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    Thread: Need advice on where to start & resources
Post: Need advice on where to start & resources

zer0range Wrote:ppstream - best TV software out there - combine this with youtube and you won't need to go anywhere else to watch programming in Chinese. I'm so sorry, but that is the most hilariously...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 6 2,140 2011-07-27, 12:23 am
    Thread: iPad 2 thoughts
Post: iPad 2 thoughts

ファブリス Wrote:and apparently better shader that gives a sheen to metal textures (there's a name for that type of mapping, I can't remember, it's not bump mapping though)./ Specular mapping
deathtrap General discussion 28 8,562 2011-03-12, 10:53 am
    Thread: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused
Post: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused

ファブリス Wrote:Is it possible that mdbg.net derives Yale from jyutping? For example ceng1, cing1 (jyutping) => cheng1, ching1 (yale); or loeng5 (jyutping) => leung5 (yale) ? Nope, http://en.wikiped...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 12 4,125 2011-03-01, 2:15 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan
Post: Rikaichan

Yes, there's a Firefox extension called Pera-pera kun.
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 3 2,814 2010-09-15, 1:38 am
    Thread: RSH RTH this september!
Post: RSH RTH this september!

Considering we're already half way through September I strongly doubt it.
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 2 1,106 2010-09-13, 10:16 pm
    Thread: RTH for $16, RTK for $20 from UH press; Sept 1-7 only
Post: RTH for $16, RTK for $20 from UH press; Sept 1-7 o...

@dihutenosa, Yes there is. Over in RTH/RSH land we're still(STILL) waiting for the second book to drop for the other 1500 characters(to total 3000). I'm probably being whiny and lazy when I could ju...
deathtrap General discussion 5 1,255 2010-08-28, 11:40 pm
    Thread: RTH for $16, RTK for $20 from UH press; Sept 1-7 only
Post: RTH for $16, RTK for $20 from UH press; Sept 1-7 o...

Could this herald the great second coming of the RSH series?
deathtrap General discussion 5 1,255 2010-08-25, 8:57 pm
    Thread: Website that list 'Sound Words'
Post: Website that list 'Sound Words'

For reference, it's called "Onomatopoeia" :)
deathtrap Learning resources 5 1,211 2010-08-25, 4:55 am
    Thread: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)
Post: Useless kanji? (桂, 桐)

You're worrying about 2 Kanji out of ...3000? In the time it took you to write this post you could have learned/memorized them and have moved on. Some things are easier to just tell yourself "just suc...
deathtrap Remembering the Kanji 17 7,811 2010-08-23, 8:42 pm
    Thread: What is the right error rate when reviewing?
Post: What is the right error rate when reviewing?

One thing I notice while studying RSH is that for new Hanzi that I just learned I'll have a high retention rate, but if that same hanzi then shows up in a sentence or word that I just learned while st...
deathtrap Remembering the Kanji 9 2,088 2010-08-23, 5:41 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

I'm doing Remembering simplified Hanzi but I could use some encouragement. I'm at 700(almost half way through) Hanzi studied but I got a little frustrated that the past hundred that I blitzed through ...
deathtrap Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-08-12, 5:05 am
    Thread: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....
Post: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....

The parodies of their ads are quite funny actually :D
deathtrap Off topic 26 5,172 2010-08-05, 5:12 pm
    Thread: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....
Post: If the throwback Peps! is made with real sugar....

bodhisamaya Wrote:In 2004, researchers published an article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluding “there is a distinct likelihood that the increased consumption of HFCS in beverage...
deathtrap Off topic 26 5,172 2010-08-05, 8:35 am
    Thread: Good font for Chinese/Japanese SRSing
Post: Good font for Chinese/Japanese SRSing

I don't leave home without my KaiTi :p I'm not sure if it will work for both Japanese and Chinese though.
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 12 6,277 2010-08-04, 4:06 am
    Thread: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 characters and meanings
Post: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 charac...

Oh. Well I had no idea what it was all about until I looked it up just now. I was just saying that that was one of the bases of his work. After looking over Kanji Pictographix I don't see it as being ...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 23 9,636 2010-08-03, 10:38 pm
    Thread: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 characters and meanings
Post: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 charac...

