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|2008-05-07, 12:05
|Link #1
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
[Fansubbers] Introduce yourself
I would like to get to know about fansubbers lurking and posting in animesuki and in this forum. I'm here to learn from fellow fansubbers. And, try not to post anything to comment on any of the introductions posted here. Reply them as a private message. The point of this thread is to get to know with fellow fansubbers lurking in anime-suki. I am not sure if this type of thread was posted in Anime-Suki--but if it's not, I am surprised why this wasn't posted. I think there's a similar thread, but that thread, I think, only questions about why are you into fansubbing; so the target is everyone--I am more curious about fansubbers.
Here's a guideline what you can write in your post. You don't have to answer all of my questions. But this is just out of curiosity.
My Profile
I am known as pichu/pichus in fansub projects. Right now, I am basically an After-Effects typesetter and is still trying to understand how to perfect some of the most difficult "signs." To me, perfecting signs typesetting is a challenge and fun rather than something feasible; I find it fun to make them rather than making them just to watch. That's my mission. I started typesetting in the mid-2004. I picked up using After-Effects about two years ago, so I am quite new in After-Effects, but I am constantly discovering many techniques for typesetting. Refer to my typesetting thread for my definition of typesetting.
I despise show-offs or people who tried to trash other people's work for fun. I am probably the same, but I'd prefer to show people my failed work so that they can comment on how I can improve them.
Watching fansubs, to me, is to understand what the episodes are talking about. I don't mind about minor English errors or minor typesetting/video problems as long as they don't hurt my eyes that much and as long as I can understand without rewording the subs in my head. However, working on fansub is completely different; I find it necessary to perfect them, even though as a viewer, I don't mind about flaws.
The current groups I'm working with are Froth-Bite, Static-Subs, and Menclave. The groups I freelance for include Ureshii for some loli series. The slower groups I helped with include Lolidan for Moetan. The past groups I helped include Huzzah for Bamboo Blade, Megami-Anime, etc. I've been a typesetter (logo designer, credits typesetter, subs styler, and signs typesetter) in all. I started watching fansubs only in 2002, and I was dragged into fansubbing by some founder from Freedom-Anime in 2003. Then, I got addicted to fansubbing since then.
I helped re-founding Freedom-Anime (it was actually my first group in 2003--and since I wasn't active at all, I didn't join any other groups and projects until much later) back in 2004 because I hate to let a group die, and we did the first two episodes of Mahou Sensei Negima. The project died because of lack of interests. I later helped founding Ryoumi because I've wanted to found groups, and it died because the projects got overloaded and most of the staff lost their interests. After Ryoumi got disbanded, I made promise to people that another group will be formed. Since I hate breaking promises, I helped founding the FTW group and released two episodes of iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia; it was our first attempt to do everything in After-Effects including subtitles. The project and group died because doing everything in AFX took too long and that after starting to work on the series, we were told that the project is 26 episodes instead of 13 episodes. Then, I've decided to just help with other groups instead of founding groups since leadership is something I can't handle. ;p
Right now, I can do karaoke in After-Effects, logo/credits/signs typesetting, subs styling (I'd rather not to), subs and karaoke timing, encoding, and translating from chinese subs (again, I'd rather not to). Current projects I'm working on are Oinari for Static-Subs and Toshokan Sensou for Menclave. I'm the main typesetter for both series.
I love loli series for the cuteness of little girls. I also like somewhat a different type of series--anime with some actions. Most of the projects--if not all--I am working on are those that I am assigned to work on, as I am doing them as favors. I don't really have any real preference as long as I can have some fun working on them.
When am I going to retire? I'm not sure about that myself; I keep on telling me that it's about time to retire--after all, it's been almost five years; but projects and my fellow fansubbers tell me otherwise. In the meantime, I am willing to contribute my discoveries in After-Effects typesetting techniques to prospective typesetters so that they can easily perfect the signs. However, I haven't found anyone with that mind to do this way. Hence, I am still searching for compatible trainees.
And, finally, I would like to greet you.
Last edited by pichu; 2008-05-07 at 12:15.
|2008-05-07, 14:04
|Link #2
My E-Penis > Your E-Penis
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Age: 33
1. Personality
1. I am.
2. boobslol.jpg
3. The game?
4. ScR3WiEuS, Raou-sama
2. Mission
1. The challenge? The game? Egowars.
2. Pretty much the same reasons
3. don't quite understand this question
4. beginning of 2003 or so
5. deliver a decent translation (timed and edited) to an anime show.
3. Groups
1. Menclave (+Mendoi), Yoroshiku?(kinda)
3. Maboroshi-Fansubs, Dragonball Vortex 5, Vagrant-Anime, Nanashi-Fansubs, Umai-Fansubs, Hikari no Tamashii, NN
4. Did. Shinsen, Shounen-Ai, SD-Project, + some other big groups
4. Projects
1. anything
5. Founder: Only if you start at least one group
1. First group because i wanted to try out fansubbing, so I started a group with some other newbies. Second group because I wanted to try something more large-scale.
2. First group: too many projects.
4. Why does it work well? Meh... because we have some cool and skilled people who're willing to put in some effort to keep things running.
6. Jobs
1. Group Leader, Project Leader,
editor, timer (+kara), QC, all the shitty stuff people don't want to do
2. read above
3. editing
Editing: Correct grammar, spelling, syntax, style, while enhancing the flow.
Timing: ...timing the subtitles to match the dialogue, adding some lead-in and lead-out to make it easier to read, cutting off subs that pass scene changes
QCing: looking for mistakes that slipped past the people responsible for that aspect of the release
Project Leader: scapegoat. taking care that everybody does their job at a decent rate. keeping the bar high. finding quick solutions to problems that might endanger the project. settle conflicts. communication hub.
Group Leader: same as project leader but on a larger scale.
7. Other Plans
1. when my group won't die in case i leave
2. good? lol. well, depends on whether or not i find someone with the necessary motivation.
3. thinking about writing an editing guide later, but w/e
|2008-05-07, 14:27
|Link #3
Join Date: Nov 2004
I'm a young attractive male fansubber residing somewhere in the country where they all smoke weed and fuck hookers all day.
I'm looking for fellow fansubbers that share that passion and want to get high with me 24/7 and also accompany me when I go to the hookers.
What I love about fansubbing is that most of the male fansubbers are sexually frustrated 32 year olds with apparently no job and have too much time on their hands. This makes up for interesting discussions.
What I hate about it is that they actually try to hit on women on IRC and abuse their ircop powers to say that they're a sad panda.
My mission is to liberate the people of earth from the evil terrorists and become the president of the united states. Oh, and I blame koda for me being a fansubber.
I'm into groups yeah. Group sex mostly -_-.
Projects: Fuck those.
Founder: I've got my own little group, but I'd rather not see you in the channel.
Jobs: I'm currently a student and work part-time renovating a building. You?
Other plans: Planning to take over the world, after saving it.
And yes, I love to use the Enter button.
Edit: Hi False, juggen :>.
Last edited by Dnous; 2008-05-07 at 15:06.
|2008-05-07, 18:14
|Link #4
Junior Member
1. Personality
1. Dunno
2. How 1000 different groups like to pick up the same thing, even good ones >_> (i.e. Geass)
3. Community of great people (for the most part....)
4. Dragon(5152)
2. Mission
1. Dunno, guess I just enjoyed crap like anime enough
2. Cause I like to do it, anyone who hates it shouldn't be there. Fansubbing is sometimes called a job, I disagree, fansubbing should be done for fun, yet taken as a challenge.
3. when am I into it? like, have a mindset?
4. Summer 07
5. Create subs for people to watch and sprinkle a little extra on top of that (karaoke) for fun (cause we know i'd be sooooo boring without them >_>). Fansubbing is not a JOB, it's a challenge (or I like to think of it that way). Make subs that flow as well as providing a good translation.
3. Groups
1. Static-subs, Ureshii, encoder in both
2. Dunno
3. Various, mostly speedsubbers at first, but then again, who didn't when they were n00bs
4. I would if I knew how to whore myself out. I would do it for OVA's or something, but not series I think. Movies I'd do it as well, contact me if someone wants some encoding done
4. Projects
1. Lots, Ghost in the Shell type stuff sometimes, others I really don't care, I watch a lot of stuff save a few special things.
