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- Jul 28th, '09, 17:47
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Making softsubs from poor quality tvrips - any ideas!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1796
If the subs are based off of the latin alphabet AND the background behind the subs are a solid color, then there's probably an easy way to do it with OCR. You would probably still have to adjust the timings a bit as the raws are probably different versions compared to the TV rips. If the subs are pu...
- Jul 28th, '09, 11:35
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Foreign money identification and value
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8668
- Jul 14th, '09, 08:34
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: My Love Situation...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4502
I say, don't be bitter about it. If you both tried hard to make it work, and it still didn't, then it wasn't going to work as a long term anyway. Besides, her relationship with your best friend does not really have a higher chance or working either. So when things calm down a bit, try to remain frie...
- Jul 13th, '09, 08:25
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: 4x's going out with this girl-she goes out with me, but i ho
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1628
I'd say she's not interested, and just wants to be friends. In most cultures (Asian, European, Mexican... of the guys I've talked to... and even some Americans), it's considered the norm for a guy to pay for the entire meal irregardless if he's actually dating the girl or if they are just friends. I...
- Jun 29th, '09, 13:33
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: im a guy!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1300
- Jun 29th, '09, 12:48
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: im a guy!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1300
- Jun 21st, '09, 14:00
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Looking for very raw, literal translated subtitles
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5423
Yes, although it should be noted that it takes a child up to five or six years to achieve full fluency, while immersed in the environment. Even if, as an adult, you would only need half the time because you already understand the social protocols and abstract concepts... that's still an awful lot of...
- Jun 21st, '09, 13:01
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Looking for very raw, literal translated subtitles
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5423
You're probably better off finding the original Japanese translations and using machine translation for that case. Something like Systran would provide less-intelligible, more-accurate gibberish than Google Translate (which uses n-grams). As for the first-second pass thing: That would only apply to ...
- Jun 16th, '09, 21:22
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Probs with high-res - MR.BRAIN EP01 (1440x1080i x264).mp4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1890
You need x264 codec for it, as it says in the file name. You may need to update your CCCP. Or consider switching the to Mega K-Lite pack instead, which includes both the x264 codec and real-alternative for playing realmedia files in whichever player you want. You can find the Mega K-Lite codec pack ...
- Jun 9th, '09, 21:31
- Forum: Chinese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Chinese Dramas with Chinese Subtitles?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12885
Well I looked up a couple at btchina.net, but the only ones that seemed to come up that were highly recommended were 海豚灣戀人 (At Dolphin Bay) and 流星花園 (Meteor Garden). At Dolphin Bay didn't have any seeds, and none of the Chinese versions of Meteor Garden had Chinese subtitles (I downloaded the two h...
- May 31st, '09, 21:13
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: [TWDrama] K.O.3an Guo
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18262
- May 28th, '09, 19:27
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Penpal help!! Translate English into korean!! Please!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3791
Actually German isn't that difficult and uses for the most part short sentences, I always found French and Spanish to have much longer sentences for the same things in German. Wow, you must've learned different German and French than I have. :scratch: I can't say anything about Spanish, though, sin...
- May 26th, '09, 14:10
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Swap file question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2595
It's the number of programs open, in a sense. Each program needs a little RAM, and when you run out of ram, the computer fakes it by pretending things written on the swap file are also part of RAM. (This is why it's also the Virtual Paging Memory.) I'm assuming you're using windows, because in linux...
- May 26th, '09, 13:33
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Tons of Questions ... No Answers ...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3308
- May 25th, '09, 14:53
- Forum: Other Asian Culture
- Topic: help...moon cake
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5890
- May 23rd, '09, 11:17
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Penpal help!! Translate English into korean!! Please!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3791
- May 23rd, '09, 09:21
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Address Not Found/Page Load Error/Downloading Problems
- Replies: 1
- Views: 946
Re: Address Not Found/Page Load Error/Downloading Problems
I've downloaded from here before and it worked perfectly fine but now, when I try to download a torrent, this always appears: Address Not Found Firefox can't find the server at d-addicts.net Why is that? Please help! (I have tried it on multiple torrents already and the same message appears) NUMERO...
- May 19th, '09, 07:27
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Asian movies/dramas - vampires and werewolves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17986
- May 19th, '09, 06:32
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Asian movies/dramas - vampires and werewolves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17986
Vampire Host is a wonderful vampire drama! I LOVE it! I've watched RH Plus , but didn't really like it. There are quite a few HK drama with vampires (both Chinese vampires and western). I've watched My Date with a Vampire which is really long and has three or four seasons, actually. I enjoyed the f...
