tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post2530841213122311415..comments2023-11-05T23:09:37.474+11:00Comments on Amano Centric Scans: ARIA Vol.9 Navigation 45 - Moon ViewingMezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-82368560905520225332009-07-28T23:37:47.884+10:002009-07-28T23:37:47.884+10:00Or, as the MSTies put it; "if you're wond...Or, as the MSTies put it; "if you're wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts; just repeat to yourself 'it's just a show, I should really just relax'..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-48475692928683985542009-07-28T20:05:34.414+10:002009-07-28T20:05:34.414+10:00But the wind turbines and wood-fed fireplaces are ...But the wind turbines and wood-fed fireplaces are the charms of Planet Aqua, along with the not-so perfect climate control. Remember, Aqua is that way on purpose, not due to limitations of technology - various mentions of Manhomes tech include automated climate control for "always pleasant" weather, and everything seems to be vastly convenient - it's a technologically advanced society. But it's also strongly hinted that Manhomes air and nature is all but ruined, so Aqua itself is more like a nostalgic preservation of what once was.Mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-81200080014782694612009-07-28T19:31:08.116+10:002009-07-28T19:31:08.116+10:00Mez: I am not doubting that Ms. Amano wrote about ...Mez: I am not doubting that Ms. Amano wrote about a warp gate in the manga. I just want to say it doesn't make sense for the internal logic of the Aria story. However, Aria is romantic fantasy, not hard-SF, so logic is of limited importance.<br /><br />Anyhow, a warp gate (wormhole) is not just a method of supra-luminal travel, but also a source of tremendous energy production. Planet Aqua could scrap all of its wind turbines and wood-fed fireplaces and replace them with fusion furnaces. Climate control could work all the winter, so undines can have business all year around, etc.Tamas Feher from Hungarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-10181340615772606112009-07-28T19:25:49.135+10:002009-07-28T19:25:49.135+10:00Supposedly there are some hungarians here.
This i...Supposedly there are some hungarians here.<br /><br />This is a supposedly high quality hungarian <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l2jzkzjxgzn" rel="nofollow">subtitle</a> for the Arietta OVA anime.<br /><br />This is an extensively reworked version of the Sayanrivals .ASS subtitle, which was buggy, with many mistakes in both translation and concept. Yet, it was a suitable basis and I couldn't have started from scratch anyhow.<br /><br />The subtitle is centered for 720x480 video size, a possible raw anime for it is available here in Matroska format:<br /><br />http://rapidshare.com/files/149240938/Aria_the_OVA_-Arietta-_720x480.part1.rar<br /><br />http://rapidshare.com/files/149242043/Aria_the_OVA_-Arietta-_720x480.part2.rar<br /><br />http://rapidshare.com/files/149242764/Aria_the_OVA_-Arietta-_720x480.part3.rar<br /><br />I can't guarantee that the sub will display properly with anything else than Aegisub and Aegis is not really suitable for home movie use. VLC apparently ignores out-of-order .ass lines, this problem has been dragging for years... Other players mess up hungarian accented characters in subtitle fonts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-25053816656901274132009-07-28T14:55:33.150+10:002009-07-28T14:55:33.150+10:00I do find impossible to tell the difference betwee...I do find impossible to tell the difference between a decent mp3 and lossless, unless I listen to them back-to-back. The sound quality difference is indeed subtle. Artifacts are not the problem - the background instrumentals feels a *tiny bit* more muffled in the mp3s.<br /><br />I doubt it's a placebo effect because the first time I played my most played song "Tori no Uta", on lossless, the sound balance of the accomp - was a little different because of the slightly increased clarity. On Makino Yui's "Synchronicity", the lossless made my subwoofer work harder - the bass was more direct and punchy.<br /><br />I source new stuff from Nipponsei, and old stuff from Gendou. They get crunched down into 128k after a while with dB Poweramp Converter. I find the difference between 128k vs 320k less pronounced than 320k vs lossless.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-61015984627108762009-07-28T14:53:14.944+10:002009-07-28T14:53:14.944+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-1260682754965284252009-07-28T04:29:31.794+10:002009-07-28T04:29:31.794+10:00Domestic bear? sounds kind of moe~ I also hear v...Domestic bear? sounds kind of moe~ I also hear vodka means water in russian.<br /><br />>Most mp3s are not and thus I find no audible difference between 128k and 320k mp3.