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  1. Re:Question, is the game fun? by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 1 · on More Advertising in Your Next Xbox Game

    It's much the same problem as product placement ads.

    If I'm running around the city fragging people, you're right: I don't really care if the billboard in the background says, "Drink Coke" or "Buy the SUX-2000." But, as you say, I don't need to see a billboard in the middle of a forest advertising Coca-Cola (maybe Orca-Cola, but that's another story). And if I'm battling aliens in the year 2390 on a derelict space station, I'm not sure I want to be told about the Saturn Vue.

    One of the issues of this, though, is a similar problem that you find in "product placement"--for the most part, it has to be a somewhat contemporary storyline. Thus, it makes games with a contemporary storyline more profitable not because more people are buying the game but because of the advertising therein. This kinda sucks for great games that don't necessarily have a contemporary storyline. How would you do advertisements in a game like "Halo", for example?

  2. Re:ION Power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on ISS Orbit-Raising Attempt Fails

    I hate to break this to you, but the Ion engine is nothing more than a generic 2.4L GM 4-cylinder ecotec. http://www.saturn.com/saturn/vehicles/ionsedan/ove rview.jsp

    It does just fine in those little plastic Saturns, but I don't think it would get the ISS to budge at all.

  3. Re:30 Bit Key? That's like soooo 1990 by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 1 · on Car RFID Security System Cracked
    Except for the fact that after the first wrong key the car is programmed to automactically self destruck the fuel pump, lock the brakes, diable the transmission, disengage the steering column and take the electrical and computer systems offline...

    Um, no. For the 2005 Saturns:
    "an engine-immobilizing theft-deterrent feature that disables the fuel pump if someone tampers with the ignition"

    You think people might have more than one Saturn in the driveway? I have two fords, and I've (tried to) use the wrong key by mistake more than once. A system that trashed the car at the first inadvertant key insertion wouldn't go over too well.

  4. Re:It's about the ION's people! by the+pickle · · Score: 1 · on Nanotech Brings Battery Life Extender for Mobiles

    GM might have a thing or two to say about your wholesale violation of their trademark...

    p

  5. Re:There will always been room for the underdog by hab136 · · Score: 1 · on High School Dropout, Self-Taught Chip Designer
    But then look, here comes Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Geo, Saturn, Lexus, Kia and now Scion.

    Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Geo(a subdivison of Chevy), Saturn (GM), Lexus (Toyota), Kia, Scion (Toyota).

    Revised: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Kia.

    Apparently it's all too easy for the 800lb gorillas to make people think they're small startups by making a new subdivision with a new name.

  6. Mercury is toxic by hugesmile · · Score: 1, Funny · on Messenger En Route To Mercury
    This is a very bad idea - going to Mercury and back to Earth. Haven't they read that Mercury is toxic

    Next they'll try to return from Saturn with car parts.

  7. Re:WWGD? by broter · · Score: 1 · on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car

    Saturn too

  8. Re:I won't give up Stick! by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 1 · on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan

    "CVT transmission" is redundant. CVT == Continuously Variable Transmission. And GM sells at least one, in the Saturn VUE.

  9. Re:And the point is...? by jellomizer · · Score: 1 · on Philips Introduces Mirror TV

    52" Price: $11,999.00

    or a new Car for 5 dollers less.

  10. Re:Question for you all... by sczimme · · Score: 3, Informative · on Gloss Plastic Could Eliminate Auto Painting


    You could ask Saturn. They have building cars that way for ~10 years.