JimmySeal Wrote:deathtrap Wrote:the other was Michael Rowley's work ROFLMAO Care to expound on this poetic piece of linguistic illumination and bequeath your gift of knowledge as to what makes that st...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 23 9,636 2010-08-03, 10:29 pm
    Thread: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 characters and meanings
Post: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 charac...

It wasn't intended in the spirit of an insult. Let me rephrase it as being a keyword loosely based on the common meaning of the character. Better? When I think of the difference between a keyword and ...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 23 9,636 2010-08-03, 2:44 pm
    Thread: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 characters and meanings
Post: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 charac...

I just found this book. Apparently it's based on Dr.Heisig's work which the author credits in his preface among others. A few differences I found between this book and RSH was that this book starts fr...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 23 9,636 2010-08-02, 4:44 pm
    Thread: Harbaugh/zhongwen.com deck collaboration?
Post: Harbaugh/zhongwen.com deck collaboration?

I noticed that I confused the Harbaugh book with a different book that only had 2300 or so characters. Sorry about that. I'd love to buy it, unfortunately it's only available as a physical book. No ...
deathtrap Group study 87 36,141 2010-07-25, 8:00 pm
    Thread: Harbaugh/zhongwen.com deck collaboration?
Post: Harbaugh/zhongwen.com deck collaboration?

Just wondering, how does this book compare with Remembering S/T Hanzi? Obviously it has about 700 more characters, but apart from that? I slacked off on RSH last year and I'm back to doing it and up...
deathtrap Group study 87 36,141 2010-07-25, 2:50 am
    Thread: What music video is this?
Post: What music video is this?

If you want some more helpful answers then you should describe the video as much as possible. What was the setting, what kind of clothes were they wearing, what did the girls look like(black, Hispanic...
deathtrap Off topic 7 1,296 2010-07-23, 11:47 pm
    Thread: Updating wiki with RTH/RSH info, what do you want to see included?
Post: Updating wiki with RTH/RSH info, what do you want ...

There is a complete lack of anything resembling Remembering Simplified/Traditional Hanzi information on the wiki site. I want to fix this ATROCITY( :p ) ! What would you like to see included? Would y...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 10 1,906 2010-07-21, 9:34 pm
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

Downey, Could you elaborate more on your last point? The one about Japan could have a world class foreign language education system? I don't know enough about its current system and what changes he th...
deathtrap Off topic 59 24,115 2010-06-24, 12:45 am
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

rcloud Wrote:deathtrap Wrote:The one thing I want to know is when RSH2 and RTH2 are coming out :( He was kind enough to respond to my inquiry on this last month. He replied that he and Tim are getting...
deathtrap Off topic 59 24,115 2010-06-17, 1:58 am
    Thread: What is James W. Heisig doing ....
Post: What is James W. Heisig doing ....

The one thing I want to know is when RSH2 and RTH2 are coming out :(
deathtrap Off topic 59 24,115 2010-06-15, 10:53 am
    Thread: HSK Hanzi Levels
Post: HSK Hanzi Levels

I'd recommend you look through vocabulary lists and focus on words rather than characters because if you don't know the words then no amount of character knowledge will save you from a dismal score ;)...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 1 2,636 2010-06-05, 2:01 am
    Thread: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?
Post: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?

Yep I already got those, the first 3 DVD's are up on YouTube also if you search for "npcr" , but I really need the texts with the notes after the dialogues =/ Like I said, I'm willing to make a trad...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 4 3,888 2010-05-29, 6:42 pm
    Thread: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?
Post: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?

If the publishers actually sold their books as ebooks I wouldn't need to open a thread like this because having a 450% shipping charge for books is too much.
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 4 3,888 2010-05-29, 6:18 pm
    Thread: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?
Post: Anyone have New Practical Chinese Reader books?

This may or may not be an acceptable post for this forum, so if it isn't I apologize in advance. A few months ago I scanned and uploaded my copy of Remembering Simplified Hanzi, which was pretty good...
deathtrap Chinese and Hanzi 4 3,888 2010-05-28, 6:28 pm
    Thread: "Don't quit poem" a little motivation for all the RTKers out there
Post: "Don't quit poem" a little motivation for all the ...

We need a Mandarin version to complement Jarvik7's poem :)
deathtrap Remembering the Kanji 5 1,813 2010-05-08, 7:23 pm