<br /><br />I don't know where you're getting your music from, but if you can find it in FLAC - then you'll be able find it encoded properly in 320kb 99% of the time. Using animu related music as an example, NIPPONSEI encodes fine with releases at 320kb CBR. <br />Not saying FLAC is bad and people shouldn't use it as it's a waste of space, it's obviously the best thing to archive with since it IS lossless(I have many gigs of it myself), and in the future when better audio equipment is widely available there's chance of getting the most out of it. But I really doubt you are hearing any real audible difference unless you are some hardcore audiophile. I mean even a lot of hardcore audiophiles have trouble finding artifacts in 320kb mp3s <br /><br /><i>"The following is a generalization:<br /><br />Samples that can be ABXed at 320 kbps by people trained to hear artifacts are fairly rare.<br /><br />Samples that can be ABXed at 320 kbps by people who are not trained to hear artifacts are (virtually) nonexistent.<br /><br />This is what I have concluded from years of reading what is being said here at HA, but as far as I know nobody has gone back to compile this information in any kind of quantitative way."</i><br /><br />http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=72542<br /><br />Sure in the end it's subjective, but I do wonder how easily you'll be able to do an ABX test if you can claim to hear a 10% difference :)Mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-80519703282041899802009-07-28T02:41:33.900+10:002009-07-28T02:41:33.900+10:00"properly encoded"...that's a key wo..."properly encoded"...that's a key word. Most mp3s are not and thus I find no audible difference between 128k and 320k mp3.<br /><br />On the other hand, I do find Lossless maybe 10% better. It's very subtle but there's a sparkle to it. It's like comparing CDs to and average-encoded mp3.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-74714172790664229702009-07-28T02:35:35.864+10:002009-07-28T02:35:35.864+10:00>...russians seriously believed...
>...both ...>...russians seriously believed...<br />>...both satellites lost connection just as they arrived at Mars.<br /><br />Since I have some time while my domestic bear is playing balalaika, I can tell you, that you're terribly wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-1437198501257351522009-07-27T21:13:40.298+10:002009-07-27T21:13:40.298+10:00>There is some inherent quality problem with MP...>There is some inherent quality problem with MP3, it failed to pass digital radio broadcast understanding tests with a german male voice.<br /><br />uhhh sauce? I really doubt a 320kb encoded mp3 wouldn't pass a digital radio broadcasting standards, only a very small % of people with trained ears on very high end equipment will be able to tell a difference between the two, if you really have a few thousand dollars of audio equipment on your personal computer and are an absolute perfectionist who can actually tell the difference and thinks lossless is noticeably better, then ok! you win :)<br /><br />>warp gate on Deimos,<br />Well I'm pretty sure had that translation double checked, the manga specifically states there is a warp gate on Deimos, if you want to check the raws personally and have an issue with the translation - provided you're correct I'll be happy to change it with the volume release.Mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-58464111490811286692009-07-27T20:59:09.441+10:002009-07-27T20:59:09.441+10:00Akari's space journey did take a long time in ...Akari's space journey did take a long time in the season 1 episode 1 flashback.<br /><br />If there was a warp gate on Deimos, nobody would live on the really messed-up Mars/Aqua. They would have left long ago to jump to another star or galaxy which has a more terraformable planet.<br /><br />BTW, the russians seriously believed the Phobos moon is hollow and it was placed on its current orbital track artificially. (It is indeed curiously placed, it clears up the debris field around Mars very well.) Currently there is no good explanation for its very low density, but no serios scientist thinks now that Phobos is hollow.<br /><br />The russians got a bit paranoid after both of their Fobos satellites lost connection just as they arrived at Mars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-29366879087140934192009-07-27T20:51:30.598+10:002009-07-27T20:51:30.598+10:00There is some inherent quality problem with MP3, i...There is some inherent quality problem with MP3, it failed to pass digital radio broadcast understanding tests with a german male voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-44175746207560970252009-07-27T19:22:21.786+10:002009-07-27T19:22:21.786+10:00The audible difference between a 320kb mp3(properl...The audible difference between a 320kb mp3(properly encoded) compared to lossless FLAC is so tiny that you wouldn't be able to tell with a human ear, especially if you're not using some serious listening equipment. The pseudo effect of it being LOSSLESS does let you pretend though.Mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-10104373170328473502009-07-27T18:50:22.275+10:002009-07-27T18:50:22.275+10:00Off-Topic:
