script

Name of show:
Mother's Neon Tomato

Complete show length: 7:31-10:41

Episode 1 topic: What's on a Tomato's mind?
Into music: "Welcome to Mother3 World" Time: 3:48
Intro: 20-40 sec Min: 1-2 min
Im here with Tomato and were going to interview him on his recent rom translation and on him personally.

1. What do the companies think about what your doing?
"We know what we're doing isn't 100% legal. But even so, we try our best not to step on companies' toes. In fact, I've received a number of e-mails in the past from professionals inside major game companies giving their thanks, offering to buy me drinks sometime, stuff like that. What we do is appreciated, but in a hidden way, I think."

2. The translation patch receiving over a hundred thousand downloads in the first week of release. "The response was a lot bigger than we expected, and it was awesome how excited and positive everyone was during the project. I originally thought we'd get a couple dozen thousand downloads total, but we quickly passed the 100,000 mark after the release. With off-site mirrors and such, the real number is probably like double that. When I think about that, I'm just like, 'Damn.' It's really cool that this little project on the Internet could make so many people happy."

Into music: "Gentle Rain" Time: 4:59
Segment: Translating
Min: 1:30-2:30

3. What lead you to becoming a translator?
"I had absolutely no idea what I really wanted to do with my life after graduation. I would switch majors and still not be happy, so I eventually decided take out a loan and spend a year studying in Japan to get out of my rut. It was an expensive gamble. While I was there, I heard about some ROM hackers who needed help translating scripts, so I offered my services. The first day I started, I instantly knew I wanted to do this for a living, and after that, it became a kind of quest to constantly improve my skills. That feeling of finally knowing what you want to do is so good."

4. How do you go about translating the rom?
"There are basically two major parts of a ROM translation, whether it's for the SNES or any other system: the hacking part and the translating part. First, the hacker has to locate the game's font and produce what's called a table. Using this, the hacker can then start to locate the text data. Once it's been found and figured out, the hacker can then dump the Japanese text to a file. The translator then takes this file and translates it. The translator usually just types the translated text using something like Notepad, but for really big projects, the hacker might create a custom program to make it easier on the translator. Sometimes, a person adept at editing/revising is brought in to smooth the text out afterward. Meanwhile, the hacker alters the existing font to have English letters if the font didn't already have any. The translated script can then be inserted back into the game. Of course, it's all a lot harder and takes a lot more time than that overview suggests, and the process can vary greatly from game to game and person to person."

Into music: "Pollyanna" Time: 3:00
Min: 1-2 min

5. Do you make any money for hacking a rom?
"First and foremost, ROM translation is a hobby, not a way to earn money or stick it to the man. As an example, the central hub for ROM hacking and translating, romhacking.net, won't post translations for recent games, and in some cases, like with the Mother 3 project, we were fully prepared and willing to stop our work immediately if there had been any word from the game's IP owner. In general, I think all respectable fan translators know exactly what they're doing, and only work on translations out of love. I think companies understand this, and it's this mutual understanding that has kept ROM translators free from cease-and-desist letters."
8. Whose your favorite mother 3 Character? “I don’t know it’s hard to choose”
9. What’s your favorite scene in mother 3
“Probably when Flint finds out about Hinawa”
10. Would you like to be a translator for a mother anime if there was ever one? “Are you kidding, hell yes”
Ok that's about it, Thank you for your time Tomato and I hope to see more of your work in the future.
Ending Music Clip:"We miss you-Theme of love" Min: 3:41

That one thing on browningstreet

I tryed that thing.... ya

activity 1

http://nocturnal-devil.deviantart.com/art/Evil-Grass-41586930

Connotative Meaning: The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

Example: The word run also means to start.

Explanation: In the image the term
KEEP OFF THE GRASS is used as a warning rather than a request