2. Not really much I don't like, save kid shows >_>
5. Founder: Not for me
6. Jobs
1. Encoder
2. Encoder
3. Encoder
4. Encoder - make crap look respectable, fix flaws, without fucking it up (which I've done, many times, I admit to screwing up but it's experience that teaches us.)
7. Other Plans
1. No idea
2. I'd do it. Yatta anyone?
3. If there's anything I'd do, I'd make some proper documentation for yatta, updated.
|2008-05-07, 18:17
|Link #5
Saizen Supreme
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Sweden
Age: 32
Last edited by juggen; 2008-05-09 at 12:39.
|2008-05-07, 19:05
|Link #6
makes no files now
Join Date: May 2006
I thought this was meant to be sent as a private message... Anyway, I'm obviously bored right now and who knows why I ended up posting in the end... @_@
1. Personality
a. Boring and quiet
b. Speedsubs, groups that cannot deliver proper dialogue without screwing up horribly and how certain people like to create new groups each week that die after two releases -- give us your translators dammit! We'll make better use of them! *shows fist*
c. The enjoyment
d. No reason to use others
2. Mission
a. Too much free time and I enjoy doing it
b. Read above plz
c. Huh? When my head doesn't hurt...?
d. Late 2006
e. To have fun
3. Groups
a. Secret
b. Secret
c. Secret
d. Seems like I turn(ed) most people down for it, unless it's something really awesome that I'd like to work on which hasn't happened yet (in the end from my point I'm not limited just to fansubs hehehe). n_n
4. Projects
a. Anything apart from scat, guro, bondage, s&m, etc... you get the idea.
b. Yes. Stupid never-ending shounen anime; someone has to do it apart from speedsubs
5. Founder
a. To do something that's been left out
b. After finishing, we did... I think...
c. -
d. Taking a year to sub 75 minutes... Is that considered successful?
6. Jobs
a. Encode, some odd AFX stuff, rest only in emergency or when others slacked off with their part (and project leader if that counts too)
b. All apart from editing and any sort of translation (nobody cares about the other lingos anyway :P)
c. Threatening leechers and making them unhappy with all sorts of funky things Encode
d. Huh? Smooth out cute anime girls' faces so that they'll have less noise on them... ^_^
7. Other Plans
a. When I'll no longer have time for it... doubt that'll be anytime soon lol >_>
b. Does this include being harrassed on IRC with questions/etc?
c. Most has been documented already or is like "zomg! GOOOOOOGLEEEE!", plus I'm too dumb and lazy to figure out anything new. :P
P.S. AVI go die!
Last edited by martino; 2008-05-07 at 19:52. Reason: broken formatting AGAIN!, blame notepad AGAIN!
|2008-05-07, 19:30
|Link #7
Junior Member
Not like there's anything wrong with the stuff posted here.
|2008-05-07, 20:20
|Link #8
Seeker of Power
1. Personality
1. A quiet, unsociable person. Kind of like the guy you expect to snap and walk in with guns, except I'd much rather take a nap.
2. Long-standing "hate" between groups disgusts me the most. These are usually only personal problems between a couple people gone too far. Also oversubbing.
3. I like working with others toward a common goal.
4. the_Merines in my earlier days, now just Merines/Gunbuster
2. Mission
1. Boredom, sense of obligation to fellow group members
2. I feel like I am still improving.
3. All the time. Ask the people I work with. It's bad when fellow group members ask if I ever sleep.
4. October 2006
5. A fansub is a fan-produced episode of anime/j-drama/whatever. The fact that they are distributed doesn't matter much in my eyes.
3. Groups
1. Formula (leader), Shinsen (go-to guy?)
2. Currently at Formula and Shinsen
3. Worked with Fansub no Tameni and Guardian Project in the past
4. I don't, not l33t or well-known enough. Too busy.
4. Projects
1. Anything not overly "moe" or ecchi. Absolutely no mahou shoujo ever again. Mech or sci-fi preferred.
2. Yes. Because I was asked to. It's even possible to grow to love a show you start off hating (see: Hitman Reborn)
5. Founder: Only if you start at least one group
1. The group I had joined was falling apart, and I felt I was not good enough to attempt to apply to another group. I started Formula to sub only Wangan Midnight, but somewhere along the way it became a real fansub group.
2. Feels at times like we might collapse, but it hasn't happened yet.
3. null
4. We were successful at the start due to being offered joints by a larger group. I really didn't/don't do anything to make us successful. Just lucky to be surrounded by competent people.
6. Jobs
1. timing, editing, typesetting, QCing, group leader
2. ^ those
3. timing... it's the only thing I feel I'm actually good at
4. too lazy
7. Other Plans
1. Depends. Probably not for a while.
2. I don't feel I'm good enough to train anyone.
3. I wrote a "how to time" walkthrough for Formula a while back, but things have changed a lot since then, so it's become outdated. Wrote an editing style guide as well, but it's mostly a mishmash of preferences.
|2008-05-07, 20:51
|Link #9
Join Date: Oct 2004
Since everyone's replying, I might as well do it here too...
1a. Not much to describe. Your basic anime otaku and computer geek.
1b. Bad translations and bad english. Especially when people tell you about it and you don't take criticism and don't improve.
1c. Relatively good translations and good editing.
1d. Just the one that I'm using now - ths1138.
2a. I started fansubbing cause a bunch of guys I know requested me to. But I started off as a chinese sub translator encoding with VCDs.
2b. Now it's just a hobby for me. Though I've obviously improved and translating with Japanese and encoding with R2 DVD sources.
2c. I think I started somewhere around late 2000.
2d. I'm not sure what the difference between this question and the previous one.
2e. To present your own interpretation of an anime and the characters through proper translation and accurate editing.
3a. Currently in #anime-gundam (does everything), #AnimeCo (timer) and #TV-nihon (editor, raw provider, encoder, QC).
3b. If you refer to joint projects, then I'm working with SHS at the moment.
3c. I used to work for #anime-empire (c-sub translator). Also worked on joints with #Shinseiki-Illuminati and #Aoshi at one point, as well as #MSG.
3d. If people ask me nicely and I'm free to do it, sure.
4a. Currently working on all gundam series, although I have a personal project on hand.
4b. I don't see a point doing something I don't like, so no.
5a. I'm not exactly the one who started the group, but I guess I'm the one who's still keeping the group there. Also created a smaller branch off that group. I started the branch-off group to do licensed stuff but only those who don't mind will join. This way, if I get C&D letters, the original group can still remain.
5b. Hasn't collapsed, just... become really small? I'm not about to let it collapse.
5c. It's stalling cause I'm the only one doing most of the work. It's mainly a one-man show.
5d. No answer.
6a. I assume you mean the role in fansubbing? Currently I'm doing everything - Raw provider, Timer, Translator, Typesetter, Editor, Encoder, QCer, Distro, BT Seeder, FServe, Webmaster...
6b. As before, I can do everything.
6c. I guess I like to typeset, although I'm not really very creative at that. Especially since I'm still using SSA/ASS script to do the typesetting.
6d. Not quite sure what this question means. A brief runthrough of my fansubbing process would be something like...
1) Rip my DVDs.
2) Create audio file for timing.
3) Use SSA to time and translate and edit at the same time.
4) Apply typeset (or create typeset if none has been done).
5) Create a full encode for QC.
6) QC the episode for all problems.
7) Fix the problems.
8) Repeat steps 5) to 7).
9) Create a full encode for QC.
10) Send it to my other QCers for QC.
11) Fix the problems.
12) Create final encode for QC.
13) Watch through for any last minute problems.
14) Begin distro if there are no problems.
15) Update website and IRC channel topic.
and yes, I do all of the above myself (except for step 10) of course).
7a. Not planning to retire or quit any time soon.
7b. I don't really like to train much. I prefer people learn on the go. On Job Training if you like. too bad I don't get much recruits. Or any at all.
7c. I can't really be bothered to, although if people ask me, I could just make something up I guess.
I hope that answers all the questions.