Lossless music *does* sound better. xD...Off-Topic:<br /><br />Lossless music *does* sound better. xDInthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-11754773933851227792009-07-27T10:18:52.897+10:002009-07-27T10:18:52.897+10:00lol! I think that Ai-chan knew of the Doom refere...lol! I think that Ai-chan knew of the Doom reference even if Amano-sensei didn't. She strikes me as the type to play that kindof 'joke' on her friends. hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-816462355642931592009-07-27T08:02:54.365+10:002009-07-27T08:02:54.365+10:00Except for the bit where it says there's a war...Except for the bit where it says there's a warp gate on Deimos, right? <br />Not to mention the part where Ai-chan says "I thought I'd surprise you so I didn't reply".Mezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834839021999540824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-89148243113022349922009-07-27T06:54:50.009+10:002009-07-27T06:54:50.009+10:00> I wonder if Amano-sensei ever played Doom. &l...> I wonder if Amano-sensei ever played Doom. <<br /><br />The probability of that is less than me winning state lottery next week!<br /><br />> there are a Warp Gate on Deimos?<br /><br />Considering how long Ai-chan's silence / space journey lasted in the late part Aria the Natural, that is quite unlikely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-16756469499577682532009-07-26T05:04:49.174+10:002009-07-26T05:04:49.174+10:00Ah, Fehér Tamás, you was the one with the theory o...Ah, Fehér Tamás, you was the one with the theory of using gravity stones in gondolas. I used that theory a lot times as an explanation!<br /><br />Btw, Did Al said that there are a Warp Gate on Deimos? Y'know, it's a little familiar... <br />(I wonder if Amano-sensei ever played Doom.)<br /><br />Btw, there are a few Hungarians here, am I right?Solaisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-54561647738085289692009-07-25T04:09:11.325+10:002009-07-25T04:09:11.325+10:00No perfect explanation but...
-Sama is usually re...No perfect explanation but...<br /><br />-Sama is usually reserved for someone of superior rank in a *feudal* system. "God" is also referred to as kamiSAMA so that's the general context.<br /><br />If someone uses -sama in an everyday context like the case here in Aria, he/she is on a superiority ego trip - i.e. Akatsuki calling himself "ore-sama".<br /><br />In the "Playpals" chapter, Akatsuki asks Akira "What-sama do you think you are?", which basically means "Who the hell do you think you are" but at the same time also conveys the opinion of Akatsuki that Akira has overstepped her bounds, and it is of Akatsuki's opinion that Akira's actions imply a sense of superiority over him.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-8914232125399195752009-07-25T04:07:16.419+10:002009-07-25T04:07:16.419+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-46312729992342919642009-07-25T03:10:48.395+10:002009-07-25T03:10:48.395+10:00In the Aria anime, the trio never call their mento...In the Aria anime, the trio never call their mentors sensei or -sama, only sempai or -san. About the only one using -sama is Akatsuki, when referring to Alicia or himself (ore-sama). Is there a specific reason behind this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-82635384188704924782009-07-24T04:58:36.985+10:002009-07-24T04:58:36.985+10:00Slightly off:
Firefighters rowed to save cat from...Slightly off:<br /><br />Firefighters rowed to save <a href="http://www.langlovagok.hu/kepek/2009/budapest/090605_gubacsicica/eredeti/090605_gubacsicica_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">cat</a> from river.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.langlovagok.hu/html/galeria/3328.shtml" rel="nofollow">Also here</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-23329043261353824032009-07-24T02:06:31.480+10:002009-07-24T02:06:31.480+10:00There's also a misplaced space on page 4.
Cal...There's also a misplaced space on page 4.<br /><br />Call me nitpicky. :PStickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538119261158765651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-5976863588239448772009-07-23T06:14:20.501+10:002009-07-23T06:14:20.501+10:00Typos -- page 009, I think you meant "potable...Typos -- page 009, I think you meant "potable" water, meaning drinkable rather than "portable".<br /><br /> Grammatically speaking I'd write "suggested" rather than "recommended" in Akari's second speech bubble on the very first page.<br /><br /> Thanks for this chapter.Robert (nojay) Sneddonhttp://www.nojay.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614856312657565874.post-78402805704073117162009-07-22T00:58:25.462+10:002009-07-22T00:58:25.462+10:00I have also heard it's upscaled 720x. The 128...I have also heard it's upscaled 720x. The 1280x raws and the later 720x subs I got to save space looked the same.Inthernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150698567675615719noreply@blogger.com