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    Thread: What's with that rolling R thing?
Post: What's with that rolling R thing?

I too tried unsuccessfully to roll my rs for quite some time (I was inspired by the Tim Horton's rrrrrrroll up the rim to win commercials for any Canadians on here). I can't vouch for the safety of th...
whitefox The Japanese language 22 11,657 2010-05-17, 9:45 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

gyuujuice Wrote:How far does Smartfm's Core 6000 really go in concerns to both vocabulary and listening comprehension? Shouldn't it cover most of the study needed for (N2)日本語能力試験二級? (If one has allrea...
whitefox JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,549 2010-04-08, 6:52 pm
    Thread: Speaking of SRS overdose, I'm changing how I SRS
Post: Speaking of SRS overdose, I'm changing how I SRS

Tobberoth Wrote:Why bump a thread which is almost a year old? "Because we're worth it too!"
whitefox General discussion 16 4,190 2010-03-23, 8:38 pm
    Thread: Cognitive abilities assessement
Post: Cognitive abilities assessement

@ ruiner - Thanks for the lengthy response. There were some interesting reads in there. I guess what bugged me in your original statement is what you alluded to in your above post: the very limited un...
whitefox Off topic 9 1,673 2010-03-23, 8:15 pm
    Thread: Cognitive abilities assessement
Post: Cognitive abilities assessement

As others have said, IQ is definitely overrated. Don't give it too much thought. @ruiner - I'd be interested to hear what evidence you have to suggest that IQ and academic performance (I'm assuming t...
whitefox Off topic 9 1,673 2010-03-23, 4:49 pm
    Thread: Zune HD
Post: Zune HD

On the topic of hardsubbing, you can try this site: http://www.videohelp.com I used to do this with english subs on my zune 80. I wish I could remember what I used to do it. It can be a bit of a pa...
whitefox Off topic 7 3,478 2010-03-09, 3:41 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

JimmySeal Wrote:Discusses how Japan's resistance to change and innovation is gradually sinking the country. To be fair, if you replace Japan with the U.S. in this sentence, it still reads true. Or man...
whitefox General discussion 131 24,148 2010-03-08, 10:31 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks a lot!
whitefox The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,159 2010-03-01, 8:39 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I just came across this sentence in Core 2k: システムの構成を変えてみました。 I've tried to reorganize the system. I'd never come across ~てみる before. In Tae Kim, it says that it means to try something out (i.e., a ...
whitefox The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,159 2010-03-01, 8:10 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Awesome, thanks
whitefox Learning resources 277 117,276 2010-02-21, 9:24 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Yep, looks like that's the cause then. I guess McAfee's a little overzealous, but better safe than sorry I guess. Shouldn't be too hard to work around now that I know it's not a virus. Thanks a lot fo...
whitefox Learning resources 277 117,276 2010-02-21, 9:20 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

thekonfuzed Wrote:Just letting you know that there was a virus detected in a hypothetical third batch of "things". Funny, I had a dream last night where that exact same thing happened. Three times. Ap...
whitefox Learning resources 277 117,276 2010-02-21, 9:03 pm
    Thread: Ask Nest0r!
Post: Ask Nest0r!

Yeah, well, I didn't phrase that quite right. Choreography is one of five categories in the component score, so while Pluschenko had better skating skills, performance and interpretation, Lysachek had...
whitefox General discussion 25 4,015 2010-02-20, 3:48 pm
    Thread: Ask Nest0r!
Post: Ask Nest0r!

TaylorSan Wrote:Yeah I'm loosing a little respect for the Russian skater, after he bad mouthed Lysacek. 50% of the score is based on the other stuff besides the jumps, and the Russian really was not a...
whitefox General discussion 25 4,015 2010-02-20, 3:09 pm