- ths1138
|2008-05-07, 22:01
|Link #10
Join Date: Apr 2007
1. Personality
a. IRL I'm a social type person who can talk with almost anyone with anything interesting to say. On IRC I'm more of a reserved person who'd rather do his work than chat about nonsense.
b. Oversubbing by less than capable groups creating a flood of horrible releases, and HQ groups who compete against each other rather than joint to destroy the speed groups.
c. In most groups I work with there is a sense of camaraderie with other members also sharing your work with other people.
d. b0nk and b0nk^laptop
2. Mission
a. Well it was first to give back to the community after so many years of leeching but after learning AFX it's now to perfect typesetted signs.
b. Certain shows deserve better treatment than a speed sub group can offer and I almost feel inclined to do it also it's just plain fun.
c. Usually late at night when I'm off work and nothing is on TV
d. It was ep 14 of AonE's Sousei no Aquarion I started my fansubbing debut so that was like 3 years ago.
e. To produce a show from another language/culture that the majority of the world can understand.
3. Groups
a. Currently I'm a typesetter for Menclave mostly but I'm also affiliated with AonE.
b. Currently have projects with Menclave, AonE, Yoroshiku, Ureshii
c. AonE, Ryoumi, Mendoi, FTW, Ureshii, Conclave, Saizen, Anime-Empire, probably forgetting some.
d. Yes, but I only do random things like font matching, logos, creds, ep titles
4. Projects
a. Anything with mecha or sci-fi elements I also enjoy a good comedy every now and then.
b. Usually anything that's not on my preferences I don't work as fast on it, but I work on it usually because my "skills" are best used there.
5. Founder
a. Well co-founded FTW with pichu and GWi with pichu and a few others
6. Jobs
a. Typesetting
b. Also can karaoke style, karaoke time, script time, and QC'd before
c. Typesetting
d. Well I specialize more in signs typesetting than styling but my motto to making a good sign is, "the best signs are the ones not noticed". This means to make it match the original sign as much as possible from exact font, to color, shadows, fade, gradient w/e.
7. Other Plans
a. Probably when it stops being fun or when I'm satisfied with the other current typesetter's work.
b. Heh, I think I'm doing that now but it's hard to train people in AFX if they are not familiar with it. I find it's easier to train people that have some familiarity to it.
c. Just ask me for any old project file I'll most likely share it with you, I keep almost everything I've done.
Last edited by b0nk; 2008-05-07 at 22:11.
|2008-05-07, 22:14
|Link #11
Hello out there to all the subbers I am a mature, goal orientated male fansubber looking for the right editor. Basic info on me I am 32 years old Asian male I am 5'1 I am medium built, short black hair clean cut, and thick glasses. I am looking for a fansubber who wants to build a serious fansub group to improve on quality. I consider myself different. I don't tc or ts, I am not into the karaoke or afx scene either.
I'm a quiet person, like to play computer games, watch animes, and be on irc to talk to guys. I am pretty much a big kid who likes to have fun and would like to meet someone new to share my interests.
As I said before I am very goal orientated right now. I pretend I work a full time job that is very VERY flexible and I can make alot of time for a fansub. I am also a very open person who is very blunt and doesnt have a problem saying what is on my mind. If I don't like what you're saying I'll simply just kline you.
What I look for in a subber well as I said who is just about the quality of anime, however someone who is smart, has a good head on their shoulders, honest, open minded, faithful, and goal orientated to meet deadlines. I am not a picky person. Right now I am open for anything as long as it is free and legal of course *wink wink*. If you have kids that is ok too, just make sure they know how to do the following: Translate, time, and typeset. I am very good with kids being that I am a big kid at heart and if they want to learn how to encode, thats fine with me too.
Well I like to thank you for taking the time to read this and if your interested drop me a message. Hope to hear from you soon thanks again for reading this
|2008-05-07, 22:25
|Link #12
World's Biggest Douchebag
Join Date: Jan 2006
Somewhere near Bowling Green, actually.
a. Douche bag. See title.
b. Vultures. On any series. It's okay if you speedsub since you most likely suck anyway, but drop in the middle and you earn the official stamp of fail.
c. Being able to tell people they suck to their face, be right about it, and kill groups by demotivating their translators into quitting (<---- have done this about 3 times now)
d. silverfailure, silverfag, silverfaggot, 銀の炎, 銀の失敗, 실버파이어
a. Because I'm a control freak by nature and absolutely nobody does it right unless I'm the one doing it.
b. Because it's fun berating people for below average work.
c. Whenever a project is moving at a consistent pace.
d. About May 2004
e. The goal is to produce something of nearly professional quality.
a. Menclave, CrystalNova, Static-Subs, and freelancing - QC, Timer, and Encoder for all
b. ...Isn't this the same damned thing as (a)?
c. Too many to list. At one point I was concurrently in about eight groups.
d. See (a).
a. I enjoy working on dramas the most, but inadvertently end up working on mechas quite often (see: Eureka Seven, Gundam SEED Destiny, Gundam 00... list goes on)
b. I work on a lot of series that I don't care much about mostly because I do a lot of karaoke timing, where I do something that's mostly a one-shot then forget the project even existed.
a. Timer, QC, and Encoder
b. Almost everything, though I don't have any patience to translate and I suck intensely at Typesetting (karaoke included).
c. Karaoke timing. It's fast and commitment-free (except Macross Frontier T_T)
d. Timer - Setting start and end times as humanly accurate as possible (without leadin and leadout) in under 20 minutes without filling the translation, then running my scripts to end up with a finished product.
QC - Bitch about everything you can possibly bitch about. Quite enjoyable for people like me who relish in telling people they suck. Not limited to QCing your own group's releases. Can also QC other groups' releases and spread it around showing people how much that group blows.
Encoder - Not screwing up and blurring the living crap out of everything (see: Not Edward_K section). Also involves not oversharpening or oversaturating stuff (see: lots of other encoders in new groups).
a. Fansub retirement is a myth. Only extended breaks exist.
b. No. I don't have the patience to actually teach people. The only form of teaching I do is suggesting that someone do a certain job, then bitching and whining about their work till they fix what they do wrong.
c. No. It's not my desire, nor job to make anyone else better. It's much more effective use of my time for them to improve on their own.
Last edited by silverfire; 2008-05-07 at 23:08. Reason: Gradually posting it all
|2008-05-08, 05:36
|Link #13
Join Date: Dec 2005
1. Personality
1. Describe about yourself: I am an FFT Oracle.
2. Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing?: People using VLC.
3. Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing?: People using VLC getting owned by playback.
4. What are your aliases or nicknames you've used in fansubbing?: Kodachrome, and a 50 list of IRC nicks. I've also been credited as "Fuck this fucking tsundere horse whip shit" before. Once as a bunny dingbat.
2. Mission
1. Why do you fansub in the first place?: ...uh, silver? Ice? Draders? Why am I here. D:
2. Why do you continue fansubbing?: It's either this or grind. :v
3. When are you into fansubbing?: Sunday starting @ 1am
4. When do you start fansubbing?: Sunday starting @ 1am
5. Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub: Support and encourage piracy
3. Groups
1. List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s): gg. My job description is "do everything then RAGEQUIT".
2. List the Group(s) you've worked with now: gg
3. List the Group(s) you've worked with in the past: ...many.
4. Do you freelance?: Yes
4. Projects
1. What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on?: Shows that are trainwrecks.
2. Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them?: Why the fuck did we sub GaraKan and Red Garden. I didn't like working on any series that Eliza TL'ed and I had to edit, because her English is SURE FINE, THAT FELLOW.
5. Founder: Only if you start at least one group
1. Do tell why do you start a group?: Felt like it.
2. If the group collapsed or is going to collapse, explain what was the reason of its collapse.: 'cause I RAGEQUIT. Then Eliza was a craptastic group leader who picked up 50 comedy series at once, frying the QC'ers brained, thus nothing got QC'ed.
3. If the group is still functioning but is stalling, explain what was the cause of this: It stalled because Eliza vanished.
4. If the group is functioning very well, do tell about why it is successful and what did you do to make it successful.: I came back and used Team Recall to AoE teleport people back to IRC. *egoegoego* Slavery makes things successful.
6. Jobs
1. What are your current fansubbing jobs: Karaoke Shifter, Series Researcher, Series Flavor Editor, Speed Scene Timer, QC Implementer
2. Which fansubbing jobs can you do: Timing, Karaoke Timing, Typesetting, Karaoke Fx, Encoding (Not really but they tell me I can), Editing (Not really but they tell me I can)
3. What are your favorite fansubbing jobs: Bossing people around while doing zero work
4. Make a definition of the job you can do or your current fansubbing job briefly: ...uh... "being flexible"
7. Other Plans
1. When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing?: I already did that once.
2. Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are?: Haha, no. However apparently I have a burning influence buff that convinces people like Dnous that they too should fansub.
3. Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better?: Haha, no.
|2008-05-08, 06:27
|Link #14
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Canada
|2008-05-08, 08:26
|Link #15
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008
1. Not awake yet.
2. Font you can't read. Using VLC in general can do this.
3. Speedsubs
1. So no one else needed to die for Red Garden.
2. idk, maybe I'll stop tomorrow if I don't wake up.
3. 8AM Sunday Morning
4. When 5 or more groups are doing the same series.
5. To confuse leechers to the maximum possible level.
1. GG speedsubs - If it's released before I wake up, I don't have to do anything.
2. GG slowsubs - We're not streaming.
3. GG deadsubs - No, we're not finishing what we started.
2. not QC
3. Sleeping in
4. Watch subs. Troll subs.
Other Plans:
1. Good question. Lemmie roll a dice.
2. Would eye surgery help qc ability? Maybe I should become an eye surgeon then.
3. If you need help qcing, maybe you should consider quitting now.
|2008-05-08, 08:46
|Link #16
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
1. Personality
1. Describe about yourself
I'm a guy that works far too much, but has an addictive personality. I ususally take on a lot more than I can handle and then kill myself to get it done.
2. Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing?
Groups who lord themselves over others, doign stupid shit like holding subs to ransom, banning people for asking "routine" questions, and that kind of nonsense.
3. Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing?
In most groups, the ability of everyone to jsut get along and produce something. There's a chemistry in every group that survives more than a couple of episodes, and that's a pretty cool thing to experince
4. What are your aliases or nicknames you've used in fansubbing?
Only ever this one, Cpl_Crud. I have a few more on IRC (Furude_Rika, Houjou_reika and so on) but I'm always credited as Crud.
2. Mission
1. Why do you fansub in the first place?
I was drunk and I wanted to be involved with the Higurashi translation
2. Why do you continue fansubbing?
An insane desire to finish started projects and also the warm fuzzy feeling you get after a release.
3. When are you into fansubbing?
'bout 2003
4. When do you start fansubbing?
Er, 2005?
5. Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub
To provide high-quality and accurate subtitles without compromise.
3. Groups
1. List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s)
Group Leader, We're in Deinal
2. List the Group(s) you've worked with now
3. List the Group(s) you've worked with in the past
Eh, I've had a lot of cameos, but never really more than a couple of episodes. I guess m33w was one I did some stuff for, and I've been hanging around Nameless crew for some time.
4. Do you freelance?
Nope. Not enough hours in the day.
4. Projects
1. What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on?
I prefer working on the slightly more obscure series, the ones with good storylines.
2. Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them?
I've only ever done that a couple of times when I was helping out fledgling groups. I quickly dropped out of those and none of them exist anymore.
6. Jobs
1. What are your current fansubbing jobs
Head Editor, Higurashi Kai
2. Which fansubbing jobs can you do
Timing, editing, QC, basic typesetting.
3. What are your favorite fansubbing jobs
Editing. A lot of praise for little effort, but it does make a lot of difference.
4. Make a definition of the job you can do or your current fansubbing job briefly.
Taking the raw translation and turning it into something that captures the original story but is still enjoyable.
7. Other Plans
1. When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing?
I've considered it quite often, however whilst there's still Higurashi to sub, I think I'll be involved with that.
2. Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are?
I used to train a lot of people, but I jsut dont' have the time anymore. Many of the WinD staff started as novices with us, though.
3. Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better?
I tried once, but it's a lot of hard work, and I already write a hell of a lot, so probably no.
|2008-05-08, 09:28
|Link #17
1. Logic and punctuality...not much else to say. Used to be overloaded but got myself to 1 solid group now.
2. Drama of course, but without the drama perhaps this whole thing would be different. In terms of an actual "fansub" aspect, credits.
3. What I like? Just about all of it, I like learning about every job and it makes my days less boring.
4. Rina & Karin mostly, I'm a lurker.
1. Well...I kind of joined up upon a couple of friend's request, haven't regretted joining up yet. I continue subbing because the people I work with are simply phenomenal and I would like to keep working with them.
2. I continue subbing just because I want to I guess, somewhere down there I hope that there'd be a more united community...ah well.
3. Isn't this really similar to question 4? I started about 10 months ago yes I'm a n00bsauce and I phail hardsors, got into it right away.
4. See 3.
5. Mission of fansubs? I don't see it as a mission, I do it for fun and I think if you subbed to get ratings or for your "fans" then you're losing a lot of fun out of the whole experience.
1. Eclipse, typesetter and sometimes karaoke.
2 & 3. Nuke, Ureshii, Anime-Share, Static-Subs, quite a few more but don't think I really ever did anything there...
4. Yep freelancers ftw.
1. School/Horror/Comedy/Romance.
2. Yes I've worked on series where I didn't really like them, but I was bored and it beats reading textbooks.
1. Started one again for fun, knew the people and they were awesome, love working with them.
2. Collapsed since I took a vacation for university, bah.
1. Typesetter mostly, karaoke sometimes, editing and bits of everything else as well once in a blue moon.
2. All except encoding well.
3. Typesetting and logo design.
4. Applying English translations onto Japanese text in a manner that is most seamless or blends into the show if possible.
Other Plans:
1. Quit when I have no other alternative, otherwise continue as long as Eclipse lives.
2. Sure, offering help to new subbers is what we all should do. I was offered help and I would like to return the favor to the community.
3. Personally I don't think it's worth the effort to document everything if I'm willing to just help them anyway~
|2008-05-08, 11:18
|Link #18
Pioneer in Fansub 2.0
Join Date: Aug 2007
1a. Describe about yourself: Nah.
1b. Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing? Hardsubs, XviD/AVI releases, H.264 in AVI, people using VLC
1c. Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing? High-quality releases & trolling & fansub drama
2a. Why do you fansub in the first place? I'm on a holy mission to kill XviD, AVI and hardsubs in fansub releases.
2b. Why do you continue fansubbing? To complete my mission, obviously. And to enlighten (read: troll) idiots.
2e. Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub: To deliver.
3a. List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s): Underwater, encoder/group leader.
3d. Do you freelance? Yes.
4a. What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on? Anything is fine as long as I like the show.
4b. Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them? No.
5a. Do tell why do you start a group? To deliver.
5c. If the group is functioning very well, do tell about why it is successful and what did you do to make it successful: By only having people that get along with each others
6a. What are your current fansubbing jobs: Encoder
6b. Which fansubbing jobs can you do: Timing, Editing, QC, Styling... somewhat everything except for translation.
6c. What are your favorite fansubbing jobs: Encoding.
6d. Make a definition of the job you can do or your current fansubbing job briefly: Hunt RAWs, filter them properly, encode properly and use advanced Matroska black magic (also known as ordered chapters, segment linking and editions).
7a. When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing? After my mission is complete.
7b. Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are? I'd be glad to train any new encoders if I can prevent them from using AVI, XviD or hardsubs that way.
7c. Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better? No. Although I'm working on something regarding that advanced Matroska black magic mentioned earlier.
|2008-05-08, 16:49
|Link #19
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
A Personality
1. Describe about yourself
Bit of a nutty english bird who lives 'aving a laugh with her mates. :P
2. Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing?
3. Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing?
Personal answer?
Lucky to be hanging/working together with some kick ass talented people online and offline. *muchos kudos*
4. What are your aliases or nicknames you've used in fansubbing?
B Mission
1. Why do you fansub in the first place?
Keep my language skills up, give something back to the fansub community, learn new things, meet new peeps.
2. Why do you continue fansubbing?
To fufil my answer above as long as I can.
3. When are you into fansubbing?
if you mean watching fansubs, then Oct 2003.
4. When do you start fansubbing?
March 2007
5. Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub
(mainly) non japanese fans of anime, manga or dramas who get together to volunteer their free time to help produce decent releases for like minded fans to understand and enjoy.
