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    Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?
Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?

ryuudou Wrote:ryuudou Wrote:An awful lot of butthurt (jealously) and bitterness in this thread from pseudo-intellectuals. ;) I don't blame them though. It's an ego-saving thing. ruiner Wrote:Happy an...
ruiner Learning resources 145 39,692 2011-08-08, 9:45 pm
    Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?
Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?

ruiner Wrote:LucidFaia Wrote:To me, it just seems like you're being a jackass. Whatever, I probably missed a thread that would explain the context of your post. LucidFaia Wrote:dtcamero Wrote:but mayb...
ruiner Learning resources 145 39,692 2011-08-08, 9:03 pm
    Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?
Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?

ryuudou Wrote:An awful lot of butthurt (jealously) and bitterness in this thread from pseudo-intellectuals. ;) I don't blame them though. It's an ego-saving thing. Happy anniversary: ryuudou Wrote:So...
ruiner Learning resources 145 39,692 2011-08-08, 8:19 pm
    Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?
Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions?

LucidFaia Wrote:To me, it just seems like you're being a jackass. Whatever, I probably missed a thread that would explain the context of your post. LucidFaia Wrote:dtcamero Wrote:but maybe I should ad...
ruiner Learning resources 145 39,692 2011-08-08, 6:18 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

By page 20 of this thread I'm going to be describing Khatzumoto as a murderous circus freak dealing the stolen cremains of stillborn infants to undead Nazi crackheads so they can snort them off develo...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 9:05 pm
    Thread: Sharks are just misunderstood
Post: Sharks are just misunderstood

Ginmanm Wrote:Stop trashing the forums with funny material or faburisu will get butthurt again and close another thre-....no actually carry on. Just try to be more respectful/less confrontational and ...
ruiner Off topic 6 1,115 2011-08-07, 9:00 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

@midnightsun Setting aside your accusations of elitism which I think are unsupported by evidence in Thora's comments, you made generalizations about people like @resolve getting attacked as if there'...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 8:46 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

You'd be better off spending money on class tuition and earning credits on your way to some sort of certification, even if you doodle in class and spend your time outside class Googling for free Japan...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 7:23 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

midnightsun Wrote:generalizations, you people need to be silent, blogs rule, classes suck, khatzumoto is cool, i have a friend of a friend who got fluent... insult insult... Thanks for sharing, undeci...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 6:51 pm
    Thread: Your personal guide to RTK (for fresh salamander)
Post: Your personal guide to RTK (for fresh salamander)

Ginmanm Wrote:ruiner Wrote:What does "fresh salamander" refer to? Is it like the salamander you find at the bottom of a Sobe bottle, but instead of swallowing it you take it out of the bottle, preserv...
ruiner Remembering the Kanji 45 7,440 2011-08-07, 5:15 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

What's funny is, there is no Khatzumoto. He's just a fortune cookie machine in a Chinese warehouse by the docks.
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 5:11 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

TwoMoreCharacters Wrote:In what way does the authority matter? Do the products become better just because they're endorsed and recommended by professors rather than normal people? I don't really want...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 5:03 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

Yes Thora, why were you so enraged? “Whaaaa I can't afford it so no one should be able to either!” — even if you were writing that as a fake quote you attributed to someone else, nay, especially if yo...
ruiner Off topic 567 98,519 2011-08-07, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Your personal guide to RTK (for fresh salamander)
Post: Your personal guide to RTK (for fresh salamander)

What does "fresh salamander" refer to? Is it like the salamander you find at the bottom of a Sobe bottle, but instead of swallowing it you take it out of the bottle, preserved in quality Sobe product,...
ruiner Remembering the Kanji 45 7,440 2011-08-07, 12:52 pm
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

I've been using Brain Workshop in Jaeggi Mode (simulates the original all the way down to appearance). It's hard but fun once you get into it. Rather addictive. The anecdotal results I'm seeing online...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-27, 2:20 pm
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

