Category Archives: morons

Del Rey Books suck at this internet thing

Recently, I read some manga (whoa, yeah, really). More specifically, I read Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture volume two, which came out in English about a month ago. It’s really fucking good (you should read it) and the only manga I’m actually following these days, but it’s impossible to explain why it’s good. In sort, it’s [...]

Just Say No to DTS

So you’re doing a Bluray rip, you open the m2ts, and you see over 9000 audio tracks sitting there. You probably go “…” and then you… No. Stop. Did you just pick something with DTS in the name? Danger, Will Robinson! Stop right there!
DTS FLASHFACTS:

It is a lossy codec
It uses constant bitrate at 1509.75 kbit/s [...]

Fuck the GPL

So I was clicking around on random issues in the ffmpeg bug tracker, and I come across this little gem.
argon, if you want I can simply forward this to our lawyers and they’ll suck the
life out of you (and all your money with it). Keep your cool, please.
You know what, GPL faggots? Fuck you forever. [...]

The Funimation hilarity continues

Anime makes you stupid. Watching anime makes you stupid, fansubbing anime too, but apparently professionally working with anime makes you the most stupid. Funimation is the proof of this theory. A brief timeline of history (see earlier posts on this here blawg and koda’s excellent summary for details about earlier events):

Yesterday: Funimation announces (well, mentions [...]

Unpublished ANN interview with a fansubber (me), Funimation and Aniplex

About two months ago I was contacted by a certain party who wanted a fansubber who was doing FMA Brotherhood to answer a few questions for an ANN interview. I agreed and contacted the ANN editor in chief, who two weeks later came back to me with a few questions, which I answered. I was [...]