Warner Going Blu-ray Exclusive (Rumor)

[downunder]

down here in New Zealand we are amongst the first in the world to welcome in the new day (anyone seen the New Year celebrations in Auckland or Sydney?). It's the night of the 27th and I'm thinking about getting the children's sandwiches ready for school tomorrow and then tucking up for a good night's sleep.

All this rumour-mongering is playing havoc with my bowels and I feel a little loose in that department... So thanks guys - please excuse me whilst I put some toilet roll in the fridge.

Hope it's all true mind!

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by downunder

down here in New Zealand we are amongst the first in the world to welcome in the new day (anyone seen the New Year celebrations in Auckland or Sydney?). It's the night of the 27th and I'm thinking about getting the children's sandwiches ready for school tomorrow and then tucking up for a good night's sleep.

All this rumour-mongering is playing havoc with my bowels and I feel a little loose in that department... So thanks guys - please excude me whilst I put some toilet roll in the fridge.

Hope it's all true mind!

the first of all is actually Kiribati, but it's common believe for many of us, Asians, that sunrise started at Japan.

My bowels are a bit strange as well. I had no interest to eat whatsoever yesterday because of this rumour

[stringent]

Well if Warner DO go over today, I'll celebrate by pre-ordering the Spidey Trilogy and Die Hard 4.0

[HMtheJJ]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

にっぽん/日本

No, its actually "nihon" spelling: not "nippon" (never heard of this before).
にほん
日本

Although for some strange reason, Nippon is also used in romaji form (banknote - Nippon Ginko)

haha, are you Japanese? guess not, well trust me there are two names for Japan in the old time, Nippon (にっぽん) and Nihon (にほん), and both in Kanji 日本, and we dont use Nihon, instead Nippon is the most and officaly used name for Japan (officially 日本国 Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku) such like on Yen (日本円) says NIPPON GINKO which is 日本銀行, and many Japanese companies names starts with Nippon. Nihon is more like a Adj. like Nihon Jin, and Nippon is more like a n. like Nippon-bashi (a shopping district in Osaka)

[DealsR4theDevil]

When I first read about Warner going Blu-ray I was like, "No way" and then I was like, maybe, but then I was like, "Nuh-uh!" Ha ha ha ha!

[downunder]

Spiderman trilogy is awesome - you'll love it.

[koreyman]

Originally Posted by shadblz

guys,

I am really hoping that WB becomes exclusive to bluray. but it is a rumor, i don't see any link/news/reference/evidence proving it to be a fact..

I agred with stewie (my fav family guy kid as well) rember everyone almost shi* a solid gold brick at a delay for FF ROTSS and that guy had a reliable source and it was tsill false so lets just sit back relax and rember no matter what happens there is always blu skys ahead

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

にっぽん/日本

No, its actually "nihon" spelling: not "nippon" (never heard of this before).
にほん
日本

Although for some strange reason, Nippon is also used in romaji form (banknote - Nippon Ginko)

Do you really want me to get started?

The official name of Japan in Japanese is "日本". Those two letters can be pronounced either "nihon" or "nippon". The government doesn't tell people how to pronounce it. They generally use "nippon" for romaji because "nihon" will be pronounced "nion" by the French-speaking people (silent "h") but that doesn't mean they prefer "nippon" over "nihon" when they are speaking Japanese.

Usually people use "nippon" or "nihon" depending on which one sounds better in the particular context. Some have very explicit reasons, for instance the former Socialist Party of Japan (日本社会党） insisted that they be called "nippon shakai-to" and not "nihon shakai-to" because the latter can also be written "二本社会党" meaning "two socialist parties" and people were riduculing them having major internal disagreements (and they did eventuall split into two, so there was some truth to the rumor <- this is me desperately trying to stay on topic).

In most cases, it's just how they roll off the tongue. Different people may pronounce the same word differently.

Weird, huh?

enjoy
gandalf

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by HMtheJJ

haha, are you Japanese? guess not, well trust me there are two names for Japan in the old time, Nippon (にっぽん) and Nihon (にほん), and both in Kanji 日本, and we dont use Nihon, instead Nippon is the most and officaly used name for Japan (officially 日本国 Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku) such like on Yen (日本円) says NIPPON GINKO which is 日本銀行, and many Japanese companies names starts with Nippon. Nihon is more like a Adj. like Nihon Jin, and Nippon is more like a n. like Nippon-bashi (a shopping district in Osaka)

Are you Japanese? You know that there's a Nihon-bashi in Tokyo, right?