2 page and comic

Avocation

What is 1337, where did it originate, and how useful is it? The 1337 alphabet is nothing more than creating words and sentences with the use of American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) in a way that is different from its correct usage. One theory of leet’s origins states that, leet/1337 was originally used for conversations on boards. They would be used to converse about topics that were not allowed on the host sites Bulletin board system (BBS). But the whole Leet system is mostly used to make fun of other people. The people who are made fun of are mostly people who are new to the community, forum, board, thread, or game. So the original use for leet was much more useful then it is today.
If I were to write the first two sentences in leet they would look something like this:
“Wh@+ 15 1337, WhErE D1d 1T or1g1N4+3, @nD H0W u53fUL 15 IT? +Eh 1337 aLpH48et I$ N0TH1NG m0R3 +h4N Cr3A+1N9 wOrd5 anD 5enT3NCe$ W1Th +H3 u5e oF 4M3RIc@N st4nD@Rd c0De PHoR INpH0RM4TI0N 1NTeRcH4n93 (45ci1) 1N @ W4Y Th4+ 1$ DiFPher3NT fR0m 1+5 CORReCt u$4gE.” So how long did it take you read that, or could you not read it at all? The main problem with leet is this: it usually takes longer to write and it definitely takes more time to read. So why would someone take the time to write out sentences like? The only reason for using leet is for its original terrorized purpose, to be used in boards, threads, or community’s as a way to talk about topics that are not allowed by the administrator.
There are many ways to write in leet, it all really depends on the person typing/writing. the main reason for this is that there are many different ways to type in leet, an example of one way would be like this, “1 I$ 5p34K1Ng iN l33+” another way to say this in leet would look like this “1 I5 5pe@kI|\|G 1|\| LeEt”. Each letter has more than one way to be written in leet. The letter N, for example, has more than 14 ways to be written. |\|, ^/, //\\//, /\/, [\], <\>, {\}, []\, // [], /V, ₪, []\[], ]\[, and ~ are some of the ways you can type out the letter N in leet.
Leet users have also created their own suffixes. These include –xor, -age, -zorz, and sometimes the word “and”, or any word containing the word “and”, is replaced with and ampersand (&),“B&/band” this is an example of “&” being used instead of “and”. An example of -xor would be or “Hackxor” the suffix xor is the same as the suffix -er in the English language. The suffix –age is used to change any verb into a noun “ownage”. –zorz, is the final suffix of the leet writing system is strictly only supposed to be used with words that have been generated on the internet, the suffix is used to make a word plural, it can also be used to strengthen the words meaning.
Other ways people use leet is also influenced by bad grammar due to poor translations. One example would be the term “All your base are belong to us” is a good example of bad translations. The term was mocked and made fun of all over the internet, and so using bad grammar like the phrase became a joke or phenomenon, and people would purposely use bad grammar as a way to create humor. But not only is bad grammar used but bad spelling is often used as a way of enjoyment for the person typing. The main focus of spelling a word incorrectly is to spell out the word in a way that would be incorrect but if said would be the same word. The best example for this would be “teh” being used instead of “the”.
The original use for leet was much more useful then the way it is used today. When leet is used on the internet it only causes confusion. Using leet doesn’t make the writer cool or better, all it really does is segregate people. Not everyone uses leet and if you try to use it, you just might have to explain what you meant to say, or you might just be ignored.

picture of project

Advocate 1337

For my Advocation i will focus on the langue that is 1337 (Leet). how it really serves no perpose. all it really does is confuse other people.

My desktop

I took this screenshot when I was editing a paper that I have been working on. The paper is on stereotypes. I explain what types of stereotypes are used, how often they are used, and where they are used. I was also doing research on the internet at the time. I have allot of shortcuts on my desktop because I like how simple it is to just log in and have the program I want to use on the screen right away. My background was made by an artist on Deviantart, the artwork was created using characters from Eureka Seven. After I took this picture I realized how late it was and I saved the document and logged off my computer.

When composing is done in digital from little is changed. The only real difference between composing and digitally composing is the process that you go through to complete your composition. The only way you can better understand the processes of digitally composing is by doing it yourself. If you compose digitally yourself you can experience the change in process.

second life

My second life Avatar is an Anthro/Furry mainly because I like how I can control my avatars facial expressions. being an anthro/furry is also a good way for me to experience being discriminated against since many users with human avatars think Anthro's are weird or creepy. I also just like having a tail XD! My avatar's right arm is a custom made item that I got when I first got into second life. It’s basically a megaman arm, that changes to a mega buster when I click it, and it fires when I left-click in mouse look. I also have a pet rat, whose part of the French revolution, you can see him on my shoulder. My clothing is based off of a character from a final fantasy game.

Aunt Mary

Dear, Aunt Mary,
social networking is like sending a letter in the mail and having it sent to the recipient instantly. the differences between Facebook and Myspace is basically time management, you should use Facebook because its easier to set up.