C Groups
1. List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s)
SD Project
Jobs: Adding silver hairs to the male members of the group :P
2. List the Group(s) you've worked you're working with now
SD Project
(which would make this question the same as above, sorry but the tense mistakes got to me ><)
3. List the Group(s) you've worked with in the past
Nada, I'm not going anywhere for a while either :P
4. Do you freelance?
Nope, ask me in about 3 years time >.>
D Projects
1. What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on?
One's that end!! xD
Umm, shows that i enjoy (but not love else it'll ruin it for me) so shounen, fantasy, magic, action, horror, mystery etc.
2. Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them?
Somehow ended up on one, however the reason I'm still on it (against sanity, lol) is cause I see the potential of creating something amazing from it... if only for the want of a complete team ><;;;;
E Jobs
1. What are your current fansubbing jobs
Project Leader, Translator (in training), ass kicker, male stresser, party starter, mischievous minx.
2. Which fansubbing jobs can you do
Group correspondence, translate, basic editing, basic QC'ing and dealing with the lovely bitchy and rude leechers when everyone else has resorted to sniper guns.
3. What are your favorite fansubbing jobs
Releasing! xD
Well in a sense I guess so, cause it's everyone's efforts combined to give the public something good. ^^
4. Make a definition of the job you can do or your current fansubbing job briefly.
Keeping tabs on the status of a project, making sure team members keep in touch, engage in the art of mental masochism (aka translate), driving my group members around the bend, the usual :P
F Other Plans
1. When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing?
If fansubbing on the net becomes obsolete, but at most I may have 'extended breaks'; can't really stop learning a language.
2. Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are?
Ask me that in 3 years, lol.
Generally, I don't mind making newbies feel welcome and offering all kinds of help, as long as they're willing to work hard and improve in their field.
3. Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better?
Nope, I believe we have a fansubwiki for that already.
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|2008-05-08, 18:29
|Link #20
Panda Herder
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: A bombed out building in Beruit.
1. Personality
1. Describe about yourself: I kill people for klondike bars
2. Do tell what you disgusted the most in fansubbing? People who fail at basic things like cropping and using non-fail containers like mkv.
3. Do tell any attributes you like about fansubbing? HD H264 in mkv with chapters. Drama.
4. What are your aliases or nicknames you've used in fansubbing? dryfire, df
2. Mission
1. Why do you fansub in the first place? I thought I could fail less than the massive failures that seemed commonplace when I started. Not sure if I succeeded.
2. Why do you continue fansubbing? People still fail...
3. When are you into fansubbing? When I'm bored/feeling lazy.
4. When do you start fansubbing? I started 2 to 3 years ago? who knows.
5. Define fansub or state the mission of the fansub To make the anime industry realize they fail hard and to generally piss people who take life too seriously off.
3. Groups
1. List your current group(s) and your position/job in that group(s) gg, and a few others with zero presence.
2. List the Group(s) you've worked with now Call me a groupwhore.
3. List the Group(s) you've worked with in the past They're dead.
4. Do you freelance? Always.
4. Projects
1. What kind of series (genre) do you enjoy working on? I don't usually watch what I work on (at least not with sound). As long as the artwork doesn't hurt my eyes I'm ok.
2. Do you work on any series that you don't like? If so, why working on them? See above.
5. Founder: Only if you start at least one group Who has time for that?
6. Jobs
1. What are your current fansubbing jobs Trying not to fail at encoding.
2. Which fansubbing jobs can you do encoding only, one trick pony here.
7. Other Plans
1. When are you planning to retire/quit from fansubbing? When I wake up one day and realize this is a waste of time.
2. Are you planning to train other novice fansubbers so that they'll be just as good as you are? I've helped people fail less at encoding, does that count?
3. Are you going to document everything what you did so that other people can get to know how to fansub better? I don't even take notes in school, so no.
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The standard narrative about the American economy in the late twentieth century typically runs as follows: after four decades of quasi-statist capitalism (the 1940s through the 1970s) that brought the United States to the brink of economic ruin, the economy experienced an entrepreneurial explosion around 1980. The economy moved from the dull bureaucratic capitalism of the "Organization Man" to the exciting entrepreneurial capitalism of high-technology and, accordingly, more robust growth and productivity. Without questioning the importance of entrepreneurship to economic growth, I'm beginning to wonder about this.
For starters, let's take recent technological history. The information technology revolution that is associated with the 1980s and 1990s was born in the 1950s and 1960s, emerging out of government-funded research performed at universities and large company laboratories. We could probably mark the start of the IT revolution at the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor 1957 or, perhaps, the founding of Intel in 1968; Microsoft and Apple followed in the mid-1970s. Other companies typically associated with this entrepreneurial rebirth include FedEx and Southwest Airlines, which were also started in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Even within the confines of the conventional narrative outlined above, we can trace the roots of entrepreneurial capitalism to the final stages of bureaucratic capitalism, a pattern that aligns with other models of technological revolutions and transitions. In his wonderful book, The Age of Abundance, Brink Lindsey (who is now a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation), connects the counter-cultural ethos of the 1960s with the subsequent entrepreneurial revolution in business.
The typical narrative of entrepreneurial capitalism is also usually supported by reference to either changing rates of overall entrepreneurship or the high number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the explosion of alternative forms of financing, from junk bonds to venture capital. And, indeed, according to at least one strand of Census Bureau data, the absolute number of new incorporations did increase dramatically from the 1960s to the 1970s and again to the 1980s and 1990s. New company listings, moreover, rose from an average of 156 per year from 1973 to 1979, to 549 per year from 1980 to 2001. From 1980 to 2001, in fact, newly listed firms comprised 10 percent of all listed firms in any given year. Venture capital, too, increased by several factors from the end of the 1970s and despite reverting from its astronomical heights in the late 1990s, VC remains at historically elevated levels.
Over the last several months, however, I happened to come across several pieces of evidence--some new, some older--that would appear to contradict the typical narrative. (I am not claiming any particular insight here, nor do I intend to mean that the U.S. economy was somehow "better" in the 1960 and 1970s than today. I heartily endorse Brink's arguments in "Nostalgianomics" on this point.)
Let's start with the most basic empirical information: the number and rate of new business formation. When the Census data cited above are expressed in per capita terms, the apparent doubling of firm formation disappears: the population doubled, bringing new business creation along with it without a corresponding increase in the rate. Indeed, we have published two papers on the puzzle of relatively steady levels of entrepreneurship in the United States, both across the past thirty years (the purported period of extreme entrepreneurship) and, potentially, across the entire twentieth century. In fact, firm formation fell from the 1980s to the 1990s and then flattened, neither falling nor rising. Per capita rates of new business formation today are actually quite similar--and certainly no higher--to those in the 1940s and 1950s, the ostensible high tide of bureaucratic capitalism.
What about IPOs? Using historical data from Gompers and Lerner and more recent data from Fama and French, here are the average annual IPOs for various time periods back to 1935 (the groupings are dependent on the authors' work, not my own manipulations):
1935-1949: 11
1950-1959: 45
1960-1972: 233
1973-1979: 37
1980-1989: 328
1990-2001: 413
The averages obviously mask variability, but it is generally true that after 1980 the United States saw sustained levels of historically high numbers of IPOs. But it is certainly not true that the era of bureaucratic capitalism was without entrepreneurial excitement. From 1959 to 1962, the average number of IPOs per year was 224. From 1968 to 1972 it was 388, a number much closer to the supposedly go-go 1990s than even the 1980s.
At the same time, the IPO explosion after 1980 brought its own issues. Fama and French found that the "decline in the cost of equity capital for new lists" meant that weaker firms could now go public. In particular, in the 1980s and 1990s the distribution of revenue growth across newly-listed firms skews to the right, meaning higher growth. Meanwhile, the distribution of profitability skewed left, meaning lower rates of profitability. Survival rates of newly listed firms also fell over this time period. As they stated: "Basically, the evidence says that weaker firms and firms whose expected payoffs are further in the future become viable candidates for public equity financing." This echoes other research finding, since the late 1970s, a dramatic rise in growth rate volatility among publicly-traded companies but a fall in the volatility of privately-held firms--nearly to the point of convergence, in fact. It is true as well that volatility among our largest companies, the Fortune 500, has risen and not quite one-fifth of today's Fortune 500 companies have been founded since 1980. But this is more an indication of turnover among existing companies, including mergers and acquisitions, rather than new firm entry. And even if more companies fall off the list, it doesn't mean they fail; it just as likely reflects the relative rise of other companies.