(And of course that Nihon-bashi is prounounced "Nippon-bashi" in a famous song -- go figure.)

enjoy
gandalf

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by HMtheJJ

ok, i dont like posting things like this.....

here it goes

I heard from those ppl that I talked to, Uni will be BD early Dec b4 Xmas, for supposely $400 mils to half a billion deal.

hmmmm, I wonder where SONY is goin to get that money from, considering all the problem it has with PS3

Did i not read somewhere that the PS2 was making up for any loses on the PS3. The PS3 will soon stand on its own two feet when more games become available.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by HMtheJJ

haha, are you Japanese? guess not, well trust me there are two names for Japan in the old time, Nippon (にっぽん) and Nihon (にほん), and both in Kanji 日本, and we dont use Nihon, instead Nippon is the most and officaly used name for Japan (officially 日本国 Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku) such like on Yen (日本円) says NIPPON GINKO which is 日本銀行, and many Japanese companies names starts with Nippon. Nihon is more like a Adj. like Nihon Jin, and Nippon is more like a n. like Nippon-bashi (a shopping district in Osaka)

not japanese, but learn japanese.... so i've heard some info about old name, but I don't use it because I'm not so sure when to use nihon/nippon. normally i just said nihon.
I know there is a restaurant in jakarta called nippon-kan, then JVC is actually nippon vector.

oh yes i remember about clock lesson: pun and fun/hun

[HMtheJJ]

Originally Posted by gand41f

Do you really want me to get started?

The official name of Japan in Japanese is "日本". Those two letters can be pronounced either "nihon" or "nippon". The government doesn't tell people how to pronounce it. They generally use "nippon" for romaji because "nihon" will be pronounced "nion" by the French-speaking people (silent "h") but that doesn't mean they prefer "nippon" over "nihon" when they are speaking Japanese.

Usually people use "nippon" or "nihon" depending on which one sounds better in the particular context. Some have very explicit reasons, for instance the former Socialist Party of Japan (日本社会党） insisted that they be called "nippon shakai-to" and not "nihon shakai-to" because the latter can also be written "二本社会党" meaning "two socialist parties" and people were riduculing them having major internal disagreements (and they did eventuall split into two, so there was some truth to the rumor <- this is me desperately trying to stay on topic).

In most cases, it's just how they roll off the tongue. Different people may pronounce the same word differently.

Weird, huh?

enjoy
gandalf

not really... it's all depends on the content, and also there is a guideline what to use, not just how u wanna use it. the other interesting note, Nippon sounds very much like Chinese pronunciation of 日本, which means in the old old old time Japan was introduced to the Chinese as Nippon not Nihon. again like my last post, Nihon is more like a adj. and not very commonly used.

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by stringent

Well if Warner DO go over today, I'll celebrate by pre-ordering the Spidey Trilogy and Die Hard 4.0

i'm celebrating by buying nando's two double chicken breast burger with spicy rice

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by koreyman

I agred with stewie (my fav family guy kid as well) rember everyone almost shi* a solid gold brick at a delay for FF ROTSS and that guy had a reliable source and it was tsill false so lets just sit back relax and rember no matter what happens there is always blu skys ahead

I SHALL ANNOUNCE A TOTAL DOMINATION OF THE WORLD SOON. as soon as i find me a cynical plan.

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by HMtheJJ

well by saying japan sees the sun b4 the states, I meant the same day's sun (hmmm it doesnt come out right, but u got the idea), and that's the reason why Japan, Nippon( にっぽん/日本) is considered "Land of the Rising Sun"

True that. 日本 actually means "under the sun" which can also be interpreted as "land of rising sun".

Originally Posted by HMtheJJ

btw, I travel way too much from Vancouver to Tokyo, Osaka and ShangHai, so it doesnt seem that the time is slowing down, after all I Am not 3 yrs old...

Well, when I fly from California to Tokyo, it does feel like time is slowing down. I get on the plane at 11AM, and 11 hours later, I get off the plane at 5PM....

enjoy
gandalf

[w_tanoto]

amazon's sale figure a bit in favour of Blu. Number 1 and 2 still HD DVD, but the rest of it, the majority are BD now. Was completely different several hours ago, when HD DVD has the control of most of top 10 spots. Good, Sale is slowing down for HD DVD.

[w_tanoto]

7:15 mins left

[rock-ranger]

This would be a hell of an answer to those Paramount/Universal dudes!

Hope this is true...

[downunder]

Originally Posted by w_tanoto

7:15 mins left

Haven't you got any work to do?

[w_tanoto]

Originally Posted by gand41f

True that. 日本 actually means "under the sun" which can also be interpreted as "land of rising sun".


Well, when I fly from California to Tokyo, it does feel like time is slowing down. I get on the plane at 11AM, and 11 hours later, I get off the plane at 5PM....

enjoy
gandalf

same as the flight singapore-London, except you are not involved in international date line. 12:30 hours to get to London from SIN

Originally Posted by downunder

Haven't you got any work to do?

none for today, yes, tomorrow.