Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: Windows 7
Post: Windows 7

Probably, Vista was horribly slow... I had to roll back to XP from Vista after one of my RAM sticks went faulty, XP was going as fast as Vista was with half the RAM! The only thing I miss from Vista ...
edsmaffs Off topic 53 12,051 2009-10-31, 5:44 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Congratulations :)
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 526 167,132 2009-10-16, 1:15 pm
    Thread: Displaying Kanji on IE?
Post: Displaying Kanji on IE?

If you have the choice of Firefox and IE, why are you using IE? Do you need it for any specific reason, I only use IE when forced to at school :P
edsmaffs General discussion 13 3,483 2009-10-13, 10:29 am
    Thread: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎
Post: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎

I wasn't viewing the kanji itself as hard to learn, more the fact that it might be awkward to make stories out of it. @DavidZ: I like Monty Python, I may go with that. I guess I'll work out what I'll...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 19 2,800 2009-09-16, 3:53 pm
    Thread: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎
Post: Nasty little abstract meaning - 毎

Does anyone have a good idea of what alternate meaning I can give the "every" kanji? It has grown little beady eyes and is looking at me as if to say "you can't make any stories with ME, I'm an abstra...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 19 2,800 2009-09-15, 3:01 pm
    Thread: Majide? (aka. "I Survived a Japanese Gameshow")
Post: Majide? (aka. "I Survived a Japanese Gameshow")

If you are in any rural area in the UK even 2MB/s is optimistic, top download speed we're getting here is 800kbps.
edsmaffs Off topic 17 3,057 2009-09-13, 4:55 pm
    Thread: Does anyone know what these kanji symbols are?
Post: Does anyone know what these kanji symbols are?

I'm a beginner and recognised the last two characters without too much trouble. No chance on the rest though!
edsmaffs The Japanese language 14 5,684 2009-09-11, 11:25 am
    Thread: Place to get tips about stories...
Post: Place to get tips about stories...

Word-play or puns are completely and utterly useless for me. Maybe it's just me being stupid, but ridiculous stories or images work far better for helping me cement things into my memory. So for exam...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 11 1,736 2009-09-08, 2:51 pm
    Thread: How did you learn Japanese?
Post: How did you learn Japanese?

Although some of the AJATT blog (most?) is too rambling, Khatzumoto did write somewhere about 'SRS holidays', where you continue doing reviews but don't add any more cards. This could always be a good...
edsmaffs General discussion 27 8,404 2009-09-08, 12:26 pm
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII demo...
Post: Final Fantasy XIII demo...

And the even weirder thing is that with DVDs, UK and Japan are the same region but the US isn't... Who decides this stuff?
edsmaffs Off topic 31 5,391 2009-09-08, 11:17 am
    Thread: At a partial block
Post: At a partial block

I use both, I've just restarted RTK1. This probably won't last long though. What I found when I had many cards added was that I was being swamped with twice as many reviews as I would have liked. I d...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 7 1,404 2009-09-07, 4:43 pm
    Thread: Place to get tips about stories...
Post: Place to get tips about stories...

Maybe I will... Learn another language just for two more kanji! I suppose if I worked out what a good English keyword was I could make a story for them anyway.
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 11 1,736 2009-09-07, 3:16 pm
    Thread: At a partial block
Post: At a partial block

I'd second Rooboy. On the second time round with RTK, I spend about 15 mins relaxing on the sofa dreaming up stories for the next 20 kanji before allowing myself to input into SRS. I normally come up...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 7 1,404 2009-09-07, 1:39 pm
    Thread: Place to get tips about stories...
Post: Place to get tips about stories...

:O We're missing out on some kanji! :(
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 11 1,736 2009-09-07, 1:33 pm
    Thread: Sword World 2.0-Japanese Gamebook on DS!
Post: Sword World 2.0-Japanese Gamebook on DS!