- May 18th, '09, 06:08
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Asian Dramas vs American Drama
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5444
I hope kamiru2374yakusoku flunked his writing class. Choosing such a biased x vs Y subject like this should've been flagged by his teacher from the get-go. It is like choosing to write about the pros and cons of euthanasia or abortions (probably two of the the top-3 most popular term paper subjects...
- May 13th, '09, 08:34
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: How to Enjoy Your Favorite Videos on Portable Devices at Wil
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1125
Hmm... I prefer Handbrake, which already has preset profiles, is extremely good, and best of all, is FREE. I use it to convert all the videos I want to watch on my iPod, and the final result is crystal clean.
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- May 11th, '09, 16:48
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: girl date a guy with less educaiton and status, and money
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4719
It's you again... Well, I'll answer as I wait for my latest purchases from iTunes to download onto my new Touch. First of all, it's not about money or looks or family or race or anything like that. It's about how a girl FEELS when she is with the guy. Does she feel cherished? Secure? Safe? Happy? Do...
- May 8th, '09, 20:10
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: whats wrong with streaming site?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7586
Re: whats wrong with streaming site?
now,i've just finished watching ghost friend at dramacrazy subbed by .... and in there the subbers added a message drama<s>****</s> crazy bla bla bla i just dont understand why the hate??? i think they are doing a good job compiling what people uploaded to a very good and organized webpage. and ser...
- May 7th, '09, 22:43
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
Those are including the liver, intestines, pituitary, Thymus and bones etc.? I have a preference for the ones that have a spine :mrgreen: Hmm... yum. jk jk. Although, I do prefer a man WITH liver, intestines, and pituitary, etc... does that count? Besides, bones are totally sexy. (Think shoulder bl...
- May 7th, '09, 22:20
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: I need some help about London trip!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6783
I stayed in the Smart Russell Hostel, which is really convenient area (near the British museum, and in the middle of zone 1, so you'd only need to buy the tube--aka subway--ticket for zone 1). It was really cheap because I booked early, but beware that it's messy and it's quite noisy at night if you...
- Apr 25th, '09, 13:22
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: [TwDrama] Knock Knock Loving You (CTS) 2009
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10254
- Apr 22nd, '09, 07:39
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Do you think you're fat?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17833
I eat whatever I want. I'm not fat, but I'm not skinny either. I've got curves, which means that if the clothing is made for women with curves, I can usually buy one or two sizes smaller than if it's not. One of my biggest pet peeves: Sitting next to obese people on the airplane. We bought the same ...
- Apr 7th, '09, 11:02
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: korean/jpn girls from overseas, what they think of chinese g
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5479
- Apr 6th, '09, 18:21
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: korean/jpn girls from overseas, what they think of chinese g
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5479
2. A lighter and some fuel, given it's quite painful, but damn hot none the less :lol I personally prefer the hot tub, the sauna, or the steam room. There's something about glistening bare skin... :wink: Actually, I think sweat is gross. I prefer a guy who looks great and civilized in a suit, and a...
- Apr 6th, '09, 09:43
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
LOL, sorry I don't have any....my brain is very healthy, therefore I don't have any mental disease/disorder....but just wondering, how can a nonsexual body part will become an object of sexual arousal to others?.... quite puzzling on this, so maybe that's why it's has to be consider as a mental dis...
- Apr 4th, '09, 15:08
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: korean/jpn girls from overseas, what they think of chinese g
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5479
- Apr 1st, '09, 15:50
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Does too many peers make it impossible to seed?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3899
Bittorrent works like this. If there are peers a, b, c, d and seeder e. Then, peer a would first ask b, c, d, and e which pieces they have. When a asks for a piece it's determined in the following way: - it asks for a piece a does not have but the one it asks has - if there are differences in priori...
- Apr 1st, '09, 15:36
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Does too many peers make it impossible to seed?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3899
On d-addicts, yes, it's hard for the seeder, because many people here have ADSL or other reason for limiting their upload speeds to be significantly lower than their download speeds. In an ideal situation, the number of peers doesn't matter. They would all upload at least as much as they download, s...
- Mar 30th, '09, 13:12
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: I feel I have no life
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9328
Well, high school is boring unless you're going to a super difficult/elite high school or you're REALLY lazy/stupid/have other circumstances. I think a lot more people than you think are like you, going home and chilling, watching tv/drama or listening to music or reading books. The thing is that th...
- Mar 23rd, '09, 23:16
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Is it possible for a guy and a girl to be just friends?
