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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Sandy Buttcheeks on April 12, 2013, 10:34:08 AM
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All these years, the world has been slagging off anything that says "Made in Korea", as being inferior and likely to fall apart. I'm betting there are certain missile makers that are having a good old chuckle about that now. <-
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Not sure that's true. Samsung leads the world in technology, and other renowned companies include Hyundai.
There's so much that's impressive about Seoul and its infrastructure, with "state of the art" technology everywhere. I was most impressed when I was there in 2011.
Not sure that North Korea exports much to the world, and I haven't been there yet. :-)
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I drive a Kia - it is zippy and awesome :)
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All these years, the world has been slagging off anything that says "Made in Korea", as being inferior and likely to fall apart. I'm betting there are certain missile makers that are having a good old chuckle about that now.
Given the well documented quality of Korean produce today, I bet there are a few people pure shitting themselves right now. ;D
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I was having a cup of tea with my sister-in-law yesterday, who is Korean. I was discussing the "crisis" with her, and she shrugged her shoulders as it's been something she and her family have lived with all her life.
She's a tough cookie herself. Just a few weeks ago she was on life support, having contracted an infection on top of a number of cancers, and the doctors warned my brother they were likely to have to switch the machine off. They said she's have had to have had the constitution of a young fit rugby player to have pulled through that!
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Haven't I always said that Korea, and it's people, are known for build quality in every walk of life? I rest my case. ;)
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Like a number of Asian cultures, the Koreans have the potential to control the world. "Made In Japan" was a gag punchline in the 60s and 70s, it's a guarantee of quality now. The Koreans are the next Japanese, and after them come the Chinese, the Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian and other cultures. This WILL be the Asian century, that is widely acknowledged, and it's down to the examples and sense of competition demonstrated not by Europe but by other Asian countries.
Fact is, Asia is happy to trade with Europe and America, but they actually don't NEED us.
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I do remember that cheap toys often had the Made in Taiwan/Hong Kong/China tag. I still get crap from China (a recent laptop battery springs to mind).
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I do remember that cheap toys often had the Made in Taiwan/Hong Kong/China tag. I still get crap from China (a recent laptop battery springs to mind).
I get my crap from ebay now. It saves me going from shop to shop for it.
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Talking of emerging economies, this (http://beta.fool.com/za0696fede/2013/04/14/emerging-markets-series-europe/30240/?source=eogyholnk0000001) might interest you, Malc...
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Yes, I've been aware of the Philippines potential for ages, the animation industry has been using Filipino (and Filipina) artists for TV projects. I do think that over the next 30 years it'll be a phenomenal growth area.
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Yes, I've been aware of the Philippines potential for ages, the animation industry has been using Filipino (and Filipina) artists for TV projects. I do think that over the next 30 years it'll be a phenomenal growth area.
Must tell my son that. He's doing animation at Uni and it may be a good carrot to dangle to get him to leave the nest. ;D
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I hope he's doing computer animation. 2D is dead, man... :-[
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He is, Malc. Coming to the end of his second year in 3D Computer Animation and putting together some fascinating stuff. It absolutely amazes me watching his projects develop from start to finish. I think he must have some rogue genes in him...it takes me to draw breath. ;)
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Computer animation was in its infancy (in fact it was a foetus) when I did animation at college. 2D was all that was available, and my course only had two animation students, it was part of a graphic design department.
My oldest son did show an aptitude for animation, but made the mistake of enrolling at Carlisle, which taught students using irrelevant software (not used in the animation industry).
I ended up working on Dangermouse, but those were virtually the last days of British-made TV animation. If I had my time again I'd get my teeth into 3D Studio Max or some Maya software. I love CGI animation. Disney has closed down yet another drawn animation studio in the States, they seem to have come to the realization (as I did) that when a customer emerges from a computer animated movie, like Shrek, and sees an ad on the theatre lobby wall for a 2D animated movie, they experience a really unsympathetic reaction. You can't keep them down on the farm once they've seen Paree.
