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On Steve Job's Open Letter on Adobe Flash

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Read Here: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

Although I don’t worship Apple or think that Steve Jobs is always right with the closed system on the iPhone that I need to Jailbreak just so I can load whatever apps I want, he does bring up a good point about Flash. Flash is becoming redundant in the web. Why? There are better solutions out there. People used to use Flash just to get drop down menus, but now that can be achieved with Javascript and CSS, there is no need to use Flash. H264 video plays better on HTML5 than Flash on Mac OS X considering how much Adobe neglected the Flash Player for so long. This have been the same case with Flash on Linux, working like a pile of shit while the Windows version work like it should. Not everyone wants to use Windows as their OS of choice and people want a alternative. Shoving all the improvements over for the Windows version of Flash is alienating other users to have a properly functioning Flash player. Because of the instability and performance problem, I had to install Click2Flash to prevent Flash from loading. It also allowed me to play youtube videos without needing to use Flash.

I can’t say that Apple’s App Store is a closed system, but despite Flash can be used on any platform, it is still a closed system. You can’t use other programs to make Flash movies, only the program Adobe provides developers and once developers use it, they lock the developers in, with no other alternative to use if they decide they want to use something else. HTML5, Javascript, CSS, Webkit is open… Flash isn’t despite what Adobe says. If they open sourced Flash, then it would be a different story, but that isn’t the case.

Flash is the past… not the future. Now more and more websites are switching to HTML5 for video or building native apps to play these videos without Flash. Flash is pointless on a touch screen phone because Flash is designed for a mouse and keyboard. Also, it will cause further instability because of Adobe’s track record and suck up all the battery life because of those Flash ads.

Adobe needs to give up on exerting the power for Flash. Flash is antiqued technology that needs to go. The web will be better off without Flash…

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On Open the Minorigate Perhaps minori ma…

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On Open the Minorigate

Perhaps minori may not be right when they come to exporting games and such, but in the end of the day, it is politics that drive outrageous bills that limit creativity and content just because some small group gets offended over one game and then the whole incident gets overblown. This is why we have outrageous laws that are being made in Japan because of international pressure. Other countries should stop getting into Japan’s business. It’s not your culture to stomp on. Let’s say if groups were offended over the violent games that are being made in the US and the situation is overblown that senators try to make a law to ban violent video games because of just one incident. Do you like that? Instead of complaining about why Anime is Dying, we should complain why Eroge is dying! it’s those groups that want to ban these eroge games so much that they don’t even care what other people think or even the creators. Politicians and these groups should be ashamed of themselves for letting it go so far…

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Just an update

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Commenting should work again. Something went terribly wrong when I added categories to the p2 frontend, preventing users who are not logged in to comment. Now it should be fixed and you may start commenting again.

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On Minorigate…

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On Minorigate, or, How to Piss Off Otaku Without Really Trying

Author did bring up a very good point. Minori has been overreacting way too much that they shaft everyone else who are fans of those games made by them who are outside of Japan. I blame those radical feminist groups like Feminism Now, media organizations like CNN who overblown this situation when it doesn’t need to and those left wing highly religious groups that thinks Pornography is bad. What will this lead to… censorship of content that I do not wish to see. .. I mean, violent games get passed the radar, why shouldn’t eroge if they are harmless and don’t do anything cruel or promoting cruel acts? I think we will never know…

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Anime is dead? BULLSHIT!

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As always, lets shove the blame as Fansubs always… and this article from Eric P. Sherman, President & CEO, Bang Zoom! Entertainment just proves that. This is what he said:

Unless YOU change. Right now. Stop stealing. If you have committed theft, robbery, shop-lifting, or just “downloading some stuff through torrent reactor,” then just stop doing it — now. You probably wouldn’t go into a supermarket and put a package of swiss cheese under your shirt and walk out without paying. Nor would you walk into Best Buy and try to walk out with Guitar Hero, bypassing the cash register. Why? Is it because you might get caught? Or are there other issues, such as standards of morality, that dictate how you live your life.

Excuse me? I buy my anime on series I like and also licensed series I want to see (and this is evident proof of it). Oh lets accuse the fansubbers who fansub all the anime that fans watch and if they like it, they go out and support the series by buying it. I think Eric’s got the mindset put in the gutter and blaming it on fansubs.

The issue is that Crunchyroll in my opinion is not a viable option as it is region locked, you can’t view the show offline and the subs are poor quality. Not only that, singles are going way out of style because they are unaffordable and people are waiting for the full boxset that would be affordable. Don’t blame it on stealing because technically downloading a fansub does not equate to any generated revenue as it was never made. Also, just recently, the US Government revealed that the estimated costs on piracy were fake, so it just proved another point I made earlier. Eric, you need to stop blaming piracy and start doing something to make Anime more available without resorting to streams that take away freedom such as selling DRM-free Anime Titles at DVD quality online for half the price of the DVD or something. How about improving the quality of the subs?

Also, do you know it is a recession going on as well? Well, lets blame it on fansubs because people can’t afford Anime because they recently lost their job or something. This is stupid…

Until you come up with a viable solution to the problem than just blaming it on fansubs, I will just ignore you and pretend that you are making a fool of yourself.

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Oh, the Hypocrisy…

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This bothered me this morning:

NOBODY READS MELATIVE OR TUMBLR!!! There is no need in this world for this micro-blogging nonsense

Ignorance. So if Melative and Tumblr is Microblogging, what is Twitter? Microblogging, but crippled? So by saying that Melative and Twitter is microblogging nonsense, Twitter is also nosense as well? Oh the hypocrisy… People should read the entry on Wikipedia, Twitter is obviously microblogging… So before saying something completely stupid and making a fool of yourself, research first.

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Twitter sucks for Anime Microblogging

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I noticed that some people actually microblog about Anime on Twitter… but it’s horrible… Why? 140 character limit and not being able to insert the whole Anime Title, episode and thoughts in one update? There is a better way to microblog Anime per episode. Use Melative. What is it? Melative is:

Melative is a web-application/service which focuses on media (and media contexts). It provides an interface for users to catalog their experiences, interact with titles, and find other users with similar interests. For developers, the API allows a simplistic, RESTful interface to meta-information resources on media-titles, creators, and more. There are many (possibly too many) features and interaction possibilities built into the API, and we are striving to provide interesting new ways in which users may express themselves when it comes to the media they enjoy.

An easy way to get into Anime Microblogging is using MelScrobble/MelscobbleX if you want to Microblog without typing the title and segment of your currently playing Anime or Melative Library if you want to manually manage your library yourself. Both of these applications are easy to set up and use… Just register for a Melative Account, follow some users and start microblogging. It is better solution to liveblog Anime than using Twitter for that, which is just lame.

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Noto Mamiko and Violins

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WATCH OUT!!!

This is probably one of the best Noto Mamiko roles besides the one from sola as Matsuri (No, Nogizaka Haruka doesn’t count since the second season is a disaster). Liked the voice from Kotomi… that same soft and very familiar sound after you watch several animes with Noto Mamiko in it. I had played Kotomi’s arc in the CLANNAD visual novel last year and replaying it again, but never got the chance to get any further. Probably after once finals are over is when I will resume.

Like I said, her violin playing isn’t good and Kotomi pretty moe as well while playing it. :p

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