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.... brings back plenty of memories :)
edsmaffs General discussion 19 3,095 2009-09-04, 2:04 pm
    Thread: Japanese audio rips
Post: Japanese audio rips

Ahaha! So if I ever move to Japan (presumably after speaking good Japanese...), Perfect Dark is the future.
edsmaffs Group study 17 8,599 2009-09-02, 3:57 pm
    Thread: Japanese audio rips
Post: Japanese audio rips

Every time I try and configure Share to work I always fail.. It does have that perfect 'Shady software' look :D How does Share relate to Winny? Which is the newer version?
edsmaffs Group study 17 8,599 2009-09-02, 3:44 pm
    Thread: Hexagon.cc
Post: Hexagon.cc

Another invitation code for the group: http://revtk-share.hexagon.cc/invitations/2yKs2BtNBE Thank you for finding the site bombpersons :)
edsmaffs General discussion 43 9,890 2009-09-02, 3:39 pm
    Thread: Audio Capture
Post: Audio Capture

By far Audacity, just set the Audio Input to your sound card.
edsmaffs Learning resources 5 1,144 2009-09-02, 3:36 pm
    Thread: SRS questions -> gender of nouns?
Post: SRS questions -> gender of nouns?

Big off-topic question here, I'm sorry but I couldn't think of anywhere better to ask it! Although the SRSing system is adapted here for Japanese, I'm interested in seeing if it could be adapted towa...
edsmaffs General discussion 6 934 2009-08-01, 6:03 am
    Thread: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001
Post: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001

Well yeah, I mean the aim is to eventually end up speaking good Japanese so why not start listening to it as early as possible! :P I intend to try and listen to Japanese whilst inputting the Core lis...
edsmaffs Learning resources 12 6,261 2009-07-10, 9:48 am
    Thread: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001
Post: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001

Well it looks like Tae Kim is the best starting place for me after RTK, which I was planning on doing anyway. I think I'll look through the Core2000 and 6000 lists, and have a go at SRSing them after...
edsmaffs Learning resources 12 6,261 2009-07-10, 9:38 am
    Thread: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001
Post: Smart.fm Core2000 VS KO2001

As far as I can gather, both the Core2000 lists and Kanji Odyssey 2001 are possible ways to go after RTK. Most people that I've seen tend to prefer the KO2001 option, for one reason or another. So th...
edsmaffs Learning resources 12 6,261 2009-07-10, 9:09 am
    Thread: 100 Kanji a day
Post: 100 Kanji a day

Besides, making up stories is fun! Seriously though. Rote memorisation is dull, and personally I couldn't keep up with it (I'm too lazy!) Making up a completely random story with exaggerated elements...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 435 87,010 2009-07-06, 4:24 am
    Thread: Should I take classes?
Post: Should I take classes?

I don't actually have as much anti-university feelings as it sounded like from my 2 other posts :/. What I don't like is the attitute that learning ends once you're out of the classroom, which is the ...
edsmaffs General discussion 30 5,284 2009-07-06, 4:21 am
    Thread: Should I take classes?
Post: Should I take classes?

That was the point I was trying to make though, liosama. The education system doesn't encourage people to try and motivate themselves to do outside work and be in control of what you learn. If I wante...
edsmaffs General discussion 30 5,284 2009-07-06, 4:19 am
    Thread: Should I take classes?
Post: Should I take classes?

I've been learning French in UK education for ... ooo... over 7 years now? And I can still barely understand it. That's enough evidence for me to not believe in them! The thing is, classes don't nec...
edsmaffs General discussion 30 5,284 2009-07-06, 3:50 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Just got to the end of Lesson 27 today, past the 50% mark! Thanks to Dr Heisig for the amazing method, Fabrice for this site, and assorted members for good stories! (Although mostly I make them up my...
edsmaffs Remembering the Kanji 616 180,458 2009-07-04, 12:01 pm
    Thread: Getting stories to appear on anki answers
Post: Getting stories to appear on anki answers

Edit the card model (Tools, Deck Properties, Models Tab, Click the 'heisig' or whatever model and press edit), and then go to the Card Templates tab and add %(story)s into the answer box. That should ...
edsmaffs Learning resources 5 999 2009-07-01, 12:46 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

My latest milestone is having gone 2 months through RTK1 without having a no-kanji day :) Bit pathetic I know, but I was averaging about 3-5 kanji a day before when I wasn't really into it? Now I'm a...
edsmaffs General discussion 1,389 294,527 2009-07-01, 3:18 am