- Replies: 289
- Views: 120054
Sure, guys and girls can be platonic friends, but I think it needs to develop into that over some time. I think (as a girl) when you meet a guy (who's reasonably attractive), you always wonder for a bit what it'd be like to date him, but as you get to know him better, maybe you realize that the roma...
- Mar 20th, '09, 13:08
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: How to I enable my cookies?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1192
- Mar 18th, '09, 09:34
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: craiglist and erotic service-why do the korean/jon girls do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4401
Prostitution goes back to Biblical times (and even earlier than that), and in a way, it's no different than offering marriage for money, or going out with someone because they can be your sugar mommy/daddy. Marriage for love and free sex are very recent concepts, which is not to say that I think it'...
- Mar 17th, '09, 09:20
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: craiglist and erotic service-why do the korean/jon girls do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4401
- Mar 17th, '09, 08:38
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: craiglist and erotic service-why do the korean/jon girls do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4401
You know, I wasn't really serious when I suggested you use erotic services. That only works if you're going in with the proper mindset, not if you're looking for a girlfriend replacement. However, I do have two solutions for you: 1. Become a piggy. You chickened out, but are apparently willing to co...
- Mar 16th, '09, 22:46
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
Hmph... there's nothing wrong with being [mostly] vanilla. I think everybody enjoys variety, but it's very... close-minded to label people, or limit yourself to one or the other. And in my opinion, when the pain is pain (and no longer just discomfort), that's when whatever it is should stop. Of cour...
- Mar 16th, '09, 22:03
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: 3 years he spend approx 8k on his gf, how much do you spend
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3166
On the contrary, I don't think 8k is not unreasonable, though it's definitely on the expensive end. And being a student has nothing to do with it. For one thing, when you're in a relationship, you just do more things. You'd go out to eat more, go out to watch more movies (instead of just the ones yo...
- Mar 16th, '09, 10:48
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
Everything in moderation, including hair. A guy shouldn't be hairless (unless he's a swimmer). Some hair is nice; it adds a different type of texture, if you know what I mean. But if the (body) hair is so long that it gets matted/tangled/gives burns, then that's bad too. Well, waxing was invented to...
- Mar 16th, '09, 01:44
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
lulz, you didn't get the sarcastic tone of my post? Lol... sarcasm is a bit difficult to read. I only assume sarcasm when I've known somebody to be sarcastic. So from now on, I will apply proper sarcasm when reading your posts. Oh, and antok, wouldn't it be sadism to abuse others? Besides, I though...
- Mar 15th, '09, 19:04
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: are international japanese students-less demanding, more ope
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3779
- Mar 15th, '09, 19:02
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: are international japanese students-less demanding, more ope
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3779
- Mar 15th, '09, 18:20
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: are international japanese students-less demanding, more ope
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3779
- Mar 15th, '09, 18:15
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
- Mar 15th, '09, 11:17
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: are international japanese students-less demanding, more ope
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3779
- Mar 13th, '09, 12:12
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: requesting series subbing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2492
- Mar 11th, '09, 02:33
- Forum: KDrama Discussions
- Topic: Have you ever watched a FULL drama without subtitles?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11786
Definitely. I watch all my TWdramas without subs... But then again, I do speak Chinese. I've also watched Zettai Kareshi and a couple of other manga-based drama without subs. Once I know the story line, then it's not that big a deal to watch it without subs (if the actors are decent). However, I fin...
- Mar 9th, '09, 22:29
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Do asian men date /marry other races
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16087
- Mar 7th, '09, 18:37
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: reason i have trouble with women is b/c i don't have a POWE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5238
Yeah, I think once you let go of your drive, you're dead. Naturally, I'm not attracted to people who don't want to do MORE, whatever that MORE may be. Maybe you have a top job, so now you're quitting and doing a risky start up. Or maybe you've decided to take time off to travel the world... But ther...
- Mar 4th, '09, 10:17
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: What Video Editor software do you use?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7418
I prefer simple avisynth (not the gui version, but the free script editor version). However, if you're not familiar with scripting, it can be a bit confusing. There are some useful functions, though, like info(), which shows frame numbers and stuff so you know which frames you want to trim to. Or, m...
- Mar 3rd, '09, 03:48
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: Looks or Personality?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 66720
- Feb 20th, '09, 10:34
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: How do you reACT? Am I too MEAN?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4331
Question one: I would think that it's nice of him to say so, and take it as a compliment. However, I would doubt the sincerity of it, because if it's true, why has he never mentioned it before the weightloss? After knowing the facts, I would say that he's a liar and extremely shallow. Question two: ...
- Feb 19th, '09, 11:34
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Do you really hate where your born that much??