(Some of this also calls into question the role of high-growth firms. As the above comments indicate, rapid revenue growth does not necessarily mean profitability. This corroborates other work that examines the Inc. lists of fast-growing companies. I am a huge fan of the Inc. data and I think much more can be done with it, but we shouldn't imagine that high growth in revenues tells us anything about economic impact or long-term success. Presumably it should, but it apparently does not. I have written elsewhere that high-growth firms are neither as interesting nor important as they are typically thought to be. If the underlying dynamics of firm formation and competition are reasonably healthy, we should expect to see high-growth firms as epiphenomena of those, not necessarily drivers in themselves.)
In any case, what does any of this mean? Let's review. During the period of entrepreneurial capitalism, we have seen no increase (yet no significant decrease either) in levels of firm formation, but a larger number of IPOs and greater volatility among publicly-traded firms, indicated particularly by dispersed growth rates and profitability. This dimension in the public markets is, in part, an effect of greater availability of financing. Is what we call entrepreneurial capitalism really just a reflection of public-market volatility, itself a reflection of the rising role of finance in the American economy over the past thirty years?
I should point out, again, that none of this is meant to imply that the last thirty years were somehow worse than the middle part of the twentieth century. Nor is it meant to exclude the dramatic changes in technology over the past three decades. Indeed, high-tech companies likely account for much of the public-market volatility. At the broader level of aggregate firm formation, sectors such as food service, administrative services, health care, and professional services (in particular lawyers) tend to predominate, particularly among high-growth firms. My points here are not a value judgment on the types of companies that are formed. But it appears that there is still quite a bit about entrepreneurship--its trends, its composition, its impact--that we do not understand. And, should we be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom--whether because of technology, changing economic factors, demographic factors, whatever--it remains to be seen whether, in the context of existing structural factors, this will shift us to a different neutral state. And, again, we have not even touched the impact of new companies yet; a much more extensive treatment than I have given here will also layer on technological change. So much goes on beneath the surface of aggregate entrepreneurship levels, of IPO activity, of growth and profitability, that it is difficult to make blanket claims about capitalist typology.
I could, of course, be wrong.
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EL PASO, Texas – Farmers who sold cotton into the export market from the 2000 through 2003 crops may be eligible for an export tax credit.
"The credit was initially written for companies," says Jack Langenegger, vice president for member relations for the Southwest Irrigated Cotton Growers (SWIG), a cooperative operating out of El Paso and serving more than 50,000 acres of cotton in West Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
"But recently accountants in California read the law and determined that cotton farmers (as well as other crop producers) qualify for the credit. Our initial interpretation was that only a small percentage of the dividends would qualify, and we did not worry about it because it's an ornery process to calculate for the tax credits."
Langenegger says pool cotton is considered an extension of its individual farmers and as such qualifies for the credit. Cotton sold to a merchant and then exported may not be eligible for a tax credit to the farmer, however.
He said the credit could be significant for some farmers, but warns that the process of determining eligibility may be difficult.
"We come up with a percentage of the pool cotton that went to export," says Joannie Smith, who classifies herself as a number cruncher with SWIG.
Individual farmers take that percentage and figure out their eligible expenses.
"That's where it gets tricky," says Langenegger. "Most of the farmers in this area grow crops other than cotton, so they have to separate the cotton expenses from everything else and then take the export percentage.
"It's not all that hard to come up with the percentage of cotton exported out of the pool, but individual farm calculations may be more difficult."
Smith says farmers who do not sell through a pool may have more difficulty substantiating export sales. "They will need a good accountant and very thorough records," she says.
Currently, cotton from the 2000, 2001, and 2002 crops qualifies. After April 15 the 2000 crop will not be eligible.
"Farmers can't file an amended return three years after the initial due date,' Langenegger says.
He says the credit may mean more to farmers in the West than to the East. "The further east you go, the less cotton ends up in the export market," he says. "Virtually 100 percent of California and Arizona cotton goes to export. In El Paso, we're in sort of a middle ground. We export a lot but we sell a lot to manufacturers as well."
Langenegger says the interpretation of the law remains in question. "But, for now, we're working as if its legal, and we don't expect Congress to rescind it."
European traders who have threatened a tax in imports are challenging the credit. "Some countries claim the tax credit is a trade distorting practice," Langenegger said.


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Playlogic files for bankruptcy
Dutch publisher and developer Playlogic has finally filed for bankruptcy after a torrid year that has seen it slip deeper and deeper into trouble. The firm admitted as long ago as August 2009 that its long-term prospects were looking shaky, stating that its "circumstances raise uncertainties about the company's ability to continue as a going concern".
Gamasutra reports that the company "has voluntarily requested a delay of payments" in a move that is the Dutch equivalent of Chapter 11. The move applies both to Playlogic's publishing and development operations.
Recent filings from the company attribute the struggles to a number of factors including, loan defaults, poor cash flow and overdue payments – though Playlogic also confirms that it is behind on some of its payments.
"Due to the company's cash flow situation, we are behind on payments to some of our vendors," it admits. "Some of these vendors have gone legal to collect their outstanding receivables."
Playlogic also claims that it is owed money by Koch Media, whom it entered into an agreement with in June of last year.
This story originally appeared in our sister site MCV.


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by Mike Masnick
Thu, Mar 6th 2008 1:44pm
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cheating, collaboration, college, facebook, online, ryerson university, study groups
Vincent Clement writes in to let us know that that a student at Ryerson University in Toronto is facing expulsion for setting up an online study group for his chemistry class using Facebook. The school is saying it wasn't so much a study group as it was a place for 146 students to cheat and share answers (though, it's only blaming the student who ran the group). Students at the university are reasonably up in arms over the matter, as they don't see how it's any different than a traditional study group. Of course, the whole thing seems a little bit silly. As we discussed almost exactly a year ago, people working together to collaborate is an important skill in the real world, and what some people consider "cheating" these days seems a lot like the type of collaboration that kids are quite used to doing online, and which should serve them well later in life.
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Hellsvilla, 6 Mar 2008 @ 1:59pm
Finding the people who have the answersThe skill of finding the people that have the answer is THE most important skill you can have in the workplace.
It's not a matter of how much you know, its a matter of how fast you can solve a problem. How to best utilize resources to go from "we have a problem" to "problem solved" is EXACTLY what our young people need to learn.
Sometimes that's going to mean they can just look up answers on teh intarwebbs. THAT IS OK. 'cause that doesnt stop when they leave school and enter the holey workforce.
Le Blue Dude, 6 Mar 2008 @ 2:17pm
Re: Finding the people who have the answersExcept that the internet is not, and will not always be there: There are always those of us who have to learn how to solve the problems ourselves, the old way. And you have to know how to perform the process of problem solving to innovate: That is to say you can grab snippits of code from the net, but you have to know how to program to make a good program. You can find the answers to chemistry questions on the net, but to make new polymers you have to understand the process.
inc, 6 Mar 2008 @ 2:36pm
Re: Re: Finding the people who have the answersTrue but this was a study group. The whole purpose is to learn how to interact with people working on a common goal. These meetings in the real world even in technical fields with knowing how to communicate the important facts and not filibuster the issue.
Le Blue Dude, 6 Mar 2008 @ 3:37pm
Re: Re: Re: Finding the people who have the answerPoint in that it was a study group. Just saying that the students might have been more wise in sharing the process then the answers....
sopuremusic, 6 Mar 2008 @ 5:29pm
Re: Finding the people who have the answerI think that groupthink is a good thing, but independent thinking is a skill that needs to be cultivated.
Both systems of study is needed, because there may be a day that you need to be resourceful of your own accord.
The study group sometimes consists of "a smart guy" and the rest are the "followers", just getting the answers.
Le Blue Dude, 6 Mar 2008 @ 2:19pm
Re: Finding the people who have the answersAlso, we're the ones who put the solutions up in the first place. Forgot to mention that. I'm not saying data collection skills are a bad thing, I'm just saying that you can't have EVERYONE using them. If everyone's a 'specialist' in data collection, then we would never get new data for them to use.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Mar 2008 @ 2:48pm
Re: Finding the people who have the answersIt's actually not about solving a problem, its about understanding the science behind the problem. That's why most science, math, and engineering programs give partial credit. There are plenty of computer programs to work the problems for you, but you have to understand the basics to know if the answers make sense.
