i don't know why ppl like to use RM format.... it really isn't that great of quality and not every1 has realplayer.. besides u can't even watch it on ur DVD player .. i say stick to DviX and buy a dvd player or X-BOX that can ahandle dvix.. just my oppinion

..nice art u got there mr tek. rily attract my attention. Got anymore? share with us then. If me, during my free time i'ld probably sitting at home watching tv and make some handcraft..

read.. my next material will be by banana yoshimoto.. thxs to ppl in jdorama for introducing me to her.. sleep..hehe.. and more jdorama..and yes writing + painting..

teru teru bozu wrote:

..i'ld probably sitting at home watching tv and make some handcraft..

handcraft?? take pics for us to see!!!


as for 'other' pics of my miniatures....i do have them. but most of them are just different angles of the ones you saw.
but there ARE some of them which you guys have not seen yet.

i will try to post them later at night or tomorrow.
i've got a damn assignment due tomorrow!
AAAaahhhH~!

I like to decipher the secret language of the pigeons in NYC,

Tekanan wrote:

To celebrate my 286th post [cause i just feel like it] and a request from a particular person, i shall start a new thread. my question is, what do you guys do during your free time? besides watching J-dramas/Animes of course....

i wish i had some free time... and if i did, i'd probably just watch jdrama and anime . spring break, here i come!

actually, i play GO on my free time... i also like to read literature.

Shin wrote:

i also like to read literature.

cool. what titles do you read? [not to say like i know any, but just curious. ]

FierceStriker wrote:

I like to decipher the secret language of the pigeons in NYC,

so, what 'gossips' are they talking recently?

Tekanan wrote:

so, what 'gossips' are they talking recently?

They are trying to decipher the secret language of President Bush.

Tekanan wrote:

cool. what titles do you read? [not to say like i know any, but just curious.

I'm in an english ap class at my school so i get a variety of material to read... currently i'm reading grapes of wrath (john stienbeck), and the great gatsby (fitzgerald). we also read a lot of henry david thoreau and ralph waldo emerson (both highly revered writers). a little poetry here and there... I also read a lot from the bible, although i am a buddhist, i can still enjoy the holy bible as literature. hm... what else... oh, i like to read about art history as well; i find that subject very interesting... currently studying early modern art, those surrealists... pretty weird stuff!

going to start reading asian lit soon... i've recieved some good recomendations of japanese authors from another forum. Anyone read "tale of the genji?" I couldn't get past the first page!

Shin wrote:

I'm in an english ap class at my school so i get a variety of material to read... currently i'm reading grapes of wrath (john stienbeck), and the great gatsby (fitzgerald). we also read a lot of henry david thoreau and ralph waldo emerson (both highly revered writers). a little poetry here and there... I also read a lot from the bible, although i am a buddhist, i can still enjoy the holy bible as literature. hm... what else... oh, i like to read about art history as well; i find that subject very interesting... currently studying early modern art, those surrealists... pretty weird stuff! going to start reading asian lit soon... i've recieved some good recomendations of japanese authors from another forum. Anyone read "tale of the genji?" I couldn't get past the first page!

A lot of the classic Japanese novels are a little too painful for modern appreciation and not to mention very provincial-minded. They even have one in which they fabricated this whole dynasty in China controlled by a Japanese emperor!! What the hell? And the best part, my Japanese Literture professor (who is a broken American machine) actually believed it is true!!! His excuse was "I taught this for 30 years, I should know." Yeah, 30 yrs too much I say.

HOWEVER, I do recommend a classic-modern novel by Natsume Sooseki called "Sorekara" (And Then). You can probably find it on Amazon. Other than that, Americans have pretty bad choices when it comes to importing foreign books.

I also recommend reading The Stranger by Albert Camus and Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Shin wrote:

I'm in an english ap class at my school so i get a variety of material to read... currently i'm reading grapes of wrath (john stienbeck), and the great gatsby (fitzgerald). we also read a lot of henry david thoreau and ralph waldo emerson (both highly revered writers). a little poetry here and there... I also read a lot from the bible, although i am a buddhist, i can still enjoy the holy bible as literature. hm... what else... oh, i like to read about art history as well; i find that subject very interesting... currently studying early modern art, those surrealists... pretty weird stuff! going to start reading asian lit soon... i've recieved some good recomendations of japanese authors from another forum. Anyone read "tale of the genji?" I couldn't get past the first page!

A lot of the classic Japanese novels are a little too painful for modern appreciation and not to mention very provincial-minded. They even have one in which they fabricated this whole dynasty in China controlled by a Japanese emperor!! What the hell? And the best part, my Japanese Literture professor (who is a broken American machine) actually believed it is true!!! His excuse was "I taught this for 30 years, I should know." Yeah, 30 yrs too much I say.

HOWEVER, I do recommend a classic-modern novel by Natsume Sooseki called "Sorekara" (And Then). You can probably find it on Amazon. Other than that, Americans have pretty bad choices when it comes to importing foreign books.

I also recommend reading The Stranger by Albert Camus and Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Almost forgot to say Asian Literature is best read in their original language or translation in each other's language. The transition to English or any western language usually lose a lot of meanings. Chinese to Japanes and Japanese to Chinese translations are the most faithful.

I agree. But, when it comes to an expression of the English language, Brit' and U.S. works rule anyway. I try to stay away from translations whenever possible; I'm pro-Western canon all the way; bah, multi-culturalism (oh, wait; I take that back, as Shakespeare's the true multi-culturalist).

The Man's recommendations (for now):
Ulysses by James Joyce
The works of Nathaniel West (you WILL believe a limited catalogue can be relevant and can endure)
The Writings of Jonathan Swift
The works of Willa Cather
The works of Chaucer
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Literature
The Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism

And I might need a full day to list the remainder of texts concerning: 1) literary studies; 2) criticisms; 3) theory that I own. They're great stuff.

I've carried a Cross Townsend basalt black ballpoint pen for years and it's my accessory as much as one sports a Rolex. TMI?

I do that.. hehehehehehehe.. J/K

The Man wrote:

The Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism

you mean besides writing anti-virus software, he writes literary stuff too?

niko2x wrote:

you mean besides writing anti-virus software, he writes literary stuff too?

contemporary computer literary writing...

The Man wrote:

I agree. But, when it comes to an expression of the English language, Brit' and U.S. works rule anyway. I try to stay away from translations whenever possible; I'm pro-Western canon all the way; bah, multi-culturalism (oh, wait; I take that back, as Shakespeare's the true multi-culturalist). The Man's recommendations (for now): Ulysses by James Joyce The works of Nathaniel West (you WILL believe a limited catalogue can be relevant and can endure) The Writings of Jonathan Swift The works of Willa Cather The works of Chaucer The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Literature The Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism And I might need a full day to list the remainder of texts concerning: 1) literary studies; 2) criticisms; 3) theory that I own. They're great stuff. I've carried a Cross Townsend basalt black ballpoint pen for years and it's my accessory as much as one sports a Rolex. TMI?

haha, jonathan swift! i remember reading an essay called "modest proposal" by him... it was his solution to solving the problem of overpopulation of children (or something like that). He suggested cannibalism. Pretty funny how he presented this absurd idea in a formal and serious tone.

during my free time I used to hang up with my guitar and play some songs...
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Free time?

What's that??

bmwracer wrote:

Free time? What's that??

Time where you can continue to rack up post counts on Jdorama and posting pics of Ryoko....or....daydreaming of Ryoko in your case. At least thats what I would assume is your free time
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