- Replies: 115
- Views: 21330
I was born in Boston and have lived in the US for most of my life (I have also lived in China and currently live in Switzerland). I've also lived in Japan, France, and Russia for short amounts of time (3-4 weeks in each place). I've enjoyed every place I've lived in, and don't regret any of it. Ther...
- Feb 13th, '09, 03:13
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
Haha, shoe obsession? I know several straight men who are obsessed with shoes. But they do look nice... I know many girls who love shoe shopping (myself included), but I live a lifestyle where I do a lot of walking and heels just aren't practical, especially not the kinds of heels I'd like to buy. M...
- Feb 3rd, '09, 04:32
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: What are your fetishes? hihi~
- Replies: 81
- Views: 26418
Um... I think if we were really to talk about fetishes... it would not be appropriate for this thread. For example, there are a whole bunch of fetishes related to the bdsm world (not just d/s and s/m as some seem to assume--or can't even differentiate between those two) that involve really gross, na...
- Jan 28th, '09, 22:33
- Forum: Chinese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Your personal Top 5 Wuxia Series of all time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14767
Mine are... (and I'm really bad with dates) 天龙八部 - Demi-gods and semi-devils - '03 or '04 (jem has a copy) 神医侠侣 - Genius physician Ti Ying (jem has a copy) 饮血刀 - Blood-drinking Knife - with Chen Kun in it <3, but I don't think it's subbed (I tried, but timing's too much work) 神雕侠侣 - Return of the Co...
- Jan 26th, '09, 15:19
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: reason i have trouble with women is b/c i don't have a POWE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5238
- Jan 15th, '09, 02:55
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Thoughts on this Korean-looking GIrl
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5266
Hmm, eye , I stand corrected. That head of hair is indeed very impressive (if not a little disturbing since there was nothing else). However, I think that straight hair is much easier to render and calculate than wavy and curly hair. (I could be wrong. I never wanted to touch graphics again after th...
- Jan 13th, '09, 08:06
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Thoughts on this Korean-looking GIrl
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5266
I can't believe you made such a sexist blanket statement... -____- about girls in comp sci, no less. Pauli, I thought you were better than that.XiaoPauli wrote:But all the cute girls in CS study graaaaphics!ethidda wrote:I don't envy graphics though. Absolutely hated it. The results are fun, but the calculations are hell.
- Jan 13th, '09, 00:52
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Thoughts on this Korean-looking GIrl
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5266
- Jan 13th, '09, 00:35
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Thoughts on this Korean-looking GIrl
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5266
- Jan 12th, '09, 09:20
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: homestay guy in our house commit suicide-crazy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2941
I don't mean to rain on your self-pity parade and all, but don't you think you're being a bit callous? A person--somebody's beloved child who was carefully sent abroad and living away from family for the first time, by all accounts--just died when he was young and had a full life ahead of him, and a...
- Sep 29th, '08, 23:56
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Is Bittorrent or BitComet Legal?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 25797
What do you mean by safe? Using a torrent is only illegal if you are violating copyright laws or if you're distributing some sort of data that is illegal to distribute (i.e. a virus, confidential information, etc.) The act of using torrents itself is not illegal. In fact, you can find many legal and...
- Sep 13th, '08, 21:58
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: My date with a vampire season 1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8000
- Sep 11th, '08, 21:41
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Geeky Question! PHP related, any guru's here?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2852
Hmm... guess my bad then. I've only ever used php for website stuff, either to display information from databases dynamically or to scrape websites and then store the information. I've only ever used OO languages for anything that would seriously be considered an application. And for that, I still u...
- Sep 11th, '08, 15:26
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Geeky Question! PHP related, any guru's here?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2852
- Sep 10th, '08, 05:00
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: [TwDrama] Bu Liang Xiao Hua (CTS, 2008)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 33216
oh yeah, erm...I'm no rainie fan either :lol I must say, Dean's Mandarin has gotten a LOT better. At least I can understand him now, whereas when he was in Corner With Love... Ah yeah... I was wondering about that. I thought maybe my mind had exaggerated just how awful his Chinese was in CWL. Good ...
- Sep 9th, '08, 18:52
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: [TwDrama] Bu Liang Xiao Hua (CTS, 2008)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 33216
- Sep 2nd, '08, 20:35
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: help me read this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2288
- Aug 20th, '08, 23:01
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: Chinese Paladin 3 (2009)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18372
- Aug 19th, '08, 19:36
- Forum: Chinese Drama Discussions
- Topic: Chinese Paladin 3 (2009)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18372
- Aug 19th, '08, 18:44
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: HELP !! - i need an invite to demonoid!!!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16859