(honestly this is the only way I could possibly explain Social networking, Facebook, and Myspace to my aunt Mary.)

love,
Michael

tv concerns

violance, and adult themes are the televison. televison for me when i was growing up was a babysitter.

ff7 wiki

Once I read what the new blog assignment was, I knew i needed a contraversial topic. but i didn't want to do somthing obvious or something most people have a position on so i decided to look up a historic game. I had to choose one of the greatest RPGs ever made of course. Final Fantasy 7 has been either called the most overrated game or the greatest game ever made, there is barely anything else in between.

The discussion page instantly says not to post topics relating to fandom, only stick to the development of the article. Many topics were discussed; one of the main topics was that an image be taken down because it's a spoiler for people who haven't played the game. There were also discussions of the new game Final Fantasy 7: Endless Crisis, not yet confermed, on whether or not it should have its own page even though it is A REMAKE OF THE GAME!! (Hell ya!!)

On the history page there is deletions and talk of the article being too long (It can never be to long!! >:D), or that there are too many sources. (You can never have to many sources XD)so basically its pretty clean and all about the article, which surprised me.

define the news

a bunch of bullshit... it comes down to one thing, ratings.
there's tabloids, and war are the most talked about things.

Wiki blog

NO, everyone is a cretable source. there is no need for organizeation.

Questions one and two

1. the main focus for my group ad was to take the "I'm a mac and I'm a pc" ad and show how that even though one looks better it still has the same problems.... IT'S AN EFING COMPUTER!! It doesn't matter which one you buy they both suck. so i used the "Blue screen of death" for the windows guy. then i used the "Rainbow Circle of doom" for the Mac guy. this way both the mac and pc people are both forzen.
2. I mostly learned that no matter what i make it will still be to intelligent for most people, acording to the teacher. the reason for this is because i was told that my first draft made no sense and had no audanice focus, which was true. But fugured that everyone who uses a Pc would see the "Blue Screen of death" and understand what the "Rainbow Circle of Doom" ment. honstly if one person didn't understand it, the person next to them would and they would explain it to them.

Blogs and Politics

Most blogs talk about how government affects the social life of the blog's writer. So it’s not too weird to think that blogs have an effect on government these days. All blogs are connected to at least another blog. So if someone were to read someone else’s blog and find that what the person writes makes a good argument about the election candidates. The reader would usually comment on it either agreeing or disagreeing with the topic. The writer then might contact the reader to make a remark on the reader’s statement. While this is going on, another person might come across the same post and then in turn comment about the writer’s topic and or make a comment on what the original reader wrote. More and more people will comment on the post makeing it effect more then a couple of people. This well keep going on for a long time until something happens that makes the topic out of date. As for social net works, the same is simply applied.

advertising

Most of my time is spent in my room, in my car, and at school. I come across many advertisements in all three. In my room I have plenty of stuff that is considered to be advertisements, like some old coke bottles, or converse shoes. But out off all my junk I like my "Mass Effect" cardboard cutout and my "Ben & Jerry's Americone dream" ice cream tub. The card board cut out is an obvious advertisement because it was made to promote the game it featured. The ice Cream tub promotes both "Ben & Jerry's" and Stephen Colbert. When driving I’m usually going to school or to hang out with my friends. off course there are plenty of Billboards and stores advertizing things. Even some cars have bumper stickers on the back promoting a website or product. At school the things that seem to be advertized the most are Windows or Apple computers. Everywhere you go on campus someone is using their laptop. So basically everywhere you go you come across advertisements.

Political blogs

I looked at all the blogs posted on CTools. Upon reviewing them I found that most are too congested or have too little information. The only blog that I felt was well put together was the American thinker. It gives a list of old articles and which ones are the most important. It also doesn't post the whole article on the front page. This way it's easier to see which article you want to read just by reading the title of the article. In short the site is well organized for the reader.

question 3

Well to anwser question 3, I use an ipod, I text message with my phone, I take place in blogging and the social network facebook. I have never podcasted, and i rarely us IM.

culture

[Not completed]
Most of the time culture is useally thought of as a persons color or their religion. But people belong to more cultures then they think. Along with being jewish, white, and american I also belong to cultures such as the Anime, and Video Game cultures. how are these cultures? Well these groups contain large groups of people who all share ideas and customs and also have arguements on certian parts of the culture itself. every day i constiantly find people who themselves belong to the culture.

new blog

today was my first day of collage. my class was told to create a blog
so here it is