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  1. My financial newsletter covered this story by perfecto · · Score: 2 · on More on the MS "X-Box"
    Here is a transcript from The Milhouse Financial Newsletter:

    MicroSoft is supposedly planning to release a gaming system:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/991026 -000014.html

    Didn't they learn from their DreamCast fiasco? Anyway, I'm predicting that this project will be killed anyway and if it does make the light of day it will be lackluster. It's way too late for MicroSoft to get into the game.

    Sony is the clear winner in this space and the fact that they already have a base for connectivity with their consumer appliances makes them tough to beat. Sony is very serious about becoming not only the defacto standard for gaming but the defacto standard for home entertainment. They've been putting FireWire (a method of connecting media devices) into their digital cameras, PCs, Laptops, televisions, stereo components, etc.. The (MIPS-based) video chip in PlayStation has nothing that comes close to it. This could also be used to make a settop box out of the PlayStation II as well.

    Let's also not forget that PlayStation I has about 80% market share. I believe the new PlayStation II will blow away the records set by DreamCast.

    That said Sony is forecasting lower than expected earnings due to PlayStation's costs and competition:

    http://dailynews.yaho o.com/h/nm/19991026/tc/japan_sony_1.html

    I was hoping something like this would drive the stock down but I'm having no luck there. I guess no one's buying it. I'm not either.

    You can read about Sony's plans in this month's Wired (which I still haven't read myself ).



    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  2. i think my approach works better by perfecto · · Score: 1 · on Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

    The Obligatory ExGirlFriend Page

    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  3. A song on the subject by perfecto · · Score: 1 · on Hellmouth Website

    The only reason I bring this up is because me and my best friend, Dead Republican, were just talking about this the other day. He wrote a song called "Come and Get Yours" on his first album and he's working on a followup to that song in light of the recent incidents. Check it out on his website. I'm not allowed to link the song directly here but it's in mp3 on the Dead Republican page on my site.

    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  4. A song on the subject by perfecto · · Score: 1 · on Hellmouth Website

    The only reason I bring this up is because me and my best friend, Dead Republican, were just talking about this the other day. He wrote a song called "Come and Get Yours" on his first album and he's working on a followup to that song in light of the recent incidents. Check it out on his website. I'm not allowed to link the song directly here but it's in mp3 on the Dead Republican page on my site.

    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  5. THIS IS HACKING PLAIN AND SIMPLE! by perfecto · · Score: 2 · on Messaging Software Wars
    This is an excerpt from my Investment Newsletter:

    So America Online and MicroSoft are fighting over instant messaging. I think AOL is in the right here though. To access the AOL Instant Messenger users, the user must provide his AOL screen name and password to the MicroSoft software. It doesn't take a rocket science to surmise that this could potentially expose sensitive AOL information to MicroSoft. This could also expose other unintended holes to the outside world. I'm willing to bet there will be a cease and desist or a lawsuit filed by the end of the week. To me what MicroSoft is doing is no different than what they accuse the creators of BackOrifice of doing:

    http://www.cultdeadcow.com/news/pr1 9990719.html

    The case for Yahoo! and Prodigy is somewhat different since they used AOL's publicly posted information to gain access to the IM features of AOL. I disagree with what AOL has done to them and do agree that there should be an Instant Messaging standard but it's not MicroSoft's place to enforce it by hacking around AOL's security. What MicroSoft is doing is hacking, plain and simple.

    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  6. Re:hey katz! by perfecto · · Score: 1 · on Sellout: George Lucas in HypeSpace
    metallica did sell out check out my music page for the link on how they sold out.



    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."

  7. microsoft is saying its the vendor responsibility by perfecto · · Score: 1 · on Windows Refund Wrapup
    story

    if microsoft is going to take this tack, this nullifies the end user license agreement between microsoft and the consumer!!! if they don't have to live up to the end of their agreement and are making it the responsibility of the vendor, then what right does microsoft have to enforce its end user license agreement?? they have transfered their rights to the vendor. electronic milhouse is in the process of setting up a microsoft software distribution site whereby, they will purchase a p.c. from an unnamed vendor and distribute the software freely since it is incumbent on the vendor to enforce the license and not microsoft. this is 100% serious. war has begun. see you on the news!!

    electronic milhouse

    "The lie, Mr. Mulder, is most convincingly hidden between two truths."