Kevin, 7 Mar 2008 @ 3:37am
Re: Finding the people who have the answersThe skill of finding the people that have the answer is THE most important skill you can have in the workplace.
While I agree that this can be a valuable skill in the workplace, I do not believe that it is the most important skill. I think that being able to think for yourself to come up with answers and solve problems is far more important than being able to find the person who can. In the business world, companies would prefer to have a large number of people who can think for themselves to get things done rather than a small number of people who can think for themselves to get things done that end up supporting people who come looking for answers. It's about having a more effective workforce. Not that you'll always have the answers, of course, but the less time you spend looking for answers the more productive you can be. Not to mention the fact that the "answer-givers" tend to be worth more than "answer-seekers". So why would you want to paint yourself as the latter?
VX, 15 Oct 2009 @ 11:59am
Re: Re: Finding the people who have the answersI am an answer giver, and all of you "find the resource" people can be quite annoying. My group has about 9 people in it, two of us create the answers and the other 7 basically have a series of steps they follow until they are directed to one of us. I don't have any special knowledge about their problem or system, but neither does anyone else, so I figure it out and explain it to them.
You can have 1000s internets but sometimes a solution requires a novel idea, not just some regurgitation of a previous solution (which was also novel at some point). It seems people just don't realize that the information on the web is put there by someone who had to figure it out, if you teach everyone to search and noone to problem solve (not the same thing) you will end up with all questions and no answers.
That said, this whole story is ridiculous. If you are worried about collaboration on homework then don't count it in the grade. If you give students work to do outside of class they will leverage all resources possible to finish it quickly and correctly (especially if it's assigned on Friday night).
Sean, 6 Mar 2008 @ 3:11pmAre they using facebook during the test if so yes its cheating. If not NO its not cheating. Teachers do not give you a copy of the test to take with you until they have all been graded so its not like they can post the questions and answers. I have had several teachers tell the class if they know someone that took the class and can get an old test to do so to study from.
An online study group is a wonderful idea especially for people like me who are full time in school and at work. Getting up going to school then work leaving at 7 then eating homework will not start till almost 8 there is no time for a physical study group.
I like this idea a lot and might start one for my classes so if you see another report like this involving Northern Kentucky University it was most likely me.
ssm1, 22 Oct 2009 @ 4:19pm
Re:If you do decide to start that study group you might want to consider a tool called digress.it. If any of your textbooks are available online then you would be able to comment on the text paragraph by paragraph. I think that would be a good study tool.
Tim Cornia, 6 Mar 2008 @ 3:55pm
independent home work"While Neale admits the professor stipulated the online homework questions were to be done independently..."
"Each student in the course received slightly different questions to prevent cheating"
It seems the teacher intended for these assignments to not be an exercise in groupthink.
Buzz, 6 Mar 2008 @ 11:43pm
Re: independent home workI saw that too. However, if students were ever allowed to collaborate on those assignments in ANY form, Facebook would be no exception. The student did not have others do all the work for him. According to his test scores, he apparently demonstrated competency in that field of study.
jobo, 7 Mar 2008 @ 2:31am
Disclosure policyIn many (most?) universities, students are required to state the sources of information they used when solving a homework. I haven't seen exactly how that is then used when setting the grade, but it does seem like a more sensible model. More importantly, while it is IMO OK to discuss your homework with others, solution sharing and 'incitement' to it is a no-no in my view.
Techie Guy, 7 Mar 2008 @ 3:25am
Internet wont always be there.....Le Blue Dude: What bassackwards part of the world do you live in? The web is here to stay. Its integral to society now. You old people suck. Not only have you all driven the world to the brink of destruction, you also make stupid comments.
Sucky Old Person, 29 Oct 2010 @ 3:53pm
Re: Internet wont always be there.....I'm one of those "old people that suck" who has "driven the world to the brink of destruction" (Guy, T., 2008, Post 12). We created the Internet. I run an online study group website. Thanks for giving credit where it's due.
Ferin, 7 Mar 2008 @ 5:09am
How odd.At OSU the school created class websites with discussion boards and chat features specifically TO encourage us to work in groups like that. That was like, the holy grail for teachers and TAs, not to have us bugging them all the time. What a bizzare mindset.
John Coleman, 7 Mar 2008 @ 11:29am
It's stupid and a waste of everyone's time.Students have been collaborating, talking about and sharing notes, answers, and all other academic materials since learning was started. Whether they do it in the library, at the apartment or on the web is just semantics. The only way the teacher could have prevented this was to have them do the work in the classroom and turn it in before they leave. (Sounds an awful lot like a, hmmm, test.) It's another example of the people in an establishment losing their common sense and trying to enforce something that is unenforceable.
Alexander McDonald, 21 Jan 2010 @ 5:14pm
This is Relatively Hard to BelieveIt seems like a bit of overreaction is taking place here.
The University, and their professors, have every right to dictate conditions for their homework assignments. Unfortunately, dictating students may not work collaboratively is a practice that does not support learning. The purpose of practice (aka homework) is to learn. If a summative assessment is required, a test in class is a more appropriate way to proceed.
I doubt the university has been working to stop the on ground study groups that likely exist. It might be time for them to rethink their instructional practices instead of making a hasty over reaction.
As I read about this situation, I found myself wondering what the real issue is here. A warning and new instructional practices might be more in order. Just think, encouraging students to work collaboratively on the practice assignments might allow professors to assign more challenging tasks!
Which practice best supports overall student learning?
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Alpha Natural Resources to open two international offices
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Alpha Natural Resources plans to open offices in Sydney and New Delhi in response to the increase in demand for metallurgical and thermal coal.
"With the seaborne markets for both metallurgical and thermal coal in a growth mode, these two offices will help Alpha meet anticipated increased global demand in the long term," CEO Kevin S. Crutchfield said in a statement. "
The sales and development offices will focus on increasing Alpha's coal sales to high-growth markets and develop trading opportunities and relationships in the Asian markets. The offices are expected to open by mid-2011.
In January, Alpha announced plans to acquire Massey Energy Co. If the sale is approved, the company will be the largest U.S. supplier of metallurgical coal, which is used in the steel industry.
Brian D. Sullivan, former senior vice president and general counsel for United Company in Bristol, will lead the Australian office. Suresh Iyer, vice president of risk management for Alpha, will lead the Indian office.


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TI Calypso D751992AZHH
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(Calypso runs Nucleos RTOS)
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=== TI TWL3025BZGMR analog baseband ===
=== TI TWL3025BZGMR analog baseband ===
*Product Homepage: [http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12295&contentId=4703 TWL3014]

*Product Homepage: [http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12295&contentId=4703 TWL3014]

=== TI TRF6151 (GSM/PCS) RF Transceiver ===
=== TI TRF6151 (GSM/PCS) RF Transceiver ===
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CALYPSO ASIC digital baseband
- Feature: GSM/GPRS modem
- PM Driver: https://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/src/target/kernel/patches/gta01-power_control.patch
Unfortunately we cannot provide many details on the GSM chipset due to very tight NDAs. However, this is not neccessarily required, since it interfaces using a standard UART serial line with the Samsung S3C2442B B54 or Samsung S3C2410. On that interface, GSM 07.05, GSM 07.10 and other standardized protocols are used. GTA01_gsm_modem provides a list of AT commands which are understood by the GSM modem.
The NDAd documentation for the calypso, register definition and hardware definition was leaked onto a public forum on the 4th of March by persons or persons unknown. The legality of reading these files may vary according to your local laws, as may generating code from them.
The GSM chip runs the proprietary Nucleos operating system on some ARM chip.
TI TWL3025BZGMR analog baseband
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Neo FreeRunner
- Main article: Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware
- Connected to: Samsung S3C2442B B54 UART1 (full-uart, RxD, TxD, CTS, RTS),
- Connected to (userspace): /dev/ttySAC0
- Accessible GSM/GPRS antenna jack (if battery cover is removed) - MURATA MM8430-2610RB3 SMD RF TEST PORT. FOr compatible adapter see Murata part no. MXHS83QE3000
- Calypso D751992AZHH
- The firmware within GTA02 should be moko6 or later (internal code name)
Neo 1973
- Main article: Neo_1973_hardware
- Connected to: Samsung S3C2410 UART1 (full-uart, RxD, TxD, CTS, RTS),
- Connected to (userspace): /dev/ttySAC0
- Accessible GSM/GPRS antenna jack (if battery cover is removed)


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Teen Challenge New England Helps Prep
As New Hampshire Motor Speedway readies for 100,000 rabid race enthusiasts to invade its campus, track officials are expressing their gratitude to a select group of teens for making that feat possible. Thanks to over 1,700 service hours from members of Teen Challenge New England, a non-profit rehabilitation program, "The Magic Mile" is prepped, polished and prepared to welcome NASCAR fans to the largest sporting event in the region.