I also am concerned with this Moody person's arguments, but I find them very slight in comparison to the overall research we're seeing with regards to notions of fluid intelligence and working memory,...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 1:41 pm
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

Haha, no problem? There's an essay juxtaposing Peirce and Sherlock Holmes over at--well there's a link to the general site it's at over at Speculative Heresy. "You Know My Method." Anyway, I thought i...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 1:01 pm
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

Smackle Wrote:And this marks where kendo99 and nest0r fell in love at first sight. That's not what your boyfriend/girlfriend said.
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 3:42 am
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

Speaking of Kuhn and Popper and Feyerabend and Quine, et al... You might find these fellows interesting, if you aren't familiar with them already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_realism ...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 2:20 am
    Thread: how the brain processes kanji
Post: how the brain processes kanji

vix86 Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:Are you using Anki? If so, you should be able to set up a card model that has three data fields: Word, Meaning, Reading, and then create two separate card templates for Wo...
ruiner Learning resources 36 18,734 2010-03-26, 1:25 am
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

Neurophilosophy is what I'm interested in--or rather, I don't understand how anyone ever philosophized about the mind without basing their theories on neuroscience. Guess that was before my time. ;p I...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 1:19 am
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

I'm just making stuff up as I go along. ;p Most of my ideas about the 'mind' are shaped by Daniel Dennett and most recently by Stanislas Dehaene's hybridization, in my opinion, of Dennett's philosoph...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-26, 12:00 am
    Thread: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Post: Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software Tha...

I've repeatedly come across this 'dual n-back task' reference in my readings on current models of intelligence as they become more dynamic and plastic through studies and imaging of the brain, and thi...
ruiner Off topic 24 6,369 2010-03-25, 9:16 pm
    Thread: how the brain processes kanji
Post: how the brain processes kanji

I didn't recommend Mnemosyne or Supermemo, just some of the many ideas floating around the Supermemo site. ;p
ruiner Learning resources 36 18,734 2010-03-25, 2:34 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

All Asians are hot, especially Japanese guys and girls, because they're so traditional and submissive, very hard workers and group oriented. It's common for expatriates to have deep meaningful relatio...
ruiner Off topic 358 111,098 2010-03-25, 2:28 pm
    Thread: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should sound like!
Post: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should...

Just Google for Phroq + Snowfall. ;p Frequency Ronin and Kohei, the Noisy Samurai were the main two tracks in question. Not quite the same style as Converter. ^_-
ruiner General discussion 13 8,994 2010-03-25, 3:49 am
    Thread: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should sound like!
Post: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should...

bebio Wrote:hmm I guess it is just not my thing. Everytime I listen to this, I feel like I am playing Turrican on the Amiga 500. Besides, defining this band Whispered as Samurai metal is kind of misle...
ruiner General discussion 13 8,994 2010-03-25, 2:14 am
    Thread: tool for interactive subs + streaming video; 'controlled' shadowing
Post: tool for interactive subs + streaming video; 'cont...

I thought this might get more attention if I posted a specific thread about it, but balloonguy is making something cool here: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...3#pid94533 It's still a work i...
ruiner Learning resources 27 13,846 2010-03-25, 1:10 am
    Thread: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should sound like!
Post: "Samurai Metal" this is what japanese metal should...

Phroq's tracks on this split with Guilty Connector (feel free to ignore those, it's even missing track 7 ;p) is what I would call in this thread Samurai Noise--it's very good, featuring nice use of sp...
ruiner General discussion 13 8,994 2010-03-24, 11:13 pm
    Thread: .cue sheets for videos files?
Post: .cue sheets for videos files?

balloonguy Wrote:This allows you to specify both the audio/video file and subtitles. You have to manually enter in the url, so if the file is locally on your machine the url will be, for example, "C:\...
ruiner Off topic 36 12,700 2010-03-24, 10:11 pm