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Maya is an amazing programme, and the fortunate thing is that students get the programme, for household use, either free or at vastly reduced prices. My son is at Paisley Uni (formerly Paisley Tech, no less) and they use Maya as their basic toolkit for all the animation. I have watched him for hours at a time and it seems to be a fairly user friendly programme, but the best thing of all is the people on you-tube who go through the process of creating all sorts of things...what a teaching tool.
In his last year, they move onto Mudbox, another pro programme. Again I've watched some you-tube stuff and it's even more amazing, well worth 20mins if you've got them spare. The only drawback of all this, is that daddy is now being sucked-up to in the hope of upgrading an already high-end pc to something of the type that could not only launch the next mars probe, but also defend Millport from Russian Invasion whilst still being able to download the next series of Game of Thrones before it's even released.
Technology...what a wonderful thing.
(I still love my Rhubarb and Custard animation, mind you). ;D
PS. You worked on Dangermouse? Please accept some hero worship...what a cartoon. 8)
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Malc, if I'd known you worked on Dangermouse, I'd have shown a lot more deference when responding to your posts.
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Malc, if I'd known you worked on Dangermouse, I'd have shown a lot more deference when responding to your posts.
I vote Malc, "...polar bear's nadgers " on the Buttcheeks, "He's as cool as a...", reference scale, and that's going some. It's only one below "...sperm whale's john thomas". Malc, you're the greatest, you're fantastic...
;D
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Gawsh... :-[
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Hang on, he's not THAT great!
Okay, he is. A hugely talented cartoonist with an incredible background in the golden days of animation at Cosgrove/Hall. I was amazed and delighted when Malc turned up here on the site many years ago. We've since met and he's great company and a delightful guy.
Talented and nice. Bastard.
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Hang on, he's not THAT great!
Okay, he is. A hugely talented cartoonist with an incredible background in the golden days of animation at Cosgrove/Hall. I was amazed and delighted when Malc turned up here on the site many years ago. We've since met and he's great company and a delightful guy.
Talented and nice. Bastard.
I think that should be Mr Bastard now.
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Roger made me soup. :P < -- that's me afterwards, asking for a pint of water.
No, only kidding. It was delicious and immediately converted me to soup-making. At the moment it's pea and ham or lentil. If there are other soups, I don't want to know about them.
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Roger made me soup. :P < -- that's me afterwards, asking for a pint of water.
No, only kidding. It was delicious and immediately converted me to soup-making. At the moment it's pea and ham or lentil. If there are other soups, I don't want to know about them.
Unless you physically watched it being made, it doesn't count. Think back, are you sure you didn't hear the squeal of the tin opener...the rip of the packet? :-\
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Nah, it wasn't as good as Campbell's. <- DOH!!
I mean much, much better.
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Lucy and I had a lovely dinner at Roger's once. If I recall correctly, he had cooked it with his fair hand. A stove might have helped, but it was a very pleasant evening. :-*
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Lucy and I had a lovely dinner at Roger's once. If I recall correctly, he had cooked it with his fair hand. A stove might have helped, but it was a very pleasant evening. :-*
Was soup involved? :-\
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Actually, I'm pretty sure I rustled up my watercress soup as a starter!
That hugely pleasant evening turned into a bit of a nightmare for Peeps and Lucy. The following day, when they set off from Dundee to Bute, Scotland was hit by almost white-out conditions. (This was the notorious winter a couple of years ago). As far as I remember, it took them about five hours to get to Glasgow, normally a journey of an hour and a half, where they had to give up and stay overnight. It was a further day before they managed to get home to Bute.
Visit me at your peril!
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Maybe if starters had been a tin of Soup de Malc, they would have turned back. ;D
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Actually, I'm pretty sure I rustled up my watercress soup as a starter!
That hugely pleasant evening turned into a bit of a nightmare for Peeps and Lucy. The following day, when they set off from Dundee to Bute, Scotland was hit by almost white-out conditions. (This was the notorious winter a couple of years ago). As far as I remember, it took them about five hours to get to Glasgow, normally a journey of an hour and a half, where they had to give up and stay overnight. It was a further day before they managed to get home to Bute.
Visit me at your peril!
That was all part of the unique experience, Roger, to go with the electrical storm which accompanied the heavy snow during the night in Dundee. Visiting you is incredibly interesting! :-)