Teen Challenge New England-Augusta Men's Campus (Maine) has been on site at NHMS since May 7. Over the last two months, members of the TCNE have provided support to the maintenance, events, security and restaurant teams.
"They've been a godsend," said John Zudell, vice president of development & operations at NHMS. "They're tremendous workers and first-class kids across the board."
Their work has included painting, weedwacking, mulching and cleaning the suites in the Concord, Main and Laconia grandstands.
"We wouldn't be ready for this weekend if it weren't for them," said Steve Fay, the speedway's director of maintenance. "They're respectful, hard-working and are a big reason we're as prepared as we are for this week."
Teen Challenge is structured to allow flexibility in meeting the needs of those whose lives have been shattered by addictions. Its mission is to provide youths, adults and families with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to drug, alcohol, and other life-controlling problems in order to become productive members of society. As compensation for their time, Teen Challenge New England receives a donation from the speedway, which in turn is used to support the program.
The work program, like the one at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, provides teens with an opportunity to not only build character but resumes, too. Having a particular skill (like landscaping or security detail) makes the transition out of the program and into a career a seamless one.
"Our affiliation with New Hampshire Motor Speedway is outstanding," said Aaron Spooner, associate director for Team Challenge Augusta. "Steve (Fay) does a great job building them up and inspiring them – and you can see the results in their work ethic and pride they have in everything they do.
"Our motto is 'So every addict knows there is hope' and the speedway certainly provides that hope for these individuals."
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". . . in the newspaper, reporting . . ." - unnecessary comma
Then how come, we are still alive and not in jail? - is this dialog? if it is, it should be in quotes too
So that is the solution?, I asked him - probably needs quotes around the first phrase
"But I dont want to leave my" - delete the 'But'
"I want to stay here and start changes when the time comes." - start changes is kind of . . . not the best
"I want to stay here and help reverse our countrys future!" - you can't reverse the future, that doesn't make any sense
i might combine the two sentences and say "I want to stay here and fight for my country's future."
"We cant even offer you a more decent education." - 'more decent' just doesn't work, either 'a decent education' or 'a better education'
". . . the latter seems brighter?" - either get rid of the question mark or put a question in your sentence
". . . precious minutes deciding over these . . . " - 'thinking about this'
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The Old Gaol and Museum
Now fully restored, the Gaol is a complex of men's cell blocks and some warders' quarters, built in 1852 for Imperial convicts shipped to WA as artisans and skilled labourers.
Women's cells, the Great Hall and more warders' quarters were constructed of brick between 1872 and 1875. At this time the complex was also used as a colonial prison.
The Gaol was last used as a police lockup in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Extensive restoration from 1989 to 1996 returned the Gaol's condition to its original state. Cells, warders' quarters and the Great Hall contain displays pertinent to the times and usage of these stark quarters.
From Convict Hiring Depot
In Western Australia, unlike New South Wales and Tasmania, the convict system was based on the idea of rehabilitation. Convicts were transported from England over an 18 year period, between 1850 and 1868, and the Old Gaol began as a Convict Hiring Depot.
Most of the convicts had their ticket-of-leave and were hired to work by free settlers. They also manned the pilot boat and engaged in rebuilding York Street and Stirling Terrace, as well as transforming the track from Albany to Perth into a good road.
... to Civil Gaol
In 1873 the Convict Gaol was extended to perform as a public gaol and other buildings were converted to become the home of Albany's resident magistrates.
In the 1870s, Aboriginal prisoners were moved to the Albany Convict Gaol, due to many escapes from the town gaol in Lawley Park. These prisoners were held in a specially designed timber-lined cell and their carvings, which you can see today, are believed to be Australia's oldest Aboriginal cell art.
In the late 1890s a lock up was built into the court house complex and the civil gaol came under the control of the Police Department in 1922, closing in 1940.
For the next 20 years the buildings were used for storage by the then Public Works Department until, in the early 1960s, the newly formed Albany Historical Society decided the Old Gaol would be an ideal place for their headquarters and, after much voluntary effort, a public museum.
There has only been one hanging at the Old Gaol - that of William McDonald, alias Peter McKean, who was executed for murder in 1872.
Albany Old Convict Gaol and Museum
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Every so often, somebody writes that Silicon Valley is dead. No, they're not just over-the-top headlines searching for eyeballs. You'd be amazed at how many people really believe it when they come up with this stuff.
The one thing all those stories have in common is a single thread of evidence that something important is going bye-bye.
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Whether it's the start-up culture, the risk-taking, the venture capital, the IPOs, or even a market segment like hardware, something's always going away. More than one person called Facebook's disastrous IPO the end of Silicon Valley. That may have actually been the most plausible concept yet.
Whatever the reason, someone is always predicting gloom and doom for the Santa Clara Valley's high-tech mecca. The thing is, it's all a bunch of nonsense, so I've decided to put an end to all the silly speculation once and for all.
Not only is Silicon Valley's innovation intact, its venture funding fruitful, and its risk-taking culture as crazy as ever, it's still the world's leading engine for high-tech startups. And it hasn't lost one iota of its mojo. Not a single one. And here's the proof:
Four of the top 10 most powerful global brands -- Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), and Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) -- and six of the top 10 global technology brands -- the same four plus Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and HP(NYSE:HPQ) -- are Silicon Valley companies.
In terms of market capitalization, five of the top 10 global technology companies traded on U.S. exchanges are Apple, Google, Oracle, Cisco and Intel. That amounts to over $1.1 trillion in market cap, all headquartered within a 10-mile radius circle.
In 2012, 37% of all the venture capital in the United States came from Silicon Valley, compared with just 28% in 2000, the heyday of the Internet boom.
As for the top technology venture capital firms in 2012, 7 of the top ten, both in terms of number of exits (IPOs and acquisitions) and number of deals done, were from Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley's share of all U.S. patent registrations has grown from 3.6% in 1990 to 9.1% in 2001 to a record 12.5% in 2011.
Although the number of IPOs is well off its peak during the Internet bubble, Silicon Valley accounted for 13% of all U.S. Initial Public Offerings in 2012, including those by international registrants.
Anecdotally speaking, Silicon Valley is certainly an innovative center for some of the hottest and fastest growing technology industries like mobile computing, cloud computing, big data, biotech, software, and of course, social media. After all, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are all based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Besides the critical mass of high-tech companies, the reason why Silicon Valley continues to be the focal point for technology innovation and startup activity is a unique combination of several factors:
The close proximity of universities like Stanford and UC Berkeley; the highest concentration of high-tech workers of any metropolitan area; the number of storied research facilities like Xerox PARC and SRI International; plenty of stellar law firms; and of course, the street that's become synonymous with venture capital, Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park.
For those reasons among many others, the reports of Silicon Valley's death have been, and probably always will be, greatly exaggerated.


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- A Personal Statement (typed) of no more than 800 words outlining your academic interests, sporting and/or cultural interests and your reasons for wanting to study at NUI Galway. You may also include aspects of your academic career that are not necessarily reflected in your application.
- Two Letters of Recommendation (in a sealed envelope), ideally from a teacher and/guidance counsellor or someone who knows you personally.
- IELTS or TOEFL certificate, in the case of applicants whose first language is not English.
How to submit your application
Please submit your complete application by mail to:
Undergraduate Admissions
International Affairs Office
National University of Ireland, Galway
7 Distillery Road
When to apply
Applications for entry September can be submitted from 1 November of the previous year. Decisions on applications are made on a rolling basis throughout the year, so you should apply as early as possible. Applicants can expect a decision usually within 4-6 weeks of submitting a complete application.
Closing Date
Our deadline for receipt of NON EU Undergraduate Applications is Friday 28th June 2019.
Application Fee
There is no application fee for Non-EU Undergraduate Applications.
Non-EU Tuition Fees for Undergraduate Students 2018/2019
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